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FOREIGN MISSION NUMBER

JANUARYS, 1957

In the Early Days of the
Brethren Africa Mission

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9iAU THJ|9106ICAL SEMIHARY
WH^IA UIKe. IND.

Just to Remind Us!

By Russell D. Barnard

"All things new"

". . . Behold, I make all things new . . ." (Rev. 21:5).
This glorious prospect is to those who are new creatures
in Christ Jesus. Every day is a new day! To the one who
is a new creature all things are new — they are con-
tinually and perpetually new, finding their glorious ful-
fillment in the Scripture quoted above. And the won-
derful part is that these new and abiding things are be-
cause of what Jesus Christ did, is doing, and will yet
do. In this new year let us set our hearts to the new
things, knowing that the old things have passed away.

A new undertaking

Grace Theological Seminary and Grace College have
announced a building program which they purpose to
have underway by March 1 or soon thereafter. All of us
who are acquainted with these fine institutions, now
so terribly overcrowded, know of the pressing needs. As
they build, there will continue to be the current needs.
We urge all our foreign-mission enthusiasts to be en-
thusiasts also in the relation to these needs. These in-
stitutions train most of our foreign missionaries and are
very vital to us.

Charles Tabers soon to sail

After six months of furlough, the Charles Taber fam-
ily by their own request will be leaving for France and
will spend some months there before returning for a sec-
ond term of missionary service in French Equatorial
Africa. They will sail for France on or about January
23.

IDENTIFICATION OF COVER PICTURES

Left top: Early mode of transportation — large
canoe made from one huge log hollowed out. It
could be loaded with as much as seven tons of
palm kernels.

Left bottom: James Gribble's first house which he
built at Bassai. This was also the native store, tool-
house and general mission storehouse.
Right top: Miss Estella Myers and Miss Charlotte
Hillegas (now Mrs. Orville Jobson) and their first
home, built by James Gribble at Bassai.
Right bottom: House of the trading company which
the Lord opened to the pioneer party soon after
their arrival at Camot. Picture shows the boys
who worked for the missionaries.
Center: James Gribble standing. Miss Myers,
Marguerite Gribble and Dr. Florence Gribble
seated.

Foreign-mission rallies

Our foreign-missionary rallies will begin on Feb-
ruary 3 in the Northwest District. These rallies will con-
tinue from district to district during February, March,
April and May. Most churches will have several meet-
ings.Unique and interesting programs are planned for
every service. The district ministerial group plans the
schedule in each district. We have been happy for those
who have attended in past years; yet often rather dis-
appointed, especially in week-night attendance. Won't
you become a member of our "Week-night Brigade"
and plan to attend every possible service? We promise
you will be happy if you do!

Miss Bertha Abel home

Miss Abel has completed five years of service in
Argentina, and we know you will be happy to meet her
again. We hope she can be in many of your churches
and have the privilege of meeting especially with WMC
and SMM groups. She will live at her home in Columbus,
Ind., but can always be contacted through our Winona
Lake office.

What of 1957?

It is not too soon to think of our foreign-mission
prayer goals for 1957. We'll have more to say about
this in the months ahead, but it is good that we shall
begin to ask the Lord what He will have us do for our
Brethren foreign missions during 1957. Most American
homes operate today on a project basis. We hear fami-
lies say: "Well, our next project is — !" Well, when you
ask the Lord what He would have you do for foreign
missions in 1957, He will tell you. Then make that
amount or that item of service your family prayer goal
"project" for 1957. It will be a thrilling joy to watch as
the Lord enables you.

Missionary song-chorus contest

For some time we have felt that there would be real
value in having a missionary song and missionary chorus
expressing the aims and desires for our foreign-mission
work. We realize that there are Brethren people who
could write such a song and/or chorus. Therefore, we
are asking our Brethren pastors, during our four-month
period (February through May) to encourage their
people to submit original songs and choruses to us.
Judges will be announced. These judges will pick the
best four songs and the best four choruses of all that are
submitted, and appropriate prizes will be awarded on
the basis of first, second, third and fourth places. Now is
the time to begin thinking about this! — C.K.L.

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THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, .NUMBER I

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
Entered as sacond-class matter April 16, 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake, Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake, Ind. Subscription price, $3.U0 a year: 190-percent churches, $2.50; foreign, $4.00. Board of
Directors; Robert Crees. president: Herman A. Hoyt, vice presiden: : William Schaffer, secretary; True Hunt, assistant secretary: Ord Geh-
man, treasurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee: Gene Farrell. S. W. Link. Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller.
Thomas Hammers: Arnold R. Kriegbaum, ex olfleio.

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Something New

'9 JANUARY 57

This is a "Missionary Helper's Calendar." That
means it should be your calendar. Every boy and girl
should be a missionary helper. And of course every
missionary helper should pray every day. Here is some-
thing for you to do. Color the square for every day that
you pray for the missionaries. If you pray for the mis-
sionaries on January 4 (if you have this magazine by
that time), you might color the square red. If you pray
on January 5, why not color that one green? Then use
other colors in the other squares for the days that you
pray for the missionaries. Talk to your Sunday-school
teacher about this. And if you get your teacher to have
the class pray that Sunday for the missionaries, put in
the letters "SS" for that Sunday. Let's see how many
squares you have colored by the end of the month. See
how pretty you can color your missionary helper's
calendar!

MARY MISSIONARY—

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(Secret Message)

There is a secret message in the numbers shown here.
See if you can figure it out. Use the letter "a" for the
number 1, "b" for 2, "c" for 3, "d" for 4 and on down

the alphabet. 7 15 4 12 15 22 5 19 20 8 5

3 8 9 12 4 18 5 14. 23 5 19 8 15 21 12 4

12 15 22 5 8 9 13, 20 15 15. (Check your
answer at ihe bottom of ihe page.)

Missaoncii'y Helper
of the Month

How many of you boys
and girls know Johnny
Howard? He is the son of
our Mexico missionaries
Rev. and Mrs. A. L. How-
ard. The Howards live at
Calexico, Calif. Johnny
visitid some of your
churches during the mis-
sionary rallies last year.
He was with his father.
Johnny has many oppor-
tunities to go across into Mexico. He goes across the
border very often to Mexicali. He has taken trips with
his parents deep down into Mexico, too. He and his
parents are very much interested in winning the boys
and girls and the men and women of Mexico to Christ.
Johnny is 10 years old. His sister Kathy is eight, and
brother Tommy is three. Be sure to pray for the Howards
as they give out the Gospel to Mexico.

God loves the children. We should lovs Him, too.

January 5, 7957

VARIETY

By Martin Garber

Variety has been called the spice of life, and the life
of a missionary in Africa is certainly full of variety. A
missionary sooner or later becomes a jack-of-all trades
and a master of some. The knowledge of almost any
trade or occupation is found most useful on the mission
field. There's no service man on the other end of the
telephone — nor is there a telephone. When the drain
becomes plugged, or the wind tears the shutter from the
window, or the truck won't start — it's up to you.

The modem missionary has at his disposal many
useful helpers to speed up his work and increase the
possibihties of his ministry. I'm thinking of mechanical
devices all the way from the typewriter to the station
truck. Without this truck, for example, it would be im-
possible for us to visit the 27 local church groups
throughout the Bekoro field where my wife and I have
been serving for the past few years. With this truck we
are able to teach in the station Bible school during ihe
week and still meet with different church groups or con-
gregations on the weekends.

In visiting all of our present chapels a round trip
would cover a distance of 300 miles. Beyond these es-
tablished chapels there lie yet unevangelized areas where
the truck is able to deliver us for gospel preaching.

A very interesting sideline for us has been a part-time
ministry of helping to keep the trucks of our 12 mission
stations more dependable. Twice we were called out on
motor breakdowns due to oil-line failures. Into our truck
went a box of tools, a box of spare parts, and a block
and tackle. Within a matter of a couple of days these
trucks were back on the job serving the Lord. The one
was a complete motor exchange; the other, the crank-
shaft turned and replaced.

Usually we try to arrange a time for regular repairs
on the mission trucks. Sometimes a missionary pays us
a visit on our station, and sometimes we go to them. In
order to care for these breakdowns and regular repairs,
it is necessary to stock a considerable amount of parts
because of the months it takes for these parts to arrive
on the field. These are just a few of the expenses that
may have never entered your mind when you give your
missionary offering, but without the supply of parts,
without new trucks, without the drums of gas and many
other needed supplies, missionary work would be tre-
mendously hindered. Modem missions cost money, but
pay eternal dividends in the souls of men.

No doubt you have been reading the autobiography of
"Operation Dodge." Those articles give an idea of
just how helpful these trucks can be, and of the trials
some of them come to during their time of service. I
remember seeing one truck after it had plowed through
high water over muddy, chuckhole-filled roads, hmping
into the station with two broken front springs, and a
Coleman lantern for its headlights.

One of the interesting angles in this missionary side-
line is the training of African men to help in this repair
work. It was a real thrill when one fellow completed his
first motor overhaul. He installed new rings and bear-
ings, and ground the valves. All I did was to check
each step after he had completed it.

Another occupation in which a missionary sooner or
later will become experienced is that of building. Now
for the past several years all the major building work
has been done so wonderfully and beautifully by our
Brother Albert Balzer, but on every station certain
building needs present themselves from time to time,
which may well fall to the individual's lot to undertake.

Last year it was most obvious that the old class-
rooms used for the station Bible school were soon to
be overtaken by wind, rain and ants, so we decided to
put up a more permanent school building with cement
foundation and burnt mud-block bricks. Our workers
had very little experience in this kind of work. What
they lacked in knowledge and experience, we had to
make up in patience.

Yes; I said a missionary needs to be a jack-of-all-
trades and a master of some. One of the trades in which
a missionary needs to be a master is that of teaching.
You will be reminded that among the requirements of
an elder is that he be "apt to teach." Whatever the mis-
sionary's particular field of service — nurse, doctor, pas-
tor, teacher, builder, mechanic or printer — one of his
most important functions as a missionary in an illiterate,
pagan society is that of a teacher. Most of our time as
missionary pastors is spent in training African church
leaders, and the leaders of future years. How many
times we could have wished to multiply ourselves many
times over in order to fulfill our responsibilities.

The future of the church of God in Africa, humanly
speaking, depends on the African leadership's ability to
take the Word of God and teach it to their own people.
We must teach them to teach others. These are exactly
the words of Paul to his son in the faith, Timothy. "And
the things that thou hast heard of me . . . the same com-
mit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach
others also." The success of this ministry depends upon
that great teacher, the Holy Spirit, who leads us into
all truth. Brethren, pray for us; pray for the African
leaders. God has given into the hands of the Brethren
Church the responsibility of a great people in Africa. It
is our privilege and duty to speed the light of the Word
of God to them now.

The harvest is indeed ripe, but the laborers are few!
Young people, God has given unto you much ability
and opportunity, which places on you great responsi-
bility. Are you willing to give back to Him all that you
have to be used wherever He would see best? There is
such a variety of work that needs to be done, so many
goals yet unreached. What are you going to do to help?

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AFRICA

IMPRESSIONS

By Mrs. Martin Garber

Yes; it has been around the calendar four times for
us since we left America and arrived back home. Four
years come and gone so quickly I still can hardly be-
lieve we are back in the States!

It was August 20, 1952, that we started out. This
was the journey the Lord had spoken to us about one
day, saying GO! — the fields are white unto harvest and
the laborers are few and people are dying without the
Lord. We had answered, "Lord, send us!" and so we

Martin and
Beverley
Garber

started out with Him. With Christ Jesus as our Captain
and our Shepherd, we went with joy in our hearts and
in faith believing that nothing could happen to us ex-
cept what He willed.

After the first part of our journey, we stopped in
France to study the French language. At times things
looked rather discouraging, but our Captain was right
beside us to cheer us on and to put new hope within us.

Then came the day for which we had been waiting so
long, and when the plane at last rolled into the Bangui
airport, I knew we were there. As I looked through the
plane window I could see black people walking around,
and as we reached the fresh air things seemed different.
"Yes; we are here," I said to Martin. "It is Africa. We
have reached the land which is 'white unto harvest.' "

We started on our journey to the station of Bozoum.
Even though the roads were of dirt, the countryside was
green and beautiful — it was the rainy season. We began
to run into traffic — not cars or trucks, but goats and
chickens and natives on bicycles. It was really something
to try to dodge them all! The goats ran out of the way
pretty well, but the chickens and dogs weren't quite go
fast. But it was still different with the natives on bikes
— when we'd honk at them they invariably turned
around to look at us. Losing control of the bike, off into

a ditch they went. Wonder of wonders that no one
was hurt! Even so, the people waved to us as we traveled
along the road and we felt a warm welcome there.

It was good to arrive at Bozoum. Natives came up and
shook hands with us, but of course, not knowing the
language as yet, we could not talk with them. However,
in their eyes was the warmth of friendliness that I shaU
never forget.

Next came three months more of language study.
Everything was different. Now we were starting to talk
a different language. I was learning to do things I had
never done before, like boiUng and filtering water,
making bread, raising chickens, and many other things.

Finally came the day that I started holding women's
classes. It is a real joy to see these women coming into
our Junior Bible School, many of them not knowing
how to read. We teach them right from scratch. Oh, to
see them grow as they slowly begin to read by them-
selves! What a joy it is to see them learn to read the
Bible, to see them grow in the things of the Lord, and
to put their trust in Him and turn from their heathen
ways.

Why do the heathen rage? It is because they live in
deep superstition, in darkness and ignorance. They are
without hope! However, the Gospel of Jesus Christ can
change them. After one has seen and heard a heathen
funeral, with drums beating for days and people scream-
ing and throwing themselves, and then sees a Christian
funeral where people trust in the Lord instead of spirits,
he sees the real power of the Gospel. What a contrast!
The people of Africa can find true freedom only in
Christ.

Our last two years in Africa were spent at Bekoro.
These were two years that I shall never forget — years
of many experiences for me. We came to love the people
in that field very much. There are some very fine native
leaders there. It was there I saw my first Christian fu-
neral, and it was there I saw a baby come into the world.
In Africa a person sees and does things he has never
seen or done before, and every day holds some new
experience. One day we received word that one of our
leaders was sick and could not come to the station.
Martin, Mary Ann Habegger, and I started off, with
three bikes tied on the truck. Why the three bikes? You
see, this man lives in a village across a large river, and

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By Mrs. William Samarin

A dirty brown hawk drifted lazily over the tiny bush
village. The sun burned everything into drowsy indif-
ference. Nothing moved on the ground except a happy
chick wallowing in the dust. Then wirhovrt warning the
hawk swooped out of the sky and with a screech dove
toward the hapless chick. Out of the cool shadow of a
house tumbled a boy and girl and a skinny dog. They
chorused their threats against the hawk, but too late.
The great bird disappeared into the trees with the peep-
ing chick in its claws.

With a shrug of disgust the sister and brother went
back into the shade of the house. "Now Mother will be
angry." sighed the girl. "All the chickens are gone and
that last one looked like a little hen, too."

The dusty boy and girl and the yellow dog seated
themselves against the mud brick wall of their house.
"You know," continued the sister, "many bad things
have happened lately. The mother goat broke her leg.
Father cut his toe with the garden hoe, I broke one of
our best waterpots, and now the hawk has taken our last
chick. I think the spirits are angry because you have
become a Christian. The boy grinned good-naturedly
and said: "I suppose a spirit made you spill our dinner
last night, too."

Sensing her brother's ridicule, she grabbed a hand-
ful of dust and tossed it at his face. With a quick move-
ment he dodged the dust and laughed at her effort. "At
least," she grumbled, "your new religion has made
you more good-natured."

The girl rose and lifted an empty black pot to her
head. The shadows were a little longer now and it
would soon be evening. Her parents would soon return
from the market and they would want some cool water.

Without a backward glance at her grinning brother she
went down the path to the river. Entering the cool shade
of the trees that grew by the water she began to smile
a small smile. Perhaps her brother was right. He said
that there was no need to fear the house spirit or the
field spirit or even the river spirit. At the thought of the
river spirit she shivered. But hadn't her uncle gone to
bathe and never returned. Everyone was sure that the
river spirit had grabbed him and kept him under the
water forever.

Setting the pot on the ground the pretty black girl
dipped up water. A noise behind her made her cover
her face in fear. Before she could rise to run she heard a
low wail. In a moment she had thrown down her dipper
and her pot and was running for the village. To her
horror she heard the footsteps of the river spirit fol-
lowing her.

It was not until she reached the safety of her house
that she turned to see her brother, staggering with
laughter, following her up the trail. Even the skinny
yellow dog at his heels seemed to be enjoying the joke.

The girl grabbed a stick and began to chase the pair
around and around the house. Minutes later the girl
was the first to drop to the ground to rest. The dog, with
tail between his legs, ventured near. But the brother,
fearing her wrath, called from a distance: "I will not
frighten you again, sister, but really you are silly to fear
spirits." The girl stuck out her lip in a great pout and
would not answer.

That evening when the Christians gathered on the
rows of logs in the middle of the village, the boy with
his dog went as usual. He bowed his head, asking God
to help his sister to understand the "affair of God."
Opening his eyes, his face filled with its good-natured
smile. He had glimpsed his sister slipping quietly to a
place on the logs beside some of her friends. She was
not really angry he knew now. She had come to hear why
he was not afraid.

JUST TO REMIND US!

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7956 figures to be given

In the next four issues of the Missionary Herald we
will submit the figures on the giving to foreign missions
during 1956. We will show total offerings by churches,
amount of increase, percentage of increase, and per
capita giving. We were praying for a total offering of
$304,000 in 1956, which would have been a 30 percent
increase over 1955. However, as of December 18 our
total offering stands at $259,711.72, an 11.3 percent
increase. This year we are praying for at least a 17 per-
cent increase over 1956. Thus, in two years we would
just about reach our 30 percent increase asked for last
year.— C.K.L.

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Miss Estella Myers

(Photo by Richard Mayeumbsr)

Bom at Williamsburg, Iowa, August 9, 1884
Went to Africa in 1918

Home church — Pleasant Grove Brethren Church,
North English, Iowa

Served as a missionary for 38 years

Went to be with the Lord at Bekoro, French Equatorial Africa, November 1, 1956

Buried at Bassai

"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints" (Ps. 1 16:15).

January 5, 1957 7

Iowa Girl Obeys

By Russell D. Barnard

Dr. Barnard

"Go quickly and tell!"

That was the angel's post-resurrection command con-
cerning Jesus to those beside the empty tomb. Almost
2,000 years later an Iowa girl heard that injunction and
obeyed. That Iowa girl was Miss Estella Myers, who
grew up in the Pleasant Grove church near North Eng-
lish, Iowa, and spent her life in French Equatorial
Africa. It was not in a burst of glory that Miss Myers
left for Africa. There was no
:'^i?;7lll^ mission to which she was going.

, T She was to help in the pioneering

for that mission. There were no
r stations, no residences, no chap-
els or churches, no believers,
only a terrible, darkened, heathen
paganism — thousands upon thou-
sands of lost men and women
without Christ and without any
possible means of knowing of
Him.

During recent months you have read Miss Myers"
account of those early years in Africa. I suggest you
assemble these 13 articles and read them again. They
will serve as an autobiography. You cannot possibly
read them without being impressed by the greatness of
soul of the author, even though she purposely kept her-
self in the background.

She was a woman of faith!

I have seen a more vital and effective faith in few
if any others. Her usual expression was: "Leave it with
the Lord, He will take care of it" — and He did! This
faith and the exercise of it gave Miss Myers a calm and
peace and quiet which was always a challenge and an
inspiration to us. Hers was a faith that claimed blessings
from the Lord, and the blessings, abundant blessings,
came. Whether during the year-and-a-half of waiting
at Brazzaville, the year-and-a-half at Carnot also wait-
ing for permission to enter the African field, or in the
long years of service in that field, that faith was demon-
strated.

She was a woman of conviction!

In few people have convictions controlled more
completely. She expressed those convictions freely, yet
at proper times and with a kindly attitude that made
most people greatly appreciate her and her doings. She
was probably as Uttle influenced by the thinking and
doings of others as anyone I have known, sometimes
being even misunderstood for this courageous, inde-
pendent thinking. Those who knew her, however, could
not but believe she was walking in that which she be-
lieved to be the center of the will of God.

She was a missionary!

Miss Myers did many things on the mission field.
Through her long years as a missionary her service was
varied and diversified. But above all she did she was a
missionary — a "sent one" — sent especially by the Lord
for a specific job in Africa. Her passion was that native
people might have the Word of God in their own lan-
guage, so during the years when she served as a nurse,
and she was a graduate nurse — or as a teacher, and she
was a very talented teacher — or as an administrator, and
she was very talented in matters of administration — her
chief passion was that those in the various tribes in
Africa might read the Word of God in their own lan-
guage. First she translated just verses and selected por-
tions of the New Testament; then she dreamed of giving
the entire New Testament in the Karre (Kame) lan-
guage. It was a monumental undertaking, especially
when in the earlier years she was still a nurse in charge
of a dispensary, caring for hundreds of sick folk regu-
larly. She was victorious — she completed the New Testa-
ment in the Karre language and it was printed by the
British and Foreign Bible Society in 1940. Many thou-
sands of native black folk now are reading and study-
ing the Word of God in their own tongue because of
Miss Myers.

No sooner had she completed the New Testament
in Karre than she was challenged by the needs of a
neighboring tribe, a kindred tribe to the Karre, and
she began the second great undertaking — translating the
New Testament in the Pana language. Illness came to
Miss Myers before she had completed this work, and
she returned to the States for treatment. Her illness re-
sponded to treatment, and at the end of furlough, upon
the recommendation of the attending physician, she was
returned to the field. Her plea was to return for at least
two more years in that she believed the work of trans-
lation would be completed by that time. Her Lord had
other plans, and arranged for her to return to Africa
that she might have that for which she had pled and
prayed — a grave in Africa, the Africa she loved, unless
she should be privileged to tarry until her blessed Lord
returned.

Few people whom I have known had a greater love
for the Brethren Church than Miss Myers. Her love for
her church was second only to her love for her Lord. She
loved the teachings of the Word of God and fervently
believed according to the convictions common to the
Brethren. Conversation could easily be had at any time
if that conversation dealt with these precious truths.
And she loved Brethren institutions. Grace Seminary
and College, the Brethren Home Missions Council, the

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She Hath Done What She Could

By Miss Ruth Snyder

A life poured out for God. Nothing could better de-
scribe the life of Estella Myers. She was happy in the
Lord and enthusiastic in His service until her last
breath. And how peacefully the Lord permitted her to
pass from here to there.

It was such a short time ago she said goodby to you
in the home churches. Once again she crossed the At-
lantic where many years before God had so wonderfully
taught her that we wrestle not with flesh and blood.
This her last crossing was made sweet to her by the
company of new missionaries. What a privilege was
theirs to be the last that our dear Stella took to foreign
shores. May her mantle fall on them.

In France she embarked on a plane to make the last
lap of the journey back to the home of her heart. Some-
time after leaving Paris the plane had engine trouble.
They were forced to return to Paris. Her fellow pas-
sengers asked her if she were frightened. "No," she
said, "the Lord is going to take me to Africa." And He
did.

Being always herself and thinking of others, she took
the ham served to her on the plane ("It was good!"
she said), wrapped it in her napkin and put it in her
pocket to give to those who would meet her in Bangui.
Being tired upon her arrival, she went to bed after re-
questing the folks not to call her for supper. She awoke
in the night. Alas! she was hungry! She thought of the
ham. Yes; she ate it, but she had guilty thoughts for
days!

We at the Bible Institute were privileged to have Stella
with us for 10 days. There were no idle moments for her.
Immediately she concentrated on mastering the Sango
language. All her energy was given to study. How we en-
joyed the meal times as she told us of her experiences
with you in the homeland.

Great was the joy among the natives. Their "mama"
had gone away presumably to return no more. Here
she was again. They ran to greet her. "Oh, mama, we
thought you had gone away to stay." Smilingly she re-
plied: "God opened the road so I could come back here
to die." Less than two months later they told us these
words as we gathered in the old church at Bassai to
honor their mama and ours.

Stella was happy as she went to Bekoro. For her it was
a new assignment which was supposed to have lasted for
about three months. It proved to have lasted the rest
of her Ufe. Never did she let up in her activity. Classes?
Yes. Witnessing? Yes. Truly redeeming the time.

It was not long until her strength began to fail. "Ah,"
the natives said: "she just came back and got sick so
fast." How good the Lord was. She did not suffer phys-
ical pain, just weakness. The hours of necessary quiet
were spent in prayer. How she loved the mission! How
she loved the missionaries! How she loved the Africans!
How she loved you at home! The Brethren Annual be-

came her prayer guide. All the pastors, all the churches,
all were remembered before the throne. Brethren, look
forward to great blessings; God honors such prayers.

Then came the day that she was to be loosed away
upwards. There was no physical indication that today
she would step from time into eternity. Those who cared
for her were busy at the work. Suddenly the houseboy
ran to them. "Mademoiselle is hke she is asleep but she
is not asleep." They rushed to her but there was no time
for a last word. Already she was entering Emmanuel's
land.

The transient temple in which she had served her God
throughout her earthly pilgrimage was brought to Bas-
sai. There we gathered to honor her memory and thus
exalt the name of the Lord. As we looked at the walls
of the old church which had sheltered her so often, we
thought of the saints gone on before. Now they and she
are serving in a new way where this creation no longer
hampers them.

Many Africans spoke of what she had meant to
them. Did she know what they said? Our hearts were
touched to hear the old man who first taught her the
Karre language saying: "She had the body of a white
person, but she had the heart of a black person."

The hymns were all "hers," for she had given them to
the natives in their own tongue. The Scripture was read
from her translation of the Gospel of John. Brother
Sumey brought a good message. He reminded us that

Miss Snyder

Stella had not died yesterday. She had died many years
ago in America when she gave herself to the Lord. Dr.
Taber spoke at the cemetery. He told how all her life
had been an apprenticeship for death. Now her ap-
prenticeship is over.

And so what was mortal of Estella Myers is sleeping
on the sunny slope of Bassai Hill where the Gribbles also
sleep. Great rocks surround that shrine of the mission.
Hallowed spot! How many prayers have gone up from
those whose remains are now resting there. How many
tears came from those now sleeping eyes. Those tears are
precious yet to the Lord.

An era has passed in the mission. The last of the
pioneers is sleeping in Africa. Their hearts were truly
given to Africa, and from thence shall they all four rise
at the sound of the trump.

Thank you. Lord, for Stella. Thank you for her love.
Thank you for her prayers. Let me die the death of the
righteous, and let my last end be like hers. Amen.

January 5, 1957

A SEnlmte

to Miss Estella Myers

By Mrs. Orville D. Jobson

". . . be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee
a crown of life" (Rev. 2:10).

As I think of Miss Myers' life, the outstanding word
in this verse comes to my mind —
"faithful." Her loyalty to her won-
derful Lord and her love and de-
votion to Him was a living testi-
mony to others. No sacrifice was
too great for her Lord, and she
truly labored selflessly in all she
jATPMWfe did for Him. Many times Estella
^^^B ^BmJ spoke of the waiting days when
^^m 'j^EgS?'' the pioneer party was detained at
" — ' ~ ■ Brazzaville, but never in a com-

Mrs. Jobson plaining spirit. She mentioned

the hardships and the sufferings, but always referred to
them as nothing compared with the joy of anticipating
permission when she could tell the "old, old story of
Jesus and His love" to the benighted Africans.

Mr. Jobson and I served on the same station with
Miss Myers from 1921 to 1938, and we can testify
that for her the joy of telling others of Christ never
grew dim. In the early days when itineration was
hazardous she would remain away from the station for
weeks at a time, and upon her return would enthusiasti-
cally tell us of the new people she had reached and given
the message of salvation. One of the greatest con-
tributions of her early ministry was her faithfulness in
village visitation.

As early as April 1923, Brother Gribble wrote
that through the "two itinerating trips made by Sister
Myers, she reached nearly the entire (Karre) tribe," and
again a month later, "She has been in parts where no
white man has ever been, and naturally no white wom-
an either." Miss Myers was tireless in preaching the
Word and in translating the Scriptures, working as if she
had to make up for the waiting days when she could do
neither of these things.

Yes; faithful is the word which best describes her.
She had been in Africa a total of 37 years when she came
home on a recent furlough. She could have retired and
rested, but no, she must go back to the land of her
adoption — "faithful unto death." Her last days on earth
were days of prayer, and the petition was "Revival, Lord
— revival." May the Lord hear that faithful prayer of
His dear servant, for the Mission's sake and for Africa's
sake, and that will be the crowning monument to the
life of this faithful servant.

The three pioneers are buried on the eastern slope
of the Bassai hill awaiting the resurrection morning.
What great joy they shall have to see the redeemed
ones coming home!

Because Estella was faithful unto death, she shall
have a crown of life.

SAe Qjet Sp^eaJzetU

By Miss Mary Emmert

Our last pioneer missionary has been received up into
glory where she can watch the redeemed go marching
in. The Lord blessed Estella Myers' life among the black
people of Oubangui-Chari, and He is also blessing her
death in their land. To some in the homeland it may
seem a mistake that she returned to Africa only six or
seven weeks before her death, but they would have
changed their minds if they could have attended her fu-
neral.

The black people to whom she
she had ministered spoke simply
but feelingly of her work among
them. They sang songs she had
set to music, and read the Scrip-
ture from the New Testament in
Karre which she had translated.
They spoke of her medical min-
istry and of her faithful witness-
ing to them. One spoke of her
tears over the fallen. Several men-
Miss Emmert tioncd the hardships and priva-
tions of all the early missionaries.

Jean Noetemo, who had been with them in the Car-
not days during the long wait and who is now an or-
dained elder, said: "Miss Myers was a true-hearted per-
son. She loved us; she was one with us." And he went
on to tell of her many labors of love for them. It made
one recall Paul's words, "In labors . . . abundant."

The speaker who gave the highest praise from the
natives' standpoint said: "She was a white person, but
she had a heart like the black man," meaning that she
felt with them and was one with them.

The missionary speakers. Brother Sumey and Dr.
Taber, spoke of death in Christ Jesus to the things of
this world which takes place when one surrenders his
life entirely to the Lord.

The simple redwood box was opened for all to get one
more glimpse of their friend in anticipation of that glad
day when they would see her over yonder. They sang
a song as they carried her out to the little cemetery,
where her body was lowered to rest near her com-
panions who had gone on before: the Gribbles, Mr. Ken-
nedy and several African Christians. Together with them
her body awaits the day of resurrection.

Yes; as she had told one of them, she had come back
to die in their land. Her death was a visible seal of
her life, which she had given freely, fully, first of all
to her Lord, and through Him to them. The children of
the Lord in Africa, both white and black, praise the
Lord for her life and for her death. She being dead yet
speaketh.

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Estella Myers

and Grace Seminary

By President Alva J. McClain

In a very real sense the home-going of Miss Estella
Myers marks the close of an era in the foreign missionary
work of our Brethren churches. For she was the last of
the original party of four missionaries who sailed
January 7, 1918, from New Orleans on the Chy of Cairo
for French Equatorial Africa. And now, after 38 years,
all the members of that original pioneering band are
once more reunited in a better land, never again to be
separated. What a reunion that must have been in the
Father's house which took place on November 1, 1956!

I have many personal reasons for remembering vividly
the circumstances attending the departure of the first
missionary party for the land of Africa. In the preceding
year, as a newly-elected member of the Foreign Mis-
sionary Board, I had cast my vote to accept and approve
the four missionaries in the party, and in 1918 had be-
come secretary of the Board with particular responsi-
bilities for the new project. During those early years
many letters passed between these Africa missionaries
and the secretary, dealing with all kinds of things. As
I have been reviewing a little of this correspondence as it
concerned Miss Myers, I am once more deeply im-
pressed with the firm purpose and missionary consecra-
tion of this very remarkable woman. From the day that
God called her into His service on the missionary field
to the hour of her death, there was never any evidence
of the slightest doubt in her mind with reference to the
divine wiU for her life. No matter how great the ob-
stacles and disappointments — and they were many —
her career always seemed to be like a strong ship mov-
ing steadfastly through the troubled waters, often buf-
feted by wind and storm but never driven off the ap-
pointed course. Surely she could say at the end of the
journey: "I have finished my course."

During the early and difficult years of the infant mis-
sion, just to receive a letter from Sister Myers was like
tonic to some of us whose faith in the success of the
African project sometimes wavered. Often carrying bur-
dens which might have daunted those of lesser courage,
she endured as seeing Him who is invisible. Together
with her fellow missionaries she faced many problems
about which it was easy to be wrong. But as one re-
views the history of the Mission, her excellent judg-
ment in important matters may be found often upon its
pages. When necessary she could speak with unmistak-
able forthrightness, but humility and graciousness were
never absent from her letters. In 1932 she had been
passing through deep waters in the matter of health,
and being concerned lest the Board might not approve
her for return to the field, she had written with some
bluntness about certain matters. But the letter ended

beautifuOy with these words: "So forgive me and let
me begin all over again. With a heart burdened for souls,
Estella Myers."

She was always interested in careful and thorough
educational preparation for missionary candidates. She
rejoiced when the seminary was established in 1930
at Ashland as a Graduate School of Theology, and
was among its first financial supporters. To aid in fur-
nishing a residence for students she sent to me a gift of
$50, saying: "I am so glad for this department in
the college. May God bless it, and may our theologian
for Africa come from its walls." She had always felt
the need for someone trained in the Biblical system of
truth who could present it effectively to the African
native mind.

When in 1937 Grace Theological Seminary arose to
carry on the educational ideals and missionary purpose
of our churches, those who were present at the memo-
rable rally held at Winona Lake were electrified by the
announcement of the first gift of $1,000 — from Estella
Myers — for a new building for the school. Through the
years she gave regularly to its support, and left a sub-
stantial annuity. We also had the great privilege of
having her as a student for a semester in the first aca-
demic year of 1937-38, when the entire student body
felt the profound influence of her missionary zeal. We
shall ever count it an honor to number Miss Estella
Myers among the alumni of the seminary.

IOWA GIRL OBEYS

(Continued From Page 8)

Missionary Herald Company, as well as the Foreign
Missionary Society, were recipients of her kindness and
generosity, and claimed a great place in her days and
hours of prayer.

She was always a woman of prayer, but never was it
more evident than during the closing days of her life
when, shortly after returning to Africa at her own ex-
pense, her heart had weakened until she found it best
to spend much time in rest and quiet. We are told her
last days were spent in writing, reading the Bible, and
in prayer, mostly in prayer.

We cannot call Miss Myers back to her work again.
We would not if we could. But we plead for others to
offer their lives in loving service to the living Lord,
in the completing of tasks, some begun and some not
yet begun. We need many more young people for for-
eign service, and older people to hold the ropes here at
home and to obey the Lord's words: "Go quickly and
tell," just as this Iowa girl obeyed.

January 5, 7957

Excerpts from letters

to the FMS office from fellow-missionaries of Miss Myers:

It was indeed sad news for all of us that the Lord has
seen fit to call Miss Myers unto himself so soon after
her departure from us. She leaves a great void on our
Africa mission field, and in the hearts of all of us.

Her life was lived for the glory of God. No matter
what she undertook, her first question was always: "Will
it please my Lord, is it for His glory?" She lived a life
of sacrifice. Often she did without the necessities of life

The Fosters, Miss Myers, and the Kennedy children — May 1931

in order to have more for the Lord's work.

How she must be rejoicing in the presence of the Lord.
But how much the natives among whom she worked will
miss her.

Her passing on impels us to pray earnestly that the
Lord will raise up faithful laborers to fill the gaps. Our
time to labor for Him may be short, so very short. —
Rose A. Foster.

Our hearts have been saddened this last week by
the news of the homegoing of the last one of our first
pioneers. We worked together in the beginning days of
this station and Miss Myers was to return and work with
us after a short stay at Bekoro with Miss Cochran. But
the Lord called her to be with Him. Miss Myers had a
great burden for the work here and was translating the
New Testament into Pana, the tribal language. We have
lost a wonderful friend and missionary, but we know

that she is content to be with her Lord and resting in
Him. — Marvin Goodmans.

The sudden homegoing of Miss Estella Myers cer-
tainly was a shock to me. The Lord doeth all things well,
and now He has taken another one of His servants to be
with himself. What a glorious entry she must have had
into the courts of heaven.

I will miss Estella. She was very dear to me, as she
was to countless others. I shall never forget the help and
inspiration she was to me the term I spent in Africa. I
am thankful for the privilege that the Lord gave me to
know and work with her.

The loss of a tireless worker in the translation work
and witnessing is really felt on the Africa field. My
prayers go up for the missionaries and African Chris-

Miss Myers translating, with two native helpers

tians. How she was loved for her devotion to her Lord
and His work!

Estella looked well when I last saw her. She said that
she was happy to be back home. She had expressed her
desire to die on the field. That desire the Lord granted
her even though He did not grant her the privilege of
finishing the translation of the New Testament in the
Pana language. The Lord has someone to finish that
work. My prayer is that it may not stay unfinished for
long, and that the missionaries appointed to that district
will be able to learn the language sufficiently for that
purpose. — Edith Geske.

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I Saw Estella Myers Once

By Mrs. George E. Cone

We were at the Bangui airport on a
typically hot African early afternoon.
The parking area was crowded with
cars from various countries and the
airport veranda shaded the bare shoul-
ders of French women and the bare legs
of French men. A big dark Italian-
looking man stood in front of me
matching the heat of the day with the
smoke of his cigar. I wondered how
Miss Myers would look through a smoke screen.

Our eyes searched the skies for the big silver bird and
our ears strained for the hum of its voice. And then it
came, a graceful monster bearing precious cargo.

"Now, don't tell me who she is," I said. "I want to
guess." A half-dozen priests filed out in their long black
robes from which dangled their holy jewelry. I could
not help but wish that six such as Estella Myers were
descending, and one Catholic priest, instead of the
reverse. A tired-looking couple with a child stepped
down next. Freedom was so delightful to the little fel-
low that he darted from his mother, stumbled, and
sprawled on the gravel in his French, white bloomered
romper. I sympathized with the distressed mother and
the howling child. Hadn't I left the same plane with two
little ones just six months before? Others passed, and
then, of course — it was no one else but Miss Myers!
Who else would be coming to Africa at 72? She looked
lovely — all in pale blue against the silver of the plane.
Her light blue hat rested on soft white hair, and her
well-tailored blue suit and nylon jersey blouse became
her perfectly.

The others greeted her enthusiastically, but of course
she didn't know me, so I introduced myself. The usual
round of questions ensued. Good trip? Yes. Feeling
well? Yes. How did conference at home go? Very well.
What's the latest news from the Board? And on and on.
Finally the African sun beating down on white gravel
impelled us to get into the trucks and move on. We
stopped near the native quarters for our oldest pastor.
Marc Volongou, who greeted Miss Myers with profuse
joy, barely noticing the rest of us until later. His hearty
laugh burst forth often as the words flew back and forth
in their Sango conversation. I longed to understand but
my slow ears could not keep up.

When Miss Myers arrived at Yaloke she went out on
the veranda to see the children playing. My almost-
three-year-old looked up at her as if he were seeing an
old friend and said: "Where have you been?" Yes;
where-all had Miss Myers been in the heart of an un-
tamed Africa? Doubtless she was the first white person
to set foot in many parts of this area. Wherever she
went she brought hope and comfort and salvation to a

A group of Africa missionaries in 1941; Miss Myers seated at left

shunned and needy people. Where had she been?
Thirty-eight years in Africa. Where is she now? Re-
ceiving a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

I saw Estella Myers once. "Until we meet again" —
I shall see her in my heart.

They are waiting everywhere.
Where the fields of earth are fair.
Where the rivers nobly run.
Where the blossoms seek the sun,
Where the hills rise high and grand,
Looking proudly o'er the land —
Waiting! Waiting!

They are waiting in the wild.
Wicked, weary and defiled.
And the Saviour's heaUng word.
They have never, never heard;
Ever hungry and unfed
Left without the living bread —
Waiting! Waiting!

■ — Selected

Come and Help

Hark! what mean those lamentations

Rolling sadly through the sky?
'Tis the cry of heathen nations —

"Come and help us or we die!"
Hear the heathen's sad complaining

Christians! hear their pleading cry:
And the love of Christ constraining.

Haste the Gospel, ere they die.

— Cawood

January 5, 1957

AFRICA IMPRESSIONS

(Continued From Page 5)

we couldn't take the car across the river. So we put the
bikes in a dugout canoe, and after we crossed the river
we rode our bikes to his village. Yes; there are new ex-
periences every day.

One time a Frenchman was brought into our dispen-
sary after being attacked by a leopard. The man was
pretty well chewed up. Then there was the time, after we
had retired for the night, when a native came running
down the road toward our house, yelling: "Monsieur!
Monsieur! Come with your gun!" A hyena was caught
in a trap and was dragging the trap out in the grass. So
off Martin went — at 10:30 at night — to hunt a hyena.
Soon we heard a shot, and then the ringing of the
church bell, which meant the hyena had been caught.
Everyone was happy that the hyena was dead and
that no more goats would be dragged off by this animal.

Yes; this is Africa — the lana of contrasts, the land
of darkness and light, the land of experiences. It is a
land where one sees women loaded down — carrying
water or bundles of wood or baskets of cotton on their
heads, and babies on their hips. As I look at these
women I think of another load which weights ihsm
down. That is the load of sin and superstition which puts
fear into their hearts. The load of darkness blinds their
pathway as they walk. The load of ignorance in which
they live constantly crushes them to the ground. What
can change their lives? What can help them? Only the
Gospel of our Lord Jesus.

One, two, three, four years had come and gone and
we were scheduled for furlough. We began packing our
things away, getting ready for that long journey back
home. Then came the day (July 5, 1956) that we were
to leave Bekoro for Bangui to catch the plane. We told
our African Christians goodby, and gave our dog, Susie,
over to the native pastor to keep for us until our re-
turn. I quickly thought of the day when we first arrived
in Africa. So much had happened in the time between.
I thought of those verses in the Bible which say: "O give
thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his iiiercy
endureth for ever"; ". . . lean not unto thine own under-
standing. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall
direct thy paths.'

With goodbys over, we drove away from the Bekoro
station. Our eyes were filled with tears as we said:
"God be with you dear people until we meet again."
We started down the dusty road homeward-bound. As I
looked at the villages that we passed, I thought — fields
are still white unto harvest — but the laborers are iew.

Fathers, mothers — what are you doing to help this
cause? You can help by praying and giving.

Young people, I turn to you to give a special chal-
lenge. You are young, with a whole life ahead of you.
Give your life over to the Lord so He can use you, and
maybe one of these days He will call you into His serv-
ice and you will answer: "Here am I, Lord; send me!"
And that may even be to Africa.

Mrs. Rottler

Power in the Blood

By MRS. CARSON ROTTLER
Missionary on furlough from Argentina

Her voice was unusually soft
for an Argentine, and her accent,
typical of residents of the city of
Cordoba, made her even more
difficult to understand. Mrs. Fer-
rer had been saved years before
and was a member of the Ply-
mouth Brethren group in Cor-
doba; however, .her son and liis
wife attend our church in Rio
Tercero and it was through them
that we came to know and love
her.
We had just finished a dehcious Argentine asado
(charcoaled steak), and while the men played with the
children in the patio, Mrs. Ferrer entertained me with
experiences from her colorful and rich Christian ex-
perience.

Just a short time before as she stood in her doorway
and watched a neighbor lady pass by, the Lord had
spoken to her heart by way of her conscience. She be-
gan to think: "This woman has passed your doorway
every day for years now, and you have never once
stopped her and talked to her about the I^rd."

Mrs. Ferrer could hardly wait for the next day to ar-
rive, and as she watched and waited she prayed that the
Holy Spirit would have a prepared heart to receive
the gospel message. That day right there on the street
Mrs. Ferrer was able to lead her neighbor to a saving
knowledge of Christ. As they parted, Mrs. Ferrer
promised to take her a Bible.

Shortly afterward the woman, who was an elderly
lady, became ill and sent for Mrs. Ferrer. On seeing
Mrs. Ferrer her face lit up, and she asked Mrs. Ferrer
to please read her that verse about the blood. As Mrs.
Ferrer read I John 1:7 her face glowed, and she kept
repeating over and over: "If I had only known this
before."

As she grew worse and her son realized that the
end was near, he pled with her to let him call the priest
for the last confession, but her answer was always the
same: "The blood of Jesus Christ God's Son cleanseth
us from all sin."

Not too long after his mother's death, the son, al-
though an ardent Catholic, began to read the Bible
Mrs. Ferrer had given his mother. It fell open one night
to the verse his mother had asked Mrs. Ferrer to mark
for her, and as he read I John 1 :9 the Holy Spirit spoke
to his heart. A short time later he was knocking on Mrs.
Ferrer's front door, Bible in hand, and in a matter of
minutes he too became a child of God.

Women like Mrs. Ferrer with a burden for souls are
few and far between in Argentina. Join us in prayer
that we might see more of our Argentine beUevers will-
ing and eager to give a testimony to the saving grace
of our Lord.

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lewsmakers

LEON, IOWA. The summation
of argument by the attorneys was
heard in District Court, Decatur
County, Leon, Iowa, at 2:30 p. m.,
Dec. 16, and the (George Ronk vs.
Leon Brethren Church) case was sur-
rendered to the court for decision.
As soon as a verdict is given by the
judge it will appear in the pages of
the Missionary Herald. Ministers
present for the hearings, other than
those named previously (Dec. 22
Issue) were: Rev. Richard DeArraey,
Waterloo, Iowa; Rev. Richard
Grant, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Rev.
Glen Welborn, Winona, Minn.; Rev.
A. D. Cashman, Dallas Center,
Iowa; and Rev. R. H. Kettell, Gar-
win, Iowa. Dr. C. W. Mayes was not
able to attend the trial.

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. Mr.
John Wissmath, 90 years, and Mrs.
Wissmath, 87 years, were honored
Dec. 9 in the morning service at First
Brethren Church, Glenn O'Neal pas-
tor. They celebrated their 69th wed-
ding anniversary on Dec. 12.

GRAFTON, W. VA. The Alle-
gheny Fellowship ministerium met
at the First Brethren Church, Dec.
17. Rev. Lee Crist was host t;astor.

HATBORO, PA. Installation
services for the new pastor, Lester
Smitley, were held at the Suburban
Brethren Church Sunday afternoon,
Dec. 16. Rev. John Neely, pastor of
the First Brethren Church, Allen-
town, Pa., was the guest speaker.

KITTANNING, PA. The First
Brethren Church, W. H. Schaffer,
pastor, have voted to purchase a
$6,000 bus for Sunday-school and
church work. It will be one of a
seating capacity for 54 persons.

JOHNSTOWN, PA. The First
Brethren Church has undertaken the
purchase of a Plymouth Suburban
car as their project for the Africa
Mission field.

LA VERNE, CALIF. Chaplain
Orville A. Lorenz, USA, was guest
speaker at the First Brethren Church
Dec. 9. He returned only recently
from a tour of service in the Middle
East. Dr. Elias White is pastor.

KITTANNING, PA. The boys
and girls basketball teams of the
Riverside Brethren Church, Johns-
town, Pa., defeated the First Breth-
ren Church teams of West Kittan-
ning by the scores of 30-26 and
11-10 :.:espectively.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Those
desiring to have their 1956 Mis-
sionary Herald's bound should de-
liver them to the bookstore at once.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Rev.
Forest Lance, 1205 Chevy Chase
Drive, Anaheim, Calif. Please
change Annual.

MIDDLEBRANCH, OHIO. The
remodeled auditorium of the First
Brethren Church was rededicated
Dec. 16. Dr. Norman Uphouse, for-
mer pastor, was the guest speaker.
The remodehng included insulation
and replastering, oak paneling, new
lighting system, recessed choir loft,
new Hammond organ, "cushion-eze"
pews, pulpit furniture, new carpet
and floor covering and a sound sys-
tem. Wesley Haller is pastor.

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Notice of meetings to be listed in this column must be received for publication at least
30 days in advance of scheduled dates.

Church Date Pastor Speaker

Stoystown, Pa. . Jan. 6-13 ... Arthur Collins . Stanley Hauser.
Long Beach,

Calif Jan. 6-13 .. C. W. Mayes . . Merv Resell.

Fort Lauderdale,

Fla Jan. 6-20 . . Ralph Colburn Bill Smith.

Winchester, Va. . Jan. 6-20 . . . Paul Dick .... A. R. Kriegbaum.

Seattle, Wash. . . Jan. 6-20 . . . T. Hammers . . Henry Dalke.
Temple City,

Calif Jan. 10-12 ... John Aeby .... R. I. Humberd.

Harrah, Wash. . . Jan. 23-25 . . . Don Earner ... R. I. Humberd

Kittanning, Pa. . Jan. 27-Feb. 10 Wm. Schaffer. L. L. Grubb.

Executive Editor . , Arnold R. Kxiegbaum
Winona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake, Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

FREMONT, OHIO. A scotch-
lite sign now properly identifies the
Brethren Chapel, Granville Tucker,
pastor. The bricklayers started work
on the new chapel the third week
in December.

NEW YORK. In view of the un-
precedented increase in the world
literacy and a growing nationalism
the American Bible Society has in-
itiated a 2 5 -year program which
will include the translating the Old
Testament into 150 languages and
the New Testament into 200, and
the Gospels into 250 languages, ac-
cording to Dr. Eugene Nida, as-
sociate secretary in charge of trans-
lations.

WINCHESTER, VA. The new
Sunday-school annex of the First
Brethren Church is reaching the
final stages of construction. A new
loud-speaking system was recently
installed. Paul Dick is pastor.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Evan-
gelist Bob Munro, a faithful warrior
of the Lord Jesus answered the call
of his Lord on Dec. 9. He was en-
gaged in evangelistic services in th
West Covina Brethren Church, Dr.
C. H. Ashman, pastor, where on
Nov. 29 he was taken critically ill.
He had many friends throughout the
United States, Canada and Scotland.
In addition to his evangelistic min-
istry he was greatly used of the Lord
in rescue missions, prisons and youth
camps.

FREMONT, OHIO. John Tier-
ney concludes evangelistic services
at the Grace Brethren Church on
Dec. 6. Gordon Bracker is pastor.

SPECIAL. Rev. R. I. Humberd
will be speaking Jan. 13 at the Grace
Brethren Church, Denver, Colo.,
and Feb. 6, at The Brethren Church,
San Jose, Calif.

January 5, 7957

-piiAy./

GRACE SEMINARY—

Pray for the faculty and admin-
istration as they continue through
January to contact churches in the
interest of seminary and college.

Pray that the necessary $100,000
may be received so that the ground
breaking for the new building proj-
ect may take place on March 1 .

Pray that as the plea goes forth
for funds for the new building proj-
ect that the need for money for cur-
rent operating expenses may not be
forgotten.

Pray that God's blessing may rest
upon the Grace Bible Conference
which begins at the seminary on
January 21.

Pray for the students as they
register for the second semester also
on January 21.

FOREIGN MISSIONS—

Praise the Lord for answered
prayer in the special meetings in
Argentina in the Rio Tercero field.

Pray for a serious problem as the
result of persecution in the home of
one of the believers in Argentina.

Pray for decisions and the rich
blessings of the Lord in the summer
camp this month in Argentina.

Pray for the John Zielaskos as
they begin services at the new Ca-
panema station in Brazil. Services
were started on January first.

Pray for the possible opening of
a work in the near future down in
the interior of Mexico.

Pray for the rich blessing of the
Lord as we enter into the foreign-
mission season.

Pray for the blessing of the Lord
in the carrying out of decisions made
in the Africa field council last
month.

Pray for the Spanglers, Fogies and
Hockings, that they might not suf-
fer hardships in France as the result
of world conditions.

Pray for the Charles Taber fam-
ily as they leave the United States
for France this month for a period
of language study.
WMC—

Pray for the national WMC offi-
cers (by name) as they work in be-
half of WMC interests everywhere.

Pray that our council will meet
the S3, 000 goal for Christian edu-
cation offering, which will be used
for needs of seminary. National
Sunday School and Youth Boards.

Pray for the WMC executive pro-
gram committees as they plan the
programs for the coming year and
for the writers who shall contribute
to this work.

Pray for the WMC missionaries
for 1957, and that the birthday of-
fering will be so generous that still
more missionaries can be supported
next year.

VRA^f

January 15

BRETHREN DAY OF PRAYER

Pray for our WMC sisters in for-
eign lands — both the native Chris-
tians and our missionary sisters.
SMM—

Pray for the national SMM of-
ficers as they plan for the coming
year and for the district officers as
they plan their rallies.

Pray for the Sisterhood patron-
esses, that they will have the wis-
dom needed to influence girls for
godly living in their daily lives.

Pray for all Sisterhood girls, that
they may have the vision needed to
see that daily prayer and Bible read-
ing and regular church attendance
are imperative to Christian growth.

Pray for Mrs. Leslie Moore, na-
tional patroness, as she recuperates
from injuries received in an auto-
mobile accident.

HOME MISSIONS—

Pray for an early completion of
the new chapel at Fremont, Ohio
and also for the ministry of Brother
Granville Tucker to his colored
brethren.

Pray for the Los Altos Brethren
Church, Long Beach, Calif., that
the union may not hinder the Breth-
ren Construction Crew in building,
causing any further loss of time.

Pray for the Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., Sunday school that many of
the new ones attending during the
contest will be retained and won to
Christ for the church.

Praise the Lord for the victories in
the Lansing, Mich, work, and pray
for the Lord's plan to be revealed
in the new church plans.

Pray for the rapid development of
the new Hatboro, Pa., work with
the new pastor, Lester Smitley, who
just arrived on the field.

Pray for Sandra Button as she
conducts a child evangelism class
which is being attended by children
of Christian Science, Catholic and
Jewish backgrounds.

Pray that the many Jewish people
who have promised to attend the
classes of the Brethren Messianic
Witness, will come with open minds
to learn of Jesus Christ; and pray
that our Brethren Missionaries will
so teach God's Word that these Jews
will be converted to Christ.

MISSIONARY HERALD—

Pray for the ministry of the book-
store in the dissemination of Chris-
tian literature, that the Lord will use
the printed page to enlighten the
saints and convict the lost.

Pray for the writers and teachers
of our Brethren Sunday school
literature that God might use them
to instruct our Brethren Sunday
schools in the eternal truths of His
Word.

Pray for the entire staff of the
Missionary Herald in the many intri-
cate and minute responsibilities re-
lated to the printed page.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

January 5, 7957

The BRETHREN

WMC NUMBER

JANUARY 12, 1957

Camp Bethany

Brethren Youfh present a great challenge
to the Women's Missionary Council

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Na-Hbnal Women's Missionary Council '^ 1956^1957

Desire -I" Parents ^ Tragedy

By Kenneth B. Ashman

The story you are about to read is true! It is a story
with a tragic ending! It repeats itself much too often
in America today! Yes; even in so-called Christian
homes, these tragedies are occurring repeatedly. The
story is summarized in three simple statements. It was
at the close of the commencement address at a nearby
high school. The speaker had challenged the class to
hear the call of the Lord above all others. A promising
young man stepped forward after the benediction and
said: "I feel called of the Lord to preach the Gospel,
where should I attend school for preparation?" Advice
was given, emphasizing the wisdom of choosing a
Christian college and a fundamental seminary.

Two months later, in August, we checked with this
promising young man — headed for the ministry. His
second statement was the forewarning of trouble. "My
parents are glad that I am headed for the ministry, but
they do not want me to go away to school. Therefore,
we have decided on a local college." Though this young
man was willing to go away to a Christ-centered col-
lege, and though the parents had the means to financ;
his education anywhere he might choose, yet they let
selfish interests sway their better judgment as to the
choice of atmosphere, teachers, philosophies, and at-
titude toward the Bible under which their son should
train for the ministry. It was a tragic choice indeed.

Two years later. We picked up a college student ask-
ing a ride to the local business district. It was the young
man who had approached us after that commencement
two years earher. His third statement came as a result
of our questions pertaining to his ministerial training;
and his fellowship with the Lord. "Well, I've changed
my mind, and I guess my faith too. You see, here they
teach us about all religions and we make our cho!c:s.
I guess I'm quite a little confused, but one thing I'm
certain about — I just don't believe in the Bible and
the Lord like I once thought I did. I've learned that
much of the stuff my parents believe and my preacher
teaches aren't so true and important after all."

Yes; a God-given desire for spiritual service was
destroyed, along with a young man's faith in God, by
the poor advice and direction of well-meaning parents.
These parents are not alone in this misdeed, for the
same thing is being repeated in young lives daily. Could
you be guilty of doing the same for your aspiring young
believer?

The pursuit of education and the getting of wis-
dom is a good thing. But, as Solomon warns: "A wise
man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man
of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels" (Prov.
1:5). True wisdom begins with God, is obtained through
the Word of God, and is applied by the Spirit of God.
All other learning must fit into the spiritual to be ac-
cepted and fruitful. The Christian college endeavors to
present a well-rounded curriculum with the truth as
the hub of all educational pursuits, whether these be
in the field of mathematics, education, music, science,
etc.

The objects of Christian teaching are fivefold: (From
NACC.)

1. To help the student develop a sound and beau-
tiful body. "Know ye not that your body is the temple
of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which we have of
God, and ye are not your own?" Christian education in-
spires intelligent care of the body that it might be used
in the service of the Lord. The moral standards, and
high ideals, and the lofty goals of the Christ-centered
school alone can fulfill this need.

2. To encourage the students to think God's
thoughts and do God's will. "Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus." This type of train-
ing, alone found in a Christian college, gives a positive-
ness to the mind and will of the pupil; it sets a life course
pleasing to God and assures a life of happiness in fu-
ture years.

3. To develop emotional stability in the student.
"Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might."
A Christ-centered and a Christ-controled personality is
the goal. There is developed a complete trust in the
goodness of God, and a complete assurance that He
doeth all things well. This stability of heart and mind are
not to be found among those educated outside the realm
of the Bible.

4. To develop a missionary sensibility. "No man
liveth unto himself." The Christian college assures a
vision to the pupil, a goal outside himself, a purpose
in life, and a passion for the salvation of souls. He be-
comes sensitive to the needs of others round about. He
thus becomes one who shares, who helps, who testi-
fies, who lifts. Here again, in a non-Christian school,
these high challenges are usually lacking.

5. To develop the spiritual man. "Let the word of

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THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER :;

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
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The Brethren Missionary Herald

Youth in Argentina

By J. Paul Dowdy

Youth, in certain respects, constitutes the most im-
portant age-group in any society. The responsibility of
the future of the nation with all its institutions rests with
this group. Just what young men and women will do
with that responsibility, depends largely upon the prepa-
ration they receive from parents and schools. Unfor-
tunately, far greater attention is given to preparation for
the acquisition of material goods than is given to spiri-
tual growth. Such a reversal of God's order can bring
only disaster. Our Lord's command is: "Seek ye first
the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you" (Matt. 6:33).

Young people of Latin America are faced with the
same responsibility, and their need of preparation for
life's work is just as great as in our own land. In many
respects, Argentine young people are very much like
those of our own country. It should be observed how-
ever, that their opportunities and outlook on life are
different. Youth in the United States is surrounded with
an abundance of everything calculated to make life
easier and more comfortable. This is not so in Argen-
tina, nor in any of the other Latin American countries.
There, young people grow up accustomed to a far sim-
pler mode of existence, and for many of them, life is
scarcely more than existence.

Class distinctions due to financial status are more
obvious in Argentina than here. Among the young
people these distinctions become quite evident in their
educational experience. The children of rich and poor
may sit in the classroom together through the primary
grades, i.e., grades one through six. On finishing sixth
grade, the children from the poorer families usually drop
out. This is inevitable for those who live in small towns
in which there are no secondary schools. Then of course,
there are those who must work to help their parents pro-
vide for the family. In some towns, boys from poor
homes have the opportunity to attend an industrial
school for three or four years and thus learn a trade.
In the cities there are industrial schools for girls also.

Those whose parents have sufficient money may go
to secondary school even though it may be necessary
to go away to another town or city. This secondary edu-
cation may be acquired in a general course of five
years leading to the bachelor's degree. Young men and
women who wish to enter the teaching profession take
a six-year course in Normal College. With the bachelor's
degree, a student may go on to university for the pro-
fession of his choice.

Once in the university, young people realize that they
occupy a position of privilege, which has become also a
position of influence. It is very common in South
American countries for university students to take the
initiative in movements for reform in government. On
several occasions revolutions have been started by the
students. This is not necessarily due to a love for fight-
ing. Students of those lands are more politically minded
than those of our country. Through their studies they
become aware of injustices in government. The influence

of their professors, and the example of their heroes of
history, often are sufficient to fire their zeal and cause
them to launch into situations that older men fear to
touch.

Thus we may say that in Argentina we are dealing
with young people who are seriously concerned with the
political and material welfare of their country. Many
who cannot become prepared for a profession are being
trained in the mechanical skills, thus making their con-
tribution toward the economic betterment of the nation.

Our problem is to reach those young people for Christ.
This, of course, is attended with a variety of difficulties.
The class distinction mentioned above makes it diffi-
cult to get members of the different groups together.
Family prestige and social position are strong in-
fluences which hinder the bringing of the well-to-do,
educated young people into a group composed mostly of
the poorer and less educated.

It is true also that higher education often tends to
weaken or destroy religious inclination, and leaves the
student indifferent or even hostile toward the gospel
appeal.

In spite of the difficulties, the Lord has given us some
contacts with this class of young people, and a few have
been won to Him.

Another thing which proves to be a hindrance is the
Argentine's love for sports and diversions in general.
Soccer (they call it football and spell it "futbol") is the
great national game. It is played by all ages all the year
round. Games are usually scheduled for Sunday. Auto-
mobile and bicycle racing are quite popular also, and
Sunday seems to be their best day.

In addition to all these things, just the burden of
study and work also makes it difficult to interest young
people in the Gospel. They are just too busy.

Nevertheless, the picture is not all dark. The Lord
has given us a goodly number of young people in Argen-
tina. Many of them are quits faithful, and are serving the
Lord in their local churches. Our Sunday schools, youth
organizations, camps, raUies and special meetings, all
serve as means of reaching and teaching this important
age-group. For those who desire to prepare themselves
to serve the Lord more efficiently, our Bible institute
offers, in addition to the regular three-year course, night
school and correspondence courses. Also, post-graduate
studies are given for those who are to become full-time
workers.

May the Lord count on you to help in this work
among the young people of Argentina.

£VAN(i£L(5M

January 12, 1957

Chrisf-ian Home and Marritige
Forum

By Althea S. Miller
SELFISH PARENTS?

Their childish voices were lifted high in song. A spirit
of reverence pervaded the room as words came sweet
and clear; "For mother's love and father's care, We
thank Thee, Lord." Who could have known ihat under-
neath that melody at least one little heart was heavy
with hurt?

The children stood holding hands as they prayed.
Suddenly, a little voice, charged with emotion, broke
the silence. "Dear Jesus, please make my daddy and
mama to live together again so Grandma doesn't have
to take care of me. I want my mama and daddy to take
care of me."

A six-year-old girlie had painted a tragic picture with
the vivid strokes of a few words which tumbled out of
her bewildered heart.

"How lightly some parents take the responsibility
and privilege of the rearing of children," a childless
teacher virtually trembled as she spoke. "Marty is an
adorable child, and what do her parents do for her?
They push her around, confuse her little heart, help de-
velop a complex by dividing her love for them. Oh,
they are just ruining that child's life!"

My own heart stood still as the prayer of little Marty
echoed again. "How selfish can parents become?" 1
asked of no one in particular.

"Is there a limit to selfishness?" another teacher coun-
tered.

"I suppose not," I answered as the painful fact of
the "exceeding sinfulness of sin" swept over my soul
with new meaning. If Marty's were an isolated case
of parental selfishness, the situation would be bad
enough. But the same story with different names
abounds everywhere, to the grief of countless hearts,
and to the breakdown of our nation's most important
citadel, the home.

As love grew cold (which they had promised on their
wedding day to cultivate and cherish), and they decided
nothing could be done but call a halt to their marriage,
Marty's parents never gave their child one thought. How
their separation and the broken home would affect
Marty physically, emotionally, spiritually, never crossed
their minds. They did not think they were neglecting
her. She is the best dressed little girl in her set. She
has enough toys to stock a store. No expenses are spared
when it comes to medical care; her food is the finest
obtainable. With the combined care of a doting grand-
mother, a nurse, an excellent private school, and a live
wire Sunday school, what more can Marty want or need?

What more, indeed! Can plying a little girl with
"things" take the place of "mother's love and father's
care" and discipline? Can a cuddly teddy bear nestle
a sick or distraught child's head like that of a mother's
breast? What can give more joy and heart satisfaction
— an expensive bicycle, built to size, or a happy romp
with Daddy on the living room floor? What gives a child
more stability — an unlimited expense account, or the
steady, warm love of two parents who live together
in a tightly knit family circle?

How selfish can parents become? Selfish enough to
cast aside a holy bond in favor of warped thinking, a

We are in the second month of the quarter which
we devote to our youth and to the Christian education
program. Our goal for this offering is S3, 000, one-half
to be given to Grace Seminary and the other half to be
given to the youth and Sunday-school boards.

Our offering for Grace Seminary is to be used for
the providing of student mailboxes, the need for which
we touched upon last month.

Our offering for the youth and Sunday-school boards
is to be used for the providing of additional equipment
for the office and the provision of teaching materials.

Each of us as WMC members must do our share to
put this offering over the top. The greatest investment
we can make in giving and in praying is in the youth of
our church for upon them depends our future strength.

DESIRE

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Christ dwell in you richly." Only that life that is Christ-
centered will be the "abundant life." Faith in the Word,
trust in the Lord, devotion to the church, and loyalty to
the right — these are the virtues that are developed in a
Christian educational institution and are destroyed in
the secular educational atmosphere.

So, we parents had better choose the way of right
and wisdom and encourage our young people to enroll
in Christian colleges and universities. For the Brethren,
Grace Seminary and College are the answer to this
pressing educational need. Right now, as so many more
see the wisdom of such a course of educational pursuit,
this institution stands in need of expanded facilities,
faculty, and equipment. The Women's Missionary Coun-
cil is putting forth that "extra effort" to assist in their
splendid way. Let all the Brethren, during this first
month of a new year, put "first things first" and pro-
vide a Christian college for Christian youth. Let's have
fewer tragedies along the educational pathways.

result of unresolved personality quirks. Selfish enough
to regard not the spiritual and personality needs of their
own flesh and blood, but to blandly ignore them in favor
of immature reasoning. Selfish enough to give their
children "things" which this life can offer; yet fail to
give that one thing which is needful — a home which
radiates love because Jesus Christ is the center and
circumference of all lives and living there.

The army of selfish parents grows daily in alarming
proportions. And with the growth there is increase of
warped personalities in innocent children, a steady de-
terioration of the home life, and a mockery of God's
express commands. The picture isn't very pretty, and
it may reflect a likeness of some of us. There is not a
parent among us who ought not stop in our tracks and
take inventory. If there is any sign of selfishness creep-
ing into either hearts or homes, the time is now to con-
duct a vigorous cleaning campaign. And lest we say
this is impossible, I hasten to remind us of the promise
in God's Book: "I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me" (Phil. 4:13).

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Reaching African
Youth in Bangui

By Orville D. Jobson

The presence of the mission in Bangui has opened
many new doors of service for the Lord. Not least among
these is the ministry to the Protestant youth of the capi-
tal city.

Probably in no other area of the world today is it more
important to pay special attention to the youth than in
Africa. It is conceded by all that it is the present gene-
ration of young people who will step into the place of
leadership in the emerging new Africa. How important
it is to the Christian church that the leadership be evan-
gelical.

It is estimated that 10,000 young Africans are now
attending European and American colleges and uni-
versities. Over 3,000 of these are from the Gold Coast
alone.

The greater part of these Africans receive their
elementary education in mission schools, and the Chris-
tian background they received should have a telling in-
fluence on their lives. Secondary education, on the other
hand, is not always available in mission schools. For this
part of their education they attend public schools and
it is at this period of their lives that they need Christian
fellowship and Bible study. It is with such groups that
we have had a real fruitful ministry in Bangui.

In the "college" (junior and senior high) there are
about 40 Protestant boys for whom, up to a few years
ago, there were no Christian activities. In the trade
school we discovered 16, and in the school of hand-
crafts eight more. These also were without youth meet-
ings of any kind.

With the cooperation of the French Protestant (mili-
tary) chaplain, who is a genuine evangelical believer, we
conduct three weekly Bible classes for the different age
groups in these schools. Also, with the same cooperation,
we have organized two Boy Scout troops.

These contacts have done a great deal to encourage
these Christian boys and to help them resist the temp-
tations of the big city. They have invited others into
their fellowship who are now showing an interest in
spiritual things. Several of these have confessed Christ
as Saviour.

Included in the Scout troops are some of the other
Protestant boys who are still in elementary schools
throughout the city. The Scouts are under the direction
of the church and participate in its activities. Occasion-
ally they attend Sunday morning service as a body,
dressed in their uniforms.

These efforts mark a new beginning in our ministry
to the youth of Africa. So far the work has been con-
fined to the boys, but we hope that very shortly we might
be able to launch some sort of a movement among
Christian girls, where the need is so great and the prob-
lems complex.

OUR COVER PICTURE

We present this month a composite of Camp Bethany,
held each year at Winona Lake, during National Con-
ference. Brethren young people from across the na-
tion gather for this week of fellowship and Bible study.

Our cover gives us glimpses of some of the activities
enjoyed. At the center top is a picture of the staff and
counselors of the last camp. The center is an informal
shot taken in the auditorium as a meeting was breaking
up and the group was preparing to leave on an outing.
Lower left shows us the Bethany choir, and lower right
gives us a glimpse of the informal activity in the
"Crackerbox," that ever-popular place to obtain those
late evening snacks with the indigestible-sounding
names.

We appreciate the zeal and planning of our Youth
Council which makes possible for our young people a
well-rounded summer-camp program, not only at Camp
Bethany, but in all the district camps across the Brother-
hood.

MISSIONARY BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH

Africa —

Mr. Albert W. Balzer March 1

B. P. 10, Bossangoa via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs. S. Wayne Beaver March 2

Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Verna Marie Dunning March 10, 1945

Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Barbara Jean Miller March 18, 1951

Mission a Bekoro, Paoua via Bozoum via Bangui. French Equa-
torial Africa.

Mrs. C. B. Sheldon March 21

Bossangoa via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Paul Marvin Goodman March 25, 1951

Mission a Nzoro, Bocaranga via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Argentina —

Kenneth Paul Churchill March 5, 1947

Remedies de Escalada 74. Rio Tercero, F.C.B.M., Prov. Cordoba,
Argentina, S. A.

Mrs. Hill Maconaghy March 21

Bdo. de Irigoyen 564, Jose Marmol, F.C.N.G.R., Argentina. S. A.

Brazil —

James Melvin Zielasko March 17, 1955

Caixa Postal 861. Belem, Para, Brazil.

.France —

Beckie Maurita Fogle March 17, 1948

79 Chemin de Vassieux, Caluire et Cuire, Rhone, France.

Hawaii —

Rev. Foster R. Tresise March 20

2377 E. Manoa Road, Honolulu, T. H.

Mexico —

Thomas Alden Howard March 17, 1953

406 Mary Avenue, Calexico, Calif., U.S.A.

John Leroy Howard March 20, 1946

406 Mary Avenue, Calexico, Calif.. U.S.A.

In the United States —

Judith Lynn Kennedy March 16, 1953

c/o Box 588. Winona Lake, Ind.

Diana Ruth Taber March 25, 1954

c/o Box 588, Winona Lake, Ind.

Miss Gail Jones March 31

c/o Box 588, Winona Lake, Ind.

January 12, 1957

Another WMC
Missionary of the Year

Born on a farm on the plains of Saskatchewan in
Canada, Mrs. J. P. (Freda) KUever met her husband-
to-be when she was a little girl, for the Kliever family
lived not many miles away. However, in those days
Jake and Freda were not the least bit impressed with
each other. When she was quite young, Freda's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Neufeld, and their family, moved to
the United States to a farm in Oregon. Strangely enough,
the Klievers also moved to Oregon and to the same
community. After a few more years, the Klievers moved
again, this time to California, and a number of years
passed before Jake and Freda saw each other again.

In Freda's family, the German language was always
spoken at home — "low German," that is — but at their
church "high German" was used. Freda did not learn to
speak English until she started to school, so by that time
she could really speak three languages. Although her
family did not favor higher education for girls, Freda
managed to get through high school and then went on
to work her way through the Bible Institute of Los
Angeles.

While Freda was at home in
Oregon one time, a gospel quartet
came to the vicinity, as it was the
former home of one of the quartet
members, Mr. Jake Kliever.
Freda's mother had invited the
group to her home, and Jake was
very impressed by the lovely
young lady who was helping with
the serving. Upon inquiring of
Mrs. Neufeld concerning the
young lady's identity, Jake was
astonished to learn that this was
her daughter Freda — how she had changed! It might
have been called love at first sight — except that this
wasn't exactly "first sight," was it?

It was not until they were attending seminary at Ash-
land, Ohio, several years after their marriage, that Jake
and Freda felt the call of the Lord to go to the mission
field. After a time of study in France, they arrived in
Africa in 1938. Their daughter Anne was a very little
girl when the family went to Africa, and their other
daughter. Donna, was born on the field.

Mrs. Kliever is a member of the First Brethren Church
of Johnstown, Pa.

WMC OFFICIARY

President — Mrs. Kenneth Ashman, 205 Dirig Ave.. Wooster. Ohio.

First Vice President (Projects) — Mrs. Miles Taber, 314 Dorchester
St., Ashland. Ohio.

Second Vice President (Program) — Mrs. Thomas Hammers, 6242
30th Ave., Seattle 15. Wash.

Recording Secretary— Mrs. Lester Pifer, Box 195, Winona Lake, Ind.

Assistant Secretary — Mrs. Scott Weaver. R.R. 2. Osceola, Ind.

Financial Secretary-Treasurer — Mrs. Chester McCall, 4580 Don
Felipe Dr.. Los Angeles, Calif.

Literature Secretary — Mrs. Jesse Deloe, 203 W. Woodland, Fort
Wayne. Ind.

Editor — Mrs. Benamin Hamilton, Box 701, Winona Lake, Ind.

Prayer Chairman — Mrs. Frank Lindower, R.R. 1. Uniontown, Ohio.

Patroness of SMM — Mrs. H. Leslie Moore. 112 Beachley St., Meyers-
dale, Pa.

Mrs. Kliever

A Chat With Your Nationol
WMC Prayer Chairman

The January hand on our WMC clock will be en-
titled: We Must Call! Certainly this impHes the sub-
ject of "Prayer."

"I wonder if a lot of us are not guilty of doing a lot
of writing and talking about prayer, but not actually
practicing what we preach? The Devil does not care
how much we discuss and applaud the subject, so long
as we do not pray! A book on how to pray is good, but
the best and only way to learn to pray is to do it! Let
us place ourselves at God's disposal as pray-ers!"

"However, when we do want to pray, have you
noticed how we are hindered and assailed from all quar-
ters? Who has not gone apart to pray and found his mind
to go blank, or to be flooded with distracting thoughts?
Some, on the other hand, fall asleep while at prayer.
Again, it is surprising what a lot of things you remember
that you have to do when you decide to pray! Have
you ever associated these hindrances with the power of
evil?" (If you are interested in reading a fine booklet
about this, send for "How to Resist the Devil" by F. J.
Perryman, price 15c, from Back to the Bible Publishers,
Lincoln, Nebr. Quotations from this book in above
paragraphs).

My Impressions of Our WMC

By Elizabeth S. Clark, La Verne, Calif.

As I pause and ponder

O'er our WMC
I am made to wonder —

Can I of service be?
Leaders here are so efficient!

Work well done as planned!
Each and every one sufficient

To do the work at hand!
There are many projects

The sisters wish to sponsor;
Yet often, some object.

And few their service offer.
These women heed the cry

Of so many in distress;
Yet undertake with spirits high

Their deeds of righteousness.
They form the nucleus for prayer

As needs are here expressed.
And those who gather there

Are sure of being blessed.
We call to mind that band

Of faithful women and men
Working in every land

To tell God's love to them.
Daily at the throne of grace

For some we intercede.
As those in every place

Make known to us their need.
Let not one sister say:

"There is nothing I can Do!"
For each and all can pray.

And to their Lord be true.
Pray for those we choose

To lead on in the cause of right;
Not in our strength to move,

But — in His might.

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The King^s Standards

By Mrs. Arthur Carey

Does a princess have to conform her life to a standard
that is not set up, or does she do as she pleases? You say:
"Of course she must act like the king's daughter should."
Yes; you are right! The princess conforms her hfe to
the royal standard — not the standard of the people of
the world, nor yet to the fads of the girls of her age. She
is considered neither ignorant nor neglected for be-
having as a princess, but rather she is respected and
often copied.

You, as Christian girls, constantly have the prob-
lem of worldliness to deal with, and some girls find
it almost impossible to cope with. First of all, each one
of you, if you have not already done so, must come to
the place of decision, deciding whether you are going
to put God first in your lives, or put the world first. It
is a decision that you must make yourself. You can side-
step it, dodge it, or put it off, and live a sort of off-and-
on existence for a while, but all the time you will be
deciding in favor of the world, and finally you will be
blind to the fact that God is taking a back seat.

There are many people today who I believe are really
Christian but have so neglected their spiritual life that
as far as Christian influence is concerned are like a
burned-out bulb, a dead battery, a broken spring, or a
clogged drainpipe. Their spiritual self is an anemic
little dwarf, too weak to say or do anything it should,
while their physical life is well fed and robust, their
social hfe flourishes, and perhaps their intellectual life
is keen and sharp. What a lopsided personality this is!
Solomon, in Proverbs, tells us: "The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom."

So, I wish each one of you, before you go to bed
tonight, would kneel and talk heart-to-heart with your
Heavenly Father, and inquire of Him for wisdom and
strength to clean out the cluttered-up places in your
life so that He may occupy them. The very best of
Christians and the most learned of Bible scholars have
to do this periodically throughout their lives.

There are decisions to make every day, and they will
determine who is first in our hearts and lives. Our Scrip-
ture verse which we will use as a guide is: "And what-
soever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the
Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by
him" (Col. 3:17).

One of the first things that confronts us is music.
"Music?" you say. What could possibly be wrong with
music? Nothing is wrong with music, but music is the
avenue by which we approach many of our activities. It
can lead us to sublime heights of worship of our Maker;
it can help us give expression to our joys and our sor-
rows. But it also can draw us to the sensuous dance, the
suggestive movie, or places where intoxicating drinks

flow freely. A girl gifted in music will find flattering of-
fers to use her music to make money in a worldly way,
and she will need the grace of God to help her shun
them.

Sometimes athletics becomes a problem. Some say
that athletics are worldly, but I am reminded that Jesus
loved the great out-of-doors and the Apostle Paul was
a great athlete. He used the footrace as an example
of the Christian hfe. God wants us to honor our bodies
and develop them in the best way possible. He tells us
that they are temples of the Holy Ghost and should be
kept fit for Him. Athletics are a wholesome outlet for the
energy of young Christians, but when wrongly used, can
lead to evils too, so we must be careful to use our guide
verse in this regard too.

Then, of course, there is a whole hst of amusements
that are always a source of argument with young people.
All these have been proved to have harmful effects on
Christian life and growth. Modem dances arouse our
emotions in an unholy way. Movies teach us the worldly
ways of life. Smoking and drinking tear down the bodily
temple of God's own Holy Spirit. Obscene pictures and
literature fiU our minds with thoughts foreign to holy liv-
ing. Indecent clothing and garish makeup certainly do
not lend a testimony of the saving power of Christ.
Cards and gambling are definitely the Devil's tools and
not necessary for the happiness of one who has her life
bound up in the love of Christ. There are many others,
but space does not permit, but once more read our guide
verse, Colossians 3:17.

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR FEBRUARY

SONGS — Sing some of your favorites and close with
the year's theme song, "Channels Only."

SCRIPTURE— Read from I John 3:1:24.

PRAYER TIME — Use the requests found in the
"prayer closet."

DEVOTIONAL LESSON— Seniors and Middlers
study "The King's Standards" by Mrs. Carey, and
Juniors study and discuss the article on "Language"
by Mrs. Brenneman.

MISSIONARY LESSON — Seniors and Middlers study
the mission biography of Mrs. Orville Jobson, and
Juniors continue the next story in the life of Pondo.

BUSINESS MEETING — Be sure to read Marie Sack-
ett's reminders.

BENEDICTION— Psalm 145:1-2.

January 12, 1957

Koly and Pondo Go to Work

By Miss Mary Emmert

Nana's little sister, Yadoly, had come to live with
her since the arrival of the twins. Taking care of twins
complicated Nina's work so much that it was necessary
to have someone to help her. Even Pondo was often
asked to take care of one of the babies while his mother
went to beat cassava roots into flour.

But Pondo was not fond of staying home with the
twins when his friends were out hunting field rats or
having a good time in the stream, so he ran off when-
ever possible.

"It just seems that everything has gone wrong since
the twins were born," Nana would say. "They surely
are bad luck."

In fact, anything bad that happened would all be
blamed on the twins, where Yadoly stumbled and broke
the water jar, or the leopard came in the night and
killed the dog. By the time they were four, they were
quite accustomed to being accused of whatever mis-
fortune came to the family.

Koly had been sent to work on the new road which
the white man had ordered. Sambey had chosen him,
together with a number of other villagers, for steady
work on the road. Work day after day clearing the
ground and chopping dirt was not to Koly's liking,
especially without pay. But Sambey's word was law.

"A white man's road is much work," he explained to
his wives. "I don't like it."

"Those twins," grumbled Kogara. "You have had
nothing but hard luck ever since they were born."

Nana could not say much as she had often remarked
the same thing. It made her very angry, however, to
hear Kogara say it, so she flung out: "Is that your af-
fair? You've never had any children!"

The taunt was too much. The quarrel that followed
was long and bitter. Both of them talked at once and
kept it up endlessly, never stopping to listen to what
the other said. Koly walked away as was his habit. What
was the use of ordering them to stop when they would
not listen to him anyway? Pondo disappeared too.

By evening, when they ventured to return, the
wives had settled into a sullen silence. Koly ignored
it philosophically and started talking about the guard.

"That guard has taken a liking to me," he said. "He
has made me a captain over the other men. Perhaps I
shall get to be a big man."

His family looked at him with a new respect; but
they did not think of crediting the twins with the good
luck, which would have been just as reasonable as
blaming them with every misfortune.

As time went on, Koly grew in favor with the
guard, as he understood more and more the work of
road building, and showed himself adapted to over-
seeing a gang of workmen. The guard could leave the
work in Koly's care while he went to inspect another

part of the road. When he returned they invariably got
together in the evenings and enjoyed a pot of beer. Soon
they became very good cronies, and the beer flowed
freely.

The morning after one of these drinking bouts, Koly
appeared much elated. "What do you think?" he
bragged. "The guard has made me a big captain over
the whole roadway, and I am to travel with him. You
two are to be released from the village work, too. You
will no longer need to work in Sambey's gardens."

"Really?" Kogara exclaimed. "Do you suppose it
could be true?"

"He was probably drunk when he said it," chimed in
Nana. They knew that all the village women had to
work in the chief's garden. Even the chief's 20 wives
were not exempt, except his first wife, of course; and
then any woman with a tiny baby was also excused for
six months or so; but it was almost too much to ex-
pect that they would be relieved of all work for Sam-
bey, and free to work in their own gardens all the time.

"Oh, he means it all right," said Koly. "He has al-
ready given the order to Sambey. When everyone is
called together to report for work in the morning, you
two just sit still. Do not go to the chief's doorway with
the others."

Nana and Kogara were delighted with their new
freedom, and of course lost no time carrying the news
to their friends. It made quite a stir in the village, and
not a little envy among the other women.

"They think they are madames!" the villagers said
about them. This meant that they were privileged like
the guard's wives, who did no work either. The guard's
wives called themselves "madames," probably pattern-
ing after some government official's wife they had
seen in their travels.

The guard and his wives were originally from a dis-
tant colony where civilization of a sort had long since
touched. They were the forerunners of the half under-
stood and abused manners of the white man.

"Theresa, the guard's first wife, wants you to work
for her," Koly abruptly announced to Pondo one day.
"You are to be a boy."

"What is that?" asked Pondo.

"She means you are to be her servant, to carry wood
and water, to sweep and to work in her garden."

"But that is woman's work," objected Pondo.

"You know the guard's wives do not work. That is
why they need a boy to do their work. It is a new way
of doing things."

"I do not want to be a slave of anyone," Pondo de-
clared with feeling.

"But she will give you clothes for your work. Think
what a big man the white official's boy was. Besides,
the guard may not like it if you refuse."

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So Pondo was finally persuaded to serve as boy to
Theresa. The thought of owning some real cloth was a
big inducement, for he had worn nothing but a strip
of bark cloth all his life. But the guard and his wives
had cloth all over them; and even the chief, Sambey,
had been given a blanket by the white man, which he
proudly wore wrapped around him, the upper corners
tied together back of his neck.

It took some time for Pondo to overcome his dislike
for steady work, for he had always been free to come
and go as he pleased. But Theresa was kind to him, and
he found that he still had many hours of free time.
What he liked best about his job was that he daily
learned many new things, and heard much of the outside
world.

One day when he was taking the heavy water jar
off his head, and setting it in the corner, it slipped from
his hands and broke like an egg shell. The water ran all
over the dirt floor. Pondo expected to see a storm of
abuse like that which he had often heard in his own
home when anything was broken. But to his surprise,
Theresa only said, "Nzapa ayeke" (God exists).

The boy was puzzled. "Why did she not beat me, or
at least scold me?" he thought. "What does she mean?"
Finally he asked: "Who is Nzapa?"

"Oh," she said, "don't you know? Why he is the One
who hves up in the sky, and makes the rain come."

That is all he heard about Nzapa that day, but he
thought to himself: "Nzapa must be very good to keep
me from getting a beating."

A PIONEER MISSIONARY-

MEET YOUR OFFICERS!

Mrs. Leslie Moore, national pat-
roness

Mrs. Moore is the busy wife of
one of our Brethren ministers.
She lives in Meyersdale, Pa. She
sort of mothers (counsels) all the
officers and keeps them on their
toes so they'll get everything done
on time.

Jeanette Turner, national editor

Jeanette is a sophomore at
Grace College. She edits all the
material for publication each
month.

Mrs. Russell H. Weber, national
assistant patroness
Mrs. Weber is another busy
wife of one of our Brethren min-
isters, this time from Hagerstown,
Md. Mrs. Weber's duties include
overseeing the activities of the
Junior SMM work, being re-
sponsible for the SMM prayer
pointers each month on the
"Prayer pointers" page, and con-
ducting the candlelight service at
national conference.

Charlotte Jobson

Mrs. Jobson

By Mrs. Don West

One of our first missionaries to Africa is Mrs. Char-
lotte Jobson. In 1921 she left for her field of service
and she has spent 35 years of faithful witnessing there
for her Lord and Saviour.

Miss Charlotte Hillegas was
born at Berlin, Pa., and 14 years
later she was bom again, also in
Berlin. As for plans for the fu-
ture, she hoped to be a teacher
and to fulfill those plans she at-
tended Juniata College. She did
fulfill those plans and taught in
the primary grades awhile. She
also attended the Moody Bible
Institute. While attending Moody,
the Lord called her to full-time
service for Him in Africa. At first.
Miss Hillegas struggled against this call, but finally
yielded to the call of the Lord by reading from His
Word, the great commission (Matt. 28:18-20) . . . "Go
ye into all the world . . ."

After her graduation from Moody, Miss Hillegas
sailed for Africa. There was a few other missionaries
saiUng at the same time also for Africa. One in par-
ticular, who became very important to her, Orville
Jobson. Needless to say, he was young and handsome.
Mrs. Jobson recalls the voyage as most pleasant and the
sunsets on the ocean most beautiful. Perhaps, these
things meant more to her because of the one sharing
them with her, at any rate these two young people found
they had a lot of things in common and their friend-
ship blossomed into courtship. They were married in
Africa in 1922 and have faithfully served the Lord
together there.

Mrs. Jobson works with the women and girls there.
The WMC and junior church she thinks is the most
thrilling part of her work. Seeing souls accept the Lord
and then watch them grow in grace and then serve Him
is most gratifying. It takes much patience, and Mrs.
Jobson thinks that perhaps that is the hardest part of
all — to wait and watch.

(When Mrs. Jobson returns to Africa for her next
term, she will be taking supplies with her to organize
a SMM in Africa; pray for her and our sisters over there
that they might "do God's will" — Editor.)

SISTERHOOD OFFICIARY

President — Marie Sackett, Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind. (Home:
1010 Randolph St., Waterloo, Iowa).

Vice President — Rachel Smithwick, R. R. 1, Harrah, Wash.

General Secretary — Janet Weber, 835 Spruce St., Hagerstown, Md.

Editor — Jeannette Turner, Winona Lake. Ind. (Home: Portis, Kans.).

Treasurer — Florence Moeller, 1027 Franklin Street, Johnstown, Pa.

Literature Secretary — Kathleen Ripple, 516 Fritsch Ave., Akron 12,
Ohio.

Bandage Secretary — Joyce Ashman, Winona Lake, Ind.

Patroness — Mrs. H. Leslie Moore, 112 Beachley, St., Meyersdale, Pa.

Assistant Patroness — Mrs. Russell Weber, 835 Spruce St., Hagers-
town, Md.

January 12, 1957

LANGUAGE^

By Mrs. Max Brenneman

When we go to a circus, we see all kinds of wild
animals that have been tamed. At home we are able
to tame our pets. But in God's Word, James 3:8 tells
us that "the tongue can no man tame."

Girls, that red thing in your mouth called a tongue,
which is the thing that helps you talk, is, according to
the Bible, untamable. But whatever would we do with-
out our tongue.

God gave us our tongue to use in spreading His Word.
And without our tongue we would be speechless.

Too many times our tongues get out of control. They
say things that are untrue or not nice. Oh, that when we
girls speak, we could be proud of what comes out of
our mouths! Our language is a spoken language. We
must depend on our tongues to talk and be understood.

Sometimes words are used by girls in their talking
and they don't know what they are saying. And Chris-
tian girls are guilty, too.

The Bible tells us in Leviticus 19:12: "And ye shall
not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane
the name of thy God: I am the Lord." Did you know that
some of the things you say are abbreviations of the
name of God? When in saying them, you sin because
the Bible says not to use His name in vain.

Here are a few and their meanings:

Gee — Jesus Heck — Hell

Jeepers — Jesus Golly — God

Gosh — God Lordy — Lord

Dam — Damn Ye Gads — You God

Now we as Christians have no business saying these
words. God clearly tells us in Exodus 20:7: "Thou
shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain."
And if we use any of this slang, we are hurting God
by disobeying His commands.

Also, the Lord gives us a command in Psalms 34:13:
"Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speak-
ing guile." Sometimes our tongues wag and what comes
out is wrong — evil — and not true. Now if we have
Christ in our hearts, our conversation will be Christ-
like. Because in Luke 6:45 it says: "A good man out
of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that
which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure
of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the
abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh." With
Christ in our hearts there can be no evil. The old Devil
tries to put evil things in our hearts, and when he suc-
ceeds, unkind words, slang, gossip, untruths, etc., come
out of our mouths every time.

Proverbs 31:26 describes a wonderful Christian lady
who lived in California. Never once can anyone re-
call hearing her say one unkind word. Why? Because
she had Christ in her heart — and out of the abundance
of her Christlike heart, her mouth spoke. She never said
anything about anyone unless it was something kind.
Try that motto and see how many times you will have
to stop talking.

Surely our tongues and mouths should speak for
Christ. He has done so much for us. Let us use our
tongues — controlled by Christ — to spread the good news
of salvation to those who have never heard. "Let your
conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ"
(Phil. 1:27).

(For February 1957)

NATIONAL PROJECT OFFERING DUE. This is
the month that your offering for the National Project,
a modern bath and central heating system for Missionary
Residence in France is due. Our goal is $1,700. Are we
going to reach it? We will if you send in your offering!

SPRING CABINET MEETING. Now is the time to
plan for your spring cabinet meeting and make plans
for the summer months. This is one of your local organi-
zation goals.

JUNIORS AND MIDDLERS ONLY! Are you work-
ing on your memorization of all the foreign missionaries'
names and their fields? This is your own personal project
and is new this year. The award is either the SMM sta-
tionery or SMM scarf.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Pray for an increase in
the offerings this year over
last's year's goals.

Pray for a love for each
one of the girls in your
Sisterhood this year, and
for a unity bound by the
love of Christ.

Pray for each officer
whose picture is printed
this month. All are carry-
ing loaded schedules and
need your prayers to help
them in Sisterhood work.

Pray for the ones who
are writing your lessons
for the next year, that they
may write exactly what
God wants each SMM girl to study in the year's lessons.

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HEWS

JOHNSTOWN, PA. A record at-
tendance for an evening ijervice was
set Dec. 23 at the Riverside Breth-
ren Church when 186 were present.
Bruce Baker is pastor.

AKRON, OHIO. Rev. Russell
Ogden has tendered his resignation
as the pastor of the Ireland Road
Brethren Church, South Bend, Ind.,
and has accepted the call of the
First Brethren Church of Akron,
Ohio.

LIMESTONE, TENN. There
were 141 present recently for Sun-
day school at the Vernon Brethren
Church, which was 30 more than
the yearly average. Harold Arring-
ton is pastor.

LANSING, MICH. The first
communion service of the new Grace
Brethren Church was conducted
Dec. 16 with 23 participants. There
were four present at the tables that
had only recently accepted Christ,
and three of these gave pubhc
testimony. Richard Sellers is pastor.

MODESTO, CALIF. New side-
walk is to be laid in front of the Mc-
Henry Avenue Grace Brethren
Church, Raymond Thompson, pas-
tor.

SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.
A record attendance for a local
communion service was set Dec. 16
at the Grace Brethren Church with
77 present. Lyle Marvin is pas-
tor.

WINCHESTER, VA. The Mid-
Atlantic youth rally was held Jan.
4-5 at the First Brethren Church.
Arnold R. Kriegbaum was guest
speaker at the banquet Jan. 5. Paul
Dick was host pastor.

GRANDVIEW, WASH. The

average Sunday-school attendance
for the new First Brethren Church
here was 77 for the month of De-
cember. Robert Griffith is pastor.

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. Glenn
O'Neal, pastor of the First Brethren
Church has passed his final oral ex-
mination for a Ph.D. degree from
the graduate school of the University
of Southern California in the speech
department. Congratulations to Dr.
Glenn O'Neal.

SAN GABRIEL, CALIF. Walter
Polman, the father of Rev. Leo
Polman, departed from this life Dec.
20 to be with his Lord. Christian
sympathies are extended to the Pol-
man family.

Executive Editor ....Arnold R. Kriegbaum
WLnona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDnORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake, Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

CHICAGO, ILL. The ninth An-
nul Christian Writer's Conference
will be conducted Jan. 24-26 at 108
N. Dearborn, in the spacious quar-
ters of the Christian Business Men's
Committee Building, in the heart of
the Chicago loop. For information
write to Christian Writer's Institute,
33 Wacker Drive, Chicago 6, 111.

TAUQUITZ PINES, CALIF.
The Winter-Snow Conference wiU
be held here Feb. 1-3.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. The
foundation and rough plumbing is
in for the new North Long Beach
Brethren Church. The concrete slabs
have been poured. George Peek is
pastor.

GLENDALE, CALIF. A special
telephone-prayer circle, in which
special requests will be cared for,
has been organized by the WMC of
the First Brethren Church. Gerald
Polman is pastor.

GRACE ALUMNI BIBLE CONFERENCE

January 21-24

GRACE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Winona Lake, Indiana

BAUMAN MEMORIAL LECTURES BY DR. O. D. JOBSON

Special Missionary Feature Every Night

January 12, 7957

THE BOARD ON MINISTERIAL RELIEF, INC.

By Russell H. Weber
Secretary-Treaurer

As early as 1947, a recommen-
dation was adopted at our national
conference to "Appoint a board for
the purpose of forming a non-profit
corporation to solicit, receive and
disburse funds," to meet the need
of our "aged and incapacitated min-
isters." A little over two years later,
on November 8, 1949, the articles
of incorporation were approved and
filed with the Secretary of State of
the State of Indiana. Thus your
Board on Ministerial Relief, at the
direction of the National Fellow-
ship of Brethren Churches, came
into being.

THE PURPOSE

The purpose of the Board is "to
have funds available to aid the
ministers of the NFBC, when they
face a crisis, or when they reach an
age when they can no longer earn a
livelihood in the active pastorate."
The Word of God instructs the peo-
ple of God to care for the needs of
those who preach the Gospel (I Cor.
9:7-14, et. al.).

THE PLAN

The plan of your Board is briefly,
"That the Board on Ministerial Re-
lief be permitted to ask the churches
of our brotherhood to contribute 3
percent and the ministers of our
fellowship to contribute 1 percent
on the basis of the pastor's salary."
(Adopted in the national conference
1950.) This plan is designed to
have every church and every pastor
in the NFBC cooperating. We have
not nearly reached this goal. Of the
160 churches in our fellowship, we
have only had 100 churches to co-
operate in the plan, and of the 100
churches, only about 40 have paid
into the fund during the year 1956.
Another interesting figure is that
only 40 ministers are cooperating in
the plan. Brethren, if your Board on
Ministerial Relief is to succeed in
its work, you — the churches and
ministers of our fellowship — will

need to give us your cooperation.

YOUR BOARD AND
SOCIAL SECURITY

The greatest decline in coopera-
tion from our churches and pastors
has come since the social security
laws have been broadened to cover
ministers who may choose to have
social-security coverage. However,
we feel that both our churches and
our pastors are not fully considering
all the implications to the work of
our Board. In the first place, the
Board on Ministerial Relief, is a
Board designed to meet several
needs that are not covered by So-
cial Security under any circum-
stance. (1) We have an emergency
fund from which we are able to help
our ministers who, at any age, face a
crisis; social security benefits are
paid only when the applicant reaches
the age of 65. (2) Some of our min-
isters are conscientiously opposed to
Social Security, and we ought to
respect their convictions. (3) All
funds, in excess of the amount
needed for operation, are invested
with the Brethren Investment Foun-
dation, and help in the building of
new Brethren churches. It might
prove interesting to attempt to se-
cure a loan from the social security
fund to build a Brethren church!

Under the social security laws for
a minister, he is considered a self-
employed person, and, by law, he is
required to pay his own social se-
curity payments. A church that as-
sumes the social security payments
for its pastor is, in the first place,
violating the law, and secondly, is
failing to meet its obligation to all
our ministers. There is, however, no
objection on the part of the gov-
ernment, to raising a pastor's salary
to enable him to make his social se-
curity payments. We would heartily
endorse such gestures, but we
strongly encourage all our churches
to see that we have a definite re-
sponsibility to our ministers as a
group, and not only to individual
pastors.

We are sorry that sometimes the
pastors encourage their churches to

discontinue their cooperation with
our Board. From a letter from a
church in Pennsylvania, we have the
following: "In July 1955, our for-
mer pastor, , de-
cided to go on social security and
terminate the minister's plan. There-
fore, our church is now paying
toward the pastor's social security
instead of Ministerial Relief Fund.

Our present pastor, ,

chose the social security plan rather
than the minister's plan, . . . our
church has not been, and will not
be, contributing to the Ministerial
Relief Fund." We heartily com-
mend every church that endeavors to
care for its pastor, but why not in-
clude the Board on Ministerial Re-
lief even if the pastor does not co-
operate? In a letter from a Cali-
fornia church, the following is
noted: "May I quote from the min-
utes of the quarterly business meet-
ing held November 1, 1954: 'A mo-
tion was made, seconded and passed
to discontinue the participation in
the Ministerial Relief Fund.' This
decision was reached following a dis-
cussion which, while bringing out
the worthiness of such a fund, called
attention to the fact that the present
pastor was not participating in the
plan." Are we to understand that
our churches do not feel an obliga-
tion to our pastors, who for the most
part, are paid less than the average
wage earner?

At present three pastors and two
pastor's widows are receiving a
total of S230, per month from the
Board. There may be others, who,
in the future, will be eligible for
benefits; must we say to them: "We
are sorry, but the churches have not
seen fit to provide the necessary
funds, and we cannot help you"?

We urge every church, and every
pastor, to consider thoroughly the
work of the Board. "Look not every
man on his own things, but every
man also on the things of others."
We need your cooperation; the
Board and its future rests with you.
Any questions or suggestions are
welcomed by the Board.

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THEME FOR 1957— UNITED FOR SOUL-WENNING

LAYMEN IN THE

NEWS

Palmyra, Pa. A new laymen's
group has been organized here with
Richard McCarthy as president;
Earl Cassel, vice president; Jesse
Gingrich, secretary, and Albert Cus-
ter, treasurer. The first meeting of
the newly organized North Atlantic
District Laymen's organization will
be held here February 28, 1957.

Stoystown, Pa. Seventeen men
were present for the organization
of a new laymen's group in this
home-mission church. The new offi-
cers are: president, Carl L. Rice;
vice president, Elmer T. Steckman;
secretary, James G. Steckman;
treasurer, James G. Kimmel. These
men have already formed a Crusade
band with a full program of visiting
and soul- winning with an active gos-
pel team witnessing at the county
jail. They also hold a men's prayer
meeting each Saturday evening in
Pastor Arthur F. Collins' study.

Ebensburg, Pa. There were 32
men present for the first meeting of
the newly organized East Fellowship.
Rev. Ray Streets of Emanuel Bap-
tist Church, Johnstown, was speaker.
A nice offering was received for
the Student Aid Fund.

Fremont, Ohio. The men are very
active here in Crusade work, visiting
and soul-winning. Mr. John Kope,
who was recently saved out of
Catholicism, is their secretary. Rev.
Gordon Bracker is pastor.

Elkhart, Ind. The men here have
just completed installing a new ceil-
ing in their church, which has
proved a great benefit in insulating
the building. Brother Glenn A.
Cripe is president of their men's
group. Rev. Lowell Hoyt is pastor.

Hagerstown, Md. The laymen at
Calvary Brethren are very active
in gospel team work at the local
Rescue Mission. Rev. Jack Peters is
pastor.

SUGGESTED PROGRAM
FOR FEBRUARY

Opening Hymns — "Jesus Saves";
"Bring Them In."

Scripture — Acts 1:1-11.

Prayer Time — Receive prayer re-
quests and pray for unsaved men
in your community, also for re-
vival.

Hymn — "Only A Sinner."

As this is Evangelistic Crusade

Month, have someone, or several

men, give personal testimonies of
blessing they have received from per-
sonal work or gospel team work.
Business Session (keep this very

brief).

Lift offering for Board of Evan-
gelism, noting that our goal is

$6,000.
20-minute Bible study — Mark 2:1-5.
Closing Hymn — "Win Them One

By One."
Closing Prayer.

Topic: Bring Them In From the Field of Sin

A 20-minute Bible study From Mark 2:1-5

The churches of today that are
reaching the lost are using the
method of providing legs for the
paralyzed (Mark 2:3). In the 20
cases of healing in the four Gos-
pels only four or five came on their
own, the rest were brought or ac-
companied by others. "Go to
church" is not a Bible slogan for
sinners, but, "Go to sinners" is the
Bible summons to believers (Luke
14:23). The Bible method is "Go
ye" (Mark 16:15), "Go home to
thy friends" (Mark 5:19), "Goeth
forth" (Ps. 126:6). Paul used the
house-to-house visitation method
(Acts 20:20). The Christians in The
Acts "in every house, they ceased
not to teach and preach Jesus
Christ" (Acts 5:42). In Mark 2:4
of a quartet, so to speak, "raised
the roof" in order to get a man saved.
It was not the crowd (Luke 5:17-
19) that helped get a man saved that
day. Many were selfish bench-warm-
ers who had no thought of bringing
others. The frantic efforts of four
burdened soul-winners helped Jesus
to get a hard case saved (Mark 2:5).

To pray for sinners and not go
after them is dishonest. Compassion
that is genuine leads to action. "No
prayer is sincere unless we do our
utmost to get our prayer answered."
Christ's healing of the paralytic man

actually laid in the hands of his
friends (Mark 2:5).

In Mark 2: 1 it was advertised that
Jesus "was in the house." Jesus
"preached the Word" with convict-
ing power (Mark 2:2; Jer. 23:29).
"The power of the Lord was present
..." (Luke 5:17). A soul was saved
because four men cooperatively
worked hard to bring him. Sinners
do not take the initiative to get
themselves saved. Four people can
get one to Jesus when one cannot.
It takes extreme measures and an
"all-out" effort to get people saved.
A willingness to break up a roof for
Jesus and pay for it will get some-
body saved. Plenty of people are
willing to do church work, but the
soul- winners are few (Luke 10:2).
The miracle-working Saviour is
waiting for us to do our part (Isa.
45:11), and He will do the rest. If
we bring the sinners to Jesus, Jesus
will not fail to do the rest (John 1 :
42, 45, 49).

With Jesus, salvation of the soul
came before healing of the body
(Mark 2:5-12). Unfortunately, some
people seem to be interested :tn
healing only and do not care for sal-
vation. Forgiveness was first, and
to the gainsayers, the healing of the
paralytic was proof, and as com-
pared to a soul, nobody's possessions
or business matters (Mark 5:10-17).

January 12, 1957

y$ ike oiole Kea^CHable!

Reason is the mental faculty in
man which enables him to deduce
inferences from facts and to thereby
distinguish between right and wrong.
The act of reasoning is the exercise
of this faculty. Much could be
gained if we made full use of this
faculty and did not jump to con-
clusions before we had considered
(or reasoned) all the facts. This is
especially true in our thoughts
about God, creation, eternity and
the Bible. In this short article I
would like to present some facts
about the Bible and you may exer-
cise your power of reasoning.

The Bible is known as the world's
best seller. More Bibles are sold
than any other book, however, it
really is the world's most neglected
book. It is used to keep family rec-
ords, as a flower press, newspaper
clipping file and as a sort of psy-
chological prop to have laying
around. It has many other uses and
some people even read it and study
it. But — what is it? Is it fiction? Is
it just good literature? Is it history?
Is it mythical or truth? Let us ask
the Bible itself. It claims to be the
Word of God — a message or letter
from our Creator to us. Giving the
Bible its correct place in our lives is
a vital necessity and our eternal
destiny hinges on this question. Most
all people will agree that the Bible
has something to do with God, and
if you pin them down, they will ad-
mit that they think it is God's Word
to man. It is only reasonable to be-
lieve that.

Why did He find it necessary to
give us this Book? There may be
many answers to this question. Per-
haps He had some information He
wanted us to have. Maybe He
wanted us to know why we were
created and placed on this earth.
Maybe He has a great plan for us in
which we may have a part. Yes; we
would receive many answers to this
question, some good and some not
so good, but, isn't it only reasonable
to again look into this Book He
gave us for the answer?

Let us imagine that you are man-

By Mr. Rex Morris
Mansfield, Ohio

aging a distant farm for me and I
would write you a letter containing
instructions as to how I wanted the
fields planted and how to do many
other jobs around the farm. Could
you possibly follow my instructions
if you never opened the letter? No,
of course not.

Therefore, isn't it only reason-
able to open God's letter to us and
find out what He wants us to know?
I have a machinists handbook which
is full of information on mechani-
cal procedures and mathematical
formula. Now, I believe that it is
correct and the information given is
right, but unless I open the book
and follow the instructions given, 1
cannot solve my mechanical prob-
lems. From these few simple ex-
amples we can logically conclude
(reason) that by just believing some-
thing is correct doesn't mean a thing
unless we make use of the infor-
mation given. So it is with our
Bible. Many believe that it is God's
Word and that it is good and correct,
but unless you know what is in-
side and act on the information God
has provided, your belief is in vain.

The Bible is full to the very brim
with information. Any persona!
problem can be answered from it. It
tells you how to rear your children,
how to treat your husband or wife,
how to get along with your fellow
man; but most importantly, it tells
us why we are here and what God
expects of us. God makes definite
promises and will prove himself to
us if we follow His plan. So I would
like to ask you: Isn't it only reason-
able to try Him out on His promises?
Shake the clippings, locks of hair,
pressed roses and such out of life's
recipe Book and check up on God's
promises. See with your own eyes
what is said within. Surely, some-
thing this important should not come
second hand. This is God writing to
yoM.

If the reason for this earth beine

created and you being placed here
is revealed by the One who caused
it all, then this letter He has written
to you must be of the utmost impor-
tance and merits your careful con-
sideration. In the Book of Isaiah,
chapter 1, verse 18, 1 quote: "Come,
let us reason together, saith the
Lord: though your sins be as scar-
let, they shall be as white as snow."
God was pleading with a neglectful
people, who had gone far astray
from His purpose, to reason with
Him. Today, He is pleading with
those of us who neglect Him and
leave Him out of our lives to come
and reason with Him. How?
Through His written and proclaimed
Word and the witness of His serv-
ants.

Bible reading can be very dry and
boring or it can be very exciting and
enlightening. Behind every story,
parable, prophecy and chapter there
are many great truths and lessons
along with much vital information.
For example, we will take the story
of the mad man, or lunatic, who,
when Jesus landed on the coast of
Gadara, came running to Him to
be cured. He (the Bible tells us)
pas possessed of many demons. Now,
you and I cannot see demons, but
God says they exist and this man
was possessed of many demons.
When Jesus ordered the demons to
come out of the man, they pleaded
with Him to be cast into a nearby
herd of pigs. So this He did and
the pigs stampeded and ran into the
sea where they drowned. The
story goes on from here and says
that the swineherders ran into tiie
town and told what had happened
and many people came out to see
for themselves. They saw this mad
man, of whom they were afraid,
sitting among the disciples clothed,
cleaned up, calm and completely
healed (Luke 8:26-39). They also
saw the drowned pigs and then they
came to Jesus and asked Him to
leave their land! Let us stop here and
go back and analyze our story so
:^ar.

What is this story about? Why

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did God put this in His book? How
can it apply to us? What is God try-
ing to get across to us? We can just
visualize Jesus and His followers
coming ashore and this sick man
coming to Him for healing, but
what was a large herd of pigs doing
here in the country of Jews who by
Moses Law were forbidden to keep,
raise, eat oir have anything to do
with pigs? There must have been
a reason for them, so we must put
two and two together. The whole
country was at that time occupied
by Caesars troops who could eat
whatever they pleased and brought
provisions from the Jews. They, no
doubt, liked pork and the Jews of
Gadara had hired some outsiders,
probably Greeks, to herd swine for
them. They (the Jews) provided the
money for the deal and took of the
profits. By going about it in a sort
of "around the bush" manner they
foolishly thought they were outwit-
ting God. They had a large invest-
ment in those pigs and here comes
this Jesus who caused their illegal
enterprise to be completely de-
stroyed. Jesus had performed a great
miracle before their very eyes and
all they could see was lost pigs. They
didn't like that so they asked Jesus
to leave.

I am sure that God didn't intend
this story to be used just to show up
those poor money-blinded Jews, but
we can apply it to our own lives and
to many others who let money, pride,
or position so blind our spidtua!
lives that we cannot see the wonder-
ful things of God. The rest of the
story tells about the healed man
begging Jesus to let him go with
Him. He loved Jesus and wanted to
be where He was, but he was not
permitted to go. Jesus told him to re-
turn to his own people and to iell
them of his miraculous cure.

The Bible is the Word of God. Hs
caused it to be written for a definits
reason and every word was given for
a purpose. It is only reasonable to
believe this. Without God and His
Word life is just a footrace of sur-
vival while we gather material de-
sires in a frantic effort to satisfy the
cravings of a sinful nature. If there
is a way through this life where you
can rise above the daily conflicts
and emotional strain into the real
purpose of God for your life.

God's Plea for

EVANGELISM

By Scott Weaver
Chairman, Board of Evangelism

In Revelation chapters 2 and 3
we hear the Lord speaking to seven
local churches. ■ Each of these
churches represent a different period
in church history. The church of
Laodicea would be our own church
age. God tells us two things con-
cerning the lethargy of our day. He
first describes the churches; ihen
makes a plea for repentance.

The Lord knows the awful condi-
tion of the church today. We would
make ourselves believe that God is
only speaking about the modernistic
churches, but somehow I feel H; is
describing many of our Brethren
churches. It isn't that we are not
preaching the Gospel, but rather we
aren't hving it. Our lives are empty
and shallow, and we are trying to
make the poor lost world feel that
we have something to offer them.
Our plea is that men are blind and
don't see their need of salvation.

Jesus speaks of this present
church age in exactly the same v/ay
— "blind." The Brethren Church
today is blind, for we have lost our
vision for souls. All the time we
boast of our churches and materia!
goods, we are poor and wretched,
for souls are not being saved. Our
greatest need in these dark days is
to see our own miserable condition,
repent, and regain our burden for
lost souls. The church that has no
burden is the church that is dead!

The Brethren Church needs the
eyesalve that the Lord spoke of in
Revelation 3:18. The church does
not have to be in such a miserable
condition. It is entirely up to God's
people, for He has told us what to

do. It takes a humble spirit to find
ourselves before God's throne of
grace confessing our sin and crying
out for a burden for lost souls.

The flesh would tell us not to
worry, things are not so bad. Yet,
our records show that about one-
third of our churches are showing
losses instead of gain each year.
Many of our churches do not have
baptistries, and many that do have
them never use them because souls
are not being saved. What is wrong?
"I know thy works, that thou are
neither cold nor hot: I would thou
wert cold or hot. So then because
thou are lukewarm, and neither cold
nor hot, I will spue thee out of my
mouth. Because thou sayest, I am
rich and increased with goods and
have need of nothing; and knowest
not that thou are wretched, and
miserable, and poor, and blind, and
naked" (Rev. 3:15-17).

After God deals with coldness
and gives the rem.edy for their con-
dition; then He offers an invitadon
to poor lost sinners. "Behold, I stand
at the door, and knock: if any man
hear my voice, and open the door, I
will come in to him, and will sup
with him, and hs with me" (Rev. 3:
20).

Men who are lost in sin will never
hear God's knocking at their hearts
door as long as we are living cold
and indifferent lives. We need re-
viva! and God wants us to expe-
rience it. However, it does cost some-
thing. The vital question that we
need to ask ourselves is: Are we
willing to pay the price? The cost is:
confession, prayer, witnessing,
sweat, and tears, followed by a godly
life. This is God's will for the Breth-
ren Church in these last days.

January 12, 1957

Floating off to sleep was a de-
lightful experience to a weary,
weary mother. This was to be just
a catnap because >t was about vime
for the evening meal, and the babies
had to be bedded down before
church time. In spite of its brevity.
Mother reveled in every precious
moment. Six hours a night do not
always meet her sleep requirements.

Relaxing has always been
Mother's long suit. As she lay on the
bed "unwinding" the taut nerves
and knotty muscles she reflected
that this was a good time for her
to be lazy — if there ever is a good
time for such a state of affairs in the
life of any mother. The children were
all outdoors; it was such ;a lovely
day. Daddy sat in ihe jiving room
with his nose in a book, oblivious to
the world around him.

A panoramic parade wafted
across Mother's mind. "How are Bob
and his precious Betty doing this
Sunday afternoon far away in In-
diana?" she asked herself. "If only
I could see Betty's sweet, slow
smile, and hear Bob laugh over some
cute trick of Mark's. I could ap-
preciate one of those hard, quick
hugs from that first born, too. The
five months since their marriage has
gone on wings in one respect, but
have seemed like an eternity with-
out having seen them. How I love
that boy!"

Mother's thoughts naturally
turned next to her Bill. In her half
sleep she smiled, and fancied she
heard his deep voice say: "I'm cer-
tainly glad you gave me the name of
'Bill.' " "But your name is not
really Bill," Mother heard herself
insist. "On all official documents and
for any important signatures you
will always have to sign yourself
'William Ward.' " "I know. Mother.
But otherwise I'll always be just
plain Bill."

"You will never be 'just plain
Bill' to me," Mother tried to tell this
dear son as she lay half-dreaming,
half-sleeping. "Oh Bill, if only you

could feel the outreach of your
Mother's heart as she prays for you,
and with longing tenderness yearns
over you. I cherish every precious
moment of those times when you
and I exchanged sweet spiritual fel-
lowship, or laughed together over
some mutual experience, or helped
each other over some rough spot
along life's road. Yes, Son; you've
helped me more than once as you
matured in love and understanding
for me. I'd love to tell you so now,
my Boy, but I am sure you know I
love you and miss you more as each
day goes by.

"Do you miss us as much as we
miss you. Bill? Of course you do,
but you cannot afford the luxury of
too much sentiment as you buckle

T^OOF

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DREAMS

down to the man-sized job of earn-
ing your way through college. But
as you discipline your mind to the
rigors of higher learning you'll not
relegate all sentiment to your
Mother, will you? Keep a little
corner of your heart for the culti-
vation of sentiment's flowers be-
cause then you will always be ap-
proachable, and will develop a
character of strong and lovable
understanding."

"Are you 'fleeping,' Mommie?"
"Go away, please. Don't you
know I'm talking to Bill and am 'lot
un-"

"Are you 'fleeping,' Mommie?"
What were those pricks Mother was
feeling all over her arms? Now

someone was patting her face.
Slowly, reluctantly she was being
called back into the present and the
needs of her seven children yet at
home.

"Are you 'fleeping,' Mommie?"
The voice was Mark's. Mother
raised herself groggily on her right
elbow, wondering all the while
where this three-year-old had come
from. Pointing to the door with her
free hand, the "Lady of Dreams"
ordered her young son from the
room without a word. Evidently her
motions were imperious enough, for
the little fellow knew his presence
wasn't appreciated. He left the
room in dignified disgust.

Once in the living room Mark
headed for Daddy, mumbling all the
while about Mama. The latter was
now thoroughly aroused by
Daddy's hearty laugh as he called:
"What did you do to your young
son? He's been mumbling some-
thing quite beyond my ken — except
that you seem to be the villain."

Joining Daddy in laughter.
Mother entered the living room and
tried to "butter up" the little fel-
low as she told Daddy of her un-
finished dream conversation with
Bill which Mark had put to an
abrupt end when he awakened her.

"There doesn't seem to be much
room in life for your dreams, Dear.
Apparently Mark has no respect
for them. I don't know how he
slipped past me into the bedroom."

"That's alright. Honey. I must
get the youngsters a bite to eat if we
are to be ready at church time. And
about my dreams, Robert Miller,
may I disagree to the point of say-
ing that the dreams of my heart can-
not be denied? My dreams would be
frightfully limited if 1 only had them
when I sleep. But dreams otherwise
— well, they are the stuff my life is
made of. You have helped fulfill
some of my dreams, and have been
the cause of the crash and untimely
death of others — lest you become
too smug.

"Dreams may not be considered
practical by you logical and level
headed men, but to me they are
stronger than TNT. When I dream
about being an overcomer, I do so
on the basis of "I can do all things
through Christ who strengtheneth
me" (Phil. 4:13).

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EDITORIALS

By L. L GRUBB

Which Way, America?

Nations face new decisions and new years, as well
as individuals. With the advent of a new year our own
America is facing new decisions in many realms. Our
foreign policy; our social, political and economic prob-
lems are many. But the worst problem facing us as a
nation is the spiritual problem. In fact, most of our other
problems stem from the fact that we have failed to at-
tend to the spiritual needs of our country. It is time to
do some retrospecting and to objectively face these
issues which have caused us so much national diffi-
culty. Which way will America take this year?

There are Only two Choices

America can continue as she has been doing for two
decades and longer, losing spiritually with immorality,
crime and godlessness sweeping her borders like a
flood. Or, she can begin to fear God and to regard His
Son, Jesus Christ, as the only answer to our national
problems. There is no middle ground in this matter.
Failure to make a clear, distinct choice will simply
result in a continued degeneration of American cul-
ture and civilization. One of our basic difficulties has
been that those in authority and many average Ameri-
cans have been endeavoring to evade the awful truth
and even when squarely facing the truth have been
unwiUing to accept the fact that Christ and He alone is
the answer to our problems. America must make a
choice this year!

The Lessons of History

Archeologists and historians tell us that 16 civiliza-
tions have been born, have matured and then passed
from the face of the earth. Even though not many of
these scholars are willing to admit the promiscuous sin
was the average basic cause for the failure of these
civilizations, this is the truth. When men become slaves
to the "flesh" and think of nothing but the lustful satis-
faction of their own desires God gives them up to these
things and ultimately they are devoured by their own
sin (Rom. 1). Will America be next on this list of na-
tions and civilizations fearfully judged by a holy God?
Is she destined for an early decease? Can we expect
God, the thrice-holy One, to overlook indefinitely the
growing sin and unbelief in America? Some feel that
they are being justifiably optimistic by expecting this.
But God says: "The wicked shall be turned into hell,
and all the nations that forget God" (Ps. 9:17). If God
is true to His Word, and He must be true to His Word
in order to remain God, then America is headed for
disaster unless she repents of her sins and turns back to
God.

The Church's Responsibility

Nations are composed of individuals and not of in-
animate objects. It is the individual American in each

realm of life who has defied God and who is re-
sponsible for this precarious national position under
God's wrath. He is shaping the destiny of this most im-
portant nation in God's world.

But, to a very great extent the opinions and attitudes
of these average Americans are shaped by the church.
Many of the reported 33 million Roman Catholics in
America will follow the voice of the church in practi-
cally all matters pertaining to their daily lives. Is the
Roman Catholic Church giving its constituents what
they need to overcome the inherent sin of man? Are they
actually directing these millions of Catholic souls
to the Saviour? What about the other 67 million church
members called Protestants? Included are Buddists,
Jews, many different cults, religious beliefs and shades
of all types many of whom deny the deity of Christ.
There are neo-orthodox, modernists, liberals, evan-
gelicals, fundamentaUsts until the average man who is
in no sense a theologian is so confused in his religious
thinking that he says: "What's the use, I don't under-
stand all this jargon. I give up!"

What are these 100 million church members getting
by way of real spiritual help? What about the addi-
tional 65 to 70 million people in America who have no
religious affiliation whatever?

It is the certain responsibility of the church to open
the Bible, the Word of God and to make its truth
clear and understandable first of all to its own mem-
bers. Then those members should proclaim the mes-
sage everywhere to those who have never heard the
story of God's love in Christ.

The problem is that the church has not properly dis-
charged its responsibility to God or to Americans be-
cause in so many quarters it has perverted the calling and
purpose of God. God made this matter very clear.
"Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the
Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name"
(Acts 15:14). It is God's purpose to gather out from
all men of all times "a people for his name." This is the
true church of our Lord Jesus Christ, His bride
and His body. It is composed of all of those who are
truly bom again (John 3:3). The sovereign God has
also arranged the process through which this pur-
pose should be accomplished. In the words of Jesus
Christ just before He ascended into heaven we find the
formula. ". . . ye shall be witnesses unto me both in
Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto
the uttermost part of the earth" (Acts 1:8).

The question is clear. How many churches in America
are preaching this gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ?
There is an extremely grave and serious responsibility
resting upon each pastor, each church, and upon each
child of God to be true to the message and to its
Author.

Only then will America be able to make the right de-
cision which may save her from the visitation of God's
wrath because of sin!

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 3

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Our Brethren Jewish Work

By Bruce L. Button

It is with praise to God tliat we dedicate this first
home-mission issue of 1957 to the Brethren Jewish
mission work. The Lord has blessed in such a marvelous
way the establishing of the Brethren Messianic Witness
that we want to bring some of these blessings to you who
have so faithfully prayed and given to its support. We
thank you for your support in the past and beseech you
to continue in 1957. The seed is being sown by faith-
ful missionaries and the harvest will come. (Ed.)

Each year it is my privilege to contact some of our
Brethren churches relative to the Brethren Jewish
work. At such times Brethren people ask questions
concerning our ministry, the area wherein we min-
ister, and the people to whom we minister. May I take
a few minutes of your time and hst some pertinent
facts concerning these phases of the Brethren Jewish
work?

Our Ministry:

The Brethren Jewish mission became activated on
January 2, 1950, with the ringing of the doorbell at 459
North Alford Street, Los Angeles 48, Calif. This does
not mean there was no previous Brethren interest in
Jewish missions, for Brethren have always been in-
terested in giving forth the gospel to the Jew first, and
also to the gentile. It does mean, however, this was to
be the first attempt of the National Fellowship of
Brethren Churches to reach the Jew for Christ through
one of its own denominational mission boards. Almost
a year and a half earlier The Brethren Home Missions
Council had decided to retain Mrs. Button and me
as its representatives to Israel. Upon completion of my
seminary training with the fall term of 1948, I spent
months receiving instructions in the field of Jewish
evangelism and missions in several of our larger cities.

September of 1949 found me in the city of Los
Angeles investigating the possibility of establishing
a Brethren Jewish work in the Fairfax district, a Jewish
community. Upon finding this community of over 125,-
000 Jewish people located in an area of 30 by 30
city blocks and without any Jewish mission testimony,
it was decided to establish the first Brethren Jewish mis-
sion here. A property in the center of this area was
purchased. It was located at 469 North Kings Road.
The house, a seven-room residence with double garage,
was to provide housing for the mission family, as well
as offices and meeting place for the mission work. Mrs.
Button and I along with our family arrived on the field
December 22, 1949, and on January 2, 1950, the work
was activated. The work proceeded with this staff until
April of 1951. At this time Miss Isobel Fraser joined
the mission staff. There have been no additions to the
staff since that time.

It might be well to state here that the Brethren Mes-
sianic Witness is not connected with any other Jewish
mission in any way. The Brethren Messianic Witness
is controlled directly by the Board of Directors of The

Brethren Home Missions Council. The support of this
Brethren Jewish work is obtained from funds which are
sent to the Brethren Home Missions Council designated
"Brethren Jewish Work." It is needless to say that sup-
port can only be obtained from Brethren people be-
cause of the denominational affiliation of the work.

The Area Wherein We Minister:

The area comprises a great part of western Los
Angeles. There are approximately 900 city blocks in the
Fairfax area. When the Brethren Jewish mission was
established, there were about 125,000 Jewish people
living in the area. There were no resident Jewish mis-
sions and only sporatic attempts were made by one or
two missions located in other sections of Los Angeles
to reach the Jews of Fairfax. Since the estabUshment
of our mission, the Jewish population of the area has
increased until there are now over 200,000 Jews living
in this area. This increase was made possible by the
gentile exodus from the Fairfax area and by the many
apartment buildings that have been built on vacant
ground or have replaced single unit dwellings. Within
the last two years other Jewish missions have vindi-
cated the judgment of locating the Brethren Jewish work
in Fairfax in that they have left the sections of the city
where they have been located for years and, following
the Jewish people, have moved to the Fairfax area. Of
Fairfax it can be truly said: "A gentile looks out of
place."

The People to Whom We Minister:

The people to whom we minister are the most im-
portant part of the Brethren Messianic Witqess. They
are the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Many of them
have been contacted many times. We are soon able to
tell the ones who will show any interest. Those who
will hsten as we call house to house are usually the
ones we can return to and gain an entrance for a sin-
cere discussion concerning Messiah, His identity and
work. It is from this group that we are able to find those
who are willing to attend our Wednesday evening Bible
class.

So far the work has seen eight confessions (one of
them gentile). The last confession was that of Mrs.
Bella Smith, a Jewish woman, who was baptized by me
in the First Brethren Church of Inglewood.

Last year in the Fairfax area the mission staff con-
tacted 4,324 homes where testimony was able to be
borne. Nine thousand copies of the mission Jewish
paper were distributed, as well as 10,000 tracts and
other pieces of literature too numerous to mention.
Each week a group of Jewish people gather at the mis-
sion home to study God's Word. The same is happening
this year. We need the prayers of God's saints again
this year in order to meet the challenge in Fairfax of
"to the Jew first." And we need their prayers for more
workers also.

January 19, 7957

The Jew and I

By Isobel Fraser

"Oh, I wish I weren't a Jew." "You know the Jews
didn't kill Jesus; it was the Catholics." These remarks
by a dear Jewish girl friend have burned in my heart
and ears since they were expressed some 15 or more
years ago. At that time I knew not Israel's Messiah as
my own Saviour and was quite ignorant of the events
relative to His death, so could not have corrected her
charge nor informed her of the whole world's guilt for
His death. But, one thing it did accomplish; it gave me
an insight into the Jewish heart and a compassion for
them.

After coming to know Messiah Jesus as my Lord
and Saviour, my interest in the Jew was intensified.
There was never another people for whom I had this
specific burden; but fearing it was my own heart's
yearning rather than His leading, I never voiced my
interest. However, my senior year in college, I had the
assurance from Him, that my place of service was among
His people Israel.

I have heard others, even Christians, say: "It takes
a special love to work among the Jews." I disagree; the
trouble too often is that in gentile thinking the Jew is
stereotyped — wrongly. Actually I have found no people
more loving or generous than they. The Jew often has a
barrier or "hedge" around him; it is a protection be-
cause he has so often been discriminated against and
persecuted. Break through this barrier and you will
find a people who respond to love and friendship.

It is true that the Jew does not readily respond to the
gospel, but would you if the name of Christ, His cross
and persecution were synonymous? This was not only
true in the days of the crusades and the inquisition but,
alas, is ev8n today. Not just in Europe, but even in our
beloved America is it true. Are the unsaved the only
offenders? No; all to often those who bear His name
are guilty. Therefore, I can understand and make allow-
ances for their rebuffs because I come in His name.
And if by my contacts and life can demonstrate what
true Christianity is, the Lord may use it to break down
this barrier and bring some to faith in himself.

Today as I called, a Jewess said to me: "How can
you people who worship a Jew have such attitudes to-
ward His brothers? I want nothing to do with a belief
that treats us so; I have no respect for it." Then she
recited to me several incidents that gave foundation
to her attitude. Though she resented my coming to her
people, she was quite pleasant in discussing the sit-
uation. She wondered why we who claimed to be fol-
lowers of Jesus and to believe in the teaching of the
Old Testament did not keep the Jewish holy days. This
gave opportunity to tell of the new covenant that Mes-
siah consecrated with His own blood. As we discussed
the Passover in particular, the fact that we Christians do
have a Passover was pointed out. Messiah Jesus is our
Passover. She had no knowledge of the blood at Pass-
over time, only of the motzos (unleavened bread), and

opportunity was given to read Exodus 12 to her. It is
such experiences as this that give joy and blessing in
ministering to Israel. Though there may be occasions
of indifference, rejection, and rebuff, such a contact
brings a life to the soul, joy in the heart and a prayer
that the Lord will bless His Word and enlighten blinded
eyes.

Why am I a mssionary to the Jews? First, because it
is His will for me. Then because I can truly say with the
Jew, Paul, "My hearts desire and prayer to God for Is-
rael is, that they might be saved" (Rom. 10:1). Also,
because of the great joy and thrill in seeing a Jew re-
ceive Christ as Saviour and God. Not that a Jewish soul
is more precious than a gentile's. "There is no differ-
ence" (Rom. 10:12), but it is the barriers, prejudices and
blindness that they must surmount to come to Him.
Not to mention what it often costs them to confess Him
as Lord, especially in obeying Him in baptism. Then
too, my hope is bound up in the destiny of Israel. "For
if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the
world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from
the dead" (Rom. 11:15). Oh, the joy in having a part in
preparing Israel, as individuals to know their Saviour,
and as a nation for the coming of King Messiah. Even
so, come. Lord Jesus!

YOUR MISSIONARIES TO THE JEWS

Rev. Bruce L. Button
Mrs. Bruce L. Button

Miss Isobel Fraser

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By Leanore M. Button

And so another year has passed. Has the Lord show-
ered us with blessings? Of course He has! Doesn't He
always? I have been privileged to spend many morn-
ings in calling house to house. Each house contacted has
been a blessing and a different experience. Some re-
jected the literature; some had problems which they
eagerly poured into my ear; some were frankly interested
in the Word of God — but each person contacted was in
need of one thing — a sacrifice for his sin found only
in Jesus, the Messiah.

In the spring I received a notice informing me that
I would be called for jury duty in superior court. My
first reaction was one of frustration — jury duty when
there was so much to do! My second reaction was:
well, why not? It won't last forever and someone has
to do it.

On October 8, I presented myself at the Hall of Rec-
ords in downtown Los Angeles, wondering if there still
wasn't a way out. After instructions, we were all sent
out to the different courtrooms in groups of 24. There
we waited until 12 jurors were selected from that
group. I was selected almost at once. My husband had
told me that when they "swear" the jury panel in, they
would notice that I didn't raise my hand and would
then affirm me. I stood up with the others and waited,
but no one noticed. What to do without being conspic-
uous? When the others sat down I remained standing
"I wish to be affirmed, please," I said, and every eye
turned toward me. (I became quite used to this later and
it didn't bother me at all.) After a shocked silence,
I was duly affirmed. The other jurors could hardly
wait until we were excused so they could ask me about
why I wouldn't swear. It was an excellent springboard
for a testimony and I made the most of it.

At the end of the first day I had spoken to three
people about their soul's salvation in addition to what
testimony I had managed among my own jury panel.
At the end of the 16 days we served together on one
case, I had spoken to all of them about their sin, their
need of salvation, and the One who could save them.
Among them were two Jewish people. One, a woman,
has been to the mission since and the other, a Jewish
man, has promised to attend our meetings. He asked
many questions and I supplied him with quite a lot of
literature which he would take home and read and
then report to me the next day.

In addition to our own jury panel, I was able to
give out many tracts, both Jewish and gentile, in the city
hall to prospective jurors who stood around in the halls
waiting to be called into the courtrooms. I made quite a
few Jewish friends and was able to speak to them about
the Lord. Strangely enough, they listened. As you will
remember, those were anxious days during the in-
volvement of Suez. People were worried and upset and
the Word of God held a little more weight than usual.

January 79, 7957

At the end of the month, I felt the Lord had given
me unhmited opportunities during that month. In fact,
one of the Jewish women I was particularly friendly
with is moving into our neighborhood. All in all, it was
time well spent and certainly I received a real bless-
ing during that time.

Perhaps the biggest blessing of all came just be-
fore Christmas. Diane, our eight-year-old, called in
three of her little friends (Jewish). Before they went
home on Christmas Eve, she had them sit around her
chair while she read them the Christmas story. When
she finished, she said: "This might be the very last
Christmas before the Lord comes back. You should be-
lieve in Jesus before it is too late."

"But I'm Jewish and we can't believe in Him," her
little friend said.

"It doesn't make any difference what you are. If
you don't know Jesus, you can't go with Him when He
comes. I know where I'm going, and you had better
find out."

There was silence for a second or two. Then the little
boy from next door spoke up. "I believe. Dee Dee. I
believe in Him."

I went into the front room and began to play, "Silent
Night," thinking over what I had just heard. As I
played, the same little boy came in and stood beside me,
his brown eyes wide as he looked at me. "I can sing
that, Mrs. Button. I have the record at home."

"Sing it for me then, Ira," I told him. I played softly
while he sang "Silent Night, Holy Night." Only six, he
had, as yet, no antagonism for the King whose birth-
day we were celebrating. If only time could stand still
for him! Another few months — a year, perhaps, and he
would no longer believe so innocently in the One who
died to save him. His parents would see to that.

Yes; 1956 has been filled with blessings, and I
couldn't even begin to name them all. We couldn't
possibly name them "one by one" because there are
too many. How about you? Isn't your life filled with
them, too?

OUR COVER PAGE

The center of the David Star shows Bruce L.
Button at the pulpit with Mrs. Button and Miss
Isobel Eraser seated behind him. The picture was
taken at a National Conference home-missions
rally and it represents the entire staff of mission-
aries to the Jews. The top point of the star is an
aerialview of the Fairfax area where our mission
is located. The bottom point is the Brethren Mes-
sianic Witness at 469 N. Kings Road, Los Angeles,
Cahf. The point at the left is our missionary wit7
nessing to a Jewish family, and the right point is
a typical street in the shopping area of Fairfax.

Beginning at Jerusalem . . .

By A. B. Machlin

The story of the Jew in relation to the gospel is
a strange mixture of romance, tragedy and promise.
There is nothing equal to it anywhere in the world.

Search the records of the nations of antiquity and see
which of them can boast of such divine endowments
as are ascribed to Israel by St. Paul in Romans 9:4-5.

God's choice of Israel and His gracious dealings with
them through many centuries is the romance of ro-
mances. "He hath not dealt so with any nation" (Ps.
147:20). They were a people small in number to be-
gin with, insignificant even when compared with the
tribal peoples that inhabited the land of Canaan, but
God set His love upon them and they became great.

Over against this exalted romance in which the love
of God has had so great a part, stands the tragedy of
tragedies — Israel's inability to recognize the day of the
Messiah's visitation.

By the grace of God, the Jews are prisoners of
hope, a people destined for a great salvation. But in the
way to the fulfillment of the promise stands as a barrier
the pronouncement of the Saviour: "If ye believe not
that I am he, ye shall die in your sins" (John 8:24).

How great and how painful is the contrast when we
look from the high position and blessings God gave to
Israel to their actual condition of unbelief and dark-
ness. As Jesus is the center of Israel, their life, light
and glory, death has been the consequence of their re-
jection of Jehovah manifest in the flesh. They are there-
fore compared to dead bones — very many and very dry.
They are dead because God-manifest, is the life, the
spirit of the nation, and in rejecting Jesus they have for-
saken the fountain of their life, the strength and sub-
stance of their existence. "Behold their house is left unto
them desolate."

They dwell in a desolate house and cannot find rest
for their souls or see the beauty of the Lord. Their
house is left desolate. Jerusalem is trodden down of the
gentiles. The Scriptures and the services are to them
empty and void, without power and without peace. The
glory has departed, Israel's glory, the Shekinah, for the
glory of God is beheld only in the face of His Son, Jesus
Christ.

Sorrow must fill our hearts when we think of the
Israelites without Christ, but this sorrow ought to ex-
press itself in the exercise of love, as it ought to seek
consolation in the hope of a bright future. Israel scat-
tered among the nations is a witness for God. Israel
is the fulfillment of prophecy, the monument of God's
faithfulness and truth. No greater evidence can be given
for the truth of Scripture than the existence and history
of the Jews.

While they confirm the truth and while they have been
the channel of blessing to you, remember that they
have been placed within your reach in order that you
may bring nigh unto them the Gospel of Peace. Through
your mercy they are to obtain mercy. You owe them a

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debt of gratitude by the most tender of sacred ties. The
Scriptures, which make you wise unto salvation, the
apostles who have brought the name of Jesus to the
nations, the Lord of glory himself, have come from Is-
rael. There are in our day many Israelites who, through
the prayers, love and mission of the Christian church,
have come to faith in the Messiah.

The future of Israel is bright and glorious. Bound up
with the manifestation of Christ, it has a special place
in the Christian's heart. We cannot regard the Jewish
mission as one among missions, for the nation has a
position, central and unique, according to the divine
purpose. We cannot measure the importance of the Jew-
ish mission by the numerical greatness either of the
nation or of converts. We measure it by the value as-
signed to the Jews in Scriptures, by the constant love
with which God regards them, and by the special in-
fluence they are destined to exert over the whole world.
The Jewish mission is not one among many equally
important missions. You cannot pass over it by rea-
son of your preference for some other evangelistic
enterprise. You may single out India, China or Africa,
one appealing to your reason or interest more strongly
than the others; but in the mission to the Jews you must
take an interest. You cannot pass it over without disre-
garding the plainly revealed plan of God. He divided all
nations into Jews and gentiles. His purpose and will is
that we should commence with Jerusalem, and His
promise teaches us that through the restoration of Is-
rael the golden era of the world will be ushered in.

As the mission to Israel stands out pre-eminently, so
there is a special blessing for all who bless Abraham.
Oh, become partakers of this blessing, and be in this
also a follower of the Apostle Paul. Encouraged by so
many tokens of God's presence and grace among the
Jews, look to the Word which cannot fail; to the cruci-
fied One, over whose cross was written: "Jesus Christ,
the King of the Jews"; to the God of Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob, whose faithfulness is above the heavens. And
let all means by which God brings Israel to your re-
membrance, recall Israel's claim and deepen your love
for this people. I

The Brethren Home Missions Council expresses its '
appreciation to Dr. A. B. Machlin and the American
Association for Jewish Evangelism for their assistance
in the work of establishing a witness among the Jews
of Los Angeles, Calif. Dr. L. L. Grubb is a member
of the American Association for Jewish Evangelism
Board and in 1954 accompanied Dr. Machlin and others
on a trip to the Holy Land. (Assist, ed.)

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Testimonies . . .

PRAY THE LORD WILL THRUST FORTH LABORERS

By Mordekai (Max) Israle

I would like to give my testimony regarding the ac-
tivities of the Brethren Messianic Witness meetings in
Los Angeles, Cahf., where our dear Brother Button is
director. While I was yet in Chicago, I attended a Jew-
ish Mission Center, but I did not expect to find such
a mission in Los Angeles. To my surprise I found such
a mission in the Brethren Messianic Witness. In at-
tending the meetings for more than four years, I have
had the opportunity to experience the friendliness of
those attending the meetings, as well as the friendliness
of Brother and Sister Button and Sister Fraser. It is
a joy to come to the meetings, for there is a homelike
feeling. We start our meeting with songs, Scripture
reading, and prayer. Then Brother Button delivers the
message that even a child can understand. He is blessed
from God with the gift to explain so clearly the riches
of glory in Christ Jesus, and the way of salvation. With
his knowledge of the Hebrew language he helps the
Jewish people understand the Scriptures. The friendship
Jews find there causes them to understand and love
Christians more.

Our Jewish community is growing bigger. Some are
hungry to hear the gospel story. I do not believe there
are enough evangehsts to visit all of them and to bring
them the gospel. We should pray the Lord of the har-
vest that He will thrust forth laborers into the harvest,
for it is great and the laborers are few.

Oh yes; we have a question box at our meetings.
We put questions into this box and Brother Button
answers our questions so that we all understand. On
leaving the meeting we look forward to the next time
we shall gather at this Brethren Messianic lighthouse.
But there should be more workers to spread the Light
of the world that the Jewish people also may find
their Messiah, and peace, and joy, and the great Saviour.

ANSWERED PRAYER GIVES NEW LIFE

By Mrs. Bella Smith, Mission Convert

It has been two years since I first confessed Jesus
as my Messiah and Saviour, and almost a year has
passed since I submitted to baptism in obedience to
the Lord's command. To say that this has been a blessed
experience is to speak lightly. This has been new life
itself. This is the life! The fellowship I found at the
Brethren Messianic Witness, as well as that which I later
found among the people of the First Brethren Church
of Inglewood, Calif, (where I now have my church
membership), has been very dear to me. May I thank
all those who were faithful in holding me up in prayer
before the Lord. In turn I shall be faithful to pray (and
I trust you will be also) the Lord to continue to use the
Brethren Messianic Witness, as well as the rest of the
Brethren people, in winning countless Jewish souls to
the Lord Jesus, our Jewish Messiah.

PRAYER REQUESTED FOR MISSION ATTENDANT

By Bruce L. Button

Following are excerpts from a paper prepared by
Mrs. Mary Segall. The paper entitled "Religion" was
prepared in connection with a course in English Com-
position taken at Los Angeles City College. Mrs. Segall

Wednesday evening Bible class

attends our Wednesday evening Bible class and is in
search of truth concerning the Holy Scriptures and Jesus,
the Messiah. She and others who attend here would ap-
preciate the prayers of God's saints to the end they might
know the truth as it was revealed by the Lord of glory.
"Religion is a science, there can be no conflict be-
tween knowledge and religion because the highest knowl-
edge is rehgion. Religion lifts us from ignorance to
knowledge and power, it gives us illumination, warmth
and energy, the only power we can trust implicity. . . .
Those who haven't found out the real meaning of re-
ligion are those who don't know the real meaning of hfe
and their existence. They live in darkness and in a re-
tarded spiritual growth. . . . Millions of church goers
claim to believe in Christ but don't know that He is
also an example to follow. He was also sent to us to
teach us how to live fully, selflessly and nobly. . . . How
wonderful it would be if we were all big enough in mind
to see no slights, cherish no jealousy, or envy, and ad-
mit into our hearts no hatred and prejudice. Samuel
Nowell Stevens said: 'As life is never a complete ad-
venture, so religion can never be confined to any single
form or fixed expression. It is as broad as human needs,
as enduring as human hopes, and as unique as indi-
vidual experience.' "

PRAISE GOD FOR A FUNDAMENTAL BIBLE TEACHER

By Dr. Arthur Rose

I deeply appreciate the warm hospitality and sound
fundamental Bible teaching I have found at the Breth-
ren Messianic Jewish Mission. I am a Jew by race and
a Christian by grace (Gal. 2:20, "I am crucified with
Christ"). As a learner of the great Lord of light and love
I regularly attend the mission class and attempt to
bring with me those who lack knowledge of our won-
derful Jewish Messiah.

January 79, 7957

Changes in Home Mission Personnel

HATBORO,

PA., PASTOR INSTALLED

Rev. Lester Smitley was in-
stalled as the first pastor of the
Suburban Brethren Church, Hat-
boro, Pa., on Sunday, December
16, 1956. Pastors from the im-
mediate area who were present
and assisted in the service in-
cluded Rev. William Male, Rev.
Robert Crees, and Rev. John
Neely. At the same time the first
full schedule of services was
started with fine response to it.

MARTINSBURG, PA., PASTOR ACCEPTS
FINDLAY CHURCH

Rev. Gerald Teeter, pastor of
the First Brethren Church, Mar-
tinsburg. Pa., has accepted a call
to the home-mission church in
Findlay, Ohio. Rev. Teeter will
be moving to Findlay this month
and taking up the work there.
Rev. Forest llance was the for-
mer pastor of this church.

EVANGELIST MILLER BECOMES GOSHEN
PASTOR

Rev. R. Paul Miller, Sr., a
Brethren evangelist for a number
of years, became pastor of the
Grace Brethren Church, Goshen.
Ind., on December 1, 1956.
Brother Miller has served in the
capacity of pastor before and for
a number of years was secretar\
of the Brethren Home Missions
Council. A radio ministry is
being conducted by Brother Mil-
ler, and your prayers for it will
be greatly appreciated.

GLEN WELBORN STARTS WORK IN
MINNESOTA

Rev. Glen Welborn and family
moved from Albany, Oreg., and
arrived in Winona, Minn., on
November 1, 1956. Bro. Welborn
has experienced the develop-
ment of a church from its very
beginning to a self-supporting
stage and is now working on such
a development in Winona. He is
the first pastor of a new group,
cind this is the first Brethren
.tr' testimony in this state. j

ANOTHER GRACE GRADUATE ENTERS HOME
MISSIONS

On December 1, 1956, Mr. '
Richard Placeway, a Grace Semi-
nary graduate of 1956, with his
family arrived on the field in
Parkersburg, W. Va. Brother
Placeway had been working for
an engineering firm following
graduation and is now serving the
Lord in Brethren home missions.
Possibly the engineering experi- ]
ence will prove helpful in future
home-mission work.

FOREST LANCE CONTINUES IN HOME
MISSIONS

Rev. Forest Lance, former pas-
tor of Findlay, Ohio, is contin-
uing to serve in home-missions
work. He arrived in Anaheim,
Calif., on January 1, 1957, to be-
come the pastor of a thriving new
work in that city. Rev. Harold
Dunning, foreign missionary on
furlough, has been serving as in-
terim pastor.

MEET ALBANY, OREGON'S SECOND PASTOR

Rev. Lee Burris with his family pictured here took
over the work at Albany, Oreg., on November 1, 1956.
This church has had only one pastor prior to this
time. Glen Welborn who is now in Winona, Minn. Bro.
Burris is a graduate of Talbot Seminary and was a
member of the Community Brethren Church of Los
Angeles, Calif.

Bro. Burris arrived on the field in the midst of an
expansion program. A new Sunday-school unit is under
construction in addition to some remodeling of the
original building. This church was one of the home-mis-
sion churches to go self-supporting in 1956.

Lee Burris family

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Two New Home Missionaries Join Staff

Mr. Robert Foltz at the drawingboard

Robert E. Foltz and his wife, Betty J., came to Christ
February 27, 1953, at an evangelistic meeting in Car-
lisle, Pa. Bob graduated from Penn State College in
1946 with a Bachelor of Science degree in architectural
engineering, after having his educational career in-
terrupted by a three-year span in the air force. While
attending college, he worked for an architect and in
1946 accepted a position with the Bell Telephone Com-
pany in its engineering department building division.

It was through the witness of Mr. Charles R. Hulbert,
a member of the Melrose Gardens Brethren Church,
Harrisburg, that started Bob thinking about salvation.
From the beginning of his new life in Christ there was
a desire to be in some phase of full-time service. Soon
after becoming a member of the Melrose Gardens
Brethren Church in 1954 he was elected Sunday-school
superintendent and served in this capacity, as well as a
teacher, until his moving to Winona Lake, Ind.

In recent years the home-missions construction pro-
gram has come to the place where a full-time archi-
tect was needed. The Holy Spirit used this need to
cause Bob and Betty to yield their talents to home
missionary service. Doing architectural work for the
Council, he will draw plans for new churches, additions
and Bible-school annexes, remodeling plans, etc. By
cutting the usual fee in half, we expect to save addi-
tional dollars in building programs and care for the
expenses of this department.

Here again we must stop to praise God for leading
in the establishment of this home-mission church in
Harrisburg. Here is another indication of His blessing
in sending out this fine home missionary family into
full-time service. Pray that wisdom will be given to
Brother Foltz as he takes the various state examinations
to gain registration and for God's richest blessing
upon this new ministry.

Mr. Elmer Tamkin spent 36 years of service as
technical assistant in the tax ruling division of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue, Washington, D. C. Dur-
ing this time he worked with corporations, their re-
organizations, liquidations, taxable status, evaluation of
stocks and bonds, etc., piling up a wealth of experience
to equip him for his place in the Lord's service. Brother
Tamkin could have continued for seven and a half years
at a sizable increase in salary but explains his coming
to the home-missions work as follows: "All my life I
have been engaged in secular work, and I want to give
the rest of my hfe to the Lord's service."

Brother Tamkin assumed the financial secretary's
position in the Brethren Investment Foundation De-
cember 1, 1956, and will handle the financial trans-
actions of the Foundation. When this need arose, Broth-
er Tamkin volunteered to take this position at a limited
salary figure of approximately one-third of that re-
ceived by our missionaries, the major portion of his in-
come coming from his retirement from government
service. He was a member of the First Brethren Church
of Washington, D. C, since 1926. He and his wife,
Marian W., have purchased the Max Fluke home of
Winona Lake.

Mr. Elmer Tamkin behind a home-missions desk

LANSING, MICH., NAMES RED LETTER DAY

February 10, 1957, has been designated as "Red Let-
ter Day" for the Grace Brethren Church of Lansing.
According to the pastor, Richard Sellers, everyone who
usually attends is going to be present if possible. They
are planning for 75 to 80 to be present.

The Lord has been answering prayei- in numerous
ways for the Lansing brethren. In recent weeks there
have been first-time decisions for Christ, rededications,
baptismal services, and new members added. Also new
famines have been coming from Sunday to Sunday,
and the Lord sent them a much-needed songleader in
answer to prayer.

The new home-mission architect, Mr. Foltz, has
made a survey of the new Lansing location and is now
working on some preliminary sketches. A building is
needed at once here to conserve the growth that the
Lord is giving in this work.

January 79, 7957

Mansfield Grace Brethren
Remodels and Rededicates

By Lester E. Pifer

The Grace Brethren Church of Mansfield, Ohio, had
its beginning in the hving room of the John Guthrie
home at 128 S. Foster St. There the first Bible class
was held in October 1939, with Rev. John Aeby of
Middlebranch, Ohio, as the teacher. According to the
records, there were five persons present, four members
of the Guthrie family and the teacher. This class met
weekly, first in the Guthrie home, then in the Prospect
Park Pavilion, and again in the Guthrie home. At-
tendance during the first year was small, ranging be-
tween five and 17 persons. Sunday services were begun
in the Prospect Park Pavilion on August 17, 194], and
were continued there until April 1943, when a small
store building was rented at 423 S. Main St. Different
pastors served the church as teachers and shepherds
during those days, including John Aeby, Charles W.
Mayes, Arthur D. Cashman, Henry Rempel, and H. E.
CoUingridge.

The congregation was accepted by the Brethren
Home Missions Council for supervision and financial
assistance in October 1942. This relationship continued
until December 1948, at which time the church became
fully self-supporting. During that period of time the
Brethren Home Missions Council invested in the work
in Mansfield, Ohio, S22,783.62 in pastors' salaries,
building appropriations, and other expenditures.

The present pastor, Bernard N. Schneider, arrived
on the field in April 1944. At that time the attendance
on Sunday mornings was between 25 and 30 persons
who worshiped together in the store building. Under
the direction of the new pastor the Grace Brethren
Church was formally organized on July 9, 1944, with
a charter membership of 49. At that time a constitution
was adopted. In the same month lots were purchased
on the comer of Marion Avenue and Forest Street. An
architect was engaged for the planning of a house of
worship. Because of war-time restrictions and the neces-
sity of priority permission, the actual construction of
the new church building was delayed until March 23,
1946, when ground was finally broken and the founda-
tions were poured. The progress on construction of the
new building was slow and beset with the frustrations
and anxieties of the post-war years. Shortages of ma-
terials had to be overcome. There were many delays in
the delivery of such items as steel and stone. Prices in-
creased from one day to the next, and the building

which was estimated to cost $42,000 finally cost $75,-
000.

Much prayer went up in those days, and finally came
the day of rejoicing. The new church was dedicated
on May 4, 1947, with Dr. Alva J. McClain as the
dedication speaker. By that time the congregation had
grown to an average attendance of 65, which looked
like a little handful of people almost lost in the spa-
cious new auditorium.

During the years which followed, the congrega-
tion enjoyed the evident blessing of God and steady
growth in membership and attendance. Approximately
five years from the date of which the church went self-
supporting, it became evident that the building was
going to be too small, and several actions had to be
taken to provide for the future. First, the property ad-
joining the church at 534 Forest Street was purchased
to be used as a parsonage and to give more ground
for building purposes. Secondly, the Woodville Grace
Brethren Church was organized in the eastside of
Mansfield, thus providing a new opportunity of service
for some of their people. This step of faith and mis-
sionary activity certainly brought a new impetus to the
folks and the evident blessing of God.

On February 18, 1953, a special business meeting
was called and a building committee was appointed
for the purpose of bringing back to the congregation

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plans and recommendations for the construction of a
Bible-school annex. After considerable time and much
study and prayer the congregation finally adopted plans
which called for the construction of a three-story Bible-
school annex and the remodeling and enlargement of the
existing church building.

Actual construction on the new annex was begun
in April 1955. This part of the building program was
completed in December of that year. During the spring
and summer of 1956 the remodeling of the old church
building proceeded. A completely new entrance was
added with the old building lengthened by 15 feet. A
balcony was also added and the auditorium redecorated.
The completed auditorium will seat well over 600 peo-
ple, and facilities are adequate for a Bible school of
700. The present membership is 400, and the average at-
tendance for the services during the month of December
1956, was morning worship 443, Sunday school 396,
evening service 263, and prayer meeting 151.

The entire floor space of the combined buildings is
1 6,400 square feet. The cost of the Bible-school annex
and the remodeling of the church is $105,998.42, in-
cluding equipment. At least half of this amount has
been raised in cash by the congregation during the time
of planning and construction. The general contractor
over all the building was Mr. Howard Lehnhart, a
member of the congregation. He was ably assisted by the
chairman of the building committee, Mr. Rex Morris.
A considerable amount of time was donated by the mem-
bers of the congregation.

This congregation last year (1956) gave over $80,000
to all purposes. Over $27,000 of this amount went to
the Brethren missionary projects; namely, home mis-
sions, foreign missions, Grace Seminary, and the Breth-

ren Missionary Herald Company. During the last 12
years, 11 members have been sent forth into full-time
service of the Lord, and at present 29 of the young peo-
ple are attending colleges or seminaries with 15 of
these in training for the service of the Lord in the min-
istry or missionary service.

The Brethren Home Missions Council wishes to take
this opportunity to express its deepest appreciation to
this congregation for their outstanding missionary vi-
sion at home and abroad which has certainly been
demonstrated in their passion for souls. They have not
only backed up their pastor in his projects of expansion
and reaching souls in their own community but they have
encouraged him to help in the organization of the second
church in Mansfield. Also, they have permitted him to
go to Columbus, Ohio, and teach the Bible class there
which gave us a nucleus for the starting of a new Breth-
ren church in that area and have also encouraged
him toward the promoting of a possible third church on
the west side of the city of Mansfield, which will be a
project for the future. It will be interesting to our
readers to know that the $22,000 which was invested in
the Mansfield home-mission project has certainly paid
rich dividends for the Lord. To date the Mansfield
church has given in home-mission offerings $32,294.43.
It is estimated that this year's home-mission offering
from this church may be in excess of $12,000. Here
again is another piece of evidence that God blesses a
missionary-minded church. Our congratulations go to
Dr. Bernard N. Schneider, the faithful pastor of this
church, and his corps of workers on doing a splendid
piece of soul-winning, missionary activity, and physical
expansion of their church facilities. May the Lord bless
you as you continue to move ahead for Christ.

Top: Left, the original church building when dedicated in 1949. (Inset) Dr. Bernard N. Schneider, pastor. Right. Mr. Howard Lehnhart,
building contractor; Mr. Rex Morris, building committee chairman: and Mr. Harold Wilging, trustee chairman. Bottom: Left, a recent
congregation. Right, the choir with the following in the foreground, left to right, organist, Mrs. Paul Hailey: WoodviUe Brethren pas-
tor. Gene Witzky; associate pastor, James Cook; pastor, Bernard N. Schneider; Wesley Jones, and Sunday-school superintendent Robert
W. Boroff.

January 19, 1957

NEWS

CHEYENNE, WYO. The aver-
age attendance for Sunday school
during October-November was over
100. Russell Williams is pastor.

WAYNESBORO, PA. The new
Mid-Atlantic District laymen will
meet at the First Brethren Church
Feb. 28. Rev. Wm. Gray will be
host pastor.

SIDNEY, IND. Mayor Jack
Engle of Warsaw, Ind., was guest
speaker at the Indiana District Lay-
men's Fellowship on Nov. 13. The
meeting was held at the Sidney
Brethren Church, Archie Keffer,
pastor.

NOTICE. Lesson 3 (Jan. 20,
1957) of the Brethren Teacher's
Quarterly should have the title
"David and His Mighty God"
rather than "David and His Mighty
Men."

CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Rev.

Edward Peters, 63 1 4 NE 22nd Ave.,
Portland 1 1 , Oreg. Rev. Norman
Nelson, P. O. Box 1416, Manila,
Philippines. Rev. Gene Witzky, 235
Blymyer, Mansfield, Ohio. Please
change Annual.

PORTIS, KANS. The WMC-
SMM of the First Brethren Church
joined the WMC-SMM of the Grace
Brethren Church of Beaver City,
Nebr. in a rally at Beaver City Dec.
27. Divided sessions were led by
Mrs. Dayton Cundiff, district presi-
dent and Mrs. Thomas Inman, dis-
trict patroness. A carry-in lunch-
eon was served and an evening youth
rally was held emphasizing the bless-

ings of attending Christian schools
and colleges. District pastors present
were: H. H. Stewart, Portis, Kans.,
Thomas Inman, Denver, Colo., and
Dayton Cundiff, Beaver City, Nebr.

BEAVER CITY, NEBR. The last
Sunday of the old year was finished
in comfort at Grace Brethren Church
due to the installation of a new gas
furnace for the sanctuary. Dayton
Cundiff is pastor.

AKRON, OHIO. Russell Ogden,
pastor of the Ireland Road Breth-
ren Church of South Bend, Ind.,
will assume his new duties at the
First Brethren Church about Feb.
1, 1957.

SOUTH BEND, IND. The build-
ing committee of the Ireland Breth-
ren Church has approved prelimi-
nary plans for the new building
drawn by Mr. Robert Foltz of the
Brethren Home Missions Council.
It is hoped that construction can be-
gin early in the spring.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Dr. Alva
J. McClain was one of the speakers
at the interdenominational Bible
conference held at the Central Pres-
byterian Church in St. Petersburg,
Fla., Jan. 13-20. E. R. Barnard
is the pastor and James Engleman,
graduate of Grace Seminary, is the
assistant pastor.

BERNE, IND. There were 91
members and friends present at the
grocery shower which the Bethel
Brethren Church gave in honor of
thejr pastor, Irvin B. Miller, and his
family on Dec. 19.

DAYTON, OHIO. The First
Brethren Church report 1956 the
largest financial year in the history
of the church; an increase in at-
tendance at the worship services
since being in their new location;

_TT;t_BRETHREN

MiftTiriMB

Executive Editor ....Arnold R. Kriegbaum
Winona Lake. Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake. Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake. Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

a gain in membership, and the call
of their pastor, William Steffler, to
be the pastor for the eighth year.

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. The
Brethren High School young peo-
ple are holding a district high-school
conference at the First Brethren
Church, Jan. 18-20. Glenn O'Neal
is the host pastor.

CLAYTON, OHIO. The congre-
gation of the First Brethren Church
has approved the purchase of one
and a quarter acres of land to the
south and the east of the present
property to be developed for ad-
ditional parking area and part to be
held for future expansion. Clair
Brickel is pastor.

CHANGE. The telephone num-
ber of Rev. E. J. Peters is now AT
7-3554. Please change Annual.

WINONA LAKE, IND. The

Grace Seminary Bible Conference
will open Monday, Jan. 21 and con-
tinue through Thursday, Jan. 24.
Dr. O. D. Jobson will deliver the
Bauman Memorial Lectures and a
special missionary feature will be
presented each night. Fifteen alumni
are expected to give their testi-
monies.

Church

Hanah, Wash.
Kittanning, Pa.
Dallas Center,

Iowa
Roanoke, Va.

(Ghent)

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Date Pastor

Jan. 23-25 Don Farner

Jan. 27-Feb. 10 Wm. Schaffer.

Speaker

R. I. Humberd
L. L. Grubb.

Jan. 27-Feb. 10 Arthur Cashman Bill Smith.
Jan. 28-Feb. 8 Kenneth Teague Crusade Team.

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By Lewis Hohenstein

Pastor, First Brethren Church
Whittier, Calif.

"Let your conversation be without covet-
ousness; and be content with such things
as ye have: for he hath said, I will never
leave thee, nor forsake thee" (Heb. 13:5).

The disease that kills more people
in this world than any other is the
disease of lonehness. The greatest
deed that man can accomplish is to
reach out and touch a lonely heart.
Never is this sickness so painful as
when the victim is surrounded with
people. The loneliest spot on earth is
in the crowd where no one knows
you and you know no one. Never is
this illness so severe as when the vic-
tim is surrounded by those whom
he knows and yet he feels useless
and unwanted, unable to communi-
cate to them the inner feelings of his
heart.

The area that is around us is
filled with such spiritual responsi-

bilities as these who have lonely
hearts. This is a disease that knows
no age barrier. The baby in the
cradle can be very much filled with
loneliness. Children can be filled
with loneliness. In my years of min-
istry I have had experience with
many children who have been sep-
arated from their own brothers and
sisters and from one or both of their
parents by divorce and sometimes
by death. As I have talked with
them I have felt that they have been
deeply hurt, affected by this disease
of lonehness.

Young people can be lonely. We
think of our youth in this age as
being brash and self-assured, but
you know often this is a fraud. Those
who follow the "heister," the "hot-

rodder," the "bebopper," the "rock
and roller," are just covering up and
putting a veneer over their loneli-
ness. Young people, youth want to
be understood; they want someone
who can know them and to under-
stand them and when they don't
have that, they are certainly affect-
ed by loneliness.

The mature man or woman can
be very lonely. Oh, it's true that
when we are in the prime of life, we
cover the symptoms of loneliness
by many methods. The businessman
becomes so involved in business that
he never stops to think about the
loneliness that's in his heart. The
wife who becomes so wrapped up
in her own children and in the af-
fairs of the family, and in the social

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affairs of life that she never stops to
realize that this great activity is
covering up a heart that is often
lonely.

Old age is that season of life when
this disease bears its fruit, for we
see people who have come to the
sunset of life and they've been sep-
arated from those whom they love,
their friends are gone, their rela-
tives have passed on, and the chil-
dren with whom the Lord blessed
them are now engaged in making
their own homes and establishing
themselves in the world, so the older
folks find that this fruit of loneli-
ness hangs heavy on them. Medical
science has added many years to
their hves, but social science has not
kept pace. We are not able, seem-
ingly, to do away with that thing
called loneliness. There's loneliness
in pain. There's loneUness in suc-
cess. There's loneliness in the pro-
fessional life. There's loneliness in
depression and in want. There's
loneliness in the pursuit of knowl-
edge. There's loneliness that is not
associated with isolation and again
there is the loneliness of isolation.
The prisoner, the mentally handi-
capped and deficient, the crippled,
the shut-in, the racially and reli-
giously segregated, the political or
socially segregated persons, all know
the sting of loneliness. Someone has
said: "Loneliness is hell," but I
would hke to reverse that statement
and say that "Hell is loneliness," for
one of the elements of hell, one of
the things which will make hell, hell,
is loneliness. We read in Jude 13,
that the end of believing will be as
"wandering stars, to whom is re-
served the blackness of darkness for
ever." I do not know what hell will
be, I do not know what all of the
flame of the gehenna is going to in-
clude, but I know the burning of a
memory that is filled with the re-
jection of God's own love as it was
manifested in Christ at Calvary,
coupled with being separated and
filled with the dread of eternal lone-
liness will be a hell in itself.

What is loneliness? Circumstances
and environment create the aware-
ness of loneliness but that is not
loneliness itself. The "hot-rodder"
speeds and "lays rubber," "drags,"
and all the rest to keep him from
being aware of his loneliness; the

drunkard drinks to change the cir-
cumstances; the socialite busies her-
self in order that she might cover
up loneliness; the sports fanatic goes
on and on, not seeking nor willing
to accept the reality that is his life;
the religionist seeks to cover it up by
his religion; the businessman in his
great activity, and the scholar often
as he seeks after knowledge, pursues
his course to keep from being alone.
How often I have heard people say:
"I can't stand to be alone." The
irony of the situation is that these
things are only shams and cover-
ups.

Loneliness is a state of the soul:
It is a disease of the soul. Being
alone is not loneliness nor is lone-
liness necessarily being alone. There
is only one answer to the soul that
is filled with loneliness. That answer
is seen very fully in the words of
Ben H. Price's Christian song
"Alone":

It was alone the Saviour prayed

In dark Gethsemane:
Alone He drained the bitter cup

And suffered there for me.

Alone upon the cross He hung

That others He might save;
Forsaken then by God and man,

Alone, His life He gave.

It was alone the Saviour stood

In Pilate's judgment hall:
Alone the crown of thorns He wore.

Forsaken thus by all.

Can you reject such matchless love?

Can you His claim disown?
Come, give your all in gratitude.

Nor leave Him thus alone.

CkOTllS

Alone, alone.

He bore it all alone:

He gave himself to save His own.

He suffered, bled and died for me. Alone.

Truly the Lord Jesus Christ knew
something about loneliness that you
and I can never know. In Matthew's
Gospel the 26th chapter and the 56th
verse we read these words: "But all
this was done, that the scriptures of
the prophets might be fulfilled. Then
all the disciples forsook him, and
fled." And then in Matthew 27:46,
Christ is on the accursed cross of
Calvary, so we hear the words as
they come from His lips: "My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken
me?" No man in life nor in death
ever suffered this experience save
the Lord Jesus Christ. He truly knew
what it was and what it meant to be
alone. He who suffered and died
alone, He who became the very
epitome of loneliness that we might
never need be alone. In the words
of the text which we quoted at the

beginning of this message: "I will
never leave thee, nor forsake thee,"
we have the assurance that this One
who became our loneliness, who be-
came our sin is conscious of our
need and will never allow us to go
to that place nor suffer the malig-
nant disease of loneliness if we come
unto Him by faith. For we have dis-
covered that "He is a friend that
sticketh closer than a brother," and
the assurance of His Word is "I will
never leave thee, nor forsake thee,"
and also: "I will go with thee even
unto the end of the age." He is not
only one who sticks closer than the
brother but this One is a lover. He
is one who loves us and sticks by
us no matter what happens, and the
greatest need that any of us have in
the world today is someone who
really understands us and loves us.
I can't understand His love, but that
certainly does not keep me from ac-
cepting Him. Not only is He a lover
but He is faithful. In II Timothy
2:13 we read: "If we believe not,
yet he abideth faithful: he cannot
deny himself," but when others
would turn us down because of what
we are, He still sticks by; He knows
what we are and yet He loves us.
He loves me in spite of me.

He is also my advocate. He is one
who stands for me; others don't
understand me but He is wilhng to
plead my cause. In First John chap-
ter 2 and verse 1 we read: "My little
children, these things write I unto
you, that ye sin not. And if any man
sin, we have an advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ the righteous."
He is also true, He rebukes me and
I love it. He hurts and cuts me, but
He does it gently and in love. Some-
times other friends, earthly friends,
say: "I'm your friend but I want
to tell you something," and this
causes me to shrink within my shell,
but when Christ tells me that He's
my friend and wants to tell me some-
thing, I listen because He does it as
no other friend can.

Not only that, but He also praises
me, often when I condemn myself I
hear Him say, "Well done." I've
resisted temptation, I've borne a
word of testimony, I've heard words
of condemnation against me, and
He has given me the assurance that
He is still my friend. He is also
gentle. "Gentleness," someone has

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LIMESTONE, TENN.

"O sing unto the Lord a new
song; for he hath done marvelous
things. . . ." In our recent meeting
with Brother Ralph Colbum we
did see "marvelous things" done by
the Lord. Those accepting Jesus as
Saviour ranged from six to 8 1 years
of age. Altogether we had the priv-
ilege of seeing 33 come to Christ,
rededicate their lives to Him, or
to obey Christ in Christian baptism.
On December 16 we baptized and

Lewis Hohenstein

said, "is strength held in check."
Kindness and gentleness are His
virtues, when all fails, He leads.
He is also strong. He is one that I
can trust, the power of all the uni-
verse is in His hands, and yet His
gentleness keeps that power from
destroying me and uses that power
for my glory. He is also rich: The
cattle on a thousand hills are His.
He leads me into a wealth of knowl-
edge and experience for the Word
assures me that "I can do all things
through Christ which strengtheneth
me," and again, "My God shall sup-
ply all your need according to his
riches in glory by Christ Jesus." The
worst thing the enemies of Christ
Jesus could say about Him was that
"He's a friend of publicans and sin-
ners." Literally this is: "He's a
lover of publicans and sinners."

Is there loneliness in your heart?
Do you have a special need? Re-
member that the Lord Jesus Christ
purposed in His own heart to cause
you to become a part of His family,
and you can by just acting in faith
to receive Him into your heart. The
assurance of His Word is that when
you become a member of His family
and trust Him and take advantage
of your family privileges, you will
never again be filled with the disease
of loneliness.

received into our fellowship 17
souls.

We thank God for Brother Col-
bum and his ministry here in Lime-
stone. God still saves when His
Word is proclaimed faithfully. —
Harold Arrington, pastor Vernon
Brethren Church.

It was a joy to be with Pastor
Harold Arrington and his people
for two weeks and to see the Lord
work, especially in the boys and
girls of the Sunday school. Many de-
cisions for Christ were recorded
here.

We had the privilege of speak-
ing in two high schools and four
grammar schools in the area. Our
home visitation led to the decision
of an 81-year-old man for Christ.

One might weU call this rural
area "well-picked over" for Christ;
nevertheless there are always glean-
ings to be made for the Saviour, as
we experienced. — Ralph Colbum,
evangelist.

ASHLAND, OHIO

We praise the Lord for His bless-
ings during our special meetings
December 2-16 with Brethren Dean
Fetterhoff and Truymond Haddix.
During the two weeks nearly 40 de-
cisions for Christ were made, and a
real spiritual impact was made upon
the church. This impact evidenced
itself in six additional decisions, two
first-time, on the Sunday morning
following the close of the special
meetings.

We beUeve that the Lord has laid
His hand upon the ministry of
these young men for good. The musi-
cal program which they presented
was well received and of real value
in attracting the unsaved and pre-
paring hearts for the message. Broth-
er Haddix conducted "Junior Cru-
sade" children's meetings each after-
noon of the second week with an
average of about 75 present.

The average attendance for the
entire series of meetings was 241,
the largest ever recorded in Grace

Brethren of Ashland. We covet the
prayers of God's people for con-
tinued revival blessings in our own
church and in the ministry of His
servants in their further ministry. —
Edwin E. Cashman, assistant pas-
tor.

MANSFIELD, OHIO

The recent evangelistic effort at
the Woodville Grace Brethren
Church of Mansfield, Ohio, brought
a distinctive blessing to me as the
evangelist. Brother Gene Witzky,
the pastor, is a humble, zealous man
of God who keeps ever before him
the primary goal of exalting the Lord
Jesus Christ. It was a unique joy to
labor with him. The members were
most cooperative, both in attending
the meetings and in seeking to
bring the unsaved. The passion for
souls which was manifested turned
effort into blessing.

Should our Lord delay His com-
ing, I am confident that the Brethren
over the nation can expect Wood-
ville Grace Brethren of Mansfield
to become one of our most fervent,
thriving churches. — M. L. Myers,
evangelist.

The pastor and people of the
Woodville Grace Brethren of
Mansfield, Ohio, would like to take
the opportunity of the printed page
to lift a note of praise unto our God
for the blessings poured upon us dur-
ing the recent revival with Bro. Lee
Myers. In spite, of terrible road con-
ditions due to widening and resur-
facing work going on, we had good
attendance and high interest aU the
way through our meetings Nov. 4-
18. There were 14 confessions in aU
and nine of these were first-time de-
cisions. Christians were stirred as
the messages went straight home
to the hearts and this first revival
in our brand new building wiU not
be forgotten for many years to
come. It was a pleasure to work
with Bro. Myers, for under his
faithful ministry here there was a
revival of sweet laughter, a revival
of song and most of all in spiritual
things which was needed. It was
a refreshing experience to call with
this evangelist, to eat with him, to
pray with him, to sing with him,
and to see souls come to Christ
under his able ministry. — Gene E.
Witzky, pastor.

January 19, 1957

Editor: This is mother letter from Brethren in Denmark. The letter is word for word as
received in the Missionary Herald office.

LETTER FROM DENMARK

19/12—1956
Beloved Brethren of the National
Fellowship of Brethren Churches:

A blessed New Year! (Luke 27:
36.) God's eternal peace! We in the
Assembly of Christ in Denmark and
all Scandinavia greet you most heart-
ily, and wish you much blessing and
power from the Lord for the coming
time. We pray much for you, our
beloved brethren, with praising to
the Lord, that He just before His
coming has led us together.

We believe that it is His holy will
to lead us who have the same pre-
cious origin and history, and who
walk worthily of our high calling to-
gether into the oneness, which was in
the former days of Schwarzenau. The
Lord will not leave His people scat-
tered, but united in himself, and as
many as have this spirit hear and
obey the gathering call up to the
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Many Christians do not believe
in an outward oneness of the church
of Christ, but that is our great priv-
ilege to believe that and to prac-
tice that. But we must go by the way
of prayer, and then He will unite
and heal the breaches. This is a
great testimony to keep unspotted
from the world, crucified with the
Christ.

We have much blessing from your
book: "The Faith Once for All De-
livered to the Saints," which we have
now translated into the Danish lan-
guage because only very few of our
brethren know English. We do not
print it, but we read the handwrit-
ten translation among ourselves.
There are many sound and blessed
thoughts, and we seem it to be a
great wonder that the first knowl-

edge we get to you is this book, also
that is from the Lord. On this sacred
foundation we shall be brought into
the further oneness in the Christ
which He always intends for His
true members of the body. We pray
much to the Lord that the time will
soon come where we shall meet
each other face to face and rejoice
in the Lord together. And we hope
that will be very soon. You are most
heartily invited to our summer con-
ference; the time is not yet fixed; we
shall inform you about it duly.

We have much blessing from the
Lord in our countries, and new con-
verts are added to the assembly, and
several are being baptized with our
holy threefold immersion, baptism
forward, and remain faithful to the
Lord and to the assembly. There are
many children of God who have
sought the full truth in many other
churches, whom the Lord has led
under our preaching; and their testi-
mony from themselves is that they
have among the brethren found that
which they sought to the honor of
God.

Our message is the sanctification
to the coming of Jesus to fetch His
holy bride, and it is our great hope
and endeavor to be found worthy
before His coming, spotless and
without shame, as faithful house-
holders of the truth once delivered
to the saints and to the old brethren
at Schwarzenau, whom we honor in
the best way in following in their
footprints in Spirit and truth.

May the Lord richly bless you,
our beloved brethren. Greet each
other with a holy kiss. The grace be
with you! Affectionate brother greet-
ings. The Assembly of Christ. Broth-
er E. J. P. Hansen.

Facts About Israel

By Dr. C. W. Mayes

Israel is moving ahead in the
scientific field. She is now produc-
ing a pure uranium from phosphate
ore mined in the Negiv area of the
State. This is that long triangle of
space south of Beersheba which the
UN gave to Israel at the instigation
of the partition plan. Formerly only
a barren desert with great expanse of
treeless waste, it is now a rejuven-
ated desert. It is reported that 12
oil wells, along with these mines,
are now producing great wealth.

For the study of the structure of
the atom a three-million volt Van
de Graff proton accelerator is now in
action. These scientific installations
are now being demonstrated by men
who speak both Hebrew and Eng-
lish; and, with an air of accomplish-
ment, something of the research
work of Israel is shown to visitors.

Israel is also making a contribu-
tion to the science of dating bone
fragments. One exhibit from the
Hebrew University shows how the
age of archaeological studies may
be determined by examining bone
fragments for isotopes. Most of us
remember that for years the scien-
tific world has almost worshiped
the bones of such supposed missing
Hnks as the neanderthal man, which
was proved a hoax a few years ago.
We will doubtless soon find many
other so-called missing links to be
also the product of some theories of
men who invented these missing
links. Some of the so-called archeo-
logical signs supposed to date back
millions of years are turning out to
be but a few hundred years old. A
classroom full of gullible college
students may be fooled, but you do
not deceive the "geiger counters"
which check the information from
the isotopes.

All this reminds us that the Chris-
tian has nothing to fear from the real
and final facts of science. We have
said many times that if we give time
enough to science, it may catch up
with the Bible. In the past, science
text books have been looked upon
as truth while the Bible has been
called a myth; but we are seeing to-
day, with the unfolding of some of
the modern events, that the Bible
still stands firm and strong.

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The BRETHREN

► MISSIONARY

EDUCATIONAL NUMBER
JANUARY 26, 1957

EDITORIALS

By Paul R. Bauman, Vice President in Charge of Public Relations

-iS*£^

The Greatest Work in Life —

Agassiz, one of the most noted naturalists in Ameri-
can history, was once asked what he regarded as the
greatest work of his hfe. Instantly he replied: "My
greatest work of life, if anything I have done can be
called great, has been the training of two men to live
like Ufe ought to be hved." The faculty of Grace
Theological Seminary and Grace College is dedicated
to this very task — the discovery of young men and
women and infusing them with something of their in-
structors' spirit and knowledge of God's Word and
God's world so that they will be able to take up the
work laid down when those older than themselves leave
the scene of action. In this task the faculty is endeavor-
ing to follow the example set by the Lord himself. When
Jesus came to do His work. He took 12 men aside, and
for three years He taught them and drilled them and
impregnated them with His own ideas and His ideals.
That first Christian school laid the foundation for a
work which was destined to shake empires.

We, at Grace, are endeavoring to train young people
to "live like life ought to be lived." But, let us all re-
member that this work is not confined to a few men
and women on a hill in Winona Lake, Ind. It begins
with you in your local town and church where, first of
all, boys and girls and young men and women are led to
receive Christ as their Saviour. Yours also is the task
of challenging them to "lift up their eyes and look"
upon fields which are "white unto harvest." Responsi-
bility doesn't cease here, however. Yours and ours
is the mutual task of equipping them so that they can
properly fulfill their responsibility of standing for the
faith, facing new frontiers, and expanding the borders
of the church, both at home and abroad. This they
should be prepared to do, whether they prepare for
the ministry, the mission field, or whether they prepare
to serve Christ as laymen.

In the annual offering to Grace Seminary and Col-
lege, received on January 27, or such other date as
your church may set, you join hands with the faculty
in what is certainly one of the greatest works in life. By
making a substantial special gift this year to the building
fund you help to guarantee that more of our young
people will have an opportunity to receive the kind
of training that only a thoroughly Christian school can
offer them in these days of uncertainty and unbelief.

Why $40,000 Is Needed in the Annual Offering —

The amount of gift income necessary to care for the
work of the school for one year at Grace is $80,000.
This, of course, is in addition to monies received from
tuitions and other sources. At this season of the
year, especially, the need for funds is extremely acute.
During the latter part of 1956, the monthly income fell
far below the average of $6,500 which is absolutely
necessary to care for the running expenses of the
school. For this reason, we are asking again this year
that God's people supply us with not less than $40,000
to care for the deficit in the operating fund and current
needs. Pray for this offering, and give as the Lord di-
rects.

Why $100,000 for the Building By March First?

Elsewhere in the magazine this week members of the
Grace faculty staff have outlined something of the
desperate need for space, if the school is to care ade-
quately for its present student body, to say nothing about
those whom we know are planning to em"oll. The board
of trustees has authorized the building committee to be-
gin construction on March 1, provided they have $100,-
000 on hand for that purpose. For this reason we are
asking that you plan to give now (1) your regular of-
fering for the operating expense of the school; and (2)
a substantial gift for the building fund. Will you join
us in our effort to make March 1 a day of victory?

Students and Faculty Have Goal of $7,500 —

Shortly before their Christmas vacation the various
classes of the seminary and college student body set
individual goals which they planned to attain for the
buildina fund by March 1. These reached a combined
total of $4,000. The faculty set a goal of $3,500. Al-
though it was the holiday season, the offerings were
well on their way toward the realization of these goals
when the students left for their Christmas vacation. We
are sure that their zeal will encourage others who are
far more able to give than young men and women, most
of whom are working their way through school, and
many of whom find it necessary to support families
as they do so.

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ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
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TIDAL WAVE ENROLLMENT

By W. A. Ogden
Executive Vice President

There is no doubt about it — America will be in-
vaded. In fact, it is even now being invaded. The army
of invasion is the youth of the land. During the first
three-quarters of this century, 1900 to 1975, the popu-
lation of the United States will increase from 75 million
to more than 200 milUon. The birth rate has now passed
the 4 million mark annually, and is expected to con-
tinue to increase.

This situation has imposed a major problem upon the
educational facilities of the country. Reliable statistics
say that enrollment in our kindergartens and elemen-
tary schools will be some 10 milhon more in 1975 than it
is at the present time. The tidal wave of students is
sweeping on through the high schools and into our col-
leges and universities, posing a problem that is taxing
the resources of men and money almost to the breaking
point.

Since we are interested in this article in college level
education, I will speak only of this part of the problem.
In 1900, only 4 percent of the college age group at-
tended. Today, over 25 percent of those between the
ages of 18-21 go to college. It is estimated that this num-
ber will increase to somewhere between 3 1 percent and
40 percent by 1975. In simple language, this means that
instead of 2Vi million, as of 1950, there will be 5 million
young men and women enrolled in the colleges and uni-
versities of America within the next dozen years.

The extent of this situation tends to come into focus
when we realize that already the facilities of these
institutions are crowded far beyond normal capacity.
In one of the well-known conservative Christian
colleges enrollment is already limited to students whose
grade point ratio is in the upper one-fourth of their
high-school class. Even then, it is necessary to apply for
admission two years or more in advance.

Grace College looks like a very small open door to
education when viewed against this over-all population
and college enrollment increase. Obviously, we do not
expect to solve this thing alone. Nevertheless, we must
make a real attempt to care for those who are our own
direct responsibility and assure our Brethren young peo-
ple that they will be given an opportunity to get an edu-

cation that will fit them to take their place in our com-
plex world — whatever place it may be to which they feel
the Lord is calling them. Only so can we, and they, serve
our Lord and this present generation.

So far, we have no restricted enroUm.ent at Grace,
other than to those who profess to be Christians. We
want to assure you, however, that we will always con-
sider the young people of the Brethren church to be
our first responsibility. If facihties are not sufficient for
all who apply, Brethren students will be given priority.
Some of you may be counting on sending your children
to the state, or tax-supported, schools and feel that
Grace College will not be needed. I would not be too
sure about this. The plain fact is that unless we pro-
vide our own school, your children may knock in vain
for admittance to such an institution. These are not
idle words. Those who will attend college in 1971 are
already born. We can count them now. The floodtide
of enrollment by that date will completely overrun all
existing facilities.

The "experts" tell us that by 1975 we must have
56,000 additional ministers to fill the pulpits of the
churches that must be built to take care of the church
membership of that date. Some of these — "many, we hope
— will be Brethren, trained in Grace Seminary and Col-
lege. Our rapidly expanding home missionary program
demands that we prepare an ever increasing number
of pastors and leaders. A growing church, such as ours,
must have a trained leadership. Neither the public in-
stitutions nor other private colleges will provide these
leaders for the Brethren Church. They can only be
prepared for this challenging service in our own school
— Grace Seminary and Grace College. To do this job
we must have $300,000 for extension of our building
facilities during this, our 20th anniversary year, 1957.
Will you join with the thousands of others across the
land in providing $100,000 of this amount by March
1, and then pray and give throughout the period of
building that we may be able to dedicate this building
free of debt? Give through your home church where you
can, otherwise mail you gift to Grace Seminary, Winona
Lake, Ind.

January 26, 1957

God's Solemn Summons to the Brethren Church

By the Late Rev. Louis S. Bauman, D.D.

Note — Recently the editor found among the numerous manu-
scripts left by his father one which was written more than 30 years
ago. the message of which, however, is more timely today in some
respects than it was at the time of its writing. Evidently it was
preached as a sermon, probably in the church of which he was
pastor. Possibly it was delivered at our national conference. In it
Dr. Bauman showed a remarkable insight into the tremendous
importance of maintaining just such a school as Grace Theolog-
ical Seminary and College, the organization of which he helped
to launch years later. The manuscript of the message is of too great
length to 'reproduce here in full. It was felt that a condensation
of it would be appreciated by our people, many of whom knew
Dr. Bauman. Printing it at this time is especially appropriate. This
week the students have been enjoying the inspiration of the an-
nual Bauman Memorial Lectures, given this year by Dr. Orville
Jobson. The article shows something of the spirit and genius
of the man whose varied ministry inspired the establishment of
these lectures. The article is printed also because its message is
greatly needed just now, as we prepare for the construction of a new
building on the Grace campus. — P.R.B.

"For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall
there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another
place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who
knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as
this?" (Esther 4:14).

The eternal God had an eternal purpose fixed for
this old world before ever a ray of sunlight kissed its
face, or even its foundations were laid. And this pur-
pose was "according to the eternal pur-
pose which he purposed in Christ Jesus
our Lord" (Eph. 3:11). Again it is writ-
ten of Christ: "A lamb without blemish
and without spot: who verily was fore-
ordained before the foundation of this
world" (I Pet. 1:19-20).

The single thought of Satan, the
archenemy of God, is to defeat this
eternal purpose of Omnipotence, and
thus to gain the throne of Omnipo-
tence for himself. "Fall down and
worship me, and in worshiping me, the world shall be
Thine without the cross!" It was a tremendous temp-
tation; and had the Lord of glory yielded to it. He
would have saved himself from the cross, but the throne
of His Omnipotence would have passed to Satan.

THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

In the great mystery of God, He has chosen to take
men into His fellowship as helpers in the accomplishing
of His purposes. With angels, archangels, cherubim
and seraphim all at His command, it is astounding that
God should do so. Even in the tremendous work of
redemption: "We are ambassadors for Christ, as though
God did beseech you by us: be ye reconciled to God.
. . . We then as workers together with him, beseech you"
(II Cor. 5:20; 6:1).

Yes; it is a solemn fact that God called us to a great
work for Him. If we fail Him, His purposes will not fail.
Mordecai reminded the "fair and beautiful" Queen
Esther of this solemn fact as her very life and the
life of her people hung in the balances. God will simply

Dr. Bauman

remove us, and "deliverance will arise from another
place." God's crown is not lost. We simply lose our
own. If God's chosen vessels fail Him, He will com-
mand the vessel that was not chosen!

God's eternal purpose today demands a faithful
church that shall not fail to bear testimony to His
truth until Jesus Christ returns. He declared it when
He said: "Upon this rock I will build my church; and
the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:
18). The faithful church may not be large, but here
she must be unconquered by the forces of hell, holding
the fort until relieved by her great Commander. Truth
to tell, the faithful church will be a very small body
indeed as this age deepens in its awful apostacy. What
else can the words of the Master mean when He said:
"As it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be in the days
of the Son of man" (Luke 17:26). Small and in-
significant to an apostate world she may seem; yet
God's purpose hath been declared that He will have on
earth a body of believers that are constant, "restrain-
ing now, until he be taken out of the way" (II Thess.
2:7 ASV).

THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

Outside her directly spiritual weapons, such as
prayer, the mightiest weapon of the Christian church is
the Christian school. Woe to the church that puts a pre-
mium on ignorance by her neglect to educate her chil-
dren, her future ministry, and her missionaries in
schools that are faithful to her doctrines and her ideals!
But, let her found such a school and straightway expect
Satan to gather his forces and assault it with every
means at His command. He recognizes, if we do not, the
sacredness and seriousness of imparting knowledge to
the rising generations. Give me the schools of the na-
tion, and you can have her armies, her guns, her fort-
resses, her factories, and her battleships. In 10 years,
I'll conquer you! The teacher is the creator and molder
of character, and as such, he may be said to rule the
world. If the world is in sad straights today, God alone
knows how much of it is due to the fact that the Chris-
tian church has been sleeping while Satan has been busy
stealing her schools, and using them for his own evil
purposes.

May not God be speaking to the Brethren Church
today, even as He spoke to Queen Esther: "And who
knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for
such a time as this?" If there is to be salvation for the
church today, that salvation will be brought forth by
getting back to the infallible Word of God, and stand-
ing thereupon though the heavens fall. Deeply spirit-
ually minded people are generally agreed on this. This
being true, the Brethren Church is in a position to chal-

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lenge the world to show an organization whose plat-
form is more fundamentally true to the eternal and xm-
changeable Word of God than her own. Unquestionably,
we have the message; and our ministry is more a unit in
preaching that message than that of any other denomi-
nation. We may think ourselves weak and insignificant,
but so did Queen Esther think as she went forth trem-
bling to touch the king's scepter. So have the true proph-
ets of God always been weak and insignificant in them-
selves yet mighty in their God. Our very weakness may
prove to be our strength: "For when I am weak, then
am I strong" (II Cor. 12:10).

But truth rises only at the bidding of men who know
her. "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free" (John 8:32).

Queen Esther's task was one of life or death. This
heroic girl arose to the occasion. To save her people
from death, she threw herself unreservedly into the bal-
ance: "If I perish, I perish!" But her God was with her.
Omnipotence moved the arm of the haughty monarch,
and his scepter shot forth. Esther touched it, and went
farther — she touched the heart of the king who saved
her people for her sake, and hanged Haman on the
gallows he had built.

OUR GREAT NEED

OUR TREMENDOUS TASK

We have the message. What lack we yet? Unquestion-
ably, our lack is that of a strong, virile, intellectually-
equipped and spirit-filled ministry. Churches are con-
stantly pleading for such men, and pleading in vain.
Mission fields are calling for them, and calling in vain.
Churches and mission fields drag along at snail's pace,
and often perish for want of them. Recently, it was our
privilege to make a trip to the great mission fields of
South America. We found that in that vast continent,
great universities are literally pouring forth vast armies
of intellectual atheists. Against those vast armies of in-
tellectually-equipped atheists shall we send a few non-
intellectually equipped (i.e., untrained) men of God,
and then marvel because one does not "chase a thou-
sand, and two put ten thousand to flight"? Say what
we will (and God knows we would be the last person
on earth to undervalue the purely spiritual equipment),
it is not God's way. When God sent a lone man to chase
a thousand, He struck down the best intellectually-
equipped man of the world in that day, and one of the
best of all time — the mighty Saul of Tarsus, "brought
up at the feet of Gamahel." It was such a man that He
sent to do battle with the intellectual giants of dark-
ness on Mar's Hill, and in the imperial courts of Rome.
If I learned anything at all in South America, it was the
folly of any attempt to make any great impression
against the intellectually-equipped forces that are more
and more dominating the great republics of the lands
of the Southern Cross without sending against them
spiritual men of God who are able to "hang Haman
on his own gallows."

It is necessary for us to stand before such men in
the pulpit, in the schoolroom, on the platform, or in the
mart, and meet, expose, and refute their theories by
reason and facts. We must match brains with brains. We
must understand science if we are to prove to men that
the charge that the Word of God and the facts of the
world of science are not at loggerheads, but in their
confirmation of each other are rather the best of friends.
It is only as we shall establish, equip, and support the
church school that is spiritually minded that we can
thus "match brains with brains." Truth, God, and
faith have absolutely nothing to fear from the respect-
able infidelity that parades forth in the name of scholar-
ship and the guise of piety, if truth, God, and faith have
men able to properly represent them, and show to the
world that the scholarship of unbehef is but the result
of a false education.

"Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,
The eternal years of God are hers;

While Error, wounded, writhes in pain.
And dies among her worshipers."

My brethren, we are facing these days a more tremen-
dous task. Our children are threatened with absolute
spiritual death — eternal death — beside which physical
death is not worth mentioning — threatened with it in
the faith-destroying schools of higher learning. To save
them from it is a task worthy of the gift of life itself,
if need be. "If I perish, I perish!" The only way to do
it is to establish for them a school within the domain
of the church we love — a school that the church can
control — and see to it that the school is as true to the
faith of Jesus Christ, as the needle is to the pole. It is
worth not only every dollar we can command: it is
worth life itself to accomphsh it. What is our time be-
side the attainment of this? "If I perish, I perish!" All
our profession is a meaningless nothing, all our faith is
hollow, if we hold back the money that shall enable
the church to have a school in these days of terrible
apostasy where her children shall be strengthened in
their most holy faith, instead of having it shattered to
pieces on the rocks of doubt and unbelief!

With the church it is a question of life or death! With
our children it is a question of eternal life or eternal
death! It cannot be ignored. Our school must be main-
tained morally, spiritually, and financially. Some of
us may have to die poor! But, "If I perish, I perish!"

GIFTS TO GRACE SEMINARY

December 31, 1956

Aleppo, Pa

Alexandria, Va

Allentown, Pa

Alto, Mich

Altoona, Pa. (First)

Beaumont, Calif

Bellflower, Calif

Berne. Ind

Camden, Ohio

Clay City, Ind

Conemaugh, Pa. (Pike)

Covington, Va

Cuba, N. Mex

Dayton, Ohio (First) ,..

Denver, Colo

Englewood, Ohio

Everett, Pa

Findlay, Ohio

Fremont, Ohio (Grace)

Garwin, Iowa

Grandviev/, Wash

Harrisburg, Pa

Inglewood, Calif

Johnstown, Pa. (First) . .
Johnstown, Pa.

(Riverside)

Kittanning, Pa. (First)

La Veme. Calif

Leesburg, Ind

Limestone, Tenn

Long Beach, Calif.

(First)

Mansfield, Ohio (Grace)

Martinsburg, Pa

New Troy, Mich

Meyersdale, pa.

(Summit Mills)

Palmyra, Pa

$1.00

15.00

21.18

5.00

10.00

33.00

7.00

36.00

8.00

216.50

117.00

6.00

25.00

293.50

13.74

176.50

9.00

12.00

222.25

71.00

24.00

19.50

35.15

80.00

37.20
35.00
5.00
32.50

520.00
373.00
10.00
25,00

Peru, Ind

Philadelphia, Pa.

(First)

Rittinan, Ohio

Sidney, Ind

South Bend, Ind

Sterling, Ohio

Temple City, Calif

Washington, D. C

Waterloo, Iowa

Waynesboro, Pa

Whittier, Calif. (First)

Winchester, Va

Winona, Minn

Winona Lake, Ind

Isolated Brethren . . . .

Non-Brethren

Maintenance Gift

Total General Fund
Designated Gifts:

Ashland, Ohio

Canton, Ohio

Cedar Rapids, Iowa ....

Kittanning, Pa. (First)

Long Beach, Calif.

(First)

Martinsburg, Pa

Peru. Ind

Temple City, Calif

Washington, D. C

Waynesboro, Pa

Non-Brethren

Alumni Association

Student Body

Building Fund

Total Designated Gifts $8,485.51

1.00

155.00
72.50
13.00
5.00
59.00
50.00
14.20
114.22
123.00
183.00
36.00
2.00
377.74
11.00
387.00
500.00

200.00
40.00

100.00
50.00

600.00
26.55
19.50
5.00
56.40
10.00
50.00
500.00
58.76
6,769.30

January 26, 1957

Some Words About Word Studies

By Ben Hamilton, Research Librarian

Shakespeare's Polonius once asked Hamlet: "What
do you read, my lord?" The Danish prince replied,
"Words, words, words." Quite often one reads word
studies of the vocabulary of Old Testament Hebrew and
New Testament Greek with the feeling that such ref-
erence books fall into the category of what Hamlet was
reading — "Words, words, words." The expressiveness
and flexibility of Hebrew and Greek make these lan-
guages very rich and much of this quality is lost in
translating into another tongue. This is no less true
in the case of English than with respect to African
languages. So in order to attempt to recapture the
depth and significance of the original Bible languages,
books of word studies have appeared. In a sense, a sort
of commentary, these exercises in meaning are a com-
bination survey of grammar and exegesis and source
materials for illustrations.

Girdlestone's Synonyms of the Old Testament

Single volumes devoted exclusively to Hebrew word
studies are uncommon. Such studies are usually buried
in commentaries and must be used piecemeal. Girdle-
stone's book is devoted to studying Hebrew synonyms
that bear upon Christian doctrine. With that scheme in
mind, he has 28 chapters covering as many doctrinal
topics.

For instance, in the chapter on grace, mercy and
love Girdlestone uses three Hebrew words for grace,
the Hebrew word used for pity; four words for love,
and the words for mercy. By means of an extensive,
well-chosen selection of Old Testament passages,
Girdlestone draws out the precise meanings of the He-
brew words concerned and supports these with illus-
trations from Old Testament sources. In addition,
Girdlestone contrasts, in some cases, and compares in
others, Septuagint words and New Testament vocabu-
lary of significance with the Hebrew words treated.

Trench's Synonyms of the New Testament

This work is similar to Girdlestone's. Trench's
method differs thus: His work is not so strongly based
on doctrinal topics. Trench's work is more technical
than Girdlestone's. Richard Chenevix Trench (1807-
1886) was a classical scholar. So he makes rather long
quotations from early Greek and Latin church fathers —
in their language! As a result. Trench's word studies
lose some of their value, if one is not well-versed in
Koine and Byzantine Greek as well as Latin. Trench's
work brings out some very precious teachings. But at
least one year of seminary Greek makes Trench's book
more meaningful to the reader.

Robertsons Word Pictures in the New Testament

Archibald T. Robertson (1863-1934), not to be con-
fused with the Church of England Archibald Robertson,
produced a six-volume work covering the entire New
Testament. This work covers every verse word by
word on the basis of the Greek text.

Robertson is terse, but has a knack for packing in a
tremendous amount of information in brief compass.
The essential grammatical and syntactical data are in-
corporated into the statements and cross references that

extract from the Greek the significant meanings. Courses
in exegesis by Drs. Hoyt and Kent, Jr. are a real help
to getting the most for one's money out of Robert's work.

Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament

This work follows a pattern similar to that used by
Robertson. It covers the New Testament in four fat
volumes. Marvin Richardson Vincent (born 1834) was
Baldwin professor of sacred literature in Union Theo-
logical Seminary, New York, at the time he published his
word studies.

Vincent's work is not as technical as Robertson's.
Vincent is too skimpy in some places (Examples: On
the word merciful, Matthew 5:7, Vincent says "See on
Luke i. 50." On the word borrow, Matthew 5:42:
"Properly, to borrow at interest."). But for every such
shortcoming, Vincent's work has dozen of valuable ex-
planations with interesting illustrations.

Although Vincent includes the Greek words, around
90 percent of his explanations are not above real Bible
students who, not having seminary training, love to
search the Scriptures for new suggestions and truths.

Wuest's Word Studies

Kenneth Samuel Wuest (1893-), professor of Greek
at Moody Bible Institute, has produced four very help-
ful books of Greek word studies: Bypaths in the Greek
New Testament, Golden Nuggets in the Greek New
Testament, Treasures from the Greek New Testament
and Untranslatable Riches from the Greek New Testa-
ment.

Designed for use of English readers, Wuest does
an excellent job in keeping his material from being tech-
nical. At the same time he demonstrates a good com-
mand of New Testament Greek in such a way as to
command respect for his comprehension of the lan-
guage. In Golden Nuggets Wuest deals with single words
or expressions; in Bypaths, with selected subjects such
as the self-emptied life; in Treasures, a combination of
approaches including Greek grammar and the deity
of Jesus Christ and in Untranslatable Riches Wuest in-
cludes passages of several verses.

Deissmann's Bible Studies

Gustav Adolf Deissmann (born 1866) is the Ger-
man scholar who, upon reading some ordinary papyri
correspondence written in everyday Greek of the first
few centuries before and during the early Christian pe-
riod, noticed that the New Testament and papyri Greek
were the same. This completely revolutionized the
study of New Testament Greek.

As a result of his investigations along this line, Deiss-
mann first wrote his book Bible Studies. This was later
followed by his Light from the Ancient East. Both books
are very technical but are very helpful to advanced
exegetes.

The main stress in Deissmann's books is on a study
of the Greek New Testament vocabulary in terms of
archeology. Deissmann makes it plain that theology
alone is not of major significance but rather historical,
archeological research.

Deissmann is recommended for those who find
Girdlestone, Robertson, Trench and Vincent too tame
for their tastes.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

GRACE

COLLEGE

By Richard G. Messner
Athletic Director

At the present time Grace College is suffering accute
growing pains. This is true in nearly aU departments of
the college, but perhaps the greatest pressure is being
felt in the athletic department. I can feel a real tug of
sympathy in my heart for the man Moses when he said:
"I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is
too heavy for me" (Num. 1 1:14). I do not mean to sug-
gest that 70 assistants are needed, but I do mean to
point out that trying to organize an athletic department
with an ever increasing number of students and with
the hmited facilities we have is well nigh impossible.

During the long winter months, both men's and wom-
en's physical education classes must meet in a local
grade school gymnasium which is admittedly too small
for even elementary schoolchildren. When there are
30-40 in a gym class you can begin to see the real prob-
lems involved. After jostling against one another during
the gym period the students are dismissed without show-
ers because there are neither showers nor lockers avail-
able in the building. I might also add that this same gym

is used for intramural basketball whenever it is avail-
able. This past week there were no gym classes or in-
tramurals because the gym was in use for the grade
school activities. Something must be done to provide
Grace CoUege with proper facilities for physical educa-
tion if our school is to continue its growth.

I should also like to point out that Grace College
is located in an enthusiastic basketball state. Every
boy in Indiana who is old enough to hft a basketball has
a hoop on a garage door or the side of a house. Dur-
ing basketball tournaments the high schools are dis-
missed and even some of the stores in the downtown
areas close in loyalty to the local team. During the winter
the main topics of conversation are world affairs and
basketball. With these facts in mind I should like to
say that we are attempting to participate in intercol-
legiate basketball with one practice session a week. We
can practice only once a week for two main reasons:
In the first place, gymnasiums are hard to find. The
high schools in this area are using their gymnasiums
nearly every night for school functions. Then in the
second place, when we can find a gym which is available
it costs us anywhere from $10-S20 a night to rent it.
You can easily see that to rent a gym for three or four
nights a week would be a very expensive proposition.
With so httle practice it seems almost an injustice to
ask our fellows to keep pace with the well-conditioned
teams in this area. I have really been thrilled this year
with the talented athletes the Lord has sent to us, but
it seems to me that we are indebted to the Lord and to
these students to provide them with proper facilities for
improving their talents.

Another problem frequently overlooked is — where
and how can we dry the basketball uniforms and intra-
mural jerseys after the games and practice sessions?
During the past two years my wife and I have tried to
grow accustomed to the aroma of drying uniforms which
we drape on chairs around the little stove in our front
room. We can assure you, however, that this is not the
most desirable situation. A drying room and a place
to store equipment is a pressing necessity. We have been
adding to our athletic equipment, and I feel that even
though our facilities are poor, the equipment is better.
For example, we have three good ping pong tables, but
the only place to put them is in the lower auditorium
where classes are held a great deal of the time. Then
too, we have a small wrestling mat but no adequate
place to use it. The use of such a mat in the lower audi-
torium fills the corridors of the school with the odors
peculiar to the locker room of a gymnasium.

Many of our fellows are interested in baseball, but
due to some trees and ungraded areas there is not enough
space to lay out a diamond. Since a softball diamond
does not require as much space, we now play softball.
Unfortunately, there can be no intercollegiate competi-
tion in softball — only in baseball. We're hoping in the
near future to have a bulldozer come in and level off
some more land so a baseball diamond can be laid out.

It has been proposed that on March 1 we begin simul-
taneous construction of a classroom building and a gym-
nasium. Before that date arrives we must raise $100,-
000. If we cannot raise that amount, our college will not
go forward. It will go backward. It is our responsibility
as members of the Brethren Church to see that our
Brethren young people are cared for mentally, physi-
cally, and spiritually. Won't you help us in this present
need?

January 26, 1957

'In the Event of Enemy Attack'

By Dr. Herman A. Hoyt, dean

"In the event of enemy attack this highway will be
closed to all traffic." This warning or one phrased in
similar words is posted prominently upon every main
highway in the land, and upon many roads which ap-
pear to be secondary in importance. For the past sev-
eral years we have all been reading this sign with more
or less indifference. And this apathy will doubtless con-
tinue until that fateful hour when the emergency is upon
us.

We have been told by governmental authorities that
several times within the past two or three years this coun-
try has been on the verge of war with an enemy power.
But in spite of that we shrugg off the announcements
with little concern. Within the past several months this
country has been so near the zero hour that the military
divisions of our country's defense have all been alerted.

And now young men who have previously served in
the armed forces are receiving significant letters from
the military authorities. The point of these letters is to
remind these men that in the case of emergency they
are subject to recall. All of this should remind us that
the law provides also for the calling of young men from
age 18 through 25 into military training. This law was
in force during World War H and the Korean conflict
and it is still in operation, though it is not being ad-
ministered with the same intensity. However, any in-
tensifying of the present peril of attack will accelerate
the call of young men into military training.

This is the time therefore to remind all pastors and
young people's counselors across our denomination that
they should be doing their duty. Now is the time to be
advising young men headed for the ministry and mis-
sionary service what to do, if we want to save them for
the Lord's work. Remember, every draft board is faced
with the problem of determining the motives of men
who appeal for deferment. And it is not an easy task.
These men must deal with hundreds of young men,
and we ought to do all we can to help them. An appeal
for deferment for Christian service after they have been
called and classified by the local draft board is open to
serious question.

To be on the safe side, here is the procedure we sug-
gest. While young men are still in high school, they
should be approached about giving their life for Chris-
tian service. If some record could be kept of those who
make such decision, and the date they make it, so much
the better. They should be urged to pre-enroll in Grace
College, or some college. It would even be wise to pre-
enroll in Grace Seminary, indicating they intend to take
pre-theological training under the direction of the semi-
nary. If they are sufficiently assured in their own hearts
that this is the call of the Lord, then their local churches
in business session, should approve them as candidates
for the Christian ministry.

These things will help to establish a pure motive,
and will almost surely lead the local draft board to de-
fer the young man upon the presentation of this in-
formation. The registrar of Grace Theological Semi-
nary and Grace College will be glad to advise with
any young man and supply further details.

Training Pastors
in Nigeria

By Norman Lohrenz, Seminary Senior

Leaving the mission field to go to school would seem
to some rather ridiculous, if not tragic. However, that is
just what I believe to have been the leading of the Lord
for me. Mrs. Lohrenz and I served four years in Nigeria,
British West Africa, as missionaries under the auspices
of the Sudan Interior Mission. In those four years we
were made keenly aware of the need for better trained
pastors for the national churches. The pastors are
eager for the training and it would be of inestimable
value to the spiritual growth of the Christians and the
winning of the lost.

There are three primary reasons why we felt it neces-
sary that we should prepare to give further training to
the pastors in Nigeria. There is a growing spirit of na-
tionalism which has created a very evident racial feel-
ing against the white people. The unsaved African is no
longer eager to hear what the white man has to say, but
looks upon him in many instances with jealousy and
contempt. We believe that we can bear a greater in-
fluence for our Lord through the training of pastors
and teachers who have given their lives for His service,
and who will in return win their own people.

Secondly, we feel that the command of the Apostle
Paul to Timothy should not go unheeded. Paul wrote:
"The things that thou hast heard of me among many
witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who
shall be able to teach others also" (II Tim. 2:2). This is
brought to fruition in a threefold manner in the train-
ing of pastors as they "earnestly contend for the faith"
(Jude 3) as they speak "for the . . . edifying of the body
of Christ" (Eph. 4:12), and as they learn how "by
sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gain-
sayers" (Titus 1:9).

Thirdly, we felt the need of well-trained pastors to
stem the tide of liberalism, Mohammedanism, Catholi-
cism, and the host of other isms which have come into
Africa. These isms are trying to give their leaders the
best training possible, and we too must give our national
leaders the best possible training in order that they may
be able to meet the opposition with convincing reasons
for the hope that is within them.

Preparation for my task I have found here at Grace
Theological Seminary. I am most grateful to the Lord for
the gracious and Bible -believing faculty which we have
here to lead us in our study of God's Word. I first learned
of Grace Seminary through Dr. Bauman when he was
lecturing at Grace Bible Institute of Omaha, Nebr. in
1948. When I began to consider the Lord's will that I
should take further training, my mind immediately
turned to Grace Seminary. It is a joy and a privilege to
be here, and I feel a great debt of gratitude to those who
are so faithfully praying for and giving to Grace Semi-
nary, thus making this school possible.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

The Classroom Problem at Grace

By Dr. Herman A. Hoyt, dean

The addition of a second school, Grace College, to
the existing school, Grace Theological Seminary, has
greatly compUcated the situation we face in our Brethren
educational institution. This is further accentuated by
the tremendous increase in enrollment in both schools,
and the problem bids fair to grow much worse before
we can get a new building. To put the matter bluntly,
there is a tremendous classroom shortage.

The present building was designed primarily to meet
the needs of a theological seminary, and it will serve
weU in that capacity for many years to come. While the
building will adequately accommodate a seminary
student body of 150, which we have at the present time.

this number could be doubled, and the theological
school could still get along without much difficulty.

With the addition of a college program, however,
the whole situation is changed. The total number of col-
lege and seminary classes meeting each week is about
100. Of this number about 30 are seminary classes,
and the remaining 70 are college classes. The reason for
this difference lies in the fact that the seminary is re-
stricted to one field of study, the theological field, while
the college covers the whole field of hberal arts. As the
college grows, the number of classes will continue to in-
crease.

In our present building there are just seven real class-
rooms. We are using two others that are not really
adapted to this purpose. Only two of these classrooms
are adequately equipped with blackboards — four others
have small ones. There are no rooms adapted or
equipped for the teaching of the sciences. There are no
facilities whatsoever for physical education.

The best hours in the day for classwork are in the
morning and early afternoon. This schedule enables
the students to integrate their schoohng with work pro-
grams in the surrounding community. Since most of
our students must earn their own livelihood, every
provision must be made to this end in order that they
may continue in school. But, at the present rate of
growth it will be necessary to extend classes later in
the day, perhaps going to evening classes. We have al-
ready extended the teaching program into Saturday.

January 26, 7957

There is one factor that we carmot possibly ignore.
The very existence of the school and its proper de-
velopment to meet aU the needs of a hberal arts college
depend upon an increase in the student body. By this
method alone will it be possible to raise the funds for
development of faculty and curriculum. But this in-
crease in the student body means that there must be
adequate classroom space and the other necessary fa-
cilities to care for such a group. The present college
student body of 180, if current trends are any indication,
will mount to 250 by the fall of 1957. By the fall of
1958 this number will probably reach 300, or even
exceed it. As matters now stand we are bursting at the
seams. For a music conservatory, we are using the home
lately owned by Dr. Paul Bauman. But even this
scarcely relieves the situation in the music department.

Everything adds up to one conclusion. We must have
a new building. Even if we start to build this spring, we
cannot occupy the building until the faU of 1958. By
that time we will have a college student body which will
fill the building now being proposed. Will you pray and
work and give so that we can go ahead with these plans
for the school that God has laid as a responsibiUty upon
the Brethren Church?

It can be done!

$100,000
by March 1

Headliners

LAKE ODESSA, MICH. The
new Conn electric organ was dedi-
cated at the Grace Brethren Church
Sunday afternoon, Jan. 13. The
organ was given in memory of Sam-
uel Mote and in honor of Mrs.
Phoebe Mote. Alva Steffler, instruc-
tor in organ and art at Grace Col-
lege was at the organ, and the Grace
Ambassadors (Marlene Shumaker of
this church is a member) also of
Grace College, of Winona Lake,
Ind., furnished the music. Rev. Paul
Boger, pastor of the Grace Bible
Church of Grandville, Mich., gave
the dedicatory address. Homer Mil-
ler is pastor.

WINCHESTER, VA. The Sun-
day-school annex of the First Breth-
ren Church, Paul Dick, pastor, con-
tinues to progress. The first and
second floor walls have received the
finish coat of plaster, and the back-
stairs concrete has also been poured.

WINONA LAKE, IND. In the

article, "Mansfield Grace Brethren
Remodels and Rededicates," page
43 of the January 19 issue, the
amount given by this church in
home-mission offerings was mis-
quoted. The amount should read
$42,137.66 instead of $32,294.43.

FORT WAYNE, IND. The ex-
ecutive committee of the Indiana
Fellowship of Brethren Churches
met at the First Brethren Church,
Jan. 10 to formulate plans for the
conference which will be held here
April 29-May 2. Mark Malles will
be host pastor.

CHICAGO, ILL. The Colportage
Division, Moody Bible Institute's
literature distributing agency, has
been renamed the Moody Literature
Mission. The Bible Institute Colpor-
tage Division merged with the Insti-
tute in 1941 and was then called
Moody Press.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Dr. and
Mrs. Orville Jobson were speakers
at the Annual Mid- Winter Mission-
ary Conference at Cornus Hill Bible
College, Akron, Ohio, Jan. 8-11.
They were speakers at Bryan Uni-
versity, Dayton, Tenn., Jan. 18-20.

STOYSTOWN, PA. Fire de-
stroyed the study of Rev. Arthur F.
Collins, of the Reading Brethren
Church, Saturday morning, Jan. 12.
The study was located back of, but
separate from, the parsonage build-
ing. Brother Collins' valued books
and everything in the study was de-
stroyed. Damage was estimated at
approximately $2,000.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.
Dr. L. L. Grubb, secretary of the
Home Missions Council, Winona
Lake, Ind., is taking additional les-
sons in instrument flying.

GRANDVIEW, WASH. The
First Brethren Church began the
New Year with record breaking at-
tendance at the morning worship
service with 93 present and in Sun-
day school with 96 present. The pas-
tor, Robert Griffith, and family spent
the holidays with Rev. and Mrs. Leo
Polman in San Gabriel, Calif.

TROY, OHIO. The Grace Breth-
ren property at 527 North Market
Street is for sale and the church will
be relocated in the near future. Her-
man Hein, Jr. is the pastor.

FORT WAYNE, IND. At the end
of this Grace Seminary term Tom
JuUen will assume full-time duties
as pastor of the Second Brethren
Church. They wiU start their new
program about March 1.

FINDLAY, OHIO. Since Forest
Lance left the pastorate of the Find-
lay Brethren Church to assume the
pastorate of the Anaheim Breth-
ren Church Rev. Lester Pifer, Rev.
Herbert Bess, and Rev. Harold Et-
ling have filled the pulpit respec-
tively Dec. 30, Jan. 6 and 13. The
new pastor, Gerald Teeter is now on
the field, having assumed his new
work Jan. 20.

MIDDLEBRANCH, OHIO. Rev.

and Mrs. Wesley Haller, of the First
Brethren Church, celebrated their
tenth wedding anniversary on Dec.
26 and that same week Mr. and Mrs.
John Royers had their fifty-first
wedding anniversary.

ALTOONA, PA. The Grace
Brethren Church congregation be-
gan the new year as a family by hav-
ing New Year's Day dinner together
— a sauerkraut and pork dinner —

at the Grandview Fire Hall. J. Ward
Tressler is the pastor.

CHICO, CALIF. The California
workshops of the Brethren Home
Missions Council will be held in the
Grace Brethren Church Feb. 19-2L
Phillip J. Simmons will be host pas-
tor.

Sn M^nitiriaLm

Mr. William E. McNeil, 74, went
to be with the Lord on December
15, 1956. He united with the Sec-
ond Brethren Church, now Nor-
walk Brethren, Norwalk, Calif., in
1926 and served his Lord faithfully
in this church until his very last.
Our loss is heaven's gain. — Henry
Rempel, pastor.

Mr. Ward Duncan a member of
the North Long Beach Brethren
Church, Long Beach, Calif., went
to be with the Lord the third week
of December 1956. — George Peek,
pastor.

Mr. Brooks Bryan was loosed
away upward on Jan. 3. He was a
faithful and active member of the
First Brethren Church, Compton,
Calif. — Dennis I. Holliday, pastor.

Miss Gertrude Lake of the First
Brethren Church, Johnstown, Pa.,
was very suddenly called home to be
with the Lord, Christmas Day, Dec.
25, 1956. For many years she was
a faithful member of the church,
a teacher of Sunday-school classes
— at the time of her death she was
teaching the Dorcas class — a mem-
ber of the official board, president
of the Women's Missionary Society,
and one of the best known and best
loved women of our church. — Mrs.
Effie Schmucker, church office sec-
retary.

Mrs. William Bostetter, 59, went
to be with the Lord Jesus on De-
cember 19, 1956. Mrs. Bostetter
was a faithful and beloved member
of the Calvary Brethren Church of
Hagerstown, Md. She was known
and beloved by many of the folk
of the National Fellowship of Breth-
ren Churches. — Jack K. Peters, pas-
tor.

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revailing Prayers

Those who have left the deepest
impression on this sinful world have
been men and women of prayer. You
will find that prayer has been the
mighty weapon that has moved
both the hand of God and man.

Abraham was a man of prayer,
and angels came down from heaven
to commune with him. Jacob's
prayer was answered in the won-
derful interval at Peniel. A mighty
blessing was received, and the heart
of his brother Esau softened. The
child Samuel was given in answer
to Hannah's prayers. Elijah's pray-
ers closed up heaven for three years
and six months, and he prayed again
and the heavens gave rain. The
Apostle James tells us in the fifth
chapter, that the prophet Elijah
was a man "subject to like passions
as we are." (Notice the words "like
passions.") I am glad that those
men and women who were so mighty
in prayer were just like ourselves.
We are apt to think that they were
different from what we are. But
James says no, they were of like
passion.

We read on another occasion
where Elijah brought down fire on
Mount Carmel. The prophets of
Baal cried long and loud, but no
answer came. The God of Ehjah
heard and answered his prayers. Let
us remember that Elijah's God still
lives, and that we have the same ac-
cess that he had. Elijah prayed and
life came back to a dead child.
Many children today are dead "in
trespasses and sins." Why not do as
Elijah did, entreat God to raise
them up in answer to our prayers.
Look at Samson, restored from his
back-slidden state into fellowship
with God. Then he prayed and God
gave him power, his strength came
back so that he slew more at death
than during his life. If those in a
back-slidden state, out of fellow-
ship with God, would only come and
confess their sins, how quickly God
would answer their prayers.

Job prayed too, you remember,
and his captivity was turned. Light
came instead of darkness, and God

lifted him up above his former pros-
perity. The ashpile and his boils
turned out much better than any-
one would have thought — but there
was a reason. Prayer.

You remember how Daniel prayed
to His God, and Gabriel came down
to tell him that he was a man greatly
beloved of God. Three times that
message came to him from God in
answer to prayer. He spent three
weeks in prayer at one time, and
while his prayers did not keep him
out of the lion's den, they did keep
him out of the lion's mouth. Who
was it the lion ate? We would do
well to ponder here.

We find also that Cornelius
prayed, and Peter was sent with
words whereby he and his friends
should be saved. In answer to
prayer this great blessing came upon
him and his household. Peter too
was saved from a false delusion in
regard to the gentiles. It was in an-
swer to prayer, made without ceasing
to God for Peter that an angel was
sent to deliver him from jail. So
all through the Scriptures you will
find that when believers pray, their
prayers go up to God and the an-
swer comes down.

It would be an interesting study
to go right through the Bible and
see what happened while God's peo-
ple have been on their knees calling
upon Him. Certainly the study would
be a great strength to our little
faith, showing, as it would, how
wonderfully God has heard and de-
livered when the cry has gone up
to Him for help. We think of Paul
and Silas in the prison at Philippi.
As they prayed and sang praises to
God, the place was shaken, and the
jailer was converted. Perhaps that
one conversion has done more than
any other recorded in the Bible to
bring people to God. How many
souls have been blessed by seek-
ing the answer to the jailer's ques-
tion: "What must I do to be saved,"?
we may never know. But it was the
prayers of these two godly men that
brought this man to his knees, and
brought blessing to him and his

By James S. Cook

Associate Pastor

Grace Brethren Church

Mansfield, Ohio

family. And this I weU know, it was
the jailer's question together with
Paul's answer: "Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shall
be saved," that brought light and
life into my heart. I learned that
night, while alone on my knees in
my room, that there was nothing
I could do. Just fully surrender, be-
lieve and receive Christ into my
heart, and the battle was over.

We have been discussing Bible
prayers of men who have prayed at
great length, and there is need for
much of that kind of praying. Like
our Lord who often prayed all night
and with great profit to himself and
for others. However, I think it would
be helpful if we were to look into
the Bible at some of the closer range
prayers and see how profitable they
have been. In public I find that the
great saints of God, together with
our Lord, made their prayers brief.
We will note a few of them.

Let us first take Christ in John
12:27 where He prays to the Father.
I think this is the saddest chapter
in the Bible. He was about to leave
the Jewish nation and make atone-
ment for the sin of the world. Hear
what He says: "Now is my soul
troubled; and what shall I say?
Father save me from this hour; but
for this cause have I come unto this
hour." Take the scene in the garden,
where He prays the same prayer
three times saying: "Father if it be
possible let this cup pass from me:
nevertheless not as I will but as
thou wilt." It may well be we fail
at this point in that we are not quite
willing to be crucified. Again on
the cross He cries: "Father forgive
them for they know what they do."
Or, take Stephen when his persecu-
tors stoned him, he cried: "Lay not
this sin to their charge." Do you see
the kind humble spirit of forgiveness
manifested here. It is the kind of a
spirit God loves to reward. The
Pubhcan prays: "God be merciful
to me a sinner." The Syrophenician
woman: "Lord, help me." She goes

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January 26, 1957

1 CHANCE ON 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Inspiration of the Bible

CONSIDERED MATHEMATICALLY
By Dr. Peter Stoner

To what extent does the fulfill-
ment of prophecy prove the inspira-
tion of the Bible? This is a prob-
lem that I wish to consider mathe-
matically. In my discussion I shall
consider prophecies which deal with
physical things, the fulfillment of
which no man can doubt.

This subject must be treated from
the viewpoint of probability. The
law of probability which I shall use
is this: if one man out of "m" men
have a given property, and one man
from "n" men have another inde-
pendent property, then one man out
of "m" times "n" men will have both
properties. Let me illustrate; sup-
pose one man out of 100 has lost a
leg and suppose one man out of five
is bald, then only one man out of
500 is both bald and has lost a leg.
The truth of this can easily be seen.
Take 500 men at random if one
man in every 100 men has lost a
limb in this group, there would be
just five such men. Consider these
five men. Since one out of five is
bald, there will be just one man of
these five that is bald; therefore one
man out of the 500 is both bald and
has lost a leg. This same idea can be
extended indefinitely. If we should
find that one man in every 100 is
Wind, that one man in 500 has lost
an index finger, and that one man
in 400 has lost a toe, then one man
in 100 times 500 times 400 or 20,-
000,000 fills aU three conditions-
is blind, has lost an index finger and
a toe.

Let us apply this principle to
prophecy. The numbers which I shall
use are only estimates but I shall
show later that they are sufficient.
These are estimates furnished by
a group of college students who

asked me to discuss with them the
inspiration of the Bible. I cautioned
them in giving their estimates, to
make them conservative and on each
prophecy I took the smallest esti-
mate any member of the group of-
fered. The estimates of eight proph-
ecies from Isaiah 53 are given be-
low:

(1) "He is despised and rejected
of men; a man of sorrows, and ac-
quainted with grief: and we hid as
it were our faces from him; and he
was despised, and we esteemed him
not" (Isa. 53:3). One man in how
many fill this prophecy? Answer
1 in 1,000.

(2) "Surely he hath borne our
griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet
we esteem him stricken, smitten of
God, and afflicted" (Isa. 53:4). One
man in how many fills this proph-
ecy? Answer 1 in 10,000.

(3) "He was oppressed, and he
was afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth: He is brought as a lamb
to the slaughter, and as a sheep be-
fore her shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth" (Isa. 53:7).
One man in how many will go
through these things without making
a protest? Answer 1 in 10,000,000.

(4) "But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for
our iniquities: the chastisement of
our peace was upon him; and with
his stripes we are healed" (Isa. 53:
5). One man in how many has been
convicted of a crime committed by
another man? Answer 1 in 100.

(5) "He was taken from prison
and from judgment; and who shall
declare his generations? For he was
cut off out of the land of the living"
(Isa. 53:8). One man in how many

is executed by mob rule? Answer
1 in 10,000.

(6) "And he made his grave with
the wicked, and with the rich in his
death" (Isa. 53:9). One poor man
out of how many dies with the
wicked and buried with the rich?
Answer 1 in 50,000.

(7) ". . . because he hath poured
out his soul unto death . . ." (Isa.
53:12). Christ sweat great drops
of blood, and according to physi-
cians, death always follows quickly
after. One man in how many has
literally fulfilled this prophecy? An-
swer 1 in 1,000,000.

(8) ". . . and he bare the sins of
many, and made intercession for
the transgressors" (Isa. 53:12). One
man in how many, when being perse-
cuted, will pray for the people perse-
cuting him? Answer 1 in 10,000.

Here are eight prophecies taken
from the 53d chapter of Isaiah. One
man in how many will fulfill the
whole eight? Multiply these numbers
and your answer will be 1 in 5,000,-
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000 or one in five followed by
33 ciphers.

Let us take the average popu-
lation of the world from the time
of Isaiah to the present as 1,000,-
000,000 and the length of a gen-
eration as 30 years. This allows
about 88 generations since Isaiah
or about 88,000,000,000 people
living in this time. Dividing this into
the probabihty that any particular
man would fulfill the eight proph-
ecies, we have one chance in 60,-
000,000,000,000,000,000,000 that
any man could have Uved on the
earth since the time of Isaiah who
could have fulfilled all eight proph-
ecies, or one chance in six with 22
ciphers after it.

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We know that these were all ful-
fiUed in Christ. It seems to me that
one could offer only two possibilities
about the Book of Isaiah; either
Isaiah wrote it himself from his own
ideas of what might take place in
the future, or he was inspired of
God. If Isaiah wrote it himself, his
chances of having these eight alone
fulfilled was only 1 in 60,000,000,-
000,000,000,000,000. Or in other
words it appears that the probability
that Isaiah was not inspired by God
also to be 1 in 60,000,000,000,000,-
000,000,000 if we consider only
these eight prophecies. Let us try
to visualize what kind of a chance
this really is. If all of the land sur-
face of the earth (every country of
the earth and all of the polar re-
gions) was composed of silver dol-
lars to a depth of 7,000 feet, about
as deep as the deepest shaft that
has ever been sunk for oil or pre-
cious minerals, the number of dol-
lars would be six followed by the
22 ciphers, the same number that
we had above. Suppose one of these
silver dollars is marked, and that a
man is blindfolded and told to go
out and pick up one of these coins.
He cannot feel the mark but can
dig as deep as he desires and travel
as far as he wishes; he must pick
up one of these dollars and say
this is the right one. We agree that it
is not a chance worth considering.

But if these eight prophecies
were the only evidence we had, then
the chance that the Bible was not in-
spired is the same chance that this
man had trying his luck at finding
the right coin. But let us not stop
here. To save time suppose we
choose eight more prophecies and
that their chances of being fulfilled is
just the same as the eight just con-
sidered. What would be the chance
of all 16 prophecies being fulfilled?
The answer will be the product of
one in six with 22 ciphers times
five with 33 ciphers or three with 56
ciphers. If we visuaUze this in the
same manner as before, we shall
have to build a great ball of silver,
dollars, the diameter of which is
1,000,000 times as great as the dis-
tance from the earth to the sun or
a distance one-half again as great
as our planet is from the great star
Sirius^ If you can imagine a man

drawing one dollar at random from
this great mass and hoping to get
the correct one, his chance would be
equal to the chance these prophecies,
16 in number, would have of being
fulfilled if they were not given by
God himself.

In order to extend this considera-
tion beyond all bounds of com-
parison, let us take two more groups
of 16 prophecies each, making 48
prophecies in all. Suppose further
that each group averages the same
probability of fulfillment as the first
group. Then the probability of all
48 prophecies being filled by any
living man since the prophecies were
made, comes out to be one chance in
two followed by 191 ciphers.

If we wish to interpret this in any
physical sense, we must discard the
silver dollar as too large a unit and
adopt something the size of an elec-
tron in its place. The diameter of
the electron is supposed to be a
small part (one quad-driUienth part)
of a centimeter, the smallest known
particle of matter, and too smaU to
be seen by the highest powered
miscroscope that can ever be in-
vented. Now to get the number of
electrons represented by two fol-
lowed by 191 ciphers, we must pack
all space solid with these minute
objects to a distance from the earth
in all directions of 100,000,000,-
000,000,000,000,000 hght years.
This is 100,000,000,000,000,000,-
000 times as far as any observations
have been made astronomically. Ac-
cordmg to the most recent computa-
tions from the theory of relativity
our space extends only 2,000,000,-
000 light years. According to this
our number of electrons would fill aU
space one followed by 59 ciphers
times. This amount of matter in all
probabihty does not exist in the en-
tire universe, and we have no means
of physically representing the proba-
bility that 48 prophecies would be
fiUed.

Therefore, God himself, must
have made these prophecies and di-
rected their fulfillment. Some may
say that my numbers are too large,
when I say one man in a certain
number fulfills the conditions of a
certain prophecy. If so, I do not care
to argue the matter, I ask such a per-
son to make his own estimates and

compute his results for the same
prophecies. If this number falls be-
low the one I have given for a total,
it is only necessary to take a few
more prophecies to make his num-
ber as large or larger than the
one I have given. No one need fear
that there will not be enough proph-
ecies to do this for there are hun-
dreds still to be used.

It, therefore, appears to be math-
ematically estabhshed that the Bible
is true and is the inspired work of
God. I cannot conceive of any-
thing being more unreasonable than
to say in spite of all this evidence,
that these prophecies just happened
to all come true in Jesus Christ.

If these facts have increased any
one's faith in the Bible, or interested
anyone who did not have faith, this
article has fulfilled its mission. I do
earnestly entreat any one doubting
the Bible to weigh whatever evi-
dence he has, or thinks he has,
against the evidence just presented.

PREVAILING PRAYERS

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right to the mark and she got help.
Take the thief on the cross: "Lord,
remember me when thou cometh
into thy Kingdom." Peter's prayer
was: "Lord, save me or I perish."
So as we go through the Scriptures
we will find many short prayers and
to the point, telling God just what
they want.

I have often noticed in our pubUc
services many people pray around
the world and back again. We should
pray for all our missionaries, home
and abroad. I think, however, much
of that should be reserved for our
closet prayers. But when the battle
is on at home, we should localize our
shot and aim at the battlefield. In
war our soldiers don't shoot at the
whole army. At close range they
aim at their man. If we were to
shoot at a flock of birds, we would
likely miss them aU. In our prayers
we need to pull a fine bead. We
can't destroy all the work of the
Devil, but we need to break through
at one point. In our prayers we
need to strike and where it hurts
most. Above all pray, James says:
"The effectual fervent prayer of
a righteous man availeth much."

January 26, 1957

Is it Necessary . . .

Perhaps you have been asked
this question. Or maybe you have
wondered about it yourself. Does
the Lord really expect us as Chris-
tian believers to give a tenth of all
we receive to Him?

Some Christians fear that if they
do not tithe the Lord will bring some
reversal or chastisement upon them.
Many believe that while tithing is
preferable; yet if you are a little
pressed financially, it really isn't
necessary.

Fm sure you agree that to an-
swer this question we must consult
the Word of God to see what it
teaches on the matter of tithing and
then follow its teaching as to our
giving. In considering what the Bible
teaches about tithing, I want to con-
sider it in this manner: (1) How was
tithing practiced during the Old
Testament period of time? and (2)
How does this pertain to our giving
as Christians.

HOW WAS TITHING

PRACTICED DURING THE OLD

TESTAMENT PERIOD OF

TIME?

The practice of tithing is a very
ancient custom. History indicates it
was practiced even prior to the time
of Abraham and many years before
the Mosiac Law was given. How-
ever, the first mention of tithing in
the Scriptures is found in Genesis
14:20 when Abram returning from
battle gave tithes of the booty which
he had taken from the enemy.

Several hundred years later when
Jehovah gave the Law through
Moses, detailed instructions were
set forth in the Book of Leviticus

to govern the giving, as well as the
use, of the tithe. Tithing for Israel
was not a matter of choice; it was
compulsory. Each person was re-
quired to give one-tenth of all the
increase or profit of all of his crops
and herds (Deut. 14:22). When the
crops were harvested one-tenth of
all the grain, the fruit, or the produce
was set aside as the Lord's. Also as
the herds and flocks passed out from
the stable to pasture they were
counted and every tenth one was set
apart as the Lord's. If a person
withheld the tithe, when he was
found out he had to pay up and
in addition pay an added penalty
of one-fifth part or 20 percent in-
terest. Or if the tenth animal hap-
pened to be an extra nice one and
he tried to exchange it for a poorer
one he had to give both of them
to the Lord (Lev. 27:30-34).

The tithes were brought to the
Levites. At the time the land was
divided among the tribes of Israel,
no allotment was given to the Le-
vites who were appointed to the
service of the Tabernacle and de-
voted all their time to the Lord's
service. This left them no time to
farm or raise livestock, so they had
no use for land. In return for their
service to the Lord the Levites were
to receive the tithes of all the other
12 tribes. The Levites in turn gave
one-tenth of all they received to the
high priest. If we compare the num-
ber of Levites with the number of
men 20 years of age and older as
recorded in Numbers 1:46 and 3:
39, we find there were about 27
men for each Levite priest. Even
if some of the men were unem-

ployed, this would mean that each
priest would receive in tithes from
the people about two and one half
times the average income of the men
of Israel. The Lord provided so
that His servants, the Levites, would
be adequately cared for.

Throughout Israel's history when
they were faithful to the Lord and
faithfully brought the tithe, the bless-
ing of the Lord was abundantly upon
them. When they strayed from the
Lord and began to withhold the
tithe, chastisement always fol-
lowed. In Malachi 3:9 the Lord
pleads with them to faithfully bring
in all the tithes and He would so
abundantly bless that they would not
be able to receive it.

When it came time to build the
Tabernacle, the Lord told Moses
to take a free-will offering from the
people. This was not to be built
with tithes but with offerings in ex-
cess of the tithe. The tithes were for
the Levites; the building was to be
built with offerings. The sacrifice to
these people was great because they
were a poor people. But the Lord
blessed them for their faithfulness. In
fact, they gave so willingly that
Moses had to command them to stop
giving (Exod. 36:6-7) because they
gave more than was needed. This
would be a unique experience for
most pastors today.

This briefly was the practice of
tithing under the law as required
of Israel. Do these same require-
ments apply to the Christian today?

HOW DOES TITHING APPLY
TO CHRISTIAN GIVING?

Are we as Christians supposed to

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. to Tithe?

By Ralph C. Hall
Columbus, Ohio

apply these same principles to our
giving or follow the Old Testament
Law as our standard? The answer
is No. The Scriptures are very clear
that the guide for our conduct and
practices as beUevers is not the Law.
We are not under the Law (Rom.
6:14) either for salvation or as our
guide for Christian practices. Tith-
ing is never mentioned in the New
Testament with reference to the
believer.

However, lest I be misunderstood
as diminishing the amount of our
giving, I want to make it clear that
I am sure the principle of Christian
giving suggested in the New Testa-
ment is far greater than the rigid
practice of tithing under the law.
The Lord does not expect less of us
under grace than He did under the
law. Let me call to your attention the
principles of Christian giving.

The Scriptures remind us that the
incidents in the lives of Old Testa-
ment saints were written and re-
corded as examples and admonitions
for us today. Some therefore apply
this theory to tithing. If the Scrip-
tures intend for us to use the Old
Testament as an example for our
giving, we must conclude that we
ought to all tithe our income to pro-
vide for our pastors, missionaries,
and Christian workers. Then in ad-
dition we should give sufficient of-
ferings above our tithes to meet our
needs for church buildings, schools,
and all other needs. This definitely
would more than double the present
giving in most of our churches. Al-
though it has some commendable
points, I do not believe it is the plan
suggested in the Scriptures.

The New Testament in several
places suggests things relative to
our giving. In I Corinthians 16:1-3
the Apostle Paul instructs the Ga-
latian and Corinthian churches to
give regularly on the Lord's Day
in proportion to that which the Lord
has prospered them the previous
week. If the Lord had been gener-
ous to them, then in turn they should
give as much as they possibly could
to Him. In II Corinthians 8 he com-
mends the Macedonian churches
that in the midst of great trials and
deep poverty they had been extreme-
ly generous. In fact, he states that
they had given far beyond their
abihty; they had really sacrificed
to give to the Lord. He also ex-
plains why in verse 5 — they "first
gave their own selves to the Lord."
The one who is willing to give him-
self unreservedly to the Lord Jesus
Christ will have no problem about
how much he should give. But the
one who is unwilling to give himself
to the Lord wiU always be reluctant
to give very much of what he has.

I am convinced that the standard
for Christian giving is expressed in
one word — a word used by the
Apostle Paul in Philippian 4:14-18
— that word is communicate, a word
which means to have in common
or to share alike. This is far more
than tithing. In essence it means that
we ought to give to provide for our
missionaries and our pastors that
they may be able to live as well as
we do — that the Lord's house and
business may be as well provided for
as our own.

Many people think that when a
person goes as a missionary or a

pastor he is supposed to make great
physical and personal sacrifices. Or
that he is adequately provided for as
long as he has a grass hut to live
in, enough food to keep from starv-
ing, and one outfit of clothes. It is a
shame the way some missionaries
have to eke out an existence to carry
the gospel to the uttermost part
of the earth while we back home live
in the lap of luxury. Then to say
the missionary is just expected to do
that is more than a shame, it is a sin
on our part. We ought to provide
for our missionaries and pastors just
as well as we would provide for our-
selves. We ought to provide for the
Lord's business as well as we pro-
vide for our own.

Scripturally we are to communi-
cate, or share by giving, to meet the
need. The standard is high, but the
Lord promises that if we are faithful
in this matter of giving. He will
abundantly bless and supply all our
needs. This sets no minimum or
maximum to our giving. I believe our
Lord would expect us to do better
than the Israelite who was compelled
to give the tithe when we have so
much more than they through the
grace of God. If we are able to give
nine-tenths and still have our needs
met, then we ought to do it. The
standard is communicating or shar-
ing until every need has been met
for the Lord's work and every soul
has heard the message of life through
trusting Jesus Christ. If we first give
our ownselves to the Lord, our
giving will express our appreciation
to Him for hfting us out of our sins.
How much do you love Him? How
much you give Him is an indication.

January 26, 7957

THE CHURCH

A NECESSITY OR A CONVENIENCE

By Henry Daike

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
Yakima, Wash.

Is church attendance and service
in the church a burden that Christ
has put upon His children or is it
a joyous experience of worship and
happy service?

This question has a wide scope
of answers. It hes within the heart
of the individual. To some people
church attendance seems to be a
drudgery, while others can say with
the psalmist: "I was glad when they
said unto me, Let us go into the
house of the Lord." Wherein Ues
the difference between these two at-
titudes or desires? For indeed, it is
a manifestation of the desires of the
heart. The answer is very simple.
Our desire for the things of God will
be in proportion to our devotion to
Jesus Christ our Saviour.

There is only one institution upon
the face of the whole wide world
that bears the testimony that Christ
loves it. This testimony is found
in Ephesians 5:25: "Husbands, love
your wives, even as Christ loved the
church, and gave himself for it."
You may let your mind run the
gamut of human organizations, reli-
gious, social, educational, etc. and
none will have the stamp of the love
of Jesus Christ upon it. This divine
honor is placed upon the church of
Jesus Christ. Do we hold it in high
esteem?

The church may be criticized, it
may be neglected, it may be ac-
cused of being filled with hypocrites,
but it still has the affection of Christ,
and will some day be glorified by
Him, and taken to His heavenly
home.

Christ is the builder and the Head
of the church and He is interested
in its progress and growth. When He
asked His disciples: "Whom say ye
that I am?" Peter answered: "Thou
are the Christ, the Son of the living
God." Then Jesus said: "And I say
unto thee, That thou art Peter, and
upon this rock I will build my
church; and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it."

Christ is the builder of the church
and He is building it upon himself.
He is the rock upon which the
church is built. "For other founda-
tion can no man lay than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ" (I Cor. 3:11;
cf. Eph. 2:19-22). He is building
the church with individuals. Each
member of the church is being
formed by Him to fill a specific place
in the building. He emphasizes the
importance of the individual by His
revelation that God sees every spar-
row that falls and that we are of
much more value to Him than the
sparrows.

Therefore, He is vitally interested
in us as individuals. Sometimes we
feel so very incompetent and unim-
portant, but that is not so in God's
eyes. We may feel that our absence
from the services of the church will
not be noticed or bear any conse-
quences. This is not so in the eyes of
God.

Every opportunity of worship or
service, if neglected, has its effect
upon the church. If the members
of a church neglect their church at-
tendance, it will have a direct bear-
ing on the unsaved. When an un-
saved person comes to church and
sees only a small portion of the
church membership present, he may
well reason that after all the church
isn't very important to the members.

so why should he get excited about
coming, or of making his acceptance
of Christ? Our unsaved neighbors
know if we are church members.
Then if they see us staying at home
on Sundays and prayer meeting
nights, they sooth their conscience
by saying: "Well, we're just as good
as they are. They don't do what
they say anyway." Thus we will
not win our neighbors but will be a
stumbling block to them.

Faithfulness to the services of the
church is required of a good steward
of Jesus Christ.

Christians need the fellowship and
the exhortation received by assem-
bling in the name of the Lord. "And
let us consider one another to pro-
voke unto love and to good works:
not forsaking the assembling of our-
selves together, as the manner of
some is; but exhorting one another:
and so much more, as ye see the day
approaching" (Heb. 10:24-25).

To be negligent in church attend-
ance will cause one to become luke-
warm, or even cold to the things
of Christ. It will reveal our low
esteem for that which Christ loves
so dearly.

Do we want to win others to
Christ and His church? Then we
must love His church and be wilUng
to sacrifice and work for its ex-
pansion. A salesman must be sold
on his product before he can in-
fluence anyone else to buy and use
it. We must be sold on the necessity
of the church. We must be sold on
the program and destiny of the
church. We must consider it an hon-
or to be called out of sin and to be
made a member of the church by
our blessed Redeemer.

To some, church attendance and
service is governed by convenience.
They will attend if it does not in-
convenience them and their plans
for the Lord's Day. May God help
us to see that Sunday is the Lord's
Day and it is the day of worship
and service for Him. For truly the
church is a necessity for a deep
spiritual hfe and for the spreading
of the gospel to the uttermost part
of the world.

Let us spend, and be spent for
the growth and development of the
church.

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January 26, 1957

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"On your mark, get set, go!"

That's our foreign-mission purpose as we think of
February 1, the beginning of our four-month period of
foreign-mission special activity. It is a contest for all of
us, not against others, but for Jesus Christ. From the
very first day of our foreign-mission season to the very
last day, it will take the best we have to offer in prayer,
in planning and in giving. Of course, it needs be re-
membered that although our promotional period is dur-
ing these four months in the spring, all offerings re-
ceived during the entire calendar year become a part
of our total offering for foreign missions, and the mem-
bership in our Society is based on that total annual gift.

Membership month — why not?

Why not think of February as membership month for
your Foreign Missionary Society? Why not plan to give
the minimum gift of $5 which entitles you to an active
annual membership, and do this during February. Then,
add to this amount just as much and just as rapidly as
you can. You will be thrilled with how much and how
fast your total foreign-mission offering will grow. We
now have just about 7,000 members in our Brethren
Foreign Missionary Society. Won't you help us to in-
crease this number to at least 15,000? Help by planning
a membership for yourself and for every member of your
family during this month.

Types of Membership —

There have been two types of membership: active,
for those who give $5 or more in any calendar year; and
life, for those who give $100 or more in any calendar
year. Now we are planning a special honorary member-
ship for those who give SI, 000 or more to foreign
missions either during any one calendar year or during
any five-year period beginning with 1957. We'll tell you
more about this next month. We will be able to make
tremendous expansion in our work if a goodly number
find it possible to attain to this special membership.

Our greatest offering —

The greatest offering during any one year in our his-
tory has just been completed. It exceeded the offering
in 1955 by $33,331.51, or an increase of slightly over
14 percent. Our total offering as you will find it re-
ported elsewhere in this issue of the Brethren Missionary
Herald came to a grand total of $266,594.98. We are
so very thankful to God for this fine offering, and our
most sincere thanks is extended to each donor, to each
prayer partner, and especially to each pastor and church
leader who helped to make this possible.

Prayer goal for 1957 —

The goal in relation to our foreign-mission giving

is for an increase of 17 percent over the giving during
1956. We had believed 30 percent was the amount of
the increase urgently needed for 1956. The Lord gave
us the 14 percent mentioned above. We can't do every-
thing with the 14 percent that we could have done with
the 30 percent. Possibly we asked too much too soon.
Now we are increasing the prayer goal for 1957 just
slightly over the total that 30 percent would have given
us in 1956. Let's do it in two years! The minimum of our
needs for 1957 is $300,000, and the 17 percent will
give us slightly above that amount.

Prayer goals pay —

Those of us who set prayer goals during 1956 can
testify that they pay in joy and satisfaction. Let the Lord
give you your prayer goal for your foreign-mission giv-
ing, and then watch Him enable you to meet that goal.
Please read the most valuable article: "When God
Taught Me to Give," by Dr. Oswald J. Smith. It is
printed elsewhere in this issue.

Returning to Africa —

We are happy to announce that two of our missionary
families who had been detained and were serving the
Lord in the States are now planning to return to Africa,
and will fly to that field about mid-February. I refer to
Rev. and Mrs. Harold Dunning and family, and Rev.
and Mrs. Robert Hill and family. Miss Ruth Dunning
will be living with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Levering in Long
Beach, Calif., and Miss Sylvia Hill will be living with
Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Hammers in Seattle, Wash. We
know you will be praying for those who go, and for
those who remain.

In France —

Rev. and Mrs. Charles Taber and family are now
in Paris, France, where they will spend the last several
months of their furlough in language study. Rev. and
Mrs. Robert Williams are scheduled to sail for France
on February 9, and will also be spending several
months of their furlough there before continuing on to
Africa. We do not have the addresses of either of these
families as yet, but mail sent to our Winona Lake office
will be forwarded to them.

The missionary rallies —

These will be beginning in the Northwest District on
February 3, and will continue with the missionaries
traveling from district to district until about the end of
May. Please be much in prayer for the safety of these
who travel so many thousands of miles. Pray too for
great blessings as they present the challenges of foreign
missions.

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 5

ARNOLD R. KKrEGBAUM, Executive Editor
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When God Taught Me to Give

By Oswald J. Smith

I shall never forget how God taught me to give. I had
been pastor of a large church in the city of Toronto,
but one day I resigned and on the first Sunday of Jan-
uary became pastor of a church which knew how to
give in a way I had never known. I commenced this
pastorate at a time when the church was holding its an-
nual missionary convention.

Now I knew nothing about a missionary convention.
I had never seen one in all my Hfe.
I didn't know the first thing to do.
So I just sat there on the platform
and watched.

The ushers went up and down the
aisles giving out envelopes. To my
amazement, one had the audacity to
walk right up and hand me — the
pastor! — an envelope. I sat there
Dr. Smith holding it in my hand. I can still

remember that moment as though it were yesterday.

As I held the envelope I read: "In dependence upon
God I will endeavor to give toward the missionary work

of the church $ during the coming year." I had

never read such a statement before. I did not know that
God was going to deal with me that morning, and teach
me a lesson that I was never to forget — a lesson that I
was to teach to hundreds of others all over the country
in the years to come.

I started to pray. I said: "Lord God, I can't do any-
thing. You know I have nothing. I haven't a cent in
the bank. I haven't anything in my pocket. This church
only pays me $25 a week. I have a wife and child to
keep. We are trying to buy our home, and everything
is sky high in price." All that was true. The first World
War was on.

"I know that," the Lord seemed to answer me. "I
know you are only getting $25 a week. I know you
have nothing in your pocket and nothing in the bank."

"Well, then," I said, relieved, "that settles it. I have
nothing to give and I cannot give anything."

It was then the Lord spoke to my heart. I shall never
forget it.

"I am not asking you for what you have," He said.

"You are not asking me for what I have. Lord?" I
replied. "Then what are you asking?"

"I am asking you for a faith offering. How much can
you trust Me for?"

"Oh, Lord," I exclaimed, "that's different. How much
can I trust Thee for?"

Now, of course, I knew nothing at all about a faith
offering. I had never given such an offering. But I knew

the Lord was speaking. I thought He might say $5, or
perhaps even $10. Once, as minister of another church,
I had given $5 for missions. Once in my hfe I had given
$3. Also, once I had given $2. But never at any time had
I given more than $5. I almost trembled as I awaited
the answer.

Presently it came. Now I am not going to ask you
to believe that God spoke to me in an audible voice, but
He might just as well have. I was scarcely conscious of
the congregation as I sat there with my eyes closed,
listening to the voice of God.

"How much can I give?" I asked.

"Fifty dollars."

"Fifty dollars!" I exclaimed. "Why, Lord, that's two
weeks' salary! How can I ever get $50?"

But again the Lord spoke and it was still the same
amount. It was just as clear to me as though He had
spoken out loud.

My hand trembled as I signed my name and address
and wrote in the amount — $50.

How I ever paid that amount, I don't know to this
day. All I know is that every month I had to pray for
$4. And every month God sent it to me in some mirac-
ulous way. At the end of the year I had paid $50.

But this is what I want to make clear. There came to
my heart such a fullness of the Spirit that as I paid the
final amount I realized I had received the greatest
blessing that had ever come into my life!

I had trusted God for a certain amount and He had
met it. So great was the spiritual blessing that the next
year at the convention I doubled the amount and gave
$100. Then, at another convention I doubled the amount
again and gave $200. At still another convention I
doubled it once more and gave $400. Then later I
doubled it again and made it $800. From that day to
this I have been increasing the amount and sending it
to the Bank of Heaven year by year. If I had waited until
I had it, I never would have given it because I never
would have received it. But I gave it when I didn't have
it. I gave a faith offering and God honored it.

That was the first time, I say, that I had ever given
what I call a Scriptural offering, a Pauline offering.
Paul, you will remember, often took up "faith promise
offerings." He would get the church to promise a cer-
tain amount and then he would give the church a year
to pay it. Then, you remember, as the year drew to a
close, he would send someone to remind the church of
the promise that had been made so he would not be

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February 2, 1957

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Attention!
Missionary Helpers

This year of 1957 can be a great year! A great year
if every missionary helper does his or her very best to
help our missionaries. You can PRAY and GIVE. And
because you do this, our missionaries can GO to other
lands with the gospel. Here is something special for each
of you! ! Write and tell us how YOU plan to be a real
missionary helper in 1957. If you write to us, we will
send you a surprise. Maybe you plan to pray more in
1957. Or, perhaps you plan to fill your hut bank once
and maybe more times. Well, whatever your plan is,
write and tells us about it. Then, watch the mail for
your surprise. We will be looking for a letter from
you. Write to the Children's Page, Box 588, Winona
Lake, Ind.

BIG, BIG NEWS!

This is big news for all missionary helpers. Here it
is. We now have a missionary chorus all our own! Can
you imagine that! Well, it's true. Mrs. Esther Cale wrote
the chorus. You can sing it to the tune of "I've Been
Working on the Railroad." Be sure to learn it right
away. Get someone to help you with the tune. Sing it
often. Sing it for your Junior Church, Junior BYE, or
Sunday-school group. Maybe they would like to learn
it and sing it with you. Write and tell us if you like it.
Here are the words:

19 FEBRUARY ^^

Start Today!

A MISSIONARY HELPER

(Tune: "I've Been Working on the Railroad")

I'm a missionary helper,

Praying every day;
I'm a missionary helper.

My pennies go God's way.
Winning precious souls for Jesus

My heart is all aglow,
I'm a missionary helper,

"PRAY and GIVE and GO."

Don't forget to color your missionary helper's calen-
dar for February. Remember, color every square for
every day that you pray for the missionaries. If you
pray for the missionaries every day, color every day. If
your Sunday-school teacher has the class pray for mis-
sionaries, print SS on that date and color it a pretty
color. How many days did you color for January? How
many will you get colored for February?

hAARY MISSIONARY—

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IGNORANT OR EDUCATED-
MEXICO NEEDS THE GOSPEL

By Sibley M. Edmiston

In the field of knowledge, as well as in her daily
street scenes, Mexico is a land of deep contrast. The
donkey and the modern Cadillac, the adobe shack and
the beautiful home of latest architectural design are
common sights. Looking a little further we find hundreds
of ignorant, fanatical people chanting out superstitious
songs as they make their pilgrimages to some shrine;
then in almost the same place we discover modern
schools and a university with the very latest methods
in scientific research.

Mexico still has a large number of very fanatical
areas. Many in these areas blindly pledge their de-
votion and allegiance to the "Virgin Mary." And yet
in the very heart of these areas are people who are
being so rapidly enlightened by modern education and
civilization that it is becoming increasingly difficult for
them to remain under the superstitious spell.

Leon, Guanajuato, is located in one of these fanatical
areas. It is just a few miles from the exact geographical
center of Mexico. On a mountain located at this center
is a large statue of "Cristo Rey," or "Christ the King."
Thousands of people from the surrounding areas make
yearly pilgrimages to this Christ of stone. The contrast
is again evident in the persons making the pilgrimages.
The primitive Indian and the manager of an up-to-date
newspaper meet at the foot of this hundred-foot monu-
ment. To the superstitious Indian it is a mystic power
which must be adored if Mexico is to be blessed; to the
educated news manager it is purely a symbol of virtue
and progressive enlightenment. But to neither is it the
Christ of the Bible who died in our stead upon the
cross and who now lives in heaven interceding for all
who come to God by Him.

It was my privilege, along with my family, to make a
recent trip to Leon, Guanajuato. About an hour before
we reached Leon we were travehng in open country.
Suddenly we came upon a large group of women in a
religious procession. The group was being led by several
men. They were carrying a barmer dedicated to their
belief. One man would ring a bell at intervals, and the
women were singing a chant of devotion to the "Virgin
Mary." They did not appear far removed from the pagan

February 2, 7957

customs of their Indian forefathers. Before long we
reached Lagos de Moreno. The whole atmosphere of this
town breathed superstition and fanaticism. We didn't
feel too comfortable here. Turning south we drove
another 25 miles. It was mostly open desert country
and primitive. Night was now upon us. Suddenly,
after we rounded a certain curve, we saw hundreds of
modem electric lights lay stretched out to our left,
and presently we were in Leon.

Leon is a large shoe-manufacturing city of 200,000
people. It has modern stores and hotels. Many of the
homes, however, are of the old Spanish style. They
are joined solid around an entire block with the front
extending out to the sidewalk. Few of them are attrac-
tive in the front, but inside are beautiful patios with
colored-tile floors and ferns. Here the people live se-
cluded and somewhat inaccessible when not at work or
resting in the plaza parks. Somehow we were more at
ease here and felt that we could call this place home
for the next few days.

Our feelings were not too misleading, for during
our stay we met people who showed no fanatical
prejudice when approached on the subject of religion.
In the providence of the Lord, the owner of the hotel
where we stayed invited us to show our slides on the
life of Christ in his dining hall. But prejudice and fana-
ticism were also very apparent in Leon. Offering boxes
with a picture of the "Virgin" and a slogan below were
conveniently placed on many store counters. One
slogan said: "My son, if you will reward me on earth,
I wiU reward you in heaven." Another read: "My son,
my sanctuary has no spires." (There are approximately
40 Catholic temples beside many small chapels in
Leon.)

Contact with the homes also revealed a spirit of
prejudice. I passed a certain doorway, and just inside
the hallway were seated the father, mother and daugh-
ter. I offered them a Gospel of John and asked if they
were acquainted with it. The father hurriedly looked
through its pages. The daughter asked to see it and

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GRACE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
WINONA LAKE, IND.

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SEEN IN RIO TERCERO

By Jack B. Churchill

"Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wih, let
us make here three tabernacles." These words spoken
by Peter so many years ago found echo in our hearts
on the night of November 11, 1956, as our evangelistic
campaign closed. Ours had truly been a mountaintop
experience and we were hesitant to go down the moun-
tainside.

We requested that you in the homeland join us in
special prayer for our meetings and we are sure many of
you did. Now we want to share with you the joy of vic-
tories won because the Lord did answer prayer.

To prove how great our blessing, we must go back
weeks and months before the opening date of the cam-
paign. We invited an evangelistic group from Buenos
Aires to come to Rio Tercero to hold special meetings.
This group is composed of five laymen who take time
off from their professional duties to serve the Lord in
this way. They accepted our invitation and agreed to be
here for four nights in November.

Plans went forward so smoothly — too smoothly. We
requested and were promised the use of the largest hall
in town. Prayer groups were organized to intercede
solely on behalf of the campaign. Then came the disap-
pointment. The local priest learned of our plans and
began his work. He threatened and warned and stirred
up some of his faithful to take action. The outcome:
we were denied the use of the meeting hall. We were all
fairly crushed.

In the following weeks an intensive effort was made
to find a building that would be suitable and large
enough for the group we anticipated. But none was to
be found. Finally we rented a very large empty lot —
one that was surrounded by a high wall. The fact that it
was in an excellent location was a consolation to us.
As the date of the meetings drew near, prayer was in-

tensified and the actual work began in earnest. The be-
lievers cooperated wonderfully. It would be too lengthy
a narration to give a detailed account of all our prep-
arations. But the Lord encouraged us as we saw all our
needs supplied.

The lot was transformed. The ground was cleared
off and a platform built — not just a makeshift affair but
an enclosed one with special lighting. Texts at the top
and bottom told that "God is love" and invited to
"Be ye reconciled to God." Enough chairs to seat a
good share of the crowd were secured. Special strings
of lights loaned by the municipality finished off our
outdoor church. The entire effect was quite pleasing as
one entered the gate. We knew then that the Lord had
given us the best — this surely was much better than a
meeting hall. An intensive advertising campaign was
carried on by radio, loudspeakers, printed leaflets, and
posters pasted on the walls all over the city. Thousands
of tracts were distributed as well.

Our one main concern was the weather. In this usually
dry land the weather had become unusual. We had
rain in various stages of drizzling, sprinkling and hard
rain for three weeks. It cleared for four days only to
begin again. The last night before the meetings as we
met for prayer we could hear loud claps of thunder and
the sound of the rain. As we walked home in the rain
we wandered if it were a test of our faith.

Any hopes that the weather would clear during the
night were dashed when we awoke to a very gray morn-
ing. But the Lord, who had so graciously been leading
us to what He knew would be the best for us, timed this
too. In the early afternoon the clouds suddenly left and
a hot sun shone down. That night and all the others were
lovely starry, balmy evenings. The crowds grew from
around 350 to 700. Approximately 75 percent of those

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present were unconverted. The many weeks of prayer
were amply rewarded as a total of 65 persons came for-
ward. About 20 of these were from the neighboring
towns of Almafuerte and Tancacha. Our congregations
there cooperated in such a splendid way.

The meetings started at 9:30 — a very respectable
hour by Argentine standards. The services consisted of
a good song service, singing mainly short choruses that
contained good gospel messages in themselves. Then
Ivan Baker took over. He is the son of Plymouth Breth-
ren missionaries and has spent all his life here, so speaks
the language perfecdy. In 15 minutes he had drawn a
beautiful picture with colored chalk. He is a real artist.
Later, as he sang, different colored lights were turned
on the picture. He also spoke a few words bringing out
the truths of the gospel, and gave such a sincere testi-
mony. The Lord has given him a winsomeness that
immediately wins over the crowd. When he finished,
hearts were tender and ready for the message which
followed. The message was not long but certainly clear,
and expressed so simply that all could easily grasp its
meaning.

We must mention another evidence of the Lord's per-
fect timing for us. The day after the meetings was clear
and warm and the men were able to take down and
return all the equipment used. That night it was clear
and cold — too cold for an open-air meeting. The next
day the rains began again and continued the pattern
of sprinkling and drizzling and pouring for more than
a week.

The evangelistic group confessed that while they had
been sure from the start that it was the Lord's will that
they come here, humanly speaking, they had had some
misgivings. They knew little about our group, the city,
or us. The fact that the meetings were forced into the
open air didn't help, since they had never worked in
that way before. But once here they rejoiced as they
saw the Lord so obviously working for us. They were
challenged by the opportunities they found in holding
meetings in the open air.

Sunday night the group had planned to leave im-
mediately after the service, travel three hours to Cor-
doba, sleep about four hours and then continue to the
place where they were to start a three-day campaign
on Monday night. But they seemed as loathe to leave
as we were to have them to go — so sweet had been our
fellowship. As they finally stood to leave at 1 a. m.,
someone suggested we sing a certain hymn together. The
first verse expressed this thought: Let us praise the
Lord Jesus, for we owe Him so much — what we have
and what we are is only ours in Him.

And our full and grateful hearts echoed the words:
"Let us praise the Lord Jesus, for we owe Him so
much!"

The evangelistic party — left to right: Carmelo Eacciatti, Ivan
Baker, Augusto Ericsson, Angel Bonatti, Dr. A. Perez San Jose.

Songleader and pianist

Ivan Baker, chalk artist

Ivan Baker singing

Partial view of audience

February 2, 1957

WHEN GOD TAUGHT ME TO GIVE

(Continued From Page 67)

ashamed when he arrived (see II Cor. 9). He wanted
to be sure it would be paid. A faith promise offering is
a Scriptural offering, it is a Pauline offering, and God
blesses it.

Have you only given cash offerings? It doesn't re-
quire any faith to give a cash offering. If I have a dollar
in my pocket, all I have to do is to tell my hand to go
into my pocket, find the dollar, take it out and put
it on the plate. I don't have to pray about it. I don't
have to ask God for it. I don't have to trust Him for
any definite amount. I just have it and give it.

But it is entirely different with a faith promise offer-
ing. I have to pray and ask God how much He would
have me give; then trust Him for it. Month by month
I must go to Him in prayer and ask Him for the amount
promised. I must wait upon Him until it comes in. That
is the offering that brings blessing.

For well over a quarter of a century now, that is the
kind of offering I have taken for missions. In our an-
nual missionary convention we never get more than
six or seven thousand dollars in cash, but we get a
quarter of a million or more in faith promises! And it
always comes in! More comes in than the amount prom-
ised!

It is customary in many churches to simply divide
between various missionary societies whatever cash of-
fering is given. If it comes in, they give it. But since there
is no need to exercise faith, there is no burden, no re-
sponsibility. I have no use for that kind of giving. I
believe that every individual church should obligate it-
self in faith before God for a certain definite amount,
and pray until that amount has been received.

Now I am not talking about pledges. I have never
taken up a pledge offering. There is all the difference in
the world between a pledge offering and a faith promise
offering. A pledge offering is between you and a church,
between you and a missionary society. Some day the
deacons may come along and try to collect it, or you
may receive a letter reminding you of it. You can be
held responsible for a pledge offering.

A faith promise offering is between you and God. No
one will ever send you a letter about it. It is a promise
made by you to God, and to God alone. If you are un-
able to pay it, all you have to do is to tell God about it.
Give Him your reason. If He accepts it, you are free.

This, my friend, is the greatest investment you can
make. You should be in business for God. You should
make money for Him, use what you need to live on and
give as much as you can for the work of evangeliza-
tion. Put your money where it will accomplish the most
for God. Put it into the getting out of the gospel. Put
it into the souls of men. Use it for those who never yet
have heard the message.

Perhaps God would have you support a missionary of
your own — and then another, and another. Make a faith
offering unto Him; then trust Him to help you meet it,
Unmeasurable blessing will be yours.

(Reprinted from MOODY MONTm^Y. Used by permission.)

IGNORANT OR EDUCATED

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wanted to know is it said anything about the "Virgin." In
the meantime I gave the father a handbill which offered a
free correspondence course on the Gospel of John. In
a moment his eyes fastened on the words in quotation:
"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free." Then he said: "This is what I was suspecting.
This is the slogan of some branch of the Protestants."
He was in no mood to talk further and added: "Why
should we waste our time talking about these things?"
A few days later we took a short run of about 20
miles to Guanajuato. This is the capital city of the
state and is a very picturesque and cultural town. In it,
but almost hidden from view, is a large new university.
It was completed in 1955 and offers a wide field of
study. To our amazement these words were engraved
over the school symbol: "You shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free." And yet how sad but
true it is that to many of the 2,000 students the "truth"
is that of secular education and not of Him who alone
can make free indeed. In the midst of this deep contrast
of uncultured ignorance and refined education, may the
true knowledge of Christ and the gospel become known!

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REPORT OF GIFTS

To The Foreign Missionary Society of the Brethren Church — January 1, 1956, to December 31, 1956

ALLEGHENY DISTRICT

Accident, Md $34.22

Aleppo, Pa 53*S?

Grafton, W. Va 168.30

Jenners, Pa :'-82.04

Listie, Pa l'5"-24

Meversdale, Fa 899.89

Meyersdale, Pa. (Summit Mills) . . 475.36

Stoystown, Pa. (Reading) 86.64

Uniontown. Pa 1,412.09

Washington, Pa 110.00

Allegheny District, Misc 235.83

$5,856.23

First Grace Brethren Church, Accident, Md.

Mishler Funds $34.22

Aleppo Brethren Church, Aleppo, Pa.

General Fund $562.27

Spangler Fvmds 32.35

$594.62

First Brethren Church, Grajton, W. Va.

General Fund $133.30

Dowdy Funds 10.00

C. Taber Funds 15.00

Zielasko Fimds 10.00

$168.30

Jenners Brethren Church, Jenners, Pa.

General Fund $282.04

Listie Brethren Church, Listie, Pa.

General Fund $976.84

Africa General Fund 11.00

Brazil General Fund . . . 11.00

Dowdy Funds 2.00

Dunning Funds 8.00

Howard Funds 3.00

Sheldon Funds 504.40

Spangler Funds 41.00

$1,557.24

Meyersdale Brethren Church, Meyersdale, Pa.

General Fund $729.37

Dowdy Funds 36.17

Dunning Funds 36.00

Kent Funds 16.75

Myers Funds 16.75

Zielasko Funds 64.85

Summit Mills Brethren Church,
Meyersdale, Pa.

General Fund 36.70

Africa-Bekoro-BYF Proj. 3.00

Goodman Funds 427.66

Spangler Funds 8.00

$475.36

Reading Brethren Church, Stoystown, Pa.

General Fund $82.17

Africa Special Funds . . . 4.47

$86.64

First Brethren Church, Uniontown, Pa.

Africa Special Funds . . . $51.00

Hill Funds 1,344.59

Spangler Funds 16.50

$1,412.09

Laboratory Grace Brethren Church,
Washington, Pa.

General Fund $110.00

Allegheny District, Misc.

General Fund $5.00

Africa Special Funds 100.00

Mexico General Fund ... .75

Rottler Funds 25.08

Zielasko Funds 105.00

$235.83

CALIFORNIA DISTRICT

Anaheim $690.29

Artesia 227.54

Beaumont 4.134.30

Bell 385.49

Bellf lower 983.89

Chico 726.01

Compton 942.02

Fillmore 697.73

Glendale 3,500.51

Inglewood 6,591.79

La Crescenta 159.09

La Verne 1.717.54

Long Beach (First) 29,551.76

Long Beach (North) 8,140.50

Long Beach (Los Altos) 756.32

Los Angeles (Community) 1,578.12

Modesto (La Loma) 1,821.76

Modesto (McHenry Avenue) 689.15

Monte Vista 525.35

Norwalk 7,763.32

Paramount 1,437.69

Phoenix, Ariz 388.49

Rialto 132.62

San Bernardino 835.63

San Diego 129.82

San Jose 36.47

Seal Beach 414.44

South Gate 1,840.70

South Pasadena 1,078.57

Temple City 1,401.05

Tracy 714.20

West Covina 176.54

Whittier ( Community) 2.695.43

Whittier (First) 7,307.46

California District Misc 1,490.92

$91,662.51

Grace Brethren Community Church, Anaheim

First Brethren Church, Inglewood
General Fund $5,952.96

Carson Avenue Brethren Church,

General Fund $200.14

Africa Leper Funds 12.90

Spangler Funds 14.50

Cherry Valley Brethren Church, Beaumont

General Fund

Argentina Special Funds
Brazil General Fund . . .
France General Fund . .
Hawaii General Fund . .
Mexico General Fund . . .

Marshall Funds

Spangler Funds

82.00
3,911.80
30.00
20.00
30.00
24.50
50.00
66.00

4,134.30

Bell Brethren Church, Bell

General Fund E385.49

First Brethren Church, Bellflower

General Fund S951.89

Spangler Funds 32.00

$983.89

Grace Brethren Church, Chico

General Fund S680.70

Hill Funds 27.31

Williams Funds 18.00

3726.01

First Brethren Church, Compton

General Fund $920.02

Spangler Fimds 22.00

5942.02

First Brethren Church, Fillmore

General Fund $652.24

Africa Leper Funds 22.49

Mason Funds 10.00

Spangler Funds 13.00

$697.73

First Brethren Church, Glendale

General Fund $2,131.38

Argentina General Fund 5.00

Brazil General Fund 51.00

Altig Funds 1,194.84

Burk Fimds 10.00

Dunning Funds 21.00

Garber Funds 25.00

Haag Funds 4.55

Hill Fimds 12.50

Hocking Funds 300

E. Miller Funds 10.00

Spangler Funds 12.24

Zielasko Funds 20.00

$3,500.51

Africa General Fund
Africa Special Fund . . .
Argentina General Fund
Brazil General Fund . . . .
Mexico General Fund . . .

Samarin Funds

Zielasko Funds

242.50
219.77
106.50
22.00
17.00
26.06
5.00

Mountain Brethren Church, LaCrescenta

$159.09

First Brethren Church, LaVerne

General Fund $1,338.29

Africa General Fund . . . 130.75

Argentina General Fund 63.50

Beaver Funds 100.00

Goodman Funds 28.00

Hocking Funds 1.00

Sheldon Funds 25.00

Spangler Funds 31.00

$1,717.54

First Brethren Church, Long Beach

General Fund $25,569.84

Africa General Fund . . . 485.50

Africa Leper Funds 529.80

Africa Medical Funds 25.00

Africa Special Funds GO.OO

Argentina General Fund 119.00

Brazil General Fund . . . 38.45

France General Fund .... 66.00

Hawaii General Fund . . . 45.00

Mexico General Fund . . . 34.50

Byron Funds 10.00

Churchill Funds 225.00

Edmiston Funds 15.00

Haag Funds 30.00

Hill Funds 248.50

Hocking Funds 467.59

Jobson Funds ;'.5.00

D. IWiller Funds 141.00

Samarin Funds 57.08

Sargent Funds 200.00

Sheldon Funds 36.50

Spangler Funds 186.00

Tyson Funds 10.00

Zielasko Funds 847.00

$29,551.76

Wortfi Long Beach Brethren Church,
Long Beach

General Fund $7,754.55

Africa Medical Funds . . . 100.00
Africa Special Funds . . . 17.50

Argentina General Fund 20.00

Churchill Funds 30.00

Dunning Funds 10.00

Edmiston Funds 85.45

Haag Funds 25.00

KUever Funds 5.00

Sickel Funds 33.00

Sumey Funds 10.00

$8,140.50

Los Altos Brethren Church, Long Beaoh

General Fund $751.32

Africa Leper Funds .... 4.00

Spangler Funds 1.00

$756.32

CoTnmunity Brethren Church, Los Angeles

General Funds $1,146.12

Africa General Fund 105.00

Brazil General Fund . . . 233.50

Hawaii General Fund 12.50

Mexico General Fund . . . 30.00

Beaver Funds 10.00

Burk Funds 11.00

Dunning Funds 7.50

Garber Funds 7.50

Haag Funds 7.50

Hill Funds 7.50

$1,578.12

La Loma Grace Brethren Church, Modesto

General Fund $1,620.99

Africa General Fund 25.00

Africa Special Funds . . . 160.00
Hill Funds 15.77

$1,821.76

February 2, 1957

McBenry Avenue Grace Brethren Church,
Modesto

General Fund $538.67

Africa Leper Funds 100.00

Brazil General Fund 50.48

$689.15

Community Brethren Church, Monte Vista

General Fund ^467.35

Argentina General Fund . 30.00

Goodman Funds ;!5.00

Spangler Funds 3.00

$525.35

Norwalk Brethren Church, Norwalk

General Fund 57.763.32

Paramount Brethren Church, Paramount

General Fund $1,387.69

Africa-Bekoro-BYF Proj. 5.00

France General Fund . . . 45.00

$1,437.69

Grace Brethren Church, Phoenix, Ariz.

General Fund $376.49

Spangler Funds 12.00

$388.49

Rialto Brethren Church, Rialto

General Fund :;i32.62

Grace Brethren Church, San Bernardino

General Fund $819.63

Spangler Funds 16.00

$835.63

First Brethren Church, San Diego
General Fund $129.82

The Brethren Church, San Jose
General Fund !;36.47

First Brethren Church, Seal Beach

General Fund $414.44

First Brethren Church, South Gate

General Fund $20.00

Africa Special Funds . . . 337.00

France General Fund . . . 10.00

Altig Funds 19.00

Beaver Funds 1,419.70

Spangler Funds 35.00

51.840.70

Fremont Avenue Brethren Church,
South Pasadena

General Fund $1,026.97

Haag Funds 10.00

D. Miller Funds 20.60

Spangler Funds 21.00

$1,078.57

Temple City Brethren Church, Temple City

General Fund $1,385.05

Africa General Fund 8.00

Argentina General Fund 3.00

Brazil General Fund . . . 2.00

Mexico General Fund . . 3.00

::,1.401.05

First Brethren Church, Tracy

General Fund $622.20

Africa-Bekoro-BYF Proj. 80.00

Spangler Funds 12.00

.'5714.20

West Covina Brethren Church, West Covina

General Fund $155.54

Spangler Funds 21.00

$176.54

Community Brethren Church, Whittier

General Fund $2,657.43

Spangler Funds 38.00

$2,695.43

First Brethren Church, Whittier

General Fund $7,106.46

Africa General Fund . . . 110.00
Mexico General Fund . . . 20.00

D. Miller Funds 41.00

Spangler Funds 30.00

$7,307.46

California District, Misc.
General Fund 595.59

Africa Special Funds 88.42

Argentina Special Funds 629.03

Mexico General Fund . . . 18.34

Altig Funds 244.54

Burk Funds ;;5.00

Edmiston Funds 50.00

Haag Funds 235.00

Kliever Funds 85.00

Samarin Funds 10.00

Spangler Funds 10.00

EAST DISTRICT

Altoona, Pa. (First) $978.40

Altoona. Pa. (Grace) 641.81

Conemaugh, Pa 1,564.22

Conemaugh, Pa. (Pike) 1,451.75

Conemaugh, Pa. (Singer Hill) ... 532.71

Everett, Pa 1,059.40

HolUdaysburg, Pa 1,336.83

Hopewell. Pa 056.13

Johnstown, Pa. (First) 0,722.21

Johnstown, Pa. (Riverside) 667.32

Kittanning, Pa. (First) 1,736.18

Kittanning. Pa. (North Buffalo) .. 224.00

Leamersville, Pa 1,896.21

Martinsburg, Pa 2.698.85

East District Misc 785.82

$22,951.84

First Brethren Church, Altoona, Pa.

General Fund $950.40

Spangler Funds 28.00

$978.40

Grace Brethren Church, Altoona, Pa.

General Fund $82.00

Roy Snyder Funds 557.81

Spangler Funds 2.00

$641.81

Conemaugh Brethren Church,
Conemaugh, Pa.

General Fund $544.38

Africa Special Funds . . . 20.10

Jones Funds 292.26

Samarin Funds 48.50

Ruth Snyder Funds 658.98

$1,564.22

Pike Brethren Church, Coneinaugh, Pa.

General Fund $1,401.02

Africa Special Funds 20.00

Spangler Funds 19.00

C. Taber Funds 11.73

$1,451.75

Singer Hill Grace Brethren Church,
Conemaugh, Pa.

General Fund $532.71

Everett Grace Brethren Church,
Everett, Pa.

General Fund $1,004.22

Africa-Bekoro-BYF Proj. 23.82

Africa Special Funds 31.36

$1,059.40

Vicksburg Brethren Church,
HolUdaysburg, Pa.

General Fund $1,190.60

Dowdy Funds 10.60

Haag Funds 11.00

Hocking Funds 54.00

Mishler Funds 13.85

Robinson Funds 30.78

Spangler Funds 26.00

$1,336.83

Grace Brethren Church, Hopewell, Pa.

General Fund $30.00

Africa Special Funds . . . 8.25

Mishler Funds 8.81

Robinson Funds 11.79

Roy Snyder Funds 584.03

C. Taber Funds 13.25

$656.13

First Brethren Church, Johnstown, Pa.

General Fund $3,874.08

Africa General Funds . . . 495.33

Africa-Bekoro-BYF Proj. 35.00

Africa Special Funds . . . 104.31

Argentina General Fund 25.25

Brazil General Fund 9.00

France General Fund . . .25

Bickel Funds 1,071.10

Haag Funds 36.89

Kliever Funds 1,000.00

Ruth Snyder Funds 20.00

Spangler Funds 46.00

Tresise Funds 5.00

56,722.21

Riverside Brethren Church, Johnstown, Pa.

General Fund 5648.42

Africa Special Funds . . . 18.90

5667.32

First Brethren Church, Kittanning, Pa.

General Fund 51,630.18

Cone Funds 100.00

Spangler Funds C.OO

51.736.18

North Buffalo Brethren Church,
Kittanning, Pa.

General Fund $217.00

Spangler Funds 7.00

5224.00

Leamersville Brethren Church,
Leamersville, Pa.

General Fund $951.42

Hill Funds 10.00

Robinson Funds 9.67

Spangler Funds 120.75

Tresise Funds 804.37

$1,896.21

First Brethren Church, Martinsburg, Pa.

General Fund $1,514.92

Africa Special Funds 120.60

Brazil Special Funds . . . 50.00

France General Fund .. 50.00

Cone Funds 50.00

E. Miller Funds 60.00

Sumey Funds 845.00

C. Taber Funds 8.33

$2,698.85

East District, Misc.

General Fund $5.00

Africa Special Funds . . . 100.00

Mexico General Fund . . . .75

Haag Funds 550.00

Rottler Funds 24.92

Rov Snyder Funds 18.00

C. Taber Funds 12.15

Zielasko Funds 75.00

INDIANA DISTRICT

Barbee Lake $189.00

Berne 2,605.85

Clay City 325.66

Elkhart 679.54

Flora 1.475.50

Fort Wayne (First) 4,435.48

Fort Wayne (Second) 464.03

Goshen 565.46

Leesburg 1,090.51

Osceola 1,959.64

Peru 652.86

SharpsviUe 37.36

Sidney 1,118.52

South Bend 5.00

Warsaw 50.00

Wheaton, 111 773.50

Winona Lake 3.909.89

Indiana District, Misc 766.99

$21,104.79

Barbee Brethren Church, Barbee Lake

General Fund 527.00

Africa Special Funds 12.00

E. Miller Funds 150.00

5189.00

Bethel Brethren Church, Berne

General Fund 52,495.60

Africa Leper Funds 50.00

Africa Special Funds ... 41.25

Spangler Funds 19.00

$2,605.85

First Brethren Church, Clay City

General Fund $287.98

Africa Special Funds . . .

$325.66

Grace Brethren Church, Elkhart

General Fund $619.48

Africa-Bekoro-BYF Proj. 10.00

Hoyt Funds 10.00

D. Miller Funds 17.00

Spangler Funds 10.06

Zielasko Funds 13.00

$679.54

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Grace Brethren Church, Flora

General Fund $1,415.00

Africa Special Funds 16.00

Hawaii General Fund 15.00

Spangler Funds 29.50

51.475.50

First Brethren Church, Fort Wayne

General Fund $3,762.68

Africa Special Funds . . . 4.00

Hawaii General Fund . . . 7.00

Habegger Funds 10.62

Mason Funds s 621.43

Spangler Funds 29.75

$4,435.48

Second Brethren Church, Fort Wayne

General Funds $358.03

Mason Funds 100.00

Spangler Funds 6.00

S464.03

Grace Brethren Church, Goshen

Kent Funds $565.46

Leesburg Brethren Church, Leesbura

General Funds $898.51

Bishop Funds 35.00

E. Miller Funds 150.00

Spangler Funds 7.00

$1,090.51

Bethel Brethren Church, Osceola

General Fund $1,603.45

Africa Special Funds . . . 157.62

Edmiston Funds 10.00

Hill Funds 150.00

Myers Funds 20.25

Spangler Funds 18.32

$1,959.64

Peru Brethren Church, Peru

General Fund $616.36

Spangler Funds 21.50

Williams Funds 15.00

$652.86

Grace Brethren Church, Sharpsville

General Fund $8.85

D. Miller Funds 17.01

Robinson Funds 11.50

K37.36

Sidney Brethren Church, Sidney

General Fund $947.84

Africa Special Funds . . . 22.33

Argentina General Fund 50.00

France Special Funds . . . 25.00

Spangler Funds 35.00

Williams Funds 38.35

31,118.52

Ireland Road Brethren Church, South Bend

Hoy Snyder Funds $5.00

Community Grace Brethren Church, Warsaw

General Fiind $50.00

Grace Brethren Church, Wheaton, III.

General Fund $569.50

Spangler Funds 204.00

$773.50

Winona Lake Brethren Church,
Winona Lake

General Fund $3,695.10

Africa Leper Funds 5.00

Africa Special Funds 10.00

Argentina General Fund 10.00

Argentina Special Funds 10.00

Cone Funds ;;5.00

Howard Funds 23.97

Jones Funds 25.00

Kliever Funds 10.00

Marshall Funds i£l

Myers Funds 2.00

Hobinson Funds 14.61

Samarin Funds 5.00

Sheldon Funds 25.00

Ruth Snyder Funds 45.00

$3,909.39

Indiana District, Misc.

General Fund $228.19

Africa Special Funds . . . 303.80

Cone Funds 150.00

Hocking Funds 30.00

Myers Funds 40.00

Robinson Funds 15.00

$766.99

IOWA DISTRICT

Cedar Rapids $1,374.25

Dallas Center ■ 1,129.60

Davenport 18.50

Garwin 1.441.58

Leon 315.50

North English 752.95

Waterloo 4,114.95

Iowa District, Misc 120.00

$9,267.33
Grace Brethren Church, Cedar Rapids

First Brethren Church, Dallas Center

General Fund 0951.39

Africa-Bekoro-BYF Proj. 10.70

Emmert Funds 142.96

Williams Funds 24.55

$1,129.25

Grace Brethren Church, Davenport

General Fund $18.50

CarKon Brethren Church, Garwin

Africa Special Funds . . . $525.00

Thurston Funds 904.23

Williams Funds 12.35

$1,441.58

Leon Brethren Church, Leon

General Fund $110.00

Cochran Funds 85.50

Cone Funds 100.00

Emmert Funds 10.00

Williams Funds 10.00

S315.50

Pleasant Grove Brethren Church,
North English

General Fund $482.17

Africa General Fund . . . 25.00

Africa Special Funds . . . 35.00

Argentina General Fund 9.03

Hawaii General Fund . . . 4.00

Mexico General Fund . . . 6.75

Byron Funds 33.00

D. Miller Funds 2.50

Myers Funds 155.50

$752.95

Grace Brethren Church, Waterloo

General Fund $80.00

Argentina Special Funds 379.73

France Snecial Funds . . . 25.00

Hawaii General Fund . . 5.50

Dowdy Funds 22.00

Schrock Funds 3.558.56

Sheldon Funds 10.00

Spangler Funds 14.50

Zielasko Funds 19.66

$4,114.95

Iowa District, Misc.

General Fund $15.00

Cripe Funds 5.00

Williams Funds 100.00

$120.00

MICHIGAN DISTRICT

Alto $454.28

Berrien Springs 76.84

Lake Odessa 1,911.27

Lansing 60.00

New Troy 66.00

Ozark 168.57

Michigan District, Misc 264.66

$3,001.62

Calvary Brethren Church, Alto

General Fund $412.59

Africa Special Funds . . . 41.69

$454.28

Grace Brethren Church, Berrien Springs

General Fund $76.84

Grace Brethren Church, Lake Odessa

General Fund $1,413.51

Africa General Fund . . . 102.00

Africa-Bekoro-BYF Proj. 10.00

Africa Special Funds . . . 113.75

Argentina General Fund 45.00

Brazil General Fund 35.00

France General Fund . . . 60.00

Hawaii General Fund . . . 30.00

Mexico General Fund . . . 30.00

Edmiston Funds 8.55

D. Miller Funds 10.20

Myers Funds 15.68

Spangler Funds 31.00

Zielasko Funds 6.58

$1,911.27

Grace Brethren Church, LansinQ

General Fund $60.00

New Troy Brethren Church, New Troy

General Fund $66.00

Grace Brethren Church, Ozark

General Fund $133.00

Zielasko Funds 35.57

$168.57

Michigan District, Misc.

MID-ATLANTIC DISTRICT

Alexandria. Va $571.47

Hagerstown, Md. (Calvary) 281.64

Hagerstown, Md. (Grace) 4,294.63

Martinsburg. W. Va 1,579.76

Seven Fountains, Va 100.00

Washington, D. C $1,748.31

Waynesboro, Pa 3.563.88

Winchester, Va 1.852.80

Mid-Atlantic District, Misc 114.00

$14,106.49

Commonwealth Avenue Brethren Church,
Alexandria, Va.

General Fund $445.77

Africa Special Funds . . . 107.70

Spangler Funds 8.00

Zielasko Funds 10.00

!;571.47

Calvary Brethren Church, Hagerstown, Md.

General Fund $30.00

Brazil General Fund 42.55

Rottler Funds 204.09

Zielasko Funds 5.00

$281.64

Grace Brethren Church, Hagerstown, Md.

General Fund $4,040.23

Fogle Fimds 2.00

Rottler Funds 185.00

Spangler Fimds 07.40

$4,294.63

Rosemont Brethren Church,
Martinsburg, W. Va.

General Fund $1,535.60

Africa General Fund 10.00

Argentina General Fund 2.51

Brazil General Fund . . . 3.65

Spangler Funds 28.00

$1,579.76

Trinity Brethren Church,
Seven Fountains, Va.

General Fund $100.00

First Brethren Church, V/ashinoton, D. C.

General Fund $1,379.31

Africa Special Funds . . . 100.00
France Special Funds . . . 30.00

Dowdy Funds 110.00

Fogle Funds 15.00

Geske Funds 95.00

Hocking Funds 1.00

Spangler Funds 18.00

$1,748.31

First Brethren Church, Waynesboro, Pa.

General Fund $3,409.88

Africa-Bekoro-BYF Proj. 50.00

Africa Special Funds . . . 50.00

Mexico General Fund . . . 10.00

Rottler Funds 5.00

Spangler Funds 39.00

$3,563.88

First Brethren Church, Winchester, Va.
General Fund $1,852.80

February 2, 1957

Mid-Atlantic District, Misc.

General Fund $100.00

Zielasko Funds 14.00

MIDWEST DISTRICT

Albuquerque. N. Mex

Arroyo Hondo. N. Mex

Beaver City. Nebr

Cheyenne. Wyo

Denver. Colo

Portis. Kans

Ranchos de Taos. N. Mex

Taos. N. Mex

Midwest District. Misc

$23.00
54.30
150.24
393.43
241.10
1.870.30
22.07
248.14
303.37

$3,106.55

Grace Brethren Church,
AlbuquerQue, N. Mex.

General Fund $23.00

Arroyo Hondo Brethren Church,
Arroyo Hondo, N. Mex.

General Fund $54.30

Grace Brethren Ch\irch, Beaver Citii. Nehr.

General Fund $150.24

First Brethren Church, Cheyenne, Wyo.

General Fund $299. 43

Africa Special Funds . . . 55.00

Spangler Funds 6.00

Williams Funds 33.00

r;393.43

Grace Brethren Church, Denver, Colo.

General Fund $241.10

First Brethren Church, Portis. Kans.

General Fund $1,327.92

Africa Special Funds . . . 78.40

Cone Funds 128.85

Marshall Funds 22.23

Spangler Funds 20.00

Williams Funds G3.50

$1,370.90

Cordillera Brethren Church,
Ranchos de Taos, N. Mex.

General Fund $22.07

Canon Brethren Church, Taos, N. Mex.

General Fund $229.79

Africa Special Funds . . . 4.84

Williams Funds 13.51

$248.14

Midwest District, Misc.

General Fund $7.00

France Special Funds . . . 100.00

Mexico Special Funds . . . 67.37

Cochran Funds 15.00

Dowdy Funds 14.00

Thurston Funds 100.00

5303.37

NORTHERN ATLANTIC DISTRICT

AUentown. Pa $1,088.76

Boston. Mass 168.00

Harrisburg. Pa 2.069.24

Palmyra. Pa 128.96

Philadelphia. Pa. (First) 6.538.16

Philadelphia, Pa. (Third) 4.097.85

York. Pa 626.26

Northern Atlantic District, Misc. 114.00

$14,831.23

First Brethren Church, AUentown, Pa.

General Fund $100.00

Dunning Funds 16.00

Edmiston Funds 4.35

Foster Funds 47.60

Marshall Funds 20.10

Spangler Funds 2.00

C. Taber Funds 16.55

F. Taber Funds 882.16

$1,088.76

Grace Brethren Sunday School,
Boston, Moss.

General Fund $168.00

Melrose Gardens Brethren Church,
Harrishura, Pa.

General Fund $1,831.77

Africa General Fund . . . 2.00

Brazil Special Funds . . . 33.47

Burk Funds 125.00

Spangler Funds 77.00

$2,069.24

Grace Brethren Church, Palmyra, Pa.

General Fund $63.00

Dowdy Funds 15.36

Rottler Funds 27.00

Spangler Funds 3.00

Zielasko Funds 20.00

$128.96

First Brethren Church, Philadelphia, Pa.

General Fund $2,842.54

Africa General Fund . . . 100.00

Africa Special Funds . . . 810.00

Argentina General Fund 60.00

France General Fund . . . 15.00

Mexico General Fund . . . 15.00

Bickel Funds 10.00

Edmiston Funds 5.00

Foster Funds 40.00

Jobson Funds 135.00

L. Kennedy Funds 265.00

M. Kennedy Funds 160.00

Maconaghy Funds 70.00

Marshall Funds 19.59

E. Miller Funds 20.00

Schwartz Funds 855.95

Roy Snyder Funds 265.00

Spangler Funds .53.00

Sumey Funds ,25.00

Tyson Funds 767.08

Wagner Funds 5.00

,$6,538.16

Third Brethren Church, Philadelphia, Pa.

General Fund $40.00

Africa Special Funds . . . 10.00

Mexico (General Fund . . . 15.00

Maconaghy Funds 3.944.85

Sheldon Funds 21.00

Spangler Funds 32.00

Tyson Funds 35.00

$4,997.35

Grace Brethren Church. York, Pa.

General Fund $576.51

Dowdy Funds 983

Hocking Funds 5.00

Spangler Funds 3.00

C. Taber Funds 7.71

Zielasko Funds 24.21

$626.26

Northern Atlantic District, Misc.

General Fund $100.00

Zielasko Funds 14.00

$114.00

NORTHERN OHIO DISTRICT

Akron 2.100.73

Ankenytown 816.21

Ashland 5.897.30

Canton 2.700.71

Cleveland .'36.35

Cuyahoga Falls 359.38

Danville 748.50

Elyria 364.14

Findlay 340.39

Findlay (Southside Brethren S.S.) 20.00

Fremont (Grace) 1.959.78

Fremont (Chapel) 124.92

Homerville V92.S0

Mansfield (Grace) 8.321.19

Mansfield (Woodville) 466.49

Middlebranch 944.32

Rittman 1.918.66

Sterling 1.243.40

Wooster 4.614.12

Northern Ohio District, Misc 205.00

$34,375.29

First Brethren Church, Akron

General Fund $2,100.73

First Brethren Church, Ankenytown

General Fund $813.21

Spangler Funds 3.00

$816.21

Grace Brethren Church, Ashland

General Fund $3,576.70

Africa General Fund . . . 100.00

Africa Leoer Funds 10.00

Africa Special Funds 325.00

France General Fund .... 15.00

Mexico General Fund . . . 6.00

Bishop Funds 790.35

Hoyt Funds 823.25

Robinson Funds 13.35

Spangler Funds 51.00

C. Taber Funds 30.25

Tresise Funds 10.00

Zielasko Funds '.6.40

First Brethren Church, Canton

General Fund $1,585.44

Africa General Fund . . . 5.00

Argentina General Fund 2.00

Argentina Special Funds 622.37

France General Fund . . . 4.00

Hoyt Funds 481.90

$2,700.71

First Brethren Church, Cleveland

General Fund $424.60

Spangler Funds 12.25

n436.85

Grace Brethren Church, Cuyahoga Falls

General Fund $353.88

Spangler Funds 5.50

$359.38

DanjJiile Brethren Church, Danville

General Fund $717.50

Argentina General Fund 10.00

Dowdv Funds 7.00

Kent "Funds 7.00

Myers Funds 7.00

$748.50

Grace Brethren Church. Elyria

General Fund $332.38

Africa Special Funds ... 21.06

Zielasko Funds 10.10

$364.14

Findlay Brethren Church, Findlay

General Fund $220.39

Africa Special Funds . . . 120.00

$340.39

Southside Brethren Sunday School, Findlay

General Fund $20.00

Grace Brethren Church, Fremont

General Fund $1,914.78

Spangler Funds 45.00

$1,959.78

Brethren Chapel, Fremont

General Fund $82.66

Mishler Funds 25.36

Zielasko Funds 16.30

5124.32

West Homer Brethren Church, Homerville

General Fund $762.60

Spangler Funds 30.00

5792.60

Grace Brethren Church, Mansfield

Brazil General Fund . . . $8.00

France General Fund . . . 8.299.69

Hawaii General Fund 8.50

Fogle Funds 5.00

58.321.19

Wooduillc Grace Brethren Church, Mansfield

General Fund $466.49

First Brethren Church, Middlebranch

General Fund $925.92

Spangler Funds 19.00

5944.92

First Brethren Church, Rittman

General Fund $1,315.61

Dowdy Funds 481.38

Fogle Funds 30.15

Goodman Funds 26.10

Hill Funds 27.42

Robinson Funds 13.00

Spangler Funds 25.00

$1,318.66

First Brethren Church, Sterlinci

General Fund $1,206.40

Spangler Funds 37.00

$1,243.40

First Brethren Church, Wooster
General Fund $3,733.36

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Africa General Fund 35.00

Africa-Bekoro-BYF Proj. 126.00

Africa Special Funds . . . 223.97

Dowdy Funds 126.24

Hill Funds 126.80

Kent Funds 5.00

Kliever Funds B1.V5

Mishler Funds 09.00

Myers Funds S3.00

Spangler Funds -1.00

Northwest District, Misc.

Hawaii Special Funds . . . $123.17

Bishop Funds 574.00

Haag Funds 5.00

E. Miller Funds 125.00

Sumey Funds 50.00

C. Taber Funds 35.00

Northern Ohio Districty Misc.

NORTHWEST DISTRICT

Albany. Oreg $1,478.18

Grandview, Wash 541.41

Harrah. Wash 1,291.29

Portland. Oreg 237.07

Seattle, Wash 1,063.70

Spokane, Wash 647.06

Sunnyside. Wash 3,059.48

Toppenish, Wash 79.12

Yakima, Wash 725.39

Northwest District, Misc 702.17

$9,824.87

Grace Brethren Church, Albany, Oreg.

General Fund $1,311.68

Haag Funds 54.75

Samarin Funds 54.75

Spangler Funds 15.00

Williams Funds 42.00

$1,478.18

First Brethren Church, Grandview, Wash.

General Fund $475.41

Bishop Funds 50.00

Spangler Funds 16.00

$541.41

Harrah Brethren Church, Harrah, Wash.

General Fund $965.42

Africa General Fund . . . 94.95

Argentina General Fund 14.48

Argentina Special Funds 146.00

Brazil General Fund . . . 21.46

Hawaii General Fund . . . 11.00

Mexico General Fund . . . 26.59

Fogle Funds 11.39

$1,291.29

Grace Brethren Church, Portland, Oreg.

General Fund $237.07

Vieiu Ridge Brethren Church, Seattle, Wash.

General Fund $975.51

Brazil Special Funds . . . 29.60

Mexico Special Funds . . . 10.00

Hill Funds 31.04

Williams Funds 17.55

$1,063.70

First Brethren Church, Spokane, Wash.

5647.06

First Brethren Church, Sunnyside, Wash.

General Fund 51,716.15

Africa-Bekoro-BYF Pro]'. 7.24

Africa Special Funds . . . 73.11

France General Fund . . . 3.00

Bishop Funds 616.53

Dunning Funds 464.84

Fogle Funds 10.00

Haag Funds 26.30

Marshall Funds 18.00

Samarin Funds 26.75

Spangler Funds 94.00

Zielasko Funds 3.56

53,059.48

Toppenish Brethren Bible Class,
Toppenish, Wash.

General Fund 549.12

Africa General Fund . . . 2.50

Mexico General Fund . . . :!.50

Williams Funds 25.00

579.12

Grace Brethren Church, Yakima, Wash.

General Fund 5685.39

Haag Funds 10.00

Spangler Funds 30.00

$725.39

SOUTHEAST DISTRICT

Buena Vista, Va $1,934.56

Covington. Va t;85.46

Fort Lauderdale, Fla 965.87

Hollins, Va 1,149.00

Johnson City, Tenn 197.70

Limestone, Tenn 474.34

Radford, Va 153.53

Riner, Va 80.07

Roanoke, Va. (Clearbrook) 419.15

Roanoke, Va. (Ghent) I,i35.00

Roanoke, Va. (Wash. Heights) . 601.59

Southeast District, Misc 637.84

58,534.61

First Brethren Church, Buena Vista, Va.

General Fund $1,770.95

Africa General Fund . . . 100.00

Dowdy Funds 8.26

Dunning Funds 27.09

Schwartz Funds 10.00

Tyson Funds 10.00

Zielasko Funds 8.26

$1,934.56

First Brethren Church, Covington, Va.

General Fund 5677.46

Spangler Funds 3.00

1^685.46

Grace Brethren Church, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

General Fund 5892.41

Africa-Bekoro-BYF Proj. 8.00

Dowdy Funds 15.00

Spangler Funds 35.46

C. Taber Funds 15.00

5965.87

Patterson Memorial Brethren Church,
Hollins, Va.

General Fund $1,118.90

Myers Funds 10.00

Zielasko Funds 20.10

$1,149.00

Johnson City Brethren Church,
Johnson City, Tenn.

General Fund $159.90

Africa Leper Funds 27.80

Spangler Funds 1000 ^^g^ ,q

VernoTi. Brethren Church, Limestone, Tenn.

General Fund $441.84

Spangler Funds 33.00

5474.84

Fairlaujn Brethren Church, Radford, Va.

General Fund 613933

Spangler Funds 14.20

Grace Brethren Church, Riner, Va.

General Fund 564.07

Spangler Funds 16.00

580.07

Clearbrook Brethren Church, Roanoke, Va.

General Fund $419.15

Ghent Brethren Church, Roanoke, Va.

General Fund $1,210.00

Myers Funds :;S.00

51,235.00

Washington Heights Brethren Church,
Roanoke, Va.

General Fund 5573.80

Argentina General Fund 10.00

Mexico General Fund . . . 5.00

L. Kennedy Funds 9.04

Spangler Funds 3.75

5601.59

Southeast District, Misc.

General Fund $81.56

Cone Funds 115.00

Fogle Funds 35.00

Foster Funds '14.28

Hoyt Funds 152.00

SOUTHERN OHIO DISTRICT

Camden $123.43

Clayhole, Ky 44.50

Clayton 1,811.73

Covington 238.53

Dayton (First) 5,148.92

Dayton (Grace) 152.75

Dayton (North Riverdale) 4,841.62

Dayton (Patterson Park) 920.25

Dryhill, Ky !i5.00

Englewood 774.16

Troy 136.36

West Alexandria 278.74

Southern Ohio District, Misc. . . . 5.00

$14,660.99

First Brethren Church, Camden

General Fund 5114.43

Spangler Funds 9.00

5123.43

Clayhole Brethren Church, Clayhole, Ky.

General Fund $44.50

First Brethren Church, Clayton

General Fund 51.740.17

Africa Special Funds . . . 31.86

Spangler Funds 39.70

51,811.73

First Brethren Church, Covington

General Fund $233.53

Spangler Funds 5.00

5238.53

First Brethren Church, Dayton

General Fund $5,050.57

Africa Special Funds . . . 93.35

Argentina General Fund 5.00

$5,148.92

Grace Brethren Church, Dayton

General Fund $152.75

North Riverdale Brethren Church, Dayton

General Fund $4,051.52

Marshall Funds 790.10

$4,841.62

Patterson Park Brethren Church, Dayton

General Fund $904.75

Spangler Funds 15.50

$920.25

Brethren Chapel, Dryhill, Ky.

Beaver Funds $85.00

Englewood Grace Brethren Church,
Englewood

General Fund $774.16

Grace Brethren Church, Troy

General Fund $136.36

Samplei;iKe Brethren Mission,
West Alexandria

General Fund $258.74

Argentina General Fund 1.25

Brazil General Fund . . . 1.25

Hawaii General Fund . . . 1.25

Mexico General Fund . . 1.25

Spangler Funds 15.00

5278.74

Southern Ohio District, Misc.
General Fund $5.00

MISCELLANEOUS

Honolulu, T. H $460.00

National Miscellaneous 4.892.01

National SMM 653.40

National WMC 7,391.51

513.396.92

Grace Chapel, Honolulu, T. H.

General Fund $460.00

February 2, 1957

National Miscellaneous

General Fund $4,454.18

Africa Special Funds . . . 10.00

Mexico General Fund . . 53.83

Cone Funds 10.00

Dunning Funds 18.00

Haag Funds 25.00

Hocking Funds 160.00

Mason Funds 25.00

Rottler Funds 16.00

Schrock Funds 120.00

National Sisterhood of Mary and Martha

Higher Education of Missionary
Children C653.40

National Women's Missionary Council

General Fund — Missionary

Residence $432.59

Africa Leper Funds 93.99

Brazil Special Funds 283.00

Printing Equipment and
Literature for all Six
Fields 2.940.93

Hocking Funds 11.00

Jobson Funds 900.00

Kliever Funds 900.00

Maconaghy Funds 900.00

E. Miller Funds 900.00

Wagner Funds 30.00

$7,391.51

Total Gifts to FMS $266,581.27

Gifts for Work Outside the FMS . . 13.71

Grand Total $266,594.98

Church Gifts Exceeding $3,000

HELP

PUT

YOUR

CHURCH

1. LONG BEACH, CALIF (First) $29,551.76

2. MANSFIELD, OHIO (Grace) 8,321.19

3. LONG BEACH, CALIF. (North) 8,140.50

4. NORWALK, CALIF 7,763.32

5. WHITTIER, CALIF. (First) 7,307.46

6. JOHNSTOWN, PA. (First) 6,722.21

7. INGLEWOOD, CALIF 6,591.79

8. PHILADELPHIA, PA. (First) 6,538.16

9. ASHLAND, OHIO 5,897.30

10. DAYTON, OHIO (First) 5,148.92

n. DAYTON, OHIO (North Riverdale) . . 4,841. 62

12. WOOSTER, OHIO 4,614.12

13. FORTWAYNE,IND. (First) 4,435.48

14. HAGERSTOWN, MD. (Grace) 4,294.63

15. BEAUMONT, CALIF 4,134.30

16. WATERLOO, IOWA 4,1 14.95

17. PHILADELPHIA, PA. (Third) 4,097.85

18. WINONA LAKE, IND 3,909.89

19. WAYNESBORO, PA 3,563.88

20. GLENDALE, CALIF 3,500.51

21. SUNNYSIDE, WASH 3,059.48

IN THIS

LIST

YEAR

KENNETH G. MOELLER, Financial Secretary.
HOMER A. KENT, Sr., Treasurer.

THANKS TO ALL FOR YOUR LOYAL SUPPORT

When the battle is long, and I am weary with strife,
When the legions of sin and evil are rife;
I feel — and new courage flows into my life —
That you are praying for me.

When victory comes out of seeming defeat,
And the dark lowering clouds shine with rainbows replete,
'Tis then that I know — and the assurance is sweet —
That you are praying for me.

I'll gird tighter my armor and advance in the fight,
With a staunch heart and brave I'll battle for right,
I'll retreat at no danger, and fear no might —
If you'll keep praying for me.

Author unknown

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HARRAH, WASH.

The spirit of revival continues
in our hearts. That which the Lord
has begun He will perform. Rev.
Thomas Hammers, our evangeUst,
and Rev. Henry Dalke, our song-
leader, were a real inspiration to us
during the New Life Campaign De-
cember 3-16. We believe that the
Lord guided them in message and
song. How we thank the Lord for
their ministry in prayer, in the Word,
and in music. Early in the first week
a fine group was moved to stay
after the service to pray, confess
sins, and make things right with
God. Two first-time decisions were
made for Christ as Saviour, two
dedications of life; and 20 young
people stood in response to a chal-
lenge of the evangelist to live in
purity of life.

Prayer groups continued to pray
faithfully, and a fine group of men
met each Saturday for prayer. The
average attendance for the two
weeks was 72. We praise God for
the blessings that we received and
for those yet to come. The pastor
is grateful for the fellowship, min-
istry and prayer with our Brothers
Hammers and Dalke. — Donald W.
Farner, pastor.

CHAMBERSBURG, PA.

We are praising the Lord for the
fine attendance on Christmas; we
had 8 1 present in our Sunday school
and 153 present in the evening serv-
ice for the Christmas program. This
is the largest attendance in the his-
tory of the church except for three
years ago during the evangelistic
campaign under Bro. R. Paul Miller,
when 248 were present. We rejoice
in the Lord for the work He is doing
in our midst and pray that soon we
can be in the upstairs of the build-
ing. The building is getting quite
crowded for our Bible school which
averages about 70 each Sunday
morning.

We are glad for the speakers we
had in our church during the past
quarter. Rev. Henry F. Kulp, pas-
tor of the Altoona Bible Church, Al-
toona. Pa., was our speaker in a
series of revival services, October
8-13. We were blessed in a real way
and they paved the way for our
evangelistic services. R. Paul Miller

was our evangelist, October 29-
November 1 1 . There were two first-
time decisions and nine rededica-
tions. We surely rejoice in the work
that the Lord did in our midst
through Bro. Miller. As a result of
the meetings we are still receiving
many blessings.

Dr. L. L. Grubb, secretary of the
Brethren Home Missions Council,
was with us November 29, and we
enjoyed the message in the Word
and on the screen. We received a
real challenge to pray and go and
give to new home-mission works.

Dr. Homer Kent, Sr., registrar of
Grace Seminary and College, was
our guest speaker December 16. We
were thrilled with the message from
the Word and the presentation of
the work of Grace Seminary and
College. — John W. Ritchey, pastor.

FREMONT, OHIO

We praise God for His blessings
upon our recent evangelistic meet-
ings with John Tierney. There were
16 rededications, 34 confessions of
faith and 24 baptisms. The average
attendance at all 10 services was
174. Our congregation here at the
Grace Brethren Church surprised us
with a Hi-Fi set for Christmas. —
Gordon Bracker, pastor.

BERNE, IND.

I am very happy to report some
blessings from the Lord which we
saw at the Bethel Brethren Church,
Berne, Ind., November 25-Decem-
ber 9.

There were 50 public decisions
made during the two weeks; 9 con-
versions, 16 rededications, 25 who
pledged themselves for soul-winning.

One of the great highlights of the
meeting was the tremendous at-
tendance at the 7:00 o'clock
pre-prayer meeting held nightly.

Mr. Earl Chase was the director
of music; Rev. Irvin Miller is the

pastor of the church. — Bill Smith,
evangelist.

Again God showered His peo-
ple with blessings in the Bethel
Brethren Church. For we have wit-
nessed a definite "prayed-down,"
"heaven-sent" revival during our
"Victory Through Christ Crusade,"
November 25 to December 9, with
Evangelist Bill Smith.

We thank God for the decisions
that were made, and we realize that
each one was a direct answer to
prayer. Each service was bathed
in prayer as 40 to 70 prayer war-
riors gathered each evening for the
pre-service prayer meeting. The last
night was climaxed with a total of
71 upon their knees in prayer.

In spite of the snow and bad
weather we had an average attend-
ance of 109 for the two weeks. For'
these blessings we praise God, and
give Him all the glory. — Irvin B.
Miller, pastor.

The Perils of the Mansion

"Then beware lest thou forget the
Lord" (Deut. 6:12). A nationally
known preacher said he had often
observed that people loved God and
the church as long as they lived on
a side street, but forgot God when
they built a mansion on the avenue.
Not all men can be successful and
victorious at the same time. — The
Quiet Hour.

The "I" Crossed Out

"And he said to them all. If any
man will come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross daily,
and follow me" (Luke 9:23). I heard
the cross described as an "I" that
had been crossed off. Just draw your
pencil straight through the letter
"I" somewhere near the top, and
you will see what is meant. — The
Sunday School Times.

Burial Did Not Trouble Him

"But whosoever will lose his life
for my sake, the same shall save it"
(Luke 9:24). Someone told Bishop
Bashford, "You will bury yourself in
China." He replied, "But I believe
in the resurrection." — From the
King's Business.

February 2, 7957

CHICAGO, ILL. National Fam-
ily Week will be stressed May 5-12
this year. National Sunday School
Week will be observed Sept. 20-Oct.
6. The National Sunday School Con-
vention will be held in twin sessions
at Los Angeles, Calif., and Grand
Rapids, Mich., in October.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS. The

address of Lee Burris is now 825
Ermine Street, Albany, Oreg. Please
change Annual.

PHOENIX, ARIZ. Rev. George
Peek, pastor of the North Long
Beach Brethren Church, Long
Beach, Calif., was guest preacher at
the First Brethren Church Jan. 13.
Charles Ashman, Jr. is pastor. He
was also guest speaker at the Chris-
tian Business Men's Committee
meeting and at Youth for Christ.

ALBANY, OREG. The con-
gregation of the Grace Brethren
Church recently gave a reception in
the parsonage for their new pastor,
Lee Burris, and family. The family
was also surprised with a shower of
food and other gifts.

NEW YORK, N. Y. Jerry Bea-
van has resigned as Public Re-
lation Director of the Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association as of Feb.
1 because of health reasons.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. The
Brethren Christian High School
celebrated its first home-coming on
January 4. The high-school choir
will begin its church tour this month.
They will sing in five churches in
different areas on Sunday evening.

STERLING, OHIO. Rev. Irvine
Robertson, returned missionary
from India, and Dr. R. E. Gingrich,
president of Cornus Hill Bible Col-
lege, Akron, Ohio, occupied the
pulpit of the First Brethren Church
Dec. 30 and Jan. 6, during the ill-
ness of the pastor, James O. Young.

FREMONT, OHIO. The roof of
the new Brethren Chapel is on and
the work is going forward nicely.

Netoajjage

Granville Tucker is pastor. On Jan.
6 nine from the Chapel were bap-
tized at Grace Brethren Church,
Gordon Bracker, pastor, and 24 of
Grace Brethren were baptized. These
baptisms were the result of confes-
sions and rededications during the
John Tierney evangelistic campaign.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Rev.
Richard P. DeArmey has resigned
his pastorate of Grace Brethren
Church at Waterloo, Iowa, and ac-
cepted the call to the Winona Lake
Brethren Church. He will assume his
new duties about May 1.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Mrs.
Lester Kennedy, Jr., underwent sur-
gery at Columbus City, Ind., Jan.
18.

GRANDVIEW, WASH. Ground
breaking services were held for the
new building of the First Brethren
Church Sunday, Jan. 20, with Rev.
Harold Painter as the special
speaker. Robert Griffith is pastor.

SEATTLE, WASH. Some anony-
mous friend or friends purchased
a new electric organ for the View
Ridge Brethren Church which was
delivered to them on Jan. 5. It is
a blonde finish to match the pews of
the church. Thomas Hammers, pas-
tor.

ELKHART, IND. Rev. Donald
Ogden, instructor of music of Grace
College, Winona Lake, Ind., was the
songleader in the recent campaign
with Rev. Walter Lepp, evangelist,
at the McCoy Memorial Baptist
Church.

BEAUMONT, CALIF. Rev.

Gene Farrell tendered his resigna-
tion of Cherry Valley Brethren
Church to become effective as of
February 1, 1957. Brother Farrell
has served this church for the past
eight years. He and his wife are seek-
ing the will of the Lord for their fu-
ture work. A tape recorder was re-
cently given the church by the Lan-
obs family in memory of their
mother who recently went to be with
the Lord.

ALEPPO, PA. A Laymen's Fel-
lowship was recently organized at
the Aleppo Brethren Church. They
are rejoicing in the fact that they
went over the top in their goal for
foreign missions this past year.
Wayne Baker is pastor.

DAYTON, OHIO. The dates for
the Southern Ohio District Con-
ference of Brethren Churches to be
held in the First Brethren Church
are May 6-9, 1957. William Steffler
will be host pastor.

It's Always Time — for the Other
Fellow

"That ye may be the children of
your Father which is in heaven"
(Matt. 5:45). It seems that Dr. and
Mrs. Paul James of Atlanta have
a little lad, Edward, some five or
six years of age. Next door to their
home in Atlanta there lives another
Christian family with a boy of Ed-
ward's age. One day play developed
into a misunderstanding. The quar-
rel between the two boys waxed
warm and long. Suddenly little Ed-
ward drew himself up and said: "It's
time one of us acted like a Christian.
How about you?" — From Moody
Monthly.

Too Late

"Do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them which despite-
fully use you" (Matt. 5:44). A pious
but cranky old lady was greatly an-
noyed because her neighbors forgot
to ask her to go on their picnic. On
the morning of the event they sud-
denly realized their affront and
sent a little boy to ask her to come
along. "It's too late now," she
snapped. "I've already prayed forr
rain."- — Source unknown.

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February 2, 1957

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Sunday School and the WMC

By Harold H. Etiing

She was the only teacher of Junior boys! They were

the usual gang of Junior boys, with about a thousand

wiggles per square inch; boys full of fun and mischief,

full of life, and always looking for new ways to make

sure that their teacher would not have an opportunity

to grow stale at her job. In that class was a boy who

was destined to become a very important figure in the

future history of his nation. His

; name was Dwight, and he now

occupies the highest office our

/ nation has to offer.

How much did that Junior

teacher in a Sunday school of

50 years ago contribute to the

present leadership of Dwight

Eisenhower? How much of the

background did she provide for

the new moral and spiritual tone

that has been shown in the White

Rev. Harold Etiing Housc? I Cannot answcr that

question, and I doubt if it has an

answer, for influence and backgrounds cannot be

measured with a measuring stick as we do feet and miles.

But just as real as any material that can be measured

is that influence and teaching.

"Only a teacher of Junior boys." Is that what you have
been saying? Don't ever be guilty of saying it again, or
for that matter do not say it regarding the nursery, the
beginner, the primary or any other class that you hap-
pen to have the privilege of teaching. The future lead-
ers of our nation, and of other nations, may be in your
class or department next Sunday, and that brings us to
the very heart of this story.

The Women's Missionary Council and Sunday
schools! These two departments of our beloved church
are interdependent one upon the other.

OPPORTUNITY

The very name "Women's Missionary Council" spells
"Opportunity" through the Sunday school. Every word
of that name means much and is important to the Sun-
day school.

"Women's" — Woman is the name that Jesus used in
speaking to His mother at the wedding in Cana of Gali-
lee, and surely when Jesus used that name. He lifted it

to the highest place among men. For many generations
it has been said that "the hand that rocks the cradle
rules the world!" The Bible has much to say about
women and their place in the spiritual life of mankind,
but surely nothing more wonderful than the word writ-
ten by the Apostle Paul concerning Timothy, when He
said: "And that from a child thou hast known the holy
scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto sal-
vation through faith which is in Christ Jesus" (II Tim.
3:15). Where did Timothy learn those scriptures as a
child? "The unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt
first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice;
and I am persuaded that in thee also" (II Tim. 1:5).

If America's children of future generations are to be
as excited about God as we are, then surely they must
catch that vision and excitement from you and me —
the mothers and fathers of our generation. They must
see God working in and through us; they must see and
hear the Word of God as it is read by you in their early
childhood at family altars, and in the services of the
church. Into their lives must come those high moments
when God is more real to them than anything else in life,
and you as the mother in the home must share much of
that with them.

"Missionary" — Surely one of the greatest missionary
opportunities in the whole world lies at our very door-
step. I have just returned from three days of work in the
National Sunday School Directors' meeting. Again and
again we were reminded of the fact that in this new
year more than four and a quarter million babies would
be born in America. We are at the crossroads in world
history. Even as I write this story, I am conscious of
the fact that there are more than 12 million babies under
four years of age in our nation. Someone spoke a truth
when he said that if we lose just one generation of our
children to Satan, we will become a heathen nation.
Therefore, we are only one generation away from hea-
thenism. Most of the 12 million babies under four have
not yet, even in Christian America, heard the story that
Jesus Christ died for their sins. These babies are the fu-
ture leaders of our nation. They are our nation within
20 years by and large. They are a missionary opportunity
for this hour of the greatest proportions. Satan and the
world are making strong bids for these babies. One
needs only to watch television for a few moments or
read any of the most popular magazines to know how
strong Satan and his cohorts are planning and working

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19. NUMBER 6

ARNOLD R. KRrEGBAUM. Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16. 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake, Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake, Ind. Subscription price, $3.00 a year; 100-percent churches, $2.50; foreign. $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees. president; Herman A. Hoyt. vice president; William Schaffer, secretary; True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Geh-
man, treasurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee; Gene Farrell, S. W. Link, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller,
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to get our children. How interested are we in them?

These four and a quarter million babies born in 1956
have eight and a half million parents, and again most
of them do not know Jesus Christ as Saviour. Then add
to it the fact that millions more of grandparents are
without Christ right here in America, and I think you
will agree with me that together with all the other mis-
sion fields in the world there is a tremendous missionary
opportunity right in our own backyard.

"Council" — Does all of this leave you standing be-
wildered? It would me, if I thought I had to do the
job alone. But the Women's Missionary Council makes
you partners in the work that lies ahead. Your council
working with councils of like mind and heart across the
nation can do what no one of us, nor any single council,
can do. God's work needs our combined effort. Your
National Women's Missionary Council has been doing
and now is being challenged again to join hands in a
tremendous program to meet the challenge.

MEETING THE CHALLENGE

Having seen a few of the opportunities that we face,
let us put the challenges on a very practical basis and
ask the question: "How can our Women's Missionary
Council meet these opportunities?"

PRAY — Into your monthly program you have placed
the day of prayer. How we praise God for this regular
emphasis upon the most vital work of our church. In
God's work there is no substitute for this intimate fel-
lowship of prayer. When we pray there is clearer vision
for our tasks, greater love for our fellow man, more of
God's power in our service. We cannot do anything else
really well until we have prayed, and we need to pray
more. As you come to this important 15th day of each
month, in addition to praying for home and foreign
missionaries, be sure to include your missionaries of the
local church — teachers and officers of the Sunday
school. Pray for your National Sunday School Board
and the staff at the office in Winona Lake, that they
might constantly keep before our church the vision of
the wonderful opportunities we face for evangelization
in America. Pray that you might find your own place
of service in this tremendous missionary challenge.

GO — Someone has said: "The early church was a
company of lay witnesses, but the church of today has
become a professional pulpitism, financed by lay spec-
tators." Jesus said: "Go ye into all the world," and no
amount of substitution can ever take your place in the
great missionary program. This is a caU to every Chris-
tian to share in the ministry of the Word of God. Chris-
tian service is not the exclusive business of so-called full-
time Christian workers, but it is every Christian going
everywhere to preach and teach the Word of God.

In your local Sunday school there will no doubt be
a place of service for you. To do the kind of a job
we ought to be doing will require at the very minimum
a staff at least twice as large as the staff we now have,
for we are looking for 60,000 by 1960. Doubling the
number of people in Sunday school will require in al-
most every case a double staff and recognizing the fact
that many of our schools are already understaffed, we
feel safe in suggesting even a greater number of per-
sonnel needs. Women of the WMC should volunteer
their services to pastors and superintendents now!

Of course, it takes work and training to get ready to
do the job; so as members of the WMC, we urge you
to enroll now in a training class to get ready to serve
in your Sunday school. Too much emphasis cannot be

laid on training. With expertly trained teachers in the
public schools, it becomes more necessary than ever
before to hold high teaching standards in the Sunday
school.

Then, of course, with new families moving into every
community, and new babies being born into most of
the homes of our churches, it is important that we con-
tact these new people for our Sunday schools. The
women of the WMC could launch a real visitation pro-
gram of reaching new people for the teaching and train-
ing of the Sunday school. The Lord hg^ not promised
to send the unsaved to our churches — but He has com-
manded us to go out and compel them to come in. Re-
member, Jesus did not only come to save the lost —
He came to seek and to save. There is always a seeking
before a saving!

GIVE — The last of the trio of missionary emphases is
give. There was never a day in which less can be done
with a dollar than at present, for prices in every place
have gone up and up and up. Wages have likewise, and
to be honest with our God, we still ought to give as the
Lord hath prospered us. How we of the National Sun-
day School Board thank God for the gifts of the Wom-
en's Missionary Council. They have enabled us to do
much of the work that we are able to do through the
purchase of equipment for our office. We have expressed
again and again, through printed page and personal
word, our appreciation for these wonderful gifts. This
year, through the gifts of your local councils, we are
looking forward to the purchase of additional office
equipment which will allow us to do even a more effi-
cient job. In addition, a part of the money given this
year is earmarked to establish a library of Visual Aids
which will be available to local Sunday schools for the
training of teachers and workers in this great task of
missionary effort at home. We urge you to join with
all of the members of your WMC across the nation in
giving for Christian education.

Actually, in summing it up, all of the emphasis of
our Sunday-school program is a missions task. Reaching
more, teaching, winning more, training more people
in Christ's service and finally enlisting more to do the
work of Christ is the work of every true church. We must
see our work in an ever-widening perspective. More
pastors are needed, and as you and I witness to the fami-
lies in our neighborhoods, we share in finding those
needed pastors for churches tomorrow. More mission-
aries are essential on the foreign fields. As we help to
fill up classes in our Sunday schools we share in the
preparation of those who will be going to the four
corners of the earth with the gospel. But not only will
our teaching and training programs prepare more pas-
tors and missionaries, but it wiU provide more and
more workers for our local church and its program in
the community.

Every Sunday-school lesson provides a teacher with
a marvelous opportunity for impressing the need and
privilege of Christian service. Every department super-
intendent can use his assembly programs to convey con-
victions and provide opportunities for personal com-
mitment to service for Christ.

The mission of our churches is urgent. The need is
demanding. The time is now! The way of victory is re-
cruiting and training willing workers for the task.

The marvel of the early church is that being scattered
abroad, they did not whine, nor hide, but "went every-
where preaching the word" (Acts 1:4). They went
everywhere theni What about now?

February 9, 1957

Tke Office Secretary's Viewpoint

By Miss Alice Snider

"I thank my' God upon every remembrance of you"
(Phil. 1:3). As I look back upon my few years of serv-
ing the National Sunday School Board as office secre-
tary, this has been the prayer of my heart when I think
of the woman of the WMC. Because of the generosity
of these women, the task of serving the Brethren Sun-
day schools across the nation has become an easier one.

Thousands of copies of helps have been turned out
on the electric mimeograph machine purchased with
money given by the WMC. These included helps for
Sunday schools, BYF, Boys Clubs, Sisterhood, yes, and
even some National WMC material. This continues to
be an ever-increasing task as the Sunday-school work
expands.

At the present time four Christian Worker's Training
Courses are being made available to our Sunday schools
across the nation. Already one of these has been mimeo-
graphed the second time and others will soon have to be
mimeographed again.

A monthly pamphlet, "The Promoter," is published
in the interests of our Sunday schools, and is receiving
wide acclaim as being practical in Sunday school help
both to superintendents and teachers. At the present
time we are printing more than 3,000 each month and
additional inquiries are coming to us monthly.

The mimeograph machine also has been a big help

in the recent Sunday School Enlargement Campaign
and in the monthly promotional packets which are sent
to all Sunday-school superintendents and pastors. These
are only a few of the many things that run through the
mimeograph during a period of time. Without this ma-
chine it would be impossible to carry on the ever-ex-
panding work of the National Sunday School Board.

Just this past year money that was given by the
ladies of the WMC was used to purchase a portable dic-
tation machine. This is an inseparable piece of equip-
ment in any office. Letters can be dictated while the
director is on the road and sent immediately to the of-
fice for transcribing. It has also become a valuable aid
in the writing of the teacher training courses, much of
which is done away from the office.

This coming year will see new machinery added to
that which we have. With the money promised by the
WMC an electric typewriter will be bought. This is
another important need in the office at the present time.

Not only do we thank the ladies of the National WMC
but also of the district WMC's who have contributed so
generously. This year the Indiana District added an
office chair and a file to the office.

Thank you, ladies, for your help in carrying on the
work of the Lord and of the National Sunday School
Board.

MISSIONARY BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL

Africa —

Suzan Marie Goodman April 1, 1952

Mission a Nzoro, Bocaranga via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

David George Goodman April 21, 1947

Mission a Nzoro, Bocaranga via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Argentina —

Rev. Solon W. Hoyt April 2

Calle 31. No. 33, Don Bosco, F.C.G.R., Argentina. S. A,

Paula Ann Bishop April 15, 1955

178 Calle Reconquista, Corral de Bustos, F.C.N.G.B.M.. Prov. Cor-
doba. Araen ina, S. A.

Peter Phihp iMarshall April 23, 1953

Rivadavia 433, Rio Cuarto. F.C.N.G.B.M., Prov. Cordoba. Argen-
tina, S. A.

Rev. Donald E. Bishop April 29

178 Calle Reconquista, Corral de Bustos. F.C.N.G.B.M., Prov. Cor-
doba, Argen ina, S. A.

Brazil —

Rev. J. Keith Altig April 9

Caixa Postal 861, Betem, Para, Brazil.

John Robert Zielasko April 10, 1948

Caixa Postal 861. Belem, Para, Brazil.

Hawaii —

Leilani Lou Tresise April 15, 1956

2377 E. Manoa Road. Honolulu, T.H.

Mexico —

Mrs. Sibley M. Edmiston April 14

439 Sunset Lane. San Ysidro, Calif., U.S.A.

In ilhe United States —

Miss Edith Geske April 6

R.R. 3, Norfolk, Nebr.

Mrs. Robert S. Williams April 15

CO Box 588. Winona Lake, Ind.

Lester W, Kennedy, Jr April 18, 1955

c^o Box 588, Winona Lake, Ind.

Robert Luis Dowdy April 26, 1948

c o Box 588, Winona Lake, Ind.

NATIONAL WMC PROJECT OFFERINGS
1956-1957

General and Publication Offering S2,435.22

Home Missions Offering 3,004.16

Christian Education Offering Due March 10

Foreign Missions Offering Due June 10

Thank Offering (Penny-a-day) Due June 10

Birthday Offering Due July 10

Missionary Residence Upkeep Due July 10

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An Enthusiastic Sunday School
Helps Our Church to Grow

By Ward A. Miller
Pastor, Communit'y Brethren Church, Whittier, Calif.

From the business world there comes a quatrain that

is often jokingly quoted yet is sternly true:
He who whispers down a well
About the wares he has to sell
Will never make as many dollars
As he who climbs a tree and hollers.

Several years of ministry had elapsed before I real-
ized that the fast growing leadership developing churches
were those that had ceased whispering and were now
shouting about Sunday school. If we are to make of'
men what God wants them to be, we must begin now
to reach them where they are. No avenue available to
the church in reaching a family for Christ is so quickly
rewarding as that of the Sunday school. The very words
"Sunday school" almost seem magical in their ability
to gain response from unchurched parents. There are a
number of ways in which these reactions, in our
case, have borne fruit for Christ and His church.

ENTRANCE INTO HOMES

It is not easy to enter homes today. Every technique
and trick known to man has been used by the com-
mercial world to gain access. This has made people re-
luctant to even open the door to a stranger. However,
when parents are told of the benefits of Sunday school
to every member of the household, there is rarely a poor
reception. Entire families have been won to Christ
through enthusiastic children taking home the blessings
of Bible instruction to parents who were completely
closed to the gospel. The terrifying end of a soul with-
out Christ should lead us to use any legitimate means
to get that person in contact with Bible truth. We have
found the Sunday school an ideal point of contact.

FIELD OF EVANGELISM

Eager Sunday-school pupils, from wiggling tots to
mobile relics, provide an ideal field for the church to
evangelize. Scores have been won to a saving knowl-
edge of Jesus Christ. When this is realized, which is
just one of many purposes of the Sunday school, church
members, teachers and Christians in general withhold
severe criticism of unruly or spiritually ignorant pupils
knowing that theirs is the happy privilege of anticipat-
ing "new creatures in Christ Jesus." When the Sunday
school is recognized as a field of evangelism, it will have
a constant appetite for new enrollments. These enroll-
ments automatically bring increased attendance, and
both of these will have a growing effect upon the
church. Using our Sunday school as an illustration of

this fact, in January 1956 the enrollment was 605. By
January 1957, just one year later, this had chmbed to
779. Attendance for the same period leaped from an
average of 379 to 532. Church attendance increased
to the point that an 8:15 a. m. service on Sunday morn-
ing was inaugurated in March so that the crowded con-
ditions at 11 a. m. would be relieved. Simultaneously
the Sunday evening service made a pyramidal ris2 to
a thumping 47 percent over the previous year. No less
than 86 percent of the people who walked the aisles of
our church receiving Christ as Saviour were enrolled
in the Sunday school.

INCREASED VISITATION

By its very nature, the Sunday school must either
go or it will soon be gone. Someone has poignantly
said, "It must send or end." Present-day breathless
schedules militate against a consistent program of
visitation and often our Sunday school yielded to the
pressure. But progress was made. The general super-
intendent visited department superintendents expressing
delight in the agreement of the individual to serve in
a new capacity, discussing and planning for the year
ahead. Department heads called upon teachers and po-
tential teachers encouraging them spiritually and
strengthening the bonds of fellowship and understand-
ing. Brightened by the blessing of the leader's visit, the
teacher is stimulated to visit the pupils. So seriously have
some taken visitation that each new quarterly is delivered
to the pupil and the parents are instructed in the best
method to help their child through its use. Others have
visited in every home on their class roll before the sec-
ond Sunday of teaching a new class. You can be sure
that these teachers are far better informed of the needs
of their pupils than those who have never faced their
pupils in their own home. At the same time, names of
unenroUed parents are secured and given to the adult
department making them prospects for that division.

BUILDS ENTHUSIASM

The day has long passed when a church can remain
ahve with mere torpid piety. Scores of churches in smug
self-satisfaction will succumb this year because they have
not learned this vital lesson. Speaking before a crowd of
businessmen an executive urged every man before him
to spend a few minutes each morning to shout to him-
self in his car while going to the office; "Boy, am I
enthusiastic! Boy, am I enthusiastic!" He guaranteed it
would increase tremendously their effectiveness as sales-
men. If the business world finds such fervor essential,

February 9, 7957

how can the church hope to produce for Christ with its
half-hearted measures? Much too soon after conversion
and baptism, Mr. Average Church Member is hke Sieg-
fried in his nest, who cried: "I He here possessing, let
me sleep." It is glorious to be sound in doctrine; it is
tragic to be sound asleep in action. The only difference
between a grave and a rut is that the latter has the
ends out. A Sunday school worthy of the name early
assumes its privilege to implement all of its varied activ-
ities with enthusiasm. Naturally, this spirit spills into
the church. Tradition is carefully examined and
promptly discarded if it exists for its own end. A re-
freshing air of improvement is blown upon the church
by the Sunday school as it enrolls new persons, tests
new equipment and employs new methods. This fresh-
ness of approach — like Livingstone's motto, "Anywhere,
so it is forward" — has helped our church to move ahead.

PASTORAL APPRECIATION

For 14 years as a pastor, my Sunday schools have
been a strong right arm. By winning the lost to Christ,
teaching the saved the truths of the Word of God and
promoting every program of the church of any conse-
quence, including visitation, evangelism and Christian
stewardship (both local and foreign-mission support) it
has been a dependable helper. Sunday school is mag-
nificent; use it for all it is worth. On the one hand,
it must never be "the tail that wags the dog" however;
on the other hand, it must never be forgotten that it is,
or should be, the largest organization of the church and
as such it uses people in praying, visiting, teaching and
soul-winning, all for the glory of the Lord Jesus! 1
really appreciate my Sunday school!

This month brings us to the third and final month
of our second major project — our Christian Education
offering which will be divided between Grace Semi-
nary and College and the National Sunday School and
Youth Boards. No part of our church work should be
of greater interest to our WMC then those organiza-
tions which are dedicated to the training and spiritual
development of our young people, our own sons and
daughters. Have we each one done what the Lord would
have us do toward this offering? This is our last oc-
casion to give, for this offering should be sent in to
Mrs. McCall by March 10.

WMC OFFICIARY

President — Mrs. Kenneth Ashman. 205 Ihrig Ave., Wooster. Ohio.

First Vice President (Projects) — Mrs. Miles Taber. 314 Dorchester
St.. Ashland. Ohio.

Second Vice President (Program) — Mrs. Thomas Hammers. 6242
30th Ave.. Seattle 15. Wash.

Recording Secretary — Mrs. Lester Pifer, Box 195. Winona Lake, Ind.

Assistant Secretary — Mrs. Scott Weaver, R.R. 2, Osceola, Ind.

Financial Secretary-Treasurer — Mrs. Chester McCall. 4580 Don
FeUpe Dr.. Los Angeles, Calif.

Literature Secretary — Mrs. Jesse Deloe, 203 W. Woodland, Fort
Wayne. Ind.

Editor — Mrs. Benamin Hamilton, Box 701, Winona Lake, Ind.

Prayer Chairman — Mrs. Frank Lindower, R.R. 1, Uniontown, Ohio.

Patroness of SMM — Mrs. H. Leslie Moore. 112 Beachley St.. Meyers-
dale, Pa.

Mother s Letter

( Editor's note. With this number we are beginning a new feature
in a series of letters supposedly written by a Christian mother to
her daughter who has gone away to college. These letters have
been written by one of our consecrated WMC members who pre-
fers to remain anonymous in them. We begin this series with the
prayer that these letters may be a help to mothers who are writing
letters to their own daughters away from home, as well as to
our Sisterhood girls, some of whom may not have Christian mothers
who could write this type of letter to them. )

Dearest Daughter,

I could hardly wait until I received your first letter,
and I am glad you wrote so soon. You can imagine
what a lump was in my throat when I kissed you goodby
and realized that this was the first step away from home,
and me — especially from me. But I wouldn't be selfish
enough to wish to keep you with me always, in spite
of what it would mean to me, when I know that the
separation is best for you.

This adaptation of a popular line just came into my
mind, and I know you won't care if I say it: "Now is
the time for all your good training to come to the aid
of your circumstances." I am glad you like your instruc-
tors. Of course there will be days when they may not
seem so fine. You may feel out of sorts and they may
appear grouchy. But just get out your sense of humor
and add a dash of common sense; then remember that
they are human, just as you are. Try to meet each day
in a good spirit, it will help a lot.

I am sorry about your roommate. It would have been
nice to have had a friend, or at least an acquaintance to
room with, especially at first; but right here, my dear,
is where you have an opportunity to use psychology,
the spirit of understanding, and Christian love and
forbearance. Just remember that people are different;
not everyone is as affectionate and friendly as you are,
and then besides, she may be just reserved and timid
or possibly a little afraid of you. Be patient. Think of
the differences there may be in your backgrounds. Give
her time, and observe all the social amenities; respect
her reticence, be sweet and wait.

You know, the best way to overcome homesickness —
oh I know you aren't feeling those pangs yet, "but an
ounce of prevention" you know — is to find someone
who has a worse case than yours, and try to help them
to overcome it. You'll be so busy that you'll forget all
about your own case, and get quite a thrill out of it be-
sides.

We were so busy getting ready these last few weeks
that I didn't get to say half of what was in my mind
and heart for you. But I'm not going to do any preach-
ing now. I'll expect you to get that at least once every
Sunday. Don't get lazy, daughter dear, and shirk your
Sunday privilege because mother isn't there to urge
you. 'You need that as much as you do your weekday
classes, so be faithful. Don't forget to tithe your allow-
ance too. I know it isn't much, and you may give more,
but lay that aside and never allow anything to come
along and "gobble it up."

I am sending your mending kit. I don't know if you
forgot it or not. But a stitch in time does save nine or
more, and you can have so much more poise and self-
confidence and respect when nicely mended than when
pinned up.

With a heart full of love to sweeten and season all
the advice and lectures, I am.

Your Mother
II Timothy 3:14-15.

The Brethren Missionary tierald

VESSELS of 440NORJ

H TIM. 2:20-22

A Nevir Family

By Mrs. William Samarin

"Father, may I go to conference?" Sara repeated
these words to the httle yellow dog seated beside her
cooking fire. The little yellow dog looked puzzled and
scratched a flea. "I will stay with Nambona. She will
take care of me as her own daughter." This last ut-
terance was too much for the skinny pup. He stalked
away to the shade of the granary.

"What's this about Nambona?" her father asked as
he rounded the corner of the mudhouse. Sara blushed
and busied herself with the smoking nre. She had been
trying to find courage to ask her father if she might go
with the village Christians to a three-day Bible con-
ference. She had been practicing her request when her
father overheard her. Sara lifted the lid from the pot
and dropped in a small hard lump of salt. Then gathering
her courage she made her request.

Sara had not dared to hope she might go. Her family,
she knew, thought she was just a little bit odd these
days. But her father was not an evil man. He had
watched her learn to read and had been secretly proud.
He had not even been too upset when she refused to
marry the boy with the sewing machine. Sara's uncle
had been hurt that his choice had been rejected, but had
not the Christian boy sent the most handsome goats in
the village? Now the scarred faced, pagan father watched
his Christian daughter work over the cooking fire. He
did not understand her, but he reahzed she was good.
Other young people were doing new things, but they
were evil. Sara was different from the African girls of
the past, but she was good. The kindly pagan father
thought he might have been a little hard on his daugh-
ter in the past.

Sara noticed her father's silence and wondered at
his thoughts. But his answer made her clap her hands
with joy. "You will need a new dress if you go. Take
this money to the Arab trader and buy some cloth.
Tell him you don't need much, for you are still a skinny
thing."

Sara spent a half hour choosing which of the bright
pieces of cloth she would buy. This was only the sec-
ond dress she had ever owned. Such important decisions
took time.

Sara with Nambona, the village pastor's wife, and
20 other of the village Christians began the long walk
to the canton chief's village early the next Monday morn-
ing. Sara, dressed in a new blue dress, carried her bed-
mat and a bundle of manioc flour on her head. The little
group sang as they walked mile after mile: "Father, you
must believe; Mother, you must believe; friend, you
must believe, or you will die without Christ." Chris-
tians from other villages waved as they passed and said

that they would be coming soon. Sara's black face
glowed. She had not realized that so many Christians
lived near her.

As the sun touched the top of the trees, the little
group sighted the large village where the conference
was to be held. Nambona's husband had a brother in
this village. All the people who had come with Sara
would stay with him. Nambona cheerfully informed
Sara that they would sleep outside, but Sara was too
thrilled with all she saw to be discouraged about sleep-
ing out in the cool night air.

By nightfall the large village was bustling with ac-
tivity. It was easy for Sara to tell where the Christians
lived. In front of each of their houses was a circle of
visitors. The houses of the pagans seemed desolate in
comparison. Some of these people even looked sullen
as if this invasion of Christians was an inconvenience.
Sara watched the Christians walk from fire to fire greet-
ing old friends with cries of joy and much handshaking.
Soon all the little groups began to sing. Sara heard old
songs and new songs. She joined in whenever she could.

Sara clasped Nambona's hand. She had never been so
happy! Nambona understood the young girl's thoughts.
"When I was yet in my father's house," she said, "I
was taught that the family with all its cousins and aunts
and uncles was the most important thing in the world.
The rest of the world didn't matter. When I became a
Christian, I found I was a part of a bigger family. I saw
my husband greet a man of another tribe as if he were
his brother by the same mother. I asked my husband
why he had greeted this man as a brother. His answer
was this: 'He is my brother; we are one heart in the
family of Love.' Now my husband has also heard mis-
sionaries say that there are many white people in this
family. It must be true, for they brought us the gospel.
Tonight you are happy because you are a part of this
family."

That night as Sara lay on her mat with the dark Afri-
can night as a blanket, she hummed softly, "Merci Nzapa
Titi, Jesus." (The song you sing as "Thank You, Lord.")
But three important days lay ahead. Will you join us
next month to live these days with Sara?

SISTERHOOD OFFICIARY

President — Marie Sackett, Grace College, Winona Lake. Ind. (Home:
1010 Randolph St.. Waterloo. Iowa).

Vice President — Rachel Smithwick, R. R. 1, Harrah. Wash.

General Secretary — Janet Weber. 835 Spruce St.. Hagerstown. Md.

Editor— Jeannette Turner. Winona Lake. Ind. (Home: Portis. Kans.).

Treasurer— Florence Moeller. 1027 Franklin Street. Johnstown. Pa.

Literature Secretary — Kathleen Ripple, 516 Fritsch Ave.. Akron 12.
Ohio.

Bandage Secretary — Joyce Ashman. Winona Lake. Ind.

Patroness— Mrs. H. Leslie Moore. 112 Beachley, St., Meyersdale. Pa.

Assistant Patroness— Mrs. Russell Weber. 835 Spruce St.. Hagers-
town, Md.

February 9, 1957

Sunday School

By Mrs. Max Brenneman

Joyce was not hard to get out of bed on Sundays,
for it was the day that she had been waiting for all
week. She had been busy inviting the neighborhood
children to go with her to Sunday school. (Of course,
they did not go with her the first time she asked, so she
kept inviting them every week.) Joyce got up, made
her bed, straightened her room, got dressed, and helped
her mother fix breakfast. It took so long to eat break-
fast, she thought.

The family car was put to work on Sundays. Joyce's
father took the family to church first. Then he came
back to the neighborhood to pick up all of Joyce's "in-
vites."

When the car arrived back at the church, Joyce was a
very good hostess in making sure that every child that
she brought was introduced to their Sunday-school
teacher before Sunday school started. Joyce also had
reminded the children who came with her that coming
to Sunday school was coming to God's house. By
Joyce's example the children noticed how they should
behave. Never once did they see Joyce run, yell, or dis-
turb anything in the church.

Just before Sunday school started Joyce made sure
that the children whom she brought for the first time
were in their right departments. Then she took her
place in her department eager to hear and learn more
about her Saviour.

Joyce was always in her seat ready to say the rhyme
about being on time along with the rest of the children.
Because she did not want to miss one part, being on
time to Sunday school was a good Sunday habit of
Joyce's.

The singing, memory work, and announcements were
enjoyed reverently, for she was a part of the department.
Joyce kept her eyes open, ears listening, hands to her-
self, and her lips quiet unless spoken to.

With the opening part of Sunday school finished.
Joyce went quietly with the rest of her class to their
room. Together with their teacher they studied from
God's Word. What a thrill to read from her own Bible
the wonder workings of God!

The class period was just too short to please Joyce.
She could have stayed all morning to listen to her
teacher explain the Bible. Some day Joyce was looking
forward to being a Sunday-school teacher. And now was
the time for her to begin learning the basic truths of the
Bible.

Sunday school being over, Joyce gathered all the
children that she had brought with her. And very quietly
they all entered the morning worship service.

What a missionary Joyce was because many of the
children that she was taking to Sunday school accepted
the Lord as their personal Saviour. So Sunday school
was a very important service to her.

Psalm 122:1: "I was glad when they said unto me. Let
us go into the house of the Lord," was a favorite of
Joyce. Her enthusiasm for Sunday school was "catch-
ing." Many children and adults were won to Christ

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR MARCH

THEME SONG— Sing "Channels Only" and follow it

by several favorite prayer choruses.
SCRIPTURE— Read Psalm 121.
PRAYER CIRCLE — Use the prayer requests listed and

use requests from your own group also.
DEVOTIONAL TOPIC— Senior and Middlers study

"A New Family," and Juniors study "Sunday

School."
SPECIAL NUMBER— This may be musical or other-
wise. (Sometime, try bringing a WMC member to

the meeting for a special number!)
MISSIONARY LESSON— Seniors and Middlers study

the missionary biography of Marguerite Dunning,

and Juniors continue the Pondo stories — this time

"An African Funeral. '
CHORUSES — Make time for some zippy favorites.
BUSINESS MEETING— Be sure to read the president's

reminders.
BENEDICTION— Psalm 145:1-2.

MARCH OFFERING— March is the month set aside
for the national officers' conference expenses. The goal
set is $400. This money will be used for the national
officers so they can be present at the national conference
held in August. It is necessary to have the officers
present to carry out their duties during conference and
make plans for the coming year. Pray about this offer-
ing and give as the Lord leads you.

HAPP\ BIRTHDAY, SMM! Next month is SMM
Birthday month. During this month we take up our birth-
day offering which goes for the higher education of mis-
sionaries' children. Our goal is $700. Think and pray
about this offering.

CHECK UP ON YOUR GOALS— Now would be
a good time to take inventory of your goal sheets and
see what is lacking for your group. It won't be too long
until this information has to be sent in and now would
be a good time to see that you get it all done before the
time comes.

REPORTS AND MEETINGS— If you haven't sent
in your post card item to the national editor, do so
as soon as possible. Also, if you haven't had your spring
cabinet meeting, this should be done. These two are
local organization goals and have to be done to be an
honor Sisterhood.

NOTICE! Beginning this month in the WMC material
is a new column entitled, "Mother's Letter." This will be
continued for several months and promises to be very
interesting reading for all of you girls!

because one little girl was glad to go to Sunday school,
and because she invited others to go with her.

How about you? Are you glad? You should be if
Christ is in your heart. Be eager to learn more about
the Lord Jesus Christ and take others with you so they
may learn, too.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

An African Funeral

By Miss Mary Emmert

Pondo had received his first lesson about the good-
ness of God from the guard's wife. At nearly the same
time, his father, Koly, was receiving a different idea of
God from Toulougou, the guard. In their long talks in
the evening he had learned many things about the white
man, and a little about the white man's God.

"There were some white people of God where I came
from," the guard told him one day.

"What is their affair like?" asked Koly.

"I did not hear much of it," Toulougou replied, "but
I know they say one must not drink beer, nor gamble,
nor steal, and a child of God must have only one wife."

"That is a bad affair," decided Koly. "My father
taught us not to steal, but this affair of not drinking
beer, nor taking more than one wife is foolishness."

"Not many of your tribe have been taught not to
steal," remarked his friend.

"That's true," admitted Koly, "But old Sambey will
not look upon stealing either. Did you ever see that little
boy with his ear cut off? Sambey cut it off to cure him
of stealing."

"Did it really cure him?"

"No; I don't suppose it did. But at least it brands
him as a thief, so everyone can watch out for him."
Koly and his friend laughed and clapped each other's
hand as though this was very funny.

"I have yet to hear of any way to cure a thief," was
Koly's comment. "Why does not some medicine man
make medicine to take away the hunger for stealing
out of a man's heart?" he added thoughtfully.

"Oh, medicine men! They never really cure anyone,
but they kill plenty. They deceive us to get our money.
But then, they come in handy to make people obey,
too." Toulougou fingered the fancy leather charms
hanging on his chest. They were flat little blocks of
wood, neatly covered with tooled leather. "I got these
charms from the Mohammedans," he added. "Their
power is greater than that of the ordinary sorcerers.
So everyone is afraid to disobey me."

The two men had lowered their voices, for it was
not very safe to scoff at the sorcerers or to make light
of their power. Many a man, under similar circum-
stances, had had a dose of poison slipped into his food.

They were still discussing all angles of sorcerers,
when they saw Pondo making toward the campfire
around which they were sitting. He was exhausted
from what had evidently been a long, hurried trip. Koly
looked at him anxiously. "What is the news?" he asked.

"Kogara is very sick," answered Pondo.

"Kogara sick? She was all right the day before yes-

terday when I left the village. What is the matter with
her?"

"She has a very great pain inside her," said his son.
"She went to work as usual this morning in her garden,
but at noon she came home very sick. She is moaning
and groaning a great deal. We sent for Gafe, the sorcerer,
and I came for you."

Koly arose. "I must go at once," he said to the guard.
Toulougou grunted assent, "Go well." He added:
"Pondo can take your sleeping mat after you tomorrow
when he is rested."

The next day, by the time that Pondo returned to
the village, he found everyone much excited. "Your
father's first wife is dead," they told him as he passed
along. Pondo could scarcely believe it. He found his
father sitting in stunned silence. A small crowd had
gathered around and were raising the usual hubbub,
chanting the responses to Nana's wild plaints in the
approved style. But Koly was clearly brooding over
something. He looked desperate. Pondo had never seen
him that way. Nor did he find out what it was all about
then.

He joined the group of wailing ones gathered around
the still form of Kogara, lying on the one mat in
her house. From his birth up he had been accustomed
to the death wail, and had often mimicked it in his
play. But now it had come to his father's house, and he
wanted to flee from it, but he could not. All day they
mourned. The air in the hut was stifling, for everyone
that could possibly crowd in was packed inside, and the
rest were close around the door on the narrow little
porch that encircled the house.

They were hot and dusty, but no one went to the
stream to bathe. Their tear-streaked faces and con-
tinuous wailing bore witness to their ever-losing fight
with death. Finally someone reported that the grave
was dug, so two of Koly's relatives picked up the body
and carried it out of the house, followed closely by the
little band of mourners. Nana shrieked louder than ever,
redoubling her efforts to show her grief. Koly followed
numbly, his head lowered, his hands locked behind his
neck. They came to the freshly dug hole. The body was
doubled up, so as to fit in the short space, and lowered
in without ceremony. The clods soon covered the cold
stiff body.

Koly, who had stood by in stony, bitter silence, sud-
denly uttered a terrible shriek, and then sobbed out his
grief in a flood of tears. His relatives joined in with
him; the bystanders looked on curiously.

February 9, 7957

MISSIONARY IN AFRICA-

WRITING CONTEST

Marguerite Dunning

By Mrs. Don West

Marguerite Edna Dunning is serving the Lord in
French" Equatorial Africa. Her life is one that we can
all be challenged by. She was born in Chicago, 111., but
as for her second birth, she is uncertain when or where,
but she said: "Just as I know 1
was born the first time because
1 am alive, so 1 know 1 was born
again, because 1 trust the Lord
Jesus Christ and believe His
Word. I was there when it hap-
pened both times. As with my
earthly parents, so with my
Heavenly Father; He knows when
and where, but not 1. I'm satis-
fied to know I'm His child be-
cause His Word says so."
Mrs. Harold Dunning Marguerite prepared for serv-
ing the Lord by attending Moody Bible Institute and
Grace Seminary. As for yielding completely to the
Lord's will for her life, she was just a little doubtful at
first, feeling that everyone wanted to push her into
being a missionary. Realizing that she was made in
God's image, she could never be truly happy or suc-
cessful in life unless she followed the path mapped
out for her by her Lord and Master. Marguerite found
that a growing understanding of Ephesians 2:10 helped
her see God's will for her life — "For we are His
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
which God hath before ordained that we should walk
in them."

Truly, Marguerite can say that our God is a loving
God. In making her plans for her future. Marguerite
had considered being a teacher. The Lord let her ful-
fill this ambition this year — while on furlough she was
able to teach in a Christian day school. The Lord knows
and understands the desires of the heart.

So often we wonder about the certain young man
that one day will walk down the aisle v/ith us, and we
wonder how we will know when the right fellow comes
along. Marguerite had a problem — was she the right
girl for him? At first she feared to trust the Lord to
choose her husband, but when she realized Harold
Dunning loved her, she was afraid to trust her own
heart. She wanted to be sure she was the right girl for
him. Once again she turned to God's Word for guidance.
She found her answer in Psalm 37:4: "Delight thyself
also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of
thine heart." Never since that time has she feared
to trust God's way, knowing His delight for us is to
be happy.

Marguerite challenges each Sisterhood girl to prove
the Lord by a complete surrender to His will and see
the blessing He will make of her life to others and
the joy which will reward her even now, besides the
reward "over yonder."

What shall I give Thee, Master?

Thou hast borne all for me.
Not just a part, or half of my heart:
I will give all to Thee.

What are you doing about the writing contest? It's
fun to just sit down and put on paper what you are think-
ing. Well, don't you agree? Oh, you don't know because
you haven't tried? Say, you'd better hurry; there's not
very much time to begin those poems, skits, and stories.
Send them to the national patroness, Mrs. Moore, just
as soon as you can! — Jeanette Turner.

The North Long Beach Middlers have quite an in-
dustrious group: They have canned almost 200 quarts
of apricots for missionaries; with scrap flannel pieces
they have made nine baby quilts and are now working
on baby garments; 100 Christmas tracts have been sent
to the Haags in Mexico, which they made themselves
by pasting old Christmas card pictures and Spanish
verses on construction paper. Good examples, aren't
ihey?

The girls at Jenners, Pa., have a good idea: they have
realized the SMM girls of today will be the future WMC
members, and they are becoming familiar with WMC
meetings. Last fall the Sisterhood group were the guests
of the women at a corn roast!

Junior members of Bellflower, Calif., also met with
the WMC last fall when a missionary spoke to them.
After the program during which the girls sang, they
donned green and white aprons and caps and served
refreshments to the ladies.

What are you doing that's different?

PRAYER REQUESTS

Pray for the offerings
which will be taken this
month and next month,
too.

Pray constantly for each
national officer. The
names are listed in the
SMM pages each month
in case you forgot some
of them.

Pray that the lessons
this month and at this
meeting will sink deep
into the hearts of each one
present.

Pray for the four ladies
who are the authors for
articles this year that the
Lord will give them rich spiritual blessings.

Pray about your personal goals, as well as the na-
tional and district projects.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

HEWS

LEON, IOWA. The District
Court, Decatur County, Leon, Iowa
has reached a decision on the case
of Rev. George Ronk (of the Ash-
land College group) vs. Leon Breth-
ren Church, Ronald Robinson, pas-
tor. The court awarded the verdict
in favor of the defendants; namely,
the Leon Brethren Church. The
Leon Brethren Church and the Com-
mittee on Denominational Interests
of the NFBC takes this opportunity
to express appreciation to all those
who faithfully prayed for the Lord's
will to be done. Continue to pray
for the blessing of the Lord upon
the future ministry of the church
in Leon.

WINONA LAKE, IND. The Min-
isters Federal Income Tax Guide
for 1957 is available through the
Missionary Herald. Price $1.95.

FINDLAY, OHIO. Rev. Gerald
Teeter assumed his new duties as
pastor of the Findlay Brethren
Church on Jan. 20. A dinner of wel-
come was held on this day for Bro.
and Mrs. Teeter in the church base-
ment.

CLAY CITY, IND. Rev. Edward
Bowman assumed the duties as pas-
tor of the First Brethren Church on
Feb. 3.

FREMONT, OHIO. The Sunday-

school board of the Grace Brethren
Church voted to make the month
of February "Work Month." The
purpose is to remodel the basement
so accommodations can be provided
for the growth of the Sunday school.
Gordon Bracker is pastor.

SPECIAL. The supply of the
booklet "The Faith Once For All
Delivered Unto the Saints" by Louis
S. Bauman (60 cents) is nearly ex-
hausted. The next edition will have
an advance in price, for the present
stock was printed some years ago.
Less than three dozen copies are in
stock, and there will not be an im-
mediate reprint.

PHOENIX, ARIZ. Ward Miller,
pastor of the Community Brethren
Church, Whittier, Calif., conducted
a "New Life Campaign" Jan. 27
through Feb. 3 at the Grace Breth-
ren Church, Charles Ashman, Jr..
pastor.

SEATTLE, WASH. The North-
west district rally of the WMC will
be held in the View Ridge Brethren
Church on Feb. 12.

ASHLAND, OHIO. The North-
ern Ohio District WMC rally was
held here at the Grace Brethren
Church Jan. 28. Miss Bertha Abel,
missionary to Argentina, was guest
speaker.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Rev.
Arthur Carey, Box 605 Paramount,
Calif.; Chaplain Orville A. Lorenz,
203 E. Willow, Pomona, Calif.; Rev.
Gerald Teeter, 1404 Bernard Ave.,
Findlay, Ohio; Rev. P. Frederick
Fogle, 79 Chemin de Vassieux, Cal-
uire et Cuire, Rhone, France.

SPECIAL. Evangelism Sunday
will be observed throughout our
brotherhood on Sunday, Feb. 24.
Many pastors have planned for lay-

■ Th« BRETHREN

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Notice of meetings to

be listed in this column must be received
30 da.ys in advance of scheduled dates.

for publication at least

Church

Date Pastor

Speaker

Dayton, Ohio

(First)

Feb. 10-24 Wm. Steffler

Crusade Team.

Fort Wayne, Ind.

Feb. 24-Mar. 10 Mark Malles

Walter Lepp.

Dayton, Ohio

(N. Riverdale)

Mar. 5-17 . . Russell Ward

Bern'rd Schneider.

Fort Lauderdale,

Fla

Mar. 24-31 . Ralph Colburn

Louis Talbot.

Ashland, Ohio .

Mar. 31 -Apr. 14 Miles Taber

Bill Smith.

February 9, 7957

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Beniamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

men to take an active part in the
services on that day. Special empha-
sis will be laid upon the work of the
Brethren Evangelistic Crusade.

ELKHART, IND. The Indiana
District youth rally will be held Feb.
15-16 at the Grace Brethren Church,
Lowell Hoyt, pastor.

WHITTIER, CALIF. The Com-
munity Brethren Church, Ward Mil-
ler, pastor, has established an ex-
tension work from their Sunday
school with services being held in
the Rancho Santa Gertrudes School.
Sunday-school and church services
are being conducted under the lead-
ership of David Gutierrez who is a
graduate of the Bible Institute of Los
Angeles and is taking a master's de-
gree at Pasadena College. Attend-
ance has averaged over 50 each
week.

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. * The

First Brethren Church was host to
the California District High School
Conference conducted Jan. 18-20.
Dr. Glenn O'Neal was host pastor.

TROY, OHIO. The Grace Breth-
ren Church has voted to relocate
in the Meadowlawn area of Troy.
Lots have been purchased, and the
present church building has been of-
fered for sale. Herman Hein is pas-
tor.

SPECIAL. Rev. and Mrs. Jesse
Hall, of Spokane, Wash., are the
proud grandparents of Richard J.
Maycumber, born Jan. 19 at War-
saw, Ind. Rev. and Mrs. Don Hock-
ing are the proud parents of David
Bruce, bom Jan. 15. Rev. and Mrs.
Hocking are missionaries at present
located in Lyon, France.

GOSHEN, IND. The Grace
Brethren Church, R. Paul Miller,
pastor, now has a daily radio min-
istry over the local station.

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Tobacco-Cancer Link

The risk of lung cancer rises in
proportion to the amount of to-
bacco a person uses. This is the con-
clusion of Dr. E. L. Wynder of New
York City in an article he wrote for
the authoritative British Medical
Journal.

This conclusion was reached after
a careful study was made of 6,000
persons suffering from lung can-
cer; a study which was carried on in
seven countries.

The physician concluded that it
was the function of the public health
services in the several countries to
evaluate the data and then the de-
cisioij would have to be made as to
whether human lives are of more
value than the economic considera-
tions. So convincing were the evi-
dences in the experiments that the
doctor suggested the banning of the
use of tobacco as an ideal.

When medical science affirms that
80 percent of all lung cancer in
males would not have occurred were
it not for tobacco smoking, it cer-
tainly bears evidence of the injury
inflicted upon the body through this
habit. So conclusive were the find-
ings that it has been declared by the
scientists that 10 percent of males
over the age of 28 who smoke in ex-
cess of 20 cigarettes a day will de-
velop lung cancer by the age of 75.

Sex-Cancer Link

Prof. Pitirim Sorokin, noted Har-
vard University expert on human
behavior, recently declared that
Americans are becoming "victims
of a sex mania as malignant as can-

cer and as socially menacing as com-
munism."

Prof. Sorokin, in his book titled
"The American Sex Revolution"
declares that "Americans are drift-
ing toward sex anarchy in the same
manner that marked the downfall
of earlier societies, including Rome
and Greece. He asserts that America
is the victim of a "sex obsession"
as reflected in the rising divorce
rate, the upsurge in sex crimes, the
emphasis of sex on TV programs,
stage, movies, pictures, reading mat-
ter and advertising.

Sorokin charges that sexual ex-
hibitionism dominates American
life, not only socially but also politi-
cally, to the extent "that it now oozes
from all pores of American life."

if these charges were to be made
from the pulpit, many would decry
the minister as being narrow and
passe. But what sayeth the critic to
the findings and conclusions of the
professor on human behavior? These
statements were not made as a result
of some religious conviction, but
wholly from a sociological approach
to a problem that is engulfing Amer-
ica like a tidal wave.

Proof that these facts are true
come from L. Clark Schilder, for-
mer warden of Federal reformatories
at El Reno, Okla., and Chillicothe,
Ohio. Mr. Schilder has been face to
face with many young men who have
become the victims of this over-
emphasized aspect of American life.
The warden asserted recently in
Washington, D. C. that "the worst
saboteurs are those who undermine
the morals of our youth and weaken
their faith in God. I am convinced
that the main and most terrifying
cause of crime is that of lower moral
standards in general. 1 am convinced,
too, that our young folk are the vic-
tims of too much emphasis on vio-
lence and of even greater emphasis
on sex . . . ."

Spiritual Link

Recent statistics from the office of
J. Edgar Hoover reveals that over
15 million sex magazines are read
monthly by one-third of the nation;
that criminals outnumber college
students; that over 500,000 babies
are born in illegitimacy each year;
that there is one murder every 40

minutes; that there is one major
crime every 22 seconds; that there
are 60 suicides every day; that bar-
maids outnumber college girls; that
infection with social disease is an
acute national problem; and, that in
many areas the use of narcotics by
high-school students is alarming to
local police.

These startling affirmations by
specialists in their field should cause
every true-blooded American to be
shocked. America, as a nation, is
headed for the same doom that over-
took Babylon, Greece and Rome.
America too will lie in the ash heap
of bygone empires if she continues
to follow in their path. What a chal-
lenge for personal evangelism!

The Apostle Paul warned of these
days that should come when he
wrote under the inspiration of the
Holy Spirit: "Wherefore God also
gave them up to uncleanness through
the lusts of their own hearts, to dis-
honour their own bodies between
themselves: who changed the truth
of God into a lie, and worshipped
and served the creature more than
the Creator" (Rom. 1:24-25).

Certainly the regenerated believer
needs as never before to cast himself
at the throne of grace and maintain
close daily fellowship with our
blessed Lord that he might reflect
a positive testimony for Christ in a
world that is going mad in the
worship of the creature. How we can
thank God that our body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit, and we
are not our -own! We have been
bought with a high price, and thus
we must needs glorify God in our
body, and in our spirit, for they
both belong to Him (I Cor. 6:19-20).

Is not this a day in which men i
worship the creature more than the
Creator? Heed, Christian believer, .
the words of the Spirit of God in Co-
lossians 3:1-4:

"If ye then be risen with Christ,
seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right
hand of God. Set your affection on
things above, not on things on the
earth. For ye are dead, and your life
is hid with Christ in God. When
Christ, who is our life, shall appear,
then shall ye also appear with him
in glory."

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LEND us YOUR HAND/

THEME FOR 1957— UNITED FOR SOUL-WINNING

SUGGESTED PROGRAM
FOR MARCH

Opening Hymn — "Win Them One
by One"; "Saved by the Blood."

Scripture — John 1:35-45.

Prayer Time — Pray for our laymen's
foreign missionary, Bro. Donald
Spangler, as he and Mrs. Spang-
ler study language in France in
preparation to going to the
Africa mission field. Pray that
more young men may surrender
their lives to full-time service on
the mission field.

Hymn — "I Love to Tell the Story."

We would suggest at this time a 1 5-
minute mission study of the lead-
er's choosing.

Business Session — (very brief).

Offering — Stress foreign missions.

A 20-minute Bible study from John
1:35-45.

Closing Hymn — "Bring Them In."

Closing Praver.

Telf Someone Aboyf

Jesys

By Roy H. Lowery
A 20-minute Bible study

Go tell someone about Jesus;
Be swift His command to obey;
Proclaim unto all His Salvation,
Go now, and no longer delay.

Go tell someone about Jesus;
Bring souls out of darkness to light.
From the byways and highways, go
lead them,

To paths that are sunny and bright.
G. T. Snead

John the Baptist pointed John
and Andrew to Jesus (John 1:35-37)
"and they followed Jesus." The first
job for Christians is to tell someone
about the Lord Jesus (John 1:39-
40). How can one glorify God if he
is not bringing souls to Jesus (John
1:41)? Not to win souls is not to be
on the job for Christ (Acts 1:6-8).
Let us put the emphasis in our

Stoystown, Pa. The newly organ-
ized men's group here is already busy
organizing a new Boys Club. Rev,
Arthur F. Collins, pastor.

Stoystown, Pa. Bro. Fred Craw-
ford, Jr., of Everett, Pa., recently
spoke and showed his pictures of
his trip to Palestine before the
men's group at the Reading Breth-
ren Church.

Meyersdate (Summit Mills), Pa.
Bro. Billy Yoder was the speaker
at a meeting at which the men en-
tertained the wives.

Stoystown, Pa. The Men's Chorus
of the First Brethren Church, Johns-
town, Pa., motored to Stoystown on
January 12 to provide special music
there where Ilev. Stanley Hauser
was holding a revival.

Sidney, Ind. Although the lay-
men here have only been organized
a few months, they were host to
the Indiana District Laymen for an
all-day meeting. Speakers of the day
were Mayor Jack Engle of Warsaw,

BRIEFS

Brother Everett Caes and Brother
Clifford Sellers, who is president of
the Indiana District Laymen, also
father of Rev. Richard Sellers, pas-
tor Grace Brethren Church, Lans-
ing, Mich., and Mr. Donald Sellers,
foreman of the Brethren Construc-
tion Company. We hope to be able
to publish Brother Sellers' message
at a later date when space will per-
mit. Brother Ivan Ritzert is secre-
tary-treasurer of the Sidney Laymen;
Rev. Archie Keffer is pastor.

Our Projects

Board of Evangelism S6,000

Grace Sem. Student Aid 1,000

Brethren Boys Club 1,000

General Expense Fund 1,000

Total of Projects

Send a!' money to:

Earl Cole, treasurer
2753 Elmwood Street,
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

$9,000

church life, where God puts it (John
20:21-24). Our business as Chris-
tians is to be filled with the Spirit
and then to witness for the resur-
rected Lord.

Andrew not only found his broth-
er, but he also witnessed to him
with his mouth (John 1:41). It is
not enough just to witness with our
lives and never talk about Jesus
(Rom. 10:9; Acts 8:4). Peter did
not come to Jesus; he was "brought"
to Jesus (John 1:42). We are to
"bring them in from the fields of
sin" (Luke 14:23). To be wise we
must win souls (Prov. 11:30; Dan.
12:3). A fruit-bearing Christian is
one who manifests the fruit of the
Spirit in his life (Gal. 5:22). Unless
others see Jesus in us, we cannot
win them to Christ. Paul considered
"fruit" to be the converts he had won
to the Lord (I Thess. 2:19-20).

If you want to make God happy, win
souls (Luke 15:10). If we knew
what hell really is, God would not
have to beg us to win souls (Jas. 5:
19-20). The poor rich man did not
want his brothers to join him in hell
(Luke 16:28). But if we want our
loved ones to go to heaven, we
should be leading them there. "An-
drew Work" is the most effective
method of soul-winning (John 1:
41-42). Any believer can do it and
at any time or place. Personal work
reaches all classes of people, meet-
ing the specific need of each in-
dividual, and it produces abundant
results. The methods which wins
souls are simple (Acts 8:29-30), (1)
prayer, (2) personal effort, and (3)
well-chosen tracts and pamphlets.
Be persistent, courteous, earnest,
winsome and full of Christian love
(I Cor. 9:22).

February 9, 1957

Adventure
in the
Rockies

By Paul Eiselstein

As written by Margie Young

Hello, boys and girls! Did you
ever have several fellows surround
your house and bombard it with
firecrackers, stones, chunks of wood
and linoleum? Sounds almost like
a little war, doesn't it? It actually
happened to a couple young ladies,
this summer. Would you like to
hear more about it?

Every summer on the Denver
Area Field of the American Sunday
School Union there are about 75
vacation Bible schools. Now every-
one knows that one missionary
couldn't possibly teach all of those
Bible schools, so several young ladies
go out every year to tell the story
of Jesus.

This year I received a letter which
said: "Uncle Paul, we need a Bible
school at Jamestown. Can you send
us some teachers?"

We scheduled the Bible school
for the week after the Fourth of
July. It was arranged that Miss
Brown and Miss Jones would drive
up to Jamestown, an almost de-
serted mining town high in the
Rockies.

Sunday afternoon they arrived,
hot, tired and ready to settle down
for the week. To their surprise al-
most everyone in town was away
fishing. Finally, they did locate the
pastor, a student who spent only
weekends in town. He assured the
teachers that he knew nothing of
Bible-school plans, but he would

give them the keys to the church
and parsonage.

With an unwanted feeling, the
ladies moved into the parsonage,
their home for the week. They had
just gotten their belongings into the
house, and the car door locked,
when things began to happen.

The parsonage was quite unlike
any you boys and girls are familiar
with, I'm sure. It was a tiny, two-
room tin shack. No curtains nor
shades hung at any of the windows.
The bedroom window, which was
just a square pane, hung in place,
held only by one small chain.

The other room was a terrible fire
hazard. The floor was oil-soaked
because of an oil-burner which
dripped oil day and night.

The only thing which the teachers
could really take joy in was the
strong locks which were on both
doors. Soon after they moved in they
made quick use of both locks; for
about eight young men of the town
got the idea that they would see if
the teachers really wanted to stay
there. For over four hours they
bombarded the shack with rocks,
wood, firecrackers and numerous
other bits of trash.

Shortly before midnight they de-
cided to try one final bit of mean-
ness. With doubled fists one fellow
went to the little bedroom window
and pounded, hard. The girls had
not been spending their time in
vain, however, for they had been

praying that God would protect
them. Miraculously, He made that
little supporting chain hold firm.

A bit frightened and considerably
curious as to what kind of people
lived in this remote mountain vil-
lage. Miss Brown and Miss Jones
opened school the next morning.
About 20 children poured into the
little church, some carrying pop bot-
tles, others candy, and still others
ice cream. It was plain to see that
these children didn't know anything
about how to act in God's house. Be-
fore very long the teachers had dis-
covered that this was just one of
the many things they didn't
know about God. For instance, one
fellow, in the midst of prayer, called
out: "Teacher, 1 need a green color."
The teacher halted her prayer, and
said: "Mike, don't you know better
than to talk out during prayer?
When we talk to God we must be
quiet." However, Mike had an an-
swer: "But teacher I really do need
a green color!"

Miss Brown and Miss Jones had
a very busy week, with practically
no cooperation from parents, with
nightly disturbances, as well as daily
annoyances, and with little en-
couragement. Nevertheless, God has
promised that whatever we sow, we
also shall reap. His Word was sown
in the hearts of the children of that
wild. Western town. His Word never
is sown in vain, so we leave to Him
the results at Jamestown.

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FOREIGN MISSIONS—

Pray for Mrs. Jack Churchill in
Argentina concerning the matter of
citizenship as it relates to her future
service in Argentina.

Pray for those missionaries re-
turning to the field in February; the
Harold Dunning and Robert Hill
families going directly to Africa;
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Williams who
will be stopping in France for a pe-
riod of time; the Charles Taber fam-
ily who have recently arrived in
France and will be spending several
months there.

Pray for our radio programs —
five of them in Argentina, one in
Macapa, Brazil, and one either
started or soon to be started in the
Calexico-Mexicali area in our Mex-
ico work.

New missionary residences are in
the process of being purchased in
Don Bosco and Jose Marmol,
Argentina; new ones are being built
in Macapa, Brazil, and Lyon,
France; and soon we will be called
upon to build three or four more in
Africa. Be praying much that the
housing of our missionaries may be
accomplished in the best way.

At least by the time of our board
of trustees meeting in March, plans
will be taking shape in relation to
new missionary residence arrange-
ments at Winona Lake. Pray for
wisdom for our board in these under-
takings.

Join with the Fred Fogle family
in prayer that we may have at least
100 souls accepting Christ per year
in the city of Lyon, France.

WMC—

Pray for each WMC member in
the newly organized Northern Atlan-
tic District; for the new Palmyra
council and that the women at Hat-
boro may soon be able to organize
a council.

Pray that all councils will give
generously to the Christian Educa-
tion Offering Goal which will meet
needs of Seminary, National Sunday
School and Youth Boards.

Pray for our WMC sisters in the HOME MISSIONS —

foreign lands, for their spiritual de-
velopment and personal needs.

READ^i BIBLE

Acts
2:42

and Pray Daily

Brethren Day of Prayer
February 15

SMM—

Pray for all the Sisterhood offi-
cers (see page 53 Brethren Annual
for names), also for the district and
local officers.

Pray for the program committee
and writers of Sisterhood programs
for following year. Pray that the
present programs may be used ef-
fectively in each Sisterhood group.

Pray for the SMM girls away
from home in school, that they may
be guided into service for the Lord.

Pray for missionaries who have
been Sisterhood girls in the past,
that their present service will be
empowered by the Holy Spirit.

GRACE SEMINARY—

Pray that the faculty and admin-
istration may successfully conclude
their itineration amorig the churches
in behalf of the school.

Pray that God's will may be
clearly indicated in the matter of
starting the new building project
March L

Pray that the members of the
senior classes of the seminary and
college may have definite leading
of the Holy Spirit as to their future
plans.

Pray for Rev. R. Paul Miller, Sr.,
and his new radio program in
Goshen, Ind., that it might reach
a great number for Christ and the
church.

Pray for a number of families
attending the York, Pa. church.
Some need to accept Christ and
others are Christian and need to
join the York work.

Pray for those who made de-
cisions in a recent evangelistic
campaign and also the boys who
made decisions in the boys' club
meetings that they may grow in
grace and become a vital part of the
testimony at Johnstown (Riverside),
Pa.

Pray for the financial need for
operating expense, building fund
payments and interest will be forth-
coming regularly at the West Co-
vina Brethren Church, West Covina,
Calif.

Pray for the sale of lots and new
building program as it gets under
way in San Diego, Cahf. A portion
of the property not needed for the
church has been developed and the
funds are needed from this property
for the new building program.

Pray for the child evangelism
class and house-to-house witnessing
which the Buttons and Miss Frazer
are doing each week among the Jews
in Fairfax District, Los Angeles.

SUNDAY SCHOOL—

Pray that the increases that have
been seen in our Sunday schools
may now be conserved for Christ
and the church.

Pray for an increasing vision on
the part of pastors and superintend-
ents and teachers for the tremen-
dous responsibilities of Sunday
schools.

Pray that more of our Sunday
schools may catch a vision for
"branch Sunday-school work."

Pray that the teacher training
program may continue to be effec-
tive in making our teachers more
effective in the Word.

February 9, 1957

Maturing!

Hunting a house adequate to the
needs of this family, yet close enough
to the school and not in the "mil-
lionaire's class," financially speak-
ing, was no little task.

Living in cramped quarters for
four months taxed the patience of
all the family. But the experience
was good for us. We learned to de-
fer to each other. Perhaps it would
be more to the point to say Mother
hopes we have all learned some-
thing of deferring to another. We
learned that each must pick up
and straighten his own possessions
if he was^o keep track of them and
not clutter the house. Even the
clothes closets were jammed. Mother
thought wryly of the old-time name
for this most important part of a
house equipment. They were once
called "clothes press." The name
suited our situation to a T, only the
"pressing" was done in the wrong
places!

"Look at this shirt collar," David
came moaning to Mother one day.
"I can't wear that; I'll look like a
bum. Everything I put in that closet
comes out wrinkled. I get tired
having to share a closet built for
one with two extra people."

"Lm sorry, Son, but you will just
have to bear with us for a little
longer until the Lord gets us the right
house. I don't like it either. It is
both frustrating and disconcerting
to spend time ironing only to have
the clothes ruined by being crushed."
"Well, all I want is a big house
when we do get one. I want a mile
between where my pants and shirts
hang."

"Don't be silly, David. It is hkely
that you will have to share a room
with Paul and Mark, and this will
mean sharing a common closet."

"Well, just give me space," the
boy insisted as he left the house
like a whirlwind.

He returned in a second to get his
jacket. Paul Kent seemed to come
to life as he looked at David and
said: "I don't care how my clothes
hang."

"I didn't either, at your age.
Squirt. You'll wake up some day."
Icicles hung on every word.

Mother suddenly saw her near
16-year-old in a new light. He was
growing up. To be sure she had
been aware for many months of that
physical growth because of having
to lengthen trousers and sleeves. But
now he was growing up in a new
way; David was beginning to show
welcome signs of maturity. Mother
was glad for the day, but she wasn't
deceived into thinking her son had
"arrived." There will be many a

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lapse before full emotional, physical,
and spiritual maturity are accom-
plished. In fact. Mother is not sure
that full maturity is ever experienced
in the vast majority of the human
yace.

The man of intellect whose spirit
lies in the lap of the 'Wicked One
cannot possibly mature in that area
of his life when he has not yet been
born of the Spirit. Nor does full
physical maturity guarantee equal
emotional status. This is indeed a
tragic state of affairs, but one which
can be readily understood in the
light of the total depravity of man.
Lack of maturity is a difficult fact
for the average person to accept.
Many arguments have been devised
in an attempt to explain this in-
consistency, but nary an argument
gives any formula, magic or other-
wise, which would enable men who
want this total maturity to lay hold
on it.

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The tragedies of general maturity
are great, but they are not the chief
heartache of this Mother. Her bur-
den is the deep-down desire for
personal, total maturity, with the
willingness to pay the price this en-
tails. She longs to bring her children
to that place where they, too, will
want to taste the delights of more
than mere physical maturity.

There are delights accompanying
the growth "into Christ" of God's
children. David, and all teen-agers,
come to the place where it is a pleas-
ure to dress neatly, even dapper, if
there is one of the opposite sex to be
attracted. The boy who once hated
to have his ears washed or finger-
nails cleaned, now finds exhilara-
tion in being well groomed. Why
does he now like to do the things he
once hated? He is growing up, ma-
turing!

In the light of our response to
spiritual stimuli — loving the things
we once hated, and hating the
things we once loved — how are we
maturing? Is our desire for "space"
an indication of growth in spiritual
stature? We must remember that
spiritual growth is not an involuntary
matter as is the physical. We are
commanded by God to "grow in
grace, and in the knowledge of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" (11
Pet. 3:18). "But speaking the truth
in love, may grow up into him in
all things . . r (Eph. 4:15). Isn't it
about time we Christians do some-
thing about our state of spiritual
vnaturity?

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HOME MISSION NUMBER FEBRUARY 16, 1957

Brethren Testimony Extends Throyghoiit Toos^ N. M.

(Aerial View Courtesy Verne Saekett, Taos, N. M.)

EDITORIALS

By Lester E. Pifer, Contributing Editor

Where Is Our Voice of Prophecy?

God's people in Old Testament times had their Eli-
jah's and Zechariah's to bring them God's prophetic mes-
sages. The New Testament Church surged ahead in its
expansion and evangelism under the leadership of the
apostles with their great passion for the second com-
ing of Christ. For many years the Brethren Church was
fired with the brilliant prophetic ministry of the late
Dr. Louis S. Bauman and others. During this time great
strides were seen in the expansion of our testimony in
missions, home and abroad, and in the educational realm
and in our great church structure and ministry. Where
is the voice of prophecy in the Brethren Church today?

In recent years the emphasis upon the prophetic
aspects of God's messages appears to have decreased.
Now and then prophetic articles appear in our maga-
zine. Fewer prophetic Bible conferences are being held.
Some pastors and missionaries have detected a lack
of passion to reach the lost at home and abroad. Ma-
terialism seems to be the necessity of the hour. Can it
be that lack of emphasis upon the certain judgments of
God, the eminency of the coming of Christ, and the glo-
rious home-going of the saints have allowed our peo-
ple to fall into a state of lethargy, lack of concern for
Christ and His redemption of the lost?

Our seminary and college are doing an excellent piece
of work in the instruction of God's Word. The basic un-
derstanding and interpretation of the prophetic Word is
being taught. We are living in unusual days when be-
fore our very eyes, "things which shortly must come
to pass" have been unfolded. Recently Israel and Egypt
have figured to a great extent in the world movement.
Prophecy and its understanding is a gift from God.
Shall we not pray that God will raise up another voice
of prophecy in the Brethren Church, and that all who
handle the Word will have the leading of the Spirit of
God to lay a greater emphasis upon the precious pro-
phetic phase of God's Word?

J 957 Home-Mission Workshops

The 1957 home-mission workshop will soon be held.
The Fort Wayne, Ind., and Chico, Calif., churches will
be hosts to the eastern and western workshops again
this year. Both churches have testified to the blessing
and benefit of providing this entertainment. Our mis-
sionaries have appreciated the warm spiritual atmos-
phere where they have been able to come apart from
their fields of labors and concentrate upon new methods
and ideas, inspirational messages and prayer fellow-
ship.

The statistics of our annual reports bear clear evi-
dence that this spiritual retreat for both the men and
women has been profitable. The instruction in new
methods, plans, and procedures in missionary emphasis,
Sunday-school expansion, and general church adminis-
tration has increased the effectiveness of our missionarv

effort and helped to bring churches to maturity in a
shorter period of time.

Each year in addition to the classes we have had noted
inspirational speakers, periods of prayer fellowship and
testimony that have been of great spiritual value to our
missionaries. To repeat the testimony of one man: "This
has been a mountaintop experience that I couldn't have
afforded lo miss."

We urge all our people to pray for these workshops,
the teachers, speakers, and missionaries that this three-
day retreat will be a time of spiritual refreshing for all
and that more souls may be won for Christ.

Foreign Missionary Offering Period

The month of February begins our foreign-missionary
emphasis in the Brethren Church. God has blessed our
beloved church with a splendid missionary program in
six foreign fields. Our Missionary Herald magazine has
brought to our attention regularly the need, the news,
and the results of this endeavor. The prayers of God's
children, their gifts, and yielded hearts of our mission-
aries have certainly brought the blessing of God upon
our church. This year the need is greater. Time is run-
ning out as we look for the return of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Let us pray and dedicate ourselves anew that
we may be enabled of God to lay the greatest Easter
offering yet at the feet of our wonderful Lord.

Spanish American Victory

Our home-mission issue this month is dedicated to
our Spanish-American Missions of New Mexico. The
faithfulness of our missionaries and the growth and ex-
pansion of this work in the midst of great obstacles has
been a source of great joy to the Brethren Home Mis-
sions Council.

In some areas we have heard complaints that there is
too great a percentage of Catholicism to accomplish the
establishment of a growing church and Sunday school.
In fact, this defeatism attitude has caused some to give
up the task and go elsewhere.

Our "hats are off" in solemn appreciation and com-
mendation to our missionaries working in the Spanish-
American area of New Mexico. They have faithfully
proclaimed the Christ of Calvary, making Him the
center of their gospel message. God has poured out His
blessing in demonstration of the "power of God unto
salvation" (Rom. 1:16). When you can enter into our
Taos mission for a Sunday-night gospel missionary serv-
ice and see 139 radiant faces eagerly waiting the mes-
sage of the evening, hear their vibrant testimony of the
saving power of God's Word and hear their joyous
singing, one must cry out in praise to a God who is able
to break the shackles of their Catholic background and
set them at liberty, founded upon and in Christ. If God
can manifest His redemptive power in Spanish-Ameri-
can land, can He not do this in other areas as well? '

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19. NUMBER 7

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
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Wells Without Water

By Sam Horney, Missionary

Water is such a part of our daily lives that we usually
do not realize how important it is. We drink water, we
use it to keep ourselves clean, we use it in the prepara-
tion of our food. But just what can you do without pre-
cious water?

"On the other hand, what good is a well without
water?" a man asked me today. He reasoned that he
could deepen his well, but if there was no water there,
what good would it do.

The lack of water has become a national concern. Our
President has just visited our Western states and made
a recommendation to Congress to aid the drought area.
Here in New Mexico farms have been idle for several
years because of the drought and are now reduced to
dust only to blow away with the wind. The area also
within the boundary of our Brethren Navajo Mission
has suffered greatly. Lack of rainfall in recent years
has driven the Indian from place to place in order to
survive.

THE DOMESTIC APPLICATION

Here in the Taos area the situation has become acute.
The headwaters of the mighty Rio Grande, originating
in the Taos mountains of the Sangre de Cristo Range,
have fallen considerably. Flowing artesian wells have
ceased giving water. Water levels have dropped so tre-
mendously that wells dug by the early settlers have gone
dry for the first time. The State of New Mexico in its
19th Legislature voted a bill to aid such needy com-
munities to promote the development of safe, sanitary
water for domestic use.

Among our own neighbors in Canon where the Breth-
ren Mission is located, there are some 30 families whose
wells have gone dry this past year. If it were not for the
Brethren in Inglewood, Calif, the Mission-home well
would no doubt also be without water. However, since
the well was drilled deeper two years ago, we have
had ample water for the needs of the Mission.

The Horney family. Back row, left to right: Douglas, Tommy,

Pastor Homey. Front row. left to right: Phyllis, Susan, Gilbert, Mrs.

Horney, Sandy (Sam Jr.).

THE MATERIAL APPLICATION

When the Taos area was originally settled, it was
extremely isolated. Its only contact was with Old Mex-
ico, and this could be accomplished only by dint of a
journey requiring months of hardship. Consequently,
the Spanish people developed a pattern of resource'
utilization — making a living — which was based on al-
most complete self-sufficiency.

Nearly all the people lived on small, subsistence
farms from which they extracted virtually everything
they required for a living. The people lived for centuries
in this environment which required no cash income and
involved no sale of products in order to make a satis-
factory living.

But now farming in a large scale has been impossible
for many years because of lack of water. The land,
handed down from generation to generation, has been
divided and redivided among the families so that today
most of the farms are less than 10 acres in size. The
United States Census for 1950 showed agriculture the
biggest source of employment in the U.S. With less than
13 inches of precipitation a year and at an altitude
of 7,000 feet, and the drying up of the wells, farming
does not employ very many.

Also, due to the fact that there is no industry or
manufacturing, unemployment has been unusually high.
Since the nearest railroad is some 100 miles away, in-
dustry has been discouraged from settling in Taos. The
entire area has become like a well without water.

One must bear in mind that Taos County is a vast
area, some 2,253 square miles in size and as large as
some of our own New England States. New Mexico it-
self is the fourth largest state in the Union.

Taos village, the largest settlement in the County, has
a population of 1,804 persons. The elevation of the
county ranges from 6,500 to 13,151 feet, the highest
point in the State.

In April of 1956 there was a hearing held before the
Subcommittee on Labor of the Committee on Labor
and Public Welfare of the United States regarding
excessive unemployment in certain economically de-
pressed areas. The findings of the Committee was printed
in the Congressional Record. The following facts are
gleaned from that publication. New Mexico is one of the
lowest per capita income states in the United States.
In 1955 the average per capita income in the Nation was
$1,770. In Taos County the same year the average yearly
income was but $648. According to the Bureau of Cen-
sus, 29 percent of the famihes received less than $1,000
income as an entire family. Two volumes, consisting of
1,170 pages, complete the report of the Committee.

The New Mexico Department of Public Welfare,
which supplements the meager income of the people of
this State, released to me the following figures. During
the month of December 1956 this office handled some
1,076 cases for assistance. Figuring an average family at
7 (the Spanish families are larger than the average
American family as they have one of the highest birth

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Vandalism, VBS, and Victories in Taos Work

Top hft down: Broken glass blocks, broken window glass at Arroyo Hondo, and VBS at Taos. Top right, down:
Taos congregation, Sam Homey, mission superintendent, preaching to a full house; Mr. and Mrs. Tony Luna,
Cordillera pastor and wife, and the Cordillera Church.

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The Brethren Spanish-American testimonies have
been the target for considerable damage by van-
dalism the past months. Broken windows as shown, dam-
aged vehicles, roadside signs mutilated and many other
forms of property damage have taken place with little
help from the law in trying to curb the outbreaks.

VBS time at the mission is a busy one with schools
scheduled throughout the entire school vacation period.
Each year the National BYF has assisted in this phase of
the work and have provided additional workers, one of
whom has written the article "Assignment VBS."

The victories in the Spanish-American work are in-
numerable. Since the beginning, Miss Celina Mares has
been added to the staff. Two outpost works have de-
veloped at Arroyo Hondo and Cordillera. Both of these
are manned by native workers. A number of young men
have taken further training and are serving Christ in
other places. Some are still in training and Miss Mar-
jorie Gonzales is now attending Grace College.

The home base at Taos has been expanded with an
enlarged church, an improved mission home, and the
addition of a new guest house. This new Bethany
guest house was a project of the SMM and is now ready
for any visitor coming Taos way.

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Bethany Guest House

Assignment VBS

Mr. Jake Maestas.

By Larry Wedertz

My assignment? A handful of boys and girls. The
place? Cordillera, N. Mex. My job? To teach tnese boys
and girls the things of Christ. I'm one of a three-mem-
ber team sent to the Taos area of New M;xico to con-
duct vacation Bible school. The class is small, the
responsibility large!

Two girls and four boys present. Six pairs of flash-
ing brown eyes, six heads of raven black hair, and six
broad grins — enough to capture the heart of any teacher.
But more than this is here represented. Before me are six
human lives! Six precious souls for whom a loving Sav-
viour died!

The children listen intently as the Bible story is por-
trayed on the flannelgraph board. After the story the
boys and girls begin their coloring of the manger scene.
With the children's attention occupied, 1 have oppor-
tunity to view the surroundings. My gaze wanders from
the small adobe room to the beautiful Taos valley out-
side the window. Dry alfalfa fields stretch away under a
canopy of royal blue. The sun, high in the summer sky,
sheds its warmth over the land. The view is invigor-
ating and the atmosphere peaceful. That is, until a low
wailing sound is heard from the direction of the road.
As a small group of people approach I realize the mean-
ing of it all — a procession!

Small images carried by the people come into view.
Gods of wood and stone, which neither sae. hear, nor
speak. Gods carried to the fields to behold the drought
and be merciful in sending refreshing -ain! Can words of
Scripture 2,000 years old refer to this drama of real
life? "For though there be that are called lods, whether
in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and iords
many,) but to us there is but one God, the Father, of
whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord
Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge" (I
Cor. 8:5-7).

The heart-breaking sight continues down the road
and my attention is drawn back into the room. Perhaps
the parents of one of thesp brown-skinned children were
in that procession! I bow my head. "Thank you Lord
for these six souls who will not go without that knowl-
edge of thee and thy Son who died for them. May these
others too, come to know thee I pray, in Jesus name."

The story related above happened not years, but only
a few months ago. Sad to say, in a few more months
many people of the Taos valley will again parade their
images through the countryside. By God's grace, how-
ever, vacation Bible schools will again be springing
up in the Spanish communities to bring the gospel to
hearts of boys and girls. Even now, our missionary fam-
ily is presenting daily the Word of God to our Spanish-
American brethren. Let us continue to uphold the
Horney's in prayer as they give forth the message of life!
And let us pray too, that God will raise up young people
to fill the gaps in the summer vacation program of reach-
mg boys and girls with the Good News of salva-
tion. This is our responsibility!

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WELLS WITHOUT WATER

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rates in the Nation) this would mean that some 7,532
people out of a population of 14,800 received help from
the State. There were 143 new applications for assistance
during this same month. Over 200 children came under
the supervision of the Child Welfare Agency arm of the
same department. Over 182 crippled children, handi-
capped, etc., were aided after investigation by a special
case worker.

Figures on unemployment released by the New Mex-
ico Employment Security Commission office at Taos
reveal that 577 unemployed men and women made ap-
plication to that office during the month of January
1957. Some 4,000 to 5,000 people have left their homes
to find employment elsewhere. Figures reveal some
600 men are employed in other states while their families
continue living here.

The 1950 census gives Taos County a population of
17,146 while the 1954 count reveals a drop to 14,800
despite the fact that it has one of the highest birth rates
in the Nation. This shows a 15.4 percent decrease in
population because so many have gone to other com-
munities seeking employment.

The Congressional Record reveals that the average
unemployment check for females is S16 per week,
while the male receives $23.10. The average family is
seven. So with 577 unemployed during the month of
January 1957 some 4,039 people lived on this meager
income. Add to this number the 7,532 who received
welfare from the State, plus 200 children who received
aid and you have a grand total of 11,771 receiving either
State or Federal aid out of a population of 14,800.

Government surplus commodities have aided 1,511
families monthly. Any family receiving assistance or any
unemployed man or woman registered at the Unem-
ployment Office is eligible for these surplus government
foods. Of this number 844 heads of family were re-
ceiving public assistance while 667 represents the
number of unemployed.

Each day of the month people from designated areas
line up at the distribution center to receive their ap-
portionment of foods. This has given us a wonderful
opportunity to reach these people with gospel literature
as the distribution center is located directly in front of
our Mission at Canon. For months our missionary. Miss
Celina Mares, worked tirelessly from early morning, to
distribute gospel tracts to those in line. Thousands of
pieces of literature and tracts, both in Spanish and
English, were given. Then someone complained about
receiving "condemned" literature and the officials
banned the giving of religious literatures on govern-
ment property.

THE SPIRITUAL APPLICATION

The sad thing is that these same people depressed
by the lack of water domestically and materially have
been denied down through the centuries the "Water
of Life." The "religion" or church that has held the
Spanish people in suppression and superstition has de-
nied them God's Word. Religious — yes, extremely and
fanatically so — but lost without a knowledge of the
way of salvation. Let me give you an example.

Recently our community was shocked at the sudden
passing of a young teen-ager. Since the "religion"
of the family is of the Catholic faith the priest was called

Taos WMC Ladies' Absence
Excused

The following is an excerpt from a letter to the home-
missions office dated January 17, 1957:

Dear Brother Poland:

"Last Friday evening I left the house to gather in the
ladies for the Taos WMC. It was a bitter cold night and
little did I realize the trouble I was in for. I left home
at 6:30 p. m. with my first stop some 12 miles away at
Pot Creek. It was there I had a flat tire and not a jack,
pump, tire tool or pliers in the car. You see we have only
one set of tools for three cars. (He now has three ;;ets
of tools. Ed.) I walked to the ;aearest house and bor-
rowed tools and changed the tire. The roads were icy.
and I had the chains on to make the job more difficult.
By the time this job was finished, I was good and cold.

"My next stop was at Ranchos. It was here I slid into
a ditch and couldn't get out. I ran the car battery
down trying to start the car. I called Mrs. Homey
(she was at the WMC meeting by this time), and she
came to tow me out of the ditch. I had worked and
worked until my feet were so cold I actually thought
they were frostbitten. You see, I had left the house
without an overcoat or overshoes not expecting to be
gone long and not expecting to run into a blizzard. By
the time we got out of the ditch and got the car started,
it was after 10:00 p. m. I took the ladies back home, and
this was one meeting they missed but had good inten-
tions . . . ."

Yours in Christ,
Sam Horney

for the funeral service. The mass, said for the benefit
of the soul of the departed, was spoken in Latin — and,
of course, no one present at the service could under-
stand. The only comfort given the family was the fact
that they had done their duty to pay for a mass for the
rest of the soul of their loved one.

Now the Spanish people have a custom of giving a
eulogy at the graveside. It was at this solemn moment
a man arose to eulogize saying: "Once I heard a minister
say that in the Bible Jesus said: "I am the resurrection
and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were
dead, yet shall he live.' " What a shame! Imagine com-
forting a grieving family with the words "Once I heard
a minister say."

What an indictment! The church and leaders that
claim to be the sole repository of the truth and of sal-
vation have denied the people God's Holy Word, the
Water of Life.

"These are wells without water" (II Pet. 2:17). for
"While they promise them liberty, they themselves
are the servants of corruption" (II Pet. 2:19).

Brethren, pray for your missionaries ministering to
the Spanish-Americans of the Taos Valley as we bring
these people the One who said: "But whosoever drink-
eth of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst;
but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a
well of water springing up into everlasting life" (John
4:14).

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Johnstown (First) Junior Department Reaches Goal

Top, Isft to right: Oldest Junior group, Mrs. Ifan Jones teacher; and intermediate-age group with Miss Dorothy
Sievers teacher. Center left to right: Another class, and the map used for the project with a representative of
each Junior class as follows: L. to R.: Linda Jones, Connie Miller, Barry Kinzey, Robert Rose, and Lorene
Hartwiger, also Roberta Hartwiger and Jolene Miller holding the map. Bottom left to right: Another Junior class,
and the Junior Department staff as follows: Rev. H. W. Nowag, supply pastor. Miss June Blough, Miss Dorothy
Sievers, Miss Marjorie Hess (front) Mrs. Ifan Jones and Mrs. Thelma Palliser, department superintendent.

Mission accomplished! Goal reached! The Junior
Department of the Johnstown, Pa., First Brethren Sun-
day school is rejoicing over the victory. A wide-awake
staff with a missionary vision helped this department ex-
ceed their goal of $58 for home missionis.

How did they do it? It is a sequel to "A Successful
Missionary Challenge" by Miss June Blough. This ap-
peared in the November 17, 1956, issue of the Mission-
ary Herald, and we quote: "This year when we spoke

to the children of home missions, they asked: 'Are we
going to have letters this year?" 'No; our project is a
little different. We have the home-mission map (up to
date) on the wall, and each Sunday we have children pick
two cards from our prayer promise box, read the verse,
the pastor's name, location, then find the mission on
the map. Prayer is offered for the pastor and the church.
For each dollar received in the offering a silver star is
placed on a particular mission point.' "

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In the accompanying pictures you will see a picture of
the map complete with a silver star on every one of the
58 mission points, representing S58 for Brethren home
missions. With the aid of the map and prayer box and
answered prayer a goal was reached.

We appreciate the efforts of this Sunday-school de-
partment and congratulate the staff and members for
a job well done. And then for making the idea available
for other Sunday schools to follow, we thank you. We
believe every Sunday school is interested in missions,
and they are looking for new ideas to help them in
getting their members acquainted with the mission per-
sonnel. For by learning to know the missionaries cul-
tivates a desire to pray for them, and the end result will
be increased giving.

We would welcome successful new ideas that you
would like to share with others on missionary giving pro-
grams.

The Key to a
Locked Door

Has the Prayer Season Unded?

Ths Thanksgiving home-mission season has ended,
but has the prayer season ended? We trust it has not and
this picture will serve to remind you that the prayer
promise boxes can be used throughout the entire year.

In addition to praying for the various individuals and
mission points, we would like to suggest you remember
the need for funds in the Brethren Investment Founda-
tion, Inc. We are entering the building season, and
three units of the Brethren Construction Company will
be busy trying to redeem every minute. This leads us
to suggest you also remember these construction units :n
prayer as well as the need for funds to keen them Tpmg.

The above picture suggests a number of things, the
Word, prayer, and a mission field. A box of prayer
promise cards was used to reach a goal in a Sunday
school and acquaint boys and girls with our home mis-
sionaries. How was your box used? The "Prayer Sea-
son" for any mission program never ends.

By Mrs. Sam Horney

One of the prayers that has continued to live in the
hearts of the missionaries in Taos, though unfulfilled
through the years, is that for a Youth Center building.
Up until the present time every door that was knocked
upon has been locked tightly. Psalm 27:14 tells us "wait
on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen
thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord." Believing in the
Lord, and knowing that He has promised to fill our
every need, we have waited.

Our present Sunday-school enrollment is, roughly
speaking 150. Out of that, over 100 are children and
young people. Our contacts and those who attend oc-
casionally increase that number twice over. In one base-
ment room 25x25 four Sunday-school classes (with a
total average attendance of over 50) meet with only
curtains to divide them. In the auditorium five classes,
plus the babies in their cribs, vie with each other for
attention. We are working hard to increase our enroll-
ment and it is constantly going up, but at the same time
we wonder just where we are going to put them.

In order to encourage our young people to fellow-
ship with other Christians and to teach them worldly
pleasures are not necessary in order to have "fun," we
have always emphasized youth activities. For a number
of years Friday night was "Youth Night" in the Mis-
sion home. Circumstances made it impossible to con-
tinue that arrangement, so during the cold months
youth meetings are held in the church basement. Warm
summer nights the very limited yard space of the .Mis-
sion home is still used for outside games. However, this
coming summer will find the "very limited space" even
more limited because Bethany Guest House has now
filled up a good part of the property i^f ihe Mission.
Where can we go? What can we do in order to give
this needed encouragement to our youth?

As many of you who have visited the Mission know,
the church building is erected on a very small area with
absolutely no room for expansion. To the west of the
building and extending back to the Mission home is a
piece of property that meets our needs exactly. How-
ever, for some years it has been unavailable. Within
recent weeks this property has been advertised for sale
and we have reason to believe it can be purchased for
a fairly reasonable price. How thankful we are for this
small wedge in the hitherto locked door. But now an-
other problem confronts us. Yes; you've guessed it.
Money. We are indebted to the Brethren Home Mis-
sions Council for meeting so very many of our needs,
but they do not have unlimited funds. VVe hope we can
buy the three acres of land for S4,000, and may I em-
phasize the "hope." We dare not make an offer be-
cause we have nothing to offer. So again we must wait
upon the Lord. If He wants us to have the property,
surely it will not be sold to anyone else in the meantime.
Surely the money will be provided! Wait upon the Lord.

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I/RAEL CALLl!

SAR SHOLEM

Peace of mind is to be greatly desired if one were to
judge by the many books men have written concerning
this subject. They have recorded at various times their
ideas of how a person may attain this state. That each
idea has left something to be desired is evident by the
fact that men continue to revise their ideas and writings
about this subject. In contrast, God's plan for peace of
mind as stated in His Word is still the same as when
it was first advanced by the prophets of God in olden
time. Peace of mind is dependent upon God and His
perfect Sacrifice. But men continue to reject the mes-
sage of God's prophets. They would rather be inde-
pendent beings! Time and again I have this brought to
my attention as I deal with Jewish people. Just yesterday
I realized it once again while talking to Mr. S.

Mr. S. had approached me while I was on the front
lawn of the mission. He was about 55 years of age and
was soliciting funds for a Jewish orphanage located in
Israel. His approach consisted of holding out a sealed
slotted can and at the same time giving a vocal appeal.
As he spoke he said it was the responsibility of all Jews
to see that the war orphans of Jewish parents were pro-
vided for.

"But I am not a Jew," I said.

"Then I don't suppose you would be interested," he
replied, and with that he turned and started to leave.

"Wait a moment," I said. "Just because I am not
Jewish it does not follow that I am not interested in
Jewish children. I am very much interested. I can't give
a great amount at this time, but I want to give some-
thing." And I dropped some coins into the can.

"I am a believer in Messiah," 1 continued, "so I'm
always interested in helping the people of Messiah
whenever I can. My whole hope of fellowship with God
and for salvation is centered in the Jewish Messiah, Sar
Sholem (Prince of Peace). I would have little Sholem
(peace) if I ignore the need of those less fortunate than
I."

"But what do you know of Messiah?" the Jewish man
replied. "Gentiles do not know Messiah. They have their
Christ. Only Jews have Messiah."

"Let's not play with words," I said. "Let us under-
stand each other. We both know the Hebrew word
'Meshach' is correctly translated by the English word
'Anointed.' 'Meshach' is the Hebrew word from which
we derive our English word 'Messiah.' The Greek word
'Christos' from which we derive the English word
'Christ' is also correctly translated by the English word
'Anointed.' Whether you or I speak of Messiah or Christ,
we are simply using the Anglicized Hebrew or Greek
word for the English word 'Anointed.' Let us stop this
confusion and understand we are speaking of God's
Anointed One of whom the 'navim' (prophets) of old
spake. I said I believe in Messiah, and I do! The An-
ointed One, blessed be He, is the only One who has
the answer to man's big problem — the problem of per-
sonal sin. That is why there are war orphans. Because of
personal sin men hate, and fight, and kill, and thus we
have war orphans, children without parents. If men
would only realize that Genesis 49:10 proves that the
Anointed of God has come, they would be seeking Him
instead of their own selfish ends. You know the scepter

By Bruce L. Button

did depart from Judah and the lawgiver also. The
Anointed must have already come else He can never
come and all hope is vain."

"But," the man started to interrupt

"Let me finish," I said. "Why do you suppose the
gentiles have been gathering to this Jesus if Hs were
not the Anointed. The people were to gather unto Him.
He was to be a light to fehe gentiles. Countless numbers
of gentiles have honored Him. Were these all fools?
Some of them were men of great wisdom. They searched
the Holy Scriptures and were satisfied that Jesus was
the Anointed of God. Not only these but many Jewish
scholars also searched the Scriptures and were so cer-
tain that Jesus was the Anointed that they faced the
scorn of their loved ones and their people for this cer-
tain belief.

"Again, how can you explain —

'He is despised and rejected of men: a man of sorrows and ac-
quainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him;
he was despised, and we esteemed him not' (Isa. 53:3).

'But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for
our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with
his stripes we are healed' (Isa. 53:5).

'I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall
look upon me whom they have pierced . . .' (Zech. 12:10).

except in the light of an Anointed One who was put
to death by the people? Where is the sacrifice for sin
except that this One was stricken for 'the transgressions
of my people' as the prophet Isaiah says? How can we
explain the 'given son' who was called Prince of Peace
and Father of Eternities except through Jesus, the
Anointed?"

"But how could that be?" Mr. S replied. "Our teach-
ers have also studied and searched. They tell us Messiah
is yet to come; and some say Messiah is the re-estab-
lishment of the nation in Palestine. How can a man
know? Peace we all want. Peace of mind and heart and
soul is life's greatest possession. I have never had such
peace. I know of no one who has such peace. How
I wish I might find such rest from all my cares!"

Then I told Mr. S: "This Anointed one, Jesus, is for
you. The Anointed said, 'Come unto me, all ye that
labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.'
The reason men have no rest is due to their failure to
recognize the Prince of Peace, so they have no peace.
The Anointed knew it would be so, for as He looked
at the city of Jerusalem one day. He wept and said of
that city, 'If you had known, even you, at least in this
your day, the things that belong to your peace, but they
are hid from your eyes.' And, Mr. S, I say this applies
to you. These things have been hid from your eyes. Read
your Holy Scriptures! Do not believe any man, Jew or
gentile. Go to the only source Book you have that tells
you how you may recognize your Anointed One, to
your Holy Scriptures. Search the prophecies; study them;
believe them, and you will recognize Sar Sholem and
find peace and rest."

As Mr. S turned to leave, I invited him to come back
and visit again. I also told him of our class and invited
him to attend.

"Perhaps I'll come sometime," he replied. "Who
knows what I might find." And as an afterthought he
added: "At least it will be different."

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Headliners

TROY, OHIO. A new high in
Sunday-school attendance for the
past three years was reached Jan. 20
with 79 present. Herman Hein is
pastor.

MEYERSDALE, PA. Clyde
Caes, pastor of the Summit Mills
Brethren Church, and R. Paul Mil-
ler, Jr., pastor of the First Brethren
Church of Uniontovvn, Pa., ex-
changed pulpits Jan. 27.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA. Rich-
ard Grant has resigned as pastor of
the Grace Brethren Church here,
and accepted the call to become the
pastor of the First Brethren Church,
Martinsburg, Pa.

SPECIAL. In accordance with
the action of the National Fellow-
ship of Brethren Churches the last
Sunday of February is designated
as Evangelism Sunday. In many
churches the laymen are asked to
assist in the regular services of the
church, and a special offering is
raised for the Board of Evangelism,
a creature of our National Fellow-
ship. The Board of Evangelism
sponsors Crusade Teams. Feb. 24
has been designated as Evangelism
Sunday.

DRYHILL, KY. Miss Evelyn
Fuqua reports that recent floods
washed most of the houses down
the river which were located below
Hyden, Ky. The house in which "I
used to live and the two on either
side were washed away," Miss Fu-
qua wrote. The three schools were
destroyed, two of the stores are
gone, and hundreds of people are
without homes. The new home re-

cently completed for Miss Fuqua
became a haven for the furniture of
many people as it was crowded into
the basement, and a family of six
found shelter there. All communi-
cation with Dryhill has been impos-
sible, however mail is now being de-
livered. Special prayer is requested
for the mother of Miss Fuqua who
resides in California.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. The

adults of the North Long Beach
Brethren Church, George Peek, pas-
tor, are planning a mountain retreat
for the weekend of Mar. 1-3.

WOOSTER, OHIO. The Junior
Choir of the First Brethren Church
was featured Jan. 26 on the local
radio station. Kenneth Ashman is
pastor.

SPECIAL. Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Spangler, missionaries to Africa, be-
came grandparents when a girl was
born to their daughter and her hus-
band, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lee of
Aurora, 111.

IDYLLWILD, CALIF. Many
Brethren young people attended the
Los Angeles County Christian En-
deavor winter conference held at
Tahquitz Pines for the junior high
age Jan. 25-27, and for the high
school-college age Feb. 8-10.

ROANOKE, VA. The laymen
of the Southeast Fellowship of
Brethren Churches held their quar-
terly rally at the Garden City
Brethren Church Feb. 1. Henry Rad-
ford was host pastor.

DENVER, COLO. The Grace
Brethren Church has its own way of
celebrating Lincoln's birthday. On
Feb. 10 the Sunday school observ-
ed Lincoln Penny Sunday. An of-
ficial weighing feat was a part of
the opening exercises, and thus they

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Church Date

Fort Wayne, Ind. Feb. 24-Mar. 10

Wooster, Ohio Feb. 25-Mar. 17
Dayton, Ohio

(N. Riverdale) Mar. 5-17
Fort Lauderdale,

Fla Mar. 24-31

Elkhart, Ind. . . . Mar. 24-Apr. 7

Ashland, Ohio Mar. 31 -Apr. 14

Pastor

Mark Malles
Kenneth Ashman

Russell Ward

Ralph Colburn
Lowell Hoyt
Miles Taber

Speaker

Walter Lepp.
Crusade Team.

Bern'rd Schneider.

Louis Talbot.
Crusade Team.
Bill Smith.

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Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake. Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake. Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake. Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul ;^. 3auman

Winona Lake, Ind.

launched the 1957 mission season.
Tom Inman is pastor.

BEAUMONT. CALIF. Rev.

Archie Lynn was guest speaker at
the Cherry Valley Brethren Church
on Feb. 3.

BUENA VISTA, VA. The re-
decorating of the main auditorium
is nearly completed at the First
Brethren Church, Edward Lewis,
pastor.

NORWALK, CALIF. The Nor-
walk Brethren Church unveiled a
beautiful oil painting in their bap-
tistry at a special service on Jan.
27. The art work was done by Miss
Hazel Shively, and was donated by
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Quesnell in lov-
ing memory of Lucy Ann Quesnell.
Henry Rempel is pastor.

in HJpttiorfam

Marshall M. Scaggs went to be
with the Lord December 28, 1956.
He was a charter member of the
Grace Brethren Church, Riner,
Va. Until his departure, he was
faithful in bearing forth a testimony
for the Lord Jesus Christ. Thomas
Craghead, pastor.

Mrs. Mary Flora of Mexico was
born in 1866 died November 15,
1956. She was a member of the
Peru Brethren Church, Peru, Ind.,
having been baptized in 1889 and
ordained as a deaconness in 1896.
Miss Ethel Flora survives her
mother at their home in Mexico.
Everett Caes, pastor.

Correction: In the January 26,
1957 issue of the Missionary Herald
the name should read Mrs. Wilbur
Bostetter, who went to be with the
Lord on December 19, 1956.

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NOTICE TO READERS: The purpose of this page is to provide our readers with worldwide
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necessarily reflect the theological position of this magazine. — Editor.

WASHINGTON, D. C. (EP) A
number of resolutions concerning re-
ligious matters have been introduced
in Congress. One provides that tui-
tion payments to religious schools
would be deductible from income
tax on the same basis as chari-
table contributions. The bill was.
introduced by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
(R-Mich.), at the request of the
Christian Reformed Church which
sponsors a large number of paro-
chial schools. Tuition payments to
religious schools, he said, are made
in the furtherance of religion and
religious training, and should be
treated "no differently than other
gifts made for the purpose of fur-
thering religion." The bill was re-
ferred to the House Ways and
Means Committee.

One member of the House of Rep-
resentatives has introduced a reso-
lution to add a twenty-third Amend-
ment to the Constitution. Represen-
tative Eugene Silver of Kentucky
wants the Amendment to recognize
Almighty God as man's Creator and
Jesus Christ as the Universal Saviour
of mankind. Silver believes many
people think the greatest deficiency
of our present Constitution lies in
its failure to recognize specifically
God Almighty and America's defi-
nite position as a great Christian
nation.

The House of Representatives
has been asked to adopt a bill
making the last week of January
every year a National Forgiveness

Week. The idea is for all Americans
to "put aside feelings of ill will and
turn their minds toward forgiveness
and understanding of others."

Bills were introduced in the House
of Representatives to designate St.
Ann's Episcopal Churchyard in
New York City as a national his-
torical shrine. (Many early Ameri-
can patriots are buried there, in-
cluding Gouverneur Morris, who
died in 1816.)

Other bills seek to exempt paro-
chial school buses from federal ex-
cise taxes; make Good Friday a
legal hohday and prohibit the serv-
ing of alcoholic beverages on com-
mercial airliners. (ERA)

CHICAGO, ILL. (EP) "Present
Christ in the Home" is the theme for
National Family Week, May 5-12,
1957. NFW has been sponsored by
National Sunday School .Association
annually for the past five years.
Every year increased interest has
been shown by cooperating de-
nominations and local churches, ac-
cording to Dr. Clate A. Risley, exe-
cutive secretary of NSSA. More and
more churches are realizing that for
lasting effects the home must be
reached for Christ. Children may at-
tend Sunday school, says Risley, but
if youth are to attend Sunday school
and church, parents must show more
than nominal interest.

Bulletin covers, post cards and
posters illustrating the theme, "Pre-
sent Christ to the Family," will be
available. Also a list of items to be
used in observing the week and
other miscellaneous suggestions for
programing and promoting National
Family Week are available. (NSSA,
542 South Dearborn St., Chicago 5,
Illinois.) (ERA)

CHICAGO, ILL. (EP) A new
series of Bible adventure films for
children has been produced by
Moody Institute of Science, film
division of Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago. The series was specifically

produced for TV showing according
to John H. Raymond, director of
MBFs promotion department.

This new series marks the open-
ing of the second phase of Moody's
TV film ministry which began last
year with the now popular "Ser-
mons from Science" TV films.
Adapted from the internationally
known gospel-science films pro-
duced by Dr. Irwin A. Moon, direc-
tor of Moody Institute of Science,
the TV films were shown on 66 sta-
tions across the country in 22 of
the 55 major TV markets in the U.S.,
including all of the top 10.

"Public reaction to these TV gos-
pel-science programs has been most
favorable," reports Raymond. "The
letter count at the first of the year
stood at over 23,000, with many
inquiries showing deep spiritual
concern. In some instances whole
families were influenced. Inquirers
were enrolled in a Bible correspond-
ence course."

"Television stations indicated
their response by showing MIS
films, provided on a sustaining basis,
during peak viewing hours on Satur-
day and Sunday. Many of the station
executives who praised the program
for its originality and technical ex-
cellence are anxiously awaiting the
second series of films," according to
Raymond.

Future plans include more new
science-adventure films for chil-
dren adapted from the radio version
of the "Mr. Fixit" Bible stories. The
future films will be produced for
eventual release on color TV sta-
tions. (ERA)

BELGIUM (EP) Forty-four
young men are in prisons because of
their conscientious objections against
military service. A pacifist group in
Luik, citing the practice in the
United States, England, Netherlands,
and Scandinavian countries of rec-
ognizing conscientious objection and
providing alternative service, has
petitioned the Belgian government
to take similar action. (ERA)

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SHAWNEE INDIANS camped
along a stream flowing from cool
refreshing springs in the Shenadoah
Valley years before there was the
city of Winchester, Virginia. These
springs still produce, and ihe same
little stream flows through the cen-
ter of Winchester and is known as
the Town Run. The fact is, the Town
Run passes directly beneath "Miss
Lucy's" home.

The old Indian legend was passed
from one generation to another that
"He who drinks of Shawnee waters
will soon be seen to return." Return
with "Miss Lucy" to those days that
caused the name of Winchester, Vir-
ginia, to be inscribed on history's
pages.

With the Blue Ridge Mountains
rising to the east and the mighty
Alleghenies mounting to the west,
Winchester nestles in Virginia's
northern terminus of the beautiful
Shenandoah Valley.

Winchester, first settled in 1732,
has a rich and interesting history.
Landmarks of earlier periods dot the
city and countryside, reminiscent of
the French and Indian and the Revo-
lutionary wars. As early as 1748
George Washington, the surveyor,
established his office in Winchester.
His first job, at the age of sixteen,
was to survey the land grant of
Thomas VL Lord Fairfax of Eng-
land, who later moved to the Shen-
andoah Valley in the proximity of
Winchester.

Congressman Burr Harrison with
"Miss Lucy."

George Washington, the soldier,
assumed his first command of the
Colonial Army beside his surveyor's
office in Winchester. This office still
stands just a few blocks from the
heart of the city, and since 1908
"Miss Lucy" has been a member of
the board of trustees and is the over-
seer of the office.

In 1755 General Edward Brad-
dock was sent from England with a
sizable army of redcoats to quell the
Indian disturbances caused by the
French. In July of that year Gen-
eral Braddock, with George Wash-
ington and his men, left Winchester
for Fort Duquesne to engage the
French and Indians. General Brad-
dock, refusing to heed the warning
of Washington on the nature of In-
dian warfare, was mortally wounded
and buried on the battlefield.

Located strategically in the Shen-
andoah Valley, Winchester became
the hub of that part of the Civil War
fought here about 1861. Within a
radius of twenty-one miles of Win-
chester over 100 engagements were
fought, and the city changed hands
between the Union and Confederate
forces over seventy times.

When the War between the
States erupted, a young man by the
name of George Washington Kurtz,
then 23 years of age, had already
established himself in Winchester
as a funeral director and cabinet
maker. War declared, young Kurtz,
on April 18, 1861, enlisted in the
Confederate Army. He proved him-
self a good soldier, and was ad-
vanced to the rank of captain. On
May 12, 1864 George Washington
Kurtz, of Company K, 5th Virginia
Regiment (commonly known as the
Stonewall Brigade) was captured —
and made a prisoner of war at the
Battle of Bloody Angle at Spotsyl-
vania Courthouse, Virginia. The
next thirteen months he was held a
prisoner of war at Fort Delaware
located near Philadelphia. This was
providential, for while a prisoner of
war, he found release. In the same
prisoner of war camp was a Pres-
byterian minister from Winchester,
the Rev. Isaac W. Handy. Fulfill-
ing his responsibility as a minister
of the gospel, he spoke to young
Kurtz concerning the free gift of
eternal life. While still a prisoner

Lucy" recently honored by presence
of General George C. Marshall.

of the Union forces, young Kurtz was
set free June 24, 1864, for on that
day he was born again by the Holy
Spirit of God. A prisoner yet free.

Captain Kurtz was released from
the prisoner of war camp in June
1 865, and he returned to the place of
his birth and his former business in
Winchester. The Lord blessed his
efforts and he prospered. Captain
Kurtz was married in April 1871 to
Mary Francis Clayton, to which
union were born five daughters and
one son.

"Miss Lucy" was the second child
of Captain Kurtz. Many hours were
spent on her father's knee reliving
such events as Brown's Raid at
Harpers Ferry (1859) when her
father was a member of the Virginia
State Militia. Other stories of Civil
War days became so much a part of
"Miss Lucy" that she can retell them
today as if they transpired only yes-
terday.

"Miss Lucy," as she is affection-
ately known by the citizens of Win-
chester, was honored recently when i
an official proclamation by the then i
mayor of Winchester, M. B. Clowe, ,
Jr., declared June 6, 1956 as "Miss •
Lucy Kurtz Day." The entire city .
honored "Miss Lucy " with decora-
tions, a parade, and civic festivities.
Honored guests included the Hon-
orable Burr P. Harrison, U. S. Con-
gressman from Virginia, who was
the chairman of the June 6th fes-
tivities.

Inspired by the influence of her
father, "Miss Lucy" became an au-
thority on Confederate history. For
many years "Miss Lucy" has worked,
on civic and historical programs
which truly reflected the cultural
and physical life of the citizens of
Winchester. She became a charter

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"Miss Lucy" of Winchester

By Arnold R. Kriegbaum

member of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy and expended much
time and effort in the expansion of
its work, and now serves as ihe
chairman of its pension claims com-
mittee, lias been Custodian of Flags
since 1 9 16; and is secretary-treas-
urer of Stonewall Cemetery Memo-
rial Association, which is respon-
sible for the care of the graves of
Stonewall Cemetery in Winchester,
burial plot of 2,500 Confederate
soldiers. Stonewall Cemetery was
so named as a tribute to "Stonewall"
(Thomas J.) Jackson, who in Oc-
tober 1861 assumed command of
the Shenandoah Confederate Army
with headquarters in Winchester.
"Miss Lucy is responsible for the
construction of the speakers ros-
trum in the cemetery.

"Miss Lucy" takes great pride m
her city of Winchester, the birth-
place of Admiral Richard E. Byrd,
of Antarctic fame, and the home of
U. S. Senator Harry Byrd.

"Miss Lucy" is a charter mem-
ber of the Women's Civic League,

■ ii

Claude Smalts. Jr.. present major of Winchester visits with "Miss Lucy" at her home-

Pastor Paul Dick "posEs" with "Miss Lucy"

and while serving as its president
initiated the first citywide Clean-
Up-Week. She is a charter member
of the Winchester-Frederick County
Historical Society. Through her in-
fluence historical markers have been
restored all over the city of Win-
chester and the surrounding area.

Seven years to the day after the
attack of Japan on the United States
at Pearl Harbor, "Miss Lucy" was
baptized on December 7, 1948 and
received into the membership of the
First Brethren Church of Winchester
by Pastor Paul Dick. With a twinkle
in her eye she said: "I didn't plan
it that way, it just happened to be
December 7," but then she quickly
added: "Imagine a Confederate
being baptized by a Yankee." Sev-
ering relationship with the church of
her lifetime was not easy, but con-
viction and love for the unadulter-
ated Word of God coinpelled "Miss

Lucy" to enter the fellowship of the
Brethren Church.

"Miss Lucy" loves the Lord Jesus,
and in her own inimitable way,
under the leadership of ihe Holy
Spirit, she hands a gospel tract to
the president of the bank or lO a
member of a historic or civic organ-
ization.

She points with joy to the grave-
stone of John Smith Patton, grand-
father of the John Smith Patton
of World War II fame, which reads:
"In Christ Alone, Perfectly Satis-
fied."

"Miss Lucy" is to be honored
again when the Daughters of the
Confederacy dedicate the new War
Memorial Building November 1957
in Richmond, Va. The purpose of
the building is to honor the women
of the Confederacy. Will "Miss

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February 16, 1957

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Ll iJjcttct ijxauiit

By Ulysses L. Gingrich

One of the beautiful songs which,
in recent years, has become very
widely known and rather popular,
gives expression to a fitting and
heartfelt prayer. The choral peti-
tions center about the thought of
settling our daily account with the
Lord; thereby realizing His gracious
forgiveness of the errors committed
during the hours which have just
passed into history.

The song was written by C. M.
Battersby, and later was arranged
by Chas. H. Gabriel. It is entitled,
"An Evening Prayer." and the first
verse goes as follows:

"If I have wounded any soul today;
If I have caused one foot to go

astray;
If I have walked in my own willful

way,
Dear Lord, forgive."

Certainly, all that is included in
the entire song is, 1 believe doc-
trinally correct. The formula for the
forgiveness of our sins, as believers,
and for our cleansing from its defile-
ment, as given in I John 1:9, still
stands. It is, however, also true that
just two verses farther on in John's
first epistle we read: "My little chil-

dren, these things write I unto you,
that ye sin not" (I John 2:1).

It should be obvious, therefore,
that there is a definite possibility
of praying a better prayer than that
of confession at the close of the day.
There could, and indeed, should be
the prayer for His enabling at the
beginning of the day. "Watch and
pray that ye enter not into temp-
tation," was the direct command of
our Lord to His disciples.

Confession of sin unto the Lord
is commendable, and we need to
avail ourselves of this gracious priv-
ilege continually. But is it not much
more noble, and in keeping with the
Scriptural provision of victory for
the believer in Christ to avoid, by
His grace, the debasing and defiling
effects of sin?

This is made possible to us by
appropriating His provision for our
spiritual need as we begin the day.

Therefore, without seeking to de-
tract from the truth and charm of the
above mentioned song, I humbly of-
fer the following lines, which can be
sung to the tune of, "AN EVENING
PRAYER." I would like to entitle
this poem, "A MORNING
PRAYER."

A Morning Prayer

I would not wound a single soul today;
I would not cause one foot to go astray;
But I would walk in love's pure, selfless way.

Saviour and Friend.
Keep me from causing any heart to pain;
And banish every idle thought, and vain;
Oh, keep me from sin's guilty, crimson stain,

Dear Lord, today.
Keep me from every conscious danger free;
Keep me from all the snares I do not see;
So that I shall be ever pleasing to thee,

Dear Lord, today.
Fill me. today with peace and joy and love;
Sustain by grace sufficient, from above;
May I thy faithfulness each moment prove,

Dear Lord, today.
Thy love to me has been so rich and sweet;
In thee I'm chosen, cleansed and made complete.
I bow, unworthy, at thy pierced feet.

Dear Lord, Amen!

"MISS LUCY" OF WINCHESTER

(Continued From Page 109)

Lucy" of Winchester be one of those
honored?

"Miss Lucy" Kurtz resides in the
family home which has a brass
marker by the front door bearing
the date "1868." She lives- here with
her brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. G. Miller O'Rear. Mrs.
O'Rear is also a faithful member of
the First Brethren Church, and each
week she teaches a women's Bible
class in her home.

The home of "Miss Lucy" bears
the marks of Winchester's early his-
tory. Pictures of war heroes, his-
toric letters and documents, old guns
and antique furniture recalls an in-
teresting past and vividly forms a
backdrop for "Miss Lucy" of Win-
chester.

$n iUJpmortam

Mrs. Lulu Reedy went to be with
the Lord on January 3. She had
served the church for many years,
having taught the adult class for a
long period. Although unable to at-
tend regularly recently due to ill
health, she was a stalwart servant
of the Lord and a faithful member
of the Brethren Church for over 50
years. Surely she is rejoicing in the
presence of the Lord in a place that
is "far better." Dr. Glenn O'Neal,
pastor.

Mrs. Emma Schill, many years
a member of the First Brethren
Church of Philadelphia, departed
to be with her Lord on January 8,

1957.

Mrs. Mary Croker, grandmother
of Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Rev.
Wayne Croker, many years a mem-
ber of the First Brethren Church of
Philadelphia, went home to be with
the Lord on January 9.

These two dear saints of the Lord
will be sadly missed. Their faithful-
ness is a challenge to those of us left
behind. E. William Male, pastor.

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THE BRETHREN EVANGELISTIC CRUSADE

AND

YOU

Evangelism Sunday — February 24

By Evangelist Dean Fetterhoff

Sometimes in the life of an in-
dividual or an organization it is
worthwhile just to sit down and, as
the gospel song says: "Count your
many blessings; see what God has
done." Since Sunday, February 24, is
"Evangelism Sunday" when God's
people are asked to contribute to
the work of evangelism through the
Brethren Evangelistic Crusade, you
deserve to know what God is doing
through the Crusade. As we look at
the past year our own hearts were
thrilled and encouraged and we
know you will be blessed as together
we "count the blessings."

Because so much injury has been
done to the work of evangelism by
an improper emphasis upon num-
bers, it has been our policy to avoid
the publicity of results of the evan-
gelistic campaigns. However, figures
do tell a story, and God's people
who support this work by their
prayers and offerings deserve to
know how God has blessed this
work of revival and evangelism. My
own heart was blessed as a few min-
utes ago I sat down and added the
totals of the records which we have
kept through the year of 1956. These
figures are only for the Fetterhoff-
Haddix team and do not include any
services which may have been con-
ducted by other men in connection
with the Crusade. During this pe-
riod there were 1 8 evangelistic cam-
paigns conducted; in addition to this
there were five one-day meetings
held.

During these meetings there were
469 personal calls made in the
homes of the communities by mem-
bers of the team. We thank the Lord
for 675 people who publicly sur-

rendered to Christ in these meetings.
Our supreme desire is that each one
of these should be fruit that shall
remain (cf. John 15:16). We have
avoided in every way trying to
"pressure" people into a decision
which has not been brought about by
genuine conviction of the Holy
Spirit. Of this number, 128 were
those who repented of sin and re-
ceived Christ as their personal Sav-
iour. Every effort has been made
to ground these people upon the
Word of God in dealing with them
personally after the services.

There have been a total of 257
evangelistic services conducted and
109 additional services such as radio
programs, children's meetings, etc.
We cannot help but thank the Lord
for these figures because we realize
that without Christ we could have
done nothing (John 15:5), and we
do praise Him for the measure of
His blessing which He has placed
upon this ministry. We know that
you who have shared the burden of
prayer and financial support will
rejoice with us, and that you will
share the reward which will someday
be given.

Having counted the blessings of
the past and rejoiced in them, let us
look at the future, for this is still the
day of God's "open door" (Rev. 3:
8) until Jesus comes again. How we
praise the Lord for the open doors
of opportunity! More doors have
been opened than it has been pos-
sible to go through. Already the
schedule for the year of 1957 is com-
pletely full. This not only presents a
great opportunity but a tremendous
responsibility. Therefore I would

like to present the needs which are
before us.

Our first and by far our greatest
need is for real prayer support. My
heart was grieved as I read the na-
tional statistician's report to see
that during this past year every
service of our churches showed an
increase in attendance over the pre-
ceding year except one, and that
one was the revival-evangelistic
services. There were more people
in Bible school, more in morning
worship, more in evening worship,
more in midweek prayer service,
more in Bible conferences and more
in communion services but over
2,500 less in the evangelistic serv-
ices.

I note also in this list that the
only other figure which is lower than
the preceding year is the number of
conversions! I can't help but feel
that there is a definite connection
between the two. This shows the
great need for prayer for revival.
There is no predicting what God
would do if the people of the Breth-
reii Church really became concerned
to pray daily for revival! Please,
may I urgently ask you to begin
now to pray daily for revival and for
the work of the Brethren Evan-
gelistic Crusade. The second need
is financial. With sufficient funds
another team could be placed in
the field to go through the doors
which are now open. Will you not
pray before February 24? Pray first
of all that God will use the Breth-
ren Evangelistic Crusade in a greater
way than ever before in 1957, and
then ask the question of the Apostle
Paul: "Lord, what wilt thou have
me to do?" (Acts 9:6).

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^JU^o-uflt tUe ^in,e

Our Home

It isn't some great palace fair

With costly rugs and winding stair.

With furnishings of highest price

And all the things the world calls "nice."

Our home is oh, so very small.
Expensive things aren't there at all.
But we think our home rich indeed
For God supplies our ev'ry need.

We have a little altar there
Where we commune with God in prayer;
And love and joy and peace abound.
The Source of happiness we've found.

— Geneva Showerman

February 24
Evangelism Sunday

SPONSORED BY

THE BOARD OF EVANGELISM

oi the

NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF BRETHREN CHURCHES

1. To assist small mission churches in their evangelistic programs.

2. To provide needed equipment for the Crusade Teams which

would facilitate their work.

Send all correspondence to:

Scott Weaver, Chairman
Board of Evangelism
R.R. 2 Osceola, Ind.

By Ernest Bearinger

Monday's newspaper of the War-
saw (Ind.) Times-Union headlined
the story of a fire that destroyed the
Lakeside Foundry Saturday night.
Reporters missed the miracle of the
dedicated toolbox.

The cold Sunday air cooled the
charred and twisted timbers, and a
soft north wind pulled a blanket of
snow over the desolate scene where
property value of $100,000 and the
machinery for 5 1 foundry-men lay
demolished in carbon splinters.

But poking up through this rub-
ble of destruction stood an "Amen"
to God's call of Clark Miller to
Grace College.

When Clark and Eunice Miller
sold their new home in Pennsyl-
vania and moved to Winona Lake,
Ind., Clark brought along his pat-
ternmaking tools. They had instru-
mented his income for years, and
now they were dedicated to the
Lord. God was continuing to use
them as the means for an education.
Was Saturday night, January 26,
1957, going to steal his earning
power?

Not even the insurance adjusters
looked the second time at the
charred wooden toolbox surrounded
by twisted steel, half burned joists,
and melted metal. The electric
"skill" saw was distorted beyond
vecognition.

The only salvaged value in the
entire building was inside this fire
blackened toolbox, for behold,
when Mr. Miller opened the box,
there before him lay a miracle of
preservation: Not one tool was
damaged, and even the paper data
sheets and charts were unsinged.

Five drawers contained these
tools. Three of them might be
named, Shadrack, Meshach, and
Abednego. Will you name the other
two?

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The Brethren hAhsionary Herald

February 16, 1957

The BRETHREN

EDUCATIONAL NUMBER

FEBRUARY 23, 1957

EDITORIALS

By Paul R. Bauman, Vice President in Charge of Public Relations

■^%^^

President Eisenhower's Message on Education —

A few weeks ago President Eisenhower brought a
special message to" the Congress of the United States
which dealt with the education needs of our country.
Although the message was concerned primarily with
the acute need for classroom space in the public schools,
he devoted considerable attention to the desperate
situation young people approaching college age will face
within the next 10 years unless something is done now to
meet that need. The President's remarks are most ap-
propriate, coming at a time when the Brethren Church
is preparing to enlarge its own educational facilities at
Grace College. The following extracts from his mes-
sage should cause all of us to do some very sober
thinking about the future welfare of our own children
and young people.

'Today, more Americans are receiving a higher level
of education than ever before. Progress has been made
in building more and better schools and in providing
more and better teachers. And yet problems in educa-
tion still persist, and time has more clearly defined their
scope and nature. . . .

"Elementary and secondary schools already are over-
flowing under the impact of the greatest enrollment in-
crease in our history. The number of pupils in public
schools has increased by 5,500,000 in the past five years,
and will further increase by about 6 million in the next
five years.

"We have already reached an all-time peak in en-
rollment in colleges and universities. Yet, in the next
10 to 15 years, the number of young people seeking
higher education will double, perhaps even triple. . . .

"One fact is clear. For the States, localities, and pub-
lic and private educational institutions to provide the
teachers and buildings and equipment needed from
kindergarten to college, to provide the quality and di-
versity of training needed for all our young people, will
require of them in the next decade the greatest expan-
sion of educational opportunities in our history. It is a
challenge they must meet. . . .

"If the States, localities and public and private edu-
cational institutions are successfully to meet, in the next
decade, the increasing needs for education beyond the
high school, their effort must begin now. . . .

"In a nation which holds sacred the dignity and worth
of the individual, education is first and foremost an in-

strument for serving the aspirations of each person. It is
not only the means for earning a living, but :^or i:nlarg-
ing life — for maintaining and improving liberty of the
mind, for exercising both the rights and obligations of
freedom, for understanding the world in which we live.

"Collectively, the educational equipment of the whole
population contributes to our national character — our
freedom as a nation, our national security, our expand-
ing economy, our cultural attainments, our unremitting
efforts for a durable peace."

"The Battle Is Won the Day Before"

The words of the President ("It is a challenge they
must meet . . . their effort must begin now"), who was
Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World
War II. recall the words of another great general of a
generation ago. General Foch. Supreme Commander
of the Allied forces in World War I, is reported to have
frequently said: "The battle is won the day before."
Never was this more true in the educational program of
the Brethren Church than it is now. In another 10 years
a veritable tidal wave of students will be hitting the
colleges of America. Of the students who will then
knock at the doors of these institutions, tens of thousands
will be turned away. Will Brethren young people have
a school to which they can apply with some assurance
that they will be accepted? The answer to that question
depends entirely upon what we are willing to do today
in planning and providing for their future. Unless Grace
College can expand its facilities now, we seriously
question if the battle will be won tomorrow. "The battle
is won the day before!" Brethren, let us face the sit-
uation, and let us do something about it!

Our Cover Picture —

Dr. Orville D. Jobson, superintendent of Brethren
Missions in French Equatorial Africa, was the speaker
recently at the Bauman Memorial Lectures in Grace
Theological Seminary. Dr. Jobson, a pioneer missionary
and member of the first Brethren Party to enter French
Equatorial Africa, was eminently fitted for the task of
lecturing on the history of Brethren missions in that
area. As a result of his lectures, several of the young
people felt led to dedicate their lives to Christ for
service on the foreign field.

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 8

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16. 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake. Ind., under the act of March 3. 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co.. Winona Lake, Ind. Subscription price. S3. 00 a year; 100-percent churches. $2.50; foreign. $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees, president; Herman A. Hoyt. vice president; William Sch^iffer. secretary: True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Geh-
man. treasurer: Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee; Gene Farrell. S. W. Link. Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller.
Thomas Hammers; Arnold R. Kriegbaum. ex officio

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The Brethren Missionary He-raid

A Report

and

A Plea

By W. A. Ogden, DD., Executive Vice President

"Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit
that increaseth to your account" (Phil. 4:17 ASV).

The Brethren Church has a growing and successful
missionary program in which 160 churches share the
responsibility of operation and rejoice in the fruits
of achievement. At the very source of this spiritual
stream, God has planted Grace Seminary and College.
Here are trained the pastors, missionaries, teachers and
various workers who carry the good news of salvation
to lost men throughout America and six foreign-mission
fields. Since this is true, the school is an essential part
of the whole movement. Education is not an end in
itself, but a necessary factor in the program of the
church in its obedience to Christ in the Great Commis-
sion. The 296 students who are training here to take
their place in some appointed part of God's great plan
for their day must be remembered as you follow me
through this article that deals mostly with the subject
of money with which to operate the school. While these
young men and women — the finest in the land — are in-
vesting their time, talents, and their very lives, you can
invest your prayers and your money to guarantee that
they will have access to the best training dedicated
scholarship and dedicated resources can supply.

We have just completed a program of visitation in
which most every church in our fellowship has been
visited by a member of the faculty. In each case the story
of God's blessing here has been told, sometimes in pic-
tures, but always in words — words that, we fear, can-
not do full justice to all that God has wrought. The
purpose was twofold: To bind the school and the
churches more closely in a bond of Christian fellowship;
and to encourage gifts from our many friends for our
new building, as well as the general support of the
school. A third purpose was also served. We found a
great host of young people who are plarming to enter
coUege after high school, and are seriously considering
Grace College. Dean Hoyt believes that we will have
250 enrolled in college for the 1957-58 term. This fact
gives emphasis to the urgency of the new college and
physical education buildings. Send us the students and
we will do our best to take care of them. Our best will be
realized as you also send us your gifts to provide rooms
and equipment for the job you have asked us to do.
It is well known that privately operated schools, like
Grace schools, must have a substantial amount of sup-
port from gifts. Tuition cannot be set high enough to
cover these costs. For this reason we must have an-

nual gifts of about $80,000 to cover the cost of running
the school. We feel that this is a very nominal investment
for the church to make in this branch of its missionary
program.

I think you should know how the building fund drive
is progressing. While we cannot fully evaluate the sit-
uation we can say that we have found a great deal of
interest among the churches. At the close of January we
had on hand in this fund $33,631.09. Most of this has
come through the larger gifts ranging from $100 to
$1,000. Some thousand dollar pledges are outstanding
as of this writing. We believe that these will brinsj our
cash fund well above $50,000.

This does not include any estimate of the offerings
from the churches as such. Our pastors have assured
us that they will stress the importance of this offering,
and so many of our friends across the country have
told us that they will give something substantial to the
building fund that we are encouraged to believe that the
total offering will be enough to allow us to begin our
building program as planned. This word of caution,
however: do not suppose that the victory is won and that
you can withhold, or delay, your gift. We are sure that
the Lord is giving us this building through the sacrifices
of all of our people, not through the abundant generosity
of just a few. While it is true that 20 per cent of our
members could pay cash for this project, as outlined in
print that you have already seen, it is far better that
100 per cent of our people share in the giving, as well
as in the reward, that will come for faithfulness to Christ
and His cause.

Since we have announced March first as the date on
which we will break ground for construction, and since
we are required to have $100,000 in hand before we
can start, we ask again that pastors and secretaries re-
port to us immediately, before March first, the amount
of money in their hands designated for this cause. Re-
member, too, that we cannot afford to transfer current
offering funds into the building fund. Give your regular
offering first, and then add what you can for the building
fund.

I have just had an interview with a student, a freshman
from the Pacific Coast. She told me that we can expect
several students from her high school to enroll here
next year. Then she said: "We will certainly need our
new college building by that time." This is the story we
are hearing elsewhere. We must not fail these splendid
young people. Your gift is the answer.

February 23, 7957

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econd Semester
to a Good Start

Dr. Homer A. Kent, Sr., Registrar

Registration has just been completed for the spring
semester at Grace Seminary and College. The total
enrollment now stands at 296. This compares with a
total of 265 for the same time a year ago, or a gain of
approximately 12 per cent. This, however, represents a
slight loss from the first semester total of 315. This is
normal for the midyear. There are always some who
find it necessary to leave school during the first semes-
ter for reasons of sickness, financial stress, and failure
to properly adjust to the new situations, and a few com-
plete their work at this time. Moreover, most students
do not find the middle of the year the best time to enter
school.

The second semester registration shows 126 in the
seminary and 170 in the college. In the seminary there
are 121 men and five women. In the college there are 96
men and 74 women. The seminary registration includes
four graduate students who are working on advanced
degrees, two auditors, and three new students.

The college registration includes 1 1 new students
and one auditor.

The new semester got under way with the inspiration
of the annual Grace Bible Conference which is spon-
sored by the alumni association of the school. The
conference began on Monday evening, January 21, with
a strong foreign missionary appeal under the leadership
of Dr. Russrli D. Barnard, general secretary of the For-
eign Missionary Society of the Brethren Church, and
continued through Thursday, the 24th.

On Tuesday morning of this period the second se-
mester convocation service was held in the lower audi-
torium for the benefit of both the seminary and the
college. This service was attended by many friends of
the alumni and friends who were present for the Bible

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conference. The faculty appeared in their academic re-
galia and those in attendance listened to the convoca-
tion message which was delivered by Rev. Harold H.
Etling, director of the National Sunday School Board
of the Brethren Church. Speaking from Philippians 3:
10-14, he challenged the students in particular to set
their sights high at the beginning of the new semester, to
determine to know Christ a little better and to do a good
job for Him in their school work.

During this first week of the new semester, which was .
entirely devoted to registration and the Bible Conference, ,
it was the privilege of the students and faculty to fellow-
ship with and hear the testimonies from many of the
alumni of the seminary and college.

The high point of the week was the delivery of the •
Bauman Memorial Lectures by Dr. Orville D. Jobson,
veteran missionary of the Brethren Church in Oubangui-
Chari, French Equatorial Africa, who gave in brilliant t
fashion the account of the founding and growth of the
Brethren mission in Africa. He delivered four lectures ■
using as his titles the following: "Vision Waiting Real- !
ization," "Strengthening the Bases," "Wider Horizons," |
and "Filling in the Frontiers." I

At the conclusion of the last of these lectures 10 young j
people responded to the invitation to dedicate their lives i
for the service of the Lord wheresoever He might lead |
them. It was a grand conclusion to a week of blessing. |

These wonderful days were the harbinger, we trust, |
of a great semester ahead and of a glorious consumma- ]
tion to another year of effort at Grace Seminary and '
College. Brethren, pray for us. The potential wrapped up
in these young people whom you have sent to us is tre-
mendous. The responsibility connected with their guid-
ance and instruction is more than we can discharge j
without your prayers, interest and support.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

Top Grade Commentaries

Edited by Ellicott and Lange

By Ben Hamilton, Research Librarian

Recently a prominent southern California theological
seminary professor said of the Bible commentary set
edited by Charles John Ellicott: "I have found it su-
perior to anything else." In practically the next breath
said professor claimed in the set edited by John Peter
Lange ". . . the greatest commentary covering the entire
Bible to be published anywhere in the nineteenth cen-
tury . . ." Obviously the one set cannot be "superior"
to "the greatest" — nor vice versa! Permit this writer
to say each set (the one edited by Lange; the other by
Ellicott) are excellent in their respective fields.
The commentary edited by Charles John Ellicott

Entitled A Eible Commentary Jor English Readers,
this set does not stress exegesis of the Old Testament
Hebrew and New Testament Greek.

Actually, it is incorrect to refer to this work as Elli-
cott's commentary. Charles John Ellicott (1819-1905)
was a theology professor at Cambridge University in
England. A dignitary of the Anglican church, he was
consecrated Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol in 1863.
Ellicott assigned various books of the Bible to several
well-known Bible students of his day. Their commen-
taries comprise A Bible Commentary for English Read-
ers. Although some sets, including the reprinted collec-
tion, are in eight volumes, at first three volumes on the
New Testament, 1877-1882, and five volumes on the
Old Testament, 1882-1884, were published in that
order.

One slight disadvantage regarding this set, edited by
Ellicott, is that many of the contributing writers are not
prominently known to many Americans. Some are, how-
ever. For example, George Rawlinson (writer on
Exodus) was a conspicuous contributor to The Pulpit
Commentary. H. D. M. Spence, co-editor of The Pul-
pit Commentary, supplied Ellicott with the commen-
taries on I Samuel, I and II Timothy and Titus. E. H.
Plumptre (writer of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations,
Matthew, Mark and Luke commentaries in the set) and
Alfred Plummer (II Peter and Jude) are famous for
their writings to seminary students, many pastors and
Bible students.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers is excel-
lent for laymen and Christian workers who want some-
thing more than a strictly devotional commentary but
which is not so technical as to discourage probing into
somewhat deeper things in the Bible. The introductory
articles to the books of the Bible are excellent surveys.
Packed with pertinent data, they are not loaded with
technicalities. Spence's introductory material on the
Pastoral Epistles is a fine case for reference. Mason, at
the end of his commentary on II Thessalonians, has
very helpful notes on the interpretation of the prophecy
in II Thessalonians 2:3-12.

The men who contributed to this commentary set
loved the Lord Jesus Christ and held the Bible in

highest Christian regard. The set edited by Ellicott has
this added advantage over the set edited by Lange: A
Bible Commentary for English Readers is less expen-
sive than A Commesstary on the Holy ScripSures edited
by John Peter Lange. It goes virtually without saying
that the faculty of Grace Theological Seminary en-
dorses the set by Ellicott's corps of writers as outstand-
ing in its field and a very worthwhile item in a Christian
library.

The set edited by Johann Petei- Lange

Like the preceding commentary, this one is incor-
rectly referred to as "Lange's commentary." This is
partly true for Lange did write th; commentaries on
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Haggai, Zech-
ariah, Malachi, Gospels of Matthew, Mark and John,
Ronlans and Revelation.

Johann Peter Lange (1802-1884), Reformed pastor
during 1825-1841, became professor of theology at
Zurich, Switzerland, in 1841, and professor of theology
at Bonn, Germany, in 1854. Lange assigned those Bible
books on which he did not comment to top German
theologues who did thorough and exc3ll;nt commenting.

Appearing originally under the title Theologisch-
homiletisches BJbelwerk (16 parts on New Testament,
1857-1871; 20 parts on Old Testament, 1865-1876),
the set appeared as an Anglo-American edition first
during 1864-1874.

Dr. Philip Schaff, noted church historian, was the
editor of the task of translating this monumental com-
mentary. Many prom.inent American theologues v/ere
assigned to translate various portions of the set. Some
of the American scholars included Charles A. Aikens
(Christian ethics and aoologetics professor at Princeton
University), Howard Crosby (chancellor of University
of New York), George E. Day (Yale Divinity School
professor), Daniel W. Poor (church history professor
at San Francisco Theological Seminary), William G. T.
Shedd (theology professor at Union Theological Semi-
nary of New York — and author of a certain work re-
quired for theology collateral reading at Grace Semi-
nary) and C. H. Toy (Harvard University professor of
Hebrew and Old Testament exegesis).

As the original German title of the set edited by
Lange suggests, the approach of this great work is a
combination of theological and homiletical themes. Ac-
tually, each Bible book commentary is divided into sec-
tions. Each section is generally subdivided as follows:
A translation of the passage treated (the translation by
the original German writer and the American trans-
lator); a grammatical and critical or textual portion; the
exegetical part; the doctrinal and ethical subdivision
and finally the homiletical and practical part.

(Continued on Page 1 1 9)

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So You Are a Chaplain!

By Chaplain Lee Jenkins ('50), U. S. Navy

Weekly inspection of pcrsonn2l r.t U. S. Naval Base. San Diego.
Calif. Note chnpei in background.

'"What does the chaplain do with his time?" This is
the same question that is so often asked also about the
pastor of any civilian church. Of course the question is
directed to the activities of the chaplain or pastor during
the week. Everyone knows that he does hold some sort
of service on Sunday, or perhaps that he might hold two
services on the Lord's Day. In recent years, however,
laymen have become more aware of what the pastor
does during the week, and many have been surprised to
learn how great a load he is obliged to carry. Sometimes
they have even seem him do enough to become suscep-
tible to physical breakdowns through overwork. They
have found that a pastor's responsibilities include many
more things than preaching one or two sermons on Sun-
day. He has found it necessary to be administrator,
teacher, marriage counselor, organizer, taxi driver,
judge, and many other things. Notice, that all these
responsibilities other men have chosen for a life's work.
Yet, a pastor does them as a matter of his calling in the
ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. So it is with the chap-
lain.

Of course a day's program will vary due to the dif-
ferent types of duty to which the chaplain may be
assigned. Take, for instance, the chaplain who is sta-
tioned ashore, as I am, at a naval station. The Navy
day begins with colors (the rising of the Flag) at
eight o'clock in the morning. By this time many have
already arrived at their offices. Perhaps some have had

a conference with a chaplain already since they could
see the chaplain only before they themselves had to
report for the day's work.

The usual reason for the chaplain's early arrival is
that he might have a period of time alone to spend
in devotions. This is the time that will set the tone for
the day and give him that spiritual insight to see clearly
all the problems and make the decisions that must be
made. Many times, if the chaplain has an office where
other chaplains work, all will meet for this time of
fellowship and of prayer for the things that have been
brought before them. Thus the day begins.

After colors he is off to the brig to visit the prisoners.
One chaplain for 200 prisoners represents many hours
spent in seeking an answer to the many personal prob-
lems of these men. There is the man who cannot seem
to adjust to the military life or the man who has just
snuffed out the life of a civilian policeman.

Returning to the office in the middle of the morning
the chaplain helps the other chaplains interview the
men who wait. He will see men who have money troubles
or some who are having difficulty with their marriage.
Perhaps some of the wives will come in to ask help on
matters ranging from neighborhood feuds to marital
problems. Others are discouraged and ask for advice.
So goes the morning. The tasks involve nothing of a
spiritual nature, you say? On the contrary all of these
problems have a spiritual basis, and Christ is held up
to all as their hope and help!

At noon out come the lunch bags, and all of the
chaplains enjoy the warmth, humor and fellowship of
each other. Even then they can't be assured of finishing
the meal because there may be a man who must sud-
denly receive word of sickness or the death of a loved
one at home. It is then up to the chaplain to break the
sad news to him and give him the encouragement that is
so greatly needed.

In the afternoon a chaplain's time is spent in study
for the next Sunday's message unless interrupted by a
conference with one of the officers of the station on
matters that concern himself or one of his men. Many
times it is necessary to make house calls on families
connected to the station in order to help in a matter of
a marital split. Encouragement to attend the chapel
services may be necessary or any of the many mat-
ters that face a family these days may bring the chap-
lain to the home.

The day comes to an end officially at four-thirty but
that does not mean that he is necessarily able to go
home. This may be the night when he stays down for
the Bible class at the brig (prison), or perhaps a young
couple will want to come in for a marriage conference.
No matter, it all affords an opportunity for the preach-
ing of His wonderful Word. The chaplain gets home at
last, but then the phone rings and the Duty Officer of
the station tells him that a man Is hurt or one has been
killed and asks if he will please go and see the wife or
mother immediately to offer whatever help he can and
to break the news to them.

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"What does the chaplain do," you ask? As the pastor
who does his faithful work throughout the week, we
are also working in His vineyard to gather a harvest of
souls in the precious name of the Lord Jesus.

Rev. and Mrs. Archer Baum ('53) and two of their three daughters.
and Chaplain and Mrs. Lee Jenliins {'50) and family. Rev. Bjum
is pastor of the First Brethren Church of San Diego. In sddition
to his official responsibilities as a naval chaplain, Lt. Jenkins
sen'es as Sunday school superintendent at the church.

TOP GRADE COMMENTARIES

(Continued From Page 117)

The grammatical or textual portion stresses certain
peculiar or interesting Hebrew or Greek constructions.
The exegetical part brings out interesting Hebrew and
Greek word studies, verse by verse. General over all
theological and ethical surveys of the passage under
consideration make up the doctrinal and ethical sec-
tion. The homiletical and practical part is usually a col-
lection of succinct but useful applications and illustra-
tions selected from other writers not contributing direct-
ly to the commentary.

The American translators have supplied an abun-
dance of additional materials in the forms of special
annotations, introductions, notes and, frequently, para-
phrases. Sometimes the American translators vigorously
disagree with statements made by the original German
commentators and the American translators" statements
are indicated by footnotes. For example, .Zockler,
commenting on Ecclesiastes 5:6, interprets the word
angel in that verse as referring to a Levitical priest.
The translator, Tayler Lewis, takes Zockler to task in
an extensive footnote!

If one passes over the grammatical and exegetical
material, the commentary set edited by Lange can pro-
vide much useful background for those who have had
no seminary training. Those Christian workers who have
had Hebrew and Greek in seminary will find the gram-
matical and exegetical parts of this set very rich and
rewarding. In any event, the set is dependable doctri-
nally and Christ-centered in most instances.

February 23, 7957

General

Bldg.

Fund

$40.83

232.00

25.00

S5.00

26.51

11.00

26.00

37.46

25.00

2.50

GIFTS TO GRACE SEMINARY

January 31, 1957

Akron, Ohio (Fairlawn)

Akron, Ohio { First)

Albany, Greg

Aleppo, Pa

Alexandria, Va

AUentown. Pa '.

Alto. Mich

Altoona. Pa. (First)

Altoona. Pa. (Juniata) 8.00

Ankenytown. Ohio 18.00

Ashland. Ohio 85.50

Bellf lower. Calif 7.00

Camden, Ohio 4.00

Canton. Ohio 323.39

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 107.00

Clay City. Ind 27.00

Clayton. Ohio 413.18

Cleveland. Ohio 29.00

Covington, Ohio 13.00

Cuvshoga Falls, Ohio 3.00

Dallas Center. Iowa 1.00

Davton. Ohio (First) 128.50

Dayton. Ohio ( North Riverdale) 529.00

Dayton, Ohio (Patterson Park) 143.50

Elkhart, Ind 109.00 100.00

Everett. Pa 8.00

Fillmore, Calif

Flora, Ind 172.02

Fort Lauderdale, Fla 100.00

Fort Wayne, Ind 903.40

Harrah. Wash 67.00

Harrisbure. Pa 263.25 108.00

HoUins, Va 20.00

Homerville, Ohio 5.00

Inglewood. Cahf 47.00

Jfnners, Pa 30.84

Johnstown, Pa. (First) 258.10

Kittanning. Pa. ( First) 120.25

LaVeme, Calif 61.00

Lsamersville. Pa 87.50

Leesburg, Ind 182.18

Leon, Iowa 3.00

Limestone. Tenn

Listie, Pa 241.01

Long Beach, Calif. (First) 10.00

Los Angeles. Calif. (Community) 2.00

Martinsburg. Pa 134.00

Meyersdale. Pa. ( Summit Mills) 12.50

Modesto. Calif. (McHenry) 12.10

New Troy. Mich 300.00

North English. Iowa 100 1.000.00

Norwalk. Calif 131.00

Osceola, Ind IfiS.SO

Palmyra, Pa 158.45

Peru, Ind 351.50

Philadelphia, Pa. (First) ., .32n..50

Philadelphia. Pa. (Third) 120.00

Por-land, Oreg 24.00

B^idford, Va 31.00

Rittman. Ohio 20.00

Roanoke, Va. (Washington Heights) 57.75

San Diego. Cslif 6.00

Seal Beach. Calif 5.00

Spittle, Wash 400.00

Sidney. Ind 72.00

South Bend, Ind 5.00

South Gate. Calif 21.00

South Pas'dena. Calif 15.00

Spokane. Wash 2.00

Sunnyside, Wash 7.00

Tracy, Calif 40.00

Troy. Ohio 54.75

Warsaw. Ind 221.45

Washington. D. C 86.60

Waterloo, Iowa 180.80

Waynesboro. Pa 62.50

West Alexandria. Ohio 2.25

West Covina, Calif 3.00

Wheaton, 111 25.00

Whittier, Calif. (First) 103.50

Winchester, Va 47.00

^'inona Lake, Ind

Wooster, Ohio

Yakima. Wash -

Yellow Creek, Pa

Isolated

Non-Brethren

Southeast District BYF

M^iintenance Gift

Student Body

Total General Fund and Building Fund Gifts . . . 10.217.57 8,882.85

Designated Gifts

Ashland, Ohio $80.00

Dayton. Ohio (First) 100.00

Fort Wayne, Ind 35.00

Kittanning, Pa. (First) 50.00

Long Beach, Calif. (First) 50.00

Non-Brethren 75.00

Total Designated Gifts 390.00

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3.02

1,002.00
1,500.00

5.00

234.50

5.00

130.00
161.50
500.00

441.60
14.25
130.00

115.00
5.00

36.00

33.00

3.00
5.00
55.00

878.80

421.73

314.00

2.00

1,000.00

27.25

182.00

1,013.50

192.45

235.00

50.00

500.00

146.00

CAMPUS NEWS

By Alva Steffler

Examples of Faith

"No support from home" is a very usual cry here at
Grace. It isn't a cry of neglect or fear but one of earnest
faith in their Father, Almighty God. Some of the stu-
dents are from broken homes, some have unsaved par-
ents; but because they are where God wants them, they
have full confidence that He will supply their needs. An-
other group is without jobs, but God is miraculously
supplying the need. Some of the fellows here are takihg
a full load at school while working 40 hours a week,
just to make ends meet.

I could go on and on to cite instance upon instance
of students' faith and God's faithfulness. Recendy these
students pledged (with God's help) to raise $4,000 for
our need here at school. Some of these students are in
those groups mentioned above; all of them are doing
more than their part.

The need has been presented to you before. Won't
you please help and in so doing prove to these 300 stu-
dents that you're behind them in their ventures of faith?

ALUMNI CONFERENCE FEATURES CR. JOBSON
IN BAUMAN MEMORIAL LECTURES

Missions was the accent of this year's annual Grace
Bible Conference. Speakers, Dr. R. D. Barnard, Rev.
J. Paul Dowdy, and Rev. Lester Kennedy, Jr., presented
the vast needs and opportunities for service in Mexico,
Argentina and Africa while Dr. Orville Jobson, veteran
missionary to French Equatorial Africa, challenged our
hearts with his stirring lectures.

Dr. Jobson's allocutions were in the form of a four-
part history of the Africa Mission. He very ably traced
the advance of the Mission from three and one-half dec-
ades that have passed to the present day with its call-
ing need. Dr. Jobson pointed to the importance of the
self-propagating, self-governing and self-supporting
church and how God led in the establishing of the same
kind of church in Africa. In the conclusion Dr. Jobson
summarized the results of these missionary ventures in
these words:

In the 35 years of the established work we have seen
God moving in mysterious ways in calling forth laborers
and building for himself a church of redeemed souls
in Oubangui-Chari. Seventy-six missionaries have gone
forth in answer to His call. Nine have given their lives
on the field, and 58 remain in active service. The Word
goes forth from 14 stations ministering to an African
Church of approximately 20,000 souls who have turned
to Christ for salvation. ... All praise belongeth to the
God of all grace who has made it all possible. Blessed
be His glorious name forever! Ebenezer!

In the near future these lectures will be printed in
book form.

Senior Day

GRACE CHOIR PLANS EASTER TOUR

The college choir will be traveling to California for
their tour this year. Next month the complete schedule
will appear in the Missionary Herald.

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Grace College will play host to graduating high-school
students and prospective college students at the annual
High School Senior Day, March 29. As in the past two
years, a full day of activities is being planned for all
graduating seniors who wish to spend a day on campus
as guests of Grace College. Regular classes will be held
with added attractions in the chapel hour and throughout
the day. Visiting seniors will be entertained at all meals
by the dormitory students at the Westminster Hotel, and
will enjoy the final program of the 1956-57 Concert
Series on Friday night. Informal clothing will be the
order of the day, but afternoon sports time will call for
a change into jeans or other appropriate clothing!

Prompt reservations by students or pastors will en-
able the planning committee to complete its work. In
sending reservations please enclose the following in-
formation: (1) Number planning to attend; (2) Time of
arrival; (3) Need for lodging either Thursday or Friday
flights.

For further information or reservations, write:

Senior Day

Grace College

Winona Lake, Indiana

\Vi.at do teachers do in their spare time? The other
day my curiosity got the best of me, so I decided to find
out what they did when they weren't lecturing to stu-
dents and preparing for the next classes.

Dr. Homer A. Kent, Jr., is working on a textbook of
the Pastoral Epistles while his father is writing a history
of the Brethren Church. Dr. James L. Boyer has under-
taken the grueling task of translating from Greek to
English a commentary on Revelation by Oecumenius.
This is the oldest extant in the Greek language. Profes-
sor John Whitcomb is doing research for his disserta-
tion on the Genesis flood, taking particular note of the
extent, effects and date of this flood. When he isn't
working on this task, he is writing a book entitled: The
Historicity of Darius the Mede in the Book of Daniel.
This work will be published soon by The Evangelical
Theological Society. Professor Donald Ogden, when not
correcting theory papers, is gathering material for a
manuscript in the field of church music and its rela-
tionship to the pastor. Homiletics is the subject of Pro-
fessor Nathan Meyer's book which he plans to finish
in the near future. Dr. Herman A. Hoyt is now in the
process of writing a book on the new birth.

The Brethren M'ssionary Herald

Officers Elected

The seminary and college has elected the following
officers for the 1957-58 Student Council.

Seminary

Pres. — Wendell Kent, Winona Lake, Ind.
Vice Pres. — Carl Miller, Winona Lake, Ind.
Sec. — Pat Griffith, Conemaugh, Pa.

College

Pres. — Charles Winter, Banning, Calif.
Vice Pres. — Frank Hartwig, Gary, Ind.
Sec. — Sonya Saufley, Palmyra, Pa.
Treas. — Patty Watts, Glendale, Calif.
Chaplain — Virgil Riley, Goshen, Ind.

1956 GRADUATES SERVE CHRIST
IN BRETHREN CONSTRUCTION CO.

•f

Two alumni and the father of a third 1956 alumnus
of Grace are serving Christ as the first members in the
first western crew of the Brethren Construction Com-
pany. Pictured above on the left is Bert Jordan, of Kit-
tanning, Pa., father of Dolores Jordan Byers, who grad-
uated from Grace College last May. Charles Koontz
(center) and foreman Max Fluke (at the surveyor's
transit) were members of the 1956 graduating class of
the seminary. At the present time they are busily en-
gaged at the Los Altos Church in Long Beach, Calif.,
constructing the new auditorium. Another Grace Semi-
nary alumnus, Wayne Flory ('52) is pastor there. Theo-
logically-trained men, working on the construction
crews, not only serve Christ with their hands during
the week but they also give the young churches, for
whom they are working, a tremendous amount of en-
couragement and help in their services and visitation
program.

Keep the Thermometer Rising!

OUR GOAL

$100,000

TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION BY MARCH 1

$37,000
(February 8)

8100,000

$90,000

$80,000

870,000

$50,000

$40,000

$30,000

$10,000

GIVE NOW!

GRACE COLLEGE
BUILDING FUND

February 23, 1957

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HEWS

WINONA LAKE, IND. High-
school seniors and pastors are in-
vited to be the guests of Grace Col-
lege on "Senior Day," Fri., Mar.
29. Reservations should bs ror-
warded to the college as soon as
possible. There will hz a concert
in the evening to which all guests
are invited.

WHITTIER, CALIF. Mrs. Lewis
Hohenstein is reported in serious
condition in a local hospital. She is
the wife of Rev. Lewis Hohenstein,
pastor of the First Brethren Church.
Prayer is requested.

FORT WAYNE, IND. Robert
Miller, Jr., entered St. Joseph's Hos-
pital here on Feb. 11, after Mrs.
Robert E. A. Miller arrived Feb. 1 1
by plane from St. Petersburg, Fla.
Robert, Jr., who was ill for a con-
siderable time when Rev. R. E. A.
Miller, his father, was pastor at
Roanoke, Va., made a recovery
and enrolled at Grace College last
September. He was unable to en-
roll for the second semester, and
within the past few weeks has lost
his sight, and this week was taken
to Fort Wayne. His condition is
critical. Rev. Robert Miller flew to
Fort Wayne on Feb. 12. to be at
the bedside of his son. Remember
the entire family in prayer.

PALMYRA, PA. Members of the
Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y clubs of the
local high school visited ihe eve-
ning service of the Grace Brethren

Church on Feb. 3. On Jan. 30 there
was a record attendance at prayer
meeting with 53 present. Robert
Markley is pastor.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. The
North Long Beach Brethren Church
has called Mrs. Molly McCall to
serve as Director of Christian Edu-
cation. George Peek is pastor.

WINONA LAKE, IND. The

cafeteria at Winona Lake, located
on the lake front, has been trans-
formed into a skating rink where
young people can enjoy Christian
fellowship. During the summer
months it will be used as a cafe-
leria.

COMPTON, CALIF. The Cali-
fornia District WMC rally will be
held at the First Brethren Church,
Dennis HoUidav, pastor, on Wed.,
Feb. 27.

PALMYRA. PA. The Northern
Atlantic Fellowship of Brethren
Laymen are meeting here Feb. 23.
Ernie Reisinger is the guest speaker.

ASHLAND, OHIO. The statis-
tical report of the Grace Brethren
Church reveals that missionary gifts
during 1956 exceeded gifts to the
local work. Miles Taber is pastor.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Rev.

M. L. Myers, 319 Vennum Ave.,
Mansfield, Ohio. Miss Isobel Eraser,
9431/4 N. La Jolla, Los Angeles 46,
Calif. Please change Annual.

LAKE ODESSA, MICH. The
Michigan District youth rally will
be conducted at the Grace Breth-
ren Church Mar. 15-16. Homer Mil-
ler will be host pastor.

UNIONTOWN, PA. Mr. Rollin
Sandy, president of the the National
Fellowship of Brethren Laymen,
will be guest speaker at the laymen's
meetings of the First Brethren
Church on Feb. 25. R. Paul Miller,
Jr., is pastor.

GRAFTON, W. VA. The Alle-
gheny Fellowship youth rally was
conducted at the First Brethren
Church Feb. 15-16. Rev. Ray
Streets of Johnstown, Pa., and Rev.

Executive !5ditor Arnold ri. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake. Ini.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winoni Lake. Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake. Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake. Ind.

R. Paul Miller, Jr. of Uniontown,
Pa., were the speakers. Lee Crist
was host pastor.

SOUTH BEND, IND. All cor-
respondence to the Ireland Road
Brethren Church should be ad-
dressed to Mrs. Raymond Britton,
602 E. Monroe St., South Bend,
Ind., until a new pastor arrives on
ihe iield.

SPECIAL. It is not too early to
order your Vacation Bible School
material. Place your order with the
Brethren Missionary Herald.

WASHINGTON (EP)— J. Edgar
Hoover, director of the FBI, reports
that more major crimes were com-
mitted in the U. S. in 1956 than in
any previous year. During die past
12 months there were 2,534,000
major crimes, an increase of over 1 1
percent over last year's record. Rob-
bery was the only category of major
crimes in which there was a slight
decline.

WASHINGTON (EP)— Enroll-
ment in the nation's theological
seminaries and schools of religious
education has passed the 30,000
mark, showing an increase of 2.3
percent over last year, but there is
a decline of 5.5 per cent in the num-
ber of first-year students enrolling
for ministerial training. General en-
rollment in all colleges and univer-
sities is up 10 percent over last
year.

WASHINGTON (EP)— A bill
has been introduced in the House
of Representatives which would per-
mit farmers who exceed their wheat
quotas to donate the surplus to re-
ligious organizations without having
to pay a marketing penalty.

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Evangelism Sunday-Feb. 24

The Brethren Missionary Herald

IS THEOLOGY
CHANGING

in the conservative camp?

By Dr. Alva J. McClain

President, Grace Theological
Seminary

Winona Lake, Indiana

"They chose new gods; then was war in the gates"

In the March 1956 issue of the
magazine Christian Life there ap-
peared an article under the title, "Is
Evangelical Theology Changing?"
The article purported to have been
based on replies to a questionnaire
sent out to a number of Christian
leaders in this country. The general
conclusion of the editors was that
the theology in question was indeed
changing, and definitely for the bet-
ter; that the older fundamentalism
was giving place to a new evangeli-
calism.

As to this particular type of
jouraahsm, it may be said that one
of its weaknesses is that the reader is
given only selected portions — often
very brief — from the replies to the
questionnaire, and therefore has no
opportunity to study them in their
original context. Certainly, in this
case, some of the editorial conclu-
sions may be not unfairly character-
ized as highly dubious. I cannot feel
that all the participants would fully
subscribe to all of them — a reserva-
tion which is acknowledged in an
editorial note (p. 19).

From the article in question I
have selected six points for com-
ment.

1. The editors begin with a
blunt affirmation that, in the case of
historic fundamentalism, what start-
ed out "as a high level theological
discussion degenerated into a cat
and dog fight." Now it is true that
there have been plenty of such fights
in the ranks of the Fundamentalists,
and also, for that matter, among the
Modernists. But the central contro-

versy of fundamentaUsm has never
been a mere cat and dog fight. Even
its more intelligent opponents have
been able to see that clearly. Do the
editors of Christian Life think that
the great fundamental truths of
Christianity are no longer under
serious attack and that Fundamen-
talists in general are no longer con-
cerned about these weighty matters?
If so, they do not know enough
about current history to render a
judgment of much value.

2. The editors of Christian Life
seem to be highly allergic to the
name "Fundamentalist." In this I
can sympathize with them to some
extent, having gone through that
phase in my own younger days. But
I found that nothing much can be
done about labels, except to insist
upon proper definitions and safe-
guards against misinterpretations.
Even the name "Christian" was
probably a term of contempt in the
beginning. But it was not therefore
repudiated by the early church. And
"democracy" is still an honorable
word in spite of its appropriation
by dishonorable men. As for the
use of the word "Fundamentalists"
in connection with a certain polyg-
amous sect of Mormonism, the edi-
tors of Christian Life along with
practically all the other news re-
porters in the United States have
missed the point completely. These
particular Mormons were called
"Fundamentalists" because they re-
fused to give up the original and
fundamental beliefs of their religion,
one of which was polygamy. Such a

use of the term, properly understood,
should have been regarded as a com-
pliment to the fundamentalist move-
ment in the Protestant churches. But
you cannot expect that ordinary
newspaper reporters will see things
like that. The semantic confusion of
names with things is hardly a mark
of intellectual clarity.

Dr. Billy Graham, who is cited by
Christian Life as being antipathetic
toward the name "Fundamentalist,"
would have been better advised (if he
was advised) to have accepted it and
then to have defined carefully its
true and historical meaning. This
could not possibly have reduced his
stature; but it would have saved
from distress and perplexity thou-
sands of his devoted supporters who
have (rightly or wrongly) identified
the cause of evangelical Christianity
with the fundamentalist movement.

As to the "guilt by association"
which is always a possible danger to
be faced in the use of any religious
label, one might as well suffer classi-
fication with a few crackpots who
may call themselves "Fundamental-
ists" (and with no greater embar-
rassment) as to be put with the heter-
ogeneous brood which at one time
or another have found shelter be-
neath the broad umbrella of "evan-
gelicalism." For that matter, no un-
happy label can ever make a good
product bad; nor by the same token
can the most carefully phrased label
make a bad product good.

3. The editors of Christian Life
have listed a number of things with
reference to which the new "evan-
gelicalism" is regarded as more ex-

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cellent than "fundamentalism." But
some of thes^ things ar; not new at
all. Do the editors actually suppose
that historic fundamentalism has had
no "positive witness for God's re-
demptive love, wisdom and power
as revealed in Jesus Christ"? Do
they think that its scholarly lead-
ers had no good word for the labors
and contributions of science? Do
they mean to say that there was no
recognition of the reality of Biblical
healing for the body of the Chris-
tian? If so, they should go back and
read more carefully the serious lit-
erature of the movement.

4. On the other hand, some of
the alleged trends of the new
"evangelicalism" are definitely un-
healthy. For one thing, there seems
to be a mortal fear of being
against things that are wrong, lest
we be charged with a lack of "con-
structive" thought and action. But
considered rationally, there is always
a destructive side to action which is
constructive. It may be necessary
to clear away the debris before we
can build the new structure. And
once constructed, we may find it
an important thing to fight the ar-
sonists who never care what they
burn down. The Fundamentalists of
the past were intensely against some
things for the very simple reason
that they were irrevocably for some
things. Never in all their careers did
men like Moody, Torrey, Biederwolf
and Sunday hesitate to speak pub-
licly and emphatically against the
detractors of Christianity, and to call
them by name no matter who they
were. They were unwilling to sacri-
fice fundamental issues for the sake
of a short-term gain. Going back
somewhat further in history, we find
the Reformers not afraid to label the
Papal system as the anti-Christian
"harlot" of Biblical prophecy. But
today we read over his own signa-
ture the declaration of one popular
evangelist that he is determined
never to say anything against the
Roman Catholic organization.
Whether such an attitude is a mark
of true progress or not will ultimate-
ly be demonstrated by history. But
if the Word of God is reliable, the
final verdict is not in doubt. The
church has a definite twofold re-
sponsibility before God: first, we
must preach the Word; and second.

Dr. Alva J. McClain

we must also reprove and rebuke
all that is false (I Tim. 4:1-4).

5. The editors of Christian Life
think the new "evangelicalism will
be more willing to "converse with
liberal theologians." As for myself,
I have never been unwilling to talk
with unbelievers. But through some
40 years of experience I have found
it easier to talk with materialists,
agnostics, and even atheists than
with a group of men who while pro-
fessing to be Christians are engaged
(often surreptitiously) in trying to
destroy the very foundations of the
Christian faith. Does Dr. Vernon
Grounds (who is quoted on this
point) really think that we might
"profitably engage in an exchange
of ideas" with blasphemers who sug-
gest that our only Lord and Master
was begotten in the womb of a fal-
len mother by a German mercenary
and that the God of the Old Testa-
ment is a dirty bully? Basically,
the problem here is ethical rather
than theological, as President Cul-
bertson of Moody Bible Institute
has so clearly pointed out. As his-
tory plainly teaches, hobnobbing
too closely with the enemy has al-
ways cost the cause of Christianity
much more than it ever gained. I
understand the desirability of an ac-
quaintance with the program and
ideas of our opponents, but we must
never for one instant forget that they
are deadly enemies with whom there
can be neither truce nor compromise.
You do not find the Apostle Paul
suggesting an "exchange of ideas"
with Hymenaeus and Alexander; but
on the contrary they were delivered
to Satan in order that they might
"learn not to blaspheme" (I Tim.
1:20). Modem blasphemy is no less
reprehensible than it was in ancient
days.

It is both curious and disturbing

today to find "evangelicals" who,
while bewailing the belligerence of
historic fundamentalism and advo-
cating a closer rapprochement with
the modem liberals, at the same time
spend so much effort and time be-
laboring and fighting against their
own side. It looks sometimes as if
they might have gotten lost in the
dust of the real battle for the faith.

6. The major change to be
brought about by the new "evan-
gelicalism," according to the Chris-
tian Life editors, is a shift from con-
tending for the faith to insistence
upon the necessity of the new birth.
This is undoubtedly the worst thing
about the entire editorial. In the first
place, its implications are false. Do
the editors actually suppose that
among the leaders of fundamental-
ism, historically and today, there is
no proper insistence on the need of
being bom again? If so, they are
not competent to deal with their
subject. On this point, it is only
necessary to compare the literature
of historic fundamentalism with that
of the new "evangelicalism" to find
the comparative place given to the
divine command: "Ye must be born
again." But, secondly, the leaders
of fundamentalism were not wrong
in giving first place to matters of
Christian "faith." For they under-
stood clearly that the new birth is
not something which can be pro-
duced in a vacuum; and that with-
out certain factors such an expe-
rience is totally impossible. They
knew, as the late Dr. Machen as-
serted so effectively, that the new
birth is a result, not a cause. There-
fore, if the editors of Christian Life
should prove to be correct in their
estimate of present trends away from
objective matters of Christian faith
toward matters of subjective ex-
perience, the day may come when
there will be no more new births.

Finally, the editors of Christian
Life express deep concem over the
divisions which have blunted the ef-
fectiveness of fundamentalism. With
them, I sincerely share this concem.
But a reading of their expressed
views will only deepen the convic-
tion of many that they are abetting
a trend which may not only lead to
another division, but one which will
be the deepest and most disastrous
of all.

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

KEPT ^^ *^® Power of God!

"... you, who are kept by the
power of God through faith unto
salvation ready to be revealed in
the last time" (I Pet. 1:5).

This is a precious truth, and how
thankful we ought to be that God has
given it! This promise should allay
all fears and doubts in the mind of
every believer as to the assurance of
salvation and the "blessed hope."

The writer was reared under the
influence of Arminian thought and
teaching, and, consequently, in early
life there were many frustrations.
Through parental teaching a defi-
nite religious inclination had been
implanted, but in early youth there
was always the dread of launching
out upon a life of faith only to be
eventually deprived of eternal bliss
as a result of some infraction upon
God's holiness. The question, "How
can I be sure of enduring to the
end?" v/as a constant enigma. It was
indeed a joyous day when the truth
of God's grace and His keeping
power broke upon my heart! There
has never been one moment since
that day that I have sought to rely
upon personal effort in order to
"remain" a child of God.

We need to look closely at the text
in order to see the full extent of
the keeping power of God. The
Greek word from which we get the
word "kept," is phroueo, and means,
"To guard, protect by a military
guard, either in order to prevent
hostile invasion, or to keep the in-
habitants of a beseiged city from
flight" (Thayer). The same word is
used in II Corinthians 11:32: "The
governor under Aretas the King
kept [guarded, protected by a mili-
tary guard] the city of the Dama-
scenes with a garrison." It is the idea,
not only of keeping something in
one's possession, but of keeping
a charge with the use of an armed
guard, or garrison. The same idea
appears again in Philippians 4:7:
"And the peace of God, which pas-
seth all understanding, shall keep
[garrison] your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus." With this

understanding of the word "kept,"
we want to consider the source, the
sphere, and the scope of our keep-
ing.

THE SOURCE OF
OUR KEEPING

How futile is the struggle to keep
one's self in our salvation! One man
— a minister — said: "It is God's
work to save me, but it is my work
to keep myself saved." This may
have been the expression of a sin-
cere heart, but it did not reflect the
truth of God's Word! Our text tells
us we are "kept by the power of
God." In I Peter 4:19, while the
suffering of believers is expressly in
view, God's children are to "com-
mit the keeping of their souls to him
in well doing, as unto a faithful
Creator." The source of our keep-
ing is in God; It v.'as with this knowl-
edge that Paul could say in II Tim-
othy 1:12: "I known whom I have
believed, and am persuaded that he
is able to keep that which I have
committed unto him against that
day."

When Satan came into the pres-
ence of the Lord (see Job 1:6-12),
he accused the Lord of having a
hedge about Job; this in a very real
sense shows how the power of God
keeps His own. Every one of God's
children is "hedged about," "guard-
ed, protected by the armed hosts
of the Lord." Those sincere souls
who are continually trying to keep
themselves saved are simply over-
looking the source of our keeping. If
it should still be argued that each
individual Christian must keep him-
self, we would remind you that we
are kept by "the power of God."
The word "power" comes from the
Greek dunamls, and means "ability,"
or "might." That same ability, or
might, which is able to keep the
heavenly bodies in their orbits, and
the oceans within their boundaries,
is certainly able to keep us, His re-
deemed ones, in His continual care
and grace.

There is one further considera-

By Russell H. Weber

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
Hagerstov/n, Md.

tion in the source of our keeping,
and it is that we are "kept by the
power of God through faith." Faith
appropriates the work of God to
us as personal experience. Faith is
used here in the sense of "firm
persuasion." We are to be firmly
persuaded that what God has spoken
is fact. The "self-keepers," though
perhaps sincere, are actually casting
doubt upon the Word and power of
God. Be firmly persuaded, friend,
that John 10:27-29, Philippians I:
6, et. al., are statements of fact,
and that they are for your spiritual
security. Let us now consider —

THE SPHERE OF OUR KEEPING

The sphere of our keeping is in
this present world. We are kept now,
and we are kept from all the powers
of Satan and demons. There is one
word in our text that needs close
attention in this regard; it is the
word "ready." It comes from the
Greek, hetoimos, which means "pre-
pared, ready." It carries the idea of
being made ready in advance by
another. In our text it especially
means "to be made ready by an-
other to the point of being revealed."
We are kept by the power of God
in this present time, in the sphere
of our present activity. There would
be few people, if any, who would
argue that God's power would be
insufficient to keep the redeemed
ones in heaven, but many insist that
while on earth, in the present sphere,
we are, somehow, individually
charged with the keeping of our own
souls. We must remember that our

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"Now before the feast of the pass-
over, when Jesus knew that his hour
was come that he should depart out
of this world unto the Father, hav-
ing loved his own which were in the
world, he loved them unto the end.
And supper being ended, the devil
having put into the heart of Judas
Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
Jesus knowing that the Father had
given all things into his hands, and
that he was come from God, and
went to God; He riseth from sup-
per, and laid aside his garments; and
took a towel, and girded himself.
After that he poureth water into
a bason, and began to wash the dis-
ciples" feet, and to wipe them with
the towel wherewith he was girded"
(John 13:1-5).

There can be no doubt in the mind
of anyone who believes the Bible
that Jesus was actually, literally
washing the feet of His disciples
with water in a basin, and that He
was wiping those washed feet with
a real towel. But the question is:
Why was He doing it? And did He
intend for His disciples to do exactly
the same thing, when He later said:
"If I then, your Lord and Master,
have washed your feet; ye also
ought to wash one another's feet.
For I have given you an example,
that ye should do as I have done to
you" (John 13:14-15)? Did He in-
tend for His followers to do this
thing literally, just as He had done it,
or were they to do something else
which figuratively speaking would
be washing one another's feet?
Surely it is a command, and it must
either be practiced literally, or we
must have authority for spiritual-
izing His words and washing feet
only in a figurative way. To choose
correctly between these two alterna-
tives, we must understand the pur-
pose and meaning of what Jesus
himself was doing.

OLD TIME CUSTOM

Some of our friends tell us that
Jesus was merely keeping an old
oriental custom — that they wore
sandals, the roads were dusty, and

By Miles Taber

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
Ashland, Ohio

it was common to wash feet when
coming into the house. That is what
Peter thought. When Jesus came to
Peter, Peter asked: "Lord, dost thou
wash my feet?" If there was an
oriental custom of feet-washing,
certainly Peter knew all about it. He
knew that the custom was for the
host to provide water, and the guest
washed his own feet. But Jesus was
departing from the custom and was
washing the feet of others. So Peter
simply asked what it all meant.
Jesus' answer is both significant and
clear. He said to Peter: "What I do
thou knowest not now; but thou
shalt know hereafter." Peter knew
about oriental customs, but he did
not then know the meaning of what
Jesus was doing. But the Lord
promised him that it was something
that he would understand later.
This conversation between Peter
and Jesus definitely lifts the act of
feet-washing far above the mere
keeping of an old oriental custom.
It stood for something that an ori-
ental did not understand.

Again we are often told that Jesus
was merely teaching a lesson in hu-
mility by His personal example. The
quarrel between the disciples at the

table is often referred to, and it is
suggested that Jesus was simply giv-
ing an object lesson in humility. But
a careful examination of the gospels
will disclose that the quarrel oc-
curred after the feet-washing, so
that it could not have been the oc-
casion which prompted it.

HUMILITY

It is evident that Peter's second
response is based on this very as-
sumption that it was a lesson in
humility. When the Lord suggested
that the act had a deeper meaning
than the mere keeping of a custom,
Peter immediately grasped the
thought that Jesus was demonstrat-
ing true humility to His disciples.
On that supposition Peter exclaimed:
"Thou shalt never wash my feet."
Peter would never permit his divine
Lord to take the place of a slave and
wash his feet. If humility is the les-
son, Peter says that's going too far!
No able-bodied man would permit
his saintly old mother to kneel down
and scrub his feet. Nor on the basis
of humility could Peter justly per-
mit his Lord to do the same. Peter
is virtually saying: "Lord, if it has
come to this, that You must wash
my feet in order to teach me humil-
ity, don't do it. I will learn the les-
son, but I can never permit You to
so humiliate yourself. You must
never wash my feet."

FELLOWSHIP

Again Jesus must correct the
wrong assumption of the disciple. In
His answer the Lord shows Peter
that this act of feet-washing has to
do with fellowship, not humility.
For Jesus said: "If I wash thee not,
thou hast no part with me." That
word "part" may be translated "fel-
lowship." So Jesus is saying that
this washing of the feet is necessary
in order that the disciple may have
fellowship with his Lord. Now we
are getting to the true meaning of
feet-washing. It is a cleansing to
restore fellowship between Christ
and the Christian.

What is it, we may ask, that

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breaks this fellowship? The answer
is, Sin. For John wrote in I John
1:7: "But if we walk in the light,
as he is in the light, we have fel-
lowship one with another." The be-
liever's salvation is secure for eter-
nity, but his fellowship with his
Lord depends upon his walk. As
long as he walks with the Lord, he
has fellowship with Him. But when
his feet wander into strange paths,
that fellowship is broken. Then the
Christian must return to his Lord,
confess his sin, and be cleansed and
restored to fellowship. For John
writes to believers: "If we confess
our sins, he is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness" (I
John 1:9). The Christian needs to
be forgiven, not from the guilt of his
sins, but from the defilement, the
contamination of them. And the
Christian must realize that when he
sins, he forfeits his intimate fellow-
ship with Christ. If he wants to be
restored to fellowship, he must con-
fess, and the Lord must cleanse, his
sins. Feet-washing, as a church or-
dinance, reminds us continually of
our need for this cleansing, and it
is an outward symbol of the inward
work of grace in the believer's heart.

A SPECIFIC COMMAND

This ordinance is justified then,
not only on the basis of Christ's
command, but also on the basis of
the Christian's need. In these days
when the world is so much with us,
and our feet are so easily defiled by
contact with that which is unholy,
we need an ordinance which teaches
us that we must repeatedly come
back to the Lord, confess our sins,
renew our vows, and be restored to
the joy and fellowship we once
knew. Of course we recognize that
the mere outward practice of the
ordinance does not produce the in-
ward cleansing of the Christian, any
more than the mere outward prac-
tice of baptism produces the inward
cleansing of the siimer who turns to
Christ. But the conscientious prac-
tice of the ordinance is an effective
teacher of the spiritual truth that it
symbolizes.

When Peter began to grasp at least
some of this truth, realizing that
feet-washing had to do with the

cleansing necessary for fellowship,
he changed his attitude completely.
Instead of protesting, he wanted
more. He cried: "Lord, not my feet
only, but also my hands and my
head." He wanted to be immersed
again in the cleansing flood. He was
really demanding a second baptism.
So great was his sense of need that
he thought that he must be saved all
over again.

But Jesus quickly reassures him
on this point. He said: "He that is
washed needeth not save to wash
his feet, but is clean every whit: and
ye are clean, but not all." And John
adds: "For he knew who should be-
tray him; therefore said he. Ye are
not all clean." Peter was clean, so
far as the guilt of sin was concerned.
So were all of the other apostles,
except Judas. By faith in Christ
they had been cleansed once for all
from the great burden of the guilt
of sin. They had eternal life, and
that could never end. Sinner friend,
if you will come to Jesus just as you
are. He will take away all of your sin
once for all, and you will never come
under the wrath of God. He saves
unto the uttermost. Christian friend,
never doubt the power of your Lord
to keep you to the end, if you have
really trusted in Him. He that is
once washed in the blood of the
Lamb will never need that cleansing
again.

However, in this statement to
Peter, Jesus makes a comparison be-
tween two church ordinances, bap-
tism and feet-washing. In effect. He
is saying that the believer has been
cleansed once for all from the guilt
of his sin, and that cleansing is
pictured in the washing of the whole
body by immersion. But the believer
is cleansed from the defilement of
his sins from time to time as he
confesses and forsakes them, and
that cleansing is pictured in the
washing of the feet, or the ordinance
of feet-washing. If baptism, which
symbolizes the once-for-all cleans-
ing of the whole man, is a church
ordinance, then feet-washing, which
symbolizes the frequent cleansing of
the Christian's walk, is also a church
ordinance. And Jesus meant exactly
what He said when He command-
ed His disciples: "Ye also ought to
wash one another's feet."

KEPT BY THE POWER OF GOD!

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Lord Jesus Christ prayed for us
that we might be "kept from the
evil one," who in our present sphere
of activity is doing his utmost to
unseat us from our high place as
children of God.

We may use an example in this
connection of the inventor who is
developing a machine of some sort
that will benefit humanity. The plan
is his own, he is the developer of it,
and he is its guardian. Much time
and money is used in the develop-
ment of the machine. All the effort
put forth is for the purpose of mak-
ing the machine "ready" for presen-
tation to the public. We are the
working of God's mind, we are being
made "ready" for presentation in
future glory. Our keeping, having its
source in the power of God through
faith, is also sure in the present
sphere. In conclusion we suggest —

THE SCOPE OF OUR KEEPING

We are "kept . . . ready to be re-
vealed in the last day." There is one
more Greek word in the text that
needs our attention here, it is apoka-
lupto, and is translated "to be re-
vealed." The word signifies to "un-
cover, or to unveil." As used in the
text it means to uncover, or to re-
veal the salvation and glory that
await the believer. The believer is,
therefore, kept for the day of God's
glory. The text shows that time to be
"the last time," or in the end of
time. We may safely conclude that
the scope of our keeping extends
from the beginning of our redemp-
tion, through all of our experiences
while in this present sinful world,
and on into eternity. What security!
Only the eternal God can offer such
keeping power! It is yours to accept
by faith.

God's promise to keep us should
bring us to see the need for a life
of willing service to our blessed
Lord. We need to see that we are
"his workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus unto good works, which
God hath before ordained that we
should walk in them" (Eph. 2:10).
Friend, grasp this truth and never
let it go! "Kept, by the power of
God!"

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MOUNTAINTOP EXPERIENCES

It was often the custom of the
Lord and His disciples to retire from
the countryside to the hills for
prayer. This particular time was
one of unusual happenings. What
took place helped ihe disciples,
Peter, James, and John, to grasp
what the Lord had been telling them
about His death, burial, and resur-
rection.

Christ's disciples must have had
some real eye-opening thrills as
they watched Jesus perform such
wonderful miracles daily. They
must have been amazed beyond com-
prehension at the power His person
played upon the people. But this
transfiguration scene must have
eclipsed all previous experiences —
so much so that they told no one
until after the resurrection, as they
were commanded. It was so unique
that they didn't want to leave the
place of physical and spiritual eleva-
tion.

We as Christian people can also
experience the spiritual thrill of ris-
ing to mountain heights with our
wonderful Lord. There we can see
Him interceding continually in our
behalf before the throne of God;
there we can see Him, not as just
another man, a great and famous
personage, or just a miracle-worker,
but the divine Son of God. There we
can behold Him in all the brilliance
and splendor of His glory.

These disciples had known the
Lord for some time, but they had not
seen anything like this. Nor did they
dream it could be possible. They
had been taught and told, but it had
not penetrated very far. It took
a prayer meeting on the top of a
mountain to burn in these realities.
Christ took these men and "went
up into a mountain to pray." They

did not need exercise, but prayer.
They did not need just solitude, but
altitude. They needed to rise above
the cares and problems of the world
and everyday living. And how ef-
fective it was!

This same Christ continually de-
sires that His disciples of today sep-
arate themselves for such times of
prayer. He longs to have them meet
with Him for secret medita-
tion; this is where the great truths of
Scripture become living certainties.
Too many Christians have never
availed themselves of this practical
and precious privilege. The reason
they cannot "walk and not faint," or
"run and not be weary" is because
they have never "mounted up with
wings as eagles." No wonder so
many professed Christians are al-
ways in a rut. No wonder their lives
are one continual problem after an-
other. No wonder circumstances
keep them depressed, discouraged,
and weighted down in the bottom
of the valley. In such a state of
spiritual affairs every little thing
looks so big. The mistakes and
faults of others are all that can be
seen. This is the breeding-ground
for nearly every church trouble.

Climb the mountainside, my
brother, my sister, where you will
see yourself and your own person-
ality apart from any other surround-
ings. There you will get a bird's-
eye view of the valley, and most im-
portant of all, a God's eye view of
yourself.

From an airplane the mountains
and valleys tend to level out, ugly
things take on beauty, thistles and
thorns blend in with the geometric
arrangements of the fields, and mud-
dy rivers look like beautiful ribbons
placed by the Master Hand. Then

"He [Christ] took Peter and John
and James, and went up into a
mountain to pray."

By Vernon Harris

Pastor, Washington Heights
Brethren Church
Roanoke, Va.

as the aircraft lands in the valley
below, the observer cannot help but
say: "It was good for me to have
been there." He has a new apprecia-
tion for the landscape and the every-
day tasks which God has given in
His vineyard.

It was from the pinnacle of Pike's
Peak that Katherine Lee Bates
wrote the words for that immortal
song, "America the Beautiful."
While flying in an airplane, Merv
Rosell wrote the words for the
chorus, "Above the Clouds the Sun
Is Always Shining."

Much of the success, growth, and
spiritual power of the Maranatha
Bible Conference is attributed to its
emphasis on this kind of prayer.
There it is literally possible to
climb the hillside to meditate with
the Lord. A prayer tower has been
erected on the highest point over-
looking beautiful Lake Michigan.
Large numbers exert themselves
daily to meet with their prayer-
hearing and prayer-answering God.

In such surroundings nothing
man-made can blur your vision of
God's creation. There nothing can
distract from the reading of God's
holy Word. There nothing can stop
the hungry soul on bended knees
from feasting on the transcendent
glory and majesty of our risen, glo-
rified Lord. Then will "the eyes of
your understanding be enlightened;
that ye may know ... the riches of
the glory of his inheritance in the
saints, and what is the exceeding
greatness of his power to us-ward
who believe, according to the work-
ing of his mighty power." Then you
will realize, as never before, that
you are in the world, but not of the
world; a servant in the world, but
not a slave to it.

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February 23, 1957

The BRETHREN

M^MIilii^

FOREIGN MISSION NUMBER

MARCH 2, 1957

In Our Foreign-Mission Work

By Russell D. Barnard

Thank you, Lord —

Our missionaries who traveled from the east to the
west coast drove over hundreds of miles of icy roads.
Others in the East have had the same experience. We
want to thank the Lord for His protecting care of our
missionaries and missionary workers as they travel,
and to thank you people for continuing in prayer for
all of us. Please continue to pray for our missionaries
— on the roads, on the high seas, or in the air.

Attend the stockholders' meeting!

There will be from one to three or four sessions. Each
session is important. These are your meetings, since
you are the investors in the work. The fine part is that
the meeting will be in your area, probably in your
church. You will be able to meet the employees of the
corporation and to hear their interesting and challeng-
ing reports. Don"t fail to attend. Watch your local
church bulletin for time and place. These are more
familiarly known as "The Missionary Rallies."

Write a song —

We are needing some good foreign-missionary songs
and choruses, some that will express the ideals of our
Brethren foreign-mission work. We want you people to
write them. Announcement was made of our song/
chorus-writing contest in the January 5, 1957, issue of
the Missionary Herald. Hurry! Hurry! It will be most
convenient for the judges to meet during the first week
in May, so we are asking that you have your entries to
us by April 30. We are prepared to offer, first, second,
third and fourth awards each for the songs and the
choruses. Help us to help our people to "sing" foreign
missions.

A correction —

A month ago we mentioned that Miss Sylvia Hill
would be living with Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Ham-
mers in Seattle while her parents serve in Africa. There
has been a change of plans, and Miss Sylvia is living
with Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Ossen in Long Beach,
Calif.

Did you read it?

We refer to the excellent article written by Dr. Oswald
J. Smith, entitled. "When God Taught Me to Give." It
is on page 67 of the February 2, 1957, issue of the
Brethren Missionary Herald. Give your copy to your
friends that they may read it. Why not read all, or a
part of it, in the meetings of the church with which you
have to do. This fine article has been a genuine blessing
to thousands upon thousands.

Did you become a member?

Did you become a member of our Foreign Mis-
sionary Society during February — our membership-
enlistment month? Are all the members of your family
members of the Society? If you failed to care for this
important item of the Lord's business during February,
March stands before you. There are three classes of
membership: active, for those who give S5 or more in
any calendar year. This is an annual membership and
active during the calendar year following the year in
which the gift is given. Life membership is for those
who give SI 00 or more in any one calendar year. Ap-
propriate certificates are issued. Expansion membership
is a plan being arranged by which those who give $1,000
or more will receive appropriate certificates. The SI, 000
if given during any one calendar year will have special
designation. But it also will be issued to all who during
any five-year period, beginning with 1957, give a total
of SI, 000 or more.

$311,91613 is our foreign-mission prayer goal for the
whole Brethren church during 1957 —

This is exactly a 17 percent increase over the fine
offering for 1957. Our expenditures during 1956 totaled
$295,309.65. You can see why we will need all of the
17 percent increase. Inflation alone will probably ex-
ceed this increase asked, and certainly little expansion
can be made.

"UNDAUNTED HOPE"—

This is the name of the 438-page book telling the life
story of James Gribble, our pioneer missionary in
French Equatorial Africa. It was written by his gifted
wife. Dr. Florence Newberry Gribble. and published
in 1932. The edition has long since been exhausted.
There is an increasing desire, especially on the part of
our younger ministers, to own this wonderful book. Do
you have a copy, or know of a copy not in use which
you would like to give or sell to someone now greatly
desiring it? If so, please write us at the Brethren For-
eign Mission Office, P. O. Box 588, Winona Lake, Ind.,
and tell us your desire.

Board of Trustees to meet —

The Board of Trustees of The Foreign Missionary
Society of the Brethren Church will assemble for their
midyear meeting on March 18. The place of meeting
will be the foreign-mission offices at Winona Lake, Ind.
We invite any member of the Society to send us any
suggestions or items for business.

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 9

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16. 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake, Ind.. under the act of March 3. 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake, Ind. SuCiscription price, $3.00 a year; 100-percent churches. $2.50; foreign. $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees. president; Herman A. Hoyt, vice president: William Schaffer. secretary: True Hunt, assistant secretary: Ord Geh-
man. treasurer: Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee; Gene Farrell. S. W. Link, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller,
Thomas Hammers; Arnold R. Kriegbaum, ex officio.

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Brazil Again!

By J. Keith Altig

One quarter of a year having passed since our return
to the land of God's choice for us, perhaps a word of
greeting to the brotherhood would not be amiss.

There has been a notable change in the living con-
ditions of the people since our departure almost four
years ago now. Inflation has brought prosperity to a few
and misery to many. Of almost 70 nations reported on
in a national news magazine, Brazil was found to have
a higher rate of inflation than all the rest — a dubious
honor. Everything is from two to four times as ex-
pensive as formerly.

However, the stores are busy and crowded. Merchan-
dise hitherto unknown is now being offered for sale,
much of it having been made by the industry of the
country itself and not imported. Roads and streets are
being improved, and electrical plants are being in-
stalled. Agriculture has progressed to the point that,
where once there was nothing but jungle, now big,
cleared fields are being put to production. There has
been great material progress even in the most back-
ward part of this great land. But in comparison with
what remains to be done and the desperate need of the
people, the surface has hardly even been scratched.

Spiritually there has been progress in the work of
the mission. Under the able leadership of the Jack
Zielasko family and the Bill Burk family, attendance
and interest in all phases of the work here in Icoraci
have continued and increased. There are meetings in
three localities. Four young men are studying in a Bible
school conducted by another mission, hoping to be
able to minister the Word in an effective way in the
near future. As these words are being written, a family
from the Icoraci area is traveling to Macapa to work
with the Millers in the ministry of the gospel. The plan
is for the man of the family, Euchdes Franco, to study
under the direction of Brother Miller and take charge of
the chapel at Mazagao.

In Macapa, too, the work has progressed, especially
in the matter of a Christian day school. A biweekly radio
broadcast, the time being given free by the government,
is a feature of the work there.

A new mission station is being established in the city
of Capanema which is located about 100 miles from
Belem-Icoraci. The Jack Zielasko family is there now
getting things arranged to begin an active testimony
soon. This is a strategic location.

The goals for the future are always kept in mind in
all of our activities. First, to press the work of evan-
gelism in every way possible, not only by the mission-
aries themselves but by encouraging the believers to
witness. Second, to estabhsh and strengthen the believers
in the Christian hfe. To this end converts' classes and
special Bible study classes are held regularly. The
messages are designed to provide help and Scriptural

(Continued on Page 136)

Brazil scenes

March 2, 1957

13T

ITIHIIE (gIHinE,ID)iaiiM'g JPA

Missionary Helper of the Mont-h

Kenneth Churchill lives in Argentina. He is 10
years old. His parents. Rev. and Mrs. Jack Churchill,
are missionaries. His grandparents went to Argentina
many years ago to give out the gospel there. Kenny no
doubt is a real missionary helper to his parents. He gets
to play with the children of Argentina. He has many
opportunities to tell them about the Lord Jesus. Pray
for Kenny and his parents. Also please pray for his
brother, Charles, age six, and for his sister, Margaret,
ase four.

?? A BIG QUESTION ??

Here is a question for every missionary helper to
answer. Yes; it's for you! Maybe you didn't think so,
but it is! We have a missionary helper's page (The
Children's Page) in the Missionary Herald. We have our
own special missionary helpers' chorus. How many of
you think we should have a "Missionary Helpers Club"?
With all the interest among the boys and girls, it seems
like we ought to have a special club. Well, it's up to you,
and you, and you, to decide. If you think we ought to
have a Missionary Helpers Club, write and tell us.
Write to: "The Children's Page, Box 588, Winona Lake,
Ind." We'll be watching the mail every day for your
letter.

THANKS FOR YOUR LETTERS!

Thanks to every missionary helper who wrote us a
letter last month. Many of you did. Some told of how
much you like the missionary helper's chorus. Some told
of how you are going to pray for the missionaries this
year. And others told about your plans to fill your hut
banks with money. The letters were all very interesting.

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By now you should have received your letter with the
surprise which we promised you.

Be sure to color your missionary helper's prayer
calendar this month. Remember, color it for every day
that you pray for the missionaries. One group of chil-
dren colors their red every day that they pray for the
missionaries. If you see any of the missionaries, tell them
that you are a missionary helper. Tell them that you
are praying for them.

We hope you like the story about the Argentine coin.
Look right across the page and you will see it. It is
for both children and grown-ups, but it should be very
interesting to you. It would be very nice to have your
mother or daddy read it to you.

MARY MISSIONARY-

ON THE MAP TH05E ISLANDS
LOOK 50 TIN/ our '"

y£S-AND OUR
MISSIONARIES
ARE TRYING-
HARD TO TELL
MANY OF THEM
ABOUT THE
LORD JE5U5

let's not FOR&ET,

TO PRAY FOR

THE TRE5l5E5^:2i-

— AND

LITTLE

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The Autobiography of

An Argentine Coin

By James B. Marshall

I am an Argentine ten-cent piece. I was minted in
Buenos Aires, one of the great cities of the world, in
the year 1946. 1 don't remember the day of my birth, but
it wasn't long until I was put into circulation, and from
then on I was learning new things about life every
single day.

The very year of my beginning was an eventful one in
Argentina. The government was overthrown and a man
named Juan Peron was elected president of the Re-
public.

At first I was quite content. Folks took me at face
value and even grown folks welcomed me. Most of the
time I was in somebody's pocket or in a cash register,
but occasionally I found myself wrapped up in a little
girl's hanky or clutched tightly in the warm, moist palm
of a boy on his way to the candy shop.

It was interesting to travel around from shop to shop,
and from town to town. Out in the little towns of the
interior I didn't like the dust, and when it rained the
mud was awful. Once I was dropped in the mud and for
months I lay there unseen by human eyes. Fortunately it
was summertime and pretty hot "most every day, so
really it wasn't too bad. A barefoot boy came along
one day and while he was poking his calloused toes in
the dirt, he uncovered me. Guess he was kind of lazy
'cause he picked me up with his toes, dropped me into
his hand and started home. On his way his daddy met
him. Well, I knew what was going to happen, and it
did. He grabbed Carlito, turned him upside down, and
shook him hard. Out I rolled onto the ground and within
10 minutes I was used to pay for a drink of rum in a
dirty, dimly-lit bar. Ugh! The conversation there still
shudders me. I'd much rather Carlito had been able to
buy a little ice cream cone with me. Poor Carlito!
There are so many boys just like him whose fathers are
wicked men.

I'd like to help Carlito, but I can't do it alone. You
see I'm only helpful when people use me that way. Once
I did have a wonderful experience. It was Saturday night
and I was just about ready to settle down in the cash
register of the little grocery store on the corner until
Monday morning, when a man came in for a box of
matches. I heard the storekeeper grumble about late-
comers and then I was rudely disturbed as he handed
me to the man as change. Now where? I thought. Prob-

ably an all-night affair in some club! But the man went
right home. He seemed like a good man after all.

The next morning about 9:30 a little boy came to
the man and I heard him say:

"Daddy, will you give me some money for Sunday
school?"

The next thing I knew I was being carried down
the street, up some steps and into the evangelical
Sunday school. I'd never been there before. In fact, I'd
often heard folks say that the only people who went there
were crazy.

I liked it there. The music was so pretty and folks
were friendly. Then, too, I heard about a man named
Jesus who was always helping people. I felt 1 wanted to
help too. Before long I had my wish. The little boy put
me in an offering plate and I heard the speaker say:

"This money is going to be used to help reach many
boys and girls with the gospel of Jesus Christ."

I felt good all over. I'm just a little coin but there
were lots of others right beside me and we made quite
a pile.

Maybe we'll be able to help Carlito now! Maybe his
daddy will hear about Jesus and stop drinking! Maybe
the bad places where I've been will close up and the
bad people change their ways! Oh, I'd like to go to
Sunday school every Sunday and help people all the
time! But I'm just a coin and if folks don't take me,
I can't go.

I'm getting older now and much thinn3r. Things have
changed in recent years. Someone said the other day
I'm worth only one-tenth of what I used to be. It hurt
my feelings one day when a man just left me on the
counter instead of taking me as change. But, there is one
consolation. Maybe I'll get to go to Sunday school more
often. The pastor said something like that the day I
was there. It was after the meeting and he was counting
the offering.

"More ten-cent pieces than anything else!" he re-
marked.

Maybe that is where old ten-cent pieces go to die!

Well, I've had a busy life and I'm getting tired, but
I hope I've done some good that will last. What a pity
that I haven't been to Sunday school more often!
Wouldn't it be wonderful if all the little boys and girls
would take us there every Sunday. Then we would know
for sure that we have been useful in this life.

March 2, 1957

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DVBS and Foreign Missions

By Pastor Robert W. Markley

(Editor's note: We appreciate Pastor Marltley's fine article deal-
ing with the DVBS ministry where he has served. This article, and
the additional suggestions below, are given for the benefit of those
who desire to stress foreign-mission giving in DVBS.)

Children naturally dream of faraway places and
people. They wonder about the manner of living,
speaking, dressing, and what the country is like. This
gives a natural outlet for our desire to tell others about
foreign missions and interest them in giving that they
might have a share in the church abroad as well as at
home.

One year th; VBS director worked ahead of time to
contact our missionaries in M;xico, for that was to be
the field of interest in VBS that year, asking that a
letter be writtsn for each day of Bible school telling
some very interesting things that a child would ex-
perience in Mexico. Many of the letters were written
as though from a small child. This proved a great incen-
tive to the children.

The financial project that particular year was for
Brother Sibley Edmiston. He had told ihat it cost
25 cents each way to cross the bridge into Mexico, so
the Bible school was bent on laying up as many quar-
ters as possible to get him back and forth across that
bridge, A huge bridge had been painted on large poster
board and a small car was moved back and forth on the
bridge to aid the children in visualizing their project.

Another year the competition was a little keener
and the project a little less exact, but the results were
greater. With the school divided into two teams, points
were given to the team having the larger offering, as well
as for winning in many other fields of endeavor. Chil-
dren were begging parents for a $5 bill to put in the
offering. We were all amazed as day after day the of-
fering totaled over S 1 0 for our school of somewhat over
100 pupils. The children gave not only for the points
for the team, but because the money was to go for the
building of the missionary children's home in Africa.

We have tried to do something for a different mission
field each year in order to spread the work of our
Brethren Church before the parents of those children
who come to Bible school but go some other place
to the weekly Sunday school. Though we have not seen
it, it has been our desire to interest some young person in
giving his life to the Lord for foreign service by present-
ing a different field each year. What would interest one
person may be present in one field and totally absent
from another. As for the little ones even, we know not
what is going to linger with them through the years

and be a weighty factor in the decision which they will
make in the coming years. If in the period of years of a
man's ministry just one of the pupils in daily vacation
Bible school would give his life to the Lord for foreign
service, the work which he would do would be worth all
the emphasis on foreign missions in DVBS.

Other Ideas for Foreign Missions in DVBS:

1. Begin now to plan for a good foreign-missions
emphasis. In other words, plan well, and well ahead!

2. Have a "missionary identification" quiz time
using pictures to acquaint the children with the various
missionaries.

3. Give consideration to having a "Missions March"
to raise funds for foreign missions. Divide the boys
and girls into two sides to see which side can give the
most. Have them march up to the front each morning
putting their offering in the plate for their "side," You
might try making a scale-type balance and have the
children put pennies on their side to see which can out-
weigh the other each day, A great deal of excitement
can be aroused in this way. Good Christian competition
is wholesome for the children.

4. Include in the DVBS mission-study period in-
formation of our various Brethren fields. Write the FMS
office for helps and information.

5. Have a "missionary story hour." Children love
stories. Use the stories already sent out. Write the
office for further suggestions as to stories other than
the ones sent out.

6. A foreign-missions fair might work well. .Booths
for the various fields could be set up, with other things
of interest.

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Churches Showing 1956 Increase Over 1955
FOREIGN MISSION OFFERING

1. Long Beach, Calif. (First) $4,200.63

2. Norwalk, Calif 3,519.60

3. Long Beach, Calif. (North) 3,096.35

4. Glendaie, Calif 2,077.82

5. Mansfield, Ohio (Grace) 1,444.26

6. Johnstown, Pa. (First) 1,29623

7. Philadelphia, Pa. (First) 1,240.54

8. Inglewood, Calif 1,103.68

9. Whittier, Calif. (Community) 1,061. 22

10. Canton, Ohio 91074

11. Beaumont, Calif 327.55

12. Albany, Oreg 763.16

13. Hoilins, Va 763.08

14. Paramount, Calif 72943

15. Lake Odessa, Mich 675.56

16. Martinsburg, W. Va 630.76

17. Leamersville, Pa 622.52

18. Wheaton, III 55393

19. Ashland, Ohio 485.04

20. Long Beach, Calif. (Los Altos) /182.28

21. Harrah, Wash 474.57

22. Martinsburg, Pa 46546

23. Dayton, Ohio (North Riverdale) 416.33

24. Hagerstown, Md. (Grace) 400.65

25. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 396.57

26. Holiidaysburg, Pa 377.89

27. Buena Vista, Va 364.63

28. Modesto, Calif. (La Loma) 334.65

29. Allentown, Pa 330.40

30. Uniontown, Pa 325.87

31. Fort Wayne, Ind. (First) 323.37

32. Aleppo, Pa 319.95

33. South Pasadena, Calif 317.46

34. Philadelphia, Pa. (Third) 296.00

35. Spokane, Wash 293.94

36. Temple City, Calif 275.90

37. Fremont, Ohio (Grace) 271.98

38. Fillmore, Calif 266.68

39. Portis, Kans 244.10

40. Garwin, Iowa 241 .40

41 . Sterling, Ohio 236.43

42. Grandview, Wash 231.23

43. Johnstown, Pa. (Riverside) 214.29

44. Sidney, Ind 205.02

45. Peru, Ind 201.14

46. Goshen, Ind 198.30

47. Cheyenne, Wyo 193.43

48. Fort Lauderdale, Fla 191.29

49. North English, Iowa 181.40

50. Barbee Lake, Ind 180.21

51. Dayton, Ohio (Patterson Park) 171.01

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Findlay, Ohio 161.61

Honolulu, T.H 160.00

Mansfield, Ohio (Woodville) 158.66

Homerville, Ohio 155.03

Waynesboro, Pa. 152.33

Conemaugh, Pa. (Singer Hill) 148.94

Modesto, Calif. (McHenry Avenue) .... 148.78

Waterloo, Iowa 143.35

Leesburg, Ind 135.51

Danville, Ohio 133.24

Conemaugh, Pa. (Pike) 130.16

Conemaugh, Pa 124.73

Seal Beach, Calif 122.38

Ankenytown, Ohio 117.89

Taos, N. Mex 115.39

Dayton, Ohio (Grace) 109.75

San Bernardino, Calif 108.62

Compton, Calif 107.20

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 105.34

Kittanning, Pa. (North Buffalo) 97.28

York, Pa 93.80

Dayton, Ohio (First) 90.48

Whittier, Calif. (First) 82.43

Clay City, Ind 79.66

Roanoke, Va. (Wash. Heights) 77.76

Englewood, Ohio 72.18

Roanoke, Va. (Clearbrook) 66.36

Winchester, Va 62.87

Phoenix, Ariz 60.38

Elkhart, Ind 59.36

Rittman, Ohio 58.68

Ozark, Mich 55.81

Meyersdole, Pa 54.00

La Crescenta, Calif 50.17

Chico, Calif 46.68

Washington, Pa 41 .38

Altoona, Pa. (Grace) 38.39

Dryhill, Ky 35.00

Hopewell, Pa 31.05

Albuquerque, N. Mex 23.00

West Alexandria, Ohio 21.07

Seven Fountains, Va 20.39

Covington, Va 19.20

Radford, Va 13.59

Arroyo Hondo, N. Mex 12.30

Elyria, Ohio 8.85

Accident, Md 7.72

Leon, Iowa 7.10

Bellflower, Calif 6.94

Johnson City, Tenn 6.20

Clayton, Ohio .75

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Saved to the Uttermost

By Miss Mary Cripe
Missionary to Africa

I first saw him as I came around the corner of the
dispensary one morning. He was completely wrapped in
a piece of white cloth and was lying on the veranda. Be-
cause of the many relatives who were gathered around
him, I knew he must be in a very serious condition.

When I asked for new patients, two of the nurses
helped him into the examining room. One relative
also came along to see what we were i^oing to do. As I
tried to find where his pain was, he would groan every
place I touched him. Finally I told the nurses lo lell
him to indicate where he had the most pain so I would
know how to treat him. They replied that he wanted
"strong medicine," and thought if he groaned I would
be sure to think he was suffering a lot and give him the
best that J had.

The fear in the patient's voice when he spoke, and the
terror that seemed to fill his eyes, led me to deal with
him about his spiritual condition. He became very nerv-
ous and kept glancing at his relative who by this time
was sitting on the floor holding his head in his hands. He
said too quickly, "He's a Christian." After questioning
further, I found that he had attended a service once
or twice but had never accepted the Lord as his Saviour.
I quoted a few Scriptures and asked if he didn't want
to accept the Lord. Still there was hesitation and
fear. After one of the African nurses dealt with him fur-
ther, he said he had never accepted the Lord and wanted
to do so. He prayed haltingly but sincerely for forgive-
ness.

Later, while giving him an injection, I noticed a little
piece of black wood tied around his waist. I asked if he
thought a Christian should wear a piece of "medicine"
like that. It was evident that a struggle was taking place
in his mind. He kept trying unsuccessfully to remove it.
Finally he declared: "I said I believed in the Lord Jesus
and I'm not going to wear this any more. Take it out
and throw it away." Then he fell down exhausted. It
was as if Satan whom he had served so long did not want
to let him go.

I admit I had a good many doubts about him. Did
he really understand or did he say he believed just to

please me? Once I awakened in the night, heard the
beating of the drums and wondered ... It was with a
great deal of joy that I saw him sitting on the hospital
veranda the next morning. Gone was the haunted look
and the terror-stricken eyes. As I greeted him he reach-
ed out both hands to show his thanks and apprecia-
tion. During the preaching of the Word in the morn-
ing service, he had stepped out and made a public
decision for Christ. He is improving daily. He testifies
to his relatives who come to see him and tells what the
Lord has done for him.

What a wonderful thing it is — that the Lord can give
new life and hope to an old man in his last years. Par-
doned, redeemed, forgiven — truly He saves to the
uttermost.

'Alice' steals converts in Africa

"Alice," a self-styled African prophetess, has almost
paralyzed the Christian Church in Lubwa district of
Rhodesia. This report was made during the General
Assembly of the Church of Scotland, meeting in Edin-
burgh this month. The assembly was told that mission-
aries in Northern Rhodesia are "losing the battle to the
strange new religion of Alice." They added that thou-
sands of persons are trekking to hear and see the false
prophetess and that she has even inspired converts to
build their own churches. Alice — her real name is Len-
shina Mulenga — is 32 years old. She claims to have a
direct connection with God and insists that she died but
God kept her from entering heaven, telling her instead
to return to her own people. She warns them to give
up witchcraft and repent of their sins. Alice also says
that God told her there were two books, one for the
whites and one for the blacks. And the black book was
the right one. In 12 months 60,000 Africans have lis-
tened and been baptized by Alice. — The Alliance Week-

'y-

BRAZIL AGAIN!

(Continued From Page 131)

instruction along these lines. Third, to establish the
people and get them to thinking along the lines of a
completely indigenous, self-sustaining and self-per-
petuating church. We want to reach every person in our
area with the message of the gospel, but at the same lime
we must provide the groundwork so that the preaching
of the Word will not cease should the missionaries
be unable to continue the work.

It was a real joy to return and to see many of the
same people who had been active in the work here still
faithful, praying and witnessing. God is good to us. It
is wonderful to be in Brazil again!

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Ou^ Gospel WomeH in QUica

By Mrs. Orville D. Jobson
Missionary to Africa

It is a real joy to our hearts to see our African sis-
ters interested in taking the gospel to their own people.
As many of you know, these women have only heard
about Jesus Christ and His power to save since some 35
years ago. Naturally, they had to worship some god or
some thing, and the missionaries found them worship-
ing their ancestors and many different idols. Then, too,
the witch doctors played a big part in their lives, keep-
ing them in constant fear lest a great calamity would be-
fall them.

One day, however, a new day dawned for our African
women, when the missionaries entered Oubangui-Chari
and brought the good news that Jesus died to save them.
They had never heard the name of Jesus, and how won-
derful it was to tell the great gospel of salvation to a lost
and hungry people! How quickly they grasped this good
news and believed that Jesus died for their sins!

I should like to tell you about one of our gospel
women who has been faithful to the Lord since her
conversion. He name is Alice Bikon. Our first ac-
quaintance with Alice was when she first came to the
Bozoum chapel some years before the Bozoum station
was built. Every morning at the early morning prayer
meeting Ahce and her little daughter, Marie, were
found in the chapel. Her husband was a gardener for
the government doctor and they lived about one mile
from the chapel. Many mornings she left her home be-
fore daybreak to be present at the service. She soon
became one of the leaders, helping to teach women and
girls to read God's Word in the inquirers' classes. Also
she was one of the council members in the church.
When Pastor Noel wanted any information about the
other women who attended classes, he would ask Alice.
She has a real, living testimony for the Lord, and has
the confidence of all our Christian women.

When the first Women's Missionary Council was
organized, Alice was chosen to be the president, and
has served so faithfully these many years. Late in her
life the Lord gave her a son. She name him "Dieu

a'donne" (God has given). She has three grandchildren
and her family is complete in the Lord. Alice's husband
is also a faithful Christian in the Lord. As you pray
for Alice Bikon and her service for the Lord, won't you
remember to pray for all our gospel women in Africa?
They need your prayers so much for wisdom to carry
forth the gospel in their different villages.

"Stir us! oh stir us. Lord, for I can see the glorious
triumph day to break!

The dawn already gilds the eastern sky,
Oh Church of Christ, arise! Awake, awake!

For night is past — our King is on His way."

These women have heard about Jesus

March 2, 1957

Being a Missionary

Out where the loneliness presses around me
Looking on sights that are sordid and drear
Strangely abiding — yet surely God called me
Why do 1 wonder, if Jesus is near?

Strangeness of living — strangeness of people
Have I not come with a gospel of cheer?
Why is my heart then depressed with its burdens?
Isn't my comrade — my Jesus — out here?

God, teach me quickly to do without friendship
How to let go of those things that are dear —
How to be rid of this self that's binding me —
Surely my Master — my Jesus — is here.

He, who was God, took the form of a servant
Humbled himself, unto death, without fear.
Lonely, forsaken, despised and rejected.
My blessed Saviour — my Jesus — came here.

Father, forgive me my failure in serving —
Heartache, depression, regrets disappear!
Born of the cross, a new courage infills me;
Jesus — my Victory — my Life — is here.

— Author unknown

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Nemefage

BEAUMONT. CALIF. Rev.

Archie Lynn is serving as interim
pastor at the Cherry Valley Breth-
ren Church.

ALTO, MiCH. The Calvary
Brethren Church recently finished
the basement ceiling with cushion-
stone-soundproof tile, which will en-
able simultaneous Sunday-school
opening exercises. New pews have
been ordered for the auditorium.
William Johnson is pastor.

SPECIAL. The Southern Ohio
District Conference collected )arge
amounts of clothing, dishes, cooking
utensils and food which was sent to
our mission in Dryhill, Ky., in re-
sponse to a call for assistance as a
result of the recent flood in that
area. The supplies were delivered
by Rev. Russell Ward and Rev.
Clair Brickel.

CRYSTAL LAKE, (ND. The
Indiana District youth rally will be
held here May 4. The summer camp
of the district will be held here the
last two weeks of June.

PALMYRA, PA. A new record
for Sunday-school attendance was
set Feb. 10 at the Grace Brethren
Church with 1 14 present. A new
record for attendance at prayer
meeting Feb. 13 was 56. Robert
Markley is pastor.

OXNARD, CALIF. A Bible class
has been started here, according to
Max Brenneman, pastor of the First
Brethren Church of Fillmore, Calif.
The work in Oxnard is under the ap-
proval of the California District
Mission Board.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.

The Grace Brethren Church won
third place in division F of the
Christian Life Sunday School Con-

test. The awards for winning are
valued at $150, and included a
classroom phonograph, Bible story
records, flannelboard and easel, and
60 hymnbooks. The church has also
won first place for four months
straight in Division F of the Breth-
ren contest. Ralph Colburn is pas-
ior.

WOOSTER. OHIO. The First
Brethren Church, Kenneth Ashman,
pastor, was recently donated a fire-
proof safe by the Ohio Fuel and Gas
Co.

SPECIAL. A proposal has been
made for consideration to create
central and northern California dis-
tricts of Brethren churches. A de-
cision on this matter will be reached
at the Bible conference being held
in the northern area Apr. 17-18.

HOPEWELL, PA. Plans for the
construction of a new building by
the Grace Brethren Church have
been completed, and actual con-
struction will be started soon. Shel-
don Snyder is pastor.

PALMYRA, PA. The Northern
Atlantic Fellowship laymen's rally
was held at the Grace Brethren
Church here on Feb. 22. Harold S.
Irwin, Jr., assistant district attorney,
was the guest speaker. Robert Mark-
ley was host pastor.

WHITTIER, CALIF. Enroll-
ment at the Christian day school of
the Community Brethren Church
has reached 228. A monthly paper
known as Your Christian Neighbor
is published by the church. Ward
Miller is pastor.

SOUTH GATE, CALIF. Arthur
L. Pekarek, formerly assistant pas-
tor of the Paramount Brethren
Church, Paramount, Calif., is the
new pastor of the First Brethren
Church.

TROY, OHIO. On Feb. 12, Mrs.
Herman Hein, wife of Rev. Herman
Hein, underwent major surgery.

WARSAW, IND. Robert Miller,
Jr., has been returned home from
the Fort Wayne (Ind.) hospital, with
his general condition about the same.
His father. Rev. Robert E. A. Mil-
ler, returned to St. Petersburg, Fla.,
Feb. 17.

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

vVinona Lake. md.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITOR3

Foreign Missions R. D. B.irnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona .Lake, Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake. Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

BEAVER CITY. NEBR. Eighty-
five members and friends of the
Grace Brethren Church recently
honored two of their members who
reached the 90-year mark in Jan-
uary. They are shown above, Mr.
Social Trowbridge (left) and Mr.
Joseph Smith (right). Both of these
men joined the Beaver City church
in 1911. Pictured with them is Day-
ton Cundiff. pastor.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS:

Rev. Forest Lance. 1321 Chevy
Chase Drive. Anaheim. Calif.,
phone. Prospect 4-2019. Phone
numbers changed: Rev. Lester Smit-
ley, Osborne 5-0943, Hatboro. Pa.;
Rev. M. L. Myers, 8948-6, Mans-
field, Ohio; Rev. Arthur Collins,
Twilight 3-2139, Stoystown, Pa.

WASHINGTON, D. C. The Sun-
day school of the First Brethren
Church averaged 248 during the
month of January. James Dixon is
pastor.

LEUCADIA, CALIF. Dr. Ed-
ward Brown, Sr., founder of John
Brown University at Siloam Springs,
Ark., died at his home Feb. 13. He
was 77 years old. He owned i^adio
stations KOME, Tulsa, Okla.,
KUOA and KUOA-FM, Siloam
Springs, Ark., and KGER, Long
Beach, Calif., and four schools in
California.

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EVANGELISM

. . . OUR NEED FOR THIS HOUR*— By Lester E. Pifer

There are many needs in this
world today. There are some who
feel that we need a leveling off of
our economic system. A settlement
of the critical eastern situation is
certainly a must. Another dire need
is the ever-increasing crime prob-
lem which we face right here in the
United States of America. Regard-
less of the needs which we may be
able to enumerate, one great need
looms before the members of the
Brethren Church today. The follow-
ing factors will help us to determine
that need as the Christian should see
it and recognize it in his own life in
this present hour.

The Last Words of Christ

In Luke 19:10 we have the ex-
ample of Christ: "For the Son of
man is come to seek and to save
that which was lost." There was only
one reason for our Lord leaving His
throne above to come to enrobe
himself in human flesh — that was
that He might save the lost. In the
verses which follow this passage of
Scripture, we have the instruction
of Christ to go out and reach the
lost for Him. The great commission
challenges us to "go ye therefore,
and teach all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway, even
unto the end of the world" (Matt.
28:19-20). We may couple along
with this Acts chapter 1 and verse
8: "But ye shall receive power,
after that the Holy Ghost is come
upon you: and ye shall be witnesses
unto me both in Jerusalem, and in
all Judaea, and in Samaria, and
unto the uttermost part of the
earth." These words are the direct
command of Christ, that each child
of God shall bear a witness to the
people of this nation and the other
nations of the world. We have a glo-
bal responsibility of carrying the
gospel to those who do not know
Christ as Saviour and Lord.

Our Lord laid aside His outward
manifestation of glory and came to
this earth that He might become a
sacrifice for the sin of the world.
Surely the life of our Lord and the
last words which He gave to us in the
Scripture bear record of the fact that
He was the master soul-winner.

The Lost Condition of Mankind

The world shuts its eyes and says
that things are getting better and
better. This nation makes great
strides in the realm of education,
science, and mechanical progress.
One needs only to read the daily
paper or glance at the newsstand
to see the woeful story of the ac-
tuality of sin in the lives of the peo-
ple of this world. Jeremiah said
many years ago: "The heart is de-
ceitful above all things, and desper-
ately wicked: who can know it?"
(17:9). Paul proclaims: "The wages
of sin is death; but the gift of God
is eternal life." Elsewhere in the
Book of Romans he says: "All have
sinned, and come short of the glory
of God" (Rom. 6:23; 3:23). The
entire third chapter of the Book of
Romans tells the story of the des-
perate need of mankind everywhere
for the salvation which God has to
give through His grace.

Just a few years ago a young
man who was preparing for the min-
istry in a so-called Christian school
led a young girl to a secluded spot
on a campus, and after cheir .i-endez-
vous, the girl was i'ound iying along
a lonely road, having been beaten to
death. The murders, robberies,
broken homes, drunkenness, revel-
ing, and all of the woeful story of sin
written over the lives of multitudes
today tell the sad condition of man-
kind and the great need for the gos-
pel i.nessage.

The Lateness of the Hour

We are living in the days of a
high-speed economy. Materialism is
the desire of the hour. The uncer-
tainty of life seems never to pene-
trate the minds of our busy popula-

tion. The fact of Christ's second
coming, as given in Matthew 24
and 25 and as also related by the
Apostle Paul in I Thessalonians 4
and in the Book of Revelation given
by the Apostle John, has never
dawned upon the average American
today. One wonders if even the
Christian has allowed these facts to
grip his heart as they did the proph-
ets and the apostles of former years.
This preacher remembers just a
few years back standing on a street
corner talking to an individual who
needed Christ desperately. Before
24 hours had passed, the man who
was witnessed to on the street corner
lay in a funeral home awaiting his
burial. Life is uncertain. Christ may
come at any moment. Now is the
day of salvation. Now is the time to
act. Our need of the hour is to bear
the testimony of Christ to the lost
as rapidly as possible.

The Love of Christ

As one reads the beautiful story
of God's love as it is unfolded in the
birth, life, death, and resurrection
of our Lord Jesus Christ, we stand
amazed that God has given us such
a wonderful plan of salvation
through His grace and love. Jesus
Christ, God's Son, loved us and gave
himself for us (John 3:16; Rom. 5:
6-8). When men are saved by the
power of the gospel and the blood
of Christ, they are made partakers
of the divine nature of God (II Pet.
1:4).

When the Apostle Paul described
the motives that moved his heart to
win men for Christ, one outstanding
motive was the love of God which
constrained him, literally compelled
him to bear the message to the lost
(II Cor. 5:14). Surely that same
love and compassion for souls ought
to be manifested in the hearts of
God's children today as it was so
marvelously demonstrated in the
life of our wonderful Lord while
here on this earth. Are we con-
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The Call of the

BRIDEGROOM

"Nevertheless I have somewhat
against thee, because thou hast left
thy first love. Remember therefore
from whence thou art fallen, and re-
pent, and do the first works; or else
I will come unto thee quickly, and
will remove thy candlestick out of
his place, except thou repent" (Rev.
2:4-5).

In the closing days of this present
dispensation of grace where there is
so much loose Christian living by
many who profess to know Christ as
Saviour, every child of God will do
well to meditate upon our Lord's
message to His church at Ephesus.
Our Lord is pictured here walking
in the midst of the church which is
His bride, and calling her to return
to the things from whence she has
fallen.

The church of Ephesus was to be
commended for many good works
which she produced in the name of
the Lord. She labored patiently in
the face of persecution; she kept
false teachers from entering in, but
in the midst of all her activity our
Lord solemnly warned: "Thou hast
left thy first love."

Is not the Brethren Church today
very much like the church of Eph-
esus? Many Brethren are patiently
laboring for the Lord in these trying
days. Modernism and false teaching
have thus far been kept out of our
churches. Missions have been well
supported. These things are com-
mendable. But in the midst of all
our activity there is a danger of
losing our first love for the Lord
Jesus Christ, who has purchased our
salvation by His blood which He
shed on the cross of Calvary. There
is the danger of the bride growing
cold toward the Bridegroom. There
is the danger of lowering the high
standard of Christian living which
He has set for us and becoming en-
tangled with the snares of the world.
There is the danger of becoming

By Edward Bowman

Pastor, First Brethren Church
Clay City, Ind.

self-satisfied and indifferent to spir-
itual things.

A real need for revival exists in
many of our churches. Someone has
said that "a revival is a group of
Christians falling in love with Jesus
all over again." Certainly it is true
that if Christians everywhere would
fall in love with Jesus all over again,
a real heaven-sent revival would be
experienced in our churches. Before
revival can come, there must be
confession of sin in the lives of
Christians. If Christ should stand
in your church today, what would
He find? "From whence art thou
fallen?" Surely He would point out
certain sins that have grieved Him
and have caused Him to withhold
His blessing. Perhaps He would
find a lack of concern for lost souls
and a growing indifference to spir-
itual things. These sins in the lives
of God's children contribute to a
spiritual coldness and the loss of
one's first love for Christ.

Why are. so few souls being saved
in our churches? Is it because we
are not concerned about the lost?
Souls are not won to Christ from the
pulpit alone. Pastor and laymen
alike must go out after them. If the
laymen of our churches were bur-
dened for souls, and would go out
after the lost with a burning zeal to

win them to Christ, surely there
would be a marked increase in the
number of souls won to Christ. Cer-
tainly the Brethren Church as a
whole has lost her zeal for soul-
winning. The reason that the early
church grew and multiplied, and
souls were continually being saved
and added to the church, was that
believers, scattered abroad by per-
secution, "went every where preach-
ing the word." It is God's plan for
every believer to tell others of the
saving grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ.

Another sin that may result in loss
of love for Christ is that of spiritual
indifference. Many have become
satisfied with themselves and feel
that they are doing enough for the
Lord. Bible reading and prayer
have become mechanical. There is
no real spiritual power in their lives.
It would seem that they are at a
standstill in their Christian experi-
ence, but since this is impossible,
they are actually backsliding with-
out realizing it. We cannot rely upon
past experiences. There are new
and greater heights toward which
the Christian should strive. No mat-
ter how much we have done in the
Lord's service in the past, we must
ask ourselves the question: "What
am I doing for my Lord today?"

No doubt there are other sins in
the lives of Christians which hinder
spiritual growth, but it seems to the
writer that the above-mentioned are
outstanding. There is need for a
renewed relationship with Christ.
"Remember therefore from whence
thou art fallen, and repent, and do
the first works . . ."

"Remember" — Examine your
heart before the Lord.

"Repent"^ — Confess and forsake
the sins which have resulted in the
loss of your first love for Christ.
Failure to do this will result in
being set aside as a vessel no longer
fit for the Master's use.

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The Minister and His Salary

By R. I. Humberd, Flora, Ind.

"Let the preacher Hve on faith."
And with such words has many a
coveteous church member sought to
excuse his own meager giving. They
usually mean, "Let him live on air!"

It is true that a minister should
live on faith in his God, but just
what does that mean? "Look to the
soldier," says Paul; "he does not
go to warfare at his own charges.
He goes forth on faith in his govern-
ment." But how does the govern-
ment care for the soldier? Only one
answer: it does it through the peo-
ple back home. So with God. He has
ordained that "they which preach
the gospel should live of the gospel."
God does care for His minister; He
does it through His people.

In fact, it is God's order that re-
ward follow labor. The farmer plows
and threshes in hope of receiving
his living thereby. Even the ox that
trod out the corn was not to be
muzzled. "But doth God take care
for oxen?" Certainly not. That was
written "for our sakes." That is,
God was giving the members of
the Brethren Church warning not
to withhold a fair salary from its
ministers (I Cor. 9:7-14).

"If others be partakers of this
power over you [you pay the surgeon
$100 for an hour's work, and give
the dentist $25 to fill a few teeth.
You expect to pay the grocer and the
garage man for service to you] are
not we rather?" (vs. 12). Note that
word "rather." A minister has more
right to a good salary than any-
one else. Yet how many pay all their
bills and tip the preacher off with
a portion of what is left. The church
pays the coal, the lights, and the
janitor — "all bills are paid but the
preacher." And woe to him if he
does not keep his bills all settled.

Most certainly a minister who
sows spiritual things, should reap
"your carnal things" (vs. 11).

The Small Church

"But," objects the small church.

"we have only fifteen or twenty fami-
lies and cannot give a big salary."
You have an abundance. God's
order is twelve to one. Twelve
tribes of Israel paid their tithes and
kept the one tribe of Levi. Let twelve
families put their tithes in the pas-
tor's salary; the rest can care for
the special offerings.

The Small Salary

There may be some advantage to
the small salary. In my younger days
I was making hay. One young man,
weary with the toil and heat of
the day, decided to be a preacher
so he would not have to work. Thus,
a large salary might draw many
such into its ranks.

But there are disadvantages to the
the small also. Let us consider two.

First: the family. Let a new babe
arrive at the parsonage, and Mrs.
Wag can't see why preachers have
so many kids when their salary is
too small to rightly care for them.

I am convinced that the Breth-
ren Church has the finest group of
young ministers in its history. Let
me say to you in all seriousness: "Set
your stakes wide and raise a large
family!" "Be fruitful and multiply!"
"Lo, children are an heritage of the
Lord and the fruit of the womb is
his reward!" Blessed is the man with
a big family (Ps. 127:3-5).

There is no greater service in all
the world than bringing up children
for the Lord. Of all the mighty men
who bless the world, the greatest
proportion were bom and raised in
the parsonage.

True, it will mean much sacrifice.
I know what it means to hunt food
for seven little mouths. Wife knows
what it means to fit the "hand-me-
downs" to little backs; yet, John D.,
arrayed in all his millions, could
not buy even one of them.

The Great Reward

Imagine yourself, ten thousand
years hence, as you speed to some

distant orb on an errand for your
God. You see in the distance a most
beautiful and glorious shining crea-
ture. Imagine your joy as you draw
near and find that it once called
you "papa" or "mama"; that once
its little heart thrilled as you told it
the Bible stories and led its feet in
paths of righteousness. What a
privilege! How soon it will be over
for eternity!

Is your home childless? Then get
children. At this moment there are
thousands of fine little orphan chil-
dren. The world and the flesh and
the Devil are against them. The Vir-
gin Mary received the Christ child
and cared for Him; and, that per-
son who will receive children and
bring them up for the Lord also
"receiveth me," says our Lord (Matt.
18:5).

Second: Debts. The second dis-
advantage of the small salary is
"debts." Twice, when I was a pastor,
members sent me to National Con-
ference with a message to ministers
who owed them money. Let it be
to the everlasting shame of a min-
ister to be dishonest. If a man knows
not how to run his own business,
how can he care for the church of
God?

True, it is hard. I know the fearful
expense of moving from state to
state. I know what it means to see
them wheel my wife to the elevator
for a serious operation; to receive
the merciless hospital bill after a
little one has had an appendectomy;
to have my treasurer "rob my till,"
and to drag through ten years of ill
health. I seemed almost swamped
until I made it a daily prayer to get
out of debt.

Let no one disgrace the ministry
with unfulfilled obligations; let all
debts be honest ones. Be not like that
minister who burnt out his car with
foolish driving, frequently visiting
the restaurant for ice cream, sand-
wiches, and the most expensive

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chocolates, while bringing his sacred
position into disgrace by unpaid
bills throughout the community.

"Make Tents"

But what are you to do if your sal-
ary just won't reach? Take a lesson
from the Apostle Paul and make
tents. Verily, it is no disgrace to
work. Your mind will work more
freely and your health will be bet-
ter. An article of mine went around
the world in several magazines and
brought me a letter of thanks from
the American Bible Society — and I
worked it out as I cultivated corn!
Another article was worked out
which brought me mail from Trini-
dad and England, while caring for
chickens.

The Remedy

But is there no remedy? Is there
no plan to balance the budget? Ver-
ily, it is not in bake sales and ice
cream socials. God doesn't need our
money. He could make gold dollars
roll up hill so thick that we couldn't
find room to walk. But it is His plan
to bless His people as He gives
through them. This does not hinder
those good women who can bake
and sew from selling their goods as
individuals. Certainly, God will bless
the work of their hands abundantly.

There is a plan that never fails.
I have used it for over twenty years.
It is all up to the pastor. Let him
"Preach foreign missions." When
his people once taste the joys of
Christian giving they will take care
of the salary also. The pastor can
mention foreign missions in half of
his sermons. Aim high. Always call
for at least $ 1 00 and once in awhile
assure those who do not have that
much that a lesser amount is accep-
table to the Lord "according to
what a man hath and not according
to what he hath not" (II Cor. 8:12).

True, you will have objections
from Mr. Coveteous, but do not rob
your good people of the priceless
privilege of sacrificial giving. Happy
are you if your treasurer is one
whom God can trust and who knows
the joy of Christian giving himself.

Weary and Discouraged

Might there be among my readers

R. I. Humberd

a discouraged one? One who has
given and given, and is weary of
giving more than his share? Go to
the horse thou weary one, consider
his ways and be wis;.

In my younger days I tended my
father's farms. One spring 1 bought
a big bay horse; wishing to see him
at work, I hitched him and a black
horse to a wagon and drove to the
other farm six miles away.

Late in the afternoon I started
home with almost an empty wagon.
A mile away, just as we started up a
small hill, the wagon dropped into
a hidden hole. Immediately the black
horse stopped. My heart sank within
me, for I well knew what that would
mean. He would rear back; he would
lunge forward; he would throw his
head over the other horse; but, he

Are You an Active Member?

Are vou an active member.

The kind that's hked so well'
Or are you just contented
With the button on your lapel?

Do you attend the meetings.

And mingle with the flock.
Or do you stay at home

And criticize and knock?

Do you take an active part
To help the work along.

Or are you satisfied to be
Like those that just belong?

Do you ever make suggestions
To the officers you pick.

Or leave the work to just a few.
And talk about the clique?

Come to the meetings often,
And help with hand and heart.

Don't just be a member.
But take an active part.

would not pull. In the depths of dis-
may I looked at the setting sun.
There I was on a wagon, five miles
from home, stuck in the mud. Night
was coming on and it was cold.

I was so occupied with my gloomy
prospects that I had not thought of
the big bay. But there he was. slowly
placing one foot on the ground then
another and another. Again and
again he moved about. Then, seem-
ingly assured that he had solid foot-
ing he leaned into the collar. Nothing
moved. He leaned harder. He pulled,
he tugged. His muscles knotted and
stuck out over his body — but — the
wagon moved — it jerked forward —
we were on solid ground. He had
pulled the wagon, the black horse,
and all out of the mud.

Anyone who has had a similar ex-
perience knows well my feeling.
Who cares if the black horse gets
nothing to eat for a week? But not
so with the big bay. If it were for
his good, we would gladly take him
to the crib, throw open the door and
say: "There, help yourself."

So to you who have paid and
pulled and paid again, listen! Do
you not hear the scratch of a golden
pen? Do you not know the records
are being kept? Soon your Lord will
come, and watch the big bays as they
are ushered in.

"I know thy works, and thy la-
bour, and thy patience" (Rev. 2:2).
"I saw the black horse rear and
balk and kick, but I saw you lean
into the harness and pull and pay
and give — but you cannot beat My
giving — Enter those pearly gates!
Greet the angel guards! Walk down
the golden streets; Drink deeply
of the crystal fountain! Eat freely
of the tree of life! Marvel at the
beauty of holiness! All of this and
more is yours for eternity."

And as the big bays pass through
the gates of pearl, and take one last
glimpse of earthly toils, a faint sigh
will escape their lips as, with un-
speakable joy, they murmur: "Oh,
had I known it would be like this,
I would surely have given more!"

"For ye know the grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that though he
was rich, yet for your sakes he be-
came poor, that ye through his pov-
erty might be rich."

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PALMYRA, PA.

Our desire is to make Christ
known to the area in which the Lord
has placed us. This desire prompted
the group to plan another series of
services before the end of 1956.
The Lord led in this matter and
we were able to obtain the serv-
ices of the Emmons evangelists for
an eight-day meeting, December 9-
16. There was a fine attendance at
the meetings, and the Holy Spirit
moved over the congregation from
the first meeting. One night Brother
Emmons gave an invitation to those
who wanted to wins souls and the
entire congregation came forward.
Eleven teen-agers gave the life
ahead to Christ for service. Others
came expressing a desire to unite
with the church and four new fami-
lies have been added to the church
membership. Several rededicated
their lives. As for the Emmons, it
can be said that they conducted
themselves ideally as they fellow-
shiped among us. Their lives radiate
the loveliness and sweetness of
Christ, and the messages in music
and from the pulpit are true to the
Word of God." —Robert Wm.
Markley, pastor.

KITTANNING, PA.

In October the North Buffalo
Brethren Church had two great
weeks of evangelistic meetings with
Rev. Paul Mohler. Much visitation
was done. The object lessons for the
young people and the forceful
preaching by the evangelist was
blessed of the Lord and we are still
enjoying fruits of the services. The
evangelist gave many hours to per-
sonal work, dealing with individuals.

There is a renewed special interest
in the effort to pay off the debt on
the parsonage. About $135 has been
given in January. The young mar-
ried people are purchasing chairs

for the beginners class of the Sunday
school. The church voted to in-
crease the pastor's salary. A Sunday-
school library is being established —
books are being purchased each
quarter.

A three-speed record player to
use in connection with the public
address system was presented to the
church by a friend. — Fred Wm. Wal-
ier, pastor.

BARBEE LAKES, IND.

Rev. George Cripe, Grace Semi-
nary student, and former follow-
up aid in the Billy Graham Evan-
gelistic Crusade in Europe, has ac-
cepted the pastorate of the Barbee
Lakes (Ind.) Brethren Church.

A graduate of both Westmont
College, Los Angeles, and the Uni-
versity of California (A.B. Degree),
Bro. Cripe served two years in the
U. S. Army. Following discharge in
France, he remained in Paris sev-
eral months for the Navigators Inter-
national organization and specialized
in personal evangelism. When the
Billy Graham Crusade called for
trained workers in the European
campaigns, Bro. Cripe was one of
six, including the late Dawson Trot-
man, flown to London in January
1955. He also attended the Graham
meetings in Glasgow, France, Ger-
many, Switzerland and Holland. He
supervised the Navigators office
which supplied all follow-up mate-
rials for all of the Graham crusades.

Returning to America in Sep-
tember 1955, Bro. Cripe enrolled
in Grace Seminary, where he was
elected president of the Junior class.
He succeeds Rev. Robert Dell as
pastor of the Barbee work. Bro.
Dell is continuing his studies at
Grace Seminary.

Rev. George Cripe is a member of
the LaLoma Grace Brethren Church
at Modesto, Calif. He is a brother of
Miss Mary Cripe, Brethren mission-
ary in Africa.

The Barbee church, started by a
layman, Foye B. Miller, of Winona
Lake, features illustrated services
and continues to show growth and
progress. Attendance January 27
was 120. Bro. Miller is the Sunday
school superintendent.

EVANGELISM

(Continued From Page 139)

cerned about souls today? Does
the passion for souls grip our hearts
until the tears come into our eyes?
Are we willing to go and knock on
doors, go out of our way and see that
souls are brought to a place where
they can hear the gospel and be
saved? Is the love of God compelling
us to go?
The Lasting Value of Soul-Winnsng

"Let him know, that he which
converteth the sinner from the er-
ror of his way shall save a soul
from death, and shall hide a mul-
titude of sins" (Jas. 5:20). One evi-
dent fact in this passage indicates
that the soul is heading toward an
eternal death, that the multitude of
sins in his life is bearing him to
the penalty of all sin — an eternity
spent in hell. But God in this pas-
sage of Scripture brings to our hearts
a gladdening report. God has chosen
to use men who can use the gospel
message and the energy of the flesh,
the passion of their souls to win
sinners to Christ. One of the greatest
things- that a man can do on this
earth is to lead another soul to
Christ, to see that soul saved from
an eternal death, and to see that life
hidden beneath the blood of the
Lord Jesus Christ. What greater re-
ward can be found than to see some-
one who lived in sin standing in
Christ Jesus?

In I Thessalonians 2: 19-20 and in
John 4 verse 36, and Daniel 12:3
there is abundant evidence that God
has His rewards for the soul-winner.
Soul-winning is the greatest joy of
the Christian experience as far as
his service is concerned. The great-
est joy of a pastor is to see souls
come to Christ. One soul will blot
out more heartaches than any other
thing in his ministry.

I believe our need for this hour
in the Brethren Church is to recog-
nize the last words of our Lord by
way of instruction to reach souls for
Christ. I believe that God would
have us recognize the lost condition
of mankind and see the need for the
preaching of the gospel. I believe He
would have us to recognize the late-
ness of the hour, the shortness of the
moment, the uncertainty of life and
reach men before they die.

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FOREIGN MISSIONS—

Praise the Lord for safety of travel
of our missionaries in this country
and those returning to the fields.
Pray for them in future travels.

Praise the Lord for progress on
missionary residences on our fields.
Pray that sufficient funds will come
in to complete these.

Pray for property for a church on
the new Capanema station in Brazil.

Pray for Rev. and Mrs. Foster
Tresise in Hawaii and their future
plans in the work there.

Pray for strength and wisdom for
a number of our missionaries who
are taking additional language -study
in France.

Pray for the Don Hockings as they
go from France to Africa this month.

Pray for Mrs. Roy Snyder that
the Lord may restore her to good
health for her work in Africa.

Pray for the board of trustees of
the Foreign Missionary Society in
the midyear meeting March 18-22.

WMC—

Pray that the councils will em-
phasize the foreign-mission project,
building a missionary residence at
Winona Lake.

Pray that the Jewish offering
(Thank offering) and the birthday
offerings (for supporting mission-
aries) will be generous this year.

Pray that WMC ladies will be
willing to accept local, district and
national offices when changes must
be made.

Pray for plans being made for
the next general WMC conference,
that vision to know God's will and
courage to do it shall be manifested.

HOME MISSIONS—

Pray for the new work and pastor

Glen Welborn at Winona, Minn,
and that the Lord will lead in select-
ing a location for their future build-
ing.

Praise the Lord for the additional
21 members during the first six
months of Palmyra, Pa.'s existence
and pray for the visitation commit-
tee that the Lord will open doors
and hearts to make greater gains
in 1957.

Pray for the Second Brethren
Church, Fort Wayne, Ind., and the
building program to start this
month. Pray for the unit of the
Brethren Construction Company
that will be doing the building,
headed up by Vernon Latham.

Praise the Lord for providing an
adequate meeting place during the
building program at Cheyenne,
Wyo., and pray for an early com-
pletion of the new church.

Pray for the meeting held each
Thursday in the Pueblo Pintado area
that many Navajos will respond to
the gospel as the missionaries min-
ister in this and other outposts.

SUNDAY SCHOOL—

Pray that as the schools across the
nation enter into the Loyalty Cam-
paign which is to be launched the
first Sunday after Easter, we will
find an increasing loyalty on the
part of all our people to the work of
the Lord.

Pray that the packets now in
preparation for the Loyalty Cam-
paign may prove beneficial to all of
our schools.

Pray for continued guidance as
we attempt to direct the .activities
of the program.

BRETHREN DAY OF PRAYER
MARCH 15

"Plejjg the lord, -.^™^-^,^^„^
forget not all bis benefits"

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SMM—

Pray that the girls will take time
for preparation of their programs
that they will prove more challenging
and meaningful.

Pray that those who are studying
the matter of goal revision might be
granted wisdom from the Lord.

Pray that the youth rallies may be
used as a means of creating interest
in SMM and challenging girls to full-
time service for God.

Pray that the national officers
be granted wisdom in planning for
the national conference program.

Pray that more women be given
the burden of interest in the girls
and in becoming patronesses.

LAYMEN—

Pray for Brother Lowery, who is
trying to lead the laymen into greater;
spiritual activities by providing ma-
terial for their monthly meetings.

Pray that our laymen will con-
tinue their support of the Brethren
Evangelistic Crusade.

GRACE SEMINARY—

Pray for the seniors in the college,
and seminary that their last semester'
may be successfully completed and
that it may be made clear to them
what should be their next step.

Pray for God's direction in the
commencement of the building
project which soon will become a
reality.

Praise God for the safety of travel
and the good reception the faculty
and administration experienced dur-
ing the months of December and
January as they visited most of the
churches in the interests of the
school.

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March 2, 1957

The BRETHREN

WMC NUMBER

MARCH 9, 1957

Brethren Missionary Residence

A joint- SMM and WMC project and responsibility

Open ihou mine eties "

\/ Psa. 119. IS ^

Na^onal Women*s Missionarij Council ^ 1956 "1957

What a Woman Did for Jesus

(Mark 14:3)

By Russell D. Barnard

It was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper
that Mary did a wonderful thing. She anointed the feet
of Jesus with a very precious ointment. It must have
meant great sacrifice for her to purchase this precious
ointment. What she did for Jesus could only have been
the result of what Jesus had done for her. What has
Jesus done for womanhood? One needs only to look
into non-Christian lands, in contrast to those lands
where Christ has been honored, to know the difference.
Chattels, slaves, tools, servants, beasts of burden —
women are but little else in those lands where Christ
has not been honored.

Christian womanhood in our Brethren Fellowship
has served Christ in a most commendable way in recent
years. Every part of our Fellowship has been blessed by
the ministry of our women. This service is not limited to
the membership of the WMC, but is very largely ex-
pressed by what our councils have done and are doing.

We speak of the ministry of our women in Brethren
foreign missions. We have monuments standing in
various fields — useful monuments: missionary resi-
dences and residence equipment; aluminum roofing
on houses and water heaters in missionary homes in
foreign lands; libraries, Bible institutes, printing equip-
ment. We have rolling monuments, too — automobiles
that have been supplied and are serving God's serv-
ants well.

Now the National WMC has set its hand to a new
type of goal — to give sufficiently during a five-year
period to build the first unit of motel-type missionary
residences at Winona Lake, Ind.

The idea of a missionary residence in the homeland
is not new. Our present residence which has served so
well was largely the result of the sacrificial giving of
the National SMM in years past. Probably many of
those who as Sisterhood girls helped in that now as
WMC ladies will rejoice in helping with this.

Our present missionary residence at Winona Lake
has served well, but it is inadequate to the expanding

need. It was purchased and equipped when our mis-
sionary personnel was about one-third its present size.
Additional residence space for missionary families de-
siring to live at Winona Lake is an urgent need. The
urgency, however, is less during the next two years,
since fewer missionaries will be on furlough during the
immediate future. But if we are to be ready for the
large number of families coming on furlough in three,
four and five years, we must act now!

There is another urgency. Missionaries now in re-
tirement, and those who in from one to three years
will probably come home on furlough not to return
again, should have permanent living quarters supplied
them in the homeland. Most of these would desire to
live at Winona Lake. They should have small first-floor
apartment units.

We have plans in the making for the building of this
residence to be supplied by the WMC as mentioned
above. Probably $15,000 to $20,000 over and above
the cost of the lots or acreage will be needed. It is very
probable that in the midyear meeting of our board of
trustees, March 18-24, we will complete plans suffi-
cient that preliminary announcements can be made.
At least the exact location and general plan will probably
be determined. As quickly as possible following that, the
architect's drawings and plans will be produced. Funds
will be needed to be available before we can begin.
How much we will need to have above the cost of the
lots before we can begin, our board will need to decide.
The larger the WMC offerings and the earlier we re-
ceived them will largely determine when we can begin
construction.

During these months when the WMC local groups
will be gathering funds together we shall pray for God's
wisdom and direction for each one, that He will grant
generous and open hearts to all of us. Unanimous co-
operation in this kindly and urgently-needed ministry
for our faithful missionaries will do the work, and
do it quickly and well.

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 10

ARNOLD R. KRrEGBAUM. Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16, 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake, Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake, Ind. Subscription price, $3.00 a year; 100-percent churches, $2.50: foreign, $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees, president: Herman A. Hoyt, vice president: William Schaffer, secretary: True Hunt, assistant secretary: Ord Geh-
man, treasurer: Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee: Gene Farrell. S. W. Link, Mark Malles. Robert E. A. Miller.
Thomas Hammers: Arnold R. Kriegbaum. ex officio

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Women in Argentina

By Miss Bertha Abel

"What would we do without the women in our
church?" is a question that could be asked in almost
every church, and it is also a question that could be
asked in our Argentine church. As is true in most
churches in the United States, if not in all of them, there
are many more women in our church in Argentina
than there are men; and the women there play a very
important part in the forward march of the church.

They teach God's Word. Practically all of our Sun-
day-school teachers are women and young ladies; and
besides this many of them also teach daily vacation
Bible school and child evangelism classes.

They make it possible for others to hear the good
news of God's free salvation. It's the women that offer
their homes for child evangehsm classes and house
meetings. (These are special evangelistic services in
various sections of the cities and towns to reach the
people in the neighborhood who would not go to a
church but who would go into someone's home.)

They witness to others. Whenever there's a house
meeting or a special meeting of any kind coming up,
it's usually the women that go out and invite others to
attend, leaving tracts and a word of testimony as to
everyone's need of a Saviour. Most of the time in
doing this they go from house to house, creating an
interest in the gospel wherever they can. And not only
this, but a surprisingly large number of them witness for
Christ to their unsaved relatives, friends, and neigh-
bors, and many who work witness to the ones with
whom they work.

They hold extra prayer meetings. Each congregation
has at least one meeting a week devoted to prayer and
some have extra prayer meetings each week; but in
many places the women hold added extra prayer meet-
ings in order to be able to pray more for the needs
of the work and for souls that need Christ.

They make it possible for more children to go to
camp. Many of the children in our Sunday schools are
very poor; and not only do the parents lack the money,
but they also many times lack sufficient clothing for
the children to be able to send them to camp. And so,
many times we find our women ripping old clothing
or providing new material and with needle and thread,
or sometimes with a sewing machine, making clothing
for these children so that they might be able to go to
camp.

They help with the communion service. Whenever we
have a communion service, the women are always glad
to do whatever they can. They make the sandwiches,
set the tables, get the basins and towels ready, and then
afterwards wash and dry the dishes and cups and get

everything back in order. Later, after the long table-
cloths have been washed, they help iron them.

They often play hostess or cook. Many times there
are special meetings or rallies in one town or another
when it is necessary to house overnight guests and help
cook for a large number of people. We always find our
women very willing to help along this line too, doing
as much as they can.

They contribute financially to the Lord's work. The
Argentine WMC's primary financial project is to pay
the salary and traveling expenses of one of our national
workers. Miss Nelida Nunez. During the past four
years they have been faithfully taking care of this re-
sponsibility. And besides this they also help with the
support of the other national workers, with the ex-
penses of the Bible institute, with the camp expenses
which includes helping to send needy and worthy chil-
dren to camp, by buying needed new furnishings for
the churches, and with many other needs of the Argen-
tine church.

So you see, our Argentine women keep very busy
and whatever they do, they do it cheerfully "as unto
the Lord." Again we have to ask: "What would we do
without the women in our church?"

MISSIONARY BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY

Africa —

Mr. Donald A. Spangler May 4

Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Mary Hope Beaver May 7, 1946

Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Miss Grace Byron May 7

Mission a Bassai, Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Lois Irene Taber May 8, 1940

Mission a Yaloke, Bossembele via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Alberta Mae Dunning May 11, 1949

Bozoum via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Camille Sue Cone May 26, 1955

Mission a Yaloke. Bossembele via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Argentina —

Rita Dorene Hoyt May 18, 1944

Calle 31, No. .33, Don Bosco, F.C.G.R., Argentina, South America.

Mrs. James B. Marshall May 25

Rivadavia 433. Rio Cuarto. F.C.N.G.B.M., Prov. Cordoba. Argen-
tina, South America.

Rev. James B. Marshall May 28

Rivadavia 433, Rio Cuarto, F.C.N.G.B.M., Prov. Cordoba, Argen-
tina, South America.

Brazil —

Rev. John W. Zielasko May 7

Caixa Postal 861, Belem, Para, Brazil.

France —

Victor Fredrick Fogle May 1, 1949

79 Chemin de Vassieux, Caluire et Curie, Rhone, France.

Kathleen Lois Taber May 9, 1955

29 Av. Ardouin, le Plessis — Trevise, Seine et Oise, France.

Mexico —

Sharon Rachel Haag May 9, 1948

439 Sunset Lane, San Ysidro, Calif., U.S.A.

Kathryn Sue Howard May 29, 1948

406 Mary Avenue, Calexico, Calif., U.S.A.

In the United States —

Naomi Ruth Mason May 28, 1948

724 Anderson Avenue, Fort Wayne. Ind.

Donna Marie Khever May 29, 1940

Winona Lake, Ind.

March 9, 1957

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Christian Home and Marriage
Forum

By Althea S. Miller

WHEN YOU QUARREL WITH YOUR HUSBAND
OR WIFE

Any honest married individual knows what we're
talking about when we assume that at least a minimum
of quarreling besets every marriage. None of us can
wholly escape family misunderstandings, but there are
ways to reduce the pain and avoid complications.

It was 8:30 of a workday morning. Breakfast and fam-
ily worship were over and I went to the kitchen to close
up each lunch box and give them to the children. There
had been no major upset in the family routine that
morning and the day lay before me with challenging
brightness.

Suddenly, the man of my heart was in the kitchen
with his nose poked in the refrigerator. "Why is all this
cheese opened in the refrigerator?" he bellowed? Or
at least it sounded to me as though he bellowed be-
cause of a seething inner resentment for his inter-
ference in what I hold to be my domain.

"There aren't any packages of cheese opened ex-
cept what is currently being used," I exploded. "Why
don't you go mind your own business? None of the
cheese is spoiling. I don't check on how you do your
work in your study, and I'll thank you to stay out of
my business." With that parting remark I sashayed out
of the kitchen.

The day was now drab and drear. Plans to finish the
draperies and get them hung went unfulfilled. For two
hours or more I "boiled" as I told myself over and
over again that nothing short of a very humble apology
from my husband would ever make me feel right toward
him again. My better judgment through experience told
me the apology would not be forthcoming.

All morning I vacillated between wondering what
I ever saw in that fellow to marry him, and. what would
I ever do without him if anything should happen to
him. YOU understand those emotions, don't you? Be-
fore noon I began to acknowledge what I'd known all
along — that I acted as hastily and unkindly as I accused
my husband of doing. Just the same, I wasn't going
to be a softy this time. When he came in at noon acting
as if nothing had ever been done to me, I'd "fix" him.

"No you won't," my inner, new nature dictated.

"Oh, yes I will," the blustery "old man" insisted. "I'll
show that man I'm no mouse to run when he says
'shoo.' I wish I were a mouse," I said to the walls of
my room. The only way a woman can be really happy
in her marriage is to be a mouse. But I just can't be
one." Now I was crying, but the tears brought release
from the emotional volcano which had been built up
over the past weeks. I was ready to listen to the Spirit
of God as He showed me how childishly I have behaved.

When my husband came in at noon he was as I knew
he would be — casual and natural, as though things were
ever thus. Then I noticed deep, dark circles under his
eyes which I hadn't taken time to notice this morning.
These long hours were telling on him, too.

"The poor dear," I thought as he sat eating lunch,
"he is just as pressed with the responsibility of providing

for this family as I am with the management and dis-
pensing of that provision." Where we both made (and
make) our mistake is when we assume all of that re-
sponsibility. God has enjoined us to "cast all our care
upon him." We do this sometimes, and then we turn
around and take up the burden ourselves. When we do
this, the Devil has an inning in our marriage which we
should never allow him to have.

Following this train of thought through to its logical
conclusion, I knew that basically the reason for this
ridiculous flare-up which had assumed such large pro-
portions in my own heart, was due to our both being
absolutely worn out physically. But with so much to
do we both felt as if we had to keep going until we drop,
if necessary. Physical depletion is perfect breeding
ground for emotional instability.

There are times when my husband becomes upset
at some triviality as I had this day. In any normal mar-
riage, Christian or non-Christian, this state of affairs
is bound to exist at intervals. It is the recurrence of these
intervals, their repercussions, and how they are met
which should concern us.

ATTENTION PRAYER WARRIORS!

Sometime ago the writer received a copy of a book-
let entitled, "Revival or Judgment," which can be
obtained from Life Messengers, Box 515, Seattle 11,
Wash. — 12 for $1. It proved to be so challenging that
we are sharing excerpts with you this month. Let us
honestly examine our own hearts as we read:

"In one of our munition plants employing 500 men,
there is an excellent canteen and lounging room. Each
day, after the men have had their lunch, they discuss
topics of general interest. One day their discussion
centered on Christianity and hypocrisy. Some very
harsh and cruel things were said about Christians. In the
group was a Christian we shall call Bill. When Bill
could stand it no longer, he rose to his feet and said:
"Men, you have been saying some very hard things about
Christians. Now I admit that there are hypocrites in the
church, but I also want you to know that there are a lot
of sincere Christians. And I, myself, very humbly claim
to believe in Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and
Saviour."

He was about to sit down when a man said: "Just
a minute. Bill, I would like you to answer some ques-
tions. I take it from what you have said that you believe
the Bible to be the Word of God." "I certainly do,"
said Bill, "I believe it from cover to cover." "Then do
you believe that all of us who are not Christians are
lost and on our way to hell?" "Yes," Bill said, "I do."
And so the dialogue proceeded:

Question: "How long have you worked here with us,
Bill?" Bill: "Four years." Question: "How often in that
period have you spent a night in prayer for our lost
souls" . . . Bill: "I'm sorry, fellows, but I cannot say
that I have spent any time in prayer for you."

Question: "Well, Bill, that is just the kind of hy-
pocrisy we have been talking about."

Are we Brethren guilty? Do we believe that those
about us who are outside of Christ are lost? Still our
efforts to win them to Christ are a mere pretense! Think
of this indictment!

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Our new project for the foreign missionary em-
phasis period fits in very well with our cover picture
this month: The Foreign Missionary Society has had a
missionary residence since January 1936 when the
"Bethany Home" at Ashland, Ohio was completed. This
home was made possible by a $5,000 project gift of the
Sisterhood of Mary and Martha. With the help of
volunteer labor a nice, duplex building was erected and
was first occupied by Dr. Florence Gribble, pioneer
missionary on furlough, and her daughter Marguerite,
and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Khever, then approved can-
didates for Africa attending Ashland Seminary.

After Winona Lake became the headquarters for the
church, it was considered wise to sell the Ashland
property and reinvest the money in a home at Winona
Lake. A large stone dwelling was bought at Winona
Lake and converted into a four apartment missionary
residence — the building presented as our cover this
month. It has proved a blessing to many missionaries
on furlough through the years. The WMC has always
taken a great interest in this missionary residence,
supplying many of the furnishings and keeping the
pantry shelves stocked with food. Our annual "Mis-
sionary Residence Upkeep" offering, taken through our
district organizations each summer, is used for the
purchasing of necessary equipment and furniture.

However, as the missionary force has grown the in-
adequacy of the residence has become more and more
apparent. It is often necessary for missionaries to find
other apartments here at Winona Lake or elsewhere
because the residence is full. This situation has led the
Foreign Missionary Society to make plans for additional
missionary housing here at Winona Lake. We as WMC
members wish to have our part in this important under-
taking. As a result, we have accepted a five-year project
of raising at least $15,000 toward this need. Our goal
for this year is $3,000. As the months go on we will
try to keep you posted on plans for the building. Give,
pray, and watch for the reahzation of our plans for
better missionary housing here at Winona Lake.

NATIONAL WMC PROJECT OFFERINGS
1956-1957

General and Publication Offering $2,435.22

Home Missions Offering 3,004.16

Christian Education Offering Due June 10

Foreign Missions Offering Due June 10

Thank Offering (Penny-a-day) Due June 10

Birthday Offering Due July 10

Missionary Residence Upkeep Due July 10

Mother s Letter

(Second in a series)
Darling,

I was so glad to receive your letter, and such a letter!

Somehow I knew there was something on your mind.
Your last two letters were so shallow, and they just
seemed to skim the surface; so I knew way down deep
there was something troubling you. I didn't know
whether you were losing out in your grades, falling in
love or coming down with the flu. Since it is none of
these, I am praying that in addition to my poor counsel,
you may seek the guidance of Him who has promised
that if we lack wisdom, and ask of Him, he will give
liberally and upbraid not.

In my opinion the only solution of your problem is
sublime trust and patience. My dear child, I have been
through it all, the anguish of indecision, an overwhelm-
ing fear of, and desire to pierce the veil of the future.
Since several of your friends do seem to be so sure of
what they want to do, it does make it harder for you
not to know what to prepare for. But every building
must have a foundation, regardless of what kind of
structure, it is going to be. The thing for you to do
is to realize that you are now laying the foundation for
your life, and whether it will be lived in a business house,
a school, a church or home, the foundation must be
strong and well built in order to be useful and stand the
storms of life. The ornaments can be added later. With
a background of faith, courage and love; with a disposi-
tion that enables you to live with people of like or un-
like temperment, with honesty and loyalty like pillars,
you can face the world and all its problems regardless
of what your life will be.

Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing in the world
to do, but when it's the only thing we can do, we can
endure it only by filling in the time with activities that
build. I am as sure that you will be given to know as I
am that you are my very own daughter, and sometimes
when I look at you, it is as if I were looking into a
mirror, not physically, but into the mind of you.

I want you always to feel that, next to your Heavenly
Father, you can come to me with all your problems and

I will understand.

Encourage the girls who are going to be teachers,
nurses, even doctors and lawyers, missionaries and so-
cial workers, as well as those who are planning to be
homemakers, to talk to you of their work and plans.
It will help them as well as you. Remember the illus-
tration of the little lamp on the foot of the traveler?
It lights only a few steps ahead, but if we keep going,
the way will always be lighted, one step at a time.

Loving you so much, I am.

Your Mother

II Timothy 2:15.

WMC OFFICIARY

President — Mrs. Kenneth Ashman, 205 Ihrig Ave., Wooster, Ohio.
First Vice President (Projects) — Mrs. Miles Taber. 314 Dorchester

St., Ashland, Ohio.
Second Vice President (Program) — Mrs. Thomas Hammers, 6242

30th Ave.. Seattle 15, Wash.
Recording Secretary — Mrs. Lester Pifer, Box 195, Winona Lalce, Ind.
Assistant Secretary — Mrs. Scott Weaver, R.R. 2, Osceola, Ind.
Financial Secretary-Treasurer — Mrs. Chester McCall, 4580 Don

Felipe Dr., Los Angeles, Calif.
Literature Secretary — Mrs. Jesse Deloe, 203 W. Woodland, Fort

Wayne, Ind.
Editor — Mrs. Benamin Hamilton, Box 701, Winona Lake, Ind.
Prayer Chairman — Mrs. Frank Lindower, R.R. 1, Uniontown, Ohio.
Patroness of SMM — ^Mrs, H. Leslie Moore, 112 Beachley St., Meyera-

dale. Pa.

March 9, 1957

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Letters From WMC Birthday Missionaries

Dear Sisters in Christ:

Greetings in the name of our wonderful Saviour
Jesus Christ!

How much our hearts rejoice and praise Him, to
know that we are all laborers together with Him.

It is indeed a real joy to me to be chosen as one of
your birthday missionaries for this year. My sincere
prayer is that I may be a worthy servant in His great
harvest field, which is now ripe and ready for reaping.

We do praise the Lord for every WMC member
and for the vision the Lord has given to go forward in
His name. Only the Lord knows about your love and
sacrifices for home and foreign missions, and how
we all have been blessed and encouraged by your
prayers and gifts. May the Lord stir all of us with a
greater compassion for souls in the coming years, as
well as to pray that His constraining love may reach
heathen lands and His blessed return be hastened.

Our sincere prayer is, for all our dear WMC mem-
bers, that the Lord may increase your fruitfulness for
Him and continue to richly bless you.

Thanking you again for the privilege of being your
missionary. Pray for me. Yours for souls in Africa,

Charlotte H. Jobson

Dear Mrs. Pifer:

Greetings in the name that is above every name,
that of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!

How happy I was to hear of the wonderful conference
enjoyed this year at Winona Lake, and of the Lord's
blessings on the WMC sessions. From what we have
heard, there was an unusually large representation of
missionaries present this year.

I consider it a real privilege to have been chosen as
one of your "Birthday Missionaries" this year and
thank you for it. To me this means that not only will
the offerings of the women be supporting me this year,
but that in a special way their prayers, too, will be sup-
porting me and how my heart rejoices in this fact.

We have ahead what promises to be an excep-
tionally busy year, if the Lord tarries. A short time ago
we secured a lot for our temple here in Marmol, and as
soon as the transaction is completed and we have the
deed, probably within a month, we'd like to start work.
Erecting a church building will be a new experience
for us and we covet your prayers for the Lord's guidance
in the plans and all the other details. Also that He will
put the grace of giving in the hearts of our believers, that
the necessary funds may come in.

Before us are the summer months with opportunities
for open-air work limited only by our strength and time.
Our young people have an open-air class a few blocks
away with usually 20 or more children in attendance.
They expect to soon start at least one more, and also a
Happy Hour class in the home of one of the families.

The Lord is giving us new contacts and we'd ap-
preciate your joining us in prayer for their salvation.

As soon as the weather is a bit warmer we plan

to have a baptismal service in our back patio, and it
looks as though there will be several baptized. One is
a very faithful Christian girl who is engaged to our
Sunday-school superintendent. We believe the Lord has
great blessings ahead for the work here in this town
which is growing rapidly.

Truly the petition, "Open Thou Mine Eyes," is one
we all need to pray, and as He opens our eyes to the
great need and possibilities, may we be more faith-
ful in meeting the need and seizing the opportunities
that many more souls may pass from darkness into His
marvelous light.

The Lord continue to bless each one of the ladies
of the WMC as they faithfully serve Him, and as they
make it possible for the gospel message to be carried .
to many who otherwise would never have the oppor-
tunity of hearing it.

Yours in His love,

Dorothy Maconaghy

Dear National WMC:

Greetings from Africa in the name of Him who loves
us and gave himself for us, and who is soon coming
to take us out of this present evil world. Truly He is a
wonderful Saviour, and we praise Him every day for
all of His many blessings to us. How we do praise Him
for a church that is interested in its missionaries, and for
the WMC within the church that is so faithful in support-
ing us in so many different ways.

When Mrs. Pifer's letter came, I thought: "How nice
of Genevieve to write to me again," but I had not read
very far before I discovered that it was no ordinary
letter. I still do not find words of my own to express
to you my thanks and appreciation for choosing me as
one of your "Birthday Missionaries," so I will say with
the Apostle Paul, "I thank my God upon every re-
membrance of you . . . for your fellowship in the gos-
pel .. . your work of faith and labor of love." And as
we see how you are expanding your gifts from year
to year — again Paul expresses it so aptly — "We are
bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is
meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly."

You will never know how unworthy I :ceel of all that
you are giving for me, and I want to assure you that
with your continued prayer help I shall spend and be
spent to glorify the name of our precious Lord in this
land.

Truly the Lord is blessing your work here in Africa.
He has opened our eyes to the white harvest fields. There
are so many places that need to be occupied, and so
many things that need to be done, that it takes real wis-
dom from above to distinguish between what we as
missionaries think we want, and what the Lord's will :"or
us is. Pray for us individually and as a mission.

Again, thank you for all that you mean to us and are
doing for us. May the Lord's richest blessings be upon
you.

Yours for Him in .Africa,

Freda Kliever

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VESSELS of -UONORJ

H TIM. 2:20-22

SISTEl^+^OOD T+^€ME 1956-1957

The Conference and the Truck

By Mrs. William Samarin

Sara awakened suddenly to find the warm sun bsam-
ing in her eyes. Nambona was already stirring manioc
into the cooking pot. Sara and the others from the vil-
lage, who were at the three-day Bible conference, ate
their morning meal quickly. From somewhere a drum
sounded, and everyone gathered songbooks and New
Testaments to go to the meeting. Sara carefully tied
her books in a scarf and put them on her head.

There was not room enough in the chapel so the
people gathered in the shade of three tall mango trees.
In the crowd Sara recognized Kobo, the pastor who
had helped her when her parents had tried to arrange
a pagan marriage for her. Standing beside him were the
missionary man and his wife. Sara had never been close
to a white person before. She moved nearer to get a
better look. How straight and limp the white woman's
hair seemed. At least her eyes were dark. Her hus-
band's eyes were the color of dirty salt. The woman mis-
sionary saw the girl stare, so she smiled at her. Sara
greeted her shyly and hurried on.

The morning hours passed quickly. They listened
to sermons, sang new songs and talked about church
problems. In the afternoon at the sound of the drum
Sara went with the women and girls to the little mud
church. She seated herself on a log between a woman
from her village and a strange girl. They all laughed be-
cause they were so crowded. Sara sighted Nambona
in the doorway and waved to her to come over.

When the woman missionary rose to speak, Sara
resumed her scrutiny of the white woman, but soon her
attention was caught by three pots lying on the table
by the speaker. The missionary was talking about the
pots. Sara forgot about the unusual color of the woman
and listened intently.

The missionary pointed at the old broken pot. "This
is what all of you use every day. When you sweep you
use this to gather up the dirt." Then she pointed to a
large black waterpot. "Someone in your village made
this. Every morning you put it on your head and you go
to draw water. If it breaks, there is no sorrow, for there
is lots of clay in the river to make another. But this
third vessel is different. Most of you receive one of these
shiny, new store-pots before you are married. It's a
part of your bride price. You take good care of it. You
would never use it to sweep dirt into nor for any other
low task. It is a vessel of honor in your house. Now open
your New Testaments with me to II Timothy 2:20-22.

When they finished reading, the missionary explained
how every Christian made a choice. Every Christian
was a vessel for the Lord, but what kind? They could be
disobedient and be like the broken sweeping pot. Or they
could just do what was expected of a believer and
nothing extra; then they were like the big black water-

pot. Or they could be eager to do God's work and to be
as good and pure as He taught. Then in His eyes they
were the bright, shiny honored vessels.

Sara heard no more, for Someone inside of her
seemed to Speak. "You were once like the broken pot.
Then you chose God's better way and now you are like
the second vessel. But you have never asked God to
change you completely. You have never worked for
God!" Sara walked out of the chapel with a bent head.
She wanted to be a vessel of honor, but how?

Sara's mother called from the shelter of the house.
She ran to do her mother's bidding. Her mother said
that she would wash the grain Sara was working with
if Sara would take a new pot to her aunt's village.
Since the girl's return from conference, Sara had been
looking for ways to serve God. She had tried to talk
to her family, but they just laughed at her affectionately
and ignored what she had to say. But Moco would
listen. She and Moco had done everything together as
girls. Now that Moco was the fifth wife of an old vil-
lage chief in another village, they did not see each
other. This request to go to her aunt's village was not
distasteful to Sara, for this was also Moco's village.
Sh would gladly go. She missed her friend, and now
she could spend the night in her aunt's house.

She arrived in the large village hot and dusty. After
greeting her aunt she went in search of Moco. She
finally found her gathering cotton in her husband's
garden. With shrill screeches of joy the girls flung
themselves into each other's arms. Moco grabbed Sara's
hand, "I'm here alone. No one will know if we go to
the river to talk."

In the cool shade Moco began to pour out her
troubles. Her husband was cranky, his other wives were
bossy, and just because she was the youngest, she had to
pound grain late into the night. She whispered: "I'm
going to run away!"

Sara was shocked. "You can't run away. Why, there's
no place to go." Moco's second declaration shocked
Sara more than the first. Avoiding Sara's eyes Moco
told how she had taken water out to the road when a
truck stopped and the driver called for something to
drink. The truck driver was of a different tribe but
seemed nice. He stopped again the next week, and
after much teasing he had given her a string of beads.
Then he had offered to take her with him to Bangui to
live. Moco herself had been shocked with his plan, but
the following days had been more miserable than ever.
Last night her husband had found the beads. The third
wife told him how she had seen Moco talking to the

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CHURCH

By Mrs. Max Brenneman

"The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth
keep silence before him."" Therefore when we enter
the church we should be quiet.

Did you ever stop to think just what is church? Judy
told me how she liked church and what it meant to
her. And this is what she said:

"I think of God every day. But Sunday is His day, and
I love to worship Him in His house — the church.

"After Sunday school, I look forward to the morning
worship service. I know that Tm not very old. But
I am thrilled with our morning service. V^hen I enter
the church building, I am very quiet because God is
there, and He is holy. Some children run up and down
the aisles and talk out loud. This hurts me very much
because I know that it does not please God.

"Because I get more out of the service if I sit up
close to the front, I find a good seat. (Mother and Daddy
sit up front with me, too.) Psalm 63:3 says: ". . . my
lips shall praise thee." I enjoy praising God by singing.
We'll do a lot of singing in heaven, and I like to prac-
tice here on earth.

"The morning Scripture is read. Of course, I have my
Bible open, and I follow my pastor as he reads. When
I watch my Bible carefully, 1 learn many new words,
and most of all, hearing God"s own words is a joy and
a blessing, for God is talking to us through His Word.

"When, in our pastor's morning prayer, he talks
to God, my eyes should remain closed, and I myself
should be in an attitude of prayer. For prayer is talking
to our Heavenly Father.

"Offering time. Now Mother and Daddy give me
money to put in the offering plate. I am glad to give it,
but what I enjoy most is to give my own money. Instead
of spending all the money that I am given during
the week, I give at least 10 percent of it back to God.
My offerings aren't much — neither was the widow's mite
in the Bible — but God blesses.

"Special music. Oh, that some day I might use my
voice to sing of God's love or use my fingers to play
the piano or organ to His glory!

"Sermon. All week long my pastor has been pre-
paring spiritual food for me. Now is the time for me
to receive it so that I may grow in Christ. True, I am
not able to understand it all, but God blesses me when
I sit still and listen. I will admit that reading the Sun-
day-school paper and chewing gum sometimes tempts
me, but church is the place we go to worship God.
There is a time for reading the Sunday-school paper
and chewing gum. But it is not in church.

"As a Christian girl, I look forward to the invita-
tion. Maybe then someone will accept Christ as their
personal Saviour.

"After the benediction, I quietly leave the church with
my parents. I make it a point to shake hands with my
pastor. I enjoy speaking to him. As a spiritual father
he is interested in my spiritual growth.

"I like to go to church!"

What does church mean to you? Can you enjoy
church like Judy? If not, why not? Let us put to prac-
tice Habakkuk 2:20. (Read it aloud.)

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SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR APRIL

THEME SONG— Sing "Channels Only"' and follow it
by choruses.

SCRIPTURE — Repeat the year's verses in II Timothy.
Then read the second chapter of I Timothy.

PRAYER CIRCLE— Be sure to include the requests
listed this month. Try joining hands in your prayer
circle.

DEVOTIONAL TOPIC— Seniors and Middlers study
"The Conference and the Truck" by Mrs. Samarin.
Juniors study "Church."

SPECIAL NUMBER— Since this is the birthday month,
perhaps someone could give a birthday reading.

MISSIONARY LESSON— Seniors, Middlers, study the
"Life of Evelyn Fuqua," and Juniors continue the
Pondo missionary story — this time "Koly Loses Faith
in the Sorcerer."

BUSINESS MEETING — Include the president's re-
minders. Check on your goals.

BENEDICTION— Psalm 145:1-2.

THE CONFERENCE AND THE TRUCK

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truck driver. In anger her husband had beaten her
before the whole village. Now today she was exiled to the
cotton field alone. "Anything would be better than this,"
she added sullenly.

Sara's mind tumbled with thought. Had she not
thought of running away once herself? Then she had
become a Christian. God had provided peace and
happiness. Her plans had been only unhappy dream-
ing. Moco's danger was real. Looking at her miserable
friend she could not be silent. "This truck driver is
probably a very bad man. He will take you only to
leave you in some strange village without help from
your family or friends." To Sara's distress her friend
began to cry. "Oh, I couldn't be more unhappy!"
Taking Moco's hand Sara said: "But you could be hap-
pier! Going away won't make you happy, but be-
coming a Christian will."

Quietly Sara told Moco about each happiness she had
since becoming a Christian. Moco only shook her head
and said it was too late. "If I had believed before I was
married, I could have 'escaped' as you did. But even
God cannot make me happy now."

Sara could think of nothing else to say to her friend.
They rose and went back toward the village. A gust
of dry wind brought the sound of an approaching truck
to their ears. The girls stood listening till they knew
that it was slowing to a stop in front of the village. Moco
broke into a run, but Sara begged her friend not to
go. They broke through the grass and into the village
in time to see the dusty truck roll to a stop. A young
boy dropped from the top of the load to put a board
against the back wheel. A tall middle-aged man got out
of the truck. He wore clothes like a white man and a
white man's cigarette hung from his lips. He caught sight
of the girls and waved them over. Sara gave a spit of
disgust and turned to run to the house of her aunt.
Leaning against the veranda pole she began to cry.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

Koly Loses Faith in the Sorcerer

By Miss Mary Emmert

The evening of Koly's second wife's burial, Pondo
and his relatives came to sit with them a while in
silent sympathy. Throughout the whole night, the
mourning would break out again, continue for a long
time, then die down while the group rested out of sheer
weariness.

The next day, they visited the grave and placed bits
of broken pottery, and some grain, and a few yams on it
to show the departed spirit that they meant to share the
produce of the garden with it. The broken pottery was
to bewail the fact that she would never use it any more,
so it might as well be broken. These were the only
"flowers" put on Kogara's grace. After this ceremony,
Koly sat with his family again by the campfire in his
yard to receive any visitors that came to sympathize
with him. But unlike the usual mournings, the num-
ber that thus came to sit with him was very small. He
fell to brooding again. Toward evening he got up and
stalked angrily away muttering as he went.

Pondo looked curiously after him. "What is he so
angry about?" he asked his mother. "Where is he
going?"

"I do not know," said Nana fearfully. "All I know is
that he is very angry with Gafo, the sorcerer. I hope he
is not going to quarrel with him again."

"Why is he angry with Gafo?" asked Pondo.

"Because Gafo would not come when we sent for
him, when Kogara first got sick, you know. Then when
Koly came home and sent the second time for him, he
finally came after a long delay. But he refused to do
anything about her sickness. He acted very queerly."
Nana was worried.

"Then what happened?" prompted Pondo.

"They got to quarreling, and Kogara died while they
were still talking. Koly was very angry and wanted Gafo
to find the evil spirits that killed her, but he refused
and walked away."

"Could it be the twins' fault?" asked Pondo in a low
voice.

"Oh, my," said the poor mother, "I am only a woman,
why ask me?"

Late that evening Koly came back utterly exhausted,
but still furious. Pondo was awakened by his angry
talking. "This is the last," Koly was saying. "Never,
never will I have anything more to do with a medicine
man. I am through with them," he shouted.

Nana sat in a frightened heap on the mat that served
for her bed, and let him talk on without any comments.

"Why would he not come when we called him?" he
continued. "Why has not the whole village been here
to mourn with us today? There is something back of
this!"

Pondo sat up wide-eyed. Were his little twin sis-
ters in danger? Did they harbor an evil spirit that was
the cause of Kogara's death? His feelings were curiously
mixed on the subject. He loved his sisters, even though
they were always a big nuisance to him, but yet he
felt a growing horror of them in his mind. Such un-
natural creatures as to harbor an evil spirit that would
kill their ovm relatives!

He stopped to listen to his father again. Koly was
pouring out questions one after another at the trem-
bling Nana. "Where had Kogara been the day she took
sick? What had she eaten? With whom had she talked?"
Nana knew very little about it. Koly became more
desperate. "Was there a quarrel between Kogara and
anyone in the village?" he demanded.

Nana began to sob. "Yes," she admitted. "They have
all turned against us. They hated both Kogara and me."
She broke down and cried as though the pent-up bit-
terness of months had just broken loose.

"Tell me about it," said Koly with a gleam in his
eyes.

"It started when the guard had us excused from
the village work," explained Nana. "We were so glad.
But soon we noticed that the other women were very
jealous of us, and made all kinds of mean remarks. Of
course, that amused us, too, for a while. But I'm so
sick and tired of it now. It has just been one constant
bickering with them."

"You and Kogara didn't have a quarrel, did you?"
Koly asked eyeing his wife attentively.

"No, really," Nana replied, meeting his gaze squarely.
"We had so many quarrels with the other women that we
had to stick together."

"Could it be the twins?" ventured Pondo in a
whisper for fear of waking them.

"No, no, my son, it is not the twins this time. Gafo
and the people of the village have conspired against
us. He can never come near me nor my family again,
the old rascal!"

Nana trembled. "What shall we do if any of us
ever get sick?" she wanted to know. "We shall aU die
without the sorcerer."

"We die if we have him, too," answered Koly bit-
terly. "I tell you, their affair is a pact of lies to deceive
the people."

Nana was not convinced. "Oh, what will ever become
of us?" she wailed.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Pray for the birthday
offering — that each girl
will feel led to give from
her heart for the mis-
sionaries' children.

Pray for the young
people for whom the of-
fering is given: Anne
Kliever, James Dowdy,
and Donald Sheldon.

Pray (in your prayer
circle) for the girl stand-
ing on your right, and for
your patronesses.

Pray for the authors
of next year's lessons.

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By Marie Sackett

BIRTHDAY OFFERING DUE— April is the month
when your birthday offerings for the future education
of missionaries" children is due. Our goal is S700. Why
not celebrate the birthday of Sisterhood and send in
a good offering so we can meet this goal?

HOW FAR ARE YOU with your memorization of
the Book of Ephesians? You don't have too much longer
to complete it. This goal will prove a real blessing to
you and help you in your Christian life. Also, Seniors,
don't forget your Bible reading, and Middlers and
Juniors, your memorizing of the missionaries' names
and fields.

DO YOU HAVE 100 BANDAGES ROLLED? Re-
member our bandage-rolling contest: 100 is only the
minimum! Don't forget to do your part in this SMM
work.

NOTE: Your national treasurer is moving in March.
So from here on, send all offerings to Miss Florence
E. Moeller, Winona Lake, Ind. If you haven't sent in
your offerings for the General Fund, National Project,
and National Officers' Expenses, please do so as soon
as possible so we can meet our goals. Do your part
in the work of SMM for the glory of the Lord.

SCRIBBLES

By Jeanette Turner

The first to report the memorizing of the Book of
Ephesians this year is Mrs. Violet Garrison of the
Bethel Brethren Church in Osceola, Ind.!

The girls in Munday's Corner, Conemaugh, Pa., have
been giving toward their own building fund plus giving
their regular offerings. They had charge of the candle-
light service in October.

The Senior girls in Johnstown, Pa., made a quilt for
Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Ogden, their former pastor and
wife, and sent it to them at Christmas.

The Aleppo, Pa,, girls had a chile supper one evening
before a bandage-rolling meeting.

The Portis, Kans., SMM held an all-day "sewing
bee" with the WMC members. The ladles and girls
tied five crib quilts as part of a district project. One of
the ladies gave a book review while everyone sewed.

Elyria, Ohio, girls are making green jumpers which
they will wear with white blouses for SMM meetings
and special programs. They have also rolled their goal
in bandages.

SISTERHOOD OFFICIARY

President— Marie Sackett, Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind. (Home:
1010 Randolph St., Waterloo, Iowa).

Vice President— Rachel Smlthwick, R. R. 1, Harrah, Wash.

General Secretary — Janet Weber, 835 Spruce St., Hagerstown, Md.

Editor— J eannette Turner. Winona Lake, Ind. (Home: Portis, Kans.).

Treasurer— Florence Moeller, 1027 Franklin Street, Johnstown, Pa.

Literature Secretary— Kathleen Ripple, 516 Fritsch Ave.. Akron 12,
Ohio.

Bandage Secretary — Joyce Ashman, Winona Lake, Ind.

Patroness — Mrs. H. Leslie Moore, 112 Beachley, St.. Meyersdale. Pa.

Assistant Patroness— Mrs. Russell Weber, 835 Spruce St.. Hagers-
town. Md.

Serving the Lord
with Evelyn Fuqua

By Mrs. Don West

Our missionary for this month is just a little different
from all our other missionaries. When we think of a
missionary our first thoughts are perhaps of a land far
away, a different language, strange customs, but above
all a people without Christ, a people who may never have
heard the good news, be it Africa, Argentina, Brazil,
France, Hawaii, Mexico, or our own U.S.A. Our mis-
sionary this month is serving the Lord in Dryhill, Ky.,
telling the people there of our Lord's great love. (You
see, crossing an ocean does not make a missionary.)
Evelyn Fuqua has been "on the field" in Kentucky, 10
years, three at the mission at Clayhole, and seven at
Dryhill.

Evelyn Fuqua's plans for her future, as most young
girls, was to have a home of her own and a family. That
was uppermost in her mind, but the Lord haci other
plans. She thought her plans were working out; she
had been engaged for a year. Then God showed her He
had other things in store for her life. Evelyn stated: "If
this engagement had not been broken, I probably would
never have been in the Lord's work. Our disappoint-
ments are His appointments!"

The field at Dryhill keeps her very busy; Sunday
morning services, prayer meetings, Bible study, young
people's meetings, boys' club, visitation, entertaining,
etc. The most thrilling part of her work is her young
people. They meet every Friday evening and have lots
of good times putting on plays, programs, and parties.
When she sees them come to the Lord, it is really a
thrill. The most gratifying thing in her work is to see
souls come to know the Lord as their personal Saviour.
To see the adults, both men and women, begin to at-
tend church after years of not going to church is most
rewarding.

Her work is not a bed of roses just because she is in
the States. Some of her tasks are those of a man, keeping
ditches dug out, things repaired, cutting kindling.

Evelyn thinks that we as Sisterhood girls can do much
to further the work of missions. How? By working hard
on our project offerings. She said that a lot of her
needs at Dryhill have been supplied by our SMM of-
ferings. The chapel was built by offerings from the Sis-
terhood girls. Think of how much value the chapel
has been in the work there and the souls that have been
saved because of it. Let us get busy and swell those of-
ferings and see what our offerings can do in the
future.

What does the Lord have in store for us personally
as a Sisterhood girl? Evelyn never dreamed she would
be serving the Lord, but she is, and she gives each of
us a challenge to be prepared if the Lord has some great
plans for us.

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Headliners

LEON, IOWA. The decision of
Judge H. J. Kittleman of District
Court, Leon, Iowa, has been ap-
pealed. Judge Kittleman handed
down his verdict Jan. 28 in favor of
the Leon Brethren Church, Ronald
Robinson, pastor. The appeal was
filed Feb. 25 by George T. Ronk,
plaintiff.

WINONA LAKE, IND. The In-
diana District WMC wiU conduct
a Fellowship Festival here Mar. 22,
at 8:15 p. m. (EST). AU men of
the district are invited to attend, for
a special program has been arranged
of interest to all.

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. On Mar.
4 the first and second grade pupils
of the Brethren Elementary School,
of the First Brethren Church, ap-
peared on the Art Linkletter TV
Houseparty. Their teacher is Ruth
Marie Landrum. Howard Vulga-
more is principal.

WASHINGTON, PA. The newly
purchased pews of the Grace Breth-
ren Church have been installed. The
building will be dedicated in the
spring. The name of the church has
been changed from the Laboratory
Grace Brethren Church to the Grace
Brethren Church, R.R. 4. L. E.
Rogers is pastor.

HAGERSTOWN, MD. RusseU
Weber has resigned as pastor of the
Grace Brethren Church, and ac-
cepted the call of the First Brethren
Church of Johnstown, Pa. He will
assume his new duties on June 15.

TRACY, CALIF. A surprise food
shower and love offering was given
to Pastor and Mrs. Nelson Hall on
Feb. 13, by the First Brethren
Church.

WABASH, IND. Approximately
150 attended the Freshman-Sopho-
more banquet of Grace College. The
banquet was held in Honeywell
Memorial Hall on Feb. 22.

FREMONT, OHIO. A surprise
grocery shower was given Feb. 22
by the Grace Brethren Church for
the Brethren Construction Crew
which has been constructing the
Brethren Chapel in Fremont, Gran-
ville Tucker, pastor. The host pastor
was Gordon Bracker.

SUNNYSIDE, WASH. The
Northwest District youth enjoyed a
semi-formal banquet here on Feb.
9.

WINONA LAKE, IND. A new
building will be constructed soon
to house the Winona Lake post of-
fice, according to John Andrews,
executive manager of the Winona
Lake Assembly. The new post of-
fice will be located just south of
the present post office building,
where the small church is located.
Plans call for a 40-foot frontage
facing Park Ave., and the building
will be 90 feet long. The building
will be faced with either brick or
Bedford stone.

CLAY CITY, IND. A reception
was given Pastor and Mrs. Edward
Bowman, Feb. 15, by the members
of the First Brethren Church.

SPECIAL. Because of the illness
of her son, Mrs. Robert Miller was
relieved of writing "Under the
Parsonage Roof" for this issue.

..Tl.. BRETHREN

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Notice of meetings to be listed in this column must be received for publication at least
30 days in advance of scheduled dates.

Church

Wooster, Ohio . .
Hagerstown, Md.
Dayton, Ohio

(N. Riverdale)
Waynesboro, Pa.
Buena Vista, Va.
Cuyahoga Falls,

Ohio

Fort Lauderdale,

Fla

Elkhart, Ind. . . .
Ashland, Ohio . .

Date Pastor Speaker

Feb. 25-Mar. 17 Kermeth Ashman Crusade Team.

Mar. 3-17 .... Russell Weber . . R.E.Gingrich.

Mar. 5-17 .... Russell Ward . . Bern 'rd Schneider.

Mar. 10-24 . . . Wm. Gray A. R. Kriegbaum.

Mar. 1 8-3 1 . . . Edward Lewis . . Neil Beery.

Mar. 24-31 . . Richard Burch . . Harold Etling.

Mar. 24-31 . . . Ralph Colbum . Louis Talbot.

Mar. 24-Apr. 7 Lowell Hoyt .... Crusade Team.

Mar. 31-Apr. 14 Miles Taber Bill Smith.

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake. Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake, Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake. ynd.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, ind.

AKRON, OHIO. The First Breth-
ren Church has purchased a parson-
age, located just two doors from the
church. The new address of Rev.
Russell Ogden is 512 Stetler Ave.,
Akron 12, Ohio. Telephone, Sta-
dium 4-6259. Please change Annual.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Rev.
and Mrs. Charles R. Taber, 29 Av.
Ardouin, le Plessis-Trevise, Seine
et Oise, France. Rev. Lester Smitley,
537 Revere Terrace, Centennial Hill,
Hatboro, Pa. Please change Annual.

CLAYTON. OHIO. The First
Brethren Church has purchased a
new Wurlitzer electric organ, which
will be installed and ready for use
on Easter Sunday. Clair Brickie is
pastor.

Jit Mtmavxnnt

Mrs. J. D. Jenkins departed sud-
denly to be with the Lord on Feb-
ruary 3. She was a member of the
First Brethren Church, Buena Vista,
Va. Edward Lewis, pastor.

Mr. Luther B. Wright, a long-
time member of the First Brethren
Church of La Verne, Calif., departed
from this life the first week of Feb-
ruary, with burial on February 5.
Dr. Elias White, pastor.

Mrs. McNew went to be with the
Lord Friday evening, January 25.
We rejoice with grieving loved ones
at the assurance of the Word of God
that His child is "at home" with the
Saviour. Russell Ward, pastor,
North Riverdale Brethren Church,
Dayton, Ohio.

Mr. Earl Fuelling, 38, went to be
with the Lord on November 30,
1956. He was a member of the
Temple City Brethren Church. John
Aeby, pastor.

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NOTICE TO READERS: The purpose of this page is to provide our readers with worldwide
religious news. All material is presented as new^s without editorial comment, and does not
necessarily reflect the theological position of this magazine. — Editor.

CHICAGO, ILL. William Cul-
bertson, president of Moody Bible
Institute, accompanied by Harold
R. Cook, director of the MBI mis-
sionary course, are in Africa, min-
istering to missionaries. 'They will
remain in Africa through March.
Some 10 percent of all evangelical
missionaries in Africa are MBI-
trained.

WHEATON, ILL. Robert A.
Cook, president of Youth for Christ
International since 1948, has been
named chairman of the board of di-
rectors of YFCI. He has been suc-
ceeded in his former post by Ted W.
Engstrom who has been moved up
from his position as executive direc-
tor. Dr. Cook was also recently
named as vice president and head
of the distribution division of Scrip-
ture Press, internationally known
publishers of Sunday-school ma-
terials.

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.

For the first time in history an evan-
gelical has been appointed to head
a section of the government. Rogelio
Martinez Augustinus, an attorney, is
the new Secretary of the Etepartment
of Labor and Social Assistance, one
of the most important departments
of the government. The new Secre-
tary, with his wife and children, at-
ted the Tabernacle church of the
Central American Mission in Co-
mayaguela.

CHICAGO, ILL. William K.
Harrison, Lieutenant General in the
U. S. Army retires from active serv-
ice March 1 to become executive
director of Evangelical Welfare
Agency, Chicago. He will succeed
Dr. Harold L. Lundquist who re-
signed last January. The general
whose Army career spans 40 years,
is noted for his Christian leadership.
He has been active in evangelistic
work, both by private counseling
and by public preaching. His articles
have appeared in a number of
Christian magazines.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY. Re-
cent reports over the Budapest radio
had declared that the "freedom of
religion" promised by the Red pup-
pet government of Premier Janos
Kadar would include religious in-
struction for children in Hungary's
schools. Such instruction had once
been compulsory.

Early in February there was a
sharp change. Commissioner of
Education Albert Konya ruled that
only children who were enrolled
for religious training prior to the
October uprising may continue to
receive such training. Addressing a
conference of school officials, he de-
nounced teaching of religion in
schools because it "curbs the chil-
dren's democratic outlook" and be-
cause "reactionary forces have been
using religious classes for propa-
ganda purposes."

Premier Kadar told a workers'
meeting in Csepel, a Budapest sub-
urb, that "the loud-mouthed people"
who were clamoring for religious
instruction for their children in pub-
lic schools were "counter-revolution-
aries" and "plotters."

WINDSOR, ENGLAND. Fred
Nayllor retired early in February at
the age of 84 after 62 years of serv-
ice in St. George's chapel choir. He
sang at Queen Victoria's Diamond
Jubilee and every royal service at
Windsor Castle since, including the
funerals of Victoria, Edward VII,
George V and George VI. He also
was in four coronations.

MADRID, SPAIN. A 10-year-
old boy has become the latest pawn
in the struggle of that country's tiny
Protestant minority for civil rights.
According to Madrid reports last
January, relatives of Moses Campos
Perez had won a plea to have the
Madrid Juvenile Court reconsider
the lad's case one year after he
had been forcibly removed from a
Protestant boarding school and
placed in a Roman Catholic institu-
tion. For the first nine years of his
life, Moses had been brought up
by a Protestant grandmother and
aunt. One month after he had been
placed in a boarding school, he was
removed by civil authorities and
made a ward of the court. Efforts
of relatives to regain control of the
child through appointment of a legal
guardian were rebuffed when the
court declared the guardian unfit be-
cause he did not profess the Roman
Catholic religion.

FORMOSA. The Chinese Nation-
alist government issued a decree
that state employees who refuse to
bow to the flag or the portrait of
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, founder of the
Chinese Republic, will be punished.
Some Presbyterian missionaries ob-
ject to the practice as "sacrile-
gious," while other religious leaders
hold that such salutes are "not acts
of religious worship" but merely ges-
tures of respect to the flag and to
the memory of Dr. Sun.

CLEVELAND, OHIO. A Bap-
tist layman has put a snowplow into i
service for God. When heavy snows
blanket the city and most everyone
is complaining about the miserable
weather, Marcellus Chapman gets
busy with his plow. He cleans off
the sidewalk along the whole street, .
then solicits business from individual I
families. When asked about his fee, .
he always answers: "I'm not asking :
anything for myself; just give what i
you can for the work of the Lord."
All donations go into a special fund 1
which is used to help needy families, !
purchase Bibles for servicemen and i
flowers for hospital patients. !

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LEND us YOUR HAND/

WmALfEii.om//p Of Bffnmfu Laymen

THEME FOR 1957— UNITED FOR SOUL-WINNING

Compiled by Roy Lowery

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR APRIL

Opening Hymn — "Rescue the Per-
ishing"; "I Would Be Like Jesus."
Scripture Reading — Acts 1 : 1 - 1 L
Prayer time — Form prayer circles
of three or four men each and
each praying for those on the
other's prayer list.

Hymn — "At Calvary."

A 15-minute review of a good mis-
sionary book of the leader's
choosing.

Business session and offering.

Bible Study from John 4.

Closing hymn and prayer.

'PRACTICAL SOUL-WINNING"

As we follow Jesus He makes us
fishers of men (Matt. 4:19; Mark
1:17). There is wisdom in seeking to
be a soul-winner (Prov. 11:30; Dan.
12:3). He that is wise winneth souls.
The great business of those already
saved should be to bring others to
Christ (John 1:41, 45). Is it not a
crying shame that it should ever be
true of saints going to heaven not to
be concerned about sinners going
to hell (Prov. 1 1 :26)? Face this ques-
tion before God: "What are you
doing for souls?" Church work that
does not reach souls is abhorrent to
God.

Having seen Christ in the first
three chapters of John as Saviour
and receiving Him as such, we now
see Him in the fourth chapter as our
Great Example in the most impor-
tant of all Christian work — winning
others. Here is the pattern of suc-
cess in soul-winning. The deep
secret of His success was that spirit-
ual power, without which none can
win souls.

In His approach to a soul Jesus
was "perfectly natural and exceed-
ingly tactful." Not being bigoted,
He had no animosity toward the
Samaritans. Instead of crossing Jor-
dan and going around Samaria
through Peraea He took the natural
direct route (John 4:3-4). Provi-
dentially, He was to meet the wom-
an at the well of Sychar that day
(Rom. 8:28). He arrived at the well
at noon, tired and thirsty (John
4:5-6). It was only natural for Him

to stop at the well for water and sit
for rest. As we go about our lawful
business God will have us, if we are
yielded to His Spirit, contact those
whom He would have us win. Asking
a favor secured the desired atten-
tion and confidence (vs. 7).

Then the woman brings up the
old feud between the Jews and the
Samaritans (vs. 9). The Lord
steered her skillfully from the un-
important to the important (vs. 10).
Jacob had discovered the water that
our Lord had placed there (vs. 11).
The Lord did not stop to prove His
greatness over Jacob but led her to
recognize her own spiritual needs
(vs. 14). She failed to realize her
spiritual need at first (vs. 15). He
spoke of the thirst of her soul
caused by sin to convict her of sin.
He touched the cause (vs. 16). She
sought to change the subject (vs. 20).
He brings her back to her sin, for no
one can serve the Devil and wor-
ship God (vss. 21-24). He proved
that He was more than a prophet
(vss. 19, 25-26). Jesus was after
souls, whether they were Jews or
Samaritans (vs. 27). The woman
had forgotten to give Him a drink
(vs. 28). His zeal for a soul was
such that He had no desire to eat
(vss. 31-34). For Him soul-winning
took the place of meat and drink. He
wanted His disciples to taste the joy
of soul-winning (vss. 35-36). To
copy after our Lord, to fulfill His
desire for you, be a winner of souls.

HERE AND THERE

Aleppo, Pa. The recently organ-
ized Aleppo Fellowship of Brethren
Laymen have elected the following
officers: Bert Lohr, president; Jesse
Chapman, vice president; Charles
Jones, secretary-treasurer; Raymond
McCracken, recording secretary,
and Wayne McCracken, boys' ad-
visor.

Palmyra, Pa, The Grace Brethren
Church was host to the newly organ-
ized North Atlantic District Laymen,
Saturday, Feb. 23. Officers were
elected for the coming year and
plans were made for their next meet-
ing at Penn Grove Conference
Ground, May 4, in a joint meeting
with the Mid-Atlantic Laymen.

Hagerstown, Md. (Grace) Bro.
A. Rollin Sandy, National Laymen
president, was speaker here Sunday
night, Feb. 17, which was laymen's
day in this church, and a fine offer-
ing was received for the Board of
Evangelism. At a recent weekly boys
club meeting here there were 29
boys present, at which time nine boys
held up their hands for prayer and
two fine young lads accepted Christ
as Saviour. Bro. Lee Eckles is Boys
Club leader.

Long Beach, Calif. First Breth-
ren Church has a splendid men's
organization. They meet each month
with dinner and stimulating pro-
grams. Jail evangehsm and hospital
visitations are included in their work
locally.

Inglewood, Calif. The First
Brethren Church has had a men's
Bible study class which meets semi-
monthly. Attendance and interest
is good.

Correction. In the February 9
issue, it was incorrectly stated that
Mr. CUfford Sellers is president of
the Indiana District Laymen. Mr.
Jesse Deloe of Fort Wayne, Ind., is
the president. The writer of this
page apologizes for this mistake.

tAatch 9, 1957

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The Christian Home

By Wesley L. Gustafson, pastor

First Evangelical Free Church

St. Paul, Minn.

"As for me and my house, we will
serve ihe Lord" (Josh. 24:15).

The Christian home is the most
important institution in the world.
That does not minimize the position
of the church and state; they also
have been ordained of God. But He
places the home first — in time as
well as in importance. It is the foun-
dation upon which all other insti-
tutions are built; upon it the church
and state will either stand or fall.
What the homes are, the churches
and schools are — and the govern-
ment will be. Every place where
there has been a neglect of home
responsibility, there eventually has
been a crumbling of the nation.

It is imperative, therefore, that
utmost care be taken in establish-
ing and maintaining our Christian
homes. And for this tremendous re-
sponsibility God has given us a
perfect plan, which is a most beau-
tiful picture. Two who know Him
meet, they gradually learn to know
each other, take time to seek the
plan of God for their lives, exchange
vows, establish a Christian home.
Then a baby comes. Prayer is of-
fered for the child before and after
it is born. The parents trust God for
it, but they know that its destiny is
influenced by them.

Not Accepting Responsibility

Unfortunately, some parents do
not accept that responsibility. They
shirk it or shift it on to someone
else. Parents who know the Lord
Jesus Christ, who have the Word,
and yet who blame the church for
the downfall of their child, deserve
little sympathy. The church has a
real part in his training, but the
home has the first responsibility; its
influence is the greatest force in the
life of the child. Neither are the

mother and father excused who
blame the school for their boy's and
girl's delinquency. A child can be
sent through a "pack of wolves"
without becoming harmed, if he has
been properly trained in his home.

But think of the joy that comes to
parents who do accept the chal-
lenge of guiding aright the destiny
of their children — to see their child
respond to the teaching of the Word
of God, accept Jesus Christ as Sav-
iour, take his responsibility in the
home and community, develop a
burden for the people around him,
for the world, and desire to do the
will of God (though there be a great
deal of fumbling) — to see that spirit-
ual development brings complete
satisfaction to the Christian parents.

Results of Neglect

On the other hand, consider the
great anguish resulting when mother
and father are careless and prayer-
less — slothful in training the one
entrusted to them. The child is dis-
respectful to his home — and oft-
times a disgrace to the nation. For
the many thousands whom this
child represents, twenty billion dol-
lars a year is spent in penal insti-
tutions. Orphanages, jails and re-
formatories are filled!

There is little spiritual hope for
any home until the father takes his
place as the spiritual leader. Many
Christians fail in this important mat-
ter. They have been so taken up with
their Christian service — with the
work of the church, evangelization
of the community, of the world —
that they have not had time to evan-
gelize their own children. If it is to
be done, they must do it. The re-
sponsibility is heavy, but it is also
very rewarding.

How do we Establish a Christian
Home?

In the first place, we must walk
personally with God (Matt. 6:6). No

one can lead any person further
than he has gone himself. Unless the
parents are walking with the Lord,
the children may not have the priv-
ilege.

Prayer

Then we must have a definite
period for prayer. This takes dis-
cipline and planning — we must make
the time. The matter of time is prob-
ably where we fail most often. We
are terribly busy — sometimes sin-
fully so. How can we make time?
If I don't have fifteen minutes that
I can spend in prayer and fellow-
ship with the Lord Jesus Christ and
in the study of God's Word all alone
during the day, something is wrong.
If I have time for either reading the
newspaper, listening to the radio,
or watching television, then I have
fifteen minutes for prayer. Although
each of these activities may be good
in itself, it is harmful if I do not
have time to spend with God.

Rewards

And now we come to the promise:
"Thy Father . . . shall reward thee
openly." Walking together as a
family with God! God honors fam-
ily discipline. My :(ather always had
a family altar, in the morning and in
the evening. As soon as the meal was
over in the evening, he would get
out the family Bible and read. And
in the morning, even when we had
much work to do in the field and
would have to be out early, he would
get us up early enough to spend time
with Christ before we would go to
our work. Now he sees the promise
fulfilled in his children's homes.

The maintaining of a Christian
home is our first responsibility. The
destinies of our children are to a
great extent determined by us. How
to "train them in the way that they
should go" has been very clearly
shown to us in the Word. What are
we going to do about it?

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AS I SEE ir\i

The late Dr. A. H. Strong, the
great theologian, wrote just before
he died: "Long to see the day when
ordaining councils and presbyteries
will refuse to lay hands on stu-
dents who have not settled faith,
and will tell them to go back to
Jericho till their beards are grown."

The preacher who is not a per-
sonal worker will find his pulpit
becoming an ice-pack. His sermons,
though intellectual, will be cold. It
is the message hot from the heart
that is afire with the passion for
souls that burns its way home. And
so the preacher's methods are woe-
fully incomplete if they make no
provision for personal evangelism. —
.Tames I. Vance.

Make virtues so attractive that
vice will require little attention.
Commend the right much more than
you condemn the wrong. A construc-
tive message will upbuild. We may
take so much time in denouncing
the manifold evils that we shall have
little time for portraying the abound-
ing good.

THINGS TO REMEMBER

The success of perseverance.
The pleasure of working.
The dignity of simplicity.
The worth of character.
The power of kindness.
The influence of example.
The obligation of duty.
The wisdom of economy.
The virtue of patience.
The improvement of talent.
The joy of originating.
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TIME TO READ THE BIBLE
It takes 70 hours and 40 minutes
to read the Bible at pulpit rate — Old
Testament, 52 hours and 20 min-
utes; New Testament, 18 hours and
20 minutes. In the Old Testament,
the Psalms take the longest — 4 hours
and 28 minutes; in the New Testa-
ment, the Gospel of Luke — 2 hours
and 43 minutes.

PERSONAL SALVATION

A casual observance of the peo-
ples of the world reveals a great
change in their method of thinking
and doing. The day of the individual
seems to be gone. All phases of life
bear this out. We no longer think
or act as individuals, but as groups
or masses of people. For example,
not one but several engineers are
credited with recent great inventions.

This change has been for better in
many fields — in industry, education
and society, but in the spiritual
realm it has proved to be the blight
of man's soul. Many have turned to
mass thinking for spiritual uplift-
ing and rehabilitation, only to find
an ever-increasing knowledge of sin
and the inability of any system of
thought to rid the soul of that sin.

To such we repeat with increasing
vigor — man's sin is personal, in-
dividual. It exists as a personal
problem and demands a personal
solution. This is a great stumbling
block to some. You think that your
parents, relatives, husband or wife,
or even your church can settle your
problem. The decision, however, re-
mains one that you alone must make!

God has always spoken to and
dealt with individuals, and so He
deals with you and your problem of
sin. It was for you — an individual —
that He created His plan of salva-
tion. It was for you — an individual
— that His Son, Jesus Christ, per-
fected it. It was for you, your sin,
that the spotless Lamb of God was
made to be sin. It was for you that
He suffered, bled and died one dark
afternoon on Golgotha's brow. It
was for you He rose again from the
gloom of Joseph's tomb.

Friend, salvation from sin is per-
sonaL The decision to accept or re-
ject it is yours alone. May God help
you to come to Him by faith, and
by His Son Jesus Christ, enter into
His peace and blessedness. — Clay-
ton ,T. Davis.

He who never made an enemy,
never made much of a friend.

Important Notice! ! Do not come
to prayer meeting this week — If all

your friends and acquaintances are
saved. Please do not attend if you
have no need in your own life. If
you feel there is no need for prayer
in behalf of your church and pastor,
it will be a good idea to remain at
home! If missionaries, both at
home and in foreign lands can face
the forces of hell just as well with-
out prayer, go somewhere else and
enjoy the evening. If that Bible-
school class or that office in the
church which is yours is achieving
100% results, there is no reason to
attend prayer meeting, so why come?
If you would just as soon God's
children did not gather to pray for
you when you are sick, then occupy
your time with something more
worthwhile, if God no longer hears
and answers prayer — if God is not
true to His promises — then why
waste time to pray at all? Why pray,
when you can worry?

RULES FOR A HOLY LIFE

Did I awake spiritual, and was
I watchful in keeping my mind from
wandering this morning when I was
rising?

Have I this day got nearer to God
in times of prayer, or have I given
way to a lazy, idle spirit?

Has my faith been weakened by
unwatchfulness or quickened by dil-
igence this day?

Have I this day walked by faith
and pleased God in all things?

Have I denied myself in all unkind
words and thoughts? Have I de-
lighted in seeing others preferred be-
fore me?

Have I made the most of my pre-
cious time, as far as I have had light,
strength and opportunity?

Have I governed well my tongue
this day, remembering that "in a
multitude of words there wanteth
not sin"?

Do my life and conversation
adorn the gospel of Jesus Christ?

— John Fletcher

Riches are like muck which stinks
in a heap, but spread abroad makes
the earth fruitful.

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A PREACHER

WRITES

7726 Preacher and His Finances

People in general are money-con-
scious today as never before. Preach-
ers are no exception. The prevailing
conditions have caused many min-
isters to measure their income with
what they could make in some other
work. This has caused some to get
restless and dissatisfied with their
work and with their income. Some
have used this argument with their
congregations, seeking more money.
Well, of course, if that is what the
man entered the ministry for — a liv-
ing— then he ought to go where he
can make the best money — and stay
there. The ministry will be better
off if he does so.

However, if a man has entered the
ministry, called of God, then salary
or no salary, that is where he should
stay. It makes all the difference in
the world as to the motive for en-
tering the ministry whether a man
will be content in it. If he entered
it with the burden of Paul, "Woe is
me, if I preach not the gospel," then
men can roll in money' all around
him while he has patches on his
pants, yet the situation will not faze
him. He entered the ministry to
preach the gospel, to win souls, to be
God's mouthpiece to lost men, to be
faithful to God. He had counted the
cost and was willing to pay the price
before he began.

It makes a lot of difference if the
preacher is more concerned for his
ministry than for his living If it is
his ministry that is first, and God
sets him in a hard place where
sacrifices are involved, you will
never hear a word out of him — he
will be as sweet as honey all the

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time. If not, he will whine and com-
plain till his congregation gets dis-
gusted and the work fails or he is dis-
charged.

Too many preachers have been
caught by the mad spirit in the
world around them and do not know
it. Some have plunged into unwise
debts and expect the congregation
to pay them off. Others are just
poor managers and would be in the
red if they received twice their pres-
ent salary. If the members of the
congregation in general did not
manage their own financial affairs
any better than some visionary and
impractical pastors, there would
not be enough money in the offering
envelopes to pay for the water in
the baptistry!

The size of the income does not
measure a minister's worth to God
and the church by any means. Some
of the strongest preachers are re-
ceiving greatly reduced incomes.
They are doing real work for God
for eternity. Their eyes are not on
money. On the other hand there are
some very inferior preachers re-
ceiving incomes far beyond their
worth from every angle. Some men
seem to have the knack of just shp-
ping around from one easy berth to
another, sipping the honey from the
blossoms of a garden on which they
have bestowed no labor.

The ministry is not a means to
aggrandizement or wealth. It is, in
its true sense, a high calling from
heaven to bear testimony to a god-
less world. It is time for many
preachers to look to the nature of
the focus of their striving. Otherwise

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there may be an unhappy sequel to
their life work.

Some preachers have been pam-
pered by affectionate and generous
congregations till they have become
babies. They expect to be paid for
every time they turn around, or do
any spiritual service for members of
their churches. Often indulgent
members who have means will ruin
a minister by kindness overdone
until the man can't get along on
normal fare.

If a man enters the ministry with
the purpose of glorifying God and
winning the lost, and so studying
God's Word as to stir the souls of
men with God's truth, he will find
that his work will grow and he will
receive all he needs and more. A
preacher will get what he produces,
just like any other servant in the
world. The larger his congregation
becomes, the more the preacher will
receive. The fellow who has to de-
mand more from his congregation
is falling down somewhere.

Let the preacher who feels the
need for more income roll up his
sleeves and go to work harder than
ever, doing the work he is called to
do. Let him get busy and win men
for Christ around him and he will
soon have no needs to mention to
God or man.

It is due to be said that the men
in our Brethren ministry as a whole
are very careful about their affairs
and have brought credit upon their
calling. A money-minded preacher
can destroy himself and his people
quickly, while a Christ-centered man
will give abundant testimony that
Philippians 4:19 is true. Amen!

March 9, 7957 i

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Editorials

ByLL$rabh

Personal Hurts— What Shall We Do About Them?

Has somebody stepped on your feelings lately with
a painful thud?

Increasingly Satan is using this means to weaken
the testimony of the true church. That little member, the
tongue, which James says is set on fire of hell (3:6)
can" wreck a strong testimony for Christ, whether in-
dividual or a church, in an incredibly short time. The
unfortunate part is that Christian people who know
God's revelation, often lend themselves, perhaps even
unwittingly, to this ruse of Satan.

We learned of an experience of a Christian worker
not long ago which is rather typical. This is his story:

"As a director of church music, I have had numerous
occasions to understand why a choir has been called
'the battleground of the church."

"Take an experience I encountered a while back.
For months I had encouraged a timid young woman
to sing a solo. She had a soft pleasing voice and attended
every practice.

"Her solo went across beautifully. After the service
I started for the dressing room to make sure that the
vestments were properly hung. As I opened the door I
heard some sobbing. It proved to be the young woman
who had sung the solo.

"In broken tones she explained that another singer
had said to her, 'Your voice isn't strong enough to do
solo work. Hardly anyone heard you.'

"My young friend declared that she was withdrawing
from the choir. Over my protest she checked in her
vestment. I never saw her use it again.

"This young woman was a victim of a personal hurt.
Her name could be called Legion, for to the right of
us and to the left there is always someone suffering
needlessly from the inconsiderate actions or words of
another person."

Here we have just one illustration, but the principle
extends itself into all realms of church work and often
especially into the relationships between pastor and
people.

Mental and Spiritual Anguish Result

In these cases the average person will undergo ter-
rible mental anguish. They feel as if they are not wanted
and not appreciated. A psychological barrier is con-
structed which effectively separates them from their
friends.

But worst of all is their spiritual anguish. They begin
to wonder. Is it worthwhile trying to be a Christian? If
Christian people do not show any more grace and ap-
preciation than this, why try? Then they discontinue
their fellowship in the church and worst of all lose
their fellowship with Christ. The result — a completely
defeated Christian!

What to Do

Consider the individual who hurt you together with
his criticism. Was he honest in his statement and was
his criticism true? Did he have all the facts in the case
on which to base an intelligent opinion or was he biased
against you? Has he or she a habit of flinging out
barbed remarks? Maybe he is the victim of a deep-
seated personal hurt and is seeking to relieve his own
pain by hurting others. Does he delight in cutting others
down to his own small size? Perhaps if you look into
this matter deeply and intelligently enough, you will
find that the same person who has hurt you has also hurt
others in an unthoughtful and tactless manner. Some
have recovered quickly from these stabs but others have
been badly hurt. Evaluate this situation and think the
matter through carefully.

Behind this whole problem is spiritual immaturity.

This one who may have been a Christian for many
years has never grown in grace as Peter says all Chris-
tians should (II Pet. 3:18). Unfortunately often the one
who is hurt is either a young Christian or another who
has been stunted in spiritual growth.

God clearly reveals His will in such matters. "More-
over if thy brother shall tresspass [sin] against thee, go
and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if
he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother" (Matt.
18:15). This is a difficult thing to do. It demands grace
and spiritual maturity. So many people we have heard
say something like this: "He hurt me, I didn't hurt him,
so let him come to me." This is not Scriptural. Such
an attitude is a disobedience to the Word of God. When
this spiritual directive is obeyed, if thy brother will not
hear thee, his sin is the worse and God will deal sternly
with him. But if thy brother does hear thee, thou hast
gained thy brother. This is a blessed spiritual achieve-
ment and victory. God is honored and glorified through
such action and not held up to ridicule before the world
because of the spiritual discrepancies among His peo-
ple. Again the words of Jesus are clear: "But I say unto
you. Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do
good to them that hate you, and pray for them which
despitefully use you, and persecute you" (Matt. 5:44).

But then, after all is said and done, was it really as
bad to begin with as you thought it was? A fly is a fly

until you put it under a magnifying glass, then it looks
like a dragon. Take away the glass and you have a
fly again!

Again, are your feelings so delicate that they wither
before the least criticism? You alone can determine the
amount of human will power and spiritual fiber which
go to make up your being. Remember — Christians are
little Christs!

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER H

ARNOLD R. KRrEGBAUM. Executive Editor
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man. treasurer: Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee; Gene Farrell. S. W. Link. Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller.
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What God Hath Wrought!

By C. S. Zimmerman, pastor

Patterson Park Brethren Church
Dayton, Ohio

Zimmerman

Dayton, Ohio, now has three self-supporting churches
with Patterson Park being added to the list. This
church has actually been in this position since July 1,
1956, They desired to withhold any announcement
until after a trial period to see if they could make the
grade without additional support. The Lord blessed,
and we are happy on behalf of the Brethren Home Mis-
God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy
Spirit did it! But wonder of wonders, and wonders of
grace and love He let us labor together with Him in the
work He wrought in Patterson Park.

Seven years ago there was no
building, nor even a congregation.
There was a group of earnest
missionary - minded Christians
who wanted a church, building,
and congregation, and to that
end they had prayed. They ac-
quired title to three excellent lots.
It will be seven years May 31,
1957 since this group was for-
mally organized into a congrega-
tion with a membership of 18. At
the end of six years God made it
possible for this growing congregation to assume the
full responsibilities of the church and relieve the Home
Missions Council of further support. God, since July
1, 1956, has made it possible, and caused to be demon-
strated before our eyes that He is able to do abundantly
above what we expect and that the work could be
supported without outside help.

In addition to all of this He has given us the first
unit of our church plant, our educational unit. It is
an excellent structure, commodious in every respect,
a fine tool with which to work in our field. Though not
the fastest growing church in the Brotherhood, God has
given steady growth. From a Sunday school of 27, the
first Sunday service, we have grown to one with
an enrollment of 156, and the average attendance spill-
ing over the 130 mark. The morning worship services
are averaging over the 100 mark, also. From a member-
ship of 18 we have grown to one of 78.

Though the field here has a vast opportunity for
winning people to Christ, God has kept before us
the opportunities and responsibilities abroad. Good sup-
port is given to all departments of the Brethren Church,
which departments are considered a part of our re-
sponsibility and privilege.

Patterson Park was "guinea pig" for the Brethren
Construction Company. It is here they learned many
lessons in construction that have been valuable to them
in other construction projects. This is another contribu-
tion God has made possible for us to make for the bless-
ing of others.

Financially, our Lord has made it possible to borrow
funds from private sources to finance our building con-
struction so that bank loans have not as yet been neces-
sary. The blessing has been so great that we have been

sions Council to make the announcement at this time.
A member of the Brethren Home Missions Council,
Mr. Roy H. Kinzey, was not only serving as a director
but he was busy starting home-mission churches and
was instrumental in getting Patterson Park under way.
May the Lord give us more Brethren churches in Day-
ion. (Ed.)

able to return all borrowed money from the Council
so that it could be placed in other places where needed.
This has been a cause of great wonder to all of ps
to see God working in our midst in every circumstance.
We have been privileged to meet all interest payments
when due, and each year to decrease the amount of our
indebtedness.

Spiritually, we are led into deeper Christian experi-
ences by faithful officers and teachers who are giving
of themselves for the joy of the Lord set before them.
To be sure, God has led us through desert places, and
through trying experiences, but He has always given us
"songs in the night," and "streams in the desert." Faith-
ful parents are leading their children to the Lord, and
then bringing them for membership in the church. This
includes some children who have been bom since the
starting of the work here! Here is given us the privilege
of Christian growth, development, and service.

Ambitions! We have them! It is our desire to reach
so many people here for our Lord and add them to
our Sunday school and church membership that the
force of numbers will make it necessary to expand our
church plant to its planned size. It is interesting to note
the changes and shifts that have had to be made already
to meet the growth. But further ambition leads us now
to plan other places of testimony in the Dayton area.
We pray for continued growth in numbers, financially,
and vision for such a work. We still believe that by divid-
ing we multiply. God give us the grace!

We want on this occasion to express our thanks to
Brethren everywhere who have made it possible through
prayer and finances for our work to be established. God
has made you all fellowlaborers with us in this work.
We rejoice at the vision and planning of our Brethren
in the work of establishing new churches for a testi-
mony to Him. May God bless you all with enlarged
vision, fuller purses, more prayer capacity so that you
can continue in the ever-expanding Brethren testimony.

Nor would we forget the members of the board of
the Home Missions Council who have wrestled with
the problems of new churches with travail of soul and
mind, and have given thought to this work far into
the night.

Our need is still great.

1. We need you all to continue in prayer for us
that we may be enlarged in all fruitfulness to Him.

2. We need our eyes kept open to the need of peo-
ple around us, and in the far reaches of the world.

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Patterson Park's Growing Sunday School

Sunday-school staff

Junior Department

Nursery class

PATTERSON PARK, ANOTHER BRETHREN CHURCH
By Roy H. Kinsey

In 1949 a few of the members of First and North
Riverdale Brethren Churches met together to consider
the starting of a new Brethren congregation in the
city of Dayton, Ohio. Those who were interested met
in a number of business and devotional meetings. The

Brethren Home Missions Council was consulted and
they looked with favor on the project.

The interested group started with no finances, but the
pastor and congregation at North Riverdale gave their
blessing and encouraged the members to make gifts and
loans to the new work. Before regular services were
started or a pastor was called, lots in the southeastern
section of the city were purchased and financed. The
new church site was between six and seven miles from
First and North Riverdale Brethren churches.

It was felt that the establishment of a Brethren con-
gregation across the city would help to conserve for the
Brethren Church members who might move away from
the other churches. The new group at Patterson Park
worked on the premise that the Lord multiplies by
friendly division. There are usually persons who can be
won to the Lord in a neighborhood church, who can-
not be interested in a church across the city. Cer-
tainly it is the Lord's will that a full gospel testimony
be established wherever possible, and especially where
most of the churches are liberal in their teaching and
preaching.

The Brethren Home Missions Council has been doing
a good service in assisting churches over the nation
in getting established. Without their help, it is doubt-
ful if Patterson Park would be a congregation now. As
we go self-supporting, we praise the Lord for His good-
ness in the past and trust Him for help in the future. We
wish to thank the Brethren Home Missions Council
and all those who helped to place Patterson Park with
the established self-supporting Brethren churches.

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THANKFUL THE LORD LED TO PATTERSON PARK WHAT GOD HATH WROUGHT!

By Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bell (Continued From Page 163)

"I being in tiie way, the Lord led me" (Gen. 24:27). 3. We need strength, wisdom, enthusiasm for our

This is truly the testimony of our family and its re- responsibilities,

lationship to our church. 4 We need your prayers that we may be able to

We were led very defmitely to Patterson Park. First ^^^^ the challenge of Satan, for he is working outside

we went to Sunday school and church as visitors. Tlien ^^^ within

our children begged us to go back. We did and our 5 ^^ '^^^^ ^^ ^^ j^^ .^^^ ^^^ ^ ^ j ^^^^^_

whole family became members m January 1955. ■ ^^^ ^ord desires to give us.

During these two years we have been privi eged to \ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^-^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ .^ ^^^

sit under real Bible teaching and preaching of Pastor j^^ ^j^^ knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

C. S. Zimmerman. \Vays of serving have opened for us. Brethren, continue to support us with your prayers

and we rejoice in the steady growth of the Sunday ^j^^^ ^^ j,^ ^ stron^^in Him. and that we may

school and m the worship services. We thank God for ^^^^ ^^^ j^^^^ ^j^^^^ ^-^^ -^^ -^ -^^ ^ ^-^ ^^J_

the number of decisions that have been made. - ^ - ^ ^ ^ j

. ,, , . J ,■ , • ■ mony to the power, provision, grace, and love of our

Another great joy and achievement is ours; we are ^^^/^^ ^^^J^ ^y^^ ^^^^ ^-^^ %^ ^„,,h

no longer dependent upon the Brethren Home Mis-

God to people who need Him so much.

sions Council for funds. We are grateful for the ways "Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,

they have helped us, but now we rejoice that we are Let the earth hear His voice!

able to be a self-supporting church. We praise the Lord Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,

for supplying our needs to make this possible. As a Let the people rejoice!

church we can really sing from our hearts, "Great is O come to the Father, thro" Jesus the Son,

thy faithfulness, Oh, God my Father." And give Him the glory, great things He hath done."

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^Ue Ilain6> Qa^ne ^-oiun . . .

3ui tUe Mllilo-n Staad ^in>m>

By Russell M. Ward, pastor

North Riverdale Brethren Church

Dayton, Ohio

The flood in the Dryhill area of Kentucky was the
worst in 20 years, according to what the residents told
us. Water ran from 10 to 15 feet higher than ever before,
covering the road at points as much as four to five feet.

On Wednesday, February 13, 1957, Clair Brickel,
pastor of the First Brethren Church, Clayton, Ohio, and
I left Dayton for our Dryhill Brethren Chapel in a 12-
foot van loaded with relief supplies. These relief supplies
consisted of boxes of canned goods, dishes, kitchen uten-
sils, beds and clothing of all kinds and sizes. The col-
lection and delivery of these items was a project of
the Southern Ohio District.

Some of the first major damage we saw was between
Hyden and Dryhill. Here we saw houses on the road
and debris piled up that gave us an idea of the damage
and depth of the waters at the crest of the flood. We had
been told that the sight of the mission was a reward-
ing one, and how true it was. The chapel made pos-
sible by the SMM and the mission home by the WMC
were high and dry and saved from the destruction of the

flood. Miss Evelyn Fuqua can express her praise to
God for this location and facilities more effectively
than anyone else ever could because she saw her for-
mer home and many others going down the stream with
schools, stores, and everything in the path of the flood.

Upon our arrival, we were assisted in unloading our
truck by Mr. Adam Begley (whose store was closed
by the flood) and Patsy and Irene Henson who were
made homeless. These girls were living in the home
from which Miss Evelyn Fuqua moved when the new
house was built for her. They are now living tem-
porarily with Miss Fuqua. Mr. Begley has started
rebuilding on the opposite side of the road and will
be back in business again soon.

The trip was a big inspiration to both of us, giving
us our first introduction to this mission point of the
Brethren Home Missions Council. It was a very tiring
trip but a spiritual uplift in many ways. We believe it
will help our congregations to better appreciate the
problems and needs of this work. We trust the ma-
terials supplied to the families will help them to ap-
preciate more the Christian concern of and fellowship
with our Brethren people. We also trust and pray that
many who have not yet given their hearts to Christ
will do so, aided by this contact with a Christianity that
"works."

Brethren Chapel and mission home. Dryhill

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Somebody's home was here

March 16, 1957

Rebuilding — new store with Rev. Clair Brickel in doorway

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God Spared the Clayhole Mission

By Sewell S. Landrum, pastor

Clayhole Brethren Church
Clayhole, Ky.

In the early morning hours of January 29 we were
awakened by the rain beating against the windowpanes
of our bedroom. When awake, we could also hear the
roaring of Troublesome Creek as the water went
rushing down the valley. Through the experiences of
the past we knew that our section of Breathitt County
could expect exceptionally high water within the next
few hours. We made a hasty trip to Caney School and
then on to Jackson for supplies, mostly food to tide us
over. On the return trip from Jackson we found water
slowly creeping over the highway one-half mile north of
our home. All day long a watchful eye was kept on
the steadily rising water in back of our house. By
nightfall Troublesome's ugly head was rising danger-
ously close to the top of the bank. Another foot could
mean a flooded basement. Three feet would put the
water in the lower floor of the house. The lack of that
one foot rise saved our mission station from all flood
damage. Praise God, He spared the mission.

The people who live on the North and Middle Forks
of the Kentucky River have a different story to tell.
During the night of January 28 a heavy downpour of
rain fell in Perry and Letcher Counties, sending tor-
rents of water rushing down the river valley. If it had
rained on Troublesome Creek as it did in Perry and
Letcher, all of our buildings would have had about four
feet of muddy water in them for at least 12 hours. We
lift up our hearts in thanksgiving to God for saving
our Troublesome Creek people from this awful dis-
aster. As it was, only one home of our Sunday-school
members had water in it. This was in the home of my
folks at Lost Creek, which had water in it up to 18
inches. Mother had just left for a visit with my brother
in Florida, so Dad spent several hours in the second
floor by himself. Very little damage was done how-
ever.

As soon as the road leading south into Perry County
was open, Mrs. Landrum and I made a trip to Hazard,
a town with k population of about 6,500. When we
arrived in the vicinity of Hazard, we found a sad sight.
Homes and buildings were off their foundations, and
others were completely gone. The entire business sec-
tion of Hazard had been flooded. In some parts of the
business district the water had been about 15 feet
deep. Many big plate-glass windows had been broken
by drifting objects and much of the buildings' contents
had floated away. We needed boots to wade through the
mud and silt which had settled on the sidewalks. Lights
and water were both cut off. Not so at Clayhole. The
people seemed to be in a dazed condition. The food
supply was almost exhausted. In fact, there were many
who were out of everything, including a place to sleep.
This condition lasted for another 24 hours before the

roads leading to the north were opened so help could
be sent in. As we drove along the highway, we could
see people who had gone back to their wet and muddy
homes. They could not stay inside, so they built fires
out of doors and gathered around to keep themselves
warm. A young father and mother, who had been flood-
ed out above Hazard, were trying to get to his father's
house which was 30 miles north of Clayhole. The road
was still blocked near our mission. They were trying to
sleep in their car. Everything they had in their house
was destroyed; therefore we took them in for the night.

The Red Cross and other agencies came in and have
been doing a wonderful job of helping to relieve the
human suffering. I saw and heard many convoys of
trucks from Louisville and other places on their way
to Hazard with help, food, clothing, blankets and many
other useful and needed articles.

As we drove along Middle Ford River, several miles
below Miss Evelyn's home, we saw cattle and houses
still floating in the water. Household furnishings were
scattered along the river bank. The water was six feet
deeper than it had ever been. Houses were washed away
that had never had water in them before. Words are not
sufficient to give a vivid description of the conditions
that exist in these places.

Almost all of the swinging bridges along the rivers
were washed out. Some highway bridges are gone. Mrs.
Landrum has gone into some of the most isolated
sections to help with the medical aid. Three days after
the flood she took a ride on a diesel engine 20 miles up
the railroad to give shots to needy people. Many of
these people had been without food for three days. They
took along a railroad car loaded with food and other
supplies. She said that on many occasions she saw older
men and women with tears streaming down their cheeks
as they received the material help that had been sent
to them. Our hearts would rejoice far more if this
multitude of people would cry out to God and receive
the most wonderful gift which is God's own Son Jesus
Christ. On another occasion I took Mrs. Landrum and
another nurse over a very rugged mountain and up the
valley to reach many stranded people. It is customary
here in the mountains to offer a hand of hospitality. One
lady said to us: "You can come into my house if you
want to. I'll give you a good warm fire, but I can't
give you anything to eat." Her stove and food supply
had been destroyed in the flood.

These people are not defeated. They have learned to
take the disappointments as they come. I talked with
many who had been flooded out. They all planned to
rebuild. Each one said: "I aim to build higher this
time." My prayer is that they may build on "the Rock"
and anchor their souls in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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I jr C A E L

DOORSTEP DISCUSSIONS

It was already late morning. The sun was warm in the
January sky, and here and there a tiny wisp of a cloud
floated lazily in the brilliant sky. I looked at my watch
— 11:15. I debated for a minute, standing on the curb
of the street. Should I do another block and run the
risk of getting into a long conversation, or should I
stop and look for my husband who was working sev-
eral blocks away? I decided on the former after noting
there were just five homes on that block to be con-
tacted.

At the first home a friendly woman answered the door.
I expected her smile to either freeze or fade when she
learned what I was there for, but to my surprise, she just
continued to smile. My previous experience at this par-
ticular home had not been a pleasant one. I explained the
Mediator was written by Jewish men who believed
Jesus is the Messiah. I explained the Tenach (Old
Testament) told how we were all sinners in need of a
sacrifice and how Jesus was that sacrifice. She said she
hadn't been here (U. S.) long and promised to read
the Mediator (always containing a salvation tract espe-
cially for Jews) and that she wasn't "religious" but
was always willing to read. As I left, I had the feeling
she was almost glad to see me — not what I had to
say, of course, but just to talk to someone. People like
this are hard to reach because, like the average gentile,
there is a general antipathy toward anything of a spirit-
ual nature.

At the next home at tall, elderly gentile woman an-
swered the door. The card contained the records of our
calls at this particular home, and it has been Jewish.
So, I knew she was new in the area. She was smoking
a cigarette. To be sure I wasn't wrong, I asked her if
it was a Jewish home.

"Certainly not!"

I told her I was in the area calling regarding the Mes-
siah of Israel and the Saviour of the world. I offered
her a tract and asked her if she knew Jesus as her per-
sonal Saviour. She drew back in horror.

"I don't want that thing," she said, pushing the tract
back into my hand. "I won't have time to discuss it,"
and the door was shut firmly, leaving a trail of smoke
outside.

That was short, I thought, smiling grimly as I made
a notation on the card and went on to the next house.

The house was extremely well kept. The front had
been newly faced with ornamental stone and there wasn't
so much as a shred of paper to mar the perfection of
the lawn or patio. I rang the bell and waited. The door
contained quite a large grill so that when the little door
of the grill was open, I could see the entire face instead
of the usual eye. He was a middle-aged man a little on
the heavy side. I had no sooner offered him the Med-
iator and mentioned that it was written by Jewish men
who believed Jesus to be the Messiah than he began to
scream at me. The sum and substance of it was that
I had ruined his entire day because I was trying to con-
vert Jewish people to my belief.

I tried to calm him down because he was quite loud.
"Have I asked you to do anything except read a little
paper? You don't have to agree with it, you know. You
read and study things every day you don't agree with."

C A L L J!

By Leanore Button

He wasn't listening. "You don't find Jewish people
out banging on people's doors, do you! No; they have
sense enough to mind their own business, like you should
be doing." By this time he was screaming again, and
his language left a lot to be desired.

"Do you want your neighbors to hear you?" I asked
him. Then, as he quieted a little, I told him that Jews
today had no message of hope to give a lost world. I told
him Isaiah wrote that the Jews were to be God's wit-
nesses throughout the earth, but since they weren't doing
their job, we were doing it. He began to scream again.

"I won't talk with you if it upsets you so," I told
him at last, preparing to leave.

"No, wait," he said. "See this ring?" He showed me a
ring with a triangle on it. "You would be surprised if
you knew what it stands for."

"Tell me."

"No; I took an oath not to talk about it. You wouldn't
understand, anyway. Why should I tell you? Do you
know I have four degrees after my name?"

"Do they make you happy?" I asked him. He didn't
answer, but I was beginning to understand him better.
He was more quiet now but was still using nasty lan-
guage from time to time.

At last I prepared to leave. "Ask yourself why the
name of Jesus sends you into violent anger. It isn't
me you dislike because I haven't even said anything
to make you angry; it is what I represent. You can't
see God; you can't feel Him; you can't understand Him;
so you don't believe He is. There are many things you
can't understand even with your degrees, and yet you
believe in them. Your heart is hard, but someday, may-
be before it is too late for you, God will soften your
hard heart to these things."

"How do people receive you?" he asked suddenly.

I shrugged. "Some are interested; some just don't
want to be bothered; but rarely do I find anyone who re-
ceives me as you have."

"How much are those papers?"

"Free — free as everything else God gives. Even His
gift of eternal life is free — but you have to want it."

He didn't smile. Gruffly he said: "Give me one of
those papers."

I handed it to him, rejoicing in the fact that even as
I stood there God had softened his heart at least a little.
I knew he would read the Mediator and the tract within.
Only time will tell what his further reactions will be.
Pray for him because at least he reacted even though
antagonistically. Some just don't react — period.

GROUND BROKEN IN GRANDVIEW

Ground was actually broken in Grandview,
Wash,, on Sunday, February 24, 1957; but not as
previously reported. Pastor Robert Griffith reports
the plans complete, basic materials ordered, and a
Christian man available to supervise the construc-
tion. More details next month.

March 16, 7957

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GRACE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
WINONA LAKE, IND.

HEWS

WINONA LAKE, IND. Dr.

Ralph Stoll of Altoona, Pa., will
deliver the Bible messages at the
68th annual National Fellowship of
Brethren Churches convening here
Aug. 19-25.

GRAFTON, W. VA. Dr. L. L.
Grubb will be the guest speaker Apr.
14 at the dedication of the new
building of the First Brethren
Church, Lee Crist, pastor. The dedi-
catory service is scheduled for 2:30
p. m. R. G. LeTourneau will speak
at the morning worship '..ervice.

BERRIEN SPRINGS, MICH.

Homecoming will be observed Mar.
24 at the Grace Brethren Church.
Gilbert Hawkins, pastor of the
church, will be ordained to the
Christian ministry on that day. Prof.
Herbert Bess will be the I'uest
speaker for ihe day.

JOHNSTOWN, PA. Mrs. Katie
Miller celebrated her 92d birthday
on Feb. 22. She is a member of the
First Brethren Church.

COVINGTON, OHIO. A new
Sunday-school annex, 58 by 61 feet,
will be constructed this spring by
the First Brethren Church, True
Hunt, pastor. The breaking of
ground will be done Mar. 31. In
the basement there will be a multi-
purpose room which can be divided
for classrooms, and the upper sec-
tion will provide 12 classrooms and
an office for the pastor.

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. If the
Sunday school went over 500 on
Mar. 3 at the First Brethren Church,
Dr. and Mrs. Glenn O'Neal agreed
to prepare all the pancakes for a
"pancake breakfast."

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SUNNYSIDE, WASH. The First
Brethren Church is undergoing a
remodeling program. The East audi-
torium is being changed, leveling the
floor, and installing a new folding
door 10 by 32 feet. Permanent par-
titions are being built for Sunday-
school classrooms, nursery and
mother's room. A new blacklight
fixture is being built into the church
bulletin board. Harold Painter is
pastor.

HOPEWELL, PA. Rev. Richard
Meyers, pastor of the Calvary Inde-
pendent Baptist Church, Saltillo, Pa.,
will be the Bible conference ;;peaker
Mar. 18-19 at the Grace Brethren
Church, Sheldon Snyder, pastor.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Ground
will be broken Thursiday, Mar. 21
at 11:00 a. m. for the new Physical
Education Building for Grace Col-
lege. Dr. Glenn O'Neal, pastor of
the First Brethren Church, Ingle-
wood, Calif., will be the speaker.

ALLENTOWN, PA. The North-
ern Atlantic District youth rally will
be held at the First Brethren Church.
Apr. 26-27.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS. It is
requested that no more mail for R.
Paul Miller be sent to Winona Lake.
All mail should be sent to 1801 W.
Clinton St., Goshen, Ind.

ASHLAND, OHIO. Attendance
at the midweek prayer service has
passed the 100 mark several times in
recent weeks. Miles Taber is pastor.

WINONA LAKE, IND.

"Conquering Oubangui-Chari
for Christ" by Dr. O. D. Job-
son is the new book nearly
ready to be set. This is a
thrilling story of the opening of
French Equatorial Africa for
Christ. The book will be re-
leased by the Brethren Mis-
sionary Herald about June 1.
Announcement for prepubli-
cation orders will be taken in
a few weeks. Watch for the
offer.

E.Necutive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake. Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind-

WARSAW, IND. A group of
about 50 friends met at the Pennsyl-
vania station Mar. 6 to pray God's
richest blessing upon Dr. and Mrs.
Orville Jobson as they left on the
first lap of their trip back to French
Equatorial Africa. They are sched-
uled to sail from New York to Paris
on Mar. 16. They expect to be back
in Bangui Mar. 3 1 .

LAKE ODESSA, MICH. The

Michigan District overnight youth
rally is being held Mar. 15-16 at the
Grace Brethren Church, Homer
Miller, pastor.

GRANDVIEW, WASH. Sunday-
school attendance is nearing the
100 mark at the First Brethren
Church, Robert Griffith, pastor. ,

KITTANNING, PA. The First
Brethren Church hired Mr. Ron
Jurke (pronounced Yurky) as di-
rector of music and assistant pastor.
Mr. Jurke has a master in education
degree from Bob Jones University.
Wm. H. Schaffer is the pastor.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. The

Brethren High School will have
"open house" on Friday, Mar. 22.
Rev. Albert Flory, minister of edu-
cation for the First Brethren Church,
and his staff, will be hosts.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. The Mid-
Atlantic youth rally will be held at
the Commonwealth Avenue Breth-
ren Church on Apr. 5-6. John Burns
will be host pastor.

Dates of District Conferences

Allegheny May 7-9 — Uniontown. Pa.

California May 27-31— Long Beach, Calif.

East June 15-18 — Altoona, Pa.

Indiana . . .Apr. 29-May 2— Fort Wayne, Ind.

Iowa June 27-29 — Leon, Iowa

Michigan

Mid-Atlantic May 13-15— Hagerstown, Md.

Midwest June 7-9 — Denver. Colo.

Northern Atlantic May 7-10— York, Pa.

Northern Ohio

Northwest Apr. 30-May 3— Harrah, Wash.

Southeast June 24-26 — Roanoke, Va.

Southern Ohio May 6-9 — Dayton, Ohio

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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE FINAL

WORLD RULER

The Coining World Ruler

The Devil's chief and lOremost
concern is his effort to imitate the
Lord Jesus Christ. The world dic-
tator, of whom we read in Revela-
tion 13:2, is the expression of
Satan's desire to imitate Christ's
position as king. As Satan knows,
according to Zechariah 14:9, Christ
is to be king over all the earth. Satan
imitates Christ's incarnation and at-
tempts to incarnate himself in the
Antichrist to become a world ruler.
It is definitely stated that the Anti-
christ will receive his power from
the dragon in imitation of the man-
ner in which Christ received His
power from God the Father. When
Christ was here on earth. He said:
"I do always those things that please
the [Father.]" The Antichrist could
say the same, that he desires to
please his father, the Devil.

The work of the Holy Spirit on
earth is to exalt Christ. Likewise,
when the false prophet, the head of
apostate worldly religion, appears
on the scene, he will not exalt him-
self, but, according to Revelation
13:12, he causes those on the earth
to worship the first beast, the Anti-
christ. In Revelation 13:16-18 there
is revealed the stranglehold the Anti-
christ will have in that awful day of
the Great Tribulation after the
church has been taken to glory. The
Antichrist will have such control
over the nations that no one can do
as he pleases. Centralized control, of
which we heard so much in the late
war in the nations of the earth, will
be developed to its final and logical
conclusion under the reign of this
coming world dictator. As in World
War II, those who did not agree with
the viewpoints of the dictator were
sent to dreaded concentration camps
for punishment, so the Antichrist
will use force to gain his ends. The
Antichrist will exercise control over
the actions, bodies, and minds of
men. It is good news to know that

the reign of Antichrist will last but
for a short time. In the providence of
God, we are told, it is limited to
three and one half years. If Satan's
man of sin were allowed to rule any
great length of time, there would be
no flesh saved. The Bible reveals
to us that the reign of the Antichrist
will be cut off by the second com-
ing of the true King of kings from
heaven.

The Two Beasts

While the events of the day of
the Great Tribulation are taking
place on the earth, the Antichrist
and the false prophet will be in
complete accord. To the inhabitants
of the earth they will appear as two
world figures, men of renown, but
God calls them beasts. The first
(Rev. 13:1-2) is a political beast, the
second (Rev. 1 3 : 1 1 - 1 8) is a religious
beast. These two beasts will prob-
ably be known before the Rapture
of the church as great outstanding
world personalities. However, the
identification with Bible prophecy
will not be made known until after
the church is removed. When Christ
takes the church out of the earth,
there will be no power to hold iack
Satan's work then, so his poUtical
representatives, the first beast, will
have a great rulership over the gov-
ernments of the earth. His ecclesias-
tical representative, the second beast,
will control a worldwide apostate
religious system. Satanic power in
that day will be so manifested that
great wonders and signs will be per-
formed. Millions of the inhabitants
of the earth will be deceived by the
power of Satan.

The Doom of Satan

We praise the name of our Lord
that the doom of Satan is as certain
as his existence. From Revelation
20:1-3 we learn that Satan will be
cast into the bottomless pit (abyss)
when Christ comes the second time

By Charles W. Mayes, D.D.

Pastor, First Brethren Church
Long Beach, Cahf.

to reign over the earth. We learn
further from Revelation 20:7-10 that
Satan will remain in the abyss dur-
ing the period of 1,000 years while
Christ will reign as King of kings
on the earth. At the end of this 1,000
years, Satan will be loosed out of
his prison for a short time. God al-
lows him to be loosed in order that
the people of the earth may have an
opportunity to make it known to
whom they belong, either Satan or
God. Many will indicate they do
not belong to God even after they
have seen the great blessing of the
King and the kingdom in the thou-
sand-year reign. After Satan has
been loosed for a short time he will
be placed in the lake of fire and
brimstone where the beast and the
false prophet were placed 1,000
years before.

The Victory Over Satan

In our day Satan is using all his
strategy and all of his wisdom to
wage a warfare against God in the
world. Satan is so powerful that our
only hope of victory is to yield our-
selves unto Christ so that His vic-
tory may be shared by us. This
truth is revealed in Jude 9, where
Michael the archangel did not dare
bring an accusation against the
Devil. It is evident that Satan is
stronger than the archangel, the
greatest and highest of all the an-
gels. He only said to the Devil: "The
Lord rebuke thee." So it is with us;
we cannot fight Satan, but on the
basis of the promises of God we
can likewise say to the Devil: "The
Lord rebuke you."

The believer who has the indwell-
ing power of a risen Christ has ac-
cess to a weapon which is above the
realm of carnal weapons. Our wea-
pon is the sword of the Spirit, the
Word of God. One ounce of the
promise of God is more powerful
than all the tons of Satan's propa-
-^anda.

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Souls— A Challenge for Every Brethren Sunday School E/P Lambert Photo

Let's Be Fair

By Clate A. Risiey

Executive Secretary

National Sunday School Association

Life magazine, February 1 1 .
1957 published an article by Wes-
ley Shrader, "Our Troubled Sun-
day Schools." H& attacks the Sun-
day school as the most wasted hour
in the week.

Many of the statements Mr.
Shrader makes are true, such as
"ministers are often badly informed
about what goes on at the Sunday-
school hour, even in their own
churches," but taking the article as
a whole, it is unfair, unscientific,
and behind the times.

My work as executive secretary
of the National Sunday School Asso-
ciation takes me into all parts of
this country. I am in churches of all
denominations and I have never seen

many of the things Mr. Shrader
tells about. To cite extreme illustra-
tions to prove a point is neither fair
nor scientific.

It would be folly to contend that
our Sunday schools are perfect.
Far from it, but neither do we feel
that the average U. S. Protestant
Sunday school is nothing more than
a glorified baby-sitting service, a
place where children listen to gro-
tesque stories and memorize verses,
or a Sunday morning social hour
characterized by a considerable
amount of horseplay.

It is unfortunate that many col-
lege students who have been in Sun-
day school a big share of their lives
are not better informed about the

Bible and the Christian life, but it
is also possible that many of these
same young people would not be in
college at all if it were not for their
experience in Sunday school. How
many young people would be in our
Christian colleges, seminaries or
Bible institutes if these same young
people had never been in the Sun-
day school?

The Sunday school with all its
weakness still brings more mem-
bers into the church than any other
agency. The Sunday school is the
greatest aid in conserving the efforts
of evangelism the church has. In
fact, unless the converts to Chris-
tianity are integrated into the Sun-

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day school and church life, they are
soon lost to the church.

Mr. Shrader admitted that great
advances had been made in Sun-
day schools during the last ten years
but he left one with the impression
that he could find few churches
where they were doing any better.
Where did' Mr. Shrader look? Wher-
ever it was he missed several things.

First of all, more people are going
to Sunday school today than ever
before. We know there is increased
population, but much of this in-
crease is due to an improved pro-
gram even if Mr. Shrader says in-
creased attendance does not mean
improved quality.

More men are going to Sunday
school today and more men are
taking an active part in the leader-
ship of the Sunday school. It is not
impossible to find men working in
every department of the Sunday
school, nursery included, and why
not?

Mr. Shrader says that many of
our nurseries are operated by high-
school girls. Perhaps some are, but
in all my travels 1 have not found
one turned over to these youth.

More families are attending Sun-
day school today as families than
in many years. This is due to better
nursery facilities for small children
for one thing, but it is also due to
better grading, better teaching and
better programing at the adult level.
Of course, there is much yet to be
desired, but tremendous advances
have been made in the last decade
and partially in the last five years.
Let's be fair.

Mr. Shrader criticizes severely
the memorization of Scripture verses
and says that the principle behind
memorization is: "If they memo-
rize it and can repeat it, they have
learned it."

Mr. Shrader is right when he adds,
"No school of education would sup-
port such a definition of learning,"
and he needs to add — neither does
the Sunday school.

There is a certain amount of
memorization necessary for every
kind of education from the multi-
plication tables on. These are usually
principles learned and acted upon
later. Many students even in secular
education may memorize truths and
principles they do not understand,

but they are able to act upon them
later because they learned them.

Legion are those who learned
"The LORD is my shepherd, I shall
not want," as a beginner or pri-
mary child and came to the realiza-
tion of its meaning a decade or two
later.

I have never heard anyone claim
that because they have memorized
a thing they have learned it, and I
doubt that few think so. Certainly
parrot-like, rote-like instruction is
not teaching, but Scripture memori-
zation as a part of learning needs
more emphasis and not less in the
average Sunday school today.

In many respects Mr. Shrader's
article is about twenty years late.
Much that he said would have been
more applicable in 1936 when Sun-
day-school attendance and interest
hit a proportionate low.

He says: "The reputation of the
church school across the country is
pretty low"; whereas, the reputation
of the Sunday school is going up and
has been for several years.

What does he mean when he
says: "The people know that the
good old Sunday school broke about
as many young people as it built"?

No other organization has done so
much, for so many, with so little,
and today we see that little growing
in personnel, in facilities and equip-
ment and even in finances. The Sun-
day school has not faced a brighter
future this century.

In some areas during the past
decade and a half the Sunday
school has actually taken the lead.
A striking example of this is in
visual education, from the flannel-
graph board and other forms of non-
projected visuals to the filmstrip and
motion picture the Sunday school
has led. Today business houses and
sales organizations are using meth-
ods of presentation akin to those
used in Sunday schools a decade and
more ago.

Author Shrader says that one rea-
son greater progress has not been
made is because churches generally
have not recognized the importance
of the position of minister of edu-
cation or the director of religious
education. There is an element of
truth here, but an educational proc-
ess has been in progress. As rapidly
as churches learn the value
of Christian education directors they
are eager for their services.

Certainly one of the greatest open-
ings in the field of Christian service
today is the position of Christian
education director and especially is
this true for men. A week never goes
by but what we are asked for help in
securing a Christian education di-
rector.

Today Sunday school is on the
march. Great gains have been made
and greater gains ire coming. Why?
Here are a few of die biggest rea-
sons: Improved curriculum is al-
ready available and in use in many if
not most evangelical Sunday schools.
Hundreds of Sunday-school conven-
tions are being held each year in
all parts of the country. Here thou-
sands of teachers and potential Sun-
day-school workers have been chal-
lenged to attempt bigger things for
God. They have returned to their
local churches where many have en-
rolled in teacher training classes and
as a result their teaching has im-
proved. This added interest on the
part of the teacher has brought a
greater response from the pupils.

We are not ready to sing the
"Hallelujah Chorus," we need
awakened pastors, and this means
awakened seminaries and especially
seminary leaders who determine the
curriculum for our future preachers.
We need awakened parents too,
but we are ready to say that as far
as many of the people who attend
our evangelical Sunday schools our
most valuable hour of the week is
the one spent in Sunday school.

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See Him

"But we see Jesus, who was made a little
lower than the angels for the suffering of
death . . . that he by the grace of God
should taste death for every man" (Heb.
2:9).

A number of years ago we read
of a congregation that was under-
going a spiritual famine. They were
getting very hungry for a good meal
from the Word of God because their
pastor had turned aside from his
divinely appointed commission of
preaching Jesus Christ and feeding
the flock with the living Word. In-
stead, he had been giving the people
husks of modernism that he had
picked up while browsing around in
the barren pastures of Higher Criti-
cism. Finally one of the good sisters
of the congregation could stand the
spiritual dearth no longer and
penned a note which she placed on
the pulpit where the minister could
see it when he got up to conduct the
service. It was simple and to the
point. It read, "Sir, we would see
Jesus." The Spirit of God graciously
used this verse of Scripture to con-
vict the wayward pastor and bring
him back to the only Book and mes-
sage that can satisfy the souls of
men. He began to preach the Word
and to exalt Jesus Christ with a
new zeal and fervor. The spiritual
lethary that had settled upon the
congregation began to clear up im-
mediately and it wasn't long until the
power and testimony of that church
began to glow. Her heart filled with
thanksgiving, the sister penned an-
other note to the pastor. This time
it read, "Then were the people glad
when they saw the Lord."

PREINCARNATION

Whenever you see Jesus in the
Scriptures, He is always hfted up.
Before His incarnation we see Him
lifted up (Isa. 6:1): "In the year
that king Uzziah died I saw the
Lord sitting upon a throne, high and
lifted up, and his train filled the
temple." See Him in like manner
today! We shall never fully under-
stand how vile and sinful the human
heart is until we see Him, the thrice
holy One. The person who holds an
exalted opinion of self has never seen

the Lord. When Isaiah saw Him
lifted up, he said: "Woe is me, for
I am a man of unclean lips." Job,
the patriarch, had a similar expe-
rience. He said: "I have heard of
thee by the hearing of the ear; but
now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore
I abhor myself, and repent in dust
and ashes." This was also true of
Peter. Luke 5:8 reads: "When Si-
mon saw it, he fell down at Jesus"
knees, saying. Depart from me; for
I am a sinful man, O Lord."

HUMILIATION

Even in His humiliation, we see
Jesus lifted up. Our text says that He
was made a little lower than the
angels for the suffering of death. In
the accomplishment of this work He
was suspended between heaven and
earth on a cross. "For as Moses
lifted up the serpent in the wilder-
ness, even so must the Son of man
be lifted up . . ." (John 3:14); "And
I, if I be lifted up from the earth,
will draw all men unto me" (John
12:31). It is only through seeing
Jesus Christ lifted up on the cross for
us that we can come to know that
our sins are forgiven. "Be it known
unto you, men and brethren, that by
this man is preached unto you the
forgiveness of sins" (Acts 13:38).
It is that "lifting up" that makes pos-
sible our peace with God. "He was

By Jesse Hall

Pastor, First Brethren Church
Spokane, Wash.

delivered up for our offences, and
raised again for our justification.
Therefore being justified by faith we
have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom. 4:25;
5:1).

EXALTATION

See Jesus "lifted up" in His exal-
tation. In Philippians 2:8-9. we read:
"He humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the death
of the cross. Wherefore God also
hath highly exalted him, and given
him a name which is above every
name." Hebrews 7:26 adds these
words: "For such an high priest
became us, who is holy, harmless,
undefiled, separate from sinners, and
made higher than the heavens."
When we see Him thus interceding
in our behalf, we will have dis-
covered the Christian's secret of vic-
tory and power, for He is able to
save to the uttermost all that come
unto God by Him, seeing He ever
liveth to make intercession for them.

We must see Him. No one else is
capable of satisfying our hungry
souls; no one else can fulfill our
hearts desires.

See Him or our souls will be lost
in the midnight darkness — for He
is the light of life (John 8:12).

See Him or our joy and happiness
will be turned into bitterest worm-
wood and gall — for we joy in God
through our Lord Jesus Christ, by
whom we have now received the
atonement (Rom. 5:11).

See Him or our joy and happiness
will be but confusion — for He is the
Way, the Truth, and the Life (John
14:6).

See Him if our lives are to be
strong and powerful — for He is the
wisdom of God and the power of
God (I Cor. 1:24).

See Him if our lives are to bear
fruit for God — for He said: "I am
the vine, ye are the branches . . .
without me ye can do nothing"
(John 15:5).

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ONE MAN'S OPINION <j>Jl

This islUFway

PASTE THIS IN YOUR BIBLE

An omer was six pints.

A gerah was one cent.

A farthing was three cents.

A shekel of gold was $8.

A cubit was nearly 22 inches.

A shekel of silver was about 50

cents.
An hin was a gallon and two pints.
A piece of silver, or a penny, was 1 3

cents.
A days journey was about 23 and

one fifth miles.
A Sabbath day's journey was about

an English mile.
A talent of silver was $538.30.

HOW A PREACHER CAN KILL
A CHURCH

Ignore the flock except at the hour
of service.

Only devote time to those belong-
ing to your denomination.

Scold the faithful for the coldness
of the absentees.

Don't say or do something good
for another denomination.

Don't fill the pulpit regularly.

Don't have a suitable substitute
when you must be absent.

Don't support or attend Sunday
school.

If you attend, always be late.

Don't organize the young people.

Don't visit the ill and needy.

Don't visit those who are well.

Don't have a friendly and appeal-
ing disposition.

Don't use words easy to be under-
stood in delivering your messages;
use all the high-sounding words pos-
sible.

Don't be content with your present
pastorate, but be continually on the
lookout for a bigger and better one.

But the most effective way for a
preacher to kill a church is to feed it
the deadly poison of modernism in-
stead of the living Word of God.
■ — ^Now.

tAatch 16, 1957

Whatever:

Weakens your reason,
Obscures your sense of God,
Or takes off the relish for spirit-
ual things,
That is sin to you!

THE TWO BEARS

There are two bears that should
have a place in the life of every
Christian: Bear and Forbear, Many
times our fellow men injure us,
sometimes intentionally, sometimes
unintentionally. Someone has asked
the question: "What should my at-
titude be toward personal injury on
the part of either my friends or my
enemies?" The answer is to be found
in the Word: Matthew 6:15; 18:22-
35; Mark 11:25; Luke !7:4; 23:34;
Romans 12:19; James 2:13.

FOR TEACHERS ONLY

Rev. Harold E. Garner once made
this very striking statement: "No
teacher is qualified to teach who
is not faithful in attending both the
morning and evening services on the
Lord's Day and the midweek prayer
service." He also said: "A Bible
school teacher is late if he isn't there
15 minutes ahead of time." Teach-
ers, have you been faithful in at-
tending the prayer service at 9:30
a. m. on Sunday mornings? Mr.
Garner also said: "The teacher is re-
sponsible for the soul of every pupil
in the class, including those who
simply visit once in a while." We
maintain that there should be more
visiting by our Bible school teach-
ers, and that of the right kind — to
either win the pupil for Christ or
build him up in the most holy faith.

CRIME

A former chaplain of an Arkan-
sas penitentiary said that "out of
1,700 convicts I found only one who
had been brought up in a home
that had an old-fashioned family
altar, and this man was pardoned
because he was found innocent of
the crime with which he was
charged." Read your Bible every
day; start a Family Altar now.

SCOFFERS

A badly scorched postcard was
received Thursday by Sam Love,
Vinita, Okla. Daily staff member
who covered the Robert Hendricks
murder trial.

Hendricks died in the electric
chair Tuesday for the murder of
Rheam Payton.

As he sat in the electric chair, he
told a guard:

"Tell Sam I'll see him in hell."

The next day Love received the
card which read:

"Dear Sam: Bring clippings about
me when you come." It was signed
'Bob.' "

Read Romans 3:18.

HOW TO PREVENT A QUARREL

For two years two monks lived
together in concord and amity. The
monotony of their manner of life
finally moved one of them to say:
"Let us get out of the groove of our
humdrum round of daily tasks and
do something different— let us do
as the world does." Having lived the
sequestered life so long, the monk
inquired: "What does the world
without do?" "Well, for one thing,
the world quarrels." Having lived
together so long in the bondage of
a holy love, he had forgotten how
to quarrel, so he queried: "How does
the world quarrel?" So the other
monk replied: "See that stone. Place
it between us and say. The stone is
mine.' " Willing to accommodate his
friend, he said: "The stone is mine."
Pausing for reflection and feeling
the compulsion of their years of
friendship, the monk who suggested
the quarrel concluded: "Well, broth-
er, if the stone is thine, keep it."
And thus ended the quarrel. — John
R. Riebe.

* * *

SILENCE!

"I am building a church," said a
small boy playing with a set of
blocks, "and we must be very quiet."
His father, eager to encourage this
unexpected reverence, asked: "Why
are we to be quiet in church?" "Be-
cause the people are asleep," was the
boy's response. We could stand more
reverence in our church but not that
kind! Think of the opportunities we
have missed because of spiritual
drowsiness!

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scholarly manner he deals with the doc-
trines of oschatology, cpecifically With ihe
doctrine of the church in relation to the
Rapture, the Tribulation and the imminency
of the return of Christ. Pre-Partial-Post and
Midtribulationism is fully discussed in a
logical and scholarly manner, finally con-
cluding with 50 arguments in favor of the
pretribulational viewpoint.

> BEHIND

America

Selected by THE EDITOk

THIRTY YEARS A WATCH TOWER SLVAE.
By William J. Schnell. Baker Book
House. 1956. Cloth, 207 pp. $2.95 (post-
age 12c I.
For the first time in 30 years, the author
in 1954 was a free man. Converted from
this cult, ihis book gives an inside picture
of the teachings, plans and purposes of this
un-Biblical ism. For the first time in his-
tory this organization is exposed in public
view in a sane, constructive manner by a
former "minister" of the Watch Tower So-
ciety, who was responsible for the organ-
ization of 84 congregations.

KEPT FROM THE HOUR. By Gerald B.
Stanton. Zondervan Publishing House.
1956. Cloth. 313 pp. $3.95 (postage 12c I .
This book is the most timely book of our
da.y. It provides a defense of the pretribu-
lational return of Jesus Christ. The four
major views of the Rapture are presented,
and in an interesting manner the author de-
fends the imminent pretribulational re-
turn of Christ. It is interestingly written
and is adapted to the lay Bible i;tudent. The
book is a systematic study of vhe Rapture
and its relationship to Bible prophecy. The

author is professor of systematic theology
at Talbot Seminary.

IS THE RAPTURE NEXT. By Leon J. Wood,
Zondervan PubUshing House, 1956. Cloth,
120 pp. 32 (postage ic) .
This book is written in defense of the pre-
tribulational viewpoint, giving an answer to
the question as to whether the church will
pass through the tribulation period. This
book provides valuable study on this question
for the alert Christian layman.

THE SEVEN WORDS FROM THE CROSS.

By Ralph G. TurnbuU. Baker Book

House, 1956. 53 pp. 31.50 (postage 8c).

The author declares: "The words :rom

the cross reveal ihe victory of Jesus our

Lord. At the cross is the revelation of man's

sin and God's love. These are no ordinary

words like the last words of men. In the

seven sayings are found meanings which

outlast all other thoughts. To expound these

words with reverence and devotion is our

NEW TESTAMENT INTRODUCTION. By
George A. Hadjiantoniou. Moody Press,
1956. 352 pp. S4.50 (postage 12c).
Beginning with the 400 silent years be-
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the Canon of the New Testament, dealing
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the problems of printing and language. Part
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Testament book in chronological order, giv-
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spiritual :;etting.

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Walvoord. Dunham Publishing Co.. 1956.

Cloth. 240 pp. S3 (postage 8c).
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No subject has been so much before the
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343 pp. $2.75 (postage 12c).
This is a series of 21 messages which were
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EDUCATIONAL NUMBER

MARCH 23, 1957

GRACE COLLEGE
CHOIR

EDITORIALS

By W. A. Ogden, Executive Vice President, Grace Theological Seminary

The Annual Choir Tour

At 1:51 p. m., Thursday, April 4, the Grace College
choir of 30 voices, with six other persons whom I will
identify later, will entrain at Warsaw, Ind., for its third
annual' Easter tour of the churches. At Chicago's Union
Depot these young folk will board the Union Pacific's
■'City of Los Angeles" at 6:45 p. m. to begin the 39
hours and 25 minutes ride to Southern Cahfornia. They
will arrive at East Los Angeles at 9:10 a. m. on Satur-
day and will be met by Dr. C. W. Mayes and his driver
in one of the large busses used in the Brethren High
School of Long "Beach. Before noon they will fmd
rooms in the spacious Sunday-school building of the
Long Beach church. This will be their home for the
following two weeks.

Professor Donald Ogden, who heads the music depart-
ment at Grace, will direct the choir in the 26 concerts
that are scheduled for the 16 days of this tour. Miss
Ava Schnittjer, who teaches English and speech, will
serve as adviser to the girls. She will also coach the
choral readings, which are a favorite portion of each
concert. Professor Ogden has arranged a medley of
songs on the theme of the name of Jesus, and Miss
Schnittjer has arranged the choral recitations that so
beautifully bridge the interludes, making a perfect and
thrilling unity of the whole. Miss Nancy Weber, a
coUegesophomore and an accomplished musician, will
be the accompanist on the piano and/or organ. Dr. Paul
Bauman will be the faculty representative and will have
general oversight of the tour. Mrs. Paul Bauman and
Mrs. Donald Ogden are going along as the guests of
some very thoughtful friends who are sponsoring their
trip.

Concerts will be held in Brethren churches selected in
such a manner that it will be possible for all of our
Brethren friends on the coast to attend. In addition, the
group will sing in Youth for Christ programs in Long
Beach and Los Angeles, as well as in the Church of the
Open Door, and one or two other churches, not Breth-
ren.

The tour will close on Easter Sunday with three or
four appearances, and the return trip will begin on
Monday, April 22, at 4:30 p. m., and will end at 2:15,
Wednesday afternoon. These students will miss eight
days of classes, but will be given work and study halls
on the tour. It will mean somewhat of a handicap to
them in their work, but every one of them is eager for
the opportunity to sing for the Lord and witness to
their enthusiasm for Grace College. Remember this
entire project before the Father's throne that our Lord
may be glorified in the lives of each one and in the
testimony that is borne to the glory of the One who is
the theme of every song they will sing.

Cover Page

Front row reading up — Shirley Smith. Marily Rathfon. Carolyn
Caldwell. Jeanette Turner, Ruth Steffler. Mary King. Carolyn
Bearinger, Sally Saddler. Phyllis Campbell. Karen Calkins. Esther
Friesen. Sandra Watson. Second row — Nancy Weber. David Hacker,
Clifford Heftner. Randall Poyner. Robert Burk. Charles Stoner, Lyn-
wood Catron, Jesse Engle, Warren Brown, James Custer, Dale Hos-
teller. John Rathbun. Not pictured — Donald Rough. Joyce Moine.
Dawn Barota, Mariel DeLattre, Robert Messner, Marlene Shoemaker.
Curtis Stroman.

The Sage and the Siren

In his little booklet, "The God-Centered Life," Mar-
tin A. Hopkins has an interesting word which points out
the conflicting allurements that call for the devotion
of a man's heart and life: "in the Proverbs Wisdom is
personified as a pure woman who stands "at the head
of the noisy streets' of life (1:21 in Hebrews), pleading,
with men to depart from evil, and to walk in the ways
of truth and righteousness. As such. Wisdom is con-
trasted with the impure harlot, who also stands in the
streets with impudent face, using her wiles and seducing
charms to lure men to destruction."

The necessity of individual choice is as old as the
race. Adam heard the voice of Wisdom in the streets
of Eden proclaiming the way of life. He also heard the
voice of the harlot in those same streets offering the
sweetness of her wares. The choice he made was a bad
choice, and it determined his lot, and involved the
destiny of the world.

How much is involved in what seems to be a simple
choice! A young man chooses a non-Christian college
because it offers accreditation in a special field in
which he is interested, or it is near his home. While
pursuing his course, however, his faith in the Word
of God, and in Christ the Saviour, is shattered and he
makes shipwreck of his life. Another person, not a dedi-
cated Christian perhaps, makes the opposite choice and
enrolls in a college that proclaims and lives by the truth
of the gospel and his life is turned into a channel of
blessing in that special field into which God has led
him. He has heeded the voice of Wisdom that cried in
his street.

Sometimes the decision that marks destiny is made
by the parents. Let me share this portion of a recent
letter, confirming the enrollment of a student for next
fall. "We are so happy to have a school where our chil-
dren can be under fine Brethren teachers and have such
good Christian fellowship. Both are tremendously im-
portant to young people today. We have been asked
why we send our daughter so far away from home
when there are so many schools right here. The above
statement includes our answer and is sufficient reason
for us."

Choices are so final in their influence on our lives; we
have heard and known the voice of Christ, and our
choice must always be to follow Him whose ways are
ways of pleasantness, and all His paths are peace.

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The Physical Education Building

Break Ground on New College Building

By Paul R. Bauman, Vice president in Charge of Public Relations

Here is news that is occasion for
genuine rejoicing! The ground-
breaking service for the new Grace
College Physical Education Build-
ing was held on the Grace campus in
Winona Lake on Thursday morning,
March 21, at 11:00 o'clock. Dr.
Glenn O'Neal ("42), pastor of the
First Brethren Church of Inglewood,
Calif., was the speaker. Inasmuch
as it is not possible to have all the
details of this long-anticipated serv-
ice ready for publication before the
March educational number of the
magazine goes to press, a full report
of the ground-breaking service will
appear in the April issue.

To many of our readers the pic-
tures which appear above and be-
low on this page will come as a
surprise. Although they are pub-
lished for the first time, the changed
plans have not been made suddenly.
The board of trustees, faculty, and
building committee have spent many
hours in deliberation upon the prob-
lem of meeting to the very best ad-
vantage, with the funds that are
available, the needs of the growing
Grace College student body. The

plans which appear on this page are
the result of much careful and pray-
erful consideration.

Originally a single multipurpose
building had been designed for
Grace College. The unit was to have
included, in addition to an audi-
torium-gymnasium, three floors of
classrooms, laboratories, faculty of-
fices, snack shop, etc. The estimated
cost of this entire building was
5300,000. The multipurpose unit
was not completely what we wanted,
but it appeared to be the best that
could be provided for the acute
needs of the school.

Further consideration and con-
sultation has brought forth what
no one believed could be possible —
a plan for two buildings instead of
one, and with no added cost above
the original total amount of S300,-
000. As a result, the board has now
approved a plan to erect two sep-
arate units: a physical education
building and an educational unit
containing classrooms and other nec-
essary facilities. Work on the phys-
ical education unit begins at once
The second building will be started

as soon as the financial program will
permit.

There are several distinct ad-
vantages in this new plan. In the
first place, when the $300,000 multi-
purpose unit was proposed, it was
necessary for the board to require
that at least $100,000 in cash be
on hand before construction could
begin. Under the new plan each unit
will cost approximately 5150,000,
or half the amount of the structure
originally planned. For this reason,
the board of directors has felt free
to authorize the construction of one
unit, inasmuch as the school now has
on hand more than half the amount
originally required for the multipur-
pose building.

The new plan avoids the neces-
sity of having to borrow heavily for
the construction program. This, too,
is an advantage. Many dollars in
interest will be saved. Then, only
when the financial program permits
will the second unit be constructed.
The adding of a new building to the
campus will also increase the net

(Continued on Page 181)

Proposed Educational Unit

March 23, 7957

179

Zeal That Inspires Others

By Paul R. Bauman

Several months ago a group of
pastors were holding a regular
monthly meeting in a Pennsylvania
town. Among other matters which
concerned their ministry they were
discussing the approaching offer-
ing for Grace Semmary and College
and particularly the plans for a new
building. One of the men present
was Conard Sandy, pastor of the
Melrose Gardens Brethren Church
of Harrisburg (upper right). His
was a congregation not many years

out of the list of home-mission
churches. In the course of the dis-
cussion Pastor Sandy observed
that, if every Brethren congrega-
tion would raise SI, 000 for the
building fund in its coming offering,
the entire cost of the first unit could
be met immediately. He then volun-
teered the suggestion that, while he
could not speak for his congregation,
he felt led at least to place the mat-
ter before them to see if they would
set a goal of $1,000 by March 1

for the college building fund. That
goal was reached!

Present at the same meeting was
the pastor of one of oiu: newest
home-mission churches, Robert
Markley. Following pastor Sandy's
suggestion he placed the matter be-
fore his own congregation. The re-
sponse was immediate, and it was
a hearty one! Did this young church
reach its March 1 goal? The picture
to the left, taken on February 28,
is sufficient proof that the goal was
even surpassed. Samuel Grubb,
church treasurer, is shown handing
pastor Markley a check for SI, 000
to be sent to Grace College. Mr.
Grubb had a double right to this
privilege; for he is not only treasurer,
he is also the father of Miss Janice
Grubb, sophomore at Grace College.
The total amount forwarded by ihe
Palmyra church, by the way, was not
SI, 000, nor was it $1,053.50, as
shown on the picture — it was
$1,100!

Other churches have responded in
a similar fashion, and the offerings
for the building fund have been
coming to the school in a very en-
couraging way which is occasion for
praise and thanksgiving to God. The
Hagerstown, Md., Grace church,
has again shown that it believes
the kind of training its young peo-
ple have been receiving at Grace
College is a worthwhile investment.
In the upper left-hand picture, the
treasurer, Hubert G. Finfrock
(seated) is writing a check in the
amount of $1,450.65 for the new
college building. The pastor, Rus-
sell H. Weber, who has sent three
daughters to Grace, is seen observ-
ing the writing of the check.

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We are not so fortunate as to have
a picture from each of the congre-
gations contributing $1,000 or more
to the building fund. The following
list shows the churches from which
such contributions have been made
since the need was first presented.

Churches Sending $1,000 or More
Grace College Building Fund

Bell. Calif $1,000.00

Canton, Ohio 1.222.17

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1.002.00

Clayton, Ohio 1.761.00

Dayton, Ohio (North Riverdale) . 6.450.60

Hagerstown. Md. (Calvary) 1.119.75

Hagerstown, Md. (Grace) 1,459.65

Harrisburg, Pa 1,021.00

Long Beach. Calif. (First) 2.225.15

Mansfield. Ohio (Grace) 7,599.50

Modesto, Calif (McHenry) 1,000.00

North English, Iowa 1,110.00

Palmyra. Pa 1.100.00

Philadelphia. Pa. (First) 1,351.12

Waterloo. Iowa 1.857.97

Whittier, CaUf. (First) 3.500.00

Winona Lake. Ind 2.464.18

Wooster. Ohio 1.000.00

Yakima. Wash 1.000.00

Isolated 4,717.00

Student Body 1,339.50

BREAK GROUND

(Continued From Page 179)

worth of the property. This, in turn,
will be a real help as the school deals
with banks in the future.

The latest figures for the Grace
College building fund offerings are
therefore, a matter of real interest
just now. During February the re-
ceipts for the building fund amount-
ed to $17,237.17. Since March 1
the school has received additional
offerings amounting to $3,153.07
(as of March 5). We now have on
hand a total amount of $54,518.68
in building funds. Offerings from
the student body have now reached
more than $3,600, most of which
has not yet been turned over to the
school. What a thrill it has been to
watch these students as they press
toward their goal of $4,000.

The February financial report,
which appears elsewhere in the
magazine, will show that most of
the offerings from the churches have
not yet reached the school. There are
also assurances of a number of gifts
of substantial size that will come in
as the building program progresses.
We beUeve the report a month hence
will be highly encouraging. Let us
pray that the Lord will continue to
direct, bless, and provide for every
detail of the construction program.
He has said: "The silver is mine,
and the gold is mine." He has also
promised to bless those who have
the enthusiasm to build when bpild-
ng is necessary.

DAISY BELLE TIBBALS

Some of our finest Christians,
as well as the most loyal to the
Brethren faith, I have often found
among those who are sometimes
called "isolated" members of the
denomination; that is, those living
in places where there is no local
Brethren congregation. The names
and addresses of such members have
occasionally come to our attention
through gifts made to Grace Semi-
nary, and sometimes upon our trips
about the country Mrs. McClain and
I would stop to visit them. It was
in this way that we came to know
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Tibbals, of Pan-
ora, Iowa. We called upon them
first early in the nineteen-forties,
and through subsequent years their
home was one where we would, if
possible, stop for a few minutes on
our western trips. In their last years
both suffered from ill health, but in
spite of this problem it was always
a joy to meet them again in the
fellowship of Christ.

Dr. Tibbals went to be with the
Lord on April 7, 1952; and his wife
was called to join him on January 8
1957, at the age of 77. They had
been married March 29, 1906; and
moved to Panora in 1923 where they

resided until the time of their "loos-
ing away upward" to live forever in
the Father's house. They held their
membership in the First Brethren
Church of DaOas Center, Iowa; and
the pastor, Rev. A. D. Cashman,
ministered faithfully and helpfully
to Sister Tibbals during the period of
her faihng health and in the final
rites in her memory.

Although for some years she had
been unable to attend the services
in her church for reasons of health
and distance, she never lost interest
in the work of the Brotherhood, giv-
ing generously to the support of its
various activities. When we saw her
for the last time in 1953, upon her
own initiative she informed us that
she had some property which she
and her late husband had agreed to-
gether should come to Grace Semi-
nary. And a few days ago we were
informed that according to the terms
of her will the seminary had been
remembered in a substantial way.

The Brethren Church has lost a
valued member, and Mrs. McClain
and I personally will miss her as a
gracious friend, one who sincerely
loved and served her Lord and Sav-
iour.— Alva J. McCJain.

GIFTS TO GRACE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

February 28, 1957

Gen.

A J .. ,>j Fund

Accident. Md $59.50

Aleppo, Pa 58.00

Alexandria. Va 53 50

Alto. Mich 9 00

Altoona, Pa. (First) 318.85

Artesia. Calif 55 80

Ashland. Ohio

Beaumont, Calif

Bellflower. Calif 21 00

Berne, Ind 121.50

Boston. Mass 70 00

Buena Vista.- Va 281.55

Clayton, Ohio 130.35

Conemaugh, Pa. (Pike) ... 134.00

Covington. Va 339.35

Dallas Center. Iowa 1.00

Danville. Ohio 81.00

Dayton. Ohio (First) 202.00

Dayton. Ohio (N. Riverdale) 2.00 3

Everett, Pa 10.00

Flora, Ind 55.00

Fort Lauderdale, Fia 98.14

Fort Wayne. Ind. (First) .. 527.41

Goshen. Ind 77.88

Grafton. W. Va 38.21

Hagerstown, Md. (Calvary) 4.00 1,

Hagerstown, Md. (Grace) .. 945.70 1,

Harrisburg, Pa 28.50

Homerville. Ohio

( West Homer 56.00

Hopewell, Pa 32.00

Inglewood, Calif 87.00

Jenners. Pa 75.00

Johnson City, Term 118.09

Johnstown, Pa. (First) . . . 20.00

Johnstown, Pa. (Riverside) 146.45

Kittanning, Pa. (First) ... 86.50

Lansing, Mich 62.34

Leon. Iowa

Long Beach, Calif. (First) . 37.50

Mansfield. Ohio (Grace) .. 950.30
Mansfield, Ohio

(Woodville Grace) 72.90

Martinsburg, Pa 10.00

15.00
504.00
350.00
159.60
115.90
211.00
2.00

83.50

119.75
250.65
792.00

100.00

5.00

162.30

10.00

72.55
11.20
114.00

2.00

2.50

294.50

Gen. Bldg.

Fund Fund

Me.versdale, Pa 5.00 15.00

Meversdale. Pa.

(Summit Mills) 25.00

Modesto, Calif (La Loma) 25.00

New Troy, Mich 37.00 22.00

North English, Iowa 1.00 110.00

Osceola. Ind :M.50 128.83

Ozark, Mich 57.11

Palmyra, Pa 43.00 1,000.00

Peru. Ind 1.00 1.00

Philadelphia. Pa. (First) .. 57.00 1,351.12

Portis. Kans 72.00 375.00

Radford. Va. . . .■ D.OO 4.00

Rialio. CaUf 50.00

Roanoke. Va. (Ghent) 5.00 5.00

Roanoke. Va.

(Washington Heights) ... 57.21 62.50

Seven Fountains. Va 16.00

Sidney. Ind 254.00 355.00

South Bend. Ind 122.75

Spokane, Wash 204.05 525.00

Temple City, Calif :;5.00 16.25

Toppenish. Wash 8.00 2.00

Warsaw. .Ind 10.00

Washington, D. C .T19.33 31.25

Waterloo. Iowa 146.79 577.32

Waynesboro, Pa 260.18 105.50

V/hittier. Calif. (First) ... 35.00 50.00

Winchester, Va 70.55

Winona Lake. Ind 509.95 576.60

Isolated 3.50 1,123.50

Non-Brethren 50.00 132.35

Student Body 1,387.50

Totals $7,928.24$17.237.17

Designated Gifts:

Fort Wayne, Ind. (First) $20.00

Long Beach, Calif. (First) 220.00

Martinsburg. Pa 42.75

Philadelphia. Pa. (Third) 10,00

Winona Lake. Ind. 5.00

Alumni Association Project 381.24

Total ?678.99

^arch 23, 1957

181

Ma Sunday's Funeral Was Different

By Nathan Meyer, Asst. Prof, in Homiletics, Grace Theological Seminary

Ma Sunday was dead. Her corpse
lay in the casket — silent in death.
But the funeral of Helen A. Sunday
was different from any I ever at-
tended. It was perhaps more like a
Christian funeral ought to be, less
pagan than most, seeing ihat "we
sorrow not as others which have no
hope." She would have wanted it
that way.

A battery of ministerial digni-
taries graced ihe pulpit of ihe Wi-
nona Lake Presbyterian Church
where Mrs. Sunday was a member.
The church was filled with those,
small and great, who had come to
pay their last respects to a valiant
soldier of the cross of Christ.

A flood of flowers from friends
far and near framed the casket and
overflowed across the entire front of
the church. The fragrance, beauty,
and brilliance of the floral displays
somehow seemed more in harmony
with the amosphere of the occasion
than had been true at any other fu-
neral I have ever attended. Funerals
usually are morbid, melancholy and
depressing. To stand helplessly in
the presence of man's last enemy
and admit that death has conquered
— even if only temporarily — is a
sad and solemn experience.

But somehow the funeral of Ma
Sunday was different. One sensed it

almost immediately upon entering
the sanctuary where her cold and
lifeless form lay for viewing. There
was no uncontrolled, bitter weeping.
Not so much as a sob was heard.
There were tears, to be sure, but
they seemed to be tears of rejoicing
— rejoicing in the knowledge that
a choice and precious saint had
fought a good fight and finished the
course and now had passed through
the gates of pearl forever to be with
the Lord she loved.

in words tthat were beautiful for
their eloquence, as well as for their
sentiment. Dr. Bob Jones, Jr., told
the audience why this memorial
service was different. Dr. Jones lost
a very dear friend. Personally and
professionally, his loss was great.
Yet he told the audience that this
should not be a sad and mournful
occasion. "It is not like the death
of a young person taken in the prime
of life," he said. "Ma Sunday lived
a long, full and fruitful life. She
had come to the end of the road. Her
work was done. Now she has gone
home. We rejoice in the knowledge
that she is even now looking into the
face of Him whom she longed to
see."

In life she was a warrior; in death,
a conqueror. The testimony of her
life which was given at her funeral
brought great glory to her Lord.
While reading portions of Scripture
which were dear to Mrs. Sunday's
heart. Dr. McClain set the stage for
what followed by recalling an inci-
dent that took place in the chapel of
Grace Theological Seminary a few
years ago. Said Dr. McClain: "I
was giving a rather long and well-
deserved introduction of Mrs. Sun-
day to our student body. I thought
I was doing rather well when sud-
denly I felt a tug at my coattail. As
I turned, Mrs. Sunday said: "Dr. will
you sit down and let me talk about
the Lord."

That's what made Ma Sunday
great in life and in death. It was not
that she was the wife of a great
evangelist but that she loved to
talk about the Lord. That was what
impressed me at her funeral even
though her bold and vigorous voice
was hushed and still.

Dr. J. Palmer Muntz told of
the time when a stranger on a train

turned to Mrs. Sunday and :;aid:
"Did you hand me this tract?" Mrs.
Sunday had a voice that commanded
attention because it was unexpect-
edly strong and boisterous. It was
different. In that voice which was
unique to Mrs. Sunday, she an-
swered in tones that the whole car
could hear, "I certainly did." The
stranger, alreadv under the con-
victing power of the Holy Spirit,
had another question: "Will you
please tell me how to be saved?"
And Mrs. Sunday did — in the same
voice, of course, while everybody
listened. Right there that man ac-
cepted Jesus Christ as his Saviour.

Helen A. Sunday was in her
eighty-ninth year. Twenty-one years
ago God called her famous husband
to enter his eternal rest. It broke her
heart but not her spirit. Before her
husband's body was laid to rest, she
received assurance from the Lord
that even though Billy's work was
done, hers was not.

So for more than two decades
after passing the age when most
people retire. Ma Sunday traveled
up and down the country from
coast to coast and even to South
America maintaining an amazing
speaking schedule. She was always
busy, always going, always doing.

Dr. Bob Jones Jr. told of the time
when she stood up to address the
student body of Bob Jones Univer-
sity with her knitting in her hands.
As she spoke she knitted. Her ex-
planation was that she was making
a wedding present for "Dr. Bob's
bride" and didn't have enough time
to finish it. Said Dr. Jones: "She
was always busy, never still a mo-
ment. In spite of the fact that she
has been in our home many times,
I must say that as she lies here in
death, this is the first time I have
seen her in repose; she never had
enough lime."

In the midst of all the eulogies Dr.
Jones said: "I can imagine if Ma
Sunday were here now she would
say, 'Let's quit all this nonsense and
get down to business.' "

That's what made Ma Sunday »
great. That's why her funeral was
different. In spite of her momentous
accomolishments, she was a humble
soul-winner who loved the Lord and
lived for the joy of telling others.

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Two

Jericho's?

By John Rea

Assoc. Prof, in Bible and Archeology
Grace Theological Seminary

Bible geographers have long
known that the Jericho of ihe New
Testament was not located on the
ruined mound of the Jericho of
Joshua's day. But just where was
the city mentioned several times
in the Gospels and often by Jo-
sephus, a Jewish historian in the
first century A. D.? And where
was blind Bartimaeus sitting be-
fore he was healed?

A Contradiction?

Matthew (20:29-30) and Mark
(10:46) tell us that as Christ and
His disciples and a large crowd
went out from Jericho, the blind
beggar Bartimaeus cried out to
Jesus for mercy. But Luke (18:35)
writes that as Jesus drew iiigh unto
Jericho, the blind man begging by
the wayside made his plea. How is it
possible to harmonize this apparent
contradiction? Were there, perhaps,
two Jerichos or two distinct sec-
tions of the city in the time of Christ?

Today there is a squalid town with
the Arabic name Er-Riha, built over
the Jericho of the Byzantine age (A.
D. 300-600). It is a mile or so south-
east of the Old Testament mound.
Several scholars believe that under
the Byzantine city were the earlier
ruins of a Jewish town founded dur-
ing the time of the Maccabees (about
165 B.C.) and lasting at least until
the time of the First Jewish Revolt
(A.D. 66-73). Here the Jews lived
in their small mud-brick houses
crowded together along narrow
streets. But was there another sec-
tion of Jericho elsewhere?

A Jericho of King Herod

A German archeological cxoe-
dition in 1911 established the fact
that there was another city of Jeri-
cho built by King Herod. Its ruins
are two miles south of Old Testa-
ment Jericho and a mile west of the
present village of Er-Riha. Herodian

March 23, 7957

Jericho was built along both sides of
the Wadi Qelt just after the stream
emerges from its gorge in the cliff-
like mountains at the western edge of
the Plain of Jericho. Its site is about
800 feet below sea level. It over-
looked the Jewish town in the di-
rection of the Jordan River, and
guarded the valley end of the Roman
road which wound 3200 feet up
to Jerusalem, about 20 miles away.
According to Josephus, Herod the
Great made Jericho his winter
headquarters and built there a pal-
ace, a theater, an amphitheater, and
a hippodrome for chariot races. Thus
this section of Jericho was a well-
planned, upper-class city. As the
Germans showed, the major part of
the Herodian town lay spread out
on the northern bank of the wadi and
may have extended for a mile or
more northward. Ruins cropping out
above the surface are still visible
in that area.

Evacuations at Tulul Abu el-Alayiq

American expeditions in 1950
and 1951 have done much to un-
cover parts of Herodian Jericho.
Two mounds or tells called in Ara-
bic Tulul Abu el-Alayiq, on either
side of the Qelt, mark the eastern
approach to the city. In excavating
the south mound in 1950 the Ameri-
cans came to the remains of an
opus reticulatum building. This is a
Roman type of construction in which
small, square-faced blocks of stone
are set at a 45-degree angle in
concrete, giving a net or reticulEm
design. This type of architecture
dates the building to the time of the
emperor Augustus. Other factors
indicate it was built by Archelaus
(Matt. 2:22), son of Herod the
Great; he ruled Judea from 4 B.C.
to A.D. 6. The building seems to
have been a royal reception hall or
pleasure pavilion. Directly under
these ruins were the remains of walls

built of large hewn stones having a
smooth marginal draft on all four
sides of the face, so typical of the
buildings of Herod the Great that
we can be sure this structure was
erected during his reign. It in turn
had been built over a ruined Hellen-
istic-age fortress, the oldest building
on the south mound. Some of its
walls can be seen in the accompany-
ing photograph.

Connected with the building of
Herod Archelaus was a grand stair-
way leading down to the buildings
and sunken garden of the civic cen-
ter of Herodian Jericho, erected
along the banks of the wadi. On the
south side of the garden the archeol-
ogists excavated an ornate 500-foot-
long facade also constructed in opus
reticulatum. The 1 95 1 expedition
uncovered a large rectangular struc-
ture about 125 yards south of the
l^acade.

The City of Zacchaeus

Past these beautiful edifices our
Saviour must have walked many
times on His way to Jerusalem. In
this Roman-style city, apart from
the Jews who hated him, lived the
rich tax-collector Zacchaeus (Luke
19:1-2). In the crowded Jewish town
with narrow streets there would have
been no room for a sycomore fig
tree along the way Jesus passed. But
in the Herodian city the streets were
wider and undoubtedly well laid
out and beautifully landscaped. This
type of tree, up which little Zac-
chaeus climbed, still grown in mod-
ern Er-Riha, and has wide-spread-
■ng branches.

There is no contradiction in the
Gospel accounts. On the way to
Jerusalem to die for our sins the
Lord Jesus stopped to restore sight
to a beggar between the two Jerichos
and tarried to dine in the wealthy
home of His new convert in the
winter resort city of the Herods.

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Premillennialism a Philosophy of History

By Alva J. McClain, Th.M., D.D., LL.D., President of Grace Seminary and College

This article is a part of the lectures de-
livered at the W. H. Griffith Thomas Memo-
rial Lectures at Dallas Theological Seminary
and published in the April 1956 issue of
Bibliotheca Sacra.— Ed.

Christianity is not a philosophy.
But Christianity has a philosophy —
the best and the brightest of all
philosophies. In fact, it will be the
final philosophy, not only because
it is founded upon divine revelation
but also because it does justice to all
points of view which have any value.
Most philosophies are very narrow,
often based upon only one aspect of
reality. In the very rich variety of the
world, the average philosopher may
select one segment of reality which
seems most impressive to him, and
then proceed to explain the uni-
verse in terms of that one thing,
which then becomes the "type
phenomenon" of his system. Thus
one man is impressed by the fact
of mind and he becomes an idealist.
Another is intrigued by the won-
ders of matter and be becomes a
materialist. In Christian philosophy
both mind and matter are recog-
nized as worthwhile realities, each
being given its proper place and
function in the kingdom of God.

Hence an adequate philosophy
should have at least three marks:
First, it should be able to give due
recognition to every aspect of real-
ity, excluding none. Second, it
should fit into a rational scheme of
thoughts; that is, it should make
sense. Third, it should have bene-
ficial practical effects here and now.
I am not a pragmatist, but they have
a point. Their great mistake was to
exalt this point into a theory of
truth. Things are not true because
they work; they work because they
are true.

Now the Bible divides all human
existence into two stages or kinds:
With respect to their nature the
one is called "natural"; the other,
"spiritual" (I Cor. 15:46). As to
their derivation the first is called
"earthly"; the second, "heavenly"

(I Cor. 15:48). As to their duration
the first is called "temporal"; the
second, "eternal" (II Cor. 4:18).
As to their time relationship, the
one is described as "the life that
now is," and the other as "that
which is to come" (I Tim. 4:8).

Toward this present life on earth,
there have been two extreme atti-
tudes: Some have wrongly regarded
this life as the only thing worth-
while, scoffing at the idea of any-
thing higher and beyond. Thus, ac-
cording to the consistent Marxians,
there is no substance to the prom-
ise of "pie in the sky, by and by."
Others, also wrongly, have scorned
the present life as of small or no ac-
count, even arguing that salvation
consists in getting loose from it al-
together. On this philosophic road,
at various stages, were the Hindu
religionists, the monastics of the
middle ages; even Plato, and a few
theologians who should have known
better. Over against these one-sided
emphases, the Bible, with its uner-
ring philosophic balance, recognizes
certain genuine values in both the
present life and that which is to
come. Life on the present earthly
stage is of course not the best; but
it is "good" (Gen. 1:31). The Bible
writers are never hard put, as Plato
was, to explain how the eternal
world of spirit ever became en-
tangled in the web of physical exis-
tence.

Now it should be obvious, of
course, that history can deal only
with the present life, that which is
temporal. History can have nothing
to do with the world to come which
is eternal. Likewise, any genuine
philosophy of history must be sub-
ject to the same limitations. Such a
philosophy, if it lays claim to any
truth, must give some rational ac-
count of the life which now is.

Let us inquire now very briefly
into the answers on this point which
appear in certain types of theo-
logy. Classical postmillenarianism
had plenty of defects, but it did make
a serious attempt to deal with hum-

an history. The same thing was true
of the liberalism of the last genera-
tion. Both had a goal in human his-
tory, more or less clearly defined.
God was making progress, slowly
at times, but surely. Science also, al-
though not too sure about God, had
its own philosophy of progress to-
ward a goal. This optimistic theory
of human progress had much its own
way for the half century ending in
1914. After that the foundations
were badly shaken; prop after prop
went down, until today the theory is
under attack from every side. De-
vout postmillenarianism has vir-
tually disappeared. Liberalism is
hard put to defend itself against
new enemies. Some of the greatest
names in science are feeling a pessi-
mistic "guilt" which is almost path-
ological.

In the midst of this debacle a new
and powerful school of theology has
arisen, laying claim to some of the
most brilliant minds of our genera-
tion. This is the "Theology of
Crisis" of Barth and Brunner, to
which the so-called "Christian Real-
ism" of such men as John C. Ben-
nett and Reinhold Niebuhr is closely
related. Their ideas have been de-
veloped largely under the influence
of the Danish Kierkegaard. To the
great consternation of liberalism,
these men and their followers are
taking refuge in pessimism so far
as human history is concerned. Ac-
cording to their expressed views,
the kingdom of God has little, if
any, relation to the present world
and human history. The kingdom to
them is wholly "eschatological." But
by this term the theologians of crisis
do not mean what is meant ordi-
narily. In the Bible, eschatological
events are found in the end of hum-
an history. But the "eschatology"
of Barth is both above and beyond
history, having little or no vital re-
lation to history. Dr. Berkhof has
written a very valuable summary
and critical evaluation of this new
"eschatology" (The Kingdom of
God, pp. 114-31).

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What Berkhof fails to see, it
seems to me, is that his own amillen-
nial school of thought is in some
measure "tarred with the same
brush," at least in its doctrine of
the established kingdom of God.
According to this view, both good
and evil continue in tiieir develop-
ment side by side through human
history. Then will come catastrophe
and the crisis of divine judgment, not
for the purpose of setting up a divine
kingdom in history, but after the
close of history. Our only hope is in
a new world which is beyond his-
tory. Thus history becomes the pre-
paratory "vestibule" of eternity, and
not a very rational vestibule at that.
It is a narrow corridor, cramped
and dark, a kind of "waiting room,"
leading nowhere within the historical
process, but only fit to be abandoned
at last for an ideal existence on an-
other plane. Such a view of history
seems unduly pessimistic, in the light
of Biblical revelation. While we
who are premillennial in theology
cannot, of course, accept the liberal
illusion of human progress and its
"profound satisfaction with human
goodness" (J. Gresham Machen
quoted by Ned B. Stonehouse in J.
Gresham Machen, A Biographical
Memoir, p. 302), we must never-
theless reject likewise the "histori-
cal" despair of the theology of
crisis.

What then can we learn from his-
tory past that we may be able to
infer something reliable about what
to expect in the future? Well, if
there is anything crystal clear in
Biblical history, it is that the exis-
tence of our sinful race falls into
periods of time (call them eras, ages,
dispensations, or whatever you will),
and that each age represents an ad-
vance over the preceding age, when
looked at from the standpoint of
what God is giving and doing for
man. It is true that sinful man is al-
ways failing; but where sin abound-
ed, grace did much more abound.
Thus to the old question: "Is the
world getting better or worse?" from
one standpoint, we might answer:
"The age is getting worse, but the
course of history by the grace of
God is moving forward."

On the basis of this law of divine
progress in ages past, therefore, we
may legitimately argue that "the
life which now is" should have some
proper goal. It ought to go some
place. And it should not be finally
adjudicated and brought to an end
until all its known possibilities have

Alva J. McClain

been fulfilled within the admitted
limits imposed by that which is finite
and sinful. Let me try to make this
point very clear. Forgetting for the
moment what has been accomplished
in the natural world by those great
intrusions of supernatural power in
the course of history, and confining
our attention wholly to what man
under God has done, we know that
some physical diseases have been
conquered, some wars have been
prevented, some hazards to life and
safety have been eliminated, soms;
years have been added to the brief
span of human life, some social and
political evils have been corrected.
If this be so, why then should there
not be an age when all wars will be
stopped, all diseases cured, all the
injustices of government rooted out,
and many more years added to hum-
an life? Why should there not be an
age in which all such unrealized and
worthwhile dreams of humanity will
at last come true on earth? If there
be a God in heaven, if the life which
he created on the earth is worth-
while, and not something evil per se,
then there ought to be in history
some worthy consummation of its
long and arduous course.

It is just here that we must part
company with any theological school
which dogmatically asserts that there
will never be such a "Golden Age"
upon earth in history, which argues
that for the present we must be
satisfied with a mere pittance of
progress in such matters, that the
world which now is must continue
with its terrible needs, its tragic
handicaps, struggles and problems,
to the very end. And then God will
suddenly write a catastrophic finis
to the whole of it, abolish human
existence on its first and natural
plane, and thrust us all, both saved
and unsaved, out into the eternal
state.

I am quite well aware of the peril
of basing eschatology on philosoph-
ic considerations. The Word of
God alone must be our base of

authority. But where Biblical in-
terpretation may be in question,
surely the right view should display
clearer marks of rationality than the
wrong one. And such a philosophy
of history, as I have been describing,
seems to me to be utterly irrational.
Remembering that history has only
to do with the life that now is, such
a philosophy of history has no
proper goal. To borrow a figure once
used by the late President E. Y.
Mullins in another connection, it is
like a man building a great staircase.
Step by step he sets it up, laboring
wearily, often suffering painful re-
verses because of tragic hazards
and poor materials. And now at last
it is finished. But lo, it is a stairway
that goes no place! It is just a stair-
case, and nothing more. Or to vary
the figure, history becomes a loaded
gun which, when the trigger is
pulled, fires a blank cartridge! Such
a philosophy of history not only
flies in the face of the clear state-
ments of Scripture, but also runs
contrary to the reason of man in his
finest moments and aspirations.

The premillennial philosophy of
history makes sense. It lays a Bibli-
cal and rational basis for a truly
optimistic view of human history.
Furthermore, rightly apprehended,
it has practical effects. It says that
life here and now, in spite of the
tragedy of sin, is nevertheless some-
thing worthwhile; and therefore all
efforts to make it better are also
worthwhile. All the true values of
human life will be preserved and
carried over into the coming king-
dom; nothing worthwhile will be
lost. Furthermore, we are en-
couraged in the midst of opposition
and reverses by the assurance that
help is on the way, help from above,
supernatural help — "Give the King
thy judgments, O God. . . . (n his
days shall the righteous flourish.
... All nations shall call him blcss-
ed" (Ps. 72:1, 7, 17).

THANKS

We wish to express our thanks to
the many friends who joined with us
in prayer for the recovery of Mrs.
McClain's sister, Catherine McQuil-
kin. Since God did not restore her
to health, we accept her departure
to be with Christ as His will for us
all, and take this means of expressing
our appreciation for prayer in her
behalf and messages of concern and
sympathy to us and also to her hus-
band, Mr. Homer McQuilkin of La
Porte City, Iowa.

Alva J. and Josephine McClain

March 23, 7957

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WARSAW, IND. Under the
supervision of Dr. Willard Lohnes
of University Hospital, Iowa City,
Iowa, Robert Miller, Jr., was taken
Mar. 9 by ambulance from Warsaw
to Roanoke, Va., the home of his
wife's parents. Dr. Lohnes was the
uncle of Robert. Robert, Jr., :;on of
Rev. and Mrs. Robert E. A. Miller,
now of St. Petersburg, Fla., weighed
less than 100 pounds, and was un-
able to eat. He was born June 19,
1936, and had been ill of nephritis
since June 1953. Robert Jr., served
two years as president of the Breth-
ren Boys Club, and was active in
youth work in the Southeast District
for many years. Upon graduation
from high school he attended Phila-
delphia Bible Institute, but health
failed him and he remained home
until last Sept. when he enrolled in
Grace College, but for health rea-
sons dropped out at the second se-
mester. His father. Rev. Robert
Miller, is a member of the board of
trustees of the Brethren Missionary
Herald Co., and his mother is well
known for her page, "Under the
Parsonage Roof," a regular feature
in the Missionary Herald. Robert
stood the trip back to Roanoke well,
but Monday afternoon, March 11,
he went to be with the Lord. Chris-
tian sympathy is extended to the
wife, family and relatives.

FORT WAYNE, IND. A ground-

breaking service was held Mar. 17
for the Grace Brethren Church,
Thomas Julien, pastor. Rev. Mark
Malles, pastor of the First Brethren
Church was the guest speaker. Con-
struction was scheduled to begin
the next day by Brethren Construc-
tion Crew No. 2.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA. The Mid-
Atlantic District youth rally will be
held here April 5-6.

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Everybody Loves a Boy

By Carl Key

Theodore Roosevelt once said:
"If you are going to do anything
permanent for the average man, you
must begin before he is a man. The
chance of success hes in working
with the boy and not with the man."

LOST BOYS

Romans 3:23 tells us that all have
sinned. This means each and every
one of us. That takes in every boy.
We know from reading God's Word
that the results of this sin will be
death. Therefore each boy is lost and
in need of salvation. We know that
the sins of little children are taken

care of by the grace of God, but
adolescent boys are not little chil-
dren. He is at the age of making a
decision and it will be for or against
Christ. At this age he has the deep-
est curiosity about spiritual things.
We must take this opportunity to tell
them about the Saviour. If we pass
it up it may never come again. At
this age he is not hardened by sin.
His heart is not calloused and hard-
ened as the hands of a factory
worker but soft as the hands of a
mother. As the prick of a pin is
felt by the mother's hand so will the
gospel prick the heart of the boy. If
we wait until he is old and hardened
perhaps the gospel won't phase

him, but the same gospel to a boy
will win a soul and a life for Christ.

CRIMES CRADLE

People were shocked 20 years ago
to see that the average age of a
criminal was 20. Today crime begins
in the early adolescence. Every
year 15 billion dollars is spent to
stop crime. Yet every year crime in-
creases and the average age of a
criminal lowers. Christians! We must
wake up to the fact that it is useless
to try to remodel lives. The success-
ful way to stop crime is to lead boys
to Christ before they start in a life of
crime.

WHO HAS FAILED

Can it be the church is faihng
her boys? Facts show that we reach
only a small percentage of the chil-
dren of our community. There are
36,000,000 children of early ado-
lescent age in the United States that
are not reached by any Christian in-
fluence. Worse yet is the fact that
the Sunday school and church are
failing to hold the few boys they are
reaching. Sunday-school authorities
say that 75 percent of the boys
reached pass entirely out of the in-
fluence of the church before they are
16. This means that we lose three
out of every four of the few boys we
reach. The reason the boys give
for this is that it is too dry. Experi-
ence has shown that the best way
to reach and hold boys is through a
lively boy's program.

A POSITIVE PROGRAM

Our National Youth Council has
developed a new program to reach
this age. It is called Kings Men. The
Bible tells us that Christ as a young
man developed in four areas: spirit-
ual, mental, physical, and social.
Luke 2:52: "And Jesus increased in
wisdom and stature, and in favour
with God and man." It is the de-
sire of the Youth Council to have
every boy become a real "Man for
Christ." Therefore we feel that each
young man should develop in these
four areas as Christ did. It is on this
basis that we have set up our en-
tire program. Each one of the six
ranks are divided into four areas

(Continued on Page 189)

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EVANGELICALS HAVE WRITTEN WELL, WHY

*The Present Mediocrity?

By Dr. Frank E. Gaebeiein

... A few generations ago, and, in
fact, even more recently. Evangeli-
cals were writing a great deal better
than today.

. . . But why are Christian writers
not doing better today? To put it
bluntly there seems to be a short cir-
cuit between the Bible and most of
our contemporary evangelical writ-
ing. We ought to be doing some of
the best writing of the times simply
because we are, of all writers today,
nearest the Bible. But we are far
from producing the best work. Why?
Why is our supreme model, our
authentic "vision of greatness,"
being thwarted in its communica-
tion, if not of greatness, at least of
distinction to our writing? The an-
swers are not easy. I suggest six
reasons why present-day Christian
writing seems to be so little influ-
ence by the Bible.

First of all, can it be that in this
busy day of radios, TV, picture
magazines, tabloids, condensed
books, much traveling and many
meetings, we simply do not know
the Bible as well as we think we do
— or as well as our predecessors
knew it? Yes; we use the Book for
preaching, for reference, for proof
texts, for help and comfort. But is
not much of our use of Scripture for
an ulterior purpose? Do we really
know and love, and read the Bible
for its own sake? There is such a
thing as living in the Word, making
it literally the vital context of life
and thought. Bunyan did that and
God used him to write a book of
incomparable power.

Some years ago Professor Charles
Grosvenor Osgood of Princeton
wrote a little essay, "Poetry as a
Means of Grace." This is what the
Princeton humanist — and he is a
Christian humanist — advises, after
recommending an intimate acquaint-

ance with any one of the great poets
as an antidote to modem material-
ism (p. 22):

"Choose this author as friends
are chosen . . . think of him daily
in odd moments. Read a bit of him
as often as you can, until at least
parts of him become part of yourself.
Do not consult other books or peo-
ple by way of explaining him any
more than you can help. Let him ex-
plain himself. What you thus come
to know in him will every day seem
new and fresh; every recourse to
him brings forth new thought, new
feeling, new application, new aspects
of things famihar. He becomes an
antiseptic agent against all the agen-
cies that tend to make life sour, stale,
and insipid."

Apply this counsel to the Bible, as
Professor Osgood himself does. This
is what we need — this kind of liv-
ing in the Book, if the Bible is to
communicate power to our writing.
But for it to do this the evangelical
writer must know the daily discipline
of the Word of God, or it will never
be for him a means of grace.

A second thwarted Biblical in-
fluence in our writing is this: Many
of us are not bringing to the Bible
a truly Christian education. There is
within us a tension between the secu-
lar and the Christian world view.
Even in Christian institutions, the
secular frame of reference has crept
in. Yet all truth is God's truth; the
Bible knows no other truth but
God's. But most of us at some time
in our education have become habi-
tuated— perhaps unconsciously — to
the false dichotomy between sacred
and secular truth. Thus, not being
fully committed to a God-centered
world view, we have allowed the
secularism in our thinking to offset
to some extent the BibUcal view of
life.

A third reason for the short cir-
cuit between Scripture and Chris-
tian writing may be the comparative-
ly low estate of aesthetic apprecia-
tion among Evangelicals today. It
is possible that debasing the aesthe-
tic faculty in some fields affects it
in other fields? Consider the third-
rate music that we so often hear and
sing in our services — the jingling,
flip choruses unequally yoked to the
name and work of our Saviour, the
hymns dripping with sentimentality.
Think of the lack of good taste in
some public presentations of the
grand truths of redemption. At the
close of a recent telecast by a popu-
lar evangelical leader, viewers were
urged to write in for fifteen-cent key
rings with "a cute, little cross" at-
tached. What has happened to our
Christian, let alone our aesthetic,
sensibilities? There is artistic in-
tegrity, there is truth in art as in
science, history, or finance. The tear-
jerking religious tune is false be-
cause musically it lacks integrity.
The heart-rending sermon illustra-
tion that never happened in the first
place, though all too often told by
the preacher as though it happened
to him, everything in our life and
thought that savors of sentimentality
and pretension — these too violate
integrity. Do not be mistaken. The
Bible knows what sentiment is; it
is full of true and valid feeling be-
cause it is par excellence the book
of the human heart. But the Bible
never sinks to pretense and senti-
mentahty. And when Evangelicals
traffic in these things, the noble and
wholesome influence of Scripture
may be thwarted in our thinking
and in our words.

In the next place, the supplanting
of sound values by the world's meth-

*rn "The Bible and the Christian Writer" in
Christianity Today (February 4, 1957).

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ods of popularity and success may
be clouding the influence of the
Bible upon our writing. This is a
difficult problem. Christian writing
needs the note of contemporaneity,
but never at the expense of truth and
never at the price of debasing the
coinage of sound usage. Words are
important. The right word need
never be irrelevant. It is doubtful
whether the right and the true word
is ever the cliche of the popular,
mass-circulation periodical. Exact-
ness in usage is no more equated
with stodginess of style than good
taste with a dull, unattractive for-
mat in our publications. In an article
in the Atlantic Monthly a few years
ago Jacques Barzun dissected the
growing vocabulary of business and
bureaucracy. Words like "process-
ing" as applied to human beings and
the pretentious business usage of
"contact" came under his scalpel.
Perhaps a similar deflation is due
some of the overworked words in
our evangelical vocabulary, so that
some day we shall no longer have to
read about ministers "pastoring"
churches and writers "authoring"
books.

The foregoing is related to a fifth
explanation of lack of Biblical in-
fluence upon evangelical writing to-
day. It may be that some of us have
forgotten the Scriptural principle of
hard work, resulting in the achieve-
ment of excellence to the glory of
God. As Solomon put it in Ecclesias-
tes: "Whatsoever thy hand findeth
to do, do it with thy might" — a say-
ing that finds its New Testament ex-
tension in Paul's advice to the Col-
ossian church: "Whatsoever ye do,
do it heartily, as to the Lord, and
not to men," coupled in the same
chapter with this great criterion:
"Whatsoever ye do in word or deed,
do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God and the Father
by him." But this costs; it costs
hard work, and the price will not
come down. Whatever we are doing
as Christians, whether it be writing,
or teaching, or anything else, let us
remember that nothing is ever too
good for the Lord. On the title
page of his autobiography, "I Re-
member," Abraham Flexner, whose
report on medical schools revolu-
tionized the teaching of medicine
in America, quotes Hesiod: "Before

the gates of excellence, the high gods
have put sweat. Long is the road
thereto and rough and steep at the
first, but when the height is achieved,
then there is ease, though grievously
hard in the winning."

Still another reason for the com-
paratively low estate of writing
among Evangelicals may be an over-
concern with the outward marks of
scholarship. In recent decades a
good many Evangelicals have been
among the "have nots" when it
comes to recognized scholarship.
Today we are concerned, and rightly
so, with the growing prestige of
evangelical thought. Thus, some who
are writing in the more technical
fields may be betrayed into a cum-
bersome vocabulary under the de-
lusion that they are thereby being
scholarly and profound. We may,
however, safely leave that kind of
style to theologians like Niebuhr
and Tillich, both of whom excell in
it. Instead, we should try to write
clearly and incisively like Gresham
Machen, or with the fluid lucidity
of C. S. Lewis, neither of whom is
ever obscure and both of whom are
scholarly without pretense. Or, more
modestly, we may seek the un-
adorned simplicity of an H. A. Iron-
side.

EVERYBODY LOVES A BOY

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of requirements: Spiritual, Mental,
Physical, and Social. Besides these
ranks there are achievement awards
which allow each young man to spe-
cialize in his interests. This plus per-
sonal counseling from the leaders
will lead young men to be real "Men
for Christ." Along with this train-
ing we advocate plenty of fun and
out-of-doors experiences for the
young men.

Kings Men is a Christian organ-
ization dedicated to the purpose of
challenging teen-age fellows to pre-
sent themselves as a "living sacri-
fice" unto the Lord, and to lead them
into avenues of spiritual service,
primarily in and through the Breth-
ren Church. Additional information
about Kings Men can be had by writ-
ing the National Youth Council, Box
617, Winona Lake, Ind.

LOSS OR GAIN?

When thou shalt have eaten and
be full; then beware lest thou for-
get the Lord (Deut. 6:11-12). Dr. J.
Campbell White once quoted some-
one as saying that when a Christian
begins to prosper it is always a ques-
tion whether the kingdom of God is
going to gain a fortune or lose a
man.

RESOLUTION

My heart, O Lord, is like a harp
On which the harsh fingers of cir-
cumstance have played.
And struck into jangling crescendo
A tumult of dissonant sounds.

Thou Master of every fine art.
Whose unrivalled skill doth fashion

the storm into calm,
Damp with Thy quieting hand these

fitful strings;
Teach them the soft, sweet concords

of Thy love.

— WRO

THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD

Our unbelief does not change
God. "If we believe not, yet he
abideth faithful: he cannot deny him-
self" (II Tim. 2:13). The context
shows that Paul is speaking of Chris-
tians; therefore his words must apply
to temporary doubts, fear concern-
ing temporal matters, questions
concerning the promises of God.
Satan knows well how to take ad-
vantage of our sins and mistakes,
bringing them repeatedly to oar
minds, turning our eyes away from
Christ, and fostering discourage-
ment. But, through it all, God has
never changed: He is still the One
who spared not His own Son, but
delivered Him up for us, who is
"willing to give us all things" with
Him, keeping His promises, ready
to hear our prayers, and longing
to restore us to complete and joyous
fellowship with liimself. If anyone
who reads these lines is tempted to
lay down the task God has given
him, may the clouds of his despair
be scattered by this glorious shaft
of light from the Word that is for-
ever settled in heaven: "He abideth
faithful." — Sunday School Times.

March 23, 1957

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PRAY

IN
THE

SPIRIT

By Homer Lingenfeiter

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
Everett, Pa.

The ministry of the Holy Spirit
is more than a Comforter to tiie
child of God. His work is more than
that of bringing to remembrance the
things Christ wanted the disciples io
know after His ascension. He is
still more than an interpreter of the
Word of God to the believer, more
than convicting the sinner of his
sin. It is through the Holy Spirit that
we are able to pray to the Father.
Through Him we are able to enter
God's storehouse of grace and have
all that is needed in this path of
faith as we journey upward to the
place of complete salvation in Him.
We can only contact God's throne of
grace through the Holy Spirit be-
cause—

He is the only One who knows our

need (Rom. 8:26).

"Likewise the Spirit also helpeth
our infirmities: for we know not
what we should pray for as we ought:
but the Spirit itself maketh interces-
sion for us with groanings that can-
not be uttered." Knowing what to
pray and how to pray is something
the child of God does not know
apart from the work of the Holy
Spirit. How thankful we ought to be
for the work of the great divine Per-
son of the Godhead who is ever
ready to come to our need when we
know not how or what to pray for as
we ought. We know not, but He
knows. He knows our need not only
before we ask but even before we
begin to think of our need. He
makes the heavenly storehouse most
inviting to the child of God who
learns to know the helplessness of
himself.

He knows and opens the way to
the Father (Heb. 10:19-20).

"Having therefore, brethren,
boldness to enter into the holiest by
the blood of Jesus by a new and liv-
ing way, which he hath consecrated

for us, through the veil, that is to
say, his flesh." Paul tells us to pray
without ceasing, but there are times
when we are more conscious of our
need. There are times when all hu-
man and secular support are beyond
us; therefore we must get help from
God, and without delay. Then is the
way to the throne of God's grace
opened by the Holy Spirit.

We remember the Apostle Peter
when he took his eyes off his Lord
and looked upon the circumstances

Homer Lingenfeiter

about him, he was afraid and be-
ginning to sink, he cried, "Lord, help
me." This is an emergency cry.
There was no time to think; no op-
portunity to engage in vain repeti-
tion which mark much (if not most)
of the average prayer.

But, child of God, have you ever
stopped to realize how futile our
prayer would be, how disappointing
our desperate cry without the Holy
Spirit who alone knows the way to
the throne of grace, to the heart of
God the Father? When one prays in
the Spirit he will find genuine com-
fort in his prayer. Do you find joy
and comfort when you are in prayer
and fellowship with the Father?

He knows God's perfect will for

us (Rom. 8:27)

"And he that searcheth the hearts
knoweth what is the mind of the
Spirit, because he maketh inter-

cession for the saints according to
the will of God." Perhaps more ihan
any other, this revealed fact gives
deeper assurance to the child of God
when he is in fellowship with the
Father in prayer. It is not so much
the Holy Spirit working in coopera-
tion with us in the matter of prayer,
but rather His working in our be-
half. As one translation puts it:
"He interposes himself in our be-
half."

The Lord Jesus Christ interposed
himself on behalf of man when "he
gave himself a ransom for all." He
took our place. The very moment we
see the need of divine help and
look to God for it, the Holy Spirit
acts in our behalf. Not every peti-
tion of ours will reach the throne of
grace; the Spirit alone knows the
will of the Father. He acts only in
perfect harmony according to the
Father's will. This should cause us
to have a heart desire to be com-
pletely yielded to the One who
dwells within us and to have Him
control and guide us in our fellow-
ship and communion with the
Father.

The Holy Spirit is our Strength

(John 15:5).

". . . for without me ye can do
nothing." Think of time being
wasted by many of God's children,
working hard, thinking they are
piling up much reward, but doing it
all in the energy of the flesh, apart
from the leading of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit makes interces-
sion for us. He connects us to the
Father; He closes the gap between
us and the throne of grace, the place
of God's bountiful storehouse. We
must remember that all true prayer
originates from the very heart of Al-
mighty God. It is God the Holy
Spirit moving from the heart of the
child of God to the heart of God the
Father. Pray always in the Spirit.

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The
Parable
of the
Leaven

By John Evans

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
Flora, Ind.

"Another parable spake he unto
them; The kingdom of heaven is
like unto leaven, which a woman
took, and hid in three measures of
meal, till the whole was leavened"
(Matt. 13:33).

"Every day in every way we are
getting better and better," so chant-
ed a pseudo-philosopher of a few
years ago. And so also certain polit-
ico-religio leaders of our present day
would strangely claim that the world
is getting better and better and will
know the perfection of a church-
introduced "kingdom of God on
earth." With Matthew 13:33 before
them they say that through the quiet
working of the leaven of the gospel,
planted in the three measures of meal
of the worSd by her who is the
church, the whole of the batch of
dough will ultimately be leavened for
good, and man shall at last know
the peaceful days of a new era. In
light of the sure triumph of this gos-
pel in the world through the instru-
mentahty of the church, it is, they
say, the order of the day that individ-
ual denominations resolve their dif-
ferences of doctrine and polity — or
else ignore them — and unite in the
spreading of the gospel of brotherly
love in order that that new day of
blessedness be not far removed from
reahty. Such is the present-day call
for ecumenicity, based, in part, upon
an interpretation of the parable of
the leaven of Matthew 13:33.

But is this interpretation of Mat-
!thew 13:33 a correct interpretation?
We believe it is not and shall give
reasons for so disbelieving. Also
within the compass of this article
'we shall give what is believed to be

the legitimate view of Christ's teach-
ing in this passage. May God be
glorified in this small endeavor.

The interpretation of Matthew
13:33 set forth above is held as
false and inadequate, first, because
it makes leaven the type of that
which is good, the gospel, whereas
if this is the typology implied here,
it is the onSy case in the whole of
Scripture where leaven is so used to
represent the good. In every other
case where the word is found, it is
used with evil connotation, uniform-
ly representing that which is not
good. In particular, it symbolizes
hypocrisy, rationalism, materialism,
toleration of evil and impurity within
the church; formalism, and sin in
general. Never, unless here, does it
represent the good, we say, and it is
our feeling that rule of interpreta-
tion argues strongly against the pos-
sible xception.

Moreover, how one can see the
gospel symbolized in the leaven of
this parable is strange because the
very nature of the gospel as the
good news demands that it be open-
ly promulgated and received. In the
parable the working of the leaven
suggests that which is altogether
secret and mysterious. So moved
was Paul by the true gospel of God
that in his zeal for it he was accused
of "turning the world upside down"
by it (Acts 17:6). The analogy be-
tween the gospel and leaven seems
somewhat strained in our judgment.

Another strong reason for our re-
jecting this view that the whole
world will be Christianized by the
church so that the perfect kingdom
of God will be brought in by her
is in the fact that none of the other
kingdom-of-the-heavens parables
suggests this teaching, but, on the
contrary, they all seem to contra-
dict it. For instance, in the first of

these parables we see the lack of
complete success of the Word of
God sown in the world in that
three-fourths of the seed does not
bring forth to a fruitful harvest.
Again, in the second parable we
learn that true believers and false
professors shall coexist in the out-
ward kingdom as wheat and darnel
(tares) until the consummation of
the age when the counterfeit shall
be separated from the real. And
again, the lodging of birds within the
branches of the marvelous mustard
tree suggests ungodly mixture of the
false and the true at the coming of
Christ to set up His kingdom.

On the basis of the teachings of
these three parables we must recog-
nize that there can be no absolute
victory in the earth for God and the
right until Christ comes to judge the
world in righteousness. To say that
leaven is a type of the all-successful
gospel in the fourth parable is to
contradict the teaching of the three
other parables preceding it, and
Christ is thus made a confused
teacher — something less than the
Teacher who is God.

What then is our interpretation
of this parable. In harmony with the
consistent Scriptural usage of leaven
as a type of false teaching, formal-
ism, rationalism, and immorality, it
is our view that here we have a les-
son from our Lord on the develop-
ment of these elements of sin in that
great ecumenical church of the end
time, which outwardly will be pre-
tentious and sumptuous, but in-
wardly will be corrupt and :aauseat-
ing to God. This church will be
spewed out into the Tribulation and
will eventually be rent asunder by
anti-Christian powers for her med-
dling in political affairs (see Rev.
3:14-22 and chap. 17).

In the meantime, God desires to
call out of a condemned world "a
people for his name" (Acts 15:14),
and He will have such a people for
His glory, rescued as from a
burning ship on the waters of judg-
ment. It is our privilege to be used
of God in this rescue operation as we
faithfully carry the good news of
salvation in Christ to lost men. May
we know many in heaven who will
thus praise God that He energized
you and me in their rescue.

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WASHINGTON, D. C— Senator
Robert Kerr (D-Okla.), told the an-
nual meeting of the Southern Bap-
tist Press Association that Southern
Baptists ought to set up their own
parochial schools. He said such
schools are necessary to give elemen-
tary and high-school education a
greater Christian emphasis.

CLEVELAND, OHIO — The
board of education in Holmes
County, Ohio, hope they have found
the solution to the problem of edu-
cating Amish children of senior high-
school age. The Amish refused to
send their children to school be-
yond the eighth grade because it
would expose them to "worldly
ways" conflicting with their reh-
gious beliefs. The county will per-
mit the Amish to establish separate
school facilities of their own, and
if farm work requires the older
youths to miss school, they will be
permitted to make it up later.

CHICAGO— The founder of
"Voice of the Andes" radio station
HCJB in Quito, Ecuador, was hon-
ored as Moody Bible Institute's
alumnus of the year. Dr. Clarence
W. Jones, a 1921 graduate of
Moody, received the missionary
school's Thomas S. Smith trophy
before more than 2,500 in the
Moody Memorial church. Dr. Jones
started the gospel radio station in
Ecuador 25 years ago, when short
wave was new in radio. From one
small transmitter HCJB has grown
to be the largest Protestant broad-
casting station in the world. There
arc now eight transmitters broad-
casting a combined total of 3 1 hours
every day except Monday, in nine
languages, reaching out to every
country in the world.

LITTLE CHURCH GROUPS
SEEN TO BE MAKING BIGGEST
GAINS. — Heart-hitting little church

groups are getting more spectacular
results in the current religious up-
surge in America than the big, tra-
ditional denominations, according
to the Rev. Dr. F. Eppling Reinartz,
president of the National Lutheran
Council. Dr. Reinartz was the key-
note speaker at the annual meeting
of the Council, which represents
eight Lutheran denominations with
about five million members. He said
that statistical studies of the "truly
phenomenal" church growth of re-
cent years show that "leaders of the
advance, proportionately considered,
are the Pentecostal and kindred
groups." These are the newer, more
informal-type denominations, he
said. Most of them are relatively
small individually, and often char-
acterized by highly vigorous preach-
ing and congregational fervor. Dr.
Reinartz told the Council that "a
frank appraisal of our congregational
life reveals that we are not yet yield-
ing in a spontaneous way to evan-
gelism."

CHICAGO— Kenneth N. Taylor,
director of Moody Literature Mis-
sion (formerly called the Colpor-
tage Division of Moody Press), is
currently on a ten-week world tour
to aid in the distribution of gospel
literature. Taylor will study the
literature needs of the Near East
and South East Asia to determine
the best use of funds for a growing
program of literature distribution.
He will seek to aid in the produc-
tion of gospel literature by advising
leaders on problems of editing and
distribution. Literature conferences
with Christian leaders have been
scheduled for Rome, Delhi, Madras,
Bombay, Calcutta and Karachi.
"Gospel literature is the great need
of the hour for the many newly
literate. The urgency and the mag-
nitude of the task yet to be done
demand that this work have the

prayer support of the Christian pub-
lic in this country if it is to be suc-
cessful," he said before his depar-
ture.

NEW YORK— Future distribu-
tion strategy for the "Martin Lu-
ther" motion picture, still making
headline news four years after be-
ing produced, was discussed here
recently by the administrative com-
mittee of Lutheran Church Produc-
tions, Inc. Offers from television
stations in various areas of the coun-
try to show the film were evaluated
by the committee, comprised of rep-
resentatives of the six major Lu-
theran groups which together com-
missioned the picture. While not
divulging the sources of the offers,
"they came in direct response to
the cancellation by WGN-TV in
Chicago of the scheduled world tele-
vision premier of 'Martin Luther'
last December," according to Rob-
ert E. A. Lee, executive secretary
of the film agency. He added that
"the tremendous public indignation
over the ban, which stimulated pro-
tests by letter and telegram and in
the press, is continuing to be strong-
ly registered."

The committee also endorsed a ;
statement urging churches, universi-
ties, colleges, seminaries and schools
"to take advantage of the final of-
fer" to acquire 16mm copies of'
"Martin Luther" before the April i
15 expiration date.

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March 23, 7957

TKe BRETHREN

UBLICATION NUMBER

MARCH 30, 1957

E/P — Lambert Photo

Headliners

rr7

SPECIAL. Many friends of Rob-
ert Miller, Jr., who went to be with
the Lord on Mar. 1 1 , followed the
suggestion of Mrs. Betty Miller and
Rev. and Mrs. Robert E. A. Miller,
wife and parents of the deceased,
and instead of sending flowers for
the funeral service, a memorial fund
was established, and the amount
has been forwarded to Grace Col-
lege to be applied on the new build-
ing.

HATBORO, PA. The Suburban
Brethren Church conducted their
first Sunday school on Mar. 3, and
established a new record of 43
present for the morning worship.
Lester Smitley is pastor.

WINONA LAKE, IND. The 1 3th
Annual Youth for Christ conven-
tion will be held here June 30-July
14.

SPECIAL. Reports are coming in
from churches all over the nation
of successful meetings that were
conducted by the laymen on Evan-
gelism Sunday, Feb. 24. Laymen
in many instances preached the ser-
mons, and did a "good" job.

SAN YSIDRO, CALIF. Another
little miss arrived Mar. 4 to make
her home with the Sibley Edmiston
family. She weighed 8'/2 lbs. and her
name is Lorraine Marcella.

AKRON, OHIO. Russell Ogden
assumed the pastorate of the First
Brethren Church Feb. 17. The con-
gregation tendered the pastor and
his family a reception on Feb. 21.

JOHNSTOWN, PA. The First
Brethren Church went over the top
in their Plymouth project. At a fare-
well reception for Dr. and Mrs. O.
D. Jobson on Mar. 6, the car was
presented to Dr. Jobson as a gift to
the work in Africa. Because of her
recent accident, Mrs. Jobson was
unable to attend.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Rev.
Robert Williams, 25 Rue de la
Dolve, Tours, I & L. France.
Please change Annual.

FXKHART, IND. Rev. Maynard
Kulp, pastor of the First Christian
Church of Wakarusa, Ind., preached
the morning message at the Grace
Brethren Church Mar. 10, and in
the evening Rev. Herbert Scott of
the First Baptist Church of Elkhart,
gave the message. On the same day
Lowell Hoyt, the pastor of Grace
Brethren Church, preached at the
8:30 service of the First Baptist
Church, at the Northside Baptist
Church at 10:45, and at the Im-
manuel Baptist Church at 7:30.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA. Rev.
John Whitcomb, Jr. will be one of
the speakers at the Bible conference
at the Grace Brethren Church Apr.
15-21.

MANSFIELD, OHIO. The
Northern Ohio District men"s rally
was held at the Woodville Grace
Brethren Church Mar. 22 with A. J.
Smith, of Barbarton as speaker. The
District Youth Rally was held at
the Grace Brethren Church Mar. 29-
30, with Evangelist Bill Smith as
speaker.

WARSAW, IND. The Lord has
worked in the establishment of a new
Brethren church! Community Grace
Brethren Church was organized in
October 1956. Incorporation was
effected in February 1957, and a
constitution adopted at the same
time. Clyde K. Landrum is serving
as pastor and Robert Cover is as-
sistant pastor.

The work has come about vhrough
the vision of the Winona Lake
Brethren Church and its former
pastor, Dr. Herman W. Koontz.
They saw the need for and felt
the leading of the Lord in estab-
lishing a work in the new Herscher
Addition in South Warsaw. Plans
were made and the work started in
February 1956. At the same lime
that the need for the work was felt,
there was a new K of P lodge hall
completed in this very section. We
were able to get the use of this fine
building and still have access to it.

Attendance has increased steadily;
average in Sunday school for t le
last quarter of 1956 being 61, with

an average in church services being
64 in the morning and 59 in the eve-
ning. Souls have been saved and
some persons have been baptized.
Membership now stands at 27. Land
has been purchased — 1.93 acres
adjoining the Herscher Addition and
facing on state highway 15, right
near the consolidated school. From
the very first, offerings for foreign
missions and home missions and for
Grace Seminary and College have
been received. These have shown a
fine increase. We look forward to
great blessing in DVBS this summer
and perhaps to the first evangelistic
campaign in the fall. Please pray
that souls will be won for the Lord
in South Warsaw!

Tr r /

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In the picture: Playing organ, Al Steffler;
left to right: Ernie Bearinger, songleader;
Robert Cover, assistant pastor; Clyde K.
Landrum. pastor: and Donald Ogden,
speaker.

Sunday, Mar. 10, was a "big
day" at the church! This was the
occasion for the dedication of the
new Conn organ. With the fine co-
operation of the Winona Lake
church, its pastor and people, at-
tendances for the day were: Sunday
school, 78; morning church, 94; eve-
ning church, 92; fellowship meal,
113; and afternoon service, 119.
Participating in the dedication serv-
ice were Professors Don Ogden and
Al Steffler, Dr. James Boyer, Pas-
tor Landrum and Assistant Pastor
Robert Cover.

CLEVELAND, OHIO. Robert
Cessna, pastor of the First Brethren
Church, was the chairman of the
first Greater Cleveland Sunday
School Convention held here Mar.
14-16 at the Cedar Hill Baptist
Church.

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19. NUMBER 13

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM, Executive Editor
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man, treasurer: Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee; Gene Farrell, S. W. Linlc, Mark Malles. Robert E, A. Miller,
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SPECIAL. Church groups from
Boston to Seattle are voicing pro-
test at the increasing trend toward
full commercial activities on Sunday.
In latest actions, a bill to ban school
sports events on Sundays was en-
dorsed by the Massachusetts Coun-
cil of churches and the State Baptist
Convention at a legislative hearing
in Boston. In Seattle, Protestant,
Roman Catholic and Jewish reli-
gious leaders joined with labor of-
ficials to ask business throughout
the State to adopt a "gendeman's
agreement" to observe Sunday clos-
ing laws. Large food markets and
used car lots were cited as the chief
offenders.

In Wilmington, Del, a Lutheran
pastor took the lead in urging a boy-
cott of nonessential business open
on Sunday. "Within five years," said
the Rev. Robert Neumeyer, pastor
of Zion church, "automobile show-
rooms, grocery stores, markets,
clothing stores and many others
have begun merchandizing on the
the Lord's Day — many of them so
early that employees are forced to
miss worship or lose their jobs.

CHICAGO, ILL. More than 100
Sunday schools from Djakarta, In-
donesia, to Brooklyn, N. Y., won
honors in the Eighth International
Sunday School Attendance Contest,
sponsored by Christian Life maga-
zine. The awards, which totaled al-
most $20,000 in church merchan-
dise, were announced in the March

issue of the magazine. To win these
awards, hundreds of Sunday schools
amassed significant attendance gains
during a six- week period last fall.
Winners were selected by five lead-
ing Sunday-school authorities. Sun-
day schools from 47 states and sev-
eral foreign countries were
represented in the contest. The
schools came from more than 40
denominations.

Grand prize winner was the First
Presbyterian church, Bremerton,
Wash. Despite the fact that city
population has decreased 60 percent
since World War II, the Bremerton
Sunday school has made continuous
gains, climaxing with its Sunday-
school-contest effort. As a result, the
church will receive a 48-passenger
Blue Bird Sunday school bus, as well
as other prizes, and the pastor, the
Rev. Wilbur Scafe, will receive a
Winona Lake School of Theology
Flying Seminar all-expense tour to
the Holy Land.

Editor Walker also announced:
"The total aggregate attendance in-
crease for Sunday schools in the
contest was nearly 170,000 pupils.
This brings the total for the eight
contests to more than a million and
a quarter pupils gained."

The report told of two foreign
Sunday schools: "In Nigeria, a Sun-
day school of 300 made 40,000 per-
sonal visits, rented 59 taxis and had
2,560 come to church on the last
Sunday of the contest. In Indonesia,
90 percent Moslem, a Sunday school
used trucks to bring the crowds and
soared from an average of 40 to a
contest high of 1,426 in six weeks."

AFRICA. According to a Swiss
pastor just returned to Geneva,
"Radio broadcasting has become an
essential tool in mission work." He
reported: "In many areas, every
second hut or cottage has a radio
receiver, offering churches and mis-
sions a great potential in reaching
much of Africa's population. A
major handicap is A.frica's wide di-
versity of language, the Lutheran
mission leader admitted, but sug-
gested that Swahili might be used,
since it is the tongue of more than
30 million Africans.

A PERSONAL VIEWPOINT

I BELIEVE

SAUD SAID HIS PKAYERS

When King Saud of Saudi Arabia
came on his official visit to America,
it was reported that he had a special
navigator on board ship, and a spe-
cial compass was set up so that Saud
could face toward Mecca in prayer
five times a day. This was striking
to me, and a bit embarrassing.

There were no bones about it.
Here was a man who didn't mind
showing the world his devotion to his
religion. Apparently he was not
boasting about his observance of this
regular prayer-period. His praying
toward Mecca was a fact of daily
hving. True, Saud was the head of
a foreign government, and kings
are always news. But primarily, I
believe, these special arrangements
struck the news wires because to us
Americans a man's personal prayer-
times are seldom divulged and not
usually considered anyone else's
affair.

Here was a man who was not
going to set aside his convictions or
habits of long standing merely be-
cause he was to be in a strange coun-
try where these practices would be
smiled upon as odd. He even went
out of his way to foresee and pre-
vent any obstruction to his devo-
tions. In a so-called Christian coun-
try, he would not "do as the Romans
do," but continue to do as the Mos-
lems do!

This was embarrassing because it
made me wonder: would I, would
the average American Christian, be
so bold in another country about my
own Christian habits? Indeed, are we
that bold in our convictions here in
America? What, I imagined, if King
Saud were a Christian and usually
attended church on Sunday? Sup-
pose out-of-town company dropped
in unannounced on Sunday morn-
ing. Would Saud deny himself his
usual spiritual refreshment in de-
ference to his visitors? Or would

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TWO BEGGARS

By Robert D. Crees

Pastor, Third Brethren Church
Philadelphia, Pa.

1 wish you would read the thrill-
ing story, "The Two Beggars," as
recorded in Luke 16:19-31. This is
not a parable. These were real peo-
ple— two beggars. Perhaps some of
you think only one beggar, Lazarus,
was involved in the story. Not so:
both were beggars. Some one has
said: "It is better to beg bread for a
little while on earth like Lazarus
than to beg water forever in hell like
the rich man."

First, let us notice that these two
beggars were on an inequality in
life. One was immensely rich. He
had fine clothes and much food. He
lived in a palace and had all that
money could buy. The other was
very poor. He had no money and
was, in reality, a beggar. He was
laid at the gate, a helpless, gaunt
human derelict, full of sores, dying
of starvation, clothed in rags.

The rich man was sinful; he was
a glutton, whose only desire was to
"eat. drink, and be merry." regard-
less of others. He was selfish, for
he refused bread to the poor man.
On the other hand, the poor man
was righteous; he was poor but
clean. He was no doubt known for
his honesty and truthfulness. He had
accepted Christ as his Saviour, and
had the new nature which comes to
one only through the new birth.
These two men were unequal in life.

The second point I want you to
notice is that they became equal at
death. Death came to both. Death
is the great leveler. Whether men be
rich or poor, small or great, old

or young, death put them on the
same footing. The rich man was
not prepared for death. His full
barns on earth could not help him
in hell. Lazarus was prepared for
death. He was a Christian. He had
laid up "treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves do not break
through nor steal."

Death comes suddenly. Two rub-
ber bags, looking alike, are sus-
pended over the side of a ship. One
is filled with lead, the other with
gas. A cyclone breaks the ropes
holding both. One bag drops to the
bottom of the sea, the other floats
upward into the sky. Two brothers
may be chained to earth by the
cords of life. The heart of the one
is filled with love, the other with
hate. Death breaks the cords, send-
ing the soul of one to heaven and the
soul of the other to hell.

Notice in the third place that
there was an inequality after death!

After death the rights and wrongs
of this old world are evened up.
Lazarus went into what was known
as "Abraham's bosom," a place of
happiness comparable to heaven to-
day. He was carried there by the
angels and was comforted and
happy. The rich man. on the other
hand, was in hell. He, being in tor-
ment, begged for the first time in his
life. He begged Abraham to have
Lazarus cool his burning tongue. He
had full possession of his senses, for
he felt pain, cried, saw, and mani-

fested memory. His plea, however,
came too late, for God said to him:
"Depart from me, ye cursed, into
everlasting fire, prepared for the
devil and his angels." He was not
even permitted to warn his wicked
brothers on the earth.

Notice, finally, that both beggars
received a square deal. Self-righteous
men today ask for a square deal.
God will give it to them, but ac-
cording to His own standards. One
begged bread for a while on earth;
the other begged water forever in
hell. One had wealth on earth; the
other had treasures in heaven. One
was extremely selfish, even regret-
ted giving away crumbs; the other
was generous, even the dogs had
been his friends. One shivered in
the cold on the mansion steps; the
other roasted in hell. The one ate,
drank, and was merry; the other
starved and prayed. One was self-
righteous; the other accepted God's
righteousness. One was despised by
the world; the other by God. One
was prepared to die; the other afraid
to die. One was a Christian; the
other, a scoffer. One thought of
others while on earth; the other for-
got brothers till in hell. Lazarus re-
ceived everlasting life; the rich man i
received everlasting punishment.
Take your choice today, friends.
Would you rather beg bread on |
earth or beg water in hell? "For what
shall it profit a man, if he shall gain
the whole world, and lose his own i
soul? Or what shall a man give in
exchange for his soul?" |

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Past

The shrill siren sounded for the
third time on a windy night an-
nouncing a disaster — fire. The rapid
movement of the traffic past the
house spelled panic to the mind of
the father who at the time was
kneehng at the family altar with his
three children and their mother. The
panic evidenced by the rush of
vehicles outside had its counterpart
in the peace of God evidenced by
the serenity and confidence voiced
in the prayers of the children inside.
There was no visible sign of their
having heard the siren, for their
minds had been turned to the Father
by the story of Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego in the fiery furnace.
In their father's mind the promise in
Isaiah 26:3: "Thou wilt keep him
in perfect peace, whose mind is
stayed on thee: because he trusteth
in thee," prompted a doxology.

Time was when .Ruth, the middle
child, seldom slept the entire night,
for the sound of a siren ran her
through and through with fear so
that she would cry out and quake
with fright. Realizing that fear is not
of the Lord, for "perfect love cast-
eth out fear," we set to the task of
bringing to the mind of a little girl
the perfect peace of God. For one
entire week the family altar text was
Psalm 56:3: "What time I am afraid,
I will trust in thee." It was not many
days until the peace of God replaced
the panic of fear. Two years later, on
Sunday, November 4, 1956, Ruth
publicly received Christ as her per-
sonal Saviour, and now knows the
One who is the source of her peace
— the Prince of Peace, the Lord
Jesus Christ. Her confidence is in the
One who by His own miraculous
power kept the three men in the
fiery furnace.

In this day when death is just a
breath away, it behooves the living
to know the Source of Life in a
very personal way. Not only is He
the Source, but the Sustainer of life
as well. "Which holdeth our soul
in life, and suffereth not our feet to
be moved" (Ps. 66:9). Come what
may upon the earth, I shall not fear

March 30, 1957

Understanding

what man can do to me, for there
are two appointments ahead, one of
which 1 must meet. The day of the
return of our Lord for His church is
a day appointed of God. In God's
appointment book that day comes
before the great tribulation fore-
ordained to the inhabiters of the
earth. "Then we which are alive and
remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds, to meet the
Lord in the air: and so shall we ever
be with the Lord" (1 Thess. 4:17).
Should the Lord tarry longer than
is prospective, death is my appoint-
ment with the Lord and will be kept
by Him. None can foil either of
these appointments by seeming ac-
cident or planned demolition, for
His promise is: ". . . neither shall
any man pluck them out of my hand.
My Father, which gave them me, is
greater than all; and no man is
able to pluck them out of my
Father's hand" (John 10:28-29). Be-
cause of the immutableness of this
position, my days are Uved in peace.
It is the work of the archenemy of
the souls of men to send his fiery
darts to the mind, setting it aflame
with fear. He knows that the need
for security is basic in every per-
sonality and the destruction of souls
being his intent, he attacks the bases
of soul strength. God's Word has the
answer in Ephesians 6:16: "Above
all, taking the shield of faith, where-
with ye shall be able to quench all
the fiery darts of the wicked." The
picture in mind is a mental shield,
and while we are to quench the fiery
darts to the mind, an analogy en-
lightens my mind. To keep termites
out of the timbers of a building, a
metal shield is placed between the
ground and the timbers protecting
the whole house by protecting those
basic timbers. Faith protects the
basic needs of the personality against
those intruding darts.

By Robert V/m. Markley

Postor, Grace Brethren Church
Palmyra, Pa.

Should Satan, through his cun-
ning, succeed in preventing the frui-
tion of my labors in order that he
may send a dart of despair to my
soul, faith is the shield to quench
the dart with Romans 8:28: "And we
know that all things work together
for good to them that love God, to
them who are the called according to
his purpose." The overruling provi-
dence of the Almighty God will not
allow a lesser power to have the ul-
timate victory, but He who is able
will place sweet honey in the decay-
ing carcass of the lion. He who is the
Water of Life will cause streams to
flow in the desert and the desert
shall blossom as the :ros2.

The greatest balm for the troubled
mind is in the meaning of the word
"peculiar" in Titus 2:14: "Who gave
himself for us, that he might redeem
us from all iniquity, and purify unto
himself a peculiar people, zealous
of good works." We are told that
the word "peculiar" is translated
from a Greek word which is made
up of two words; one means
"around," as a circle, and the other
means "to be." The word would best
be charted by a circle with a dot in
the center. As the dot is circum-
scribed by the circle, so each saint
is circumscribed by God and nothing
— temptation, trial, accident, disas-
ter, or sickness — can come to the
saint except it be allowed or directed
by God. Whether He allows or di-
rects, God has promised grace suf-
ficient that the saint should not be
moved. Therefore these days should
see the mind of each saint stayed
upon Christ and the face of each
saint radiant with the peace of God
which passeth all understanding.

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By Rev. R. E, A Miller, St, Petersburg, Fla.

"The Lords Supper" is not the
Eucharist, commonly called the
Communion. It is not the Passover
meal. It is not the fulfillment of any
Old Testament type. It was def-
initely intended by our Lord to be
something new that He was giving.
The old economy was lO be sub-
merged into the new, and never for-
get that Jesus Christ definitely had
the authority from God the Father
to effect ordinances of the Chris-
tian church.

To any discerning believer who
reads the New Testament carefully
it must be apparent that our blessed
Lord "on the same night in which
he was betrayed" instituted a new
service which was to be perpetuated
by His followers "till he come." That
first service was held in an upper
room in which there was a table
spread with food to be eaten in a
special fellowship never before en-
joyed by the disciples with their
Lord.

L The ScripJural Authority and
Observance.

Beginning with the first Gospel,
we learn that Matthew clearly un-
derstood what went on in the upper
room: "They did eat" (Matt. 26:21),
"they were eating" (26:26) before
Jesus took bread and the cup and
passed them in the manner of the
Eucharist which is commonly ob-
served by practically every Christian
church today.

Mark agrees concerning this upper
room experience, for he says: "And
as they sat and did eat, Jesus said.
Verily I say unto you, One of you
which eateth [a meal] with me shall
betray me" (Mark 14:18). Jesus
identifies the eating as "dipping in
the dish" (a common form of meal
in the Orient), and this took place
before He took bread and the cup
and instituted the Eucharist (Mark
14:22-23).

The physician Luke unmistakably
tell us, "Likewise also the cup after
supper . . ." (Luke 22:20). To this

the Apostle Paul refers and agrees in
writing to the Corinthians. "After
the same manner also he took the
cup, when he had supped [after sup-
per, that is] . . ." (I Cor. 11:25). In
the same chapter Paul writes to cor-
rect the abuses of the Corinthians In
eating "the Lord's Supper" (1 1:20).
This simply means that they were
observing a special meal in addition
to the bread and the cup but that
they were abusing the method and
meaning of eating the supper.

As they came together in one
place, each one ate the supper which
he brought, some eating too much
became drunken, others who were
poor went hungry (both groups
missing the point of the meal en-
tirely, cf. 11:22, 34), and no one
waited for the other (1 1:33). Here it
becomes quite evident that the Co-
rinthians had thus robbed them-
selves of the great blessing intended
by our Lord in giving us this ordi-
nance of the fellowship meal. For
it was fellowship and not food that
was to be uppermost in the observ-
ance.

Jude sensed this defection in the
early church. Writing to warn the
true Christians concerning the apos-
tate teachers who had already crept
into their midst, he declares emphat-
ically that they are "spots" [ASV
"hidden rocks"] in your feast of
charity [literally, "love feasts"],
when they feast with you, feeding
themselves without fear" (Jude 12).
Peter was alert to the same ;;ituation
and so he wrote, "Spots they are and
blemishes, sporting themselves with
their own deceivings while they
feast with you" (II Pet. 2:13). It :;s
clear therefore ihat ihe Christian
church did observe the eating of the
love feast, the fellowship meal. In
the very corrections that were ne-
cessitated by the abuses that arose,
it is shown that they did follow the
practice of eating a separate meal
during the gathering together in one
place. It is also evident that the

chief purpose of tlie meal was fel-
lowship, the unity of the believers
in their common faith. The false
brethren, the apostate teachers, the
greedy members broke this unity of
fellowship and thus m.arred the eat-
ing of the Lord's Supper.

It was in that first ser\'ice in the
upper room that Jesus had set forth
the pattern for His disciples. "A new
commandment I give unto you. That
ye love one another; as I have loved
you, that ye also love one another.
By this [a new Christhke love —
not merely the previously command-
ed "Love-thy-neighbor-as-thyself"
love] shall all men know that ye are
my disciples, if ye have love one to
another" (John 13:34-35). Love and
fellowship characterize the early
Christians. The fellowship meal em-
phasized that and reminded the fol-
lowers of the Lord that fellowship
made the vast difference between
them and the pagans. God grant
that this shall be true of His fol-
lowers today!

II.

The Historical Authenticity and
Observance.

All historical evidence proves be-
yond a doubt that the love feast
was observed as an ordinance in the
Christian church from its very in-
ception. This is consistent with the
Scriptural inference. For as we have
noted, the purpose of the meal was
fellowship and not food; therefore it
is just as symbolic and just as much
of an ordinance as either of the other
two parts of the threefold service.

Historical citations are numerous
but three of them will suffice to show
the preponderance of weight they
throw on the side of observing the
fellowship meal in connection with
the Eucharist.

The Didache, commonly known as
the Teaching of the Twelve, dates
back to the first century A. D. In
chapter 9 there is a model given for
prayer before the meal is taken. In
chapter 10 a prayer is given for use
after the meal.

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In a letter written to Dognetus,
Ignatius says of early Christians:
"They have a common meal." His
testimony is counted valuable be-
cause he was contemporaneous with
the apostles and died only 12 years
after John the Apostle. Thus we
have both the Didache and the let-
ters of Ignatius, written under the
very supervision of the apostles, tes-
tifying that the love feast was a
church ordinance.

Dr, Philip Schaff, noted church
historian, true to the facts of history
without bias to present-day prac-
tices, gives us this record: "At first
the communion was joined with a
Love Feast, and was then celebrated
in the evening, in memory of the last
supper of Jesus with His disciples
. . . Tertulhan [around A. D. 160]
gives a detailed description of the
Agape [Greek for Love Feast] in
refutation of the shameless calum-
nies of the heathen. But the growth
of the churches and the rise of mani-
fold abuses led to the gradual disuse
and in the fourth century even to
the formal prohibition of the Agape,
which belonged, in fact, only to the
childhood and first love of the
church. It was a family feast, where
rich and poor, master and slave met
on the same footing, partaking of a
simple meal, hearing reports from
distant congregations, contributing
to the necessities of suffering breth-
ren, and encouraging each other in
their daily duties and trials" (His-
tory of the Christian Church, Vol.

II, pp. 239-240).

III. Current Observance.

It is true that very few Christian
groups literally observe the three-
fold service as it was instituted by
our Lord in the upper room. Al-
though practically all authorities
agree that the earliest churches ob-
served the washing of the saints'
feet, the fellowship meal and the
communion of the bread and the
cup, gradually, just as Dr. Schaff
noted above in the case of the meal,
the service as it :is largely observed
today has been narrowed down to
the simplest and easiest form —
merely the communion of the bread
and the cup, known as the Eucharist.
But thank God there are some left
upon the earth who believe in tak-

ing God at His Word and who are
not afraid nor put to too niuch
bother to observe literally the three-
fold r.ervice.

The Brethren Church is not the
only church which observes this type
of service, but it is among the very
few who do.

God's Word says nothing about
the details of the food used in the
meal. This is to be expected since
the emphasis isupon fellowship and
not food. Any food which is sym-
bolic of a common meal is in har-
mony with the Word of God.

It is refreshing to enjoy a service
where godly conversation is encour-
aged during the fellowship meal. In-
deed it is hard to believe in any kind
of fellowship where there is no com-
municating of godly thoughts. A
time of praise and testimony at the
close of the meal serves to break up
the ever-present danger of formality
and the mere going through motions.

R. E. A. Miller

In older congregations schooled
against this added blessing such an
innovation will come only after pa-
tience and much teaching. But the
results are worth the effort. God
grant that the Brethren shall come
to appreciate more and more the
value of genuine fellowship one with
the other in Christ.

Perhaps in some cases the time
element has forbidden the praise and
testimony. More time is allowed for
this if the bread and the individual
cups are placed on the tables before
the service begins. After all there is
nothing to be gained by the mechan-
ics of passing the elements in a way
that consumes unnecessary time.
The unity gained in all breaking
bread together and drinking the cup
together enhances the underlying
meaning of the fellowship meal itself.

IV. The Future Observance.

Our fellowship this side of heaven
is just a foretaste of that which
awaits us in glory with our blessed
Lord at the "marriage supper of the
Lamb." It is John in the Revelation
who points forward to that glorious
day when we shall all be seated to-
gether in the banquet hall of heaven.

"Let us be glad and rejoice [even
now], and give honour to him: for
the marriage of the Lamb is come,
and his wife hath made herself ready
[God help us to be ready when He
comes!] . . . Blessed are they which
are called unto the marriage supper
of the Lamb" (Rev. 19:7, 9).

We could not be far wrong in har-
monizing this future event with that
about which Paul speaks to the
Ephesians concerning the bride of
Christ: 'That he might present it to
himself a glorious church, not hav-
ing spot or wrinkle, or any such
thing; but that it should be holy and
without blemish" (Eph. 5:27).

This future ministry of our Lord
is spiritually discerned here. Every
Christian must be glorified before
we sit down at the table up yonder.
This is promised to us through the
mmistry of the Lord Jesus. "When
he shall appear, we shall be like
hmi, for we. shall see him as he is"
(I John 3:2). "We look for the
Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ; who
shall change our vile body, that it
may be fashioned like unto his glori-
ous body . . ."(Phil. 3:21).

Don't forget what Luke records as
coming from the Lord himself,
"Blessed are those servants whom
the Lord when he cometh shall find
watching: verily I say unto you, that
he shall gird himself, and make them
to sit down to meat, and will come
forth and serve them" (Luke 12:37).

Christian, be faithful, watch, wait
expectantly for His coming, look for
Him! And thank God for the fel-
lowship of the saints now! What a
different world this would be today
were all to sit down at the Lord's
table as He has provided. Labor
trouble, political trouble, frictions
and factions, schisms and isms
would disappear.

May it be said of us as it was said
of the early brethren: "Behold! How
these Christians love one another!"

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WHAT SHALL I BELIEVE

A man dashed up to the ticket
examiner in a railroad station and
gasped: "'What time does the half-
past-five train leave?

"Five-thirty."

"Well," ijxclaimed the belated
traveler, "the church clock is twenty-
seven minutes past, the post-office
clock is twenty-five minutes past,
and the station clock is thirty-two
minutes after five. Now what I'd like
to know is, which clock am I to be-
lieve?"

"You can believe any clock you
wish, sir, but you can't go by the
train, for it left at five-thirty, sharp."

"Seek ye Jehovah while he may
be found; call ye upon him while he
is near: let the wicked forsake his
way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto
Jehovah, and he will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for he
will abundantly pardon" (Isa. 55:
6-7).

"No matter what I believe, just
so I am sincere," is an idea often
expressed, but uniformly unsafe.
Like the clocks, the opinions of
men are liable to be faulty, and un-
safe guides. The Bible is the only
entirely safe compass to guide us to
heaven.

But Satan has a most effective
weapon which he loves to wield —
procrastination. "Not now," he
whispers; "tomorrow will be time
enough. There's plenty of time. Do
it some convenient season."

There's danger in delay — when it
comes to accepting the Saviour.

There's danger in believing "just
anything" about the way of salva-
tion.— Chester E. Shuler.

A PRAYER OF HUSBAND
AND WIFE

O God who out of all the world
hast let us find one another and
learn together the meaning of love,
let us never fail to hold love pre-
cious. Let the flames of it never
grow dim, but burn in our hearts as
an unwavering devotion and shine
through our eyes in gentleness and
understanding on which no shadow
falls. As the road of life we walk to-

gether lengthens, forbid that the dust
of it should ever drift into our souls.
Help us to have the sense to climb
high places of memory and of im-
agination so that we may remem-
ber the beauty that lies behind us
and believe in the beauty that lies
before. Make us sure that romance
does not depend upon time or
place, but that daily it may be re-
newed in the recognition of these
larger possibilities in one another
which love itself creates. Teach us
to remember the little courtesies, to
be swift to speak the grateful and the
happy word, to believe rejoicingly
in each other's best, and to face all
life bravely because we face it with
united hearts. So may whatever spot
of earth thou givest us to dwell in
be as a garden in which all sweet and
lovely things may grow. Amen. —
A. C. P. S, Camper.

WILL A MAN ROB GOD

This question was asked the
Prophet Malachi. This is most cer-
tainly a heart-searching question for
us all. There are some people who
think this to be a foolish question,
but let us not forget that man will
and has robbed everyone else. A
man will rob his brother. H; a'iH
rob others who have entrusted their
wealth to him. He will rob banks,
and state, country, national, and
other treasuries. Once in a while we
hear of those who will go so far as
to rob the church. Children will rob
their parents. Parents will rob chil-
dren. Of course they always do these
things in hope of getting away with
their evil deeds. But there is no hope
of getting away with it when a man
will rob God. He sees, and He
knows all about our stewardship
and our financial affairs as well as

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Thought Provoking Pillars

Selected By the Editor

he knows all about us in every way.
Nothing whatsoever is hidden from
His view, and His ear is always
open to our plans and conversation.
Yes, man will rob God! Many rob
Him unintentionally. Still others will
rob Him willfully and deliberately.
"You have robbed God," said Mala-
chi, "in that you have refused to
give Him tithes and offerings."

God's way of financing His work
is by tithes and offerings; man's
way is by begging, cooking, sewing,
stewing, banqueting, and worrying
where the money is to come from.
Now then, which is the better way?

GOD'S GUIDANCE

Livingstone planned to go to
China, but God led him to Africa,
to be its missionary statesman, gen-
eral and explorer. Alexander Mac-
kay prepared for work in Madagas-
car, but was directed to Uganda, to
aid in the founding of one of the
most remarkable missions in the
world. Carey proposed to go to the
South Sea, but was guided divinely
to India, to give the Bible in their
native tongue to its teeming mil-
lions.— Christian Digest.

BIBLE STUDY

Would it not be a foolish thing
To die of thirst, with this clear spring
Of living water at my feet?
To starve when there is bread and

meat
And wine before me on the board,
A table spread by my dear Lord?
And would we think he has much

sense
Who hoarded only copper pence
When at this feet, and all around
Were diamonds sparkling on the

ground?
— Martha Snell Nicholson

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Today's sermonette. "Every
Christian has received spiritual
blessing in order to impart it; and if
we can not impart, we may well
question whether we have ever
received!"^ — W. H. Griffith Thomas.

The auto is not responsible for
the falling off in church attendance.
That fool thing will stand in the
middle of the road until you tell
it where to go. It's the man behind
the wheel that's to blame. — Billy
Sunday.

Let not the word "yoke" frighten
you; we must bear the weight, but
God helps us to bear it; it is a bur-
den that two must carry, and God
shares it with us. — Fenelon.

Of four things every man has
more than he knows — of sins, of
debts, of friends, of foes.

The secret of a Christian's life
is to walk on a narrow path with a

wide heart.

* * *

Two things it is profitable to
study: the failings of your friends,
the virtues of your enemies.

* * *

God often has to use rough tools
to remove the rust from our hearts.

* * *

The finest glass can be broken by
a pebble, and the finest Christian can
be marred for life by the smallest sin.

REVERENCE

There is a great lack of reverence
in many services of our churches.
No doubt many have grown care-
less about the little things which
mean a lot as far as reverence is
concerned. Pray about this. Per-
haps souls are being hindered from
coming to the Lord because of a
lack of reverence for God and His

Word. Here are a few suggestions.
We sincerely hope that you will
think them over and cooperate in
putting them into practice in your
church.

1 . As you enter your church, re-
member what you have come for —
to worship.

2. When you reach your seat,
bow your head in prayer and medi-
tate, or open your Bible and read a
portion.

3. Refrain from "visiting" and
loud talking before the services.

4. Do not enter the auditorium
during the reading of the Scrip-
tures, during prayer, or while special
musical numbers are being offered,
or during baptismal services.

5. Leave the back pews vacant
for latecomers. If you come in late,
be sure to sit in the back so as not
to disturb the service by coming
clear to the front for a seat.

MY TEACHER

A Sunday school teacher, I don't
know his name.

A wonderful preacher who never
found fame.

So faithful, so earnest when I was
a boy —

He stuck to his task though 1 tried
to annoy.

He never was missing, in cold or in
heat.

A smile on his face lighted the mo-
ment we'd meet.

He taught by example, as well as by
word.

This splendid old teacher who hon-
ored his Lord.

He helped my young life more than
he ever knew.

Later years I remembered and tried
to be true.

I suppose he has gone now to join
heaven's ranks.

May it be my good fortune some
day to say thanks.

March iO, 1957

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THE NATURAL MAN CRAVES

Power and Riches

By Dr. Charles H. Ashman

Pastor, West Covina Brethren Church
West Covina, Calif.

The natural man craves personal
power and earthly riches. He thinks
they will bring him happiness. The
Devil offeres these as enticements
away from true riches in Christ
Jesus. The rich man trusted in his
riches and the earthly power they
gave him, according to the story told
of him by Christ. But ere long he
lifted up his eyes in hell being in
torment. The rich young ruler who
came running to Christ asking the
way of life went away sorrowful,
still hugging his riches, loving them
more than eternal life in Christ. The
inspired Bible and human history
prove it is folly to crave personal
power and earthly riches. The Lord
hath spoken clearly in His Word
about this.

Give heed to these warnings. "He
that trusteth in his riches shall fall"
(Prov. 2:28). "A good name is rather
to be chosen than great riches, and
loving favour rather than silver and
gold" (Prov. 22:1). "The rich man
is wise in his own conceits" (Prov.
28:11). "He that hasteth to be rich
hath an evil eye" (Prov. 28:22).
"Labour not to be rich" (Prov. 23:
4). "He that maketh haste to be rich
shall not be innocent" (Prov. 28:
20). Thus speaks Solomon in his
wise sayings.

Paul says: "Charge them that are
rich in this world, that they be not
highminded, nor trust in uncertain
riches, but in the living God, who
giveth us richly all things to enjoy"
(I Tim. 6:17). "They that will be
rich fall into temptation and a snare,
and into many foolish and hurtful
lusts, which drown men in destruc-
tion and perdition. For the love of
money is the root of all evil: which
while some coveted after, they have
erred from the faith, and pierced
themselves through with many sor-
rows" (I Tim. 6:9-10).

DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES

Jesus Christ taught that the "de-
ceitfulness of riches" choked out
the seed preventing a harvest from
the Word of God. To the rich fool
who trusted in the "abundance of
things" which he possessed, Christ
said: "Thou fool, this night thy soul
shall be required of thee: then whose
shall those things be, which thou
hast provided? So is he that layeth
up treasures for himself and is not
rich toward God" (Luke 12:20-21).

In this materialistic world it is
easy to become a "fool." Seeking
His righteousness should be our de-
sire more and more.

James looked down through the
centuries and beheld the last days.
He then foretold the fate of those
who would put their trust in un-
certain riches. In James 5:1-6, we
find this graphic picture of present-
day conditions. We see the miseries
that come upon those who trust in
earthly power and riches. Their
riches become corrupted, their gar-
ments moth-eaten, their gold and
silver cankered; the rust of them is a
witness against the hoarders. Like
fire it eats into their very souls.
Having lived in pleasures made pos-
sible by their ill-gotten gain, they
become wanton and nourish their
hearts as in a day of slaughter.
Stripped of all these, for "we brought
nothing into this world, and it is
certain we can carry nothing out."
they stand poverty-stricken before
the judgment bar of Almighty God.
They stand destitute in the day of
destruction! Beware of that craving
for riches and power, my friend. Be-
ware of that insatiable thirst for gold.
You, too, will be drowned in de-
struction and perdition.

RICHES OF GRACE

Why not seek the "riches of grace

in Christ Jesus"? "Humility and the
fear of the Lord are riches, and
honour, and life" (Prov. 22:4). The
Lord hath promised, I will give
thee the hidden treasure (Isa. 45:3).
Despise not thou the riches of his
goodness (Rom. 2:4). Accept the
"riches of his grace in his kindness
toward us through Christ Jesus"
(Eph. 2:7). Oh, the unsearchable
riches in Christ! Oh, the riches of
His glory! All made possible be-
cause He who "was rich, yet for
your sakes he became poor, that ye
through his poverty might be rich"
(II Cor. 8:9). "Hath not God chosen
the poor of this world rich in faith,
and heirs of the kingdom which he
hath promised to them that love
him?" (Jas. 2:5.) Oh, the riches of
salvation and eternal life in Christ!

PATH OF VICTORY

If you would be victorious over
this craving for earthly power and
riches, take Christ as your Saviour
and Lord. Accept the riches of His
grace! He is the door to victory over
this craving. He knocks at your
heart's door seeking admittance. He
brings true riches, hidden treasures.
He died that you might live. He be-
came poor that you might become
enriched in grace. He saves. He
keeps. He satisfies!

Charles H. Ashman

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THE SPIRITUAL MAN KNOWS

Grace . . . Bringeth Salvation

By John M. Aeby

Pastor, Temple City Brethren Church

Temple City, Calif.

Continuously or uncontinuously,
every inhabitant of this earth since
Adam has been enjoying the grace
of God. We are inclined to think
of God's grace as exclusively re-
lated to the plan of His wonderful
salvation, but every breath of air
drawn by mortal man is drawn only
because God delights in bestowing
His favor upon those who deserve it
not. He is "The God of all grace."
However, as is suggested by its title,
this article is concerned with the
"grace of God that bringeth salva-
tion."

The very words of the title are a
quotation from Paul's epistle to
Titus, chapter 2, verses 11 to 14:
"For the grace of God that bring-
eth salvation hath appeared to all
men, teaching us that, denying un-
godliness and worldly lusts, we
should live soberly, righteously, and
godly, in this present world; look-
ing for that blessed hope, and the
glorious appearing of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who
gave himself for us, that he might re-
deem us from all iniquity, and purify
unto himself a peculiar people, zeal-
ous of good works." Alfred Plum-
mer, writing in the Expositor's Bible,
says: "The passage before us might
almost serve as a summary of St.
Paul's teaching. In it he once more
insists upon the inseparable connec-
tion between creeds and character,
doctrine and life, and intimates the

John M. Aeby

close relations between the past, the
present, and the future, in the
Christian scheme of salvation."
There is, then, a threefold ministry
of this grace of God.

SALVATION TO ALL MEN

God's offer of pardon to sin-
ners is a universal offer. This verse
does not teach us that salvation will
be the portion of all men but that
salvation is made available to all
men in the gospel. The message has
a universal value because there is a
universal need. Today's world is
burdened down with problems which
are increasingly "global" in their
scope. And for each of these prob-
lems there appear to be a number
of "dreamers" with their "global"
plans and programs as solutions. The
one solution for every individual of
the world's society is not a new plan;
it is nearly two thousand years old
now in its fully revealed form. The
basic problem of humanity is and
always has been the sin problem.
It lies at the root of every problem
facing the world of this hour. Its so-
lution is to be found in the simple
declaration of the gospel: "Christ
died for our sins . . . and ... he was
raised!" And every man, whosoever
he is, who puts this offer to the test
finds his problems solved for time
and eternity!

There are those who insist that an
offer of salvation by grace so free
as this will cause men to live in
sin. However, such objectors have
failed to see in the Scripture text
above that this same grace carries —

DISCIPLINE TO ALL
BELIEVERS

God never gave His gospel to
reform the world nor to give the
world a new code of ethical stand-
ards and morals. Paul tells us that
this erace which saves also teaches

the believer the kind of life that
should accompany salvation by
grace. The word means literally
"Disciplining us. . . ." The discipline
of God's grace is twofold.

First, there is the discipline of re-
straint. In spite of the fact that cer-
tain of the modern educational psy-
chology experts denounce restraint
as dangerous, the Holy Spirit, the
divine teacher, informs us that un-
godly living and worldly desires
must be restrained. So far as these
things are concerned it is not a
matter of moderation but one of
repression.

Secondly, there is the discipline of
constraint. Though the Christian
must exercise restraint in some
things in his life, it should not be
supposed for a moment that the
Christian life is a negative affair.
God's Word never encourages asce-
ticism nor the secluded life of the
monastery. We are constrained to
live "soberly [sanely, not long-
faced], righteously, and godly in
tliis present world." That so-called
grace which tends to license is not
of God, for God's grace is discipli-
nary! The grace of God inspires
with —

HOPE TO ALL OBEDIENT

CHRISTIANS

No incentive to present duty is
as strong as a hope for future bless-
ing or reward. God, who made the
human heart, knows this and there-
fore has placed before the obedient
believer the thrilling prospect of
the hope of seeing his Saviour be-
fore he goes to meet Him through
death! Coupled with this is the
promise of the return of his Lord
in the glory.

Truly "The grace of God which
bringeth salvation" abundantly
satisfies the longing of every human
breast. And it ALONE can!

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'"And they continued stedfastly
in the apostles' doctrine and fellow-
ship, and in breaking of bread, and
in prayers" (Acts 2:42).

AH of us are interested in real
earnest revival. No doubt we all have
had the joy of witnessing the power
of the Holy Spirit during some re-
vival. 1 shall never forget a mighty
revival that stirred our town. How
the people prayed with burdened
and burning intercession, and then
how God sent the showers of bless-
ing! The results of that revival were
almost unbelievable. Factories
closed for morning services and
prayer meetings. Stony hearts of
hardened sinners were melted. Bills
long considered uncollectible were
voluntarily paid. Personal work was
done in the factories and shops, as
well as in services. Hundreds were
saved, and many church members
revived.

RESULTS OF REVIVAL

A brief study of the events and
conditions preceding these results
is most interesting. Of course, we im-
mediately notice that this pheno-
menal increase of the newborn
church is the direct result of Peter's
great sermon. Think of it! A church
with a membership of one hundred
twenty was increased three thousand
strong in one short day. Surely
Peter must have preached a great
sermon. He did! But we are im-
mediately surprised with its sim-
plicity. Notice that there is no record
of outstanding eloquence; no indica-
tion that the imagination of the peo-
ple was excited; they did not say it
was gratifying to their taste, but it
pierced their hearts. The secret of
this unusual conviction which came
as a result of Peter's sermon was
simply this — preparation by the con-
gregation. They had waited with one
accord in one place until the promise
was fulfilled and they were all filled
with the Holy Ghost. Is it any
wonder that Peter's sermon concern-
ing Jesus and His true Messiahship
should have such successful re-
sults?

Notice his plain, concise message,
that essence of which is found in
verse 36: "Therefore let all the
house of Israel know assuredly, that
God hath made that same Jesus,

whom ye have crucified, both Lord
and Christ." The direct effects of this
Christ-centered message are shown
in the next verses: "When they heard
this, they were pricked in their
heart, and said . . . Men and breth-
ren, what shall we do?" Something
had been revealed to them! It was
the vileness of their hearts and the
wickedness of their conduct. They
saw the great crime they had com-
mitted. They realized now that it
really was the Messiah, the Lord
Jesus Christ whom they had rejected
and crucified. This realization
caused them to cry out with alarm
and great distress: "What must we
do to flee the wrath of Jehovah?"
Peter answered them in verses 40
and 41 with many other words and
exhortations. "Then they that gladly
received his word were baptized:
and the same day there were added
unto them about three thousand
souls." It does not say they simply
added their names to the list, but
this is a clear indication that three
thousand souls were saved.

FRUIT OF REVIVAL

The question now arises, as it
always does in any revival. Did those
who were saved that day remain
faithful? How long was it until they
went back, or did they continue in
the faith? The answer is plainly seen
in our text: "And they continued
stedfastly." Yes; they meant business
that day, and God honored the faith
of the very people who a few weeks
earlier had shouted until their voices
were hoarse, "Crucify him, crucify
him," and "His blood be on us."
Even with such material as this, God
is able through His marvelous grace
to make God-fearing, Christ-honor-
ing, gospel-preaching men who will
continue stedfastly in the faith.

PERSEVERANCE

As we examine the first char-
acteristic mentioned we shall cen-
ter our thoughts around the words
"continued stedfastly." Just what
kind of perseverance is exercised
here? From a study of the Greek
word used we find that the funda-
mental meaning represented is an
action that is strong, steadfast, per-
severing, and not faint — that is, an
action that exerts a mighty thrust in

The

Great

Revival

a forward direction regardless of all
the obstacles. Its use in this particu-
lar position means to give constant
attention to a thing or person. In
Acts 8:13, it appears again to give
constant attention to a thing. In Acts
2:46 it means to continue all the
time in one place — that is to con-
tinue in the state of persevering. In
Ephesians 6:18, it is translated in
our King James versions as per-
severance! Now, the concerted
meaning may be illustrated in our
day by a strong, alert football team.
They push forward toward one goal.
Time after time they hit that line
with all the force of their strong
bodies. Nothing can stop the steady
hammering away to reach that goal.
These new converts were not
fickle; they did not profess belief one
day and forsake it the next. They
were firm, constant, strong, and per-
severing in their new faith. Persever-
ance in hearing and meditation on
God's Word is necessary to the
spiritual life of the Christian today
no less than it was then. Our sol-
diers are confident on the field of
battle because they were trained
with constant practice. I have seen
them repeat over and over one
minute maneuver until is is done
perfectly. The soldier who expects
to be a machine gunner must be able
to dismantle and assemble his intri-
cate machine even when blindfolded
in order that he will be able to do
it under any circumstances on the
battlefield. What an accusation this
is to me! How we ought to practice
and repractice the use of even more
important weapons to fight the one
that walketh about as a roaring lion,
seeking whom he may devour. Of

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By Gordon Bracker

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
Fremont, Ohio

course a far more important factor
enters the Christian combat — that is,
the power of the Holy Spirit. Peter
had just been filled with this power
before he preached this sermon. He
was consumed with an energizing
passion to preach Christ and Him
crucified. A few weeks earlier this
would have been utterly impossible!
Praise God this power is not limited
to Peter's day! God is still able to fill
us with the same energizing power
that will change us from weak and
double-minded Christians to fearless
witnesses for Christ. If we are to
preach the Word with power, we
must be energized with the same
power that Peter was. The Bible is
inspired, but when we read and
preach it without this necessary fill-
ing of the Holy Spirit, we retard its
potency. What if we have a powerful
Bible but a powerless church? We
need even more than the grim de-
termination of a soldier, a sailor, or
a marine — we must have the person
of the Holy Spirit dwelling in us with
dynamic power; then when the Holy
Ghost is both in the doctrine and in
the people who profess it and preach
it, the mighty power of God can
be revealed as it was in these three
thousand babes in Christ. Look at
the result of their power in verse
43: "Fear came upon every soul,"
and in verse 47: "The Lord added
to the church daily such as should
be saved." Oh, how we pray and
profess to be filled with the Spirit
but still we lack in perseverance, in
"stick-to-itiveness," and then fail on
the middle line. The real test of a
church, Christian, or preacher is not
the big day of prayer and Pentecos-
tal power upon the mountaintop, but
the test comes in how we follow up
the mountain vision with faithfulness
in the valley.

I' FELLOWSHIP

It is perfectly natural for converts
to forsake former associates and
seek those who love the Lord. I re-

member how I came to love a dear
old saint of God whom I formerly
thought to be "an old fogy."

The fellowship portrayed by our
text is not one of selfish desire. They
did not bask in the sun of inactivity
nor dream the lazy dreams of the
lotus eaters. No! Theirs was a fel-
lowship of disposition and oneness
of heart not only manifested in out-
ward association but presented to
the world with a solid front against
unbelief. They had a common in-
terest to evangelize for Christ. They
had a common Lord — He was the
One whom they had crucified but
now loved. They had a common sal-
vation and rejoiced in it. They had
a common indwelling Spirit which
constrained them to sacrificial serv-
ice. They had the same joys, the
same hatred of sin, the same ene-
mies, the same subjects of conver-
sation, and the same desire for
prayer. The effect of revival is al-
ways one of unification. People who
will not speak to each other are
made the best of friends in a re-
vival. Christians always feel this
bond of fellowship even though they
were separated before they were
Christians.

But notice please that this fel-
lowship was the sequence of their
fellowship in doctrine and teaching.
The word here simply means teach-
ing, and the expression here de-
notes that they continued to attend
on their instructions. This is a sure
evidence of conversion. Born-again
believers desire to be instructed and
do not forsake the gathering to-
gether of the saints. They continued
in right teaching, and so ought we,
not to arm ourselves with a lot of
preaching material, but that we
might first be filled with right teach-
ing and doctrine. Until our teaching
is right, our life must be wrong. We
must ask for the pure Bread, the
pure Water, the sincere Meat of the
gospel and live on that. Out of such
nutritious food there will come

proper results, such as perseverance,
fellowship, communion, and com-
mon prayer as it was in the days of
this first church.

OBEDIENCE

They were careful in the break-
ing of bread, and in the prayers.
Notice the definite article appears
in the original, no doubt to connote
a special meaning. Of course I real-
ize that many insist that this was
simply the custom of the day, that
everybody broke bread as a symbol
of friendship. They say that mean-
ing here is no deeper than the Greek
symbol of drinking wine together to
express mutual regard and personal
loyalty and fidelity. There is thus
a wide diversity of opinion con-
cerning the precise meaning of fel-
lowship in the original. Some say
it refers to the distribution of funds
in verse 44. Others say it is the one-
ness of spirit in the community of
believers. Still others say it means
the Lord's Supper. It is true that
this is a common form of expressing
an ordinary meal, and if it stood
alone we would be forced to accept
this meaning and discard any ref-
erence to the Eucharist. But in view
of the fact that it stands here in this
verse in circumstances of religious
observances, such as attendance to
the teaching of the apostles and im-

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mediately following it to the pray-
ers, it can hardly mean that they
continued steadfastly to break bread
in the common meal. Hence, it must
refer to the Holy Eucharist. Further-
more, the Syriac version has it: "In
the breaking of the Eucharist,"

This oneness of faith and love,
this participation in the memorial
feast and in devotional acts has
a positive and evident result. By
these means the new converts were
bound to the original one hundred
twenty believers which tended to
train them toward maturity in the
Christian walk. As they gathered to-
gether around one table as one fam-
ily in obedience to their Lord's com-
mand to take the emblems of bread
and fruit of the vine in memory of
Him, they thus proclaimed His
death upon the cross for them.

Finally, there was the ordinance
of "the prayers." This refers to sys-
tematic, definite, positive prayers,
uttered not as individual prayers
only but with one another. They had
been instructed in the Hebrew
prayers, and so they prayed obe-
diently and fervently the prayers of
the fathers. Right at this point is
where I am afraid we fall far short
of this early church. "They con-
tinued stedfast" in prayer. They
knew how to pray. They believed
God in their praying. God heard
and answered their prayers by send-
ing a consistent day-by-day revival.

To conclude our study of this
group of young converts which came
into being as the result of Peter's
great sermon, let us inquire as to
the secret of such unusual activity
among those so unlearned in the new
walk and so devoid of a Christian
heritage such as we have today.
What was it that incorporated and
sealed them in love and service with
the one hundred twenty? What was
it that caused these murderers to
praise God and have favor with all
people? What filled them with such
an all-consuming passion for the
lost? What made them so fruitful
that every day people were being
saved? We are sure it was nothing
that they generated in themselves,
for Peter himself who had know the
Lord for some time had been a
complete failure up to this time. It
must have been something unusual

given to them from above in an un-
usual way. Yes, it was! They had
been filled with the Spirit of God,
and, praise His name, what they re-
ceived in that day may be desired
and had today. More than that, we
have the command of Ephesians 5;
18 that we should be filled with the
Spirit. We, too, can have the ener-
gizing power from above for a fruit-
ful life and ministry. May God grant
to us such an emptying of self and
filling of the spirit that we, too, will
experience a life of burden for lost
souls and a harvest for our King.
We can have it. God will give it to
us if we but meet the conditions.
Right now let us give Him our all
and our best, and He will surely
give us His best. It is not so much
a question of our getting power as
it is God getting us. "He that spared
not his own Son, but delivered him
up for us all, how shall he not with
him also freely give us all things?"
(Rom. 8:32). Amen!

I BELIEVE

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he say: "We're so glad you came to
see us. And we'd really enjoy having
you worship with us this morning.
We never miss the services of God's
house because they mean so much
to us in our daily living." And if the
visitors protested, they hadn't
brought along the proper clothing
for church-going, would King Saud
give in and say: "Well, in that case,
we'll just stay home since we'd feel
terrible to go off and leave you"?
Probably not. Here was a man
who was bold about his religious
habits.

What an inspiration if we are
tempted to invent week-kneed ex-
cuses! We Americans are eager
compromisers. We take pride in
being diplomatic; that is, in allowing
the other person to feel good. We
are so tactful in asserting our be-
liefs and opinions that often we
water them down pretty thin. In
the long run this can be a very ex-
pensive habit. — Rachel Conrad
Wahlberg, in The Lutheran (Feb-
ruary 27, 1957).

MEET A MAN
WITH AN IDEA

A British agnostic has taken a
long look at America's religious re-
vival. His conclusion, which is re-
markably similar to that of some
leading U. S. theologians, is that it
is partly genuine, partly superficial.
One of the questions raised by Prof.
D. W. Brogan of Cambridge Uni-
versity is whether Americans are
worshiping God, or an idol called
"The American Way of Life." His
own impression, based on a nine-
month tour of the United States
last year, is that a great deal of
what passes for religion in America
today is essentially "political" in
character.

"There is a marked identification
of 'religion" with 'Americanism,' "
Mr. Brogan writes in the February
issue of Harper's Magazine. He also
notes a tendency to emphasize the
usefulness of religion as a comforting
element in personal life and a
strengthening factor in national life.

"Christianity may be the most
this-worldly of the great religions,"
Mr. Brogan writes. "But it is far
less worldly than the world. Its aim
can never be reduced to producing
peace of mind, to creating national
unity, to providing a substitute for
communist faith, to being an extra
arm of the 'Voice of America,' a
remedy for child delinquency, or
easy divorce." He cites the insertion
of the phrase, "Under God," in the
pledge of allegiance to the flag as
an example of "deliberate associa-
tion of God with 'The American
Way of Life.' "

When Lincoln spoke of America
as a nation under God, Mr. Brogan
says, he was thinking of "the sub-
mission of the American way of
life to the judgment — to the pos-
sible condemnation" — of an all-rul-
ing God. But he suggests that mod-
ern Americans "very seldom" regard
the time-honored phrase in that
light.

Mr. Brogan is not one of those
British intellectuals who automati-

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You
Be

The
Judge...

By Charles G. Schauffele
Boston, Mass.

Is Your Home

CHRISTIAN?

Is Your Home Christian?

This question cannot easily be
answered. Wlien it is answered, it
cannot easily be answered in the
affirmative. The historian, the sociol-
ogist and the Christian educator
are alike aware today of seeing the
decline of Western culture with its
corresponding decline of family life
and Christian homes, and the state
is likewise composed of the aggre-
gate of the homes of its people. But
the only home that will be the leaven
for the preservation of society is the
Christian home.

What Makes a Home Christian?

Is your home Christian? A partial
answer is found in Colossians 3:18-
4:1. Here Paul points up three re-
lationships that are found in every
home and shows their Christian
implications. These three relation-
ships are: husbands and wives, chil-
dren and parents, employees and
employers. Every reader is in one
of these categories, and some may
be in all. We are all either hus-
bands, wives, children or parents, or
those who work for someone or
those who have others work for us.

Husbands and Wives •

Wives, submit yourselves unto
your own husbands, as it is fit
in the Lord. Husbands, love your
wives, and be not bitter against them.

Here the Christian wife is re-
minded to recognize the Christian
husband's leadership in the Lord.
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of the wife as mere chattel and the
husband's complete moral indiffer-
ence to marriage relationships, this
is as white light to Stygian dark-
ness. Here in Paul's letter is the
restoration of the wonderful equality
of husband and wife found in
Genesis in the creation of the first
home. This equality was lost sub-
sequently in fhe Old Testament, but
restored in Christ and perpetuated
in Pauline teaching. No Christian
woman will ever question her hus-
band's authority "in the Lord."
There is more of this headship
needed today in Christian homes.
To the Christian husband goes
the great responsibility of setting the
emotional tone of the home. As it
is in the original: "Husbands, keep
on loving your wives and do not
keep on being bitter against them."
The atmosphere of the home is to
be set by happy, forthright, adjusted
and relaxed husbands. Who can be
this except a Christian? Preoccupa-
tion with work outside the home and
the mere drudgery of earning the
living sometimes make husbands as
cheerful as a hungry dog coming
home at night. The Christian hus-
band has a great responsibihty in
making those around him partakers
of his own spiritual joy and inward
serenity which he has from God.

Children and Parents

"Children obey your parents in
all things: for this is well pleasing
unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke
not your children to anger, lest they
be discouraged."

Children in the Christian home
are admonished not to occasional
or partial obedience, but continual
obedience in the Lord, as Paul adds
the phrase at this point in Ephesians.
Obedience is a missing ingredient in
many Christian homes. Obedience
does not rank high in favor with
modem educators, but it is the will
of God for children in Christian
homes. If parents do not obey God,
they can hardly expect their chil-
dren to obey God's representatives
— the parents. If children do not
learn well the lessons of obedience
at home, they will not know the
practice of obedience to the powers
that be or to those that have the
rule over them in the church. The
parental responsibility to train in
and exact obedience is very great.
So great was the value set upon it
in the Old Testament that the di-
gression from obedience was re-
quited with the sentence of death.

But Paul here rises also to the
defense of children and warns
against undue severity of parents
toward them. Paul is very stern
in cautioning against any unjust or
over-severe treatment which a child
may be called upon to bear without
getting satisfaction for an injured
sense of justice. This makes for
spiritless, sullen and despairing chil-
dren. This treatment of children
paralyzes all the moral power of
the will.

The joint relationship mentioned
here makes for the most valuable
teaching in a home. It is this in-
gredient of simple discipline and

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routine and cheerful compliance
which is missing in so many homes.
It is this lack of cooperative love
and joint forbearance which makes
many a home a mere house.

Employees and Employers

"Servants, obey in all things your
masters according to the flesh; not
with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but
in singleness of heart, fearing God
. . . Masters, give unto your servants
that which is just and equal; know-
ing that ye also have a Master in
heaven."

The Christian employee is an in-
tegral part of the Christian home.
This product of a Christian home
will not give mere eyeservice; that
is, work only when his employer is
watching him. He will not be a
clock-watcher, either. He will give
an honest day's work for an honest
day's pay. Every employee who is
a Christian knows this as the solu-
tion to many an unpleasant task.
He is to do it heartily as to the Lord
and not unto men.

The Christian employee who
comes from a Christian home will
have learned to work honestly at
home. He will have learned the
meaning of responsibility. He will
have experienced the satisfaction of

tion for the future. Family life here
is preparation for life in the family
of God.

The duties are all reciprocal. The
principles are simple yet sufficient.
The motive is divine. Is your home
Christian?

a job well done. He will look upon
work as a blessing and not a curse.
He will realize that God gives us
talents to serve Him in some form
of life work. He knows that he can
buy, sell, make, use, be trained and
teach, according to his ability, for
ye serve the Lord Christ.

To the Christian employer comes
also a word of responsibility to the
Master in heaven. Paul could not
have foreseen the incredible protec-
tion which workers have organized
for themselves today. But at the
same time if he had, he would have
known by the same Spirit that the
heart of the employer needs to exer-
cise justice sometimes in spite of and
not because of wage demands.

Here are all the possible relation-
ships of a Christian home. In your
home are all these done heartily
as unto the Lord? The very solemn
warning attaches itself to each re-
lationship whether one is wife, hus-
band, parent, child, employee or
employer.

"But he that does wrong shall
receive for the wrong which he hath
done: and there is no respect of per-
sons."

This passage of simple house-
hold directions points up for us the
fact that all present life is prepara-

MEET A MAN WITH AN IDEA

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cally sneers at everything Ameri-
can. He is, on the contrary, a great-
er admirer of this country, which he
has visited 20 times. Although he
labels himself an agnostic, he is
clearly of the opinion that what
American needs is not less religion,
but a deeper kind of religious be-
lief.

"Shocked fear" of the insecure
and atom-threatened world in which
we live may bring people into
churches, he says, but it is not a sub-
stitute for genuine conviction." Mr.
Brogan suggests that a "practical
test" of the depth of America's re-
vival is now in the making in the
South — the area in which "organ-
ized religions is strongest." "If five
years from now . . . desegregation
in the churches is not pretty nearly
complete, I shall take the liberty of
doubting the existence of a great
spiritual upheaval."- — Feature writer
Louis Cassels, in a February release
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By Russell D. Barnard

The following cablegram from the Don Hock-
ings in France regarding their son, David, was re-
ceived at the Foreign Missionary Society office
March 26:

"DAVID HAS MENINGITIS. DEPARTURE
DELAYED. LETTER FOLLOWS."

The Hockings were to have departed for Africa
around April 1. Please pray definitely about this
matter.

A very fine foreign-board meeting is history. These
items are being written just a few hours following the
concluding session. The board convened on Monday
evening, March 18, and during most of the sessions
we were privileged to have a full attendance.

Candidates —

We were pleased with the number of candidates
we were privileged to interview. Quite a number will
probably be sent to the various fields during 1958 and
1959, possibly a few yet during 1957. Further announce-
ment will be made at our annual Society meeting in
August.

Financial reports —

Something over $295,000 was spent during 1956 in
the support of our 96 missionaries and their work in our
six fields. Now, with the approval of quite a number of
new items for the immediate future, our minimum needs
for 1957 will be $315,000. We are so thankful to our
blessed Lord, and to all of you people who are being
used of the Lord in the maintenance of this great work.

Field leadership —

Dr. Orville D. Jobson was appointed as the super-
intendent in Africa, and Rev. J. Paul Dowdy as the
president of the field council in Argentina.

Missionary Children's School — Africa —

For at least 10 years we have recognized the need
for dormitory and classroom buildings for our mis-
sionary children's school in Africa. The need has be-
come very urgent, so our board has approved the con-
struction of this unit near the Bible institute at Bozoum
in the immediate future. The entire unit will cost be-
tween $8,000 and $10,000. Our board will forward
funds for this construction, but it is urgently hoped
that the Lord will place it on the hearts of many people
to assist us with special gifts dedicated to this purpose.

An offset press for Africa —

As you read this, Mr. Donald Spangler, the operator
of our press, will have completed the purchase of this
press in England. It will very soon be on its way to
Africa. A new print shop will need to be constructed
to house our printing unit. This shop will cost an ad-
ditional $1,200. The cost of equipment is largely
covered by designated project gifts. More gifts will be
needed, however, since the paper bill alone to keep
this press busy will be more than $5,000 per year.

Burks on furlough —

The furlough following the first term of service of Rev.
and Mrs. Bill Burk and family has been authorized. In
May they will leave Belem, Brazil, by ship, and come
directly to the Los Angeles area.

Radio program —

In addition to our five radio programs in Argentina
and the one in Macapa, Brazil, another has been es-
tablished. Bro. A. L. Howard will begin a 15-minute
Sunday morning program in Calexico, Calif. — a pro-
gram beamed to Mexico.

Automobiles —

The purchase of an automobile has been authorized
for Argentina, one to be purchased in that land. The
cost will be between $4,000 and $6,000. The need is
so urgent that we feel we must make this expenditure.
Two Volkswagens are also being purchased in Europe
to be used in Africa, and a new station wagon is
being ordered for Bangui, Africa. The First Brethren
Church of Johnstown has supplied the funds for this
car especially for Dr. Jobson's use during this
term of service. We would be most happy to have other
congregations help us with these other cars, especially
if the offering is in addition to regular foreign-mission
giving as is the case with the Johnstown church.

General Secretary to visit churches —

Dr. and Mrs. Russell D. Barnard left Winona Lake
on March 30, and until June 1 1 will be in church and
district conference visitation in the western half of the
United States. Dr. Barnard, with the West Coast rep-
resentative of our board of trustees will be present for
the Mexico field council meeting in the San Ysidro-Ti-
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Caite^ in A^cf^entina

By Miss Bertha Abel

We usually take for granted that Good Friday and
Easter Sunday are observed more or less the same
all over the "Christian" world. This is not always true,
and Argentina is one of the exceptions. Although the
evangeUcal groups in this land follow the rule, the
Roman Catholic observance of these special days in
Christian history is entirely different.

GOOD FRIDAY:

THE OBSERVANCE OF A DIFFERENT
OCCASION

At noon on this day all stores, business houses and
so forth, close for the rest of the day. Late in the after-
noon the Roman Catholics have their mass — one of the
most important of the year. But what occasion is ob-
served during this mass? The Roman Catholic believes
that every year on Good Friday the Lord is crucified
anew, and so during this mass He once again dies for
the sins of the world. For them His atoning work on
the cross over 1900 years ago was not all-sufficient. For
them He was not capable of bearing all our sins and
paying the penalty once and for all. They know nothing
of the infinite and omnipotent Christ whom we know
and worship. For them His words uttered just before
He died on the cross — "It is finished" — have no
meaning. Each year He must die again to save them
from their sins.

Following the mass is the "funeral" procession, which

Good Friday procession — image ol dead Cluisl snetchcd
center) — Catholic catliedrai in background.

is what they consider it. This procession is led by sev-
eral altar boys dressed in their robes, followed by the
women and girls, then a station wagon equipped with
loudspeakers through which several priests lead the

station wagon and loudspealcers.

chants and give instructions as the procession proceeds,
and last of all the image of Christ surrounded by the
group of men and boys. And what kind of image is it?
The image is one of a dead Christ stretched out on an
ornate sort of bed. This is the picture of Christ which
stays in the mind's "eye" of the Argentine during the
rest of the year. And so we see that instead oi^ ob-
serving the crucifixion of the Lord which took place
many years ago, they observe the crucifixion and death
which takes place that very day as Christ dies anew.

THE RESURRECTION:

OBSERVED ON A DIFFERENT DAY

I had never heard of any difference of opinion as to
the day of Christ's resurrection from the dead until I
spent my second Easter Sunday in Argentina. From
the various accounts given in the Bible there is no doubt
but that the Lord arose from the dead early Sunday
morning — the first day of the week; but the Roman
Catholic Church, in Argentina at least, observes this
event late Saturday night — the last day of the week.
Mass is held again on this night, but it is not considered
very important. The fact that our Saviour arose from
the dead and that He now lives is not emphasized at
all. For the Roman Catholic and the Argentine in
general, Christ remains dead. He knows nothing of the
glorious observance of the day when the Lord arose
from the dead and of the fact that He ever lives at the
right hand of God and in the hearts of His own.

Many Argentines worship a dead Christ. Pray that the
glorious message of the risen and living Saviour and
Lord might penetrate their minds and hearts, and en-
able them to understand that because He lives, all those
who believe in Him shall live also.

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What's in a Name?

By Mrs. George E. Cone

Parents, are you hunting a name for your wee-one-
to-be? For our number one we searched the name books
and the dictionary — and then used a name not found
in either. For number two, due in France, we thought
a French name would be suitable. We consulted th;
Catholic calendar which has a saint's name for every
day. French children almost always have these names
and celebrate the day of their saint rather than their own
birthday. Nevertheless, we used a name that we found
in the newspaper for our little girl.

Now, if you are really looking for something dif-
ferent in names, I suggest that you come with me to the
French elementary school in Africa and listen to the
roll call. You will have no difficulty in pronouncing
these names as they are all written phonetically, but —
caution — do not choose a name because it has a melo-
dious combination of sounds.

Bougoi! A little girl with two black beauty marks
on her dark brown cheeks responds. She is proud of
her shiny gold dangling earrings and her pink head scarf
which falls gracefully from her head across her shoul-
ders. Her name means "white flower." Maybe her
mother realized how pretty a white flower would look
against her black hair and smooth dark skin.

Befio! Perhaps Befio's parents despaired for his life
because his name means a child who will die. Coinci-
dentally, he is wearing a dirty blue and white horizon-
tally striped undershirt which makes him look very
much like a convict. Praise God, he is hearing the
gospel every day, and at the Lord's coming his name
will have to be changed.

Ndoyembe! Bright, snappy eyes look up and a re-
sponse comes from a dainty mouth. Ndoyembe is small,
has fine features and is very pretty. "Yembe" refers
to the leaves of a certain plant which when dried and
crushed are used as a perfume to put in the hair as
a preparation for a dance. "Ndoyembe" means a child
who is put into this perfume. It is a lovely name for a
beautiful child.

Kindinguinza! This little girl has a proud air. Isn't
she in the French school? Some little boys nearly cry
when they are not accepted for French school, but even
fewer girls attain entrance. "Kindinguinza" means to
gamble and win. Yes; she has won over many other
little girls. May it be because the Lord has chosen her
and will use her to His glory?

Pande! The response comes from a big smile, dancing
eyes and a happy, eager face. His name means an ex-
ample and, although he may not always be a good little
boy, surely his glowing expression is an example to us.

Dangawane! "Wane" means a great king and "danga-
wane" refers to the beginning of his reign or rise to
power. Ah! Is that why Dangawane's chest is swelled?
But — no. With a second look we see evidences of
rickets. A barrel chest covered by a black undershirt

An African vernacular school

does not contribute to kingly appearance, but Danga-
wane has a sweet disposition and we love him.

Ngbassene! We see a little boy with a rather sad
look in his eyes. Do you suppose these children realize
the significance of their names? "Sene" means enemy
and "ngbassene" refers to someone who bears evil
thoughts about his enemy. Oh, Ngbassene, Jesus says to
love your enemies and do good to them which hate you!

Kpokpo! Start to say "k," puff out your cheeks, and
explode "o." There you have it; Kpokpo, which means
"pipe." This little fellow was named after a certain
French official named Kpokpo by the natives because
he was never seen without his pipe.

Ngouyombo! The answer comes from a large head
perched on narrow shoulders. We notice a very small
boy with painfully skinny arms and legs and a swelled
tummy. "Yombo" means perfume and "ngouyombo"
is the water of this perfume. Indeed, this sweetly shy
but very bright child is as perfume in the class.

Wangbea! "Wang," as we said before, means king,
and "bea" means ant. Oh, honor to Wangbea! He is
king of the ants!

Gbala! This is the name of a wild pig that lives in
the bush. Our Gbala is not very wild now because he is
one of the unfortunates who has to sit beside a ;;',irl. Her
name is Beni (blessed) but that does not seem to im-
press him.

Beyine! This name means a weak child constantly in
need of medical care. Seated in the last row, little
Beyine does not seem to be physically hampered in
taking advantage of his position far from the teacher's
eye.

Mboukilo! We see shiny black curls and a sweet little-
boy face. He is our class favorite — so good, so con-
scientious and so cute. "Kilo" is a red tree found in the
bush, parts of which are ground to make a powder for

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Dear Friends in Christ:

Philadelphia, Pa.
March 15, 1957

Greetings in His wonderful Name!

A furlough has once again come to a close and we find ourselves just about
ready to embark on the SS AMERICA tomorrow, March 16. Our trunks have been
taken to New York today. Several of our dear friends from Philadelphia will be going
with us to the ship to say their good-by's.

We were thrilled to see so many of our dear Winona friends at the train
the evening we left for Philadelphia. How wonderful to have Christian friends to
stand back of us with their prayers and gifts as we go forth to witness for our Lord!
Truly we can say with the Apostle Paul: "I thank my God upon every remembrance
of you, always in every prayer of mine . . ."

Our year at home has passed quickly, and we truly have received so many
rich blessings from His hand of love. Our bodies were tired and we needed phys-
ical help, but God has so wonderfully healed and encouraged us and our cup
is now full. "Great is Thy faithfulness!"

It was a joy to be "at home" in the Missionary Residence. We rested and
had the great privilege of attending the different Bible conferences held at beauti-
ful Winona. Then, too, one of our outstanding joys was to see several of our Breth-
ren young people dedicate their lives for full-time service. Africa still needs more
pastors and teachers.

We also want to thank our many friends for their love and hospitality while
we visited in their homes and churches, and for the gracious WMC ladies who
gave us so many beautiful and useful things from the missionary chests. We had only
planned to take two foot lockers back to Africa, but when we started to pack
these lovely gifts, it was necessary to take the third! These gifts are so much ap-
preciated and we shall use them for His glory.

Now, as we turn our faces to our adopted country, we see the fields white
unto harvest. We trust this may be our most blessed term of service. Bangui, the
capital city, has many wide-open doors, and many still waiting to be saved. May we
continue to sow and reap until He comes. We covet your prayers in our behalf.
Let us all keep looking up. These are troublesome and changing days, but Jesus
never fails. What a wonderful Saviour!

Yours in His blessed service,
Charlotte and Orville Jobson

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PEN PALS-

MISSIONARY HELPER OF THE MONTH

Do all of you know what a missionary-helper pen
pal is? Well, a pen pal is a new friend to write letters
to. Some of our missionary helpers have already said
that they would like to have missionary-helper pen pals.
Would you like to have one? Sounds exciting, doesn't
it? If you want pen pals to write to, you just let us
know. Write us a letter and tell us. Then we'll send
you a list of names. Be sure to tell us if you want names
of girls or boys. Or maybe you would like to have both.
This is a good way to make some new friends. And you'll
Uke it a lot!

19 APRIL 57

Rosalie Rottler is a mis-
sionary helper who lives in
Argentina. Right now,
though, she is visiting in
the United States. Her par-
ents are missionaries to
Argentina. Rosalie is two
years old. Her birthday is
July 24. She probably will
celebrate her next birthday
in Argentina. Missionary
children in Argentina don't always go to school as we
do here in the United States. Their mothers sometimes
teach them at home, using the Calvert Course. How
would you like to have your mother teach you at
home? Rosalie has two brothers. Lee is eight years
old and Ray is four. Pray for Rosalie, Lee, Ray, and
their parents. They plan to sail for Argentina on May
17. The name of their ship is the "BRAZIL." They
will sail from New York.

Here is the calendar for April. Be sure to color each
day that you pray for the missionaries and see how
pretty your calendar looks by the end of the month.

MISSIONARY HELPERS CLUB

Big news, missionary helpers! We are going to have
our Missionary Helpers Club! Lots of boys and girls
wrote in saying that we should have it. Any boy or
girl who wants to become a member should write to
the Children's Page, Box 588, Winona Lake, Ind. We
are making up real nice membership cards. One will
be sent to every one asking to be a member.

Listen to this! One Sunday-school teacher sent us let-
ters from 10 boys and girls. All of them want to be
members of the Missionary Helpers Club! Pretty soon
they will receive their letters in the mail telling them
they are members. Write your letter today if you want
to become a member. Here are the things we
want every member to do: (I) Pray lor the missionaries;
(2) Give through your hut bank to help the mission-
aries; (3) Learn the Missionary Helpers chorus; and (4)
Try to get other boys and girls to be missionary helpers.

MARY MISSIONARY-

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

Matilde Prays to the Heavenly Father

(The true story of a little girl of Mexico)

Matilde, who was 11, had been invited by Juana
(pronounced "Wana"), who was 10, to go on an outing
to the mountains. Juana's grandmother and some other
women were to be along, so the trip should be safe
enough. Yet Matilde's father very reluctantly let her go.

They started out on the well-traveled road, but soon
the old grandmother said she knew a short cut which
would enable them to arrive at their destination in half
the time. However, the sad result was that they soon
lost their way. They wandered till they became ex-
hausted, and they drank up all their water. They looked
and looked, but couldn't find a stream or spring to re-
plenish the supply.

At last the old grandmother, tired and thirsty, dropped
to the ground and said: "I can't go any further; here I
stay." Then everybody began to cry and Juana began
to pray to the Santo Nino (pronounced "Neenyo"),
which was an image in the church back in the village.
She asked the idol to give them water because they
didn't want to die of thirst out there in the country.

Matilde hadn't any faith in the Santo Nino because
she had asked him to do something for her some days
before and he hadn't done it. So she said to Juana: "You
won't get any water from the Santo Nino because he is
made of mud and can't hear and can't see!" Everyone,
of course, was startled and shocked to hear Matilde
say such a thing.

Matilde's father had said to her one day: "Daugh-
ter, when you find yourself in difficulty and need some-
thing, say, 'Our Father which art in heaven, hear
me Lord,' and then ask Him for whatever you want
and you will see how he hears you."

So for the first time Matilde prayed to the Heavenly
Father. She withdrew a little ways from the rest
of the people and went to sit under a tree. She rested
her back against the trunk and prayed to the Heavenly
Father for water. She put out her left hand to support
herself on the roots and to lift herself up so she would
sit a httle straighter. But instead of resting her hand
on a root, she stuck it right in the middle of a little pool
of water which had gathered among the roots.

With delight Matilde stuck in her hand again just lo
be sure she wasn't dreaming. Then she stood up and
shouted to the people, "Look here, there is water!"
An answer came from one: "Look, look, she is going
crazy with thirst!" And added sarcastically, "Don't tell
us there is a glass, too, to drink it out of!" Matilde looked
above on the trunk of the tree, and sure enough, on a
twig was a milk can with a wire tied on for a handle.
She took it down, emptied out the rotting leaves and
washed it clean, and then carried water to the others.

When Juana saw the water she said: "You see, the
Santo Nino heard me and gave us water." But Matilde
said: "If it were true what you say, why isn't the pool
of water where you are? I asked God who is in heaven.

and He hears and sees. For that reason He put the water
where I was."

This was not the only time that day Matilde called
on the Heavenly Father for help. After resting a while
they all started on again to find their way back. The
others got farther and farther ahead and Matilde couldn't
keep up. At last, finding herself all alone, she felt sud-
denly afraid, for she didn't know which way to go. Then
came the thought, "I'll pray to the Heavenly Father!" So,
once again she prayed, and once again she was heard.
She wandered for hours she knew not where, and she
was very, very tired. But just as it was getting dark she
came out on the famihar road which ran past her house.

The candle was lit in the window when she wearily
trudged up to the door. Her father was alarmed and
just ready to set out to look for her. How thankful
he was when he saw that she was safe!

Quickly Matilde told her story, and that night there
was much gratitude and happiness in the hearts of Ma-
tilde and her father because they knew that the Heavenly
Father answers prayer.

It was much, much later when the rest of the wander-
ers arrived at their house. But that was because they
had not asked the Heavenly Father to lead them home,
and had depended on the Santo Nino made of mud,
who neither sees nor hears, so how can he answer
prayer?

Told by Sra. Matilde Dominguez and retold by
Dorothy Robinson.

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

(Continued From Page 212)

the skin. Kilo would be a nice name, but "mboukilo" is
the refuse disposed of after the grinding. I'm sure our
Mboukilo will not be rejected, however, because he is
the beloved son of one of our catechists.

Yadoui! Here is the little girl who makes room for
me when I am in the class. She has a very light-colored
face and today she is wearing a double strand of shiny
silver beads. There was no choice about her name. She
was a girl baby born after twins, and therefore her name
had to be Yadoui.

Gbaguene! Poor child! He has ulcers on both his
feet and he cannot sit still because of his discomfort.
He also had no choice of name because Gbaguene is
always the name given to one of twin boys. His brother
must bear the Daouilli. In such cases as these the prob-
lem of name-giving is solved for African parents.

What's in a name? African names carry more mean-
ing than American names, and although some of them
are unlovely in thought, what difference does it make?
Our Father says: "him that overcometh ... I will write
upon him my new name." And this wonderful name we
shall have for all eternity!

April 6, 1957

215

Per Capita Giving of the Churches to
Foreign Missions for the Year 1956

1. Norwalk, Calif $49.45 43.

2. Anaheim, Calif 46.02 44.

3. Monte Vista, Calif 4041 45.

4. Beaumont, Calif 39.38 46.

5. Fort Lauderdale, Fla 35.77 47.

6. Philadelphia, Pa. (First) 34.78 48.

7. Seattle, Wash 34.31 49.

8. Temple City, Calif 24.58 50.

9. Fort Wayne, Ind. (Grace) 24.42 51.

10. Glendale, Calif 24.14 52.

11. Winona Lake, Ind 24.14 53.

12. Mansfield, Ohio (Grace) 21 .90 54.

13. Wheaton, III 21.49 55.

14. Whittier, Calif. (Community) 21.39 56.

15. Philadelphia, Pa. (Third) 2049 57.

16. Long Beach, Calif. (First) 20.01 58.

17. Paramount, Calif 19.97 59.

18. Whittier, Calif. (First) 19.49 60.

19. Albany, Oreg 19.45 61.

20. FortWayne, Ind. (First) 18.33 62.

21. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 17.18 63.

22. Wooster, Ohio 16.72 64.

23. Harrisburg, Pa 16.69 65.

24. Grandview, Wash 16.41 66.

25. Waterloo, Iowa 16.33 67.

26. Inglewood, Calif 16.08 68.

27. Fremont, Ohio (Chapel) 15.62 69.

28. Everett, Pa 15.58 70.

29. Los Angeles, Calif. (Community) 15.32 71.

30. Dayton, Ohio (North Riverdale) 14.94 72.

31. Berne, Ind 14.72 73.

32. Lake Odessa, Mich 14.70 74.

33. Hagerstown, Md. (Grace) 14.17 75.

34. Dayton, Ohio (Patterson Park) 13.94 76.

35. Ashland, Ohio 13.59 77.

36. South Gate, Calif 13.05 78.

37. Holiidaysburg, Pa 12.73 79.

38. Sidney, Ind 12.43 80.

39. Flora, Ind 12.39 81.

40. Goshen, ind 12.29 82.

41 . Garwin, Iowa 1 1 .72 83.

42. Johnstown, Pa. (First) 1 1 .53 84.

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Long Beach, Calif. (North) 11.31

Martinsburg, Pa 1 1 .25

Modesto, Calif. (La Loma) 1 1 .04

Cheyenne, Wyo 10.93

La Verne, Calif 10.87

Portis, Kans 10.85

Elyria, Ohio 10.71

Clayton, Ohio 10.66

Sunnyside, Wash 10.48

Martinsburg, W. Va 10.39

Canton, Ohio 10.39

Rittman, Ohio 1037

Danville, Ohio 10.11

Osceola, Ind 10.10

Allentown, Pa 9.99

Mansfield, Ohio (Woodville) 9.93

Leesburg, Ind 9.82

South Pasadena, Calif 9.81

Conemaugh, Pa 9.78

Waynesboro, Pa 9.50

Modesto, Calif (McHenry Avenue) 9.44

Fillmore, Calif 9.30

North English, Iowa 9.18

Portland, Oreg 9.12

Johnstown, Pa. (Riverside) 9.02

Sterling, Ohio 8.95

Ankenytown, Ohio 8.87

Dayton, Ohio (First) 8.58

York, Pa 8.58

Elkhart, Ind 8.39

Dallas Center, Iowa 8.37

Fremont, Ohio (Grace) 823

Hopewell, Pa 8.20

Long Beach, Calif. (Los Altos) 8.13

Bellflower, Calif 8.13

Yakima, Wash 7.72

Winchester, Va 7.59

Listie, Pa 7.52

Harrah, Wash 7.30

Leamersville, Pa 7.29

Altoona, Pa. (First) 7.14

Dryhill, Ky 7.08

The Brethren Missionary Herald

What Will Our Per Capita Giving
For 1957 Be?

Chico, Calif 7.05

San Bernardino, Calif 6.91

Spokane, Wash 6.81

Tracy, Calif 6.74

Bell, Calif. 6.65

Roanoke, Va. (Wash. Heights) 6.61

Hollins, Va 6.60

Akron, Ohio 6.56

Englewood, Ohio 6.56

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 6.42

Homerville, Ohio 6.29

Kittanning, Pa. (First) 6.18

Alto, Mich 5.98

Middlebranch, Ohio 5.94

Ozark, Mich 5.81

Conemaugh, Pa. (Pike) 5.81

Phoenix, Ariz 5 7]

Alexandria, Va 5.66

Hagerstown, Md. (Calvary) 5.63

Cleveland, Ohio 5.46

Kittanning, Pa. (North Buffalo) 5.33

La Crescenta, Calif 5.30

Washington, D. C 5.25

Peru, Ind 5 14

Uniontown, Pa 5.13

Denver, Colo 5 13

Buena Vista, Va 5.09

West Covina, Calif 4.77

Limestone, Tenn 4.75

Compton, Calif 4.66

Aleppo, Pa 4.61

Jenners, Pa 4 55

Findlay, Ohio 4.48

Meyersdale, Pa 4.48

Seal Beach, Calif 4 41

Clay City, Ind 4 23

Roanoke, Va. (Ghent) 4.12

West Alexandria, Ohio 4.10

Aitoona, Pa. (Grace) 4.OI

Meyersdale, Pa. (Summit Mills) 3.80

San Jose, Calif 3.65

Dayton, Ohio (Grace) 3.55

ipW/ 6, 7957

127. Johnson City, Tenn 3.53

128. Conemaugh, Pa. (Singer Hill) 3.37

129. Troy, Ohio 310

130. Leon, Iowa 3 03

131. Roanoke, Va. (Clearbrook) 2.79

132. Artesia, Calif 2.68

133. Davenport, Iowa 2.64

134. Covington, Ohio 2.56

135. Covington, Va 2.48

136. Palmyra, Pa 2.48

137. Beaver City, Nebr 2.15

138. San Diego, Calif 1.94

139. Washington, Pa I.93

140. Berrien Springs, Mich 1.67

141. Stoystown, Pa. (Reading) 1.67

142. Taos, N. Mex l .54

143. Arroyo Hondo, N. Mex I.47

144. Riner, Va 1.46

145. Accident, Md I.43

146. Camden, Ohio 1.36

147. Albuquerque, N. Mex 1.28

148. Ranchos de Taos, N. Mex 1.23

149. Radford, Va 1.20

150. Seven Fountains, Va 1.18

151. Grafton, W. Va 1.16

152. Sharpsville, Ind 1.01

153. New Troy, Mich 44

154. Clayhole, Ky 34

THANK YOU, ONE AND ALL! LET US

PRAY ABOUT OUR 1957 OFFERING.

REMEMBER, OUR RESPONSIBILITY

NEVER ENDS!

THE FOREIGN MISSIONARY

SOCIETY OF
THE BRETHREN CHURCH

Winona Lake, Ind.

217

LAKE ODESSA, MICH, Mr.

and Mrs. Lewis Clum, members
of the Grace Brethren Church, re-
cently celebrated their 60th wedding
anniversary.

PHILADELPHIA. PA. Elmer
Fricke, missionary to Pakistan,
preached the morning message at the
Third Brethren Church, Robert
Crees, pastor, Mar. 3. Brother
Fricke and his family sailed from
New York Mar. 7 for another term
of service in Pakistan. They are
members of the Community Breth-
ren Church of Los Angeles.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. Dr. Her-
man A. Hoyt, dean of Grace Col-
lege, Winona Lake, Ind., was the
principle speaker at the Bible con-
ference at Commonwealth Avenue
Brethren Church, Mar. 29-31. John
Bums is pastor.

DAYTON, OHIO. Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Edwards held open house
Mar. 24, to honor Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Edwards for their 50th
wedding anniversary. They are mem-
bers of the First Brethren Church.

MARTINSBURG, W. VA. Rose-
mont Brethren Church, Earle E.
Peer, pastor, has been recently re-
decorated. Plans are under con-

sideration for a new addition to the
church building.

WATERLOO, IOWA. Mrs.
Richard DeArmey, wife of the
pastor of Grace Brethren Church,
underwent major surgery Mar. 4.

MIDDLEBRANCH, OHIO. The
Senior SMM of the First Brethren
Church, Wesley Haller, pastor, spon-
sored a sacred music concert Mar. 8.
The offering received went toward
their project of erecting a sign in
the front of the church, also the
planting of shrubs and installing of
lights to make the church grounds a
thing of beauty.

BERNE, IND. A new Conn
organ was dedicated at the Bethel
Brethren Church Feb. 24. Special
music was presented by the Am-
bassadors of Grace trio with Al
Steffler at the organ. Prof. Don
Ogden, of Grace College, Winona
Lake, Ind., was the speaker. A new
multipurpose building has been
erected back of the parsonage. Irvin
B. Miller is pastor.

CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO.
The Sunday-school attendance at
the Grace Brethren Church, Rich-
ard Burch, pastor, has moved from
17th place in November to fourth
place in February in the national
Sunday school contest.

DENVER, COLO. Thomas In-
man, pastor of the Grace Brethren

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Notice of meetings to be listed in this column must be received for publication at least
30 days in advance of scheduled dates.

Church Date Pastor

Ashland, Ohio . Mar. 31 -Apr. 14 Miles Taber

Aleppo, Pa. Apr. 1-14 Wayne Baker

Lake Odessa,

Mich Apr. 1-14

Sunnyside, Wash. Apr. 7-14
Philadelphia, Pa.

(Third) Apr. 7-17 .

Martinsburg,

W. Va. Apr. 7-21 . .

Homerville, Ohio Apr. 10-14 . .
Dayton, Ohio

(First) Apr. 14-17 . . .

Grafton, W. Va. . Apr. 14-21 . .

Meyersdale, Pa. Apr. 17-21

Alto, Mich Apr. 21-28 . . .

Radford, Va. Apr. 22-May 5
Fremont, Ohio

(Grace) Apr. 28-May 5

Compton, Calif. . Apr. 28-May 3

Conemaugh, Pa. Apr. 28-May 5

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Homer Miller
Harold Painter

Robert Crees .

Earle E. Peer
Robert Holmes

W. A. Steffler
Lee Crist
Leslie Moore
Wm. Johnson

Speaker

Bill Smith.

H. Lingenfelter.

Clair Brickel.
Jesse Hall.

Mark Malles.

Lester E. Pifer.
B. Schneider.

A. J. McClain.
L. L. Grubb.
A. R. Kriegbaum.
Wm. Smith.

K. E. Richardson Wm. Howard.

Gordon Bracker Herb Hoover.

Dennis HoUiday Louis T. Talbot.

Stanley Hauser Gerald Teeter.

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake. Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake. Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake. Ind.

Church, and his family received a
pleasant surprise on their return
from the home-mission workshop in
Chico, Calif., in February. They
found their living-room furniture
had been reupholstered. The mem-
bers of the congregation had been
"quite active" while their pastor and
family were away.

SPECIAL. Mrs. John Maehrlein,
78 Cherry Lane, Campbell, Calif.,
is the new clerk of The Brethren
Church, San Jose, Calif. The tele-
phone of Victor S. Rogers, pastor of
Jenners Brethren Church, Jenners,
Pa., has been changed to MArket
9-3306. Please change Annual.

ALLENTOWN, PA. John Drury,
Grace Seminary graduate ('50), who
is studying at the Delaware State
Hospital in Farnhurst, Del.,
preached at the First Brethren
Church, Mar. 24. John Neely is
pastor.

CHEYENNE, WYO. Another
construction helper arrived Jan. 6
to make his home with Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Myers. Dale Ray, Jr., weighed
7 lbs. 8 oz. upon his arrival.

ROANOKE, VA. Dr. George
Schuler, was guest musician and
speaker at the Washington Heights |
Brethren Church on Mar. 24. A new i
blonde-mahogany Gulbransen Tone-
master piano has recently been se-
cured. Vernon Harris is pastor.

ALBANY, OREG. The Grace i
Brethren Church, Lee Burris, pas-
tor, has entered a Sunday schools
contest with the Grace Brethren)
Church of Yakima, Wash., Henry;
Dalke, pastor. The young people >
of the local church will participate:
in the 4th annual Youth Retreat to
be held at Twin Rocks, Oreg., dur-i
ing spring vacation, according to
Pastor Lee Burris.

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CHICAGO, ILL. The Action
Committee of Religious Expression
now has approximately 250,000
signatures on its petitions protesting
cancellation of the film "Martin
Luther" by the Chicago television
station WGN-TV. A spokesman said
that additional signatures were pour-
ing in at the rate of 50,000 a week.

The petitions were sent to the
Federal Communications Commis-
sion along with a brief asking for
a public hearing on the television
station's action. The petitions said
that cancellation of the film telecast,
scheduled for last December 21,
took place "under circumstances
which are, in effect, sectarian cen-
sorship and a violation of freedom
of expression."

The Action Committee, which
represents millions of church mem-
bers in 40 Protestant organizations,
as well as the American Civil Liber-
ties Union, is challenging the right
of the TV station to receive the
permanent permit it is seeking un-
less it agrees to air all sides of con-
troversial issues.

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.
V'outh for Christ International has
lamed this city as the site for the
linth World Congress on Youth
Bvangelism, to be held during the
'irst full week of August. Dr. Ted
^. Engstrom, president, and Bishop
Jam Wolgemuth, Overseas Director
)f Youth for Christ, met with lead-

ers from Ireland, Sweden and South
Africa to lay plans for the event.

A total of 1 ,500 or more delegates
from all parts of the world are ex-
pected to attend the Congress, in-
cluding at least 40 or 50 American
teen-agers. The American teen-
agers, each accompanied by an adult
sponsor, will fly here on a chartered
Super-Constellation plane. Follow-
ing the week-long Congress, all the
delegates will fan out across Den-
mark to hold a series of youth evan-
gelistic campaigns.

DENVER, COLO. The "Honor
the Bible Association," which wants
to erect a $60,000 monument to the
Bible in Denver's Civic Center, has
run into opposition. The mayor has
opposed the plan. So has the Den-
ver Art Commission, which he ap-
•pointed. The Art Commission
turned down the idea on the grounds
that erection of a religious monu-
ment in the Civic Center would
violate the separation of church and
state. The architect of the proposed
Bible monument immediately chal-
lenged the right of the Art Com-
mission to make legal decisions, and
also pointed out that the Denver Art
Museum's permanent collection is
filled with paintings of a rehgious
nature.

The "Honor the Bible Associa-
tion" members said they would carry
the fight to the courts. The proposed
monument would involve a Gothic
arch with a representation of Christ
on one side and Abraham on the
other. A quotation from the Old
Testament prophet, Micah, would be
inscribed on the base, as follows:
"He hath shewed thee, O man, what
is good; and what doth the Lord re-
quire of thee but to do justly, and
to love mercy, and to walk humbly
with thy God?"

JAKARTA, INDONESIA.

American rock'n'roll dances have
been banned in several Indonesian
cities because of opposition by cul-
tural and religious groups which con-
sider them "degrading and im-
moral."

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. A

Presbyterian official criticized plans
announced by the Australian Post-
master General to provide telephone
service under which subscribers can
dial to hear Scripture passages. The
Reverend A. Dougan, moderator of
the Presbyterian Church of New
South Wales, called the idea "un-
dignified and almost a guessing game
of finding what passage from the
Bible will be given."

STUTTGART, GERMANY.

German Protestants have raised
more than $1,200,000 for Hun-
garian relief, including aid to ref-
ugees.

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.

The pastor of a Lutheran church in
Denmark's capital city has launched
a campaign to collect 40 million can-
celled postage stamps from local
business offices. He expects the sale
of these stamps will provide a quar-
ter of the funds necessary to build
a new church. If so, he will borrow
another quarter, and the State will
pay the balance of the cost.

VIENNA. A Lutheran leader who
was the first churchman to enter
Hungary since the revolution says
that the Hungarian Lutheran Church
"at the moment" is being permitted
to "preach freely, to teach religion,
and to visit the sick." However, the
situation regarding distribution of
relief is not yet clarified and Prot-
estant churches in Hungary have
not yet been permitted to re-estab-
lish their religious press.

ipril 6, 1957

PARIS. Pastor Marc Boegner
conducted a worship service which
was televised — the first full Prot-
estant service ever to be televised
in France. Letters from the viewing
public were reported to be unani-
mously favorable.

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. Governor
Orval Faubus signed into a law
a bill to provide stronger penalties
for circulating obscene literature.

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How Complete is
Your Home?

By Mrs. Alice R. Flowers
Springfield, Mo.

With holy satisfaction God rested
after all His marvelous creative en-
deavors. The earth, the sea, ihe :;ky
gave witness to His power in ;>am-
ing the universe which was lo house
His master-creation, Adam and
Eve. For their special comfort God
had planted a garden in which '^rew
"every tree pleasant to the sight, and
good for food." There was a special
river to water that garden — the
whole a prospect beyond description.
No wonder God rested as He be-
held "everything that He had made
. . . very good."

To Adam the crowning joy was
the presentation of Eve to share
with him the loveliness of fair Eden.
She was his God-given helpmeet,
and now we see the first family es-
tablished in their home. More than
human association was involved in
this, however; there was God-re-
lationship for Adam and Eve. It
was God's garden, and Adam and
Eve could enjoy its gracious privi-
leges only through continued obe-
dience to Him.

Obedience to Him brought de-
lightful communion with Him. No
doubt they frequently heard "the
voice of the Lord God walking in
the garden in the cool of the day"
and ran to meet Him as happy chil-
dren would greet a loving parent.
Disobedience broke this commun-
ion, bringing shame and fear. Some-
where outside Eden the couple es-
stablished another home, a poor sub-
stitute for the first home where they
had fellowshiped with God in the
completeness of His favor.

God had a great disappointment
out of that first home's failure, and
many years passed before God called
Abraham. See how God emphasized
right family relationships in dealing
with him, stressing proper recog-
nition of godly principles. Strong
words these: "I know him [Abra-
ham], that he will command his
children and his household after
him" (Gen. 18:19). To what end?
The very fulfillment of God's

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promises depended on how faithfully
Abraham wisely disciplined and di-
rected his children and servants.

Note carefully the early history
of the Hebrews as God taught them
principles of success as a nation.
Through their wilderness journey-
ings, in possessing the land of Ca-
naan, there was continued emphasis
laid upon household unity in right-
eous living. The Passover story gives
the twofold aspect of this emphasis
with the blood of the slain lamb upon
the poor for protection, and the
family gathered within the house to
partake of the roasted lamb for the
needed sustenance in the difficult
journey ahead. Some stress only the
first, ignoring the important .second
phase of this marvelous Passover
observance.

Apply the blood to the doorposts
and lintel of your home, acknowl-
edging your faith in the finished
work of our great Redeemer for
the need of your household. But
never forget there is a subsequent
responsibility of parents to gather
together their households for defi-
nite partaking of the Lamb — the

Word of our God which liveth and
abideth forever. Here has been the
breakdown in many families — one
great reason for the wayward chil-
dren of supposedly godly parents.

Assurance came to the parents
through the application of the blood
by faith, but traveling strength was
derived by the parents-directed par-
taking of the Pascal lamb. That Pass-
over night the world was shut out
and that family shut in together,
due importance being laid on the >
significance of that sacred meal.
This rushing age would quickly and
easily crowd God out of any home.
But remember, God's moving in
every child's life starts normally in
the home, and it was the wise man
who said: "Train up a child in the
way he should go: and when he is
old, he will not depart from it"
(Prov. 22:6). God has given here a
marvelous type of spiritual com-i
pleteness in our homes.

As went the Hebrew homes, so
would go the nation. Soundness in
family life meant healthy grass-rootsi
for the kingdom to be established:
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gives certain vital principles for
solid Hebrew homelife as they short-
ly were to take up their residence in
the Promised Land. God had fi<r-
reaching sight for their national en-
durance, so He emphasized the
need of constant recognition of
God's Word in their individual
homes. To this day the stability of
Jewish homelife has been unsur-
passed and the divorce evil least
menacing to them.

The sixth chapter actually com-
mands that God's Word have a
recognized place in the tabletalk and
fireside chats of the family circle.
Thus the Word becomes living in
the home. Since the Bible constantly
presents man as seeking God's ap-
proval, one cannot live with the
Book by daily habit and not him-
self grow in desire and capacity to
please His Maker. Thinking on
things "that are true, lovely, of
good report" produces what is no-
blest in character and pays the high-
est on such investment in the home.

There are many homes where
once the "altar light" glowed and the
home was complete. Through sub-
tle snares Satan has dimmed, even
quenched, that light. Rush of busi-
ness, lust for gold, love of the world,
carelessness, indifference, sin, dis-
obedience have caused one or both
of the parents to fail in their re-
sponsibility. Boys and girls going
forth from such homes know not
the real values of life; and, without
a standard of righteous holy conduct,
they become an easy prey for the
crowding forces of evil which as-
sail everyone today. Here is the
chief reason for the lack of God-
consciousness among youth today
and who will answer for this before
the bar of God?

A young mother asked an evan-
gelist when she should start training
her five-year-old child for God. He
answered: "You are five years too
late now. You have missed the most
valuable years of shaping your

Home Sweet Home

By Dr. Kenneth C. Fraser
Pittsburgh, Pa.

A Christian family is the simplest
form of the church on earth. Before
the Lord established a church on this
earth. He placed a family and a
home on it. It is our Lord's inten-
tion that a father assume the role
of pastor of the little congregation,
more familiarly known as his fam-
ily. Mother has a most important
ministry too as the Sunday-school
superintendent and the young peo-
ple's president. The children, of
course, constitute the congregation.
When the Word of God is read and
taught in the home; hymns and gos-
pel songs are sung; prayer is of-
fered by each one in the family cir-
cle; testimonies for God's glory are
given magnifying His goodness and
faithfulness; and love for Christ
and each other is demonstrated by
each one in the family, there is then
the vivid fulfillment of the familiar
expression, "There is no place like
home."

It has been aptly said: "Happy
are the families where the govern-
ment of parents is the reign of af-
fection, and the obedience of the
children, the submission of love."

The highest ambition of spiritual
parents should be satisfied with a

succession of holy and useful living
on the part of the children. The no-
blest aspirations of the children
should be to have their names writ-
ten in the Book of Life, and their
family history a continuous record
of devotion to Christ. Abraham was
especially honored by God. He gives
the reason: "Abraham shall surely
become a great and mighty nation,
and all the nations of the earth shall
be blessed in him, for I know that
he will command his children and
his household after him, and they
shall keep the way of the Lord"
(Gen. 18:18).

Praying families all over the land
may be traced back to pious homes.
God honors family piety. A happy
family is but an earlier heaven.
Never allow the best part of your
family tree to be underground. An
attractive motto hangs in the re-
ception hall of my home. Many visi-
tors have commented about it. I have
pointed it out on those occasions
when marriages have been solem-
nized at the parsonage. This is what
the motto says: "Home sweet home,
when each lives for the other, and
all live for Christ."

child's life. Go home and erect at
once your family altar. With God's
blessing you may be able to redeem
some of the years that the locusts
of neglect have eaten." Tom Paine
said he was an infidel before he was
five, the product of his home in-
:cluence.

Thomas Guthrie wrote: "If you
find yourself loving any pleasure bet-
ter than your prayers, any book
better than your Bible, any house

better than God's house, any person
better than the Lord Jesus, any in-
dulgence better than the hope of
heaven — take alarm!" To which
could well be added by every Chris-
tian parent — if you find yourself
pampering, entertaining, pleasing
your children to the neglect of pray-
ing with them — take great alarm.
You are responsible for their souls,
as well as their bodies — the com-
pleteness of a Christian home.

PLAN NOW TO OBSERVE

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Executive Vice President
Grace Theological Seminary

When all of earth's beauty and
ugliness, its virtues and its vanities
have passed away, faith, hope, and
love will remain, "and the greatest
of these is love." Some of the best
words in the English language have
been so greatly abused and misused
that they do not convey to the aver-
age reader their true meaning and
beauty. When Hollywood has fin-
ished its interpretation of love, it
might well be spelled 1-u-s-t. Nev-
ertheless, the first need of the world
is love and the first characteristic of
the Christian should be love.

When our Lord said: "A new
commandment I give unto you, that
ye love one another as I have loved
you," He did not mean to say that
love was new, but that this kind of
love was new. He meant to say
that this love was above human
loves, and necessary to the well-
being of the new Christian commu-
nity. Thale, called "the best and
wisest of the Greeks," has no such
lofty and universal ideals for man-
kind. He thanks God that he was
born a man, and not a brute, a
Greek and not a barbarian. To him,
all outside of Greece were brutes
and barbarians to whom he owed
no debt of love.

Christ gave to the world a new
and revolutionary way of life in His
teaching and practice of love for
every man. The world has not yet
caught up to His teachings, but
keenly feels a need of doing so. Men
of influence are writing passionate-
ly of "One World" and of the
"Brotherhood of Man." They are
trying to have men be godly without
God. They have placed the crown
of "Rabbi" upon the brow of

Christ, but they still hate and fight
and kill each other.

The trouble with this lofty tribute
to Christ and this beautiful dream
of universal peace and love is that
it omits a very basic part of Christ's
teaching. Before He said, "love thy
neighbor as thyself," He said, "Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy strength, and with all
thy mind." When men can so love
God, they can begin to talk about
loving their neighbor as themselves.
But we must remember that we are
dealing primarily with Christians in
this article. The first step toward
loving a neighbor, or some "diffi-
cult" Christian is to love the Lord
with a pure love.

On the shores of the Lake of
Galilee Jesus did not ask Peter if
he loved John and the rest of the
disciples. His question was: "Simon,
son of Jonas, lovest thou me?"
Jesus was soon to be parted from
the little band of men. They would
live with each other and would be
responsible to proclaim His gospel
to all the world. The badge of their
discipleship before the world would
be love: "By this shall all men know
that ye are my disciples, if ye have
love one for another." Until the
miracle of the new birth has taken
place, and the love of God has been
shed abroad in our hearts by the
Holy Ghost, we will make but little
progress toward that Utopia where
the Golden Rule is the law of men's
lives.

To the Christian this "new com-
mandment" is a blessed reality.
Christ only commands what He
gives power to obey. Before He left
the hallowed atmosphere of those

lost hours with His disciples they
heard Him pray: "O righteous
Father ... I have declared unto
them thy name, and will declare it:
that the love wherewith thou hast
loved me may be in them, and I in
them" (John 17:26). Before any
Christian says that he carmot love
another let him ask whether this
prayer of Jesus can fail. If the love
of the Father for the Son dwells in
our hearts, and if Christ lives with-
in, we can love all that He loves,
and love unto the end of all time
and all conditions.

The love of Christ for "His own"
is a gracious love. This means that
it originates with himself and not
with the object loved. This is the
reason God could extend His love
toward us, even while we were yet
sinners, to the extent that Christ
died for us (Rom. 5:8). When a
Christian says that he cannot love
another person, he is admitting a de-
ficiency of grace within his own life.

There is a story of Lincoln in
which one of his enemies assailed
him most bitterly. He was urged by
his friends to take strong measures
against the vile slanderer who had i
sought to besmirch his name. When
Lincoln refused to take any notice
of the slander, a friend still insisted,
saying: "The man is not even a gen-
tleman." Mr. Lincoln replied, "But
I am." There was that grace within
the heart of the great Emancipator
that made it possible to deal with
an enemy on terms he did not de-
serve. Until Christians have this
kind of love in their hearts there
will be "strife and division" among
them and the world will not know
that they are Christ's disciples.

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A HEART OF HUMILITY

"In honor preferring one another"
(Rom. 12:10).

The humble man feels no jealousy
or envy. He can praise God when
others are preferred and blessed be-
fore him. He can bear to hear others
praised and himself forgotten be-
cause in God's presence he has
learned to say with Paul, "I am
nothing." He has received the Spirit
of Jesus, who pleased not himself,
and sought not His own honor. His
humility does not consist merely
in thoughts or words of self-de-
preciation, but in a "heart of humil-
ity," encompassed by compassion
and kindness, meekness and long-
suffering — the sweet and lowly
gentleness of the Lamb of God. —
Andrew Murray.

PROMISE FOR THE STORM

"The clouds are the dust of his
feet" (Nah. 1:3).

Cloudy days are when God is
nearest. On earth we see the gloom;
the angels on the other side see the
glory. To man it means frustration,
to the angels it spells fruition. What
a thought! God is passing by!

Why then should we fear the
storm? As a Puritan once spoke:
"He that counts the very hairs of
our head must needs take care of
the head." The clouds are the trail
of His triumph. — Leonard Harris.

PARENTS REAP WHAT THEY SOW

Our children are expected to
grow up to have a respect for the
church, its pastor and church work-
ers, but more often they hear these
servants of God gossiped about
around the dinner table than prayed
for around the family altar! — Chris-
tian Victory.

HIDING IN CHRIST

"Humble yourselves therefore
under the mighty hand of God, that
le may exalt you in due time" (I Pet.
5:6).

If Christ is in us, we shall be
lumble too. We shall not want men
:o think highly of us. We shall wish
o hide our names and faces on His
)reast, behind His cross and in His

work . . . We shall be found with
Him, kneeling at the disciples' feet,
girded with towels, and washing the
feet of the saints. And even if we
have the wings of the seraphim, we
shall use two of them to cover our
faces and two of them to cover our
feet, lest we or others should see
ourselves or our service. — A. B.
Simpson.

"A story is told of a certain pas-
tor who mourned over a member
of his congregation once a regular
attendant at the prayer service, who
for months had not been seen in
the 'upper room.' Unable to stand it
longer, at the close of one of the
meetings, in which the voice for-
merly accustomed to lead in prayer
was sorely missed, the minister went
straight to the man's home and
found him sitting before an open
fire. The absentee, somewhat star-
tled by the intrusion, hastily placed
another chair for his visitor and then
waited for the expected words of re-
buke. Had the rebuke been spoken,
no one knows what the reply might
have been, or what mistaken yet
lasting anger might have been
kindled. But not a word did the min-
ister say. Taking his seat before the
fire, he silently took the tongs and
lifting a glowing coal from the midst
of its fellows, laid it by itself upon
the hearthstone. Remaining painfully
silent, he watched the blaze die out.
Then the other opened his lips to
say: 'You needen't say a single
word, sir. I'll be there next Wednes-
day night.' "

THE EXPENSE OF PRAYER

"Be ye therefore sober, and watch
unto prayer" (I Pet. 4:7).

As we pray for others, if the
prayer be sincere, we assume great
responsibility. Rufus quotes Emer-
son: "The Gulf Stream will flow
through a wheat straw, if it be laid
parallel to the current." Prayer lays
our lives, resources, contacts and
influences parallel to the current of
God's will, and that means adjust-
ment to God in all our relationships.
Parents often pray for their children,
and their prayers are answered,
provided they are willing to bear

the expense of the prayer. — The
Pilot.

GOD OF THE STORM

In all the ages past a minority —
a small and sometimes sorely-
pressed minority — have clung to
this God who faileth not. Their
faith in Him has not wavered and
God has vindicated that faith. The
early church faced the impossible,
but for God.

Luther hadn't a chance, but for
God. Wesley's movement was
doomed to begin with, but for God.
The revolution in colonial America
faced sure disaster, but for God.
Lincoln's string of defeats would
have gone on to the end, but for
God. And so now, in spite of barom-
eters that denote the coming of
storms no man can brook, some of
us dare to trust in God.

Let those who believe in God be
not afraid! — Robert P. Shuler.

WHICH ARE YOU?

An attender or an absenter?
A pillar or a sleeper?
A wing or a weight?
A power or a problem?
A promoter or a provoker?
A giver or a getter?
A goer or a gadder?
A door or a deadhead?
A booster or a buckler?
A supporter or a sponger.
A soldier or a sorehead?
A worker or a worrier?
A friend or a faultfinder?
A helper or a hinderer?
A campaigner or a camper?

WHAT SHE DARED NOT DO

Ezekiel 33:8

A young lady was asked to teach
a Sunday school class. "I wouldn't
dare undertake such a responsible
task," she replied. The person who
had asked her said: "When God is
so manifestly caUing you, you
should say, 'I don't dare not to un-
dertake such a responsible task.' "
We hear too much about the re-
sponsibility of working for God and
too little about the responsibility of
refusing to work for Him.

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PRAYER POINTERS

FOR APRIL

SUNDAY SCHOOL—

Pray for the Loyalty Campaign
which begins April 18.

Pray for the plans and prepara-
tion for the national Sunday school
convention.

Pray that the recent increased at-
tendance in many of our Sunday
schools may be retained.

Pray for the vacation Bible school
in each of the churches this sum-

FOREIGN MISSIONS—

Praise the Lord for a wonderful
board meeting! Pray for wisdom in
carrying out the many important
decisions that were made.

Pray for the missionaries serving
in the missionary rallies this month.
Pray for blessing in the churches.

Pray for the citywide evangelistic
meetings in Lyon, France, this
month, that many people may find
the Lord.

Pray for the special meetings in
Rio Cuarto, Argentina, early in
April.

Pray for the Mexico field council
meeting at San Ysidro April 24.

Praise the Lord for His blessing
upon the first public service at the
new Capanema, Brazil, station.
There were 100 persons present.

Pray for strength and wisdom for
Brother Foster Tresise in the work
in Hawaii.

Continue to pray for the Lord's
blessing upon ' the Africa medical
center building program.

HOME MISSIONS—

Pray for the reorganization and
departmentalization of the Sunday
school at Paramount, Calif.

Praise the Lord for the safety
of our Clayhole and Dryhill mis-
sions in Kentucky in the recent
flood. Pray that this experience may
cause the people to think more on
spiritual things.

Pray for the new church under
construction at Grandview, Wash.
Praise God for a Christian con-
struction foreman to supervise the
construction.

Pray for the planning of the
VBS work in the Taos, N. Mex.
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will help. Praise God for the SMM
Bethany guest house just completed
and ready for use.

Pray for the Ireland Road Breth-
ren Church which is relocating in
South Bend, Ind. Praise God for
the sale of the former location at
Sunnymede, and pray that the much
needed new building will get under
way soon.

Pray that God will break down
the "barriers" that are keeping
Jewish children from attending the
Tuesday afternoon child evangelism
class for children at the Brethren
Messianic Witness in Los Angeles.

LAYMEN—

Pray for an awakening among
our men's organizations to the great
need of being busy for the Lord!

Pray for our president. Brother
A. RoUin Sandy and family, as they
dispose of their home and business
and move to Winona Lake in prep-
aration for completion of training
for full-time ministry.

Pray for your national officers as
they meet in Winchester, Va., April
21 to plan for extension of the lay-
men's ministry.

GRACE SEMINARY—

Pray for the working out of all
plans connected with the early com-
mencement of the new college
building.

Continue to pray for the seniors
of both seminary and college that
they may be directed as to their fu-
ture plans.

Pray for the western tour of the
college choir, that it may accomplish
much for the glory of the Lord and
the growth of the college and semi-
nary.

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WMC—

Continue to pray that all coun-
cils will give generously to the mis-
sionary residence project at Winona
Lake.

Pray for all district conferences
and rallies to be held this month,
that the Holy Spirit will overrule in
selection of officers and projects.

Pray for increased wisdom for
district presidents to challenge each
council to greater loyalty to the
Lord's service.

Pray for Mrs. Tom Hammers,
chairman of national program com-
mittee, that she and her committee
may be guided by the Holy Spirit
in all their plans.

Pray for the foreign WMC mis-
sionary and native Sisters as they \
study the Word and teach others in f
their respective fields.

SMM—

Pray that the girls will meet their
birthday offering goal of $700, due i
April 30, for higher education of'
missionaries' children.

Pray that many girls wiU be en-i
thused about memorizing the Book!
of Ephesians.

Pray that the girls will turn in
more rolled bandages for the mis-
sionaries than in any previous year.i

Pray for all the national, district
and local officers, that they shall j
have wisdom from the Holy Spirit to ,
perform their duties faithfully and!
well.

Brethren

DAY OF PRAYER

APRIL 15

April 6, 1957

The BRETHREN

VMC NUMBER

APRIL 13, 1957

WMC Birthday Missionaries

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National Women's Missionary Council ^ 1956 "1957

Happy Birthday to You ^y ^^ ^^""^^"^ ^^^"^°"

■'Happy Birthday to You," an old familiar refrain,
brings joy and happiness when expressed with sincerity
and love. Such is the heartfelt desire of the national
WMC as we express "Happy Birthday, Sisterhood of
Mary and Martha. Congratulations upon this your 44th
birthday." This is your birthday month. Much has
been accomplished through your fellowship through the
years in the furtherance of the gospel and the pro-
motion of missionary endeavors. That your movement
has been a spiritual help to its members is evidenced
by the fact that large numbers have been led into mis-
sionary fields, others have become valuable co-workers
to pastors and teachers, and still others have been led
into various other places of influential service for the
Lord. We have cause to look back and be thankful
that Mrs. Bauman had the foresight to inaugurate such
a movement among our girls 44 years ago this month.

It's a joy to help a friend celebrate a calendar birth-
day. This is especially true of girls. It's a greater joy to
help another celebrate a spiritual birthday, the remem-
brance of that day when she came to Christ and began
her spiritual growth. We of the WMC, Women Mani-
festing Christ, want to help you girls celebrate your
spiritual birthday, as well as your calendar birthday.
We also want to help you have a joyous celebration of
your SMM birthday this month. How many of us can
look back and note the day when the Lord led us unto
himself, and we were bom again, anew, from above —
our spiritual birthday (John 3)? Let us remind our-
selves of this all important spiritual date, even as we are
yearly reminded of our other birthday. Yes; many must
hang the head in shame. We've forgotten to commemo-
rate this very vital milestone in our lives. Yet, how
much more costly was the provision for our spiritual
birth than for our physical birth (I Pet. 1:18-19); how
much more love was manifested to make our second
birthday possible (John 3:16), and how much more last-
ing, even eternal (John 5:24)!

The Sisterhood girls could well be considered the
"adopted daughters" of the WMC. We have chosen to
sponsor the SMM organization. Anyone who has been
adopted may have that special feeling of being "speci-
fically chosen and wanted," a position of real honor in-
deed. When we have made a special choice, we also show
special attention and feelings. As Women Manifesting
Christ we need to show our love, present our prayers,
and demonstrate our interest in the SMM organiza-
tional work, as well as in each SMM girl.

The girls of today need guidance. It is sad to see
how many girls are neglected and allowed to learn
the hard way, by the road of bitter experience and hard
knocks — the undesirable trial and error method of
finding out. So many times the errors are costly in con-
sequence and frequently fatal to Christian happiness and
testimony. I wish what I am saying would be true only
in worldly homes, the families of the unredeemed; but,
unfortunately, this is too true in many Christian homes
where youth are left to find out for themselves, allowed
to grow without warning and guidance.

The WMC can help in the guidance of our girls by
furnishing interested and consecrated patronesses who
are qualified to give the spiritual and personal guidance
each girl needs. We knew of one patroness who thought
she was being good to the girls by "taking them on
special treats after meetings and encouraging them in
much social activity," all to the neglect of the more
spiritual aspects of the work. True, she was making per-
sonal friends and buying favor with the girls, but she
was also developing in them an attitude that was the
cause of much concern for the pastor, his wife, and
the parents of the girls. She was causing problems and
losing the opportunity for effective Christian leadership.
She was neglecting the purpose and the responsibility
of her calling. There must be a well-balanced leader-
ship based upon spirituality, personality, and initiative.
Work must be planned, for and with the girls; new ideas
must be constantly sought and developed; new outlets
for talents must always be found; and each girl must be
considered an individual opportunity for development
and service.

Since the labors of the SMM patroness is so funda-
mentally important to the spiritual and personal develop-
ment of the SMM girl, the choice of the patroness
should not be a last minute one based upon personaUty
and necessity alone. Whether chosen by the WMC, the
church board, or the youth committee, she must be well
qualified for her important labors. The choice should
follow prayer and thoughtful consideration of the fol-
lowing qualities:

(1.) She should be Christlike herself, faithful to the
Lord's work, and cooperative in her service. Not a
murmurer nor complainer (Phil. 2:14). Her Christian
experience should be consistent and above reproach
(II Tim. 3:2).

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THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 15

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16, 1943 at the post office at Winona Lalce, Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona I^ake, Ind. Subscription price. $3.00 a year; 100-percent churches. $2.50; foreign, $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees, president; Herman A. Hoyt, vice president; William Schaffer. secretary; True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Geh-
man, treaiurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee; Gene Farrell, S. W. Link, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller,
Thomas Hammers; Arnold R. Kriegbaum. ex officio.

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From General Secretary to Pastor's Wife

By Elaine Brenneman

The words "Tonight is Sisterhood" struck a happy
chord in my young heart. For that meant that all those
"big girls'" would be at our house to roll bandages. You
see — I was too young for Sisterhood meetings, but I did
help (?) the SMM girls roll bandages after their meet-
ings.

Those were my first recollections of SMM. Oh, to
be old enough to be one of them was my fondest wish.

Then came the time that I sat on the back seat at a
National SMM conference in Winona Lake. I was over-
whelmed at girls doing such big business for the Lord.
Little did I reaUze that one day I would be occupying the
front seat as national SMM treasurer, then president,
then general secretary — and now a pastor's wife.

As I look back, I can only thank the Lord for the
experiences that I received in Sisterhood. My devotional
life, missionary interest, business meeting procedure,
leadership, and desire to serve the Lord all were en-
couraged and taught during SMM days.

While general secretary of SMM, one of my jobs
was to get the material ready for the Brethren Mission-
ary Herald. Now for adults, this is a task, and I was
just a "kid." This meant aD articles and announcements
must be typed a certain way. Get enough material to
fill four pages — not too much and not too little. The
material was always one month ahead. At first it was
very confusing. And I am sure that those at the Herald
Company wished that I would catch on. But I learned
the importance of being prompt. A whole denomination
was waiting for the printed message on a certain day.
There were to be no extra preparation days. This duty
taught me much in being ahead of schedule and plan-
ning in the Lord's work. Even now as a pastor's wife,
I find myself still laying out my work a month ahead so
I won't be caught beyond a deadline.

It was my privilege as general secretary to teach Sis-
terhood at several summer camps. This had never been
done before. Oh yes; we had had get-togethers during
a camp time. But never five classes. There were lots of
notes, scrapped paper, and headaches before a five-
day course was selected. What a thrill to explain why
we had a Sisterhood, who it was planned for, and what
SMM girls were doing now, for the future of our mis-
sion field was before me in the lives of these girls —
either as our next missionaries or those at home uphold-
ing our missionaries in prayer and gifts. This was a
geat challenge. Now as I look over my "mission field of
FiUmore," I am praying that my life and testimony to
the young people in our church will send themforth as
laborers into His vineyard.

Because I traveled with my parents in evangelistic
meetings while I was active in SMM, 1 enjoyed visiting
most of our Brethren churches. This firsthand informa-
tion has helped many times in WMC to answer som^
of the questions of our ladies. Also visiting the different
SMM's and meeting the girls made some lasting Chris-
tian fellowships.

Every year in Sisterhood we had a National Project.
It is one thing to promote a project and another thing
to be recipient of one. Thanks to the Sisterhood girls
our work in Kentucky was made possible with JIM the
jeep. Many of the schools up creek could not have been
visited if it had not been for the vision of SMM. Faith-
ful JIM was the Sisterhoods' answer to our problem.

When Christmas came, we then realized how other
missionaries felt when they received gifts and remem-
brances from Sisterhoods and WMC's. Those cute dolls
and toys we were able to give to children at Christmas
because some one at home remembered, were received
with welcomed arms.

Why did the Lord permit these experiences when now
I find myself a pastor's wife? 'Tis now I realize that what
knowledge I have concerning foreign and home mis-
sions and missionaries was gathered while in Sister-
hood of Mary and Martha. It is invaluable to me now to
help in WMC meetings, Sunday school, VBS and prayer
groups.

Then the Lord placed me in two of our home-mission
points. This has enabled me to help our ladies to know
how our home-mission points can be helped — especially
when it came to packing clothing. One rule to remember
— "if it was my size and I wouldn't wear it or let any
member of my family wear it — don't send it!" For our
missionaries have enough to do without sorting old
clothing.

Beheve it or not, this pastor's wife has become a
hostess, secretary, public speaker, teacher, treasurer,
writer, taxi driver, songleader, etc. No; I am not brag-
ging, just thanking the Lord that He enabled me to
learn to do all of these things as a Sisterhood girl at
the knees of the most wonderful and prayerful patroness
— my mother.

April 13, 7957

MISSIONARY BIRTHDAYS FOR JUNE
Africa —

Rev. S. Wayne Beaver June 2

Bozoum via B?nj>ui. French Equatorial Africa

Nancy Grace Hill June 8, 1949

Bossembele via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs. Marvin L. Goodman, Jr June 12

Mission a Nzoro, Bocaranga via Bangui, French Equatorial Africsi

Rev. Roy B. Snyder June 15

Bouci via B'H'nii, French Equatorial Africa.

Miss Marie Mishler June 19

Bouca via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs. Harold A. Mason June 26

B. P. 10. Bossan^oa via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa

Roberta Ruth Hill June 29, 1945

Bossembele via B=ngui, French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs. Lester W. Kennedy June 30

M'Bailci via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa,

In the United States —
Mrs. Rose A. Foster June 9

5337 North Front St., Philadelphia 20, Pa.

Rev. Martin M. Garber June 14

c/oJ. W. Rae. ?09 Rowland Ave.. Modesto, Calif.

Charles David Spangler June 21, 1941

c/o Mr. Jon R, Morlen, 302 S. Woodlawn Drive, Wheaton, 111.

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What SMM Has Meant to Me as a Missionary

By Mrs. J. Paul Dowdy

As a former Sisterhood girl, I can testify that SMM
has been a real blessing to me. I am thankful for those
patronesses and leaders of our local and national SMM
who prayed and patiently dealt with us. My experiences
in SMM helped me to have an interest in the work of
evangelization— especially the missions; and it helped
me to sympathize with others in need and to want to help

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As most younsi girls I was interested in other people s
experiences. I liked the devotional topics we had for
our meetings. Then one year I went to national confer-
ence and there I received a new blessing in the SMM
sessions. Dr. Gribble and the Jobsons were home and
gave some challenging thoughts. The mission in Ken-
tucky was brought to my attention as never before. 1
saw then that our local group of Sisterhood girls was
a part of a larger project— that of helping to get the
gospel out to the regions beyond. I shall never forget our
study of "Undaunted Hope" by Dr. Gribble. Truly any
young person with a love for adventure can enjoy the
study of that book.

The projects were an incentive to take our eyes off
ourselves and our local needs and begin sharing with
those afar. Here again that was brought to mind as we
heard the missionaries tell how the used clothing in
Kentucky and the bandages in Africa were so useful. The
Lord used these projects to make us sympathize with
others and want to help them. We were taught to deny
ourselves oi some things to do more for the missionary
cause.

In our work in Argentina, 1 have had occasions to
remember the experiences in SMM in working with the
girls. The girls there are similar to those in the States
in many ways. They desire fellowship with others and
especially of their own age. As they go through that
period of transition from girlhood to womanhood, they
too need help in the formation of character. Like all
active girls, they enjoy hearing of the adventures of
others. .

In most of our mission churches the girls meet to-
gether with the WMC. This has not been objectionable
because the ladies have been very nice in encouraging
the girls to take part. They invite them to go along in
visitation work and in tract distribution. The girls also
take part in the devotional programs. I admire the
Argentine ladies for the way they encourage the girls.

The girls have been an inspiration to me too. One
young girl suggested to me that our lessons we had used
in child evangelism classes would be very helpful for the
ladies. We tried it and the ladies liked it. Of course
we modified them a bit to be used with the older ones
instead of the children. The girls helped to give the
lessons and some used the flannelgraph figures too.

I admired the eirls for their desire to help in teaching
the little children. Some of the girls proved to be very
efficient teachers.

During the years that the Bible institute was with us,
the institute girls took turns to give the devotional mes-
sages at our WMC meetings. Each one prepared her
own message. They very capably performed their tasks.

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Naturally for some it was easier than for others, but I
was happy for their willingness to try.

Our main mission has been to take the gospel to
these people. In so doing, it has also been necessary
to minister to them in times of sickness and other dif-
ficulties. My experiences as a Sisterhood girl laid a good
foundation for helping me to meet these circumstances.

In Sympathy

We of the Women's Missionary Council wish to add
our expressions of Christian sympathies to the family
of Robert Miller, Jr. His "homegoing" is particularly
close to WMC because Bob's mother, Althea, was the
editor of our WMC Herald for a number of years and
is now the writer of the Christian Home and Marriage
Forum. Our hearts go out in love to all Bob's family,
"under the parsonage roof" and to his brave young
wife.

Bob fought a valiant, courageous battle for several
years and through it all kept his great faith and love
for the Lord. His determination and perseverance against
terrible handicaps will long be a challenge and in-
spiration to his classmates at Grace College. We who
had the privilege of visiting him during those last weeks
never left his room without the blessing that one gets
from being in the presence of a child of God wholly
yielded to whatever the Father willed for him.

The Lord has taken him home. We are the poorer
but heaven is the richer. How comforting is that "blessed
hope" in a time like this. May the loved ones left be-
hind be comforted by the knowledge of our sympathy
and prayers through these lonely weeks.

We are now in the second month of our foreign-mis-
sions project. Let us not forget that we have undertaken
a large project in helping to provide additional and
better missionary housing at Winona Lake. This proj-
ect will take the dedicated support of every one of
our WMC members.

By the way, can you name all the missionaries pic-
tured on our cover? They are the missionaries who have
been supported by our birthday offerings during the
past four years. We praise the Lord for the growing
interest in that offering which has made possible the
support of one more missionary each year. This proj-
ect also requires our wholehearted support.

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Out of Sisterhood Into Jewish Evangelism

By Miss Isobel Fraser

"And Jesus answered and said unto her. Martha, Martha, thou
art careful and troubled about many things: but one thing is need-
ful: and Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be
taken from her."

These words of our Lord from Luke 10:41-42 are
particularly familiar and precious to each one of us
who are or have been Sisterhood girls. In these words is
contained the most important truth and lesson that I
learned, and I believe that any Christian girl can learn
in Sisterhood.

This truth is that "one thing is needful" for each of
us, that of sitting at His feet. Serving has its place. As
Ecclesiastes 3:1 declares: "To every thing there is a
season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven,"
and before service always comes devotion to Him. This
is not a lesson learned once and for all, for too often
I find that I, like Martha, become "cumbered about
much serving." But God is always faithful in remind-
ing of and leading to the proper balance of worship and
service that is needful in the Christian "diet."

To sit at Jesus' feet one does not find time but must
take time. This is also true in the experience of the
missionary. One can become involved in doing so that
prayer and reading of the Word are put off or crowded
out. Then comes a barrenness of soul and burdensome-
ness in serving. There is a particular need of waiting
before Him in our work among His people Israel, for
the response is so slow and the barriers often appear in-
surmountable. We must constantly remind ourselves that
it is the work of the Holy Spirit to convict of sin and to
open bhnded eyes; it is ours to pray and to sow the
seed. Then we will not become "weary in well doing:
for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not" (Gal.
6:9).

I have a momento from my early Sisterhood days that
is very precious to me, even though it is now tarnished
with age. It is one of those old Sisterhood pins composed
of the open Bible with SMM on it and a cross-guard
bearing the owner's initials. This was a birthday gift the
year I was saved from the Sisterhood girl who greatly
influenced my coming to know Jesus Christ as my per-
sonal Saviour. This pin is not only a symbol of SMM
but of the verse I chose shortly thereafter to be my life's
verse: "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which
I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son
of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me" (Gal.
2:20). This verse is a constant challenge to me. I can-
not say I have arrived; for I realize, as did the Apostle
Paul, that this is a daily, moment by moment experience.
As this verse is a reality in my hfe, I am fulfilling the
aim: "Do God's will."

Many young people, after they accept Christ as Sav-
iour, keep one foot in the world as far as their activities
are concerned. This, I can thank the Lord for, was
tiot my experience because there were sufficient Chris-
tian activities to fill my life — one of which was Sister-
hood. This was especially important, for I was already
out of high school and in the business world before I

became a Christian. I needed that particular fellowship
that SMM afforded for estabhshment and growth in my
Christian life. Satan is quick to put to work idle minds
and hands, and young believers are easy prey in his
snares. Reminiscing as I write these words, I could
almost wish to turn back the clock of years, for those
were truly happy and joyous days. Many of those with
whom I shared those early Sisterhood experiences are
now faithfully serving the Lord on the foreign fields, as
pastors' wives or faithful laywomen.

There is no question that the heart of Sisterhood is
missions, which is the natural outgrowth of sitting at
His feet. I do not recall any specific incident that brought
me to the decision of missionary service. Perhaps it was
like Topsy — it just grew. I am certain that the missionary
through our SMM meetings and activities contributed
to its growth.

A missionary must have experience especially in the
ability of being able to most adequately express one's
thoughts and particularly regarding the presentation
of the Word of God. Those Sisterhood meetings among
those of one's own age and like interest was an adequate
and profitable training school.

Our ministry is mainly that of calling. In the par-
ticular phase of calling door-to-door we cannot always
use our Bibles and so we must rely upon our memories
to bring into our conversation as much of the Scripture
as possible. For this reason I am grateful for the
emphasis on the study and memorization of the Word
that is given in Sisterhood. This is a part of being "ready
always to give an answer to every man that asketh
you a reason of the hope" (I Pet. 3:15) that we have
in Christ Jesus.

Sisterhood has undoubtedly taught me lessons and
had influences upon my life of which I am not aware.
For each, whether known or unknown, I am deeply
grateful.

NATIONAL WMC PROJECT OFFERINGS
1956-1957

General and Publication Offering $2,435.22

Home Missions Offering 3,317.72

Christian Education Offering 1,844.78

Foreign Missions Offering Due June 10

Thank Offering (Penny-a-day) Due June 10

Birthday Offering Due July 10

Missionary Residence Upkeep Due July 10

April 13, 7957

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

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2.) She should have a vital interest in each girl, de-
siring to help each "'grow in grace and in knowledge of
the Lord" (II Pet. 3:18) unto beautiful maturity in
every aspect of life.

(3.) She should be a promoter of spiritual things first
of all, should lead the girls to Christ as Saviour, and
lead them to acceptance of the mastery of Christ in their
lives. To develop a missionary philosophy of life should
be her aim for each girl.

(4.) She must be a woman of sacrifice herself, will-
ing to attend all the meetings, the planning sessions,
the project work times; such as the bandage rollings,
and be willing to sacrifice her own schedule to meet
the girls" needs for personal counseling from time to
time.

(5.) By consistent testimony, by a godly walk (Phil.
3:15-16). and by pure conversation (Phil. 3:20) she
should command the esteem and the respect of the girls
with whom she labors.

(6.) She must be courageous and firm as needed, not
afraid to administer discipline, maintain orderliness, and
develop respect and reverence in the meetings and in the
heart of each girl.

(7.) The patroness must be aware of the fact that
each SMM girl is a prospective WMC member of the
future. These girls will direct our labors in the near
future and will be the leaders of the girls to come. These
girls must be molded in life so that Ihey in turn will be
patterns of righteousness for another generation (Tit. 2:
3-5).

(8.) From the practical standpoint, the patroness
should have means and time for such additional re-
sponsibilities as transportation to meetings, attendance
at rallies, participation in conferences, and coopera-
tion in other youth activities in the local church, the
district, and the brotherhood at large (Tit. 2:14).

Teen-age girls live in a world of ideals. Our WMC
members must set a high level and maintain that level
in our own ideals, being good examples (Col. 2:6-7).
Our lives should demonstrate not only the ideals but
the satisfaction and joy we have in being idealistic.
One of Ufe's highest honors for the Christian woman is
to be chosen as an ideal by some aspiring young woman,
to be considered worthy of admiration, and to be
followed as an example for life. This is an honor worth
having, but one that carries with it tremendous re-
sponsibilities. We must be consistently, continually,
carefully, and prayerfully. Women Manifesting Christ.
When we have a birthday party for a daughter, we
make an effort to help her to get the most out of that
day and the time ahead that God has in store for her.
In helping the SMM girls celebrate their spiritual birth-
days, we also endeavor to assist them in getting the most
out of their Christian experience possible.

WMC OFFICIARY

President — Mrs. Kenneth Ashman. 205 Dirig Ave., Wooster, Ohio.
First Vice President (Projects) — Mrs. Miles Taber, 314 Dorchester

St.. Ashland. Ohio.
Second Vice President (Program) — Mrs. Thomas Hammers. 6242

30th Ave.. Seattle 15, Wash.
Recording Secretary— Mrs. Lester Plfer, Box 195, Winona Lake, Ind.
Assistant Secretary — Mrs. Scott Weaver, R.R. 2. Osceola, Ind.
Financial Secretary-Treasurer — Mrs. Chester McCall, 4580 Don

Felice Dr , Los Anpeles, Calif
Literature Secretary — Mrs. Jesse Deloe, 2728 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne.

Ind.
Editor — Mrs. Benamin Hamilton, Box 701, Winona Lake, Ind.
Prayer Chairman — Mrs. Frank Llndower, R.R. 1, Uniontown. Ohio.
Patroness of SMM — Mrs. H. Leslie Moore, 112 Beachley St., Meyen-

dale. Pa.

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Mother s Letter

(Third in a series)

Daughter O" Mine,

When your letter came I didn't even finish the
dishes, just dried my hands and sat down, eager and ex-
pectant. You know. Dear, these weekly letters of yours
are the peak of my existence. I think it is the very
best idea in the world for "away at school" daughters
to scribble a few lines each evening, and then send this
newsy missive, weekly. It saves postage, too, says my
Scotch-Irish blood.

I'm so glad you've been having such good times.
"All work and no play" you know. There are such
wonderful friendships to be made in school, some real
life-lasting ones. Though you weren't in a hurry to make
new contacts, it probably was just as well, if, when
you do choose, or allow yourself to be chosen, your
friends are the right kind. I'm so glad that I was right
about your roommate. You see, she was just shy, and
being of an entirely different temperament from you, it
naturally took longer for you both to get acquainted and
understand each other. I'd be happy to have you bring
her home with you some vacation.

I knew you wouldn't regret going out for athletics,
and as for dramatics, it will be fine for acquiring poise,'
and for training memory, but don't attach too much
significance to them in considering your life work.

I was so sorry to hear about Jan and Grace. No, Dear,
I don't think its your place to give any information un-
less questioned officially. But if you could talk to them
without seeming to preach, it might help some. It's such
a pity when girls feel the need of that kind of excite-
ment. Surely the school activities such as you have de-
scribed ought to suffice for recreation. Their conduct
was improper, not to say dangerous, and to be expected
when in the company of the boys you spoke of. I have
always believed it is far better to avoid the "appear-
ance of evil" and stay away from its surroundings.

It is a delight to see a clean, wholesome group of
young people, playing games, going on picnics, or
singing together. I like to have you be with them.
There's nothing sweeter than clean boy and girl friend-
ships. Make that kind but avoid the others. You can-
not wade into a mud puddle without becoming soiled.
Dear me! Here I am wandering off into a preachment
again, but my girl doesn't object — I hope. It's very \
sweet of you to ask my advice, I feel honored yet hum-
ble.

I must quit for this time and get busy and bake am
angel food cake to send with this letter. Do they have i
"spreads" any more at college?

Cheering for you, with much love.

Mother
Philippians 4:8; Proverbs 17:22.

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Tears and Joy

By Mrs. William Samarin

"Is the season so dry that you have to water the
ground with your tears?" asked Sara's aunt. Rubbing
her eyes with the hem of tier dress, Sara tried to smile
reassuringly at her mother's sister. The smile was more
a grimace and fresh tears spilled down the brown cheeks
"Now if you don't make a pair!" continued the aunt.
"You sit here wetting the wall of my house with water
from your eyes and your silly friend, Moco, sits in her
doorway crying like a baby without its milk." Sara
sprang up with a cry of surprise. Watching her niece
dash out of the door and run across the village street,
the old lady shook her head and mumbled.

Sara found Moco where her aunt had indicated. The
two girls flung themselves into each others' arms for
the second time that day. Through tears and smiles,
Moco explained that she could not run away. To do
this would mean turning her back on God, and she did
want God to help her now. Sara looked past her friend
at the darkening sky and realized that Moco's husband
would soon be home for his evening meal. She quickly
planned with her friend for another visit. "But first,"
Sara said, "I'll send Nambona to talk to you. She has
walked in God's way many years; she will know best
how God can help you." With much blowing in each
others' ears, the two friends parted. Early the next
morning Sara took the truck road back to her village.

Walking in the still cool dust of the African road
Sara sang. Her liver was full of a new kind of joy. She
knew that Moco had taken her first step toward be-
Ueving in Jesus.

Sighting her own small village, she broke into a
light-hearted run. She saw her family gathered around
their morning meal of manioc and dried okra. She gave
a playful tug at her small brother's ear and then squatted
down beside her mother. Only then did she notice the
formal atmosphere in her family circle. She regarded
her mother's face to see if some sorrow or death had
come into the village. The merry twinkle in her mother's
eye belied anything of that nature. Relieved she looked
beyond her mother to a new bicycle leaning against her
house. It was not like any she had seen lately in the
village. Guessing that an important visitor had come
while she was gone, she turned to greet him properly
as a good daughter should. A hot flush of blood rushed
to Sara's face as she recognized the visitor that accepted
her extended hand. It was David, her future husband.
Sara's little brother laughed with glee as he saw his lis-
ter's obvious embarrassment. But the firm hand of the
boy's mother pulled him out of the family circle and
into a place of disgrace.

Sara had arrived in the middle of a family council.

David had come the evening before. He brought with
him the 7,000 franc bride price that had been agreed
on. He had come also with a request: a large bush
church had asked him to come and form a Christian
school for the children of the village. They had built
him a house and they were now making the mud brick
for the one-room school building. When the rains be-
gan again, he would start the first semester in his first
real teaching assignment. The church felt it wise for him
to marry and bring his bride to her new home before
the school term started. Sara's father and uncle thought
the request a fair one. They had agreed to go in four
weeks to Bossangoa to get the marriage papers.

David spoke for the first time since Sara's arrival. He
looked out beyond the village at some vague spot and
asked his future wife if she would like to be married
by Pastor Kobo in the city church. Sara, with proper
shyness also avoided looking at David and answered
with a quiet YES.

This last problem being settled the family rose to
go about their morning's activities. Sara and David
took the greatest care never to speak or seem to be
interested in each other. But love finds hidden eyes to
watch in secret. Sara was happy with what she saw. He
was polite, clean, neat, and somehow more grown up
than the village boys. She was to be married in four
weeks, and she was not sad.

David was also pleased with what he saw. Sara,
he knew from their first chance meeting, was a pretty
girl. But this had worried him more than it pleased him.
Pretty girls were often spoiled and lazy. Nothing, he
knew, spoiled a marriage sooner than a pretty pout. But
Sara seemed neither spoiled nor lazy. She worked
quickly and efficiently as if it were her custom. He was
grateful too that she did not giggle or try to catch his
eye.

In the evening David gathered with the Christians
in the little grass chapel. The village pastor asked him
to bring greetings from the Bossangoa Church and to
give his testimony. Sara listened with downcast eyes
as David told of the work that God had called him to
do. Sara realized for the first time that she was going to
be the wife of a man serving God! How wonderful
looked the road that God stretched out before her!

That night a large moon shed its lantern light down
over the tiny African village. Thousands of miles away
lay lands of riches and culture that were unknown to this
African girl curled up on her grass mat bed. Sara's feet
had never worn shoes, nor had they trod on anything but
dirt floors. Yet in the heart of this girl sang the sweet
notes of peace and joy that kings and scholars have
often sought in vain. For God willingly gives the most
precious things in life to any girl who commits her life
to Him.

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Schoolroom

By Mrs. Max Brenneman

"School days, school days, dear old golden rule
days ..."

Don't you sometimes wonder why you have to go
to school? Most all children have to go— so that means
you, too. School is fun. It may be hard at times while you
are "learning new things, but isn't it fun domg when
you know how? And school is where we go to learn.

Oh, but you say: "School would be O.K. if i Jidn't
have such a crabby teacher." What makes her seem
crabby? Did you ever stop to think it might be you?

Now Susie was a girl just like you. Oh, yes; :;he was
careful about her appearance, but when she went mto
the schoolroom, she forgot to smile. And just because
she was away from Mother and on her own, her man-
ners were forgotten, too. Susie insisted on talking out
whenever she^pleased. No matter how many times the
teacher tried to explain how necessary it was to sit
up straight, Susie slumped in her seat. She was always
slow to get her assignments done. And if she did do
her lessons, her papers were messy and dirty, and she
turned them in late to the teacher's desk.

Susie was not polite to the other boys and girls or even
to the teacher. She was selfish, sassy, rude, and very un-
lady-like. No wonder she had a hard time at school. She
really didn't have a crabby teacher — the teacher had a
crabby pupil!

Now in that same schoolroom there was a girl named
Carol. She was the sweetest Christian girl at home, at
school, and at play. Everyone loved her. There wasn^t
a person who didn't like to be around her. Carol wasn't
what you would call a smart, A-plus student; her les-
sons were not easy for her, but she tried hard to learn.
One day Carol made a list of things she wanted to
remember while in school, for she wanted to be the
kind of a Christian that Christ would be pleased with.
Here is her list:

(1.) God sees everything I do. (It was tempting to
look at Jane's paper during the spelling test, but God
would rather have her flunk the test than to cheat.) (2.)
God hears everything 1 say. (It was easy to say un-
kind things about other pupils. Satan just seemed to en-
joy putting those thoughts in her head. Carol put to
practice the lesson Mother had always taught her: Be-
fore talking — if what you have to say will go through
all gates — say it. The gates are: Is it kind? Is it
true? Is it necessary ? Read Prov. 21:23.) (3.) God
wants neatness, promptness and correctness. (Carol iried
not to make mistakes on her papers, but when she did,
the eraser was used correctly so as not to mess her
paper. The minute the teacher asked for a paper, Carol
was ready to hand it to her — finished or not. For she
knew that the teacher wanted to see how much had been
accomplished in the alloted time. Read I Cor. 14:40.)
(4.) God wants obedience. (Carol realized that while
at school her teacher was her friend, helper, and guide.
And by obeying her, she would learn more and at the
same time she would be pleasing God, her Heavenly
Father. Read I Thess. 4:1 1.)

Remembering and practicing these four things, Carol's
life was a testimony for the Lord, her personal Sav-
iour. She obeyed the Lord's command in Matthew 5:16.
How about you — are you a "Susie" or a "Carol" for the
Lord?

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PRAYER REQUESTS

Pray for requests that
your group is burdened
for.

Pray for SMM girls who
are graduating from high
school this month that the
Lord will guide them in
their choice of a Christian
college.

Pray for our young peo-
ple who will be working in
the Brethren missions in
Kentucky and in New
Mexico this summer.

Pray for your national
officers as they plan the
national conference meet-

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR MAY

OPENING — Sing the theme song and repeat the year's
verses in II Timothy.

SINGSPIRATION — Have a planned number of chorus-
es and songs.

INTERCESSION— Use the requests in the prayer cor-
ner.

SCRIPTURE — Read the 12th chapter of Romans.

DEVOTIONAL TOPIC — Seniors and Middlers study
Mrs. Samarin's "Tears and Joy." Juniors study Mrs.
Brenneman's "Schoolroom."

SPECIAL NUMBER — Make it a surprise this month!

MISSIONARY LESSON — Seniors and Middlers study
"Go Ye." Juniors continue the Pondo stories — this
time "The Man With Mirrors in His Mouth."

BENEDICTION— Psalm 145:1-2.

BUSINESS MEETING— Read aloud the president's
reminders.

By Marie Sackett

MAY THROUGH JUNE are the months set aside
for our National General Fund offering. Our goal
to meet in these three months is $750. If you have not
sent in your previous offerings, please do so. Remem-
ber, these offerings are one of your local organization
goals and have to be done to be an Honor Sisterhood.

BIRTHDAY PROJECT OFFERING was due April
30. If you have not sent this offering, please send it to
the national treasurer. Miss Florence Moeller, Winona
Lake, Ind. This is for the higher education of mission-
aries' children, and our goal was $700.

REMEMBER — Your goals will soon be due. Also,
if you haven't sent in a post card item of news, send it
to the national editor. Miss Jeanette Turner, Winona
Lake, Ind.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

The Man With Mirrors in His Mouth

By Miss Mary Emmert

"A white man of God is going to come here to hve!"
The news was passed from mouth to mouth. It was by
far the greatest event they had heard of for a long time.

When the great day finally arrived, all the villagers
were present to see the white man carried into the
village in his tepoy, which is a sort of chair suspended
from two bamboo poles, carried on the heads of four
men. The villagers were no longer afraid of the white
man, for they had become somewhat accustomed to
the visits of the white official.

"Look at the boxes he has!" they commented, as a
number of porters came panting in. "He must be very
rich," they concluded.

By this time, the missionary had settled down at
the government "rest house," or tourist camp, and was
busy setting up his folding chair, table, and cot. A
mosquito net was hung over the latter, like ceilings and
walls of a small room. A black "boy" helped him un-
pack the bedding, and get everything in order. Another
boy was arranging the cooking iron on four level stones
in the yard outside the house.

Pondo joined the interested group, which crowded
around the doorway jabbering incessantly about what
they saw. A few of the bolder ones stepped inside to
be sure not to miss seeing the many curious possessions
of the white man. Since they were not reproved nor
driven out, others crowded in, until the poor white man
was obligated to shoo them out, in order to have room
in which to work.

Then he took his chair outside the door, sat down,
and motioned to them to do likewise. When they were all
seated and fairly quiet, he began to talk to them, but
they understood little that he said.

"See the mirrors in his teeth," one exclaimed point-
ing to his gold teeth. They all laughed and commented
upon this novelty; then, fascinated, they watched him
intently.

"He is speaking our language," someone declared.

"No; he isn't," contradicted another, and the question
was debated at some length. They listened again but
could make nothing of it. It was very interesting how-
ever, so they came back that evening when he again set
his chair out in front of the house. This time they under-
stood a few words, and decided that he was really trying
to talk their language. They were delighted.

"You must go to see the man with mirrors in his
mouth," Pondo told his father, Koly, when he returned
from work the next week. "They glitter just hke the sun
shining on the water." Koly listened to a long descrip-
tion of the newcomer and his many strange possessions.
He could not understand all this very well, so he went
to see and hear for himself. When he returned he was
laughing. "He surely is a queer person. Toulougou had
told me much about the white man, but he is funnier
than I thought."

Days went. Mr. Hope, the missionary, had hired
a large number of the villagers, and was rapidly getting

the ground cleared across the stream from the village.
Finally, he marked out a house and had holes dug for
poles. All this they understood, for he was following
their style of building. With a right good will, they
erected it. Then the wet floor was pounded hard, and the
house was white washed inside and out.

"I am going to the village where I left my wife," the
missionary told the little group. "In 10 days I shall
bring her back with me." By this time a few had learned
to partially understand him.

A white woman! They had never seen one. They
were all very anxious to see what she would be like. So
when she finally arrived, they came running from every
direction. A loud trilling cry, uttered by some of the
women, called those who were in the gardens nearby.
Everyone ran laughing and shouting after the tepoy in
which the white "madame" was being carried. They
danced around her and ran in front of her so they could
get a good look at her, all the time gesticulating and
shouting comments. In wild glee they accompanied her
up the hill to her new home, where they watched the
first steps of setting up housekeeping. Such was the wel-
come the missionaries received to their new home.

Pondo and his little friends never tired of going to
the mission station in their spare time to learn what
they could about the white man. One day Pondo brought
home some news. "When the next moon dies, the
people of God are startmg a school for the children."

"What is a school?" asked Koly.

"It is the affair of showing the writing of the white
man," said Pondo. "They told us children to come.

"A writing is like a leaf of a tree, only white. It is
a talking leaf, that can be sent as a message," explained
Pondo. "One day we saw that Madame wanted a ham-
mer. She made one of these writings and gave it to
me to give to M'sieur, hef husband. All he needed to do
was to look at the little talking leaf, then he gave me a
hammer to take to his wife, without my saying a word."

"Why do they want you to know the way of writing?"
Nana persisted.

"They say they want us to see the writing of God
for ourselves," replied Pondo. "It seems that God has
written a message to us, and if we learn to see it with
our own eyes, we shall understand it better."

"That would be very good," said Koly. "If God has
sent us word, we should know what it says. The guard
told me that the white man's writing was a very big af-
fair. If you want to go to this school, it would be very
good."

"Are Yaboko and Delia, the twins, to go to school,
too?" asked Pondo.

"Oh no, of course not! What are you saying?" ex-
claimed Nana. "Girls must stay home and help their
mother."

"Then, too, no one would want to marry them," said
Koly. "Let the boys see what it is like first."

April 13, 1957

233

''Go Ye"

By Mrs. Don West

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies
of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable
service. And be not conformed to this world; but be
ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye
may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and per-
fect will of God."

These verses, found in Romans 12:1-2, have meant
a great deal to our missionary
for the month — Joan Adams.
She, her husband and four chil-
dren, Danny, Timmy, Laurie, and
Mark, are serving the Lord in
the States — giving out the good
news of God's great love to the
Navajo Indians.

Joan was bom in Mansfield,
-HaM9K> * >' Ohio. Even as a little girl Joan

%^Br^%kl: i^Sj attended church, and she loved to
m^w^im. ^jm^.-x»sa ^^ ^^^^ g.^^j^ stories, but she

Joan Adams never kucw the Lord Jesus as

her personal Saviour until she was 18. Up until that
time she was soloist at one of the large modern churches
and was taking private voice lessons. She had won two
music scholarships to two different universities in Ohio,
but Joan decided against them since they were given to
her with the stipulation that she'd be a public-school
music teacher. Concert work was her greatest dream.
Her voice teacher arranged for her to audition in Holly-
wood, Calif., with a very famous Italian teacher. This
she decided to do and made plans to go to California
and live with an aunt.

During the months of preparation to leave she was
still active in this large church in Mansfield on Sunday
mornings, but through the summer months this church
did not have evening services, so she attended meetings
being held in a little grocery store room at the end of
her street. (A bom-again Christian girl friend had in-
vited her.) She wasn't too interested at first, but she was
asked to sing several times. She was also invited to sev-
eral social gatherings (at which she felt miserable). This
was the real turning point of her life. This small group
meeting in the grocery store was the beginning of the
Mansfield Grace Brethren Church. One night after a
meeting she accepted the Lord by her bedside. Her
mother, brother and sister began attending the meet-
ings also. They each received Christ too. Being a babe
in Christ, she still was held somewhat by the allure-
ment of the world; she felt that concert work needed
Christians too, so she left for California August 30,
1945, for her audition. She was accepted by the teacher
in Hollywood, but the price of the lessons were so high
she decided to find a cheaper voice teacher. This she did.

She had only been in California a short time when she
started to attend a fine gospel-preaching church. It was
here she met her husband — Evan Adams. Joan con-
tinued with her studies two years feeling she could
be a consecrated Christian even on a concert stage. At
last her teacher told her she was ready for a small chorus
spot in the Los Angeles Civic Opera, but wanted her
to enter a class of dancing and ballet. The Lord spoke
directly to Joan's heart. She told her teacher of her de-

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cision. She began serving the Lord singing in Youth
for Christ and C. E. groups in Southern California.

June 27, 1947, Evan and Joan were married. The
Lord spoke to Evan's heart about missions while he was
taking a prelaw course at U.S.C. Joan felt the same
burden and agreed to go where the Lord directed. The
Lord led to Grace Seminary; however, the Adamses
were not Brethren at this time. After a year's study the
Adamses were accepted by another mission board for
work in South America, but the Lord closed the door
each summer on the linguistic work needed. Evan
decided on three full years at Grace, and it was during
this time they became members of the Grace Brethren
Church in Mansfield.

Often on their trips from California to Indiana
they would stop at the Indian country in Arizona and
New Mexico. Though they saw the need even then,
they didn't realize the Lord's guiding hand was taking
them to that field. The work is hard, but the Lord is
fighting the battles.

Let us remember in prayer the Adamses in their
work. Joan is planning to start a Sisterhood group
among the younger girls soon. When we willingly pre-
sent our lives to the Lord, great things can be done.

MEET YOUR OFFICERS

Florence Moeller, national
treasurer, is the bookkeeper of
our group. She receives all your
offerings and compiles the re-
ports. Florence works in our
Brethren home-missions offices
in Winona Lake.

Rachel Smithwick, vice presi-
dent, does most of her work at
national conference time. She
plans and conducts the annual
banquet at national conference.
Rachel is a senior in high school
and is planning on entering Grace
College this September.

Kathleen Ripple, literature
secretary, takes care of all the
literature and supplies of SMM
groups. Kathy is a freshman m
Kent State in Ohio.

SISTERHOOD OFFICIARY

President — Marie Sackett, Grace College. Winona Lake. Ind. (Home:

1010 Randolph St.. Waterloo. Iowa).
Vice President— Rachel Smithwick, R. R. 1, Harrah. Wash.
General Secretary — Janet Weber. 835 Spruce St., Hagerstown. Md.
Editor — Jeannette Turner, Winona Lake. Ind. {Home: PortU. Kani.).
Treasurer — Florence Moeller, Box- 5. Winona Like. Ind.
Literature Secretary — Kathleen Ripple, 516 Fritsch Ave.. Akron 11.

Ohio.
Bandage Secretary — Joyce Ashman. Winona Lake. Ind.
Patroness— Mrs. H. Leslie Moore. 112 Beachley. St.. Meyersdale, Pa.
Assistant Patroness— Mrs. Russell Weber. 835 Spruce St., Hagen-

town. Md.

T/ie Brethren M/ss.'onory Herald

HEWS

MANSFIELD, OHIO. The
Northern Ohio District youth rally
is being held here at the Grace
Brethren Church Apr. 12-13. Dr.
Bernard Schneider is pastor.

ALLENTOWN, PA. The North-
ern Atlantic District overnight youth
rally will be held here at the First
Brethren Church Apr. 26-27. John
Neely will be host pastor.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. The
California District Laymen's Fel-
lowship met at the First Brethren
Church, Mar. 29. Rev. Arvid Carl-
son was the keynote speaker.

WINCHESTER, VA. The dedi-
cation of the new Sunday-school an-
nex of the First Brethren Church
will be conducted on May 19. Dedi-
cation speaker will be Dr. L. L.
Grubb.

SPECIAL. According to The
Ocean Press, Dr. O. D. Jobson con-
ducted the Protestant service Mar.
17 aboard the S.S. America. Dr.
and Mrs. Orville Jobson have ar-
rived back in French Equatorial
Africa to begin another term of mis-
sionary service.

WHEATON, ILL. The first char-
ter for a King's Men Council was
granted at the Grace Brethren
Church, Bob Kern, pastor, on Mar.
10. The presentation was made by
Carl Key for the National Youth
Council. Local leaders are Gordon
Kimmel, Charles Stuber and Rich-
ard Armstrong.

NEW TROY, MICH. Richard
Jackson, pastor of the New Troy
Brethren Church, is conducting a

Grace College Choir Schedule

Apr. 14 (a. m.) Whittier, Calif. (Community)

Apr. 14 (aft) Bellf lower

Apr. 14 (p. m.) Whittier (First)

Apr. 15 (p. m.) Church of Open Door, Los

Angeles. Calif.
Apr. 16 (p. m.) Compton. Calif.
Apr. 17 (p. m.) Glendale, Calif.
Apr. 18 (p. m.) La Verne, Calif.
Apr. 19 (Aft) Fillmore. Calif.
Apr. 21 (a. m.) Long Beach, Calif. (First)
Apr. 21 (p. m.) North Long Beach. Calif.
Apr. 22 (p. m.) Modesto, Calif. (La Loma)
Apr. 23 (p. m.) Tracy. Calif.
Apr. 24 (p. m.) Chico, Calif.
Apr. 26 (p. m.) Denver, Colo.

regular half-hour Sunday morning
broadcast over the new radio sta-
tion in St. Joseph, Mich. The pro-
gram "Prelude to Worship" can be
heard in the area at 1400 kc.

UNIONTOWN, PA. An eight-
day campaign, Mar. 24-31, was con-
ducted by Evangelist Herb Hoover
at the First Brethren Church, R.
Paul Miller, Jr., pastor.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. A new
record for attendance at the mid-
week service was established re-
cently when 49 were present. John
Burns is pastor.

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. Rev.
Archer Baum, pastor of the First
Brethren Church here, was hos-
pitalized a few days after being
stricken suddenly while in the pul-
pit on Mar. 10.

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. On Feb.
24 the Sunday school of the First
Brethren Church went over 500
(568 to be exact) and according to
the former agreement Dr. and Mrs.
Glenn O'Neal baked the cakes for
breakfast. Below (left to right) are:
Mrs. Glenn O'Neal, Dr. O'Neal and
Howard Vulgamore, assistant pas-
tor of the First Brethren Church.

WINONA LAKE, IND. There
were 135 high-school students pres-
ent Mar. 29 for high school "senior
day" at Grace College. In addition
to this there were about 1 5 ministers
and parents who brought the young
people. In all, it was a great suc-
cess, and enthusiasm ran high
throughout the day.

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake. Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake. Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

LEESBURG, IND. About June 1
a remodeling program will be start-
ed on the Leesburg Brethren Church,
Nathan Meyer, pastor.

GRANDVIEW, WASH. Con-
struction is in full swing on the new
sanctuary of the First Brethren
Church, Robert Griffith, pastor.

WOOSTER, OHIO. An evan-
gelistic rally will be held Apr. 24
at the First Brethren Church with
the Zionaires furnishing the music,
and Dr. Ralph Stoll of Altoona, Pa.,
as the speaker. The annual men
and boys' banquet was held Mar. 25,
with Rev. Russell Ogden, pastor of
the First Brethren Church of Akron,
Ohio, as the speaker. Kenneth B.
Ashman is pastor.

LYON, FRANCE. David Hock-
ing, two-month-old son of Rev. and
Mrs. Donald Hocking, is in very
serious condition, according to a
letter received Mar. 29. The doc-
tors gave no assurance of recovery
to the parents, but thousands of
Brethren people all over the nations
have been praying for the baby and
his parents. Medical authorities
statecl that if the child lived, he
would be in a coma for about eight
days. Continued prayer is requested.

Dates of District Conferences

Allegheny May 7-9 — Uniontown, Pa.

California May 27-31— Long Beach. Calif.

East July 22-25— Altoona, Pa.

Indiana ...Apr. 29-May 2 — Fort Wayne, Ind.

Iowa June 27-29 — Leon. Iowa

Michigan

Mid-Atlantic May 13-15 — Hagerstown. Md.

Midwest June 7-9 — Denver, Colo.

Northern Atlantic Mav 7-10 — York. Pa.

Northern Ohio . Apr. 25-26. Mansfield. Ohio
Northwest . . . .Apr. 30-May 3 — Harrah, Wash.

Southeast June 24-26 — Roanoke, Va.

Southern Ohio May 6-9 — Dayton. Ohio

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Notice of meetings to be listed in this column must be received for publication at least
30 days in advance of scheduled dates.

Church Date Pastor Speaker

West Covina,

Calif Apr. 14-28 C. H. Ashman Crusade Team.

Palmyra, Pa. Apr. 15-21 Robert Markley H. A. Hoyt.
Whittier, Calif. Apr. 24-25 . . Lewis Hohenstein R. D. Culver.

Whittier, Calif. Apr. 26 Ward Miller R. D. Culver.

April 13, 1957

235

Si\

lHt04t

Pete^

A PRE-EASTER MEDITATION

By Miles Taber

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

Ashland, Ohio

Simon Peter was a pitiful Chris-
tian on the night that the Lord was
betrayed. In the Garden of Geth-
semane and in the Jerusalem court-
yard he seemed to lack everything
that a Christian should possess, and
to possess everything that a Chris-
tian should lack. But we love Peter
because he is so "human," by which
we mean that he is so much like
ourselves. We know the steps of his
downfall by heart because we have
traveled that road so often. And
what Christian has not shared his
scalding tears?

Peter's sin was really twofold.
He put too much confidence in him-
self, and he did not put enough con-
fidence in his Lord. He had :iot yet
learned to say with Paul: "We . . .
have no confidence in the flesh"
(Phil. 3:3), nor had he learned to
say, "I can do all things through
Christ which strengtheneth me"
(Phil. 4:13).

Peter was bold, but it was the
boldness of the flesh, foolhardy and
vacillating. He was always the first
to speak, but he remained behind
when John went into the judgment
hall, preferring to lose himself in the
Devil's crowd.

Peter was brave, but it was the
bravery of the flesh, impulsive and
changeable. He could slash an ear
from an armed man in the garden,
but he could not truthfully answer a
maid's question in the courtyard.

Peter was loyal, but it was the
loyalty of the flesh, promising but
often not fulfilling. He could say:
"Though I should die with thee, yet
will I not deny thee" (Matt. 26:35),
yet he denied his Lord three times
when his life was not even threat-
ened.

Peter was confident, but his con-
fidence was in himself. Some Chris-
tians might backslide, but not Peter.
He was safe, he was secure. He re-
minds us of a friend with whom we
once discussed the doctrine of eter-
nal security. She did not believe in
the doctrine, for others, but she felt
perfectly sure of her own salvation
and security. Peter was confident,
self-confident, confident in his own
will power, his flesh.

The tragedy of self-confidence is
that it destroys confidence, or faith,
in God. As long as we have full
confidence in ourselves — our bril-
liance, our will power, our physical
strength, our wealth, our character,
our flesh — we do not see the need of,
we do not ask for, we do not rely on
"the power that worketh in us (Eph.
3:20). We may use the pious lan-
guage of the faith, but we do not
know what it is to depend upon God
until we have fully learned that we
cannot depend on ourselves.

Being self-confident, Peter was
not interested in the keeping power
of God. When the Lord had warned
him, "Simon, Simon, behold Satan
hath desired to have you, that he
may sift you as wheat: But I have
prayed for thee, that thy faith fail
not . . .," Peter had rashly protest-
ed: "Lord 1 am ready to go with
thee, both into prison, and to death"
(Luke 22:31-33). Yet in spite of all

of Peter's miserable failure, that
prayer was certain to be answered:
Peter's faith did not fail completely.
It was sorely tested, but the Lord
could say beforehand, "And when
thou art converted . . ." The eternal
security of the child of God is not so
much a doctrine to be defended as it
is an astonishing fact which should
humble us to the dust. It is all of
grace. Peter was kept by the power
of God.

But why was Peter not kept from
profanely denying his Lord? For
the answer to this question we must
recognize the human element in the
Christian's victory over sin. While
Jesus was praying in the garden.
He returned to the disciples "And
findeth them asleep, and saith unto
Peter, What, could ye not watch
with me one hour? Watch and pray,
that ye enter not into temptation"
(Matt. 26:40-41 ). The prayer of the
Lord kept Peter from complete and
final apostasy, but the prayer of
Peter was necessary to keep him
from entering into temptation,
yielding to it. But since Peter slept
when he should have prayed, he
cursed when he should have stood
loyally with his Master. Practical
victory over sin, and growth in
grace, depend on the power of God
that is appropriated by the Chris-
tian. And that power is appropri-
ated by reading and believing the
Word, prayer, assembling together,
participating in the ordinances of
the church, etc.

When we are self-confident, we do
not see our need of God's power.
When we do not see our need of
God's power, we do not make use of
the means that God has provided for
making it available to us and effec-
tive in us.

When we thus fail to use the
means of grace, we are not lost but
we are chastened. Peter's bitter
tears and the knowledge that in the
greatest crisis of his life he had
failed, were the result of his failure
to "watch and pray." A few tears of
prayer and trust and submission in
the garden would have brought vic-
tory to Peter and joy to the Lord.

Peter's message to us is simple. If
you do not want to be chastened
under the hand of the Lord, use the
means of grace that He has pro-
vided. But to use them diligently,
you must be conscious of your utter
dependence on God's power to give
you victory. That full confidence in
God cannot be ours as long as we
put any confidence in ourselves, our
flesh.

Don't trust yourself. Trust God.

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

United for Soul- Winning

The National Fellowship of Brethren Laymen

Compiled by Roy H. Lowery

LAYMEN IN THE NEWS

Spanglers
Chez M. Deslis
16 Rue Jules Simon
Tours, I et L France
February 19, 1957

Dear Brother Lowery.

When we left the States, I was
going to try to write you once a
month and you see how well I have
succeeded. Our winter has been very
mild, for which we praise the Lord.
It would have been very uncom-
fortable if it was real cold because
their heating systems are quite small
and inadequate.

We had a very enjoyable Christ-
mas with the Fogies and Hockings
in Lyon. While there, Fred received
the final papers on his lot, so now
he can start to build. We had a good
time looking at house plans and dis-
cussing them. By this time, I am sure
they have decided on a plan and
applied for the building permit. It
takes three months to get a permit
to build here, so they won't get
started before summer at least. Here
is a wonderful opportunity for some
laymen's group that wants a project
to work on. The SMM are financing
the electrical work; and how won-
derful it would, be if some group
would undertake the plumbing,
heating, cabinet work, plastering,
masonry, carpentry, or excavating.

The last few weeks we have made
some wonderful contacts here in
Tours. We have been invited into
several homes for conversation and
reading in the French Bible. This
helps us tremendously with our study
of the language. Pray with us for
these contacts. Also pray for the
Hockings as they prepare to leave
for Africa, the Tabers and William-
ses as they study here and for the
Fogies as they labor in Lyon. And
last but not least, for us as we con-
tinue to study here and prepare to
leave.

In Christian service,
Don Spangler

Sunnyside, Wash. The laymen
here are sponsoring an evangelistic
meeting with Rev. Phil Ward as

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR MAY

Opening
Power'

Hymns — "All
; "Redeemed."

Hail the

Scripture Reading — Isaiah 53.

Prayer Time — Form groups of three
or four men each, giving i:;ach
group the names of jsveral mis-
sionaries 10 pray for.

Hymn — "Take Time to Be Holy."

Business Session — Make plans for
a father and son banquet. Lift
offering for National Fellowship
of Brethren Laymen general fund,
and send all moneys lo Earl Cole,
treasurer, 2753 Elmwood St.,
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

Bible Study —

Closing Hymn and prayer.

HOW JESUS WROUGHT SALVATION

Though the eternal Son of God
was rich, yet for our sakes He be-
came poor that we through His pov-
erty might be rich (II Cor. 8:9)).
He came from heaven to earth to
put away sin by the sacrifice of him-
self (Heb. 9:26), and to take away
sin (I John 3:5). Being made sin for
us. He died in our stead (II Cor. 5:
21), and He bore it all in His own
body on the cross (1 Pet. 2:24).
He is a seeking Saviour (Luke 19:
10; 15:1-7). He gave His life a ran-
som for many (Matt. 20:28). (Read
20 through 28). He alone could
ransom man from the Devil's mort-

the evangelist. May 5-19. The lay-
men here have complete charge of
a service each month in the Yakima
Rescue Missions, not only arrang-
ing the meeting but do the preaching
as well. They have a prayer meet-
ing each Friday evening and their
regular monthly meeting the first
Thursday of each month. Mr. Hom-
er Waller is president of this fine
organization. Rev. Harold D.
Painter is pastor.

Dayton, Ohio (First Brethren —
The laymen here have been very
active having had the Crusade Team
here for evangelism Sunday for both
services, as well as visiting in the
homes of many shut-ins, bringing
to them words of comfort and cheer
from the Word of God. Their total
offering for the Board of Evai'gclisni
was $631. They also have a grow-
ing boys' work, as well as assisting
the chaplain at the local Veterans'
Administration Center. Bro. Herbert
Edwards is their president.

gage on the human soul (I Tim. 2:
5-6).

By nature men are dead in tres-
passes and sins and must be quick-
ened into newness of life (Eph. 2:1).
Jesus came that men might have life
and have it abundantly (John 10:
10). By His tasting death for every
man He could bring Satan to nought
(i.e. stripped of his power) (Heb.
2:9, 14-15). He came to destroy the
works of the Devil (I John 3:8).

Christ alone met the require-
ments of the Law. All others were
under the curse of a broken law
(Gal. 3:10; 4:4-5). He became a
curse in our place and by His death
purchased our redemption (Gal. 3:
13-14). Since we could not get back
to God, He came to bring us back
(I Pet. 3:18). Man cannot save him-
self; he had to have a Saviour or be
forever lost (Isa. 53:6; John 10:
1-15).

Jesus came to reveal unto us the
Father (John 1:18). This was the
only way we could know God as the
Father (John 14: 6, 9-10).

But the transaction is not com-
plete unless we have a definite
Christian experience. An intellec-
tual understanding of God's plan of
salvation without experiencing the
power of God unto salvation is not
enough. We must have the evidence
of salvation (I Cor. 13:5). We are
not to take this important matter for
granted (II Pet. 1:10). Old things
depart to give way for new things
(II Cor. 5:17). We love the Breth-
ren (I John 3:14), have a spiritual
appetite (I Pet. 2:2; Jer. 15:16), and
we have a conflict between the flesh
and the spirit (Gal. 5:17), which is
the evidence of a new work begun in
us. Our conduct is to be governed by
Romans 6:4 and Galatians 5:16. .

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THE ANSWER TO

GRUMBLERS

Christians are becoming a group
of habitual grumblers. Every place
I have gone recently there has been
an abundance of complaining and
griping. A pastor waits for a listening
ear to tell of the difficulties in his
church and of the problem people
in his congregation. Many times
these pastors conclude their ministry
is not appreciated. On the other
hand, I am often fearful to go into
Christian homes during a meeting
without the pastor because invari-
ably the conversation turns to one
of complaining about the church
and the pastor

Some of these complaints are in-
deed well grounded; but, grumbling
is becoming a major tool employed
of Satan to destroy the work of
Christ. He knows our strong points
and he knows our weak points, and
it seems he has lured us at a weak
one. Much of the complaining that
has come to me may be summarized
as follows: Things a congregation
can expect from their preacher and
things a preacher can expect from a
congregation.

Expectations of a Congregation

There are four things that any
congregation should expect of their
pastor:

1 . That he comes into the pulpit
prepared. A preacher ought to spe-
cialize in preaching and praying.
Think of the great preachers —
Spurgeon, Whitfield, Biederwolf,
and others — they all spent time
building great sermons. Many
preachers have been so busy "wait-
ing on tables" that they have not
had the time to prepare a fresh mes-
sage for the service. Then there are
some who do not enjoy preaching
and will resort to all types of gim-
micks to fill in the time rather than
declaring the Word of God.

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2. That he has spent time in
prayer. No service in God's house
will be effective unless it is bathed
in prayer. The preacher must pray
about everything in regard to himself
and the life of the church. When the
members of the congregation look
up to the platform at the preacher,
they should realize immediately that
this man has spent much time in
prayer and has dedicated this meet-
ing to God.

3. That he is seeking to preach
God's message.

There are preachers afraid to ring
out the charges against sin. They are
afraid if they preach on certain sub-
jects, someone who gives liberally
will get their feelings hurt and stop
paying. If God lays a message on
your heart, then preach it. Brother,
for the glory of Christ. Don't use the
pulpit as a shield to preach at in-
dividuals; feed the entire flock in
preaching, save the personal matter
for private.

4. His appearance in the pulpit
will be in a manner pleasing to the
Lord. Appearance and mannerism
should be without reproach at all
times. Your preacher should be
rested when entering the pulpit so
he can think clearly and do his best.
Also, it is a shame when a preacher
holds back and does not do his best
because the crowd is not as large as
he had anticipated.

Expectations of a Pastor

There are four things that any
pastor should expect of his con-
gregation:

1. That they are praying for
him. It is almost a lost sight to walk
into a church service and see heads
bowed — praying for the preacher
and the blessing of God in the meet-
ing. Also, most of the pre-prayer
meetings that I have visited have

By Evangelist Bill Smith

been sadly lacking in numbers and
prayers. Don't sin thus against your
preacher by putting him behind the
pulpit week after week and then not
pray for him.

2. That they will cooperate in
every part of the service. There are
some men and women who never
join in the song service. There are
others who will not follow in the
responsive readings. Still others that
do not bow their heads in prayer,
do not testify and are not friendly to
visiting strangers. They are the ones
that seem to add cold water to the
warmth of a gospel meeting.

3. Attention and interest in the
message. It is a thrilling thing to
preach to a congregation that gives
you attention and interest. An ex-
perienced speaker is able to sense
immediately if he has the interest
and attention of his group. With his
vantage point on the platform the
preacher is very much aware of the
whispering, the note writing, the
sleeping and all else that is an evi-
dence of boredom. A preacher
should be able to expect attention
and interest during the service.

4. Have an active interest in
calling. You will thrill your pastor
if you will volunteer for visitation.
The opportunities are many: call-
ing on the sick and shut-ins, visit-
ing the members of Sunday-school
classes, contacting the people whose
names are given you by the pastor.
You can lighten the pastor's load and
receive a great blessing from visit-
ing in the name of the Lord.

By the grace of God let every
believer covenant with the Lord that
they will not be guilty of grumbling,
but will spend that energy praying
and working for our blessed Lord, j
who when He was reviled, opened
not His mouth in complaint (Phil.
2:1-11).

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A Little While

In retrospect, four years seems
like a long time to ready oneself for
an expected event or occurrence, but
when the event is at the threshold,
the time is unbelievably short. Now
the prediction has become a reality;
and although the tears run down like
rain, there is a lovely rainbow
stretched across the sky, seen only
by those whose eyes are wet from the
grief of separation.

The family under the parsonage
roof has just said farewell — for a
little while, please God — to its be-
loved first bom and eldest brother.
It was January 10, 1953 (how could
Mother ever forget that date?) when
the doctor announced in solemn
tones that Bob had advanced nehp-
ritis, both kidneys already wasted
away at least 50 percent. Mother
felt lightheaded as she drove her
son home from the doctor's office
that day. What did God have in
mind for Bobby? What, indeed,
could be the purpose of such a sit-
uation? Her boy was now I6V2
years old and had never been sick a
day in his life. Had not she and
Bob's Daddy given the boy back to
God even before he was born?
"What" and "why" were the ques-
tions she asked that day and many
times in the next four years.

From an extra measure of grace
bestowed upon them, and a new ap-
preciation of grace, this Daddy and
Mother realize all their "whats" and
"whys" cannot be explained and an-
swered in one sweeping gesture by
their Father God. His pictures un-
fold slowly, beautifully, perfectly
because (hey are created with eter-
nity's values in view. Our son's ill-
ness was a part of the over-all pic-
ture God is creating for eternity
through this family. Our son's
homegoing (O dear Father, Thou
knowest the sharpness of grief in
these parents' hearts caused by the
separation) is but another proof that
it is not how long one lives but how
well; not necessarily the quantity but
the quality of one's service for
Christ which really counts.

With eyes bedimmed by tears, the
hearts of these parents repeat with
the psalmist: "Precious in the sight
of the Lord is the death of his saints"
(Ps. 116:15). And from hearts full
of gratitude they say "Thank you"
to our brethren over the country who
have remembered us with helpful
deeds and words of sympathetic

understanding as we've walked the
path of sorrow. Bob's precious
bride of seven months who is "glad
it pleased the Lord to let Bob love
me" joins us in gratitude for your
unselfish fellowship in our hour of
need.

Because words are very inade-
quate, we cannot begin to really ex-
press the true emotions of our inner
hearts. Because space is limited it is
impossible to mention names of
those who really "held up [our]
arms." But we are hereby con-
strained to puWicly thank our fami-
lies for their magnificent help in
the dark hours of suffering. A pre-
cious Grandmother Schwartz, who
kept the home fires burning for the
seven young Millers under the par-
ental roof so that Mother could re-
main by the bed of her dying son;

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a wonderful Grandmother Miller
who helped keep many a weary night
vigil by the bed of her first grand-
child; a spiritually strong and vigor-
ous Grandpa Miller who continually
pointed our attention to the fact that
God never makes a mistake, whose
faith infused strength into our very
bones as we faced each unknown
hour, and who literally >;ased
Bobby's passage into the presence
of his Father by his prayers — these,
and many others were, and are, our
comfort in the face of man's last
enemy, death.

If this Mother knew her son at
all, Bob would say:

"I am home in heaven, dear ones;

All's so happy, all so bright!
There's perfect joy and beauty

In this everlasting light.

"All the pain and grief are over.
Every restless tossing passed;

I am now at peace forever.

Safely home in heaven at last.

"Then you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still;

Try to look beyond earth's shadows,
Pray to trust our Father's will.

"There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idle stand;

Do your work while life remaineth —
You shall rest in Jesus' land.

"When that work is all completed.
He will gently call you home;

Oh, the rapture of the meeting!
Oh, the joy to see you come!

Author Unknown

4pW/ 73, 7957

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HOOSIER PAPER
INCREASES PRICE

Indianapolis — The Indianapolis
Times, a Scripps-Howard news-
paper, today announced it will raise
its weekly home delivery price from
30 to 35 cents and the price at news-
stands from five cents to seven cents
a copy.

52 PAPERS NOW

CHARGE 10 CENTS

New York. — At least 52 daily
newspapers in the United States
now charge 10 cents a copy, the
American Newspaper Publishers
Assn. said today.

This figure includes three New
York papers which have raised their
weekday price from 5 to 10 cents
this month. ANFA said at least
nine papers across the country have
gone to 10 cents in the past 12
months.

Most Brethren Pay

35 to 75 cents a week

7 to 10 cents a day

For A "

DAILY NEWSPAPER

SHOULD BRETHREN
OBJECT TO . . .

Slightly More Than 4 CeiltS a Week?

L50 a year for 100 percent churches)

for

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The BRETHREN

lOME MISSION NUMBER

APRIL 20, 1957

TWO CHURCHES BREAK

FOR NEW BUILDINGS

Grandview, Wash., First Brethren breaking ground on February 24, 1957

Fort Wayne, Ind., Grace Brethren breaking ground March 10, 1957

EDITORIALS

In the providence of God, Easter has arrived once
aijain. God has seen fit to hold up the second coming
of His Son to allow us to celebrate another memorial
of His resurrection. The Easter season, like Christmas,
brings to our minds the cardinal doctrines concerning the
incarnation, death, and resurrection of the divine Son of
God. Unlike Christmas, Easter actually directs the
minds of folk everywhere to the reason for the death
of Christ and the facts concerning His resurrection.

Our Lord became incarnate in order that He might
die for sinners (Matt. 20:28), to share with sinners His
own eternal life (John 10:10). He robed himself in flesh
that He might experience human life, to experience the
feelincs of humanity, and to properly execute judgment
(Heb."2:17-18), to reveal ideal humanity to a world of
men whose eyes are veiled by sin (1 Pet. 2:21 ). He came
to provide an everlasting revelation of the invisible God
in a visible bodily form (Col. 1:15).

The life of our Lord was brought to an abrupt halt at
Calvary when in the hands of sinful, unknowing men, our
Lord laid down His own life (John 10:17) to accom-
plish His eternal purpose (John 12:21). His volition was
in direct obedience to His Father's will (Matt. 26:38-
39) and in fulfillment of the prophetic Word (Luke
24:44-46). In all of this manifestation of apathy, pas-
sion, grace, and love, our Lord died on the cross to
share His eternal life with sinful men (John 3:14-15;
12:20-24). We cannot fathom with these finite, yet
redeemed, minds what must have gripped the heart
of the Lord Jesus as He sacrificed His life in death
before the Father in our behalf.

The resurrection of Christ is unique. Others have
been brought back to life only to die again. Our Lord
arose to die no more, a victor over sin, Satan, and
triumphant over death. Christ arose from the grave in
the same body in which He died. His resurrection body,
now different, and the attested facts of the resurrection
bring significant joy and blessing to the believer.

Christ is the eternal Son, the Son of David, and the
Head of the church. Being the eternal Son, it is not
possible for Him to be holden of death (Acts 2:24); as
the Son of David He must yet sit upon the throne of
David (Acts 2:30-31); and the Head over all things to
the church which is His body (Eph. 1:22-23). His
resurrection from death was of infinite necessity.

Christ is our Saviour from sin, the mediator of our
salvation, its benefits, its rewards and results. He arose
to be the giver of resurrection life (John 12:24); to im-
part His resurrection power (Eph. 1:19-20); that sin-
ners might be justified (Rom. 4:25) and that He might
be the first fruit in resurrection, providing a pattern for
all who have been redeemed to follow (I Cor. 15:20-
23).

The Christian's responsibility is tremendously im-
portant in the light of the resurrection of our Lord. He
has received the message of redemption and experienced
salvation from sin, which is sorely needed everywhere
today. He has a God-given privilege and responsibility
to carry that saving message to others.

By Lester E. Pifer, Contributing Editor

According to the Word of God (Rom. 6:4; Eph. 1:19-
20) there is to be demonstrated in the believer's life the
spiritual power — that same spiritual power which raised
Christ from the dead. This power ministrated through
the leadership and direction of the Holy Spirit and
the Word is of inestimable value in accomplishing the
work of the Lord. It is seen many times standing in di-
rect contrast to the work and energy of the flesh. May
God help us who believe and rejoice in the empty tomb
to be believers who demonstrate the newness of life
which we have in Christ and continue to walk in resur-
rection power.

Experts wrong, population far exceeds predictions

A recent release of the United Press gives us some
startling facts. "The population of the United States
is growing much faster than experts expected. It al-
ready has passed the "peak" it was supposed to reach
in 1990.

"The present rate of population increase — 1.7 per-
cent a year — is more than double that of the 1930's. If
it keeps up, America will have more than 228 million
persons to feed, clothe, house, educate, employ and
transport by 1975. . . .

"Until a few years ago. Dr. Joseph S. Davis, of
President Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers,
said virtually all authorities thought that the United
States had reached the end of its long period of popu-
lation expansion, and that the latter half of this century
would bring a stationary or declining population.

"The war-time jump in birth rates was regarded as
purely temporary. As late as 1946, the Census Bureau
forecast that the U. S. population would be 153 million
in 1960 and would reach an ultimate peak of 164.5
million about 1990. . . .

"But the baby boom continued — and still shows no
sign of a letdown. The population shot past the 164.5
million mark in 1955, 35 years ahead of schedule. It now
is just above 170 million. By 1960, it is expected to
reach 180 million. Barring a catastrophe, such as atomic
war, it will pass 200 million before 1970, and will con-
tinue to climb with no peak in sight."

Here are additional facts that we live in a growing
mission field. These are souls. Souls which must be
saved, must be fed from the Word of God and who
need a fundamental church in which to worship. These
figures challenge us in the light of the needs of home
missions, Grace Seminary and College, and foreign
missions.

Brethren home missions, along with our district mis-
sion boards, is the key to expansion in the Brethren
Church. The greater percentage of this population we
reach now, the more our testimony will be expanded
across this great nation. This will also provide us with
a host of young people who will be ready for training,
to be sent to the various phases of Christian service. We
must pray for America, pray for soul-winners, for our
churches and Sunday schools that we may see the har-
vest and reap it. Pray for home missions, that we may
do our best to reach this ever-expanding mission field.

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD

VOLUME 19, NUMBER 16
ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
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THE TONGUE

Bruce L. Button

The Apostle James in the third
chapter of his general epistle has
this to say about the tongue:

5. Even so the tongue is a little
member, and boasteth great things.
Behold, how great a matter a Uttle
fire kindleth!

6. And the tongue is a fire, a
world of iniquity: so is the tongue
among our members, that it defileth
the whole body, and setteth on fire
the course of nature; and it is set
on fire of hell.

7. For every kind of beasts, and
of birds, and of serpents, and of
things in the sea, is tamed, and hath
been tamed of mankind:

8. But the tongue can no man
tame; it is an unruly evil, full of
deadly poison.

9. Therewith bless we God, even
the Father; and therewith curse we
men, which are made after the simil-
itude of God.

This epistle is not directed to the
unsaved. It is meant for those who
recognize the headship of Christ; it
is directed to the blood-bought saints
of God; it is written to the Chris-
tians! We would do well to heed
these words of James, for many
times the mishandled tongue can do
tremendous damage to the work
of the Lord. Intentional mishan-
dling of the tongue does not always
do the damage. The thoughtless
tongue can make a remark that
creates equal havoc. Two instances
will illustrate what I mean.

The first instance deals with an
intentionally mishandled tongue.
Some time ago I had lunch with a
prominent gentile Christian business-
man in downtown Los Angeles. We
went to a Jewish kosher-style res-

taurant. While there our conversa-
tion touched on the presidential elec-
tion which was due within the next
week or two. My gentile Christian
friend said: "I have just been read-
ing how the coming election will be
thrown to suit Jewry. Did you know
there are enough Jews in the key
cities of the key states to control
the electoral vote? They will con-
trol New York, Philadelphia, Chi-
cago, San Francisco, and Los An-
geles, as well as other key cities.
We should be careful of these peo-
ple . . ."

And at this point I interrupted
him with. "Mr. R., I would rather
not discuss this matter with you un-
less you have some definite proof
for what you are saying. Where did
you come by your information?"

He answered: "Everyone knows
of this. You don't need proof. All
you need to do is observe. Of
course, there is literature that gives
the facts, but I do not happen to have
it with me."

I asked him: "Could this litera-
ture you speak of be written by Mr.
— or Mr. — or Mr. — ?" (These were
prominent anti-Semitic leaders that
I named.)

My friend admitted these men
were the source of his material and
insisted I would be convinced if I
would but read their material. Then
I asked him: "Did these men in
their literature just make statements
such as you have made here today,
or did they back their statements
with facts?"

My friend thought a moment and
then replied: "Why, I guess they just
made statements. I don't remember
anything factual in support of them;

that is, nothing I could check on."

The balance of our meal was
finished in silence, and when I sep-
arated from Mr. R, I sensed he was
not pleased with what I had said.
Later that day while in Fairfax I met
a Jewish friend I have witnessed to
many times. 'Saw you in Simon's to-
day at lunch hour. Who was with
you?" he asked.

I told him it was Mr. R.

"He's a Christian?" was the next
question, and I answered, "Yes."

"Sat in the booth right behind
you," my Jewish friend said.
"Couldn't help overhearing your
conversation. Was Mr. R. motivated
by that love you're always talking
about? Has he been — how do you
say it — born again?"

I was at a loss to answer, and I'm
still at a loss, for years of testimony
have been wrecked by deliberate
unchristian words from the hps of
a professing Christian.

The second instance deals with
the thoughtless mishandling of the
tongue. This happened at the mis-
sion. The pastor of a neighborhood
church of one of the larger denomi-
nations called at the mission one
afternoon. While he was here, one
of our Jewish women dropped in.
During the conversation, in which
Mrs. Button and our Jewish neigh-
bor participated, Mr. D. jokingly
addressed me with: "You've lived
among them so long you're getting
like them." Needless to say from
then on ours was a lame conversa-
tion to say the least.

After Mr. D. departed, our Jewish
friend said: "What did he mean?

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A MINUTE-MAN REMINDER

YOU are an important link in the chain of events at Lansing, Mich. Return
that envelope today to speed up the building program for this Lansing group.

April 20 1957

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Ground Breaking--A Day of Blessing

By Tom Julien, pastor

Grace Brethren Church
Fort Wayne, Ind.

It was a beautiful Lord's Day, and
the ill weather of the days preceding
and following only served to
heighten its loveliness. By 2:30 in
the afternoon approximately two
hundred people had gathered at
4619 Stellhorn Road in Fort Wayne
to witness the ground breaking for
the new Grace Brethren Church.

To begin the service, which was
characterized by a spirit of warmth
and fellowship throughout, the
group joined in the singing of
"Praise Him." This was led by Rev.
Carl Miller, assistant pastor of the
First Brethren Church of Fort
Wayne. To those who sang, the
words took on added meaning as
they praised God for what He had
made possible. The pastor of the
church then selected and read verses
from I Chronicles 28, concerning
David's advice to Solomon for the
building of the Temple. Especially
emphasized was verse 20, in which
David exclaimed: "Be strong and of
good courage, and do it: fear not,
nor be dismayed: for the Lord God,
even my God, will be with thee; He
will not fail thee nor forsake thee,
until thou hast finished all the work
for the service of the house of the
Lord."

Special music was provided by
the choir of the First Brethren
Church, led by its director, Mr.
Richard Foote. Brother Miller then
led the group in singing "The
Church's One Foundation Is Jesus
Christ the Lord."

Representing the Brethren Home
Missions Council was Dr. L. L.
Grubb, secretary, who presented sev-
eral members of the board of direc-
tors, and staff. Among those present
for the occasion were Mr. Chester
McCall, director; Mr. Frank Poland,
office manager; Mr. Elmer Tamkin,
financial secretary of the Brethren
Investments Foundation; Mr. Robert
Foltz, architect; and Rev. Evan
Adams, superintendent of the Nava-
jo work. Dr. Grubb then presented
Dr. Paul Bauman, president of the
board of directors, for remarks.
Among other things. Dr. Bauman
expressed his thanks to God for the
establishment of new churches in the
State of Indiana.

Prayer was led by Mr. Vernon
Latham, foreman of construction
crew No. 2. The choir pealed forth
with "All Hail the Power of Jesus
Name." Mrs. Bonnie Ayers, mem-
ber of the choir, sang "O Jesus We
Have Promised."

The speaker for the occasion was
Rev. Mark Malles, pastor of the
First Brethren Church. Both Broth-
er Malles and the church have been
most cooperative and helpful, and
have exercised a true spirit of love
and graciousness in giving many
of their members for the establish-
ment of the new church. In his ad-
dress. Brother Malles reiterated the
events which had led to the estab-
lishment of the Grace Brethren
Church. Then, choosing his text
from Matthew 16:13-20, he spoke

Left: Richard Foote directing the First Brethren. Church choir. Right: Mark Malles, pastor
of the First Brethren Church, the ground-breaking speaker.

of Christ the Rock and the necessity
of building on Him.

Following the breaking of the
ground by the members of the
building committee of the new
church, the group assembled them-
selves in a large circle around the
staked-out plot, and sang "Take my
life, and let it be consecrated, Lord,
to Thee."

As the people stood in little clus-
ters to visit after the service, the
thoughts of some went back to a
prayer meeting held in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Leiter in the fall
of 1955. It was here that plans and
pi^ayers were first made for the
beginning of a branch work in the
northeast section of the city. The
original intent at that time was to
form a Bible class which would meet
Sunday afternoons, in an effort to
win people in the community.

The weeks passed. Further prayer
and investigation indicated that
the only satisfactory way of reach-
ing the community was to establish a
church and conduct morning wor-
ship services. Accordingly, in De-
cember, the first morning service
for the new church was held. A week
later, Dr. Grubb was called in to
organize the group into a home-mis-
sion church. Then, on January 1,
the charter roll of what was then
called the Second Brethren Church
was signed.

After the ground-breaking serv-
ice, members and friends of the
Grace Brethren Church met in the
home of Edward Byrne for a fel-
lowship meal and a service of praise.
At this time, testimonies were given
by the members of the construction
crew and their wives. Dr. Grubb
preached the message. Then, as a
capstone to the blessings of a won-
derful day, two precious souls — a
man and wife — walked down the
aisle to receive the Lord as their
Saviour — another family was united
in Christ.

Monday morning brought rain

to Fort Wayne — but in spite of this,

excavating equipment was moved to

the building site to begin work on

the Grace Brethren Church.

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Fort Wayne Grace Brethren building committee. Left to right-

Mark Jury, Ed. Byrne, Albert Ervin, Tom Julien. pastor, Bert Leiter.

George Lord, and Vernon Latham, superintendent of the Brethren

Construction Company.

View of area surrounding the new church.

Brethren Consfrucfion Company Moves In

The new Grace Brethren Church
is being buih by unit two of the
Brethren Construction Company.
Prior to the ground breaking, the
crew arrived in Fort Wayne, Ind.,
after completing a chapel for the
Fremont, Ohio, colored people.

The crew superintendent, Mr.
Vem Latham, was the first to ar-
rive to lay the preliminary plans and
care for a number of details neces-
sary for such a building project.

Other families of the unit are Mr.
and Mrs. James Knepper, York,
Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sturgill, Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Don-
ald Stroup, South Bend, Ind.; and
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brovant, Lake
Odessa, Mich.

The construction of the church
building is only a part of the job
for these dedicated workers. The
other part is the building of the
Church of Christ through their

testimony and witnessing. Every
pastor who has worked with this
crew has wanted to keep them be-
cause of the spiritual impact they
have made in his midst. But it is not
the job of these men to build a taber-
nacle and remain on the mountain-
top, for they have other churches
waiting for their help. Pray for this
crew and the other two now build-
ing Brethren churches in three dif-
ferent cities simultaneously.

ISRAEL CALLS!

Continued From Page 243)

Who does he think he is? Is this
Christianity?"

Again I was at a loss for words,
and while this seemed to be a harm-
less remark on the part of this pas-
tor; nevertheless it has caused a
difficult situation in a Jewish heart.

You see, the tongue, whether in-
tentional or thoughtless, simply ex-
presses what is in the mind and
heart. And in both of these cases, in
a real analysis each person was ex-
pressing contempt (in a greater or
lesser degree) for the Jew. Brethren,
this ought not to be! What we think,
we eventually say. And many times
\ye say it at the most inopportune
times. James says:

"For in many things we offend all.
If any man offend not in word, the
same is a perfect man, and is able

April 20 J 957

also to bridle the whole body ....
But the tongue can no man tame; it
is an unruly evil, full of deadly
poison" (Jas. 3:2, 8).

Man needs something greater than
self to bridle his tongue. The Chris-
tian has that greater One at his dis-
posal, for the Holy Spirit indwells
him (I Cor. 6:19). His control brings
us the wisdom that is from above and
". . . is first pure, then peaceable,
gentle, and easy to be intreated, full
of mercy and good fruits, without
partiahty, and without hypocrisy.
And the fruit of righteousness is
sown in peace of them that make
peace" (Jas. 3:17-18).

Beloved, you can never control
your tongue. Either it will be set
on fire of hell, or the Holy Spirit
with your submission will use it
wisely. Be sure the Holy Spirit is at
the controls before engaging your
tongue.

NEW PLANE FOR BRETHREN
HOME MISSIONS

For some time a group of Breth-
ren laymen have been praying about
securing a twin-engine airplane for
the work of Brethren home mis-
sions.

By the gracious provision of the
Lord recently we were able to pre-
sent a twin-engine Navion to the
Council to replace the old single-
engine Navion. This has been done
through gifts by the laymen and at
no cost to the Brethren Home Mis-
sions Council.

We as Brethren laymen are happy
for the opportunity to make this
additional and important contribu-
tion to our Council in its work of
bringing the gospel to America. —
By W. F. McPheeters, Long Beach,
CaUf.

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Grandview Brethren
Break Ground

By Robert Griffith, Pastor

First Brethren Church,
Grandview, Wash.

The First Brethren Church of
Grandview, Wash, broke ground
for their new building, Sunday after-
noon, February 24, 1957. The serv-
ice was originally planned for Jan-
uary 20, but winter weather caused
it to be postponed. Sixty-nine people
gathered at the building site at 2:30
p. m. to witness the service. Rev.
Harold Painter, pastor of the First
Brethren Church of Sunnyside,
Wash., was the speaker for the
service. Rev. and Mrs. Henry Daike,
of the Grace Brethren Church of
Yakima, brought greetings and also
sang a duet. Miss Lorraine Minter,
a member of the Sunday school of
Grandview, played a cornet solo. A
portable organ used in the song
service was played by Mrs. Harold
Painter of Sunnyside.

The pastor turned the first shovel-
ful of dirt, followed by Mr. Thomas
Bishop, chairman of the building
committee. Others to break ground
were Mr. Clarence Green, Sunday-
school superintendent, Mrs. Joe
Walker, president of the Women's
Missionary Council, and Miss Phyl-
lis Fuerst, president of the Sister-
hood of Mary and Martha. To close
the service everyone joined hands
and surrounded the entire outline of
the building (with a bit of stretch-
ing!), and the pastor led in a prayer
of dedication.

The church was started as a Bible
Class in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Woolman, March 9, 1954.
Rev. Harold Painter was the teacher
of this class. On April 6, 1954 the
class had increased in attendance
making it necessary to move to the
home of Mrs. Clara Fuerst. The
group then located an old school
building which they were able to
rent. Much needed to be done in

redecorating and remodeling the
building. When this was done, im-
pressive and appropriate dedication
services were held on September
12, 1954.

The church had Sunday school
and church services on Sunday
mornings and then went to Sunny-
side for the evening service, until
August 4, 1955 when their new pas-
tor. Rev. Robert Griffith, arrived on
the field. Immediately a full schedule
of services was started. This past
year the church has seen the bless-
ing of the Lord showered upon it.
The attendance is now over 100 and
a few weeks ago a new record of II 5
was set in the Sunday school.

The new edifice will be built in
a new section of town where six
lots have been purchased. The build-
ing was designed by Mr. Gordon
Nickell, a Grandview man, and a
fine Christian. The sanctuary of the
two level structure will seat from
165-200 people. The daylight base-
ment will be used for Sunday-school
classrooms and recreational facili-

MANSFIELD SETS
DEDICATION DATE

The Woodville Grace Breth-
ren Church, Mansfield, Ohio,
will dedicate their new build-
ing on Sunday, May 19, 1957.
The speaker will be Miles
Taber, pastor of the Grace
Brethren Church, Ashland,
Ohio. A two-week special
meeting will begin the same
day with Brother Taber.

ties. Kitchen and restrooms are also
located in the basement.

On the main floor will be a pas-
tor's study, mother's room and one
classroom. The wing to the west
will be composed of four large class-
rooms which can be converted into
eight smaller rooms. The building
will be a frame construction with
brick or stone veneer on the front.

The church has hired a local con-
tractor by the hour who will be the
foreman. Mr. Nickell, our designer,
will be the supervisor of construc-
tion, and material will be purchased
by the building committee and super-
visor.

Monday after ground breaking
the foundation was dug and by the
middle of the week the footings were
poured. At the time of the writing of
this article the blocks for the wall
have been delivered and work will
begin this week.

Since the ground breaking — be-
ginning a new venture for the church
— the prayer of pastor and people is
that along with this building pro-
gram a strong testimony for our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will
be established.

(The latest available report on
Grandview is the following from a
letter dated March 28, 1957, from
Pastor Griffith: "Things are pro-
gressing nicely in our building pro-
gram. The basement walls are fin-
ished, and we have the foundation
in for the Sunday-school unit. The
steel for the floor was to leave Chi-
cago this week, so we are praying
it will arrive next week. We had 1 1 1
again last Sunday and are trying
for 120 next week. We have not had
less than 1 00 in Sunday school since
the first of the year.") (Ed.)

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Architect's sketch of the First Brethren Church. Grandview. Wash.

jeft to right. Area pastors present for the ground-breaking service: Left to right. Robert Griffith, pastor: Harold Painter, the first Bible-
tobert Griffith; Henry Dalke. Yakima; and Harold Painter. Sunny- class teacher; Miss Phyllis Fuerst, SMM president; Mrs. Joe Walker,
side. Wash. WMC president; Mr. Clarence Green. Sunday-school superintendent;

and Mr. Thomas Bishop, building committee chairman.

\pril 20 1957

247

Home Mission Offering Sets New Record

The 1956 Thanksgiving Offering
for Brethren home missions s;t a
new record by exceeding every pre-
vious year. The total received at the
time this report was prepared
amounted to 5168,046.26 with a few
more offerings to come in. This
amounts to an increase of about six
percent over the previous year.

On behalf of the directors, staff,
and missionaries of The Brethren
Home Missions Council we take
this opportunity to thank you for
your fine response to the challenge
of America's need for the gospel. To
you who were unable to give finan-
cially but gave of your time in
prayer — we thank you.

The North Atlantic District set
the record for the percentage of in-
crease. It was 26.3 percent and only
8.7 percent below the goal of a 35
percent increase needed for an ex-
panded mission program. We con-
gratulate this new district on a fine

RECORD BUILDING

Four home-mission churches are
under construction now, and twice
that many more are ready to build.
Three construction company crews
are busy at Long Beach, Calif.;
Cheyenne, Wyo.; and Fort Wayne,

record with every church showing
an increase but one, and this is ex-
plained in that Harrisburg gave up
52 members on July 1 to start the
Palmyra Grace Brethren Chufch.

The WMC set a new record in
home-mission giving. The offering
for home missions was 53,350.38,
and in addition an offering of
56,034.35 was given to Jewish Mis-
sions, which is under the direction
of The Brethren Home Missions
Council. What are we going to do
about it, laymen?

A new record is being set in 1957
for opportunities in Brethren home
missions. But opportunities do not
add Brethren churches unless ihey
are bought up. How many can be
bought up when the budget already
exceeds 5200,000? This is^a question
that only God can answer, but we
do know this: Our God is able to
do exceedingly above that which we
ask or think. Pray.

PROGRAM AHEAD

Ind. A local contractor is building
the Grandview, Wash., church.
Three new churches are being read-
ied for dedication at Grafton, '^.
Va.; Fremont, Ohio; and Mansfield,
Ohio.

Los Altos Brethren Church. Long Beach, Calif.

f¥"

First Brethren Church. Cheyenne, Wyo.

THANKSGIVING OFFERING
COMPARATIVE REPORT

BRETHREN HOME MISSIONS COUNCIL

Note: Gifts sent in designated for local
projects, district missions, or other work
extraneous to the Council are not in-
cluded in this report. No gifts for Jewish
mission work are included in the Thanks-
giving offering.

ALLEGHENY DISTRICT

1955-56 1956-57

Accident. Md $16.14 S50.00

Aleppo. Pa. (First) 187.14 371.41

Aleppo, Pa. (Sugar Creek) 40.00 13.00

Grctton. W. Va 200.00 225.30

Jenners. Pa 224.70 251.86

Listie. Pa 635.67 656.97

Meyersdale. Pa 490.35 572.63

Meversdale, Pa.

( Summit Mills) 350.82 322.26

Parkersburg, W. Va 35.08 24.87

Stoystown. Pa 74.67 52.00

Uniontown. Pa 728.31 791.42

Washington. Pa 10.00

Isolated Members 18.00 10.00

District WMC 50.00

Totals 3.000.88 3,401.72

CALIFORNIA DISTRICT

Anaheim. Calif 190.00

Artesia, Calif 161.31 124.70

Beaumont. Calif 1.615.24 2.334.21

Bell. Calif 300.00 150.00

Bellf lower, Calif 1,029.45 1.228.40

Chico. Calif 700.00 619.27

Compton. Calif 322.01 418.61

Fillmore. Calif 591.68 563.67

Glendale. Calif 2.017.62 2.128.24

Inglewood. Calif 4.579.80 4.809.48

La Crescenta. Calif 136.00 87.00

La Verne. Calif 1.327.50 1.351.63

Long Beach. Calif. (First) 11.376.7013.811.46

Long Beach. Calif. (North) 4.324.78 4.813.65
Long Beach. Calif.

iLos Altos) 122.50 444.00

Los Angeles, Calif. (Com.) 280.78 93.36

Modesto. Calif. (McHenry) 112.19 208.63

Modesto Calif. (La Loma) 1.005.00 1.342.93

Monte Vista. Calif 50.00 299.60

Norwalk. Calif 1.604.85 1.504.56

P.^ramount. Calif 725.06 758.90

Phoenix. Ariz 291.02 314.91

Rialto. Calif 133.00 108.05

S.'-n Bernardino. Calif 503.51 4.00

San Diego. Calif 268.89 179.91

San Jose, Calif 74.00

Seal Beach. Calif 10.00

South Gate. Calif 1,025.11 987.98

Sou- h Pasadena. Calif 409.00 301.27

Temple City. Calif 1,330.83 775.00

Tracy. Calif 355.41 413.06

West Covina. Calif 208.83 168.64

Whittier. Calif. (Com.) 1.761.90 582.91

Whittier, Calif. (First) 4.134,94 5.765.00

Isolated Members 822.94 252.00

District WMC 200.00 117.48

Totals 43,827.85 47,338.51

EAST DISTRICT

Altoona. Pa. (First) 655.14 629.79

Altoona. Pa. i Juniata) 613.07 632.45

Conemaugh, Pa 942.45 1.093.16

Conemau.gh. Pa. (Pike) ... 319.06 580.20
Conemaugh. Pa.

(Sin=er Hill) 56.51 55.80

Everett. Pa 278.63 315.77

HoUidaysburg, Pa 467.14 425.00

Hopewell. Pa 316.07 155.67

Johnstown. Pa. (First) ... 3.767.63 4,077.80

Johns. own. Pa. (Riverside) 598.86 918.60
Kittanning. Pa. (First) ..2,169.99 2.611.50

Kittanning. Pa. (N. Buffalo) 95.34 137.01

Leamersville. Pa 635.35 641.18

M-irtinsburg. Pa 1,408.75 1,520.97

Isolated M-^mbers 18.00 5.00

District WMC 50.00

Totals 12.341.99 13.849.90

INDIANA DISTRICT

Barbee Lake, Ind 5.00

Berne, Ind 2,213.52 2,554.27

Clay City. Ind 241.40 243.00

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1955-56 1956-57

Elkhart. Ind 144.71 203.56

Flora. Ind 1.720.00 1.095.65

Fort Wayne, Ind 2.265.76 2,596.23

Fort Wayne. Ind. (Grace) . . 288.87

Goshen. Ind 232.45 182.00

Leesburg, Ind 351.95 429.14

Osceola. Ind 513.51 268.00

Peru. Ind 210.92 483.28

Sharpsville. Ind 81.42 103.72

Sidney. Ind 676.92 1.191.98

South Bend, Ind 268.16 365.50

Warsaw. Ind 314.75

Wheaton. Ill 312.70 222.58

Winona Lake. Ind 2.940.52 3,250.97

Isolated Members 558.00 380.00

District WMC 138.64

Totals 12,870.58 14.178.50

IOWA DISTRICT

Cedar Rapids. Iowa 1.047.78 1.250.33

Dallas Center. Iowa 895.04 833.00

Davenport. Iowa 29.25

Garwin. Iowa 487.35 453.30

Leon. Iowa 147.05 147.50

North English. Iowa 127.55 159.25

Waterloo. Iowa 3.440.48 2.948.99

Winona. Minn 100.00 35.00

Isolated Members 135.00 132.00

Totals 6.409.50 5.959.37

MICHIGAN DISTRICT

Alto. Mich 479.11 .154.74

Berrien Springs. Mich 159.56 125.00

Lake Odessa. Mich 541.96 713.91

Lansing. Mich 100.00 95.00

New Troy. Mich 289.20 441.00

Ozark. Mich 126.88 77.76

Isolated Members 220.00

Totals 1.916.71 1,907.41

MID-ATLANTIC DISTRICT

Alexandria. Va 349.65 184.50

Chambersburg. Pa.

(Pond Bank) 20.00 22.60

Hagerstown. Md. (Calvary) 194.66

Hagerstown. Md. (Grace) . 3.206.22 1.613.00

Martinsburg, W. Va 1,240.00 1,356.43

Seven Fountains. Va 134.03 155.07

Washington, D. C 2.011.40 1.731.20

Waynesboro, Pa 3,171.05 3.217.12

Winchester. Va 2.G33.48 2,440.62

Isolated Members 30.00 200.00

District WMC 100.50

Totals 12.896.33 11.115.20

MIDWEST DISTRICT

Albuquerque. N. Mex 32.50

Arroyo Hondo. N. Mex 63.17 56.50

Beaver City. Nebr 156.30 79.29

Cheyenne. Wyo 164.13 361.00

Cordillera. N. Mex 42.65 18 15

Denver, Colo 178.45 224.05

Portis. Kans 950.00 1.034.43

Taos, N. Mex 124.56 135.95

Isolated Members 107.00 23.00

Totals 1.818.76 1,932.37

NORTHERN ATLANTIC DISTRICT

Allentown. Pa 692.33

Boston. Mass

Harrisburg. Pa .'.'.'.' 1,243.04 1

Hatboro, Pa

Palmyra, Pa ,',

Philadelphia. Pa. (First) . . 3.490.50 4,
Philadelphia, Pa. (Third) . 3.253.79 3,

York, Pa 411.52

Isolated Members 30.00

District WMC 100.50

Totals 9,221.6811

833.19
176.00
,228.54
170.66
632.84
.436.00
.470.83
430.60

281.00

NORTHERN OHIO DISTRICT

Akron, Ohio 2,771.96

Ankenytown. Ohio 560 00

Ashland. Ohio 1,881.77

Canton. Ohio 1.574 73

Cleveland. Ohio 216 94

Columbus. Ohio

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 211.10

Danville, Ohio 700.00

Elyria. Ohio 341 95

Fmdlay. Ohio 581.23

Fremont, Ohio (Grace) 1,855.47

Fremont, Ohio (Colored) .. 173.24

2.602.19

829.96

1,537.46

1.466.53

387.73

15.00

296.57

892.50

650.00

2.069.13

110.00

1955-56

Homerville. Ohio 631.00

Mansfield, Ohio (Grace) .. 9.843.23

Mansfield. Ohio (Woodville) 243.28

Middlebranch. Ohio 519.77

Rittman, Ohio 1.269.07

Sterling. Ohio 799.81

Wooster, Ohio 2,102.38

Isolated Members

District WMC 200.00

Totals 26.476.93

1956-57

692.00
9.250.79

534.25

503.83
1.831.75

556.15
2.045.88
2.114.13

180.00

28.565.85

NORTHWEST DISTRICT

Albany. Oreg 717.58 767.73

Grandview. Wash 386.32 480.58

Harrah. Wash 635.28 980.66

Portland. Oreg si. 13 96.36

Seattle. Wash 893.78 923.48

Spokane. Wash 544.25 440.07

Sunnyside. Wash 2.067.03 2.455.51

Toppenish. Wash 93.41 105.75

Yakima. Wash 1,012.37 823.76

Isolated Members 30.00

Totals 6.461.15 7.073.90

SOUTHEAST DISTRICT

Buena Vista. Va 1.165.66 1.083.53

Covmgton. Va 838.23 915.83

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla 334.90 495.00

HoUins. Va 794.56

Johnson City, Term 172.23 109 73

Limestone. Tenn 312.75 512.96

Radford. Va 136.00 135.25

Rimer. Va 127.86 90.00

Roanoke. Va. (Clearbrook) 223.90 269 41

Roanoke. Va. (Garden City) 78 00

Roanoke. Va. (Ghent) 1.001.49 1,226.24

Roanoke. Va. (Wash. Hts.) 351.21 495.10

Virginia Beach. Va 21.00

Isolated Members 75.00 249.00

Totals 5.533.79 5.681.05

SOUTHERN OHIO DISTRICT

Camden, Ohio 146.73 114.56

Clayhole, Ky 117 53

Clayton. Ohio 669.94 1.134.94

Covington. Ohio 150.65 200.61

Dayton, Ohio (First) 4,774.515.406.10

Da.vton. Ohio (Grace) 68.75 193.21

Dayton. Ohio (N. Riverdale) 8.231.60 6.249.09

Dayton. Ohio (Pat. Park).. 1,146.33 546.80

Dryhill. Ky 52.00 63.26

Englewood. Ohio 604.39 719.56

Sinking Springs, Ohio 9 00

Troy, Ohio 31.8O 325.02

West Alexandria. Ohio . . . 50.10 56.00

Isolated Members 170.00 174.04

Totals 16.096.80 15.309.82

TOTALS 1955-56 1956-57

Honolulu Grace

Brethren $100.00 75.00

Allegheny District 3.000.88 3.401.72

California District 43.827.85 47.336.51

East District 12.341.99 13,849.90

Indiana District 12.870.58 14.178.50

Iowa District 6.409.50 5.959.37

Michigan District 1.916.71 1.907.41

Mid-Atlantic District . . . 12.896.33 11.115.20

Midwest District 1.818.76 1.932.37

Northern Atlantic

District 9.221.68 11.659.66

Northern Ohio District 26.476.93 28.565.85

Northwest District 6.461.15 7.073.90

Southwest District 5.533.79 5.681.05

Southern Ohio District . 16.098.80 15.309.82

Grand Totals 158,972.95 168.046.26

NEW LIFE MEMBERS OF THE

BRETHREN HOME MISSIONS

COUNCIL, INC.

Mr. Kenneth Abodeely
Mrs. Ida Mae Anthony
Mr. J. L. Ashton
Mr. Tom Bailey
Mr. Robert L. Bates
Mrs. G. W. Baxter
Mrs. R. R. Beach
Mr. W. E. Bearinger
Mr. Theron Bibler

Mr. Donald Blakelej

Mr. Lloyd A. Bolen

Mary Bolinger

Mr. James W. Book

Mr. Robert Botdorf

Mr. E. C. Bowman

Mr. John L. Bowman

Mr. Earl J. Brallier

Ruth Elaine Brenneman

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brovant

Mrs. F. L. Brumbaugh

Mr. T. M. Carroll

Mr. Miles Cason

Mr. R. B. Clawson

Mr. Oakley V. Coon

Mr. Paul Gulp

Mr. Charles Davis

Mrs. Edwin Davis

Mrs. Blair Dick

Mrs. O. Earl Diehl

Mr. Dan Donahue

Mr. Truman Dudgeon

Mrs. Katherine Ebers

David Edmiston

Mrs. Donald Faugl

Mr. Frank Faugl

Mr. Ralph H. Fitz

Mr. C. H. Flory

Mr. Richard Foote

Margaret Forbes

Miss Lois Garverich

Mrs. James Glenn

Mrs. Betty Goode

Kathy Griffith

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Gunter

Mr. Kent Hancock

Mrs. William Hand

Mr. Forrest Harstine

Mrs. I. B. Hawkins

Mrs. A. E. Hedriek

Mrs. K. M. Heefner

Mr. H. F. Holmes

Anna M. Hopwood

Mr. Paul Ingold

Mr. John Inlow

Mr. William Jacobson

Mrs. Arthur Jentes

Mrs. Anna M. Johnson

Miss Doris Kaeppel

Mr. R. F. Kafka

Mr. Frank Kauffman

Mrs. Frank Kauffman

Mr. Karl Kauffman

Rev. Lester Kennedy

Mr. H. O. Kessler

Mr. D. A. Koheiser

Mr. Harry Kolb

Mr. Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Mr. Harlow Kutz

Mrs. T. P. Laughlin

Mr. Bert Leiter

Mr. Howard Lehnhart

Rev. Homer Lingenfelter

Rev. Mark Malles

Mr. Wm. J. Martin

Mr. Roland M?ust

Mr. Glenn McFerren

Mr. Fred McNellv '

Mr. Orris Merrill'

Mr. Marshall Miller

Mr. P. L. Miller

Mr. and Mrs. James Moore

Mrs. Stella Munchow

Mrs. Elta G. Myers

Mr. James Nettleton

Richard Nicholson

Mr. Ben Owens

Mr. John S. Paee

Mr. Charles C. Pottorff

Mr. Harold Quartz

Mr. Lerov Read

Mr. Robert Reed

Mr. John Richard

Mr. Henrv Richardson

Mrs. G. E. Riesen

Mrs. Ed. Rife

Mrs. El-nest A. Ringler

Dr. .4.ustin Robbins

.Mr. Melvin Rock

Mr. J. G. Rogers

Mrs. Glen K. Rose

Mrs. Irene Rourke

Miss Beulah Samson

Mr. Rollin Randy

Mr. Donald ficheer

Dorothy fichuder

Marque M. Sharp

Mr. John J. fihultz

Mr. Joseph Silbaugh

Miss Marjorie Sollenberger

Mr. Kenneth Steele

Mrs. A. L. Sterling

Mrs. John Suiter

Mrs. J. A. Switzer

Mr. J. W. Tipton

Connie Tucker

Mrs. E. C. Vander Molen

Gene Waller

Mrs. Homer Waller

Pat WaUer

Mrs. Harold Witzky

Mr. J. C. York

Mrs. C. S. Zimmerman.

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LYON, FRANCE. Rev. and
Mrs. Don Hocking, missionaries
on their way to French Equatorial
Africa, were delayed here as a
result of the sickness of their in-
fant son David, wrote (April 1) ihat
the baby nearly died on Mar. 27, at
which time the child was anointed.
Since then, there has been pro-
gressive improvement and on Mar.
30 the doctor informed the parents
the child was out of danger as far
as his life was concerned. At that
time they removed him from the
oxygen tent. The baby is not com-
pletely recovered, therefore the
continued prayers of God's people
are solicited.

SIDNEY, IND. Aichic B. Kef-
fer, pastor of the Sidney Brethren
Church, was ordained to the Chris-
tian ministry on Sunday evening,
Apr. 7. Dr. Homer A. Kent, Sr. pre-
sided over the service, and the ordi-
nation sermon was delivered by Dr.
Herman A. Hoyt. Assisting in the
service were Dr. Norman Uphouse,
and Rev. Clyde Landrum.

Rev. Archie Keffer was a mem-
ber of the First Brethren Church
of Uniontown, Pa., when he felt the
call of the Lord to prepare for the
Christian ministry. He graduated
from William Jennings Bryan Uni-
versity in Dayton, Tenn. in 1951,
and from Grace Theological Semi-
nary in 1955.

CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO.

The Sunday-school-attendance rec-
ord at the Grace Brethren Church
has been broken three Sundays in
succession with 1 17 present on Mar.
17; 123 on Mar. 24, and 172 on
Mar. 31. Nineteen new members
have been received into the church
since Jan. 1. Richard L. Burch is
pastor.

CANTON, OHIO. James Wesley
Haller, weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces,
arrived via Mr. Stork on Mar. 29

at the Aultman Hospital here, the
son of Rev. and Mrs. Wesley Haller.
The proud father is pastor of the
First Brethren Church, Middle-
branch, Ohio.

CLAY CITY, IND. Mr. and Mrs.
George Miller, members of the First
Brethren Church observed their 57th
wedding anniversary on Apr. 8.

OSCEOLA, IND. Rev. J. Dale
Brock was ordained to the Christian
ministry on Mar. 3 at the Bethel
Brethren Church. The ordination
sermon was delivered by Scott
Weaver, pastor of the local church.
Other ministers assisting in the serv-
ice were: Rev. Lowell Hoyt, Rev.
James Sweeton, and Rev. Clyde
Landrum.

Rev. Dale Brock will graduate
from Grace Theological Seminary
in May 1957, after which he plans
to enter the chaplaincy in the U. S.
Navy. He graduated from Bob Jones
University in 1954.

OSCEOLA, IND. Rev. Scott
Weaver, pastor of the Bethel Breth-
ren Church, conducted a special
series of meetings in Merriam, Ind.,
Mar. 31 -Apr. 14. Guest speakers
at the Osceola church during the
pastors absence were: Dr. Norman
Uphouse, Mar. 31; Rev. Arnold
Kriegbaum, Apr. 7; and Rev. Clyde
Landrum, Apr. 14.

MIDDLEBRANCH, OHIO. A

surprise birthday party was given
Mar. 24 in honor of Wesley Haller,
pastor of the First Brethren Church.
Gifts included shirts, ties, socks, slip-
pers, cuff links and tie bars, etc.
Members of the church planned the
party to follow the Sunday evening
service. (Editor: Five days later his
son was born. How can one man
take so much in one week?)

SOUTH PASADENA, CALIF.
The Fremont Avenue Brethren
Church enjoyed the ministry of the
Grace Quartet from the First Breth-
ren Church of Whittier, Calif., on
Mar. 3 1 . Following the evening serv-
ice a reception and food shower
was given in honor of Rev. and
Mrs. James McClellan. Rev. James
McClellan is the new pastor of the
church.

ROANOKE, VA. Henry L. Rad-
ford, pastor of the Garden City
Brethren Church of this area, has
been licensed to the gospel ministry.
His address is Route 5, Roanoke.
Mason Cooper, pastor of the Brook-
hill Community Church, has been
licensed to the ministry. His address

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

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Winona Lalce. Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
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Winona Lake. Ind.
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Winona Lake. Ind.

is 2024 Marcer Avenue, N.W.,
Roanoke. Please add to Annual.

HOLLINS, VA. Bill Byers was
installed as pastor of the Patterson
Memorial Brethren Church on Feb.
19.

FORT WAYNE, IND. Rev. Ord

Gehman conducted a pre-Easter
Bible conference Apr. 14-21 at the
Grace Brethren Church, Tom Jul-
ien, pastor.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. The
California District WMC spring
rally will be held May 28 at the First
Brethren Church.

TROY, OHIO. The Grace Breth-
ren Church has set a new high for
church attendance with a monthly
average of 83.6. There were 92
present on Mar. 24. Herman Hein
is pastor.

FINDLAY, OHIO. Attendance at
the Southside Brethren Sunday
school averaged over 62 during the
month of March. Marian Thomas is
superintendent.

SEATTLE, WASH. A new record
was set Mar. 31 at the View Ridge
Brethren Church with 76 present.
Thomas Hammers is pastor.

ELYRIA, OHIO. A two-weeks
evangelistic campaign concluded
Apr. 14 at the Grace Brethren
Church with Walter Lepp as evan-
gelist. Galen Lingenfelter is pastor.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Two new

tracts have been published by the
Brethren Missionary Herald. One is
for new-born Christians, and is en-
titled: "What Next?" by Dean Fet-
terhoff (price: 5 cents each or $3 per
100). The second is "The Need for
Revival" by Dean Fetterhoff (price:
2 for 1 cent or 6 cents a dozen).

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. Rev.
Grant McDonald, pastor of the
Grace Community Church, and an
ordained Brethren minister, and Rev.
Archer Baura, pastor of the First
Brethren Church, exchanged pulpits
on Apr. 7.

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THE FIRST

Medd

CUf>i

By J. Keith Altig
Missionary to Brazil

Millions, yes, I mean millions, of
Easter sermons have been delivered
in the course of the history of the
church. If there were an average of
1,500 ministers who preached an
Easter message every year of the
history of the church on earth, there
would be well over 2,000,000 such
sermons; but with all of these there
has never been a better one, nor a
more unusual, than the first one.

The preacher was unusual. He
was an angel. Not many churches
have an angel for a preacher. The
place was unusual: before the open
door of an empty tomb. The time
was unusual: just before dawn on
Sunday morning. The congregation
was unusual: a few frightened wom-
en standing amidst a group of sol-
diers who had fainted from terror.
The length of the message was un-
usual: sixty-four words in the Eng-
lish version, but only forty-eight in
the language in which it was actually
deUvered as recorded by Matthew.
This first Easter message is to be
found in Matthew 28:5-7. It was
a wonderful message which could
dry the tears from the eyes and
hearts of these frightened women,
and could send them running to tell
others its glad tidings. Is there any-
thing in it which could do the same
thing for those of us who live today?
We notice that it is a message of
comfort. "Fear not," said the aneel;
and certainly many of God's peo'ple
today need a message such as this.
This was not addressed to the sol-
diers. They were like dead men on
the ground, insensible to what was
going on around them. This mes-
sage was not addressed to the rab-
ble, who three days before had cried
3ut for the crucifixion of the Lord.
They were probably all home in
bed, sleeping soundly, as unaware of
what was taking place in the garden
IS they had been of the real signifi-
:ance of what took place on Cal-
ory's hill.

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But there were some who were
in a condition to hear and benefit
from a message like this. Although
the future seems hopeless, although
our dreams and expectations lie in
ruins around our feet, yet there
comes to us, born on the wings of the
morning, the heart-stirring message,
"Fear not!" The Lord Je'sus Christ
is not dead. He is alive! He is not
here in the tomb. He is risen! Even
in the midst of a burning, bleeding
world, this message comes clear and
sweet, a message of comfort to all
those who love Him and seek Him,
"Fear not!"

One great reason why so many
Christians are living defeated im-
poverished lives is because they have
never proved to their own satisfac-
tion that the place where the Lord
lay is empty. By that I mean that
they don't believe, really believe,
that Jesus rose from the dead. Can

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one who is absolutely convinced that
our Lord rose from the dead go
about worrying and fretting over
the affairs of this life? Can one, who
believes that His Lord is no longer
dead but living, continue living self-
ishly, narrowly, with no concern for
the lost condition of so many mil-
lions of his fellow men?

There is another lesson which we
might learn from this call, and that
is that Christianity has nothing to
fear from investigation. There are
no mystic "deep things" from which
the uninitiated are barred. The
record of all the facts is open and
available to anyone who desires to
study them. The microscope of an
honest and fair investigation, and the
blazing light of a derailed and ac-
curate criticism, have never re-

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By Dr. J. C. Beal

"And sitting down they watched
him there" (Matt. 27:36).

Everything depended on the atti-
tude of those who watched. Each
man saw in the Lord, hanging there,
the thing he desired. There were
three who were vitally interested
in the crucifixion of our blessed
Lord — God, Satan, and man.

Man often wonders why God al-
lowed the cross at all and having
allowed it, gave it such prominence
in His plan. To understand God's
dealing, we must realize that this is
according to the wisdom of God,
a thing that fits perfectly into His
eternal plan. God created man a
free agent. Man has the power of
choice. Man chose against God, thus
separating himself from God and
placing himself under condemna-
tion. Since man was created for fel-
lowship with God, some way to
bridge the chasm had to be found. In
the foreknowledge of God the cross
was to have the full power of re-
demption for all the ills resulting
from the fall.

GOD

Justice demands that the insult
to the majesty of God, the insult
done by man in the fall, must be
met. The sins of all past, present,
and future individuals must come to
judgment. Jesus taught that debts
can't be ignored. Therefore, the pen-
alty for man's sin must be paid. The
holiness of God had to be vindi-
cated. Being infinitely holy. He must
demand a sacrifice that is infinitely
holy. This is reason for the statement
of Hebrews 10:4. This demand of
the holiness of God accounts for the
incarnation of the Son of God.

It was necessary, too, that the one
who was to redeem the inheritance
must be a "kinsman." Only a kins-
man could redeem the lost inheri-
tance. Isaiah suggests this truth when
he says: "Unto us a child is bom,
unto us a son is given" (Isa. 9:6a).

God had pictured in type the ne-
cessity of blood being shed. From
Adam down through the centuries,
animals shed their blood and gave
their lives that the sins of individuals
might be "passed over." The pen-
alty for man's sin must be met and
that means the shedding of blood
more precious than the blood of the
animal sacrifices. (See 1 Pet. 1:18-
20). The debt was too great for
animal or man to pay. Jesus paid
the debt by nailing it to the cross.
The receipted bill, sealed in His
own blood, is available to all who
will accept it. No payment of a debt
paid by my "Elder Brother" can
be demanded from the one in Him.
The law is satisfied; justice is met.
For centuries promises had been
made by God as to the way of es-
cape from the penalty of sin. In the
garden, the Lord God had stated
that the seed of the woman would
bruise the serpent's head. By word
and type the necessity of a substi-
tute sufficiently valuable to meet the
need had been foretold. These prom-
ises must be made good. God can't
lie (Tit. 1:2). Under the old econ-
omy the animal took the place of
the guilty sinner. The antitype must
do the same. In the face of man's
dire need and man's hopelessness
God had to provide the remedy. God
sees all requirements met in the
cross. In "the Lamb of God, which
taketh away the sin of the world"
justice was met, God's holiness was
vindicated, the "kinsman redeemer"
was provided, the promises in word
and type were fulfilled, the way was
opened for man to come into fellow-
ship with God, peace was made, and
grace could flow out to all who
would receive.

SATAN

Satan saw in the cross and the
resurrection his greatest fears real-
ized. He wrought strenuously to keep
Jesus from the cross and guarded the

tomb to keep Him from coming
forth. But the Lord did lay down
His life and did "take it again," thus
making victory over Satan full and
complete. In the cross Satan is a
defeated enemy and condemned to
the lake of fire.

MAN

Man, in general, sees in the cross
what his sinful nature desires. On
the day of crucifixion some de-
spised the Lord, some called Him a
blasphemer, others a good man,
still others a mistaken enthusiast.
One accepted Him as the One
promised and entered into fellow-
ship with Him. Men today, in the
main, see the Lord on the cross as
a way-shower and example, one
who shows men how to live, how to
meet a crisis, how to suffer pain,
how to act in defeat. But few see
Him as the sinner's substitute. Men
speak of the tragedy of the cross, the
pathos of the cross. The experience
of the cross should never be referred
to as a tragedy. The tragedy had to
do with those who stood before the
cross. To the One on the cross it was
victory. It was the climax of His
life. It was the thing for which He
came. The Word clearly teaches
that mere morality, following Jesus
as an example, can't save. The Bible
hold out no hope for the moralist.
Romans 8:8 makes this pleadingly
plain. He must be seen as more than
a way-shower. He must be acknowl-
edged as "The Way," the only way
(Acts 4:12).

Never was there a time when it
was so necessary for men to get
God's viewpoint of the cross as now.
Men more and more are turning ;
away from the substitutionary work
of our Lord on Calvary. To most
men "the preaching of the cross is
. . . foolishness."

In the cross, rightly review cc2, we i
have God satisfied, Satan defeated
and judged, and man offered hope.

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Easter

Garden

By Helen Frazee-Bower

(A story for boys and girls)

The long rays of the setting sun
were reaching like fingers through
the hedge, and making strange shad-
ows beyond the garden gate, before
Mother reahzed it. They had been
so happily absorbed all the afternoon
that neither she nor the children had
noticed how quickly the time passed.

"A garden is such an interesting
place to lose one's self in," she mur-
mured. "And haven't we had a good
time? I can just see how it will all
look. Over there, against the wall,
the hollyhocks that Danny has
planted — sturdy and straight they
will be as the little legs that carried
water to fill the holes where we
planted them. Bless his heart! And
here in this comer, Little Sister's
larkspurs. (She looks like a larkspur
herself in that blue frock.) And the
pansy bed — I couldn't fancy a gar-
den without pansies. Baby faces they
are, and I'll never look at this par-
ticular bed but I'll see Baby himself
the way he Ufted those big brown
eyes to me, and laughed when the
butterfly came so near . . . Oh, dear,
I guess we'll have to stop — it will
soon be time to think of something
to eat. Come, Danny, come, Sister,"
she caUed, and picking up the baby,
she went and sat down on the front
itep.

Around the comer came the two
:hildren, Danny's hands grimy from
iie aftemoon's toil, and a smudge
icross Sister's nose.

'Let's have a story. Mother, be-
ore we go in — just one little story,
dease." The eagerness in their eyes
vas hard to resist.

iprH 20 1957

"Well, just one, for it is almost
time for Father. How would you
like a garden story?"

"Oh, that would be fine," said
Danny.

"I think a garden is the nicest
place in the world," added Sister.

"I wonder whether you know what
day is coming soon," Mother began.

"Oh, yes, Easter!"

"And why do we have Easter?"

"I know," cried Sister. "To wear
my silk dress!"

"Me know," lisped Baby. "Bun-
nies."

Mother kissed the corner of his
mouth where the dimple began.
"Neither of you is quite right," she
said.

Danny lifted serious eyes to hers
and said: "That's not Easter, really,
is it. Mother? Easter is to remem-
ber Christ when He came from the
grave."

"That's right, Danny. On Easter,
we remember that glad day when
the Lord Jesus arose from the dead.
And since we have been making
gardens all afternoon, would you
hke to leam how to make an Easter
garden now?"

"Is an Easter garden any different
from the other kind?" asked Sister.

"Yes, indeed," replied Mother.
"An Easter garden is the most beau-
tiful garden of all, and it has to be
made in a very special way. Now
I'll tell you . . .
"To make an Easter garden

The seeds of faith you sow,
You press the soil about them

And then you take the hoe
And pull the weeds of doubting,

Then water with the Word .
The blossom, born at Easter,

Is Christ, the risen Lord."

"Why, it's a poem!" the children
cried, and clapped their hands with
delight.

"Yes, it's a poem, but it's the
truth, too," said Mother. "Let me
see whether you can think of any
of the seeds for our Easter garden."

"I know one," said Sister, after
a moment. " 'Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shaU be
saved.' "

"That's a fine one," said Mother.
"Now you bring a seed to plant,
Danny."

"I think I'll plant 'Verily, verily,
I say unto you, he that heareth my
word and believeth on him that
sent me, hath everlasting life,' " said
Danny.

"And I'll plant Baby's seed for
him," said Mother. " 'Suffer the httle
children to come unto me, and for-
bid them not; for of such is the
kingdom of God.' "

"What's the hoe that you use to
pull the weeds of doubting, Mother?"
asked .Danny.

"There are several good ones,
Danny, but the one I like best is
'God is faithful.' That just seems to
get around every old weed and take
it out by the roots."

"Watering the seeds is our Bible
reading and worship-time, isn't it,
Mother?" asked Little Sister.

"Yes, dear, and let's never forget
that no matter how good the seed is
that we plant, it won't grow without
water. Just like the real seeds that
we planted today."

"There's one part that sounds
queer to me. Mother," said Danny.
"What is that, Son?"
"Well, that part about the blossom
being Christ, the risen Lord. I never
heard the Lord called a flower be-
fore."

Mother did not answer but began
to hum softly the chorus, "He's the
Lily of the Valley" and drifted into
the music of "The Rose of Sharon."
She watched the slow twinkle deepen
in Danny's eyes as she quoted the
verse, "I am the rose of Sharon and
the lily of the valleys."

"I take it all back. Mother," he
said. "I have heard Him called a
flower, but I never thought about
it, I guess."

"Well, I think about it many
times," said Mother. "Because I love

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flowers so much, I think about it
almost every time I look at one. Why
shouldn't the Lord be like the love-
liest thing He has made? And didn't
He come out of a garden on that
first resurrection morning?"

"Why, so He did!" the children
cried. "We never thought about
that."

"That's a good story. Mother,"
said Little Sister. "I think 1 like that
better than the larkspurs, even."

"When you water your larkspurs,
think about it sometimes," said
Mother. "But, dear, dear, look
where the sun is! Lll have to start
Father's dinner. Come Sister, and
feed the baby his apple sauce." The
three went into the house, but Danny
sat on in the dusk. He watched the

long shadows grow longer and the
twilight deepen in the quiet sky, and,
like the shadows and the twilight, his
thoughts grew long and deep, too.

"Mother's fine," he mused. "She
knows things — things that get you
somehow. Like that Easter garden.
All my life I have thought I wanted
to plant things, but I guess I really
never knew what I wanted to plant
before. But I know now. I want to
plant for God. I want to help the
Easter flower to grow in everybody's
heart — the blossom that is Christ,
the risen Lord." The light faded
from the evening sky, and darkness
took the garden, but on the little
boy's face was another light — the
light of a great resolve.

"" — From Kint/'s Business

Calvary

Calvary!

In awe I stand beneath that cross

And gaze upon the One —

Full well I know that suff'ring form

Is God's own precious Son.

Calvary!

In fear I stand beneath that cross!

It's not mere man I see —

But God! Creator! King and Lord!

Is dying there for me!

Calvary!

In shame I stand beneath that cross!

In shame I hide my face —

For it's my sin which hung Him there,

He died there in my place.

Calvary!

In love I stand beneath that cross!

While tears unbidden flow —

To think that He — the sinless One

Could love the sinner so.

Calvary!

In peace I stand beneath that cross!

Sins burdens roll away —

The cleansing blood has been applied.

God's peace has come — ^to stay.

— Geneva Showerman

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vealed a flaw, nor discovered a
blemish in the character of our Lord
or in the record of His life on earth.

"Come and see," defeated, dis-
couraged Christian; and having seen
that the Lord has risen, go from the
empty tomb with hope renewed and
courage strengthened. "Come and
see," doubting unbeliever; and hav-
ing seen that Jesus Christ ever lives
in the power of an endless life, bow
your head in humble submission and
allegiance. In the cool hush of the
early morning the voice of an angel
preacher rings out, inviting all who
will, to come and see the place where
the Lord lay.

But hallowed though this spot
is, and though we would fain lin-
ger in its blessing and glory for
awhile, yet the message is not fin-
ished. It also contains a commission:
"Go and tell." Yes; a message like
this must be told! There are dis-
couraged disciples who must be in-
spired with its message of hope.
There are frightened disciples hud-
dling in an upper room who must be
stimulated to great deeds of faith
and courage. There are unbelieving
disciples who must be convinced.
There is a lost and dying world
which must hear if there is to be
any salvation for them; and how
can they hear if there is no preacher?
Never forget for a moment this
commission. The "go and tell" is just
as important as the "fear not." The
great failure of the church is that
she has not been so ready to "go
and tell" as she has been to "come
and see."

Can you think of a better mes-
sage for a 20th century world than !
this first century Easter sermon?
The need of the world has not
changed, except that now perhaps
it is greater. Sin is still with us,
blighting and ruining the lives of
millions of people. After nearly
2,000 years of hearing this message
the world is still as outspoken in its
rejection of Jesus as Lord as it was i
three days before this message wasi
proclaimed.

Here in the homeland, as well as i
out in the regions beyond, are thei
multiplied millions of darkened
souls, men and women who will
never know the blessings of salva-
tion, and the joy of knowing thei
Lord unless we, many of us, fear not :
to go and tell them to come and J
see, and seeing believe.

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RELIGIOUS NEWS REPORTS

CHICAGO, ILL. Kathryn Jeph-
son, a graduate of Moody Bible In-
stitute in 1929, is being honored by
the Latin American Mission on the
occasion of her 25th anniversary as
a missionary. She was the first LAM
missionary to begin work in Colom-
bia, just 20 years ago, having
worked five years in Costa Rica
before going to Colombia. She went
to the field in April 1932. A grad-
uate nurse with credentials from
Englewood Hospital, New Jersey,
and also from San Juan de Dios
Hospital in Costa Rica, where she
speciahzed in midwifery. Miss Jeph-
son has found that delivering babies
is a needed ministry in Colombia.
She has long since lost track of the
number of young Colombians she
ushered into the world, but it goes
into the hundreds. At the same time,
her nursing ministry has been com-
bined with a gospel witness which
has been used to raise up churches
in several Colombian cities.

WHEATON, ILL. Joseph P.
Free, head of the Wheaton College
archeology department, was hon-
ored early in March by The Stony
Brook School as "Alumnus of the
Year." Dr. Free was a member of
the class of '28. Dr. Frank E. Gae-
belein presented the citation to Dr.
Free at a special Cum Laude Society
initiation service in the campus
chapel, during which three students
were elected to the Society and eight
others received certificates of merit.

In presenting the citation. Dr.
Gaebelein alluded to Dr. Free's
many exploration trips and Holy
Land studies which help to confirm
old Biblical accoimts termed "leg-
endary" by liberal scholars in recent
generations. He especially com-
mended Dr. Free on the publication
of his textbook. Archaeology and
Bible History, resulting from Dr.
Free's ovm study of Old Testament
accounts and discoveries as recent
as the Dead Sea Scrolls.

(The national Cum Laude Society
was estabUshed in 1906. It was
modeled after the collegiate Phi Beta

Kappa Society, and now has chap-
ters on more than 150 secondary
school campuses, with over 30,000
members.)

WASHINGTON, D. C. Half the
Christians in China have refused to
obey communist government direc-
tives and are conducting their wor-
ship services in secret, Ambassador
Hollington K. Tong of Nationalist
China declared. In a dinner speech
here, the ambassador from Free
China said that the Chinese Chris-
tians who are permitted to commu-
nicate with the West are members
of "show case" churches that the
Communists maintain for propa-
ganda purposes. He said that most
Christian groups in communist
China continue to feel severe per-
secution. By way of contrast, he said
that Christian missions are thriving
on Formosa. The number of Chris-
tians on the Nationahst-held island
has multiplied six times since World
War II, he declared, and now totals
more than a quarter miUion out of
a population of 10 million.

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. The Ar-
kansas House unanimously passed a
bill authorizing city councils to
regulate by ordinance the type of
businesses that may remain open on
Sunday. The measure repeals an
old state law prohibiting any busi-
ness establishment from being open
on Sundays.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. Fol-
lowing a pubUc hearing, the House
Labor Committee in the Utah Legis-
lature gave an unfavorable recom-
mendation to a bill calling for the
closing of all businesses on Sunday
except those deemed essential to the
public health and welfare. It also
would have stopped sale of beer
on Sundays.

EGYPT — The majority of re-
quests to the State Department for
permission to re-enter Egypt are
still unanswered, according to

American mission workers who are
trying to resume their work in that
country. Many who were evacuated
at the height of the crisis are being
told by Washington that their re-
turn is "not yet in the national in-
terest." Most of those who have been
permitted to go back to their posts
are medical missionaries and tech-
nicians.

NEW YORK, N. Y. Microfilms of
rare medieval manuscripts in a
famed Russian collection were re-
ceived last February by the Jewish
Theological Seminary of America.
They are copies of nine Hebrew
manuscripts from the Baron David
Guenzburg collection.

One of the acquisitions is a 13th-
century commentary on the Book of
Leviticus by the author of several
exegetical works on the Bible,
known as Rabbi Jacob the Sicilian.

With this addition, said Dr. Louis
Finkelstein, seminary chancellor,
the whole of the rabbi's commen-
taries are now together and avail-
able to Western scholars. The
seminary had previously acquired
photostats of commentaries on Num-
bers and Deuteronomy — the origi-
nals are in the Oxford University
Library — and the only portion ex-
tant of the rabbi's manuscript on
Genesis.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Leaders
of seven Protestant groups in Israel
appealed to Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold of the United Na-
tions to press efforts for lasting
peace in the Middle East. Their mes-
sage said that delay in finding the
way to a true and lasting peace in-
creases the danger not only of an
outbreak of violence in the Middle
East but of a general war. They
stressed that peace conditions must
include guarantees of freedom from
aggression for Israel and other na-
tions in the area.

Clergymen signing the message
were representatives of the Church
of England, Church of Scotland,
Church of the Nazarene, the Pente-
costal Church, the AssembUes of
God, the American Gospel Church
and the AngeUcan Mission.

April 20 1957

CHICAGO. Alumni of Moody
Bible Institute contributed a record
$200,857.84 to the school in 1956,
the highest amount in the associa-
tion's history.

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WASHINGTON, D. C. About
100,000, or more than half, of the
clergymen in the United States have
been selected to come under old
age and survivors insurance pro-
visions of the Social Security law,
the Department of Health, Educa-
tion and Welfare announced late in
March.

Under 1954 amendments, clergy-
men were given until April 10, 1957
to come under the law.

(An April 15 deadline applies to
those clergymen who in each of
the years 1955 and 1956 had S400
or more in net earnings from self-
employment, any part of which was
from the performance of religious
duties. Other clergymen have a fur-
ther period in which to elect to
come under Social Security. How-
ever, for 1956 earnings to be in-
cluded, this must be done by April
15.)

WASHINGTON, D. C. A third
airline has announced its intention
to offer reduced rates for clergymen.
It is the Central Airlines which
serves Denver, Colorado Springs,
Amarillo, Dallas, Fort Worth, Okla-
homa City, Little Rock, Tulsa,
Wichita, Joplin, Kansas City and
St. Louis. The new rates will be in
effect by early May.

WASHINGTON, D. C. The Post
Office Department announced it
would adhere to its policy and not
issue any postage stamps honoring
religious, fraternal or political organ-
izations. A number of Congress-
men had asked the Post Office to is-
sue a commemorative postage
stamp to mark the 75th anniver-
sary of the Knights of Columbus
on March 29 but the Post Office
Department declined to do so.

Kn Mexnormxn

Ray Goodson went to be with the
Lord on Feb. 21. Mr. Goodson was
a faithful servant of the Lord in the
First Brethren Church, Inglewood,
Calif. — Dr. Glenn O'Neal, pastor.

George Nelson slipped away to be
with the Lord on Mar. 20. He had
been a faithful member of the First
Brethren Church of Long Beach,
Calif., since 1939.— Dr. C. W.
Mayes, pastor.

ProL Wilbur L. Ogden, 61, died
of a heart attack on Mar. 22 in
Elgin, 111. An educator for more than
30 years, he was a member of the
faculty of Elgin Academy for the
past four years. For many years he
served as principal of the Serena
High School, Serena, 111. He was a
brother of Dr. W. A. Ogden, execu-
tive vice president of Grace Theo-
logical Seminary.

Alice Royer, 98, was laid to rest
on Mar. 1 . She was a member of the
First Brethren Church, Dallas Cen-
ter, Iowa. — A. D. Cashman, pastor.

Florence Justice was taken to be
with the Lord on Mar. 7. She had

been a faithful member of the First
Brethren Church of Dallas Center,
Iowa for 57 years. She was affec-
tionately known as "Auntie Flo"
and was teacher of the beginner's
class for 35 years. She was stricken
of a fast growing cancer. Rev Stacy
Shenton, of Des Moines, Iowa, as-
sisted in the funeral service. — A. D.
Cashman, pastor.

Lester Hunter was laid to rest
Mar. 26. He had been a member of
the Grace Brethren Church of Mans-
field, Ohio since December 1951,
and since that time had faithfully
born a good testimony for his Lord.
— Dr. Bernard Schneider, pastor.

Roger H. Hesseltine was "loosed
away upward" on Mar. 4. He was a
member of the First Brethren
Church of Spokane, Wash., and for
many years was active in the work
of the church. At the time of his
homegoing, he was the teacher of the
Men's Berean Bible Class, head
usher, and a member of the board of
trustees. He was also a director of
the Union Gospel Mission of this
city. — Jesse Hall, pastor.

CAL PRISS

WASHINGTON. D. C. Senator
Wayne Morse (D-Oreg.) took the
floor of the Senate last March 1
in order to draw public attention to
the "difficulties which many United
States Protestant missionaries have
experienced, and regrettably are
still experiencing, in Colombia."
Senator Morse is chairman of the
subcommittee on South American
Affairs of the Senate. Senate in-
terest in the matter has been stirred
by thousands of letters from Ameri-
can evangelicals who are desirous
of seeing the religious pressures and
persecution in Colombia stopped.
This speech by Senator Morse rep-
resented the first public recognition
of the problem by the U. S. Senate.

"The basic difficulty stems from
the Colombian Government's in-
terpretation of an agreement which
it made with the Vatican in 1953,"
the Senator said. The 1953 Con-
cordat gives the Roman Catholic
Church exclusive privileges and
support in areas designated as "mis-
sion territories."

"In 1955, the Colombian govern-
ment issued regulations interpreting
this agreement as limiting Prot-
estant pastors to services for Prot-
estant foreigners. Protestant schools
in mission territories had been closed
earlier, and now Protestant churches
were either closed or prohibited from
receiving Colombian congregations
the Senator noted.

After inserting in The Congres-
sional Record official correspond-
ence of the State Department bring-
ing the matter to the attention of the
Colombian government. Senator
Morse stated that he would maintain
a "close and constant interest in
the matter." He said that if neces-
sary his committee would meet later
in the year to "discuss the question
of our relationship with Colombia."
"I very much hope a solution to
this question can be promptly found
and the irritant removed," Senator
Morse added.

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April 20, 7957

EDUCATIONAL NUMBER

APRIL 27, 1957

EDITORIALS

By W. A. Ogden, Executive Vice President, Grace Theological Seminary

.^^1;^^

Grace Students Also Serve

I have just returned from the weekly prayer meeting
in the college chapel. Students were recounting the
blessings of God upon their ministry. One, a student
pastor, told of 15 young people in his church who have
just now taken a real stand for Christ and have dedi-
cated themselves to Him for life service. He asks prayer
for them that they will choose the right college — a Chris-
tian college, maybe Grace.

Another young man who ministers in a nursing home
was grateful that an elderly man there who had been
totally indifferent to the gospel has now begun to show
an interest and is asking questions. A third student was
praising the Lord for a family of four whom he had
been privileged to lead to Christ. These all acknowledged
Him as Saviour in the church service on Sunday.

We are grateful that education at Grace does not stop
with the textbook but extends into the soul-winning ac-
tivities of many of our students. A soul-winner in col-
lege will be an effective minister when he becomes a
pastor, or a missionary, or engages in some other kind
of Christian service.

Grourtd Breaking Highlight

One of the thrilling moments of our recent ground-
breaking service came when the student body gifts were
announced, as follows:

"The students of Grace Theological Seminary take
pleasure in presenting to the building fund $1,989. This
amount has been deposited with the bursar: Junior
class, $631; Middler class, $569; Senior class, $789."
This presentation was made by the president of the
seminary student body, Mr. Wendell E. Kent.

Mr. Charles Winter, president of the college student
body, presented the college offering by saying: 'Tt is
with a great deal of pleasure that 1 present this check
for the sum of $2,282.43 from the student body of Grace
College for use in construction of the new college
building. As a student body we thank the Lord for en-
abling us, in every instance, to reach, and surpass the
goals set for each of the four classes: Seniors, $460; Jun-
iors, $422.43; Sophomores, $600; Freshmen, $800."

We are deeply grateful to our students for the splen-
did contribution they have made to the school in this
magnificent achievement. They have set a pace which, if
followed by the rest of our friends, would easily see our
two new buildings erected and paid for within the next
year.

A Vacation Bible Conference

Our friends in the eastern part of the country will be
glad to learn of the Grace Seminary Bible Conference, to
be held at North Mountain Bible conference grounds.
Red Rock, Pa., July 29 through August 4. (See Dr.
Bauman's article in this issue.)

Some of us have long desired a place where we could
hold such conferences of our own throughout the sum-
mer months. Since this is not yet possible, we are most
happy that North Mountain has given us a week in
which two of our Bible conference speakers will be heard
daily. Our mixed trio, the Grace Gospelheirs, with
Nancy Weber at the piano, will provide the special
music. This conference will provide many of our people
an opportunity to take a vacation for an entire week in
an excellent camp with a distinctively Brethren flavor.
Why not pack up your family and attend?

High School Senior Day

On Friday, March 29, Grace College was host to a
splendid group of high-school students who came to spy
out the land as a possible place in which to enroll for
their college work. Registration was 138 students and
15 pastors and parents. Martinsburg, W. Va., traveled
the farthest. Mansfield, Ohio, chartered a bus and
brought 41 from its two churches. Tfiis was our largest
delegation. Stoystown, Pa., with two students, had the
distinction of being the youngest church to be rep-
resented.

A number of students from local high schools, War-
saw, Mentone, and North Webster, were here for the
day. The interest of these visitors was very gratifying.
Everyone here was busy answering questions as to the
courses offered and the general nature of the school.
The college choir started the day off with a musical
chapel program. Visitors surveyed the building and
grounds, and attended classes until noon. Meals in our
dormitory were provided for all throughout the day.
Roller skating was free to our visitors at the Winona
Lake Skate-ateria. The closing treat was free tickets
to the last of our Artist Series productions at 8 p. m.
in the chapel. This was an excellent program by the
stringed quartet from the Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Orchestra.

Everyone seemed to feel that it was a good day. We
trust that as a result we will have many of these young .
people enrolled in our Freshman class next semester,
and in years to come.

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 17

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM, Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16. 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake, Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake, Ind. Subscription price, $3.00 a year: 100-percent churches, $2.50; foreign, $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees, president: Herman A. Hoyt, vice president: William Schaffer. secretary: True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Geh-
man, treasurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee: Gene Farrell, S. W. Link, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller,
Thomas Hammers; Arnold R. Kriegbaum, ex officio.

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Directory of the 1957 Seminary Graduates

To acquaint our readers with the students who are graduating from the seminary, May 1957, the following
directory has been prepared:

WILLIAM ALBANY—

Member, Central Presbyterian Church,
St. Petersburg, Fla. Accepted Christ as
a child. Married. Education: Trinity
College, Grace College, one year in
each; Radio School, six months. Will
receive Th.B. in May. Practical ex-
perience: St. Petersburg Mission, Bible
teacher. Future plans: Not definite.

JOHN DALE BROCK—

Member, .Bethel Brethren Church,
Osceola, Ind. Accepted Christ in Jan-
uary 1949. Married. Education: Bob
Jones University. Will receive B.D.
in May. Practical experience: Assis-
tant pastor, Sunday-school teacher. Fu-
ture plans: Navy chaplain.

PAUL CAMPBELL—

Member, Grace Brethren Church,
Buena Vista, Va. Accepted Christ in
early boyhood. Married. Education:
Bryan University. Will receive B.D. in
May. Practical experience: Bible class.
Future plans: Pastorate.

R. DOUGLAS CASSEL—

Member, Palmyra Grace Brethren
Church, Palmyra, Pa. Accepted Christ
in 1951. Education: Pennsylvania State
University, Grace College. Will receive
B.D. in May. Practical experience:
Youth work, preaching. Future plans:
Higher education in medicine or theo-
logy.

ROBERT GORDON CLOUSE—

Member, Grace Brethren Church,
Mansfield, Ohio. Accepted Christ in
1949. Married. Education: Ashland
College, Grace College, Bryan Univer-
sity. Will receive B.D. in May. Prac-
tical experience: Chapel work, pastoral
supply. Future plans: Pastorate.

HARRY DAVENPORT—

Member, First Baptist Church, Turtle
Creek, Pa. Accepted Christ in 1948.
Education: Bob Jones University, Bob
Jones Seminary. Will receive B.D. in
May. Practical experience: Gospel team
work. Future plans: Pastorate.

VERNON D. DUERKSEN—

Member, Mennonite Church, Carpen-
ter, S. Dak. Accepted Christ in 1948.
Married. Education: Freeman Junior
College, Grace Bible Institute. Will
receive B.D. in May. Practical experi-
ence: Student pastor, gospel teams. Fu-
ture plans: Pubhc relations for Grace
Bible Institute.

JOHN GALLAGHER—

Member, Grace Baptist Church, Bris-
tol, Ind. Accepted Christ in 1949.
Married. Education: Providence Bible
Institute. Will receive B.D. in May.
Practical experience: Interim pastor;
student pastor; gospel team. Future
plans: Pastorate.

WALTER F. GARLAND— ^

Member, Hayden Ave. Baptist Church,
East Cleveland, Ohio. Accepted Christ
in 1951. Married. Education: Fenn
College, Baptist Bible Institute, Cedar-
ville College. Will receive B.D. in May.
Practical experience: Gospel team;
teaching Bible class. Future plans: Pas-
torate.

ROLLAND N. HEIN—

Member, Grace Brethren Church,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Accepted Christ
in 1941. Married. Education: Bob
Jones University, Wheaton College.
WiU receive B.D. in May. Practical
experience: Gospel team. Future plans:
Instructor in English, Grace College.

GEORGE E. HUFFMAN—

Member, Glen Park Baptist Church,
Gary, Ind. A.ccepted Christ in 1940.
Married. Education: Bryan University,
Wheaton College, Baptist Bible Semi-
nary. Will receive B.D. in May. Prac-
tical experience: Gospel team, teacher.
Future plans: Pastorate.

G. FORREST JACKSON—

Member, Commonwealth Brethren
Church, Alexandria, Va. Accepted
Christ in 1945. Married. Education:
Taylor University. Will receive B.D.
in May. Practical experience: Sum-
mer missionary, student pastorate. Fu-
ture plans: Pastorate.

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Directory of the 1957 Seminary Graduates

ADRIAN H. JEFFERS—

Member, Winona Lake Baptist Church,
Winona Lake, Ind. Accepted Christ
in 1948. Married. Education: Piedmont
Bible College. Will receive B.D. in
Mayj Practical experience: Director
of Christian education. Future plans:
Teacher or pastor.

CHARLES JOHNSON—

Member, Glen Park Baptist Church,
Gary, Ind. Accepted Christ in 1939.
Married. Education: Wheaton College.
Will receive B.D. in May. Practical
experience: Gospel team, Bible teach-
ing, preaching. Future plans: Pastorate.

CARL BURTON KEY—

Member, First Brethren Church, Cov-
ington, Va. Accepted Christ in 1942.
Education: Wheaton College. Will re-
ceive M.R.E. in May. Practical ex-
perience: Camp counselor, five years
experience; Boy Scout leader. Future
plans: Higher education.

WILLIAM M. KOLB-

Member, First Brethren Church, Phila-
delphia, Pa. Accepted Christ in 1933.
Married. Education: Pennsylvania
Bible Institute, Grace College. Will re-
ceive Th.B. in May. Practical experi-
ence: Student pastor; Bible class. Fu-
ture plans: Pastorate.

GEORGE A. JOHNSON—

Member, First Brethren Church,
Wooster, Ohio. Accepted Christ in
1939. Married. Education: Bob Jones
University. Will receive B.D. in May.
Practical experience: Associate pas-
tor; child evangelism. Future plans:
pastorate.

NICKOLAS KURTANECK—

Member, Church of the Open Door,
Greensburg, Pa. Accepted Christ. Mar-
ried. Education: Greensburg Bible In-
stitute, Grace College. Will receive
B.D. in May. Future plans: Undecided.

EMLYN H. JONES—

Member, First Brethren Church, Johns-
town, Pa. Accepted Christ in 1949.
Education: Immanuel College, Trinity
College. Will receive B.D. in May.
Practural experience: Gospel team. Fu-
ture plans: Pastorate or teaching.

TOM JULIEN—

Member, Grace Brethren Church, Fort
Wayne, Ind. Accepted Christ in 1941.
Married. Education: Bob Jones Uni-
versity, Bob Jones Seminary. Will re-
i ceive B.D. in May. Practical experi-
ence: Pastoral, child evangelism, gos-
pel team. Future plans: Pastor of Grace
Brethren Church, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Foreign service in France under the Foreign Mission-
ary Society of the Brethren Church.

WENDELL E. KENT—

Member, Winona Lake Brethren
Church, Winona Lake, Ind. Accepted
Christ in 1940. Education: Wheaton
College. Will receive B.D. in May.
Practical experience: Gospel team, boys
club, pulpit supply. Future plans: Pas-
torate.

plans. Naval

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CECIL LEWIS—

Member, Riverside Baptist Church,
Decatur, 111. Accepted Christ in 1941.
Married. Education: Bob Jones Uni-
versity. Will receive B.D. in May. Prac-
tical experience: Assistant pastor; stu-
dent pastor. Future plans: Further study
and then pastorate.

JACK W. LOWE —

Member, Intercity Baptist Church,
Allen Park, Mich. Accepted Christ in
1940. Married. Education: Eastern
Michigan College. Will receive Di- l
ploma in Theology in May. Practical
experience; Sunday-school teacher; I

I pulpit supply; two years of teaching j
experience in public schools. Future >

chaplaincy or education. |

RICHARD T. McINTOSH— j

Member, Calvary Baptist Church, Nor- j
walk, Ohio. Accepted Christ in 1937. j
Married. Education: Bryan University. i|
Will receive B.D. in May. Practical
experience: Pastor; Sunday-school
work. Future plans: Further education.
Teach Bible in a Christian college.

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JOHN MISEL—

Member, Racine Bible Church, Racine,
Wis. Accepted Christ in 1940. Mar-
ried. Education: Bryan University. Will
receive B.D. in May. Practical experi-
ence: Student pastorate; practical
works director at Grace. Future plans:
Missionary.

ROBERT EUGENE
SHACKELFORD—

Member, Winona Lake Baptist Church,
Winona Lake, Ind. Accepted Christ in
1947. Married. Education: Bob Jones
University, Cedarville Baptist College,
Grace College. Will receive B.D. in
May. Practical experience: Youth for
Christ director; assistant pastor; gospel
team. Future plans: Pastorate.

MARY LOIS MILLER—

Member, Grace Brethren Church, Al-
toona. Pa. Accepted Christ in 1944.
Education: West Suburban Hospital
School of Nursing, Wheaton College.
Will receive M.R.E. in May. Practical
experience: Teaching Sunday school;
pianist; nursing. Future plans: Camp
nursing in Christian camps this sum-
Further education.

BEN W. SMITH—

Member, First Mennonite Church,
Newton, Kans. Accepted Christ in
1947. Married. Education: Grace Bible
Institute, Bethel College, Omaha Uni-
versity. Will receive B.D. in May.
Practical experience: Preaching, VBS,
Sunday-school teacher, gospel team.
Future plans: Missionary.

JAMES MULKEY—

Member, First Baptist Church, War-
saw, Ind. Accepted Christ in 1949.
Married. Education: Bob Jones Univer-
sity, Tennessee Temple College. Will
receive B.D. in May. Practical experi-
ence: Songleader; young people's di-
rector. Future plans: Missionary to
France under Greater European Mis-

EDWARD E. SMITH—

Member, Bible Baptist Church, Ko-
komo, Ind. Accepted Christ in 1949.
Married. Education: Moody Bible In-
stitute, Grace College. Will receive
B.D. in May. Practical experience:
Youth for Christ work; pastorate;
Grace Trumpet Trio. Future plans:
Pastorate.

DARWIN G. NEDDO—

Member, First Christian Church, War-
saw, Ind. Accepted Christ in 1948.
Married. Education: Bryan University.
Will receive B.D. in May. Practical ex-
perience: Preaching; youth director;
Sunday-school teacher. Future plans:
Missionary to France.

JAMES C. SWEETON—

Member, North Long Beach Brethren
Church, Long Beach, Calif. Accepted
Christ at the age of seven. Married.
Education: John Brown University,
Biola Bible College, Long Beach City
College, Grace College. Will receive
B.D. in May. Practical experience:
Youth for Christ director, assistant

pastor, music director for evangelistic parties. Future

plans: Pastorate.

JOHN A. RATHBUN—

Member, Glen Ellyn Bible Church,
Glen Ellyn, 111. Accepted Christ at age
of 11. Married. Education: Bryan Uni-
versity. Will receive B.D. in May. Prac-
tical experience: Student pastorate;
youth director; gospel team; Sunday-
school class. Future plans: Pastorate,
youth work in Germany.

WILLIAM F. TWEEDDALE—

Member, First Baptist Church, War-
saw, Ind. Accepted Christ at age of
11. Married. Education: Long Island
Agricultural and Technical Institute,
Providence-Barrington Bible College.
Will receive B.D. in May. Practical
Experience: Student pastor, child evan-
geUsm, Sunday-school class, children's
camp. Future plans: chaplaincy.

April 27, 7957

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ANNOUNCING GRACE SEMINARY'S

First Summer Conference

In Cooperation With

NORTH MOUNTAIN BIBLE CONFERENCE

Red Rock, Pennsylvania

July 29 through August 4

PURPOSE:

For many years outstanding theological seminaries
have been responsible for sponsoring a week at some of
America's best Bible conferences. There it is possible
to combine the wholesome recreation and rest of a va-
cation with spiritual instruction, inspiration, and fel-
lowship. This year, for the first time, in cooperation with
the North Mountain Bible Conference, Grace Theo-
logical Seminary is participating in such a ministry.

LOCATION:

The conference grounds are located at Red Rock,
26 miles from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in one of the State's
most beautiful mountain regions. Just one mile from
Red Rock is Ricketts Glen State Park with its beautiful
forests, and numerous waterfalls which vary in height
from 10 to 100 feet.

SPEAKERS:

Throughout the week Dr. Herman A. Hoyt, dean,
and Dr. Paul R. Bauman, vice president, will be the
speakers. There are two services each day, 10:30 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m., leaving plenty of time for healthful
rest and recreation between conference sessions.

MUSIC:

The Grace Gospelheirs, accompanied by Miss Nancy
Weber at the piano or organ, will appear at all sessions.

RECREATION:

The grounds are equipped with facilities for swim-
ming, tennis, volleyball, shuffleboard, and other games.
In the scenic wonderland there is abundant opportunity
for hiking, particularly in Ricketts Glen State Park.

ACCOMMODATIONS:

Guests are accommodated in in-
dividual cabins, available at rates
varying according to the facilities
furnished. Dormitories are available
for young people. The meals are ex-
cellent. Groups of 10 or more will
be granted 10 percent discount from
the advertised rates. Reservations
should be made well in advance to
assure accommodations.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

If the attractive conference folder
is not available at your church, write
to the North Mountain Bible Con-
ference, post office box 22, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., and request further in-
formation. Be sure to mention
"Grace Seminary Week."

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GIFTS TO GRACE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

March 1957

Akron. Ohio S182.74

Albany. Oreg 14.20

Aleppo. Pa 26.00

Alexandria. Va 20.00

Allentown. Pa 34.45

Alto Mich 9.00

Altoona. Pa. (First) 24.00

Altoona, Pa. (Grace) 74.00

Ankenytown. Ohio 60.62

Ashland, Ohio 294.65

Beaumont. Calif 178.00

Beaver City, Nebr 5.77

Bellfiow^r, Calif 15S.43

Berne. Ind 950

Berrien Springs, Mich 26.53

Camden. Ohio 6.00

Canton. Ohio 575.42

Ced?,r Raoids. Iowa 58.00

Chico. Calif 28.32

Clay City, Ind 103.50

Clayton, Ohio 39.50

Cleveland, Ohio 33.02

Compton, Calif 177.20

Conemaui>h. Pa 81.00

Conemauoh. Pa. (Singer Hill) 10.00

Covington, Va 14.00

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 71.47

Dallas Center, Iowa 138.00

Danville, Ohio 46.00

Dayton, Ohio (North Riverdale) 2.00

Dayton. Ohio (Patterson Park) 74.00

Denver. Colo 23.25

Elkhart, Ind 35.00

Englewood, Ohio

Everett. Pa 10.00

Fort Wayne. Ind. (First ) 43.50

Fort Wayne. Ind. (Grace) 59.00

Fremont. Ohio 618.54

Grandview. Wash 41.00

Hagerstown. Md. ( Grace )

Harrah. Wash 28.50

Harrisburg, Pa 63.10

Hollins, Va 535.73

Inglewood. Calif 34.50

Johnstown. Pa. ( First ) 31.61

Kokomo. Ind 50.00

Lake Odessa. Mich 220.66

LaVerne. Calif 101.50

Leon. Iowa 26.50

Limestone. Tenn 207.33

Listie. Pa 111.45

Long Beach. Calif ( Firs". ) 1,017.45

Long Beach. Calif. (North) 393.35

Mansfield, Ohio ( Grace ) 410.00

Martinsburg. Pa 15.00

Martinsburg. W. Va 114.75

Meversdale, Pa. (Summit Mills) 32.50

Modesto. Calif ( La Loma ) 250.84

Modesto, Calif. (McHcnry Ave.) 64.05

$173.00
lOO.OO
24.00
250.00

50.00

11.00

80.40
157.25
249.00

12.00
137.72

18.00

45.70
83.83
18.00
90.00

107.50
183.00

10.00
1,000.00

23.25

63.00
500.00

26.00

70.50
151.24
233.75
6.50
200.00
235.40

34.00

262.20
96. 3D
3.50
65.00
94.00
97.65

472.00
237.00
273.25
33.00
32.50

Gen. Bldg.

Fund Fund

New Troy, Mich 18.00 13.00

North English, Iowa 2.00 132.00

Osceola. Ind 25.25 52.00

Oxnard. Calif 1.00

Palmyra. Pa 17.50 100.00

Paramount. Calif 169.92

Parkersburg. W. Va 15.00 15.00

Peru. Ind 1.00 101.00

Phoenix. Ariz 123.07

Poi-tis, Kans 100.00

Rittmrn, Ohio 433.00 57.00

Roanoke. Va. (Clearbrook) 136.71

Sfn Diego. Calif 21.60 23.00

Seven Fountains, Va 6.00

Sidney. Ind 34.00 15.00

South Bend. Ind 12.00 79.50

South Gate, Calif 98.00 136.00

South Pasrdena, Calif 39.75

Sterling. Ohio 46.50 19.50

Stoystown, Pa 48.10

Sunnyside. Wash 246.69 57.50

Temple City. Calif 4.00

Toppenish. Wash 1.00 1.00

Tracy, Calif 5.00 12.20

Troy. Ohio 82.00

Uniontown. Pa 248.06

Warsaw, Ind 7.50 37.10

Waterloo, Iowa 123.45 480.65

Waynesboro, Pa 78.00 43.50

West Alexandria. Ohio 16.00 19.50

West Covina, Calif 15.00 22.00

Wheaton, 111 235.00

Whittier, Calif. ( First ) 55.00 100.00

Winchester, Va 34.00 5.00

Winona Lake, Ind 9.00 246.00

Wocster, Ohio 332.88 1,053.95

Yakima, V/ash 109.63 109.63

Yellow Creek, Pa 12.00

York. Pa 181.55 5.00

Non-Brethren 225.25 106.65

Isolated Brethren 8.50 127.50

Camp Grace, Va 50.00

Maintenance Gift 600.00

Student Body 2,707.87

Totals 10.986.34 15,075.88

Designated Funds:

Ashland. Ohio $60.00

Fort Wayne, Ind. (First) 20.00

Long Beach. Calif. (First) 50.00

Martinsburg, W. Va 20.00

South Bend, Ind 90.00

Washington. D. C 6.69

Whittier, Calif. (First) 15.00

WMC 184.12

Student Body 105.56

Total 551.37

round Breaking Service

On Thursday, March 21 at 1 1 :00 o'clock, the mem-
bers of the stu(Jent body and faculty of Grace Theolog-
ical Seminary and College, and a large number of
visiting brethren, gathered on the Grace campus for the
ground-breaking service of the new Physical Education
Building. It was an ideal occasion for such a service^ in-
asmuch as the board of directors for both the Brethren
Home Missions Council and the Foreign Missionary
Society of the Brethren Church were in Winona Lake
for their regular spring meetings. Both boards dismissed
for the occasion. The Brethren Missionary Herald Com-
pany, National Sunday School Board, and Brethren
Youth Council were also represented at the ssrvice.
There were representatives from the Winona Lake
Christian Assembly and the city of Warsaw.

Pictured on the next page is a photographic record of
the main portion of the day's program. The pictures by
number are:

1. The Trumpet Trio plays the opening number:
"Wonderful Grace of Jesus."

2. Dr. W. A. Ogden presides at the service. Standing
immediately behind him is Rev. Paul E. Dick, of Win-
chester, Va., president of the board of trustees, who
spoke briefly.

3. The Grace College Freshman Quartet sings.

4. Don Ogden leads the group in singing "Onward
Christian Soldiers."

5. Dr. Paul R. Bauman, vice president in Charge
of Public Relations, gives a brief history of Grace's
growth and outlines the development of the campaign
leading up to the time of ground-breaking.

6. Wendell Kent, president of the seminary student
body, presents Dr. Ogden with a check for $1,989 from
the three classes in the graduate school. This was the
amount they had raised by ground-breaking day.

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GROUND BREAKING SERViCtK

7. Charles Winter, president of the college student 9. Dr. Homer A. Kent, St., registrar, leads i 'f
body, presents check for $2,282.43, received to date of dedication.

from the four classes in the college. ]o. Mayor Jack Engle, of Warsaw, speak;!)f

o T^ ^. ^,xT , - , x^. T^ ■ delight of the community over the growth of thfP

8. Dr. Glenn O Neal, pastor of the First Brethren g^/^j j^^ ^^^^ f^^ ^^^re schools with a sound (ns
Church of Inglewood, Calif., brings the message and emphasis. Mayor Engle is Sunday-school superiifW
challenge. at the First Baptist Church.

ICAL EDUCATION BUILDING

)r. Alva J. McClain, president of the school
beginning, turns the first spade of earth.
)r. James L. Beyer, financial secretary and
n of the building committee, turns spade of

)r. Herman A. Hoyt, dean of the school from
■ of its organization, also breaks ground.

14. Left to right: Jerry Lessig, junior member of the
D. H. Lessig Engineers, Inc., designers of the building;
Dr. Ogden; Dr. McClain; Mayor Engle; D. H. Lessig,
senior member of the Lessig Corp.; and Coach Richard
Messner.

15. College students and faculty mark out boundaries
of the new building at its location on the campus.

NEWS

WOOSTER, OHIO. The annual
Vacation Bible School rally will be
held May 10 at the First Brethren
Church, Kenneth Ashman, pastor.
The rally will be an afternoon and
evening demonstration and discus-
sion on purposes, plans and prob-
lems of VBS. Discussions will be
led by iVIrs. Bernice Cory of Scrip-
ture Press, Rev. Miles Taber of Ash-
land, Ohio, and Rev. Gordon
Braclver of Fremont, Ohio.

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. The
First Brethren Church, Dr. Glenn
O'Neal, pastor, has voted to become
a 100 percent church in subscrip-
tion to the Brethren Missionary
Herald.

WATERLOO, IOWA. Rev. John
Aeby, pastor of the Temple City
Brethren Church, Temple City,
Calif., has resigned, and accepted the
pastorate of the Grace Brethren
Church here, and will assume his
duties about July 1.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Rev.
Richard DeArmey, formerly pastor
of the Grace Brethren Church,
Waterloo, Iowa, has assumed his

duties as pastor of the Winona Lake
Brethren Church.

FINDLAY, OHIO. A new rec-
ord was set during March at the
Findlay Brethren Church. The
monthly average was 142, or a gain
of 23 percent over the average last
year. Thirty-one placed on the "hon-
or roll" with a grade of 90 percent
or above. On Apr. 7 there were 173
present in Sunday school. Gerald
Teeter is pastor.

TRACY, CALIF. According to
the doctors, Connie Lewallen, two
and one-half-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Lewallen,
has only 1 to 14 months to live. The
child is stricken with cancer which
is spreading through her body. The
family attend the First Brethren
Church here, and Brethren every-
where are requested to remember
in prayer the child and her parents.
Nelson Hall is pastor.

SPECIAL. May 5-12 is National
Family Week across the nation. The
theme this year is "Present Christ
in the Home." The observance is
sponsored by the National Sunday
School Association of Chicago. The
National Sunday School Board of
the Brethren Church, Harold Etling,
director, urges all Sunday schools to
cooperate.

FORT WAYNE, IND. The 2nd
Annual Indiana Sunday School Con-
vention will be held in the Gos-
pel Temple, 117 E. Rudisill Blvd.,
May 9-11. Brethren appearing on
the program include Miss Louise
Kimmel, Rev. Mark Malles, and
Rev. Harold Etling.

WHITTIER, CALIF. A new

Sunday-school-attendance record
was set at the Community Brethren
Church on Apr. 7 when 605 were
present. Plans are nearly completed

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Church

Radford, Va.
Fremont, Ohio

(Grace)
Compton, Calif.
Conemaugh, Pa.
Norwalk, Calif.
Osceola, Ind.
Modesto, Calif.

La Loma
Allentown, Pa.

Date

Apr. 22-May 5

Pastor Speaker

K. E. Richardson Wm. Howard.

Apr. 28-May 5 Gordon Bracker

Apr. 28-May 3 Dennis Holliday

Apr. 28-May 5 Stanley Hauser

Apr. 28-May 1 2 Henry Rempel

May 5-7 Scott Weaver

May 5-19
May 19-26

J. Paul Miller
John Neely

Herb Hoover.
Louis T. Talbot.
Gerald Teeter.
John Aeby.
Sanford Mills.

Crusade Team.
Mason Cooper.

TT,, BRETHREN iW*WalICJ!T>l

EQSir

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake. Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Baimnan

Winona Lake. Ind.

for the building of six apartment
units to house the faculty of the
Christian day school. Ward Miller
is pastor. |

LEESBURG, IND. Rev. Richard
Messner, director of physical edu-
cation at Grace College, has accep-
ted the call of the Leesburg Breth-
ren Church to serve as choir direc-
tor and assistant pastor. Nathan M.
Meyer is pastor.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Robert
Kliewer, pastor of the Bell Breth-
ren Church, has resigned, and ac-
cepted the call of the North Long
Beach Brethren Church to become
the assistant pastor. Brother Klie-
wer is a graduate of Biola College
and Talbot Seminary. He will as-
sume his new duties about July 1.
George Peek is pastor.

CONEMAUGH, PA. The East
District WMC rally will be held May
2 at the Pike Brethren Church,
Mundy's Corner.

DENVER, COLO. Leaders of the
Brethren Boys Club, of the Denver
Grace Brethren Church, took the
boys through the Denver Police Sta-
tion Apr. 12. Tom Inman is pas-
tor.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Mary
Angelyn Rea was born to Prof,
and Mrs. John Rea on Apr. 2. She
weighed 8 lbs., 4 ounces.

FILLMORE, CALIF. A new
Hammond Spinet organ was dedi-
cated Apr. 14 at the First Brethren
Church, Maxwell Brenneman, pas-
tor. Mrs. Opal Blose of Ventura,
Calif, was guest organist.

CLAY CITY, IND. Edward
Bowman, pastor of the First Breth-
ren Church, conducted his own evan-
gelistic meeting Apr. 7-21.

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NEWS

Selected by the Editor

BUFFALO, N. Y. An areawide
seminar on personal soul-winning
and visitation evangelism will be
held at the First Baptist Church,
Buffalo May 5 to 9. Dr. Horace F.
Dean, president of Christ for
America, will preside. Speakers will
include William Ward Ayer of New
York City, Robert M. Parr of De-
troit and Hubert Mitchell of Chi-
cago. Ministers and laymen of vari-
ous denominations will be present.

VATICAN CITY. An agreement
has been made to establish dip-
lomatic relations between Ethiopia
and the Vatican. This will bring the
number of States having diplomatic
relations with the Vatican to 48.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Vice
President Richard M. Nixon, back
from his tour of Africa and Europe,
was asked whether his visit to the
Pope meant that diplomatic relations
would eventually be resumed be-
tween the U. S. and the Vatican. He
answered, "I don't know." Mr.
Nixon, who is a Quaker, spent 25
minutes with the Pontiff discussing
problems of Africa, the Mideast,
Asia and the "cold war."

NEWARK, N. J. There's a new
office and a new title available for
qualified church members in New
Jersey. Many a church is appointing
someone to serve as "fire marshall,"
in view of the increasing number of
church fires. It is the fire marshall's
duty to regularly check the church
building from basement to steeple
and eliminate fire hazards.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Congress
is considering a bill which would ex-
tend the deadline for clergymen to
elect social security coverage until

1960. As matters stand now, the
deadline was April 15, 1957.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. The
First Methodist Church has asked
the Federal Communications Com-
mission to order a public hearing to
determine whether Radio Station
KFAC, Los Angeles, meets its obli-
gations as a broadcast licensee. Dr.
J. Richard Sneed, pastor of the
104-year-old church, said the ac-
tion was taken after the station
notified the church it could no longer
purchase time to broadcast its Sun-
day morning services for the benefit
of shut-ins, as it has been doing con-
tinuously since 1923. The pastor
said the owner of the station ex-
plained that they are "gradually
ehminating all religious programs
and replacing them with musical
programs." Dr. Sneed contends that
in a "basically religious-minded
country" it is in the pubhc interest
that all rehgious denominations
"which wish to bring to the radio
public religious services should be
permitted a fair and representative
amount of broadcast time."

NEW YORK, N. Y. The Ameri-
can Bible Society says that com-
plete Bibles, Testaments, or Bible
portions have been published in
1,109 languages and dialects. It
says that 17 new languages were
added to the list last year.

As of Jan. 1, 1957, the whole
Bible is available in 210 languages
or dialects, a complete New Testa-
ment in 271 more, and one or more
single books of the Bible in 628
others. Last year the society pub-
lished three complete Bibles for the
first time in the following languages:
Bemba, spoken in Northern Rho-
desia; Nimbi Ijo, in Nigeria; and
Marovo, in the Solomon Islands. It
also issued New Testaments for the
first time in Kuskokwim Eskimo, for

April 27, 7957

Alaska; in Navaho, for Indians in
the American Southwest; and in
Tzeltal, Mexico.

TORONTO, CANADA. The

preacher who "never grew old," the
Rev. Peter W. Philpon, died at his
home on April 2. He was 91. He
estimated recently that he had de-
livered some 22,000 sermons, the
last only a few months ago.

Dr. Philpott, born in Dresden,
Ontario, near Chatham, joined the
Salvation Army as a young man
and served with it in various places
in Ontario. Later he founded his own
nondenominational church, the Phil-
pott Tabernacle, in Hamilton. He re-
mained in charge of that church for
26 years.

During the 1920's he went to
Chicago where he built the Moody
Memorial church, also nondenomi-
national. Subsequently he was in
charge of a large church in Los
Angeles for five years.

ST. CATHERINES, ONT. CAN-
ADA. An elderly man walked into
the Canadian National Railways of-
fice here and asked a clerk the price
of a railroad tie. Puzzled by the odd
question, the clerk nevertheless
checked around until he got the in-
formation— $4.24. The man dug
into his wallet, put down on the
counter the specified amount, then
said with a smile to the stiO-puz-
zled clerk: "I stole a railroad tie in
Demain, Saskatchewan, in 1931. It
has been bothering me ever since I
became a Christian. Now my con-
science is clear."

TORONTO, CANADA. The

Sunday Telegram, Ontario's first
Sunday newspaper, appeared at To-
ronto despite protests by some
Protestant leaders. The Attorney
General promptly announced that
the newspaper would be prosecuted
for Sunday work under the Lord's
Day Act of Canada. Also to be
prosecuted, he said, would be two
other Toronto newspapers, a radio
station and the government-owned
Canadian Broadcasting Corpora-
tion. He said the prosecutions would
be "in the pubhc interest," to de-
termine whether the Lord's Day Act
will permit the gathering and distri-
bution of news on Sunday via the
press, radio and television.

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FAMILY FAITH

The Bible does not teach that
faith may be inherited; nevertheless
the incalculable power of faith is
evidenced by Paul's remark to Tim-
othy. He declares: "I thank God . . .
that 1 may be filled with joy; when 1
call to remembrance the unfeigned
faith that is in thee, which dwelt first
in thy grandmother Lois, and thy
mother £unice; and 1 am persuaded
that in thee also" (II Tim. 1:3-5).
Here is an instance where genuine
faith in God seems to have produced
from generation to generation quah-
ties of righteousness so essential in
all true Christians.

It is evidently not incidental that
Paul refers so pointedly to the faith
of the ancestors of this young pas-
tor to whom he has entrusted so
much. The tremendous scope and in-
fluence of this "unfeigned faith" is
further evidenced by the fact that
Paul admonishes Timothy to pass on
to others this gospel, coupled with a
hving faith, that others may teach
still others also. And it seems to be
here impUed that from grandmother
to mother, to himself, to those to
whom he ministers, and they in turn
to others, link together five genera-
tions blessed of God because in the
lineage of this stalwart of the "faith"
there was a living trust in the Al-
mighty.

A touching sidelight appears as
Paul refers to Timothy as "my
dearly beloved son." Tradition
would suggest that the close family
ties and sweet relationships involved
in family life, might have been al-
most completely lost to the great
Apostle, and yet in his letters to
Timothy, supposedly written just
prior to his martyrdom, Paul in-
jects over and over again this note
which would indicate the tremen-
dous value which he places upon the
family and its relationship to God.

Let all Christian families who
walk in sincere righteousness be-
fore their Lord take courage at the
fact that if children are faithfully

"trained up" in the fear and admoni-
tion of the Lord, there is every rea-
son to believe that righteousness will
be the result. To those who know
Christ, the phrase "the family that
prays together, stays together" needs
no proving. It is most difficult for
true Christians to harbor resentment
and harsh feelings through a sincere
session of family prayer. To read
God's Word together as a family will
undoubtedly implant seed that may
seem cast in vain at the moment, but
as sure as the harvest follows the
planting must later produce eternal
results.

Carelessness is possibly one of
the greatest foes of family life in ex-
istence today. Few families inten-
tionally disregard or fail to appre-
ciate the various members of the
household. It is extremely easy to
become interested in personal mat-
ters and busy about every good
worthwhile thing to the neglect of
the other members of the household.
Thoughtfulness, a sense of appre-
ciation, and a determination to ex-
press such appreciation will go a long
way toward guaranteeing under God
pleasant relationships and a real
Christian testimony.

A great portion of the Second
Epistle to Timothy is devoted to the
responsibilities of a faithful servant
of God in the midst of apostasy, and
over and over again the inheritance
by example in the life of Timothy
seems to be taken for granted by
the Apostle Paul. A sense of Chris-
tian fidelity is greatly responsible
for Paul's rather pitiful and plain-
tive statement, "Demas hath for-
saken me . . ."; "Take Mark and
bring him with thee"; and then,
seemingly free to express a close
personal desire to this young man,
his son in the Lord, "Bring with thee
the books and the parchments and
the coat that I left at Troas." "Do
thy diligence to come before win-
ter," seems to leave no doubt that
this young man so nurtured in the

By Bert Webb, Vice President

National Sunday School
Association

Chicago, III.

"family of the faithful" will, out of
the love of his heart prompted by
devotion not only to his beloved
"father in the gospel" but out of
the sense of family inherited love
as well, respond to the needs of this
great man of God.

The true basis for lasting, gen-
uine family happiness must include
faith in Jesus Christ. A semblance
of association may certainly exist.
There may be no want for the ma-
terial things of life and yet, to those
who know the Lord, there seems to
be some indefinable emptiness where
Christ is not included as heart of
the household. A family where
prayer is not "wont to be heard" is
a family that is not properly forti-
fied against the unpredictable vi-
cissitudes of modern-day living. True
love must spring from a heart in
touch with God.

How better to conclude than to
note the lines penned by Clarence
Edwin Flynn:

There will be beauty in the dullest

day.
There will be sunshine rimming

clouds above.
There will be flowers by the hardest

way
As long as there is love.

There will be a song where only

silence dwelt.
And gold threads in the drabbest

fabric wove,
And glory leaving every care unfelt
As long as there is love.

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CHRIST IN THE HOME

By William J. Jones

Editor of Publications
American Sunday School Union,

Philadelphia, Pa.

"Christ is the Head of This
Home" — such were the words we
used to see on placards or mottoes
of felt. But was He the Head? Is He
the true Head of our homes — our
Christian homes today?

We think so, we may say so with
the lips — but in our minds and in
our hearts is He? Are there un-
possessed areas of our lives, un-
yielded territory over which He as
King, does not hold sway?

The home — tremendous potential
for either good or evil influence!
Your home, my home, any home is
that — morally, ethically. And for
the Christian home, the principle
still holds true — a great and mighty
potential for good or evil.

Heredity tells in our lives, indi-
vidually. It tells in our homes as well.
But we can reckon on Christ to
transform the past with its dark
and doubtful record. We can trust
Him utterly to make radiant our sin-
ful and sirming past. And we may,
as father or mother, son or daugh-
ter, reckon on the goodness of God
and His gracious, merciful dealings
with us in the past to make our
homes what they ought to be in the
present.

We present Christ in many dif-
ferent ways in life, and do so in our
homes. Our homes are as much sub-
ject to the rule and dominion of
Christ as our lives themselves, as
our professions, our play life, our
school life. Does it seem difficult
to live for the Lord Jesus in the
home? Are there problems which
hinder our testimony there and else-
where?

He is sufficient! We may reckon

on His guidance — His dealings with
us, in grace, in times past will as-
sure us of His continued guidance
and gracious dealings with us in the
present — and in our homes, too. As
God has directed our paths in times
past in the home, so He will do here
and now in our homes! He will sov-
ereignly, surely, wondrously lead our
children in plain paths, lead them
in Christ.

Yes; it takes faith, trust, abound-
ing faith, and trust, and hope, to pre-
sent Christ, as children, to our par-
ents. In short, we must have what
it "takes" (as the world puts it) to
present the Lord Jesus in the home!

We shall quail, we shall falter,
we shall crumble, we shall utterly
and miserably fail, if we do not have
that high, and strong, and noble
faith in Christ which will survive all
attacks thereon. We shall fail, when
decisions must be made for and by
our children, if we have not that
faith.

With that faith, we shall be
"strengthened with might by His
Spirit in the inner man" (Eph. 3:16),
as the great apostle once declared.
With that faith we shall sweetly,
graciously, yet firmly present Christ
both in and out of the home.

Testings, trials, sorrows, bitter-
ness? They will all come. Priva-
tion, physical, and material needs —
they may all come, too! But faith,
as an anchor, can hold firm and fast.
With old John Newton we can sing:

Though dark be my way.

Since He is my Guide,
'Tis mine to obey,

'Tis His to provide;
Though cisterns be broken.

And creatures all fail.
The word He hath spoken

Shall surely prevail.

And wherefore have we the right
to think that that "word" as New-
ton puts it, "shall surely prevail"?
Because of His nature, because of
God's nature and Person — and be-
cause of His mercy. His mercy and

April 27, 7957

His love. John Newton helps us
again here with this lovely word:

His love, in time past.

Forbids me to think
He'll leave me at last

In trouble to sink:
Each sweet Ebenezer

I have in review
Confirms His good pleasure

To help me quite through.

That's it! He'll help us, help you,
help me "quite through"! Not some-
how, but triumphantly — so runs
other mottoes.

And so, by God's grace let us trust
Christ completely, trust Him to meet
trials, trust Him to hve positively,
triumphantly, victoriously, trust
Him to present Him by lip and life
in our homes!

DISLOCATED DISCIPLES

"Abraham, in the land of Egypt, lost
his integrity; the exciting cause
was temporal alleviation.

Lot, in the gate of Sodom, lost his
testimony; the exciting cause was
social elevation.

Samson, in the lap of Delilah, lost
his power; the exciting cause was
carnal solicitation.

David, in the house of Achish, lost
his trust; the exciting cause was
physical preservation.

Elijah, in the shelter of the juniper,
lost his courage; the exciting
cause was mental irritation.

Jonah, in the hold of the ship, lost
his vision; the exciting cause was
willful reservation.

Peter, in the palace of the priest,
lost his fidelity; the exciting cause
was boastful affirmation."

—William R. Marshall
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GRACE THEOlCC-'CAl SEMINARY
WINOMA LAlCE, IND.

By Prof. Donald Ogden
Grace College

(First of Series)

"Wonderful, wonderful Jesus, in
the heart He implanteth a song!"
How universal is this expression
among believers from the founding
of the Christian church to this
present day? Indeed, it is more than
a testimony of Christians indi-
vidually, for in the very heart of the
church herself has been implanted by
Christ a glorious song of deliver-
ance, of courage, and of strength
unbounded.

In the trying days of the church's
infancy the edicts of hostile Rome
were unable to silence that song.
Throughout the centuries of her
growth her song has triumphantly
ascended from the lips of her mar-
tyred saints, and although Satan has
worked untiringly through evil men
to silence the tongues of the re-
deemed, shouts of salvation are still
rending the air, and the song of tri-
umph is only begun.

The thought of Christian worship
without singing is inconceivable.
While through the years of the
church's history the place of sing-
ing has shifted back and forth be-
tween the people and a select group
within the congregation, and while
the forms of music have been var-
ied, never has song died out or been
denied a place of vital importance.

THE PASTOR

Most pastors today fully realize
the necessity of a strong musical
program in building a live and
healthy church. Many congrega-
tions enjoy such a program but
countless others endure a decided
limp in this leg of the church's life.
What may be done to correct this
malady?

The pastor may be considerably
handicapped by his own lack of
musical ability or by the lack of
musical leadership in his church.
Even so, he may be considered the
key to the problem, for whether or
not the potential is there, he can do
much to help or to hinder the musi-
cal life of his church.

Perhaps he can do more by de-
veloping and showing a genuine in-
terest in music than in any other
way. Let every pastor saturate his

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mind with the wealth of material of-
fered him in the study of hymn-
ology. There is little that can so
enrich his mind as an extensive ac-
quaintance and intimate familiar-
ity with the texts of the great hymns
which the church of today has in-
herited and is yet producing. A study
of the lives of great hymnwriters
and the circumstances surrounding
the production of many of their
hymns will not only prove invaluable
as a rich source of illustrative ma-
terial for sermonizing, but will make
him an enthusiastic champion of the
contents of his hymnal. This interest
will inevitably be reflected, as will
a lack of it, in the congregation's
evaluation of its hymns, and a clear
evidence of this interest will be man-
ifested in the singing of the congre-
gation.

In the second place, the pastor
should make a consistent effort to
encourage in every way possible
those who are assisting him in the
musical ministries. His songleader
can be his greatest help or his great-
est hindrance, and it is therefore a
prime essential that they work in
closest harmony. They must be first
of all personal friends with a mu-
tual respect for one another as men.
They must be able to face certain
problems together and come to satis-
factory agreements. The songleader
must remember that he is under the
pastor, whose desires must be care-
fully considered. The pastor should
be willing to consider the sugges-
tions of his songleader but should
not be hesitant to give him any coun-
cil he might need with respect to the
carrying out of his office in the best
interests of the church. Above all,
the pastor should be ready always
to extend a helping hand with re-
spect to his songleader's problems,
and manifest at all times a genuine
appreciation for the work he is
doing.

A good choir can add immeas-
urably to the effectiveness of either a
worship or an evangelistic service,
and the pastor should recognize cer-
tain obligations which he has to his
choir, the first of which is prob-
ably a display of gratitude. No one
has to sing in a volunteer choir, and

while the pleasure derived by the
singers, along with the satisfaction
of service rendered to Christ, should
be reward enough; yet a few words
of appreciation from the pastor can
go a long way toward assuring this
group that its work is a part of the
entire program and is not in vain.
The pastor should make himself the
best friend his choir has. This he
can do by encouraging faithfulness
of the members, helping solve its
problems, commending it both pub-
licly and privately for work well
done, and showing a real interest in
all its plans and undertakings. This
kind of cooperation on the part of a
pastor will insure a comparable co-
operative spirit on the part of the
choir, and consequently it will cause
less problems and be of much greater
service, going a long way down the
road toward making his a singing
church.

What has been said regarding the
choir can largely be repeated with
respect to those who render special
music in the church services and
those who serve as instrumentalists.
Signs of gratitude will always be
repaid with increased loyalty and
cooperation.

There is another point of stress
which a pastor should not overlook
in his program of improving the
music of his church, and that is the
process of educating the congrega-
tion in the sphere of church music.
He may well take occasion to ad-
dress his flock on the subject of
"Church Music"- — how it has been
used in Christian worship through
the centuries; what ends it accom-
plishes in the services of his own
church; what responsibilities each
member of the congregation has with
respect to it. We need not expect our
worshipers to fully appreciate and
take full advantage of something
which we continually take for
granted. A simple awareness of the
true value of the implement will
make it much more effective in the
hands of the used.

(Continued next week)
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PORTIS, KANS.

The First Brethren Church,
greatly rejoices in the fact that God
can send rain and revival together.
After praying for some jnonths for
moisture to break a severe drouth,
we were somewhat disheartened lo
have heavy rains fall and render the
sideroads next to impassable, just
at the climax of a revival that also
had been the object of long and im-
portunate prayer. Our God, who is
able to do exceeding abundantly,
gave us a double blessing. On the
next to the last night of the cam-
paign, when the storm was at its
worst, many came whom the Holy
Spirit brought to the Lord Jesus
Christ.

The messages of Rev. Nathan M.
Meyer, professor in homiletics,
Grace Seminary, were superlative — •
Spirit-filled, instructive, convincing,
and moving. Consistent with his pul-
pit testimony was that of his life
and lips among all those with whom
he came in contact.

Rev. Dayton Cundiff of Beaver
City, Nebr., very capably served
as songleader, and Mrs. Cundiff
made valuable contributions with
her chalk ministry, when she could
be present.

From the first night of the meet-
ing, when an unsaved husband and
father literally wept his way to Cal-
vary, to the closing service, the
Spirit moved continuously; the
church Was truly revived, richly
blessed, and souls were saved. — H.
H. Stewart, pastor.

TROY, OHIO

Appreciation is expressed for a
wonderful week of meetings with
Dr. Paul R. Bauman. The color
slides were deeply interesting and
the messages inspiring on fulfilled
prophecy. Four first-time decisions
were made during the meetings. —
Herman H. Hein, Jr., pastor.

BUENA VISTA, VA.

It was truly a mountaintop ex-
perience for me to work with Pastor
Edward Lewis and his good pray-
ing people at Buena Vista. There
was a spirit of faith that God would

answer their prayers all the way
through the meeting. The pastor
kept us busy calling every day, and
the Lord brought the people back
to the meetings again and again,
until many of them finally yielded to
Him. There were homes united in the
Lord and many lives transformed,
for which we praise the Lord. In
spite of much sickness the crowds
were very good, and God is honoring
the prayers and labors of these
faithful people. They have already
outgrown one addition to their
building and are now trying to fig-
ure out where to get more room.
Praise the Lord for His goodness
and greatness. — Neil L. Bsery, evan-
gelist.

The blessings of our revival cam-
paign were indeed manifold as we
worked together with Brother Beery
in a soul-winning campaign. We
witnessed 23 first-time decisions and
76 rededications. Then just last
week we baptized and received 18
new members into our church.
Brother Beery proved to be the
right man for the hour. Our average
attendance at the meetings was 217
and it increased in numbers and fer-
vor as the services went one. Broth-
er Beery was not only a good preach-
er, but a hard and relentless visitor
during these meetings. During ihis
two-week campaign 116 calls were
made. Many of these resulted in
decisions for Christ. We do praise
God for the times of refreshing and
the real revival which we saw. Last
Sunday, although the meetings
closed, another young man accepted
Christ. — Edward Lewis, pastor.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.

We had a blessed time with Evan-
gelist Bill Smith, in the first evan-
gelistic crusade we've been able to
have here, January 6-20. The
weather was ideal, the Lord was
good, and we had an average attend-
dance of 53 (our membership is 31)
and 18 public decisions were re-
corded. Seven of these were for sal-
vation, and 11 were rededications.
Testimonies were featured almost
every night from members of the
local Christian Business Men's
Committee, and musical help was
borrowed from several other
churches of the area, as well as from
our own talent. It was> a real joy to
work with Bill Smith, and we will
long remember the blessings of this
meeting. — Ralph J. Colbum, pas-
tor.

Peace
Through
His Cross

By Ralph Colburn, Pastor

Grace Brethren Church
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

"For it was the good pleasure
of the Father .... through him to
reconcile all things unto himself,
having made peace through the
blood of his cross" (Col. 1:19-20
ASV).

Not long ago, a few ragged,
poorly equipped Japanese soldiers
were discovered on a remote island
in the South Pacific. They did not
know the war was over, and bit-
terly resisted capture, and opposed
the Americans who discovered them.
Many attempts were made to con-
vince them that the fighting had end-
ed more than ten years before, and
that they could return to their homes
in peace, but they refused to be-
lieve their benefactors. They wanted
to keep on fighting!

There are people hke that in this
great land! Ever since Adam's sin,
the human race has been alienated
from God — enemies because of sin
and selfishness. But 1900 years ago
Christ died for our sins so that we
can be reconciled by the suffer-
ings and the selflessness of the Sav-
iour. All were enemies because all
have sinned, and "the wages of sin
is death" (Rom. 6:23). But all can
be reconciled, for "the blood of
Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanseth
us from all sin" (I John 1:9). But
there is still the necessity for per-
sonal belief before the reconciliation
is complete. It must be accepted —
by you!

Since the reconciliation of man
to God was accomplished by a per-
son— Jesus Christ — our faith must
be in that person, the Son of God,
the Savioiir of the world. Then
there is peace. Paul called it peace
with God. Peace because there is
no sin between Him and us. Christ
has borne it away through His death.

I carmot make peace with God —
Christ has made it for me. I can only
accept it, and enjoy it, and show my
gratitude for it. And having peace
with God, I can claim "the peace of
God, which passeth all understand-
ing" (Phil. 4:7).

ApnV 27, 1957

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ALMOST

By Vernon J. Harris, Pastor

Washington Heights Brethren Church
Roanoke, Va.

SAVED

ACTS 26:28

In Acts 26 we have vhe dramatic
account of ihe Apostle Paul before
King Agrippa. Listen to the king's
response in verse 28: "Then Agrippa
said unto Paul, Almost thou per-
suadest me to be a Christian."

This is the story of a man who
was almost saved. Agrippa listened
attentively to a good gospel sermon,
but turned down the invitation to
accept Christ as his Saviour. King
Agrippa's response to the claims of
Christ has been repeated millions of
times since that fateful day.

Undoubtedly one of the saddest
wails to be heard in hell is this: "I
was almost persuaded to be a Chris-
tian!" Multiplied millions can add
to that refrain: "I was almost saved.
I almost gave my heart to Christ.
I came within a hair's breadth of
taking my stand for Christ, but 1
didrr't. I waited. I refused. I put
it off. I delayed too long." And yet,
every Sunday men and women in-
sult their better judgment, fight off
conviction of sin, hold back tears of
repentance, refuse to make a de-
cision for Christ, and walk out of the
churches lost souls. They remain
"so near and yet so far."

The hymnwriter has described it
in these words:

"Almost persuaded," now to believe;
"Almost persuaded," Christ to re-
ceive;
Seems now some soul to say,
"Go, Spirit, go Thy way.
Some more convenient day
On Thee I'll call."

"Almost persuaded," harvest is past!
"Almost persuaded," doom comes

at last!
"Almost" cannot avail;
"Almost" is but to fail!
Sad, sad, that bitter wail,
"Almost," but lost.

There is no use to wring our hands
and rack our brains trying to figure
out the reasons why people do not
accept Christ. The basic cause is
sin. They choose to hang on to their
sinful habits and practices. They pre-
fer to remain in the grip of sin rather
than to accept "the soul-cleansing
blood of the Lamb." They know
that the church stands against sin.
They know that God hates sin. They
know that every true preacher of
the gospel preaches repentance from
sin and a turning to the new life
in Christ. So on the verge of a de-
cision, their "No" to Christ is also
a "Yes" to the ways of the Devil.

Few people are honest enough to
tell you why they don't cross the
threshold of salvation, so they of-
fer a host of excuses. A very com-
mon one goes like this: "I am wait-
ing until I can go all out for it and
really be a good one." That sounds
noble, but the trouble is that they are
still waiting. If the Devil has his
way, they can wait themselves right
on into hell.

Others let friendships keep them
unsaved. Someday they will wake
up to the fact that the friends who
kept them from heaven were really
enemies of their souls.

Doubts, fears and pride keep
many others from accepting eter-
nal life through Jesus Christ.

Every pastor has heard a hundred-
and-one excuses why people neglect
their spiritual lives and churcii at-
tendance. But not one of them holds
water. They are about as sensible as
a six-legged horse. They rise about
as high as a lead balloon.

I asked a dear, sweet grand-
mother why. her son did not come
to church with his wife and family.
She said: "Well pastor, he is so busy
now that he is working nine days a
week. Yes, sir, nine days a week."

At least she was original. She un-
doubtedly meant "nine hours a day."

But, my friends, God is not im-
pressed with any of our excuses.

I have noticed in reading the
biographies of famous men and
women that their success was gen-
erally due to their abihty to make the
right decisions at crucial times.
Often the difference between suc-
cess and failure hinged on a make-
or-break, do-or-die situation.

This fact is certainly true when it
comes to the choice each of us must
make regarding the destiny of our
eternal, immortal soul. Felix faced
it and said that he would wait for
"a more convenient season." Agrip-
pa said he was "almost persuaded,"
but not quite. As you stare eternity
in the face, what has been your de-
cision?

Moses asked the people: "Who is
on the Lord's side?"

Jesus declared: "What shall it
profit a man, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own soul?"

This very moment you can make
your decision for Christ. Repent of
your sins, open your heart to Him,
and claim Him as your Lord and
Saviour.

"There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Immanuel's veins;
And sinners, plunged beneath that

flood,
Lose all their guilty stains:

The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day;
And there may I, though vile as he.
Wash all my sins away.

I do believe, I will believe
That Jesus died for me!
That on the cross He shed His blood,
From sin to set me free."

Don't be just another lost sinner
who is almost saved!

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TTie BRETHREN

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FOREIGN MISSION NUMBER

MAY 4, 1957

Our Responsibility Never Ends!

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Editorially Speaking

A will to work for foreign missions

It is very important that every person make a will.
Whether he has little or much of this world's goods, the
orderly way to dispose of it is through a will. A Chris-
tian is no exception. The Bible says, "Let all things be
done decently and in order." This applies to business
matters, as well as to spiritual matters. It is very im-
portant that every Christian should make a will. He
should go to an attorney and talk over his situation
with the attorney, asking him to draw up a will. Then
the will should be signed and either left with the at-
torney or put in a safe deposit box or some other secure
place.

In thinking about this matter of a will, I have often
thought how wonderful it would be if we would include
the Lord's work in our will. Many people will give large
amounts to the work of the Lord if they live. But if
they do not live, the Lord's work suffers through the
cutting off of this earning capacity. Why would it not
be a good idea, while a Christian is making his will, to
mention the work of the Lord in that will? We tithe our
income; why not tithe that which we leave to the work
of the Lord? The Brethren Church could very defi-
nitely use such offerings from those who have gone on
to be with the Lord. The gifts which would be left
would be working for the Lord even as the saints are
with the Lord in glory.

We would certainly praise the Lord if there were
those who felt led of the Lord to include the Foreign
Missionary Society in their wills. Actually, it would
be a very wonderful way to help get the gospel out to
the ends of the earth.

It is a fact that when a missionary gives his life for
service, he gives his life for life. He or she does not
volunteer to serve for a time, but for life. This mis-
sionary becomes the responsibility of the Foreign Mis-
sionary Society for life. Is it not logical, then, that
we Brethren around the world share in this never-end-
ing responsibility? Our responsibility never ends!

It is hoped that there will be those who will give
serious thought and consideration to this matter of in-
cluding our Society in their wills. Make it specific and
definite so that there will be no doubt about it that you
want to have a part in caring for our missionaries, in
sending them to the ends of the earth with the gospel,
and in helping to care for them in their days of re-
tirement. It would be a comfort indeed to know that
money we leave will be working to this end.

Another way in which we can do a job for the Lord is
through life insurance. Many people have insurance
which they are leaving to their loved ones. This is com-
mendable. This is the right thing to do. But how won-
derful it would be if there would be those who perhaps
would leave at least a portion of their life insurance
endorsed so that it would come to the Foreign Mission-
ary Society to help carry on this great ministry. Or,
the life insurance might be mentioned in the will, that

a certain percentage of life insurance proceeds, upon
death, would be paid to the Foreign Missionary Society.

There are those who travel daily. Maybe they are
neglecting to take out insurance. Why not take out the
limit of travel insurance, whether by plane or train or
bus, and specify to loved ones that a certain portion of
this should be given to help to preach the gospel in
foreign lands in case of death?

At least, these are some things to think about. All of
our Brethren should give prayerful consideration to
including this great work in their wills, in their insur-
ance endorsements, or in property which they have and
which they might pass on for the use of the Foreign Mis-
sionary Society. — CKL

David Bruce Hocking —

Praise the Lord for His working so wonderfully in the
case of David Bruce Hocking! This little three-month-
old child is the son of Rev. and Mrs. Donald Hocking
who have been in language study in France preparatory
to going on to Africa to serve as missionaries. Just as
they were ready to leave France for the field in Africa
the baby became seriously ill. On the human level it
seemed impossible that he could recover. But God's
people around the world rallied in prayer and God
answered. This is indication that God still works and
that He still answers prayer. Praise His name! — CKL

Helps—

None of us has the privilege of being an apostle. Few
of us will have the official responsibility of a prophet
or a teacher. But we can all be "helps," or helpers in
the New Testament sense of the word. The Apostle
Paul told us so, and even said God set things up
that way (I Cor. 12:28).

In our foreign-mission testimony we need "helpers,"
and need them badly. In fact, if we would all take our
places as helpers in this great program, most concerns
and challenges would disappear. God set all of us in that
position, as a basic position of service, when he said,
". . . ye shall be witnesses unto me . . .," and, "Go ye
therefore . . ." — RDB

The lost—

To save the lost was Jesus' purpose in the world ac-
cording to His statement in Luke 19:10. We were told
to "go quickly and tell" about it. But do we believe
those without Christ as personal Saviour are really lost?
We will not be interested in winning the lost millions
to Christ until we have a tremendous conviction as to
this great truth. Proportionately as the truth of the
eternal sorrows of the lost bears down upon us, will we
do anything about it?

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ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
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Future Leaders irs BroxiE

By J. Keith Altig

Here are some of the young peo-
ple in whose hands the leadership
of the Brethren Church in Icoaraci,
Brazil, will rest. This group was re-
cruited lO conduct the Vacation
Bible School held recently. They are
wearing the paper hats which they
made for all the youngsters who
came. The sign translated word for
word would be, "School Biblical of
Hohdays!" Or, as we would say it,
Vacation Bible School.

The names of these young folks
will interest you. Boys from left
to right: Raimundo (English equiva-
lent, Raymond), Idalino (no English
equivalent), Mario (Marion), Jose
;joseph), Joao (John). The girls:
Lindomar (no English equivalent),
Geusa (no English equivalent), Dor-
nerinda (no English equivalent).

The young man, Mario, is not a
nember of our church, but was
■ecruited to help in the Bible school.
He is a student in the Bible insti-
:ute where the other young fellows

attend. All of the young men except
one are attending the Bible institute
in preparation for the Lord's call.
The other young fellow is very active
in our work here. We need his help
greatly.

A remarkable thing about these
young people is the way they have
been faithful through several years
of being believers. The one who ac-
cepted the Lord most recently did so
less than a year ago, but the others
have been believers for several years.
Through the ministries of the various
missionaries who have been on the
field and who have faithfully watered
the seed, God has been graciously
pleased to give the increase in sta-
bility of life and testimony.

These young men and women are
at an age when temptation is strong
to enjoy the pleasures of sin. The
faithful, prevailing prayers of God's
people in the homeland are needed
urgently in behalf of these young
leaders and all the work in Brazil.

Missionary Mailbag Excerpts:

Capanema, Brazil
At long last we are able to report
little progress in the Lord's work
fire in Capanema. At first we were
rustrated in our every effort to be-
in meetings and there still remain
sveral obstacles to be overcome
efore we launch into a full weekly
rogram.
The rains began a few days after

loy 4, 1957

Christmas and it is just now begin-
ning to let up a little. Icoaraci was
never hke this. There it rained
heavily, but very seldom did it rain
during the hours of the meetings.
Here it is almost impossible to hold
indoor meetings, let alone street
meetings.

We have not been able to find
a place to rent for meetings. Every-

thing is filled up. People will sell (at
a nice profit) but no one wants to
rent. Two new factories are coming
to Capanema and the new road
(Belem, Capanema, Braganca, Sao
Luis) is moving right along (accord-
ing to Brazilian standards) so hous-
ing is at a premium. We may be able
to rent a place soon. . . .

Our meetings have started in
three different parts of the city and
we plan to begin another as soon as
the rains stop. One of our meetings
is held on a corner with the sky as
our roof. The other two are held in
open sheds with straw roofs. They
were originally built for dances but
we rent them once a week. The at-
tendance at all three places has been
excellent — over 100 each time. Of
course in these beginning days we
are using pictures and when the pic-
tures stop attendance will drop, but
in the meantime they are getting the
gospel. We feel badly because there
is no place to direct these people for
Sunday services where they will re-
ceive systematic teaching in the
Scriptures. — John W. Zielasko.

Bossangoa, Africa

Tomorrow is election day in this
colony — French always have elec-
tions on Sunday. They are voting for
more officials in the country and
most of them are natives. The gov-
erning body is to be made up of
practically all natives with only a
few whites. France is gradually
turning over governing to her colo-
nies. Some think it is a bit fast for
these primitive countries where
hardly any of their people have been
out of their colony. Well, time will
tell what they can do.

The new judge and his wife have
been coming to church service here.
They are Protestants from Mada-
gascar. They have walked up from
town as he doesn't drive a car and
doesn't have a chauffeur yet. We
have taken them back when we can,
but they are very careful not to have
us make a special trip for them and
they say they don't mind walking.
They are quite impressed with the
large number of people who attend
our services. Thirteen hundred peo-
ple is a lot, not all can get in the
church, so there are three services
held at the same time. — C. B. Shel-
don.

27S

Turning Black

By Mrs. George E. Cone

We are witnessing a vapidly-
changing Africa. The white man's
customs once so peculiar and awe-
some no longer surprise and startle
as before. In a relatively short lime
the black man has acquired many of
the white man's ways: his clothing,
his social habits, his language, and
his God (although too often it is the
god of wealth and prestige rather
than the Saviour that the mission-
aries proclaim). However, it is not
all white rubbing off on black. It is
interesting to us to observe in our
few months here how black is rub-
bing off on white.

Our fair-skinned, blonde, blue-
eyed little boy and girl are a direct
antithesis to the black-skinned,
black-haired, black-eyed children
around us, and yet in personality we
can see the black rubbing off on
the white.

This morning while dressing Kim,
I teasingly scolded him with a quo-
tation from the nursery rhyme
"Ding Dong Bell," saying, "What
a naughty boy was that . . .!"

"No, I isn't!" was the reply.

Amused at his grammar, I said,
"You isn't?"

"Yes."

Yes! What did he mean by that?
With a readjustment of mental ma-
chinery, I realized that he was re-
sponding in true native fashion. Yes;
I agree with your previous expres-
sion. I am not. After all, this is more
reasonable, but so unwestern!

The native idea of cause and ef-
fect is sometimes quite different from

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ours. One day our charcoal man
came to Mr. Cone exposing his
badly burned shirt.

"Give me another shirt," he said.

"Why should I give you a shirt?"
questioned Mr. Cone.

"But didn't I burn my shirt mak-
ing charcoal for you?"

"You were making charcoal
while I was here teachmg scliool,"

OdeUe uses her feet to entertain Camille

came the defense. "I didn't burn your
shirt."

"But I was making charcoal for i
you, and you owe me a new shirt!"

That was all rather amusing and
of course he didn't get the new
shirt, but the same attitude ex-
pressed by our son somewhat sur-
prised and confused us.

One day while eating, Kim up- ■
set his glass of water. His parents
reacted with the conventional frowns
and groans. Unimpressed, Kim re- j
plied, "The table did it!" Later re- 1
buked for not holding the screen:
door open nicely for his little sister, |
he explained that the door hurt her.
not him. And so we adjust to "think-
ing black." j

Certain native abilities have noli
escaped the attention of our I8-1
month-old, either.

Barefoot most of the time, the na-'
tives have learned to do many things
with their feet. To entertain Camille,
and to hold her at the same time.
Odette, her baby-sitter, plays with!
the balls or cars with her feet. Cam-
ille is delighted, and now I've no-|
ticed that in spite of the hindrance:
civilization forces upon her in the]
form of shoes, she plays with ob 1
jects with her little toes often rathe;;
than with her hands.

Black rubs off on white, as well ;i
white on black. As a result of suci
experiences often revealed to u
through the sensitive impressions 0
a child, we hope to learn to kno\'
the African better and thus more ac|
ceptably serve our Lord. '

The Brethren Missionary Herah

Greetings From the Other Side

By Rev. and Mrs. Harold Dunning

"For a great door and effectual is
opened unto me, and there are many
adversaries." This is the verse the
Lord gave us at the beginning of the
year 1957. For some time there had
seemed to be barriers across the way
leading to the threshold of return
to Africa, and we could see no
handle with which to open the door.
As we turned this way and that, our
blessed Lord opened the door wide,
putting the handle of faith where v/e
could reach it. As we gladly clasped
the handle He had given to us, He
filled our hearts with peace and joy.

As in the Book of Mark ". . .
he constrained his disciples to get
into the ship, and to go to the other
side . . ." just so He constrained us
to "go to the other side." As we
read further we see that even though
they were doing as He had bidden
them to, ". . . the wind was contrary
unto them . . ." I'm so glad we have
this story, because when we toiled in
the midst of the many contrary winds
which blew around us, we were
not overmuch daunted, having
learned that in His own time He al-
ways commands the winds to cease.

The Africans have an expression:
"to tie up one's heart," and "to tie
or set one's face." So, knowing the
Lord's time for our return to
Africa had come, we "tied up our
hearts" and "set our faces" toward
Oubangui-Chari. Let the winds
blow! The Lord was in our little
ship,

"And the storms obey his will.

At the word he hath said. 'Be not afraid,'

My heart and the sea grow still."

Truly it was so. He had put His
very own peace in our hearts, a
peace that does surely pass under-
standing. It is as real and as mar-
velous as the visible calming of
any tempest could be. We feel we
understand the awe that filled the
learts of those other disciples, and
we say with awe as we worship Him,
^ . . of a truth thou are the Son of
3od."

Our plane was nearly four hours
ate in leaving New York, and the
vait at the airport was very hard
Jecause we were already exhausted.
The smoke in the crowded waiting
ooms was so dense we felt suffo-
;ated, and there was a constant din
on the loudspeakers of departures

^ay 4, 1957

and arrivals of other planes. It
seemed our own would never come!
The last goodby's had been said,
and now it was time to go, not to
sit and wait in a madhouse. But, as
always, the Lord had a kind and
good purpose back of the wait He
asked of us. This was His way of
arranging for our stay in Paris to be
paid by the airline. They put us in
the California Hotel (!), just off the
famous Champs d'Elysees. En-
sconced in a comfortable suite and
enjoying excellent French cuisine,
we kept exclaiming: "And ihis is
only tourist class!" How much we did
enjoy that rest between two nights
on airplanes, sitting in closely crowd-
ed-together seats that barely re-
clined. (Flying is not our idea of the
best way to travel, but it is the fast-
est, and we were in a hurry.)

We had a completely uneventful
trip, except for the frequent events
of meals! We had eaten breakfast
about 6:00 a. m. New York time;
and as soon as the trays were cleared
away, they announced it was past
noon in Paris and served us a big
dejeuner of smoked salmon canape,
fricassee of chicken and wild rice,
mixed vegetable salad, rolls and
cheese, and French pastry followed
by demitasses of coffee. A wonder-
ful opportunity, and we had just
spoiled it with French breakfast rolls
and cafe au lait!

Brother and Sister Robert Wil-
liams met us in Paris and saw us
off as we left on the hop for Africa.
Charles Taber came to the hotel
to see us, not only talking but look-
ing like a typical Frenchman in his
beret! It was wonderful to have
these moments with fellow-mission-
aries.

At Bangui we were greeted by
Ruth Kent and African friends.
Freda Kliever had stayed home so
there would be more room in the
truck cab. However, we were soon
at their home enjoying a refresh-
ing drink and visit. (Jake was away
at the time but came before we left.)
The trip up country was good, too.
(Except for a flat tire at night, but
we did have flashlights and native
help to make even that easier.) We
had heard the roads were in terrible
shape, but they seemed better than
we had remembered them. In a

The Dunnings

word, that is the way everything
seemed this time. The heat seemed
less hot, the dirt less dirty; there was
even a bit of greenness of new
growth along the way, and an oc-
casional mist or shower and cloudi-
ness. We had dreaded the bright
glare of the hot dry season. Oddly
enough we had forgotten about the
dust that seeps through every crack,
but we were rudely reminded when
we opened our bags that night and
saw the layer of brick-red dust that
lay over our things.

Now we are home at B.I. again,
pretty nearly settled and almost
ready for schools to begin Monday
morning (March 18) at 7:15. We
have had to slow our pace a bit, as
one always does during a "heat
wave." In the house the afternoon
heat has been pretty constantly at 90
degrees, but we haven't had to com-
plain about the humidity as yet —
it has been between 10 and 20 per-
cent. Often there are breezes, and
the house is wide open to them since
we have no glass windows.

Students are beginning to arrive,
both American and African. The
latter are housed in the student vil-
lage, and the missionary children are
being lovingly cared for (until the
Spanglers can do it) in the Beaver
and Dunning homes. We are look-
ing forward to some great times with
our family of six girls (three Hills,
two Dunnings and one Samarin).

We know you are praying for us.
We have seen evidences of answered
prayer all along the way. Thank you,
and do please continue to hold us
up before Him in our dual responsi-
bilities of house-parents and teach-
ers of the Word to the B.I. stu-
dents.

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iriHIIE (OIHiniLPiaEM'g WAQ]

Junior Missionary
of the month

We call the children of our mis-
sionaries "Junior Missionaries." Our
Junior Missionary this month is

Alberta Mae Dunning, or as her
family call her, Berta Mae. She has
been in the U.S. on furlough but just
recently went back io .Africa with
her parents. Rev. and Mrs. Harold
Dunning. Berta Mae was born May
11, 1949. She has two sisters, Ruth,
age 15, and Verna, who is 12. Verna
returned to Africa with her parents,
but Ruthie is now living in Long
Beach, Calif.

Berta Mae went to Africa by
plane. She spent some time in New
Jersey and some time in France be-
fore going to Africa. She lives near
Bozoum in Africa. An interesting
thing about Berta Mae is that she
attends the children's school in
Africa. Miss Ruth Kent is her
teacher. I imagine they have lots of
fun in that school for missionary
children. Pretty soon they'll get a
new building. Don't forget lo pray
for this Junior Missionary.

Clyde K. Landrum, Director

,9 MAY 5^

Don't forget to color your calen-
dar every day that you pray for
the missionaries. I am wondering
how many missionary helpers have
colored every calendar every day?
Is there anyone who has?

Missionary Helpers

Hey kids, they're here! Yes; the

membership cards are here and
ready to go out. Some of you might
even receive yours before you read
this page. They are swell cards. You
will be pleased with yours. Everyone
who wrote in asking to be a mem-
ber will receive a card right away. If
you have not written, why not do it
today? Just tell us that you want
to be a member of the Missionary
Helpers Club. Here are the four
things that each missionary helper
will try to do: (1) Pray regularly for
the missionaries; (2) Give of his
money to help send the gospel to
other lands; (3) Sing the Mission-
ary Helpers Chorus; and (4) Try to
get other boys and girls to be mis-
sionary helpers. Now, that isn't hard,
is it? Of course, not! Why not write
your letter today?

Pen Pals

Some of the kids have written ask-
ing for pen pals. We're glad to send (
names to any of you who write. Just ■
tell us whether you want the name of i
a boy or a girl, and tell us your own i
age.

, I'M THRILLED WITH OUR
/7?j MISSIONASy HELPERS CLUB
V^V- AREN'T you, MAK-V ?

AND HARRV, THESE
MEMBERSHIP CARDS
ARE SUPER /,

.-^(l HOPE
■'J\THE KID5
-<J> KEEP
■-J WRITING-
IN FOR

Whem/

YES-

CALJSE

IT '5

FUN TO

BE A

'member
I

t^kk-i MISSIONARY—

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

Smai
Potatoes

By Mrs. Wayne Beaver

They sat on the back porch, five
dusty little figures worn out from
carrying their heavy loads so many
kilometers. But as soon as the mis-
sionary lady appeared — home from
her morning's classes — they bright-
ened up. SmiUng big, winning smiles,
they all launched into enthusiastic
sales talks.

"See these good potatoes,
Madame. They are all big ones!"

Sure enough, there were some
nice large ones on top, some almost
as large as lemons, but their pro-
spective customer doubted the "all"
of their statements. Some way or
another the big ones find their way
to the top and underneath are the
"marbles." So, this smiling white
lady said: "They do look nice. Let's
pour them out over this wire, and
all that stay on top I'll buy."

The little supersalesman of the
quintet eagerly pushed his basket
to the foreground. Then how they
■did cover their little mouths and
"umm, umm" in a distraught man-
ner when the potatoes were poured
out over the length of chicken wire
that was stretched across a large box.
As the "marbles" began to rain
through the holes in the wire, the
little "umms" of the supersalesman
turned to small moans. How "beat"
lie did look! And how the rest did
laugh at him! But there were a fair
number on top and so the little fel-
low still received a pretty good
amount of money in his grimy little
fist. He was then a very helpful as-
sistant in weighing out the others'
potatoes. He pushed each pile
around quite energetically, making
sure that all the small ones found
their way through the holes.

When the last basket was "sifted"
and each child paid, they stood
looking mournfully down at the re-
jected potatoes in each of their
baskets. They lifted pleading black
eyes to the white woman's face and
wooed their cause so pitifully.

"Oh, Madame, we've come so iar
and the burden is so heavy; we just
haven't strength to carry them back.
You buy ihem ;ill."

The missionary smiled gently
down at them and said: "You go rest
under that tree. Here are some cit-
rons to suck on to give you strength.
I will talk to you while you are rest-
ing."

She hastened into the house to get
her Sango Bible and Wordless Book.
As the weary httle salesmen rested,
she told them the wonderful story of
God's love and how He bids all who
are weary and heavy laden to come
to Him for rest. She explained that
the load we all carry is much
heavier than a basket of potatoes, for
it is the load of our sins and the judg-
ment that rests upon them — "For the
wages of sin is death."

She said: "When you have a heavy
load on your heads, you can't take
it down yourselves, can you? You
have to have an ita [brother] to help
you." They all sucked in their
breaths in assent. She then went on:
"Well, the Lord Jesus Christ, God's
Son, the One I have been telling you
of, wants to be your big Ita. He
wants to take the load of your sins
from you and carry them himself. He
died to take your judgment and He
wants to give you His gift of life.
When I gave you the citrons you
stretched out your hands eagerly

to receive that small gift. Won't you
reach out now and take God's big
gift for you, which is everlasting
life?"

They hesitated and their little
faces looked very solemn. The mis-
sionary lady's eyes then fell to their
baskets of rejected potatoes and she
explained sorrowfully how God is
going to "sift" all the people in the
world some day, and some He is
going to have to reject, for they have
not become His children by accept-
ing the Lord Jesus Christ as their
Saviour from sin.

"Do you want the Great God in
heaven to refuse you because you are
not His children?"

"Oh no, Madame," they plead,
"we want to be God's children."

The missionary lady then prayed
with them and counseled ihem to
go to the "House of God" that was
closest to their village. Alas, that was
a fair distance for such little legs to
travel, as the closest chapel was quite
far from their home village. Her
heart cried out again for more work-
ers. How they are needed!

As she watched these little lambs
take up their somewhat lightened
burdens with much lighter hearts,
her prayers went after them, that
the Great Shepherd would send an
earthly shepherd to their village to
guide and care for these newborn
lambs — five little dusty, dark Afri-
can "potatoes." But, praise God,
they'll not pass through His "sift"
now. They'll be held up by the arms
of love of their great Saviour — yea,
even taken up to dwell with Him
some day. Praise God for His great
salvation!

May 4, 1957

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EDITORIALLY SPEAKING

(Continued From Page 274)

How much do those of us in the
Brethren Church really believe the
lost are lost and eternally and sor-
rowfully lost?— RDB

About ibree cents worth —

In 1956 the Brethren Church was
interested in the lost in foreign lands
to the extent of 3-1/3 cents per day
for every member of the Brethren
Church. Even that was a gain, for in
1955 we cared to the extent of 2.9
cents per day.

For this present year we are ask-
ing the Lord to make us care at
least to the extent of 4 cents per day.
That will give us the 17 percent total
increase to which our proposed pro-
sram has been built.

Would it be too great a sacri-
fice on our part as a Brethren peo-
ple to determine that by next year,
1958, we will have geared our Chris-
tian giving so we can average 5 cents
per day for every member of the
Brethren Church?

A nickel doesn't do much today.
It will give you an hour's parkmg in
less congested cities, it will buy the
smallest candy bar, some places it
will still buy the morning paper.
Not very much, is it? Yet a nickel a
day given to our Brethren foreign
missionary work by every member of
the Brethren Church would permit
all the expansion and stabilizing our
foreign missionary work would need
for some years ahead.

How much do we believe the
lost are lost, and how much will we
do about it? Your present foreign-
mission offering is an excellent op-

portunity to tell the Lord about it.
—RDB

Our sincere tbanks —

Interest in and enthusiasm for
the foreign-missions program thus
far in 1957 have been encouraging
to say the least. We praise the Lord
for all of this. We believe God is
going to work to give us the 1 7 per-
cent increase over last year's offer-
ing which we so desperately need.
We thank you for all that you have
done and all that you will continue
to do in this year of 1957 to help
to supply the need, that faithful mis-
sionaries may continue to go with
the gospel, some even to new sta-
tions and new areas, that precious
souls may be saved. The Lord's
abundant blessing upon each and
every one! — CKL

Foreign Missionary Directory

AFRICA

Balzer. Mi-, and Mrs. Albert W.. B.P. 10. Bossangoa. French Equa-
torial Africa-
Beaver, Rev. and Mrs. S, Wayne, Bozoum via Bangui, Oubangui-
Chari. French Equatorial Africa.

Bickel, Miss Florence. Bellevue via Bossangoa. via Bangui, Ouban-
gui-Cbari, French Equatorial Africa.

Byron, Miss Grace, Mission a Bassai, Bozoum via Bangui, Oubangui-
Chari, French Equatorial Africa.

Cochran, Miss Rosella, Mission a Bekoro. Paoua via Bozoum via
Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Cone, Rev. and Mrs. George E.. Mission a Yaloke, Bossembele via
Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Gripe, Miss Mary, Bozoum via Bangui, Oubangui-Chari, French
Equatorial Africa.

Dunning, Rev. and Mrs. Harold L., Bozoum via Bangui, French
Equatorial Africa.

Emmert. Miss Mary, Mission a Bassai, Bozoum via Bangui, Ouban-
gui-Chari, Frencfi Equatorial Africa.

Goodman. Rev. and Mrs. Marvin L.. Jr.. Mission a Nzoro, Bocar-
anga via Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Hill. Rev. and Mrs. Robert W.. Bossembele via Bangui. French
Equatorial Africa.

Hocking. Rev. and Mrs. Donald G.. Bozoum via Bangui, French
Equatorial Africa.

Jobson. Dr. and Mrs. Orville D.. B. P. 240. Bangui. French Equatorial
Africa.

Kent. Miss Ruth, Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Kliever. Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Kliever., B.P. 240, Bangui, French
Equatorial Africa.

Miller. Rev. and Mrs. Donald F.. Mission a Bekoro, Paoua via Boz-
oum via Baneui, French Equatorial Africa.

Mishler. Miss Marie. Bouca via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Samarin, Rev. and Mrs. William J., Bellevue via Bossangoa via
Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Schwartz. Miss Clara, Bellevue via Bossangoa, via Bangui, Ouban-
gui-Chari, French Equatorial Africa.

Sheldon, Rev. and Mrs. C. B., Bossangoa via Bangui, French Equa-
torial Africa.

Snyder, Rev. and Mrs. Roy B., Bouca via Bangui. Oubangui-Chari,
French Equatorial Africa.

Snyder. Miss Ruth, Bozoum via Bangui, Oubangui-Chari, French
Equatorial Africa.

Spangler. Mr. and Mrs. Donald A.. Bozoum via Bangui, French
Equatorial Africa.

Sumey, Rev. and Mrs. Charles R., Bozoum via Bangui, Oubangui-
Chari, French Equatorial Africa.

Taber, Dr. and Mrs. Floyd W., Mission a Yaloke, Bossembele via
Bangui. Oubangui-Chari, French Equatorial Africa.

Tyson. Miss Elizabeth, Mission a Yaloke. Bossembele via Bangui,
French Equatorial Africa.

Williams. Rev. and Mrs. Robert S., Batangafo via Bangui. French
Equatorial Africa.

ARGENTINA

Abel, Miss Bertha, Rivadavia 433, Rio Cuarto, F.C.N.G.B.M., Prov.

Cordoba, Argentina, S. A.
Bishop, Rev. and Mrs. Donald E., 178 Calle Reconquista, Corral de

Bustos, F.C.N.G.B.M., Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S. A.

280

Churchill. Rev. and Mrs. Jack B.. Remedios de Escalada 74. Rio Ter-

cero. F.C.B.M., Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S.A.
Hoyt. Rev. and Mrs. Solon W., Chiclana 1074, Don Bosco. F.C.G.R..

Argentina. S. A.
Maconaghy, Rev. and Mrs. Hill, Bdo. de Irigoyen 564, Jose Marmol,

F.C.N G.R.. Argentina. S. A.
Marshall. Rev. and Mrs. James B., Rivadavia 433, Rio Cuarto,

F.C.N.G.B.M., Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S.A.
Rottler. Rev. and Mrs. Carson E., Rivadavia 433, Rio Cuarto.

F.C.N.G.B.M.. Prov. Cordoba. Argentina. S. A.
Schrock, Rev. and Mrs. Lynn, Rivadavia 433. Rio Cuarto, F.C.N.G.

B.M., Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S. A.
Sickel. Mrs. Loree. Remedios de Escalada 74. Rio Tercero, F.C.B.M.,

Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S.A.

BRAZIL

Altig. Rev. and Mrs. J. Keith. Caixa Postal 861. Belem. Para. Brazil.
Miller. Rev. and Mrs. Edward D.. Macapa. Terr. Federal do Amapa.

Brazil.
Zielasko. Rev. and Mrs. John W.. Caixa Postal 861. Belem. Para,

Brazil.

FRANCE

Fogle. Rev. and Mrs. P. Fredrick. 79 Chemin de Vassieux. Cal-

uire et Cuire, Rhone. France.
Taber. Rev. and Mrs. Charles R., 107 Av. Jean-Jaures. Clamart i

(Seine), France. I

HAWAII
Tresise. Rev. and Mrs. Foster R., 335 Manae Street, Lanikai, Hawaii. ]
MEXICO

Edmiston. Rev. and Mrs. Sibley M.. 439 Sunset Lane. San Ysidro,

Calif., U.S.A.
Haag. Rev. and Mrs. Walter E., 439 Sunset Lane, San Ysidro, CalU.,

U. S. A.
Howard, Rev. and Mrs. A. L.. 406 Mary Ave.. Calexico, Calif., tl.

S. A.
Robinson, Miss Dorothy, 439 Sunset Lane, San Ysidro, Calif., U, S. A.

MISSIONARIES ON FURLOUGH

Burk, Rev. and Mrs. Bill A.. 11259 Pope Avenue. Lynwood. Calif.
Dowdv, Rev. and Mrs. J. Paul, P.O. Box 104. Winona Lake, Ind.
Foster. Mrs. Rose A., 5337 N. Front St., Philadelphia 20, Pa.
Garber. Rev. and Mrs. Martin M.. c/o J. W. Rae, 209 Rowland Ave.,

Modesto, Calif.
Geske. Miss Edith, Route 3, Norfolk, Nebr.
Habegger. Miss Mary Ann. P. O. Box 588. Winona Lake. Ind.
Jones, Miss Gail, P.O. Box 588. Winona Lake, Ind.
Kennedy, Rev. and Mrs. Lester W., P.O. Box 588, Winona Lake,

Ind.
Keruiedy. Mrs. Minnie, P.O. Box 588, Winona Lake, Ind.
Mason. Dr. and Mrs. Harold A., 724 Anderson Ave.. Fort Wayne, Ind.
Nielsen, Miss Johanna. 1819 Pine Ave.. Long Beach 6. Calif.
Thurston. Miss Marian. P. O. Box 588. Winona Lake. Ind.

The Brethren Missionary Herald '

Standings of the Churches Showing Percentage of Increase
of the 1956 Foreign Mission Offering Over That for 1955—

Percentage

Dayton, Ohio (Grace) 255 51.

Wheoton, Illinois 252 52.

Hollins, Virginia 198 53.

Long Beach, California (Los Altos) 176 54.

Glendale, California 146 55.

Aleppo, Pennsylvania 116 56.

Albany, Oregon 107 57.

Paramount, California 103 58.

Cheyenne, Wyoming 97 59.

Findlay, Ohio 90 60.

Taos, N. Mexico . 87 61 .

Spokane, Washington 83 62.

Norwalk, California 82.9 63.

Kittanning, Pennsylvania (North Buffalo) 77 64.

Grandview, Washington 75 65.

Dryhill, Kentucky 70 66.

Martinsburg, West Virginia 66 67.

Whittier, California (Community) 65 68.

Fillmore, California 619 69.

Long Beach, California (North) 61.4 70.

Washington, Pennsylvania 60 71.

Harrah, Washington 58 72.

Lake Odessa, Michigan 54.7 73.

Goshen, Indiana 54.0 74.

Honolulu, T. H 53 75.

Mansfield, Ohio (Woodville) 52 76.

Canton, Ohio 51 77.

Ozark, Michigan 49 78.

Leamersville, Pennsylvania 48.9 79.

Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Riverside) .... 47 80.

La Crescenta, California 46 81.

Peru, Indiana 45 82.

Allentown, Pennsylvania 44 83.

Seal Beach, California 41.9 84.

South Pasadena, California 41.7 85.

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 41.5 86.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 40.6 87.

Hollidoysburg, Pennsylvania 39 88.

Conemaugh, Pennsylvania (Singer Hill).. 38.8 89.

Clay City, Ind 32 90.

North English, Iowa 31 .7 91 .

Uniontown, Pennsylvania 30 92.

Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico 29.3 93.

Accident, Maryland 29.1 94.

Modesto, California (McHenry Avenue) 28 95.

Seven Fountains, Virginia 26 96.

Beaumont, California 25 97.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 24.7 98.

Temple City, California 245 99.

Homerville, Ohio 24.3 100.

Percentage

Johnstown, Pennsylvania (First) 23.9

Sterling, Ohio 23.5

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (First) .... 23.4

Buena Vista, Virginia 23.2

Dayton, Ohio (Patterson Park) 22.8

Modesto, California (La Loma) 22.5

Sidney, Indiana 22.4

Danville, Ohio 21.7

Mansfield, Ohio (Grace) 21.0

Martinsburg, Pennsylvania 20.8

Garwin, Iowa 20.113

Inglewood, California 20.110

Roanoke, Virginia (Clearbrook) 18.8

Phoenix, Arizona 18.4

York, Pennsylvania 17.6

Portis, Kansas 17.1

Ankenytown, Ohio 16.9

Long Beach, California( First) 16.6

Fremont, Ohio (Grace) 16.1

Son Bernardino, California 14.9

Roanoke, Virginia (Washington Heights) 14.8

Leesburg, Indiana 14.2

Compton, California 12.84

Meyersdale, Pennsylvania (Summit Mills) 12.81

Hagerstown, Maryland (Grace) 10.289

Englewood, Ohio 10.282

Conemaugh, Pennsylvania (Pike) 99

Elkhart, Indiana 9.8

Radford, Virginia 9.7

Dayton, Ohio (North Riverdale) 9.4

Ashland, Ohio 8.96

Conemaugh, Pennsylvania 8.7

West Alexandria, Ohio 82

Fort Wayne, Indiana (First) 7.9

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Third) .... 7.8

Chico, California 6.9

Altoona, Pennsylvania (Grace) 6.4

Hopewell, Pennsylvania 5

Waynesboro, Pennsylvania 4.5

Waterloo, Iowa 3.6

Winchester, Virginia 3.5

Johnson City, Tennessee 3.24

Rittman, Ohio 3.15

Covington, Virginia 2.9

Elyria, Ohio 2.5

Leon, Iowa 2.3

Dayton, Ohio (First) 1.8

Whittier, California (First) 1.1

Beilflower, California 0.7

Clayton, Ohio 0.04

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HEIVS

SANTA MONICA. CALIF. Rev.
George Richardson, one of our
Brethren ministers who is nssociated
with the extension staff of the Bible
Institute of Los Angeles, was hos-
pitalized recently for kidney dis-
order.

WHITTIER, CALIF. Miss Leslie
Ann Hohenstein was born Apr. 9 to
Rev. and Mrs. Lewis Hohenstein.
Brother Hohenstein is pastor of the
First Brethren Church.

CANTON, OHIO. In view of the
growth of the work of the First
Brethren Church, the church is con-
sidering the possibilities of either
relocation, or the enlarging of their
present quarters. John DiUing is
pastor.

UNIONTOWN, PA. The First
Brethren Church has selected Lee
Collier, a member of the local
church, to be promotional man to
raise funds for expansion of the
church program, which will prob-
ably include the erection of a new
edifice. R. Paul Miller, Jr. is pas-
tor.

BARBEE LAKES, IND. The

first Sunday evening service at the
Barbee Lake Brethren Church was
conducted Apr. 21 with 47 in at-
tendance. There were 155 present
for the morning worship. George
Cripe is pastor.

Dates of District Conferences

Allegheny May 7-9 — Uniontown. Pa.

California May 27-31— Long Beach. Calif.

East July 22-25— Altoona. Pa.

Indiana ...Apr. 29-May 2 — Fort Wayne. Ind.

Iowa June 27-29 — Leon, Iowa

Michigan

Mid-Atlantic May 13-15 — Hagerstown, Md.

Midwest June 7-9 — Denver, Colo.

Northern Atlantic May 7-10— York. fa.

Northern Ohio . Apr. 25-26. Mansfield. Ohio

Northwest Apr. 30-May 3— Harrah. Wash.

Southeast June 24-26 — Roanoke. Va.

Southern Ohio May 6-9— Dayton. Ohio

BEAUMONT, CALIF. Rev.

Archie Lynn continues to serve as
interim pastor of the Cherry Valley
Brethren Church. His mailing ad-
dress is The Castle Green Apart-
ments, 99 S. Raymond St., Pasadena,
Calif. Please change Annual.

BERRIEN SPRINGS, MICH.

The Grace Brethren Church estab-
lished a new Sunday-school attend-
ance record on Apr. 7 with 94 pres-
ent. Gilbert Hawkins is pastor.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. A

teacher training course is being of-
fered by the North Long Beach
Brethren Church each Sunday eve-
ning May 5 through June 23. Molly
McCall, director of Christian educa-
tion for the church will be the in-
structor. George Peek is pastor.

HOPEWELL, PA. Ground was
broken Apr. 14 for the new build-
ing of the Grace Brethren Church,
Sheldon W. Snyder, pastor. Rev.
Ralph Hall, pastor of the Grace
Brethren Church, Columbus, Ohio,
was the guest speaker.

Religious
World News

NEW YORK, N. Y. Billy Gra-
ham's biggest operation, his New
York City evangelistic crusade, is
scheduled to begin May 15. But in
the midst of the extensive prepara-
tion, Graham says: "We face the city
in fear and trembling. Never before
have we faced such overwhelming
obstacles and at the same time had
greater opportunities for Christian
witness." The Graham crusade is
headquartered near Times Square
in an eight-room office suite. A staff
of 15 is on hand laying the ground-
work, which has been going on for
ihe past year.

The crusade is scheduled for
Madison Square Garden, which seats
20,000. It's supposed to last eight
weeks, but it may run longer.

To serve at crusade rallies, 500
ushers, a choir of 3,000 and 3,000
counselors are being recruited from
the New York churches. The coun-
selors are a trade-mark of the Gra-
ham system. Each person selected
must take a nine-week training
course.

As the May 15th opening night
approaches, Graham says New York
must become the most prayed-for

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Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake. Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

spot on the face of the earth. Al-
though it's the largest city in the
world, more than half its population
is not actively affiliated with any
church.

CHICO, CALIF. A small fold-
ing organ that made an 1882 mis-
sionary voyage to Pitcairn Island,
noted as the landing place of men
involved in the mutiny on H.M.S.
Bounty in the 18th century, still is
being played. The foot-pumped,
cherry wood instrument is now
owned and enjoyed almost daily by
Mrs. Marilyn Blackwelder of Chico.

And, she contends, it is in better
tune than either her piano or an-
other organ in her home. This with-
out having been repaired since, as
far as she knows, it accompanied
hymns for early settlers of the tiny
isle.

But she explained that the organ
"picked up some new nicks last
Christmas when we put it on a truck
and used it to accompany a group of
carolers."

SPECIAL. An article on religion
in the newly released, 559-page
Jewish Year Book reports that "evi-
dence continued to mount of a
widespread and deep interest
throughout the United States, par-
ticularly among young people."

Known as The American Jewish
Year Book it covers a broad range of
articles on Jewish population data,
civic and political status, communal
affairs, religion and Jewish affairs
in countries throughout the world.

The book estimates the world's
Jewish population at 11,900,000—
a slight increase over last year.
About 6,000,000 live in North and
South America; more than 3,000,-
000 live in Europe, while Asia has
more than 1,750,000. About 600,-
000 are in Africa and 58,000 in Aus-
tralia and New Zealand. The Jew-
ish population of the United States
was put at 5,200,000.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

NOTICE TO READERS: The purpose of this page is to provide our readers with worldwide
religious news. All material is presented as news without editorial conunent, and does not
necessarily reflect the theological position of this magazine. — Editor.

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Ne^sj)a§c

WASHINGTON, D. C. Post-
master General Arthur Summerfield
told a congressional committee that
the U.S. Post Office carries second
and third class mailings sent out by
churches and non-profit organiza-
tions at an annual loss of more than
8 million dollars. But, he asked for
a federal subsidy, not increased
rates, to cover the ioss.

Mr. Summerfield requested that
Congress make a direct appropria-
tion to cover the loss instead of ask-
ing the Post Office Department to
assume it. He also asked Congress
to assume the cost for free diploma-
tic mail, free mail for blind and other
special concessions which he said
amounted to $26 million annually.

The House Post Office and Civil
Service Committee agreed unani-
mously to approve a bill that would
provide annual appropriations from
general funds to repay the Post
Office for the reduced rates at which
it carries mail from religious and
non-profit groups.

ROME, ITALY. Last March
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
had a private audience with Pope
Pius XII at the Vatican. When
newsmen afterward asked him if he
anticipated eventual diplomatic ties
between the U. S. and the Vatican,
Mr. Nixv.n reolied, "I don't know."
He said the topic was not discussed
during his visit with the Pope, but
that "personally, I can only hope
for the continuation of the same
good nersonal relations so far exist-
ing between the United States of
America and the Holy See."

According to a United Press re-
port, a "high Vatican source" said
that the Pope had told Mr. Nixon
that the most important thing at the
moment was the continued leader-
ship of the United States in bring-
ing about a peaceful solution of the
world's problems. "This is more
important than the question of even-
tual diplomatic recognition," the
source continued. "But the question
of establishing diplomatic relations
between the two states is, however,
ripening."

(Protestants had objected in vain
as i'residents Roosevelt and Truman
sent a "personal envoy" to the Pope
at Rome. The relationship ended
when Myron C. Taylor resigned in
January 1950. President Truman's
nomination of Gen. Mark Clark in

1952 to be U.S. ambassador to the
Vatican drew so much opposition
that Gen. Clark asked that his name
be withdrawn.)

NEW CASTLE, PA. Mrs. Han-
nah Mcllrath, at the age of 90 has
retired after serving for 74 years as
a Bible teacher and Sunday-school
officer. Her long teaching career
began in Belfast, Ireland, and con-
tinued in Pittsburgh before she
moved to New Castle. Although she
has retired she is not idle. She still
passes out gospel tracts and carries
on limited service in the Christian
and Missionary Alliance church, of
which she is a member. A daughter
and three granddaughters are mis-
sionaries in foreign lands.

BUFFALO, N. Y. The National
Association of Evangelicals took a
strong stand against federal aid to
education at its 15th annual con-
vention.

"Our public schools are becom-
ing increasingly secularized and, in
our judgment, federal aid would
facilitate this tendency," the reso-
lution stated. "Federal aid is a
departure from our traditional
American position of individual re-
sponsibility and growth, and tends
toward socialism, the first step
toward totalitarianism. Federal aid
to education would open the avenue
to federal control, and thus enable
the extremely liberal educational
elements in UNESCO to forward
their anti-Christian program includ-
ing the ehmination of Christian
schools."

DALLAS, TEX. A Virginia edu-
cator, charged public schools with
partial responsibility for the pres-
ent high rate of juvenile delinquency
because of their "constant emphasis
of animal stories, exclusive of any
great, guiding principles of life."
Dr. Ullin Leavell, director of the
McGuf fey Reading Clinic at the Uni-
versity of Virginia, made this charge
at the annual meeting of the Texas
Baptist Sunday School Convention.

He told the Sunday-school teach-
ers that the average elementary
school has been "stripped of vir-
tually all material worthy of a child's
thinking." He said: "You can teach
a child to recognize a pony, or a
duck, but when he has finished read-
ing the stories in today's schoolbooks
there is nothing to be remembered,

no great lesson left for him to live
by." He added: "We may not be
atheists but we've got a lot of athe-
istic materials in our textbooks."

Dr. Leavell is the author of a new
series of public school textbooks to
be published in the fall. Purpose of
the series is to lead children to trans-
form moral principles into personal
ideals and traits.

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. More
than 1,000 delegates to the annual
meeting of the North American Bap-
tist Association at Little Rock, Ark.,
reaffirmed their faith in the pre-
millennial return of Christ. (This
doctrine holds that Christ will re-
turn to earth prior to the thousand-
year era of world peace that is
foretold in the Bible.) At the same
time, the convention said this doc-
trine should not be made a test of
fellowship for churches.

The association unites some 900
independent missionary Baptist
churches, mainly in the South,
Southwest and Southeast, which
withdrew from the American Bap-
tist Association in 1950. The Rev.
M. E. Childers of Little Rock was
elected president of the association.

AUSTRALIA. A Presbyterian of-
ficial has criticized plans by the Post-
master General to provide telephone
service under which subscribers can
dial to hear Scripture passages. The
official says it's "undignified" and
would degenerate into a guessing
game of finding what passage from
the Bible would be selected on any
given day.

May 4, 1957

283

The Personality of Satan

By R. William Markley, Pastor

Grace Brethren Church
Palmyra, Pa.

With so many eternal verities
commonly accepted universally,
which are relative, it seems incredi-
ble that the personality of Satan
should not be accepted and taught
by all churches, whether or not they
accept the Scriptures as divinely in-
spired truth. For example, "east" is
a relative term and presupposes a
point or object, from which some-
thing else is to the right, when one
is facing north. When we speak of
light, it is relative to darkness. When
we speak of good, it is relative to
evil. When the world classes some-
one as a good person, that judgment
is made in relation to the world's
standards. It is comparatively easy
for anyone to be termed "good" by
the world's standards. "Not of works
lest any man should boast." "There
is none good, no not one." Between
light and dark, there are varying
shades of gray and white, all light
or dark in relation to the ultimate
light or the ultimate dark. If one
does not choose the most dazzling
white with which to compare a light
gray, it may appear much lighter
than it actually is. The benumbing,
false idea of leaving the "d" off the
word "devil," which is taught so
much today, is rationally possible
only when an extra "o" is inserted
in the term "God." Thus, the two
extremities are reduced to mere im-
personal forces operative in the
world. For those of us who believe in
the divine personality of God, as
taught in the Scriptures, there is but
one alternative regarding His op-
posite— he, too, is a personality.

In the annals of our nation alone,
there is much to be read on the
struggle for existence of organiza-
tions having no leader, no one per-
sonally in whom was vested execu-
tive authority. Nations have been
assimilated by other nations for just
such a reason. The story of the
Jewish nation is, in the final analy-
sis, the story of a people with and
without a leader. They look for a

leader yet — someone in whom they
may vest the authority of their gov-
ernment. Their eyes are momentar-
ily blind to the Messiahship of
Jesus Christ. Consider also the
church which has no pastor. Does
it thrive and prosper under such a
situation? The answer is all too evi-
dent. Must we not also concede
that a force for evil without organ-
ization and head would neither thrive
nor prosper. If it were not for this
organization and authoritative
"head," evil would have been buried
in the grave of Adam and Eve.

Come with me to the Scriptures.
God has given us sufficient knowl-
edge of the existence, origin, and na-
ture of this "enemy of all righteous-
ness."

By a careful reading of Matthew
4:1-11, any reader would conclude
the existence of a personality. With
this personality Christ conversed, not
abstractly, but in perfect quotations
of Scripture from the Saviour and
purposely distorted quotations of
Scripture from the enemy.

Consider also chapters 1 and 2 of
the Book of Job. Satan here pre-
sents himself before the Lord with
the sons of God and God directs a
conversation to him. Would our
supremely intelligent God direct
words to an impersonal force? This
conversation is intelligently answered
by Satan and the deft craftiness of
the answer evidences knowledge and
intellect which are characteristics of
a personality.

As to Satan's origin, the Scrip-
tures are sufficiently clear. In Isaiah
14:12-14 we see someone whose
name is Lucifer who has fallen. The
reason for this fall is expressed in
verse 13: "I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God." Comparing
this reference with Ezekiel 28:13,
where the beauty of the covering
cherub is described, we learn that he
was created. Since John 1:3 is true,
we may determine his Creator to be
Jesus Christ. In verse 14 he was
anointed "cherub that covereth," and

in verse 15 we are told "thou wast
perfect in thy ways from the day that
thou wast created, till iniquity was
found in thee." What was this in-
iquity? Ezekiel 28:17 answers with
"thine heart was lifted up because of
thy beauty," and Isaiah 14:14 gives
us the very words of the evil intents
of his heart to "be like the most
High." So he fell. Jesus' own words
in Luke 10:18 are "I beheld Satan
as lightning fall from heaven." Luci-
fer, covering cherub, Satan — one
and the same personality. Friends,
this person is not of human origin,
not of human intellect or powers. He
was created a celestial being with
powers of the same kind. He is not
to be taken lightly, especially by the
Christian. He is real!

When a man's heart is filled with
iniquity, his nature is changed. A
deceitful heart cannot breed a right-
eous nature. While the nature of
Satan was perfect when he was
created, his works prove him far
from perfect now. The Holy Spirit
describes him thus: I John 3:8, "a
sinner from the beginning"; John
8:44, "a murderer from the begin-
ning, a liar and the father of it."
Yet his true nature is revealed in
Matthew 13:39, "the enemy is the
devil." He is the enemy of God and
his Word, sowing tares among the
wheat. More completely yet the
Holy Spirit reveals his nature to be
the "enemy of all righteousness" in
Acts 13:10, a speech directed to a
"child of the devil." Enemy of all
righteousness — your enemy, Chris-
tian brother, or sister, for you are
righteous if you are Christ's. This
enemy is to be reckoned with, for
he is not the red-horned man with
a tail, carrying a pitchfork, pictured
for you in the cartoons. Paul tells us
in II Corinthians 11:14 that "Satan
himself is transformed into an angel
of light" — light of beautiful lies,
blinding men to the truth.

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

(Continued From Last Week)

THE MUSICIANS

A vital part of this music educa-
tion program, and one for which
there is a perpetual need in every
church, is the task of getting people
to "sing with the understanding also"
(I Cor. 14:15).

Singers often completely overlook
the thought content of the songs, and
in singing them they sometimes voice
ideals which are not their own, or
views with which they do not agree.
Songs should be selected in which
the congregation can honestly and
sincerely participate; but the people
should also be taught to analyze
the words they are singing, both for
the sake of honesty and for the
blessing that can come only through
deliberate singing. It seems to be
easy for a sincere believer to
thoughtlessly sing the lines:

When our days of toil shall cease,
Waiting still for sweet release,

Nothing left but heav'n and prayer,
Wond'ring if our names are there;

and then innocently contradict him-
self by singing, "I shall go to dwell in
that city I know." Such inconsis-
tency should be avoided if hymn
singing is to be of real benefit. A
similar error is committed when the
sinner or the carnal Christian is
asked to join the rest in singing,
"Have Thine Own Way, Lord," un-
less he is asked to sing it as a con-
fession of his need and as a com-
mitment of surrender. Anyone can
rightly engage in the singing of
simple truth, such as

The Church's one foundation
Is Jesus Christ her Lord;

She is His new creation
By water and the word:

From heav'n He came and sought
her
To be His holy bride;

A Singing
Church

By Prof. Donald Ogden
Grace College

With His own blood He bought her,
And for her life He died.

A man can repeat those lines and
believe them though he has never
made a surrender of his life to the
Lord, but that same man would
have to be dishonest to proclaim:

One day He's coming, for Him I am
longing;
One day the skies with His glory
will shine;
Wonderful day, my beloved ones
bringing;
Hope of the hopeless, this Jesus
is mine.

Does this mean that we should not
use songs of personal testimony or
consecration in a service where
unsaved are known to be in the
midst? On the contrary, these very
songs might be the best because
they often drive the truth into a
hardened heart and bring convic-
tion that might come from no other
source. But insistence that the words
come deliberately from each person,
and an occasional reminder of what
the song expresses will serve to give
the Christian a new source of in-
spiration and to remind the wan-
derer of the heights he must gain,
and will surely improve the quality
of the singing.

There are three basic require-
ments of the church musicians if the
music program is going to be suc-
cessful. Of the greatest importance
is the requirement of genuine spirit-
uaUty. The music director, the solo-
ist, the choir, and the accompanist
are all used to lead the congrega-
tion in acts of worship and devo-
tion. No more can they accomplish
their aims apart from the guiding
of the Spirit of God than can the
minister.

The musicians should be musi-
cally prepared. Some will doubtless

prove more gifted than others, but
each should develop his gift to the
greatest extent possible and then
perform within the range of his limi-
tations.

The musicians should be enthu-
siastic. Theirs is a place of leader-
ship and thus a grave responsibihty
rests upon them. Within man is a
strong natural tendency to imitate
or empathize. For this reason the
very spirit with which the musician
enters into his task will have a
powerful effect upon the degree to
which the worshipers enter actively
into the several aspects of the serv-
ice.

THE EQUIPMENT

An artisan is no better than the
tools he has to work with. It is true
that some can do more than others
with poor tools, and some are quite
inefficient even with good tools, but
what a shame it is that many
churches tie their hands in the build-
ing of a musical house by neglecting
to equip themselves with a few
necessities.

One of the most important con-
tributing factors to the song-life of
a church is the hymnal from which
the congregation may have to sing
for a long succession of years. It is
required in a hymnal that the se-
lection be found adequate. To serve
well, it must have an over abundance
of songs which fit the needs, and a
book which suits one church may
not meet the need of another.

Most evangelical churches, how-
ever, recognize the need of a dual
emphasis — worship and evangelism
— for a well-balanced spiritual pro-
gram, and make provision for their
people by holding two distinct
services on the Lord's Day with the
main emphasis on each of these ele-
ments respectively. The wise leader
of such services recognizes that there
are two types of songs which he may
employ for congregational singing.
For a worship service he is best
served by the hymn, or prayer song,
which properly directs the thoughts
of the singer to God in worship,
adoration, and praise. For the evan-
gelistic service he can find no bet-
ter vocal expression than that pro-
vided in the gospel song, or testi-
mony song, which voices the ex-
periences of the redeemed. It is re-
grettable that many churches are un-
balanced with respect to the use of
these two types of sacred song and
limit their singing rather strictly to
one or the other class. If the proper

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balance is maintained, the church
will require a hymnal which supplies
to the worshiper an abundance of
songs in each of these equally impor-
tant categories.

Not Oiiiy must the hymns and
gospel songs both appear in abun-
aance, out cney must t)S songs that
will answer to the theological per-
suasion of the church and the pe-
culiar emphasis of the church from
the standpoint of doctrine and prac-
tice. A good compilation should in-
clude a reasonable number of hymns
on such subjects as Salvation, the
Christian Life, Prayer, the Persons
of the Godhead, Heaven, the Sec-
ond Coming, Testimony, Dedica-
tion, Invitation, Devotion, Thanks-
giving, Missions, Service, the Na-
tivity, the Resurrection. Not all cur-
rent hymnals will meet this test.

Another point worthy of consider-
ation is the prejudice of compiiers
with respect to the authors of 'he
hymns and composers of the tunes.
Certain hymnals have been com-
piled by denominational committees
which have favored the use of works
of questionable worth by men and
women in their own circles, and at
the sametime have excluded many
songs which have stood the test of
usage and proved themselves worthy
and desirable. Such a book is mich
more limited than its size would in-
dicate.

Nothing will deaden a congrega-
tions singing over a period of time
like the constant repetition of a
limited number of songs. Happy
indeed is the congregation that has
at its disposal enough good hymns
■and enough of the best gospel songs
to keep the church singing worthy
compositions the year around with-
out too frequent repetition of any.

Of almost equal importance to
the hymnal is the musical instru-
ment. Whether it is an organ or
piano or both, the church owes it
to God and the congregation to have
an instrument that is in good re-
pair and always well tuned. This is a
matter that is easily cared for. To
neglect it is to imply to the con-
gregation that the quality of the
music is of little importance after
all in the house of God.

Having discussed the part of the
minister, the musicians, and the
equipment, as to their contribution
to better singing in the church, we
have one major consideration yet be-
fore us — that of the congregation.
What responsibility does it have?
How can it be conditioned to play its

part effectively? Here, no doubt,
lies the crux of the whole matter, for
regardless of how these other con-
ditions are met, certain things must
be true of the congregation if it
is to make up a singing church.

THE CONGREGATION

Those who make up the congre-
gation must like to sing. The love of
singing in the average person seems
to be dependent very largely upon
two things, a happy disposition and
some knowledge of music. People
will sing better in church if they are
inclined to sing at home. They will
also join in with more eagerness if
they have learned the rudiments of
reading music. This suggests two
avenues outside the church which
will help produce better music in
church:

(1) Try to promote the singing of
hymns in the home. It has been well
observed that Christian families
with a song in their hearts and
upon their lips are likely to make a
strong, happy church. Worship and
praise do not usually go with bick-
ering and faultfinding. Happiness
and a joyful disposition can become
just as much a habit of life as can
faultfinding and mumbling. A sing-
ing home is a good conditioner for
happy lives.

(2) Christians should encourage
good music training in the public
schools. Just as the ability to read
so the ability to read music will help
determine the extent to which one
will enjoy singing, especially in the
area of unfamiliar music. Thus it can
be seen that a systematic course in
music elements in the grade schools
will enrich the lives of their pupils
and at the same time make an im-
measurable contribution to the
church.

One other factor — perhaps the
most important — remains as a key
to a singing church. It is the spiritual
condition of the members. Congre-
gational singing has only one real
excuse for existing, and that lies in
the fact that it so naturally and ade-
quately serves as a means of ex-
pression for a group of people. A
means of expression presupposes a
need for expression, and such an
urge can come only from a spiritual
experience. Those saints who daily
experience the gracious working of
the Lord in their lives, and who
moment by moment wait upon Him
for strength and guidance, will need
no prompting and goading when the
song is announced.

in iDI^miirtam

Mrs. Stephen Schmidt went to
be with the Lord about the first
of April. She had been a member
of the First Brethren Church, Ingle-
wood, Cahf., before moving to Whit-
tier, Calif. — Dr. Glenn O'Neal, pas-
tor.

Mrs. Emma Moore went to be
with the Lord on Apr. 9. She was a
long-time member of the First Breth-
ren Church, Johnstown, Pa.

Mr. Dobson Arnold, 64, went to
be with the Lord Sunday, April 7, as
the closing prayer was being of-
fered at the morning service. He
died instantly of a heart attack.
Brother Arnold was a charter mem-
ber of the Vernon Brethren Church,
Limestone, Tenn., organized in
1910. During these 47 years he was
one of its most faithful members
and held many responsible offices.
Brother Arnold will long be re-
membered by the many visiting min-
isters and missionaries who were
entertained in his home. — A. Harold
Arrington, pastor.

William C. Scott, husband of Leila
Mellen Scott, succumbed to injuries
sustained in a head-on auto accident
on April 3. Endeavoring to avoid
hitting a large dog which ran across
the highway. Bill's car swerved into
the opposite lane of traffic striking
a car head-on. He was rushed to
Carobil Hospital in Norwalk, Calif.,
where surgery was performed the
following day in an effort to save his
life. Bill departed to be with Christ
April 5. — Dr. C. W. Mayes, pastor
First Brethren Church, Long Beach,
Calif.

Mrs. Nellie Dively Stegel is

happy to announce her glad home-
going to her Heavenly Father on
Sunday, February 24, 1957 after a
brief illness. Her faithful, consistent
testimony was a real inspiration to
all who knew her. She graduated
from Ashland College on June 5,
1924, and was married to Frank
Stengel on July 28, 1928. They have
one child living, Harold Dean, and
one grandchild. She faithfully at-
tended the Grace Brethren Church
of Juniata, Altoona, Pa., and was
at WMC meeting the Wednesday
afternoon before she died. — J. Ward
Tressler, pastor.

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Kitchen Kathedral

By Dorothy C. Haskin

FIND THE TIME

Elizabeth Fry could not even
take the time to complain that she
didn't have time to help others. She
had 11 children and the responsi-
bilities of a large home. But she
lived in England in an age when
there were 200 crimes for which a
man might be hung. The expression,
"I might as well be hung for a sheep
as a lamb," originated in those days
because it was the truth.

All prisoners, convicted or not
convicted were locked in the same
cell — whether their crime be mur-
der or a minor offence. The women
brought their children with them.
They were given straw for a bed;
their food had to be brought to them
by their friends; and their days were
spent in idleness.

When Elizabeth heard about
these conditions, she decided to do
something about it and went to the
jail.

The jailer refused to let her into
the women's cell, afraid they might
attack her and steal her watch. But
Elizabeth had obtained permission
from the governor of Newgate pris-
on to go in and she insisted on doing
so.

Once inside, she won the women's
hearts by picking up a filthy child,
and saying: "Women, do you want
your child to grow up and become
real prisoners as you are?"

"No," they shouted. So, Elizabeth
and the women made plans. She
taught them to sew so that thsy
might earn a living when released.
She arranged for a teacher for the
children and she herself read the
Bible to them.

Elizabeth Fry found time to help
others because she knew God would
have her do it. Her first thought on
waking in the morning was, "What
can I do today for Jesus?"

All of us have more time than we
realize. There is a story told of a re-
porter who interviewed a self-made
man. He asked: "You have educated
yourself while you fought your way
to success. Tell me, how did you
do your reading during those busy
years?"

"It is quite simple," the man ex-
plained. "I kept a good book open
on my desk, and whenever som.eone
on the phone said, 'Just a moment,'
I read my book."

And there are other spare mo-
ments. A friend of mine knits an
average of five pairs of wristlets a
year for the patients in a TB sani-
tarium. She only knits when she is
waiting for a street car, or when rid-
ing in their automobile with her hus-
band driving. Take a look at your
life. If you wish to help others yon
will find that there is time.

( Copr. ERA. 1957)

COMPTON, CALIF.

The Sunday school of the First
Brethren Church of Compton, Cahf.,
moved up to second place in the
National Sunday School Attendance
Contest in the month of March, with
a 24 percent increase. Pictured be-
low is a group of visitors that one
person brought on one Sunday dur-
ing the "Break the Record" attend-
ance contest.

I ^mu TR I P tST CATALI N a nK\Wi.^m^

%iil 0ISMEVLAND 3|WtAMTAS VILLAGE

The attendance the Sunday before
the contest started was 148. The
highest attendance for the five-week
period was 218. During that time
140 persons registered as visitors at
the door of the church. Mr. Warren
Mize is Sunday-school superintend-
ent. Above is shown the "Break the
Record" attendance sign at the First
Brethren Church of Compton. Cen-
ter foreground is Mrs. Catherine
Mize, contest chairman, presenting
Mary Murphy, the grand winner,
with a bouquet of roses. Three weeks
after the contest had ended, pastor
Dennis HoUiday reported that the
attendance still remained high — 190
and more.

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Brethren

DAY OF PRAYER

May 15

PRAYER RESULTS IN

May 1957

FOREIGN MISSIONS—

Pray for the new Brazil station
at Capanema, and pray that Satan
may not hinder this work.

Praise the Lord that at last the
offset press has been purchased.
Pray that we may be able to "flood"
the Africa field with gospel liter-
ature.

Pray for Manuel Cuevas, one of
our Mexican young men in train-
ing, as he is very ill at the school
near Durango, Mexico.

Pray for Dr. Barnard as he min-
isters on the West Coast.

Pray for Miss Mary .'\nn Habeg-
ger and Miss Marian Thurston as
they go to France for language study.

Pray for the Rottler family and
Miss Bertha Abel as they return
to their field in Argentina.

Pray for the Spanglers as they "get
settled" in .Africa.

Pray for the Bill Burk family as
they return to the U.S. for furlough.

Continue to pray for the Hock-
ings that the Lord may take them
all safely to Africa.

Pray for the summer program in
Hawaii.

HOME MISSIONS—

Pray for the newly instituted
workers' training and visitation pro-
gram at Phoenix, Ariz.

Praise the Lord for sufficient of-
ferings to meet the heavy budget of
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. And pray
that additional funds may be avail-
able to add a new Sunday-school
unit.

Pray for additional teachers in
our home-mission Sunday schools,
which is a great need at present.

Pray for the development of the
work in Kokomo, Ind., under the

leadership of William Kolb, pastor.
Pray that a Brethren church may
soon be erected in this largest of In-
diana's planned developments.

Pray for the Wheaton, 111. church
and James Sweeton, the new pastor,
as he assumes the responsibilities of
the work following graduation from
Grace Seminary.

GRACE SEMINARY—

Pray for the arrangement of the
commencement activities, that they
may be a fitting climax to the year's
work.

Pray for the faculty and students
as they plan their activities for the
summer.

Continue to pray for the grad-
uates of both seminary and college
that they may know God's will for
the future.

Pray for the progress and financ-
ing of the new building project,
that it may be completed and paid
for at the earliest possible time.

WMC—

Pray for the spring WMC con-
ferences and rallies, that all business
sessions and programs will be the
fulfillment of God's will in all our
lives.

Pray that the Holy Spirit will
guide in the matter of forming a new
WMC district in Northern Cahfor-
nia.

Pray that all councils will give
generously to the $3,000 project
toward building a missionary resi-
dence at Winona Lake.

SMM—

Pray for the SMM in the North-
west and other districts that are
"young" in Sisterhood work.

Pray for a larger percentage of the
girls attending our churches to be-
come interested in Sisterhood activ-
ities.

Pray for more consecrated lead-
ers to carry on this work.

SUNDAY SCHOOL—

Pray for the Loyalty Campaign in
progress from April 28 through
June 2, 1957.

Pray for the emphasis being put
on National Family Week in most
of our Sunday schools that it may
prove to be a spiritual blessing to
every Brethren home.

Pray for guidance of the National
Sunday School Board in final prep-
aration of the annual convention.

Pray for Vacation Bible Schools
being plaimed.

Pray for superintendents and
teachers that they may catch the
vision of their opportunity in teach-
ing in Sunday school.

LAYMEN—

Pray that every Brethren church
may have a strong laymen's fellow-
ship.

Pray for the many growing boys
clubs being sponsored by the lay-
men's groups.

Pray that many of the fathers of
our boys may be reached for Christ
through the father-son banquets this
spring.

MISSIONARY HERALD--

Praise the Lord that during the i
year every immediate need has been i
supplied.

Praise the Lord for the way ini
which the Brethren bulletin service '
is being a blessing to our churches.

Praise the Lord for additional i
churches joining the 100 percent)
subscription plan.

YOUTH BOARD—

May 19 is being designated by
each church as Youth Sunday. >
Prayer is requested for the National
Youth Board and Ernest Bearinger.
national youth director.

Pray for Brother Ernest Bear- ,
inger as he plans to visit the summer j
camps of the brotherhood.

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May 4, 1957

The BRETHREN

WMC NUMBER MAY 11, 1957

A Mexican Indian Mother

Mothers around the world offer a
great challenge to WMC

Open tkou ttitne cues

Na-Honat Women's Missionary Council ^ 1956 "1957

A Christian Mother

By Mrs. W. A. Ogden

Did you say, "The hand that rocks the cradle rules
the world?" Yes; I have heard that statement but it was
a long time ago. Do you suppose it is true? Looking
into the past we find examples of Christian mothers who
took time to "rock the cradle" and to teach and train
their children. Susannah Wesley, the mother of nineteen
children, felt her call of God to her family and set
aside an hour each day for regular discussion with her
children. They knew her for her prayer life and de-
votion to God. From this family came the great spirit-
ual leader of his day, John Wesley.

What is a Christian Mother? Being called Christian
is not enough — one must also be spiritual. The best
definition I have heard was given to me by a friend: To
be spiritual is to think of everything in relation to Christ.
This truth needs to become a reality to us and per-
meate our whole being, thus motivating each thought,
word and action. My own dear mother is such an ex-
ample and her prayer life, faith, teaching, and training
have been used of the Lord in my salvation and yielding
to Him.

When we are born into the family of God, we im-
mediately recognize His love, protection, and training
on our behalf. In the natural family these are also essen-
tial.

As Christians, mother's love must be an outstanding
characteristic going deep enough to fill the heart and
reaching far enough to produce security and confidence
in the little ones entrusted to our care. It seems strange
that love is one thing that cannot be "put on or off" or
camouflaged. A child can be fooled on many things but
can discern whether love is real or pretended. To love
as Christ loves must be a gift from Him, a love that
goes beyond human attainment and loves the person
for whom he is and not for what he does. How many
times have you heard a mother say: "If you aren't good,
I can't love you." Poor child, what a wrong concep-
tion of a mother's love. When the child is secure in the
mother's love, he can face all else knowing there is a

haven of refuge in his mother's heart.

Protection, another Christian responsibility, covers
unlimited care and concern for the well-being of our
children. Does "the hand that rocks the cradle" today
have enough interest in the many things that are in-
fluencing and molding the lives of our little ones? As
we would guard them from physical harm and danger we
should also protect them from spiritual snares and pit-
falls. This is only accomplished as we teach the Word of
God from infancy and contrast it with false teaching
through the school years. A constant warning must be
given on the activities of the world and the lures of
Satan. ". . . from a child thou hast known the holy
scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto sal-
vation through faith which is in Christ Jesus" (II Tim.
3:15). How wonderful a mother's privilege of such a
closeness to her children!

Training (these days no one likes the word discipline)
is a God-given command to parents and has a far-reach-
ing effect upon our children. In Colossians 3:20 the ad-
monition is given: "Children, obey your parents in all
things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord." This
command given to children applies first of all to parents.
It is interesting to learn from the dictionary that disci-
pline is cultivation of the mind and formation of the
mind and formation of the manners or punishment in-
flicted by way of correction and training; that a disciple
is one who is a follower, one trained. A child who has
been taught to respect authority in the home knows
how to yield to authority away from home. Then this
submission finds its greatest blessing in a yieldedness
to Christ.

What is a Christian mother? One who dedicates her
time and talent to rearing her children in the ways of
the Lord. Proverbs 31:10, 27-28: "Who can find a
virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. . . .
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eat-
eth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up,
and call her blessed."

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 19

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16, 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake, Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake, Ind. Subscription price, $3.00 a year; 100-percent churches, $2.50; foreign, $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees, president; Herman A. Hoyt, vice president; William Schaffer. secretary; True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Geh-
man, treasurer; Bryson Fetters. member-at-Iarge to executive Committee; Gene Farrell, S. W. Link, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller,
Thomas Hammers; Arnold R. Krlegbaum. ex officio.

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The Family Altar

By Mrs. J. L Gingrich

(Since May is the month which we devote to our Christian
mothers, and since the attitude of mother sets the pattern for any
successful family worship, we feel that we will all benefit by re-
prmtmg this article used in a former devotional packet. . . . ed.)

Is America a Christian nation? In spite of encouraging
reports here and there throughout our United States,
the family altar is neglected or ignored completely in
most professing Christian homes. Forty years ago 50
percent of the Christian homes in our country had fam-
ily altars. However, today, according to statistics, only
5 percent of the Christian parents gather the family to-
gether around the Word of God and have prayer.

WHAT IS THE FAMILY ALTAR?

First of all, it is the gathering of the family together
for worship in the home. In the simplest form it is
Bible reading and prayer. It may include discussion and
explanation of the Scripture read. The father as the
priest of the home may always read and lead in prayer,
or, each member may pray, or, each may take his or
her turn in leading in the family worship. If the father is
not a Christian or is at work, then mother should take the
place of the priest of the home,

WHY SHOULD WE HAVE A FAMILY ALTAR?

First of all, God commands it: "And these words,
which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
and thou shalt teach them diligendy unto thy children,
and shall talk of them when thou sittest in thine house,'
and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest
down and when thou risest up" (Deut. 6:6-7). This
does not mean the pastor or Sunday-school teacher is to
teach the children but the parents in the home are to
obey this command. This command cannot be obeyed
other than in family worship.

Second, there is a vital relationship between the
family altar and the salvation of the children. Susannah
Wesley gathered her nineteen children together daily for
family worship. Then once a week in addition, she de-
voted an hour to spiritual examination and edification
How wonderfully God rewarded her in the salvation of
all her family.

Third, as the result of the family altar parents should
make His Word prominent in the home and permeate the
whole hfe of the household. God must become real to
aU Once when we were viewing the mingled colors of
red and gold on the Painted Desert, one of our sons
said: "Mother, isn't it beautiful? God painted it, that is
why It IS perfect." When the children grew older and had
examinations, they always requested prayer at that
time. They not only had faith in our prayers but most of
aU in God to answer prayer. God was near to them and
a real help m even the practical things of Christian ex-
periences.

In addition, the family altar is vital for victorious liv-
ing. Today young people are facing unparalleled moral
spiritual and satanic ingenuity. How they need our
prayers, as they go to school, work, or establish their
own homes and have their families. There are thou-
r?fi °l 5?"stian young people who are fighting the
oattle of life now to whom it would mean so much to
dear their parents pray for them and kneel with them
and pray together in love for each other in united faith

and trust in their Heavenly Father. Older Christians as
well as young, need the daily contact with God. There
IS a quietness and strength which brings victory to a
child of God. Let us dig again the wells of Isaac and
daily gather as united families around the Word of God
and call upon our Mighty God in prayer, in thanksgiving^
and for guidance for the day.

Prayer Corner

Have you read "Winnmg Souls by Prayer" by Lewis
Sperry Chafer? It is available for 10 cents from Inter-
Varsity Press, 1444 North Astor, Chicago 10, 10. The
following excerpts will prove its worth: "Jesus has
commanded His own that are in the world to preach
the gospel of redemptive truth to every creature.
There are but three possible ways in which the believer
can fulfill the God-appointed human part in seeking the
lost. They are prayer, personal effort or influence, and
giving. . . . The ministry of prayer is continually open
to every behever, and is limited in its possibilities only
by the feeble faith of man. . . . Fundamentally, the
personal element in true soul-winnine work is more a
service of pleading for souls than a service of pleading
with souls. The divine order is to talk to God about
men until the door is definitely open to talk to men about
God."

May 11, 1957

This is the third and final month of our long-range
project for the building of another missionary residence
here at Winona Lake. Remember that we are hoping
to raise at least $3,000 a year for the next five years
toward this project. This undertaking will require the
concerted effort of every WMC woman, giving as the
Lord directs.

We know that the Foreign Missionary Society is work-
ing on their plans for this new building. They will go
ahead with it because the need is now, knowing that the
women always meet their goals and obhgations and
that we will be backing this project in the years to
come. We hope soon to have some definite informa-
tion for you, as to location, type of building, perhaps
even some plans. In the meantime, remember that our
first offering for this project should be in the hands
of our financial secretary by June 10.

Many hands, lifting together, have provided mission-
ary residences in Kentucky, Africa, Brazil, Argentina
Now let us all work together to give our missionaries
a nice restful residence for furloughs.

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Women of Brazil

By Eileen Goodman Miller

"Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is
far above rubies" (Prov. 31:10). Let us take a look a'
the women of Brazil. They are different in some respects
from the American women. They are much shorter on
the whole; many are no taller than our teen-agers. The
blood of many nationalities are mixed in the Brazilians
of today. Some women are light complected while
others are dark. Some have black hair while others
have near-blond hair. This is due to the mixing of the
Negro and Indian race with the German, Portuguese
and Italian nationalities.

The average Brazilian woman takes pride in her ap-
pearance, especially when she leaves home to go to
town. She likes to have pretty clothes and often will
spend more money for clothes than she can actually
afford. The majority of women wear their hair in a
long bob and usually comb it out when they go into the
street. While at work in the home, they usually have
their hair tied up out of the way with a piece of ribbon.
The modern Brazilian woman in the cities, on the other
hand, is using the short boyish bob and likes extreme
styles.

Often young girls of 16 and 17 marry young men
8 to 10 years older than they. There are two kinds of
weddings in Brazil: the civil wedding that is recognized
by the State, and the Catholic wedding that is recog-
nized by the priests and Catholic Church. The best
way for a young girl to be married, if she is a Catholic,
is in a civil service followed by the service in the Cath-
olic Church. The State recognizes only the civil service
and the priest recognizes only their church ceremony.

The status of a Brazilian woman is not as high as
that of the American woman. As in most foreign coun-
tries, the man is very definitely the head of the house.
The woman's place is in the home — cooking, sewing,
and in every way taking care of the family. The hus-
band comes and goes as he pleases and very seldom has
anything to do with the care of the children or helping
in the housework. Many a woman has to carry heavy
loads of water each day, but that is part of her task.
Most families have a poor relative, or some child with
no family, to help in the house with the heavy work.
The well-to-do Brazilians have two or three girls from
poor families to work in their homes.

Usually the Brazilian family is large — often with nine
to twelve children and sometimes more. In most of
these cases two or three children have died as in-
fants. Death is an accepted fact in this section of

Brazil. When someone is asking about a family they
will often ask if any children have died. In most fami-
lies the children hold their mother with respect and in
the custom of the Catholic Church will come and kiss
their mother's hand on returning from town or school
and ask a blessing.

The Brazilian woman is stronger in religious ten-
dencies than the men. She is usually the one who leads
in attending church. The women are the ones that
flock to the Catholic church and the men come at
times. Some husbands in our church have testified that
the wife was the one who started going to the church
and came home with news of sermons preached from
the Bible. They say they laughed it off as talk but finally
came, perhaps out of curiosity first; then finding some-
thing more impelling, finally found salvation in Jesus
Christ.

We have examples of mothers in our church who have
found the Lord and are now doing everything they can
to win their children to Christ. Often one tells us that
this one child hasn't shown an interest in coming to the
church, but she is praying that the Lord will speak to
him. They have faith that the Lord can open, even yet,
the hearts of their children and turn them from the
way of sin to the way of the cross. It seems that the sal-
vation of the Brazilian people rests in the mothers and
children. The Brazilian woman needs the prayers of
the Christian people that she might find the light of
salvation and bring her children up in the light of the
gospel.

MISSIONARY BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY

Africa —

Rev. Robert W. Hill July 4

Bossembele via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Rev. Lester W. Kennedy July 4

M'Baiki via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs. Floyd W. Taber July 8

Mission a Yaloke, Bossembele via Bangui. French Equatorial
Africa.

Miss Florence Bickel July 10

Bellevue via Bossangoa via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Dr. Orville D. Jobson July 11

B P. 240. Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Rev. Donald G. Hocking July 15

Bozouni via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Rev. Robert S. Williams July 15

Batangafo via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

James Randall Hocking July 20, 1954

Bozoum via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs. Orville D. Jobson July 21

B. P. 240. Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Wilma Esther Mason July 25, 1955

B. P. 10. Bossangoa via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Argentina —

Michael Stephen Marshall July 12, 1951 1

Rivadavia 433. Rio Cuarto. F.C.N.G.B.M.. Argentina. South America.!

Gail Marie Bishop July 22, 19521

178 Calle Reconquista, Corral de Bustos. F.C.N.G.B.M.. Argentina,!
South America. i

Rosalie Ann Rottler July 24, 1954|

Rivadavia 433. Rio Cuarto, F.C.N.G.B.M., Argentina, South America.^

Mrs. Solon W. Hoyt July 29i

Chiclana 1074. Don Bosco, F.C.G.R.. Argentina, South America.!

Brazil— |

Carol Ann Miller July 31, 1947|

Macapa, Terr. Federal do Amapa, Brazil. I

Mexico — I

Harold Douglas Haag July 9, 19491

439 Sunset Lane, San Ysidro, California, U.S.A. I

Ih the United States — j

Miss Marian Thurston July 24

p. O. Box 588, Winona Lake, Ind.

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Our Birthday Missionaries

How did you like our missionary cover last month?
Didn't it give you a deep sense of satisfaction to say:
"These have been OUR missionaries over the past
four years. They have been representing WMC in an
extra special way as they served the Lord"? It made
those extra large birthday offerings seem really worth-
while. Being women, none of us like to see those birth-
day pennies to keep the exact number under cover by
slipping dollar bills into the birthday box "for a good
cause."

But our missionaries need more than our financial
support. They need our daily personal prayer for their
individual problems. The names of our missionaries
were purposely omitted last month so that you might
test your own ability to recognize those who have been
peculiarly our representatives on the mission fields. How
did you score? Did you recognize each missionary by
name? Could you tell in what country of the world
they serve? Did you have some idea of the type of work
they were doing and their particular prayer needs? If
you can answer all these questions in the affirmative,
then you are "holding the ropes for your missionaries.
If you cannot answer these questions let this little quiz
be a challenge to you. Here are the answers:

FIRST YEAR—

Mrs. Loree Sickel, pioneer missionary to Argentina.
Her husband was many years field superintendent and
since his home-going she has continued to serve alone
on the field.

SECOND YEAR—

Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, pioneer missionary to Africa.
She served many years alone on the field after the home-
going of her husband early in their second term. She now
has the joy of having one of her two sons, born in Africa,
serving on the field.

Miss Estella Myers, beloved member of the original
African party who sailed in 1918. After almost 40
years of service she went to be with the Lord only a
few months ago.

THIRD YEAR—

Mrs. Miriam Churchill, daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
Sickel, bom in Argentina, and now serving there with
her family.

Miss Mary Emmert, pioneer missionary to Africa.
She has had many years of teaching ministry on the
field. While kept home to care for her aged father she
was the national WMC prayer chairman. She is now
back in Africa and teaching in the French School.

Mrs. Jean Zielasko, now serving her second term
in our mission field in Brazil.

FOURTH YEAR—

Mrs. Frieda Kliever, long-time missionary to Africa.
She and her husband are now working in Bangui, the
needy capital of French Equatorial Africa. Pray for her
and her husband as they work with the native church
in that great city.

Mrs. Eileen Miller, pioneer missionary to the Ama-

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zon basin of Brazil. Pray especially for the work of
the Christian day school under her supervision.

Mrs. Dorothy Maconaghy, missionary to Argentina
for almost 20 years. Pray for her as a pastor's wife in
that land where evangelical work is so needy and dif-
ficult.

Mrs. Charlotte Jobson, missionary to Africa since
1921, and wife of the field superintendent. The Jobsons
also are located at Bangui, having just returned from
furlough. Pray for them as they deal with both natives
and government in these days of turmoil and rising na-
tionalism.

Christian Home and Marriage
Forum

By Althea S. Miller

WHEN YOU QUARREL, continued

A month or two ago we started discussion in this
column on the subject of quarrels in marriage. From
the reactions and repercussions to that first discussion
we know conclusively there is need for help along this
line. In fact, I am convinced that Christian couples
need help this way more than the unsaved. The latter
group "slugs" it out to a point of no return and then
calls it quits, with little or no qualms. The former group
knows it should have victory, and really wants it; yet
often does not know how to lay hold of the solution. As
a result, confusion and shame cover the individuals and
they go from bad to worse. With the thought in mind
that God does provide for the victory because He loves
us, and because of His testimony, let us make an open,
honest evaluation of our personal situation.

Someone has well said that the 20th century seems
destined to rock through history as the era of scientific
progress and nervous tension. We're all in favor of
the former since it can enrich our homelife. On the
other hand, the tension threatens the very existence of
that homelife. If tensions are at least partially to blame
for the wrecked marriages which strew the paths even
of the Christian world, what do we do about them?

First, we face the facts as they are — not as we wish
they were. What is the basic cause of tensions? There
are many secondary reasons for tensions: physical de-
pletion; high-geared mental work; heavy responsibilities,
the complexities of 20th century living versus the sim-
pHcity of God's way (the latter concerns only God's
children, of course), "keeping up with the Joneses."
Basically, however, tensions which possess Christians
arise out of an inward look which precludes the upward
look with which we should really be concerned. The
extended inward look comes from selfishness, and
selfishness is sin. This is not a very pretty picture, but
it is true.

If tensions threaten the foundations of homelife,
does it not stand to reason we must reduce the com-

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plications of family quarrels? We can't do this by
leaning on psychologists and psychiatrists, although
such men, if they are Christians, can certainly help. Nor
can we lessen tensions by shutting ourselves up in a
vacuum. Self goes with us even into a vacuum.

What is needed will not be found in textbooks on the
subject. The precious commodity which can be sum-
moned, indeed, which we are duty bound to summon
is what I like to call "sanctified common sense." Com-
mon sense seems to be an uncommon commodity these
days, but I know it is at the disposal of every child
of God — "sanctified," if you please, if we want it
enough to lay hold on God in faith.

Next, we recognize that both husband and wife have
certain set responsibilities devolving upon them. The
husband earns the money which is used to clothe and
feed the family. But being the money earner does not
give him the exclusive right to its use or allocation. On
the other hand, the wife is love-bound, duty-bound to
spend wisely, within income, incurring no debts without
the husband's full knowledge and mutual concurrence.

God sets great responsibilities upon the husband and
father as both the spiritual and moral head of the home
and family. From all my observations, this is where many
Christian men fall flat on their faces. I've known ten-
sions and frustrations to build up in wives who have
had to try to fill in where the husband has lacked in this
respect. Tve also known wives who have failed — a cold,
calculating failure — to back up their husbands as they've
sought to set the pace as a godly father. My heart goes
out to all concerned in the home where the father and
husband is belittled, dishonored, and given no respect.
True, some men fail to earn this coveted position, but
this does not allow for sin on the part of the mother
and wife in deliberately tearing down what little the
man may have.

More next month. In the meantime, when and if you
quarrel with your mate, don't take yourself too seri-
ously. Honestly now, has he or she so lost love for
you as to really want to hurt and/or alienate you? Learn
to laugh at yourself once in awhile. You are not so
mistreated as you like to think you are. There is re-
freshment and clearing of vision in a good laugh at
self. Better yet, there is victory in Christ. "I can do all
things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Phil.
4:13).

WMC OFFICIARY

President — Mrs. Kenneth Ashman, 205 Ihrig Ave.. Wooster. Ohio.

First Vice President (Projects)— Mrs. Miles Taber. 314 Dorchester
St., Ashland, Ohio.

Second Vice President (Program) — Mi-s. Thomas Hammers, 6242
30th Ave., Seattle 15, Wash.

Recording Secretary — Mrs. Lester Pifer, Box 195, Winona Lake, Ind.

Assistant Secretary — Mrs. Scott Weaver, R.R. 2, Osceola, Ind.

Financial Secretary-Treasurer — Mrs. Chester McCall, 4580 Don
Felipe Dr., Los Angeles, Calif.

Literature Secretary— Mrs. Jesse Deloe, 2728 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne,
Ind.

Editor — Mrs. Benamin Hamilton, Box 701. Winona Lake, Ind.

Prayer Chairman — Mrs. Frank Lindower, R.R. 1, Uniontown, Ohio.

Patroness of SMM — Mrs. H. Leslie Moore, 112 Beachley St., Meyers-
dale. Pa.

Jor

^^^^^(gj^VANGCLISM

Mother s Letter

(Fourth of a series)
Dearest Girl,

I was so glad to receive such a prompt acknowledg-
ment of the package and my letter. I'm happy too, that
you liked the curtains and all the "knick-knacks." I
am making a comforter for you, which 1 am sure you
will be needing for these cool nights.

But it seems to me that you are much in need of
another sort of "comfort." Dear, this is one of the times
when I feel so helpless to help you solve your prob-
lems. It is one that you alone can solve. I can love and
sympathize and give advice and offer suggestions, but
after all this is one of the times when self-reliance must
come to the rescue. Now it may be that you are imagin-
ing a great deal of it. I know it is hard when friends who
seem so close, seem to turn away and "drop" you.
There's nothing much harder to bear than loss of con-
fidence in those you love, the ones you thought were
true friends. It has been such a short time, and you were
gone part of the time, maybe they just had some in-
terest which you, not being present, could not share.
Don't be too hasty, just have patience. You yourself
suggested two methods, and I think I would be just
as sweet and natural as if nothing had occurred. Try
always to be friendly, and self-controled. That's the
way to keep friends. Then if they do not run in as
they used to, you might say casually; "What's the mat-
ter, you haven't been in for an age?" And suggest some-
thing to do together. You can tell by their reaction if
there is anything definitely wrong.

Then, Honey, if you do know definitely that they
have ceased to be your friends, there's only one thing
to do. Seek others. However, never cease to be friendly
yourself. Don't let this experience sour you nor make
you unsociable or worse. I know, you will feel as though
you wanted to crawl into a shell, and never try to make
any contacts for the purpose of making new friends.
When one has been hurt and disappointed in people, it
is natural to try desperately to avoid people, to mis-
trust everyone, to be confidential with no one, so as
not to be hurt again. But we don't quit eating perma-
nently because we have an attack of indigestion, and
no one especially with your temperament can live hap-
pily without friends.

Cultivate the friendship of the best by being worthy
of the highest friendship. You haven't been long in your
present environment, so do not be discouraged if you
have not at yet met those who seem to be worthy of real
friendship. It often happens that our truest and most
abiding friends are made during school life. But have
patience and be kind. Look for the best in others, and
see how much you can find in them that you have in
common. In that way you will not only cultivate the
spirit of likemindedness on which friendship is built,
but you will discover those who are of like mind with
you, and who will likely prove to be your most lasting
friends.

Sometimes inspite of all we can do, we lose a friend
whom we loved dearly and greatly trusted, and then
the only thing to do is to look for strength to Him who
is the Friend that never faileth, and to resolve that we
will never hurt others as we have been hurt.

Hoping to hear from your next letter that you were
mistaken and that everything is all right.

Your always adoring. Mother

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VESSELS of -honor;

IT TIM. 2:20-22

SISTER.-WOOD T+i-EMC 1956-1957

Crocodiles and Spirits

By Mrs. William Samarin

It was just a four o'clock sun but it was as red as the
sunset. Its light drifted through the haze of smoke and
dust to make a bloody streak across the rippling river.
Sara knew that when one more moon grew large that
the rains would come and wash the sky clean. Then the
four o'clock sun would be hot and yellow and the wom-
en would still be in their village. But for several months
now the trip to the river had not been all work. The
women and the girls went early to bathe and play in the
cool water. With strong arms, the girls from Sara's
tiny village beat the water in play. Some beat near the
surface, others deep in the blue-green current. Out of
the splashing and flaying of arms came the sound of
many drums, all keeping perfect time. On and on
played the drums until the village girls fell into the
swirling water to rest. The older girls then played a more
strenuous game. The rhythmic beat began again but
between each beat each girl would quickly wash. Beat,
wash, wash; beat, wash arms; beat, wash waist and
on they played with amazing strength. Arms that pound
grain find "water drum" child's play.

While some played others scrubbed their black
bodies in earnest. Once cleaned, they find a small rock
and scrub the stubborn dirt from their heels. Sara had
gathered the family sleeping mats to wash with a square
soap from the white man's store. The mats were nov/
stretched on the warm rocks to dry. Sara stretched
out beside them to dose in the hot hazy sunlight. At the
bend in the river a family of hippo's lazily ap-
peared above the surface of the water to stare at the
noisy humans.

Sara's mother tapped her daughter on the shoulder,
"Did you hear someone call?" Sara mumbled a sleepy
"No." "Sh-h-h!" hissed Sara's mother to the other
women, "I hear someone calling." The crowd of women
quieted. Faintly down the river they heard the cry of
a frightened child. One horrified woman dashed to-
ward the sound. Stumbling, crashing, pushing toward
the sound they tried to travel the tangled river's edge.
Some gave up and sought an inland path that led in the
general direction of the cry. Men who had come to the
river to fish joined the search. Sara noticed one of
the mothers crying: "A river spirit has gotten my son.
He said he was going to hunt near the bird island and
I warned him not to go because of the spirits that we
know live in the water. He only laughed and said he
would not be eaten," she wailed.

Sara knew that there were no spirits in the river, but
she did know that on the sandy banks of this small is-
land basked many crocodiles. She joined a part of the
searchers who ran down the bank of the river toward
the island. The river was low. Large rocks protruded

irregularly to provide a precarious bridge out to the
island. The wet feet of the villagers made the rocks
slippery. Some of the men found it easier to wade
through the swift shallow current. Once on the shore
the group stood quietly listening for the child's cry.

Someone shivered, 'T hear the spirits." "Be still,"
snapped one of the men. Then they all heard the sound.
It was the sobbing of a small child. Running on, the
searchers found the small boy where he had fallen among
the rocks at the far side of the island. His leg was
twisted painfully to one side but he was alive. The boy's
story was not clear, but they were able to gather that
he had seen some crocodiles and had ran away in
fright. He had run the wrong direction and had fallen
on the rocks. He still clung to his small basket of crabs.
Small boys were not allowed to eat crabs. The father,
to whom the boy's gift was intended, picked up his son
and carried him tenderly to the village. Sara and mother
lingered to inspect the little island. "Do you think
we could find some crocodile eggs in the sand?" asked
her mother. Then with a glance at her daughter she
added: "But if we linger too long we will be in danger
of the spirits ourselves."

Sara's mother knew what her daughter's answer would
be since her oldest child had become a Christian she
did not fear the spirits. Wondering why this was true,
the mother had visited the Httle grass roofed chapel. She
had gone faithfully for the last two moons. She sat
at the back and always left quickly and so Sara had not
seen her. The Words from God that the pastor preached
tasted good to her soul. Weary years of worrying about
death and facing the life beyond made God's promise
as sweet as honey to her soul. She had found rest in
Jesus. She had decided to go forward next Sunday to
become a part of the small group of Christians. The
older woman had sought ways of telling her daughter
but mother and daughter were not used to talking about
personal things, so she opened the conversation about
spirits. But before Sara could assure her mother that
she need have no fear, the older woman added: "But
then I no longer fear the spirits." Sara knew her mother
would never tease about such a serious subject. "Are
you a believer in Jesus then?" she asked hopefully. "Yes,
I believe," was the quiet answer.

Neither mother nor daughter knew quite how to
reach each other. Nothing serious or personal had ever
been discussed between them before, but their joy over-
came their reserve and they hugged each other happily.
Then they sat on the flat rock by the swirling stream and
silently wondered at what God had done.

Retracing their steps, they searched the warm damp
sand. Near the water's edge they found their treasure,
sixty crocodile eggs. "The old men of the village will
eat well tonight," said Sara's mother. "Perhaps it will

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A Sisterhood Alumni in Af rica-
LOIS KENNEDY

By Mrs. Don West

Lois Kennedy is home on furlough from Africa, fol-
lowing her first term on the field. She couldn't see how
she could ever be a missionary, but the Lord made it
possible.

Lois was the secretary of the Clearbrook Brethren
Church in Roanoke, Va., with plans j'or entering '3race
College. During the summer the Clearbrook Church had
a supply pastor, Lester Kennedy, who was a student at
Grace Seminary. In the fall they both went to Grace, and
the next year on June 16. 1950. they were married.
They continued their studies and left for the field of
Africa in 1953. They spent a year in France studying
the language. While in Paris Judith Lynn was born on
March 16, 1953. Lester Washington III, was born in
Bangui, Africa, April 18, 1955.

Lois' task on the field is helping in the work with
the women and children. As a child, Lois wanted to be
a teacher and the Lord called her to teach Africans. She
supervises the women's class in reading. She says it
is hard work to get some of the women to learn to
read, but it is so wonderful to finally see them open up
the New Testament and read and know what they are
reading.

Lois was a Sisterhood girl in Roanoke (Clearbrook).
She enjoyed Sisterhood very much and wishes she could
have something like it for the young girls in Africa. She
plans on her return to start a group, the Lord willing.

Mrs. Kennedy thinks we as Sisterhood girls can do
much for missions. Above all we should pray for mis-
sions and give that others might go. But when you are
older if the Lord should direct, pray, give, and then go.
Prepare yourself for whatever work the Lord calls you
into. Her advice to you as Sisterhood girls; "Commit
thy ways unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall
bring it to pass" (Ps. 37:5).

help soften your father's liver for the news we have
to give him," she added smiling. Wrapping the eggs
in their head scarfs, they carefully crossed the rock
bridge.

Night came quickly as it always does on the equator.
Bush grass fires glowed warmly against the black sky.
The family of hippos snorted and splashed in the
privacy of the darkness. "Let us sing. I have learned
one song," said the mother over her shoulder. They sang
and walked. "Ga na Jesus, ga na Jesus, ga na Jesus laso."
(Come to Jesus, come to Jesus, come to Jesus today.)

Visiting

By Mrs. Max Brenneman

Every time I went visiting, the last thing that I heard
my mother say to me was, "Be a lady." I used to think
that Mother got into a rut and should say once in awhile,
"Have a good time." But mother knew that if I were a
"lady," I would have a good time.

Let's pretend that we are going visiting for a couple
of days. And when we left our home, mother said, "Be
a lady." What did mother mean? Were we to sit on a
chair with our hands folded? Of course not. Mother
meant that while we were away we should remem-
ber our manners — any "lady" would do that.

To refresh our memory here are some things to re-
member:

1. The home we are going to is not ours. It be-
longs to someone else. Respect their property.

2. We are to be guests — not bosses.

3. We should fit into the routine of the home. Get
up when they do, eat with our hostess, go to bed when
the family is accustomed to.

4. Be helpful with the household duties — make
the beds, set the table, do the dishes, and run errands.

5. Although our visit is sort of a vacation, we are not
to be lax about our personal cleanliness and neatness.

6. Our table manners are to be put to use. When
asking for something say, "Please, may I . . .," not
"can I." Elbows off the table. Bread should be broken
in half before buttering it. Don't gobble food down.
Chew it. Pigs are for the farmyard, not at the table. Sit
up straight and be happy.

7. "Please," "thank you," and "excuse me" are
to be used at their proper time and not neglected.

8. When time to go home, be sure to say "thank
you" and what a wonderful time you had.

While visiting our friends the Scripture verse to re-
member is I Corinthians 10:31 (Read aloud). When we
put this into practice our conversation, dress, eating,
walking, and our whole self will be correct. For we
will not be thinking of ourselves, but, will what we are
doing or saying be pleasing to God? When we please
Christ, we know our manners will be right.

Also, by watching us, people can tell if we love our
mother or not. It has been said over and over about
girls: "She is a sweet girl to have come to your home
because she is so well-behaved. Her mother certain]\
trained her well." So if we love mother, we will remem-
ber when visiting what mother has taught us.

SISTERHOOD OFFICIARY

President — Marie Sackett, Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind. (Home-

1010 Rnndolph St.. Waterloo, Iowa).
Vice President — Rachel Smlthwick. R. R. 1, Harrah, Wash
General Secretary — Janet Weber, 835 Spruce St., Hagerstown, Md.
Editor — Jeannette Turner, Winona Lake. Ind. (Home: Portls, Kani.).
Treasurer— Florence Moeller. Box 5. Winona Lake. Ind.
Literature Secretary — Kathleen Ripple, 516 Frltsch Ave.. Akron U. :

Ohio. I

Bandage Secretary — Joyce Ashman, Winona Lake, Ind.
Patroness — Mrs. H. Leslie Moore, 112 Beachley. St., Meyersdale. Pa.
Ajsifitant Patroness — Mrs. Russell Weber. 835 Spruce St., Haeen-

town, Md.

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Pondo Goes to School

By Miss Mary Emmert

Pondo found the mission school to be quite dif-
ferent than what he knew of the old men's school for
boys. Six months had passed, and he felt that he had
learned quite a bit. It had surprised him and his friends
greatly to see that the school was not over in one month.
The affair of learning the white man's writing was much
more difficult than they had thought. In fact, many of
the boys who had come from distant villages had run
away and gone back home. The few girls who had
ventured to come had all disappeared after the first
week. In most cases their fiances, who were not of the
fortunate number that had been selected for the school,
had objected to their future wives knowing more than
they did.

"The 'road' to learning the white man's writing is a
very long one," Pondo told his parents.

"What else do they show you?" asked Koly.

"They tell us that sickness and disease come from dirt
for the most part and not because of evil spirits."

"What?" ejaculated Koly. "Say that again."

"They showed us pictures of tiny little animals that
like to hide in dirt. They are seeds of different diseases.
When we eat food with dirt in it we are swallowing
those seeds," Pondo explained importantly.

"Did you ever see them with your own eyes?" Koly
demanded.

"Yes, we looked in a machine and saw something
queer. We were all scared to think of all those tiny
things being in our blood."

"I should think so," agreed Koly. "It is much worse
than evil spirits! What else do they teach you?"

"They talk a great deal about God," Pondo said. "It
is a much bigger affair then we first thought. They say
that God had a Son whom He sent to this earth to show
people the way to heaven."

"Can people go to heaven?" asked Koly.

"When they die their spirits go there, if they are
children of God."

"Our forefathers always taught us that the spirit leaves
the body after death," remarked Koly. "That is why
we build altars and offer sacrifices, in order to be-
seech our fathers' spirits to intercede for us with Bizon,
the great spirit."

"They talk about Bizon, too," said Pondo. "They
say that he is very bad and that we should not sacrifice
to him."

"Yes, he is bad all right. But if one does not appease
him, he will send great misfortune upon us. What is
one to do?"

"I don't know," replied Pondo, as it was all very new
to him. He knew that there were spirits everywhere.
There might be one in the spring, another in the big

tree, others roaming around loose. It took strong medi-
cine to protect one from all these spirits and to keep
on the good side of them.

"It will soon be hunting season," Koly was saying.
"Did you see how they have prepared the village altar?
They carried new anthills to build the altar, and Gafo
made new idols to put in front of them." The anthills
were a special kind of mushroom-shaped formation,
hardened by a sort of cement excreted by the ants. They
were about the size of a man's hand and were sub-
stituted for rocks whenever possible. The white man,
too, had found a use for them. He was making mortar
from them for his new brick house.

"Yes, I saw the altar," said Pondo, "it is a very good
looking one indeed."

That evening when Pondo returned from school, he
noticed with satisfaction that his father had cut some
short pieces of wood, about elbow length, and had
stacked them up evenly, fastening them to several up-
right sticks making an altar. He was very proud of his
work.

"See," he said to his son, "now we shall have good
luck. We shall add this egg and some good food, then
pour out a drink offering to our fathers' spirits."

"What is the purpose of it?" asked Pondo.

"Why the spirits of our ancestors will come and taste
the beer and eat the food. They will be pleased that we
remember them, and so they will speak to Bizon in our
behalf so we shall find many animals when we go hunt-
ing," explained Koly. "You saw the village altar yes-
terday," he continued, "and you should have seen
them add the sacrifice. In the old days it was death for
any woman or child that dared to come out of the hut
to look on during the ceremony. If a stranger came by
that day they always caught him and killed him. His
blood was then added to the sacrifice."

"That reminds me," said Pondo. "The mission-
aries say that God's Son gave His blood to wash our sins
away."

"I don't understand," said Koly.

"They say our hearts are very black because of all
the bad things we have done. I guess the blood is a sort
of medicine to wash our hearts just like the white man's
soap which washes his clothing," Pondo tried to explain.

"The white man has strong medicine," admitted Koly.
"But I doubt if he could change the heart of a thief
and keep him from stealing. Where is this medicine?
Did you see it?"

"No," said Pondo, "I shall have to ask about it.
Nearly all of us schoolchildren have taken the new
affair, but we have not been put in the water yet."

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Memorization Blank

Please fill out this blank and send it to the national
secretary. Miss Janet Weber, 835 Spruce Street, Hagers-
town, Md., before June 30.

I have memorized the Book of Ephesians and would
like to have the following award:

□ SMM Sweater* nS7.50 in Christian supplies from
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co.; QST-SO toward
Camp Bethany; n SMM Key Necklace.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Name

Address .

I have heard

peat the Book of Ephesians and she knows it well enough
to say it at one time, the entire book learned, not verse
by verse or chapter by chapter.

Sismed

Signed

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Patroness

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Bust ; length of arm from shoulder to first

J, height

and

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the color — Green □ or White □. Please give accurate
measurements!

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MEMORIZATION REPORTS DUE— Included in
this month's Herald is the blank that has to be filled out
for those girls who have memorized the Book of Ephe-
sians. Please fill it out and mail it to the National Secre-
tary by June 30. Be sure the blanks are filled out cor-
rectly.

LOCAL SMM GROUPS— Your General Fund of-
fering is due June 30 and is to be sent to the national
treasurer. Our goal is $750. If you haven't as yet sent
in for the National Project offering you still may send
it in although the months set aside for this is past. Also,
bandages are to be sent to the district bandage secretary
by July 15.

DISTRICT SMM — Your district statistical reports
are due to the national secretary by July 15 and your
district bandage report is to be sent to the national
bandage secretary by July 31. Don't forget your dis-
trict goals of having a display at conference and helping
your district president attend the national board meet-
ings.

Pray for your national
officers as they plan for
the conference in August
and for the national board
meetings.

Pray for each SMM as
the year draws to a close
that all goals may be met
at the required time.

Pray for our mission-
aries, and especially any
who are of interest to your
own SMM.

I B Pray for other requests
which your group has.

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR JUNE

SINGSPIRATION TIME — Use several favorites and
end with the theme chorus.

SCRIPTURE — This time may be picked out by the
leader for this month.

PRAYER CIRCLE — Use requests in the prayer corner.

DEVOTIONAL TOPIC — Seniors and Middlers will
study Mrs. Samarin's "Crocodiles and Spirits." Jun-
iors will study Mrs. Brenneman's "Visiting."

SPECIAL NUMBER-
MISSIONARY LESSON— The Seniors and Middlers
will study Mrs. West's story of Lois Kennedy. The :
Juniors will continue the Pondo series — "Pondo Goes
to School."

BUSINESS MEETING — Don't forget the president's ^
reminders!

BENEDICTION— Psalm 145:1-2.

PONDO GOES TO SCHOOL

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"So you have taken the affair of the white man?"
asked Koly.

"Yes, of course," answered Pondo. "Why not? They
say that everyone who becomes a child of God goes to
heaven when he dies, but everyone who remains a child
of the Devil goes to a very bad place where the Devil
will go too someday."

"But you went to the dance last night as usual," said
Koly. "I have heard that the children of God were not
to go to the dance."

"The white man does not know whether we go
or what we do in the village at nights," said Pondo. "As
long as he does not know, there is no affair."

"The ways of my fathers are good enough for me,"
decided iColy. "When I die I want to go where they have
gone."

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JOHNSTOWN, PA. Rev. Hugh
Walter Nowag, veteran Brethren
minister, and his wife celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary on
Apr. 14. The actual celebration was
delayed until the Easter weekend
to permit the entire family to be
present. Rev. Nowag has assisted in
the pastoral functions of the First
Brethren Church of Johnstown, Pa.
He is the grandson of the late H. R.
Holsinger, v/ho founded the Breth-
ren Church in the United States in
1882, and has served in pastorates
since 1915.

STOYSTOWN, PA. A new rec-
ord attendance was set Apr. 21 at
the Reading Brethren Church when
87 were present. Arthur Collins is
pastor.

DAYTON, OHIO. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Nowak celebrated their 43rd
wedding anniversary on Apr. 29.
They are members of the First
Brethren Church.

WARSAW, IND. The 30-voice
choir of Grace College arrived here
at 11:30 a. m. Apr. 29 to be greeted
by the college band, the yell lead-
ers, and over 100 students. As the
train came to a stop in Warsaw, the
band was drowned out" by the
"WELCOME HOME" cry of the
friends, students and loved ones
of the returning choir. A caravan of

about 25 cars, led by the Winona
Lake police car with siren shrieking,
brought the choir from the railroad
station to the dorm at Winona Lake.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX.
William Ernest has resigned as pas-
tor of the Grace Brethren Church.

JOHNSTOWN, PA. Rev. Russell
Weber will assume the pastorate of
the First Brethren Church on June
15.

HATBORO, PA. The Suburban
Brethren Church had 19 at the first
communion service conducted Apr.
17 in one of the homes. Lester Smit-
ley is pastor.

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. We
welcome the Virginia Beach church
into the family of 100 percent
churches that subscribe to the
Brethren Missionary Herald.

MARTINSBURG, W. VA. A
new Sunday-school record was set
Apr. 21 at the Rosemont Brethren
Church with 294 present. This
demonstrates the possibilities and
the need for the new Sunday-school
annex under consideration by the
congregation. Earle Peer is pastor.

DALLAS CENTER, IOWA. For-
rest Jackson, who will graduate this
May from Grace Theological Semi-
nary, has accepted the pastorate of
the First Brethren Church. Rev. Ar-
thur Cashman will terminate his
ministry there on June 23, and the
new pastor will assume his duties
June 30.

ANKENYTOWN, OHIO. A
$17,000 Sunday-school annex will

_I]l« BRETHREN

WINONA LAKE, IND. The National Fel-
lowship of Brethren Churches will con-
vene here Aug. 18-25, and a real program
is being planned. Pictured above are the
members of the executive commiLtee whose
responsibility it is to plan for the con-
ference. Seated left to right are: Consrd
Sandy, secretary; Miles Taber, chairman,
and Harold Etling. Stanjing left to right
are: Wayne Baker. George Peek. Richard

Jackson, Jr., H. Leslie Moore, Edward
Lewis, Phillip Simmons, Thomas Hammers,
Earle Peer, Clair Gartland, Rayr.ionrl Ging-
rich, and Glenn Miller. Ralph Colburn,
James Young, Clair Brickel, Ilussell "West
and Ralph Burns were not present when
this picture was taken by the editor, who
is also a member of the committee. Plan
now to attend the conference.

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Barnnan

Winona Lake, Ind-

be added to the First Brethren
Church, with construction to begin
about June 1. The new unit wiU
be 30 by 40 feet, and will include a
pastor"s study, nursery, kitchen,
restrooms and classrooms. Two
automatic oil furnaces will be in-
stalled. The new building will be
added on the south side of the
present structure. Neil Beery is pas-
tor.

WHITTIER, CALIF. The six-
year-old Community Brethren Sun-
day School has set three records
of over 600 in attendance on three
succeeding Sundays. There were
605, 656, 670 present. The Sunday
school has a staff of 70 workers.
Three new adult classes have been
formed with an attendance of 19,
32 and 51. Glenn Miller is super-
intendent, and Ward Miller, pastor.

MANSFIELD, OHIO. Dr. Ber-
nard Schneider, pastor of the Grace
Brethren Church, has entered his
14th year as pastor.

GLENDALE, CALIF. On the

23rd anniversary of the First Breth-
ren Church a fellowship was planned
for the entire day. As a special fea-
ture of the days activity, a long dis-
tance call was placed to Rev. and
Mrs. Keith Altig in Brazil. The Al-
tigs are members of the Glendale
church, Gerald Polman, pastor.

SPECIAL. The 15th of each
month is the Brethren Day of Prayer.
Special prayer is requested for the
Billy Graham New York Crusade.

GARWIN, IOWA. There were
178 present at the Carleton Breth-
ren Church for the evening serv-
ice on Apr. 21. Miss Marion Thurs-
ton, a member of the local church,
was the guest speaker. R. H. Kettell
is pastor.

FINDLAY, OHIO. A new rec-
ord was reached Apr. 2 1 at the Find-
lay Brethren Church with 193 in
attendance for Sunday school.
Gerald Teeter is pastor.

May 11, 7957

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The Power of Satan

By Robert Wm. Morkley

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
Palmyra, Pa.

(Second of Series)

The great earth-movers and rock-
crushers seen on every hand in our
day are tremendously interesting be
cause of the immense power which
is harnessed by those gears, motors
and controls. Consider i'or a inoment
the possible devastation of earth and
buildings if no man were in con-
trol of one of these machines. As
your mind wanders you may en-
visage trees uprooted, automobiles
wrecked, homes destroyed and many
lives lost — all due to the great power
of a machine made by man. This
is physical power, but the Apostle
Paul tells us that we, as Christians
"wrestle not against flesh and blood.
but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spirit-
ual wickedness in high places" (Eph.
6:12).

The implication here is that the
power we wrestle against is greater
than physical. The mention of "flesh
and blood," usually a symbol of
weakness in contrast with the
strength of our opponents, denotes
that we wrestle not against weak
mortals but powers of a far more
formidable order. Lest we appear
to be an alarmist to the Christian,
let us first establish ourselves upon
the proper foundation. Romans 13;
1: "There is no power but of God."
Take comfort. Christian, "greater
is he that is in you, than he that is
in the world" (I John 4:4). God is
all-powerful and Satan has power
only as he is permitted it by God.

PERMITTED POWER

For our consideration of Satan's
power, let us again investigate the
conversation between Satan and the
Lord during the temptation. "And
the devil, taking him up into an
high mountain, shewed unto him all
the kingdoms of the world in a mo-
ment of time. And the devil said unto
him, All this power will I give thee,
and the glory of them: for that is
delivered unto me; and to whomso-

ever I will, I give it" (Luke 4:5-6).
The power to give rulers their posi-
tion seems to have been permitted
to Satan. Let us remind ourselves
that the exercise of this power is, of
necessity, subordinated to the carry-
ing out of God's eternal purpose,
for there is no power but of God.

LIMITED POWER

Though Satan has been delegated
the power or authority to give king-
doms of the world to whom he will,
let us not assume that he has all
power and authority in governments.
God is still on the throne and has
set up barriers beyond which Satan
cannot pass. Let us make a return
visit to the Book of Job. In Job 1:12
God has permitted Satan to afflict
Job by removing all his possessions,
but God has set a bound which
Satan dare not remove or tresspass:
"only upon himself put not forth
thine hand." In Job 2:6 after Satan
has complained that Job trusts the
Lord because anyone would give
up all possessions for health and
life, God permits and limits again:
"Behold, he is in thine hand: but
save his life." Just so, our God has
permitted Satan to give the king-
doms of the earth to whom he will,
but that person is still a human soul
placed here for a purpose; given
life and that life sustained by God.
Nowhere in the Scripture is it even
implied that kings, presidents and
governors are under the absolute
power of Satan. On the contrary, the
Word (Rom. 13:1) plainly states
the divine ordination of powers that
be.

RESISTED POWER

If Satan's power were not limited,
we as Christians would know no vic-
tory this side of the grave. Thanks to
our great High Priest, Jesus, and His
never-failing activity of intercession
we have a divine resistance, which,
when coupled with the shield of
faith, is able even to quench the
fiery darts of Satan.

This indestructible sphere of pro-

tection placed about every chiW
of God, penetrated only by the per-
missive will of God, was created and
maintained by our Lord and Sav-
iour, Jesus Christ. In Luke 22:31-
32 we are given a word-picture of
this sphere. To Simon. Jesus says:
"Satan hath desired to have you,
that he may sift you as wheat" —
Uke he sifted Job. And then to our
finite minds the infinite God reveals
the wonderful sphere of protection
in which we walk: "But I have
prayed for thee, that thy faith fail
not." In His high priestly prayer,
Jesus prayed for us that God would
keep us from the evil one.

For our part. God has provided
us an armor for the purpose of
resistance. This armor is described
in Ephesians 6, but the armor is of
no value unless the command in
verse 1 1 is obeyed. "Put on the
whole armour of God, that ye may
be able to stand against the wiles
of the devil." Besides putting on
the armor, God's command in James
4:7: "Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you" must be obeyed for
real Christian victory. Is Satan's
power resisted? Add to the inter-
cessory work of Christ the God-
provided armor and the faithful
obedience of the Christian and you
have spelled resistance with a cap-
ital "R."

BROKEN POWER

Since we have victory through the
eternal barrier of resistance de-
scribed above, it follows that Satan's
power, great as it is, is a broken
power, especially for those of the
household of faith. In every home
there are many broken things —
perhaps more so in the parsonage
than any other. On one grand move
of ours, the earthly possessions were
packed high in the air on a much
too small truck. Another tooth mark
was made in the pastor's tongue
when, in unpacking, the small liv-
ing-room table was discovered with
five and one-third legs. The re-

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United for
Soul-Winning

National Fellowship of Brethren Laymen
Compiled by Roy H. Lowery

SALVATION

God desires that all should be
saved from the guilt and power of
sin (I Tim. 2:4). He made full pro-
vision for man's salvation before
the creation (Rev. 13:8). God's plan
of redemption is first mentioned in
Genesis 3:15.

Read also Romans 16:20; I John
3:8; Hebrews 2:14. The seed of the
woman indicated the virgin birth
of Christ (Jer. 31:32). His birth was
predicted to be miraculous (Isa.
7:14; 9:6). For the fulfillment of
these prophecies read Matthew 1:21-
23. The Angel of the Lord an-
nounced the coming of the World's
Saviour (Luke 2:8-11). The aged
Simon prophesied that the 40-day-
old child was "the Lord's Christ"
(Luke 2:25-32).

It is not religion but Jesus that
saves. Nicodemus (John 3:1-10) and
Saul of Tarsus (Acts 9:1-6, 17-22)
were devout, conscientious, religious
sinners. Salvation transformed Saul
in Galatians 1:14 to Paul in Phil-
ippians 3:7. Salvation is deliverance
from the penalty, power, pollution,
and finally the presence of sin by
the provision and power of God.
Complete regeneration gives a new
Ufe, heart, spirit, song, mind, nature,
service and in the resurrection of the
righteous a new body transported to
a new heaven and a new earth.

We are saved by a sacrificial per-
son (II Cor. 8:9), who came to put
away sin (Heb. 9:26; I John 3:5).
The following Scriptures emphasized
that this Person is the Son of God
and that His name is Jesus (Matt.
1:21; John 1:12; 3:18; Acts 4:12;
10:43; Rom. 10:9, 13; Phil. 2: 9-11
The bad news is that the wrath of
God hangs over the guilty sinner be-
cause of his sin (Rom. 1:18). But
the good news is the gospel of salva-
tion to all who have saving faith
(Rom. 1:16). God is holding back
his wrath, giving man extended op-
portunity (I Thess. 1:10) because
He desires that none should perish
(II Pet. 3:9).

Pictured above are officers of the Northern
Atlantic District Laymen's Fellowship. Left
to right in the front row are: Lloyd Herr,
Palmyra, Pa., vice president; Kenneth Koh-
ler, Philadelphia. Pa., president; William
Schulze, Hatboro. Pa., recording secretary;

Allen Zook, Palmyra. Pa., treasurer. Pic-
tured left to right in the back row are :
Fred Kalasse, Philadelphia, Pa., correspond-
ing secretary; and Lloyd Siegfried, Allen-
town. Pa., assistant treasurer.

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR JUNE

Opening Hymns — "A New Name in
Glory"; "Since I Have Been Re-
deemed."

Scripture Reading — Romans 5:1-10.

Prayer Time — Pray for the fathers
of boys in our Boys Clubs and
Sunday school who do not know
Christ as their Saviour.

Hymn — "There Is a Fountain Filled
With Blood."

Business Session and offering for

Brethren Boys Club.
Bible Study — Salvation.
Closing Hymn — "Christ Receiveth

Sinful Men."
Prayer.

We would urge all churches to plan a
Father's and Son's Banquet in June, as
near to Father's Day as possible, and for
those that care to have the regular monthly
meeting the above program is submitted.

The gospel is defined in 1 Co-
rinthians 15:1-4. Christ died for sin-
ners (Rom. 5:6-10). Salvation is for
all of the lost (Matt. 9:13). Let none
neglect it (Heb. 2:3), all are to seek
the Lord (Isa. 55:6). Call on His
name (Acts 2:21), repent (Mark
1:15), have faith in Christ and the
gospel (John 3:15-16), confess sin
and confess Christ (Rom. 10:9-10),
obey in baptism (Mark 16:16), and
keep His commandments (I John
2:4).

Christ not only died for our sins
but He did more — He rose the third
day, according to the Scriptures (I
Cor. 15, 17-18, 20). He gave to His
disciples bodily proof of His resur-
rection (Luke 24:36-47). He con-
vinced them of His bodily resurrec-
tion (John 20:26-29). His resurrec-
tion vindicates to all -His claims
(Rom. 1:4; Heb. 7:25). His body is
in heaven (Acts 1:9-11). His sec-
ond coming will be the consumma-
tion of our salvation (I Thess. 4:13-
18).

Ifi-ems of interest

The Allegheny district rally will
be held may 24, 7:45 p. m., at the
Perkulator Restaurant, Uniontown,
Pa. There will be installation of new
district officers elected at district
conference on May 9.

The combined Northern and Mid-
Atlantic district laymen will meet
at Penn Grove Conference Grounds
(just off U. S. 30 between York and
Hanover), for a spring rally, May 25,
at 2:00 p. m.

Palmyra, Pa. — This fast grow-
ing Brethren church was host to an
organizational meeting of the new
Northern Atlantic district laymen. A
fine meal was served by the host
church and an inspirational message
was given by Mr. Erwin, assistant
district attorney.

Aleppo, Pa. — With 15 men pres-
ent at their last laymen's meeting,
an offering of $70.95 was received
for new songbooks for the church.

kAay n, 1957

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BRETHREN LAYMEN

What Purpose What Method?

In the great commission in Acts
1:8 we read: "Ye shall be witnesses
unto me both in Jerusalem, and in
all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto
the uttermost part of the earth." In
other words, we are to witness for
the Lord everywhere, but no specific
method is here laid down for us.

In the preamble to the constitu-
tion of the National Fellowship of
Brethren Laymen, it is stated in ad-
dition to other purposes that under
the guidance of the Holy Spirit the
men shall seek to effect an organi-
zation of Brethren laymen which
may offer its assistance to local
churches through local laymen's af-
filiates, to aid the ministry in the
salvation of souls, and to take part
in all activities in which the laymen
can be helpful. Again, no specific
method is laid down and we believe
this to be proper.

There is ever so much work for
Brethren laymen to do in these peri-
lous times. First and foremost we
should live a Christian life above re-
proach and a life in which we take
advantage of every opportunity to
witness for our Lord by word of
mouth. In the second place, we
should have a united program in
the local church for serving the Lord
which is in agreement with the local
pastor.

We, members of the Brethren
Church, should praise the Lord con-
stantly for the fact that our pas-
tors are standing true to the Word
of God. There is not a layman who
would not agree that the Lord does
not expect each one of us to be a
Robert G. Le Tourneau; however,
we are sometimes slow in admitting
that the Lord does not want all of
our pastors to be a Dwight L. Moody
or a Louis S. Bauman. Then, if the
pastor does not measure up to our
expectations, we refuse to do our
share of the work. Remember, when
our pastors are weak, what they
need most is our prayers and help
rather than our criticism or lack of
cooperation. There is in every
church a service that men can ren-
der. Every pastor would welcome an
active laymen's group working with
him in the tremendous task that lies

before us. One type of program may
be most effective in one church,
whereas another type may be more
effective in another church. In our
Brethren churches one pastor may
excell in one phase of the pastoral
work, whereas another pastor may
have special talent in another phase
of the pastoral work, yet both may
be serving the Lord equally well. The
thing most desired of every Chris-
tian, whether pastor or layman, is
to be found faithful.

The great opportunity that con-
fronts every laymen is to work in
cooperation with our pastor. It
would be well for the men of each
church to meet with their pastor and
talk and pray regarding the most ef-
fective way the men of their par-
ticular church may best serve our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Read Acts 1:8 again: "But ye
shall receive power." Not a word is
said about us furnishing our own

By Rollin Sandy
Palmyra, Pa.

power, but we shall receive power.
it has been our experience more than
once that we had no idea how to
deal with a certain situation, and
we had to depend upon the Holy
Spirit for leading and strength. Our
greatest hindrance in our Christian
work is that self gets in the way.
The reason we are not more effective
as laymen and Christian workers is
our refusal to yield ourselves com-
pletely. The fact remains that man
needs a master. The big question is.
Who is our master — the old nature
or Jesus Christ? "Neither yield ye
your members as instruments of un-
righteousness unto sin: but yield
yourselves unto God, as those that
are alive from the dead, and your
members as instruments of right-
eousness unto God" (Rom. 6:13).

The Preacher Ain't- Quite So Bad!

If he is young, he lacks expe-
rience; if his hair is gray, he is too
old; if he has five or six children, he
has too many; if he has none, he is
setting a bad example.

If his wife sings in the choir, she
is being forward; if she does not, she
is not interested in her husband's
work.

If he speaks from notes, he has
canned sermons and is dry; if he is
extemporaneous, he is not deep.

If he spends too much time in his
study, he neglects his people; if he
visits, he is a gadabout.

If he is attentive to the poor, he
is playing to the grandstand; if to
the wealthy, he is trying to be an
aristocrat.

If he suggests improvements for
the church,- he is a dictator; if he
makes no suggestions, he is a figure-
head.

If he uses too many illustrations,
he neglects the Bible; if not enough,
he is not clear.

If he condemns wrong, he is
cranky; if he does not, he is a com-
promiser.

If he preaches an hour, he is
windy; if less, he is lazy.

If he preaches the truth, he is
offensive; if not, he is a hypocrite.

If he fails to please everybody, he
is hurting the church; if he does
please everybody, he has no convic-
tions.

If he preaches tithing, he is a
money-grabber; if he does not, he is
failing to develop his people.

If he receives a large salary, he is
mercenary; if a small salary, it
proves he is not worth much.

If he preaches all the time, the
people get tired of hearing one man;
if he invites guest preachers, he is
shirking responsibility.

So what! They say the preacher
has an easy time!

-Fifth and Cherry Light

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KitcUei^ /CatUed^al

By Dorothy C. Haskin

MODEL OF HONOR
Carefully Christina unpinned her
corsage and placed it on ihe lower
shelf of the refrigerator. She hoped
it would last several days. She
smiled ruefully, realizing that
Mother's Day was the only time
during the year when she was given
a corsage by the family, so this was
a special treat. Indeed it was, and
she caught her breath at the thought
that she had been given a medal of
honor!

Slowly she closed the door; and
leaning against the sink, she won-
dered, "Do I deserve it?" Her
thoughts turned to her favorite
Bible passage: "Who can find a
virtuous woman? for her price is
far above rubies. The heart of her
husband doth safely trust in her"
(Prov. 31:10-11). And her musings
might well be the musings of any
mother.

The most important realization
that can come to any woman is that
Mother's Day is founded on her
relationship to her husband. That
relationship is the foundation upon
which the home is built. However,
it is not always easy for the two to
become one in spirit.

As the years went by in her mar-
riage, Barbara grew ashamed of her
husband's habit of wearing his

clothes until they were obviously
dirty. A couple of times she re-
monstrated with him, but when he
didn't respond immediately, she
bottled her resentment within her.
When she was full, she began mak-
ing snide remarks to him. She for-
got that one mark of a virtuous
woman is that "in her tongue is the
law of kindness" (Prov. 31:26). No
doubt it would have taken many a
tactful discussion to persuade him
to be cleaner in his appearance. In-
stead, she nagged. Her children
grew up to feel sorry for him and
to have little respect for her. Her
Mother's Day corsage was a form,
bringing little warmth to her heart.

Alice didn't nag, even though her
husband was stingy. Her attitude was
"There's no need to ask him for
anything. He wouldn't give it to
me, even if I did." She said nothing
to him, but she made plenty of re-
marks to her friends about how pe-
nurious he was. She forgot that it
was part of her job as wife to help
build up the respect of others for
her husband, so that he might be
"known in the gates, when he sitteth
among the elders of the land" (Pro\'.
31:23).

Her children acquired their
mother's contemptuous attitude to-

ward their father. Her Mother's
Day badge of honor was worn as
falsely as a medal of honor worn
by a soldier who had not been loyal
to his country.

Edna's husband died when her
three children were still small. So
if he had faults, she wasn't tempted
to complain to others about them.
Instead, she was always telling her
children about the fine things he had
done and what a splendid man he
had been. One of her friends, who
had known Harry, remarked:
"Edna, you have nothing but praise
for him. You know that he was far
from being a paragon of virtue."

"My dear," Edna replied earnest-
ly, "I have to bring up the children
without him, but there's no need
to tell them of his faults. They will
be better children if they respect
their father."

When Edna received her Mother's
Day corsage, she knew that she had
earned it. Not only had she been
a mother to her children, but she
had also given them a father. Her
conception of motherhood was not
easy to fulfill — but medals are given,
not for an easy life, but for faith-
fulness in a hard one. Have you
earned your Mother's Day medal of
honor?

(Copr. ERA, 1957)

THE POWER OF SATAN

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maining two-thirds of a leg was lying
useless. It was glued on so that a
casual observer would never know,
I but we know and keep it turned to
]the wall. For those who know that
Satan's power is broken, just to re-
mind him of the fact wounds his
pride and brings victory to the Chris-
jtian.

1 In Hebrews 2:14 is the truth of
Satan's broken power: "That through
death he might destroy him that had
the power of death, that is, the
devil." Jesus, in dying and rising
'rom the dead, has broken Satan's
3ower and given to the Christian
i target at which to aim his resis-
ance to the Devil. In Luke 11:21-

22 the Word of God speaks in ana-
logy of the conflict between Jesus
and Satan. Christ has "overcome
him, he taketh from him all his
armour wherein he trusted, and
divided his spoils." Satan's power is
broken beyond repair.

DOOMED POWER

For aeons, Satan has been exer-
cising his power and authority and
has succeeded in deluding countless
hordes of people. So successful has
been this delusion that even Satan
himself has been carried along and
shall be caught in his own device. He
has convinced himself that he shall
yet succeed in the overthrow of the
Almighty God, but he shall be
brought up short when Revelation
20:2-3 is fulfilled: "And he laid
hold on the dragon, that old serpent,

which is the Devil, and Satan, and
bound him a thousand years, and
cast him into the bottomless pit, and
shut him up, and set a seal upon him,
that he should deceive the nations
no more, tiU the thousand years
should be fulfilled: and after that
he must be loosed a little season."
Look now to verse 10: "And the
devil that deceived them was cast
into the lake of fire and brimstone
[at the end of the thousand years]
. . . and shall be tormented day and
night for ever and ever."

Doomed and such an end! Take
heart. Christian, then shall there
be peace on the earth forever. Then
and only then, shall we be able to
lay down our sword and shield and
rest. Until then, resist the Devil,
trust in the Lord, and yield to the
Holy Spirit.

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303

PAT^SONAGEW

.sy-

Afry J^erfflf/TAsf

Song of Home

"Bill's coming home, and I'm so
glad" Mother's heart sang as she set
up his bed and put on new sheets
and pillow slips saved especially for
his homecoming.

A sudden tug of memory re-
minded her that last Easter they were
anticipating the return of Bob from
school. Quick tears dimmed her
eyes. No more will Mother plan for
his visit to his earthly home. Rather,
she is looking forward to joining
Bob in that fair land beyond the
skies. The pull heavenward is
stronger than ever now that one
of Mother's jewels is there.

As she hurried with her work
Mother could not get her two oldest
sons off her mind. With Bob a new-
comer to the streets of gold, the
resurrected Lord and the promises
of I Corinthians 15 were a genuine

comfort this year as she applied the
Word of God very personally to her
own heart.

"How much I have to be thank-
ful for, dear Father," she took time
to pray. "For all my sons and daugh-
ters, who are 'an heritage of the
Lord'; for the privilege of having
been the mother of a son like Bobby;
for the joy of having a son like Bill
whose present growth in spirit and
mind is a harbinger of future stature;
for the inestimable privilege of
knowing a little of Thy Word, and
being able to give it out in teaching
others; 'for salvation full and free,
purchased once on Calvary"; for
home, and love of husband; for
health, dear Lord, there is no stop-
ping point. And now Billy coming
home — give him a safe trip, please.
Father.

"Bill is quite tired. You know.
Lord. He hasn't been home since we
moved and he went to school late
in August. He worked away from
home at Christmas to get money to
apply on his schooling. Bob's illness
and homegoing were hard on him;
the two boys were always rather
close. His first year away from home
in college has been quite rugged,
Father. Give him rest while he's
home, and help us all to show him a
good time."

The God of answered prayer did

My Mother and I

My mother's always nice to me
When I am good, and cheerful;

But worried frowns come on her face
When I am cross and tearful.

I try to help her every day;

I do the shopping for her!
I like to make a salad crisp.

And oft a cake I stir.

But dusting chairs is not my style;

Dishwashing's such a bore;
Making beds I do detest.

And sweeping is quite a chore.

But Mother says, "It must be done";

So I must do my best.
(I'll do as much as I have time;

Let Sister do the rest!)

The way to make my mother glad
And keep a smile on her dear face

Is ALWAYS do as I am told.
And do all dull chores with grace.

— Sara Shier "Van Auken

just that for us. Bill's welcome home
was joyous to the point of tumult.
"You home. Bill?" questioned the
three-year-old family "caboose."
"You gonna stay home? Bobby can't
come. He's up in heaven. Mommie
says we're gonna live with him some
day. I want to go now."

As these parents rested their
eyes on each of their eight children
surrounding the table that first Sun-
day Bill was home, they knew such
times would become fewer and far-
ther between. With the family circle
already broken here on earth by
Bob's promotion to glory. Daddy
and Mother held on to every golden,
precious moment. And as they lay
their heads on their pillows thai
night, they pillowed their hearts or
the promise of their Father God:
"Train up a child in the way he
should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it" (Prov. 22
6). Then with tears in their voice;
and a song in their hearts, the)
cried with the great apostle: "C
death, where is thy sting? O grave
where is thy victory? But thank;
be to God, which giveth us the vie
tory through our Lord Jesus Christ
Therefore, my beloved brethren, bi
ye stedfast, unmoveable, alway
abounding in the work of the Lord
forasmuch as ye know that you
labour is not in vain in the Lord
(I Cor. 15:55, 57-58).

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T/ie Brethren Missionary Herald

May 11, 195

EDUCATIONAL NUMBER

MAY 18, 1957

Aiter High School, What?

-Photo By Allen Zook

Your Dream Can Come True!

The Board of Trustees
The Faculty and Senior Classes

of
GRACE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

and

GRACE COLLEGE
extend this invitation to attend

The Commencement Service

May 26 through 29, 1957

Winona Lake, Indiana

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19. NUMBER 2(1

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM, Executive Editor i

Entered as second-class matter April 16, 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake. Ind.. under the act of March 3. 1879. Issued weekly by;
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake. Ind. Subscription price. $3.00 a year; 100-percent churches, $2.50; foreign. $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees, president; Herman A. Hoyt. vice president; William Schaffer, secretary; True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Geh-
man. treasurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee; Gene Farrell. S. W. Link, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller, '
Thomas Hammers; Arnold R. Kriegbaum. ex officio.

306 The Brethren Missionary Herald

THE SEMINARY CLASS SERVICE

SUNDAY, MAY 26, 10:45 A. M.

At the Winona Lake Brethren Church

(Auditorium of Grace Theological Seminary)

Robert Shackelford, Class President, Presiding

James Sweeton, Director of Music

Alva Steffler, Organist

Prelude

*Processional

*Doxology

♦Invocation Wendell Kent

Hymn — "Come Thou Fount," No. 159

Responsive Reading, No. 405 Cecil Lewis

Instrumental Solo Edward Smith

Scripture Lesson Vernon Duerkson

Prayer Richard Mcintosh

*Hymn — 'Am I a Soldier of the Cross?" No. 121

Announcements Rev. Richard DeArmey

Presentation of Offerings

Quartet John Rathbun, Adrian Jeffers,

John Martin, John Gallagher
The Class Sermon Thomas Julien

*Hymn— "Take My Life," No. 289

♦Benediction Rolland Hein

Postlude

♦Congregation Standing

THE BACCALAUREATE SERVICE

SUNDAY, MAY 26, 7:30 P. M.

Auditorium of Grace Theological Seminary

Director of Music — Donald Ogden

Prelude Nancy Weber

Processional (the congregation standing)

Invocation President Alva J. McClain

Hymn — "All Hail the Power of Jesus Name"

Scripture Reading Rev. Edward Lewis

Announcements President Alva J. McClain

Choir — "Divine Praise" — Bortoriansky
Hymn — "The God of Abraham Praise"

Prayer Rev. Paul L. Mohler

Male Quartet

Baccalaureate Sermon Rev. Mark E. Malles

(Pastor, First Brethren Church, Fort Wayne, Ind.)
Hymn — "Channels Only"

Prayer and Benediction Rev. William E. Male

Postlude

1957 C^xaduation

Grace Theological Semiary
and College

THE GRADUATION SERVICE

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 7:30 P. M.

Auditorium of Grace Theological Seminary

Director of Music — Donald Ogden

Prelude and Processional Nancy Weber

Academic Procession (the congregation standing)
Hymn — "Come, Thou Fount"

Invocation Rev. Robert W. Markley

College Choir — "Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens Adore

Him" — Prichard
Scripture Reading Rev. Wilham A. Steffler

Male Quartet

Annual Seminary and College Announce-
ments Rev. Paul E. Dick

(President of the Seminary Board)
Hymn — "Marvelous Grace"

Prayer Rev. Bernard N. Schneider, D. D.

College Choir — "Adore and Be Still" — Gounod-Cain
Graduation Address Rev. Laird Harris, Ph. D.

(Covenant Theological Seminary)
Presentation of Class Gifts Robert Shackelford

Paul Gehman

Response Prof. Ralph W. Gilbert, B.D., TH.M.

. Recognition of Honors Prof. Jesse D. Humberd, A.M.,

B.D.
Presentation of

Candidates Prof. Herman A. Hoyt, Th.M., Th.D.
Conferring of Diplomas and Degrees — President Alva
J. McClain, Th.M., D.D., LL.D., assisted by Vice
President Paul R. Bauman, B.D., D.D., and Registrar
Homer A. Kent, Th.M., Th.D.
Hymn — "O Jesus, I Have Promised"
Prayer and Benediction . Rev. Kenneth B. Ashman
Postlude

May 18, 1957

307

1957 Grace College Graduates

On the evening of May 29, in ad-
dition to tiie 33 who will be grad-
uated from the seminary (pictured
last month), 31 young men and
women will receive degrees from
Grace College. The following de-
scriptions give the names of the can-
didates, the degree to be conferred
by Grace College; other colleges,
Bible institutes, etc., attended, and
the high school from which each
graduated.

The pictures are identified from
left to right.

TOP ROW

JAMES G. ARRINGTON—

C=ndidat5 for the A.B. degree. Yuba City
High School. Yuba City. Calif.

JOYCE M. AUSTIN. R.N.—

Candidate for the B.S. in Nursing degree.
Tort Wayne Lutheran School of Nursing.
Marion College. Shipshewana High School.
Shipshew.ina, Ind.

DAWN E. BOROTA—

Candidate for the B.S. in Ed. dc^iree. Bob
Jon°s University. South Park High School.
Buffalo. N. Y.

GLENN C. BYERS—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Washington
Twp. High School. Jefferson. Ind.

THEODORE FRANCHINO—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Woodbury
College. Hoover High School. Glendale. Calif.

ESTHER FRIESEN—

Candidate for the B.S. in Ed. degree. Fair-
bury Junior College. Grace Bible Institute.
Fairbury High School. Fairbury. Nebr.

VIVIAN I. FULLER—

Candidate for the B.S. in Ed. degree. Bob
Jones University. Roosevelt High School.
Dayton. Ohio.

PAUL C. GEHMAN—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Berne-French
High School, Berne, Ind.

308

RONALD M. GLIDDEN—

Crndidate for the A.B. degree. Greensburg
Bible Institute. Dover High School, Dover,

N. H.

CLARENCE J. HENDERSON—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Fort Wayne
Bible College. Humeston High School.
Humes'.on. Iowa.

MIDDLE ROW

MARY L. HOOKS—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. William
Jennings Bryan University. Kittanning High
School, Kittanning, Pa.

VERNE F. HUTCHISON—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Prairie
Bible Institute. Central High School, Aber-
deen. S. D

■MARILYN J. JOHNSON—

Candidate for the B.S. in Ed. degree. Mil-
lersburg High School. Millersburg, Iowa.

JOHN T. JOHNSTON—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Moody Bible
Institute. Mt. Victory High School, Mt. Vic-
tory. Ohio.

NICKOLAS KURTANECK, Th.B.—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Grace Theo-
logical Seminary. Greensburg Bible Institute.
Franklin Township High School, Newlons-
burg. Pa.

GORDON LOCKWOOD—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Bob Jones
University. Knox Community High School,
Knox. Ind.

MARVIN E. LOWEEY—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Williams-
port High School, Williamsport, Md.

ROBERT C. MESSNER—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Ashland High
School. Ashland. Ohio.

HELEN L. OLNEY—

Candidate for the B.S. in Ed. degree. Redding
Consolidated School, Redding, Iowa.

DALE B. OWEN—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Indiana State
Teachers College. Moody Bible Institute.
Brazil High School, Brazil, Ind.

VOLIE E. PYLES—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Bob Jones
University. Latham Community High School,
Latham, 111.

BOTTOM ROW

SONYA D. SAUFLEY—

Crndidate for the A.B. degree. Philadelphia
Bible Institute. Hershey High School. Her-
shey. Pa.

MARLENE J. SHOEMAKER—

Candidate for the B.S. in Ed. degree. Lake
Odessa High School. Lake Odessa, Mich.

CLARENCE J. SNYDER—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Fort Hays
Kansas State College. Wycliffe Institute of
Linguistics. Wheaton College. Moody Bible
Institute. James Whitcomb Riley High School,
South Bend, Ind.

ALVA W. STEFFLER—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Manchester
College. King's College. Fairview High
School, Dayton, Ohio.

RUTH A. STEFFLER—

Candidate for the B.S. in Ed. degree. Miltom
Local High School. Sterling, Ohio.

CHARLES H. STONER—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Hershey Jun-
ior College. Hershey High School, Hershey.
Pa.

CURTIS W. STROMAN—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Hershey Jun-
ior College. Hershey High School, Hershey,
Pa.

JAMES C. SWEETON—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Long Beach
City College. Bible Institute of Los Angeles.
John Brown University. Excelsior Union
High School, Norwalk, Calif.

AMY L. VOLOVSKI—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. Kittannlne
High School, Kittanning, Pa.

CHARLES H. WINTER—

Candidate for the A.B. degree. San Ber-
nardino Valley College. Banning Union High
School, Banning, Calif.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

umni

ans

ByJohnC. Whitcomb, Jr.

Alumni Secretary, Grace Theological Seminary
and Grace College

The new Executive Committee of tlie Grace Seminary Alumni
Association is composed of the following men: (1. to r.) : John C.
Whitcomb ("51). secretary: Nathan M. Meyer {'55), vice presi-
dent: Richard P. DeArmey ('53), president: and Blaine Snyder
( '40 ) , treasurer.

Dr. J. Vernon McGee, pastor
of the Church of the Open Door in
Los Angeles, will deliver the iourth
in the series of L. S. Bauman Memo-
rial Lectures during the Grace Bible
Conference, Jan. 20-23, 1958.
In addition to this, the Alumni Asso-
ciation is planning to have two other
well-known speakers during that
week to bring messages and to con-
duct seminar discussions for pas-
tors and Christian workers. Every
effort is being made to plan a Bible
conference that will attract alumni
and friends from afar to the halls of
Grace Seminary and College.

If the gymnasium construction
shows sufficient progress by next
January, we also plan to have a
home basketball game for the benefit

of the alumni. With such facilities,
and with the additional opportunities
for practice, the alumni may be as-
sured next year that they will wit-
ness an overwhelming victory for
Grace!

At the midwinter business meet-
ing in January, Grace alumni voted
to launch a fourfold project for the
year 1957. First, a $300 scholar-
ship to Grace College. Second, $250
for two additional Bible conference
speakers next January. Third,
$473.43 to pay off completely the
remaining bill for the street lighting
system around the campus. ./\nd
fourth, $ 1 ,000 for the new building
project.

As we consider this new four-
fold project for 1957, which totals

more than $2,000, we are greatly
encouraged by two things: First, the
Lord laid it upon the hearts of our
alumni to give "exceeding abun-
dantly above" their previous year's
total of $1,000, when they contri-
buted over $1,500 in 1956. This 50
percent increase in giving within
one year speaks well for a growing
enthusiasm among our alumni for
the ministry of Grace Seminary and
College. And in the s3cond place, all
of us are greatly encouraged by the
response of our student body in
pledging nearly $4,000 this spring
for the Grace College building pro-
gram. If some of this additional en-
thusiasm reaches out to our alumni,
we should have no difficulty in going
"over the top" in our project fund.

THE AMBASSADORS

The Ambassadors Male Quartet,
organized last September, has ap-
peared in many churches from coast
to coast. The group was known as
the Freshman Quartet, but they now
have a more appropriate name.
From left to right they are David
Hacker, first tenor, of Dayton, Ohio;
Warren Brown, second tenor, of
Huntington Park, Calif.; James
Custer, baritone, of Martinsburg,
Vy. Va.; Robert Burk, bass, of Mans-
field, Ohio. Professor Donald Ogden
will serve as accompanist and
speaker.

A<oy 78, 7957

Grace College
Summer Teams

Visiting churches, young people's
camps, and conferences, two summer
teams from Grace College will
travel many miles over a 10- week
period beginning June first. The
Ambassadors Quartet, together with
Professor Donald Ogden, will travel
westward, visiting churches and
young people's summer camps on
the Pacific Coast, from California
to Washington. The Gospel-heirs
will travel with another member of
the faculty throughout the east. It
is the earnest desire of the school
to have a spiritual ministry through
these young people, particularly
among young people of high school
and college age who are facing some
of the most important decisions of
their lives. Pray throughout the
summer for the ministry and travel
of these two teams.

THE. GOSPEL-HEIRS

The Gospel-heirs trio was organ-
ized more than a year ago, and their
ministry has been blessed of the
Lord in many churches in both the
east and the west. The team is com-
posed of Jeanette Turner, soprano,
of Portis, Kans.; Randy Poyner,
tenor, of Waterloo, Iowa; and Shir-
ley Smith, alto, of Jackson, Mich.
Nancy Weber, of Hagerstown, Md.,
is accompanist. This group will be
at the North Mountain Bible Con-
ference, Red Rock, Pa., July 29
through Aug. 4.

309

A Story in Black and Red

By Dr. W. A. Ogden

$53,080
(April 1)

July
580,000

June

$73,333

May
$66,666

April
$60,000

March

S53,333

February
$46,666

January
$40,000

December
$33,333

November
$26,666

October
$20,000

September

513,333

August
$ 6,666

1955-1956
Budget- Needs

The report illustrated on this
page represents nine months, or
August through April of this fiscal
year.

1. Our budget from gift income
was set by the board at $80,000 for
the year, or 56,666.66 per month.

2. During the nine months of
the fiscal year we have received
$53,080.71 — a monthly average of
$5,897.85. This is short of the
budget by $768.81 per month, or a
total of $6,919.29. If this trend con-
tinues we will fall about $10,000
short of the budget.

We are also below the estimated
income from tuitions because enroll-
ments were not as high as antici-
pated. Our needs, therefore, are for
larger gifts in order to balance out
our books by the end of the year.

We started the year with a deficit
of $12,288. That amount has been
increased $14,156, to a total of
$26,444. Against this we are carry-
ing accounts receivable in the
amount of $12,297. This item will
pay all students' accounts in full to
the end of the year. However, we still
have to operate the remaining three
months of the year at a cost now of
approximately $12,000 a month.
Unless receipts from gifts reach
and surpass the budget goal, and un-
less all students' accounts are paid
in full, we will close the year with
an increase in deficit of about
$10,000, or a total deficit of
$22,000.

This, brethren, is the simple story
in black and red. We can justify
added costs, for we have a larger
school. While this is not at all a
cause for despair, it should remind
us that this great school must have
the wholehearted support of its
friends or we will soon be caught
in an embarrassing state. We ask,
please, that churches holding money
for Grace Seminary in their treas-
uries send it to us as soon as pos-
sible; secondly, that all of us make
an extra gift to the current fund in
time to reach our office before the
fiscal year closes on July 3 1 .

Classroom
Building

Physical

Education

Building

$75,427
(May 1)

, — 5300,000

$275,000

$250,000

$225,000

$200,000

$175,000

$150,000

$125,000

$100,000

$ 75,000

$ 50,000

$ 25,000

Grace College
Building Fund

310

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Choir Tour

A Rich Blessing

The first western tour of the
Grace College Choir is now history,
and only eternity will reveal the
tremendous amount of good ac-
complished for the cause of Christ
through the ministry of the young
people as they traveled along.

On April 4, 30 members of the
choir, accompanied by Prof, and
Mrs. Donald Ogden, Dr. and Mrs.
Paul Bauman, and Miss Ava Schnit-
tjer, boarded the train for a 25-day
trip which took them all the way to
the Pacific Coast. The choir itself
had provided a special gift of money
for the fare of Mrs. Ogden. Mrs.
Bauman's trip was made possible
through the kindness of two Cali-
fornia families.

The exemplary conduct of the
young people made such an impres-
sion on the passengers and train-
men on the Union Pacific's City of
Los Angeles that the conductor in-
sisted upon their going to the lounge
car at the rear of the train so they
could sing for the passengers riding
in the Pullman section. There they
presented informally their first con-
cert— everything they could pos-
sibly sing acapella. Prof. Ogden was
able to give a clear testimony for
the Lord at the conclusion. The con-
ductor commented to a man stand-
ing beside him: "I don't care what
their religion is: young people like
that are hard to beat and they can
sing on my train anytime." Another
remarked: "I didn't know young
people like that existed anymore."
One middle-aged couple, who first
heard the choir in the lounge car,
asked for a schedule and attended
four of their concerts in the south-
em California area. After one in
which they had heard the plan of
salvation explained clearly, Prof.
Ogden extended an invitation. Al-
though they made no public re-
sponse, they spoke to one of the
members saying they were "very
seriously thinking about what he
said."

During the 25-day trip, the choir
presented 28 full programs. In-
cluded were two Youth for Christ
services and one program at the

Brethren High School at Para-
mount. In addition they also sang
on Easter Sunday for the combined
high-school and college departments
at the First Brethren Church of Long
Beach. The male quartet sang at
Long Beach for the Kiwanis Club
pre-Easter luncheon and at the
Christian Business Men's breakfast.
Dr. Bauman spoke at both these
meetings. The quartet also sang at
the Easter Sunrise Service in the
Brethren Church at Bellflower, and
Don Ogden was the speaker. Some
of the meetings resulted in definite
decisions for Christ.

Speaking of the kindness shown
the choir. Prof. Don Ogden well ex-
pressed in the school paper the ap-
preciation of all who were a part of
the tour:

"In this day of overworked ad-
jectives it is difficult to find a word
to characterize the hospitality shown
the choir by the churches we visited
on our western tour. From the fare-
well tears to the welcoming cheers at
each end of the trip we had an un-
broken chain of expressions of
friendship and appreciation. Those
which are particularly outstanding to
us are: the kindness of the First
Brethren Church of Long Beach,
which provided us with a com-
fortable dormitory, breakfast every
morning, a school bus for free trans-
portation to all services and many
places of interest to sightseers; the
wonderful evening meals prepared
for us by the churches we visited and
the gracious way in which they were
served to us; the enthusiastic recep-
tion of the pastors, all of whom made
us feel welcoir^e and appreciated;
the cards and letters that kept pour-
ing in from Winona; the many fine
homes that were opened to us after
we left southern California; the loyal
fans who repeatedly found their way
to our concerts; and the host of
friends of Grace Seminary and Col-
lege who encouraged us in many
other ways. To all of them we would
like to say another word of thanks.
Each one played a tremendous part
in making our tour an experience to
be remembered forever."

WOOSTER CHURCH INVESTS
MONEY AND STUDENTS

Top. Don McMichael, Wooster,
Ohio, church treasurer, looks on
with happy approval as Tom Slay-
baugh, financial secretary, presents
check, representing Wooster's gift
of $1,053.95 to the Grace College
Building Fund, to the moderator,
Herbert Stair. The check also in-
cluded $332.38 for the General
Fund. Bottom. Wooster students,
Roberta Sprowls and Hyla Palmer,
have the pleasure of presenting
Wooster offering check to Dr. James
L. Boyer, financial secretary, at col-
lege chapel service. Pastor Kenneth
Ashman looks on with approval.

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311

Pictured above are just a few of the varied experi-
ences of the Grace College Choir on its recent 25-day
western concert tour. For some of these that cannot
be portrayed in pictures, see the article on the preceding
page.

1. Boarding the train at Warsaw. Dale Hosteller and
Clifford Heffner wave goodby from train window.

2. Sally Sadler and Karen Calkins find new use for
pillows. David Hacker also at rest.

3. First concert and first audience aboard |
Pacific's City of Los Angeles.

4. Dr. Charles Mayes, pastor of the host
greets the group upon their arrival in Long Beail

5. Heading for evening concert Joyce Moi
Marilyn Rathfon board bus as John Mayes, Par«
pastor, watches loading process.

6. Last concert at Portis, Kans. Two of chc
sonnel, Jeannette Turner and Carolyn Caldwi.

of this church.

fter hard day's travel, Bob Messner, Dale
, and Dave Hacker snatch a bit of sleep before

lanish tacos dinner in John Mayes patio.

le Baumans enjoy Chinese dinner with Mr.

Walter McPheeters and Mr. and Mrs. Chester
/ho helped greatly with transportation of per-

d luggage.

10. Just a bit of recreation, such as (1) jumping rope
while waiting for train at Modesto station; (2) boatride
in Los Angeles harbor arranged by Rev. Claude Pearson;
(3) catching up on studies; (4) barbecue at Whittier.

11. Loading baggage at Modesto.

12. Making good use of empty lounge car.

13. Welcome home! Students waiting to greet choir
at station. Then the parade!

14. Reception at Grace College dormitory.

NEWS

LAKE ODESSA, MICH. Homer
R. Miller has resigned as pastor of
the Grace Brethren Church. Anyone
wishing to candidate for this pas-
torate should contact the secretary,
Mr. Allen Senters, Lake Odessa.
Mich.

GLENDALE, CALIF. To make
a good start for National Family
Week members of the First Brethren
Church, Gerald Polman, pastor, met
together for a family breakfast at
Switzer's camp on May 4.

TRACY, CALIF. Jonathan Hall,
son of Rev. and Mrs. Nelson Hall
of the Tracy Brethren Church, has
Kaller's disease in his left arch. It
will take about two years for the
bone, which has been dissolved, to
be replaced. Prayer for complete re-
covery will be appreciated.

FORT WAYNE, IND. At ihe
Indiana Fellowship of Brethren
Churches conference, April 29-May
2, Rev. Nathan Meyer, pastor of
the Leesburg Brethren Church, was
elected moderator; Rev. Mark
Malles of the First Brethren Church,
vice moderator; Frank Poland,
treasurer; Rev. Lowell Hoyt, of the
Grace Brethren Church of Elkhart,
statistician; Rev. R. Paul Miller,
Rev. Clyde Landrum, and Rev. John
Evans, Committee on Committees.
Mrs. Homer Hanna was elected
WMC district president; Mrs. Scott
Weaver, vice president; Mrs. Edward
Byrne, secretary; Mrs. Lester Fif;,
assistant secretary; Mrs. John Whit-
comb, treasurer; and Mrs. Oren
Taylor, assistant treasurer.

ASHLAND, OHIO. Chaplain
Harold Morr, member of the Grace
Brethren Church, was guest speaker
at the evening service, Apr. 28. He

also showed the colored film, "Re-
deeming the Time," which he pro-
duced on his recent round-the-world
trip. Miles Taber is pastor.

MARTINSBURG, PA. Miss
Alice Snider, daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Claude Snider, was married
to Charles Koontz, son of Dr. and
Mrs. Herman W. Koontz, of the
Grace Brethren Church, York, Pa.
Apr. 13. Mrs. Koontz was office
secretary of the Brethren Sunday
School Board for three years before
her marriage. Mr. Koontz is a mem-
ber of the Brethren Construction
Crew in Long Beach, Calif, where
the Los Altos Brethren Church is
being erected.

FORT WAYNE, IND. Douglas
Knepper, five-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Knepper of the
Brethren Construction Crew, is in
the Parkview Hospital suffering from
a serious liver condition. Prayer for
the parents and little Dougie would
be much appreciated. Mr. Knepper
is assisting in the erection of Grace
Brethren Church.

FORT WAYNE, IND. Rev. Har-
old Etling, director of the Brethren
National Sunday School Board and
Mark Malles, pastor of the First
Brethren Church, were speakers at
the 2nd Annual Indiana Sunday
School Convention, May 9-11.

DENVER, COLO. George Tri-
andiflou recently joined the Grace
Brethren Church, Thomas Inman,
pastor, and has become licensed to
the Brethren ministry. He is in-
terested in assuming an interim pas-
torate. Brother Triandiflou grad-
uated from Grace Seminary in 1956.
His address is: Box 1773, East
Hampton, N. Y.

MANSFIELD, OHIO. Gene Wit-
zky resigned as pastor of the Wood-
ville Grace Brethren Church, Sun-
day, May 5, and has accepted the
call to the Ireland Road Brethren
Church, South Bend, Ind. His resig-
nation will take effect in three
months or before, if possible.

Dates of District Conferences

Allegheny May 7-9 — Uniontown. Pa.

California May 27-31— Long Beach. Calif,

East July 22-25— Altoona. Pa.

Indiana ...Apr. 29-May 2 — Fort Wayne. Ind

Iowa June 27-29 — Leon. Tnwa

Michigan June 24-27 — Berrien Springs, Mich
Mid-Atlantic May 13-15 — Hagerstown. Md

Midwest Jun" 7-9 — Denver. Colo.

Northern Atlantic May 7-10— York. Prt.

Northern Ohio . Apr. 25-26. Mansfield. Ohio

Northwest Apr. 30-May 3 — Harrah. Wash

Southeast June 24-2fi — Roanoke. Va.

Southern Ohio May S-9 — Dayton, Ohio

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake. Ind.

MANSFIELD, OHIO. During
the month of April the Grace Breth-
ren Church enjoyed the highest
average attendance in their history
with 470 in the morning services,
and 267 in the evening services. Dr.
Bernard Schneider is pastor.

DAYTON. OHIO. The North
Riverdale Brethren Church honored
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Raper with a
beautiful gift on their sixtieth wed-
ding anniversary.

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. Ac-
cording to information received
Brother George Richardson, one of
our Brethren ministers, associated
with BIOLA extension staff, has had
to return to the hospital and it is
said that his condition is quite seri-
ous.

SPECIAL. The Brethren Mis-
sionary Herald recently purchased
an automatic addressograph and put
it into use for the first time on the
May 1 1 issue. If anyone is missing
his copy, please write us and we
will gladly send you one.

WINCHESTER. VA. The Men's
Bible Class of the First Brethren
Sunday School recently gave a gift
of office furniture for the church
study. Paul E. Dick is pastor.

SPECIAL. Rev. Russell Weber,
secretary-treasurer of the Board of
Ministerial Relief will be at 500
State St., Johnstown, Pa., after June
15. All pastors and cooperating
churches please note.

ALLENTOWN, PA. Rev. John
Neely, First Brethren Church, con-
ducted the morning service at the ;
Zion E. C. Church, Apr. 28, in the
absence of the regular pastor.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Loribeth i
arrived at the William Kolb home,
Apr. 21. She is the third daughter
of the home-mission pastor of our
new work in Kokomo, Ind. Loribeth
also has one brother.

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EvangeSisf-ic
Technsque

By Kenneth Ashman, Pastor

First Brethren Church
Wooster, Ohio

A three-weelc evangelistic cam-
paign was scheduled tor the First
Brethren Church, Wooster, Ohio. It
was previously arranged for services
to be conducted on Sunday, Monday.
Wednesday, and Friday nights.
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
nights were designated for calling
and home visitation. This arrange-
ment resulted in the best average
attendance ever experienced in our
long series of successful campaigns
in this church. Our people felt that
this three-week period relieved the
pressure of too hurried a campaign,
gave them opportunity to care for
the normal procedirres of life, and
also spread the financial load over a
longer period, enabling them to give
more generously. In addition the
longer period allowed for more visi-
tation, especially upon whole fami-
lies, since three nights each week
were free for this purpose.

Along with the time and service
schedule, we planned an extensive
calling campaign. Fifteen volun-
teers among the ladies called over
3,500 residential numbers in the
local telephone directory. In each
case a friendly greeting was fol-
lowed by such questions as: "Are
you members of any church?" "Do
you attend church?" "Are you get-
ting full spiritual satisfaction in
your present religious life?" "Would
you be interested in a pastoral call?"
From the reports of these calls, some
400 prospective families were
gleaned. These families were as-
signed to calling teams for home
contact, personal witnessing, and an
invitation to the services. In addi-
tion, these calling teams tried to ar-
range for transportation for those
whom they invited. Our men volun-
teered to serve as co-workers with
the members of the Crusade Team,
Dean Fetterhoff and Truymond

Pictured above left to right are; Pastor Jentes. Russell Richeson, Guy Johnson Ivan
1^!^ A? "l?' , '^^'3J°"'*,Tf^?i^'''; 1''" Moomaw. and Herbert Stair preparing to
Johnson. Glen Neal, Dayton Ulnch. Arthur go calling.

Haddix. Accordingly each afternoon
and each free evening at least three
teams were in the field calling in
homes where no previous contact
had been made. In this way 385 new
homes were contacted dudng the
first and second weeks. During the
third week the more promising
prospects were reassigned for sec-
ond and third visits. The fine co-
operation of the Crusade Team and
our local Brethren spelled success
in the effort.

Did this all work? Indeed yes! On
the first Monday night a team was
assigned a family entirely new to us,
their name having been received
via the Brethren telephone testi-
mony. Calls were made in the
home. The following Sunday the
husband accepted the Lord, and one
week later the wife came to Christ.
Since then they both have been
baptized and received into the local
membership. This is a sample of how
the plan operated successfully.
There were 15 rededications and
6 confessions, but that's only a part
of the story, for families contacted
are attending regularly and will even-
tually be won to the Lord and the
church. This type of seed-sowing
cannot but produce a harvest as the
Lord has promised.

REACTION OF THE EVANGELIST

We have just concluded one of
the most unusual types of evan-
gelistic meetings in which I have
ever participated. After three weeks
of preaching and visiting on alter-
nating nights, I am sure that this is
one of the most effective types of
evangelism today. One of the great
burdens to my heart in nearly every
meeting is the fact that people (espe-
cially husbands) are seldom home in
the afternoon, and consequently it is
almost impossible to see the family
together. Since the husband is
usually the key to the home, this
has always presented a major prob-
lem. In relation to the preaching
services this type of campaign is
very advantageous. The attendance
is consistently larger, and the crowds
are not as tired physically as when
services are conducted each night.
Though much of this ministry is
sowing the seed to people who have
never before heard the gospel, I am
confident that in relation to the
future ministry of the church this
will prove to be one of the most ef-
fective types of evangelistic cam-
paigns for our day. — Dean Fetter-
hoff.

May 18, 7957

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Revive Us

Again

Moderator's Address — Northern Ohio District Fellowship of Brethren Churches — By Neil Beery

The theme chosen for this con-
ference is "Revive Us Again." In
my own heart and mind I do not
know of a more needy and timely
subject. Our text is Psalm 85:6:
"Wilt thou not revive us again: that
thy people may rejoice in thee?"

I am not going to waste our time
today endeavoring to impress upon
you the need for a real heart revival.
I believe you are all convinced of
such a need.

Let me say that we are not think-
ing today of revival in the sense of
a great physical effort, such as a
mass evangelistic or even a local
evangelistic or revival meeting. I be-
lieve that a physical revival, that
is, a revival of action — such as the
revived faithfulness of God's peo-
ple to public services, and visitation,
prayer meeting, testifying, etc. —
will come as a normal result of a
real heart revival such as we want
to talk about today.

The Revival Is From God

In looking at the verse of Scrip-
ture which has been chosen as the
theme for our conference, we notice
that the revival spoken of and re-
quested is not the result of much
planning and working on the part
of the people, but rather it is the
result of the people being revived by
God. The psalmist asks: "Wilt thou
not revive us again?" Brethren, we
need to understand that too often
we get the cart before the horse in
the matter of revival. We plan, we
program, we advertise, we do every-
thing humanly possible and often
try things that have never been tried
before. I am sure you have heard it

said: "Revival is never worked up,
but is always prayed down." There
is a need for our falling in love with
Christ all over again. Every great
revival that history records has its
beginning behind the scenes where
some faithful person or persons have
really taken hold of God in agoniz-
ing prayer and quiet time before
Him. In Psalm 57:15, in the last
phrase of the verse. He speaks of
reviving the heart of the contrite
ones, those who have humbled
themselves in His presence. In Hosea
14:7, in speaking of the restoration
of Israel, he speaks of reviving those
who dwell under His shadow. We
must be under the shadow of close
communion with Him if we are to
have a revival in our hearts.

Please do not misunderstand me.
I am keenly aware of the fact that
there needs to be good program-
ing, good planning, and good adver-
tising, but these are only secondary
and must be done by the leading
which comes from God as a result
of the quiet times with Him when
His leading is prayed for and truly
desired. Planning can never take the
place of praying. Programing will
never do as a substitute for plead-
ing with God for the revival of our
own heart and of the heart of others.
I cannot help but direct your think-
ing to the fourth chapter of Acts and
verses 31 to 35 where we read:
"And when they had prayed, the
place was shaken where they were
assembled together; and they were
all filled with the Holy Ghost, and
they spake the word of God with
boldness. And the multitude of them
that believed were of one heart and

of one soul: neither said any of them
that ought of the things which he
possessed was his own; but they had
all things common. And with great
power gave the apostles witness of
the resurrection of the Lord Jesus:
and great grace was upon them all.
Neither was there any among them
that lacked: for as many as were
possessors of lands or houses sold
them, and brought the prices of the
things that were sold, and laid them
down at the apostles' feet: and dis-
tribution was made unto every man
according as he had need."

You will see the results of this
prayer meeting were the very things
we would desire in a revival. They
were filled with the Holy Ghost;
they possessed great boldness; they
were united in heart; they conse-
crated all they had; they witnessed
with great power; they had care for
one another. What more could we ^
ask from God in the way of revival?
But remember this all had its start
with a prayer meeting.

A Georgia evangelist tells of a
pastor who had gone at night, when
the people were sleeping, and prayed
before every home in his town where
there was an unsaved one. When the i
revival came it swept his town like a
prairie fire.

It is related of John Wesley that
on one occasion he was riding along i
a high road, when he saw a mam
kneeling by the roadside breaking!
stones. "Ah!" said the preacher, "I
wish I could break the hearts of
some who hear me preach as easily
as you are breaking those stones."
The man looked up and replied:
"Did you ever try to break them on
your knees?"

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Prayer is the seed bed of revival
— real revival.

The Revival Is For Us

We pray constantly for God to
revive others in churches where the
true preaching of the gospel has
vanished, but we fail to realize that
it is also possible to grow cold in
our love for Christ, even though we
are constantly near the warmth of
gospel preaching. All too fre-
quently we permit the pleading of
the Holy Spirit to go unheard, be-
lieving that He speaks only in con-
victing power to sinners, or to
Christians who have drifted off into
sinfulness of a noticeable propor-
tion in man's sight. Brethren, the
psalmist asked: "Wilt thou not re-
vive us?" I am convinced that if we
would be more careful to spend time
in our closet of prayer reading His
precious Word, talking with Him,
and permitting Him to speak to us,
we would soon have the kind of re-
vival we need. I suppose many of
you have heard the story of the
scented clay. Spurgeon used it in his
great sermon, "Behold the Man."
The story is that once a Persian
moralist took a piece of scented
clay in his hand and said to it; "Oh
clay, whence hast thou thy per-
fume?" And the clay said: "I was
once a piece of common clay, but
they laid me for a time in company
with a rose and I drank in its
fragrance, and have now become
scented clay." We are but pieces of
common clay, but if we spend a time
with the Rose of Sharon, we will
become scented clay, and others will
take knowledge of us that we have
been with Jesus.

In our constant haste and pressure
of programing and planning, we are
losing that sweet, quiet, close com-
munion with Him and we become as
one who beateth the air. If somehow
God could but quiet us before Him
and really commune with us! If we
could only permit Him to again
soften our hearts and burden us for
His work so that instead of going to
the vineyard with a head full of
knowledge and plans and programs,
we could go with a heart full of love,
first of all for Him and then a real
heart passion for those who are yet
lost. Such a revival would imme-
diately take care of every need in our
9wn life, in our own local church,
and in our denomination. I am re-
minded of two portions of Scripture.
3ne is Psalm 126:5-6, where we
:«ad: "TTiey that sow in tears, shall

reap in joy. He that goeth forth and
weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall
doubtless come again with rejoicing,
bringing his sheaves with him." The
tears spoken of here are not tears of
mock piousness but tears which be-
tray a real burden for lost souls,
which I am sure come only from a
real heart revival and a closeness
with and to God. The other verse of
Scripture which comes to my mind
is taken from Joel the second chap-
ter and the first phrase of the thir-
teenth verse. "And rend your heart
and not your garments." We become
so concerned for the physical pro-
grams and services, which I believe
sometimes in His sight must appear
as a rending of our garments, when
we really should be on our faces
before Him permitting Him to fill
us with the precious Holy Spirit.

May I be so bold as to say at this
point that I beUeve we are des-
perately in need of a real revival
— a proper attitude toward the per-
son and power of the Holy Spirit.
In the last several years we have
become almost afraid of the Holy
Spirit. I believe this is due to the
many false teachings and emotional
attitudes which have been propagat-
ed as the filling of the Holy Spirit,
and to a misusage of the term of
sanctification. Lest we be labled as
fanatics, we have shied away from
the real teaching of the indwelling
and infilling of the Holy Spirit. There
is a real need for a proper under-
standing of His great work in the
heart and life of a believer. Instead
of approaching Him as something
mysterious, we need to reaUze the
value of permitting Him to fill us
day by day, understanding that
through such daily yieldedness and
filling we shall be able to live a life
more pleasing to Christ and carry
out our ministry more effectively.
The Holy Spirit is real. He abides
in us and desires to control and lead
us in the paths of righteousness.

The Result of the Revival

If we will come to the place of
real spiritual heart revival by draw-
ing nigh to God and permitting Him
to draw nigh to us, the normal, sure,
result will be a physical levival or
activity for the Lord which v/iU cer-
tainly cause a great rejoicing among
the Lord's people, as our text sug-
gests. In the passage in Psalm 126,
which we referred to earlier, notice
that the promised result of the tears
and weeping, or the time of close
communion with God which brings
this passion, is reaping in joy and
bringing sheaves with rejoicing.
Brethren, I am sure that we can
have a real revival in our churches
which will bring Christians to a
complete surrender to Christ, which
will transform sinners to saints,
which will make homes a little bit
like heaven, which will supply pas-
tors for our churches, missionaries
for our fields, and laymen with a
real burden for the lost, but it will
only come in the manner in which
we have presented it to you today.
In closing I would like to read to
you a poem written by Samuel Ste-
venson, entitled, "Where Is God's
Power."

A city full of churches

Great preachers, lettered men.

Grand music, choirs and organs:

If these all fail, what then?

Good workers, eager, earnest.

Who labour hour by hour:

But where, oh where, my brother.

Is God's Almighty power?

Refinement: education!

They want the very best.

Their plans and schemes are perfect.

They give themselves no rest:

They get the best of talent.

They try their uttermost.

But what they need, my brother.

Is God the Holy Ghost!

We may spend time and money
And preach from wisdom's lore.
But education only
Will keep God's people poor.
God wants not worldly wisdom.
He seeks no smiles to win:
But what is needed, brother.
Is that we deal with sin!

It is the Holy Spirit,
That quickeneth the soul.
God will not take man-worship.
Nor bow to man's control.
No human innovation.
No skill, or worldly art.
Can give a true repentance.
Or break the sinner's heart.

We may have human wisdom.
Grand singing, great success:
There may be fine equipment.
But these things do not bless.
God wants a pure, clean vessel.
Anointed lips and true,
A man filled with the Spirit.
To speak His message througli.

Great God. revive us truly!
And keep us every day:
That men may all acknowledge.
We live just as we pray.
The Lord's hand is not shortened.
He still delights to bless.
If we depart from evil
And all our sins confess.

^ay 18, 1957

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The Purpose of Satan

Why? Why? The eternal question
of childhood regarding every law
of nature and every act rings in our
mind as we contemplate the devas-
tating work of the "enemy of all
righteousness." Why is he permit-
ted to ensnare men's souls and play
havoc with the church of Jesus
Christ? Why is our adversary, the
Devil, so bent upon bringing to
naught the best plans and efforts of
the Christian? The answer to these
questions is in the understanding
of his purpose.

In Isaiah 14:13-14 we have a
quotation of Satan's own words
which expresses his purpose: "For
thou hast said in thine heart, I will
ascend into heaven, I will exalt my
throne above the stars of God: 1 will
sit also upon the mount of the con-
gregation, in the sides of the north:
I will ascend above the heights of
the clouds: I will be like the most
High." This appears a great pur-
pose attainable only by some mag-
nanimous "coup d'etat." This is
Satan's ultimate goal, but he, as we
or anyone else, approaches that goal
by a series of smaller campaigns. In
any realm of activity, a great job or
achievement is a compilation of
smaller tasks, each successfully exe-
cuted. These smaller tasks of Satan's
are the battles we fight in our lives.
Not battles against us but against
the Lord and against His Christ. Let
us remember that this is God's bat-
tle and "put on the armour," "trust
in the Lord," and "yield to the
Spirit" — our God will fight for us.

CAMPAIGN DECEPTION

We have said that the ultimate
purpose of Satan is broken down
into subordinate campaigns for
reaching that goal. In John 8:44b
Jesus has told us of Satan: ". . .
there is no truth in him. When he
speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his
ovra: for he is a liar, and the father
of it." Lies are always for a purpose.
That purpose is to deceive for a
reason. We may lie to cover a deed,
or another lie, so that no one will
know of our error. We may lie so
that someone will think above what
he ought to think of us. In any case,
the lie is to keep men from knowing
the truth. By his beautiful lies Satan
plans to keep men from knowing the
truth which makes men free. Peo-

By Robert Wm. Morkley

(Third of Series)

pie have believed his lies by the mil-
lions and at the same time have con-
tended their truthfulness. Strange
power that can make black look
white, wrong look right, and sin ap-
pear as righteousness! In Revela-
tion 20:3 where Satan is cast into
the bottomless pit, the reason given
for this act is "that he should de-
ceive the nations no more. . . ." It is
by Satan's deception that there are
so many different kinds of religion
in the world. These false religions
and false teachers appeal to the
minds of men as menthol salve ap-
peals to a seared finger and are
truly an opiate to the people. Those
ways seem right to men, but the ends
thereof are the ways of death. Every
man kept from believing the truth
about Jesus Christ through Satan's
lies is another foot-soldier in Satan's
army to fight against God. Satan's
philosophy is "strength in numbers
alone." He causes blindness to the
fact that one man with God is as
powerful as ten million and more
without Him. This enemy of all
righteousness will do all he can to
keep a man from believing on the
Lord Jesus Christ.

CAMPAIGN SCANDLE

"Now is come salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom of our
God, and the power of his Christ: for
the accuser of our brethren is cast
down, which accused them before
our God day and night" (Rev. 12:
10). This jubilant song of triumph is
the grand overture of a new day. The
song makes mention of Satan's ac-
cusation, and it is of this accusation
that we wish to write. Day and night
before God accusation is made re-
garding those of the earth who claim
to be Christians. The deplorably sad
part of the this accusation is its
truth. We are all that Satan could
possibly say we are, for he has
brought us to this depraved condi-
tion. It is true that we do not de-
serve any of God's grace. It is true
that we are wayward and unfaith-
ful, but thanks be to God, it is not
by works of righteousness which we

have done, but according to His
mercy He saved us. All his accusa-
tion could not alter our relationship
with God.

No real damage is done in this
accusation since God knows all the
truth about us, and since the morale
of the Almighty can in no way be
weakened, for with Him is "no
variableness, neither shadow of
turning." The malicious damage is
inflicted as Satan goes about the
earth scandalizing the name of Jesus
Christ among Christians and un-
believers alike. If Satan cannot keep
a man from believing on Christ, he
tries to keep him from being victo-
rious by coldness of heart, which
robs Christ of his love, and by
blindness of mind, which robs
Christ of his loyalty. Satan's strategy
is systematic and mechanical; there-
fore it behooves us as believers in
Christ to know insofar as possible
his devices and his objectives. We
have established his objectives: to
overthrow God and murderously
usurp His power, position, and au-
thority. The coldness of heart and
blindness of mind device mentioned
above is designed for weakening the
Christian's belief in God's Word.
Satan sneaks into your consciousness
with fiery darts of doubts as to
Christ's power, truth, willingness to
answer prayer, and even His very
existence.

Satan's most powerful blows to
Christ are directed either at His
church or at His saints. He knows
that we are mere mortals of flesh
and blood incapable of infinite
knowledge. His strategy then con-
sists of a series of attempts to
weaken the Christian so that he
cannot live a victorious life. Brother,
do you believe the Word? Then don't
believe this scandal of Satan's re-
garding Christ, for the two are dia-
metric. "Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you" (Jas. 4:7).

CAMPAIGN MURDER

"He was a murderer from the
beginning" (John 8:44). Praise God
that there are those who would
rather endure days and nights of suf-
fering than to make the slightest
compromise with Satan or be dis-
loyal to Christ. If Satan cannot keep

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By Frank Tewalt
Hagerstown, Md.

In these days of speed and atomic
know-how there seems to be a trend
toward "seeing is believing," or,
"Show me, I'm from Missouri."
Mary and Martha, two sisters whom
the Lord loved, had an occasion to
call upon Him for help during a
crisis in their lives; namely, the ill-
ness, death and burial of their
brother, Lazarus.

In this passage before us we have
several stones that it would be well
for us to remove in this day and
age.

Stone Number One

The Stone of Darkness of Heart
— Jesus said if we walk in the light,
meaning in the knowledge of the
gospel of Christ, we will not stumble.
In verse 10 of this chapter Christ
tells His disciples this very truth.
Where there is darkness there is
fear, not only physical but spiritual,
for when a man leaves this world
outside of Christ, he enters a world
of outer darkness, alienated from
the grace of God forever.

Stone Number Two

The Stone of Doubt — Many peo-
ple in this day and age believe there
is a God but many deny His power.
The disciples, on this occasion,
thought that Lazarus was asleep
until the Lord awakened their
thoughts to the fact that Lazarus was
dead. Yes, dead and buried. In the
latter part of verse 32 Martha tells
the Lord if He had been there her
brother had not died, showing her
lack of faith in the power of the
Lord. The Lord tarried, knowing
what He would do when the time
arrived for Him to act.

Those who have never experi-
enced the joy of salvation doubt
many joyous things it con-
tains— new birth, sanctification, and
the blessed hope of Christ's bodily
return for His own. John 14:1-3
tells us of this wonderful truth. As
some doubted then, so many do to-
day. How can we receive a body
when we have gone to dust? If God

made Adam from the dust of the
earth, has his power lessened
through the ages? With God nothing
is impossible.

Stone Number Three

The Stone of Anxiety — Mary
said: "Lord, if thou hadst been here
. . .," giving the Lord a mild rebuke
for His being late and not coming
before her brother died. Jesus said
in John 14: "Let not your heart be
troubled." In another place, "Be
anxious for nothing." When you are
in doubt and things go wrong, take
it to the Lord and He will work it
out. In I Peter 5:7 we read: "Casting
all your care upon him; for he careth
for you." No problem, question, or

THE PURPOSE OF SATAN

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a man from being saved, he seeks
to prevent him from being victorious.
If the latter is impossible for him,
Satan seeks to silence forever the
testimony. He goes about as a roar-
ing lion seeking whom he may de-
vour. The unreasonable accidents,
the illogical occurrences when you
were spared just in the "nick-of-
time," all are evidences of his mur-
derous nature and plan, thwarted
by the intervention of the Almighty
hand. If only our eyes could behold
the dangers, pitfalls, and snares our
wonderful Lord keeps us from, then
would our understanding be more
enlightened.

Our times are in God's hands and
no one can pluck us out of the
Father's hand. "More secure is no
one ever, than the loved ones of the
Saviour." Greater is he that is in us
than he that is in the world. Satan's
purposes shall be utterly thwarted,
and the eternal purposes of God
shall stand sure as they have since
the beginning of time. Truly we have
a great God. END.

sorrow is too great for the Lord.
Worry and anxiety give evidence of
a lack of faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ.

Stone Number Four

The Stone of Unbelief — In verses
21-24 we find the sisters and the
Lord before the tomb. Mary knew
her brother would be raised from
the dead but doubted that he would
rise at this time. Many unsaved peo-
ple today do not believe in a life
after death. "Show me who has
come back to tell about it" is a typi-
cal statement of unbelief. Paul had
this experience and could not de-
scribe its greatness to mortal ears.
When in prison Paul told the jailer:
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou shalt be saved, and thy
house." We plead with you today,
unsaved reader, to do the same.
Jesus wept when He saw the unbelief
of people around Him.

Stone Number Five

The Stone of Sin — Romans 3:23
states that all have sinned. This in-
cludes all past, present and future
generations. Where there is sin there
must be judgment. Thousands go
daily to a Christless grave due to the
sin of rejection. In verse 44 Christ
calls forth Lazarus and instructs the
people to loose him and let him go.
His coming forth was at the com-
mand of the Giver of Life. As he
came forth from the darkness of the
grave he entered into the world of
the glorious light of Christ, for he
saw Him there when the napkin was
removed from his eyes. Christ said:
"I am the light of the world: he that
followeth me shall not walk in dark-
ness, but shall have the light of life"
(John 8:12). He became sin, who
knew no sin, that we through faith
might have eternal life. If the Son
shall set you free, you shall be free
indeed. As these stones, dear reader,
are removed, and the Holy Spirit
indwells and controls us, then and
only then can we be used of God as
a vessel of honor.

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KITCHEN KATHEDRAL

By Dorothy C. Hoskin

THE KNOT OF PRAYER

"Pastor, I cannot pray for my
husband any longer. I must give hmi
up. I have tried so many times but
he always breaks his promise. He is
drunk again," a wife decided regret-
fully.

"Don't stop praying for your hus-
band," the pastor urged. "Keep on
praying. Do your best and have faith
in God."

"Very well," she agreed reluc-
tantly. "I'll do my best, but my
heart is heavy and my faith is weak."

She kept on praying, and within
two weeks her husband was con-
verted. He stopped drinking and
joined the church. Suppose she had
stopped praying!

Mighty things have been done by
prayer. Elijah prayed and God with-
held the rain. Elijah prayed again
and rain fell. Daniel prayed and the
lions' mouths were closed. Believers
prayed and Peter's prison doors were
opened.

People have done mighty things
by prayer and so can you. Dr. Alexis
Carrel was a doctor and a noted
man of science. He won the Nobel
Prize and the Nordhoff-Jung medal.
He said that the more he knew about
medicine the more he realized that
prayer could cure when medicine

could not. He declared: "Prayer is
the most powerful form of energy
that one can generate."

Too many of us, though we nod
in agreement when someone says
that prayer is powerful, don't make
the effort to spend time in prayer.
When Adolph Saphir, the well-
known Hebrew teacher, was near-
ing the end of his days on earth,
he said, "If I were to live my life
over again I would spend less time in
service and more time in prayer."

If you pray in private, it will be
easy to pray in public. During World
War II a British soldier was caught
creeping stealthily from a nearby
woods to his quarters. He was im-
mediately taken before his com-
manding officer and charged with
communicating with the enemy. His
only defense was that he had been
praying.

"The officer demanded: "Are you
in the habit of praying?"

"Yes, sir," the soldier replied.

"Then get down on your knees
and pray."

Expecting to be quickly executed,
the soldier knelt and poured out his
soul in prayer. When he finished, the
officer said: "You may go. I be-
lieve your story. If you hadn't drilled
often, you couldn't have done so well
in review."

Live your prayer life daily before
your children. Teach them the se-
curity of speaking with their Heav-
enly Father in prayer.

If ever you feel you have reached
the end of your rope, tie it with a
knot of prayer.

(Copr. ERA. 1957)

What Will You Do?

What would you do with this
appeal from Dr. L. L. Grubb of the
Brethren Home Missions Council:
"Pastors all over the nation are cry-
ing for young people to help them
with the VBS and are missing many
opportunities to reach communi-
ties"?

What would you do if you re-
ceived this letter from Rev. Sewell
Landrum, director of the Kentucky
mission: "We had hoped to have two
weeks of daily vacation Bible school
for juniors and two for seniors. But

with only one worker we will have
just one week for each"?

This is all that we can do now:
four workers are going to Taos, N.
M. with Brother Sam Homey, and
just one is able to go to the Kentucky
mission.

Several of the young people going
to Taos are providing their own
transportation in order to help with
the expense. Brother and Sister
Sewell Landrum are personally car-
ing for the room and board of their
worker. Many Grace College stu-

dents have volunteered to try and
get their own support to go to Ken-
tucky. We are praying that they will
be able to go.

Brethren, pray for us! Lift up your
eyes and look unto the fields. They
are now ripe unto harvest, but the
night is coming when no man can
work.

Will you pray for Youth Sunday,

May 19, 1957? The Brethren Youth
Council, who is responsible for this
endeavor, also needs your prayers.

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The BRETHREN

HOME MISSION NUMBER

MAY 25, 1957

Cedar Rapids Church Joins Self-Supporting Group

The Grace Brethren Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, joined the self-supporting churches
of the National Fellowship of Brethren Churches on January 1, 1957

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Reformation in Reverse

If Martin Luther were alive today, he would be
greatly disturbed by the actions of some of those in the
church which bears his name.

In Stuttgart, Germany, recently, a Westphalian Luth-
eran minister. Rev. Max Lackmann, published a book in
which he accepted without reservation the doctrine
of priestly absolution as practiced by the Roman Cath-
ohc Church. He also says that the Holy Scriptures,
when properly interpreted, must lead to the acceptance
of the apostolic succession theory of the Roman Cath-
oHc Church. This means that present Roman Catholic
officials are in direct succession from Peter.

Others in German protestantism are taking the same
position and establishing a trend which may split the
forces of German protestantism and even project its ef-
fect into other nations.

When Martin Luther stood and faced his ecclesiasti-
cal superiors with the doctrine of justification by faith.
he certainly had no intention that later the leaders of
the church should renounce his position and return to
the Roman Catholic fold.

In a sinister and effective manner the leaven of
apostasy is spreading through the ranks of the profess-
ing church and preparing religion for the monstrous
system of infidelity which will appear fully during the
reign of Antichrist.

Competing With the Restaurants

Wisconsin has put some teeth in its rulings regarding
churches which sell meals for monetary gain. The
Board of Health has issued a ruling that churches which
serve meals to the pubHc must have restaurant licenses.

This was the result of an appeal by the Wisconsin
Restaurant Association which claimed that churches and
other private clubs were giving the restaurants unfair
competition.

What a sad commentary on a group of people to
whom Jesus said: "Ye shall be witnesses unto me." Now
they are in the restaurant business, spending probably
as much or more time preparing meals and selling them
to raise money for the church building fund, etc., than in
giving a faithful witness for Christ. When a state
restaurant association begins to feel the pinch be-
cause of church competition, it seems that the situation
has attained serious proportions. No wonder the church
is powerless!

Physical food has its place in the church. The early
Christians enjoyed love feasts for fellowship. Class
dinners, socials, etc., are fine and often even very
helpful in establishing and developing a personal testi-
mony. But the early church did not sell sauerkraut

dinners to care for the cost of special projects. They
gave liberally of their means to support their preachers
and other churches, as well as their own.

Buying Power Goes Down Again

In the March 29 issue of U. S. News and World Re-
port we noticed that the buying power of the Ameri-
can dollar took another nosedive.

As measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, con-
sumer prices now stand at 118.7 percent of the 1947-
49 level. That is an increase of 3.6 percent during the
last year.

For 135,000 workers whose contracts contain "esca-
lator clauses" according to the BLS price index this
increase in cost of living will mean one to two cents per
hour increase.

A great multitude of workers in the USA are pro-
tected by their union contracts; although even this be-
comes a vicious cycle. Prices go up, wages go up, prices
go up, wages go up, etc. Who gets pinched? The man
without the "escalator" in his salary scale.

This is the reason so many preachers and other full-
time Christian workers are finding it increasingly diffi-
cult to get along. Members of churches forget that the
preacher must pay the same price for merchandise. (The
day of ministerial discounts is practically gone). Yet
his salary does not increase proportionately to afford him
any peace of mind in paying his bills even though he
lives very frugally. These become very hard, bitter facts
when doctor bills must be paid, the baby needs a new
pair of shoes, or some dental work needs to be done.

Laws Usually Do Not Favor Churches

Frequently in the location of churches and in the
controlling of the church environment it becomes ap-
parent that the laws of our nation are not slanted to
favor the church.

Recently a pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma found this to
be tragically true. He appeared in county court to pro-
test the issuance of a beer license to a tavern across the
street from the church. The judge told him: " It looks
like you'll have to open a dance hall." The judge was
sympathetic but simply stating the law. Oklahoma law
restricts the operation of beer taverns close to dance
halls, but has no compunctions about taverns operating
near schools or churches.

There certainly should be some civil protection in
the immediate environment of that institution, the
church, which should help to make any community a
better place in which to live. This is not asking the
world for assistance but simply taking fair advantage of
the legal systems which the Bible indicates we are to
carefully respect.

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 21

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM, Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16. 1943 at the post office at Winona Lalce. Ind.. under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly bj
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co.. Winona Lake, Ind. SuDscriptlon price, $3.00 a year; 100-percent churches. $2.50; foreign, J4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees, president; Herman A. Hoyt, vice president; William Schaffer, secretary; True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Geh-
man. trer^surer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee; Gene Farrell, S. W, Link. Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller,
Thomas Hammers; Arnold R. Krlegbaum, ex officio.

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Another Success Story

By Richard E. Grant, pastor

The Establishment of the Cedar
Rapids Church

The Grace Brethren Church,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has now joined
the ranks of the estabUshed Breth-
ren churches. The Cedar Rapids
church is now a completely self-
supporting institution. Its financial
program is now entirely independent
of the Brethren Home Missions
Council. We thank God that we
are now independent; but we also
thank God that we were able to
depend upon the faithful financial,
spiritual, and inspirational aid from
the Council during those crucial first
seven years of our church history.
The Council has been an immeas-
urable blessing to our church and to
my own personal ministry. We have
much for which to rejoice in the
Lord.

We praise our living Lord for this
glorious victory in establishing this
beautiful monument to His grace.
This triumph is of God who effec-
tually stirred our beloved Brethren
people to pray persistently and to
give liberally to the support of mis-
sions. The Brethren Home Missions
Council — the church-building in-
stitution of our denomination — has
depended upon your sympathetic,
generous praying and giving to as-
sist in the establishment of this at-
tractive new church in the heart of
the fastest growing city in the State
of Iowa.

The need for an aggressive gospel-
preaching church in the city of Cedar
Rapids is appalling. There is a defi-
nite dearth of fundamental churches.
There are thousands of church
members in this city, but few have
ever heard -the simple message of
salvation. The city is filled with
unsaved church members. The Grace
Brethren Church has by faithful
prayer and hard work brought a
strong spiritual impact to the com-
munity.

The Early History of the Cedar
Rapids Church

In the year 1948, Rev. Harold S.

Parks, Rev. M. Leon Meyers, Mr.
Cleve G. Miller, and Rev. Arnold R.
Kriegbaum, under the Iowa District
Missions Board, made preliminary
contacts for the establishing of a new
work in Cedar Rapids. After suc-
cessfully locating a few Brethren
families in the area. Rev. Arnold
Kriegbaum, now editor of our
Brethren Missionary Herald, as-
sumed the pastorate of this new work
on May 1, 1949, and immediately
made plans for the erection of the
present church building which was
dedicated November 20, 1949. A
thriving home-mission church was
developed as a result of four years
of energetic and capable pastoring
by Brother Kriegbaum. The present
pastor. Rev. Richard Grant, arrived
on the field September 6, 1953, and
praises God for continual blessings
upon the work during these nearly
four years of ministry in this fine
church.

Following is a comparative re-
port of missionary giving and mem-
bership growth during the seven
years' existence of the church. We
believe this graphic report will en-
able you to see the Lord's evident
blessing upon the church from its
very inception to the present hour.

Grace

Foreign

Home

Year

Member

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Miss.

1950

$40.00

$102.08

.S128.00

1051

167.40

238.45

'287.00

1952

139.60

444.47

401.00

1953

197.00

545.70

659.00

1954

238.00

600.00

9o5.0D

1955

577.00

970.68

1,047.00

1956

1,434.00

1,129.00

1,250. 6D

In the above figures lies the se-
cret of successful self-support. It is
a self-evident truth that the Lord
blesses the missionary-minded
church. Another fact that can bs
derived from the above figures is that
it pays to invest your money in
home-mission churches because
home-mission churches are loyal
supporters of brethren interests.

The Encouragement of the Cedar
Rapids Church

Dollars invested in the work of
home missions pay dividends in the

souls of men and women being won
for Christ. Our Sunday school has
averaged ever 100 per Sunday dur-
ing the past two months. Our Sunday
school, our church, and the city
around us are growing. New homes
are springing up continually in our
neighborhood. We have many fine
prospects and surely the Lord is
going to continue to use the Breth-
ren church here to honor His name.

We trust that this report of the
establishment of another Brethren
church, along with pictures and the
testimonies of those who have been
richly blessed by its ministry, will
encourage many to give sacnfically
to home missions this year in order
that this history may repeat itself
many times before our Lord returns.

The church in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, stands as a living trophy to
the work of home missions. It is
truly a work of grace. We wish to
say "Thank You" to the Brethren
Home Missions Council, the Iowa
District Conference of Brethren
Churches, and to Brethren people
throughout our denomination, and
especially do we praise our wonder-
ful Lord!

Richard Grant, pastor, and Mr. Lee Dice,
Sunday-school superintendent, pointing to
a new Sunday-school record.

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Congraf-ulations,
Cedar Rapids

The board of directors for The
Brethren Home Missions Council
congratulates another home-mission
church for reaching the goal — a
self-supporting church. Our appre-
ciation goes to the Iowa district for
its vision in looking to Cedar Rapids
for a project, then to the first pas-
tor, Arnold Kriegbaum, and the
faithful few who pioneered the work,
and now to the present pastor, Rich-
ard Grant, in leading the people,
with the Lord's blessing, to their
place among our self-supporting
churches.

May we suggest you read "An-
other Success Story" if you have not
already done so. Then look at some
of the fruits resulting for full-time
service, the testimonies of others,
and a record Bible school with a
staff of consecrated teachers. God is
blessing in Brethren home missions.

We pay special tribute to two
charter members, Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Long. Mr. Long is a deacon,
adult Bible class teacher, and has six
years perfect attendance in the Bible
school. Mrs. Long is a deaconess and
has read the Bible through 14 times
in the last 10 years. They will cele-
brate their SOth wedding anniver-
sary in 1958, the Lord willing.

We beseech the Brethren from
coast to coast to continue stedfast
in prayer for this church and all the
other home-mission churches that
more "Success Stories" may be writ-
ten and that more home-mission
churches may join the self-support-
ing group for the glory of Christ.

Rolland Hein

Mr. Rolland Hsin, member of
the Cedar Rapids church, will grad-
uate from Grace Theological Semi-
nary in May 1957.

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Miss Joan Phillips, another mem-
ber of the Cedar Rapids church, is
a student at Iowa University.

Robert Clinton

Arnold Kriegbaum

Mr. Robert Clinton, a member of
the Cedar Rapids church, is a stu-
dent in Grace Theological Seminary.

Rev. Arnold Kriegbaum, editor of
the Brethren Missionary Herald,
pioneered the Cedar Rapids church
and was the first pastor.

Cedar Rapids Sunday-school staff

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We Are Thankful . . .

By Mrs.
Alvah Gorsh

"Study to shsw thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing
the word of truth."

I thank God for this verse out of
the Word of God. So fev/ ministers
today know how to divide the word
of truth rightly. It was seeking after
this truth that led me into the Breth-
ren church.

I was attending a holiness churc'i
and was not getting spiritual food
to grow on.

I first started attending the Grace
Brethren Church for the evening
services and just marveled at the
Word as it was presented by Pastor
Grant. Praise the Lord for a few
churches where the whole Word of
God is still preached. After some-
time I began to study church doc-
trines. It was quite awhile before I
could accept them as founded upon
the Word of God. But after study
and seeking the will of the Lord and
His leading, God revealed His Word
to me. How precious these truths
have become to me.

Our Brethren church is a plac^
where I am proud to invite my
friends in to hear the Word of God
and I know Christ will be exalted.

William Faas

Since we are hving in days of apos-
tasy and unbelief, it is wonderful to
know that we can go to a church
where they believe in the Bible, the
whole Bible and nothing but the
Bible. I am also thankful for the
two men that the Lord has led here
to be our pastors. Rev. Arnold
Kriegbaum and our present pastor
Richard Grant have not been afraid
to preach the truth and contend for
the faith once for all delivered unto
the saints.

My prayer is that God will con-
tinue to raise up men that are dedi-
cated to Him; that funds will come
in for home missions so that many
more home-mission churches will
be established for the glory of the
One who loved us and gave him-
self for us; and that we will see many
souls won for him.

By Mrs.
Lee H. Dice

I am very thankful for the Grace
Brethren Church of Cedar Rapids.

I thank God for His great love,
for salvation through my Lord Jesus
Christ, for His Word, for the Holy
Spirit, and for the privilege of
prayer. I also thank Him for the
Grace Brethren Churc.i of Cedar
Rapids and all it means to me.

JMy husband and I first attended
the Grace Brethren Church in the
fall of 1954, not. by invitation or
testimony, but in direct guidance in
answer to prayer for a church where
we could worship and work together,
.^.fter having visited many modern-
istic churches, it was thriUing to find
a church where the Word was
preached so simply and purely and
no excuses made for the stand taken.
We have found grand fellowship and
real joy and peace in serving our
Lord here.

It is my cont'nued prayer that
I may know Him better each day,
that I may be yielded and faithful in

all things, and that we here at Grace
Brethren may have the blessed joy
of seeing many souls won for eter-
nity through our united efforts for
Him.

By Don Ciha

At work during the lunch hour
we quite often get into some very
lively discussions about religion. Our
latest happened to be about the
different beliefs of different denomi-
nations.

As the afternoon wore on, I be-
gan to think deeper on the subject
and just how it was that I became
a Brethren.

Coming to a big city from a
nondenominational church in a
small town, we tried to find a church
that teaches salvation through
Christ. We soon found that this
was not an easy thing to do. We
found that Satan can get a foot-
hold at this time, for we settled in
a church that did not give us any
spiritual growth.

But praise the Lord He has the
upper hand. I like the verse in
Isaiah that says: "This is the way,
walk ye in it." That's the way I like
to describe the way God led us to the
Grace Brethren Church, for we
learned again that we must put our
faith in Him and then He will lead
us in all things. Truly God has
blessed us in the short time we have
been in this church. We have shared
real joy such as we have never had
before — in the friendliness of God's
people, the will to work together,
and communion. What a real joy,
one I will always remember, to take
part for the first time in threefold
communion.

I am happy that through Christ
I am saved and that He led me to
the Grace Brethren Church.

May 25, 1957

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A "VBS" Network Broadcast

By Mrs. C. R. McGuyer
VBS Director, Norwalk, Calif.

Editor's Note: The following article is
presented as a challenge lo vacation Bible
school directors and teachers. This is the
season when many such schools will be
in progress. Your plans may be complete
for this year, but there is still time to pray.
Remember especially the VBS work in the
Taos, N. Mex., area that will bs contin-
uing throughout the summer. May God
bless in your school wiUi results in pro-
portion to the Norwalk Brethren VBS last
year.

"One minute — 30 seconds to go —
stand by — " and the finger pointed
to approximately 250 children in
the Norwalk Brethren Church. Sta-
tion T-I-M-E was on the air. The
broadcast, lasting approximately 45
minutes, was heard by no one out-
side the room and was seen only by
those within the room. Weeks, yes
months, of preparation had been
made for this brief "airing" of the
vacation Bible school program.

Sponsored by the Bible school, the
VBS of the church is a yearly high-
light, eagerly looked forward to by
the children and prayerfully pre-
pared for by the workers. Last year
was a thrilling time of blessing for
both. Early in the year when the
committee was formed, it decided to
do something different. The ma-
terials prepared by the larger Bible
houses are always good, but with-
out exception several churches with-
in any one area will have the same
VBS program. Since this is a bit
discouraging in trying to reach the
unchurched, we decided that our
school must be different. Thus the
idea for a broadcast.

Radio Station KGER, the local
John Brown station, was very co-
operative. They granted us an in-
terview with their station manager,
and through him we became ac-
quainted with broadcasting terms,
signals, etc. Our young people were
put to work building an engineering
room, and the publicity committee
put up banners, posters, and pre-
pared mimeograph memos from our
own station manager. The Norwalk
Yell-Advertiser (a one-sheet take-
off on our local throw away adver-
tising paper) came out with a big
classified section, under Help
wanted, male and female desperate:
"New Broadcast Station desperately
needs complete staff for new type of
interesting work in this area. Will
pay top satisfaction for even slight-

est endeavors, etc." Another ad said:
"Time Bureau needs Clock Watch-
ers" (our appeal for around the
clock prayer-warriors). The prayer
committee soon lined up prayer-
warriors for such vigil from those
who answered this ad. Twenty-four
hours of prayer daily for weeks be-
fore was offered unto Him who ever
hears. Can you doubt that there
was tremendous blessing? These
were but a few of the preparations
made.

The material chosen lent itself ad-
mirably to our set-up. "Our Living
Bible" spoke to us as God's message
was sent out each day. We were di-
vided into two departments. Kinder-
garten and first graders met in one
group, and the other children
through the sixth grade met in our
auditorium. Our registration reached
close to the 400 mark, and our
buildings were packed to capacity
each day. One could not doubt the
working of our wonderful Lord when
day after day these children crowded
into the rooms and sat quietly, ex-
pectantly as the director broadcast
the same old message, ever new of
God's redeeming love. The song
service, memory work, lesson story
and mission study were held to-
gether; however, the attention of
the children never wavered. One
would have to see it to believe that
so many children could be so good
for so long. Truly our Lord is good!

Our mission project was for our
Navajo work. We thought how won-
derful it would be if we could pay
for the support of one child in our
Navajo school, which we learned
was $90. Our joy was unbounded
when over twice that amount came
in — and all in pennies. Did you ever
see $190 in pennies? We used the
scales' method with the boys daily
trying to out balance the girls and
vice versa. One day the girls would
win, the next day the boys, until
on closing day we decided it was a
tie. How happy the groups were
when they knew that one boy and
one girl could now go to our Navajo
school because of their pennies.

Because our closing program was
on Sunday evening, there were chil-
dren from other churches who
could not be there, but a more suc-

cessful program could never have
been produced (oh, as successful,
yes, but not more so). Each radio
program cast eagerly awaits the
opinion of critics, and had ours been
a regular station staff their hearts
would have been more than thrilled
by the praise of parents and visitors.
Oh, how much we look forward to
the day when we as workers can lay
at our Saviour's feet between 35 and
40 young hves who received Christ
during the two weeks!

Our station T-I-M-E signed off.
Thirty seconds to go. Somehow our
hearts had been touched by these
words as though the Spirit said,
"Redeem the time," and every per-
son worked to do just that. From the
well-organized parade all the way
through everyone was anxious that
the moments be used for Him. Our
direct broadcast to and from Nava-
joland (via tape recording), our mes-
sages from God's Word, our songs,
everything was directed toward the
souls who had but 30 seconds to
go. Our youth meetings held in con-
junction with the VBS were beamed
toward hungry hearts also, but
since they too were so wonderful,
it would take several pages to let
you know about them.

VBS is fun, but there must be
much prayer, much work, and dare
I say it, much you in it. The crutches
which many hard-working folk have
provided in the way of workbooks
and quarterlies are wonderful, but
how much better to plan something
which is just for your individual
group. This year — well, this year —
they tell us is going to be a tremen-
dous tourist year, so how would you
like to come along with us for a
trip to the Holy Land. Passport pic-
tures will be needed, so get packed,
pictures ready, and let's go!

1956 Taos, New Mexico. Parade Picture

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Ground Breaking at San Diego

By Archer Baum, pastor

It was a typical sunny day when
friends and m£mbers of the Grace
Brethren Church of San Diego
gathered at our new building site
to breal: ground for our new church.

The service began at 3:30 with
the congregation of approximately
105 people singing the doxology led
by Wesley Becker, vice moderator
of the church. After the invocation
by the pastor the congregation sang
"Praise Him." I am certain the
words were sung with real sincerity,
for we were seeing the fulfillment of
many months of prayer and plan-
ning. The people were able to see
the" S30,000 worth of street im-
provements which had to be com-
pleted before construction of the
church could begin. Certainly our
hearts were full of praise to the Lord.

Rev. Grant McDonald, Brethren
pastor of the Grace Community
Church of Ramona, Calif., read I
Corinthians 3:8-23 and later in the
program brought greetings from his
congregation, a number of whom
were present at the service.

Special music was furnished by
Wesley Becker who played a solo on
his saxophone and Robert Brady,
a member of our Sunday school, who
played an accordion solo. Mrs. Law-
rence Wells accompanied the sing-
ing and special music on a portable
organ owned bv the church. Cliao-

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Miss Armida Inigo (foreground), former owner of the property where the church is to
be located, gave the largest single gift to the building fund.

lain Lee Jenkins offered a prayer of
dedication prior to the messag;.

Rev. Harry Sturz, pastor of the
Bellflower Brethren Church, brougnt
a message full of spiritual counsel
especially fitting for the bsginning
of a new church building. After the
message Mr. Florian Hesse, super-
intendent of building construction,
gave his testimony. The congrega-
tion rejoices to have this good Chris-
tian man in charge of construction.
The pastor then read a telegram of
congratulations from the Grace
Brethren Church of San Bernardino.

The pastor first broke ground fol-
lowed by Miss Armida Inigo. Miss
Inigo is a Mexican lady who wanted
her property to be sold to a church,
and after payment was made to her
she gave a gift of $2,400 to the
church. This is the largest single
gift that has been given to the build-

San Diego congregation

ing fund. Others to break ground
were Chaplain Jenkins, our Sunday-
school superintendent, and members
of the building committee: Mr.
Gerald Ahern, Mr. Wesley Becker
and Mrs. Lewis Lee.

The service closed with the sing-
ing of "How Firm a Foundation"
and the benediction by the pastor.

Since the sale of the old property
in November 1955, the congrega-
tion has met in a new National
Guard Armory near the property.
With limited facilities the Lord has
given us an increase in our Sunday
school. The Sunday school averaged
65 in November 1955, and in April
1957 the average was 115.

The stucco building of contem-
pory design by Architect Richard
George Wheeler will house an audi-
torium seating 150 people, a parlor
which will open to serve as an over-
flow room for the auditorium, a large
kitchen, a large office, a small office,
pastor's study and two large class-
rooms which can be divided into
smaller classrooms. The building has
been designed with a Christian day
school in mind should the Lord so
direct.

Construction was started the next
day. Trenches for the footings are
now being dug. Please pray with us
for the completion of the building,
that additional funds will be pro-
vided, and that the congregation
will grow in numbers and spiritual
strength to the glory of the Lord.

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San Diego

Left to right: Archer Baum, pastor,
Gerald Ahern, Lewis Lee, building
committee, Miss Armida Inigo, for-
mer property owner. Florin Hesse,
contractor, and Wesley Becker,
building committee.

Left to right: Grant McDonald, Ra-
mona, Calif., Archer Baum, local
pastor, Harry Sturz, Bellflower,
Calif., and Chaplain Lee Jenkins.

Dedication Day in Grafton

By Lee Crist, pastor
First Brethren Church, Grafton, W. Va.

Mr. Florin Hesse, the Christian con-
tractor, who started the new church
building the following day.

As far as those of us in Grafton
are concerned, two days in recent
months stand out most impressively.
They are September 9, 1956, when
the cornerstone of our new church
building was laid, and April 14,
1,957, the day of the dedication of
our new building. For years the old
church structure, which dates back
to the early 1880's, housed the be-
lievers known as the Free V/ill Bap-
tists. In 1920 the building was se-
cured by the Brethren here in town.
It has been a place where many
have received great blessings, scores
have accepted Christ as their per-
sonal Saviour, and many have grown
in the grace and knowledge of our
Lord Jesus Christ.

For some years there has been
a great need of a new, modern
church building in this city. Of
course, there were many problems
which had to be settled as there al-
ways are in a building program. But
in this the Lord wonderfully blessed
and guided. We were especially
blessed with an energetic, capable,
building committee composed of
Brethren Carlton Harsh, Hugh
Livengood, and Jim Luden. Then,
too, we could never have gotten the
building under way had not The
Brethren Home Missions Council
used their good name in helping us
to borrow most of the money at the
local bank. So we are truly grateful
to Dr. L. L. Grubb, Rev. Lester
Pifer and The Brethren Home Mis-
sions Council for their encourage-
ment and advice. We had planned
for some time to secure, if possible.
Dr. Grubb as speaker for the dedi-
catory services and to hold a pre-
Easter Bible Conference immedi-
ately following the day of dedica-
tion.

We had been looking forward lo
the dedication of our new building
for quite some time. We truly be-
I'eved it would be a big day. Before
this time our highest Sunday-school
attendance was 192. Thus we were
praying that we might have over
200. We exceeded our goal by hav-
ing 229 present. We were fortunat;
to secure the well-known indus-
trialist, Mr. R. G. LeTourneau, as

the speaker for the morning worship
hour. He spoke to a well-filled audi-
torium. The dedicatory services be-
gan at 2:45 in the afternoon. Broth-
er Grubb brought an appropriate
and inspiring message on the sub-
ject, "God, the Great Architect." A
number of friends and our own peo-
ple were on hand for the service.
Among these were two of our elderly
charter members; namely, Mrs.
George Murphy and Mr. A. R.
Vandergrift.

This was really a day full of ac-
tivity, for our first pre-Easter Bible
conference in our new building be-
gan at 7:30. It was an eight-day
conference with Brother Grubb
bringing a series of Bible messages
concerning the life of our Lord
Jesus leading up to His death and
resurrection. As we do not have
a bus, some of us were busy bring-
ing people to the services in our cars
so that the prayer meetings usually
held prior to the service were held
afterwards, and they were well at-
tended. We were grateful for :rep-
resentations from other Brethren
churches in this district. We also
appreciate very much the two young
men who brought special musical
numbers. Brother Glen Baker and
Brother Franks. There were 15 de-

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cisions in all in the meetings. Five
accepted Christ as Saviour, two
came into our fellowship from an-
other church, and we had eight re-
dedications. We do prais2 the Lord
for sending us Brother Grubb who
has been so helpful to us here in
many ways.

I might add for the glory of the
Lord and to encourage others who
are considering building, we were
able to erect a spacious brick struc-
ture, 70 feet by 40 feet, several
thousand dollars under the esti-
mated cost. The building itself cost
a little over 530,000. The reason
why it was built for this price in
these times of high prices and ever-
increasing costs was because some
in our church, like in the days of
Nehemiah, had a mind to work. For
these we shall ever be grateful.

The value of our new building is
clearly seen. Our attendance in our
Sunday school is better than it ever
has been. We had 190 present on
Easter Sunday which made an
average of 173 for the month. Some

of our classrooms are already
crowded. Our people also have met
the challenge of paying for our new
building, and what seemed an al-
most impossible financial load has

been met from month to month by
the Lord's help. Again we can say
with the psalmist: "The Lord hath
done great things for us; whereof we
are glad."

The new Grace Brethren Church, Grafton

Congregation on Dedication Day morning

Lee Crist family

Mr. Hugh Livengood, building committee chair-
man, presents the keys to Carlton Harsh, trustee
chairman.

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HEWS

YORK, PA. The first annual con-
ference of the Northern Atlantic
Fellowship of Brethren Churches
was held here May 7-10. Rev. Wil-
liam Male was elected as the new
moderator; Dr. Herman Koontz,
vice moderator; Rev. Conard Sandy,
secretary; Mrs. Ruby Grubb, as-
sistant secretary; Mr. John Kauf'-
man, treasurer; Rev. John Neely,
statistician; Rev. William Male,
NFBC executive committee. The
city of Philadelphia has been se-
lected as the site for the next con-
ference to be held May 6-9, 1958,
in view of the 250th anniversary of
the founding of the Brethren Church.
The first church in America was es-
tablished in this city. The conference
will be conducted in the First
Brethren Church, William Male,
pastor.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.

A glorious Easter is past! So re-
ports Brother Colburn of the Grace
Brethren Church. There were 213
in attendance in Sunday school, 1 8 1
in the morning service, and 55 in the
evening service. Sixteen new mem-
bers were added to their member-
ship list, bringing the total to 47.
Another building campaign has
been launched — for the next Sun-
day-school unit. As soon as $1,000
in cash has been received, they hope
to begin building.

HATBORO, PA. Members of
the First and Third Brethren
Churches of Philadelphia, Pa., went
as a corps of callers on May 5 to
assist in the visitation work of the
Suburban Brethren Church. Lester
Smitley is pastor.

CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE,
ILL. Dr. Paul R. Bauman has been
invited to be the missioner here at
the annual Protestant Religious Mis-
sion June 2-5. Wing chaplain, Lt.
Col. Tunis Cordell, Jr., has invited
Dr. Bauman to speak on the theme:
"Fulfilled Prophecies in the Near
East."

UNIONTOWN, PA. Newly elect-
ed officers of the Allegheny Fel-
lowship of Brethren Churches for
1957-58 are: Moderator, Rev. Vic-
tor Rogers; vice moderator, Rev.
H. Leslie Moore; secretary. Rev.
Arthur Collins; assistant secretary,
Rev. R. Paul Miller, Jr.; treasurer,
Mr. C. J. Larmon; statistician, Mr.
Wendell Coffin.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. A commit-
tee has been chosen by the Common-
wealth Brethren Church to consider
improving the church basement for
Sunday school purposes and con-
structing a new parsonage.

BUENA VISTA, VA. Miss
Nancy May Lewis, daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. Edward Lewis, was mar-
ried to Warren Earl Zellner, May
12.

SPECIAL. Mrs. Elisabeth ElUot,
widow of Jim Elliot, one of the
five American missionaries killed in
Ecuador by the Auca Indians last
year, has written a book, "Through
Gates of Splendor." she has an-
nounced that all royalty income from
this book, which will be shared by
the five widows, is being channeled
directly into missionary projects.
This book is being stock by the
Brethren Missionary Herald.

PARKERSBURG, W. VA. The
Grace Brethren Church, Richard
Placeway, pastor, observed their first
communion service Apr. 17. A rec-
ord attendance was present.

WINONA LAKE, IND. A pros-
pective member of Grace College
faculty appeared at the Rev. Richard
Messner home May 1 1 when Mich-
ael Richard made his appearance.
He weighed in at 7 lbs, 1 2 oz.

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. Rev.
George Richardson passed into the
presence of the Lord May 1 1 . Death
was due to nephritis. He held several
pastorates in the Brethren Church
and was connected at the time of his
death with the extension department
of BIOLA. Christian sympathy is
extended to his wife and three
daughters. Brother Richardson was
a nephew of the late Dr. L. S. Bau-
man.

ENGLEWOOD, OHIO. Dr. Paul
R. Bauman, vice president in charge
of public relations of Grace Semi-
nary and College, will be the Bible
conference speaker at the Grace
Brethren Church, June 9-16. Lon
Kams is pastor.

MISSIONARY

HERALD

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Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake. Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake. Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA. Rob-
ert John Clouse, who will grauuace
from Grace Seminary this month,
has accepted the call to pastor the
Grace Brethren Church. He will as-
sume his new responsibilities June 9.

V/INONA LAKE, IND. Linda
Louise made her appearance at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. J. Dale
Brock on May 8. She weighed 6 lbs.
11 oz. on her arrival. Her daddy
will graduate from Grace Seminary
this month and expects to go into the
chaplaincy of the U. S. Navy.

FREMONT, OHIO. Rachel Bar-
bara Bracker arrived May 1 1 to
make her home with Rev. and Mrs.
Gordon Bracker at the parsonage
of the Grace Brethren Church. She
weighed 7 lbs. 2 oz. on arrival.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Rev. and
Mrs. Bill Burk arrived from Brazil
May for furlough and are at
Lynwood, Calif. Rev. and Mrs. Car-
son Rottler and family and Miss
Bertha Abel sailed May 17 for an-
other term of service in Argentina.
Misses Mary Ann Habegger and
Marion Thurston sailed May 1 8 for
France for a period of language
study before returning to their field
of service in French Equatorial
Africa. Mr. and Mrs. Don Spang-
ler have arrived in Africa to assume
their duties in the printing ministry
after a period of orientation.

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. Rev.
Harold Arrington has resigned as
pastor of the Vernon Brethren
Church of Limestone, Tenn., and
has accepted the pastorate of the
new Brethren work here. He will
assume his new duties June 23.

HARRISBURG, PA. Miss Lois
Garverich, member of the Melrose
Gardens Brethren Church, has ac-
cepted the call to be nurse at the
Brethren Navajo Mission and plans
to be on the field after June 10.

MEYERSDALE, PA. The tele-
phone number of Rev. H. Leslie
Moore has been changed to Mercury
4-7381. Please change Annual.

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"Good understanding giveth favour; but the way of trangressors is hard" {Prov. 13:15).

The Way of the Transgressor

By R. Paul Miller, Pastor

Grace Brethren Church, Goshen, Ind.

There is a blindness that sin casts
over men that is simply terrifying.
There is a deadly, sinister seductive-
ness about it that deceives and grips
those who indulge in it. There is
no criminal but who knows for
certain that sooner or later he will
get caught. Yet, there is something
about crime that, after it once gets
hold of a man, draws him back to its
folly after every prison term. There
isn't a man who uses liquor but who
knows only too well of its degrading
and destructive power. But once
under its influence, he becomes
reckless of the consequences of
going all the way. It makes a man
stand up and lie to himself and to
his family and friends that booze
isn't hurting him at all, when he
knows good and well that it is kill-
ing him, destroying his manhood,
and using up the money that should
buy clothes for his little girl and
pay his debts. A heavy drinker came
down to breakfast one morning to
face his wife and little girl. The
home was showing the price he was
paying for his drinking. His wife
was broken in body and spirit. His
little girl's dress was faded and thin,
and the winter was cold. No man
pays for his sin alone. He told of a
dream he had. He said that he saw
three cats: a fat cat, a skinny cat,
and a blind cat. He couldn't figure it
out. His little girl piped up: "I can
tell you what it means. Daddy. The
tavern keeper is the fat cat, for he
is getting all your money and lives
in a fine home and his little girl
has nice warm clothes. Mama is
the skinny cat, for she gets nothing.
And you are the blind cat, for you
don't see what you are doing."

The man who will leave his own
trusting wife and children, and steal
like a snake into another man's
home and snatch the wreath of pur-
ity and true womanhood from his
wife's bosom, laughs it off as just a
sport. The lustful woman who will
leave the webb of illicit love about
the feet of a faithful husband, lure
him from his family, break up an-
other woman's home, and tear the
roof from over the heads of his

children, thinks she is showing her
superior attractiveness over other
women. Sin seems very sweet at
the start. The dread panthers of
regret and despair soon follow. Soon
comes pitiless exposure. But that
isn't all. There is a judgment day
and a meeting with God coming up.
And God says: "Be not deceived,
God is not mocked: for whatsoever
a man soweth, that shall he also
reap." An old age of regret is not
the worst aspect of sin. It is eternity,
and a reaping that never ends.

Satan has made a lot of men
and women to believe that the
Christian life is the hard life to live,
but if they want the best of every-
thing, they ought just to let them-
selves go and indulge in sin as they
please. If they try to live according
to the will of God, they will be un-
happy all their days. This is far
from the case. God says: "The way
of the transgressor is hard." See
the transgressor ignore the will of
God, violate the laws of his own
body, and crush the flower of love
and virtue in his own home. Is it
hard? See him suffer agonies in his
own body and die an untimely
death. Is it hard? See him at last
stand before God with his wasted,
sin-scared life — unprepared to meet
his maker, unrepentant, and un-
saved— and see him go down in
judgment forever. Is it hard? Only
the blindness of sin could make a
man believe the lie that sin pays.

If you serve the Devil, he prom-
ises you a thousand delights. But,
when payday comes, he pays you
off in broken health, ruined mind,
empty pockets, a broken-hearted
wife, blighted children, a broken
home, an early death, an unwept
grave, and a hopeless eternity.
Friend, sin — your sin — does not
pay! Sing Sing Penitentiary has
4,600 prisoners, and every one of
them will stand up and tell you that
crime does not pay. Hell has a
thousand mission souls that will rise
up and tell you that sin does not
pay! Sin will find you out in your
own conscience, your body, your
home, your boys and girls. David

was a king, and he thought that his
high position could get him through
without paying the wages of sm.
But when he saw his own boys fol-
lowing in his footsteps in sin and
disgrace, one after the other, he
learned bitterly, and too late, that
sin would strike him down even
though he was a king. God's judg-
ment bar is not influenced by poli-
ticians and money. The chap that
has slipped by every reckoning on
earth because he had friends and
connections in high places will be
up against the real thing then. The
only one that can plead any man's
case before the bar of God is Jesus
Christ. Thousands of foolish men
and women are today turning their
backs on the only One who could
ever stand up for them and plead
their case before Almighty God,
and that One is Jesus Christ.

When it comes to joy, the Chris-
tian has the most of it. He is the
happiest person on earth. I am not
talking about some half-hearted
church members who were never
bom again, and who have never
made a break with sin. I am talking
about the true Christian, not the
one who is trying to run around with
the Devil's crowd all week and then
goes to church with a pious face and
thinks he will end up in heaven.
Such people are not happy. They
are stumbling blocks for unsaved
men. The real Christian, who is
faithful to Christ, separates him-
self from the world, and keeps close
to God in prayer, in reading his
Bible, and in faithfully attending the
house of God. He has a family altar
with Christian children, and he is
trying to win his friends and neigh-
bors to Christ. That man is the hap-
piest man on earth! His sins are
forgiven. His name is written on the
Lamb's Book of Life. If the world
falls apart tomorrow, he doesn't
care, for he has heaven for his home
forever. He may not wear a halo
around his head, but he has the song
of the Lord in his heart. He knows
the peace of God that is past all
understanding.

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"The steps of a good man are ordered by
the Lord: and he delighteth in his way (Ps.

7726 Royalty of Refusal

In studying this verse one day the
Spirit directed me to write in the
margin: "So are also His stops."
Many times it would appear just as
important — if not more important —
to be able to stop at the right time
as it is to start at the proper time.
In view of this important truth, we
would like to call attention to about
six classic illustrations in His Word
where certain individuals had the
courage to say no, and these refusals
everytime were associated with king-
ship.

In Esther 1:10-12, Queen Vashti
refused to obey the king's demand
for her to make a display of her
charm and beauty. This incident fol-
lowed a prolonged spree of drink-
ing. When I was a boy it was quite
common to hear: "Lips that touch
liquor shall never touch mine" from
a decent lady. How times have
changed! More God-given virtue is
lost in this atmosphere than the
world and church realize.

By faith Moses . . . refused to
be called the son of Pharaoh's
daughter (Heb. 11:24). Here we see
a man who refused the king's domi-
cile. One must remember that Moses
was an adopted son of the king's
daughter. All the special privileges
and pleasures connected with the
king's palace could have been his.
Among the brick kilns and under the
roasting sun were his brethren — en-
slaved, oppressed, crying for lib-
erty. They were his people. His
mother's God was their God. Their
cause was bleeding for a champion.
What they needed was a human
leader under God's guidance. You
know full well what decision he
made — as gallant a thing as his-
tory's pages record. He refused the
glitter and chose the glory even
though it meant the giving up of all
the splendor and security of the most
dazzling court of that day. God's
children and servants must be wili-
ng to renounce the world's so-
;alled comforts for a few years and
»et out and sweat under the sun of
oil and deprivation. Such a program
vould go far to remove spawning
ipots for juvenile delinquents.

"David said unto Saul, I cannot
!0 with these; for I have not proved
hem" (I Sam. 17:39). Here we
lave another gallant hero who re-
used the king's defense. Goliath, the

Aay 25, 1957

By J. L. Gingrich, Pastor

Leamersville Brethren Church
Duncansville, Pa.

Philistine giant, brazen and blas-
phemous, was challenging the men
of Israel to come out and measure
swords with him. David, though a
young stripling, decided that he
would accept that challenge since
no one else would. When he insisted
that he meant business. King Saul
said: "Very well, if you are "deter-
mined to fight him, take my armor.
You'll need all the protection you
can get." So they rigged up the shep-
herd boy in heavy iron. He felt
about as much at home in it as Tom
Thumb would feel trying to operate
a "General Sherman" tank. Just to
please the king, he started to lumber
off. Every step he took told him it
would never do. It didn't fit him. He
put it off saying: "I have not proved
them."

Relieved of his borrowed equip-
ment, David was once more him-
self. His sling and a well-chosen

Rev. J. L. Gingrich

Stone from the brook, plus faith in
God, were all he needed. The enemy
was flattened. The victory David
scored that day has rung through
the corridors of time. Some of you
are young, as young as David was.
You are meeting tests and facing
temptations in which you find it
easiest to "get by" with some say-
ing, such as "Well, my parents don't
want me to," or, "My church doesn't
approve of this." You must reach
the place where you stand on
your own feet. You should say: "My
Christian faith means this, and this,
and this to me." Charles Haddon
Spurgeon said: "Learn to say no.

It will be of more use to you than to
be able to read Latin."

"Daniel purposed in his heart that
he would not def.le himself with the
portion of the king's meat" (Dan.
1:8). Here was a boy, so to speak,
who refused the king's diet. Daniel
was a Hebrew, a captive in Babylon,
smgled out for special recognition
and service at the court of the
emperor. On two grounds — his race
and his religion — he told his su-
perior that he could not, and
would not, eat meats that were for-
bidden to Jews, nor would he drink
intoxicating beverages from the
royal stocks. He wasn't cranky and
arrogant about it. He was simply
firm and uncompromising

What that means, among other
things, is that people who want to
follow Jesus Christ in a way that is
"snow white" and "sky blue" have
got to practice the fine art of say-
ing no. It must be no to the defihng
diet of "the prince of this world."
Finally, let us look to the grand-
est Figure of all among these heroes
whose lips knew how to fashion the
royal no. "When Jesus therefore
perceived that they would come and
take him by force, to make him a
king, he departed again unto a
mountain himself alone" (John 6:
15). Jesus, you see, refused the
king's diadem.

Recall the situation. After feed-
ing the five thousand our Lord was
suddenly caught on the crest of a
huge wave of popularity. "Here is
our Leader! Here is our King!" they
cried. "Here is the Miracle Man,
and with Him we shall lead a mir-
acle life. We can have what we want
when we want it." Jesus declined
and refused to have any part of their
proceedings.

That means that we too, for His
sake, must say no to the honors that
are cheaply won at the hands of
men, and walk with the Crucified
the way of self-forgetting, self-dedi-
cating love. Only so will any gen-
uine royalty weave its purple into
our characters.

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Can Revival Come

to Your Church?

By Evangelist Bill Smith

The Bible is the manual for all
revivals. When we meet God's con-
ditions for revival, the fire will fall.
We are not waiting for God to send
revival; He is waiting for us to get
right and meet His conditions so that
He can send revival.

Men do not make great revivals,
but it is the "power" which "be-
longeth unto God."

There are two parts to revival —
God's part and man's part. God
will always take care of His part.
He wants us to have revival; He is
waiting for us to make the prepara-
tions.

Allow the Holy Spirit to Have
Leadership

Pastors all over our land are
complaining about the touchiness of
church members. There are quarrels
and splits on the increase every-
where.

In our churches today:

5% report members do not
exist.

10% cannot be found.

20% never pray.

30% never attend church serv-

ices.

40% never

50% never

60% never
day night.

70% never

75% never
activity.

80% never
meeting.

90% never
in the home.

95% never
Christ.

We cannot hope to correct this
situation except by God's mighty
power. In this darkened day we
must allow the Holy Spirit to have
leadership. The church today is
powerless. We have all the ma-
chinery we need. Everything is well
oiled and running smoothly. We
have organization, promotion, edu-
cation, means, methods; but we
lack the fullness of God. In the

give to any cause,
go to Sunday school,
go to church on Sun-
give to missions,
engage in any church

attend the prayer
have family worship
win a soul to Jesus

face of all this, we should set aside
about 50 percent of our present-day
church activities.

I am aware, too, that most of this
church activity is good, but I am
also aware that one of the Devil's
methods of defeating the church of
God is substituting the good for the
best. How busy the church is today
with its programs passed down from
one generation to the other! Far
too often these programs show no
evidence of having the leadership or
the blessing of the Spirit of God. I
often feel our churches are acting
foolishly when they pursue these out-
dated programs in these abnormal
times. If the churches would awaken
to the sense of world storm and
throw overboard everything not
needed, and would give themselves
to prayer and self-searching, to
witnessing and constant evangelism,
then revival would come.

Much of the church programing
and revival planning leaves me with
a feeling of deep emptiness and a
fear that God is not in our manmade
schemes and ideas. Many of the
church activities in this tragic hour
seem as nonsensical as dusting the
furniture while the house is burning
down. If we are to have genuine
revival, we must allow the Holy
Spirit to have leadership in our
churches.

Give Earnest Attention to the Word
of God

The Bible is our message, not
only for the pulpit in sermonizing but
also in all witness bearing (Heb. 4:
12).

There can be no revival without
an earnest attention to the Holy
Scriptures. There will be a revival
when enough of God's people will
carefully, conscientiously give them-
selves to the study and obedience
of God's revealed will for their lives
(Josh. 1:7-9).

We too are in a battle. We too
need wisdom, strength, and courage.
We too know what it is to glory in
victory and then suffer defeat. God

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has made it clear, the Bible is our
battle-map, our book of regulations.
It is in the Bible we hear of the
love of God and the conditions for
our salvation. The Bible is the love
revelation of God, of God's Son,
of God's Spirit.

It is through the earnest study of
God's Book that we are led to real-
ize our need of the incoming, in-
dwelling, infilling, and outflowing
of the Holy Spirit.

There can be neither conviction
for the sinner nor strength for the
Christian without the Word of God.
Read what God has plainly said in
Isaiah 55:8-11. Put the Word to
the test. Saturate your soul with it.
Sacrifice for the knowledge of God's
Book.

Recognize and Deal With Personal
Sin

God cannot condone sin; He
must condemn it. "Whatsoever a
man soweth, that shall he also reap."
"Be sure your sin will find you out."
There are too many Achans in the i
camp who have touched the accursed
thing. There are too many Nebu-
chadnezzars whose pride is hinder-
ing God's plan for revival. I urge
you to confess your sin and put it
under the blood of Christ. Sin will
block revival in its starting and, at
times, block revival after it has i
started.

Something like that must have
been going on in England and Scot- 1
land; else the Welsh revival would
have swept over those lands as well.
There was some reason why thei
Welsh revival did not keep on in its I
mighty power.

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The Fruit of the Spirit

By Dr. Charles Ashman

Pastor, West Covina Brethren Church
West Covina, Calif.

The "fruit of the Spirit is love,"
declares Galatians 5:22. The word
"fruit" is in the singular I am told
by those who understand the orig-
inal language of this verse. There
are nine qualities of the "fruit"
named, but the other eight are in
reality descriptions of love. The
real fruit is love! Without this
there can be no "joy, peace, long-
suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
meekness, temperance" (Gal. 5:22-
23). Even so great a thing as faith
must "work by love" (Gal. 5:6).
"But now abideth faith, hope, love,
these three; and the greatest of
these is love (I Cor. 13:13 ASV).
No marvel then that the Spirit after
describing His gifts and warning
against their abuse and misuse said:
"But covet earnestly the best gifts:
and yet shew I unto you a more
excellent way" (I Cor. 12:31). The
more excellent way is the way of
love in the chapter that follows, I
Corinthians 13.

The Love of God

Immediately when one is regen-
erated— bom again, made a new
creature in Christ Jesus— the Holy
Spirit enters the new nature to
abide. Immediately, in the same
act. He sheds abroad in our hearts
the love of God (cf. Rom. 5:5). He
makes God's matchless love to be-
come a vital reality within our
hearts. This is the initial "shedding
abroad in our hearts" of the love of
God. Then begins the work of the
Spirit in developing into the fruit
of Christian character this love. The
initial shedding is a gift, but the
"fruit of love" is the result of giving
the indwelUng Spirit control of our
affections.

The New Commandment

Then we begin to live under the
sway of the "new commandment"
which Christ taught in John 13:34-

35. After washing the disciples'
feet and instituting the threefold
communion. He said: "A new com-
mandment I give unto you, that ye
love one another; as I have loved
you, that ye also love one another.
By this shall all men know that ye
are my disciples, if ye have love one
to another." Being made new crea-
tures in Christ, indwelt by and em-
powered by the new Spirit (Holy
Spirit), we have a new command-
ment of love. The old law under
which we lived was the natural law
of hate, revenge, maUce, envying,
bitterness, backbiting, railing, self-
ishness. But now we live under
the new. The work of the Holy
Spirit is to make this new com-
mandment operate.

Immediately after promising the
Holy Spirit in John 14:16-20, the
Lord again declares the fruit of the
Spirit will be love. He said: "He
that hath my commandments, and
keepeth them, he it is that loveth
me: and he that loveth me shall be
loved of my Father, and I will love
him." Then He repeats that all this
loving is dependent upon the pres-
ence and power of the Spirit when
He said: "These things have I spoken
unto you, being yet present with
you. But the Comforter, which is
the Holy Ghost, whom the Father
will send in my name, he shall teach
you all things, and bring all things
to your remembrance, whatsoever
I have said unto you" (John 14:25-
26). The new commandment of love
must await the coming of the per-
son, presence, and power of the Holy
Spirit to become real.

What Is the Fruit?

What is the fruit in the teaching
of the vine and the branches? What
is the fruit, that we can bear "fruit,"
"more fruit," "much fruit"? Is it
not love? Immediately after giving
this wonderful teaching in John 15:

1-8, Christ tells how it is to become
real in verses 9-14, and love is the
theme of these verses — the Father's
love, Christ's love, our love made
possible by the "fruit of the Spirit."
Joy is dependent upon love accord-
ing to verse 11. In contrast to the
world which hates (see John 15:
1 8-20) we are to love by the power
of the Holy Ghost (John 15:26-27).

"Love in the Spirit"

Colossians 1:8 says: "Who also
declared unto us your love in the
Spirit." For "God hath . . . given
us the spirit ... of love" (II Tim.
1:7). Now love is put first in Gala-
tians 5:22, but it is put last in II
Peter 1:7. It is the first and the
last of Christian character, conver-
sation and conduct. "Beloved, let
us love one another: for love is of
God; and every one that loveth is
born of God, and knoweth God. He
that loveth not knoweth not God;
for God is love" (I John 4:7-8).

Facing the Facts

Let us honestly face the facts in
our own hearts and in our churches.
Does love prevail? How many
churches right now are in confusion
and division because of the presence
of hate, mahce, etc. Are "bitterness,
and wrath, and anger, and clamour,
and evil speaking . . . with all mal-
ice" evident in your church? Or
are the members "kind one to an-
other, tenderhearted, forgiving one
another, even as God for Christ's
sake hath forgiven" (Eph. 4:31-32)?

Let us face the facts instead of
seeking to ignore them. There is
altogether too much division in our
churches. The reason is because we
have yielded to the false spirit which
is abroad instead of the Holy Spirit
whose fruit is love! We need to
give more time to the study of the
presence and power of the Spirit
apart from which love is impossible.

>^ay 25, 7957

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KITCHEN KATHEDRAL

By Dorothy C. Haskins

HER OWN CHILD

Elizabeth was excitedly prepar-
ing for the birth of her first child.
She had bought diapers and made
clothes. Her mother had given her
a crib. Two showers had been held
for her, and wonder grew in her
heart. Her very own baby! She had
to do her best by the little one, and
so she bought a book on the develop-
ment of a child.

She read excitedly. At such an
such an age she could expect the
baby to crawl ... to walk ... to
talk! She could see the little fellow
in her mind"s eye. She turned again
to her book and read a quote from
Dr. Milton J. E. Senn of Yale Uni-
versity. He stated: "Parents should
realize that allowances must be made
for a wide range of individual pat-
tern of development. It is important
that a mother learn to know her own
child, rather than merely check his
behavior against age traits listed in
a book."

Her own child! The only one of
his kind! That's what your child is.
And the most important fact that
modern psychologists can teach you
is that God makes only individuals.

Most mothers want their children
to be better than, but still miniatures
of, themselves. This just doesn't hap-
pen! The child is usually similar, but
he may be completely opposite. Phy-
lis, who teaches school and has a
wide pattern of interests, had to ac-
cept as a fact that neither of her
daughters was a "brain." They were
sweet girls, but not brilliant. She was
disappointed, but her mother heart
accepted the fact and she learned to
enjoy them for what they were.

A mother can mar a child for life
when she doesn't appreciate the
value of what he is. Nagging a child
won't make him learn, but it may
teach him to revolt against books.
Or belittling his ability in some lines
will not increase it in another. Mar-
cia thought it cheaper and quicker
to buy ready-made clothes. It an-
noyed her when Geneva wanted
to make her own. Marcia never fully
accepted dressmaking as a neces-
sary part of modern living, but

Geneva became a dress designer
with a national concern.

Only one factor will give the
average mother the peace of heart
to accept a child who doesn't fit her
standards — and that is the reali-
zation that her child is an individual
creation of God. The child did not
choose his own physical pattern or
mental aptitudes. Scripture says:
"It is he that hath made us, and not
we ourselves" (Ps. 100:3). The Bible
goes on to tell us that all who become
Christians were chosen "in him be-
fore the foundation of the world"
(Eph. 1:4). The proper worth of
each individual soul is appreciated
only in the light of God's concern
for each one.

Why not accept a person for what
he is? God does. His interest is not
limited to the talented, the clever, or
even the good, for He says: "Him
that cometh to me I will in no wise
cast out" (John 6:37).

(Copr. ERA. 1957)

CAN REVIVAL COME

(Continued From Page 334)

To pray for a revival with un-
confessed, unforgiven sin in our
lives is to insult God, to mock Christ,
and to bring to naught the pleading
convictions of the Holy Spirit.

To expect a revival to break out
in an atmosphere of sin is foolish-
ness. Let us examine our own hearts
to see if there be any wicked thine
in us blocking the wheels of the
chariots of Zion. Let us not be too
ready to criticize, let alone con-
demn, others. The way to revival
leads by the mourner's bench.
Thank God for the provision made
in His Word: "The blood of Jesus
Christ His Son cleanseth us from all
sin." "If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all un-
righteousness." Yes; if we are lo
have revival, we must recognize and
deal with personal sin.

in iMetnatiant

Miss Lillian E. Bowers, age 77,

was called into the presence of her
Lord and Saviour on April 1. Miss
Bowers was one of the charter mem-
bers of the First Brethren Church of
Spokane and served the Lord very
faithfully for 38 years in many de-
partments of the church life. For the
past three years she had been re-
siding in Centralia, Wash, with her
sister. — Rev. Jesse Hall, pastor.

Mr. M. H. Roadruck, age 80, de-
parted to be with Christ April 12.
He was a very faithful attendant at
the First Brethren Church of Spo-
kane, Wash, for the past 30 years.
— Rev. Jesse Hall, pastor.

JUMPING AT CONCLUSIONS

The minister advertised for a man
servant, and the next morning a
nicely dressed young man rang the
bell.

"Can you start the fire and get
breakfast by seven o'clock?" asked
the minister.

"Well, can you polish all the sil-
ver, wash the dishes, and keep the i
house neat and tidy?"

"Say, parson," said the young fel-
low, "I came here to see about get-
ting married — but if it's going to be ■
as much work as all that, you cani
count me out right now." — Long;
Beach.

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May 25, 1957

The BRETHREN

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FOREIGN MISSION NUMBER

JUNE 1, 1957

Street scene — Lyon — city of our missionary
endeavor in France

Speaking of Foreign Missions

By Russell D. Barnard

Years of great productivity —

During this year and next we will have the largest
number of missionaries actually in missionary work
on our various fields of any time during an entire
cycle of missionary service. By a cycle we mean the
unit of years on the field plus the year of furlough. All
else equal, therefore, this should be a period of the
very greatest productivity in our foreign missionary
work. Our missionaries realize this and are planning vor
it. They are saying: "Give us the tools and we will do
the work." Our missionaries aren"t afraid of hard work.

While it bids fair to be a period of the very greatest
productivity on the field, it is certainly a period of vhe
very greatest challenge for us here at home. Naturally,
the larger the number of missionaries actually on the
field at any one time, the larger the supply of "tools"
they will need to do that effective work. What are these
tools? Well, they are automobiles and gasoline and oil
and tires to run them. They are residences for our mis-
sionaries so that they may live with some degree of
comfort in the field while they serve in carrying the
very heavy responsibilities. They are school buildings;
they are a printing press; then, they are Bibles and
songbooks and reading materials and reading helps of
every description. So far as the medical needs are con-
cerned, they are hospitals and dispensaries, surgical tools
and X-ray, medicines and bandages. I think you can
see very easily that the larger the number on the field,
the larger these demands will be. And of course these
demands require hundreds and hundreds of checks rep-
resenting our Brethren dollar-gifts by those many people
intensely interested in foreign missionary work. Checks
for $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 go out with such
frequency that our current foreign missionary funds
melt away very rapidly.

We are so happy that it is all a work for our blessed
Lord, that we may make Him and His holy Word known.
He is more interested in this work than we could pos-
sibly be, and therefore we will need to look to Him for
its maintenance and supply. We know He will arrange
to care for His work.

There is a note of caution which should be brought
into this picture; that is, we here at home should not
fail to "back up" our missionaries on a year-round basis.
It's true that the Lord will care for His work, but H;
will do it through His people. So, may we encourage our
readers to "stay on the job" throughout the year as our
missionaries "stay on the job." Many persons have
asked the Lord to lead them in setting prayer goals for
their annual foreign-mission giving. Some perhaps have

already reached their goal. Others doubtless are still
working toward this achievement. Let us all give
faithfully and regularly throughout the remainder of the
year that our "prayer goals" may be met. Remember — •
since The Foreign Missionary Society of the Brethren
Church operates on the calendar-year basis, all offer-
ings received during the calendar year of 1957 will apply
to 1957 prayer-goal giving. The Lord is interested
in His work in foreign lands and will care for it. Bat
let us be faithful in our prayerful support of it through-
out the year. Remember — "Our responsibility never
ends"!

Mission church leadership —

The native and national churches in our mission
fields are making commendable progress — most en-
couraging progress — in supplying leadership for their
own work. We are pleased with the number and the
quality of the young people who have volunteered and
in many cases are already in Bible-institute training for
better Christian service. Some of our fields are in a
better position right now to show this progress. We are
especially pleased with the number who have enrolled,
or are soon to enroll in Bible-institute work in Africa,
Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. We are all agreed that
the future hope in the mission field is in the leadership
of the people in the land where the testimony is being
given forth. Therefore, we are so greatly thrilled when
we hear of goodly numbers of these young people who
are offering themselves for this type of service, a
number far in excess of that during recent years, at least
in some of our fields.

Great promise in Mexico —

Brethren Charles Mayes, Glenn O'Neal, and th3
General Secretary were privileged to meet with the
Mexico missionaries in a field council meeting on April
25. All of the Mexico missionaries were privileged to
be present at this meeting at San Ysidro, California.
In the San Ysidro-Tijuana area another testimony has
been established in the city of Tijuana,- and the original
group continues with great faithfulness. In the Calexico-
Mexicali area we have testimonies on either side of
the border and quite a flourishing Sunday school in
connection with the work. We now have a weekly radio
program from Calexico, beamed to the large city of
Mexicali. Shortly now our Brethren believers there will
organize into a regular church — another Mexican

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THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19. NUMBER 22

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM, Executive Editor
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man, treasurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee; Gene Farrell, S. W. Link, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller,
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Amazon Travelog

By Bill Burk

{Editor's note — During the early fall of
1956 the Bill Burk family, missionaries in
Brazil, were privileged to take a month-
long trii) by boat far back into Brazil.
Brother Burk has written up this trip in
detail in a most interesting way. Because
of the length of this travelog, it is im-
possible to publish it in the Missionarii
Herald in its entirety. However, we shall
be printing a "condensed version" by in-
stallments, the first of which is presented
herewith.)

The Zielaskos and the Altigs re-
turned from the States during the
first part of September and, having
foregone our vacation last year, we
were well ready by the 22nd to
go aboard the motor ship Lobo
d'AImada to spend a happy holiday
month traveling to the other end of
Brazil.

The usual vacation for our mis-
sionaries at the mouth of the Ama-
zon is to go for a week or two to one
of two resort hotels nearby and en-
joy daily bathing, but the sailor of
our family convinced the other
members that a voyage to "the end
of the world" (as a "ham" radio
operator in Porto Velho described
the place) in the middle of the Brazil-
ian jungle would be both more edu-
cational and more enjoyable. Since
neither the time nor the allowance
of one year's vacation was ample for
the proposed trip, the board made

a very practical offer to its mission-
aries— the combination of two
years' vacations into one.

The beautiful white passenger-
cargo ship, the "Lobo d'AImada,"
was constructed in Holland a year
ago and along with her 11 sister
ships (of three different types) has
brought quite a change to Amazon
traveling. The best ships up to the
time of the arrival of this new fleet
were also federally operated, and
were about 50 years old, built dur-
ing the big days of rubber — days
now past. The "Lobo" is a modern,
comfortable passenger ship with
two six-cylinder reversible two-
cycle diesel engines (Swiss-made)
turning up 12 knots. Yes, she's a
modem ship all right, but her sail-
ors are still of the other generation
of the wood-fired steamer. The
comimandante or skipper trusts his
sounding line more than the fathom-
eter; he prefers to swing his ham-
mock on the wing of the bridge
rather than to sleep in the air-con-
ditioned stateroom. Although some
nights he did anchor in midstream
(farther away from the tormenting
insects of the beach), he slept much
better if he had brought his ship to

the bank and tied up to a tree ashore!
A few charts exist for the Ama-
zonian system, but the men on the
bridge don't use them. They know
the rivers like we know our back
yards, for they have worked these
waters for years — in the case of the
old man, for 46 years. They say
that, along with trusting their knowl-
edge of the rivers, they have great
faith in God to help them along!

The initial 12-hour westerly trip
from Belem took us through the
roughest water of the trip which was
agitated by both the wind and
ground swells from the Atlantic roll-
ing up the wide southern mouth of
ti;e Amazon. So far as I know, no
one abroad was seasick, for the sea
was merely "fresh" for our trip;
but at times it's an angry patch of
water. One of the men of the Icoraci
church once worked aboard a ship
which now hes silently along the
way in this great bay — one of the
many shipwrecks which litter the
"Baia de Marajo."

After we arrived at the southwest
corner of the great island of Marajo,
the trip suddenly became most in-
teresting for about seven hours. The
north branch of the Amazon's deha
is filled with shallow, shifting sand-
bars, making it risky for the navi-
gation of the great ships of the seven
seas. Therefore, this shipping enters
the south leg of the Amazon's mouth
and passes north to the main stream
of the river through the labyrinth of
deep-water channels which line Mar-
ajo to the west. A glance at the map
will cause one to appreciate the
pilot's skill in bringing his ship
through the correct channel which
at times narrows to about 200 feet
in width.

The only kind of train known in
the interior is that of the water. Pad-
dling in canoes may take a day to get
home from the nearest commercial
settlement. However, "hitching a
ride" from a motor launch may cut

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Young People and Foreign Missions at Camp

tR-cent word from Mrs. Foster indicates
Ihnt sh3 will h:ive to csncel her camp en-
gagements because of her health condition.
Special prayer is requested for her. — Ed.)

By Evelyn Schumacher

Young peopb of today are look-
ing for excitsm-.nt, thrills, and ad-
venture! That is why many of you
have been doing odd jobs and saving
your money to go to one of oar
Brethren camps: Camp Indisinewa,
Camp Grac:, Camp Id-ra-ha-je,
Camp Buckjye, Camp Keystone,

Mr. Bill Burk

and others. Brethrsn young peopb
all across Amnica look forward
every year to attending camp. Some
of you hav3 been to camp before,
but many of you will be going for
the first time this summer. You will
be having a wonderful time with lots
of fun.

At camr) vou will have oppor-
tunities unlimited to learn about
such things as arts and crafts, good
sportsmanship, getting along with
others, consecration to the Lord,
Bible studies, and avenues of service.

One of the avenues of service you
will learn about is the foreign-mis-
sion field. Some of you will get to
see real live missionaries and hear
them tell you firsthand of exciting
experiences and of the urgent needs
in foreign lands.

The missionaries you see on this
page are the ones whom you will be
seeing in some of the Brethren camps
this summer. They are Rev. Bill A.
Burk, missionary to Brazil; Miss
Gail Jones, missionary to Africa;
and Mrs. Rose Foster, former mis-
sionary to Africa who is now serving
the Lord in the United States.

Brother Bill Burk has just re-
turned from our mission field in

Brazil. He has many pictures of his
work to show you. He has been
doing pioneer work into new fields
in the land of Brazil that will make
very interesting listening. It is pos-
sible that Brother Burk will open a
brandnew station in a new section
when he returns to Brazil.

Miss Gail Jones, a real live wire,
is in the United States for furlough
following her first four-year term in
Africa. In Africa Miss Jones serves
as a nurse in our medical work. She
also serves as a teacher to the Afri-
can children and women. You will
be blessed as she tells of th? experi-

Miss Gail Jones

ences of her first term in Africa. She
has been in our Brethren churches in
the missionary rallies this spring
and we have had good reports of
her ministry.

Mrs. Rose Foster is a veteran mis-
sionary who has given twenty-five
years of her life to our great mis-
sion work in Africa. Many of you
have met Mrs. Foster when she has
spoken in your churches during the
missionary rallies, and others of
you have met her in camps of pre-
vious years. Those of you who have
heard her before will want to hear
her again. Those who have not yet
heard her have a real treat in store.

Whether or not you have a mis-
sionary in person at your camp,
take advantage of every minute in
the missionary classes. Learn all you
can in the one week you are at camp.
The needs are tremendous in Africa,
Argentina, Brazil, France, Haw?.ii,

and Mexico. One of the greatest
needs on our mission fields today
is for consecrated, dedicated fellows
and girls who will be willing to go
wherever God leads. Preachers,
evangelists, teachers, doctors, and
nurses are all needed. There are mis-
sionaries on the field now who will
be forced to come home in the next
few years because of age. Who will
fill in the gaps and make up the
hedges?

Our missionaries who are on fur-
lough will travel many, many miles
to be with you at camp. Pray for the
missionary speakers at your camp
and listen carefully to what is said.
You will hear of ways in which you
as young people will be able to i
help. As you help you will be laying i
up treasures in heaven. You will be i
having a vital part in the winning of
precious souls.

Some of the missionaries serving i

Mrs. Rose Foster

in heathen lands today heard the
missionary call at a gathering of
young people at camp as they lis-
tened to a servant of God tell of
the needs in a far-away land.

Perhaps you will hear God's voice
speaking to your heart while you are
at camp. The Lord of the harvest
sends forth those into the harvest
fields who are willing to give all
they have to win the lost who are in
heathen darkness. He may say to
you: "Whom shall I send, and who
will go for us?" May your answer
be that of Isaiah: "Here am I; send

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Vacation Witnessing
By Mexican Students

Rev. Walter Haag, missionary to Mexico,
has sent pictures from a trip taken by two of
our Mexican young men during Christmas va-
cation. Brother Haag v^rites:

"During Christmas vacation, En2reo and
Juan, tv/o of the Tijuana mission's young men
who are in the Bible institute in Nuevo Ideal,
Durango, visited an isolated village in the
mountains of that State. They hiked 12 hours
over the mountain trails to carry the gospel to
those people. As a result of their efforts of

preaching the gospel, some six
accepted the Lord as their Sav-
iour and one of the young men
enrolled in the Bible institute for
the second semester. During
Easter vacation, Enereo visited
the area again for another
week's evangelistic work.

"The other of the young fel-
lows from the mission who is in
school, Manuel, has become ill

w.i!! L^L^iwjluaib and is being required to leave school
while he rests and overcomes his illness. His need is being
mentioned as a matter for prayer."

In the picture at the upper right of the page, Enereo is
at the left and Juan at the right, loaded with back packs
to hike to villages and ranches in the mountains near the
school.

The next picture shows Enereo drinking his coffee.

The third picture shows villagers who listened to the
preaching of the Word in one of the small villages.

The final picture finds the boys witnessing the branding
of some calves.

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341

irBaii ©iHinLPiEEM'g pa©:

Clyde K. Landrum, Director

Missionary ii^lpers, here's what
one group of boys and girls did:

The Primary Department of
Grace Brethren Church, Hagers-
town, Md., recently gave a cash gift
of $117.35 toward the passenger
fare of Lee Rottler, son of our mis-
sionaries, Rev. and Mrs. Carson E.
Rottler. They should arrive on the
field early in June. In the picture,
Sharon Keller is seen making the

presentation to Lee Rottler — both
are members of the Primary De-
partment. Teachers in the depart-
ment are seen in the back row. They
are, left to right: Mrs. Hilda Zello,
Mrs. Ruth Hungate, Mrs. Marvin
Munch, Mrs. Lewis Longnecker,
Mrs. Lee Eckel, and Mrs. Russell
H. Weber, supervisor. About 50
children are enrolled in the Primary
Department.

PRAY FOR DAVID HOCKING

We'd like to ask all missionary
helpers — and your moms and dads,
too — to pray for little David Hock-
ing. He is about our youngest junior
missionary, for hs is only four
months old. He is in France with
his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Donald
Hocking. We want to see him get
well so that he and his brother,

MARY MISSIONARY—

Jimmy, and their parents can go on
to Africa to tell the people about
Jesus. David has been very, very
sick. The Lord kept him alive. Now
let's all pray that the Lord will com-
pletely heal him. This is somethin'j
that all missionary helpers can do.
Please pray for David! Thanks,
missionary helpers.

Special Offer

Lots of kids are looking for spe-
cial deals these days. Lots of boys
and girls are so interested in the
prize that comes in the cereal box
that they almost forget to eat any of
the cereal! Well, kids, here is a real
offer for each of you. And I be-
lieve you will like this "prize" bet-
ter than what you get out of cereal
or even Cracker Jacks. It is our
brandnew missionary prayer book.
Yes, it's for children, and there's
one for you. This beautiful book-
let has 32 pages. In it you will see
pictures of 96 Brethren mission-
aries. Also, you will find the names
of our junior missionaries (mission-
ary children under age 18), and
you'll see pictures of our board
members and the office staff. By
using this booklet, each missionary
helper will be able to pray regularly
for our missionaries and some of the
people who work with them. Now,
here's the pay-off! You can have a
copy of this prayer booklet if you
will write the Children's Page and
ask for it. I'll repeat the address: Box
588, Winona Lake, Ind. I hoce that
hundreds of you kids will write for
this special prayer booklet. It's a
"special offer" for ysii! And here's
something extra. If your letter is
received in our office on or before
June 20, we have a nice "surprise"
for you. Get your letter in the mail
today so that you will get the extra
award. I'll be looking for your let-
ter. Then you watch the mail for
your prayer booklet and surprise.

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Seven Years

An African Legend

Related by Miss Ruth Snyder

Once upon a time, long, long
ago, there lived a man whose name
was Seven Years. Seven Years
strolled along the roads looking at
the people.

One day Seven Years met a blind
man on the road. Seven Years had
pity on the blind man. He took those
blind eyes from the unfortunate man
and gave him good eyes instead.

•"My name is Seven Years," said
the merciful one to the once-blind
man. "I shall return in seven years."

Then Seven Years strolled on
down the road. As he strolled along,
he met a leper. Seven Years had
pity on the leper. He took the leprous
skin of the unfortunate man and
gave to him a healthy skin and a
whole body.

"My name is Seven Years," said
the merciful one to the former leper.
"I shall return in seven years."

Then Seven Years strolled on
down the road. As he strolled along
he met a cripple. Seven Years had
pity on the cripple. He took the
swollen legs of the unfortunate man
and gave to him good sturdy legs.

"My name is Seven Years," said
the merciful one to the former crip-
ple. "I shall return in seven years."

The seven years went by — one,
two, three, four, five, six and at
last it was the seventh year.

One day during the seventh year,
the former blind man was resting by
his house. As he looked toward the
road he saw a blind man coming
near. The once-blind man had pity
on this poor man. He went to the
road, took the blind man by the
hand, and led him to his house. He
gave him a stool on which to sit.
He called to his wife to bring food
to the blind guest.

When the blind man had rested on
the stool awhile, and he had re-
freshed himself with the food, he
arose to depart.

'Oh, no," said his kind host, "do
lot leave yet. I once was blind as
iOM are, but a man called Seven

Years gave me good eyes. He said
he would return in seven years. This
is now the seventh year. Stay with me
until Seven Years returns. He will
help you as he did me."

"I must go," said the guest. "I am
Seven Years. You have done well
in showing kindness to those who
suffer as you once did."

The man who was once a leper
was resting by his house. As he
looked toward the road he saw a
leper coming near. The former leper
had pity on this poor man. He went
to the road. He took the leper by the
hand and led the Isper to his house.
He gave him a stool on which to sit.
He called to his wife to bring food to
the leper.

When the leper had rested on the
stool awhile, and he had refreshed
himself with the food, he arose to
depart.

"Oh, no," said his kind host, "do
not leave yet. I was a leper as you
are, but a man called Seven Years
gave me a healthy skin and a whole
body. He said he would return in
seven years. This is now the seventh
year. Stay with me until Seven Years
returns. He will help you as he did
me."

"I must go," said the guest. "I
am Seven Years. You have done
well in showing kindness to those
who suffer as you once did."

The man who was once a crip-
ple was resting by his house. As he
looked toward the road he saw a
cripple coming near. Fear seized
the former cripple.

"Why should a cripple come here
to remind me of how I once suf-
fered?" he thought in his heart.

He called to his children who
were playing near.

"Children, when that cripple '
comes to my house, tell him that
your father is not here." Then he
went into his house and closed the
door.

The cripple hmped along until he
reached the house of the man who
was once a cripple. The door was
shut. No one was at home except

the children who were playing near.

"Children," the cripple called, "is
your father here?"

"No," replied the children, "our
father is not here."

At that the cripple called out in
an angry voice: "Come out of your
house. I am Seven Years. Because
you have not shown kindness to
those who suffer as you once suf-
fered, your crippled legs will come
back to you."

So the man who had not shown
kindness became a cripple once
more. And he limped on his crip-
pled legs the rest of his life.

SPEAKING OF FOREIGN MISSIONS

(Continued From Page 338)

Brethren church. In Nuevo Laredo
the group of believers continues to
meet in an encouraging way, al-
though it is the plan for the Edmis-
ton family to begin a teaching and
personal-witnessing ministry in the
city of Leon, a city of 200,000
population in central Mexico. The
Edmistons will probably go to their
new field of activity in the early
summer.

Offering reports encouraging —

To the present time these re-
ports of the Easter offering are
only fragmentary but are quite en-
couraging. A number of churches
have already reached and exceeded
the goal of a 1 7 percent increase over
last year's giving. In a few cases
the increase has been by as much as
150 percent. For most of our
churches to reach the goal of a 17
percent increase, it will require real
sacrificial giving. But in every case
it seems that to reach the goal is
entirely within the realm of possi-
bility if our members pray and give
together. There have actually been
so many unexpected and unplanned
requests from our various mission
fields that a 17 percent increase will
do little more than meet the pri-
mary needs. It will certainly not
permit the expansion and stabilizing
of the work for which our mission-
aries are praying and planning. For
all of us, we'll want to do our best in
caring for this great work for Christ.

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Eduardo Was a Year Old in October

By Mrs. Ricordo Wagner
Huinca Renanco, Argentina

PART I

When Ricardo and I were in-
formed that we were to move to
Huinca Renanco to take charge
of the congregations in southern
Cordoba, we could not help but
wonder what might be in store for
us. Of the many former members of
the church here in Huinca who have
drifted away and are living defi-
nitely disorderly as far as Christian
conduct is concerned, several are
relatives of ours. This fact was not
altogether reassuring. We remem-
bered what our Lord said about a
prophet in his own country, but,
since we hadn't asked to be sent back
to Ricardo's hometown, nor had we
even desired it, we took the de-
cision as of the Lord and trusted
Him to overrule the rule. It has
been our great privilege and joy to
witness the Lord's doing just that
in several cases, not the least of
which is that of our grandnephew
Eduardo Coria.

In order to appreciate better the
bounty of God's grace in Eduardo's
life, it is necessary to know a little
of his background. His paternal
grandmother, one of Ricardo's sis-
ters, has always been uninterested in
the gospel in spite of the fact that
her twin sister is one of the oldest
and most faithful members in the
church here. Her husband was still
less interested, so the family grew
up with little or no religious train-
ing. Eduardo's father learned to play
the trumpet when quite young and
was soon playing in the local band
— usually for dances. When he was
called for. military service he was
placed in the military band and that
became his career.

I never met Eduardo's maternal
grandparents, but they have been
described to me as fanatically Cath-
olic. His mother was devout and
ardent in her religious beliefs, so

she saw to it that hsr boys were
not only duly instructed but also
active in the exercise of their faith.
Both boys have served as altar boys,
and the elder took one year of study
toward preparing for the priesthood.
Their father died several years ago,
and their mother has remarried. The
stepfather is a considerate, hard-
working man, but has very little
interest in spiritual things, so the
mother continued to be the main
spiritual influence in the lives of her
boys up to the time we came to
Huinca. By that time both boys had
learned to play instruments and were
playing in dance orchestras when-
ever possible so long as it did not in-
terfere with studies and work. Ed-
uardo was in his third year at the
Manual Training School studying
electricity.

Contacts and opportunities to wit-
ness for the Lord came in the in-
formal visits of the young folks in
the home of another cousin. Juan,
the older of the two boys, entered
more freely into the discussions
when religious subjects were brought
up. He also responded first to the in-

vitation to attend the weekly young
people's meetings and soon was at-
tending most of the services, much
to the dismay of his mother who did
all in her power to put a stop to such
behavior! Within a few months
Juan had made public profession of
faith.

But Eduardo had altogether other
ideas. At the mature age of 16 hs
considered every inch of his short
stature a man, and could easily make
folks believe him to be two or three
years older than he was. He tried
to avoid participating in conversa-
tions that touched on religious sub-
jects, but when he did become in-
volved in them, he gave folks to un-
derstand that the matter of his re-
ligious conviction was definitely
settled. He firmly refused all invi-
tations to meetings and was ex-
tremely cautious about visiting us
while we were living in a borrowed
house. .After we moved onto the
mission property he would come no
further than the street door. He
remarked to a cousin once that we
would never get him to come to
the meetings even if he were crazy
— that his mother had suffered
enough over what Juan had done,
so he wasn't going to add to her
grief. Besides, his life was decidedly
out of harmony with all that the
gospel represented. He was walking
on the broad way and had begun to
taste freely of all the pleasures it had
to offer.

But God had access to his soul
through an unsuspected channel.
One day our doorbell got out of
order and he graciously consented
to come in and see about it. That
was the opening wedge into the
home, but once inside there was a
far more powerful motive to come <
again and again, and that was our '
piano. God had put in his breast

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AMAZON TRAVELOG

(Continued on Page 339)

EDUARDO WAS A YEAR OLD
IN OCTOBER

(Continued From Page 344)

the trip to a matter of hours. But
what does he do with his "mount"
(as they often refer to their dug-
outs)? Quite as naturally as a west-
erner would tie his to the hitching
post, these fellows tie theirs to the
stern of the launch. Adding them in
a hne, hitching mount to mount,
we saw as many as 1 6 such canoes in
a train.

Sometimes an hour passed with-
out seeing a single house. Then, al-
most always when a settlement of
a dozen or more houses is seen, there
is noticed also a crude Catholic
church — which the priest may not
visit more than once annually. With-
out a doubt only a very few of these
people have ever heard the Good
News of our Lord and Saviour ex-
plained to them. I remember hear-
ing in the States of the work of dis-
tributing gospel portions and Bibles
to such people, but my experience
(to date, at least) would suggest that
this is probably inadequate. From
my travels to the islands around
Icoraci, and finding that near the
state capital of Belem only a few
persons on the majority of the is-
lands are hterate, I would con-
clude that here in the interior of the
State the people would bs almost
entirely illiterate — needing the per-
sonal and regular visits of a mission-

ary more than an unintelligible
page. Nevertheless the printed Word
has its place everywhere, for I have
seen an illiterate person search out
someone who reads in order to have
read to him a portion of the Bible
that some missionary had left at his
home.

It was at 4:00 in the morning
when we docked under the "Happy
Mountain" of Monte Alegre. How-
ever, the place looked dark and de-
serted until some time after the ship
blew her whistle. Presently the town
engineer got the generator wound
up, and the two circuits of street
lights popped on about five minutes
apart to bring life to the vila of
3,000. The municipality has 22,000
including a large Japanese colony.

Porpoises danced around the ship
here more than at any place Fd
seen before. Monte Alegre is shel-
tered from the main stream of the
Amazon by a long island, apparent-
ly making most pleasing this play-
ground of calm water. Each town
seems to have another type of fish.
That of Monte Alegre is coal black
and fished by human divers who pull
the fish from its hole in the mud
bank.

(To be continued in
our next issue)

Prepared for any emergency

a passion for music and an over-
whelming ambition to learn to play
the piano — for a purpose! Not able
to get his folks to finance such a
project, a piano in the home of rela-
tives presented him with a possible
solution.

Eduardo finally arranged to have
our older daughter, Elena, teach
him. This arrangement was not
without its comphcations. As might
be expected, Eduardo's musical
taste ran to jazz, tangos and even
worse. At that time he was enter-
taining dreams of leaving Huinca as
soon as possible after graduating
from school to make a name for him-
self in the realm of music. It didn't
take him long to realize that his pur-
pose in studying piano was in di-
rect opposition to Elena's ideals,
a reahzation that troubled his con-
science to the point that he almost
decided to discontinue the lessons.
However, the desire to learn was
strong, progress was rapid, and he
was slowly developing a taste for
classical music, so the lessons were
not interrupted.

About two months after Eduardo
had started with piano lessons a
friend of the girls from Deheza
came to visit. She was introduced to
Eduardo and they were attracted to
^i^ch other at once — or was it love
at first sight? At any rate, Eduardo
promptly appeared in the church
services. His comment later: "What
disgusts me is that I acted as though
I were a faithful believer!" Nora's
visit was short but Eduardo con-
tinued coming to Sunday school.
Shortly after that, another visitor
came — a jolly, friendly sort of per-
son— and the young folks had a lot
of good times together during her
brief visit. She gave Eduardo a New
Testament and urged him to come to
the young people's meeting. Though
he had no intention of accepting her
invitation, he did come, and that
night in October of 1955 he re-
ceived Christ as his Saviour.

(To be concluded in the next
Foreign Mission Number)

June 1, 1957

345

GARWIN, IOWA. Rev. W. E.

Thomas, 69, departed from this Hfe
to be with Christ on May 10 follow-
ing an illness that has extended over
the past seven ysars. Bro. Thomas
graduated September 1914 from the
two-year ministerial course at Ash-
land College, Ashland, Ohio, and
was ordained to the Christian min-
istry at that time. Following ordina-
tion he served Brethren churches in
Beaver City, Nebr., Oct 1914 to
Nov. 1917; Milford,Ind., Nov. 1917
to Sept. 1919; Flora, Ind., S3pt.
1919 to Mar. 1924; Cerro Gordo,
111., Mar. 1924 to Nov. 1926; and
the Garwin, Iowa church, Aug. 1927

to 1930. Brother Thomas was born
at Elmwood, 111. on Feb. 16, 1888,
the son of S. C. and R"2tta Thomas.
In 1908 he was united in marriage
to Mabel Strong, who survives him.
On May 29, 1950, Rev. Thomas
suffered from a stroke, which was
followed two weeks later by another
stroke followed by cerebral hemor-
rhage. On Aug. 26, 1954, he suf-
fered another stroke which left him
totally helpless and with a paralysis
of the vocal area. The funeral was
conducted May 14 at the Carlton
Brethren Church of Garwin, Iowa,
with Rev. R. H. Kettell, pastor, of-
ficiating. Christian sympathies are
extended to Mrs. Mabel Thomas
and family.

CHICO, CALIF. Evangelist Dean
Fetterhoff concluded a two-week
meeting on June 2 at the Grace
Brethren Church, Phillip Simmons,
pastor.

SPECIAL. In the May 4 issu; of
the Missionary Herald the death of
Mrs. Marguerite Schmitt was an-
nounced. This announcement was
taken from the bulletin of a church
where she had formerly been a mem-
ber, and details following a move to
Whittier, Calif, were unknown in
this office. Since additional infor-
mation has been received we are
glad to inform our readers that when
Mrs. Schmitt moved to Whittier,
Calif., she united with the First
Brethren Church where she was a
faithful member until the Lord
called her home to be with Him.

DAYTON, OHIO. Rev. and

Mrs. William Steffler observed their
33rd wedding anniversary on May
20. Bro. Steffler is pastor of the
First Brethren Church.

GRANDVIEW, WASH. The
First Brethren Church reports that
their building program is a^ain under
way. The steel joists are in place,
and the cement floor, including the
basement floor, is poured. Robsrt
Griffith is pastor.

YAKIMA, WASH. Melodses of
Gracs, a new 15-minute radio pro-
gram, is broadcast each weekday
evening over station KLOQ. This
program is sponsored and produced
by Henry Dalke, pastor of the Grace
Brethren Church.
. CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA. Bro.
Richard Grant preached his farewell
message May 19 at the Grace
Brethren Church. At his new pas-
torate in Martinsburg, Pa., his ad-
dress will be 121 Woodlav/n Ave.
Pleas3 change Annual.

BEAUMONT, CALIF. The
Cherry Valley Brethren Church has
purchased a light plant for the
Bekoro station in French Equatorial
Africa. It will be shipped within 60
days from New York.

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Notice of meetings to be listed in tliis column must be received for publication at least
30 days in advance of scheduled dates.

Church

Denver, Colo.
Taos, N. Mex.
Beaver City,
Nebr.

Date Pastor

June 16-28 Tom Inman

June 30- July 5 . Sam Horney

Sreaker

Dean Fetterhoff

CLAYTON, OHIO. The new
organ at the First Brethren Church
was dedicated during the morning
worship service on May 19. Clair
Brickel is pastor.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Dr.

Bob Cook, affiliated with Youth for
Christ International, was guest
speaker at the First Brethren Church
on May 12. Dr. C. W. Mayes is pas-
tor.

FORT WAYNE, IND. Rev.
Alan Redpath, pastor of Moody
Church, Chicago, was guest speaker
at the First Brethren Church, May
16. Mark Malles is pastor.

July 14-27

Dayton Cundiff Dean Fetterhoff

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SANTA MONICA, CALIF. Rev.
George Richardson departed from
this life to be with Christ on May
1 1 (Brethren Missionary Herald,
May 26). He was born in Lawrence,
Kans. on July 18, 1899. At the age
of 16 he enlisted in the United States
Army and served in a combat unit
in World War I. Following his dis-
charge he finished high school and
attended the University of Kansas.
In 1923 he was married to Loreze
Shaw of Watertown, S. D., and es-
tablished residence in California.
While in the business world he felt
the call of God to full-time service,
and attended the Bible Institute of
Los Angeles. He then became super-
intendent of the Sailor's Mission of
San Pedro, Calif., during which time
he was ordained to the Christian
ministry in August 1933. He served
several Brethren churches as pastor:
Tracy, CaUf., two years; Glendale,
Calif., five years; and Bellflower,
Calif., six years. He resigned his last
pastorate and became the field rep-
resentative for the Bible Institute of
Los Angeles, which position he held
until the time of his death. He is sur-
vived by his wife and three daugh-
ters. George Richardson was the
nephew of the late Dr. L. S. Bau-
man.

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WASHINGTON, D. C. Church-
owned parking lots used by members
during services are exempt from tax-
ation, the U. S. Court of Appeals
ruled at Washington, D. C. It held
that a parking lot for 50 automobiles
owned by a Presbyterian congrega-
tion (The Church of the Pilgrims) is
"reasonably required and actually
used for the carrying on of the ac-
tivities and purposes of the church."

The ruling will effect seven other
church-owned parking lots in the
Capital, as well. The tax assessor had
assessed the eight churches a total
of over S2,000 in 1956 property
taxes.

SPECIAL. Reports from East
Germany indicate increased tension
between Church and State. Not more
than six religious periodicals are
licensed by the East German press
agency, and church activities of all
types are suppressed.

Although there are two million
church members in the church prov-
ince of Saxony, there is no church
paper at all in that area. A few
urban congregations print church
calendars giving information about
coming services and other events.
Even these calendars are under the
rigid control of the local press office.
Information about the serious fi-
nancial condition of the churches is
deleted, as is information about for-
eign missions.

Religious education is made ex-
tremely difficult. Pastors are im-
peded in their efforts to care for
the spiritual welfare of those in state
hospitals, institutions, corrective
camps, and prisons. The Railway
Mission has not yet been allowed to
resume its work. One evangelical
leader in Europe says; "There was
never a time when the church lead-
ers in Germany need our prayers
more than now."

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. The
First Methodist Church of Los
Angeles, sponsor of the nation's
oldest Sunday morning church
service radio broadcast, has pro-
tested the program's cancellation to
the Federal Communications Com-
mission in Washington. In a formal
brief the church urged the FCC to
issue a "cease and desist" order to

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Station KFAC, Los Angeles, and to
hold a public hearing on the matter.
In its petition the 104-year-old
church states that it pioneered in
broadcasting the first regular Sunday
morning church service 34 years ago,
and that for the last 15 years it has
paid Station KFAC the standard
commercial rate for radio time.

SPECIAL. Teachers in Czecho-
slavakia who were "overanxious" to
prove the validity of Communist
scientific theories "attained the op-
posite result," the Bratislava Com-
munist Party newspaper Prawda dis-
closed.

The teachers compared material-
istic principles with stories of the
Bible, the news accounts said. They
referred to certain Biblical events
to prove that science prevails over
religion. But, complained Prawda,
the students — especially those who
had never seen a Bible at home —
"began to take a lively interest in
the sometimes romantic Biblical
tales."

Teachers have been asked to re-
frain from further references to the
Bible, the Communist paper ex-
plained.

ISRAELI. Christian refugees
reaching Israel from the Gaza Strip
late in March reported that pro-
Egyptian terrorists had started a
large-scale intimidation of the
Christian population in the area.
They said Christians have been
beaten in the streets, and many are"
now afraid to leave their homes. UN
troops, they added, were placed on
guard outside the Baptist Mission
hospital after riots broke out in the
Strip. (There are about 2,000 Chris-
tians there.)

June 1, 7957

(The Gaza Strip, a coastal sliver
pointing toward the heart of Israel,
was held by Egypt under the 1949
Palestine armistice, used thereafter
as a base for fedayeen (guerrilla)
raids against Israel, quickly over-
run by Israel in the assault last fall,
and turfted over to the UN Emer-
gency Force by Israel last March 8.)

CHICAGO. The long-awaited
Chicago premier of the Reforma-
tion film, "Martin Luther," topped
the most optimistic expectations,
Dr. John W. Harms commented fol-
lowing its premier on Station WBKB
last April 23. Dr. Harms is executive
vice president of the Chicago
Church Federation which had been
active in protesting the earlier ban-
ning of the film by Station WGN.

After the premiere, WBKB re-
ported that it had received 155 tele-
phone calls about the film, with 109
of the callers stating that they liked
it. WBKB also reported that the
film compiled a special American
Research Bureau rating of 28.2 be-
tween 10 p. m. and 11 p. m., as
compared with 8.8 for WBBM-TV;
8.4 for WGN-TV, and 5.6 for
WNBQ. The 28.2 rating meant that
55 percent of the persons watching
TV were watching the Luther film.

Community Builders, Skokie, 111.,
sponsor of the film, said that 500
calls had been received, with no
more than 10 percent of the callers
expressing dishke for the film.
Robert Kendler, president of the
company admitted, however, that
the film brought in no additional
business, and the company gained no
more than a normal number of
leads.

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ELMER

Visits
Winona Lake

By Phillip Landrum

Journalism Student. Grace College

The National Fellowship of Brethren Churches will convene here
August 18-25

Scores of high-school seniors
contemplating attending Grace Col-
lege are probably wondering about
Winona Lake. Is it really the "play-
ground of the Christian World," a
"lake among lakes?" Is Winona Lake
really a "dead" town during the win-
ter?

Primarily a summer resort, Wi-
nona Lake is both a lake and a town.
The two of them, along with a canal
that separates an island from the
mainland, might be compared with
the map of Central Europe. The
canal separates the town from the
island as the English Channel sepa-
rates the Continent from England,
the lake providing a miniature At-
lantic. Parallel to the canal is the
main street that boasts most of the
activity and sights. However, the
main street cannot boast all of the
activity, for the hill above holds
among its treasure three publication
centers, three mission societies, a
school of photography, a school of
theology, and a college. You can see
that for a winter population of two
thousand, Winona Lake has a lot in
it. Of the many attractions in Wi-
nona Lake, none receive more at-
tention than the little brown bushy-
tailed squirrels that abound there.

Visiting people follow the squirrels"
ascensions and progressions chrough
the trees with an enthusiastic in-
terest; and the smart squirrel can get
a free meal anytime of the day during
the summer, for the tourists just love
the little animal's "cute and quaint
little mannerisms."

Sammy realized this; and as he
journeyed toward the end of the park
where he was to meet his country-
cousin, Elmer, he thought of how
much his cousin would like it here
in this little town. Romping over
the branches high above the park
benches and picnic tables, Sammy
recalled many experiences here in
Winona Lake — free meals from the
people, the time he watched the Billy
Graham meeting from the inside
while hundreds of people stood out-
side, and the bitter experiences of
the close calls he has had with the
cars. "There were always so many
of them that the only safe place in
the town was in the park; and that
wasn't safe sometimes the way the
golf balls came flying off the minia-
ture golf course and also the way the
kids rode their bikes around any-
more."

By this time Sammy had reached
the end of the park, and sure enough.

standing on a tree stump next to
the all-white Winona Hotel that
greets people as they come into
Winona was his country-cousin,
Elmer.

After a few "I-haven't-ssen-you-
in-so-longs," Elmer began seeing
the town under Sammy's direction.
They scurried across the main street,
then across the sidewalk and down
onto the beach bordering a lake,
shimmering and blue in the fading
sunlight — Winona Lake. Elmer
stood up on his hind legs and gazed
far out into the lake. The sight was
a new and fabulous one to him, and
he breathlessly said: "It's bigger than
five farms put together."

"Third largest in Kosciusko
County and one of the prettiest as
far as I am concerned. You might
call it the air-conditioner of Wi-
nona Lake, for swimming and boat-
ing are the only ways to escape the
heat here in Winona. I never go
swimming, though, for that green
seaweed bothers me."

"Wouldn't it be laksweed, since
it is in a lake?" questioned Elmer.

"Lakeweed or seaweed, what
does it matter, either way it's a
mess; anyway it was the day I fell
into it in the canal."

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"Then, you fell into canal weed,"
said Elmer.

"Elmer, it's a good thing thai
you haven't lent your brains to any
of the crows around here or they
would be flying backwards. Seaweed
is seaweed, no matter where it is.
Now, come on, let's get moving
along."

But Elmer, noticing something un-
usual across the street in the park,
exclaimed: "What is that windmill
over there for, and why does it have
aU those little houses around it?"

"That's a minature golf course,"
replied Sammy. "Those are obstacles
that the golfer has to go through, or
around, or something."

They scampered back across the
street into the park, and Elmer be-
came so engrossed in watching the
windmill go around that he didn't
notice a steady migration of people

into a large, rectangular building

the Billy Sunday Tabernacle.

Giving Elmer a sudden poke that
almost rolled him into the dust,
Sammy said in a low, short tone:
"See that, Elmer? That happens
every night at this time, every day
of every week for a whole summer.
They hold Bible conferences every
week just like this one now. Thou-
sands of people come. I don't think
there is a Bible conference held
here during the summer that doesn't
entertain at least four thousand peo-
ple. They have real good speakers
at the meetings. The best you can
get, I guess. Most of the meetings are
held in the Billy Sunday Taber-
nacle. It was dedicated to the great
evangelist, Billy Sunday. His house
IS at the other end of the park, two
blocks down, and 'Ma' Sunday, his
wife, used to hve there until' she
died just a few months back. I think
that they are going to make the
house into a museum. By the way
Elmer, do have any questions?"

^"Yes, don't you ever run down?"
^ "Cut out the foolishness, Elmer,
I'm serious now."

"All right, then; what's that build-
ing over there about a block away
from the Tabernacle?"

"That is the Administration
Building. That's where the tourists
find out about lodging in the many
apartments and houses for rent,
where the Lost and Found Depart-

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ment is, where the telegraph office is,
where the vacationers register, and
where the money is kept."

Elmer stood there for a while
looking at Sammy in amazement,
then he said, "And all in one breath,
too!" Sammy, with Elmer on his
heals and feeling that he hadn't got-
ten a thing across to Elmer, scam-
pered to the all-purpose white build-
ing that they had been talking about,
and hid in the shadows.

"See that lit-up building across
the street?" asked Sammy.

"Yes," answered Elmer.

"Well, that's the Eskimo Inn, and
after I show you the auditorium,
let's slip past here and gather up
kernels of dropped popcorn. Then
we'll go over to my home in my
tree-house in the park and talk over
our loot."

"Righto, Captain," said Elmer,
and they were off. Down the streets
and over the sidewalks they went,
finally ending up at a big, white
building, the Auditorium. A meeting
was also in progress there.

"This is where the Brethren con-
ference is held every year, while the
Winona Lake Bible conference is
held down at the Billy Sunday
Tabernacle. They are in one of
their sessions now, but the Brethren
aren't the only people who use it.
Many of the conferences that have
complete lease of all the buildings
for their week or two-weeks of
meetings, use it for contests, mission-
ary programs and youth programs
during the day, and then have their
night meetings at the Billy Sunday
Tabernacle. Many times after the
night meeting is over, they show a
film over in the Auditorium for
anyone who is interested."

Elmer, who had been yawning
as he endured allof this, said: "You
know, after hearing you talk so
much and so long, I think I have dis-
covered in you the very thing that
so many scientists have tried so hard
to find — perpetual motion."

Used to Elmer's comments by
now, Sammy said in a very parental
manner: "Well, anyway, Elmer, let's
go down to the Eskimo Inn and get
some kernels of popcorn; someone
always drops some." With that they
scurried down to the combination
drug store, gift shop, restaurant and

soda fountain. Soon they retrieved
a handful of popcorn and carried it
past the Administration Building,
around the Auditorium and up to
the little tree near the Sunday resi-
dence. Here they ate their popcorn
until Sammy, as usual, with sureness
in his voice, spoke:

"Elmer, just you wait till fall. If
you think that our acorns are dif-
ferent around here, wait till you see
the 'nuts' that start rolling in late in
August, the Grace Seminary and
College students. I've seen them in
couples walking side by side in the
fading evening sunlight; I've seen
them in groups of boys and girls
acting as if they didn't have a brain
in their heads, you know, like an
empty acorn. Their first impressions
are almost all the same — 'How'd I
ever get in a place like this?' or 'This
certainly isn't what I expected it to
be.' But their impressions are almost
all the same after a few months
here— they all like it. Winona Lake
grows on them as it does on many
others. They say it's a 'dead' town
in the winter, but the students, them-
selves, really liven up the place. The
new roller rink will provide enter-
tainment for them — I'm sure— when
they need it. With the lake frozen
over, ice skating is fast and frequent.
School assignments, church activi-
ties, banquets and parties, basket-
ball games, and concerts provide the
rest. Yep, I guess the old place is
pretty dead during the winter —
every minute or so that is. Elmer,
don't snore so loud. Snore! Elmer,
you mean to say you went to sleep
while I was talking?"

Sleepily Elmer glanced up from
his bed inside the tree and said:
"Yep, I guess I did; and you know
Sammy, now that I've come to Wi-
nona Lake I'm sure of one thing."
"What's that, Elmer?"
"The scientists can quit looking
for perpetual motion. I've found it."
With that Elmer went to sleep.

Yes, Winona Lake is a "lake
among lakes," the "playground of
the Christian world," but to you it
may be even more. This tiny town
of Winona Lake can represent
through Grace College a place for
intellectual and spiritual growth, and
it may be your part-time hometown
for the next four years.

349

Eclipsed Christians

Have you ever paused to watch
a full moon come up over the hori-
zon? It's a lovely sight and you
don't have to be sixteen or in love
to enjoy it.

"For centuries men have been curi-
ous about the moon. When you
were a child and asked about the
moon, someone probably gave you
the reply that it was made of green
cheese. Now scientists feel sure that
the moon is composed of the abra-
sive material known as pumice.
Neither cheese nor pumice is an
especially lovely material and cer-
tainly they have no power to pro-
duce light.

The only conclusion is that the
beauty and usefulness of the moon
do not depend on the material it
is made of but on the fact that it
reflects the light of the sun.

The moon is not always visible
in the night sky. Sometimes clouds
come between it and the world that
needs the light. Sometimes there is
an eclipse. The Encyclopedia
Americana says that "an eclipse of
the moon is caused by the earth com-
ing between it and the sun."

Perhaps you have seen an
"eclipsed Christian." There are far
too many who have permitted the
world and its practices to come be-
tween them and their Source of
Light.

In the spiritual darkness that
covers the earth, Christians are "the
light of the world." How wonderful
that even though we have no power
of our own to dispel the shadow of
sin, we can reflect the light and
power of Christ, the Son of God. It
doesn't matter whether we are as
rich as King Solomon or as poor as
the widow with her two mites,
whether we are educated like Paul or
ignorant fishers like Peter and
Andrew, whether we are strong or
physically handicapped or black
or yellow or white. If Christ has
saved us, then we have the privilege
and the command to "give light to
them that sit in darkness and in the
shadow of death."

But a Christian who is eclipsed

cannot give this saving light to those
who are in darkness because the
things of the world have come be-
tween him and his Lord.

It doesn't have to be a great sin
to hide the light of testimony. Per-
haps a modem-day Martha is so
"cumbered about with much serv-
ing" and trying so hard to keep up
with the neighbors socially that she
doesn't have time to teach a Sunday-
school class or speak to those neigh-
bors about the Lord. She may not
know it, but even though she doesn't
smoke or drink or dance, she is an
"eclipsed Christian."

This eclipse may take place grad-
ually. Probably the Christian is not
even aware of it at first. That's the
way it was with Bob.

Bob was a quiet boy, but after he
was saved at YFC he began wit-
nessing whenever he had a good op-
portunity. He had an attractive per-
sonality, was a good athlete and
most of the girls in his class thought
he was handsome. Though Bob
loved the Lord, he loved baseball
too. When he first started playing
on the varsity team he was a little
bothered by the way the other fel-
lows and even the coach swore and
took God's name in vain. He knew
he ought to talk to some of the guys
about the Lord, but he was sure
they would just laugh at him, so he
decided to live a good Christian
life and maybe the fellows would
ask him what made him different.
The fellows did notice a difference.
Jerry, at second base, seemed to
have real respect for Bob (especially
after he started some terrific double
plays) and he would sometimes say:
"Watch your language you guys"
when Bob was around.

The team often had late practices
and when Bob got home on Wednes-
day he said: "Mom, I think I'll
skip prayer meeting and go to bed
early. I'm bushed."

A few weeks later Bob got a
chance to start playing shortstop for
the Centerville Cardinals. This was
a local team made up of mostly older
fellows. The only problem was that

By Sonya Saufley

Journalism Student. Grace College

they played on Sunday afternoons.
Bob was president of his young
people's group, but he figured he
could play and still get back in time
to take charge of BYF.

And he did — for a while. Then he
began asking the vice president to
take over more often because he
"couldn't make it." He didn't have
time to read the Bible much any
more and his prayer time got shorter
and shorter.

Though Jerry wasn't a Christian,
Bob thought a lot of him and he
really meant to ask him to go along
to church where he could hear the
gospel. Weeks slipped by and Bob
couldn't seem to find a chance to talk
to him and Jerry started running
around with his old gang again.

Bob's testimony was eclipsed, not
by any great sin but by his love for
baseball. Notice the difference.
There was nothing wrong with play-
ing ball, but the trouble began when
playing ball came between Bob and
the Lord.

So it is in the lives of many
Christians. Things that are per-
fectly harmless in themselves can
come in and hide the "light" from
those who are in darkness. It may
be desire for popularity or love of
money or even a new car that comes
between us and Christ and makes
it impossible for us to reflect His
Light.

This old world is lost in the dark-
ness of sin though many men refuse
to believe it. Our Lord Jesus Christ
has commanded us to "let your
light so shine before men that they
may see your good works, and glo-
rify your father which is in heaven."
Only through us can lost men hear
of God's plan of salvation. We can't '
afford to be "eclipsed Christians."

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"AS I SEE IT"\i

Selected by ihe Editor from'fW
©tu Contemporary Thought ond Opt

HOW TO READ

Here are a few helpful suggestions
which ought to make Bible reading
a great joy, and not a burden.

1. Read quietly and slowly, not
as you race through the daily news-
paper. "Not snapshots but time ex-
posures" should be the rule.

2. Read alertly, not mechanical-
ly. Visuahze the scenes; "taste" the
words.

3. Read, searching for the per-
sona! message each day's passage
has for you.

4. Your inner response to God's
message is important. When He con-
demns, bow penitently; when He
offers help, rivet your hope on that
assurance; when He commands,
obey.

5. Underhne passages which
strike fire. Jot down a list of ideas
these passages start going.

6. Memorize one key verse
daily.

7. Remember that you must give
account of every word you read, and
that every word is God-breathed.
This will give you the reverence
needed as you approach God's
Word.

8. God's Word is Spirit and life.
Therefore, we cannot be the same
after reading it.

SLAPPING YOUR PASTOR'S FACE

Who would think of slapping his
pastor's face? Who would think of
doing such a thing in public? Yet, it
is being done by church members
every Sunday. Whenever a church
member attends Sunday school and
after the class session walks out
instead of staying for church, he is
slapping his pastor's face. And it
hurts the pastor more than a literal
slap would.

Are you guilty? You say you
love your pastor. You welcome him
into your home with a sincere cor-
diality. Proudly you introduce him
to your friends. You even boast
about his preaching and his faithful
pastoral work. Yet you walk out
after Sunday school and won't stay
to hear him preach. Of course, you
don't walk out because of him — you

June 1, 1957

have some weak excuse, so shallow,
so selfish, so inexcusable that even
you know it is weak. Yet you walk
out!

People notice it. Your classmates
notice it. The townsfolk notice it.
Children notice it.

Your pastor has worked hard
to prepare a spiritual feast for your
soul, but you won't come.

An empty pew hurts more than an
open palm. — W.E.G.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN WROTE THIS

We have been the recipients of
the choicest bounties of heaven; we
have grown in numbers, wealth, and
power as no other nation has ever
grown. But we have forgotten God.
We have forgotten the gracious
hand which preserved us in peace
and multiplied and enriched and
strengthened us, and we have vainly
imagined, in the deceitfulness of our
hearts, that all these blessings were
produced by some superior wisdom
and virtue of our own. Intoxicated
with unbroken success, we have
become too self-sufficient to feel
the necessity of redeeming a pre-
serving grace, too proud to pray to
the God that made us.

NORWALK, CALIF.

Two blessed weeks were enjoyed
by members and friends of the Nor-
walk Brethren Church during spe-
cial meetings held with Pastor John
M. Aeby of Temple City, Calif., as
the evangelist. The meetings, which
began on Sunday night of April 28,
were preceded by a full week of
special prayer. Cottage prayer
meetings were held in various local-
ities in the community night after
night. Many met in special prayer
beseeching the Lord for His bless-
ings in a heaven-sent revival. Special
music was enjoyed at every meet-
ing. Including the outside talent
which had been engaged were the
members of the "Notes of Grace"
male quartet, of the First Brethren
Church of Whittier, Calif. Mr. Lyle

Marvin, Jr., the minister of music of
the Norwalk church, was in charge
of the musical program for the meet-
ings. Brother Aeby brought heart-
stirring messages night after night,
which were used by the Holy Spirit
to convict of sin. The Lord blessed
throughout the service and the at-
tendance increased nightly. The
Holy Spirit was faithful in bringing
conviction of sin, among saved and
unsaved. The results of the cam-
paign consisted of seven confessions
of Christ as Saviour, and two dedi-
cations. It is our prayer that the
spirit of revival shall continue in
the weeks and months that lie ahead.
The church does praise our
Heavenly Father for His rich bless-
ings upon us. — Henry Rempel, pas-
tor.

ALEPPO, PA.

It was my privilege and great
blessing to be with Pastor Wayne
Baker and his family at the Aleppo
Brethren Church, the first two weeks
of April. It did not take long to
realize that people had been pray-
ing and that work had been done in
advance for the meetings. One thing
that thrilled us greatly was that the
people of the church were in love
with their pastor and were willing to
be led by him.

One great need at the Aleppo
Brethren Church is a Sunday-school
annex. Pray for these Brethren that
this need might be met in the near
future. — Homer Lingenfelter, evan-
gehst.

We are praising the Lord for the
two-week evangelistic meeting con-
ducted by Rev. Homer Lingenfelter,
pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church, Everett, Pa. Great em-
phasis was placed upon the saving
and keeping power of God through
Christ. As the gospel was clearly
and faithfully proclaimed the Holy
Spirit convicted hearts and several
turned in faith to our blessed Sav-
iour.

There were a good many Chris-
tians who made decisions, and nu-
merous victories have resulted. Truly
the Lord has answered prayer with
regard to His work in Aleppo, and
the fellowship with Brother Lingen-
felter was appreciated. — W. Wayne
Baker, pastor.

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Sometime ago, we were guests at
the home of a fine Christian couple.
The family is closely connected with
the church, and both parents par-
ticipate in its activities. The home
was handsomely furnished and in
immaculate order. However, there
was one thing about the home that
drew our special attention. It was
deplorably lacking in Christian
magazines and other literature. This
was a serious failure on the part of
that particular home. Perhaps it was
more orderly than a home where
magazines and books cover the
tables and strew the floor, but it
failed to give a vital witness to the
interest of that family in the things
of God. It revealed a serious failure
on the part of the father and mother
to surround their children with
Christian literature, and it proved
a probable explanation of the fail-
ure of the children to be discreet in
their social relationships. We are at
least certain that the absence of
Christian periodicals and literature
proved a contributing factor in their
particular problem. Perhaps the
family does not care to read, but all
Christian parents should know that
good reading habits must be de-
veloped in the home and also be-
come a prime factor in the develop-
ment and maturing of the Christian
life.

Christian reading material in the
form of periodicals is sadly lacking
in many of our church homes. By
Christian reading material we do not
refer to the poorly conceived and
poorly written novels and booklets
which come from presses. These are
often a disgrace to the Christian
faith and certainly to good literature,
but we refer to magazines and books

that deal with issues and develop-
ments that concern the Christian
community and individual. We refer
to reading matter that brings the
principles of the Scripture to grips
with m.odem life. There is too little
of this in our Christian homes.

This may be accounted for by the
intrusion of modern methods of
communication into the home. This
is, however, only a partial explana-
tion. More magazines and books are
being published than ever before.
Perhaps we are too fearful of spend-
ing a few dollars for Christian peri-
odicals because "no one reads them
anyway." It is doubtful whether our
own particular denominational
weeklies would carry so large a cir-
culation if they were not subsi-
dized by the local churches. Our
problem is a failure of the Christian
home to realize the value of Chris-
tian periodicals, and a lack of in-
terest on the part of Christians in
the work of the church. Children
are not interested because parents
are not interested. It is questionable
whether the average Christian is in-
terested in the working out of their
professed faith in daily living. Par-
ents fail to realize that one article in
a periodical may so touch the lives
of their children for good as to be
of sufficient value to pay for the
entire subscription. Every sermon
may not be worth a pastor's salary,
but when the influence of sermons
is felt over the years, it takes on far
more value than his stipend. So the
total impact of a magazine must be
taken into account.

Little is done in our homes to en-
courage good reading habits. Be-
sides the ready availability of the
periodical and the example of the

parents, children and young people
must be encouraged to read by hav-
ing interesting and worthy articles
casually called to their attention. If
we seek to discourage the comic
book, we might gain in both direc-
tions. There is also the value of
making the reading habits of our
children a matter of prayer. Our
prayer slogans cry out our convic-
tions, but rarely are they strong
enough to stir our lips in this di-
rection.

Christian magazines should be
chosen with care. There is a dearth
of periodical information in some
areas of Christian activity. There
are too few that aim at children and
youth. This, of course, can be reme-
died by a large demand. Too few
periodicals seek to assist the worker
in his church activity. Some denomi-
national periodicals are excellent,
but they lose their value to others
because of their denominational em-
phasis. On the other hand, some
churches are fearful of using the
magazines of other communions.
This may be a righteous fear, but
too often the fear grows out of an
unholy self-righteousness. Many
people are unaware of available
periodicals. We recall one church
that celebrated a "Christian maga-
zine week." This not only acquainted
the people with the available ma-
terials but encouraged them to sub-
scribe to the better ones. Church
librarians could do much in this di-
rection by providing for the loaning
of magazines to its members. If
mounting costs prohibit the indivi-
dual from subscribing to current
magazines, they could be readily
made available through the church
library. Church and Sunday-school
teachers would be greatly benefited
by the loan library.

The Christian press seeks to stim-
ulate thinking through the religious
periodical. It brings information, but
the information is given with the pur-
pose of encouraging the development

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One of the times when a news-
paperman feels the most flattered is
when he is on a bus, streetcar, or
train and sees practically 99 percent
of the passengers (particularly if it's
a going-to-work crowd or a going-
home crowd) reading a newspaper.

A few will be reading a maga-
zine, fewer yet a book — even a
paper-backed trash novel.

Even without formal survey of
the gang on the 5:05 (the train I
happen to take out of Chicago to
my suburban home), I can almost
certainly predict that the reading
going on over the rails is all these
passengers will engage in during the
entire day.

The sad fact is that this probably
applies to Christians as well as non-
Christians.

Now there is nothing wrong with
reading a newspaper. I'm expected
to say that, I suppose, and I'm say-
ing it. I have taken the trouble even
to dispute (after church) with min-
isters who have from pulpits de-
nounced their fellow Christians for
reading the Sunday papers.

We'll accept and emphasize that
in the reading habits of every Chris-
tian, the Bible should come first. So
my thoughts in this piece deal with
the "other reading" that Christians
should do.

And among this other reading the
daily papers should play a large
part, perhaps even the largest part.
There are reasons. For one thing,
the newspapers never let us forget
for an instant what the human race
is really like. This keeps us humble.
As we read of human frailties,
troubles, and even the crimes, we can
say with John Wesley as he looked
at the drunkard in the gutter: "There
but for the grace of God am I."

But there is more to the good
newspaper than crime, of course.
It teUs us, if you please, of the neigh-
bors for whom we are to bear a
love almost as strong as our love
for God.

I have little patience with those
Christians who would withdraw
completely from the world and re-
fuse even to know what their neigh-

By Wesley Hartzell

City Editor
Chicago American

bors are doing. Christ didn't with-
draw from the world. He sought
out the people who could tell him
about it.

And in our reading, we must not
lose touch with reality.

What I have said about news-
papers, of course, appHes with equal
force to magazines, some of which
contain articles that are among the
best Uterature being written today.

Among the magazines there
should be a good sampUng of Chris-
tian magazines. This is particularly
essential since the secular weeklies
seldom print all that the Christian
would like to know about the world
of religion and particularly the
Protestant evangelical faiths.

Of course, our reading should
contain something from books. And
I don't mean particularly that class
of books generally called "Christian
books." I mean any book that
brings a true picture of the world,
of man, or of God.

Some of the novels that have
made the greatest impact on my life,
that got me away from the idea that
man's salvation lay in himself and
his world, were not "Christian
books" — at least they didn't men-
tion the name of Christ or have any-
body in their pages who got saved
or gave a testimony.

I think immediately of Hardy's
Jude, the Obscure or Hugo's Les
Miserables. Those, and others like
them, have the stuff of reality, and
they show dramatically and clearly
why it is that man must have help
from outside himself. They helped

prepare my own heart to accept
Christ when He first knocked at my
door.

Not every book that parades it-
self as "realistic" really is, of course.
Some authors use the adjective to
describe a book filled with filth.
Their works are no more true to life
than Grimm's fairy tales. And the
discriminating Christian reader will
have to watch that he doesn't waste
his money or time reading them.

History (or biography) also comes
under the category of realism — that
is, if the biographies are not mere
eulogies. Too many authors pass off
as "biography" a flowery compen-
dium of their heroes' virtues. Any
man — even great men — have weak-
nesses, and their biographers would
serve their subjects better if they
charted the shortcomings, as well as
strengths, of their great men. Their
subjects' luster will be but the bright-
er for having overcome the diffi-
culties to attain the heights.

I have found a good many Chris-
tians with books of sermons in their
libraries — invariably the gifts of
friends or relatives.

The best place to absorb a ser-
mon, of course, is in church. Books
of sermons are for ministers to study
and emulate. Or else they're for
sending to shut-ins and savages who
can't get to hear the preacher.

Completely without profit to the
Christian is the average short story
found in the secular weekly,
monthly, or women's magazines. Let

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1956 Missionary Herald Offering Report

Akron, Ohio $358.53

Albany, Oreg 29.00

Aleppo, Pa 25.00

Alexandria, Va 135.00

Allentown, Pa 86.08

Alto, Mich 46.55

Altoona, Pa. (First) 16950

Altoona, Pa. (Grace) 9.05

Ankenytown, Ohio 122.00

Artesia, Calif 40.05

Ashland, Ohio 156.72

Beaumont, Cciif 288.00

Beaver City, Nebr 10.00

Bellflower, CaH; 1 1000

Berne, Ind 233.00

Berrien Springs, Mich 19.00

Boston, Mass 10.00

Buena Vista, Va 253.25

Camden, Ohio 30.50

Canton, Ohio 11.00

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 454.00

Cheyenne, Wyo 41 .00

Chico, Calif 12.22

Cleveland, Ohio 41 .00

Clay City, Ind 31.57

Clayhole, Ky 11.51

Clayton, Ohio 175.22

Compton, Calif 40.09

Conemaugh, Pa 160.00

Covington, Ohio 121 .49

Covington, Va 52.50

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 42.90

Dallas Center, Iowa 60.00

Danville, Ohio 47.00

Dayton, Ohio (First) 241 .25

Dayton, Ohio (Patterson Pork) 57.00

Dayton, Ohio (North Riverdale) 527.30

Denver, Colo 10.25

Dryhill, Ky 5.00

Elkhart, Ind 132.00

Englewood, Ohio 349.28

Everett, Pa 41 .00

Fillmore, Calif 101.00

Findlay, Ohio 206.91

Flora, Ind 176.75

Fort Lauderdale, Flo 71 .60

Fort Wayne, Ind 1,041.53

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Fort Wayne, ind. (Grace) IIO.!

Fremont, Ohio (Grace) 441.

Fremont, Ohio (Chapel) 21.4

Garwin, Iowa 26.1

Goshen, Ind 10.'

Grafton, W. Va 25.'

Grandview, Wash 18.'

Hagerstown, Md. (Calvary) 62.1

Hagerstown, Md. (Grace) 410.^

Harrah, Wash 103.

Harrisburg, Pa 206.'

Homerville, Ohio 102.i

Inglewood, Calif 108.1

Jenners, Pa 35.1

Johnson City, Tenn 16.1

Johnstown, Pa. (First) 490.1

Johnstown, Pa. (Riverside) 39. i

Kittanning, Pa. (First) 262.:

Kittanning, Pa. (North Buffalo) 37.1

Loke Odessa, Mich 402.1

LaVerne, Calif 64.(

Leamersville, Pa 81.

Leesburg, Ind 55.(

Leon, Iowa 25.!

Limestone, Tenn 76.

Listie, Pa 204.(

Long Beach, Calif. (First) 332..

Long Beach, Calif. (North) 205.1

Mansfield, Ohio (Grace) 481.

Mansfield, Ohio (Woodviile) 126.1

Martinsburg, Pa 105.(

Martinsburg, W. Va 99.:

Meyersdale, Pa 130.:

Meyersdale, Pa. (Summit Mills) 43.i

Middlebranch, Ohio 58J

Modesto, Calif. (La Loma) 20.(

Modesto, Calif. (McHenry Ave.) 6.1

Monte Vista, Calif 5.1

New Troy, Mich 200.(

Norwalk, Calif 65.:

Osceola, Ind 32.:

Ozark, Mich 25.1

Palmyra, Pa 19.1

Paramount, Calif 81.

Peru, Ind 1.

Philadelphia, Pa. (First) 197.(

Philadelphia, Pa. (Third) 242.1

Phoenix, Ariz 30.(

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Portis, Kans 31.00

Portland, Oreg 3850

Radford, Va 25.25

Rialto, Calif 34.90

Riner, Va 9.00

Rittman, Ohio 332.75

Roanoke, Va. (Clearbrook) 1 15.00

Roanoke, Va. (Ghent) 277.10

Roanoke, Va. (Washington Heights) 77.30

San Bernardino, Calif 80.80

San Diego, Calif 12.00

Seattle, Wash 47.00

Seven Fountains, Va 24.00

Sidney, Ind 275.66

South Bend, Ind 94.00

South Gate, Calif 34.00

South Pasadena, Calif 10.00

Spokane, Wash 122.25

Sterling, Ohio 55.00

Stoystown, Pa. (Reading) 30.62

Sunnyside, Wash 154.50

Taos, N. Mex 8.02

Temple City, Calif 130.05

Tracy, Calif 50.00

Troy, Ohio 17.00

Uniontown, Pa 232.17

Washington, D. C 80.68

Waterloo, Iowa 449.76

Waynesboro, Pa 211.19

West Alexandria, Ohio 25.75

Wheaton, ill 10.00

Whittier, Calif. (Community) 344.80

Whittier, Calif. (First) 116.00

Winchester, Va 64.00

Winona Lake, Ind 1,096.25

Wooster, Ohio 178.63

Yakima, Wash 74.61

York, Pa 66.70

Total 17,375.05

Miscellaneous

dedication Day Offering 187.90

East Fellowship of Churches 10.00

Camp Grace 50.00

National Laymen 50.00

National WMC 273.60

Isolated, non-Brethren, etc 409.47

Total 980.97

Total of churches 17,375.05

Grand Total 18,35602

June 8, 1957

Twenty-five leading churches in
GIFTS TO THE MISSIONARY HERALD

1. Winona Lake, Ind $1,096.25

2. Fort Wayne, Ind. (First) 1,041.53

3. Dayton, Ohio (North Riverdale) 527.30

4. Johnstown, Pa. (First) 409.50

5. Mansfield, Ohio (Grace) 481. 50

6. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 454.00

7. Waterloo, Iowa 449.76

8. Fremont, Ohio (Grace) 441 .00

9. Hagerstown, Md. (Grace) 410.50

10. Lake Odessa, Mich 40200

11. Akron, Ohio 358.53

12. Englewood, Ohio 349.28

13. Whittier, Calif. (Community) 344.80

14. Rittman, Ohio 332.75

15. Long Beach, Calif. (First) 332.48

16. Beaumont, Calif 288.00

17. Roanoke, Va. (Ghent) 277.10

18. Sidney, Ind 275.66

19. Kittanning, Pa. (First) 26228

20. Buena Vista, Va 253.25

21. Philadelphia, Pa. (Third) 242.00

22. Dayton, Ohio (First) 241 .25

23. Berne, Ind 23300

24. Uniontown, Pa 232.17

25. Waynesboro, Pa 211.19

Scattered throughout this issue of the Mis-
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are illustrative of terms commonly used by
printers, and those associated with the pub-
lishing field, to describe a specific act, designa-
tion, or work in printing.

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July to the work of the Missionary Herald,
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How urgently and desperately —

WE NfifiD

By Mrs. Mack D. McCurry

Who determines what type of
literature will be published? We who
buy the books and magazines which
are published determine the type.
Who could change the trend in the
kinds of books and magazines which
are being so prolifically published
today? We Christians who read
could bring about the change. But
do we?

Who can find time in these busy,
rushing days to read? Who isn't too
tired at night to read? Anyway, we
don't need to read! The radio tells
us the news. Television gives us that
and all the rest. Why bother about
reading?

Many Christians are groaning
spiritually, wondering what tele-
vision will do to the reading hab-
its in their homes. What happens
really depends upon the individual
Christian homemakers. By keeping
a supply of Christian books and
magazines suitable for all the ages
in the homes and by leading in the
reading of such literature ourselves,
we can help our families to learn
to enjoy the best in Christian read-
ing.

We as Christians are being crit-
icized because we are becoming too
shallow, worldly and self -centered.
We are said to have a form of re-
ligion, but we lack depth, power
and consecration. As Christians we
hardly know what we do believe.
We simply belong to a church. If

we have a belief, we don't practice
it. We say we believe that a born-
again Christian has eternal life here
and now, that he does not have to
wait for death to begin living eter-
nally. What a difference it would
make in our lives, in our homes, in
our churches if we really believed
and lived this New Testament truth!

We have all seen droughts —
streams, wells, springs drying up.
Timber dying. Pastures dry. Only
deep wells and the deeper streams
have water. This should be a warn-
ing to us who are shallow and
powerless in our own Christian ex-
perience.

As Christians we like to brag
about what we are doing. But there
is still so much to be done! I do not
mean at home with more new build-
ings, better equipment, more organ-
izing. While the whole world calls,
we build bigger and handsomer
churches, parsonages, and keep on
taking care of our own wants, trying
to outdo all the other churches in
our towns or communities. But per-
haps we do not know the world is
calling. Perhaps we are not reading
the kind of literature that would in-
form us concerning the world's
needs.

There is one phase of Christian
work that rates a bit of bragging.
It is our literature — Christian mag-
azines that should be included in

each church budget, and books that
belong in every church library.

How can we know what other
Christians are doing if we do not
read the Christian magazines? It
is a sound investment for every
church to include magazines in its
budget so that each family may have
a copy.

Christian magazines and books
help us to realize we are all "la-
borers together with God"; that He
has no other plan for winning lost
souls than through our witnessing;
it will teach us more fully what doc-
trines are; it will help us to become
more faithful stewards.

Christian literature! There is an
abundant supply for all ages from
the tiny tots to the tottering adults
— both fiction and nonfiction. Our
homes need not be cluttered with
reading materials which do not deep-
en and enrich and satisfy us spirit-
ually. There never has been such a
host of Christian writers. So why
read what isn't best?

But above every other book, keep
the Bible dustless by everyday read-
ing. Don't let television, radio, or
any other time-consumer keep you
from feasting upon God's Word —
not only feeding but feasting. Then
we shall not become dried up, shal-
low, powerless Christians, and our
churches will become powerhouses
of prayer, praise and preaching.

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WONDERFUL IS-

THE BOOK

OF ALL BOOKS

Books once were men . . . Books
are like bugles . . . Books are words
charged with a mysterious power
over the minds of men . . . Books
are medicine . . . Books are teachers
. . . Books are open doors ... to
the past ... the present . . . and the
future ... So it is with the greatest
Book ever written by the pen of
men. It is an open door. . . .

Through it we walk back down the
Corridors of Time to the dawn of
creation and hear the voice of the
Almighty saying: "Let there be
light." We enter the Garden of
Eden — visit with Noah, the builder
of the ark; rest with Jacob and
Rebecca at the well; visit the Court
of Pharaoh and sit at the feet of the
great lawgiver Moses. We listen to
the matchless poetry of the Shepherd
King David and meet the great
prophets of the Old Testament. We
find ourselves among the shepherds
as they listen to the great Hallelujah
Chorus sung by the angelic hosts
at the birth of the Son of God. . . .

Through this open door it is our
privilege to visit the shores of the
Lake of Galilee to walk and talk
with the Master and His disciples,
to sit at His feet as He teaches and
preaches on the mountainside or in

the Temple of Jerusalem. We join
the multitude in the streets as they
raise their "Hosannas," follow Him
to Calvary's cross and meet Him
at the open tomb. We fellowship with
the early Christian converts on
Pentecost, meet Saul on his way to
Damascus, and visit with the jailer
at Philippi and the Ethiopian
eunuch.

The greatest of all books is a
bridge between two eternities, span-
ning the rive^r of time. Though
written by perhaps thirty or forty'
men over a period of 1,500 years,
it is matchless in its unity. Though
written by men without claim to
scholarship, it contains the most
matchless prose and finest of poetry
— unequaled for its wisdom.

Great men have paid tribute to its
message. Said President Lincoln: "It
is the best Book God has given to
men." President Wilson stated:
"When you have read the Bible, you
will know that it is the Word of
God." English and American liter-
ature are permeated with its senti-
ments. Shakespeare alone uses some
five hundred references to it.

But this Book does not need the
testimony of men. Ask the prophets:
Who is the author of this Book? And
they answer: "The Word of the

Lord came unto me," or even
stronger: "Thus saith the Lord."
Ask Jesus and hear Him say: "Verily
I say unto you, till heaven and earth
pass, one jot or one tittle shall in
no wise pass from the law, till all be
fulfilled."

But it is its message that makes
it the world's greatest Book. Read
those beautiful passages again and
again: "Come now, and let us rea-
son together, saith the Lord: though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be
as white as snow; though they be
red like crimson, they shall be as
wool." "For God so loved the world,
that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have ever-
lasting life." "Come unto me, all ye
that labor and are heavy laden, and
I will give you rest. Take my yoke
upon you and learn of me; for I am
meek and lowly in heart: and ye
shall find rest unto your souls."

Everyone acknowledges this Book
as the fountain of democracy. Presi-
dent Andrew Jackson once said,
pointing to the Bible: "Sir, that is the
Rock of our RepubUc." No book
in all human history has had greater
influence over the lives of men, in-
dividually, as a family, as a society,
or as a nation. — The Gideons

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Across five centuries the print-
ing press has become the master
medium for propagandizing the
literate world. Ths fourth estate's
access to the minds of modern men
is now among the most mammoth
and mighty forces on earth. As
Christian publishers and editors
therefore we dare not stand as mere
spectators in the current conflict
of ideas and ideals. For that con-
flict, one way or another, shapes
the spirit and vision of the war-
ring world of printed words. No
press operates apart from a philos-
ophy, whether seamy and shoddy, or
stately and sublime. Because of its
strategic power to distribute words
and ideas, communist and anti-
communist agencies alike strive to
inspirit the press.

The conflict with totalitarianism
has illustrated convincingly that an
enslaved press is the enemy of a
free world, and conversely, that a
free press is a guardian of a demo-
cratic way of life. We need to sound
these convictions today with dire
earnestness. Rulers may use a state-
controlled press to convey carefully
censored concepts, thereby de-
priving people of free and adequate
information, and denying them ef-
fective protest. A controlled press is
among the most serviceable tools
for exercising tyrannical, arbitrary
state power.

Since the very founding of the
American republic, the Constitution
has explicitly guaranteed freedom of
thought and expression. The right of
free press, as well as of free as-
sembly, has stood watch against the
latent tyranny of governing major-
ities. It is one of the great benefits
of our land, all too little cherished
by the man on Main Street. The
United States today consumes more
than three-fifths of the world's news-
print supply; from shore to shore our
paper mills are straining to meet the
rising hunger of the printing presses.
More than 1,700 daily newspapers,
almost 10,000 weekhes and some
1,400 religious publications thrive in
this climate of liberty.

The blessings of a free press dare
not be taken for granted, least of
all in this "sixth decade of the cen-
tury of sorrows." It would seem to
be a special responsibility of the

Reflections
in a Fluii

Christian press to interpret this boon
to a present generation so callous
about its privileges and so confused
about the distinction between lib-
erty and license. Since Christianity
proclaims a distinctive view of the
source and sanction and purpose of
all human life and liberties, it ought
to have something unique to say even
about the freedom of the press. And
so it has.

Much more emphasis is devoted
today to the freedom of the press
than to the duty of the press. Such
separation ought not to be; what God
' has integrated no • newspaperman
dare segregate. Even the religious
press unfortunately lapses at times
from the sense of absolute obliga-
tion to God and to the truth; it
cheapens liberty into license. No-
where is half-truth more ugly than
when it parades under a spiritual
masthead. Especially an evangelical
publication, which claims to be in
the special service of the self-re-
voaled God, ought to recognize that
its every word — even as the word of
a free press — is also a word under
command, a word whose orbit is
the will of God, a word authorized
by God both in its expression and
in its impression.

To me the evangelical press seems
specially responsible for displaying
this inner connection between the
freedom and the duty of the press.
If the evangelical press fails here,
however pious, orthodox and in-
spirational it may be in other re-
spects, it has failed in its witness to
the secular press, to which it has a
missionary obligation at the voca-
tional level.

The secular press is uncertain,

By Dr. Carl F. H.

even nervous in its exposition of
freedom. It senses the danger that
censorship of the press poses for a
democracy; every restrictive act aids
the encroachment of tyranny and of
totalitarianism. Even good men with
good reasons for curtailing the li-
cense of the press provide excuse for
wicked men to assert wicked rea-
sons for enslaving a free press. The
prostitution of the press into a mere
instrument of state policy by totali-
tarian powers today abundantly
demonstrates the sad end of this
process. An enlarging censorship
of a free press leads eventually and
inevitably to its enslavement. The
current secular warnings that a free
press is the handmaiden of a de-
mocracy, whereas a controlled press
is the accomplice of totalitarianism,
are well taken.

But there is another side to this
problem which the Christian press
especially must propound. Often the
climate that nourishes the monster
of censorship results from journal-
istic irresponsibility. An irrespon-
sible press is as much the foe of
democracy as a state-censored press,
since it indirectly sets up a legit-
imate clamor for controls that in
turn may lead to illegitimate en-
slavement. The spirit of democracy
is not safeguarded merely by a free
press; it requires a "free and re-
sponsible" press. A democratic so-
ciety must speak as firmly and fully
of the duties of the press as of the
freedoms of the press. As for our
evangelical publications, they ought
to be leaders and models in the expo-
sition and fulfillment of these duties.
We must go further, however,
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press. Even a totalitarian state can
speak in an artificial way of re-
sponsiblity, binding the press solely
to the will of the state and sub-
limating the freedom of the press,
likewise, to the will of the state.
Therefore it becomes necessary to
associate a free and responsible press
with the determining source and
sanction of all human freedom and
obligation; namely, the will of God.
Only where the living God can
be acknowledged — the Creator who
has made man a moral-spiritual
agent, and the Redeemer who has
published His Great Commission
and seeks to write His law upon the
hearts of men — do we find the
requisites for a secure free press.
Let me put it simply: Only where
religious hberty prevails — specifi-
cally the liberty to worship the living
God and to fulfill His Commission —
is the freedom of the press secure
and is the duty of the press trans-
parently obvious. If the living God
truly defines and defends human
freedom and human responsibihty,
then vagueness about the living God,
•or impediments to worship and to
the publication of His will, weaken
the very foundations of the freedom
of the press. The Hebrew-Christian
revelation of the absolute Creator-
Redeemer God is the only effective
antithesis to the absolute state of
totalitarian speculation. Denials of
religious liberty, of the liberty to
worship according to conscience and
to propagandize for the living God,
strike at the very heart of a free
press, whereas an aggressive pro-
gram of Christian evangelism and
missions is the greatest resource of
vitality a free press may appropriate.

The press, therefore, has every-
thing to gain from a support of the
cause of religious freedom — since
not only one but all the freedoms are
jeopardized when men are no longer
free to worship the living God. To
exhibit the claims of the moral and
spiritual world, to depict the whole
range of human life and affairs (that
of the press included) in relation
to God whose image man bears
best guarantees the freedom of the
press. In the last analysis, deformity
in a free and responsible press re-
flects a revolt against God and His
will. It is necessary, therefore, if
the present evangelical impact is to
penetrate significantly at the social
level, to interpret the temper of the
current secular press in terms of
spiritual and moral revolt. In the
sphere of the press and its problems,
as everywhere else, therefore, we
confront the issues with which the
evangelical gospel grapples from day
to day.

Obviously, a form of totahtarian
religion, no less than of totalitar-
ian irreligion, can threaten the free-
dom of the press. It can do so only,
however, by first denying to man
the freedom to worship God accord-
ing to the dictates of his conscience.
Removal of this freedom of religion
supplies the device through which
man can be chained to a sovereign
ecclesiastical control that strips him
of his right of appeal to God against
arbitrary earthly impositions, in-
cluding those of a religious hier-
archy. The pressures of such reli-
gious censorship of the press are
found not only in Europe and in
the Americas, where Roman Cathol-

icism has been the prime transgres-
sor; they occur also in the Near East,
where Mohammedanism can be
equally restrictive. In Spain and in
Syria, the public distribution of
evangelical literature has provoked
government reprisal with the con-
sent and encouragement of estab-
lished religious agencies. What is
forgotten in such actions is that a
government which strips men of re-
ligious freedom is on the way to de-
priving men of other freedoms as
well; in fact, a religious government
which represses some freedoms may
easily become the forerunner of an
irreligious government which re-
presses all freedoms, most of all
despising religion in every form.
Any religious intolerance harbors
a potential threat to all human Hber-
ties. In this respect even the newly
formed State of Israel disappoints
some of her friends; despite the
political profession of religious
freedom, Christian missionaries
labor there under increasing ob-
stacles. Recently, even a corres-
pondent for an evangelical publica-
tion, Donn Odell of Christianity
Today, was denied a renewal of visa.
This is a concerete example of reli-
gious intolerance dictating restric-
tions on the press.

The vital connection between re-
ligious freedom and all freedoms
is inescapable and incontrovertible.
Grave risks, no doubt, jeopardize
every vision of a spiritual world, for
in the beclouded vistas of rehgious
freedom men may place themselves
in the service of false gods, or even
of irreligion. But God" himself has
stipulated these "risks" in a world
bounded by creation, redemption
and judgment. A coerced spirit-
uality, devoid of all voluntary de-
cision, is no spirituality at all.

The real purpose of freedom,
however, is not liberty for the sake
of license but liberty for the sake
of both temporal and eternal life.
All the light of this world focuses
upon God; every freedom and every
duty has its true home in heaven.
Religious freedom exists basically
not for the sake of apostasy to false
gods but to worship the one true
and living God. Freedom of the

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By C. M. Ward

Man's worst vice is gambling.
It's far better to gamble on the horse
race than on the chance that there is
still time to get right with God. The
Bible says; "Boast not thyself of io-
morrow; for thou knowest not what
a day may bring forth." All journal-
ism is built on the principle of a
deadline — a particular hour — a
stated time when the publication
goes to press. Participants must meet
that deadline. God warns us that we
must prepare to have the record
closed on our lives at any time.
"Thou fool, this night thy soul shall
be required of thee. . . ." Therefore,
one second late is too late!

It is a fearful thing to feel that
time has run out on you. "The har-
vest is past, the summer is ended,
and we are not saved." Quesn Eliza-
beth I, though she had a thousand
dresses in her wardrobe and a
kingdom at her feet, cried out in her
dying hour: "Millions for a moment
of time, but now it is too late."

Stroughon, a well-known evangeli-
cal leader, said: "Time is life's
freightage with which some trade
and make a fortune, while others
(like the prodigal) waste it in riotous
living; time is life's ladder by which
some lift themselves into fame, while
others let themselves down into deg-
radation; time is life's book from
which some extract wondrous wis-
dom, while others leave it unopened
and die fools; time is life's tree from
which some gather precious fruit,
while others lie under its shade and
die of starvation."

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lose your wealth and by industry
and determination recoup your
losses. But an opportunity lost is
gone forever. You and I face "dead-
lines" that the Chief Editor has
placed in life.

What have you done with your
time? Has your "copy" been read?
Have you "filed" your story under
your own by-line?

Recently one of America's min-
isters did a little figuring. He said
there are 8,764 hours in a year and
then asked this question: "How
many of these hours do you spend
in the service of God?" Do you at-
tend Sunday school and morning
service each Sunday of the year?
That would be 156 hours. And then
go back Sunday night? That would
be 104 hours. Then go to prayer
meeting each week? That would be
78 hours. Allowing 300 hours to
go and come from services, it would
be that you spent, all told, 638 hours
in the service of the Lord. What did
you do with the other 8,126 hours?

How much time did you spend in
self-improvement? If you spent one-
half hour a day in prayer and reading
your Bible, that would be 180 hours
for the year. If you read one-half
hour each day from a good book,
that would be another 1 80 hours. If
you spent 10 minutes of each day in
meditation, that would be 60 hours,
making a total of 420 hours for
self-improvement. What did you do
with the other 7,706 hours?

How much time did you spend in
the interest of others last year? Did
you spend one-half hour each day?
That would be 180 hours for the

year in the interest of others. You
would still have 7,526 hours left.
What did you do with them?

You have just as much time in
one day as the President of the
United States has. Deadlines are
important. They place value in life.
They give sense to human relation-
ships— to commonplace gifts like
sunshine and flowers and the value
of a second. Time alone makes
eternity real.

Whether it be Christmas shopping
or journalism, there are always those
who wait until "the last minute."
There are those who invite the risk
of "the curtain coming down" before
they are through with the last act.
This is true in matters of the soul.
Folk count on "deathbed repent-
ance" and "a convenient season."
Few folk live to "get in just under
the wire."

There is a wonderful illustration
of responsibility found in I Kings
20:39-40: "Thy servant went out
into the midst of the battle; and,
behold, a man turned aside, and
brought a man unto me, and said,
Keep this man: if by any means he
be missing, then shall thy life be for
his life. . . . And as thy servant was
busy here and there, he was gone.
And the king of Israel said unto
him. So shall thy judgment be; thy-
self hast decided it."

Most of us just get too busy and i
forget that we have a life-and-death I
matter facing us. Our judgment In
life is what we make It. It's up to

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rhe Missionary Herald is sent complimen-
tary to the hospital in every city where
there is a Brethren church that is a 100
percent subscription church. Picture shows
Rev. Paul Dick .lust comnleting a pastoral
call.

The following tribute to the value

3f letter writing is engraven upon

;he portals of the Capital's imposing

Post Office:

"The messenger of sympathy and

love,
Servant of parted friends,
Consoler of ths lonely,
Bond of the scattered family,
Enlarger of common life.
Instrument of trade and industry.
Promoter of mutual acquaintance,
of peace, of goodwill among
men and nations."

In a very real sense, our pub-
ishing interests mean this and more
D our constituency. Our weekly
)aper is like a letter from a beloved
riend. I know we would rather re-
vive it than some letters that come
0 our desks. Our other literature
s a messenger of blessing to all to
vhom it comes.

The ministry of the printed page
—what is the nature of that min-
stry as it relates to our publishing
nterests? I think of it as a sixfold
oinistry.

INFORMATION

By it we are informed as to what
3 going on in our churches. We are
scattered people located from coast
0 coast. Many of our people live in
ural districts. Many of our churches
re widely separated. Much of in-
3rest that takes place in our
hurches and at our district and na-

THE MINrSTRY OF
THE PRINTED PAGE

By Dr. Homer Kent, Sr.
Grace Theological Seminary

tional conferences would never be
known to our people were it not for
the Brethren Missionary Herald,
which serves as a clearing house for
all important matters which take
place in our congregations.

Being Brethren, we ought to have
a brotherly interest in the activities
of all other Brethren. I sometimes
wonder just how much real interest
folks at large have in the church who
do not demand that the Missionary
Herald come into their home each
week. If we have brothers in the
flesh serving in the armed forces of
the nation, we want to hear from
them often through the mails. If we
have a vital interest in the work of
our brothers and sisters in the Lord,
we will want to know how they are
getting along in Christ's service.
Thus we have a basis for definite
prayer and mutual concern.

INSTRUCTION

I am thinking especially of our
Sunday-school literature. Statistics
tell us that at least eighty percent of
all those who come into the fellow-
ship of the church come through the
channel of the Sunday school. This
being true we can see at once the
tremendous importance of providing
these prospective members of the
church with competent instruction in
the Word of God in the Sunday
school. Our publishing interests are
seeking to fulfill this need. We be-
lieve that we are able to supply the
best available material for the var-
ious ages. Much of this material
has been written by Brethren folks.
Naturally, this material presents the
Brethren viewpoint. Where we are
not able to supply suitable material

for certain age groups, we are able
to advise as to where the best ma-
terial can be procured and get it for
you at no extra cost.

Not only in the Sunday-school
literature do we provide instruction.
From time to time we present highly
instructive material in the pages of
the Missionary Herald. One issue per
month focuses attention on Grace
Seminary and College, the Breth-
ren institutions which have been
established for the training of young
people for definite service in the
harvest field of the world.

We also have available a number
of doctrinal tracts which are being
widely used to present the beliefs of
our church.

A part of the Great Commission is
to "teach all nations" the glorious
message. One way we are seeking
to discharge this responsibility is
through the printed page, which
reaches where vocal testimony will
not.

COMFORT

We can never tell how much
comfort the reading of the many ar-
ticles in our publications has brought
to many hearts. These articles have
been written by Spirit-filled men who
know the Word. Some of them have
been broadcast. Others have been
preached to large audiences and
have been instrumental in leading
souls to Christ and in deepening the
spiritual lives of believers.

These messages must bring com-
fort and satisfaction, at least to
some, because I have heard them
say that they read the Missionary
Herald through from cover to cover
each week. Then what blessing must

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be derived from these pages by those
of our Brotherhood who are isolated
and separated from any real gospel
testimony. For their sakes, we
ought to fill our publications with as
much comfort and help as possible.
I know of one mother in the
church who said that the reading of
a series of articles on the Coming
of the Lord some time ago to her
children did more than anything else
to set the feet of these children in
the way of the Lord. What comfort,
think you, must the printed page
have been in this mother's heart?
This is a day when the world needs
"the balm of Gilead." God's chil-
dren need it often too.

SALVATION

We are a fundamental church
and believe in personal salvation. We
aim constantly to put within our
publications something that points
men to the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the world. We
want articles, short and to the point,
which clearly set forth the way of
life. And increasingly, as the Lord
enables, we want to publish more
salvation tracts. Mr. Isaac Watts
once invited a man to his service,
who said, "I shan't come." "Well,
now," said Watts, "Come, and we
will try to do you good." "I shan't
come," he replied. "Then perhaps
you will read this little tract," said
Mr. Watts, and without waiting for
a reply went to the next door. Some
time after, this man stood up in the
meeting, and praised God for what
He had done for his soul, stating
that through reading the tract left
him at the time spoken of, he was
led to Christ.

What power there is in the printed
page if the writing is directed by the
Spirit of God!

EVANGELIZATION

Three out of the four issues per
month of the Missionary Herald
stress missions — home and foreign.
There is the Foreign Missions num-
ber which keeps us aware of what is

doing among our missionaries upon
our fields and which seeks to keep
missionary zeal burning within our
hearts. There is the Home Missions
number which tells about the prog-
ress of the new churches God is
establishing in this land and of the
self-sacrificing efforts of their pas-
tors and their wives. Then there is
the Women's Missionary Council
number which features missionary
work at home and abroad. It is a
dead church that is not interested in
missions. It is also a dead church
paper that fails to stress missionary
endeavor. We have tried, and shall
continue to try, to give due place
to missions in our publications. If we
do this, I believe we can continue to
claim God's blessing upon our ef-
forts on the printed page.

FELLOWSHIP

We seek by our periodicals to
unite our work under our one Head,
the Lord Jesus Christ. We aim to
awaken an increased interest on the
part of all our membership in all
phases of our work. It is the min-
istry of co-ordination. It strives to
present a proper balance of interest
in the various fields of service. We
want our folks to be interested not
simply in one phase of our work but
in all phases. Why, for instance,
should a brother be interested in for-
eign missions but not in home mis-
sions? Or why should a sister be in-
terested in the Women's Missionary
Council but not in the Seminary?
They all are the work of the Lord
and deserve the interest and prayers
of all our people. We believe the
Missionary Herald in particular is
meeting a real need in seeking to
unify our work.

We feel that the blessing of the
Lord has been wonderfully ours up
to this present moment. H2 has seen
to it that our bills have been paid,
quarter after quarter. During the
past year. He has provided us with
a fine new building at Winona Lake
which has met a definite need and
which is now our permanent head-

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quarters. This building is an answerl
to prayer. (For this we praise Him.)'
We are happy for the response which '
our churches are making in the]
matter of subscriptions to the Mis-j
sionary Herald and support of curl
Sunday-school literature, as well as
in other services which the PubUsh-|
ing Company is making available
to our constituency.

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of Christian maturity. The Christian
magazine does its work over and
over again. Hudson Taylor was led
into the Christian life through the
reading of a tract he took from his
father's library table. How often his
father must have thanked God for
that httle incident, and how richly
the cause of Christ benefited from it!
A basket of tracts on a living room
table opened the eyes of millions
in China. It is still happening!
Placing Christian literature in the
home is like planting seeds in the
garden: We look hopefully for their
development. Inspiration, new ideas
for the home and church, a change
in life's direction — these often come
in tmexplained ways out of the
Christian magazines on the living-
room table. We cannot guarantee
their growth, but we can prepare
the way for great eventualities.

Christian periodicals keep us
alive to the worldwide activity of
the church. We are often handi-
capped by our limited vision. Every
Christian ought to be aware of the
activity of his own denomination,
but as a Christian he ought to be
informed concerning the worldwide
ministry of the church. It gives him
a vital interest in the total work of
Christ, and makes him a better
worker in his own particular church
Dr denomination. It gives him an
opportunity to give wisely and to
pray effectually. The church is a
svorldwide organism, and needs the
ictive interest of every one of its
stockholders. We are living in a day
ivhen news of world events is avail-
ible to all. The Christian press and
seriodical seek to do just that. They

bring the church in Asia to our
library table. For a few cents a week
the entire family can become in-
formed about the worldwide in-
terests of the church. Families can
recover the all but forgotten joys of
the dinner hour. Topics that create
wise and intelligent interests can
build homes and transform lives.

We are living in a time of vast
opportunity, but one of its doors we
have left strangely closed — Chris-
tian literature in the home. It can
be the gateway to a larger hfe. It
may well be, under God's direction,
the changing of the course of an en-
tire life. We must not neglect this
door of opportunity. — E/P Release.

WHAT ARE YOU READING?

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me hasten to add, however, that
these publications may, at times,
carry good nonfiction articles, some
of them rather frequently.

Lastly, and I mean this particu-
larly for parents, read the comic
books your children read. You may
get a shock. I have asked parents
frequently if they've read any comic
books lately, and they look at me as
though they think I am crazy. I'm
not! Comic books are influencing
your children, and you ought to
make sure they're the right kind of
comic books.

To sum up then, the Christian's
reading diet should contain the
Bible, newspapers," Christian and
secular magazines, books that give
a true picture of man and his world
(either biography, history, or
novels — and I don't mean historical
novels particularly), and the books
your children read.

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REFLECTIONS

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press is not ultimately for the serv-
ice of untruth and evil but for the
service of truth and right. Freedom
and duty are comprehended in God
as the creator and preserver of man's
dignity and destiny.

The secular press comes to the
brink of glory only when it comes to
the altar rail for spiritual perspec-
tive. A rebirth of spiritual motiva-
tion and mission, a renewal of moral
tone can best be realized for the
secular press by returning once again
to the fount of all its freedoms and
responsibilities, and to the service
of the Lord of glory.

In summary, the evangelical spirit
is aware that a free press stands as
a tower against tyranny, while an
irresponsible press is an avenue to
anarchy. The evangelical spirit
knows too that the guarantee of
man's religious freedom protects him
against encroachments by arbitrary
absolutists, while devotion to the
living God guards liberty from both
slavery and license, properly bal-
ancing human rights and duties, and
tracing both to their eternal source
and sanction. And the evangelical
spirit knows also that the power of
the press to preserve human free-
doms and to renew a culture in mind
and will requires communication
with the divine fountain of spiritual
life. The vocational witness and
walk of the evangelical joumahst in
his chosen profession of phrases and
paragraphs are part of a sacred re-
sponsibility to our flustered world.
By the grace of God may we resolve
to hold both our heads and our
headhnes high.

— Keynote address, 9th Annual Evangelical
Press Association conference, Cincinnati,
Ohio, January 22, 1957.

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DAY OF PRAYER

JUNE 15

MISSIONARY HERALD—

Pray that the pubHcation offering
during June and July will be suf-
ficient to meet the absolute obliga-
tions for the next year.

Pray for Rev. Arnold R. Krieg-
baum, our editor, as he concludes his
deputation ministry on the west
coast next week.

HOME MISSIONS—

Pray for the plans to complete
the present Grace Brethren Church
at Troy, Ohio, that it may be attrac-
tive and functional.

Praise the Lord for His blessings
on Grace Brethren Church, Palmyra,
Pa., where 15 new members were
recently added and the foreign-mis-
sion goal doubled.

Pray for the Navajo reading
]school at the Navajo mission sched-
uled for June 17-30, and pray for
the new nurse. Miss Lois Garverich,
jwho will be assuming her responsi-
bilities at about the same time.

Pray for the salvation of a num-
ber of folks attending the Parkers-
burg, W. Va., church as a result of
the visitation program.

^une 8, 1957

Pray for the Grace Brethren
Church, Lansing, Mich., building
program, the Brethren construction
workers and for the need of financ-
ing.

GRACE SEMINARY—

Pray for the graduates of the
seminary and college that each one
may know God's will as regards the
future.

Pray for the summer activities of
both students and faculty.

Pray for the young people who
are now making decisions as to their
future schooling.

Pray for the twofold need of the
school; for funds for continued
operation, and also for expansion.

Pray that the building operation
may experience no further delay and
that the building will prove adequate
for the need.

WMC—

Pray that the members will not
lose sight of their twofold purpose,
i.e., Women Manifesting Christ in
their daily routine of life and being
increasingly interested in Christian
missions.

Pray for the program committee
and the devotional program commit-
tee as they complete plans for na-
tional conference and the coming
WMC year.

Pray that the Holy Spirit will rule
in the selection of new officers at
the coming WMC conference.

Pray that our women will be
equally interested in supporting the
general and publication fund proj-
ect, as in other projects.

Pray that our thank offerings (for
Jews) and birthday offering (for sup-
port of missionaries) will be in-
creased over last year.

SMM—

Pray that all SMM girls will
catch a vision of what can be ac-
complished as they labor together
for God.

Pray that a spirit of unity will pre-
vail in the local and district Sister-
hoods.

Pray that the Holy Spirit will be
working now in the selection of of-
ficers in local, district and national
work.

Pray that more girls will make
plans now to attend district camps
and national conference.

Pray that the girls who are grad-
uating will know the leading of
the Holy Spirit in the selection of
their life work, and that jobs will
be available for those who must
work this summer in order to con-
tinue their education.

LAYMEN—

Pray for more dedicated lay lead-
ers in our churches and homes.

Pray that the men will yet reach
their goals and projects.

Pray for the national officers as
they plan the program and goals
for next year.

FOREIGN MISSIONS—

Pray for the Masons, the Lester
Kennedys, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy,
and the Garbers as they return to
Africa this month.

Pray for the Dowdy family who
will be sailing this month for Argen-
tina.

Praise the Lord for answered
prayer for little David Hocking.
Continue to pray for his complete
healing.

Pray for Manuel Cuevas, one of
our Mexican young men in train-
ing, who has had to drop out of
school because of serious illness.

Praise the Lord for a fine Bible-
institute class in Argentina.

Pray for the Brazilian young
man who finishes his training this
year and goes out into the work,
helping out at Icoraci.

Pray for the blessing of the Lord
upon the work in Hawaii, and in all
of our fields this year.

SUNDAY SCHOOL—

Pray for the National Sunday
School Convention August 18-19^ —
for speakers, workshop leaders,
musicians and all who attend.

Pray for the Sunday School En-
largement Campaign beginning with
the last Sunday of September.

Pray for the continuing growth of
teachers and students as we go on
to 60,000 by I960.

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Thank You,
Brethren

Neuaapage

FREMONT, OHIO. The Grace
Brethren Church, Gordon Bracker,
pastor, has voted to purchase a lot
and house at the rear of the church
for $18,000. The house will be used
as a parsonage.

SPECIAL. The months of June
and July have been designated by
our National Fellowship of Breth-
ren Churches as time for the publica-
tions offering. We have made no
appeals other than during those two
months; therefore we earnestly ap-
peal to Brethren everywhere to
pray and give to this missionary arm
of our Brotherhood during the desig-
nated period in order that every need
might be met.

NOTICE: The new address of
Rev. Richard Placeway is: 2427 Val-
ley Road, Route 3, Parkersburg,
W. Va. Please add to Annual. The
new phone number of Rev. Vernon
Harris is Diamond 3-7354, Roa-
noke, Va. Please change Annual.

BERRIEN SPRINGS, MICH.

The Michigan District Conference
of Brethren Churches will convene
here at the Grace Brethren Church
June 24-27. Gilbert Hawkins will be
the host pastor.

ALTOONA, PA. The East Fel-
lowship of Brethren Churches will

convene at the Grace Brethren
Church (Juniata) July 23-25. J.
Ward Tressler will be host pastor.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Plans are
being consummated for one of the
finest conferences in the history of
the National Fellowship of Brethren
Churches. Brethren from coast-to-
coast should plan now to attend the
conference Aug. 18-25. The Na-
tional Sunday School Convention
will be conducted Aug. 18-19, with
the first session of the national con-
ference to be held the evening of
Aug. 19. Official boards and
churches should take definite action
to see that their pastor and delegates
are assisted financially to make the
trip as representatives from local
churches. "Every church represented
100 percent" is the goal of the
executive committee.

ASHLAND, OHIO. The Grace
Brethren Church has signed a con-
tract with the firm that will construct
their new edifice. The bid was
$91,600. Miles Taber is pastor.

in fnpmartam

Mrs. Annette Lemon, a charter
member of the First Brethren
Church of Washington, D. C, de-
parted to be with Christ (date un-
known). She was a member of the
deacon board, and served her Lord
faithfully through the years. She was
loved and respected. — James Dixon,
pastor.

Laura Wray, a faithful servant of
the Lord, was laid to rest May 18.
She was a faithful member of the
First Brethren Church of Kittanning,
Pa. — William Schaffer, pastor.

Brethren people from coast-to-
coast rallied to the work of The
Brethren Missionary Herald during
1956, and the largest offering in
the history of our publication work
was raised. Over $18,000 was sacri-
ficially laid on the altar of the Lord
for Brethren publications. Actually
this offering has a more far-reaching
effect than the ministry of the Mis-
sionary Herald, for it must be re-
membered that those dollars which
have been contributed have been
used to erect a building that now
houses The Foreign Missionary So-
ciety of the Brethren Church, Inc.;
The Brethren Home Missions Coun-
cil, Inc.; the National Sunday School
Board, the National Youth Board
and The Brethren Missionary
Herald. Every office in the building
is a beehive of activity, many times
until near the midnight hour. Every
church of our Brotherhood is direct-
ly affected by the activity that pro-
gressively goes on in every nook and
corner of the Missionary Herald
Building, which was erected by the
gifts of Brethren people all over i
this nation. Such an undertaking as
the erection of this denominational
office building could never have
been accomplished without the pray-
ers and gifts of interested Brethren
all over this nation. The confidence
thus manifested by our Brotherhood
in what we are seeking to do for our
blessed Lord is appreciated by the
board of trustees.

As to the 1957 offering, we can
only declare that our needs con-
tinue to exist. We would suggest
that each reader turn to pages 356-7
of this issue, and determine from last
year's offering what should be done
by your church for 1957. We covet
your prayers in behalf of the mis-
sionary work of the Brethren Mis-
sionary Herald. — Arnold R. Krieg-
baum, editor.

SLUG — A piece of metal, lower than type high, which is used as spacing material ;
between lines. A slug is frequently used to identify the name or number
of a galley or page.

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

June 8, J 957

The BRETHREN

WMC NUMBER

JUNE 15, 1957

Photo by Zook

Dick and Pat Cassel urge you to attend
the 1957 Conference of the

Nafional Fellowship of Brefhren Churches

AUGUST 18-25 WINONA LAKE, INDIANA

QRACE THEOlOG'CAl SEMINARY
WINONA LAKE, IND.

Open Vxou mine eues "

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NaHbnal Women's Misslonari| Council ^ 1956 "1957

Our WMC Herald

By Mrs. Ben Hamilton, editor

It was midmorning on the second Friday or Satur-
day of any given month. In small towns, middle-sized
villages, and large cities across the United States the
postmen were making their accustomed deliveries. In the
mail sacks of many of them were copies of the Brethren
Missionary Herald — the WMC issue, to be specific.
Until a recent change in policy went into effect, that
issue was always immediately recognizable by its unique
blue color. These copies of the WMC Missionary Herald
were left in thousands of mailboxes in the towns, vil-
lages, and cities and along the rural routes.

Here and there an enthusiastic member of the Wom-
en's Missionary Council who had already completed her
morning household chores sat down and read all the
material in the five pages of the WMC section. Maybe
she even took time to read the adjoining pages devoted
to our Sisterhood organization. All in all, it took about
one hour of her time. If she was a WMC officer, she
probably laid the copy aside for future reference, if not
she probably added it to the rest of the Missionary
Herald file. The reactions of these various members to
the material probably differed. One woman liked the
whole issue and thought: "I ought to write and ex-
press my appreciation for the privilege we have of hav-
ing our own paper" then promptly forgot her good in-
tention. Another woman saw some little detail — a cut, a
cover picture, an article — which was not to her hking
and immediately took pen in hand to tell the editor
about it. (Isn't it queer how much easier it is for us to
criticize than to commend?)

In this article we purpose to present to our readers a
little ghmpse of some of the preparation necessary to
give you one or two hours of reading pleasure. Our
WMC Missionary Herald is not the product of a few
random thoughts and hasty plans, but the result of
months of planning and the best efforts of many people.
The general plan for each Missionary Herald is made
months in advance. Your editor plans what she will
feature each month throughout the year. Then she must
"rack her brain" to find the proper person to write the
articles she wishes. These writers are usually contacted
about three months in advance and told that their copy
will be due by a certain date, usually about the middle
of the month — several weeks before you will be read-
ing it. When the time for that material approaches the
editor usually writes again reminding the author of the

deadline. As the deadline draws near the editor becomes
more and more tense. One by one the articles come in,
and with each one the pressure eases a httle. The writers
have been very cooperative and rarely leave the editor
down, but sometimes they give her a few extra gray
hairs. Some months ago a very important article was
late. An airmail card assured us it would arrive by a
certain date. That date came and went. The night be-
fore the deadline arrived — no article. Everything else
was ready but the whole issue would fall flat without
that one article. The editor frantically planned an alter-
nate and then went to bed to a sleepless night. The fol-
lowing morning with a 9 a. m. deadline the article came
at 7:30, airmail special delivery.

The deadline for WMC copy is 9 a. m. on the last
Friday before the last Saturday of each month. During
that week the editor must go over the various articles,
make necessary changes and corrections, see that all
regular features have been included, write whatever
coordinating articles are necessary, plan for pictures and
see that they are in the hands of the Missionary Herald
offices in time to get the necessary cuts, and get Sister-
hood copy from their editor. All these details cared for,
the copy is then turned over to the Brethren Missionary
Herald Company before that 9 a. m. deadline.

During that day a copyreader on the Missionary
Herald staff "preps" the copy. At the present time this
work is done by Mrs. Goldie Buikema, an active WMC
member, and we pause here to thank her for her pa-
tience and help on our WMC copy. To prep copy means
to get it ready to meet Missionary Herald printing pohcy,
for which they use the Government Printing Office Style
Manual. All articles are checked for punctuation,
capitalization, compound words, spelling, abbrevia-
tions, the wording and Bible reference of Scripture ref-
erences, and the use of itaUc or bold face type.

After all copy has thus been checked on Friday, it
is ready to go to the linotype operator on Monday morn-
ing. There he sets the type on slugs and makes up the
pages as it will look when finally printed. Proof sheets
are then sent to the proofreader who checks it for typo-
graphical errors, wrong fonts, grammatical errors, cor-
rect indentations, correct titles, folio pages, and cuts
in their proper places. The proof then goes back to the i

(Continued on Page 373)

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLtJME 19, NUMBER 24

ARNOLD R. KRrEGBAUM. Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16, 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake. Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co.. Winona Lake, Ind. Subscription price. $3.00 a year: 100-percent churches. $2.50; foreign, $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees. president: Herman A. Hoyt, vice president: William Schaffer. secretary: True Hunt, assistant secretary: Ord Geh-
man, treasurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee: Gene Farrell. S. W. Link. Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller,
Thomas Hammers; Arnold R. Kriegbaum. ex officio.

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

raw S»AJ A'.

SOME HIGHLIGHTS

By Mrs. Bruce Button

In this weary old world of ours, there are few places
where a tired heart can find peace and quietness. As I
look back on this past year, I like to think that our
Wednesday night class is one of those places. We sit in
the comfortable chairs in the room where we hold our
meeting together with elderly people who have taken
a httle time from a busy life to come together that they
might hear more of One called Jesus — He who walked
the earth so long ago, healing the sick, the blind, the
lame, the tired, and the forlorn. To some of these. He
is truly what He claimed to be — Messiah and God'. To
others. He is yet to be recognized as such.

As we sit together. He is there with us. For hasn't He
said in His Word: "For where two or three are gathered
together in my name, there am I in the midst of them"
(Matt. 18:20)?

Most of the people who attend the Wednesday eve-
ning class haven't much time left. One man is nearing
his mideighties and, though most of his life he walked
far away from the Messiah, still he did know Him at
an early age and loves Him still. Only an extreme illness
keeps him away from the class.

Then I think of a newcomer to our evening meeting
— a tiny, lovable Jewess who, though she believes Jesus
to be the Messiah, still hasn't been able to accept Him
as God. One night she told some of the other ladies:
"When I get in a tight spot, I always call on Jesus. I
tell him. You were in a tight place yourself once, Lord.
Now help me out of this one." This same lady has a
httle dog called Chiquita. Once she brought the dog in
a zippered bag with only its httle head sticking out.
Chiquita remained quietly in the case back of her chair
until the meeting was over. Then she was allowed out to
sit on our laps and partake of the refreshments.

In the past year because of moving, iUness, and other
things we have lost some of those who used to come
to class. We have also gained new people to take their
places.

Yes; it is peaceful in our front room. Bathed in
^he warm glow of the Ughts, it seems such a safe place.
But as we sing the songs and hsten to the message of
he evening, I can't help but wonder how much time they
lave left — those who have not accepted Him as yef
flow much time do we have left to present Him to them?
Then there is our calling program. I think the three
tt us could write many books filled with odd excuses
lealmg with the reason Jews (and gentiles) don't read
lie Word of God. Strangely enough, Jewish people give
tie same excuses we hear from gentiles.

Day after day we see the same disinterested faces;
2ceive the same cold stares; hear the same lame
xcuses. Here and there we find someone who has some
onvictions about something who is willing to tell you
'hy. There are those who take the literature furtively,
[raid their relatives will know and yet obviously seek-
ig something. They are like so many little children
'histlmg m the dark. But there is always the one big

tne 15, 1957

hope that around the corner at the very next house,
perhaps, will be a receptive ear and an eager heart.

The opportunities among our friends and acquaint-
ances have not diminished but rather increased. Among
my own friends I sense a desire to disprove me
rather than dislike what I say. It is as though they were
caught in a room with no exit and were darting from
one corner to another to seek a means of escape. Re-
cently, one woman told me happily about a book written
by a mental patient who had recovered. It seems he had
done much research on the subject and then wrote a
book about how Paul had the same visions and delusions
that he had, and how it took Paul three years to recover.
She was surprised to find the material wasn't new at
all — that since the time of Paul men had sought to dis-
credit his meeting with Jesus on the Damascus road
So quick they are to believe what others write about
God's Word, but how reluctant they are to read the
Word of God for themselves! And yet, if the Lord
tarries, there will come a time when they will be able
to cover up the fear of Truth no longer. The Word
of God alone convicts of sin, and it has been given out in
large measures to any who will listen.

A real highlight in our work is the life of one of the
saved Jewesses who was baptized. Though her physical
strength is poor, her spiritual light shines forth in such
a way that there is no mistake as to where her future hes
the Bible is m plain sight in her home; the Brethren
Missionary Herald is always on her coffee table- a
piaque on the waU tells of giving praise unto Jesus,
lime may be running out for her, perhaps, but in
heaven there is a mansion waiting and her future is not
With chance but with Jesus, the Messiah.

The little girl, Jill, that I mentioned last year has a
new mother now. She is allowed, and has been this
past year, to play with Diane. She is never allowed to
go with us anywhere or to eat in our house. She was
not aOowed to celebrate Christmas this year. Her mother
seems to want Diane to come over to play and seems to
keep Jill and Gail from coming over although she en-
courages their friendship with Diane. The New Testa-
ment Jill had been reading for so long was taken away
and her new mother explained she was Jewish and it
was a book for Christians, only. However, Diane teaches
her Bible verses as they play school and manages to have
her read Sunday-school papers and tracts. God hasn't
shut the door, and for this we are grateful.

As I look out the window I see the dark clouds aather-
ing over the mountains. (Oh yes, even in sunny Cali-
fornia!) They are black, thick, ugly clouds. It reminds
me of the time in which we are hving. It is the darkness
before the dawn.

"Arise, shine; for thy hght is come, and the glory of
the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness
shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but
the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen
upon thee" (Isa. 60:1-2).

371

Mother s Letter

(Fifth of a series)

My Own Girl,

For you are really my own, you know, though your
letter sounded almost as if you wished you might have
been left on the doorstep of a very wealthy parent to
have been claimed by her and taken to the kind of
environment you yearn for.

I don't want this to sound like a tract on the evils of
wealth, but I do want to sound a strong chord on the
organ of life, pealing forth the joy of contentment over
our lot.

It was sweet of Jane to invite you to her home over
the weekend. Fm glad you went, and I hope that in
spite of your reticence about it you will invite her to
your home sometime. The very contrast might be in-
teresting. Oh yes, I know the house is somewhat shabby,
and the" furniture is still that on which "the children
teethed," but it is comfortable, and there is plenty to
eat of simple food, a warm bed for rest, and a pair
of loving hands waiting to be of service. Could the But-
ler, the cook, or the maid do more?

I remember once when I was a little girl that my
main job was to wash the dishes. How I dreamed of
a youth — a gilded youth, my dear — who would take
me away to his mansion where I need never touch a
dish again. That was the criterion of perfection, life
in which dishes were to be used in daintily partaking of
delicious food but never seen at any other time. I only
thought then, as so many people old and young mis-
takenly think, that work is a curse. God didn t give
Adam work as a curse; He gave him work long before
the fall, as a blessing, to till the ground and to dress
the garden. But sin and disease caused work to grow
arduous and difficult. Eliminate these and work is a
pleasure. When you're feeling fit and have before you
a special task in the work you like, it's a joy to ac-
complish it.

You aren't going to school to learn how to make
a living without work. You are going to fit yourself
to be able to do more efficiently the work you like.

Too much wealth is worse than too great poverty.
Poverty often spurs us on to self-advancement, but
wealth often stunts, warps, and smothers aspiration. T
have seen happy homes ruined by wealth because of
the different environment it brought about.

I am sending Edgar Guest's poem "Home" for you to
read again. I like that part about "not wanting to part
with anything they've ever used, and if you could, you'd
keep the thumb marks on the door."

You'll feel differently in a few years I know. And
if you want to bring Jane home with you, just come
ahead. Father said we could get a new living-room rug.
Hurrah!

Yours for the spirit of contentment with what we
have, and I am.

Proverbs 15:16-17;22:1.

Your very own Mother.

Our Cover Pictures

Have you enjoyed our covers this year? We have
tried to choose pictures that would present a challenge
and an inspiration to our WMC members while also
keeping in mind the various interests of our organiza-
tion. We wish to take this opportunity to thank Rev.
Arnold Kriegbaum for his generosity in letting us choose
these covers. The cover is not considered as part of our
share of the Missionary Herald, but he has graciously
given it to us this year at no extra expense.

This month and next are the months in which our
publication board presents to the church the needs of
the Brethren Missionary Herald. Consequently, we are
relinquishing the cover of the Herald for these two
months that the Brethren Missionary Herald itself may
present the challenge of its program to the church. We
are all vitally interested in the growth and ministry of
the Herald and expect these covers to challenge all WMC
members, as well as the Brethren church at large.

MISSIONARY BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST

Africa —
Stephen Paul Mason August 6, 1949

B P 10. Bossangoa via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Gloria Elizabeth Mason August 13, 1951

B P 10, Bossangoa via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Rev. Charles R. Sumey August 13 !

Bozoum via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs. Charles R. Taber August 19 '

Mission a Yaloke, Bossembele via Bangui. French Equatorial i

MisT Ruth Kent August 21

Bozoum via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Rev. J. P. Kliever August 21

B P. 240. Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Miss Elizabeth Tyson August 25

Mission a Yaloke. Bossembele via Bangui, French Equatorial i
Africa.

Argentina —

Rev. Jack B. Churchill August 20

Remcdios de Escalada 74. Rio Tercero. F.C.B.M.. Prov. Cordoba,
Argentina, S. A. . „ . -,/^^/\

Aldo Elwyn Hoyt August 21, 1950

Chiclana 1074, Don Bosco, F.N.G.R., Argentina, S. A.

France —

Mrs. P. Fredrick Fogle August 7

79 Chemin de Vassieux. Caluire et Cuire, Rhone, France.

Mexico —

James Lester Edmiston August 14, 1955 i

. 439 Sunset Lane. San Ysidro, Calif., U. S. A.

In the United States —

Rev. Bill A. Burk August 5

c/o Mr. Arthur R. Burk, 11259 Pope Avenue, Lynwood, Calif.

Dr. Floyd W. Taber August 161

p. O. Box 588, Winona Lake, Ind.

Mrs. Lynn D. Schrock August 171

p. O. Box 588. Winona Lake. Ind. nin'

David Roger Dowdy August 23, 1939

c/o Rev. Scott Weaver, Route 3, Osceola, Ind.

500

WMC CONFERENCE GOAL

500

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The Brethren Missioriary Herald'

Christian Home and Marriage
Forum

By Althea S. Miller

WHEN YOU QUARREL (concluded)

Someone very aptly asked: "Why don't we laugh at
family arguments as you advocated we laugh at ourselves
once in awhile?" The answer to this is that family quar-
rels are never funny. Families which live in an atmos-
phere of bickering and unrest, never knowing what mo-
ment someone may be displeased and the lid go flying
off, see very little fun in quarrels. Such quarrelings are
symptoms of a sickness — an emotional sickness. We
never laugh at a physical illness until after a cure has
been effected. No; recurrent family quarrels are no
laughing* matter.

Today the study of psychosomatic illnesses claims a
large part of medical men's attention. Case histories over
recent years have revealed an amazing array of phys-
ical ailments which never would have had a chance to
develop if the mind and emotional areas of the life had
been in balance. This is especially true of older young
people and adults. In view of this fact, it seems time for
Christian young people and adults, and especially par-
ents, to take stock of our own family situations. Are
we a party to some emotional upset in any member
of our family simply because of a "pickish" disposi-
tion which enjoys arguing and which we have no desire
to change? Have you ever considered that an honest
reckoning with yourself on the basis of God's will for
your life might change the entire tenor of your home?

We mortals are so prone to blame the other fellow
for our personal deviations from the right or norm. If
we are guilty of such childish and fundamentally dis-
honest behavior, why don't we believing parents, hus-
bands, and wives turn our backs on it and yield our
dispositions to the Lord? We can't change them but He
can.

Another thing we ought to realize is that a blow-up is
not necessarily an insult. If we will "in honor prefer
one another" (Rom. 12:10), we will find it an act
of pleasure to be patient with our mate when he or she
occasionally blows his top. After all, life is no "bed of
roses" at all times for all people.

If and when our quarrels are before the children, wise
parents will apologize before them, also. By this personal
humbling, our children will see contrition at work
against pride. The remembrance of this will help them
over any future marital involvements they may en-
counter, and will certainly enhance their respect for
their parents.

If it is to be understood that an occasional blow-
off is good as an emotional safety valve, it must also
be understood that personal self-control is still and must
always be the first rule of each day. If you are airing
your temper at every whim, getting angry often, espe-
cially without any sense of regret or shame afterwards,
you'd better check up. It is altogether possible you are
becoming bossy, self-righteous, conceited, and boorish.

No believing heart has any room or time for imagining
it is being mistreated, or for sullen spells, or for pro-
longed coolness toward its mate, or for exaggerated, in-
sincere politeness.

On the other hand, if you are on the receiving end
of your mate's anger, it is likewise sinful to retreat into
pouting or self-pity. People who do so tend to over-

OUR WMC HERALD

(Continued From Page 370)

lino operator for correction. Having made the cor-
rections he returns the copy to the proofreader who
checks to see that all corrections were made. A second
reader now goes over the material carefully to check
on the first reader. Final corrections by the lino operator
and one last checking by the proofreader brings this
phase of the operation to a close.

The prepared type, all ready now for printing, is sent
to the Free Methodist Publishing House with instructions
as to quantity, color of ink, etc. Since The Brethren
Missionary Herald Company does not have its own
presses, the actual printing is hired out to this local
publishing house. From the editor's Friday deadline
until the printed magazines are delivered to the Breth-
ren Missionary Herald, a period of ten days and the
efforts and hours of many workers have gone into the
task.

The finished magazines are delivered to the Mission-
ary Herald mailing room 12 days after the copy is
turned in, ready to be mailed to you. Magazines are
then wrapped in bundles according to towns and cities,
single subscriptions singly. Bundles that weigh five
pounds or more are put in separate bags marked with
the name of the city and state. Your editor, as well as
the editors of the other boards, and the Brethren Mis-
sionary Herald staff have successfully concluded a big
cooperative effort as the last Missionary Herald is ad-
dressed and entrusted to Uncle Sam for safe delivery
to your home. May this article give you a better in-
sight into and a deeper appreciation for your own pub-
lishing house at this period when we are considering our
individual responsibilities for this work.

dramatize their situations. Their air of martyrdom, as
though they are being sacrificed on the altar of a ter-
rible marriage, is nauseating. I heard a man once tell his
wife: "Well, I don't like the way you do things, but I've
been learning to put up with things." His wife was cut
to the quick. It is safe to say she was no paragon of per-
fection, but who ever said her husband was? But he
enjoyed the martyr's role, and "for the sake of the
children" he "put up" with his wife's so-called inef-
ficiencies! "And the stove called the kettle black!"

Unreasonable, unkind, unnecessary, never-ending
quarrels can be devastating to a marriage and family.
An occasional tiff can be both stimulating and construc-
tive if both (or all) parties concerned will consistently
"in honor prefer one another." Remember, the answer
to the challenge Christ threw out to the woman's ac-
cusors was that they "went out, one by one, beginnmg
at the eldest, even unto the last" (John 8:9).

WMC OFFICIARY

President — Mrs. Kenneth Ashman. 205 Ihrlg Ave.. Wooster, Ohio.
First Vice President (Projects) — Mrs. Miles Taber. 314 Dorchester

St.. Ashland, Ohio.
Second Vice President (Program) — Mrs. Thomas Hammers, S242

30th Ave.. Seattle 15, Wash.
Recording Secretary — Mrs. Lester Plfer. Box 195, Winona Lake. Ind.
Assistant Secretary — Mrs. Scott Weaver, R.R. 2, Osceola. Ind.
Financial Secretary-Treasurer — Mrs. Chester McCaU, 4580 Don

Felipe Dr., Los Angeles, CaUf.
Literature Secretary — Mrs. Jesse Deloe. 2728 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne,

Ind.
Editor — Mrs. Benamin Hamilton. Box 701, Winona Lake, Ind.
Prayer Chairman— Mrs. Frank Lindower, R.R. 1, Uniontown, Ohio.
Patroness of SMM— Mrs. H. Leslie Moore, 112 Beachley St., Meyen-

dale. Pa.

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tor

^^^_^^ j££VANGELISM

How quickly time passes. Once again tlie time for
the counting oi our pennies for our special offering to
help present the messianic claims of our Lord and Sav-
iour Jesus Christ to His own eartlily brethren is upon
us. One of our most blessed avenues of ministry as a
group of Christian women has been the opportunity
to share in the work of our own Brethren testimony to
the Jews in Los Angeles. Last year our WMC gave an
offering of S6,004.5"l for this purpose. And in such a
painbss way — just a penny a day for Jewish evange-
lism. We have said little about the offering throughout
the year, but I am certain that many little blue syna-
gogues are being opened these days. Just recently my
own mother wrote that she and another friend in the
church had opened their banks and counted their pen-
nies and found they had exactly ths same number — 525
each. Since you will be receiving this Missionary Herald
a week later than usual, the date that your offering
should be sent in (June 10) will be past. If you haven t
yet gotten your offering in, please do so without delay.
We are expecting to top that offering of last year. So
get out those pennies, and if you didn't save pennies,
then find some nickels, dimes, and quarters — at least
365 cents worth — and see that it is sent in to our finan-
cial secretary.

F*rayer Comer

As a Prayer Warrior have you ever considered your
responsibility in praying for our young people in the
matter of marriage? The problem of "mixed marriages"
is becoming increasingly alarming and we need to real-
ize that it should be faced by our young people long
before they have fallen in love with a person of Roman
Catholic faith! We recommend some valuable tracts on
this subject, which should be placed in the hands of
every Brethren young man or woman, and then be fol-
lowed up with prayer by all Prayer Warriors.

Mixed Marriages: Dept. of the Christian Family, P. O.
Box 871, Nashville 2, Tenn.; 15c for 12; 50c for 100.

Scriptures for Use with Roman Catholics: Good News
Pub., 411 S. Wells St., Chicago 7, 111. 25c for 12.

What These Religions Teach (includes Catholicism):
Good News Pub., 411 S. Wells St., Chicago 7, 111. 60c
for 12.

Which Will You Believe? (the Holy Scriptures or tra-
ditions of men): Tract Club of America, 411 S. Wells,
Chicago 7, 111. 25c for 12; 70 for $1.

Let us pray that we Brethren shall meet this need
before it is too late!

NATIONAL WMC PROJECT OFFERINGS

1956-1957
General and Publication Offering $2,435.22

Home Missions Offering 3,317.72

Christian Education Offering 3,047.92

Foreign Missions Offering Due June 10

Thank Offering (Penny-a-day) Due June 10

Birthday Offering Due July 10

Missionary Residence Upkeep Due July 10

CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE
NATIONAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM

When this article is bemg read, the program book-
lets for national conference will be printed. Soon those
of you who are participating will be receiving yours
and noticing the changes that have been made.

Through much prayer and careful consideration,
along with many hours of work, your committee — Mrs.
Scott Weaver, Mrs. Jesse Deloe, and myself — proposed
the changes and submitted such to the national board
for approval, and they were accepted.

Here are some of the changes that have taken place.
All business of the conference will be conducted at the
morning sessions, and our afternoon sessions will be
mostly devotional.

The national president's message will be given on
Tuesday afternoon.

Throughout the conference you will hear forums and
panel discussions. There will also be a "Skit on De-
votions," which concerns the family altar. All phases
of missions will be portrayed, with all foreign mission-
aries home on furlough, and home missionaries avail-
able, participating.

During the first part of April a form letter was sent
to all participants which designated the exact amount of
time allotted. This will eliminate any overtime.

Everyone that has been contacted has replied prompt-
ly, and their answers in the affirmative with such wil-
lingness have been most gratifying to the program com-
mittee. We thank you, and we praise the Lord for the
leadership and direction He has given us concerning our
program.

Don't miss a single session. There is blessing in i
store for all who will attend. Knowing our goal is .
500, "Can we do it?" YES! if more than 500 who read I
this will be present. — Mrs. Robert Boone, program i
chairman.

OUR PROJECT

We have again completed another of our main offer-
ing goals — that for foreign missions. This month we
launch into our fourth quarter and the period in which
our offerings are kept for the general expenses of keep-
ing our growing WMC program functioning smoothly
across the nation. So far this year our offerings have
been very gratifying. A check of the offering report
elsewhere in this issue will show that we went over our
$3,000 goal in both home missions and Christian edu-
cation. Mrs. McCall reports that foreign mission of-
ferings are beginning to come in, but it is still too early
for a definite report on that. The Lord has been good
to our WMC and has blessed us for our giving.

This quarter's project is the one offering that falls
short of its goal. Perhaps there are many reasons for
this — vacations, disrupted meetings, etc. Another glance
at the offering report will show how much short we
fell last year. Our national organization has many fi-
nancial needs — the Missionary Herald which we pub-
lish each month, the devotional programs which are '
furnished to all councils, membership cards, prayer i
warrior cards, constitutions, promotional material, etc.
All this costs more each year, and we are counting upon
every member of every council to rally behind this of- I
faring. See that your offering gets in, even if you do
take a vacation. Let's put our General and Publication
Offering over the top this year.

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

VESSELS of +IONOR;'

H TIM. 2:20-22

SISTER/MOOD T44-EMC 1956-t957

With the New Rains

By Mrs. WMliatn Somarin

Inside the little round hut the air was hot and hi:mid.
Sara stirred restlessly on her mat. A distant roll of
thunder awakened her. She sat up and hugged her
knees. The cracks between the wall and the celling let
in the first gray light of day. Sara rose and quietly
pushed open the door. Sniffling the moist air she
looked out over the plain to the east of her village.
Yesterday and for many moons the morning sky had
been bright and glassy. This morning dark swirling
clouds invaded the dry heavens. Sara stirred up the
embers of the fire. The rain that fell today would hardly
dot the dust. There was no need to build the fire under
the v;randa. A sudden gust of wind sent the dust
swirling. The little fire burst into a bright flame. Wmd
and dust swirled past the house bringing the black
clouds with them. Suddenly the wind was quiet and a
gentle rain fell for a few refreshing minutes. Sara
lifted her face to enjoy the first rain of the year.

The girl had guessed correctly. Before her sleepy
brother had time to get wet dancing in the first drops,
the rain had stopped. There was no more time for play.
Sara's father informed the family: "We must eat quickly
and be on our way to Bossangoa before the sun gets
hot." By walking with long strides the family was able
to reach the market village by noon. After a family
conference it was decided that' they should go directly
to the house of David's father. David, very solemn and
nervous, was there to greet them. The boy's father and
mother and assorted aunts and uncles were all there to
greet their future in-laws. The handshaking was very for-
bal. The only smiling face was that of Sara's small
brother. He was not awed by the new relatives.

The men gathered around a bowl of manioc to eat
ind discuss the wedding. Sara knew that she was not
leeded, so she went to see her cousin.

Sara greeted her Christian cousin with much blowing
n the ears and many pats on the back. Sara's cousin
ras full of questions. Soon Sara looked at the sun. "1
nust go back to my parents. Come with me and I will
)ut on the new clothes that David gave me. Then you
:an go with us to the office of the commander."

At three o'clock the whole family was gathered out-
;ide the whitewashed office building of the post com-
nander. A dozen other families were there to obtain
ivedding licenses. Sometimes it was hard to tell just who
vere the engaged couples, for each girl and boy stayed
vith their own families. As their turn came the fami-
les moved onto the porch. Sara's family was third to file
lefore the office window. Sara kept her eyes fastened
'n her bright new patent leather oxfords and looked at

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the white official only when he asked her name. The
questions and the writing were finally over, and David
held the wedding license in his hand.

That night Sara and her family stayed with their cou-
sin. The next day was Sunday, and Sara would be mar-
ried in the large Bossangoa church.

The Sunday morning sky was bright and dry. The
only evidence of yesterday's rain was the humid air.
Sara, her mother and her cousin found seats near the
center of the large brick church building. Sara won-
dered where David was sitting. The congregation be-
came quiet as Kobo, the pastor, entered the front of
the building. Behind him came someone Sara did not
recognize. Then Sara's eyes widened. David entered be-
hind the two older men and took his seat on the plat-
form with them. Sara's cousin jabbed her elbow into
Sara's side to point out the obvious fact of David's
entry.

Kobo opened the service with prayer, and then David
led the song service. There was an offering and a ser-
mon by Kobo, but Sara heard nothing. She sat rubbing
her hands nervously. When the service was over, Kobo
said that this morning there was to be a wedding. He
told of David's work and expressed his joy that David
was now marrying a Christian girl and going out to
serve God. He asked David to stand before him. Then
he called Sara's name. Sara's first reaction was to duck
lower in her seat. Her cousin gave her a helpful push.
The little bush girl blindly stumbled out of her seat and
went to the front of the church. She stared down at
her shoes, but Kobo's kind words gave her courage,
and she lifted her eyes to his face. When the wedding
service was over, Sara hurried back to her seat, and
David returned to the platform.

A new life had begun for Sara. The next day she and
David would go to a distant village, where their new
house awaited them. Would she hke the villagers? Would
the Christians like her? Would David be kind or would
he scold? How often would she see her mother? All these
questions Sara had asked herself a dozen times. But
as the benediction was said and she turned to go out of
the church, she had no fear. God's road was not a fear-
ful road.

Both famines gathered to eat together and celebrate
the wedding. There were heaping bowls of manioc and
stewed goat meat. Someone bought white man's bread
at the market place. The missionary sent some of the
first crop of mangos. Only a few of the family were
Christians, but the rest of the family respectfully ab-
stained from drinking the usual native beer.

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Sara noticed that one of David's relatives had drunk
much beer before coming to the wedding dinner. The
rowdy relative was dressed in long pants and a beautiful
shirt His bright leather shoes, cork helmet, and gold
watch made him look like a white man. To the sober
guest he seemed very rude. His loud conversation
broke into the quiet afternoon. Sara's cousin, helpful
as ever, leaned over to answer Sara's unspoken question.
"That's David's older brother. You know, the tailor, the
one your uncle wanted you to marry." Sara breathed
a prayer, thankful that God gave one more reminder that
His way is best!

PRAYER REQUESTS

The Will of God for

DORTHA DOWDY

By Mrs. Don West

Pray for our summer
camps to which some of
you will be going, and at
which perhaps some of you
will even be counseling.

Pray especially for
Camp Bethany as your na-
tional officers plan the
programs for the SMM
meetings.

Pray for Mrs. Dowdy,
whose short biography is
in the lesson material this
month.

Pray for the vacation
Bible schools held in our
mission points in New
Mexico and Kentucky.

Mrs. Dortha Dowdy was born on a farm in Wayne
County, Ohio. Her home was a Christian one. She at-
tended the First Brethren Church in Smithville; Mrs.
Root was one of her Sunday-school teachers and was
a great influence in her life. Mrs. Dowdy was saved at
the age of 12 under the ministry of Rev. Archie Lynn.
As'^a teen-ager, Mrs. Dowdy was a baby sitter, as
many of you girls are. One of her customers predicted
that Dortha would be a preacher's wife or a missionary
some day. Dortha's plan for the future was to be a
teacher. While attending Ashland College she met James
Paul Dowdy. He was preparing to serve the Lord
wherever He would call him. Dortha knew if she were
to marry Paul Dowdy, she must be ready to do the
Lord's will no matter what the task might be. In June
1934, they were married.

Mr. Dowdy graduated from the seminary in 1936.
In the spring of that year the Dowdy's felt the call of
the Lord, but they spent the summer praying about it.
The Lord showed them that it was His will that they
go to Argentina by closing all other doors. Before they
left for Argentina, James Paul, Jr. (now 19), was born.
Two other" sons were born in Argentina, David Roger
(17) and Robert (8).

The Dowdys arrived in Argentina April 1937, just
20 years ago. Dortha faithfully served the Lord in Rio
Cuarto busy in teaching the children and counseling in
the local WMC work. As is true in all mission work,
her greatest joy is seeing souls saved and growing in
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, especially to
see some of the young people grow up and remain
firm in the faith and to see some of them go to the
Bible institute preparing to serve the Lord.

As Sisterhood girls, Mrs. Dowdy urges us not to
neglect our goals of memorizing God's Word. These
Scripture verses will someday be useful for those whom
the Lord calls into full-time service and to all of us
in dealing with other people to lead them to Christ and
to guide us in making important decisions.

One of Mrs. Dowdy's favorite Scripture verses, and
a challenging one for all of us, is II Timothy 2:15-16:
•'Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman
that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word
of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings: for they
will increase unto more ungodliness."

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By Jeanette Turner

Here are a few ideas from SMM's over the country >
which you might use to add sparkle to your own group:

The SMM In Osceola, Ind., had a candy and cookie
making party. They sent the results to their students

in college. . . u ■

The girls in Berne, Ind., made curtains tor the win-
dows of the Bovs Club building.

The Junior SMM of LeamersviHe, Pa., have put on
skits this winter at their own church service, the Vicks-
burg church, and at an April birthday party.

The Senior Sisterhood of Leesburg, Ind., invited the i
fellows to a Valentine's Day supper after which they
rolled bandages.

The Junior group of Parkersburg, W. Va., had an
attendance contest with the losing team giving the win-
ners a weiner roast in the spring (P.S.— their attendance
jumped up quickly!).

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR JULY

THEME SONG— Sing "Channels Only" and follow it
by the year's verses in II Timothy.

SCRIPTURE — Read John 15.

PRAYER CIRCLE — Include requests from your group,
as well as the requests printed this month.

DE'VOTIONAL TOPIC — Seniors and Middlers studyi
Mrs. Samarin's "With the New Rains." Juniors study
Mrs. Brenneman's "Play."

SPECIAL NUMBER-
MISSIONARY LESSON— Seniors and Middlers will
learn about Mrs. Dortha Dowdy, while the Juniors
will continue the Pondo series, "Pondo's Eyes are
Opened."
BUSINESS MEETING— Include the president's re-
minders, and remember your goals.

The Brethren Missionary Heroic

Pondo's Eyes Are Opened

By Miss Mary Emmert

Several years had passed since Pondo had first
started to school. His class of 75 had dwindled down to
six, for few had the persistence to stick to the long, hard
"road" of learning. The black boys were unaccustomed
to discipline or to any control whatever. Most of them
preferred the wild, free life of the plains and the valleys
over which they had roamed at will from childhood.
Some way, Pondo had stuck to the school through the
thick and the classroom routine.

Now classes had been added yearly with better and
better results as the idea began to take. Pondo and his
class were being honorably dismissed to make room
for still another class.

"You have all accepted the Lord as your Saviour,"
the teacher told them. "I trust now that you understand
better what that means than you did at first. If you
have really been born again, then you will not follow
the old road of sin. You will not want to serve the Devil
but the Lord. How many of you have thought over
what I have told you, and wish to serve Him as you go
back to your villages?"

They all raised their hands, for they all had good
intentions. Pondo, among the others, really meant to go
as a native teacher and evangehst to his uncle's village.
But he must see about getting married first. The way
his tribe had always done it, he would have had only to
pay down several goats; then he would be free to claim
his bride without further ceremony. But now that he
was a Christian, the church said that he must pay the
entire dowry, and then he could have a church cere-
mony. Then, too, they said that the girl must be a Chris-
tian, for believers must not be unequally yoked with
unbelievers.

"Why do you not take one of the schoolgirls?" asked
his father, for the newer classes had a few girls in them.

"No, I want no one but Zonggo," maintained Pondo.
"I shall tell her to become a Christian, as I am."

So Zonggo was brought to the mission and put in
charge of a Christian family where she worked for her
board. She understood very little about the new re-
ligion, but she tried hard to learn. When the invita-
tion was given, she went forward, and was placed in
a special class for converts where she received daily
instruction.

In the meantime Pondo asked for work at the mis-
sion in order to make some money with which to pay
his dowry. His father-in-law had decided to ask white
man's money, instead of the old iron money, and now
that he must collect it all at one time in order to get
married, he wanted work. One of his schoolmates had
asked for one of his twin sisters as his wife, and an
old man who already had many wives had asked for the
other. But they, too, had little ready cash to put down.

"I am afraid that you will get the desire for money,"
said Mr. Hope, "and then you will not be content to go
to your village to preach the gospel."

"Oh, no, as soon as I get married, I shall go," prom-
ised Pondo.

But by the time Pondo had been married for some
months, it became evident that his wife would not be
a good evangelist's wife. Pondo had given up going
to the dances, but Zonggo was used to a great deal of
gaiety, and would often shp away to the dance. There
she made friends with the wrong kind of people and
was led astray.

Pondo was very much disappointed, and they had
many a bitter quarrel. He tried reasoning with her; he
prayed with her, and when his temper got the best of
him, he even whipped her. For this latter, he was ad-
monished by the missionary.

"You white people do not understand the black
woman," Pondo said. "She will not listen to anything
but force. If she runs away again, I shall let her go; I
am tired running after her and bringing her back."

"Don't say that," counseled Mr. Hope. "Remember
you took her for better or worse for your whole life. The
trouble is that her heart is not changed. Pray for her
conversion, and try to win her by love. You can never
force anyone to be good."

Pondo wanted to follow the advice, but Zonggo tried
his patience severely. She spent most of her time gadding
in the village instead of preparing his meals and work-
ing in her garden as a respectable woman should.

About this time Pondo had an experience that made
a great difference in his life. He was taken desperately
sick with the grippe which turned into pneumonia
overnight. They took him to the mission hospital where
he was nursed faithfully. He became weaker and
weaker. Just when he was feeling the worst, Koly came
to see him, bringing with him some of the witch doc-
tor's medicine. It was only the bulb of a certain wild lily
which he wanted to put under Pondo's bed. At first the
sick man refused, but he was too sick to argue much
and finally yielded to his father's plea that it would
not hurt to try both kinds of medicine — the white man's
and the black man's.

That night the crisis came, and his temperature
dropped so low that he thought he was going to die.
"You'll die in this place," his relatives told him the
next morning when they saw how bad he was. "Let us
take you out of here. We will take you out in the bush
to Gafo, and he will cure you." Koly had forgotten the
old grudge he had against the sorcerer, dating back to
the time when his wife had died. Pondo finally con-
sented and helped to plan the get-away, for he was
afraid that his missionary friends would stop him. So
that evening after dark his relatives came after him
and carried him away in a native hammock which was
really a fish net slung on a pole carried by two men.

Gafo immediately talked about evil spirits, and said
he could drive them out by putting medicine in Pondo's
eyes. He put in such strong red pepper juice that his
victim screamed for mercy. Needless to say, he did not
become better from this treatment, nor the many others
tried by Gafo and paid for by his father.

Back at the station they were praying for the de-

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luded sick man that he might be brought back to his
senses and to his Lord. And the Lord heard their p2-
titions, and spoke to the wandering sheep. "Where will
you go if you die now?" He asked him. The question
went home to his heart, and right there he gave himscii
in a new way to the One who had died for him. Then
he sent for the missionary to come for him. His friends
did not fail him in this crisis but took him back to
the station where he was nursed back to health.

"I want to live for Jesus from now on," he testified
in the weekly prayer meeting. "But be sure and pray
for my wife, for it is very difficult to live with her."

By Marie Sacket-f

STATISTICAL REPORTS— All district secretaries
are to send their compiled statistical reports for their
district to the national general secretary before Jo"y 15.

BANDAGES! All local groups are to send their
bandages to the district bandage secretary before .Inly
15. A report of the district bandage secretary is to be
sent to the national bandage secretary before Jsdy 31.

ALL OFFERINGS are past due now. However, .f
your group has not sent your offerings in, please do
so as soon as possible.

NOTICE — The statistical blanks for the Sisterhood of
Mary and Martha have been mailed out. If you do not
receive yours within a week or two, please send for yours
from the National Secretary, Janet Weber, 835 Spruce
St., Hagerstown, Md.

NATIONAL SMM BOARD MEETINGS

at national conference will be held Friday, Aug.
17, at 9:00 a. m. These meetings are for your
national and district officers. All districts are to
help their president or a girl representative to come
to these meetings. They will be a big help in the
goals and material for the coming year.

INVESTMENTS

What have you invested in the salvation of the Jew?
God is indeed no respecter of men's persons. God is in-
terested in saving sinners, Jew and gentile alike. You
have had a part in the spreading of the gospel to lands
beyond the seas but what have you done for Israel? The
people of the covenant, the nation upon whom God in
love set His name, this suffering, bewildered and de-
spised people — what have you invested in them? What-
ever you entrust to the hands of God by way of time
and means in behalf of Israel will be multiplied a thou-
sand times over to you in glory. — Salvation magazine.

By Mrs. Max Brenneman

Playtime is the time to make friends and keep them.
For you have to be friendly to play together. If you
aren't, an argument is sure to start.

Learn how to play well with your friends. Not all the
games or what you play should be chosen by you.
Take turns. Selfish children find themselves playing
alone most of the time. Friendly children always have a
yard full of playmates all the time.

"You don't play fair, Rose," said Mary. And Mary
was right. Every time they would start a gams, Rose
would change the rules in the middle of it. When Rose
played a game, it had to be done her way or she
would quit. "You do it my way, or I won't play," was
her only thought.

No doubt you have had girls try to play with you like
Rose. You didn't play v.'ith them very long, did you?
You were glad when they went home. And the next
day you found yourself another girl to play with.

Why are some girls easier to play with than others?
It is because playthings are shared, rules are understood
at the beginning of the game, different kinds of things
are done, and no one girl is boss.

"A man that hath friends must show himself friendly"
(Prov. 18:24a). As a Christian girl you are friendly be-
cause Christ was. Never once was Christ bossy, self-
ish, disrespectful, discourteous, or sassy. I'm sure that
when He was a child. He was kind, loving, true, friendly,
obedient, courteous, and a good sport wherever He was
playing. For He was God's Son and wanted to please
Him. And so should you.

There are times when an argument would seem to
be in order to prove your playmate to be wrong. But
arguments never help. If you can't get along playing
one game, try another.

Can it be said of you that in playing you are always
a good sport — win or lose? That is important to girls,
as well as boys. Even if your team is losing, play to
the best of your ability.

Be willing to learn all types of games. At first you
may do it wrong or be clumsy, but practice makes per-
fect, they say. At least be a good sport and try. Good
sports are not always the best players in a game. Look
for a friendly girl and you will find a good sport. For
she likes to play just to be playing and to have a good
time doing it. If you are a good sport in playing, you'U
be well-liked and chosen as a friend of many.

Play is funtime. Enjoy it with others. You'll be doing
it all the rest of your life. God wants us to have a good
time. Be happy and enjoy the life God has given you
to live for Him. Because God is your best Friend, show
His friendliness to others by the way you play.

SISTERHOOD OFFICIARY

President — Marie Sacltett. Grace College. Winona Lake, Ind. (Home:

1010 Rrndolph St., Waterloo. Iowa).
Vice President— Rachel Smitliwick. R. R. 1, Harrah. Wash.
General Secretary — Janet Weber. 835 Spruce St., Hagerstown. Md.
Editor — Jeannette Turner. Winona Lake. Ind. (Home: Portis, Kans.).
Tre-su'-er— Florence MT'l'^^r. Be-- 5. Winom L^ke. Ind.
Literature Secretary — Kathleen Ripple, 516 Frltsch Ave., Akron 11.

Ohio.
Bandage Secretary — Joyce Asiiman. Winona Lake. Ind.
Patroness — Mrs. H. Leslie Moore, 112 Beachley, St., Meyeradale, Pa-
Assistant Patroness — Mrs. Russell Weber, 835 Spruce St., Hagen-

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Netuajjaje

WINONA LAKE, IND. On May
13, Benjamin Ernest, weighing 9
lbs., 6 oz. came to stay at the home
of Rev. and Mrs. Robert Dell. He
increased the total number of sons
to four.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. At the
commencement exercises of The
Talbot Theological Seminary, June
4, 1957, George Oscar Peek, pastor
of the North Long Beach Brethren
Church, was honored with the Doc-
tor of Divinity degree.

LANSING, MICH. Ground-
breaking services for the new Breth-
ren church were held Sunday, June
9. Dr. Paul R. Bauman, president
of the Brethren Home Missions
Council, was the speaker at all serv-
ices for the day. The construction
crew that just finished the work on
the new Brethren church in Chey-
enne, Wyo., is ready to go to work
on this new project.

JOHNSTOWN, PA. Prof. J. Loyd
Jones, who is in his 81st year, re-
cently completed thirty-five years of
faithful service as choir director of
the First Brethren Church. Mrs.
Effie Darr has been the faithful
organist during those years and was
pianist in the Somerset Street church
many years before.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. The
47th Annual California District
Conference of Brethren Churches as-
sembled at the First Brethren Church
May 29-June 1. The following of-
ficers were elected for 1957-58; Dr.
Glenn O'Neal, moderator; Rev. Lyle
W. Marvin, vice moderator; Mr.
Dallas Martin, secretary; Rev. Harry
Sturz, assistant secretary; Mr. Ar-
thur Schwab, treasurer. Dr. Charles
L. Feinberg, of Talbot Theological
Seminary, and Rev. Arnold R.
Kriegbaum, editor of our Brethren
Missionary Herald, were the guest
speakers.

FORT WAYNE, IND. Rev.
Mark Malles was the baccalaureate
speaker at the services of the Grace
Seminary and College, May 26.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Rev.
John Dale Brock, 17823 Ponder

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Drive, South Bend 15, Ind. Rev.
Gordon Bracker, 1011 Birdseye
Blvd., Fremont, Ohio. Please change
Annual.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Con-
struction of the Los Altos Brethren
Church has reached the stage where
the building is ready for plastering.
The building is being constructed by
one of the Brethren Construction
Crews. Wayne Fiory is pastor.

DAYTON, OHIO. At the South-
ern Ohio District Conference of
Brethren Churches, May 6-9, the
following officers were elected: Rev.
Randall Maycum.bsr, moderator;
Rev. True Hunt, vice moderator;
Rev. Clair Brickel, secretary; Rev.
Russell Ward, assistant secretary;
Mr. Roy Kinsey, treasurer; and Rev.
C. S. Zimmerman, statistician.

BRPTHREM

ASHLAND, OHIO. Richard
Messner was ordained to the Breth-
ren ministry at the Grace Brethren
Church, Miles Tabcr, pastor, Sun-
day morning, May 26. Rev. James
Dixon, of the First Brethren Church,
Washington, D. C, was the ordina-
tion speaker. Brother Messner is
an instructor at Grace College, Wi-
nona Lake, Ind.

DAYTON, OHIO. Rev. C. S.
Zimmerman, pastor of the Patter-
son Park Brethren Church, minister-
ed at the Dryhill, Ky., Brethren
chapel June 2. Miss Evelyn Fuqua
is the missionary. Rev. John Stoll
occupied the pulpit at Patterson
Park Brethren Church that Sunday.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Rev.
Albert Flory, principal of the Breth-
ren High School, and minister of
education for the First Brethren
Church, has requested a leave of
absence. As of July 1, Mr. Joe
Smith will become the principal of
the Brethren High School, and Rev.
Alfred Dodds, principal of the
Brethren Junior High School.

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake. Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R, D. Barnard

Winona Lake. Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake, Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake. Ind.

CANTON, OHIO. At a recent
business meeting of the congregation
of the First Brethren Church, John
Dilling, pastor, it was voted to re-
locate. Investigation is being made
as to the most advantageous loca-
tion.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.

An addition to their new building
is being planned at the Grace Breth-
ren Church to care for their rapidly
growing Sunday school. Ralph Col-
burn is pastor.

NEW TROY, MICH. Rev. Rich-
ard J. Jackson, Jr., of the New Troy
Brethren Church, was the bacca-
laureate speaker at the New Troy
High School, May 19. He has been
invited to deliver the baccalaureate
address at the Galien High School
next year. The Brethren Youth En-
semble recently finished a tour of
central Indiana singing in Bell Cen-
ter, Logansport, Bunker Hill and
Peru. They plan to tour the Upper
Peninsula in Michigan to give four
programs in the near future. Broth-
er Jackson is their director.

ROANOKE, VA. The laymen of
the Clearbrook Brethren Church
have undertaken as their special
project the building of a room under
the church to be used for the Boys
Club. This meant that they had to
excavate three feet of dirt, drill
through two concrete walls, and
pour a concrete floor. Work benches
are to be constructed. William How-
ard is the pastor.

SEATTLE, WASH. Anniversary
week at the View Ridge Brethren
Church, Thomas Hammers, pastor,
began June 9 with the dedication of
their new organ. The week closes
Sunday, June 16, with special serv-
ices, and fathers are to be honored
guests.

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RELIGIOUS NEWS REPORTS

ABILENE, TEX. A 78-year-old
woman from Abilene arrived in
Nigeria by plane to serve as a volun-
teer missionary for six months. Mrs.
J. L. Anthony, a Southern Baptist,
said she came to Africa because "1
figure I can help win more people to
Christ in Africa than anywhere else."
She will assist the Rev. Milford
Howell, a missionary in the Warri
Province of Nigeria. Her main job
will be to teach native Bible classes.

Mrs. Anthony has taught Sunday
school for more than half a century.
A seamstress by profession, her
9,000-mile trip was financed by her
local church and personal friends.
Too old to go overseas as a mis-
sionary for the Southern Baptist
Foreign Mission Board, this great-
grandmother undertook the African
venture as a self-styled "tourist."

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Racial
discrimination in any form was
sharply condemned at Birmingham
by the 97th General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the U. S.
(Southern). The commissioners
(delegates) issued a 4,000-word pro-
nouncement on "The Christian Con-
cept of Freedom" in which they de-
nounced groups like the Ku Klux
Klan and the White Citizens Coun-
cils, and condemned racial bias in
education, religion, politics and
employment.

Many observers considered the
statement one of the strongest issued
by any Southern church group in
support of racial desegregation. It
was approved with only a scattering
of negative votes.

SPECIAL. Overseas relief agen-
cies of the Protestant, Catholic and
Jewish faiths are distributing the
lion's share of all U. S. surplus foods
made available by the government.
A report by the American Council of

Voluntary Agencies shows that in
the nine months ended March 31,
1957, religious agencies shipped ap-
proximately 5100,000 worth of
foods overseas. This represented
91.3 percent of all U. S. surplus
foods distributed to the needy
around the world. Of the non-re-
ligious agencies, CARE distributed
practically all the rest — or 8.09 per
cent. In addition, the United Na-
tions Childrens' Fund distributed
U. S. surplus dried milk valued at
almost 10 million dollars.

MADISON, WIS. The Wiscon-
sin Assembly killed a bill which
would have exempted from state
income taxes the tuition paid by
parents for children enrolled in
parochial or private schools. The
vote was 49 to 47. Neighboring Min-
nesota permits a S200 income tax
credit for such tuition.

NASHVILLE, TENN. The Sun-
day-school board of the Southern
Baptist Convention reports that in
1906 there were 14 million pupils
enrolled in Sunday schools, which
was 17 percent of the U. S. popula-
tion. In 1955, it says, there were 36
million pupils enrolled, representing
22 percent of the population. Total
Sunday-school enrollment increased
147 percent in the past 50 years.

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. A reso-
lution passed by the Florida legis-
lature recognizes Eastern Ortho-
doxy as a major faith in Florida. It
requests that official papers of the
State, when discussing religion, be
changed to include the phrase:
"Major faiths are Protestants, Cath-
olics, Eastern Orthodox and Jews."

NEW YORK. American Protes-
tant churches donated more than
$125,000 worth of food, clothing
and other relief supplies to the vic-

tims of the earthquake in the Prov-
ince of Mugla, Turkey, recently.
More than 10,000 were made home-
less by the quake which killed 200
and injured about 3,000.

JAMESTOWN, VA. A 25-foot-
high timber cross marking the ear-
liest known English burial ground in
America was dedicated at James-
town by the Right Reverend Henry
Knox Sherrill, presiding bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal Church. He
offered a prayer of thanksgiving "for
the daring, the tenacity, and Chris-
tian faith of these colonists by whose
labors there was here established the
first permanent English settlement
on this continent." The cross was
erected near a site where several
hundred of the earliest colonists lie
buried in shallow, unmarked graves.
The graves were accidentally dis-
covered in 1955 by archeologists
who were probing foundations of
early buildings on Jamestown Is-
land.

ATLANTA, GA. Churches in the
Atlanta area are spearheading a
citywide drive to curtail business on
Sundays.

LONDON. The Moscow Radio
broadcast the claim that Estonia now
has 200 churches of various denomi-
nations. Among them, it said, are 50
structures that were rebuilt after
having been destroyed or badly dam-
aged during the war. The station
also reported that the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Estonia is now
permitted to publish books, church
calendars, and other religious ma-
terial.

HONG KONG. Protestant Chris-
tians are celebrating the 150th an-
niversary of missionary efforts in
China this year. Even though for-
eign missionary work is at a stand-
still in China today, the church is
giving thanks for the many hundreds
of missionaries who have served
God in China and the many thou-
sands of converts who have been
won since that day in 1807 when
a British missionary named Robert
Morrison, who later translated the
Bible into Chinese, arrived in that
land.

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REVEALED

in the Bible

The Bible! Indeed, not an ordi-
nary Book! Hated and hounded as
no other book has ever been, and yet
indestructible; despised, and yet hon-
ored; dsrided, and yet highly
esteemed; declared dead, and yet
aUve. Mighty emperors and kings
and priests have shunned no toil and
no guilt in order to exterminate it;
wise and scholarly men have in the
sweat of their brow thoroughly re-
futed it; and now, that higher criti-
cism lords over it and science has
done away with it, it is spreading
over the whole earth with astonish-
ing rapidity in millions of copies and
hundreds of languages, and is being
read and preached from pole to
pole; and, in the faith and power of
the Word, Negroes submit to being
burned alive, and Armenians and
Chinese to being tortured to death.
Ho, all ye scholars and critics! do but
write such a book, and we will be-
lieve you!

Complete in itself — "accursed any
man that shall add unto or take
away" — unchanged and unchange-
able, this Bible stands for centuries,
unconcerned about the praise and
the reproach of men; it does not ac-
commodate itself to progress, does
not recant a single word, remains
grandly simple and divinely over-
powering, and in its sight all men are
equal and feel their impotency.

With subhme freedom it strides
through history of mankind, dismiss-
es entire nations with a glance, with
a word, in order to tarry a long time
with the deeds of a shepherd; com-
placently it seven times repeats a list
of gifts; records seemingly unimpor-
tant genealogies; suddenly powers of
the world to come flash from some
word apparently casually dropped;
or thunders roll in the background
of the cool narration of some great
crime. Now it speaks of God as
playing with His creatures and de-
lighting in the daring chamois, the
snorting horse, and the beautiful
lily; now it rises like an eagle to
heights that make peoples passing
hither and thither appear like

By Professor F. Bettex

"The grrss wi.hereth. and the flower there-
of falleth awav: but the word of the Lord
endureth for ever" (I Pet. 1:24-25J.

swarms of grasshoppers, yea, all
nations like a drop in a bucket. This
word tells of a coat of many colors
that a father made for his favorite
son; and is silent concerning the life
and effects of Isaiah or John, and
the martyrdom of Paul.

It raises deepest questions, as if
they were but trifles: "Where wast
thou when I laid the foundations
of the earth?" It condenses into a
single word a sweeping view of the
world: "The things which are seen
are temporal; but the things which
are not seen are eternal." It reveals
vast counsels of the Lord, that He
will make a new heaven and a new
earth, where old things shall no
longer rise in the hearts of men.

What book is there written by man
that does not grow trite from re-

TheScribes-and Us!

By H. A. Ironside

The scribes . . . held prophetic
truth, and searched the Scriptures,
but the truth held not them, nor did
they permit the Scriptures to search
them.

The lesson is important for us all.
Mere familiarity with the written
Word of God will only make us the
guiltier if it be not that which con-
trols all our ways. To read the
Book, to study its various lines of
truth, to be able to speak intelli-
gently of the great doctrinal princi-
ples of Scriptures — and yet not to
have received that Word in an hon-
est heart, to be controlled and guid-
ed by it, is dreadful indeed!

One has said, referring to the not
uncommon, nor unhelpful, practice
of Bible-marking: "It is a small
thing how you mark your Bible, but
it is of all importance that it mark
you!"

peated readings? But of this Book
thousands of the best and most tal-
ented among men have testified, not
only that they never tired of read-
ing and studying it but also that it
constantly grew grander, richer,
more unfathomable. How often some
unseen word, that you have read a
hundred times, suddenly opens up,
revealing its deep, hidden meaning!
If every sentence, yea, every word
in the Bible that has been impor-
tant or beneficial to this soul or that
were underscored, would a single
one be found that had been written
uselessly and without purpose, or
that had borne no fruit? I think not.
The Bible, the Word of God, re-
veals to us this invisible God whom
mankind feels in, about, and above
itself; in whom the child exultingly
believes; whom the adult seeks and
finds, loves, hates, worships, denies,
to whom he prays and whom he
curses; whom the dying age hopes to
see; or concerning whom they try
with quaking hearts to ease their
minds, saying: "There is no God!"
"In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth." The Bible
does not deal with fools, whose
heart's desire is: There is no God. It
is not necessary to demonstrate God.
Whoever is foolish enough to close
his eyes and deny Him, may do so at
his own risk; he will not harm Him,
but himself. In the beginning of His
Word, God steps forth out of His
eternity, grand and resplendent, the
ground, principle, and cause of the
universe, the Creator of creation. He,
who, in incomprehensible omnipo-
tence, creates, and there is no one
who could say: "Why doest Thou
thus?" At the close of His Word,
where a new eternal creation begins,
heavenly creatures and powers cast
their crowns at His feet, crying:
"Thou art worthy, O Lord, to re-
ceive glory and honour and power:
for thou hast created all tilings, and
for thy pleasure they are and were
created." "Alleluia: for the Lord
God omnipotent reigneth!" — Our
Hope.

June IS, 7957

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Compiled by Roy Lowery

United for Soul-Winning

Praying for One Another

St. Paul spent much time in
prayer in behalf of his converts
(Rom. 1:9-10; I Cor. 1:4; Eph. 1:
16; 3:14; Col. 1:3; 2:1; I Thess. 1:2;
II Thess. 1:11; II Tim. 1:3; Philem.
4).

As our Lord ever lives to inter-
cede for us (Heb. 4:25), so every
true spiritual adviser or Christian
friend should pray for those for
whom he has a spiritual responsi-
bility (I Sam. 12:23). Prayer for
others brings thanksgiving and joy
in supplication for them (Phil. 1:
3-4). For some, of course, we may
have to plead with strong crying
and tears (Neh. 1:4), for there are
persons and even churches that ap-
pear so hopelessly desolate and bar-
ren spiritually (Rev. 3:20). As we
look upon the closed door and wait-
ing Saviour, we must pray, but our
weeping and sorrowing is destined
to bear fruit (Ps. 126: 5-6).

We may need a revival in our
private prayer habits that will give
us spiritual liberty and gladness.
Luther once said: "I have so much
work to do today that I cannot get
through it with less than three hours

of prayer." Bishop Andrews regu-
larly set apart five hours each day
for prayer. We should labor in
prayer as Epaphras did (Col. 4:12).
"The effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much."

Careful cultivation will result in
good prayer habits. It is good to give
God our first thoughts in the morn-
ing watch hour (Ps. 5:3). Daniel, at
the risk of his life, would not de-
viate from his regular seasons of
prayer (Dan. 6:10). It is good to
have a favorite spot for prayer
(Acts 16:13). The posture of the
heart is more important than the
posture of the body (Matt. 15:8).
Kneeling, bowing down (Ps. 95:6),
and standing are three postures
mentioned in Scripture (Mark 1 1 :
25). Whether active or at rest, we
are always to be in the spirit of
prayer (I Thess. 5:17). The Sav-
iour suggested that we pray in secret
lest our hearts be lifted up in pride
rather than prayer because of the
presence of others (Matt. 6:5-6).
Let our soul leap to God through
prayer as a child in its fondness leaps
to its parents.

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR JULY

We would suggest a men's prayer
retreat for our July program. Hold
your program out of doors, prefer-
ably on some hill or mountaintop,
about sundown, having a real time
of prayer and fellowship; and for
those who care to have the regular
monthly program we submit the
following:
Opening Hymns — "My Faith Looks

Up To Thee"; "More Love To

Thee."

Scripture Reading — Ephesians 1:15-
23.

Prayer Time — Have as many men
as possible take part in this.

Hymn — "Sweet Hour of Prayer."

Business Session — Very brief. Make
plans to attend national confer-
ence at Winona Lake next month.

Bible Study — Praying for One An-
other.

Closing Hymn — "I Need Thee Every
Hour"; prayer.

ITEMS

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Hagerstown, Md. (Grace) — Is a
boys' club worthwhile? The ac-
companying picture and its story
should assure us that it is. This club
was reorganized last November by
three of our laymen, Brethren Lee
Eckles, Richard Trenary, and
Charles Pottoff, and is sponsored by
our local laymen's group. They now
have an average weekly attendance
of 36. We praise the Lord that al-
ready 19 of the boys in this picture
have accepted Christ as Saviour in
their club meetings. Many of them
come from homes which are not
Christian, but they have been
carrying a Christian testimony
home with them to the extent that
we receive many fine comments
from their parents.

The sleds were one of their mis-
sionary projects and were sent to our
Navajo Mission in New Mexico
for the boys there.

Roanoke, Va. (Ghent) — The lay-
men of the Ghent Brethren Church
were hosts to the Southeastern Dis-
trict Laymen on May 3, with Rev.
Miles Taber of Ashland, Ohio as
speaker. The 95 men present en-
joyed a fine program.

Penn Grove, Pa.- — The combined
Northern and Mid-Atlantic district
laymen held an all-day retreat here
Saturday, May 25. There was a
very fine attendance from each dis-
trict. The speaker for the meeting
was Rev. Clair Hitz, registrar of
Philadelphia Bible Institute.

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Being a big brother to a raft of
small fry can be a very trying ex-
perience. If you don't believe this,
ask me. Maybe I ought not wait for
you to ask; I'll tell you. Don't mis-
understand me; I love my kid broth-
ers and sisters. But there are times
when, to a fellow of 16, httle kids
can be a genuine pain-in-the-neck,
especially when you live under the
same roof with them.

Take Mark, f'rinstance. I hasten
to tell you he has not yet reached the
category of "obnoxious." Sure, he
gets in my hair at times. I get per-
turbed when he gets chewing gum
out of my desk drawer, but he is so
beguihng in his admission that I melt
like wax. I don't melt so easily when
he gets into my cuff links and tie
bars, but I do understand the fasci-
nation these have for little boys. The
little fellow is still so soft and lov-
able, and so wide-eyed with adora-
tion for me, I can't help feeling flat-
tered and honored. I know that as
Mark's elder brother I have a ter-
rific responsibihty to live a consis-
tent Christian life before him, and
set an example which will point him
to Christ.

After the youngsters are about
five years old, please deliver me.
Mother doesn't feel that I have any
room to talk. She says all I need to
do is take a good look at them to
learn what I was like at that age.
Well anyway, deliver me from little
kids. Especially Ardyth. The way
she "yammers" to get her own way
is just nauseating. Wouldn't you
think that she'd soon wake up to
the fact that nobody, but nobody
gets his own way in our family by
crying? She's terribly slow at learn-
ing some things! Well, maybe she'll
grow up soon. We all do sooner or
later.

And especially Althea. There's no
doubt she's quite a brain. She's
done two years of schoolwork in one
this year just closing. I could use a
little of her "gray matter" myself.
But why is she so dramatic about
everything? She's very high strung
and breaks easily — like my violin
strings — if pulled too taut. To make
matters worse, she bites her finger-
nails; the only one from among the
nine of us to do so. She's a cute

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A Brother's
Rights

trick but needs desperately to be
"unwound."

And more especially Paul Kent.
There oughta be a law about nine-
year-old brothers. I don't know what
kind of law, or what for, but I'm
convinced something should be done
with them. Any suggestions? This
brother of mine is at a stage of
hking such corny jokes. He never
misses a day without learning a new
one. It's queer, but just because he's
made the honor roll three times this
year (a real miracle if I ever heard
one), Mother and Dad aren't too
discouraged with Paul. They say
he'll outgrow some of that nonsense.
You'll have to prove it to me!

One day when I felt particularly
magnanimous toward the kids I
said: "Ardyth, if you'll not cry for
24 hours I'll give you a nickel. Al-
thea, if you'll let your nails grow,
I'll give you a quarter. Paul Kent,
if you'll make yourself extinct for
about two years I'll give you a dol-
lar."

"O.K.," they all shouted. "Oh,
boy, that'll be fun."

"David," Mother remonstrated
gently even as she struggled to re-
strain laughter, "you're a httle hard
on Paul Kent, don't you think?"
"Well, he doesn't know what I
meant. Anyhow, I just meant it in
fun."

Next day Ardyth came to me and
said: "David, I've not cried all day.
Where's my nickel?" I couldn't be-
lieve my ears, but upon being given
proof I produced the nickel.

"Where's my quarter?" piped Al-
thea.

"You'll have to wait until those
nails show signs of growing. I can't
pay you off over night."

"I can't get my dollar because I
don't know what 'extink' means.
How do I do it?"

By this time Mother almost fell
off her chair laughing.

"Just go jump off a bridge," I
rephea.

"But if I'd do that I'd be dead,
and how could I get the dollar?"

"Say, you are a sharpee tonight.
I was just kidding you. There are
worse nine year olds, I guess. I
just haven't met any."

Mother then proceeded to give
us one of her classic sermonettc s.
geared especially for me, about being
kind to each other, and being thank-
ful for all our blessings. She then
stopped the clock by saying that our
big family is one of our blessings!

And you know what? I agree with
her. Whenever I feel as though the
weight of setting the right example is
too heavy on me, I look around and
see fellows who have no one to care
what they do, or why. Then I'm not
only thankful for all our kids, even
the httle ones, but I'm proud to be
Number Three in the line-up. And
I take comfort in the fact that there's
one brother older than I who at-
tempted to set an xample for us all!
I feel warm around my heart for
the love of Christ which reached
down and saved me when I was just
a little shaver. As for my rights as
a brother in the flesh and a brother
in the Lord, they are summed up in
few words: "Bear ye one another's
burdens and so fulfill the law of
Christ" (Gal. 6:2).

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

The four mits. Bishop Wilberforce said long ago that there are four
words that describe Christianity: Admit, submit, commit, and transmit. Get

the idea?

Men learn to like even the bitter tonic. Shall we not then learn to like
the disagreeable duties, which are, after all, so many bitter tonics?

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JUNE 22, 1957

Woodville Grace Brethren Church Dedicated May 19

(Inset) Dr. Bernard N. Schneider, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church, Mansfield,

Ohio; Gene Witzlcy, host pastor; Mr. Harold Bolesky, director; and Dr. Paul R.

Bauman, president of The Brethren Home Missions Council, Inc.

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EDITORIALS

By Lester E. Pifer, Contributing Editor

America's need of the gospel

Recent releases from the Uniform Crime Reports of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington have
indicated that America continues to produce a staggering
figure in crime. "Major crimes reached a new high in
1956. Increases in seven of eight categories brought a
record 2,563,150 major crimes for the year. This is
13.3 percent above 1955 and the first total above the
2.5 million mark. Crime has increased almost four times
as fast as the population since 1950." Since 1950 the
crime rise has been 43 percent while the population
figure is up only 1 1 percent.

"Arrests of young people under 18 increased 17.3
percent in cities in 1956. The increase is not due to more
young people, since the number in this age group is up
only about 3 percent. Arrests in this age group rose 20.9
percent in cities under 25,000 inhabitants, while cities
with more population reported a 16.5 percent in-
crease. Arrests in the other age groups were up only 2.6
percent. Almost 46 percent of the arrests for major
crimes were of youngsters under 18 who, for ex-
ample, accounted for 66.4 percent of the auto theft ar-
rests."

These figures and facts become a startling reminder
that we live in an age of lawlessness. "For the mystery
of lawlessness doth already work" (II Thess. 2:7a ASV).
As the report indicates, the increase cannot be laid
to the increase in the number of population. The spirit
of Antichrist is already present. The lawlessness which
will characterize these days prior to the coming of Christ
and will prevail during the Tribulation period when the
man of sin has been revealed, already has its foundation
in American society.

One is caused to wonder what would happen in this
nation now should prosperity be taken away and peo-
ple not be permitted to have in abundance their luxuries.
The spirit of lawlessness of recent years which has left
a tremendous impact upon our youth could cause a
fiasco in a time of severe depression.

Only the ministry of the Spirit of God and God's
grace have held back the tide of this giant monster
which has arisen in our midst. Brethren, this spirit of
the age is a sign of the soon coming of our precious
Saviour!

Apart from the prophetic aspect of these facts there
is another aspect which must receive our attention. Since
this spirit of lawlessness has projected itself in the age
category below 18, here is a realm for our gospel em-
phasis. Every Sunday-school teacher, superintendent,
youth worker, and pastor should concentrate efforts to
reach this group. In this age-bracket we suffer the great-
est loss from our membership roles. May God help
us to awake to the need of our youth. They will be our
leaders of the morrow.

America is in desperate need of the gospel. Sin
abounds on every hand. What are we doing about it?

Publications meet an important phase of this need

One of the most effective tools of Satan has been the
use of pornographic literature. This literature with its
emphasis upon sex, immoraUty, lewdness, and savagery
has found a vulnerable place m the youth of today. In
the natural development of the young man and woman
there comes an interest in sex, in adventure, and in
adolescence of self. Racketeers have profited in this
realm beyond all proportions in the promotion of illicit,
immoral literature. It is a multi-million dollar business
with outlets in every city of any consequence. Sad, but
true, the American press has fallen to a certain degree
into this perilous trap. One can scarcely read a maga-
zine, a newspaper, or even the comics without becoming
shocked with the display of suggested immorality and
flesh.

The Brethren Missionary Herald has continually pro-
duced good Christian literature. Our weekly church
magazine is one of the finest pieces of clean, whole-
some, enlightening literature that can be found in the
Christian home. Their efforts in the production of books,
tracts, folders, and Sunday-school literature has left an
effective impact upon our Christian education. When
all things are accounted for, one may find that these
have been some of the most strategic instruments in
the salvation of souls. We want to add our commenda-
tion to this organization for their excellent progress
in this field.

May God help us to be faithful in our giving to the
publications offering this year. Let us pray that they will
not be hindered by lack of funds in the production of
this needed material for our edification.

Graham campaigns help meet this need

Billy Graham has been severely criticized in recent
weeks by opponents to his means of evangelism. Some
of these so-called critics have shown their ignorance
and also their need of "old-fashioned revival" by their
lack of understanding of the purpose and results of this
ministry. Other writers have been courteous and have
enlightened their readers in true reporting fashion.

It is our opinion that every work for the Lord should
be evaluated on the basis of its conduct, its purpose, its
methods, and its results. Dr. Graham is a man of sin-
cerity with a passion for souls and a burden upon his
heart. He has been signally blessed in the evangelistic
field in recent years. No one seems prone to doubt this
fact.

The Billy Graham campaigns have been conducted I
on a high spiritual level. They have endeavored to reach i
the lost in every way possible without animosity. Each i
campaign has been designed to reveal God's Word, to >
exalt Christ, and to place the glory and praise in the
proper place. Their methods have been effective and

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Woodville Grace Brethren

Dedicate New Building

By Gene Witzky, Pastor

In November of 1953, the sec-
ond Grace Brethren Church of
Mansfield was born. For a time the
church had met in a park pavillion,
but as soon as possible a property
was purchased with a house which
was remodeled into a meeting place.
A gradual growth was experienced
in the house as we took advantage
of vacation Bible school, visitation,
revival, Sunday school, and music.
Our highest attendance in the house
was 141. As our Sunday school
grew, we found the house more and
more inadequate, and we found our-
selves anxiously awaiting the Breth-
ren Construction Crew. They ar-
rived the first of April 1956 and be-
gan construction of our new build-
ing.

May I pause here just to say that
we were more than materially
blessed by the crew. It was won-
derful to have Christian men to
work with on the building, but the
spiritual contribution of the crew
outweighed the material blessings.
They were faithful in attendance,
giving, and teaching. We were espe-
cially fortunate to have their help
with our vacation Bible school.

The first meeting in the new build-
ing was held in the basement on
the day of the cornerstone laying,
September 30, 1956. On that day
Or. Paul R. Bauman gave a stirring
nessage, and we enjoyed the music
rf the freshman quartet from Grace
oUege.

Our property took on a really
'new look" as the new building went
ip and the old house was moved
iway. Not only was the building
tew, but souls, too, were becoming
new creations" in Christ Jesus. In
■November of 1956 we held our
irst revival meeting in the new
)uilding with Brother M. L. Myers
IS our evangelist. The average at-
endance for the meetings was 73,
nd we praise the Lord for six first-
ime decisions and 26 rededications.

We have seen a gradual but steady
icrease in our attendance in Sun-

day school and church: 1953 — 44,
1954—63, 1955—87, 1956—93,
1957—100.

Recently we joined in a Sunday-
school contest with the Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, church, and for the
month of May we lost the contest
by one point, with an average of
106 for Sunday school.

On May 19, 1957, our new build-
ing was dedicated to the Lord with
Miles Taber, pastor of the Grace
Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio, as
speaker. Two hundred and five peo-
ple joined with us in the dedication
of ourselves and our lovely new
building. Dr. Bernard Schneider,
pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church, Mansfield, took part in the
program. We were glad to have Rev.
Lester Pifer, assistant field secre-
tary, and Dr. Paul Bauman, presi-
dent of the Brethren Home Missions
Council, with us. Dr. Bauman

brought greetings from the Brethren
Home Missions Council directors,
and Brother Pifer took the pictures
you see on these pages. Many of the
district pastors were on hand for
the occasion.

Dedication day started our re-
vival meetings with Brother Taber.
The Lord graciously blessed us with
the highest average attendance we
have ever had for special meetings —
approximately 95. There were seven
first-time decisions and 15 rededica-
tions. We were especially blessed by
the ministry of Edwin Cashman, as-
sistant pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church, Ashland, Ohio, in the music
of our revival.

With the dedication of our build-
ing and the wonderful blessings in
our revival, we are really on the
"mountaintop," as it were, and are
expecting greater and more glorious
blessings from the hand of God.

Mr. Virgil Humphrey, trustee chairman on the left, receives the keys from the building
committee chairman, Mr. Robert Butterbaugh.

une 22. 1957

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Woodvilfe Grace Brethren Dedication Activities

Mrs. Glen Butterbaugh, Beginners

Crusaders Class, Mr. Robart Butterbaugh, teacher

Conquerors Class, Pastor Gene Witzky, teacher

Miles Taber, pastor, Grace Brethren Church. '
Ashland. Ohio, the dedication-day speaker. 'I

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Host Pastor. Gene Witzky, greeting the
congregatiori.

Looking to the rear and at the dedication-day crowd

Intermediate Class. Mrs. Harold Witzky. teacher

Torchbearsrs Class. Mrs. Chr.rles Witzky. tefcher

le Grace Ambassadors quartet of Grace
College, Winona Lake, Ind.

Looking to the front and at Kenneth Ashman. Wooster pastor, reading the Scripture.

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Woodville Brethren Testify to God's Grace

"As newborn babes, desire the
sincere milk of the word, that ye
may grow thereby" (I Pet. 2:2).

My prayer is that I might continue
to desire the Word of God until 1
go to be with the Lord — that I may
grow to the stature of some of the
fine Christian people with whom I
am associated.

I am a member of the Woodville
Grace Brethren Church, which was
dedicated to the Lord on May 19.
I am proud to be a part of this work
where Jesus Christ's name is exalted
above all else.

I know that our mutual hope now
is that this beautiful, new building
will be a plac; where souls will be
saved and dedicated to service for
the Lord Jesus Christ.

I was born again through the
blood of my Saviour in April 1956
after nine years of prayer by the
congregation of another Brethren
church. My deepest and humblest
thanks to all of these faithful broth-
ers and sisters! Praise the Lord also
for a devoted Christian wife who
never gave up and a Saviour that
loved me even though I rejected Him
many times. — Glenn Tschantz, Sun-
day-school superintendent.

"O give thanks unto the Lord;
call upon his name: make known His

deeds among the people . . . talk ye
of all his wondrous works" (Ps. 105:
1-2).

I certainly thank the Lord for
His wonderful works here at Mans-
field. He has provided us with a
lovely building in which His Word
is beins proclaimed by our faithful
pastor,"Rev. Gene Witzky. But even
more wonderful is "His work" in the
hearts of this community. Many
have been born into the family of
God. Christians are being grounded
in the Word, and the seed of the
Word has been planted in many
hearts.

My wife and I are thankful that
the Lord has led us to be a part of
this work. — Robert Butterbaugh,
trustee.

If 1 could tell you in person what
Christ has done here at Woodville
Grace Brethren it would be much
easier than writing.

"My God shall supply all your
need according to his riches in
glory by Christ Jesus" (Phil 4:19).
The Lord certainly has supplied our
needs with a lovely new building
and many other things that have
proved a blessing. He sees our need
before we ever ask.

On Dedication Day we had a
real time of praise and thanksgiving

to God for the great work He has
done here.

It is truly wonderful to be a part
of the body of Jesus Christ and of a
local church whose motto is: "The
Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing
but the Bible." I thank God for
bringing me to a knowledge of sin
and my need of a Saviour. There
are many families here in this com-
munity that need Christ as Saviour.
How thankful I am that we now have
a church to bring them to, and I
know they will hear God's Word
here. The field is white unto harvest.
My prayer is that many will be
reached for His name's sake. — Mrs.
Lois Bamette.

I want to thank my Lord for sav-
ing me when I was yet a child. Even
though I strayed and refused to
serve Him for many years, He
brought me back into fellowship
with Him. I am happy to be able
to serve Him by teaching boys and
girls His Word and by raising my
two girls to love and serve Him, too.

The wonderful blessing received
each Sunday morning — seeing boys
and girls eager to hear more about
Jesus — more than compensates for
all the time and energy put forth on
my part. — Mrs. Dorothy Kelser,
Primary teacher.

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Continue Growing
Winchester!

Fellow members of the board of
directors for the Brethren Home
Missions Council give thanks to God
for His blessings on the First Breth-
ren Church, Winchester, Va., and
its pastor. Rev. Paul Dick. It is
our sincere desire that every home-
mission church keep on growing.
There is no place for the word "ma-
turity" in home-mission work even
though each church begins as an in-i
fant. It brought great joy to our
hearts and we trust to every mem-
ber of the National Fellowship of
Brethren Churches when it was
learned that a new Sunday-school
annex was dedicated on Sunday;
May 19, 1957. Our prayer for you is
that you might continue growing.

The Brethren Missionary Heroic

Winchester, Va., Dedicates Sunday-School Annex

"A Former Home-Mission Cliurch Continues Growing"

Below Original building

Dick family, Richard, Paul, Esther, and Philip

June 22. 7957

Rhodes Bros., builders, presenting the keys to trustee chairman,
William Creighton. while Pastor Dick looks on.

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INCEBTED!

L C A IL IL jT I

Miss isobel Fras3r

"For whatsoever things were writ-
ten aforetime were written for our
learning, that we through patience
and comfort of the scriptures might
have hope" (Rom. 15:4).

Several weeks ago a very dear
orthodox Jewish friend gave me an
article to read which was a sermon
by a modernistic minister, setting
forth principally Christianity's in-
debtedness to the Jew. Upon return-
ing it to her 1 remarked that I agreed
largely with what he had to say about
Jewish contributions to Christianity.
"You don't agree with all he said,
do you?" she asked. Though she
doesn't agree with my beliefs, it was
apparent that she had read that
article discerningly, for the writer's
statements regarding Christ Jesus
did not present Him as God.

Aside from the issue of the deity
of Christ, there was another dis-
agreement in the article that needed
to be brought out. This minister had
set forth the idea that the Old Testa-
ment was a book for the Jews only
and that the New Testament was the
Christian's Bible. I attempted to
point out to my friend that as a
Christian I need the Old, as well as
the New, Testament. How can a
Christian completely understand the
New apart from the Old? As some
one has said; "The New is in the
Old contained; the Old is in the New
explained." For example would
John 3; 14 have any meaning if one
did not know the Old Testament ac-
count of Moses lifting up the ser-
pent in the wilderness?

However, I am finding that I am
not only indebted to the Jew "or
the Word, which God chose to give
to us through them, but also for a
comprehension of some portions of
the Scriptures through my associa-
tions with them. I often find that lo
know about a truth and to compre-
hend it are two different matters.
Several years ago this same Jewess
unknowingly made some Bible facts
very real to me. One Sabbath I was
baby sitting for her so that she could
attend the synagogue (all things io
all men, I Cor. 9;22). In the kitchen
I found the gas flame of her stove
burning under an asbestos cover;
assuming she had forgotten to turn
it off, I obligingly did so. One of her
lamps was on in the living room, and
I'm still not certain what prevented

me from shutting it off. It was almost
a week later that I realized why. I
had studied and even taught the
Scriptures relative to the Old Testa-
ment Sabbath laws, and I knew that
my friend was orthodox. Neverthe-
less, I did not recognize th;se laws
in operation. Today the Sabbath is
not ancient history to me but reality
— a burdensome reality from which
1, through Christ Jesus, am free.

Last February I had another in-
teresting and informative experience.
For your own enliehtenment read
Numbers 3:5-13 and 44-51. This is
the account of the redeeming of the
first born. Instead of the first-born
sons of all tribes serving as His min-
isters, God chose the tribe of Levi;
therefore, the first born of the ohier
tribes were to be redeemed from the
Levites. This, still practiced among
many Jews, is called the "Pin-U-
Ben." It is an occasion of great joy
and festivity and of bringing of gifts
and best wishes for the newborn
babe.

The service I attended was for the
first-born son of the daughter of
a very dear friend. Though often this
is conducted at the synagogue, this
one was held in the home with many
relatives and friends present. Those
who participated in addition to die
rabbi, parents, and child were a
cohen or cain (priest), one who
serves much as a godparent, and
the grandparents. It was in two parts.
First there was the prayer and bless-
ing and the taking of the wine. A
handkerchief or napkin was dipned
in the wine and also put to the lips
of the first born. The second portion
was introduced by the lighting of the
candles. The rabbi then gave the
parents an opportunity to make a
choice between paying the ransom
or forfeiting the child — a mere for-
mality! The statements are made
first in Hebrew and then in English.
At this point the father pays the
cohen five silver dollars and the son
is, religiously speaking, theirs. Next
the child's Jewish name, as well
as his English name, is given to him.
The Jewish name is used in all re-
ligious ceremonies and is given in
memory of some departed loved one.
This boy's Jewish name is Ezekiel
Abraham in memory of his paternal
grandfather and his maternal great
grandfather. The father's Jewish

name, incidentally, is Isaiah. The
parents were then admonished to
bring up their son in the traditions
of the Jewish faith. Following the
benediction a lovely informal recep-
tion was held. As I think of this re-
ligious rite, I am reminded that silver
may redeem one physically from cer-
tain obligations, but only the blood
of the Lamb of God can redeem us
fiom the "obligations" of sin and :ts
working in our lives (I Pet. 1 : 1 8-20).

You undoubtedly know that the
term Jew today is synonymous with
Israel; that is, it refers to all 12
tribes. Jews today have no record of
the tribe to which they belong. How-
ever, in their worship they divide
themselves into three groups —
cohen or cain (priests), Levites, and
Israelites. There are certain privi-
leges reserved to the cohens and
Levites that the rest of the congre-
gation does not enjoy. To conduct
their regular Sabbath services they
must have a minyon (ten men)
present.

The next important religious
event, especially for the Jewish boy,
is when he reaches his thirteenth
birthday, his becoming of age. This
is when he has his barmitzvah, be-
comes a son of the covenant, and can
be counted to form the minyon.
This is quite an affair, and relatives
and friends come from all over to
rejoice with the one being honored.
As one friend said, whose son was
barmitzvahed several years ago, they
try to do for the son at this time
what is done for the daughter when
she marries. I do not know when this
custom of barmitzvah started, but
since learning of it, Jesus" going to
the Temple at Jerusalem at the age
of 1 2 has a little more significance.

Today, especially in the conser-
vative and reformed synagogues,
Jewish girls are also honored on be-
coming of age. For her it is called a
bathmitzvah (daughter of the cove-
nant). I have attended several bar-
mitzvahs, but last October I at-
tended my first bathmitzvah. In
some ways it corresponds to con-
firmation that many Protestant
churches observe. For at least a year
prior to this event, the boy or girl at-
tends classes at the synagogue where
they are taught the traditions of

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Extreme left. Counselor, Dean Hopkins. Extreme right, Counselor, Russ3ll West. Boys: (Front
row): Jerry Wilson, Donald Fost3r la n.w recruiti, rnd Stsvs McKinley. (Second row):
Dennis Tretter, Mike Russell, Bill Foster, Robert Murphy, Jerry Tre.ter. (Back row): Jim
Griswold, Dale Tretter, Rick Preston (whose father took the picture). Bill Wilson, David
Tretter. Ronnie Wilson, Harold Martin.

Crystal set radios are the work-
night project of the Brethren Boys
Club of the Denver Grace Brethren
Church!

Someone has well said: "One
former is better than a thousand re-
formers!" And we believe it. Two
Friday evenings each month are in-
vested in forming these 15 boys into
good soldiers for Jesus Christ. Our
work-night project (one Friday night
each month) was the "brain child"
of Counselor Dean Hopkins, an IBM
technician. Each boy was prepared
for the project by studying the me-
chanics of radio. This included spe-
cial electronic equipment studies and
a visit to one of the local radio sta-
tions. Each set was the work of
the individual boy — from preparing
the wood base to testing the com-
pleted set — under the supervision of
Counselor Hopkins, aided by Pas-
tor Inman, Counselor Russell West,
and other of the laymen as the need
arose. The sets cost $3.50 each
without the headphones which were
obtained through newspaper ap-
peals and came from as far away as
Wyoming and New Mexico.

Some of these boys accepted
Christ while they were in the club.
Most of them have been profoundly
influenced by it. All are regular in
attendance at Denver Grace Breth-
ren Sunday School. Chief of the club
is Pastor Tom Inman.

ISRAEL CALLS!

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Judaism, to read in Hsbrew, and io
chant the blessings and the Scrip-
ture portion they are to read. The
rabbi or teacher also prepares a mes-
sage for the boy or girl to give. This
girl's message was based on that por-
tion of Genesis relative to Sarah.

Though the girl's message was in-
teresting, I was more captivated by
what the rabbi had to say in way
of comments on her message. One
comment I would like to share with
you. He admonished this young girl
to be like Sarah in her devotion to
God. Sarah, according to the tradi-
tion of the rabbis, was as gifted in
speech as was Abraham and sought
to comvei-t the heathen women of
her day to belief in the true God.
Now I have an answer for those
Jewesses who reprimanded me by
asking why I bother them when the
Jews do not seek to convert the
gentiles. They are not being
"Sarahs"!

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by far the most successful of any
of the modern means of mass evan-
gelism. Souls are coming to Christ,
and this is a fact in Nev/ York City
where it was said: "It couldn't hap-
pen."

Whether or not we agree with all
of the means used in these efforts,
it is my opinion that we ought to
pray for God's bhssing upon these
campaigns of Dr. Graham. He is
making every effort to fulfill our
Lord's commission in Matthew 28:
19-20. He is making his contribution
to the task of reaching America for
Christ.

Home Missions still the key
to this need

In the light of the facts regarding
America's need for the gospel,
Brethren Home Missions has a

unique place. God has endowed us
with a soul-saving message in His
Word, a group of churches and pas-
tors who are strong in personal
evangelism, and a Bible-teaching
ministry that should produce many
precious souls.

God has raised this organization
up at a unique time before the ar-
rival of His Son that we might ac-
complish much in these last days. He
has raised up a well-rounded team to
meet every aspect of the need in
starting, developing, and producing
a self-supporting, soul-winning
church.

We must build more churches! We
must win more souls for Christ! We
must evangelize now if we are to
reach America and its needy souls
for Christ. Time is running out! Pray
for home missions!

June 22 1957

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WINONA LAKE, IND. Rolland
Hein, instructor in literature and
speech in Grace College, and a grad-
uate of Grace Theological Seminary
('57), has assumed his duties as as-
sociate editor on the Missionary
Herald staff. His editorial work will
be coordinated with his teaching in
Grace College, and his specific
duties will be related, first, to the
Sunday-school literature, and, sec-
ondly, to the weekly magazine.

Mr. Sherwood Durkee, who has
been serving on the Missionary
Herald staff, has been made assis-
tant manager in charge of the offset
department, building, mailing, and
bookstore.

Rev. Blaine Snyder continues as
bookkeeper, and has assumed the
duties as office manager. Donald
Bonebrake, student at Grace Col-
lege, joins the Missionary Herald
staff as store and mailing clerk.

Miss Bobbette Osborn, a faithful
Missionary Herald staff member for
the past three and one-half years,
will assume her new duties on June
24 as office secretary for the Nation-
al Sunday School Board. The faith-
ful service of Miss Osborn has been
sincerely appreciated.

FREMONT, OHIO. Mr. Alva
Steffler, instructor at Grace College,
Winona Lake, Ind., has been called
to be the assistant pastor of the
Grace Brethren Church for the sum-
mer. He and his wife are occupying
the old parsonage at 526 Howland
Street.

LEESBURG, IND. Ted Malai-
mare has been recommended for
licensure by the Leesburg Brethren
Church and has passed his examina-
tion before the Indiana Ministerial
Examining Board.

WATERLOO, IOWA. Rev. John
Aeby will assume the pastorate of
the Grace Brethren Church July 14.

SPECIAL. A $5 purchase
order on the Missionary
Herald Bookstore will be
granted to each pastor present
at the 1957 national confer-
ence (Aug. 19-25) with a full
representation of delegates
from his church. Help your
pastor win this token by at-
tending the conference this
summer.

ASHLAND, OHIO. Ground-
breaking services for the new Grace
Brethren Church were held Sunday,
June 2. Excavation was begun the
next day. This is the first unit on a
4.27-acre site in south Ashland and
will cost approximately 5100,000.
When this unit is completed services
will be held in both the new and the
West Tenth Street churches — one
congregation in two locations. On
May 26 the Sunday school attained a
new all-time record in attendance
when they reached 549. The average
for May was 513. Miles Taber is
pastor.

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. About a
month ago Brother Grant McDonald
almost had one of his fingers severed
when a trailer hitch dropped on it.
The finger has completely healed
but the tetanus shots have caused a
serious reaction. He is now suffer-
ing from Bell's palsy. One side of
his body has been paralyzed; his
face, legs and internal organs are
seriously affected. Prayer is re-
quested for him and his wife.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Dr. and
Mrs. Austin Robbins are establish-
ing residence here while Dr. Rob-
bins attends Grace Theological
Seminary. Dr. Robbins has just
completed his enlistment in the U. S.
Navy, having served in the field of
dental surgery. He will practice in
this area while enrolled in seminary.
Future plans include a ministry on
the foreign mission field. Dr. and
Mrs. Robbins are both members of
the First Brethren Church of Long
Beach.

SUNNYSIDE, WASH. Rev.
Harold Painter has resigned as pas-
tor of the First Brethren Church
and has accepted the call to become
the first full-time pastor for the nevv-
work at Monte Vista, Calif. He plans
to begin his new work Sept. 1.

RADFORD, VA. In a called
business meeting recently the con-
gregation of the Fairlawn Brethren
Church voted to proceed with the ad-
dition to their church building. The
building plans are for a 40x70 foot
auditorium with a full-sized base-
ment. The present building will be
used for Sunday-school purposes.
The new building will be of cinder
block stuccoed on the outside and
ceiled with celotex. K. E. Richard-
son is pastor.

FORT WAYNE, IND. The In-
diana district WMC graciously in-
cluded the Missionary Herald on its
project list this year. A small
replica of the Missionary Herald
Building was designed out of lumps
of sugar, and the project accepted
by the women was the laying of a
cement sidewalk along the south side
of the building, extending from the
front walk back to the Sunday-school
office. The walk is used by all those
who use the south parking lot.

Delegates who attend the National
Fellowship of Brethren Churches
(Aug. 19-25) this year are urged to
look at this wonderful improvement
to the Missionary Herald Building.
To the Indiana WMC we say:
"Thank you."

The above picture was taken at the Indiana
aistrict conference in Fort Wavne, and
shows the small replica of the Missionary
Herald Building, with Mrs. Homer Hanna,
n:;w district president on the left, and Mrs.
Robert Boone, retiring district president on
the right.

AFTER— NEW WALK

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High on the b^ll tower of the
First Brethren Church of Ankeny-
town, Ohio, is a small marker dat-
ing back to 1883. Soon after the
Dayton (Ohio) convention of 1882,
this congregation was born. The
present church was completed and
dedicated on Nov. 7, 1886. Among
the pastors who served this church in
recent years have been: R. D. Bar-
nard, George Cone, John Squires,
Arnold Kriegbaum, R. D. Culver,
Fred Fogle, Wesley Haller, and Neil
Beery.

The Ankenytown church provided
the nucleus of folk who were in the
original group that started the Grace
Brethren Church of Mansfield, Ohio.
The blessing of the Lord has been
upon this church, and during recent
weeks the attendance has averaged
over 100. There were 122 present
on May 19. The Ankenytown church
is a rural church, and each Sunday
several families drive 20 miles eacn
way to worship there.

The First Brethren Church of
Ankenytown, Ohio, has taken a real
step of faith. On May 5 ground was
broken for the new Sunday-school
annex which will be erected on the
south side of the present structure.
The total cost of the addition will be
about $17,000, and construction
will be started in about 10 days.

Ankenytown, Ohio

BREAKS
GROUND

MAY 5, 1957

Above. Pastor Neil Beery (right) and
Robert Reed, Sunday-school superintendent.

Left Pastor and Mrs. Neil Beery with
son Mark, and daughters ( left to right)

Mary, Martha, Miriam.

The building committee. Left to right: Harry Bechtel, Raymond Drushal, Lawrence Grubb.

Robert Reed. Rev. Neil Beery, and guest speaker for the ground breaking. Rev. Arnold

Kriegbaum.

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When Paul wrote: "Whatsoever
ye do, do all to the glory of God,"
did he really mean a!l? Somehow we
have gotten the idea that if we sing in
the church choir or help in BYF or
give a testimony in Bible club, we
should do that for the glory of God,
but "little things" don't matter.

Now, maybe English isn't your
favorite subject, but any high-school
freshman knows that a-1-1 doesn't
spell "some." Why then do we act
as if it does? You may not have
thought about it much, but if you are
a Christian that little word is im-
portant.

Paul must have thought it was im-
portant because he was led by the
Holy Spirit to write a similar admon-
ition twice. To the Christians at Cor-
inth he said: "Whether therefore ye
eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do,
do ail to the glory of God," and to
the Colossians he wrote: "Whatso-
ever ye do in word or deed, do ail
in the name of the Lord Jesus, giv-
ing thanks to God and the Father by
Him."

Sounds as if we are expected to
put these words into practice, doesn't
it? Both of these verses mention
specifically some of the things in-
cluded in the "do all." Nothing is
said about preaching a sermon or
going to Sunday school, but notice
what is mentioned. "Whether there-
fore ye eat or drink . . ." Oh, boy,
one of a teen-ager's favorite pastimes
— eating and drinking!

But seriously now, I know that
you don't have to worry about eat-
ing meat which had been offered to
heathen idols like the Corinthian be-
lievers did, and because you are a
Christian you'd never think of de-
filing your body with alcoholic
drink. But eating and drinking are
still part of the "whatsoever ye do"
and are supposed to be done to the
glory of God.

Most teen-agers like to eat and
Susie Whitehead was no exception
(in spite of the fact that she was al-
ready thirty pounds overweight).
Her young people's group had de-
cided to raise $25 during the month
of May to send to one of their mis-
sionaries, and Susie really meant
to do her share. At the end of the
month she hadn't been able to save
a dime. Funny part was that during
that time she stopped at the malt
shop after school about three times
a week for a chocolate milk shake
or an ice cream soda. Eating and
drinking may be little things in our
sight, but perhaps they would be

WkaUoeOeh, Ije Do

By Sonya Saufley
Journalism Student, Grace College

done differently if they were always
done to God's glory.

Those are just two of the many
deeds that could be mentioned, but
"all things" include more — whatso-
ever you do in word or in deed. You
see, our words are important too. In
James we read: "If any man offend
not in word, the same is a perfect
man, and able also to bridle the
whole body."

Have you ever said something
you were terribly sorry for just a
few hours later? Wouldn't it be nice
if we could take back those words
from the air waves and from the
memories of those who heard? It
isn't that easy though. "The tongue
is a little member," says James.
"Behold how great a matter a little
fire kindleth."

Carol claimed to be a Christian.
She would tell anyone that he had
to believe in Christ to be saved, but
the other Christian kids wished that
she wouldn't talk about Christ. You
think that's strange? You wouldn't
if you knew that Carol was the worst
gossip in school. Her favorite sen-
tence was: "Now this may not be
true, but I just heard . . . ." Her
words caused hurt feelings and
nearly broke up romances, but
worst of all they turned unsaved kids
from the Christ she said she be-
longed to. She talked about God one
minute and the next minute she was
saying unkind or untrue things about
other people. True, your tongue is
just a little thing, but it certainly
can cause a lot of trouble. If it is
not speaking for the glory of God, it
can be "full of poison."

One of the most deadly poisons
is lying. The Lord hates a lying
tongue. He puts it in the same class
as shedding innocent blood and com-
mands Christians to "put away lying
and speak the truth." Today the
idea (even among some Christians)
is that "little white lies" are O.K. It
doesn't matter if you tell a "little
white lie" to your teacher about that
unfinished assignment or why you
missed class on Tuesday. It's odd
that God doesn't make any distinc-

tion between "big black lies" and
"little white ones" if they are so
different. He puts all liars in the
same class, and Christ said that the
Devil is a liar and the Father of
Lies. If our words are to be to God's
glory there is certainly no place for
even "little white lies."

Our tongues may be guilty of
other things which are dishonoring
to God. Gossiping or continual
grumbling and complaining grieve
the Holy Spirit. How will any one
believe that the Lord gives wonder-
ful peace and joy to His children
if they are always griping about
everything? Our words are impor-
tant. Christ said in Matthew 12:36:
". . . every idle word that men shall
speak, they shall give account there-
of in the day of judgment."

"Whatsoever ye do . . ." That cer-
tainly includes everything; the way
you dress and what you do to your
hair; the amount of makeup you
wear and the kind of books or maga-
zines you read. It includes the chores
you help with around the house and
the way you talk to your little
brother and your parents. It includes
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do on a date; the gang you run
around with and the homework you
do. Even brushing your teeth can be
done for the glory of God that you
might be a more effective witness
for Him.

It is surprising the difference it
makes when a person is hving for
the Lord's glory. Huntington High
had a Bible club which met every
Tuesday at noon with about 25
kids present. That was considered
pretty good for a small school, but
the second semester the attendance
began to drop for no apparent rea-
son. Then Rev. Jack Wilson came
to speak. He based his message on
I Corinthians 10:31: "Whether
therefore ye eat, or drink, or what-
soever ye do, do all to the glory
of God." There were only 15 people
there that day, but they heard a mes-
sage from God's Word that was
aimed right at them.

Jack Kilray, president of the
club, was deep in thought as he
straightened up the desk and left
the room for his speech class. Sure,
everyone knew that he was presi-
dent of the Bible club and was active
in church work, but he never really
talked to anyone about his Saviour.
"Well, things are going to be dif-
ferent from now on," he thought as
he slid into his seat near the front.
The class was giving speeches on
"My Most Thrilling Experience"
and Jack's speech was due Wednes-
day. As he listened to the others he
knew just what to do. "It's a perfect
opportunity. I'll change my speech
and tell about accepting Christ at
summer camp last year." Before the
period ended Jack thought of some-
thing else he should do. "After base-
ball practice I'll ask Chuck, that
new fellow on the team, if he wants
to ride home, and maybe I'll have a
chance to ask him to come to Bible
club next week."

Jack didn't know it but some
other kids were thinking about that
message too. Jean English and
Janice Stone were known as the
"two Jays" because they were al-
ways together. After club Janice said
thoughtfully: "You know, Jean,
Pastor Wilson was right. We really
ought to stop and thank God for our
food even when we eat in the cafe-
teria. We wouldn't think of eating
at home without asking the bless-
ing." Jean's blue eyes lit up as she
replied: "I'm with you! Let's start
tomorrow, and let's start doing our
homework for God's glory too. I'm

afraid I've just been goofing around
lately."

After school Jean had another
idea. "Lois Blue was asking about
the algebra assignment, so 1 asked
her to come up to my housg and
study with us tonight." "I'm glad
you did," Janice replied. "She al-
ways looks sort of lonesome, and I
don't think she even goes to church
anywhere."

The Holy Spirit was also speak-
ing to another Bible clubber about
"doing all" for the glory of God.
Songleader Dick Morris went right
home after school and didn't even
stop in the kitchen before going to
his room. He sat down on the bed
and his eyes rested for a minute on
the picture of his brother Dave who
was on the mission field in South
America; then he slowly reached for
his Bible. There was dust on the
cover to remind him how often he'd
been skipping devotions lately. He
turned to I Corinthians 10:31, but
he didn't have to read the words. His
mind had been repeating them all
afternoon and adding: "You haven't
been leading singing for God's glory;
you've been doing it for the glory of
Dick Morris. You were playing
basketball this year in the same way
— for your own glory."

When Dick came out of his room
half an hour later he felt much bet-
ter. As soon as dinner was over he
called Jack Kilray. "Jack, I've been
doing a lot of thinking since club
today. I know I haven't been
helping with our programs as much
as I should, and I was wondering
if maybe we could get together for
prayer some evening soon and work
on the program also."

"Good idea, Dick. How about
tonight? I'm working on a speech
now, but I'll be finished by eight."

You could have heard a pin drop
after Jack finished his speech the
next day. He really didn't know what
to expect, but he was glad he had
told what Christ rneant to him. The
kids had all listened quietly. They
really seemed interested, but he
wondered what they were thinking.

After class Miss Anderson said:
"Jack, your speech was rather un-
usual, but it was an interesting ex-
perience and it was very well done."
Jack sent a quick prayer to God as
he answered, "Thank you."

"What church do you attend.
Jack?" He told her and she added:
"I haven't gone to church since I
moved here, but perhaps I will visit
yours sometime soon." The next

class was entering the room and
Jack only had time to say: "Oh, that
would be wonderful. You will really
like our pastor. Miss Anderson."

At club meeting on Tuesday there
were 23 kids .present and four of
them were new. The best part was
that they kept coming back, and the
last two months of school the meet-
ings averaged between 27 and 30
each time. Lois Blue (one of the new
members) started going to Sunday
school with Janice and Jean, and she
accepted Christ in the church service
one morning.

After a home baseball game in
May, Jack and his new" buddy,
Chuck Benson, had a long talk about
spiritual things. It all started with
Chuck's asking about some things
Jack had said in his speech, and
that night Jack led his first soul to
the Lord Jesus Christ. It was hard
to tell which one was happier —
Chuck or Jack. There was no doubt
in his mind that it was worthwhile
to speak for the Lord.

In the weeks that followed Dick
Morris' decision in his room, he
found that he seemed to have more
friends. He didn't know that be-
fore that day the kids were beginning
to think that he was slightly con-
ceited. Now he was different some-
how. "He's a real swell guy," they
were saying. Dick invited two of
the fellows who started coming to
the club to go along to a YFC
rally showing "Seventeen." When
the invitation was given both fellows
accepted Christ as Saviour. The testi-
monies of these new beUevers
seemed to strengthen the faith of all
the Christian kids.

By this time Huntington High was
feeling the impact of lives lived for
the glory of God. At one faculty
meeting the science teacher ex-
pressed his idea that this Bible Club
was going too far. "Why, most of
those kids have started carrying
their Bibles right along to class with
them." His objection was soon over-
ruled by those who said: "If those
Bibles are what keeps them from
cheating and swearing and causes
them almost always to have their
homework done, they can carry
two Bibles if they like."

How about it, kids? Don't forget,
you are not your own. "Ye are
bought with a price" — the precious
blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore glorify God in your body
and in your spirit, in "whatsoever
ye do."

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CHICAGO— The latest Youth
for Christ film, "The Tom Ben-
nett Story," will have its world
premier at the 13th annual Youth for
Christ International Convention
which will be held at Winona Lake,
Ind., June 30 through July 14. An-
other YFC film called "Seventeen"
has been shown in over 3,000 high
schools and has been seen by over
a million teen-agers.

NASHVILLE, TENN.— J. P. Ed-
munds, secretary of the Department
of Survey, Statistics and Informa-
tion, of the Sunday School Board of
the Southern Baptist Convention,
says this: "American business sees
the increasing birth rate bringing 4
million new customers every year.
They estimate that the babies of
1957 will, in their lifetimes, need
more than one billion pairs of shoes,
62 million suits of clothes, 50 bil-
lion quarts of milk, 10 million new
cars, and on and on. These babies
will likewise have spiritual needs to
be met. Will we be as alert as busi-
ness leaders to anticipate their com-
ing and provide for their needs?"

SPECIAL — After several centur-
ies of contact with the "Christian"
white man, ignorance and super-
stition still contrive to hold back
many American Indians. The In-
dian's greatest need, according to
L. C. Hartzler, mission editor of
Gospel Herald, is "a consistent wit-
ness to the salvation available
through faith in Jesus Christ."

In his editorial, Mr. Hartzler
said: "Because his liberties have
been repeatedly curbed and because
he has again and again been ex-
ploited and crowded onto reserva-
tions, the Indian often harbors bit-
terness and resentment in his heart
toward his white neighbors. The
reservation system has made him a
ward of the government. This sys-
tem combined with racial prejudice
on the part of the white American
has often squelched native initiative
and cast the cold blight of depend-
ency over much of the Indian popu-
lation.

"Because of the treatment he has
received, it is not surprising that the
American Indian looks with suspi-
cion on Christianity and chngs to his
tribal worship. He has so often seen
Christian standards disregarded and
broken. Yet, earnest Indian Chris-
tians are ministering to their fellow
tribesmen today ....

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Se/ected by fhe Editor

"Those who have sought to under-
stand the Indian indicate that he
needs purpose in life, freedom to de-
velop his own initiative and provide
for his own well-being, and a knowl-
edge of the Christian meaning of
life. He also needs a consistent wit-
ness to the salvation available
through faith in Jesus Christ given
in the power of the Holy Spirit in
order to wean him from his historic
superstition and tribal worship. . . ."

FERNANDINA BEACH, FLA.

— Transporting parochial-school
pupils in county-school buses is il-
legal under Florida statutes, the
Nassau County school board was
told by the State Department of
Education. The ruling will effect the
local practice of hauling students to
parochial school in public-school
buses.

WINONA LAKE, IND.— Ronnie

Avalone, America's foremost gos-
pel dramatic tenor, will headline the
musical program during the first
three days of the 13th Annual Youth
for Christ International Convention
to be held here June 30 through
July 14, 1957.

In charge of the musical program
for the 15-day convention will be
Ralph Carmichael, well-known Los
Angeles gospel composer and musi-
cian. The music, always a high point
in the annual convention, will also
be provided by such favorites as:
Bill Carle, Trombonist Joe Talley,
The Visionaire Quartet, Charles
Magnusson, Kurt Kaiser, the Pal-
ermo Brothers, Teen talent contest
winners, and the Chicagoland Youth
for Christ band.

BOLIVIA — Missionaries hailed
the recent action of the Bolivian
government in abolishing a law
which imposed 100 percent duty on
imported books. Lifting of the tariff
will enable the missionaries to bring

greater quantities of Bibles and re-
ligious Uterature into the country. In
Bolivia there is complete liberty for
all faiths to distribute Bibles and
other religious propaganda.

CHICAGO— Harold R. Cook, in-
structor of missions at Moody Bible
Institute, returned from a 10-week
study tour of missions in Africa
with this observation: "In the French
Cameroun two groups will cease
to operate as foreign missionary so-
cieties next year to give direction
and control to national leaders. Mis-
sionaries, however, will continue to
work with Africans in evangelism.
Bible teaching, and the estabUsh-
ment of the native church. A spokes-
man for one of the groups said that
this would actually create a demand
for more missionaries rather than
less."

* * *

Chandu Ray, Christian leader in
Pakistan, calls for "less reliance on
techniques and gadgets" in evan-
gelism and more on demonstrations
of Christian living. The "best audio-
visual aid," he says, is the example of
Christian communities and indivi-
duals manifesting in their lives the
true spirit of Christianity.

RICHMOND, VA.— Dr. Fred-;
erick H. Olert, who resigned as pas-
tor of Second Presbyterian church,
Richmond, has accepted a call to
the Central Presbyterian church,
Kansas City, Mo. Dr. Olert, who was
president of the Virginia Council of
Churches last January when it
criticized Governor Thomas B.
Stanley and the Virginia legislature
for "their exceeding inept handling
of the current racial situation," told
newsmen that his disapproval of
racial segregation had brought crit-
icism from members of his congrega-
tion, and that he had decided to re-
sign rather than "stay there and
weather this storm."

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in Mtmaviam.

Bertha Hummel went to be with
the Lord May 28. She was a mem-
ber of the West Homer Brethren
Church of Homerville, Ohio, for 56
years. Mrs. Hummel was faithful to
her Lord and the church. — Robert
Holmes, pastor.

Albert Kimmick went to be with
the Lord March 3 1 . He was a mem-
ber of the West Homer Brethren
Church of Homerville, Ohio. — Rob-
ert Holmes, pastor.

Ted Miller, a member of the First
Brethren Church of Long Beach,
Calif., was suddenly called home
May 13. In his quiet manner,
Brother Miller demonstrated his
faithfulness both in his regular at-
tendance at the services and in his
interest in the spiritual needs of
others. He was laid to rest in the Oak
Grove Cemetery at LaPorte, Ind.,
the town of his birth. Loving sym-
pathy is offered to his widow, Bon-
nie; daughter, Barbara; and son,
Leonard. — C. W. Mayes, pastor.

NINE MARKS OF A
GREAT TEACHER

1 . The great teacher never stops
studying his subject.

2. The great teacher establishes
a personal, as well as professional,
relation with his students.

3. Whatever the great teacher
may be teaching, it is for him a
window through which he looks out
upon the whole universe.

4. The merchandising of infor-
mation will never seem to the great
teacher his main purpose.

5. The great teacher will not
think he has failed if one of his stu-
dents fails, but only if the student
has not wanted to succeed.

6. The great teacher will not
think it beneath his dignity to pay
attention to the art of presentation.

7. The great teacher will never
speak of his classroom work as
routine teaching.

8. The great teacher will be an
inspiration without sacrificing a
rigid realism of fact and idea.

9. The great teacher has a gra-
cious spirit and a tonic gayety of
mind. — Glenn Frank.

WATCHFULNESS

Watching (1) imports a strong,
lively, abiding sense of persuasion of
the exceeding greatness of the evil,
which we watch and contend against.
(2) It imports a dihgent considera-
tion and survey of our own strength
and weakness compared with those
of the enemy. (3) Watchfulness im-
plies a close and thorough considera-
tion of the several ways by which
temptation has at any time actually
prevailed either upon ourselves or
others. For himself, every man
should know the plagues of his own
heart, and what false steps he has
made in the several turns and periods
of his Christian course, by what
means he fell and upon what rocks
he split. (4) Watchfulness implies a
continual, actual intention of mind
upon the high concern and danger
which is before us, in opposition to
sloth, idleness or remissness. (5)
Watching implies a constant and
severe temperance in opposition to
all the jollities of revelling and in-
temperence. — R. South, D.D.

THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

A professional diver exploring the
ocean floor saw an oyster gripping a
piece of paper in its mouth. Detach-
ing it, he began to read. It was a gos-
pel tract! "I can't hold out against
God's mercy in Christ any longer,"
he said, "since it pursues me thus."
There on the ocean floor he forsook
his sins, turned to Christ, and re-
ceived assurance of forgiveness from
God. All because of a gospel tract. —
The Prophetic Word.

It isn't necessary to understand
things in order to argue about them.

SPIRITUAL ASSURANCE

A beautiful story is told of Mme.
Chiang, the wife of the Generalis-
simo of China. The authoress of a
certain book has been in China, and
was granted an interview with Mme.
Chiang: she writes thus: "They are
surrounded with enemies and Jap-
anese agents seeking an opportunity
to destroy them, driven from pillar
to post with no sure resting place,
for every city she and her husband
must visit at once becomes a target
for bombs. But one statement she
made stuck in my mind. T know,'
were her words, 'that nothing can
happen to my husband or me until
our work is done!' "

WAITING FOR WISDOM

The late Dr. Jowett said that
he was once in a most pitiful per-
plexity, and consulted Dr. Berry, of
Wolverhampton. "What would you
do if you were in my place?" he en-
treated.

"I don't know, Jowett, I am not
there, and you are not there yet.
When do you have to act?

"On Friday," Dr. Jowett replied.

"Then you will find your way
perfectly clear on Friday. The Lord
will not fail you," answered Berry.
And, sure enough, on Friday all was
plain.

One of the very greatest and
wisest of all Queen Victoria's diplo-
mats has left it on record that it
became an inveterate habit of his
mind never to allow any opinion on
any subject to crystahze until it be-
came necessary to arrive at a prac-
tical decision.

Give God time, and even when
the knife flashes in the air, the ram
will be seen caught in the thicket.

Give God time, and even when
Pharaoh's host is on Israel's heels,
a path through the waters will be
suddenly opened.

Give God time, and when the bed
of the brook is dry, then shall we
hear the guiding voice. — The Mis-
sionary Worker.

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EDUCATIONAL NUMBER

JUNE 29, 1957

TVIfENTIETH ANNIVERSARY YEAR

EDITORIALS

By Paul R. Bauman, Vice President in Charge of Public Relations

W/jof God Has Wrought—

Twenty years ago on June 1, 1937, Grace Theo-
logical Seminary was born in the home of the late Dr. J.
C. Beal at Ashland, Ohio. As we begin our twentieth an-
niversary year, we have endeavored to portray in pic-
ture and in word something of what God has wrought
at Grace during the past two decades. The articles by
Dr. McClain and Dr. Hoyt, which appear on the next
two pages, sketch the story briefly. The report of the
graduation services, given by Dr. Kent, also shows some-
thing of God's provision and blessing as the nineteenth
year of the school's ministry is brought to a close.
From month to month, throughout the year we shall
make an effort to show some of the interesting details
of the school's history. As we examine them, let us join
together in praising God for the marvelous way in which
He has led the way before us and for the provision H;
has continually made for the needs of the school. A re-
view of the past should certainly cause us to exercise
faith as we face a future which offers in some respects
even richer blessings.

Yesterday and Today —

The picture story on the front cover of the magazine
this week tells something of the growth of Grace Semi-
nary and College from its infancy to the mature insti-
tution it has become today.

Homeless at birth, the school was offered shelter by
the First Brethren Church, of Akron (Ellet), Ohio, where
classes began on October 4, 1937, just four months
after the prayer meeting in Dr. Real's home. The faculty
at the beginning consisted of two members. Dr. Alva
J. McClain. president, and Prof. Herman A. Hoyt, dean.
There were 39 members in the original student body.

In 1939 the school moved to Winona Lake, Ind.,
and took up rented quarters on the second floor of the
Free Methodist building. Du3 to the move the first
year's enrollment dropped to 28. But the recovery was
immediate, and 99 students were enrolled in the semi-
nary by 1949. Grace College had also been organized,
and the enrollment in this division was 4.5. The faculty
and staff now numbered 12.

The year 1950 was a memorable one. The Lord had
so placed His approval upon the growing school that a
construction program became imperative. On August
30, 1951, the administration building was dedicated
on a lovely 35-acre campus.

Today, with a combined student body of more than
300 and a staff of 25, Grace Theological Seminary and
College faces another major test in its need for expan-
sion. Another building program has become an ab-

solute necessity. On March 21 ground-breaking cere-
monies were held for a new athletic building which will
serve also as an auditorium. On Wednesday, May 29
(graduation day), the board of trustees awarded the
contract for the building to the Fred O. Carey Con-
struction Co., of Warsay, Ind. On June 12 the prehm-
inary grading was begun, after which construction will
begin immediately.

The Present Challenge —

Just now applications for admission are coming to che
school from young men and women living in all parts
of the United States. While it is too early to present
figures or any reliable estimate concerning the num-
ber of students to be enrolled when school opens in
September, it is evident that there will be a substantial
increase in the size of the student body. Will we be
prepared for these and for others who will follow dur-
ing the next few years? The Lord has led us thus far,
and we believe He has clearly indicated His will for
the future. If He sends us Christian young people of the
caliber represented in the two graduating classes pic-
tured in the magazine this week, it is certainly His de-
sire that we should accept the challenge to provide for
them, in these days of apostasy and unbelief, an educa-
tion that is thoroughly Christian. The present building
program calls for some sacrifice on the part of each one
of us. The load, however, need not be a burden to any
congregation. If our churches would give offerings,
averaging $1,000 apiece, a large portion of the con-
struction cost could be met immediately. Let us make
this a matter of prayer. Hitherto God has blessed us.
Henceforth we have faith to believe He will provide.

Interest Shown in Summer Conference —

Letters have come from coast to coast showing con-
siderable interest and pleasure in the plans of Grace
Seminary to sponsor its first summer Bible conference at
Red Rock, Pa. One couple is planning to leave Los
Angeles two weeks ahead of the Grace Seminary board
meetings to attend and at the same time enjoy the pleas-
ure of a vacation. A dozen people from Philadelphia
plan to come in a group. Others from Pennsylvania,
Ohio, and Indiana have indicated their intention to be i
there. The conference is being held during the week of
July 29 through August 4. Dr. Herman Hoyt and Dr.
Paul Bauman will be the speakers, and the Gospel-
Heirs and Nancy Weber will have charge of the music.
Attractive folders giving full information about the con-
ference are available and will be sent immediately from i
Winona Lake upon request. Anyone desiring to make
reservations should write to the North Mountain Bible
Conference, Box 22, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19. NUMBER 26

ARNOLD R, KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16. 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake, Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake. Ind. Subscription price. S3. 00 a year; 100-percent churches, $2.50; foreign. $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees. president; Herman A. Hoyt, vice president; Willinm Schaffer, secretary; True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Geh-
man, treasurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-laree to executive Committee; Gene Farrell, S. W. Link. Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller,
Thomas Hammers: Arnold R. Kriegbaum, ex officio.

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Grace Seminary

and

The Things Which Happened

By President Alva J. McClain

"But I would that ye should understand, brethren, that the things which hap-
pened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel" (Phil.l:12).

The verse quoted above was
penned by the Apostle Paul; and the
"things" referred to were the dif-
ficult circumstances of his persecu-
tion by his own nation, his arrest, the
hazardous journey to Rome and
shipwreck, his imprisonment, and
the opposition of certain envious
"brethren." For the apostle per-
sonally these circumstances were not
easy to bear, but he wants the
Philippian Christians to know that
all "the things" which happened had
actually turned out for "good" so
far as the progress of the gospel was
concerned.

The spiritual lesson of the verse
is crystal clear; All our losses and
sufferings for Christ's sake, as we
stand without compromise for the
truth of God, can only result in
greater gains in the end. Of course,
^t is easy to look back and discern
the operation of this principle. But
to look ahead and see its truth, when
perchance we are standing alone in
:he face of intolerable opposition
md undeserved persecution, re-
luires no small venture of faith.

Exactly twenty years ago this
nonth a small group of Brethren
vere gathered together in the home
■3f the late Dr. J. C. Beal at Ash-
and, Ohio. "The things" which had
happened on that first day of June
1937 seemed at the time almost
Incredible. Control of Ashland Semi-
lary and College had fallen into the
lands of a hberal and legalistic coal-
tion. The teachers who had stood

loyally for the institution's own
Statement of Faith had been sum-
marily dismissed with no charges and
no hearing. The protests of a faith-
ful minority on the board, in the face
of a rigged majority, were ruthlessly
over-ridden. Leaders of the Ashland
College faction had already begun
their drive to gain control of the
General Conference, with the ul-
timate purpose of destroying the
church's historic congregational
form of government. !t had also been
made clear that the college and
seminary were permanently lost, no
matter which side gained control of
the General Conference. For even if
the conservatives won the Confer-
ence, the now self-perpetuating col-
lege board had already served public
notice through its attorney that it
was determined to pursue its own
way in complete defiance of church
control, if necessary. Overtures made
by the minority on the board, for
the purpose of preserving the semi-
nary and its ideals through an ami-
cable separation from the college,
had been contemptuously rejected.

These were some of the "things"
faced by the group which met late
on the evening of June 1, 1937, at
the home of Dr. Beal. Gone were our
financial assets, our library, our
campus and building. On the credit
side, humanly speaking, were an
unknown number of students, two
teachers, and the loyalty of many
friends among the pastors and

churches. As to the latter, how-
ever, we did not know how many
would be willing to undertake the
sacrifices in time and money neces-
sary to build up a new educational
institution.

As I recall the meeting that night,
there was not a great deal of talk
about the future. We were weary
and a bit discouraged. In fact, no
one knew exacdy what to say. And
so, without knowing how or what to
pray for, we went to our knees to
wait upon God. When each one
present had prayed, as we arose, the
late Dr. Louis S. Bauman took out
his pen and began to write a check.
"This," he said, "is the first con-
tribution toward the new school."
Thus Grace Theological Seminary
was bom. But that was not all. In a
very real sense, out of that prayer
meeting came a new conference, the
National Fellowship of Brethren
Churches; a new home-missions
board, the Brethren Home Missions
Council; a new emphasis and devo-
tion to the cause of foreign missions;
a new women's missionary organ-
ization; a new magazine devoted
wholly to the pure Word of God;
and more recently a new and vigor-
ous college; to say nothing of other
important phases of our work.

In all this we should have learned
— and may God help us never to
forget — that God is always "able to
do exceeding abundantly above all
that we ask or think."

une 29. 1957

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I SAW GRACE GROW

By Dr. Herman A. Hoyt, Dean

A score of years have passed since
those memorable days in 1937 when
Grace Theolojical Seminary was
born. From the day of inception
until this year when the Seminary
reaches her majority, twenty years
have been crowded with events. As
one faces a full future for the school,
he casts a glance back over his
shoulder to the years of progress al-
ready achieved.

When the school was born, it had
no certain dwelling place. An invi-
tation from the First Brethren
Church, of Akron, Ohio, to share its
building led to a two-year sojourn
in the Rubber City. The infant
school, grown to a lusty child, was
relocated in the fall of 1939. Rented
quarters in the Free Methodist
Publishing House, of Winona Lake,
Ind., were to be the place of min-
istry for the next 12 years. During
that time the pressure of a growing
student body encouraged the board
of trustees to acquire a 35-acrc
campus and to erect a building for
the theological seminary. Grace
College, born in 1948, has shared
the same quarters with the Semi-
nary for the past six years. Its
growth has now made further build-
ing necessary.

The teaching staff began with two
full-time teachers and has grown to
twenty-five. This is the most impor-
tant part of any school. In the
providence of God, the founding

fathers determined to safeguard the
young people who attended here. In
the opinion of the founders, the first
and most important qualification was
spiritual. Included in this was the
fact that the teachers must be mem-
bers of the Brethren Church. And
finally, they must be intellectually
capable of imparting knowledge. In
a most wonderful way the Lord has
provided a great teaching staff.
Every teacher is a genuine Christian
in character and conduct. Every
teacher is academically prepared to
teach in his field, and every teach-
er belongs to the Brethren Church.

After surveying a number of
church schools in the State of In-
diana, I am convinced that God has
performed a miracle for us in two
respects. In the first place, from our
small denomination He has raised up
teachers who are intellectually cap-
able and academically prepared and
have felt the call to service in Grace
Theological Seminary and Grace
College. In the second place, every
one of the teachers in Grace Col-
lege are not only prepared to teach
in the various fields of liberal arts,
but they have been through a course
of theological training in Grace
Theological Seminary. This safe-
guards Grace College from the in-
filtration of liberal thought in the
fields of the arts and sciences that is
so prevalent everywhere. It is doubt-
ful whether another school could
duplicate this situation in its teach-

ing staff. To the Lord must go all
the glory.

A student body is the next im-
portant thing about a school. From
the very first a steady stream of won-
derful young people have been
trained at Grace. This began with
a substantial twenty students in 1937
and has now passed the thousand
mark. The first student body num-
bered in the thirties. The present
student body numbers in the three
hundreds. Within the past five years
the school has doubled in size. Per-
haps the most encouraging thing is
the number of Brethren young peo-
ple who have been in training. The
writer has observed that a greater
number of Brethren young people
are in Grace Theological Seminary
and Grace College than ever before
in the history of the Brethren
Church.

The future therefore is bright with
prospect. The growing student body
in college and seminary has made
it necessary to mark the twentieth
year of the school by the erection of
new buildings. The work is now in
progress. Another five years, at the
present rate of growth, will call for
more buildings — perhaps even be-
fore. The present student body of
three hundred will undoubtedly
double in another five years. In
twenty years of time there has been
a constantly enlarging vision on the
part of Brethren people in the edu-
cation of their young people. It is
being realized that the safest and
most valuable investment that can
possibly be made is in personality
educated for eternity.

I believe Brethren people will
make this year the greatest an-
niversary year in the dedication of
funds to the cause of Christian edu-
cation.

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The 1957 Seminary Graduating Class

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

The twentieth annual commence-
ment at Grace Theological Seminary
and College came to an impressive
conclusion on Wednesday evening,
May 29. At that time the gradua-
tion services were observed for the
sixty-six members of the senior
classes of the seminary and the col-
lege. A capacity crowd of over 800
overflowed the lower auditorium and
adjoining rooms to witness the color-
ful ceremonies that climaxed the
efforts of the . young people who
composed the graduating classes of
1957.

Graduation Service

The invocation was offered by
Rev. Robert W. Markley, pastor of
the Grace Brethren Church, of Pal-
myra, Pa. Special music was pre-
sented by two groups from the col-
lege in the opening part of the serv-
ice— the choir, under the direction
of Professor Donald Ogden, and the
Gospel-Heirs, composed of Randall
Poyner, Jeanette Turner, and Shir-
ley Smith who are touring many of
the churches this summer. The
Scripture lesson. Acts 1:1-11, was
read by Rev. W. A. Steffler, pastor
of the First Brethren Church, of
Dayton, Ohio, and father and father-
in-law of two members of the col-
lege graduating class. Dr. W. A.
Ogden, executive vice president of
the school, presented Rev. Paul E.
Dick, president of the board of trus-
tees, who gave the annual seminary
and college announcements. The
highlight of these announcements
was the declaration that the board
has approved the letting of a contract
for the erection of two additional
buildings, the first of these to com-
mence at once. Dean Hoyt was
called upon to make the academic

TWENTIETH ANNIVERS
COMMENCEMENT

By Dr. Homer A. Kent, Registrar

announcements which included the
statement that the present faculty
will continue to serve in their present
capacities and that some additional
teaching personnel has been secured.
Professor S. Herbert Bess, who has
been absent for a year in advanced
study at the University of Michigan,
will return to his responsibility as
teacher of Hebrew and Old Testa-
ment studies.

The evening prayer was offered
by Dr. Bernard N. Schneider, pastor
of the Grace Brethren Church, of
Mansfield, Ohio.

The graduation address was de-
livered by Dr. R. Laird Harris, pro-
fessor of Old Testament at Cove-
nant Theological Seminary, of St.
Louis, Mo. His subject was "The
Relevancy of Jesus Christ to the
Man of the Twentieth Century." He
showed in a most convincing man-
ner that seminary graduates of to-
day, as of any day, have a Christ
to preach who is sufficient to meet
man's every need.

Immediately following the ad-
dress, the presidents of the two grad-
uating classes presented class gifts
to the school. Paul Gehman, presi-
dent of the college class, presented
the school with a luminous sign
16x8 feet in size, which has already
been placed in an advantageous spot
on the south side of U. S. Highway
30 to direct attention to the school,
a miniature facsimile of the sign was

shown to the audience. Robert
Shackelford, president of ths semi-
nary class, made presentation of a
check for $568.40 for the provision
of a concrete tennis court for the
pleasure of future students. These
gifts were graciously accepted on
behalf of the school by Professor
Ralph W. Gilbert.

Another presentation was made
upon this occasion by Professor
Nathan Meyer on behalf of the class
of 1955. It was in the form of a
colored photographic portrait of
President Alva J. McClain. It was
fittingly received by Dr. Ogden, and
the portrait now hangs in the semi-
nary lounge.

Dr. Hoyt then announced the
names of those students who during
their academic career had achieved
special honors. They were as fol-
lows: among the college graduates,
Helen Olney and Robert Messner
received the cum laude. Those who
received honorable mention, though
not qualifying for an award, were
Volie Pyles, Dale Owen, Esther
Friesen, Clarence Henderson, Mary
Hooks, Nickolas Kurtaneck, Clar-
ence Snyder, and Sonya Saufley. In
the seminary those receiving the
cum laude were Robert Shackel-
ford, Darwin Neddo, Emlyn Jones,
and Rolland Hein; those receiving
the magna cum laude were James
Sweeton, Robert Clouse, Walter
Garland, and Harry Davenport; and

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405

those receiving the summa cum
laude were Wendell Kent and Rich-
ard Mcintosh. Thomas Julien was
given honorable mention because
of exceptional academic attainment
though not qualifying for regular
honors. Professor Jesse D. Humberd
spoke in recognition of these honors
as the above named students re-
mained standing.

Granting of Diplomas and Degrees

Next was the presentation of the
candidates for diplomas and degrees
by Dean Hoyt. The conferring of
these symbols was administered by
President McClain, assisted by Vice
President Paul R. Bauman and
Registrar Homer A. Kent.

Receiving the Bachelor of Arts
degree were twenty-two students of
the college: James G. Arrington,
Glenn C. Byers, Theodore Fran-
chino, Paul C. Gehman, Ronald M.
GUdden, Clarence J. Henderson,
Mary L. Hooks, Verne F. Hutchi-
son, John T. Johnston, Nickolas
Kurtaneck, Gordon Lockwood, Mar-
vin E. Lowery, Robert C. Messner,
Dale B. Owen, Volie E. Pyles, Sonya
D. Saufley, Clarence V. Snyder,
Alva W. Steffler, Charles R. Stoner,
Curtis W. Stroman, James S. Sweet-
on, and Charles H. Winter.

Eight students received the de-
gree of Bachelor of Science in Edu-
cation: Dawn E. Borota, Esther
Friesen, Vivian I. Fuller, Marilyn J.
Johnson, Helen I. Olney, Marlene
J. Shoemaker, Ruth A. Steffler, and
Amy Lou Volovski.

One candidate, Joyce M. Austin,
received the Bachelor of Science in
Nursing degree.

In the seminary division the grad-
uates were divided into five different
categories. Two students received
the Master of Religious Education
degree: Carl B. Key and Mary L.
Miller. One student received the
Theological Diploma: Jack W.
Lowe. Two received the Bachelor
of Theology degree: William H. Al-
bany, Jr. and William M. Kolb.

The largest group, composed of
29 members, received the Bachelor
of Divinity degree. They were John
D. Brock, Paul A. Campbell, R.
Douglas Cassel, Robert G. Clouse,
Harry F. Davenport, Vernon D.
Duerksen, John J. Gallagher, Jr.,
Walter F. Garland, Rolland N. Hein,
George E. Huffman, G. Forrest
Jackson, Adrian H. Jeffers, Charles
R. Johnson, George A. Johnson,
Emlyn H. Jones, Thomas T. Julien,
Wendell E. Kent, Nickolas Kurtan-
eck, Cecil D. Lewis, Richard T. Mc-
intosh, John W. Miesel, James B.
Mulkey, Darwin G. Neddo, John A.
Rathbun, Robert E. Shackelford,
Ben W. Smith, Edward E. Smith,
James C. Sweeton, and William F.
Tweeddale.

There was one candidate for the
Doctor of Theology degree: John C.
Whitcomb, Jr.

The service concluded in tra-
ditional fashion by singing "O Jesus,
I Have Promised," after which the
closing prayer was offered by Rev.
Lester E. Pifer, assistant field secre-

Professor John C. Whitcomb is coiigralLiiated by President Alva J. McClain upon the reception
of his Th.D. degree. Dean Hoyt is looking on.

tary of the Brethren Home Missions
Council. The recessional then took
place, and the graduates assembled
in the seminary lounge where they
were greeted by their many relatives
and friends.

Related Activities

On Sunday morning, May 26, the
annual Seminary Class Day service
was held. The entire service was in
charge of the graduating class and
Thomas Julien, one of its members,
preached the sermon. The bacca-
laureate service was held in the eve-
ning of the same day with approxi-
mately 700 people in attendance.
The sermon was delivered by Rev.
Mark E. Malles, pastor of the First
Brethren Church, of Fort Wayne,
Ind. He used the words of Paul in
Philippians 3:10 as his text and
challenged the graduates in particu-
lar to make Jesus Christ "the point
of focus" in all their living and
ministry.

On Monday evening. May 27, the
annual communion service was con-
ducted for the members of this
year's graduating classes and their
relatives. There were about seventy
who sat about the tables of the Lord
and through the appointed symbols
had their attention vividly focused
upon the threefold ministry of the
Saviour. The Middler-Senior ban-
quet, always looked forward to each
year, was held on Tuesday evening,
May 28, in the spacious banquet
room of the Honeywell Memorial
Auditorium at Wabash, Ind. The
188 people in attendance enjoyed a
varied program which was high-
lighted by the address of Dr. Ralph
StoU, pastor of the Calvary Baptist
Church, of Altoona, Pa. He spoke
on the subject "How To Be Good
Ministers of the New Covenant."
The college Junior-Senior banquet
had been previously held on Friday,
May 10, at the Hobby Ranch House
in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Thus the curtain has fallen upon
another year of activity at Grace
Seminary and College. God's bless-
ings have been evident in a multitude
of ways. We have been especially
blessed at this commencement as
we have reflected upon God's good
hand upon us during the first twenty
years of our school's existence.
Truly, "The Lord hath done great
things for us; whereof we are glad"
(Ps. 126:3). With this confidence
we look forward to even greater
things in the future.

406

The Brethren Missionary Herald

Sandy Gift
to Library

A recent addition has been made
to our college library. Rev. Conard
K. Sandy, of Harrisburg, Pa., has
graciously given us 125 books from
his personal library. These books,
added to a previous contribution by
Brother Sandy, make a total of 500
books he has given to the library in
the last few years.

These books cover a variety of
subjects but are mainly in the field
of history. Since Brother Sandy had
studied extensively in this field, hav-
ing done his resident work for a
graduate degree in Claremont Col-
lege in California, and has taught
history at Grace College, he has ac-
cumulated a very fine hbrary in the
field of history. Grace College is the
benefactor of his generosity at a
time when books of this sort are
highly valuable in building our li-
brary to the required status to meet
our present needs.

In addition to the books just men-
tioned, three volumes were included
bearing the bookplate, "Private Li-
brary of H. R. Holsinger." These
books are made up of sermons, lec-
tures, and articles on subjects rang-
ing from religion to politics. Some of
the early publications of the Breth-
ren movement in America are bound
into these books. Some of these are
dated as early as 1867. These will
be added to our special collection of
books relating to the history and
literature of the Brethren Church,
and may be seen by our people while
visiting the school.

We extend our sincere thanks to
Brother Sandy for this generous gift.
Our library grows as we purchase
needed new books, or as they are
received as gifts from friends, as in
this case.

The follo'win^ statements were commonly
used by the late Dr. L. S. Bauman during his
earthly ministry. — A.R.K.

It's in the Book, what are you
going to do about it?

The man who swears turns speech
;into a curse, and before his time
learns the language of hell. Swear-
ing is not only sinful but senseless.

* * *

A kind word often does more than
a large gift.

You cannot save a soul, but you
lean bring a soul to Christ, and He
|will save it.

[/one 29, 7957

The above portrait of President McClain, a gift of the Class of 1955. was unveiled by
Prof. Nathan Meyer at the commencement

GIFTS TO GRACE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

April and May. 1957

General

Building

Fund

Aleppo. Pa

$2.00

Alexandria, Va

34.00

AUentown, Pa

14.55

Altoona. Pa. (First) . ..

24.50

3.50

Altoona, Pa. (Grace) ...

9.00

Anaheim, Calif

126.00

20.00

Ankenytown. Ohio

8.50

51.00

Beaumont. Calif

108.00

78.75

Bellflower, Calif

57.10

53.00

Berne. Ind

61.50

8.50

Boston, Mass

200.00

Csmden, Ohio

5.00

1.00

Canton, Ohio

80.17
130.35

57 50

Cheyenne, Wyo

Chico. Calif

49.60

7.50

Clay City, Ind

20.00

Clavhole, Ky

14.90

Clayton, Ohio

51.50

37.00

Compton, Calif

46.47

Conemaugh, Pa. (Pike)

44.00

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio . .

"iOO

Dallas Center, Iowa . . .

2.U0

25.00

Danville. Ohio

:?4.oo

Dayton, Ohio (First) ...

21.00

26.00

Dayton, Ohio

(North Riverdale) ...

358.60

Dayton. Ohio (Patt. Pk.)

10.00

Los Angeles, Calif.

( Commmunity )

3.00

Everett, Pa

30.00

2.00

Elkhart, Ind

1.00

Fillmore. Calif

192.10

Flora, Ind

122.50

46.50

Fort Lauderdale, Fla . . .

46.00

17.00

Fort Wayne, Ind. (First)

1.00

Fremont, Ohio (Grace)

1.00

Glendale, Calif

71.00

4.00

Grandview, Wash

15.43

Hagerstown, Md.

(Grace)

46.00

Harrah, Wash

12.00
55.25

Harrisburg, Pa

163.00

Hollidtysburg, Pa

124.93

Homerville, Ohio

22.25

17.50

Inglewood, Calif

254.98

97.00

Johnstown, Pa. (First)

253.72

722.28

Kittanning, Pa. (First)

63.00

142.50

Kokomo. Ind

7.00

Lake Odessa, Mich

3.00

La Verne, Calif

118.88

10.00

Leamersville, Pa

45.00

35.00

Leesburg, Ind

53.08

194.40

Leon, Iowa

2.00

Listie, Pa

22.25

77.00

Long Beach, Calif.

(North)

144.50

Mansfield, Ohio (Grace)

978.00

219.00

Meyersdale, Pa

.25

Meyersdale, Pa.

(Summit Mills)

17.50

13.25

General Building
Fund Fund

Middlebranch. Ohio . . . 170.00

Modesto, Calif

(LaLoma) 71.12

Modesto. Calif.
(McHenry)

Monte Vista. CaUf.

New Troy. Mich. . .

NorWdlk. Calif. . . .

Osceola. Ind

Palymra, Pa

Peru, Ind

Philadelphia, Pa. (First)

Philadelphia, Pa.

(Third)

Portis. Kans

Rittman. Ohio

Roanoke. Va. (Ghent)

Roanoke. Va.

(Washington Hgts.)
San Bernardino, Calif. .

San Diego, Calif

Seven Fountains, Va. .

Sidney. Ind

South Bend. Ind

South Pasidena, Calif.

Sterling, Ohio

Taos, N. Mex. (Canon)
Temple City. Calif. ..

Tracy, Calif

Warsaw, Ind

Washington, D. C

Waterloo. Iowa

Waynesboro. Pa

Whealon. Ill

Whittier, Calif.

(Community)

Whittier, Calif. (First)

Winchester, Va

Winona. Minn

Winona Lake. Ind. . . .

Isolated Brethren

Non-Brethren

Baccalaureate and

Commencement

Student Body

10,876.47 8.301.48
Designated Funds:

Fort Wayne. Ind. (First) $122.50

Long Beach, Calif. (First) 100.00

Mansfield. Ohio (Grace) 25.00

Martinsburg, Pa 77.69

Philadelphia, Pa. (Third) 20.00

Roanoke. Va. (Ghent) 258.56

Washington. D. C 29.50

Waynesboro, Pa 10.00

Winona Lake. Ind 273.50

Non-Brethren 240.00

Seminary Senior Class 568.40

College Senior Class 50.00

National WMC 1,502,05

Student Body 123.01

18.00

17.81

31.50

10.50

47.00

254.35

117.00

45.50

25.50

96.50

20.00

159.30

1.00

89.30

61.11

308.00

5.00

149.51

10.00

64.65

21.50

193.40

85.00

12.00

53.25

114.75

13.50

7.00

16.00

6.00

10.00

5.00

35.50

38.00

37.59

5.00

12.22

185.96

18.86

54.02

5.00

18.00

10.35

226.57

381.54

177.05

739.00

135.70

31.50

25.00

321.31

642.68

1,637.32

56.00

97.00

6.00

258.91

.129.55

49.65

28.50

262.54

93.00

309.03

34.75

75.65

3.400.21

407

Grading at the site oJ the new Physical Education Buildinfi

Building Contracts Approved

By Dr. James L. Boyer, Building Comminee Chairman

Contracts for the construction of
the new buildings have been agreed
upon by the building committee and
approved by the board of trustees.

The general contractor selected is
the Fred O. Carey Construction Co.,
of Warsaw, Ind., whose bid, taking

William Tweeddale, seminary senior, an em-
ployee of D. H. Lessig. Inc.. surveys at site
of new buildings.

408

into consideration certain alternates
selected by the building committee,
was SI 33,7 17 for the first unit
and about $260,000 for the com-
plete job. Plumbing, heating and
ventilating contract goes to the W. E.
Lancaster Plumbing and Heating
Company, of South Whitley, Ind.,
whose bid for the first unit was
549,237 and for both units
$70,885. The electrical contract has
not yet been let pending some further
investigation, but the bid figures are
approximately $11,000 for the first
unit or $19,000 for both. Total con-
tracts thus will run about $194,000
for the first unit and $350,000 for
both. These figures include all ex-
cept some grading and the archi-

tect's fees which will add about an-
other $20,000 to the total cost.

The contracts are being let now
for the full program with the pro-
vision that the second unit may still
be reconsidered by the board of trus-
tees at their regular session in August
when the full board will have op-
portunity for open discussion of the i
financial situation. The first unit,
construction on which is now getting i
under way, includes the athletic i
building plus a portion of the class-
room building in which the boiler
room for both buildings is to be
located, as well as all the necessary
service connections for both new
buildings and their tie-up with the
present building.

Members of the building committee and representatives of the D. H.

Lessie Engineers Inc. open contract bids. Left to right; D. H. Lessig,

Jr ■ James L. Boyer; Homer A. Kent. Sr.; D. H. Lessig. Sr.; LoweU

Hoyt; W. A. Ogden, and Alva J. McClain.

The Brethren Missionary Herald i

KEEP THESE THERMOMETERS RISING
THROUGH THE SUMMER MONTHS

-i July

$80,000

June

$73,333

May

$66,000

$66,666

(June 1)

April

$60,000

March

$53,333

February

$46,666

January

$40,000

December

$33,333

November

$26,666

October

$20,000

September

$13,333

August

ggiiS 6,666

1956-1957

Budget

Needs

Most of us do not like to see a
thermometer rise very high during
the hot summer months. In the case
of the two pictured here, however,
we are sure that all of us would re-
joice to see them really "blow their
tops"!

Although classes are ended for the
school year, it should be remem-
bered that many of the school's ex-
penses go right on through the sum-
mer months. Unfortunately, these do
not take any vacation.

THE GENERAL FUND

A study of the thermometer on the
left will show that on June 1 the
school was just one month behind
($6,666) in its schedule of budget
needs. In addition to this, there was
a deficit in the general fund of
$10,000 at the beginning of the
school year. The month of June is
now almost history. Although it is
not possible to say what the receipts
for the month have been, we do
know that if the school is to even
meet, apart from the deficit, its
budgeted needs for the fiscal year,
gifts for the vacation months of
June and July must be substantially
larger than those of the average
month throughout the year. Will you
join in praying for these needs?

THE BUILDING FUND

The total amount in the building
fund, it should be noted, is
$80,641.88. This means that ap-
proximately half the cost of the
new Physical Education Building
has been raised.

Many have told us they would be
prepared to give more substantially
when we are actually ready to build.
Now that the construction program
is actually under way, it is time for
all of us to put our shoulders to the
wheel and push forward.

Let us so give that the entire cost
of the new building will be more
than met even before the time of its
completion. Upon the success of the
present program depends the possi-
bility of continuing through to the
completion of the whole project —
the construction of the Educational
Building for the college. This, too,
is a "must" in the present program of
education for our young people. Will
you make this also a matter of defi-
nite prayer?

Classroom
Building

Physical

Education

Building

$80,642
(June 1)

$300,000

$275,000

$250,000

$225,000

$200,000

; 175,000

$150,000

$125,000

$100,000

$ 75,000

$ 50,000

25,000

Grace College
Building Fund

June 29, 1957

409

NEWS

MODESTO, CALIF. Mrs. Mar-
vin Goodman, Sr., died in Glendale,
Calif., Saturday, June 8. Mrs. Good-
man, with Brother Goodman, had
been serving as missionaries to India
under Child Evangelism Fellowship.
They are the parents of Marvin
Goodman, Jr., missionary in French
Equatorial Africa, and Mrs. Edward
(Eileen) Miller, missionary in Brazil.
Mrs. Goodman was a member of the
LaLoma Brethren Church. Christian
sympathy is extended to the husband
and children.

CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO.

The Grace Brethren Church, Rich-
ard L. Burch, pastor, continues to
set new Sunday-school attendance
records. There were 179 present
May 12; 180, May 26; and 228,
June 2. This church competed with
the First Brethren Church, of Mid-
dlebranch, Ohio, Wesley Haller,
pastor, during the six-week Loyalty
Campaign. The two pastors sur-
prised their congregations on the
evening of May 26 by trading pul-
pits.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Bill
Smith has terminated his evangelistic
ministry as of June I. He is waiting
the leading of the Lord in the ac-
ceptance of a pastorate.

MARTINSBURG, PA. The First
Brethren Church redecorated the
parsonage for the coming of their
new pastor, Richard Grant. The
family was given a reception and
a surprise shower of gifts, food,
and money. More than 175 persons
were in attendance. Brother Grant
assumed his new duties June 1.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. Forrest
Jackson was recently examined by
the Ministerial Examining Board of
the Mid-Atlantic Fellowship of

410

Brethren Churches and was licensed
to the Brethren Ministry by the
Commonwealth Brethren Church.
Brother Jackson has assumed his
duties as pastor of the First Brethren
Church, of Dallas Center, Iowa.

WHITTIER, CALIF. Mr. and
Mrs. Mac Lopez, members of the
First Brethren Church, are assisting
the Brethren foreign missionaries in
their work in Mexico during the
summer months. They began their
work with the Roy Howards in Ca-
lexico.

CHANGES. Rev. Dean Risser's
new address is 200 E. Chilhowie
Ave., Johnson City, Tenn., and his
telephone number is now 847JM.
Mr. James Martin is the new church
clerk of the First Brethren Church,
Glendale, Calif. New telephone
numbers of Dr. White and the
church office of the First Brethren
Church, of LaVeme, Calif., are re-
spectively: Lycoming 3-1204 and
Lycoming 3-4052. Please change
Annual.

FRESNO, CALIF.— Delegates to
the Seventh International Child
Evangelism Fellowship set as their
goal for the coming year the dou-
bling of the organization's personnel
and the number of places in which
it conducts its work. The Rev. Fred
F. Ellis, director, said there are now
620 city and county directors of
Child Evangelism Fellowship. Their
aim is to form and develop Bible
classes for children in private homes.

SACRAMENTO, CALIF.— The

California Senate, by a 20-7 vote,
killed a bill which would have made
"In God We Trust'" the official
motto. Opponents of the bill said
California already has a motto —
"Eureka," which means, "I hav?
found it." This motto was put on
the State seal one hundred years ago
as a symbol of the discovery of gold
in California.

SPOKANE, WASH.— The Rev.
Wilbur G. Antisdale, pastor of
Fourth Presbyterian church in Spo-
kane, announced that the church had
withdrawn from the Presbyterian
Church in the U.S.A. for theological
reasons. He said the withdrawal
action had the unanimous endorse-
ment of the 500-member congrega-
tion. The Spokane Presbytery, how-
ever, claims the withdrawal was not
done in accordance with the church's
constitution, and it filed suit in Su-

TLm KDPTl

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lalce. Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake, Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

perior Court to acquire title to the
property and to obtain its records,
including the roll of members and
contributors.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Putting
out a student newspaper is exciting
business. The Grace Sounding Board

staff wants to share with you some of
the scenes from their biweekly en-
deavors in journalism. Add a mental
whiff of correction fluid and print-
ers' ink as you read the picture story
of the Grace Sounding Board and
you will agree with the staff that
newspaper work is exciting.

The pictures on the next page
may be identified as follows;

1. The staff meets every Mon-
day noon in the prayer tower to ask
God's blessing on their publication.

2. Elener Norris, the editor,
makes assignments to staff members
and edits the copy before it is typed.

3. Reporting is interesting work.
Here Reporter Phil Landrum inter-
views Prof. Ogden.

4. Chuck Winter, art editor, is
putting an illustration on a stencil.
He does the layout of the front page
too.

5. Ed Mensinger, the staff typ-
ist, types both the "dummy" copy
and the stencils.

6. Sherwood Durkee runs the
front page of the Sounding Board

on the offset press at the Mission-
ary Herald.

7. Pat Griffith runs the other
five pages of the paper on the
mimeograph machine in the National
Sunday School office.

8. Staples, stamps, and labels
are under control as Mary Jane Key-
ser, circulation manager, prepares
the paper for mailing to the more
than 200 subscribers outside the
school.

The Brethren Missiortary Herald

Two
Chains

By W. F. Hartwig
Student in Journalism, Grace College

Ron Bishop turned away from
his mother and tramped up the stairs
to his room. Dejectedly, he draped
his sixteen-year-old frame across his
bed and stared into the yard below.
Through the haze his breath formed
on the windowpane, Ron could see
Zipper, his dog, leaping and strain-
ing at the end of his chain. A dirty
white cat was strolling down the alley
just beyond his reach.

"That's the way it goes, old boy.
We can only go as far as our chains
will let us," Ron said, although he
knew Zip couldn't hear him.

A loud twang returned his atten-
tion to the scene below. The rusty
nail which had long held the chain
to the doghouse gave under the strain
and both dog and cat disappeared.
The long chain, streaming back
from Zip's collar, whipped through
a pile of fresh ashes, leaving a pale
gray cloud as the only sign of his
hurried departure.

Ron rolled off the bed. His feet
tingled when he stood up from lying
too long in the same position. He
had made up his mind. He would ask
his mother once more, and, if she
still refused, he would have to break
the chain as old Zipper had done.

Before he got to the kitchen he
could tell that his mom had baking
powder biscuits in the oven. The
moist, fresh aroma grew stronger as
he stepped into the kitchen. His
mom looked up from the oven and
placed the flat pan on a cold burner.
"Wash your hands for supper,
Ronny. It'll be on the table in a few
minutes."

Mrs. Bishop always fixed a special
meal on Saturday afternoon. Dur-
ing the week she worked in Dr.
Fowler's office and couldn't pre-
pare more than soup and sand-
wiches. She often remarked upon
God's goodness in directing her into
nurse's training before she had mar-
ried. It had made it so much easier
to see that Ron received a good
education after his father died.

Ron washed his hands and re-

turned to the kitchen. Except for an
occasional remark on the events of
the day, the meal passed in silence.
Ron stabbed the last bite of pumpkin
pie and dropped it into his mouth.
He chewed it slowly, not wanting
to ask his mother again about the
trip. He was almost certain she
would say no.

"What are you so quiet about,
Ronny? You've hardly spoken a
word since you came downstairs,"
his mother said as she began to clear
the dishes from the table.

"Remember that trip I told you
about this afternoon?" he asked.

"You mean that business about
spending a week with your two
friends, camping?"

"Yes, Mom. Otto said he'd close
the station three days for inventory,
and that his brother would come in
from the farm to help pump gas the
other three days."

"That's nice of Otto, but you
know that's not the reason I don't
want you to go."

She eased the small pile of plates
and cups into the hot, sudsy water
in the sink.

"You haven't known Ken and Jim
very long and you said yourself you
didn't think they knew Christ as their
Saviour."

"Maybe I can witness to them on
the trip," Ron replied. The thought
had just occurred to him, and he
hoped it would add weight to his
argument.

His mother turned from the sink
and said quietly: "Have you said
anything to them before?"

Ron lowered his head a little and
didn't answer. His mother had a way
of stopping all his arguments and
making his logic look silly.

The cloud of steam rising from the
dishes drying in the rack reminded
him of the puff of dust Zipper's
chain had lashed from the ash pile.
"If Zipper can break loose, so can
I," he muttered as he pushed his
chair back.

"What?" Mrs. Bishop took a small

step forward, sensing a tenseness
in Ron's voice.

"I've made up my mind. I'm going
anyway," he blurted as he strode
from the kitchen and quickly re-
turned to his room.

His mother stayed in the kitchen
finishing the dishes and clearing
the table all the while Ron was
packing. He folded his clothes and
stuffed them into the suitcase. Not i
wanting to go to the linen closet i
which was near the kitchen, he
pulled the bedclothes off his bed and
rolled them inside one of the blank-
ets.

When he had finished, he hoisted
the roll of bedding under one arm i
and picked up his suitcase in the t
same hand. He had to carry his fish-
ing tackle and his new 16-gauge i
shotgun his mother had gotten him i
last summer in the other hand. It I
was too bad his mother had dis-
agreed with him, but Ron felt that
at his age he no longer should be <
tied to her apron strings.

Bumping and maneuvering, he i
made his way down the stairs. As
he walked through the living room
he couldn't help glancing back into
the kitchen. His mother was sitting i
at the table, her head in her hands, :
but she wasn't crying. Ron saw her :
lips moving silently and felt a kimp i
rising in his throat. He stepped'
quickly onto the porch; the front r
door slammed shut behind him.

The six blocks to Jim's house-
seemed longer than usual. Ron*
figured it was because he was carry-
ing such a heavy load. As he round-
ed the last corner he could see;
patches of light piling up in the two.
Cottonwood trees alongside Jim's i
driveway. The length of his stride:
increased at the sound of his friends' I
voices.

"It's about time you got here."
Jim's round, ruddy face was flushed;
with the excitement and exertion ofi
packing.

Ken, bent over in the rear of his|

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car, called: "Dump your stuff back
there. Let's get rolling."

"Okay, Ken, here comes my suit
. . ." Ron stopped short, and after
a moment continued: "What's that
on the floor?" He knew what it was
before he asked.

"Haven't you ever seen a case of
beer before, Boy?" Ken chortled in
anticipation: "That's what puts kick
in a camping trip."

Ron didn't answer. "What was he
going to do? Could he go along
and let them drink if they wanted to?
He knew his mother wouldn't want
him to go now, more than ever. He
had broken the chain, but, just like
Zipper, it was still dragging behind
him.

"Well, hand me your suitcase if
you're going," Ken urged impatient-

ly-

"You fellows finish packing your
stuff. If I'm not back when you
get ready, go ahead and leave with-
out me," Ron said as he wheeled
and walked off down the sidewalk.

Jim came around to the side of
the car and asked: "What's with
him? Isn't he going?"

"I don't know," Ken shrugged.
"Let's finish loading the car and
get out of here. He said he'd be right
back if he were going."

Ron walked down the sidewalk
not knowing, or caring where he
went. He thought about the trip and
his two friends. He thought about
how far he had gotten from the vows
and decisions he had made when he
had given his life to Christ.

Suddenly the high-pitched squeal
of tires skidding on the street ahead
startled him. As he looked up he
saw a small dog running directly
into the path of a car. The front
wheel narrowly missed the frightened
animal as the driver swerved and
braked the car violently. The dog
vanished under the car. Ron knew
immediately that it was Zipper, and
he knew also that he must have run
under the rear wheel. He had heard
a muffled thump and the rattle of
a chain as the car finally came to a
stop.

Ron rushed to the inert form of
his dog. "Zipper!" he spoke his name
without knowing it.

Hearing Ron's voice, Zipper
crawled into his arms, quivering
from fright.

"Isn't he hurt?" asked the almost
equally frightened driver of the car.

Ron shook his head slowly, "I
guess not.!'

"He probably got a sore neck. The

Old Jake Price used to say: "You
can grow more corn in a crooked
row than in a straight one." How-
ever, his harvest never agreed.

Jake had a couple of old nags
that somehow managed to elude the
glue factory and old Nell was the
lead horse. Every spring the whole
village heard the curse words punc-
tuate the hoarse commands while he
tried to scream Nell into cooperat-
ing. Apparently the horses were
never certain of his directions be-
cause every few yards they would
stop, flip their ears back, and listen
to be sure Jaks hadn't yelled
"whoa."

What kind of a character do you
think a man would be who cared
nothing about his personal appear-
ance nor the quality of work that he
did? who munched tobacco and got
his ruddy complexion from a hard
cider barrel?

His character was as crooked as
his corn rows and just as weedy. For
old Jake's crooked rows just couldn't
be cultivated; the "wheat" had to
grow up with the "tares." His stunted
crops were all snarled and entangled
with weeds. So was his life.

Dad's three sons didn't remember
Jake's crop failures. They only

Companion
Pieces

By Ernest H. Bearinger
Student in Journalism, Grace College

thought that his idea was a lot sim-
pler than going to the elaborate set-
up Dad required to make the
straightest garden rows in Franklin
County. He would set one stake at
the end of the garden. Then one-
third the length of the row he would
set another stake, measuring each
from the edge of the lot. Dad would
sight along the stakes, then walk
toward them with never a backward
glance. His mark was straight.

We boys would get anxious to
see how we were doing. We would
walk with our eyes on the marker
all right, but we would stop, look
back, then go again. The row zig-
zagged at every stop.

The straight garden rows were
comparatively easy to cultivate, and
few weeds ever robbed the fruit of
its strength.

Dad's life was Hke his garden
rows, straight and easily cultivated.
It has been fruitful, too, hke the
perennials that yield a consistent har-
vest year after year.

Old Jake Price never did get
straightened out. He became so en-
tangled in the crookedness of his
own life that it, like the crooked
com rows, had to be plowed under.
He took his own life.

front wheel must have run over the
chain and stopped him short be-
fore he could run under the rear
wheel."

Ron nodded, still sitting on his
heels, his toes bent double against
the time-smoothed bricks of the
street.

The little man stood up and took
a step toward his car. Turning back,
he added: "That chain sure saved
his hide this time. You'd better take
him home and make certain it's fast-
ened securely."

"Yes, we'd better go home," Ron
said softly.

It was late when Ron tied a much
subdued Zipper to his doghouse once
more. He quietly climbed up the
stairs with his bedding under his
arm. As he unrolled the blankets
and sheets, his eyes became accus-
tomed to the dark and he noticed
that his bed was already made. Just
then his door opened. His mother
stepped into the room and smiled:
"I thought you might want your bed
made for tonight."

June 29, 7957

413

MR. SWIHART AND THE

WATERMELON

By Charles H. Winter
Student in Journalism, Grace College

(The following s'.ory is based on a true in-
cident. It has been related to show the provi-
dence of God as it can work in the jife of
an unsaved individual. Each seemingly in-
significant incident in our daily lives may
be an important part of a greater pattern
the Lord is workin^i; out either for our own
good or 'ihat of someone we have never
even seen. — Editor. )

Watermelons are difficult to find
in the dead of winter, but Mr.
Cooney wanted a watermelon, and
he was dying of cancer. Fred Cooney
had suffered with cancer of the
stomach for fourteen months. Now
the doctors told him that he had no
more than a week to live. Mr.
Cooney told his wife that a water-
melon would surely taste good. Pa-
tient, Ella Cooney told her husband
that there weren't any watermelons.
Would a cantaloupe do? But Mr.
Cooney, with his days numbered,
wanted a watermelon. A telephone
call was made to the local radio
station and the night newsman saw
a chance for a human interest story.
He told Mrs. Cooney he'd see what
could be done. The newsman con-
tacted a friend of his — an amateur
radio operator — a "ham." He re-
layed the story and stressed that Mr.
Cooney didn't have too long to live.
The radio operator told the news-
man: "I'll see what can be done." Ha
hung up the phone and turned to
his transmitter. He flipped a few
switches and soon bulbs began to
glow and a soft hum came from
the set.

It was a few minutes past six
o'clock (EST). All across the state
other "ham" operators were plugged
into the State Phone Net. Every-
body could hear everybody else. Our
operator depressed a key and his
voice cut into the far-reaching Phone
Net. "This is WX497. I have a
signal fourteen message." Everyone
stopped talking. Earphones were re-
adjusted and "hams" across the state
fine-tuned their receivers to pick-
up this signal fourteen — this urgent
message. "How do you read me?"

asked WX497. "Good." "O.K.,"
"We read you O.K.," came the reply
from a dozen operators. "There is
a Mr. Cooney — a Mr. Fred Cooney
— living in my community. He is
dying of cancer. His last wish is for
a watermelon. Can you find one for
us?" Dials spun as "hams" checked
other frequencies and repeated the
plea. "Call the fruit markets in your
city — try to locate a watermelon —
man dying of cancer."

Mr. Cooney rolled over on his
side, coughed, and said: "I wish
I had a watermelon." Ella Cooney
held her husband's hand and said:
"They're looking now. The man at
the radio station said he'd call as
soon as they found one. The de-
hydrated figure on the bed smiled:
"I hope they find me one soon . . ."

In a small town in the far south-
western corner of the state a radio
receiver crackled into life and Wes-
ley Swihart heard the word "Man —
watermelon — cancer." He opened
the microphone and requested: Re-
peat. Repeat please." A voice at the
other end of the radio lanes gave the
full story. Wesley looked toward the
kitchen table to assure himself and
-=idioed back: "I have a watermelon.
Will bring it north by car. Pass on
the word!" The radio voice an-
swered: ". . . O.K. Will relay. Over
and out — and thanks!"

Anyone who knew Wesley Swi-
hart would wonder "what in the
world" he was doing with a melon.
From his childhood Wesley had been
alergic to watermelon. He didn't
dare cut one open for fear of break-
ing out in a rash. His brother Walter
knew this well enough, and for that
reason had sent Wesley the water-
melon from his home in Florida.
Wesley recalled the four dollars and
some cents postage it had required
to send the melon north. A pretty
expensive practical joke. Now there
was the chance to make good use
of the melon. It would mean a long

car trip north to the bedside of the
cancer-stricken man, but then he
didn't need the melon — and that
man did.

Farther north Mr. Cooney tried
to cough, but his mouth was so dry.
A watermelon would surely taste
good — sweet — juicy — cool — but
even the thought couldn't bring
moisture to his dry, swollen tongue.
Mr. Cooney was counting the hours
now — not long until even the flicker
of life would fade away.

The sun had dropped in the west
when Wesley pulled into the city.
He asked directions of a newsboy on
a corner, and, following the di-
rections given, soon arrived at the
small frame house on Poplar Street.
Ella Cooney answered the knock.
She looked first at the watermelon
in Wesley's arms, then at his face,
and then back at the melon. "Oh
excuse me," said Mrs. Cooney,
"Please come in." "They called from
the station and said a watermelon
was on the way — but Dad's slipping
fast and I didn't think you'd make
it. I didn't mean to make you stand
out there on the porch." In the
other room Mr. Cooney coughed,
and Mrs. Cooney called out: "The
melon arrived Fred. I mean the
man with the melon is here!" She
carried the melon as if it were made
of gold. In the other room Wesley
Swihart met the man he had traveled
200 miles to deliver his watermelon
to. Fred Cooney tried to sit-up.
"EUie — fix me a — I so want a bit
of melon!" Mr. Cooney reached a
hand toward his wife. "The melon,"
his voice croaked, "the melon."
But it was too late . . . Mr. Cooney
never had the piece of watermelon.

Mr. Wesley Swihart went home.

Ella Cooney cried.

The "ham" operators talked
across the state.

The newsman at the station wrote
— 30 — at the end of his human in-
terest story.

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BATTER UP

By Mary Jane Keyser
Student in Journalism, Grace College

"Batter up!" rings through the air
and once again baseball fans every-
where glue their attention to another
thrilling episode of America's favor-
ite pastime. From Grandpa right
down to Wheaties-eater Junior, all
dream of what it'd be like actually to
be in the game themselves.

"Strike one!" marks the opening
of the game.

"Look, Gramps," cries the freck-
led-faced boy on the edge of his seat;
"Who's that batting? I don't know
him. When'd he start playing for our
team?"

"Don't know. Son. Let's see how
he does."

Whether the new player becomes
a hero or a failure in the eyes of
the fans depends a great deal on his
success on his first performances.

The player knows this too, and
don't think his knees aren't a little
shaky. Will he be able to hit? a line-
drive single right over second? or
maybe a double? or a high fly into
deep left center way, way back? in
fact, right up and over for a free
ticket home?

"Strike two," from the umpire
changes the golden dream to harsh
reahty, and he awaits the third op-
portunity. Again the mighty swing.
But this time, too, he fails to con-
nect.

"What'd I do wrong?" he mut-
ters. "I aimed right for the fence and
[ did just what I was told in train-
ing."

The side was soon retired and he
took his place in the field. There,
too, he had many lessons to learn. "I
iure wish I were more of a pro-

fessional," he thought. They all play
the ball so effortlessly. Yet, when
it comes my way, all I seem to do is
miss it and get an error chalked up
to my credit."

"You're doing okay. Kid" from
his fellow teammates and: "Keep try-
ing. Son" from the manager were
his only encouragements.

However, as the game continued,
his uneasiness became less acute
and soon he felt as if he belonged
with the rest, and that he, too, could
do his part toward the desired end.
He did, that is, until the last of the
ninth rolled around.

On deck with a tied score, one
on, and one out, he realized a cru-
cial moment for him lay ahead.

"Now, Lve got to come through.
Not for my sake, not for the fans,
not even so much for my teammates,
but for the manager. He's counting
on me. He isn't going to send a sub-
stitute in for me. He says I can do
it. Oh, that does my flipping-a-bit-
too-hard heart good. Yes, if he says
I can, then I just njust for him."

The crowd's roar descended to
him like a mighty inrushing ocean
wave as he rose to take his place in
the batter's box. Heading back to the
dugout was his teammate. "He's
done his part. If I could do as well
as he, I'd be satisfied. Only that
wouldn't be good enough. The run
would never get in. He sacrificed
him to second. The manager ex-
pects me to bring him in."

Would you like to step in with
him. Christian youth? You know you
have said you could do better your-

self. Don't deny it! Both Gramps
and Junior heard you.

Perhaps you could do better. You
know, the Lord's called you to play
for His team. He has a position for
you to fill, but you can't stay in the
stands and play the game.

Our player in the batter's box
was once just where you are. He,
too, was a fan, wishing he could
score in God's book. What'd he do?
He left the stand to develop his po-
tential in training.

How about you? Will you stay in
the stands, just watching the game,
or will you be enrolled in a Chris-
tian college or Bible school next
fall? If not, it is because you're un-
willing to take that initial step?

Student, are you returning to the
stands this season when you should
still be out playing? You say you're
not ready to be a full-time player
yet — you wouldn't do well enough —
you'll watch a little longer?

Did our rookie hit his first time
at bat? Did he put out the Devil's
man his first try?

No, but will he now in the crisis?

Yes.

What makes the difference?

His second step — yieldedness to
his manager's command: "You tan
doit."

"I can do all things through
Christ which strengtheneth me."

For us all waits the opportunity
to bring that one waiting on second
home to chalk up a victory for God's
record.

Victory or defeat? It's up to each
of us, and victory can't come from
the stands.

lune 29, 1957

415

Uiientai Uudoms

By Esther Friesen
Student in Journalism, Grace College

The customs of the people in
the Western Hemisphere differ from
those of the East. In the Orient, peo-
ple put a covering on their heads
and leave their feet bare when they
go to church. They write from right
to left. Their signature appears on
the top of a document instead of on
the bottom. Women wear the trou-
sers and men the skirts; and women
keep their father's name in mar-
riage. The Bible was written in this
oriental land, and a consideration of
some of these customs will explain
certain passages that seem obscure.

The land is still the same as it was
in Bible times. The soil is red-brown
and stones are very plentiful. These
stones are used as markers to show
where one person's land begins and
ends. God's curse rests on anyone
who removes these markers (Deut.
19:14 and 27:17.) The land has only
two season in a year: Genesis 8:22
speaks of summer and winter, seed
time and harvest, cold and heat.

The people live in villages with
their houses close together. The
streets are under the houses. When
Christ talked of the coming judg-
ment and the approach of the enemy,
He warned the people not to come
down from the housetops but to flee
out of the city. Such a fhght is pos-
sible because they can step from one
housetop to another. While the
enemy is coming into the city
through the streets, which are under
the houses, the people can escape
from the housetops.

Under the houses are cave-like
places dug out of the earth. These
were used for the family's livestock.
When there was a convention in the
city, these caves were used as hotel
space. This is the place where Mary
and Joseph found shelter when Jesus
was bom.

The cities were surrounded by
walls and the only way into the city
was through the gates. When the
gatekeeper wasn't there, the gate
was closed so that no one could en-
ter. Sometimes the people would be
in a hurry to get in. This was the
case when a robber was trying to
seize a man and his camel that he
might take them and use them for
hard labor. The camel owner would
rush to the city gates to try to
bring his camel into the city where
he would be safe. When he came
to the gate and found it closed, he
would have to unload the camel
so it could get through a small door
in the gate called the "eye of the
needle" (see Matt. 19:24. The
needle we know was invented by the
Romans in A.D. 400.)

The clothing of a man had many
purposes. The cap could be used as a
headdress or as a barley measure. If
nothing else was handy, it was used
as a nosebag to feed the donkey.
The coat was used as a coat when a
man was walking, as a rug when he
was sitting, and as a mantle or bed
at night. When Jesus said: "Take up
thy bed and walk," it was easily
done, as far as the bed itself was
concerned. The Pharisees had laws
they imposed on the people in ad-
dition to the law of God. One was
about the bed or coat: "If you call
your coat a bed on the Sabbath Day,
it remains a bed all that day and a
man must not carry it or use it as a
coat."

Jesus was a master teacher who
used the things familiar to His au-
dience to illustrate spiritual truths.
When a young man decides to be a
farmer, this is a life-time decision
and he does not change. "No man
having put his hand to the plough,
and looking back, is fit for the king-
dom of God" (Luke 9:62).

The people of the Orient are hos-
pitable people. The chief's house is
always available to guests, no mat-
ter what time of night they arrive. On
their arrival the host will give them
something to eat. If the host has
nothing in the house, he will bor-
row from the neighbors. It is the
duty of the host to protect the peo-
ple in his house even if they are his
enemies.

As Jesus sent out the seventy, He
instructed them to greet no one.
This doesn't mean they couldn't say
hello as in our country, but the
Oriental greeting was a forty-five
minute ceremony of embracing.

Christ put a curse on the fig tree
in Matthew 21:19. The tree He
was talking to would naturally grow
leaves and fruit at the same time.
When He saw the leaves and not the
fruit, He knew it would bear noth-
ing.

The wedding day is a time of great
rejoicing in the Orient just as it is
here. It is preceded by the match-
making of the parents and the pay-
ing of the dowry to the family of the
bride. On the day of the wedding
the friends of the bride lead the bride
in a procession to the groom's house.
When they get to their destination,
they must wait for the groom be-
cause he must not be there at the
arrival of the bride's procession.
About midnight the cry goes forth:
"The bridegroom cometh" (Matt.
25:6). After a large feast with
many friends the parents have a
ceremony. Then the groom un-
covers the face of his bride for the
first time. After the feast the couple
settles down in the home of the
bridegroom. He is exempt from mili-
tary duty for a year so that he can
stay around the house to cheer his
wife (cf. Deut. 24.5).

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JULY 6, 1957

RIO CUARTO

our headquarters city in Argentina is named for this river

For Your Information-

By Russell D. Barnard

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Church. First of all, it serves as a publisher of news of
the work being done. Through the columns of the Mis-
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Since the Herald Company is giving us such a won-
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Reinterment —

At the time of his death the body of our dear brother.
Dr. Clarence L. Sickel, was buried in the beautiful
cemetery at Rio Cuarto, Argentina. With the passing of
the years, however, it became evident that it was ad-
visable that the body be brought to the United States.
Mrs. Sickel and others arranged this with the assistance
of our Society, and the reinterment was made in the
beautiful Rose Hills Cemetery at Whittier, Calif. The
graveside services were at 2:00 p. m. on Wednesday,
May 29, with Dr. George O. Peek in charge, assisted by
Dr. Charles W. Mayes and Dr. Russell D. Barnard, our
Society's general secretary. The Sickel daughter who
lives in Long Beach, Calif., Mrs. Clifford Yocky and
her family, a number of immediate relatives of Dr.
Sickel, and a goodly number of friends gathered for the
service. Of course neither Mrs. Loree Sickel, the life's
companion, nor the other daughter, Mrs. Jack Churchill
and her family were able to attend, since they are now
serving as missionaries in Argentina. We are again re-
minded of the privilege that is ours of knowing person-
ally the One who is the resurrection and the life!

Missionaries for the summer —

Mr. and Mrs. Maclovio Lopez, Jr., candidates for our
missionary work in Mexico, have offered to assist in our
work for this summer and our board has felt it wise
to accept their offer. They are now living in the Calexico-
Mexicali area and assisting Brother and Sister A. L.
Howard. We ask that you include these fine servants
of the Lord in your praying.

Edmistons to Leon, Mexico —

Brother Sibley Edmiston is now doing some explora-
tory work in this city of 200,000 people in the interior
of Mexico. Some dozen or more have already accepted
Christ as a result of the witnessing of our Brother
Edmiston. He will return to Southern California about
July first after having rented quarters in Leon, and
soon thereafter he and his family will leave for resi-
dence in Mexico. They will be living in Mexico with
tourist permits. This is a very fanatical part of Mexico,
hence we urge that you bear these dear ones up in
prayer daily, since they will face very great daily prob-
lems.

Tijuana church relocating —

Since the beginning of our work in the city of Tijuana,
our believers have worshiped in rented quarters. The
building was actually built as a large two-truck garage.
The plan had been that large water trucks would be
housed in this building — trucks which would deliver
water to the homes in the area. But plans failed, and
through the years the Water of Life has been going out
from this old garage. Now the owner is demanding pos-
session. There is no alternative but that the believers
must move. The believers purpose to purchase lots
and build their own place of worship. But this takes
time. Pray that the believers will have suitable worship
arrangements until some permanent plan can be ar-
ranged.

To the Denmark conference —

As this is being written. Rev. and Mrs. Fred Fogle
and probably Rev. Don Hocking are in Denmark as
guests of the conference of the Christi Menighed (The
Assembly of Christ), our Brethren in Denmark. The
Brethren work in Denmark has had a continuous his-
tory since 1737 when Simon and Soren Bolle migrated
to Denmark from Germany. We trust to have some re-

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THE BRETHBEN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 27

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16. 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake. Ind., under the act of March 3. 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake. Ind. Subscription price, $3.00 a year: 100-percent churches. $2.50: foreign. $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees. president; Herman A. Hoyt. vice president: William Schaffer, secretary: True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Geh-
man, treasurer: Bryson Fetters, member-at-larse to executive Committee: Gene Farrell. S. W. Link. Mark Malles. Robert E. A. Miller,
Thomas Hammers: Arnold R. Krlegbaum, ex ofBcio.

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Missionary Song-Chorus Contest Results!

We wish to express our sincere
thanks to all who cooperated so won-
derfully with us in the song and
chorus contest. The response was
very fine, with a total of 25 entries
in both divisions. Entries came from
almost all sections of the Brother-
hood. As was announced in the
Brethren Missionary Herald, our
judges selected four in the song
classification and four in the chorus
division for awards. This does not
mean that all were not good. Ac-
tually, all of them were good. We
wish that all could have received
awards!

Here is a listing of the top four
songs and choruses as selected by
our judges:

Songs:

"Christ's Command" — Miss Mir-
iam Cover, Modesto, Calif.

"Go Quickly and Tell" — Mrs.
Esther Cale, Uniontown, Pa.

"Pray — Give — Go" — Mrs. Eva
Kool, Buchanan, Mich.

"Missionary Song" — Mrs. Sterling
P. Smith, Wooster, Ohio.

Choruses:

"Pray and Give or Go" — Mrs.
Mary L. Hammers, Seattle, Wash.

"A Missionary Helper" — Mrs.
Esther Cale, Uniontown, Pa.

"Help Me, Lord" — Mrs. Mary L.
Hammers, Seattle, Wash.

"We Gladly Will Go"— Mrs. Eva
Kool, Buchanan, Mich.

Missionaries on the Move

During the past year we have had
one of our largest groups of mis-
sionaries home on furlough. How-
ever, most of these have returned to
their fields of service. So, for most
of the missionaries whom you have
been seeing the past year it has been
"Operation Travel!"

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Spangler
have left France and are now on
the field in Africa. Just a few days
before Rev. and Mrs. Robert Wil-
liams left Tours, France, where they
were studying French, Misses Mary
Ann Habegger and Marian Thurs-
ton arrived there to start their study
of the language! We have received
word of the safe arrival in Africa
of the Williams family. The Harold
Mason family sailed from Hoboken,
'^. J., on June 3 on the SS Johan Van
Oldenbamevelt. They visited the
Charles Tabers in Paris and then
proceeded to Lyon where they
visited with the Fogies and the
Hockings. They consulted with the
ioctors in Lyon who have been

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caring for David Hocking. A cable
telling of the Masons' safe arrival
in Africa was received at the FMS
office June 19.

Rev. and Mrs. Carson Rottler,
and their children, Lee, Ray, and
Rosahe, and Miss Bertha Abel are
now back on the field in Argentina.

The Rottlers

board the SS Brazil

The Dowdys, saihng on the SS
Argentina, should be in Argentina

by the time we go to press. Word was
received from Barbados that they
had had a fine trip up to that point.
Rev. and Mrs. Lester Kennedy and
family, the Martin Garbers, and
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy sailed from
Montreal on June 24. They are
scheduled to fly from Paris on July
6 to arrive in Bangui July 7. In this
country Miss Edith Geske has moved
from Norfolk, Nebr., to Washington,
D. C, where she will work in a hos- ■
pital during the month of July.

Some missionaries are traveling
from the fields to the homeland. The
Bill Burks from Brazil already have
arrived in this country. Dr. and Mrs.
Floyd Taber are scheduled to ar-
rive in New York August 7. They
will make their home at Winona
Lake. Rev. and Mrs. Lynn Schrock
and family should be leaving the
field in Argentina some time in July
for home. Pray for all of our mis-
sionaries: for safety of travel and
for the blessing of the Lord upon
their service.

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Amazon Travelog

By Bill Burk

(Second installment)

• Six hours on upstream brings us
to the fair-sized city of Santarem
at tlie mouth of the Rio Tapajos, a
river mixing beautiful clear blue
water with that mud of the Amazon.
Although I understand that there are
other rivers equally clear, this is the
first that I have seen where diving
goggles would be practical.

Because a barge was tied up to
the only delapidated dock, the LoSjo
was obliged to anchor not far off-
shore. Immediately the ship was
swarmed by genuine rowboats with
oars instead of the far-more-com-
mon Indian-type paddles. To that
time I'd never seen so many row-
boats in Brazil, so there was no hesi-
tation in paying the 14-cent adult
fare ashore in one of them.

Incidentally, Santarem is the gate-
way to Henry's Hobby, the expen-
sive rubber plantation called "Ford-
landia." Although the Ford com-
pany has left, the name has stayed
and I understand that the plantation
still produces.

The sun was the hottest that I'd
seen in Amazonia, and we imme-
diately stopped in a little general
store to buy three straw hats for
thirty cents. Dad, Art and Linda won
the hats since Mom already had her
umbrella.

We made two more purchases

ashore, the first being a box of one
hundred packages of Brazihan-raade
Adams chewing gum. That gave two
hundred pieces and enough to last
all the children on the ship for
nearly the entire trip. The other
purchase was a four-pound Honey-
dew melon. We shared it aboard the
ship with a couple of single fellows
and found it quite excellent.

At 4:00 p. m. we stopped for a
brief visit at the local "lighthouse"
(as our four-year-old Linda refers
to any local power plant. Her broth-
er. Art, is currently counting two
years of age). We found them just
loading firewood into a 25-year-old
German-built boiler which at 6:00
p. m. would drive the 250 KW
generator. However, since the town
of Santarem with its population of
around 40,000 offers the "light-
house" a load of 500 KW, 6:00
really didn't bring much light — just
a dim glow from the bulbs in the
houses, on the streets and on the
pier. The engineer at the power
house was awaiting the arrival of a
new 6,000-volt generator along with
step-down transformers to scatter
around the town, thus modernizing
and making more efficient the light-
ing of the night. Interesting is the
fact that this "rebirth" of the il-
lumination of these little Amazon
towns found its initiation in our own

Rowboat at Santarem brings aboard young souvenir salesman

420

vila of Icoraci. The Altigs and the
Zielaskos returning from the States
were amazed at the "brilliance" of
the heretofore deplorable lighting
system. A year before their return,
the 240-volt line to our house
brought never more than 60 volts,
often only 5 or 10! Now the 110-
volt line varies only about 20 volts,
a wonderful rebirth of a town from
physical darkness to light.

The Lobo brought the manufac-
tured product of cement for San-
tarem, definitely of the interior of
Brazil and therefore needing manu-
factured goods. The 100-pound
sacks were unloaded in the usual
manner: two men lifted a sack
squarely onto the head of a third
who carried it thus to the warehouse!
Eventually one of the sacks broke,
leaving a pile of cement on the
dock. Later, loading the raw product
of rice (to be discharged in Man-
aus), one of these sacks also broke
over the scattered cement. Imme-
diately the people on the dock began
scooping up the spilled rice to take
home. In so doing, naturally they
scooped up quantities of cement.
One passenger said that the cement
would be the seasoning in the rice
soup that night eaten in these poor
homes. Another comment was that
the soup would come out of the pan
a little thicker than usual.

I sent a radiogram from Santarem
to assure the folks in Icoraci that
we were having a most enjoyable
trip. After paying my dime, I was
told by the operator at the post of-
fice that there might be some de-
lay in sending the message. He had
been calling Belem (the nearest city
to Icoraci) for two days without re-
sponse but felt that the condition
couldn't continue more than three
days!

Were it not that the skipper of
the Lobo didn't hesitate to leave
passengers ashore, we would have '
tried to make the trip outside the city !
to see the large Baptist school. As it

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Recently we announced that
the new Missionary Helpers Club
membership cards had arrived. Also,
kids desiring to join the club were
invited to write in for a card. The
response was good! Thanks, kids, for
writing. The offer is still open. Why
not write today for your membership
card? Just say that you want to be-
come a member of the Missionary
Helpers Club. Write to: Missionary
Helpers Club, Box 588, Winona
Lake, Ind.

JUNIOR MISSIONARY OF THE

It's fun to meet our Junior Mis-
sionaries! This month we want you
to meet Steve Altig. He used to live
in California but now lives in Brazil.
His parents are missionaries there.
Steve is 1 3 years old and his birthday
is February 20. He lives at Icoraci,
at the mouth of the great Amazon
River. He sees many ships and
smaller boats. I imagine he goes for
a ride with his dad sometimes. They
have many opportunities to reach
people for Christ as they travel on
the river by boat. Steve would be
glad if you would pray for him and
his parents. Also, don't forget the
other missionaries who are in Brazil!

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I had better not tell you what you
will see! Just trace from dot to dot
beginning at number 1, and you'll
get some idea about African animals!
Some of our missionaries hunt the
animals in Africa. The natives are
good hunters and they teach our
missionaries many things about
hunting.

Have you prayed for our missionaries today?

MARY MISSIONARY-

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WITH JUST
ONE
CHURCH
THERE
^/ ABE n't
ENOU&H
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PEOPLE

yes,' THEN WE
COULD HAVE
MORE

CHURCHES/

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OF CAMP
COULD

ONE
CHURCH
HAVE
IN THE
U.S. ?

-AND THEN WE ,
WOULD HAVE
MORE youN G- J
PEOPLE FOR
CAMP //

July 6, 1957

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Eduardo Was a Year Old in October

By Mrs. Ricardo Wagner
Huinca Renanco, Argentina

PART II

After Eduardo's decision for
Christ, a series of severe testings
followed. It was not easy for him to
make a clean break with all of the
evil habits which had already taken
quite a hold on his young life, but
God graciously helped him to un-
derstand that he could not walk
with the world and with the Lord
at the same time, and gave him the
victory. This involved giving up
smoking, drinking, shows, dances,
the orchestra and even friends. He
was now employed in an electrical
supply and repair store, and his
change in conduct and regular at-
tendance at church services attract-
ed the attention of his employer and
fellow employees. He became a tar-
get of not only ridicule and sarcasm
but also of dark insinuations as to
the possible motive of his coming
here.

At the same time home relations
became strained. Feeling that his
family did not understand him, he
spent very little time at home. Al-
though the Lord was in His myste-
rious way working a change in the
heart and mind of his mother, mak-
ing it much more tolerable for her
to see this second son break away
from the religion of his fathers,
nevertheless this strange change in
him made her puzzled and anxious.
It did not seem to her normal for
a boy his age to separate himself so
entirely from worldly amusements,
and she especially feared that he
had lost his affection for the family.
The older brother was of little help
to either one. He had never entirely
gotten away from his old life, so
was in no condition to make any
explanations to his mother nor to
give any moral support to his broth-
er. Yet the Lord did use him in-
directly to bring to Eduardo's at-
tention the fact that he could be
a little more considerate of his loved
ones. After many long weeks the ten-
sion relaxed and the misunder-

standings gradually disappeared.

By far the biggest temptations
came in connection with severing
relations with the dance orchestra.
Christmas found Eduardo engaged
in very contradictory activities. His
growing interest in spiritual things
and his willingness to be helpful
made it possible for us to use him
on the Christmas program, as well
as in the preparations for it, both
here and in Laboulaye. But he dis-
covered that the orchestra had been
contracted for several dances during
the holiday season and that, through
some misunderstanding, they were
depending largely on him. He felt
that the date was too far advanced
to let them down then, but made
it perfectly plain to the director that
he could never count on him again.
After fulfilling these engagements,
the orchestra dissolved.

However, the carnival season was
coming on and one of the orchestra
members was planning to make a lot
of money in a short time in the car-
nival dances. To do this he needed
Eduardo and his instrument. He be-
gan by presenting plans and then
continued urging and coaxing as
Eduardo steadily refused to take any
part in his program. Eduardo had
not been able to go to young peo-
ple's camp, but he was counting
strongly on going to Conference,
which is always held on the three
days of carnival. This helped to put
firmness into his refusal. But his
friend was not going to give up with-
out trying every possible means of
gaining his cooperation. He finally
told Eduardo that if he would play
only on the Sunday night he woula
pay him 400 pesos (almost half oi
Ricardo's monthly salary) and fl^
him to Rio Cuarto early Monday
morning so he would miss only one
day of the Conference. Eduardo
refused, realizing that "just once
more" would be repeated over and
over if he didn't make his decision
final. The temptation had been great,
but what left his heart sore was the

caustic "Well, I wish you joy" flung
at him when his friend left. Is it any
wonder that we felt real emotion as
we listened to him play his trumpet
and sing, "Shall I Crucify My Sav-
iour?"— an instrumental and vocal
duet on the young people's program
at Conference?

During the months which fol-
lowed, the young Christian con-
tinued to feed upon God's Word and
to learn the value of daily com-
munication with his Lord. During
the winter a class was formed for
the men for the purpose of receiv-
ing instruction along the lines of
personal work and preparing mes-
sages. Eduardo attended, and sev-
eral weeks later had the unbounded
joy of leading his own mother to the
Lord. Coming directly out of Cath-
olic practices, it wasn't strange that
his mother should suffer doubts,
fears and conflicts in her early Chris-
tian experience. It was very diffi-
cult for her to assimilate Bible
truth, either in meetings or in pri-
vate Bible reading, so Eduardo ar-
ranged to have Bible study with her
at home whenever possible, using
the lessons and methods followed in
his Sunday-school class. This
proved to be a great blessing to
both. To this was added the new
privilege-responsibility of reading
Bible stories to his four-year-old
sister.

In the early part of September
God placed in Eduardo's hands a
copy of a book entitled "The Under-
standing Heart." As he read, God
spoke, and by the time he had fin-
ished the book a new decision had
been made. One evening he came to
me with a glowing face and said:
"Aunt, do you know that I'm going
to the Bible institute next year?"
When I asked if he was planning to
prepare for the ministry, he replied
that he did not know but that he
would be taking the five-year course.
The next time I saw him he told me
that now he knew — the Lord was
calling him to work in His vineyard!

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It was not an easy decision to
make. Several things had had to be
taken into consideration. How
would Nora react? Their friendship
had developed into courtship. Would
this decision make a difference to
her? Would she be willing to wait
through these years of training for
him? Well, he could leave the mat-
ter in the Lord's hands. Also, what
would his mother say? She had al-
ways been accustomed to consider
the material advantages in determin-
ing any course of action. There were
no material advantages in going to
the institute — this would be a walk
of faith. Eduardo waited for the
Lord to give him the opportunity to
mention the matter to her. When
this opportunity came several weeks
later, we all rejoiced to see how the
Lord had answered our prayers in
preparing her heart so that she was
not only willing but also glad that
the Lord was calling one of her
boys to serve Him.

Eduardo's work, too, would have
to be given up. In June he had been
offered the position of assistant shop
instructor in the Manual Training
School; he would receive 1,000
pesos a month to start with. For
some reason his appointment was
not approved by the school board
in Cordoba during this school year,
but there was every possibility that
^t would be by next fall. It v/as
'certainly a most attractive offer for
^ fellow so young, especially so since
he would be able to continue in
bis present employment on a part-
time basis. For Eduardo it was
just another bridge that would have
o be burned behind him, and he
las told both the director of the
:chool and his employer of his plans
o study next year so they can be
ooking for someone to take his
5lace when he leaves.

We know that Eduardo would like
o have all readers rejoice with him
n the victories and joy that the Lord
las given him in his first year of
-hristian experience, and, most
specially, to ask each one to pray
amestly that this same Lord may
ead him on to greater victories and
icher experiences in all of the years
hat may lie ahead to the end that
le might become a humble, faithful
ervant for the glory of God.

uly 6, 1957

WHAT Would You Do If...?

By Mrs. George E. Cone

What would you do if upon ar-
riving at a certain village a native ap'
proached you, indicated an aching
tooth, and asked you to pull it? Well,
you would look through your truck
toolbox, find a pliers, wave it
menacingly before the victim's face
to see whether he was sincere in his
desire, and then with his consent,
yank the member out.

What would you do if the ma-
laria bug had gained control in your
system and you found yourself shak-
ing in bed hke a human vibrator?
This answer is simple. Pile on more
covers (and, by the way, take all of
doc's remedies).

What would you do if you heard
that leopards had killed two women
in a nearby village? First, you would
never go out at night without a very
bright light. Second, you would keep
a good eye on the children.

What would you do if your night's
rest was disturbed by the piercing
shrieks and hopeless wails of those
mourning the dead? You would
spend those restless hours praying
that God would use you to show
them how to "comfort one another
with these words" (I Thess. 4: IS-
IS).

What would you do if you were
young, strong. Spirit-filled, and read
God's words, "Go ye into all the
world, and preach the gospel to
every creature"? That, young person,
is the question you must answer.

AMAZON TRAVELOG

(Continued from page 420)

Unloading sacks of

turned out, we had ample time, but
his original estimate of the time in
this port was very restricting.

The commandante had promised
to blow the whistle half an hour
before sailing, but no such warning
was given. The crew didn't even
have sufficient warning to take
in the gangway — which fell into the
water as the ship pulled away from
the pier and had to be hauled up
with a rope. One unintentional stow-
away was caught aboard the depart-
ing ship and began calling ashore
for a canoe at the beach to come to
take him off. This having been
done, a passenger caught ashore did
his share of yelling on the beach

cement at Santarem

until the same canoe got him, pad-
dled at full speed, aboard the ship
and back to his good friends and lost
baggage — possibly also his family;
I never heard. Later in the evening,
leaving my sleeping youngsters and
wife (she's from the country, always
has gone to bed with the chickens),
and watching the stars from the fan-
tail, I heard passengers talking of
the skipper of our ship. Seems that
his chief delight is in leaving pas-
sengers ashore. He had left three
in Monte Alegre, too, who man-
aged to catch the departing Lobo
with the aid of an outboard motor on
a dugout canoe!

(To be continued)

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Greetings fron

Bangui, F.E.A.
May 1957
Dear Office Staff:

Greetings to all in the name of our wonderful Lord!

It is not possible to express our great joy and happiness — we are in
Africa! It just seems impossible! And without the Lord it would have been,
but isn't He wonderful! We do earnestly pray that we will never lose the
vision that first called us into a consecrated full-time service for Him — any
place — and we thank Him over and over again for our experiences in
France and now a safe arrival in Africa! We love it already — even though
the thermometer stood at 88 last night when we went to bed and is al-
ready at 82 this morning at 8:00 a. m. It's a hot hot after the cold mildness
of France.

We did not take the plane from Paris as planned, but took the same
plane from Marseille. Bro. Williams needed to break in the new "station
wagon" for Africa, and the folks at Lyon wanted to see us before leav-
ing, so we were driven to Lyon. (We wanted to go, too! Hockings' baby
was still in the hospital.) We enjoyed the weekend in Lyon, took the train
Tuesday morning for Marseille, and the plane at 8:30 p. m., arriving in
Bangui at 8:30 a. m. May 1. Such a reception committee! Bro. Jobson said
it was the largest ever to greet incoming missionaries. (But that was be- :
cause there was to be a pastors' meeting at M'Baiki this week and every- ,
one met here first!) All the African pastors were at the airport, as well as i
most of our own! Don went on to M'Baiki with the other men (in the after- i
noon), so I spent the first night in Africa alone in Klievers' house, as they ■
are hosts to the meeting. Mrs. Jobson is right next door, and I'm beginning i
to learn a little from her about native fruits, etc.

Do pray for us — especially in regard to learning another new language —
that our minds and ears may be quickened and our tongues loosened so we (
will soon be able to speak to the natives and be effective in our tasks and i
in our testimonies! Also that our health will continue to "hold up" — I
certainly feel very lazy — don't even want to move fast as is my normal na- ;
ture! Pray too for the Hockings' baby — they have been so brave, but he is
still full of infection. He had his adenoids removed Monday before we\
left, and seemed to be progressing normally Tuesday morning. Pray for j
our trip up to Bozoum the 7th or 8th and that our goods might soon arrive j
from Doula so we can get partially settled until the dorm is built. '

Always with joy in His service, i

Margaret and Don Spangler i

FOR YOUR INFORMATION—

(Continued From Page 418)

port from this conference in an early
issue of the Missionary Herald.

Trip to Hawaii —

At the request of our board of
trustees, the general secretary plans
to visit Hawaii, leaving Chicago in

the early morning of July 6. He
will return about ten days later.
According to present plans, Dr.
Glenn O'Neal will make the trip
with the general secretary by the
courtesy of many interested mem-
bers of his church in Inglewood,
Calif. Our board has arranged that
Brother and Sister Tresise shall go
on full missionary support for one
year, hoping that with this visit to

the field, and with the full activity:
for a year, some real progress cam
be made. Be much in prayer for thisi
trip and this work.

Offerings are encouraging —

We have just completed a te
week trip to the Northwest, Califor
nia, and the Midwest, and are most|
encouraged by the many enthusias-
tic pastors presenting foreign mis- 1

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mtsstonarieS"

Tours, France
May 1957
Dear Ones, fellow-laborers with us in the glorious Gospel
of our Lord and Master:
Greetings in His name.

Many times during our furlough travels and visits we were faced with
such questions as: "Are you going back?" "Do you have to go back?"
"Isn't your work about finished?"

We had a nice furlough — a wonderful furlough in many ways. You were
all so good to us. We enjoyed the hospitaUty of your homes. You said:
"Come in and make yourself at home," and you meant it. And we did that,
and were blessed by your fellowship. But we must go back; necessity is
laid upon us.

No' doubt we go back to changed conditions. As we tried to tell you
(and we didn't tell you half the story), Africa is changing. The African
is coming into his own. One African colony has just become independent.
The sentiment, "Africa for the Africans," is growing. In our own territory
the people are moving toward self-government, and fast. How long will
we be received and welcomed by the African peoples? How long will we
be able to stay and work among them at all? Our Father only has the an-
swer. We must put forth our best effort while the door is open.

As we go out we are depending on you. We are depending on you to
support us continually and completely by your prayers and by your gifts. We
are expecting our church, the Brethren Church, to make her good missionary
record better until we attain the best that God has planned for us. We are
praying and expecting our church to arrive at the place of blessing which
is the fruit of sacrificial devotion to our Master.

Brethren, we believe the Bible, the whole Bible; and one important part
of it is the commandment of our Lord and Master: "Go ye into all the world
. . ." May it not be said of us that we call Him Lord! Lord! and do not the
things that He commanded.

Your fellow-servants,

Robert and Lenora Williams

sions. As I think back over the
trip I only remember two or three
pastors who doubted that they
would equal or surpass last year's
offering. The general feeling is that
we will realize our full 17 percent
increase in annual offering. Offer-
ings are rather slow in coming in
following the Easter season, and
we are of the opinion that the reason
is that pastors and people are pull-

ing hard to be sure they have that 17
percent increase for this work which
is so dear to the heart of our blessed
Lord.

Momentarily we expect It —

All materials have been in the
hands of the printer for some weeks
now, we have had the proof sheets,
and daily we anticipate the delivery
to our office of the new printing of

our Foreign Missionary Prayer
Booklets. Everything is ready for
delivery of these to the pastors as
soon as we receive them. Our vic-
tories are prayer victories. We be-
heve these booklets will be a great
encouragement and a great assis-
tance in effective prayer. We want
every interested person to have one
of these prayer booklets as his very
own — then, that he will use it.

July 6, 7957

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WOOSTER, OHIO. The local
radio station and daily newspaper
refuse to carry any liquor or to-
bacco advertisements.

HAGERSTOWN, MD. Rev.
Warren Tamkin assumed his duties
as the pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church on June 16.

PERU, IND. Dr. Alva J. McClain
was the guest speaker at the June
1 6th mortage burning service at the
Peru Brethren Church, Everett
Caes, pastor.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Curtis
Mitchell, assistant pastor of the
North Long Beach Brethren Church,
received his bachelor of arts degree
from Biola Bible College; and James
S. McClellan, pastor of the Fremont
Avenue Brethren Church, South
Pasadena, Calif., and Arthur L.
Pekarek, pastor of the First Breth-
ren Church, of South Gate, Calif.,
received their bachelor of divinity
degrees from Talbot Theological
Seminary on June 1 1.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. There
were 49 graduates from the Brethren
High School, and 46 graduates from
the eighth grade on June 8. These
schools are sponsored by the First
Brethren Church of Long Beach, Dr.
C. W. Mayes, pastor.

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. Howard
Vulgamore, principal of the elemen-
tary Christian day school, and as-
sociate pastor of the First Brethren
Church, has resigned to become the
principal of the Brethren Indian
Mission School at Counselors Post,
N. Mex. He assumed his new duties
on June 27.

WEST COVINA, CALIF. Dr.
Vernon McGee was guest speaker
June 30 at the first anniversary of
the West Covina Brethren Church,
Dr. C. H. Ashman, pastor.

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. Con-
struction of the new edifice of the
Grace Brethren Church has reached
the stage where the concrete floors
have all been poured, and the
building program is progressing
nicely.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA. Rob-
ert Clouse, a graduate of Grace
Theological Seminary ("57), has as-
sumed his duties as pastor of the
Grace Brethren Church.

Ncmafage

BUENA VISTA, VA. Carl Key,
graduate of Grace Seminary, was
guest speaker June 16 at the First
Brethren Church. Edward Lewis,
pastor, was engaged in evangelistic
services at the Grace Brethren
Church of Riner, Va., June 10-23.

SPECIAL. The World Gospel
Crusades Bulletin tells us that an-
thropologists from the Royal Mu-
seum of Ontario recently discovered
a tribe of about 1,000 Ojibway In-
dians in the District of Patricia,
living as primitively as did their
ancestors some 300 years ago when
the white man first penetrated that
territory. Not one Ojibway speaks
English, but all of them believe in
God and even own Bibles! And
they can read them, thanks to a lin-
guistic system taught them by a
Methodist missionary more than 100
years ago. A reminder that even
after the missionary has gone, the
printed message remains and con-
tinues its vital ministry of reaching
men and women for Christ — (Fifth
and Cherry Light). Remember the
value of the printed page in your
gift during July to the work of the
Missionary Herald.

HAGERSTOWN, MD. The Cal-
vary Brethren Church had their
ground-breaking service on June 16
for the proposed Sunday-school an-
nex. Rev. William Gray, pastor of
the First Brethren Church, of
Waynesboro, Pa., was the special
speaker. Jack Peters is pastor.

SPECIAL. The new address of
Rev. Richard DeArmey is Box 305,
Winona Lake, Ind. Phone: 406-R.
Please change Annual.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Nor-
man Rohrer, graduate of Grace
Seminary ('56), assumed his duties
July 1 on the editorial staff of the
King's Business magazine.

ALTOONA, PA. The East Fel-
lowship of Brethren Churches will
convene at the Grace Brethren
Church July 22-25.

PINE GLEN, PA. Three acres of
land has been purchased here by
the district mission board of the
East Fellowship of Brethren
Churches in cooperation with the
Brethren Home Missions Council.
The plot of ground is the proposed
building site for a new Brethren
church in this area. Services will be
held temporarily in a community
building across the street from the
new property.

HOPEWELL, PA. Sheldon Sny-
der, pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church at Yellow Creek, supervised
the community VBS. There was an
average attendance from the five
churches of the area of 152 with 25
teachers.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Mr. and
Mrs. Brook Gilbert celebrated their
55th wedding anniversary on June
16.

Marie Roe and Edward Boas,
May 23, at the Grace Brethren
Church, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Rose Rega and Oren Cole, June
1, at the Grace Brethren Church,
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Judith Arlene Egan and Paul
Alan Ross, June 8, at the First Bap-
tist Church, Downey, Calif.

LaHoma Gosett and David James
Sundstrom, June 15, at the First
Brethren Church, Long Beach, Calif.

Gladys Irene. Rathje and Bob J.
Lasiter, June 16, at the First Breth-
ren Church, Long Beach, Calif.

Phyllis Nettrouer and Leo Boyer,
June 23, at the Winona Lake Breth-
ren Church, Winona Lake, Ind.

Janice Weber and Alva Conner, ,
June 8, at the Grace Brethren i
Church, Hagerstown, Md.

Barbara Simmons and Iain Mac-
Farlane, June 14, in Washington,
D. C.

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The Risen Christ and

the Christian Life

By George Cripe

The rapid spread of Christianity in
he first century following the death
if Christ was due primarily to two
actors. First, the message of the
Jospel met and answered the deep-
st questions in the human heart:
How shall I be cleansed from my
ins?" and "How can I be sure of
nmortality — of life everlasting be-
ond the grave?" Secondly, the
resence of the Holy Spirit re-
enerated the hearts of the hearers
nd empowered the messengers of
lat Gospel with physical endurance
ad boldness of utterance that would
ave been impossible apart from
tim.

Both of these elements in the
benomenally successful spread of
(e Gospel were due to a more basic
luse. They were both the direct
suit of the bodily resurrection of
hrist from the dead. On the one
ind the resurrection validated the
essage of the Gospel, affording un-
istakable evidence of God's satis-
ction with the sin-offering of His
m and proving Christ's author-
' over man's mortal enemy — death,
n the other hand the resurrection
id ascension made possible the
ming of the Holy Spirit with His
apowering, convicting, and regene-
ting activity.

It is, of course, impossible to
igle out one Christian doctrine and

ly 6, 7957

say: "This one is more important
than anything else." And yet be-
cause of the tremendous central im-
portance of the bodily resurrection
of Christ from the dead, the resur-
rection has sometimes been called
the capstone of the Christian faith.
Just as all of the stones in an arch
depend on the capstone for their
strength and cohesion, so all of the
Christian doctrines depend on the
resurrection of Christ for their ul-
timate validity.

We need only to read the Book
of Acts to realize what a tremen-
dously important place the resurrec-
tion played in the preaching of the
Apostles. "You crucified Him, but
God hath raised Him from the dead"
is the refrain that echoes again and
again in the proclamations of these
first Christians. One of the quahfi-
cations of the man -Who was to take
Judas' place with the twelve was
that he must have seen the risen
Lord. And he was to be a "witness of
His resurrection!"

The Apostle Paul, in giving a
summary of the Christian Gospel,
says in I Corinthians 15:3-4: "I de-
livered unto you first of all that
which I also received, how that
Christ died for our sins according to
the scriptures; and that he was bur-
ied, and that he rose again the third

day according to the scriptures."
Paul includes the resurrection in the
list of things "by which ye are
saved," and says in Romans 10:9-
10 "That if thou shalt confess with
thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath
raised Him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved."

So important, in fact, is the resur-
rection that St. Paul says in I Co-
rinthians that "if Christ be no risen
then is our preaching vain, and your
faith is also vain ... ye are yet in
your sins ... ye are of all men most
miserable."

Yes, the resurrection was more
to these early Christians than just an
abstract doctrine. It was a historical
fact which reached down and revo-
lutionized every vital area of their
lives. A knowledge of the risen
Christ produced the vitality of their
faith and the assurance of their sal-
vation. The risen Christ dominated
their devotional life, and compelled
their worship. The risen Christ em-
powered their lives, and sent them
out to the ends of the world in Chris-
tian service.

Nowhere in Scripture is this com-
pelling impact of the risen Christ
upon the most vital areas of human
personality more clearly seen than
in the twenty-eighth chapter of
Matthew's Gospel. For in Matthew

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28 we see the fact of the resurrection
operating first in the intellectual
area or the realm of faith; then in
the emotional area or the realm of
devotion, and finally in the volitional
area or the realm of obedience. The
whole man: emotion, intellect, and
will, is arrested and transformed by
contact with the risen Saviour. The
evidence of the risen Christ com-
pels belief. The presence of the
risen Christ compels devotion. The
command of the risen Christ com-
pels obedient service. Let us now
focus our attention on Matthew 28.

This chapter is like a symphony
in three movements or a drama in
three scenes. The first scene takes
place at the garden tomb as two
women approach to do homage to
their dead Lord. The second takes
place on the road to Jerusalem as the
risen Christ appears to them. The
third scene takes place on a moun-
tain in Galilee as the risen Christ
gives His disciples the great com-
mission to take the Gospel to all
the world.

This chapter begins in tragedy
and ends in triumph. It begins with
death and ends in triumphant life.
It begins in darkness and ends in
a glorious blaze of light.

Our first scene opens in total
darkness. It is just before dawn in
a garden outside Jerusalem as two
women approach the tomb where
Jesus Christ had been buried only
three days before. The blackness
of the Judean sky is mirrored in
their hearts, for their friend and Lord
is dead. They had known Him,
trusted Him, loved Him, and fol-
lowed Him. They had believed that
He was going to deliver their na-
tion from Roman bondage. Al-
though they only dimly understood
some of the things He said, they had
nevertheless committed their souls
to Him and believed that He would
give them everlasting Ufe.

Now all of their hopes, faith,
loyalty and aspirations lie crushed
and broken by the steel fist of death.
Even in their deep sorrow, how-
ever, their love for their Lord is un-
dimmed, and they are coming to pay
Him homage.

Suddenly, as the first faint flush of
dawn lightens the eastern sky, an

event occurs which sets off a train
of evidence which transforms their
despair into joy and convinces them
that their Lord is not dead, but alive
again. Let us examine the evidence
for the resurrection which com-
pelled their belief. We will consider
four evidences.

First, the earthquake convinced
them that the power of God was in-
volved in this event. I do not know
whether they actually saw the stone
being rolled away from the door of
the tomb. I am inclined to think
that it was too dark yet for that. But
they felt the earthquake. And they
knew what that meant. Now to
Californians an earthquake would be
nothing unusual. But to an Israelite
in those days an earthquake was
proof that God was taking a per-
sonal hand in the affairs of men.
You will recall that at the crucifixion
there was a tremendous earthquake
which was so severe it broke open
many graves. In the Book of Revela-
tion, we are told that in the last days
when God pours out judgments on
the earth, great earthquakes will be
one of His methods of judgment.
Yes; this earthquake was a clue that
some supernatural event was taking
place.

But the earthquake alone prob-
ably would have signified little
without the presence of the holy
messenger — the angel. This angel
convinced them that a message from
God was involved in this event, and
that the earthquake had a meaning-
ful significance. Angels frequently
announce important events in Scrip-
ture. You will remember that the
birth of Christ was announced by
these heavenly messengers. Surely
these women anticipated a message
from God when they saw this angel.

Thirdly, the empty tomb con-
vinced them that a supernatural
resurrection had taken place. There
have been various ridiculous theor-
ies concerning what took place at
that tomb. Some have suggested that
our Lord did not really die at all;
he merely swooned, and when His
body was placed in the cool of the
rock tomb, that he revived and came
forth. Others have said that prob-
ably His disciples came and stole
His body away at night. This is the
lie we read about in this chapter. But

there was no doubt in the minds of
those who looked in that morning
that Jesus Christ had been resurrect-
ed from the dead. The Gospel of
John says that the linen clothes were
lying in place just as they had been
wrapped around His body, and that
the napkin that had been wrapped
around His head was lying in a
place separate just as it had been
placed in His burial. In other words,
the outline of the graveclothes lay
in the tomb exactly as they had been
wrapped around His body, but the
body was gone. It had literally
passed through those pieces of cloth
without disturbing their arrange-
ment.

If this were not enough, the angel
reminds them of the words of Christ
predicting both His death and resur-
rection. "He is not here. He is risen
as he said." I can imagine that
their minds went back to the six dif-
ferent times in the week preceding i
His death when He had predicted
both His death and His resurrection, i
These words of Christ — so dimly I
apprehended then — now came back
with startling clarity explaining the;
empty tomb and sealing the convic-i
tion in their minds that Christ wasi
risen from the dead.

Yes; these four evidences pro-i
vided rationally convincing proofc
that our Lord Jesus Christ had beeni
bodily resurrected from the dead.i
The evidences produced intellectual
conviction.

Of what value to us today is
the resurrection of Jesus Christ?

First, it assures us of a SaviouB
who triumphs over all human prolH
lems. Surely He who conquered
death itself is able to triumph oveiy
our personal, family, and social
problems, and cause us to be more
than conquerors through Christ.

But in a more particular sense thfl
bodily resurrection of Christ takel
the sting out of our greatest enemy—'
death. Every man fears death. EvOV
Voltaire, the great French atheis!
who went up and down Europe de
nouncing God, when it came tim
for him to die, said: "I am taking 'J
fearful leap into the dark."

I think there are two main rraa
sons why man fears death. First,w|

(Continued on page 431)

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The Brethren Missionary Herali

Anointing With Oil for Healing

By Miles Taber

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

Ashland, Ohio

In the fifth chapter of the Epistle
of James we are told what Chris-
tians should do in case of illness.
These instructions are so generally
disregarded today that God's people
are missing many blessings that the
Lord would delight to give them.
As James said in the fourth chap-
ter of his epistle: "Ye have not, be-
cause ye ask not."

On the other hand, many, having
missed the blessing of the Lord have
turned to so-called faith healers and
have been led to accept false doc-
trines in the hope of being healed.
We take it as axiomatic that what-
ever divine healing there is must be
in harmony with the Word of God.
So we turn to the Bible to learn
the truth on this subject, and we find
it summarized in this fifth chapter
jf the Book of James.

A few introductory remarks
should be made. First, these instruc-
:ions are for Christians, in this pres-
et dispensation. The epistle was
ivritten by a Christian, and he ad-
iresses his readers as "brethren."
Dne of the specific instructions for
leahng is to call for the elders of
he church. That certainly places this
eaching within the church age.

The second remark is that the end
n view is the recovery of the one
vho is sick. The anointing with oil
n the name of the Lord is not a
'last rite" for dying men, it is a
neans of bringing about the recov-
ery of sick men. It looks to healing,
lot death.

A third introductory remark is
hat these instructions are for Chris-
ians, not unbehevers. If the reader
las not yet received the Son of
jod to be his own personal Saviour
rem sin, he needs to recognize that
le deserves nothing from God but
vrath. Not being a child of God by
aith in Christ, he cannot claim the
)romises of God to His children.
"or any unsaved person, the first
tep toward healing of the body must
)e healing for the soul. That heal-

uly 6, 7957

ing we can promise instantly the
moment you beheve on Christ, for
God has said: "Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved." There is no question as to
the will of God here, for He is "not
willing that any should perish." Sin-
ner friend, just take God at His
word, and you can be saved this
moment. That is far more impor-
tant than healing for the body.

Assuming that the reader has
taken this all-important step of
trusting Christ for salvation, we ap-
proach God's instruction book for
physical healing. And we learn that
the first step is to learn a lesson in
patience. In James 5:10-11 we are
instructed: "Take, my brethren, the
prophets, who have spoken in the
name of the Lord, for an example of
suffering affliction, and of patience.
Behold, we count them happy which
endure. Ye have heard of the pa-
tience of Job, and have seen the end
of the Lord; that the Lord is very
pitiful, and of tender mercy."

If the prophets suffered affliction,
if Paul had a "thorn in the flesh,"
then it may be that our affliction is
God's will for us at present. Like
Job, we may need to learn to wait
patiently until God's time comes to
send deliverance. If so, then we
will not get healing by fretfuhiess,
anxiety, and impatience. The first
lesson we must learn is to bear pa-
tiently the afflictions that a loving
Father chooses for us. Remember,
it is the prayer of faith that will save
the sick, and faith is trust. We can-
not begin by distrusting our Heaven-
ly Father. We must begin by be-
lieving in God's love and care — that
whatever answer He sends will be
dictated by His infinite love and
mercy. If we "count them happy
which endure," we must learn to
find our greatest happiness in being
in the center of God's will, even if
that involves patient endurance.
True happiness comes when we have

learned to be content where God
wants us to be.

The second step toward healing is
what another has called "practicing
the presence of God." James states
it in verse 13: "Is any among you
afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry?
let him sing psalms." That is a
brief description of a life that shares
all of its joys and sorrows with the
Lord. If there are afflictions, prob-
lems, difficulties, they are taken to
the Lord in prayer. If the heart
is filled with joy, it is most naturally
expressed in singing praise to God.
Don't expect God to hear your
prayer when you are down, if you
don't live for His praise when you
are up.

This is not the desperate call for
a church rite on the part of one who
has found his pleasures in the world.
It is but the natural expression of a
heart that takes everything to the
Lord, joy as well as sorrow. We
once heard of a businessman who
said to some church solicitors: "The
only time I see you folks is when
you need money." The Lord must
find it necessary to say to many of
His children: "The only time I hear
your voice is when you are in trou-
ble." In I Corinthians 6:13, Paul
says: "Now the body is . . . for the
Lord; and the Lord for the body."
That is the right order — first your
body must be wholly for the Lord
before you can expect the Lord to
heal your body. Give Him your
body when it is well and strong,
share with Him your pleasures, and
you may expect Him to hear your
prayers when you need Him most.

Having prayed for himself, the
sick Christian is not to stop there.
The next step is in verse 14: "Is any
sick among you? let him call for the
elders of the church." This is in
itself an act of faith. There is no
need to caU for the elders unless it
would do some good. So the very
calling for the elders is evidence of
faith on the part of the sick one.

429

For this reason, he himself must do
the calUng. This is not something
that the family does for him after
he is unconscious; it is his own act
of faith in the value of united prayer.
It is faith in the Lord's special prom-
ise: ""If two of you shall agree on
earth as touching any thing that
they shall ask, it shall be done for
them of my Father which is in
heaven" (Matt. 18:19). It is obedi-
ence to the command in the sixteenth
verse of our chapter in James: "Pray
one for another, that ye may be
healed."

However, before the elders pray
for the sick one, there are two
things that they should do in prep-
aration for the prayer. First, they
should anoint him with oil, for the
fourteenth verse reads, literally: "Let
them pray over him, having anointed
him with oil." The prayer is the main
thing, but the anointing with oil is
a part of the divinely given proce-
dure. Why God commanded this,
we may not be able to say. It may
be as an aid to faith. It may be a
symbol of the anointing of the Holy
Spirit. But regardless of why God
commanded it, the simple fact is that
He did command it. And since faith
is the readiness and willingness to
act in obedience to God's revealed
will, the one who would pray the
prayer of faith cannot reject God's
clear command.

To say that this anointing is use-
less, unnecessary, and to proceed to
prayer without it, is to brand the
prayer as an act of unbelief. Faith
will obey, even without understand-
ing why. So it is immaterial whether
we understand the full reason for
the anointing or not. The sick are
not healed by our understanding,
but by our faith. Effective faith is-
sues in obedience, and obedience, by
putting us in the place of blessing,
increases our faith that the answer
will come. That is why the ministers
of the National Fellowship of Breth-
ren Churches anoint the sick with
oil in the name of the Lord before
praying for them.

A second thing that the elders
must do before praying for the sick
is stated in verse 16: "Confess your
faults one to another, and pray one
for another." Before entering into
a season of prayer for healing there

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Miles Taber

must be a time of confession of sin.
The elders in charge of the service
must see that this is done. For since
all sickness is at least indirecdy the
result of sin, and since many dis-
eases are the direct result of the in-
dividual's own sin, it is foolish to
pray for healing until the sin has
been dealt with. For if the sick-
ness is the chastening of the Lord
on a Christian who has been sin-
ing, the chastening will not be re-
moved until the sin is confessed.

"If we confess our sins, he is faith-
ful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unright-
eousness" (I John 1:9). It is on the
basis of this confession that the
promise is given in verse 15: "If he
have committed sins, they shall be
forgiven him." No man's sins will
be forgiven simply because the elders
have prayed for his healing. But if
the prayer has been preceded by gen-
uine confession of every known sin,
then forgiveness is certain, and the
healing also is sure if the sickness
was in the nature of chastening for
those sins. Both the anointing with
oil and the confession of sin are nec-
essary in order to make possible the
prayer of faith.

That leads us to inquire. What is
the prayer of faith? For the prom-
ise of verse 15 is: "And the prayer of
faith shall save the sick, and the
Lord shall raise him up." Let it
first be noted that while all of the
foregoing preparatory steps are nec-
essary, all of them together will not
bring healing. They only prepare
the way for the prayer of faith; it
is in answer to that prayer that the
Lord raises up the sick one. Next,
note that while it is said that the
prayer of faith shall save the sick, it
is really the Lord who raises him up.

But the Lord makes the definite
promise, without exception, to raise
him up in response to the prayer
of faith. Manifestly then, the most
important question of this whole
discussion is. What is the prayer
of faith?

Certainly it is not every prayer
for healing. Nor is it every prayer
offered by the elders of the church
after due preparation. Nor is it
anything that we can work up ini
ourselves by wishing hard enough.i
Faith is the gift of God. And onlyl
God can work in our hearts in any\
given case the valid conviction that.
He will heal. The prayer of faithi
is not simply faith that God cant
heal but is faith that God will heal.i

This assurance is not the resulti
of autosuggestion; it must be God-
given. It is God speaking to us as,
He spoke to Zacharias through ani
angel: "Fear not, Zacharias; for thyi
prayer is heard" (Luke 1:13). K
God gives the faith to believe thati
He will answer, then it is certain that
He will answer. It is not enough tol
pray; we must learn to wait for(
the answer, the assurance that Godi
has heard.

Lest we be tempted to think thati
this kind of praying is too high fori
us, James gives us an Old Testament
example in closing the chapter. He'
says that Elijah was a man "subject
to like passions as we are" — just aiK
ordinary man. He prayed for three'
and a half years of drought and got
it. Then he prayed for rain, and it
rained. The Lord is saying that
when a godly man prays in dead
earnest, God delights to answer that
prayer, and He will do it unless there
are reasons which make it impos-,
sible. God challenges us to meeti
His conditions and claim His prom-i
ises to supply our every need. i

"Is any sick among you?" If so,
we urge you to read carefully the]
fifth chapter of the Epistle of James, :
following every instruction careful- 1
ly, and trusting God to do what He!
has promised. If you begin with pa- j
tience, continue in obedience, andj
end in faith, God will hear and an-|
swer. j

God answers prayer in the morning,-
God answers prayer at noon,

God answers prayer in the evening.]
So keep your heart in tune. '

The Brethren Missionary Herald

[NEWS

Fin IBBTI

CHURCHES

NORWALK, CALIF.

It was the privilege of the writer
to labor recently with Pastor and
Mrs. Henry Rempel in a two-week
revival and evangelistic effort in
Norwalk Brethren Church. From
the beginning there was genuine
spiritual interest in the giving out
of the Word. Week night attendance
was very good and interest grew
throughout the meetings. We were
especially thankful to the Lord for
the fine prayer ministry, faithful
visitation and personal work on the
part of the pastor and a number of
others. Pastor Rempel is a faithful
servant and had far more prospects
to contact than it was possible for us
to reach. We believe that the Lord
has great things ahead for this pas-
tor and people in this new and
heavily populated area.

Special appreciation is due the
Notes of Grace men's quartet from
the First Brethren Church of Whit-
tier which sang on several different
accasions. Their ministry was not
anly one of beautiful music but of
spiritual power. — John M. Aeby.

RADFORD, VA.

Eternity alone will reveal the
results of our recent revival at the
Fairlawn Brethren Church with our
Brother Bill Howard as our evan-
gelist. We want to thank the Clear-
jrook, Va., church for the ministry
3f their pastor, and for the fine dele-
gation that came one night, and es-
jecially for their prayers.

Our Father God gave us beautiful
veather and though the attendance
vas not what we had hoped for, we
'eel that those who came regularly
•eceived a great blessing.

The first night of the meeting 14
;ame forward on the invitation to
iedicate themselves for personal
vork. There were several other de-
isions, five of these were confes-
ions of faith in the public services
nd one confessed the Lord in the
lOme.

Brother Howard brought us some
wonderful messages from the Word
of God. He loves the Lord and has
a real passion for souls. — K. E.
Richardson, pastor.

Let us praise the Lord, for His
mercy endureth forever. I would like
to praise the Lord for His blessings
on the revival at Radford. God has
put a hard working soldier of His
on that field, a man who loves the
Lord and is really burdened for
lost souls, and is vitally concerned
over each member of his church.

Each morning Brother and Sis-
ter Richardson and the evangelist
would meet together for Bible read-
ing and prayer; praying for those
who had been visited and witnessed
to and praying for guidance into
homes for that day.

Brother and Sister Richardson
have been doing a lot of visiting
along the highways and byways of
Radford and the regions beyond.
There were 215 one Sunday.

The Lord blessed this evangehst
with the pleasure of laboring with
the Richardsons, meeting and fel-
lowshipping with the fine members
of his church and having a small part
in guiding and pointing people to
Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord,
and a closer walk with Him. — Wil-
liam E. Howard, evangelist.

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is not sure of what lies beyond the
grave. Read the hterature of an-
cient civilized peoples and you will
find, as in the Egyptian book of the
dead, that every precaution was
taken to prepare for what might lie
beyond the grave, but that it was
never certain, and that men did in-
deed take a fearful leap into the
dark. The resurrection changes all
that, for we know that if our earthly
house of this tabernacle is dissolved,
we have an house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens.

Then, too, most men fear death
because of their sins. They are afraid
to meet a holy judge. The resurrec-
tion of Christ proved once forever
that the sacrifice of Christ for our
sins was satisfactory to God, and
that there is no longer any need to
fear the wrath of God, for all of our
sins were atoned for in His death
on Calvary. There is no longer any
enmity between God and man. Full
and free pardon is offered to man
on the basis of the fact that Christ
died for our sins. As G. Campbell
Morgan has said: "The deepest ques-
tion of all for the heart of man is not
whether he [man] is satisfied, but
whether God is satisfied." If Christ
had not risen, we would never have
known whether the sacrifice of
Christ was acceptable to God. By
raising Him, God answered that
question for all eternity. Yes; the
resurrection removes the fear of
judgment.

But there is still another reason
why the resurrection takes the sting
out of death. One of the things man
fears most about death is that it
severs all earthly ties. The soul of
man hates to leave its body. But by
His resurrection Christ became the
first fruits of all who sleep. Because
He lives He can assure us with ab-
solute authority that one day our
soul will be reunited with our body,
and we shall live forever in a glori-
fied body. Man also hates to leave
His loved ones. But the resurrection
assures us that if our loved ones are
in Christ we will be reunited and
with them for all eternity.

(Continued next issue)

u\y 6, 1957

431

•'O Lord, how manifold are thy works! (Ps. 104:24).

MISSIONARY HERALD—

Pray that during this month God's
people might be constrained of the
Holy Spirit to sacrifically contribute
to the needs of the Missionary
Herald.

Pray that the book "Conquering
Oubangui-Chari for Christ" shall
prove to be a blessing to thousands
of hearts.

Pray that Christians across the
nations shall be awakened to the
importance of fine Christian liter-
ature in the home.

HOME MISSIONS—

Pray for the Grace Brethren
Church of Berrien Springs, Mich.,
especially for their new building
plans and sale of their old property.

Praise God for the location se-
cured by the Virginia Beach, Va.,
group, for it wiU provide a meeting
place and a parsonage for the pas-
tor, Harold Arrington.

Pray for the vacation Bible school
and camp work and workers at
Clayhole and Dryhill, Ky.

Pray for the need of investments
in the Brethren Investment Founda-
tion to meet the need of our home-
mission church building program.

Pray for the effective use of the
home -mission offering materials
being provided during the home-
mission offering period starting
August 1.

Pray for the board of directors
of the Brethren Home Missions
Council that will be meeting before
another prayer day to make plans
for year of 1958.

GRACE SEMINARY—

Praise God for the glorious com-
mencement on May 29 and for
the 66 young people who graduated.

Pray for God's selection of stu-
dents who will attend the seminary
and college in the new school year
beginning in September.

Pray for the building project
which has been authorized and
which is under way.

Pray for the summer activities of
both students and faculty.

Pray for the supply of operating
funds during the difficult summer
months.

WMC—

Pray that God will rule and over-
rule in the election of officers in
the local, district and national
WMC.

Pray for all the WMC ladies who
will be working in the vacation
Bible schools and camp work this
summer.

Pray for a deeper prayer life in
each of our WMC members' lives.

Pray for Mrs. Benjamin Hamil-
ton, our WMC editor, as she at-
tends summer school at Indiana Uni-
versity.

SUNDAY SCHOOL—

Pray that every speaker and
workshop leader in our national con-
vention may be led in the messages
and conference work.

Pray that our Sunday schools
may catch the vision of the National
Sunday School Convention, Aug.
18-19, and make it possible for their
pastor and superintendent (at least)
to attend the convention.

Pray for our new office secretary,
Miss Bobbette Osborn, as she
takes over the duties of the office.

Pray that the increases of the past
year may be permanent through the
efforts of every Sunday school and
that from these we might build for
larger schools this fall.

Pray for the SSEC during October
and November, that we might have a
minimum increase of 20 percent in
attendance.

SMM—

Pray that many Sisterhood girls

will plan to attend district camps
and national conference.

Pray that the girls who graduated
from high school will be led by God
into a Christian college, preferably .
our own Grace College, the Lord
willing.

Pray that those who will not
enter college will bear a good Chris-
tian testimony in the jobs they take
up.

LAYMEN—

Pray for all the Brethren men who i
are leaders of Boys Clubs and
teachers of boys classes in our Sun-
day schools that they will live their
lives right in God's sight and be
spiritually enabled to lead the boys
to a real relationship with God
through Christ.

Pray that more Brethren men
will plan to attend national confer- i
ence and cooperate in the laymen's
meetings to the glory of God, as well
as their own spiritual enrichment.

FOREIGN MISSIONS—

Pray that the trip of investigation
in Hawaii will prove helpful to the
future planning of the work.

Praise the Lord for answered
prayer in the illness of Manuel Cue-
vas, one of our Mexican Bible in- 1
stitute students.

Pray that God will give us at least i
100 souls saved in France in 1957.

Pray for the Floyd Tabers and:
the Schrocks as they travel home.

Pray for the tent campaign ini
Capanema, Brazil, beginning July
15 with national pastor Raimundo
Cardoso as the evangelist.

The BRETHREN

/MC NUMBER

JULY 13, 1957

AMEeiCA'f ATLAf

'whatsoever THIN(S6 AKE pure... THIN< OM THE6E THINfif'

ANOTHER REMINDER

The Brethren Missionary Herald is performing a missionary ministry that reaches

every arm and work of The Brethren Church. This endeavor needs your

prayerful and financial support. Pray earnestly, and then present your gift to the

Lord for publications during the month of July.

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Na4i<Mial Womci^s Musionar;) Council " \956~\9S7

The How of WMC Programs

By Mrs. Thomas Hammers

"What in the world are you up to, Hilda?" ex-
claimed Mrs. Bale as she entered the nursery where
her six-year-old daughter was stuffing broken toys, head-
less dolls, ragged clothes, and general debris into an
open box.

"Why, Mother," cried Hilda, "Can't you see? I'm
packing a missionary box just the way the ladies do;
and it's all right," she added reassuringly. "I haven't
put in a single thing that is any good at all!"

We are so happy the women in our WMC groups
do not pack that kind of missionary boxes. Likewise we
are happy to tell you that the monthly devotional pro-
gram packets which come to your council each year are
not prepared in such a haphazard manner. They are
not the result of last minute, hasty, prayerless activity,
but rather they come to you after several years of con-
secrated work on the part of the committee which was
prayerfully and carefully chosen by the national WMC
board. It almost seems to me that each year as these
packets are placed in the mail that there should be a
note for the postman reading thus: "Handle with care.
This package contains vast treasure — the unsearch-
able riches of Christ.' "

Those of us who were privileged to prepare the pro-
grams which you will receive this summer have many
times spoken of the untold blessings we have known
in these two years. It was in August of 1955 that we were
given instructions for our work. Little did we dream of
all that was involved in those few lines we read on that
sheet of paper that day. Had we known the full task
before us, we would surely have quaked at the thought.
Mrs. Hamilton, our editor, has asked that I try to give
to you in these lines something of an idea of all that is
involved in the planning and preparation of the national
devotional programs which you use in your council
meetings each month.

At the first meeting of our committee in October
of 1955 in Spokane, Wash., we had each come with
a suggestive outline and theme for the year's pro-
gram. Prayer was our first necessity, and there have
through these two years been many hours spent in
prayer as we traveled step by step toward the final
goal. Nothing we had brought to Spokane seemed to
be the thing needed. We were thrown completely upon
the Lord for wisdom and direction. Several weeks later
the Lord put within the heart of one of the ladies the

present theme and outline, "We Are the Lord's." As we
studied the material she had spent hours to prepare,
we were made to praise the Lord repeatedly for an-
swering our prayer with such a thrilling list of studies
for our councils through this next year. It was in mid-
winter that we drove across the Cascade Mountains to
Harrah, Wash., to meet again until late at night to
complete the final outline of Bible studies, and mission
topics, and to choose a writer for each of these 24
articles. This outline was mimeographed and sent to
the national WMC executive committee for their ap-
proval in February 1956.

In May of that year we met at Yakima, Wash., to
assign responsibility for choice of monthly Scripture
portions, hymns and special musical numbers, poems,
introduction to the topic, program and invitation ideas,
skits, consecration service, installation service, and
the year's Bible reading schedule. Involved in each of
these assignments were hours of searching of the Word
of God and other sources as well. The one who gave
suggestions for the monthly Scripture portions borrowed
a large concordance and read thousands of references,
checking and rechecking them with each month's theme.
Before the final copy was prepared these references
were again read by the chairman to make sure every
reference was correct. The year's Bible reading schedule
was prepared by one not on the committee but who has
taught the Bible for years. Each month the readings fol-
low the same theme as the program materials. Thus
we urge you to follow them faifhfully. Special music
suggestions were chosen not from the index but by
study of the verse content of the songs. These were
likewise checked again by the chairman before final
typing of the programs. Never to be forgotten are four
or five days spent in reading poems and choosing just
the right ones to be used with each month's theme.
It is impossible to tell all the time and devotion these
ladies put into this work at the Lord's disposal in order
that we might present to you a program impressing
upon your minds that "We Are the Lord's,"

In August 1956, the national WMC board gave its
final approval of aO this material and the writers who
were chosen. Then came the task of writing each in- i
dividual who was to prepare a Bible study or mission
study. Each was given instructions as to content, pur-
pose, and length of article, as well as the deadline date

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 2S

ARNOLD R. KRrEGBAUM. Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16, 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake, Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co.. Winona Lake, Ind. Subscription price, $3.00 a year; 100-percent churches, $2.50; foreign, $4.00, Board ol
Directors: Robert Crees, president; Herman A. Hoyt, vice president; William Schaffer, secretary; True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Geh-
man, treasurer; Bryson Tetters, member-at-laree to executive Committee; Gene Farrell, S. W. Link, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller,
Tkomas Hammers; Arnold R. Kriegbamn, ex officio.

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for its completion. Each writer was sent a copy of the
year's outUne to help them in fitting their material into
the year's theme. It was necessary to make three con-
tacts with some in order to get their material on time.
One had to be replaced at the last minute. One had to
be used as a Bible study instead of a mission study be-
cause instructions were not followed. One was three
times too long and had to be cut. One writer was never
heard from at all. But the blessing received from the
articles sent in far outweighed the trials. Well do I re-
member the day Mrs. Sickel's article, "We Are the
Lord's in Death," arrived in the mail. I read it immed-
iately and such peace came over me that I shall never
forget. None of my family were at home at the time, but
I though if the Lord should take one of them at that
moment, I would have been at perfect peace after the
blessmg she had sent to me from Argentina. I say
again that there are treasure and riches in the pro-
grams you are planning on now.

On February 12, 1957, we met in Seattle, Wash., and
It was our husbands who broke up this session about
2:00 m the morning. This brought the final preparation
of each month's program outline to a close. A complete
copy of all materials except Bible and mission studies
was typed and sent to the national executive commit-
tee for their final approval on March 22 at Winona Lake
This was the third time the executive, or the national,
board had given their approval to portions of the year's
program materials for 1957-1958.

Inquiry proved that to have the 58 stencils cut would
cost the national WMC anywhere from $60 to $180 if
done at stenographer's wages. I tell you this so you will
realize what has been done in the past as a labor of
love for the Lord. This year's stencils were cut by a
young couple in the Seattle church for a small love gift
The mimeographing, packaging, and mailing was done
by ladies of the WMC of Sunnyside Brethren Church
There will be 500 copies made from each stencil. This
year there are quite a few more new councils than last
which increases the number. Since this article was writ-
ten before the mimeographing was done on this year's
programs, Mrs. Evelyn Bell, chairman of last year's
committee, has given me the following facts: It took
11/2 hours to cut and mimeograph each stencil; 30
hours to prepare the original copy for the one who cut
the stencils; 7 hours to address the envelopes; 8 hours to
stick address labels; 36 hours and sore hands to staple
and sort programs; 5 hours to count Bible markers
designated for specific councils, and 8 hours to package
materials for mailing.

In order that you might have some idea of the fi-
nancial side of the picture we mention the following:
Each year the appropriation for the printing of your
monthly program materials is $200. As the costs of
paper, office suppUes, printing, and mailing increases.
It has been more of a problem for the committee each
year to stay within the budgeted amount. Since this
article was written before the mimeographing and mail-
ing of this year's packets was complete, I give you the
sxpenditures for last year (1956-1957): Mimeograph
paper, $67.13; envelopes, $22.60; stencils and ink,
S10.98; postage, $48.94; love gift for use of equipment
ind office, $50.00; Bible markers, $19.65; total,
5219.30.

You may ask the question, "Are these programs worth
ul this?" (The work of no less than four dozen people
tonm^ two-year period at an expense of more than
»200). Let me ask you a question. How worthwhile

MISSIONARY BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER

Africa —

Miss Rosella Cochran September 1

Afriifa.'°" ^ ^^l^o™' P^oua via Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial

Miss Ruth Snyder September 8

Bozoum via Bangui. Frencli Equatorial Africa

Mrs. Donald G. Hocking September 1 1

Bozoiun via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa. "

Mrs. Wilham J. Samarin September 19

\/frt"r'K° V^ Bossangoa via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs. Charles R. Sumey September 22

Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa

Mrs. George E. Cone, Jr September 23

Bossembele via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa

Argentina —

Mrs. Loree Sickel September 10

ArglS!;la°^1fut?'ll?,^e?icl'' '''° '''"'"°- ^■^■^■^- P™^' Cordoba,

Miss Bertha Abel September 12

Un."foZl' i^erll ^""^'"^ J^'C-N.G.B.M., Prov. Co^rdoba, Argen-

Brazil —

Ann Lenore Zielasko September 11 1950

1630 Sebastiao Freitas, Capanema. Para, Brazil '

Mrs. Edward D. Miller September 18

Macapa, Terr. Federal do Amapa, Brazil.

France —

Neal Lee Fogle September 1, 1951

79 Chemin de Vassieux, Caluire et Cuire, Rhone, France.

Mexico —

Mrs. Walter E. Haag September 11

439 Sunset Lane. San Ysidro. Calif., U.S A

Sandra Rebecca Haag September 16, 1952

439 Sunset Lane. San Ysidro, Calif.. U.S.A

Richard Marvin Edmiston September 22 1949

Lista de Corresos, Leon, Guanaiuato, Mexico '

In the United States —

Sylvia Fern Hill September 1, 1943

3 '^Caii^' ^"'^ ^"' ^^^^^ ^- °'^=^"' 5360 Appian Way, Long Beach

Mark Stephen Schrock September 12 1953

p. O. Box 588, Winona Lake, Ind '

Rev. Lynn D. Schrock September 23

p. O. Box 588. Winona Lake, Ind.

WMC OFFICIARY

?w''*^?,!~^-.i^^';i"?£. Aslaaan. 205 Ihrig Ave., Wooster, Ohio.
'^'ftl^mand^Oh?? <^^«=*^'-M«- Miles Taber. 314 Dorchester

^"oTh^A^i^sraut^l^'^^a"^"^""'-*^- '^"'^^ ^^™"^"' "^^
?!f.^'*";^=^"'''?*^'^~;J^- L^*''' P^^r, Box 195, Winona Lake, Ind.
A^lstant Secretary-Mrs. Scott Weaver, R.R. 2. Osceola, 5id

^^» r, ^"t'^*^'7"^'^^^J,^^T7*^- Chester McCaU, 4580 Don

Felipe Dr., Los Angeles, Calif.
Literature Secretary— Mrs. Jesse Deloe, 2728 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne.
Edltoi^Mrs. Benamin Hamilton, Box 701. Winona Lake, Ind
P^^^n»£^}'^.^r*£'- ^^ Ltodpwer. R.R. 1, Uniontown,' Ohio.

d^^ SMM— Mr». H. Leslie Moore, 112 Beachley St.. Meyen-

luly J 3, 1957

do you make these programs in your own council? Their
final value depends on the plans and preparation each
leader and each council makes in using what the Lord
has so generously and wondrously given in answer to
the prayers of all who helped in their preparation. May
they bring an abundance of blessing and enrichment in
the lives of our WMC ladies each year is our prayer.

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18th

Annual Conference Program, August 19-25, 1957
Winona Lake, Indiana

Conference theme: "We Are the Lord's."

TUESDAY

In prayer — Mrs. Frank Lindower
Inspirational singing

2:00

2:15.
2:45.

In business

Credential report

Election of committee on committees
Recommendations of the executive board
National officers' reports
President

Vice President (projects)
Financial Secretary-Treasurer
Secretary

Literature Secretary
Editor
Offering
■2:15 — Singing

In devotions — Mid-Atlantic District
Report — special music, Scripture, prayer
■2:45

"We Are the Lord's" — President's message
■3:10

Report of National Prayer chairman
Report of Devotional Program chairman

2:00^

2:15-
2:45-

2:15

2:45

3:10

WEDNESDAY

In prayer — Mrs. Frank Lindower

Inspirational singing

In business

Credential report

Secretary's report

Election of officers

Report of committee on committees

Report of Michigan District president

Report of East District president

Offering

In devotions — Allegheny District

Report — special number, Scripture, prayer

"In Foreign Service" (forum)
Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton, presiding
)

Display awards presented — Mrs. Miles Taber
Report of election
Offering

THURSDAY

8:15

]
8:25

9:45

In prayer — Mrs. Frank Lindower
Inspirational singing
In business

2:00-

2:15^
2:45-

8:00^
8:15-
8:25-

:45

8:15

8:25
9:10

Credential report
Secretary's report

Presentation of objectives and recommenda-
tions
Offering

In devotions — Northern Atlantic District
Report — special music. Scripture, prayer

'In Missionary Nursing" — Miss Gail Jones,
Africa
)

Birthday Recognition Service
Report — Iowa District
Offering

FRIDAY
In Prayer — Mrs. Frank Lindower

9:10-9:45

:15

2:00
2:15
2:45-3:10

:45

8:00-
8:15-
8:25-

8:40^

9:10^

8:15

8:25
8:40'

In inspirational singing
)
District presidents' reports

Midwest

Southeast

Northern Ohio

Northwest
"Pondering Pertinent Problems in WMC"
Panel — Mrs. Harold Painter, presiding

In business

Credential report
Secretary's report
Approval of SMM Patroness
Offering

In devotions — California District
Report — special music. Scripture, prayer

"In the Homeland"

Isobel Fraser, missionary to the Jews

SMM recognition
Offering

SATURDAY

In prayer — Mrs. Frank Lindower

:25

9:25-9:45

In inspirational singing
I

In devotions — Southern Ohio

Report — special music. Scripture, prayer
)

Report — Indiana District

Skit — "Mrs. Turmoil's Family"

In business

Final credential report
Final secretary's report
Offering

Installation Service by Mrs. Kermeth Ash-
man, retiring president.
Presentation of president's pin

Mrs. Harold Etling
Final Benediction

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Don 't Fence Me In

By Dr. Bernard Schneider

One of the song hits of the world a few years ago was
entitled "Don't Fence Me In." Man has an inborn desire
to be independent; he wants to be free. Man wants to
do as he pleases. The prodigal son must have hummed an
ancient version of that song.

Here in America we do a great deal of talking about
freedom and liberty. Behind the Iron Curtain or be-
hind the so-called Bamboo Curtain the people do a
great deal of wishing for freedom and liberty. But what
is freedom? Most people have the idea that freedom
means to be able to do as you please. That is nonsense.
That is not freedom, but chaos. Nero did as he pleased.
Hitler did as he pleased. If such were freedom, then
we certainly do not have it in America. We have a
thousand laws which are designed to keep people from
doing as they please for the safety and good of all. There
is a law that says that I can't drive as fast as I some-
times may want to. There are one way signs in our
town which tell me I can't go the way I please. I may
own a lot in town and it may please me to raise goats
or hogs or chickens, but even though the lot is mine
and all paid for, the law says I can't raise those animals
there. I can't do as I please, for it would offend my
neighbors. The only man who had absolute freedom in
the sense that he could do as he pleased was Robinson
Crusoe — until he saw the footprint in the sand. The
moment there are other people living near us, we must
consider the rights of others. Just think what a terrible
place this would be if everybody could do as he
pleased!

Freedom is not just a matter of our rights but of
doing right. True freedom is to have the desire and
the privilege to do what we know to be right. Such
freedom may be divided into two classes: political
freedom, and spiritual freedom.

POLITICAL FREEDOM

To have political freedom means to be free to think,
speak, vote, worship, and act as one believes is right,
within the limits of the common good and welfare of our
fellowmen. Such freedom is ours in America. Contrary
to some very noisy speechmakers, we still have political
freedom in this country. No one has interfered with
my right to vote as I believed I should, or with my
right to think, act, etc. — the only restrictions being
made upon my actions are those which our government
found necessary in order that we might retain this
freedom.

In a very large portion of today's world, people do
not enjoy this kind of freedom. Instead of working
where they please, they are told where and how they
must work. They cannot go where they please, they
cannot vote as they beheve they should without ex-
posing themselves to serious dangers. Their privilege
to worship as they believe is right is greatly restricted
by a government which desires to stomp out true Chris-
tianity the same as we desire to stomp out polio. While
in Europe a couple of years ago I talked with many who
had escaped in great peril from behind the Iron Curtain.

Their stories were very much the same, all telUng of
unbearable conditions brought about by the forces of in-
tolerance.

TWO IMPORTANT APPLICATIONS

First, we should never cease to thank God for the
unspeakable privilege of political freedom. Most Ameri-
cans take it for granted the same as they do their re-
frigerators and telephones. But it is certamly one of the
necessary foundations for the possibihty of happiness on
earth. As Christians, let us not fail to thank God for it.

Secondly, pohtical freedom involves definite re-
sponsibilities. All worthwhile freedom has been bought
at a terrible price. Our political freedom was bought
with the untold sacrifices of the Pilgrim Fathers and
with the blood of those men who laid down their lives
under such leaders as George Washington. This free-
dom has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of men
since the United States became an independent nation.

This freedom will not remain ours very long unless
we practice it and live by it. Perhaps we should say,
unless we live up to it. Half the population of the world
is organized to destroy this freedom for us. Will they
succeed? They surely will unless we take our responsi-
bilities seriously. For the Christian this responsibility
means passionate devotion to the strongest bulwark of
tliis freedom, which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Of
course, it also means to give strong support to the other
foundations of this freedom such as voting, etc. But let
us never forget that the strongest aid and support of
political freedom is the Gospel of Christ. This is what
caused this land to be as free as it is. Only the appUca-
tion and propagation of the Gospel will keep us free,
or gain back freedom for any part of the world which al-
ready has become enslaved (John 8:32).

SPIRITUAL FREEDOM

Spiritual freedom is the freedom of the soul from the
bondage which the Devil has imposed upon it. This
bondage is worldwide — just as true in America as in
Russia, for "all have sinned."

1. Spiritual freedom is far more important than
poUtical freedom (Matt. 16:26). It therefore should be
obvious to every Christian that our first interest in our
feUowmen both at home and abroad should be their
spiritual freedom.

2. The cost of spiritual freedom is very, very high
(I Pet. 1:18-19; Rev. 5:9)). Neither silver nor gold, in
fact, no earthly price — not even the blood of man —
could purchase our redemption, or spiritual freedom. It
took God's Son down from heaven to the awful ex-
perience of death on the cross to purchase our spiritual
freedom.

3. The only way by which man can have this
spiritual freedom is through the person of Jesus Christ
(John 8:36). The worst mistake of this world is its try-
ing to gain spiritual freedom and happiness while by-
passing Christ, the only One who can set men free.
The result is more and more misery every day. The
world is like the Prodigal. He did not want to be fenced

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in by the benevolent provisions of a loving father. He
thought that supreme happiness was in having his own
way. So he had his own way. The more he had of it,
the less he wanted it. Fortunately, he got miserable
enough to think of home. If only man would come back
to God through Jesus Christ. Man is so miserable away
from home.

4. The results of spiritual freedom are many and
wonderful. These include:

a. Freedom from sin, its condemnation, and its
power (John 8:34-36 with Rom. 8:1-2).

b. Freedom from the Law (Rom. 6:14 with 7:4-6).

c. Freedom from fear (Rom. 8:15 with Heb. 2:14-
15).

d. Freedom from the power of Satan (Acts 26:18).

5. The obligations of spiritual freedom are twofold:

a. A complete Yielding of our hves to him who set
us free (I Cor. 6:i9-20)r

b. Zealousness in good works (Titus 2:14). Christ
has redeemed us to be a "peculiar people." This phrase
actually means that we are to be His very own peo-
ple. That is what is peculiar about us. We have been
redeemed out of this world to belong to Christ. Because
we belong to Him, and because our whole destiny is
inseparably linked to Him, we should bestow our
greatest zeal upon the promotion of His interests. What
more could be more reasonable? (See Rom. 12:1-2).

Conference Commitfees

Conference program 1957 —

Mrs. Robert Boone, Mrs. Scott Weaver, Mrs. Jesse

Deloe
Devotional program 1957-1958 —

Mrs. Thomas Hammers, Mrs. Ernest Morrell, Mrs.

Harold Painter
Nominating —

Mrs. W. A. Ogden, Mrs. H. W. Koontz, Miss Marcia

Lowe
Credential —

Mrs. Chester McCall, Mrs. Earl Cole, Mrs. Richard

Sellers, Mrs. John Griffith, Miss Ann Seitz
Missionary Residence furnishings —

Mrs. Russell Barnard, Mrs. Clyde Landrum, Mrs.

Harold Etling
Objectives and recommendations — ■

Isobel Eraser, Mrs. Adam Rager, Mrs. George Peek
Ushers —

Mrs. Vernon Shrock, Mrs. John Brown, Mrs. Edison

Yoder, Mrs. Charles Turner
Pianists —

Mrs. Mary Fisher, Mrs. John Aeby, Mrs. Paul Dick
Songleader —

Mrs. Russell Ogden

JUST A REMINDER-

Local statistical blanks should be in the hands of
the district presidents by July 15.

District reports should be in the hands of the national
recording secretary by July 31.

If you should need additional report sheets please
notify the national recording secretary immediately.

Be sure credential blanks are properly signed.

Please do not forget that during this final quarter of
our WMC year our regular offering goes to the fund for
the growth and expansion of our WMC. Our offering
this quarter is used to defray the expense of our WMC
Missionary Herald, our devotional program packets,
promotional materials, and the many little expenses in-
volved in the smooth-running of a large national organ-
ization, such as WMC. This offering does not pay of-
ficers' salaries. Your national officers serve, even as your
district and local officers, because they love the Lord
and feel that He has given them this avenue of service.
So do not forget during this period of vacations that
WMC can go forward only as we all do our part
in our General and Publication Offering.

Mother s Letter

(Sixth of a series)
Dear girl of my heart,

I'm just getting back into the routine after your
whirlwind visit over Thanksgiving. Oh, I know I should
have long before this, but it was so exciting having
you home again, meeting your roommate, fixing your
very special dishes, and trying to have a little private
conversation with you in the midst of dates, parties,
and friends dropping in. Do I spoil you. Dear? I sup-
pose so, but I believe you have enough of the preser-
vative salt of commonsense not to let anything spoil you.
If you can keep an even keel, a level head equally as
well when everyone is loving and praising you as when
everybody is blaming and criticizing, you will be a strong
woman. See "If" by Kipling.

The thing I want to say is this: You know that
I'd love to give you just everything "your little heart
desires," don't you? At Christmas and all the time for
that matter, but I just heard of someone who, I feel,
has needs that exceed ours, real bread and butter
needs, not just silk hose and hngerie and nail pohsh.
I won't tell you the details now, but when you come
home before Christmas, I want you to help me make
lists for someone else's comfort and happiness. After
all, the giving at Christmas is in honor of Him who came
to give himself for us, and the giving which expects no
return is the only kind that fulfills the spirit of Christ.

Speaking of lists, one might think of life as a
continuous making of them. It seems but yesterday chat
I was making a list of baby needs. Then came a list
of your first school clothes, books, tablets, and pencils. !
Then a list of things for your graduation. How adorable j
you looked (fond Mother speaking)! A list of things to i
take to college, maybe someday a list for your wedding, i
and then my little girl's making her own lists, just as
I did.

And don't forget to list your blessings as you go along,
and thank Him who is the Author of every good and
perfect gift. With all my love,

John 3:16; Matthew 25:40

Mother

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Dear Sisterhood Girls:

VtSSCLS of 4JONOR;

H TIM. Z-ZO-iZ

S\SrSQA400t> T4^€M€ 1956-1957

French Equatorial Africa
Bossangoa par Bangui

This last year while in the home of a missionary friend I admired a beautiful
pottery vase^ My friend laughed and said she'd gotten it for less than twenty-five
cents. They had been missionaries in the Near East. En route, they spent a few days
m Ankara, lurkey. In the confusions of a strange city they had boarded the
wrong bus and found themselves in the humblest part of the city It seemed to be
a pot-making area. They strolled about in a large open market full of utility vessels
Ihere in the midst of water jugs and cooking pots she found this beautiful vase The
merchant asked only the price of his other pots. The market folks were not aware
ot Its beauty; yet the missionary claims it as her most treasured possession

Sara IS a vessel of such beauty. In her humble African surroundings no one may
ever realize or appreciate the miracle that God has performed in her life Yet to
her Lord she is a vessel of honor. • x i tu

You may look at your own life and wonder just how you can ever be a eolden
vase m the house of God. You may pray: "Oh, God, if I could only sing if I
could only speak m young people's, then I could do something for you "' Just
remember that when God lists the things that make a life beautiful, He never men-
tions those. Let me suggest just one adornment I think is the most important if you
wish to become more than just an "earthen pot." This adornment is love

Dick Hilhs, a missionary to the Orient and my missions teacher at Biola once
went to the blackboard and wrote all the attributes he could think of that a Chris-
tian should possess. Then he drew a line under them and totaled them as zero For
as he pointed out, I Corinthians 13 says that none of these can be used unless love
IS there.

Let me be the first to say that I don't mean a "super sweet," artificial love As
a high-school girl, I always envied sweet, quiet girls. Some girls found it so pasy
to be like the heroines in Grace Livingston Hill's books. Besides not having
lavender eyes," I also could not obtain the airy sweetness that we sometimes
mistakenly call the gift of love. You may be the world's worst tomboy or so shy
you can t even shake hands properly; yet you can have the gift of God's love fill
your life. This is the love that begins to see good in your friends. It's the ^ift that
makes us content with our own clothes, house, and friends. It's the power that
shames us when we're rude and makes us speak as we should. When filled with
love we're never glad when our girl friend gets in trouble, but we're happy when
good things come to her. Love makes it possible to live under the most trying cir-
cumstances. A love-filled vessel is a vessel of honor (I Cor. 13:4-7). ^

So many things about us we are just born with. Discouraging isn't it'' And
because you were bom the way you are, you may sit back and let others enjoy
God s best— like that Turkish merchant who did not know a vase from a pot Just
give God a chance to form the clay and fiU it with love. Then don't worry if the
beauty of your life is not immediately seen. In every part of the world pottery ves-
sels must be first shaped and then baked. In Africa this takes days In China the
delicate process takes longer. It may take time, but God can do it!

This afternoon in our grass-roofed, mud-block classroom my group of teen-
age African girls gathered for their "Sisterhood meeting." Looking them over I
saw cute girls, dumb girls, silly girls, mature girls. I saw girls that were better
dressed (although you'd never guess it); I saw some girls with Christian parents
and some without. I saw shy girls and rowdy girls. Yet among them I saw vessels
of honor for God. And as always, God had taken no notice of outward things He
had blessed and honored those with willing hearts.

Most sincerely yours,
Sara's friend, Ruth Samarin

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Sisterhood girls, who are vessels of honor for God, meeting with
Mrs. William Samarin in Bossangoa, French Equatorial Africa.

Alys Haag Takes the Gospel
South of the Border

By Mrs. Don West

Alys Anne Haag comes from Pennsylvania, the
Keystone State. She was born in Altoona, Pa., but
bom again in Chicago, III., at the age of 22. She was
very interested in the Youth for Christ movement
which greatly influenced Alys in spiritual matters. She
had chosen nursing as her career with plans to be an
instructor to nurses. She felt the call for full-time service
for her Lord and Saviour and did not struggle against
God's will, but yielded to His call realizing the need
because of the corruptness of modernistic teaching in
her field.

Immediately after the Lord entered her life. He led
her to Puerto Rico and to a young man with the same
desires for service.

In 1950, Alys Haag came into the Brethren Church
and five and one-half years ago began service for Him
in Mexico.

As a small child Alys Anne said "1" instead of "r";
consequently, she is constantly reminded that her fav-
orite dish is "lice and laisins." Since her missionary
service in Mexico she has become more acquainted
with lice (the real thing) and wonders how they could
ever have been her favorite dish.

Mrs. Haag would challenge us as Sisterhood girls to
live by Colossians 3:1-2: "If ye then be risen with
Christ, seek those things which are above, where
Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affec-
tion on things above, not on things on the earth."

SISTERHOOD OFFICIARY

Prendent — Marie Sackett, Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind. (Home:

1010 Randolph St., Waterloo, Iowa).
Vice President— Rachel Smlthwlck. R. R. 1, Harrah, Waah.
General Secretary — Janet Weber, 83S Spruce St., Hagentown, Ifd.
Editor — Jeannette Turner, Winona Lake, Ind. (Home: Portia, Kana,).
Treasurer — Florence Moeller. Box 5, Winona Lake, Ind.
Llteratur* Secretarr — Kathleen Ripple, Sl( Trltach Ave., Akron II.

Ohio.
Bandage Secretary — Joyce Aahman, WlBoaa Lake, Ind.
Patroncaa— Mrs. H. LesUe Moore, 112 Beachler, St.. Heycrsdale. Pa.
Aailatant Patroneas — Mra. RuaaaU Weber, S35 Spruce St., Hac«i«-

town. Md.

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CHECKUP

By Mrs. Max Brenneman

Now that another year has passed, has it been one
lived for Jesus? From the previous lessons, see how many
of these you can answer.

1. Quote I Timothy 4:12.

2. What two things will do wonders for your skin if

you use them daily?

3. Complete the saying, "Idle hands are the

5.
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8.
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10.

11.

12.
13.
14.

15.

16.

17.

18.
19.

4. According to II Corinthians 5:20 we are

for

Why should we pray?
Explain "QT."

Complete the saying, "No B , no b .."

Explain in your own words I Thessalonians 5:17.

Quote Psalm 119:18.

Complete the verse, "Do all things

and

."(Phil. 2:14).

Name three things you can do around the house i

to help make your home happy.
Our bedroom needs daily cleaning like our — ,.
What does Psalm 51:10 say?
What in this world has no man been able tol

tame?
How can SMM girls be missionaries right here)

at home?
Fill in the missing words: "I was whem

they said unto

go into thei

of the

. " Where is thei

reference found?
Name three things you enjoy in the momingi
service?
Habakkuk 2:20

says:

Name at least three things we should rememben
as Christian girls while we are in school.

20. Never say anything about someone unless what

you have to say can go through three gates. NamQ
them.

2 1 . What does Mother mean when she says to "be t

lady"?

22. Quote I Corinthians 10:31. I

23. In your play, how can you please God? |

24. In Proverbs 18:24a, what does it say about ;ii

friend? I

25. Is it worth while to "live for Jesus"? Why? '

(All these answers can be found in the eleven pre]
ceding Junior SMM program lessons.) |

The Brethren Missionary Heralt

Pondo Sees the Light

By Miss Mary Emmert

Synopsis

After several years Pondo completed his training
and married Zonggo. They did not get along very well
together because she was not bom again and desired
the worldly things while Pondo cared more for the things
of God. Pondo underwent a very great trial, but through
the prayers of his Christian friends he was delivered.
This experience brought him closer to the Lord than he
had ever been before.

Pondo's wife, Zonggo, had run away again. So Koly
decided to give his son some advice. "Why do you not
let her go? Then you could get your dowry back," he
suggested. "You can easily get another wife."

"No," said Pondo. "They say a child of God must
keep the same wife."

"Well, I suppose as long as you stay at the mission
you shall have to keep her. But pick out another girl,
and I shall start buying her for you. They won't know it
at the mission. Then when your work fails you there,
you can take a second wife."

"Oh, no" said Pondo. "I want no one but Zonggo,
if she would only behave."

"But you have no children," argued Koly. "You have
been married quite a while now. You will never be
happy without children. Who wiU bury you when you
get old?"

"I am a child of God now, Father," said Pondo
with some conviction. "I am begiiming to see how
God feels when we do not obey Him. He loves us and
bought us with a great price. When we run away from
Him, or sin against Him, His heart is very sad."

Koly looked at his son with new attention. Pondo had
never talked like this before. Perhaps there was some-
thing to this affair of God after all.

A few months later, however, Pondo nearly lost all
the ground he had gained.

"Zonggo has run away with a chief's son," he was
told one day.

He was on his way to a neighboring village with a
group of the "Fishermen's Club" which was going out
to do personal work in the villages. He said nothing, but
He could feel his anger rising. Suddenly they rounded a
comer and came upon Zonggo and her new friend
wabbling drunkenly down the road ahead of them, arm
in arm.

Pondo lost his head entirely. He grabbed a cane out
of someone's hands, and blind with rage, he started
after his drunken rival. Murder was in his heart. But,

fortunately for him, his friends grabbed him and held
him back by force. The drunk hustled off the scene,
and Zonggo was led back to the station.

Much humiliated, Pondo went to his friend, the mis-
sionary, the next day for prayer. In the long talk that
followed, he sobbed out his whole heart's burden. They
took it to the Lord in prayer, and Pondo left with a
new conception of God's mercy and a new faith in
His power.

"I am resolved to be faithful to the Lord unto
death no matter what Zonggo does," he told his father
firmly. "It is settled forever."

Koly looked at him but said nothing.

Again Zonggo ran away. But instead of becoming
enraged, Pondo set himself to pray. All night he pled
with the Lord for Zonggo's conversion. In the early
morning hours he was still wrestling in prayer for her
with strong crying unto his Heavenly Father.

Zonggo, who had for some unexplainable reason come
back home while it was stiU dark, stopped outside the
door, arrested by Pondo's voice raised in prayer.
Through the thin mat door she could hear all he was
saying as he poured out his heart to God in her behalf.
It went through her Uke a sharp knife.

She opened the door. "I have come home," she said
simply. "I want you to forgive me for all I have done."

Pondo opened his arms and pulled her down beside
him. "Do you really mean it?" He could scarcely be-
Ueve his eyes and ears.

"Yes," she said, "I want to be a child of God like
you. Tell me the way." There followed a happy hour
of confessions and prayer. Zonggo was a new woman
in Christ Jesus.

When Koly heard about it and finally understood it,
he said: "If God can make a good wife out of Zonggo,
I want Him to give me a new heart, too."

"You mean you will become a child of God also?"
questioned Pondo joyously.

"Yes, and I rather think that Nana will foUow, too,"
said his father.

"Oh, how happy my heart is!" said Delia, the twin
who had been present at the conversation. "Now you will
not sell me to that old man who has so many wives al-
ready."

"Doesn't a Christian sell his daughter into polygamy?"
asked Koly. "There are many things to leam; you will
have to teach me, my son."

How happy Pondo was! He had found the Light and
had believed unto the salvation of himself and his
household. He felt that the Lord was calling him defi-
nitely to become an evangelist, and he was now ready
to give himself wholeheartedly to that call.

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441

PRAYER REQUESTS

Pray for the SMM ses-
sions in progress this
month at Camp Bethany.

Pray for the National
SMM board meetings
which are held in connec-
tion with national confer-
ence, that the many de-
cisions concerning our
Sisterhood organization
will be ordered of the
Lord.

Pray for each national
officer and district officer
as she completes each task
for this year.

Pray that the Lord's
choice will be made for
new national officers.

Pray for each writer of this month's articles.

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR AUGUST

OPENING — Sing the theme song "Channels Only" and

repeat the year's verses.
SINGSPIRATION— Include favorite requests from the

group.
PRAYER CIRCLE — Use prayer suggestions from the

prayer corner.
SCRIPTURE— Read together James 2:1-13.
DEVOTIONAL LESSON— Middlers and Seniors read

"Mrs. Samarin's Letter." Juniors review the year's

lessons in "Checkup."
SPECIAL NUMBER-
MISSIONARY LESSON— Middlers and Seniors study

the hfe of Alys Haag. Juniors conclude the Pondo

story.
BUSINESS MEETING— Read the president's remind-
ers, and then finish the year's business.
BENEDICTION— Psalm 145:1-2.

By Marie Sackett

All offerings are past due; however, if you haven't
sent in your offerings yet, please do so as soon as pos-
sible. All funds are still open and we are just a little
short of our goals. Do your part so we can meet these
goals!

Remember the national board meetings to be held
Friday, Aug. 16, at 9:00 a. m. Be sure to have your
district president or a representative present.

What have you been doing? Remember to have a
display from your district to be presented at national
conference as a report from your district.

Patronesses! Be sure that you attend the patroness
meeting held at national conference this year. It will
help you understand the goals of Sisterhood and the
program for the coming year.

SQUIBBLES

By Jeanette Turner

Your editor has received interesting post cards or
letters from almost every SMM organization this year.
Although there were too, too many for each one to be
mentioned in these pages, here are just a few more
items about Sisterhood activities over the U. S.

Akron, Ohio — Our girls have been busy this year. The
Junior group visits regularly an old people's home. The
Middler girls also give programs there and have given
gifts to their former pastor's family and to former SMM
girls who are now married.

The Junior SMM of Osceola, Ind., has grown this
past year. They had a hanky shower for one missionary
and a soap and washcloth shower for another.

Junior girls from Whittier, Calif., had a slumber
party where they rolled bandages and worked on word-
less books for missionaries.

Modesto, Calif., girls of the McHenry Avenue
Church presented a skit at a WMC meeting where
they also displayed stuffed animals they made for the
Navajo Mission. Recently they had a Mexican din-
ner after which they rolled bandages.

In Iowa, the Waterloo Middlers made washcloth
dogs and filled them with soap, pins, combs, etc., to
send to the Navajos for Christmas. The Cedar Rapids
girls sang for opening exercises in church one Sunday
morning. At North English, the spring cabinet meeting
began with a chili dinner followed by some rousing
games. After business was completed, the meeting
ended with an old-fashioned taffy pull. At a "Special
Guest Day" they invited all girls who will be eligible
to join SMM in the fall to see what regular meetings are
like.

Juniors in Sunnyside, Wash., prepared and served
a dinner for the aged people of their church and made
scrapbooks for the church nursery.

A Senior SMM was organized this year in Lake
Odessa, Mich, The Junior WMC entertained them in
December and helped them rip and sew bandages. At
the spring cabinet meeting they made valentine hearts to
fill with coins for the national project.

Mother's Work

By Geneva Showerman

I have a work! God-given!

Right here. Right by my side!
A little soul to teach of Thee —

Two little feet to guide.

A heart to teach of Jesus.

Two lips to teach to speak.
Two hands to teach to work for Thee-

What greater could I seek?

Oh, help me. Father, help me

To do this work of mine
The very best that I know how;

For this, my child, is Thine.

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

NEWS

LAKE ODESSA, MICH. The
Grace Brethren Church has recalled
Rev. Homer R. Miller as pastor for
another year, and he has accepted
the call.

COVINGTON, VA. Rev. Paul
L. Mohler has tendered his resigna-
tion as pastor of the First Brethren
Church.

CLAYTON, OHIO. Rev. Clair
Brickel has resigned as pastor of
the First Brethren Church and has
accepted the call to the pastorate of
the First Brethren Church, of Cleve-
land (Lyndhurst), Ohio.

AKRON, OHIO. Dr. Raymond
Gingrich has been invited to be one
of the speakers of the International
Congress of Youth for Christ in
Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 4-11.
He and his wife will leave by plane
Aug. 1. Dr. Gingrich is the president
)f the Cornus Hill Bible College.

WHEATON, ILL. The new ad-
dress of Rev. James Sweeton is 318
E. Franklin, Wheaton, 111. Please
phange Annual.

ROANOKE, VA. Mrs. H. J.
'ebo and Mr. William Fisher, mem-
bers of the Ghent Brethren Church,
Cenneth Teague, pastor, were
mong those who graduated from
he Roanoke Bible Institute in their
irst graduation service. In the pic-
ure above Rev. Morris Brodsky is
resenting the diplomas to Mrs.
)ebo and Bro. Fisher.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Larry
'eland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
oland, was named top senator in
le National Student Congress at
fxington, Ky. He was chosen
inner in the final session of the
ational Forensic League speech
)umament over contestants from

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throughout the United States. Larry
is a member of the Winona Lake
Brethren Church; his father is busi-
ness manager of the Brethren Home
Missions Council, Inc.

ALTO, MICH. The Calvary
Brethren Church held a dedication
service for their new pews and the
remodeling of their building on June
23. Rev. Earl Funderburg was the
guest speaker. William Johnson is
pastor.

LEON, IOWA. Rev. Miles
Taber, pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church, Ashland, Ohio, was the
speaker at the Iowa District Con-
ference of Brethren Churches, June
26-27.

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. A fare-
well was tendered Rev. and Mrs.
Howard Vulgamore June 23, at the
First Brethren Church. Brother
Vulgamore has assisted in the min-
istry at this church and will now as-
sume his duties at the Brethren
Navajo Indian Mission School at
Counsellors Post, N. Mex. Dr. Glenn
O'Neal is pastor.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Rev.

Curtis Mitchell was ordained to the
Brethren ministry at the North Long
Beach Brethren Church, Sunday
afternoon, June 30. He is serving as
assistant pastor at this church of
which Dr. George Peek is pastor.

WHITTIER, CALIF. Construc-
tion on the new two double and
four single apartments for the teach-
ers of the Christian day school of
the Community Brethren Church is
now under way. Ward Miller is pas-
tor.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Rev.
Phillip A. Gaglardi, Canadian poli-
tician and preacher, will be the clos-
ing night speaker at the twin Na-
tional Sunday School Conventions,
both at Los Angeles, Oct. 11, and
Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 1. He
is Minister of Highways for British
Columbia, and formerly pastor of
Calvary Temple, Kamloops, B. C.

WATERLOO, IOWA. Rev. and
Mrs. Vernon Schrock, members of
the Grace Brethren Church, cele-
brated their silver anniversary, June
30. Brother Schrock is the Iowa
director of the Rural Bible Crusade
and serves as interim pastor for
many of our Iowa churches when
needed.

FORT WAYNE, IND. The brick-
work on the Grace Brethren Church
at 4619 Stellhorn has been com-
pleted. Thomas Julien is the pastor.

STOYSTOWN, PA. Necessary
funds for a parsonage for the Read-
ing Brethren Church have been made
available. Arthur F. Collins is pas-
tor.

SPECIAL. Meetings being con-
ducted by the Crusade Team during
the summer months are as follows:
July 14-26, Grace Brethren Church.
Beaver City, Nebr., Dayton Cundiff,
pastor; July 28 through Aug. 11,
First Brethren Church, Cheyenne^
Wyo., Russell Williams, pastor.
Dean Fetterhoff is the evangelist.

in Mtmatxam

Mrs. May Catron, 92, charter
member of the Grace Brethren
Church, Flora, Ind., and an ex-
emplary Christian lady, passed
away to be with her Lord on June
14 at Winchester, Ind. She was sur-
vived by one sister, three daughters,
10 grandchildren and 14 great-
grandchildren.— John Evans, pas-
tor.

Mr. Curtis C. Long, 78, went to
be with the Lord on June 9. Death
was caused by a heart attack. He was
a faithful member of the First
Brethren Church of Clay City, Ind.
for about 53 years. — Edward Bow-
man, pastor.

Mrs. Annie E. Reed went to be
with the Lord June 11. She was a
faithful member of the Grace Breth-
ren Church, of Yellow Creek, Pa.,
for many years. She had been fail-
ing in health for several years; yet
she was present at all services when
possible. Her faithfulness was an in-
spiration to all. — Sheldon W. Sny-
der, pastor.

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LAYMEN— UNITED FOR SOULS

Palmyra, Pa. — Mr. and Mrs. RoUin Sandy, our national laymen's president and family.
were recently given a surprise farewell party and were presented very useful gifts by
members and friends of the local church. Brother Rollin Sandy and family have moved to
Winona Lake to establish residence in preparation for entering Grace Seminary and Col-
lege. Ninety-eight people were present at the farewell, and Rev. Russell Weber was the
guest speaker. Rev. Robert Markley is pastor of this growing home-mission church. Shown
above, left to right, are: Jeremiah Kauffman, committee chairman making the presentation;
Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Sandy. Dean and Brent.

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR AUGUST

Opening Hymns — "'All Hail the
Power of Jesus Name"; "Is It
the Crowning Day?"

Scripture Reading — II Peter 3.

Prayer Time — Pray for your of-
ficers at national conference this
month as they formulate plans,
goals, and projects for the com-
ing year.

Hymn — "There'll Be No Dark Val-
ley When Jesus Comes."

Business Session — Make plans to
send a large delegation to na-
tional conference and urge all
to attend the laymen's meetings
each morning in the Rainbow
Room of the Westminster Hotel.
May we meet you there?

Bible Study — "Our Precious Earth
and the Lord's Return."

Closing Hymn — "The Way of the
Cross Leads Home"; closing
prayer.

Perm Grove, Pa. — Eighty-five men from the Northern and Mid-Atlantic Districts had
a very enjoyable all-day meeting here Saturday, May 25. Rev. Clair Hitz, registrar of the
Philadelphia Bible Institute, was the speaker. Plans were made to have an all-night re-
treat early in September. The above picture shows some of the early arrivals registering
for the Penn Grove conference.

THE LORD'S RETURN

Compiled by Roy H. Lowery

Every exhortation to Christian
living is bound with the promise
of Christ's second appearing, as,
for example, attending public wor-
ship (Heb. 10:25); consistent living
(I Thess. 5:23); parting with loved
ones in this life (I Thess. 4:16-18);
and the strife between capital and
labor (James 5:7). People's indif-
ference to our Lord's second ap-
pearing (II Pet. 3:3-4) — Uke the in-
difference to His first coming (John
1:11 ) — is due to preferring man's
word to God's Word.

If Christ does not come again
there can be no resurrection of the
righteous (I Thess. 4:16-18), no re-
wards for them (Rev. 22:12), and
no prospect of peace for this earth
(Mic. 4:3).

God raised up Jesus to be the
righteous Judge of all the earth
(Acts 17:31), but if He should not
return, there would be no judg-,
ment nor day of reckoning for the:
ungodly (Matt. 25:31; II Thess. 7:9;'
Rev. 20). Without His return there i
could be no hope for the conversion i
of Israel (Zech. 12:10; 13:6). Satan^
will never be bound until the Lord
himself shall come (Rev. 20:2-3).

Christ is coming personally — "thel
Lord himself shall descend . . . ." Hisli
coming is not "spiritual" throughi
reform movements throughout thel
world, but literal (I Thess. 4:16).
Christ prophesied that it would bel
an unconverted world to which He
would return (Matt. 24:37-42). He
will return when His bride, thel
church, is ready. It is our part to
help to get it ready (Matt. 24:14).
Let all who know these things be',
looking for Him (Heb. 9:28; Rev.
19:7-9). There can be no Millen-
nium until the Devil is bound. The
Millennium is the answer to our
Lord's prayer (Matt. 6:10). It is to be
to a millennial world that Christ shal
bring His victorious church (Rev
20:1-6). After the union of Chrisi
and the church (the Rapture) come;
the Revelation. The Rapture pre
cedes the Tribulation because Chris
may come any moment (Matt. 24:42
25:13). If He came after the Tribuj
lation we would know when He wa;'|
coming to rapture the saints anc
there would be no need of watchinj
nor any element of surprise.

Because of the possibihty of Hii
immediate coming we ought to loci
well to our own hearts (I John 3:3)

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The Brethren Missionary Heralt

The Risen Christ

and

The Christian Life

By George Cripe

PART II

Let us look now at the second
scene of our chapter. This takes
place on the road to Jerusalem. The
women are hastening to tell the dis-
ciples about their tremendous dis-
covery, when they suddenly find
themselves face to face with their
risen Lord. What took place there
on that dusty road outside Jeru-
salem is one of the most significant
things in all of Scripture. It says
when they "saw him, they worshiped
him." The presence of the risen
Christ compelled their worship.

The word "worship" as used here
means to pay homage to one of su-
perior rank. It signifies the emotion
of awe and respect in the presence
pf a superior power. I believe it
means that when they came face to
[ace with this One who had con-
buered death, they realized as never
pefore that they were in the presence
bf Deity. Here was the Master of
[ea and earth and sky — yea of death
pelf. Here was the great Creator
bf the universe, the One who spoke
md the worlds in space leaped into
being. And they owned Him that
porning in a way that they never
lad before as Master and Lord of
peir lives.

I A lot of us have a lot of strange
peas about worship. We think it is
letting a sentimental feeling as we
lear the grand pipe organ play on
funday morning. I heard a woman
m once that she just couldn't wor-
pip properly unless there were
pained glass windows in the
Ihurch. Others think that the ro-
jiantic feeling aroused by contem-
jiation of nature is worship. Well,

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that may be worship of nature, but
I believe when we worship God in
Christ, it means that we are very
conscious of His authority. His
power, and His greatness, so that
our wills are subservient to His
and we say, like Paul on the Da-
mascus road: "Lord, what wilt thou
have me to do?"

This does not mean that emotion
was entirely absent from their wor-
ship. I beheve the emotion of love
was mingled with that of awe. It
says that "they held Him by the
feet." I think this indicates a strong
feeling of love and loyalty, coupled
with reverence. They loved Him.

Some of us seem to be afraid
of emotion in our religion. But let
us not forget that emotions play a
very important part in our lives.
Only that which touches a man's
deepest feelings is going to lead him
to the greatest feats of sacrifice and
exertion. And love is the strongest
and most compelling motive in
all the world. This is forcibly illus-
trated in the realm of human lead-
ership. Men will obey a leader whom
they fear — but only as long as they
have to. But, given a leader whom'
they love, men will sacrifice and go
beyond the call of duty, and literally
give their lives for him. The story is
told of an infantryman in Napoleon
Bonaparte's army who lay serious-
ly wounded with a bullet in the
c^est after a battle. The doctor had
no anesthetic, and as he probed for
the bullet he was talking with the
soldier to keep up his morale.
"Young man," he said, "you are
very lucky to be alive. This bullet is
very close to your heart." The sol-
dier looked up at him with an ex-
pression of utmost seriousness.

"Dig a little deeper. Sir," he
whispered," and you will find the
Emperor." The love of money drove
John D. Rockefeller to feats of men-
tal and physical sacrifice that
amassed him a fortune and made
him the richest man in the Western
World. Love of country drove
George Washington, in the autumn
of his life, to endure danger and
hardship that no lesser " motive
could have compelled him to endure.
Edward the Eighth of England gave
up an Empire because of the love
of a woman. And yet we sit in our
cold, formal pews and let our neigh-
bors— to say nothing of the heathen
— go to hell because we don't want
to be emotional about our religion!
This is not a valid reason at all. It
is a cover-up. It is an excuse. Be-
cause deep down in that heart of
yours you do have a controlling
emotion. There is something you
love more than anything else. And
it governs everything you do.
Whether it be power, or reputation,
or family, or money, or a fleshly
lust, there is something that you
cherish, and that drives you on to
do what you do. It is time we learned
what it means to love the Lord.
This emotion was not something
which they worked up. They did not
shout and dance and stir up their
baser emotions. Nor was it the
syrupy sentimentalism that passes
for devotion with some. Dr. Iron-
side, in his Lectures on the Leviti-
cal Offerings, tells the following in-
cident. He said that early in his
Christian experience he used to have
what he felt were very holy feehngs.
So as not to lose these precious

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445

Reaching Our Youth

By E. H. Bearinger
National Youth Director

American college and university
trustees are rushing expansion plans
in order to accommodate the rising
influx of students. Since 1948 col-
lege enrollment has increased 27
percent and it is rocketing higher
each year. Buildings are being erect-
ed, additional teachers employed,
courses of study enlarged and im-
proved, and new teaching methods
tested.

However, there is another group
of students outgrowing existing edu-
cational facilities. High-school en-
rollment is up 35 percent over this
same period. In 1948, slightly over
four million high-school graduates
didn't go to college. But in 1956,
nine years later, this figure increased
nearly 40 percent, for over five and
a half million high-school graduates
said farewell to formal academic de-
velopment. For each two high-school
graduates who pursue a higher edu-
cation, five go out into society direct-
ly from the nurtured atmosphere of
the higji-school classroom. Are these
teen-agers prepared psychologically,
physically, mentally, and morally to
meet the demands that will be made
upon them?

Less than one-tenth of one per-
cent of this group are Brethren
young people. Are our young people
better prepared than the unchurched
to face the realities of life?

Mary's memory cannot go back to
her earliest Sunday-school attend-
ance because from the time she was
only a few weeks old she was taken
every Sunday. Sunday-school and
youth activities were as much a part
of Mary as her rosy cheeks and in-
nocent smile. But though Mary's
mother did want her to be a little
religious for her own good, she
didn't want her religion to interfere
seriously with her social popularity.
Compromise for expediency was the
standard practice during her adoles-
cence. Circumstances didn't favor

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Mary with a college opportunity. But
her attractive personality and above
average intelligence won her an ex-
cellent office position.

Musical talent was one of God's
gifts to Mary and for several years
it was used in His service. But little
by little, as the social whirl gradually
spun her into its web, the Lord was
relegated to a lesser place in her life.
Only the older church members
remember Mary. Occasionally she
goes to church, but her rosy cheeks
are artificial and her smile is cool
and forced. The vivacious youthful
Sunday-school girl has faded into
a fearful, sorrowful woman who
knows what happiness could have
been hers.

To the problems our young men
have on leaving high school is the
added obstacle of military service.
Many of our young men go into
the service only to be lost forever to
the cause of Christ. Other young
men go into the business world and
become lost in the forest of com-
petition or misled on the road to
"success." Nevertheless, here and
there out of the same basic back-
ground and exposure to the Gospel
comes a preacher, a missionary, or a
civic leader who accepts responsi-
bility and acts according to the dig-
nity of his position to the glory of
God.

Our young people, who are tossed
on the rough waves of reality on
their own for the first time, ought
to know what to expect and how
to navigate in the midst of the "con-
trary winds" of contemporary life.
God commanded parents to bring
up children "in the nurture and ad-
monition of the Lord" (Eph. 6:4).
According to His plan, the home is
to be the first center of training both
in religion and in general knowledge.
Unfortunately, however, not all
homes have followed this plan, and
not all young people have profess-
ing Christian parents. It becomes the

task, therefore, of our Sunday-
school, church, and young people's
groups to lead the spiritually weak
into the pleasant paths of obedience
to God.

Juvenile delinquency is not mod-
ern. Long before Plato (400 B. C.)
men warned that the young people
were rebellious and disobedient.
They refused to think, were lazy,
and displayed disrespect for their
elders. This same cry echoes across
our land today; young people are
scatterbrained, uncouth, unlearned,
frivolous, and hopeless. And so they
are. They are because the adults
they have admired are; they have
followed and imitated the wrong
leaders.

Still, out of these young people
must come the leaders of their gene-
ration. Young people have received
plenty of criticism; they don't need,
more. But they do need under-
standing, instruction, and encourage-'
ment. They need leaders who are
dedicated to the Lord, who will bel
examples to them, and who will ac-
quaint them with the Power to
overcome.

The Brethren Church has a youtb
council that is dedicated to the ac-i
complishment of the task of reach-
ing youth for Christ. The Brethren^
Boys Clubs are designed to satisfy
the gang spirit in junior boys; the
King's Men, for the older boys, en-
courages individual ingenuity andi
creativeness; and the Sisterhoods
challenge girls of all ages to become
"vessels of honor," serving as testi-
monies to His redeeming love.i
Brethren Youth Fellowships bring
all of these groups into an organ-i
ization which explores and brings'
out the talents of young people; then
develops and refines them for the
Lord's use. From these groups come,
most of our missionaries, pastors)|
Sunday-school teachers, and Chris',
tian workers — the future Brethrcai
Church.

The Brethren Missionary Herak

THE RISEN CHRIST

(Continued from page 445)

times of devotion, he decided to
keep a diary of these experiments.
For a period of months he faith-
fully recorded what he felt were
his hoUest emotions. Years later he
happened on to this diary, and
opened it. He said he was shocked
and repulsed by the egotistical and
self-centered emotions he found
described therein. No, this was
something that was real. It was when
they "saw the Lord" that they wor-
shiped Him. And if we today are
going to get our ardor and holy
emotion kindled, it is going to be by
seeing the Lord. And the only way
we can do this is on our knees with
an open Bible. For it is in the pages
of God's Word and only there that
we find our Lord Jesus Christ re-
vealed today. Any experience of
Christ apart from the Word is dan-
gerous and misleading, and probably
the result of our own depraved im-
I agination — our neo-orthodox mys-
itics to the contrary notwithstanding.
There are two things that will
keep us from an effective vision of
Christ today. One is the lack of
itime. Our lives are so busy we never
have time to draw aside to spend an
hour or a day or a night in con-
templation and communion with
Christ. Really, when reduced to its
lowest common denominator, this
amounts to a lack of interest because
|We find time to do the things that
pe really want to do. I have never
found a man yet who was just too
pusy to eat. Christ never made this
Tiistake. He took time, in the midst
3f His very busy life, for commun-
on with the Father.

Another thing that will keep us
rom seeing the Lord is a wrong
notive. Some of us hear others say
ve should have a devotional time,
ind so we attempt it because some-
ine told us to, rather than out of
sincere desire to know Christ,
iome of us, when we do get a half
lOur alone, are so preoccupied with
'Ur problems, plans, and needs that
re have no eyes to see the Lord.

Lest we should be discouraged,
owever, let us remember that
'hrist desires our fellowship as
luch or more than we desire His.
t was He who took the initiative
nd came and greeted these women
n the road. If there is real desire,
le will meet us more than halfway.

(Continued next week)

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HARRISBURG, PA.— The

legislature passed a bill to prohibit
the sale of automobiles on Sunday
in Pennsylvania and to provide stiff
fines for violators of the law.

STAMFORD, CONN.— An at-
torney here announced he would
seek the nomination for the mayor
of the city on the Republican ticket
with a major plank in his campaign
the obtaining of free bus service for
children in parochial schools. He is
Martin F. Armstrong, Jr., 34-year-
old son-in-law of the late author,
Fulton Oursler.

Mr. Armstrong's announcement
of his candidacy came on the heels
of an action in the State Legislature
authorizing municipalities to pro-
vide, on a local option basis, the
same bus transportation for non-
profit private and parochial schools
as they furnish to public schools.

TORONTO, CANADA.— The
Peoples Church, which has long
been noted for its generous contri-
butions to missions, set a new
record last month by giving $300,-
000 in cash and pledges. The gifts
were received from approximately
2,000 people during the annual mis-
sionary convention which lasted a
whole month.

Rev. Oswald J. Smith, pastor of
the church, said the record offering
will make it possible to support new
missionaries in addition to the 350
who are already being supported. A
number of nationally-known speak-
ers were heard during the conven-
tion, including Ernest E. Manning,
Prime Minister of the western Can--
adian Province of Alberta; Robert
G. LeTourneau, the industriahst;
and the Claus Indian Family. Many
foreign missionaries appeared in
costume, and colored films of mis-
sionary work were shown.

CHICAGO, ILL.— The National
Safety Council has given a citation
to "the clergy of New Jersey" for
their "outstanding contribution in
1956 to traffic safety." An official
commended the 3,()00 ministers,
priests, and rabbis who gave ser-
mons and addresses on individual

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moral responsibility, placing the
weight of their leadership behind of-
ficial efforts. He said this active co-
operation and support from the
clergy was "a major factor in de-
termining New Jersey's favorable
traffic safety record for 1956."

LONDON— A Gallup Poll of the
British people reveals that 28 per-
cent of Britons go to church at
least once a month. Formerly it was
estimated that only about 10 per-
cent of the British people went to
church.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH— In-
mates of the Utah State Prison will
construct their own chapel for
religious services, according to plans
approved by prison officials. When
prisoners rioted last February one
of their 43 grievances was lack of
a chapel.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.— Ameri-
can television viewers learned some-
thing about the skill, courage, and
devotion of modern missionaries
when TV emcee Ralph Edwards
honored Missionary Rachel Saint
on his nationwide program, "This
Is Your Life," on June 5.

Miss Saint is working in Ecuador
with the savage Auca Indians who
last year murdered her brother
Nate and four other young mission-
aries who attempted to reach the
Aucas with the Gospel.

DAYTON, OHIO— The First
Lutheran church was installing a
new $42,000 organ. Parts of the
instrument had been stored in the
church building. When time came
to put the organ together, it was dis-
covered that seven pipes were miss-
ing. The discovery meant that in-
auguration of the instrument would
have to wah. But three days later,
seven carefully wrapped pipes were
found outside the church. The po-
lice investigated and traced the
theft to a 26-year-old workman and
part-time auto mechanic who said
he returned the pipes after discover-
ing that he couldn't use them. He
had intended to put them into his
car as exhausts.

447

A LITTLE CHILD

It was June 19, and Mother sat
in pensive mood. She had tried to
study — there is always more of that
than she can handle — but her mind
wouldn't function along the lines of
math or biology. Twenty-one years
ago this day her first-bom child had
been placed in her arms and had
taken over her heart. The memory
of that day and that joy will never
fade. But just three months short
of his twenty-first birthday, God
saw fit to take Bobby home to be
with himself.

Total grief overtook this mother.
Blinding, bitter tears ran down like
rain as her heart echoed the cry
of thousands of mothers before her:
"Why did it have to be my son?"
Even as she asked the question
Mother knew it was not hers to
ask. Bobby had been a loan from
the Lord, a tender plant to nurture
and cherish for a few years.

Perhaps basting the zipper in that
nearly-finished skirt would divert
the thoughts of her heart. Although
Bob's physical birthday was a day
of importance to Mother, she knew
his "second" birthday was a day
of importance. It was because of
Bob's birth into the family of God
by personal faith in Jesus Christ
that she knows where her boy is to-
day.

"If only I could stop crying,"
Mother upbraided herself. Now a
little face peered intently into hers.
"Are you 'cwying' for Bobby,
Mama?"

Evidently it had become the ac-
cepted idea in this household that
when tears were in Mother's eyes,
she'd been thinking of Bob. "I'm not
crying for Bobby, Mark. I know he
is happy in heaven. But I miss him so
very much. You remember Bob,
don't you. Honey?"

"Uh huh. He and Betty buyed me
that 'trike' for Christmas. When are
we gonna see Bobby?"

"When we get to heaven." Five-
year-old Ardyth had quietly perched
on the arm of Mother's chair and

joined in the conversation. "I'll be
glad to get to heaven to see Bobby
and Jesus. Bob liked the piece
playing on that record, didn't he?"

"Yes, he was very fond of Sche-
herazade. I think of him every time
I hear it, or any of the old classics
which thrilled him. I'm glad you've
learned to associate such music with
Bobby, for in that way you will
never forget him."

"Well Mommie, you're glad
Bobby will not have to be sick any-
more, aren't you?"

"Oh yes, so glad."

"So am I. This will be a happy
birthday for him. He is happy in
heaven."

"Bobby is indeed happy, but
birthdays no longer concern him.
He's at home forever."

"Jesus sent the angels to take
Bob's spirit to heaven, but not his
body. Won't he get a new body some
other time, Mommie?"

"Yes, Ardyth, and Bob will be
glad for a disease-free body."

"When we die we'll go to heaven
and Bob will smile at us. I'm gonna
smile back at him 'cause I'll be awful
glad to see him. I miss him. Mama.
Sometimes I think I will cry — but
I won't," she added hastily.

"That's a brave girl. Mommie has
stopped crying. See? The Lord may
come before we die. We may join
Bob sooner than we think. What a
wonderful day that will be!"

The music stopped. Other duties
called Mother from tears and zipper,
while her thoughts were riveted on
her small daughter's intelligent grasp
of Bobby's homegoing. There
seemed to be not only an absorption
of conversations she'd heard in the
family circle, but a spiritual ap-
preciation of the role of death, of
heaven to come, and of glad re-
union with loved ones. What wealth
Ardyth possesses at the age of five!
What contrast to the spiritual pov-
erty of countless children that same
age!

There is a tragic contradiction

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which is tantamount to perversion
in the thinking of today's educators.
While they emphasize more and
more the importance of early and
correlated training and education,
they do not include, or consider im-
portant, early spiritual enlighten-
ment. It is true that most educa-
tors and many parents cannot give
such training because they them-
selves are not personally qualified.
But Christian parents have a source
of wisdom which stems from Him
who is wisdom. It is He who exhorts
His own: "Train up a child in the
way he should go; and when he is
old, he will not depart from it"
(Prov. 22:6).

This Mother's heart goes out to
the spiritual illiterates growing up
all around us. "My child is not cap-
able of judging or evaluating 're-
ligion,' " is the general hue and cry.
"I don't want to influence my child
in rehgion because that is a personal
matter. So I'll allow him to choose
for himself when he is mature
enough to do so."

Such an attitude is sad and wrong
enough arising from non-Christian
parents. But when Christian parents
assume that attitude, perhaps not
verbally but by conduct, it is sin.
With heart aflame this Mother would
challenge: "Your child can accept
the deeper truths of God as taught
by His Spirit when he is a beheving
child. As for influencing your
child, you are doing so either nega-
tively or positively, whether you
want to or not. A relationship to
Christ is indeed a personal matter.
Have you talked to your child about
Him? Have you ever purposely and
purposefully urged upon your child
the claims of Christ? If you really
love Christ and your child you will
not fail to speak to him today if
you have neglected to do so here-
tofore. 'The night is far spent; the
day is at hand . . .' " (Rom. 13:12).

It is later than you think. "Now is
the accepted time; behold, now is
the day of salvation" (II Cor. 6:2).
Ardyth comforted Mother and her-
self in time of sorrow and need with
her knowledge of spiritual things
taught by God's Holy Spirit. Such a
blessing comes to those who kilow
Jesus Christ as Saviour. Is your child
wealthy?

The BRETHREN

HOME MISSION NUMBER

JULY 20, 1957

Brethren Break Ground in Lansing, MSch.

Pastor Richard Sellers "Puts His Hands to the Plow"
While Members "Form a feam'' in Unique Ground-Breaking Service

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Editorials

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Liquor Stores Now Outnumber Churches in America —

A recent study has revealed that there are 443,057
dealers in liquor and beer in the United States. At the
same time there are 305,449 churches and synagogues
in the USA.

It is apparent that Satan's business is doing much bet-
ter than the Lord's business here in America. Last year
Americans spent 9.5 billion dollars on alcoholic drinks
with a large increase in the rapidly growing number of
alcoholics^ On the other hand, Americans spent only
3.5 billion dollars for all kinds of "religion" and char-
ity.

To the thinking Christian citizen of our nation this
can mean only one thing — a further degeneration in the
spiritual condition of our people! How much of this can
we stand before the whole structure of America crum-
bles in the dust of its own sin?

A Bonanza for Industry— Babies! Why Not for the
Church?

The population of America is literally exploding!

This is what is supposed to happen in 1957:

2,800,000 people will be added to the population.
4,220,000 babies will be born.
3,500,000 first-graders will enter school.
1,575,000 marriages will be recorded.
631,000 households will be added to the nation's
families.

Industry gets the statistics and plans ahead. And this
population growth will be a bonanza for industry.
Homes, schools, cars, electricity, oil, baby clothing, and
many other items will be in greater demand. The world
is all prepared to capitalize on the God-given growth
in this great nation.

But what about the church? Will it be a "bonanza"
for her? Will she see her golden opportunity or let it
pass by? History has conclusively proved that the church
is usually last to see her opportunity if she sees it at all.
While sin and Satan have been gradually taking over,
the American church has still largely failed to under-
stand that America is one of the world's neediest mission
fields. While the Bible indicates that we are to be more
subtle and wiser than the children of the Devil, we are
constantly outmaneuvered by the enemy of our souls.

Is it more important to provide more supermarkets,
bigger gas stations, larger schools and colleges, new and
more beautiful living quarters, or to provide spiritual
food for the souls of lost Americans? Jesus said: "For
what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole
world, and lose his own soul?" (Mark 8:36).

Never in history has the true church of Jesus Christ
had a greater, more unhindered opportunity to send
forth the Word of Life than today! Tomorrow the op-
portunities will be even greater! God help us to see
with His eyes and take advantage of these privileges of
service.

Our National Cancer —

Mr. Frank Tripp wrote some good commonsense in'
the Lansing, Mich., State Journal recently. Coming
from a newspaper columnist who is abreast of the times,
his statements are highly significant. We quote a few
of his remarks.

"Every pundit, almost, has had its fling at what's
wrong with the world, youth, and society.

"Few of them have touched upon the inescapable
formula of the all-time best seller; many of them have
flaunted it.

"The Holy Bible stays at the top of the list. Somebody
must be reading it; more should be defending its truths.
More of the plain, wholesome people who believe it,
but seem struck dumb or shamed into secret expres-
sion of their faith.

"Our bookshelves and parlor screens belie our na-
tional motto; our literature and entertainment have ap-
proached a national cancer.

"Where are the people who once flooded protests to
offending publishers and producers of the profanity,
vulgarity, and indecency that have crept into American i
lives and homes and built a notion that the teachings
of our fathers are mythical old fogyism; that only glam-
our, extravagance, and self are important? Any new
crackpot theory that will sell for cash.

"Where are the people who once peppered editors
with angry missives everytime they abetted the rantings !
of new thinkers that challenged the home, lured and
confused the minds of children?

"Have they sneaked like scared slaves into the pri-
vacy of their home shrines to pray, 'O God, I'm saved:
please save the rest of the people?' Once they went forth
to face the mercenary dragons who have brought woe
upon them.

"Today they leave the fight to organizations and
committees which soon become smeared as scolds
'living in the past,' and discredited. The job was better
done when people did it.

"One of the greatest plays of its era, 'The City,' was
taken off the stage until a single, blasphemous oath was
deleted. Today you'll hear it on almost any stage, and
read it, and worse, scores of times in modem literature.
Why wouldn't Junior be swearing a little? Smart, he
thinks.

"Puritanical and fanatical, the thoughtless will say.
but it was letting down such bars which opened the
way for today's overindulgence in 'freedom of expres-
sion,' the theme song of the modernist.

"We are reaping the harvest of too much freedom
of expression in places where it does not belong.

"As the people themselves accept and are silent, so
will expand any trend that bedevils them."

This is America, 1957 style! Mr. Tripp is correct!

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 29

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
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Directors: Robert Crees, president: Herman A. Hoyt vice president; WllUam Schaffer. secretary: True Hunt, assistant secretary: Ord GeB-
man. treasurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-laree to executive Committee: Gene Fairell, S. W. Linlc Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller,
Thomas Hammers: Arnold R. Kriegbaum, ex officio.

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The Brethren Missionary Herald,

Ground Breaking at Lansing

By Richard Sellers, pastor

It was a great day! This was the
attitude which was reflected by those
who attended the ground-breaking
service at Lansing, Mich., on June
9. The weather was perfect and was
accepted as being an answer to
prayer on the part of the folks in
Lansing.

The crowd was large, numbering
somewhere near 225 in attendance.
Visitors were present from the Lake
Odessa and Alto churches.

The service was opened with all
who were present singing "The
Church's One Foundation," after
which Prof. Herbert Bess, former
pastor of the work in Lansing, led
in the invocation.

The message of the afternoon was
brought by Dr. Paul R. Bauman,
the president of The Brethren Home
Missions Council. His message,
which was entitled, "Except the

Lord Build the House," presented a
great challenge to the Brethren at
Lansing. The theme of the mes-
sage expressed the idea that the peo-
ple must conform to the Word of
God before this church building
could be called a church in the
true sense.

Special music was brought by
Rev. and Mrs. Gib Clark, the pas-
tor and his wife of the neighboring
Baptist church.

Following the message of the
afternoon the entire congregation
formed two lines in front of an old-
time walking plow which had been
painted a bright gold in color. After
taking hold of the two ropes, which
had been attached to the plow, the
ground was broken in one united
effort with the pastor guiding the
plow in its course.

Among those present from The

Brethren Home Missions Council at
Winona Lake, Ind., were Brother
Lester Pifer, assistant field secretary;
Brother Robert Foltz, architect; and
Brother Elmer Tamkin, financial
secretary of the Brethren Investment
Foundation.

A special telegram was received
from Rev. Robert Griffith, Brethren
pastor at Grandview, Wash., who
along with Earl Funderburg, pastor
of the Ozark, Mich., church, was
responsible in organizing the work in
Lansing. Also during the day special
recognition was given to Brother
Don Hocking, Prof. Herbert Bess,
and Dr. Norman Uphouse for their
labors and efforts in behalf of the
church at Lansing.

The service was closed with
Brother Lester Pifer pronouncing the
benediction.

Laying the Groundwork in Lansing

A great amount of groundwork is
necessary in starting a new church!
At the time the Central District was
divided into Southern Ohio, Indiana,
and Michigan districts, it left the new
Michigan district without a new
project. The Michigan pastors were
vitally interested in getting some-
thing new started and after a care-
ful survey found the most likely
place to start was in Lansing. The
most hkely pastors to start the work
were Robert Griffith, Lake Odessa,
and Earl Funderburg, Alto, because
members from their churches were
living in Lansing.

The first pastor was a student
from Grace Seminary, Donald

Hocking. Brother Hocking carried
on the work until he finished his
seminary training and had to begin
preparation for the trip to the for-
eign-mission field of Africa.

Professor Herbert Bess of Grace
Seminary, an experienced home-mis-
sion worker, took over the min-
istry following the departure of the
Hockings. When Brother Bess was
no longer able to continue the work,
another professor from Grace Semi-
nary and College, Dr. Norman Up-
house, assumed the responsibiHty of
the Lansing work. The services were
limited during this time of ground-
work, and it was not until Richard
Sellers became the first full-time

pastor that the full schedule of serv-
ices got under way. This was in
August 1956, and since that time the
Lord has blessed with increases in
every phase of the work.

This is the usual procedure for
a new church. Much groundwork
must be done by some people. Much
seed must be sown, and it is usually
some time before the "harvest." This
part of the work is very important,
but it is often discouraging to those
who are caDed to perform it. We
thank the Lord for these who have
done a good work at Lansing and
for the prospect of the new building,
and for all those who are helping to
lay the groundwork for other new
Brethren churches across the nation.

Robert Griffith

luly 20, 1957

Earl O . Funderburg

Donald G. Hocking

Norman H. Uphouse

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Lonsing Brethren Break Ground on New Location

Paul R. Bauman, president of The

Brethren Home Missions Council,

ground-breaking speaker.

Members making up the "team" pulling the plow in the

ground-breaking service.

Present meeting place in the Windemere school

Richard Sellers, pastor, Grace
Brethren Church, Lansing, Mich.

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Dr. Norman Uphouse, a former supply pastor, stands on
the corner of the new church location.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

What Happened to Your Minute-Man Letter?

Some Were Returned With These
Notes —

Sapulpa, Okla.
Brethren:

My offering is small, but I want
to be a Minute-Man all of my lif;.
My age is almost 90, and I have
been a Minute-Man since it was
started. The Fort Wayne, Ind., First
Brethren Church held its first meet-
ing in our home.

Mrs. B. Z.

Bloomington, Calif.
Dear Brother Grubb:

Enclosed is a small offering and
sorry it is not more. If everyone
would respond to your call, you
would have a good offering. It seems
people forget about the Lord's work.
Mrs. R. H.

Glendale, Calif.
Dear Brethren Minute-Men:

Again it is my privilege to as-
sist in getting a new church started.
My son bought some gasoline :ior
me, and now I can send a couple of
more dollars. It is great to pass along
blessings like these.

Mrs. A. L.

Kokomo, Ind., Pastor and Family

Somerset, Pa.
Dear Brethren:

If the need is not met in a reason-
able time, let us know, and we will
try to send another offering.
Mr. F. E. K.

Marion, Ind.
Dear Sirs:

Enclosed is two dollars to help out
with the new building. I am 95
years old, and I guess you do not
have many that age to help you out.
I am shut in but able to read and
write. I do thank the Lord for being
able to send this.

Mrs. S. D.

Modesto, Calif.
Dear Brother Grubb:

It always thrills me to receive
one of these Minute-Man letters, for
it means the Brethren witness is
going into another city for our pre-
cious Lord.

Mrs. O. B.

Left to right: Billy. Charlene. Brother Kolb, Mrs. Kolb with
Loribeth. and Elaine Kolb.

Norwalk, Calif.
Dear Sir:

You will find enclosed $5 for the
Minute-Man offering. We have just
a pension so don't have much to
give. But this is such a worthy cause
that we are glad to do our bit. We
are 77 and 81, but God has always
provided for us.

Mr. and Mrs. W. E. S.

Some Were Returned Without Notes

In fact, the majority of the let-
ters returned do not contain a note.
Naturally we enjoy the notes ex-
pressing an interest in the work, ad-
vising us they are praying, and tell-
ing us the circumstances by which
we know their gifts are sacrificial
ones. The return envelopes are pre-
pared so that a letter is not necessary

and to make it mo.:2 convenient
for the donor. So to you who have
not taken the lime to write, we ap-
preciate your help just as much.

Sossie Were Not Returned

The average returns from a Min-
ute-Man letter run nearly $3,000.
This means a large number of let-
ters never find their way back.

In this issue you can read about
the Lansing, Mich., chur-ch that is
nov,' under way. Tnis was the next
to the last one sent your way. The
last Minute-Man letter was for
Kokcmo, Ind. The family shown
above is just now gett'ng into their
nzw home, which will be the church
until a building is erected. Would
you want a church in your home?
Think! What ha"p;ned to your
Minute-Man letter?'

July 20, 1957

On Your Way . . .

Plan to visit some of your home-mission works, even if yois have to drive
out of your way. See for yourself what is being done in Brethren Home Mis-
sions. You are welcome to visit the homs-mission office at Winona Lake.

Remember

THE NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF BRETHREN CHURCHES

convenes August 18-25 at Winona Lake, Indiana

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Home Mission Church Building News

Cheyenne Cnurch

tetc jr .<t<.ii«SiaKR>A

Florin Hesse and Grover Culver

Long Beach, Calif. The Los Altos
Brethren Church, under construc-
tion by unit 3 of the Brethren Con-
struction Company, is nearing com-
pletion. A new family was added to
the crew here when Mr. Harlan
Martin from Covington, Va., an-
swered the call to become a home
missionary in this phase of the work.
Mr. Martin is an experienced
builder, having been in this type of
work most of his Ufe. Another new
home missionary was added to this
crew when Miss Alice Snider be-
came Mrs. Charles Koontz.

Cheyenne, Wyo. The new First
Brethren Church is in business at
the corner of Walnut and Forest
Drives. The remaining crew mem-
bers have departed, but of course
there is still work to be finished. The
construction crew moved from here
to Lansing, Mich.

San Diego, Calif. The new Grace
Brethren Church is under construc-
tion here. Mr. Florin Hesse is the
contractor for this new building. Mr.
Hesse is well known for having built
a number of Brethren churches,
and we thank the Lord for this
Christian man and his contribution
to The Brethren Church.

Fort Wayne, Ind. The foreman,
Mr. Vern Latham, and his family
have just returned from a vacation
in California. During his absence
the building continued with Mr.
James Knepper in charge. The
weather has slowed the progress on
this building, and financing has also
been a factor. Pray for the financial
needs of these building programs.

Grandview, Wash. Pastor Robert
Griffith writes: "We are rejoicing in
the way the building program is
progressing. We will be finishing the
roof in a few days, and the windows
are here ready to be installed. One
foreman says the building will be
finished about August 15, and we are
planning a dedication for Septem-
ber. This will be the third anniver-
sary of the church.

Lansing, Mich. Unit number 1 of
the Brethren Construction Com-
pany is on the job. Here we will have
a brother team working for home
missions. Don Sellers, a member of
the crew, will be working on the
building with Richard Sellers, pastor
of the church.

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Virginia Beach, Va., Begins Full Program

Rev. and Mrs. Harold Arrington

New Property

By Lester E. Pifer

Virginia B^ach is located on the
Atlantic Coast in the extreme south-
west comer of the State of Virginia,
[t will become a strategic missionary
beachhead to reach the rapidly ex-
sanding areas of Norfolk, Ports-
nouth, Newport News, and ultimate-
y Richmond.

The Southeast Fellowshio of
Brethren Churches District Mission
Board probed this field and got a
Bible class and Sunday school under
vay. The Brethren Home Missions
i^ouncil was asked to oversee the
vork and to aid in the securing of a
•astor and the purchase of property.

Rev. Harold Arrington became

uly 20. 1957

the pastor on June 23. Families from
Buena Vista, Va., Roanoke, Va.,
and Waynesboro, Pa., live in the
area. The attendances averaged from
20 to 25 when the group met under
the leadership of district pastors who
came in to minister from week to
week. The local group showed great
faith and fine spiritual stamina in
going ahead with regular services
from the start. A record attendance
of 38 was set on the day the new
pastor began his ministry.

A new piece of property 1 5/8
acres in size has been purchased
between two large new developments
of homes. It is located 31/2 miles
west of Virginia Beach on the Nor-
folk-Virginia B:ach highway at the

highest point in Princes Anne
County. A large colonial 11 -room
house is located on one corner of
the property. Plans are now ready
for the remodeling of this building
for church and Sunday-school fa-
cilities. The spacious home will pro-
vide adequate room for the grow-
ing church until a first-unit church
building can be erected on the cor-
ner property. Meantime, the group
will continue to meet in the com-
munity building in downtown Vir-
ginia Beach. Investment funds in
the amount of $4,000 are urgently
needed to pay on the property so that
remodeling can get under way im-
mediately. Pray for this "newest"
of our home -mission churches.

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A Wagonful

Two donkeys puil.;d a wa^Oiiloa,;
into the mission on Sunday night in
April. The wagonload consistjd cf
four mothers with a combined total
of eight children. Trailing behind
were two faithful dogs. Sick childr.;n
necessitated a thirty-mile trip by
wagon in search of medical help.
The sturdy donkeys made the trip
in six hours from the home camp
to the Mission. A hurried trip in
the Mission stationwagon covered
the same distance on to the nearest
doctor in half an hour. The mothers
and children then returned and spent
the night in one of the native hogans
prepared for such visits here at the
Mission.

With the sick children on the
mend and mothers' hearts relieved,
the same small wagon started out on

tie t:v;tv-pi i; return trip the next
midday. The same two mismatched
donkeys, a white and a brown,
trotted off for home as though proud
of their part in the errand of mercy.
The two dogs took up their rear-
guard position as the group rode out
of sight. We took the accompanying
picture to show you how many sick
children and mothers it takes to fill
a small wagon.

There are many such wagonfuls in
Navajoland in need of help daily.
It takes several wagonfuls of chil-
dren to fill the school desks and
beds. More wagonfuls are needed to
haul all the supplies and equipment
needed daily in the operation of the
Mission. Thank you for your wagon-
ful of support and prayer for the
school year recently completed.

NAVAJO MISSION NURSE ON DUTY

Miss Lois Garverich, R.N.

Miss Lois Garverich, a member
of the Melrose Gardens Brethren
Church, Harrisburg, Pa., answered
the call to the Brethren Navajo Mis-
sion to become a missionary nurse.

The need for a nurse was im-
mediate, and Lois found herself "on
duty" at once. Brother Evan Adarns
wrote: "We are certainly thankful
for a nurse to assume the responsi-
bility of the medical needs. Lois ar-
rived 5:00 p. m. on Thursday, June
14, and the next morning had her
first patient. A little girl living on
the mission compound stepped on a
tin can and cut her foot very badly.
Lois has been giving her treatment
daily. If she had not been here, Jt
v/ould have necessitated the girl
staying in a hospital or our driving
her to a hospital two or three times
a week for a couple of weeks."

With a nurse on duty, it will re-
duce the trips to distant doctors and
hospitals. Pray for her ministry.

NAVAJO READING SCHOOL

RESULTS

By Evan M. Adams

We wish you could have b^en
here this week to really see what itiz
word has done in some of the lives
of these Navajo people. We have
been very busy with the reading
school and are becoming very tired.
It is much harder than digging
ditches.

We have had a total of 20 stu-
dents in the school so far with 15
remaining at the present time. Those
who are here and studying seriously
are accomplishing much, and we can
see them growing spiritually at the
same time.

One woman in particular has
been a real blessing to us. She is
about 26 years of age and has never
been to school. She accepted the
Lord three or four years ago and has
had little opportunity to grow spirit-
ually. Last November we began
holding reading classes in her home,
and now she has progressed from an
ilhterate to be a capable reader of
the New Testament. Her life has
shown what the Word has done for
her as she has grown in the Lord.
She has become outstanding in the
fact that she gives her testimony of
her n:w life In Christ to her peo-
ple. She has been an encourage-
ment to the other illiterate Navajos
in their attempt to learn to read.
Her husband, who until about three
months a?o shov/ed no indication of
spiritual interest, now shows a defi- i
nite interest. He has begun to leam
to read and is also a student in thei
reading school. We hav.e prayed
much for this young man and cer-i
tainly he is an answer to prayer.

OUCH!

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Little Jep.nette Truiillo portrays graphical!:
one of ;he hazards Navajo boys and giri:
must face if they come to school. Dr. Warrei
Rasmussen. State health officer. admimster,|
an innoculation against poho.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

I/I^AEL CALLjT!

BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD

By Leanore Button

One thing about house-to-house
calling — you never know what
might happen next! As I walked
down Gardner Street, I wondered
what the people were doing who
lived in the houses where I was
calling. I could see their cars in the
driveways and hear them talking be-
hind doors, but very few came to
the door when I rang. The few who
did come were either surly or un-
dressed. They couldn't possibly all
know the missionary was calling in
their neighborhood.

I approached a house which was
painted a loud pink and rang the
bell. A hostile voice called co me
from an open window: "What do you
want?"

Have you ever tried to witness
through an opaque screen? I could
tell it was a woman, but her face
was difficult to see. I immediately
recognized my disadvantage and
tried the friendly approach.

"I have a little paper for you," I
told her. "I was admiring the me-
zuzzah on your door."

She launched into a discussion
about the mezuzzah.

"Shouldn't it be tacked on the
doorpost at an angle?" I asked when
I had a chance to speak again.

"How did you know? Are you
Jewish?" She seemed embarrassed
that I should notice the mezuzzah
had been tacked on in a vertical
position instead of pointing inward.
I began to tell her, then, that
though I wasn't Jewish, everything
I believed in was Jewish, and even
my Saviour came to earth in the
body of a Jewish man. Then I tried
to show her that we were all sin-
ners, and I believe it was at this point
I lost her. Strange, isn't it, how the
human mind rebels at the thought of
sin and its consequences?

Several houses up the street a
heavy, dark man answered the door.
"Take it and go!" he shouted, bang-
ing the door shut. I made a notation
on the card about his refusing the
literature and started down the walk.
As I did, a man with a dog on a
leash came along, carrying one of
our Mediators folded into a handy
paper with which to slap the dog.
Following him was another dog, and
as I came out on the sidewalk again
this dog for some strange reason

attached himself to me like glue. No
one answered at the next house, and
my new-found friend strayed back
to the house next door. As I came
down the walk once more, an el-
derly woman came running out of
the house where I had previously
called.

"Take your dog away!" she
screamed at me. "Take him in your
own yard!"

"Lady," I protested, "he doesn't
belong to me. He isn't my dog."

Just then the man with the dog
on the leash passed by again. For
the next few minutes the woman told
us what kind of people we were to
bring our animals into her yard, etc.
At last I walked away, feeling very
misunderstood and still being fol-
lowed by the cause of my trouble.
"Go home!" I ordered, but he just
sniffed and continued to follow me.
Five houses further he lost interest
in me in favor of a tired-looking cat,
and I felt very grateful.

The morning was almost over
when I knocked at the door of a
downstairs apartment. The man who
opened the door had on a yamica
or prayer cap. He was friendly
enough, and though he didn't want
to accept the Mediator, he was will-
ing to discuss the Word of God with
me. He admitted sin but refused to
admit the necessity for a blood
atonement for that sin. I tried to
show him this truth from Leviticus
17:11, but he said my Bible was
different than his. He brought his
Bible (in Hebrew) to show me and
was surprised to find that it said
the same thing. However, when I
tried to show him other passages of
Scripture dealing with the Mes-
siah, he closed his Bible with a
bang and refused to discuss it fur-
ther. He did accept a Gospel of Mat-
thew and promised to read it care-
fully. He also told me I would be
welcome to come back and talk
with him in the future. He told me
he had read most of Sholem Asch's
books and had spoken with mis-
sionaries in England many years
ago. It is people such as this man
that we are able to draw into our
class on Wednesday. Perhaps in time
he will come, although he made no
promises.

The last call of the morning was

on a middle-aged woman. We had
spoken many times with her. She
remembered us and much of what
was said before. She told me she
had been reading Sholem Asch's
books also. She read our literature
and listened to radio programs con-
cerning Jesus as the Messiah. Her
final word to me that morning was:
"1 wouldn't want Him [Jesus] even
if it were true about His being the
Messiah."

As I walked to the car I couldn't
help but think how hard the hearts
of human beings are today — not the
Jew only, but all men. The attitude
was aptly expressed by a dear Jew-
ish friend: "I don't want to know
what is in that book [the Bible]."
Man today, ostrich like, wants to
hide his head and heart from the
revealing truths which testify to the
sinfulness of the heart. And, but for
the grace of God, you and I would
be without hope and without Christ.
Do we think enough of God's grace?
Are we grateful for this wonderful
salvation so freely given to us? Oh,
that we might remember every min-
ute of the day the wonder of God's
grace!

"For by grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not of your-
selves: it is the gift of God: not of
works, lest any man should boast"
(Eph. 2:8-9).

ANNUAL CORPORATION
MEETING

The 1957 annual corpora-
tion meeting of The Brethren
Home Missions Council, Inc.,
Winona Lake, Indiana, will be
held on Wediraesday, August
21, 1957, from 12:00 noon io
12:30 p. m. The meeting will
be held in the Auditorium
Building of the Winona Lake
Christian Assembly.

July 20.. 1957

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NOTICE. The annual corpora-
tion meeting of Tlie Brethren Mis-
sionary Herald will be held in the
Auditorium at Winona Lake. Ind.,
on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 1957, at 12m.

WASHINGTON, D. C. The win-
ter and spring program of the First
.Brethren Church had a wonderful
climax with 33 new members enter-
ing into the fellowship of the church.
Twenty-nine of this number came
by affirmation of faith and Christian
baptism, and four by reaffirmation
and letter. Nearly S40,000 was
pledged to be paid in the next two
years into the Sunday-school-build-
ing fund. This amount is over and
above the giving to current expenses
and to the national program. James
Dixon is pastor.

TAOS, N. MEX. Rev. and Mrs.
Sam Horney celebrated their 20th
wedding anniversary on June 20.
(Ed. Imagine, 20 years with Sam.)

WATERLOO, IOWA. A recep-
tion for Pastor and Mrs. John Aeby
and family was held July 14 at the
Grace Brethren Church. A sur-
prise food shower was the order of
the day.

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. The
First Brethren Church is consider-
ing the erection of an educational
annex at the estimated cost of $70,-
000. Dr. Glenn O'Neal is pastor.

MANSFIELD, OHIO. The main
auditorium of the Grace Brethren
Church has been air-conditioned.
Dr. Bernard Schneider is pastor.

SPECIAL. The executive com-
mittee of the National Fellowship of
Brethren Churches has expended
real effort to arrange for an at-
tractive program for the 68th an-
nual conference at Winona Lake.
Every church of the Brotherhood is

urged to make a supreme effort to
have all their delegates at the con-
ference. Official boards should not
overlook their responsibility of
recommending to their churches
that financial assistance be given
all pastors and delegates attending
the conference. These folk repre-
sent local churches, and each church
is obligated to care for its delegates
who represent it at the conference.
If this matter has not been cared
for in your church, it is not too late.
Many of our churches make this a
regular part of their budget.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Mr. and

Mrs. A. Shaw celebrated their 61st
wedding anniversary during the last
week of June.

MANSFIELD, OHIO. Rev.

Gene Witzky will terminate his min-
istry at the Woodville Grace Breth-
ren Church on July 28 and will as-
sume his new duties as pastor of
the Ireland Road Brethren Church,
South Bend, Ind., on Aug. 4.

LA VERNE, CALIF. Mr. and

Mrs. Elias White, Sr., celebrated
their 56th wedding anniversary on
June 4. They are the parents of Dr.
Elias White, pastor of the First
Brethren Church, of La Verne.

LA VERNE, CALIF. Chaplain
Orville Lorenz, USA, was guest
speaker June 16 at the First Breth-
ren Church.

STOYSTOWN, PA. Rev. Arthur
Collins, pastor of the Reading
Brethren Church, recently delivered
a series of devotional messages over
the local radio station.

KITTANNING, PA. Rev. Wil-
liam Schaffer, pastor of the First
Brethren Church, conducted the
morning devotions of the local radio
station recently.

CHANGE. The new phone num-
ber of Rev. Lyle Marvin is: San
Bernardino, Calif, exchange. Turner
2-5898.

SPECIAL. Sam Wolgemuth, over-
seas director of Youth for Christ
International, has recently returned
from Copenhagen, Denmark, where
arrangements are being made for
the ninth World Congress on Youth
Evangelism, to begin Aug. 4. He
says that spiritual life in Copenhagen
is at a low ebb. "The city has the
highest suicide rate in the world.

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake, Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

Pastors wept as we discussed the
youth problem," he reported. There
has been a tragic moral collapse
among the youth. There is an almost
complete disregard for the church.
Even though 95 percent of the
population is nominally Christian,
the average Sunday morning crowd
is from 6 to 20 in churches that
seat 600 or more! "A small band of
godly pastors and Christians in
Copenhagen are calling for help,"
he said.

HENRYETTA, OKLA. A daily
newspaper publisher and radio sta-
tion owner has started a "Billy Gra-
ham for President" club. J. Leland
Gourley, president and publisher
of the Henryetta Free Lance, said in
an editorial that Mr. Graham "must
be drafted" because America needs
the power Billy Graham believes in.

SCOTTDALE, PA. Ival Magal,
a former missionary among the Slav-
ic people of Eastern Europe, and
editor of The New Way, has been
working for some years on the proj-
ect of having Bunyan's The Pilgrim's
Progress reprinted in the Russian
language. The Herald Press, Scott-
dale, Pa., has completed half of a
3,000 edition, and copies are being
distributed to Russian-speaking peo-
ple in 27 countries, including some
behind the Iron Curtain.

CLAYTON, OHIO. A new fur-
nace is being installed in the First
Brethren Church, Clair Brickel, pas-
tor.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Louis
T. Talbot, chancellor of the Bible
Institute of Los Angeles, reports
that Biola is reentering the radio
field with a new FM station. The
newly licensed station has the call
letters KBBI and is located at 107.5
on the FM band. Dr. Talbot says
that work has already begun on
construction of the station and pres-
ent plans call for having KBBI on
the air "before the end of this year."

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The Risen
CHRIST

AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

By George Cripe

PART III

Isaiah 1:18

Let us now move on to the third
scene. This takes place on a moun-
tain in GaHlee. Jesus appears here
to the whole band of disciples. And
the Scripture says again: "When they
saw him, they worshipped him." But,
lest we should think that emotion is
the sole end, we are reminded in
the next few verses that emotion is
no substitute for action. Love that
does not lead to sacrifice is no love
at all, but a deceitful self-indulgence.
And here we see that the command
of the risen Christ compels our serv-
ice.

I want you first of all to notice
the dynamic for this service — "All
power is given to me." Literally, che
word translated power in our Au-
thorized Version means "authority."
Not merely power or might, such as
a great ruler or conqueror might
claim, but "authority," as something
which is His by right conferred upon
Him by One who has the right to
bestow it. And note that it is all
authority. This embraces everything
over which rule and dominion can
be exercised — not only upon earth,
but also in heaven. Nothing less
than the divine government of the
whole universe and of the kingdom
of heaven has been given to the
risen Lord. In other portions of
Scripture Paul uses term upon term
in order to try to express the honor
and glory and power which is be-
stowed upon the Son whom He has
raised from the dead. The glorified
Christ is above every principality
and authority and power and do-
minion and every name that is

named, not only in this age, but in
that which is to come.

During His earthly ministry the
Son of Man exercised great au-
thority. He proved His authority
over disease, sickness, and death.
He exercised authority over the
seas and the elements. He gave His
disciples power to cast out demons
and to heal the sick. He produced
signs that proved He had authority
to forgive sins. He said the Father
had given Him authority to execute
judgment and to bestow eternal life.
But all of this falls short of what is
stated here, that He has received
all authority in heaven and in earth.
And it is in the assurance of this
divine authority that He lays upon
His apostles and His church His last
great charge.

The disciples were very conscious
of this authority when they went
forth to preach. It enabled them to
face frenzied mobs fearlessly. It en-
abled them to testify to antagonistic
earthly potentates with calm assur-
ance. It enabled them to face death
itself whenever martyrdom came in
the line of carrying out this divine
commission.

Today we need this same power
and authority if we are to overcome
personal weakness and release men
from the prison house of sin. One
great missionary statesman said that
the greatest enemy on the mission
field is not the snakes, lions, or
disease. The greatest cause of fail-
ure is the missionary himself. He
gave this illustration. He said one
missionary is very fond of flowers

and decides to raise roses. The mis-
sionary next door loves goats, and
decides to raise a couple of goats.
Goats and roses do not mix — so one
of the missionaries comes liome with
a nervous breakdown. We need the
consciousness of Christ's authority
if we are to transcend personality
clashes that hinder and damage our
ministry of soul-winning.

We need this authority because of
the task committed to us of re-
leasing men from the dominion of
Satan. To release a man we need an
authority that is greater than that
which binds him. The gates of heU
will yield to no lesser authority than
the word of Christ. In the word of
the King there is power.

The sphere of this service is the
whole world: "Go ye into all the
world." Let us never forget that the
burden of Christ is for the world. He
died for the sins of the whole world.
The burden upon the heart of the
prophet was, "O earth, earth, earth,
hear the word of the Lord." This
means that we are not to stop in our
prayer life until our vision encom-
passes the whole world. This is the
burden that needs to be on the heart
of every Christian. No matter in
what geographic spot you are called
to serve, you will not be ultimately
successful as a minister or as a Chris-
tian unless on your heart there is a
vision of a dying world, and a de-
termined effort to do what you can
to see that the great commission is
carried out in your generation.

The scope of their mission in-
cluded not only evangelizing, but

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discipling— teaching doctrine, form-
ing churches, establishing the new
converts in the faith, and teaching
them how to worship and witness. In
short, all of the things we have dis-
covered in this chapter were what
they were to teach their converts.
First they preached the Gospel. That
meant imparting to them the fact
that Christ died for man's sins, that
he was buried, and that He rose
again the third day. They were to
make disciples. They were to ground
them in the doctrines of the faith.
The most fundamental aspects of the
Saviour's past, present, and future
work were symbolized in the ordi-
nances; and the doctrine of the Trin-
ity was symbolized, even for those
who could not read, by the formula
of baptism. They taught them to
pray and to worship and to win
souls. They stayed with these new
converts until they in turn became
followers of Christ. An excellent
example of how they carried out the
command to "teach them all things"
is found in Paul's letter to the Thes-
salonians. In I Thessalonians 1:6, 8
we read: "Ye became followers of
us, and of the Lord ... for from
you sounded out the word of the
Lord not only in Macedonia and
Achaia, but also in every place your
faith to God-ward is spread abroad;
so that we need not to speak any-
thing."

The sufficiency for the command
is found in the words: "I am with
you alway, even unto the end of the
world." This would have been im-
possible without the coming of the
Holy Spirit. Now He dwells in the
heart of every believer and His task
is to witness to the reality of the
presence of Christ within us.

Today we face a world that is
literally on fire. Godless ideologies
hold sway not only in communist
countries, but in our own colleges
and universities. The military might
of nations is arrayed ready for the
battle — and the slightest spark could
touch off the greatest atomic confla-
gration our world has ever seen, and
destroy our civilization as we know
it. The forces of Satan are pitted
against the Gospel of our Lord
Jesus Christ as never before in his-
tory.

Yet to our generation today the
great commission sounds afresh:
"Go ye into all the world and preach
the gospel to every creature." Con-
ditions are different than in that first
century. But the need in the human

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A Worker's Prayer

Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
In living echoes of Thy tone;

As Thou has sought, so let me seek
Thy erring children, lost and lone.

O lead me. Lord, that I may lead
Thy wandering and the wavering feet.

O feed me. Lord, that I may feed

Thy hungering ones with manna sweet.

0 strengthen me, that while I stand
Firm on the Rock and strong in Thee,

1 may stretch out a loving hand

To wrestlers with the troubled sea.

O teach me. Lord, that I may teach
The precious things Thou dost impart;

And wing my words, that they may reach
The hidden depths of many a heart.

O give Thine own sweet rest to me.

That I may speak with soothing power

A word in season, as from Thee,
To weary ones in needful hour.

O fill me with Thy fullness. Lord,

Until my heart o'erflow
In kindling thought and glowing word —

Thy love to tell, thy praise to show

O use me, Lord! Use even me

Just as Thou wilt, and when and where
Until Thy blessed face I see —

Thy rest. Thy Joy, Thy glory share.

-Frances Ridley Havergal

heart is the same. Man still needs
the certainty of his sins forgiven
and the certainty of immorality. We
have the same message. We have the
same power. We have the same com-
mission.

Every new generation has this
responsibility to its own — to make
known to the ends of the earth that
Jesus died for our sins, that he
was buried, and that he rose victo-
riously over sin and death.

May we never forget the order and
progression of this chapter. To the
sincere heart proof of the resurrec-
tion was given. To the seeking heart
the privilege of His presence was
given. To the worshiping heart thei
great commission was given.

May we, like Paul, "know him,
and the power of his resurrection,
and the fellowship of his sufferings,
being made conformable to his
death."

The Brethren Missioriary Herald

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Teen-agers are invited to submit an attractive title for this youth page. It is suggested
that the title represent the entire youth program for The Brethren Church. See your
local youth committee or pastor for the contest rules.

THE WINNERS OF THE YOUTH SUNDAY POSTER CONTEST

First place Second place

^.GOD CKLLS

TKe VoiLth o-f T he

^IRSTBRETfflej CHURCH

Wes-t Kiiianninq, Pa,.

Cathy Harman from West Kit-
tanning, Pa., is to receive a beauti-
ful red Bible with her name in gold
on the cover, and her youth group
is to receive 25 new songbooks.

Cathy did her own photography
in addition to making the poster.

Rev. William Schaffer is pastor.

Nancy PersoneM from Berrien
Springs, Mich., is to receive a copy
of the new book "Through Gates of
Splendor," by Elisabeth Elliot, for
winning second place in the poster
contest.

Rev. Gilbert Hawkins is pastor.

Honorable mention and a big
thank you go to Terry Thomas from
the McHenry Avenue Brethren
Church, Modesto, Calif., for her ex-
cellent poster.

Rev. Raymond Thompson is
pastor.

BETHANY CAMP NEWS!

Bethany Camp of 1957 is all set
to go. A brand new $5,000 speed
boat has its mooring at Bethany
pier; ten new row boats were placed
into service just last year; the pier
has been extended an additional
one-hundred feet; and a clear swim-
ming area has been roped off.

Meals? The camp manager has
promised plenty of the best. We plan
to hold him to it.

Rev. Kenneth Ashman will serve
the main course of spiritual food
every day in the Bible hour, and
spiritual dessert will come at ves-
pers with a different speaker each
evening.

Coach "Dick" Messner has a big
sports program highlighting each
afternoon.

Stunts, special music, contests,
spiritual competition, and fellow-
ship (Cracker Box, too) await YOU
(young people 14 or over) at Camp
Bethany Aug. 18-25.

Better get your application in
now.

YOUTH SUNDAY GAVE THE HAGERSTOWN BYF A NEW START

The Grace Brethren senior BYF
of Hagerstown, Md., used the Na-
tional Youth Sunday to propel their
reorganized group to a zooming
start.

Janet Weber reports that 25
young people traveled 17 miles to
the Harry Pry or farm at 6:30 a. m.
where the girls prepared and served
bacon, eggs, toast, and hot chocolate
for breakfast.

The calling program in the after-
noon resulted in a 50 percent in-
crease in the youth group that very
evening. The young people were in
complete charge of the evening
church service.

Young men were the ushers.

young people formed the choir, and
the president of the youth group di-
rected the song service. The show-
ing of a film on the Tabernacle con-
cluded the evening.

Forty-five minutes of singspira-
tion time was the nightcap to a full
day of activity.

Appearing on the program were:
Harry Pryor, Rosalie Pryor, Rowena
Baker, Donna Fry, and Larry
Weber.

The officers are: Pres., Harry
Pryor, Jr.; Vice Pres., Jean Bell;
Sec, Janet Weber; Asst. Sec. and
Treas., Richard Woodring; Program
Chairwomen, Rosalie Pryor and Ro-
wena Baker.

SPIRITUAL COMPETITION

The national youth office is organ-
izing contests for quiz teams, instru-
mental and vocal solos or ensembles,
songleaders, preachers, and essay
writing.

District play-offs will be conduct-
ed during the year, and national
champions will be determined at
Bethany Camp.

This year spiritual competition
will be open for boys to preach ser-
mons, and for girls there will be the
writing of essays. Prizes will be
awarded. The first prize for each boy
and girl winner is a $75 scholarship
at Grace College.

ARE YOU ENTERING BETHANY'S SPIRITUAL COMPETITION? Prizes Valued Up to $75 for Winners
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The Brethren Missionary Herald
Winona Lake, Indiana

Dear Friends,

A few days ago I received the
WMC number of the Herald and
it made me realize how very late I
am in thanking you for this wonder-
ful magazine. It seems I'm quite late
in being thankful for so many things
The Brethren Church offered me.

Ten years ago I gave my heart
and life to Christ and really loved
every activity our church took part
in. As I went into my teens I met
friends who weren't Christians and
gradually I found myself more and
more interested in their pleasures
instead of my own. It wasn't long
before I only attended Sunday-
school class and soon I wasn't at-
tending that either.

After graduation from high school
I enlisted in the Women's Air Force
as I no longer had my dreams of
continuing my studies at William
Jennings Bryan College. Several
months later I met and married my
husband and we now have two won-
derful boys. We have lived here in
California for almost four years
and have no regular church. We have
gone from one church to another
trying to find one preaching the real
Word of God, but the closest thing
we can find is the Base Chapel.
There is never the same group of
people at the Chapel and no one
knows anyone else's name. It's more
like attending a lecture on morals.
Now, many years too late, I sit and
long for the fellowship of a Breth-
ren church. Perhaps you can under-
stand why the Herald means so much
to me now. Maybe someday we will
see a Brethren church built in this
vicinity.

My parents at the Ghent church
in Roanoke, Virginia, gave us the
Herald this year for a present, and
it is truly the most welcome gift we
have ever received. Thank you again
for this fellowship and meditation.
Yours truly,
R.R.F.

IN CHRIST
WE HAVE—

A love that cannot be fathomed;

A life that can never die;

A righteousness that can never be
tarnished;

A peace that cannot be understood;

A rest that can never be disturbed;

A joy that can never be diminished;

A hope that can never be disap-
pointed;

A glory that can never be clouded;

A hght that can never be darkened;

A happiness that can never be in-
terrupted;

A strength that can never be en-
feebled;

A purity that can never be defiled;

A beauty that can never be marred;

A wisdom that can never be baffled;

Resources that can never be ex-
hausted.

The Pastor's Work

By the late Dr. L. S. Bauman

Few congregations have a true conception of the work of the pastor. As
a rule, that church is most powerful in a community that presents the great-
est strength in her pulpit. A strong preacher makes a strong church. When
unpreparedness, weakness, and ofttimes, ignorance, are in the pulpit, no
matter how strong the church may be in other departments of her work, she
is not a mighty force in her community. God's Word plainly declares that
"the preaching of the gospel is the power of God unto salvation," and we
do not believe it possible to substitute anything for it with any degree of
success. It was because the apostolic church had true discernment of the :
work of the preacher that she brought into existence the offices of the
deacon and the deaconess. There was complaint in the first church at i
Jerusalem that the apostles were neglectful of their duties in visiting the
widows and orphans, the poor, and the sick — no unusual complaint in the
Twentieth Century. What was done about it? The deacon's office was
born to meet this need. "Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven
men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may
appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually unto
prayer, and the ministry of the word." (See Acts 6:1-4.) It is probable
that even much of the work of baptizing fell to the lot of the deacons. It is
certain that Philip, the deacon, did much baptizing under the direct com-
mand of the Holy Spirit. Even Paul said: "For Christ sent me not to bap-
tize but to preach the gospel." (I Cor. 1:17.) Now, if a man is strong in the
preaching of the Gospel, it is certain he must give much time to prayer, that
he may know the mind of the Spirit; and much time to the searching of the
Word, that he may understand how to handle "aright the word of truth." (II
Tim. 2:15 ASV.) There is a tremendous amount of complaint heard every-
where about "the weakness of the pulpit." Churches are asking and seeking
for what they call "strong preachers." Is it not possible that there would be
more strong preachers today, making the pulpits they occupy a real force
with Pentecostal power, if the churches themselves did not demand the
performance of so many temporal duties by their pastors? The pastor should
visit the sick when he can. But to demand constant attendance upon the
sick, to demand that he call every time there is a pain in your back, is to
demand of him what you have no right. He should keep in touch with his
flock. But to demand that he call just to remind you that you have a place
in his memory, is to demand of him what you have no right to demand. He
should perform marriage ceremonies — yes, at least one or two a year. He
should know something about the work of the auxiliaries of the church, but
to demand that he shall attend every social function of those auxiliaries, is
to demand more than you should.

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NEWS

Selected by the Editor

NOTICE TO READERS; The purpose of this page is to provide our readers with worldwide
reliKious news. All material is presented as news without editorial comment, and does not
necessarily reflect the theological position of this magazine. — Editor.

NEW YORK. The American
Bible Society is launching an experi-
ment in Pakistan, Liberia, and Mex-
ico for bringing the Scriptures to il-
literate and semiliterate peoples by
way of a new, inexpensive phono-
graph. The phonograph, which costs
less than a dollar and operates by
hand turning rather than by motor
or spring, is accompanied by records
containing Bible readings. The ab-
sence of a spring mechanism permits
it to be operated in tropical climates
without danger of breakdown. The
recordings, of course, are in trans-
lations suitable for the people of
each area.

ONTARIO, CANADA. More
than 300 Mennonite families who
left Canada 30 years ago to settle
in Mexico have decided to return
home. Apparently they were never
very happy in Mexico, so they have
obtained permission from the Ca-
nadian government to immigrate and
settle on a 60,000-acre tract of land
on the Black River in northern On-
tario near Matheson. The 1,600 sect
members are expected to arrive at
their new home within the next few
months. They will comprise the
largest Mennonite community in
Canada.

SPECIAL. Agreements before
marriage by which a non-Roman
Catholic partner agrees to raise
children as Roman Catholics can-
not be legally enforced in Connecti-
cut, Superior Court Judge Charles
H. House ruled early in May.

The jurist's decision came in a
case between Edward J. McLaugh-

lin, a Roman Catholic, and his wife,
a Methodist. Before marriage in a
Roman Catholic rectory in 1942
Mrs. McLaughlin signed an agree-
ment that all children resulting from
the union would be baptized and
educated in the Roman Catholic
Church, that she would not obstruct
her husband in the exercise of his
faith, and that the marriage would be
solemnized only by a Roman Cath-
olic ceremony. Three children were
born to the couple.

Last year, McLaughlin asked a
separation and Mrs. McLaughlin a
divorce. Neither was granted. Mc-
Laughlin then sought custody of the
children and a judicial decree that
they be raised as Roman Catholics.

In his decision. Judge House re-
fused both petitions and ordered
the father to pay $75 weekly to sup-
port his children. "The law is ab-
solutely impartial in matters of re-
Ugion. A court will not take a child's
religious education into its own
hands short of circumstances
amounting to unfitness of the cus-
todian," he said. He based his ruhng
on a provision in the State constitu-
tion which says: "No person shall by
law be compelled to join or support,
nor to be classed with or associated
to, any congregation, church, or
religious association."

SPECIAL. A resolution deplor-
ing "the constant and unremitting
pressure upon our government to ajD-
point an envoy to the Vatican" was
adopted at a meeting of the Bay of
Quinte Conference of the United
Church of Canada. The resolution
reaffirmed the conference's opposi-

tion to such an appointment. In
another action, the delegates con-
demned the continuance of large-
scale nuclear explosions.

The Rev. Albert Johnson of the
Ontario Temperance Federation re-
ported an increase in the use of alco-
holic beverages by Canadian adults.
He said 72 percent of the country's
adults now consume these beverages.
Mr. Johnson attributed the rise to
"the increasing number of women
who take a drink." He charged the
trend in women's drinking was caus-
ing a "deterioration" in the church's
attitude toward liquor.

NEW YORK. Proper observance
of Sunday is fast becoming "one of
our nation's top issues," according to
the general secretary of the Lord's
Day Alliance of the U. S. Melvin
M. Forney says that "many law-
making bodies are encouraging the
adoption of, or adopting. Sunday-
closing laws." He adds that "if the
present trend continues it wiU not
be long before every state will have
a Sunday-closing law."

WASHINGTON, D. C. The Hotel
Continental is trying a new means
of attracting weekend guests to the
capital. It is offering a conducted
tour of historic religious shrines and
national churches of various denomi-
nations.

WASHINGTON, D. C. The U. S.
Supreme Court rejected an appeal
by a member of the Jehovah's Wit-
ness sect who argued that he was en-
titled to exemption as a minister of
religion. Wilbur C. Schultz, Jr., of
Chicago said he spent 43 hours a
week as a minister, in addition to
working 40 hours as a carpenter.
However, he has not been ordained.
The Jehovah's Witnesses contend
that all their members are ministers.
They have sought unsuccessfully to
persuade Selective Service and the
courts that if their members con-
tribute 40 hours a week to religious
work they should be classified as
ministers.

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A Man Sent From God

The Lord might have chosen Ga-
briel, the archangel, for so stupen-
dous a task, but, "there was a man
sent from God, whose name was
John."

This humble servant of the Lord
was clothed in raiment of camel
hair. A girdle of skin was about his
loins and he ate locust and wild
honey. Although he was of the hum-
blest, he was entrusted with one of
the most responsible tasks ever as-
signed to a mortal man. He was
commissioned to prepare the world
for the greatest event in its history,
the birth of Jesus Christ, God's Son.
Obedient to the Master, whose shoe
latchets he openly confessed he was
not worthy to unloose, he zealously
flung his challenge: "Prepare ye
the way of the Lord, make his paths
straight."

With that important message was
coupled an uncompromised warning,
"Repent ye." Condemning sin as
he saw it, John the Baptist unflinch-
ingly flung the bitter accusation, "O
generation of vipers." The Pharisees
and Saduccees were accustomed to
the acclaim of men, not their re-
buke. John did not hesitate that day,
nor the time when he stood in the
presence of Herod the tetrach, to
reprove him of his life. He paid for
that, as you know, one otherwise
gay evening when at a palace drink-
ing party his still bleeding "glory"
head was paraded about upon a
charger.

The world does not ascribe much
success to this man called John the

Baptist — but the Lord Jesus did —
and that is all that really matters.
The Lord called him the most bless-
ed among all those born of women.

The editor of any Christian pub-
lication, including the Brethren
Missionary Herald, has a task sim-
ilar to that of John the Baptist. In
its God-given commission, as an
editor he emphasizes the work and
witness of the church. As his mag-
azine circulates among the masses,
the cpf that comes from its pages is,
"Prepare ye the way of the Lord."

Fresh up-to-date news items upon
its pages bring to thoughtful read-
ers everywhere the grim realization
that slowly but surely God's eternal
plan unfolds — a conviction that each
new day brings us closer to that time
when we shall see Him appear upon
the clouds of the sky and every eye
shall behold Him.

In its God-given responsibility,
your Missionary Herald must de-
nounce, with unswerving devotion
to duty, the sins of our day. Ar-
ticles by church leaders and pastors
must bring the dire warning; "Re-
pent ye: for the kingdom of heaven
is at hand." Through its edito-
rials the Brethren Missionary Herald
warns of the sins of the day. It may
be the shallowness of 20th century
spiritual life, the unbridled use of
television in the home, the lust for
more material possessions, or the
borderline reading of Christians. Re-
gardless of what it may be, as John
of old, it denounces sin as it is seen.

There was a man sent from God

whose name was John. There was a
man sent from God who is the editor
of any Christian publication. He
has a great message to tell the wait-
ing world, even as John of old. Deep-
ly cognizant of his responsibility,
he can do nothing less than remain
most humble. He realizes that en-
trusted to him also is that message
angels fain would bring. Once again
the editor and the staff of the Breth-
ren Missionary Herald re-dedicate
themselves to their task, ever pro-
moting the work of The Brethren
Church, and the witness of conserva-
tive Christianity.

Emphasizing the work, the Mis-
sionary Herald staff will seek to
bring you the latest developments of
the church in the homeland and the
regions beyond. Through our maga-
zine, our prayer is that earnest read-
ers can hear the clarion call of old:
"Prepare ye the way of the Lord."

Discharging its Christian witness,
which is the proclamation of the
Gospel, the message of the Brethren
Missionary Herald will be that of
John of old: "Repent ye: for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand."

During the month of July we urge
all Brethren to support by their
prayers and gifts the missionary
work being done by your Brethren
Missionary Herald staff. The Mis-
sionary Herald faces a tremendous
financial responsibility and obliga-
tion this year, and our prayer is that
Brethren people all over the nation
will rally to our cause that the job
might be done for our blessed Lord.

Ihe BRETHREN

EDUCATIONAL NUMBER

JULY 27, 1957

When You Come to Conference

THIS SIGN WILL GREET YOU

ON U. S. HIGHWAY 30

Nafional Fellowship of Bret-hren Churches

August 19-25

EDITORIALS

By Paul R. Bauman, Vice President in Charge of Public Relations

When Can a Man Afford To Tithe?

During a quarter of a century in the ministry, I have
heard a good many excuses for falHng to give God His
proper share of that which He permits to come into a
man's hands. Some excuses at first thought seemed
reasonable, and others were absurd. Here are three
testimonies which have come to me in recent months as
I have traveled throughout the country.

One pastor tells of a professed Christian in his com-
munity, a farmer, who says he can't afford to tithe. The
man and his wife are living under what appear to be pov-
erty-striken conditions. The furnace is not adequate
to heat the house, and there was not enough coal last
winter. The home contains no modern plumbing fa-
cilities. The rooms are bare and in need of furniture.
Why? The man himself gave the reason — he has taken
everything he has to buy a third farm!

Of course, this is not the first time such a man ever
lived. Jesus spoke a very clear parable in these words:
"The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plenti-
fully: And he thought within himself, saying. What shall
I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
And he said. This will 1 do: I will pull down my barns,
and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits
and my goods. And I will say to my soul. Soul, thou
hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease,
eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him. Thou
fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then
whose shairthose things be, which thou hast provided?
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not
rich toward God (Luke 12:16-21).

Another pastor said that many of his people feel they
can't afford to tithe because they are living in a low-
wage area where most of them are getting only S30 to
$50 per week in wages. Yet Jesus told of a poor widow
whose entire financial resources amounted to "two
mites" (about a quarter of a cent), but who felt never-
theless that it was her responsibility to give. She didn't
tithe her money: she gave it all to the Lord! In evaluating
the gift, Jesus said that this poor widow gave more than
all the rich put together, for "she of her want did cast
in all that she had, even all her living" (Mark 12:41-44).

Most of the people described by the second pastor
have been living under these conditions for years. Why?
Perhaps a third testimony may help to give the an-
swer.

Some months ago I was in the home of a couple
whom, as young people, I had taken into the church. It
was my privilege to perform their wedding ceremony. As
the years have come and gone, it has also been a source

of joy to watch them grow spiritually and to take a place
of leadership in their church. On this occasion I was
presenting the opportunity to make an eternal invest-
ment in the lives of young men and women by giving
to the present building program of Grace College. The
couple, whom the Lord has also blessed in business, re-
sponded by making a substantial gift of $1,000 for the
building fund. Such a gift, of course, was cause for re-
joicing. However, the testimony borne at the time was a
greater source of joy, for it showed what the Lord did
for one young couple who were willing to step out on
faith, and honor God with their firstfruits (see Prov. 3:
9-10). As nearly as I can recall his words, this is what
the husband said as he sat hand in hand with his com-
panion:

"Brother Bauman, my wife and I will never cease
to be grateful for a sermon you once preached on tithing.
I believe your subject on that occasion was 'The Sin
We're Afraid to Mention.' Do you remember it? (I did.)
Well, the Lord used that message to bring conviction
to our hearts, for we had not begun to tithe. It was
depression, and our earnings were only $20 per week,
which wasn't much even in those days. We were just
'getting by' financially, and we didn't see how we could
possibly afford to tithe our income. But, God's Word
was clear, and we determined to step out on faith. From
that day God began to bless us, and today we give be-
yond our tithe. We fully believe that the properties
and profitable business we have today are the resuh of
taking God at His word and tithing even when we felt
we couldn't afford to do so."

Let us remember that if we wait until we can "afford"
it, most of us will never give a tithe. God does not prom-
ise to bring financial prosperity to every person just be-
cause of the tithe (which is His), but He does promise
to bless and to supply our every "need according to
His riches in glory by Christ Jesus" (Phil. 4:19). Eternity
alone will reveal how much in the way of blessing and,
possibly, financial prosperity was withheld from many
of God's people because they failed to recognize the
Lord's portion in their giving.

Alumni Gifts Exceed Last Year

The Grace Seminary and College alumni gave
$3,776.93 to the school from January through June,
which is an amount larger than all their gifts last year.
Of this amount $1,780.95 was given to the General
Fund, $1,635.29 was for the Building Fund, and
$360.69 was in designated gifts.

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor

VOLUME 19. NUMBER 30

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THE RELEVANCE OF CHRIST
TO THE MEN OF TODAY

By R. Laird Harris, Ph.D.

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We as evangelical Christians have
no doubt as to the relevance of the
Gospel. It has a real application to
any soul, for whosoever shall call
on the name of the Lord shall be
saved. But the liberals of our modern
pulpits are not so sure. They have
great regard for Christ but cannot
join in worshiping Him. They feel
He was a wonderful character, but
they cannot elevate Him to a soli-
tary throne. The problem of His rele-
vance therefore comes to them with
real force. After all, Jesus hved so
long ago and we have so little
record of his life and its impact upon
his times. Is He really relevant to us,
and if so, how? Having denied the
old views of Jesus Christ and His
work, they are left with a tangle of
uncertainties not only as to what
to believe, but also as to the value
of any such belief.

They begin by calling Jesus a
teacher and master. Now we all ad-
mit that Jesus Christ was the best
teacher this darkened world has
ever seen, but was He no more than
this? Nicodemus began his interview
by admitting that Jesus was a teacher
come from God, but Christ brought
him up short by saying that such an
admission was not enough — he
needed to be born again. The world
has seen many teachers. A teacher is
not unique. And knowledge has so
greatly increased in recent years
that it would seem that later teach-
ers can possibly advance over an-
cient views. Why, if Jesus is a mere
teacher, must He be held unique and
revelant in some special way for us?
Besides, what did Jesus teach?
rhe Bible is our only source book
>f Jesus' teaching dating from His
3wn times. But Jesus' teachings, as

'uly 27, 1957

there given, Modernists are con-
cerned to deny. Jesus taught that He
was the Son of God and was to be
given equal honor with the Father.
He taught that He and the Father
were one. He taught that no one
knew the Father but the Son, just as
no one knew the Son but the Father.
Jesus' teaching centered in himself
as more than a teacher. If we are
skeptical about this point, there is
no place to halt the skepticism. It
was this fact that made Pearl S. Buck
deny the very existence of Jesus.
Pearl Buck is an accomplished
novehst, but she was a very poor

Jesus lived so long ago, and we have so
little record of His life and its impact upon
His times. Is he really relevant to us, and if
so, how?" Today, as never before, every
young man who prepares to preach the Gos-
pel must answer this question.

missionary. In the '30's she wrote
that it would make no difference to
her whether or not Jesus actually
lived; in any case, she cherished His
ideals. Such a view obviously spells
the end of all relevance of Jesus to
me. If it makes no difference to the
Modernist if Jesus lived, why should
it make any difference to me, says
the man in the street. And so he joins
some church as he would an up-
hfting club and attends on Christmas
and Easter because he likes the pag-
eantry. The Jesus of modernism is
not relevant.

Some liberals would also hold that
Jesus is our example in His life and
death. That Jesus is an example in
His hfe we as Bible believers would
also hold. We insist that we should
govern our lives by His precept and
example. But the example we refer
to is His sinless purity. Very dif-
ferent is the example of Jesus ac-
cording to these views. According
to them, Jesus was a man of His
time. He was subject to the errors of
His time. And He was subject to the
passions of hfe. The Jesus of liberal-
ism is not a worthy example. And in
His death, if He were but a martyr,
we would not particularly be con-
strained to follow Him. The world
has seen many martyrs in many
causes, some good and some bad.
Every war, no matter how unworthy,
brings out examples of heroism and
self-sacrifice. The Japanese Kam-
ikaze bombers gave their lives in an
unworthy cause.

Furthermore, we are plagued with
the question, for what cause did
Jesus die? Did He die a martyr to his
ideals? The records are plain. They
unite in telling us that He died be-
cause He claimed to be divine. The

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high priest adjured Him with an oath
that He tell them whether or not He
were the Christ, the Son of the bless-
ed. Jesus declared that He was and
that He would come on the clouds
in glory. The Sanhedrin called this
blasphemy — as indeed it would have
been if it had not been true — and
condemned Him to die. The men
who find in Jesus a martyr are th;
very ones who deny the cause for
which He died! Such a martyr can
hardly be greatly relevant for us.

Others say that Jesus was a proph-
et. Here again, we gladly admit that
He was indeed that Prophet who
should come into the world to reveal
to us in these last days the will of
God. But the neo-orthodox theolo-
gians deny that He was a prophet in
the Biblical sense. They say that He
was a God-met man, a man filled
with God, but not the very God of
very God of orthodox Christianity.
They insist that God cannot be re-
vealed because He is the "absolutely
other" who is totally outside the
realm of our understanding. God can
be met in a mystical encounter but
cannot be passed on to others. Who
then was Jesus? Opinions differ.
Ferre in blasphemous extremes con-
cedes that He might have been the
son of a German soldier stationed
near Nazareth. Bultmann says that
he would have no quarrel with one
who would put Jesus in quotation
marks to show that He may not
have even existed. Bultmann finds
that Jesus' revelation of God, as
given in the Gospels, cannot be
trusted. It is given in mythical terms
which must first be interpreted. He
talked in the thought forms of that
bygone day. We now know better,
he says, and must demythologize His
teaching. So we end up not with the
revelation of God given by Jesus,
but a revelation as reconstructed by
Bultmann. One may be pardoned
if he finds this teaching so irrelevant
that he seeks refuge in Sunday-morn-
ing golf and allows light doses of re-
hgion for his wife and children only.
Such a rehgion cannot heal the lame
man!

We turn with relief from these
substitute messages to the old Gos-
pel of Jesus Christ. It has a real
relevance, we are persuaded. And
this relevance is found in three old
and precious truths:

First, the Gospel works in the
hearts of men because of who Jesus
was- — God incarnate. If the God
of the universe has actually walked
the roads of our poor little planet
with human feet, has eaten and

Christian men graduating from our colleges and seminaries must know for a certainty who

Jesus Christ was and how He is completely able to meet the needs of men today. Otherwise,

"they are left with a tangle of uncertainties not only as to what to believe, but also as to the

value of any such belief."

drunk with men like me, and spoken
of eternal things to needy mortals,
then He is supremely relevant.
Without God men are without hope
in the world. Arnold's memorable
poem "Dover Beach" pictures the
abysmal despair of a man whose
faith has ebbed like the tide and
now finds that the world has no
meaning "and we are here upon a
darkling plain swept by Confused
alarms of struggle and of flight
where ignorant armies clash by
night." If, however, Jesus was God
in very fact, then He is the most
relevant fact in all the world to me.

Secondly, Jesus is relevant be-
cause of what He did on Calvary. He
came not merely to reveal, but to
die. His death and its atoning value
had been foretold long before, and
He was conscious that these Scrip-
tures must be fulfilled. Jesus on the
cross paid my debt and set me free.
His atonement had a Godward
aspect. Without it, God could not
be just and our justifier. Jesus' death
makes it possible for God to open to
me the gates of splendor. Is that not
relevance enough?

Thirdly, Jesus is relevant because
He sent his Spirit to be with me. This
verse in John 16:7 is sometimes mis-
understood, I believe. Jesus does not
imply that He and the Spirit cannot
both be in the world at the same
time. Rather He is speaking of His
death as a going away. On the basis
of His death He gave the Holy Spirit
to be with us. And God's presence
with me alway even unto the end of
the age is of the highest relevance.
When you testify to an unsaved soul,
there are three people there — you,
He and the Holy Spirit. When you

seek to do the right, or ask for help
in a decision, or take any step at all
there is Christ with you by His
Spirit. Therein lies the present power
in the blood of Calvary. Modernism
cannot match it. Having denied
Christ and His work they have noth-
ing to offer the sinner but pious ad-
vice. Liberals do give much good ad-
vice. But a drowning man does not
need swimming lessons. The sinner
needs positive help, not reform. Slum
clearance, sex education, youth ac-
tivities, higher learning — none of
these will regenerate a soul sunk in
sin. The humblest Christian with the
old Gospel has more power than a
battery of experts without it. The
Christ of the Scriptures alone is truly
relevant to the sinner of any cen-
tury.

One further word of caution may
be helpful. I find a distressing ten-
dency among good men in evangeli-
cal circles to seek some other rele-
vance of Christ for our day. They
say fundamentalism has lost out
because it has bypassed social issues
and not furnished moral leadership
to our generation. This sounds plaus-
ible. Personally, however, I believe
that our sad state is simply due to a
great turning away from the old Gos-
pel. But before we accept this new
view, we may well ask what is the
New Testament doctrine on these
things. I do not read that Paul sup-
plied moral leadership for his so-
ciety. Slavery was then a great evil.
Many Christians were slaves. Paul
headed no committee for the ame-
lioration of the lot of slaves. But he
reminded the slave that he was God's
free man and promised him a home
in glory. In the meantime botji

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Christian slave and master were to
be holy, harmless, true, helpful, and
filled with the fruits of the Spirit.

Peter Ukewise did not start a
movement to make the Roman Em-
pire safe for democracy. In the midst
of a corrupt and unjust government,
he told the Christians to obey the
magistrates for conscience' sake. He
was interested in the salvation of the
individual, evidently, and had de-
spaired of saving a society which
after all was under the dominion of .
Satan.

Matthew did not, as far as we
learn, start a movement for a more
equitable tax structure in Palestine.
The taxes were unfair and high — I
am told that thev were as much ts
thirty percent! But Jesus himself
recommended giving Caesar his due.
The Gospel applies to the >ou!.

No; the New Testament dis-

tinguishes the church from society.
Society is in the realm of common
grace; we are citizens of heaven.
The world is impure and always will
be until its kingdoms become the
kingdoms of our Lord and of His
Christ. The world is impure, but
the church is to be pure, composed
of God's saved ones assembling in
Jesus' name. It will not transform
culture. The perilous times v/ill con-
tinue. The days were evil and still
are. But in an evil day the uower of
Christ can shine into the hrarts of
many through us. The Christ of the
Scriptures is not relevanc to save so-
ciety. He did not come to do that.
But He is relevant to save the sin-
sick soul of man, whatever be his
social condition or physical need.
May the declaration of this Gospel
in its power ever be the work of
graduates of Grace.

LOOKING FOR THE WRONG
THING

Mrs. Johnson, while being taught
by her husband to drive, said:
"Henry, there's something wrong
with that mirror up there; all I can
see in it is the car behind." She was
not the only person to show her ig-
norance, for some people look in the
Bible expecting to find themselves
complimented. The fact is that in-
stead they see that the human race
is made up of those who have sinned.
The Bible is given to us that we may
know our great need of salvation and
find that need supplied in Christ.
"The wages of sin is death, but the
gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom. 6:23).

THE 1957 CLASS GIFTS

One of the highlights of the com-
mencement program each year is the
presentation of the gifts from the
seminary and college graduating
classes. Much of the school's val-
uable equipment has been provided
through this expression of love which
the seniors show as they prepare to
leave the school. The pictures shown
above were taken on graduation
night, May 29. Professor Ralph Gil-
bert receives and acknowledges the
gifts in behalf of the faculty.

July 27, 1957

On the right, Robert Shackelford,
president of the seminary senior
class, presents a check for $573.90
to the school. With the construction
program of the Physical Education
Building in mind, the gift is to be
applied toward the cost of tennis
courts.

On the left, Paul Gehman, presi-
dent of the college senior class, dis-
plays a drawing of the new sign
which has been erected on Highway

30, just east of Warsaw (See front
cover). He also presented a check for
$50 to be used for another sign to
be erected at Winona Lake.

These gifts are deeply appreciated,
especially this year because the
student body has already given liber-
ally to the building program of
the school. Such expressions rep-
resent not only the love of those
who give, but also their esteem
for the school they chose to attend.

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WINONA LAKE, IND.

UNDERSTANDING THE TIMES

By Benjamin Hamilton, Research Librarian
of Grace Seminary and College

Editor's note — The following article by Prof. Hamilton is a review of one of the moist important
books published recently dealing with prophetic truth. The book. Understanding the Times, is avail-
able from the Brethren Missionary Herald Co. The price is $3.12. postpaid.

Great numbers of the world's in-
habitants are amazed to discover that
many of today's global events co-
incide in remarkable detail with the
predictive messages of the Bible,
Scoffers who deny the Bible ridicule
the idea of prophecy in God's Word.
On the other hand, impudent im-
postors that seek gain from the
ignorance of their victims have
palmed off fantastic, erroneous in-
terpretations of prophecy. Little
wonder that from such confusing
conflicts many sincere Christians,
sometimes lacking adequate under-
standing of portions of God's Word,
find current affairs puzzling.

To offset this contagion of per-
plexity, the book Umiiieirsteiidsng ihe
Times was published last year by
the American Association for Jew-
ish EvanjelisiTi (headquarters at
Winona Lake). Edited by Dr. Wil-
liam Culbertson and Herman B.
Centz, this book is a collection of
prophetic messages delivered by 17
speakers at the Second International
Congress of Prophecy in New York
City, 1956. Tiie purpose of the
congress is set forth by the book
editors as follows —

"The need for a clearing of the
atmosphere was so keenly felt that
all the honored brethren whose mes-
sages are contained in this volume
were willing to leave their appointed
places of ministry to meet at Calvary
Baptist Church, New York City,
the week of November 6-13, 1956,
for fellowship in, and conference and
testimony about, the Word of God
in relation to the future."

Grace facully aimcng "the honored
brethren"

Dr. Alva J. McClain, president
of Grace Theological Seminary, and
the dean. Dr. Herman A. Hoyt, were
two of the speakers of the Second
International Congress of Prophecy.
Dr. McClain presented "Premillen-
nialism as a Philosophy of History"
and "The Pretribulation Rapture and

the Commentators." Dr. Hoyt
spoke on "Current Trends in Escha-
tological Beliefs" and "The Trump
of God,"

Summarizing the defects of
Earth's and Brunner's crisis theo-
logy, the Christian realism of John
C, Bennett and Reinhold Niebuhr
(influenced by the thinking of the
nineteenth century Danish philoso-
pher, Soren Kierkegaard), and var-
ious types of amillennialism. Dr. Mc-
Clain arrives at a very excellent
conclusion with respect to premillen-
nialism as a philosophy of history —

"The premillennial philosophy of
history makes sense. It lays a Bibli-
cal and rational basis for a truly opti-
mistic view of human history. Fur-
thermore, rightly apprehended, it has
practical effects. It says that life here
and now, in spite of the tragedy of
sin, is nevertheless something worth-
while, and therefore all efforts to
make it better are also worthwhile.
For all the true values of human
life here and now will b^ preserved
and carried over into the coming
Millennial Kingdom; nothing worth-
while will be lost."

Proponents of the mid- and post-
tribulation views try to bolster their
interpretations with the argument
that no Bible commentators consider
the "four and twenty elders" of
Revelation chapters 4 and 5 as valid
support for the pretribulation view.
After careful presentation of the
problem. Dr. McClain supplies terse
but appropriate extracts from sev-
eral commentaries. Not all the writ-
ers cited are Premillennialists, as
Dr. McClain points out, but he in-
dicates that their testimony "should
put an end to the notion that this
position [pretribulationism] can find
no support in the commentators. For
the great majority are in agreement
as to that symbol which, to the Pre-
tribulationist, establishes his posi-
tion beyond doubt."

In his address on "Current Trends
in Eschatological Beliefs," Dr. Hoyt

approaches the subject from the
standpoint of Satan's attacks in vari-
ous eschatological aspects. These
consist chiefly of Satan's attack
"aimed at the Lord's program for
the earth" and Satan's attack "aimed
specifically at the fact of a coming
crisis." The climax of Dr. Hoyt's
message is that "the attack of Satan
has been aimed most specifically
at the second coming of Christ."
While the natural tendency is to
focus one's attention on Christ in
relation to His return, Dr. Hoyt
commendably points out the fact that
Satan and his part cannot and must
not be ignored. For, as II Thes-
salonians indicates, Satan will be
extremely active in the last days.
After dealing with Satan's attacks,
in the form of erroneous hypotheses
about eschatology. Dr. Hoyt con-
cludes with this note of comfort — ■

"With such trends as a back-
ground, how refreshing, how reassur-
ing, how stimulating it is to hear
from the lips of our Lord: T will
come again, and receive you unto
myself" (John 14:3). 'And what I say
unto you, I say unto all. Watch'
(Mark 13:37). 'For in such an hour
as ye think not, the Son of man
Cometh' (Matt. 24:44). The Gospel
of the grace of God will transform
the lives of men, and the Gospel of
the second coming will transform the
world for them to live in."

Dr. Hoyt's address on the trump
of God is an excellent exposition of
the symbolism and significance of an
eschatological topic which has been
subjected to a multitude of interpre-
tations. Dr. Hoyt concludes —

"At this point of time [when the
trump of God sounds] God's ad-
ministration through the church age
is finished. The righteous dead are
now raised and the living saints
changed and caught away. And at
this same moment God resumes with
Israel where He left off some nine-
teen hundred years ago. The seven-
tieth week begins to run its course."

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GRACE STUDENTS
LEARN THE "FOURTH R"

By Dr. Norman Uphouse
Professor of Education, Grace Seminary and College

Almost everyone knows the im-
portance of the three R's, 'reading,
'riting and 'rithmetic, but not so
many have learned the importance
of the fourth one. It has been named
variously as religion, reasoning, re-
sponsibilities, and relationships. For
our purposes, human relations will
be the fourth R. Churches, schools,
business, and neighbors ssem to
agree that getting along with people
is an art that needs to be cultivated.
It is that secret that will pretty
largely determine the degree of suc-
cess one will enjoy at work, worship,
or play.

Grace College writes into its edu-
cational objectives a sincere attempt
to teach beginning preachers and
prospective teachers the necessity of
good human relations. It may ap-
pear in such terms as tact or com-
monsense or even Christian charity.
Whatever the name given to human
relations, we believe it is a sub-
ject basic in establishing understand-
ing and a climate for work.

Careful studies of failures on the
job point up the fact that most of
them are due not to incompetence in
a given skill or profession but to the
inability to get along with others.
Perhaps we might call these incidents
personality clashes. At any rate,
they cause an otherwise fruitful min-
istry and service to cease. The pur-
poses and plans will not work unless
there is a good rapport among col-
leagues.

Industry has given us the hint at
the need for good human relations
in all walks of life. Schools have de-
clared the same thing. Studies in
churches would, no doubt, reveal

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the obvious need. The humiliating
thing about poor human relations is
that it strikes missionaries, preach-
ers, and teachers just as it strikes
other people. It is not easy to face
it, but it is easy to run away from it.
Sometimes the trouble breaks out in
a home, or church, or school A per-
son establishes a reputation that ne Is
hard to get along with; that he
breaks up churches wherever he
goes; or fights every preacher who
comes to the church. Somewhere
along the line someone failed to
teach the fundamental principle of
good human relations, which is
simple Christian behavior exempli-
fying common courtesies. A person
may have a wealth of academic
knowledge in his head, but if he is
contentious that knowledge cannot
be used to its greatest possibihty.
Our educational program is built
upon one simple requirement for
success in life — human relations. It
is believed .that right relations with
God will be the first step toward
right relations with others. Mr. W. J.
Bryan was told by his father to read
from the Psalms and Proverbs reg-
ularly because a faithful reading of
Psalms would keep a man in right
relationsliip with God, and faithful
reading of the Proverbs would keep
one in right relationship with others.
Mr. Bryan carried out this advice
and estabhshed a following that re-
gards him as a great champion for
God and a power with the people.

Perhaps the day has come to The
Brethren Church to look at the need
for good human relations among all
members making up the Brother-
hood. Surely we can agree that we

n::ed more love for one another. We
know that Satan can't whip us, but
he would like to join us. His presence
would be for no good. He has been
known to stir up misunderstandings
and dissensions. Two cannot walk
together except they be agreed.
Fmaliy, we ail know that poor
human relations wiil slow down or
stop the main business of the church.
On the other hand, good human re-
lations are lovely and will inspire
people to venture into greater things
for God.

The Bible tells of Paul and Bar-
nabas who could not agree on a
course of action, and the sharp dis-
sension had to be overruled by the
Lord for the extension of His work.
One can only wonder about the
way the history of the early church
would read had Barnabas stayed
with Paul. There was the need for
human relations among the herds-
men of Lot and those of Abraham.
The parting of the ways came to
Abraham and Lot. The story that
follows is rather pathetic, and again
one can wonder what good would
have come out of a program of
reconciliation. Surely Lot would
have benefited by the constant as-
sociation with Abraham, the man
of faith.

Yes; Grace College has accepted
a big challenge to minister to this
need of every student. There are
spiritual, intellectual, physical, and
social aspects and implications in
human relations. To meet all these
aspects means the development of a
well-rounded personality. The
fourth R must take its stand along
with the other three.

471

Are You Holding Out
on God?

By William L. Schaffer

On April 25 the Senior Class of the Kit-
tanning. Pa., high school operated the local
radio station WACB. William L. Schaffer. a
member of this class and also of the First
Brethren Church in West Kittanning. was
chosen to deliver the regular morning de-
votions. Bill is the son of Pastor and Mrs.
W. H. Schaffer. "Bill" asked his father to
write up a devotional for him. but his father
replied: "I won't do it. This is your class
project, and the message should be yours."
So. Bill, who has been accepted as a Fresh-
man in Grace College next fall, sat down
and wrote the following script:

We are living at a fast rate of
speed these days. With all of our
hurry to get things done and to go
places, how much time do we allow
ourselves to worship God? We are
told that there are now more church
members than ever before, but how
often do many of these go to church?
Many think they are doing God a
favor by spending at least one hour
a week in a church service. If we had
to be satisfied with one meal a day,
we'd complain. We must be con-
stantly fed to keep going in the
spiritual, as well as the physical, life.

Some one has said that the Sun-
day morning service shows the popu-
larity of the church, the evening
service the popularity of the pastor,
and the midweek prayermeeting the
popularity of the Lord.

Then too, so many people are
holding out on God with their
money. They gather up some loose
change and think they are doing God
a favor as they grudgingly drop a few
coins in the offering plate. We read
in the Bible: "The Lord loveth a
cheerful giver." We remember hear-
ing about the man who accidentally
dropped a $20 gold piece in the
offering plate instead of a quarter
dollar. After the service he went to
an usher and explained the mistake.
The usher refused to give it back
with this admonition: "Sir, I can-

not return it to you, but be sure of
this, the Lord will only bless you
for the amount you intended to
give."

Are you holding out on God with
your talents? Everybody is endowed
with some talent. It may be speak-
ing before an audience, it may be
singing, or it may be playing. Don't
bury your talent as the man the
Lord told about in the Bible. God
has some use for your talent. Give it
to him. So many people pray, "Lord,
use me." They ought to pray, "Lord,
make me usable." There are no divi-
dends when we hold out on God.

And now just one more thing, and
a very important thing, that we
keep from God. Is anything hinder-
ing your love for God? How much
do you love God? Let's invert this
question and ask "How much does
God love you?" The answer is found
in John 3:16: "For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlast-
ing life." God wants your love in
return for what He has done for you
in giving His Son, Jesus Christ, who
died on Calvary's cross for you and
for me. Does He have your time,
your money, your talent, and your
love? If He doesn't, then you are
holding out on God.

472

SUPERSTITION ABOUNDS
IN THESE DAYS

By Dr. Herman A. Hoyt

The following paragraph is quoted
verbatim from a brochure on bap-
tism taken from the Fides Album,
a Roman Catholic publication pre-
pared for the laity. It reads:

"The power of water when used
with the invocation of the Holy
Trinity is wondrous. Several years
ago, in a large city hospital, a baby
was born whose survival was doubt-
ful. His mother wished him to be
baptized a Christian at once. It was,
coincidentally, Christmas night. Few
people were in the hospital, and
they were all non-Catholic. Finally,
a young lady, an intern, who was
not even a Christian, took water,
poured it over the head of the little
baby, saying: T baptize you in the
name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.' She was a
nonbeliever (who, incidentally, later '
became a Catholic), but she had
baptized the baby validly. The child
was now a Christian, capable of
beatitude. The water and the invoca-
tion of the Holy Trinity had done
their work. These essentials suffice
for a valid baptism in the time of
emergency."

How amazing that this supersti-
tion can be propagated and people
will believe it, and people who boast
intelligence. But how wonderful to
know that despite the ritual of pour-
ing water and reciting an invocation,
the child was already saved from
the only guilt he had; namely, that
of Adamic sin, by the blood of
Christ. And how wonderful to know
that the blood of Jesus Christ clears
away the guilt of Adamic sin in every
human being, for the work of Christ
on the cross went just as deep and
just as far as the sin of Adam (Rom.
5:18).

Doubtless exercise does reduce
flesh. You never saw a fat tongue.

* * *

To entertain some people all you
have to do is sit down and listen.

Often a man is known by the com-
pany that keeps him.

* * *

Pray definitely for definite an-
swers.

* * *

It is better to be narrow-minded
and right, than to be broad-minded
and wrong.

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Changing Thermometers

— July
$80,000

June

$73,333

$69,420
(July 1)

May
$66,666

April
$60,000

March

$53,333

February
$46,666

January
$40,000

December

$33,333

November
$26,666

October
$20,000

September
$13,333

August
$ 6,666

1956-1957
Budget Needs

Thermometers have been chang-
ing all over the country during these
summer weeks, much to the discom-
fort of some people who like a little
less heat. The thermometers on this
page have not been rising as much
as they need to, and their condition
is a cause for genuine concern to
those who administer the school's
funds. Next month a whole new
thermometer will appear for the
school's budget needs. Will you help
to see that the reading is not un-
seasonably low for the summer sea-
son?

GIFTS TO
GRACE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

June 1957

Gen. Fund Bldg. Fund

Aleppo, Pa $30.25 ?7.00

Altoona. Pa. (First) 19.00 4.00

Altoona. Pa. (Grace) 33.00

Ashland. Ohio 64.85 19.00

Bellflower, Calif 20.00 16.00

Berne. Ind. ...«. 24.00 12.00

Camden, Ohio 9.00

Canton. Ohio 203.89

Clay City, Ind 6.00

Clayton, Ohio 40.45 15.00

Conemaugh, Pa. (Pike) . . 17.92 15.00

Covington, Va 2.00

Dallas Center. Iowa 39.00 5.00

Danville, Ohio 10.00

Dayton, Ohio (First) 265.52 215.52

Dayton, Ohio (N. Riverdale) 2.00

Englewood. Ohio 40.10

Fort Lauderdale, Fla 20.00 5.00

Garwin, Iowa 122.00 297.50

Glendale, Calif 137.00 76.80

Goshen, Ind 4.00

Grandview, Wash 7.00

Hagerstown, Md. (Calvary) 11.00 21.00

Harrisburg, Pa 60.00 1.00

Inglewood, Calif 38.00 51.00

Jenners, Pa 39.60

Kittanning, Pa. (First) 10.00

Lansing, Mich 20.00

LaVerne. Calif 14.00 1.00

Leon, Iowa 1.00

Long Beach, Calif. (First) 155.90 34.00

Long Beach, Calif. (North) 10.00 25.00

Mansfield, Ohio (Grace) . 371.50 83.50
Meyersdale, Pa.

(Summit Mills) 5.00 3.00

New Troy, Mich 22.00

Norwalk, Calif 3.00

Osceola, Ind 13.50 14.50

Oxnard, Calif 4.00

Palmyra, Pa 23.00 38.00

Peru, Ind 123.00 2.00

Philadelphia, Pa. (First) 210.50 11.00

South Bend, Ind 11.00

South Gate, Calif 32.00 20.5Q

South Pasadena, Calif 48.99 31.25

Sterling, Ohio 14.14

Taos, N. Mex. (Canon) 11.20

Temple City, CaUf 101.50 13.00

Troy, Ohio 29.50

Washington, D. C 63.15 7.00

Waterloo, Iowa 89.75 21.00

Waynesboro, Pa 41.10

Whittier, Cahf. (Com.) 6.00

Yellow Creek, Pa 35.55

Isolated Brethren 29.50 4.00

Non-Brethren 55.00 37.50

Maintenance Gift, Winona

Lake Brethren Church . . 600.00

Totals 3,420.36 1,107.07

Designated Gijts:

Ashland, Ohio $120.00

Long Beach, Calif. (First) 50.00

Philadelphia, Pa. (Third) 10.00

Temple City, Calif 2.50

Washington. D. C 7.06

Winona Lake, Ind 89.00

Non-Brethren 200.00

Seminary Seniors 5.50

Total 484.06

Classroom
Building

Physical

Education

Building

$81,749
(July 1)

$300,000

$275,000

$250,000

$225,000

$200,000

$175,000

$150,000

$125,000

$100,000

$ 75,000

$ 50,000

$ 25,000

Grace College
Building Fund

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473

NEWS

OXNARD, CALIF. Under the
leadership of Rev. Max Brenneman,
pastor of the First Brethren Church,
of Fillmore, Calif., the Grace Breth-
ren Bible Class is being conducted
here at 1324 W. Hemlock on each
Thursday evening. If you know of
any Brethren living in Oxnard, Port
Mugu, or Port Hueneme, please
send their name to Pastor Brenne-

WILLOW GROVE, PA. Tiie
Brethren churches of Philadelphia,
Hatboro, and AII;ntown will con-
duct a Labor Day v/eekend con-
ference for the young people between
the ages cf 13-25. The camp will be
conducted at the Carson-Simpson
Farm Aug. 20-Sept. 2. Ken Kohler,
Jr., 1912 E. Pacific St., Philadelphia,
Pa., is camp registrar.

WASHINGTON, PA. The dedi-
catory service of the new edifice of
the Laboratory Grace Brethren
Church was conducted July 7 with
Dr. W. A. Ogden as the speaker.
L. E. Rogers is pastor.

DANVILLE, OHIO. There were
65 present for the morning v/orship
service at the First Brethren Church
on July 7. Roy E. Kriemes is pas-
tor.

FREMONT, OHIO. The Breth-
ren Chapel, located at Dickinson
and North Streets, was dedicated
July 21. Dr. Bernard Schneider was
the guest speaker. Rev. Granville
Tucker is pastor.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Robert
Kleiwer assumed his duties as as-
sistant pastor at the North Long
Beach Brethren Church, Dr. George
Peek, pastor, on July 7. Brother

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Kleiwer is a graduate of Talbot
Theological Seminary.

ASHLAND, OHIO. Evonne
Elaine Cashman was born to Rev.
and Mrs. Edwin E. Cashman on
July 11. Brother Cashman is the
assistant pastor of the Grace Breth-
ren Church.

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. The build-
ing program of the Grace Brethren
Church is nearing the stage where
the roofing will be completed. All
concrete slab floors and sidewalks
have been poured.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Har-
old Arrington, 109 Stephen Lane,
Hilltop Manor, Virginia Beach, Va.
Please change Annual.

SPECIAL. The publication of-
fering of the First Brethren Church
of Fort Wayne, Ind., is approaching
the S700 mark. Mark Malles is pas-
tor. Gifts to the Brethren Mission-
ary Herald from the Winona Lake
Brethren Church, Winona Lake,
Ind., now exceed $600. Richard
DeArmey is pastor. These two
churches gave over $1,000 each last
year to the publication offering. Fine
reports from all over the Brother-
hood are encouraging.

LEESBURG, IND. Evangelist R.
Paul Miller will conduct a two-week
evangelistic-tent campaign for the
Leesburg Brethren Churcn Aug. 26
-Sept. 8. Nathan Meyer is pastor.

GRANDVIEW, WASH. The date
for the dedication of the First
Brethren Church has been set for
Sept. 3. This date will be the 3rd
anniversary cf the church. Robert
Griffith is pastor.

SPECIAL. Mrs. Martha Snell
Nicholson, a choice saint of God,
went to be with her Lord on June
27. About 1925, when the crippling
effects of the dread disease of arthri-
tis began to lay hold on her body,
Sister Nicholson began writing
poems with deep spiritual meaning.
She was a member of the Church
of the Open Door of Los Angeles,
but through the years was faithful
in her attendance at the First Breth-
ren Church of Long Beach, Calif.
The funeral sermon was delivered by
Dr. Louis Talbot. Dr. Charles W.
Mayes and Rev. Paul Myers as-
sisted in the services.

WINONA LAKE, IND.

"AWAKE TO REALITY" will be
the theme of the 68th annual con-

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaura

Winona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake, Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

ference of the National Fellowship
of Brethren Churches assembling
here Aug .18-25. The National Sun-
day-School convention will be con-
ducted Aug. 18-19 in Grace Semi-
nary.

COMPTON, CALIF. A new

public address system was recently
installed in the First Brethren
Church. Dennis Holliday is pastor.

BELL, CALIF. Rev. Albert
Flory will supply tlie pulpit of the
Bell Brethren Church during July
and August.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. A. H.
Kent, father of Dr. Homer A. Kent,
Sr., went to be- with the Lord on
July 4. "Daddy"' Kent, as he was af-
fectionately known, was active for
many, many years in the Christian
Endeavor work of Los Angeles .
County. He was a member of the
First Brethren Church of Long ;
Beach, Calif.

SIDNEY, IND. Rev. Archie Kef-
fer has resigned as the pastor of the
Sidney Brethren Church. Dr. James .
Boyer is acting as interim pastor.

DAYTON, OHIO. An expansion
committee has been elected by the
North Riverdale Brethren Church i
to consider the possibilities of future
expansion of the church building and I
property. Russell Ward is pastor.

JOHNSTOWN, PA. A reception '
was given Pastor and Mrs. Russell
Weber on July 1 9 by the members of
the First Brethren Church.

SPECIAL. The Brethren Mission-
ary Herald, in cooperation with the
executive committee of the National
Fellowship of Brethren Churches,
will grant a S5 purchase order on
the Missionary Herald bookstore
to every pastor with a full represen-
tation of delegates from his church
present at the conference at Winona
Lake, Ind., Aug. 19-25.

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NONCONFORMITY

By Miles Taber

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
Ashland, Ohio

One of the historic principles of
: the churches affiliated with the Na-
tional Fellowship of Brethren
Churches is nonconformity to the
world. This principle is taught
throughout the Word of God, but it
;is most simply stated in Romans
12:2: "And be not conformed to this
'world. . . ."

The Christian should except to be
different from the people of the
world — he is different inside. He is
a new creature in Christ Jesus, and
this new creature should not look
and act like the old creature. He is
a pilgrim in a foreign land, and he
should expect to have some of the
peculiarities of a foreigner. There
is something wrong when God's chil-
dren and the Devil's children look
and act so much alike that it is diffi-
:ult to tell the difference between
;hem. The people of God are a
jieaven-bound people, and they
^hould be distinguishable from hell-
oound people. We have the same
physical needs for our bodies, but
jiside from that we are altogether
lifferent.

Unfortunately, however, the
irethren movement has had some
'ery regrettable experiences in their
ittempts to enforce nonconformity.
Ve believe that these have arisen
because our fathers have put the
mphasis on the negative aspect of
'ur text instead of the positive side.
Jonconformity has in some cases
ecome an end in itself. Whatever
/as different, was better. In the
latter of clothing, it was regarded
s a virtue to wear clothes of a pe-
uliar cut just because they were
ifferent. What seemed to be over-
)oked was that it is just as possible
) become proud of peculiar clothes
s it is to become proud of stylish
othes. And one of the three as-
ects of worldliness is "the pride of
fe."

Nonconformity is but the reverse
!de of a positive truth which is in-
nitely more important. The rest of
ur text says, ". . . but be ye trans-
irmed by the renewing of your
Jnd, that ye may prove what is
lat good, and acceptable, and per-
ct, will of God." The essential

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thing is that the child of God be

transformed into the will of God

into the image of Christ. There is
no virtue in being different from the
world, just for the sake of being dif-
ferent. If you wear your pants
where your coat should be and your
coat where your pants should be,
that would make you different, but
it would not make you a better
Christian. The only points on which
we need to be different are the
points on which Christ is different.
As we become more like Him, we
will be different, but if we seek
simply to be different, we will prob-
ably become less and less like Him.
What Paul is saying to us in this
text is that we should strive to be
fashioned in the image of Christ, and
when that makes us different from
the world, we should not be con-
cerned about that. Our not being
conformed to the world is simply the
result of our being conformed to the
will of God. Any other kind of non-
conformity is not of God.

ADORNMENT

But the Word of God does have
something to say about clothing and
adornment. We quote the first few
verses of I Peter 3 from the new
Revised Standard Version: "Like-
wise you wives, be submissive io
your husbands, so that some, though
they do not obey the word, may be
won without a word by the behavior
of their wives, when they see your
reverent and chaste behavior. Let not
yours be the outward adorning with
braiding of hair, decoration of gold, ~
and wearing of robes, but let it be
the hidden person of the heart with
the imperishable jewel of a gentle
and quiet spirit, which in God's sight
is very precious." The Christian
woman does not need to make her-
self attractive by decorating her
body with lavish colors, expensive
clothes or jewelry. God pity the
woman who has no attractiveness
except what can be bought in the
stores! The Christian's attractive-
ness emanates from a spirit within
that has been transformed by the
grace of God. His clothing does not

need to conform to a set of rules
made by men, but it must be an ap-
propriate adornment for a body that
is a temple of the Holy Spirit. Being
that, it will not be found conform-
ing to the world when the world
dictates clothing that is immodest or
vain. The Christian should always
remember that his personal appear-
ance is dictated from heaven, not
from the style centers of the world.
He should conform to the will of
God. If this requires him to not
conform to the world, he should be
willing to receive the world's scorn.
It is every Christian's business to
show the world how a Christian
ought to dress.

PROFANITY

The Christian's dress is no more
important than his conversation.
Paul says, in Colossians 4:6: "Let
your speech be alway with grace,
seasoned with salt." In Matthew 12:
36-37, Jesus said: "But I say unto
you, That every idle word that men
shall speak, they shall give account
thereof in the day of judgment. For
by thy words thou shalt be justified,
and by thy words thou shalt be con-
demned." This is not teaching that
our salvation depends on every word
that we speak, but the Lord had
just declared that men's words re-
veal the true condition of their
hearts. He said: "O generation of
vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak
good things? for out of the abun-
dance of the heart the mouth speak-
eth. A good man out of the good
treasure of the heart bringeth forth
good things: and an evil rnan out of
the evil treasure bringeth forth evil
things." So since a man's words
reveal the state of his heart, it
should be expected that the language
of Christians will be different from
that of the world, but like that of
Christ.

In no way does a man more
quickly reveal the spiritual condi-
tion of his heart than in his use of
the names of God and of Christ.
One uses these names to curse, while
another uses them to bless. When

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SATAN

By Charles W. Mayes, D.D.

Pastor, First Brethren Church
Long Beach, Calif.

A man was one time asked: "What
would you do if you were the Devil?"
The answer came back, "If I were
the Devil, I would do exactly as he
does." Much truth may be found
in this. Satan has more wisdom
than all other created intelligences
combined. His tactics represent
the greatest wisdom apart from God
himself. Satan is wise enough to
arrange his strategy in such a fash-
ion that he imitates God in every
conceivable manner. This causes him
to build the master counterfeits of
the ages.

The Origin of the Devil

It would be impossible for the
human mind to conceive either the
existence or the origin of the Devil
were it not for God's revelation.
Ezekiel 28:12-17 is a passage where-
in the prophet has given to us some
truths which can be applied only
to the Devil. Of his mysterious
character it is said: "Thou sealest
up the sum, full of wisdom, and
perfect in beauty . . . thou wast per-
fect in thy ways from the day that
thou wast created, till iniquity was
found in thee." Among other things
this passage indicates that Satan is a
creation of God, perfect in the be-
ginning, having vast and superior
wisdom, and a position above all
other created beings, and yet a char-
acter into whose heart iniquity has
crept.

From Isaiah 14:12-17 we are told
the cause of the fall of Satan and
the subsequent curse which is upon
him, according to the Word of the
infinitely holy God. In this passage

Satan is quoted as having said:
"I will ascend into heaven, I will
exalt my throne above the stars of
God: I will sit also upon the mount
of the congregation, in the sides of
the north: I will ascend above the
heights of the clouds; I will be like
the most High." Thus, in five ways,
Satan attempted to give himself the
pre-eminence which rightly be-
longed to God, by saying, "I will
. . ." According to these passages
we discover that Satan attempted
to imitate God in aspiring to be
sovereign and independent.

Satan Has a Business

After Satan fell from his holy
position he began to oppose God's
plan and purpose in every way with
an attempt to estabhsh a counter-
feit program.

From Revelation 20:3 we learn
that the Devil's task in this particular
age is to deceive the nations of the
earth. He would cause men to reject
God's Word, Christ, and salvation.
He would cause men to believe they
can get along without God. He
would also cause humanity to be-
lieve that it can have all its needs
supplied without any of the divine
grace of God. We see the finger-
prints of Satan in the unfolding of
present-day events. Nations make
plans and attempt to execute the
same without even the considera-
tion of the stubborn fact that there
is a God in the universe to whom
we must all answer.

Again from II Corinthians 4:4 we
have the revelation that Satan desires
to blind the minds of unbelievers so

that they cannot see the truths of thei
Gospel of Christ. Thus he wouldl
cause men to believe that withini
human nature there resides all the
necessary potentialities to success'
and satisfaction. Thus in our modem'
philosophy we have the theory that
man is sufficient within himself toi
meet any emergency which may
arise, if he can but tap the naturd
resources inherent in his being.
Many modern humanistic religionsi
are built upon this delusion. Thet
Devil would cause men to ignore
God's Word and "let conscience bet
your guide."

Into what errors and excesses^
foohshness and sins, this rude no-
tion may plunge us. Once we fol-
low the principle of conscience as a
guide we may justify the Hindu
who said to the British administra-
tor in India: "Our consciences tell
us to bum our widows on the fu-
neral pyres of their husbands." To
this the Englishman replied: "OuJ
consciences tell us to hang you when
you do." The wisdom of God would
warn us to never allow Satan tc
turn our minds from the Word ol
God.

Furthermore, from II Corinthians
11:15 we learn that one of Satan'^
master tricks is to imitate the moM
precious things of God. Not alwa^
does Satan try to make men evill
Probably more frequently he triea
to make men good, but he want«
them to be good apart from thm
power of the Gospel of Christ. Thufp
this passage under consideratiori"

(Continued on page 479) ;

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What We Lack

Isaiah 6:1-8

By Jesse Hall

Pastor, First Brethren Church,
Spokane, Wash.

Tlie story is told of a man who
lived in Venezuela and who was a
hard drinker. This man came home
one night in such a condition that he
could not for a time find his ham-
mock. When this feat was finally
accomphshed, he tried in vain to get
off his riding boots. After many
fruitless efforts, he lay down in
his hammock, and began talking out
loud to himself. "Well," said he, "I
have traveled all the world over;
I lived in Cuba for five years, four
years in Jamaica, and five years
in Brazil. I have traveled through
Spain and Portugal, and have been
in Africa; but I never yet was in
such an abominable country as this,
where a man is obliged to go to bed
with his boots on."

We, too, have been all too ready
to place the blame for those un-
satisfactory conditions that prevail
among us on the wrong thing. We
have held up the surrounding phys-
ical conditions, and the seeming
indifference of the people to the
message of the Gospel, and the
dearth of consecrated workers, as
the reason for our failure — when all
the time we know that was not the
real reason. Just what is the matter
vith us? Why aren't more souls being
svon for Christ? The answer is four-
fold:

P We Lack Conviction

No; not doctrinal conviction. We
lave plenty of that. We pride our-
selves on things which we believe.
3ur orthodoxy caimot be question-
ed. What is the trouble? I fear we are
n danger of getting into the con-
lition of a certain church that Dr.
Bob Jones tells about. They were
perfectly orthodox in their teach-
ng, but so cold of heart and un-

^uly 27, 1957

responsive that he felt certain that
if he could pour a little chocolate
over them they would make wonder-
ful Eskimo pies. We have become so
self-satisfied, so smugly comfortable
just the way we are. How long has
it been, my brother, my sister, since
you cried out, as did Isaiah: "Woe
is me! for I am undone; because I
am a man of unclean lips, and I live
in the midst of a people of unclean
hps?" How long since your lips were
touched with a live coal from off the
altar?

How long since you heard His
voice saying: "Lo, this hath touched
thy lips, and thine iniquity is taken
away, and thy sin purged?" We are
in grave danger of becoming hke
the Laodicean church, "neither cold
nor hot." Oh, Lord, convict us of
the sin of selfishness and indiffer-
ence!

We Lack Vision

"Where there is no vision, the
people perish." We have eyes, but
they are centered upon selfish in-
terests. The dust of our own ma-
terial pursuits have so beclouded
our vision that we do not seem able
to lift up our eyes and look on the
fields about us white already unto
harvest (John 4:35). Oh, yes, we
can see the hundreds of people all
about us, m this block, and in the
next, and the next; but do we see
them as God does?

The Gospel still has power. Our
business is to peddle the "dynamite
of God," and urge men and women
everywhere to touch the "match of
faith" to it. If they will, it will blow
the DevU out of them!

We Lack Compassion

"The love of Christ constrains

us" (II Cor. 5:14). We can come to
Bible school week after week and
enjoy the lessons, but we do it all
alone. We sit at the King's table in
the regular services and enjoy the
good things of His Word, but we
eat our bread alone. My friends,
we do not well. We have a pardon in
our hands that will save our fellow-
men, not from temporal, but from
spiritual death. It is suited to all, it is
sent to all, it is designed for all. You
have enjoyed it yourself. What about
taking it to your neighbor? A man
accused of treachery was sentenced
to death. Intercession was made for
him by a friend. As a result a pardon
was issued, but it fell into the hands
of his worst enemy who locked it
up and let him hang. What fear-
ful turpitude! But wait! Is that any
worse than what we are doing?

We Lack Consecration

"I beseech you, brethren, by the
mercies of God . . . present your
bodies." H. B. Gibbud once said that
he knew of a man who used to sing
Miss Havergal's hymn: "Take My
Life and Let It be Consecrated,
Lord, to Thee," in this way: "Take
my wife and let her be consecrated,
Lord, to Thee." That is all too often
the way we sing it.

A clergyman was called upon to
dedicate a building to the Lord. Used
to only having a share with others in
such a service, he asked: "What part
do you want me to take in the dedi-
cation?" The man, thinking that he
was referring to the building, said:
"Why, the whole thing! Take it all
in, from the underpinning to the
steeple." Oh, my brother, my sister,
God is calUng us to that kind of
consecration. Will we give it to Him
today?

477

LONDON, ENGLAND. A Gal-
lup Poll turned up the fact that only
14 percent of those interviewed had
been at church the previous Sunday.
Twenty-eight percent said they
went to church at least once a
month. Fifteen percent attend only
on special occasions. Fifty-seven
percent admitted they "hardly ever"
or never attend church, but 7 percent
of these listen to radio or television

WINONA LAKE, IND. Robert
A. Cook, speaking at the Youth for
Christ, International, held here re-
cently, said: "America faces a teen-
age generation of moral morons —
better clothed and fed, living in bet-
ter homes, taught in better schools
and full of vitamins — but sapped by
materialism and humanism. . . .
America's teen-age population will
hit 12,000,000 by 1960. It is now
8,000,000. We must go all-out to
present Christ to this mushrooming
throng of uncertain kids who need
faith in Christ as a stabilizing force."

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Philip
Arthur Gaglardi, a dual vocational
Canadian, has accepted a dual
speaking engagement — he'll close
both the Twin National Sunday-
School conventions (Los Angeles,
October 1 1 and Grand Rapids, No-
vember 1). Mr. Gaglardi is Minister
of Highways for British Columbia;
Pastor Gaglardi ministers at Calvary
Temple, Kamloops, British Colum-
bia. Just to take care of his spare
time. Pastor Gaglardi conducts a
Gospel broadcast seven day a week
over six radio stations!

SPECIAL. By a vote of 161-124
the General Assembly of the United
Presbyterian Church of North
America approved merger with the
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
The Assembly thus assured the crea-
tion of a new denomination to be
known as the United Presbyterian
Church in the U.S.A.. with a mem-
bership of about three million.

CHICAGO, ILL. The fourth an-
nual mid-America Keswick con-
vention will be held Oct. 12-20, in
the Moody Memorial Church.
Speakers include; Rev. George Dun-
can, Dr. 'Vance Havner, Dr. Thomas
Moseley, Dr. Paul S. Rees, Major
W. Ian Thomas, and Dr. A. W.
Tozer.

CAL PRtSS

NOTICE TO READERS: The purpose of this
page is to provide our readers with world-
wide religious news. All material is pre-
sented as news without editorial comment,
and does not necessarily reflect the theo-
logical position of this magazine. — Editor.

JERUSALEM. The Israeli Gov-
ernment has started negotiations
with the So^'iet Union for permission
to photograph ancient Biblical texts
in Russia. The manuscripts, for the
most part parchments, are written in
Hebrew and are considered by
scholars here to be not only ex-
tremely rare but vital to the study
of the Bible.

An official request has been made
for permission for a team of Israeli
Biblical scholars to visit Moscow
and Leningrad to photograph the
documents.

At the University of Leningrad,
the oldest Hebrew text of the Bible
— excepting the recent document
discoveries at Qumran on the shores
of the Dead Sea — is held. The Len-
ingrad document is dated to A.D.
847.

BADEN, GERMANY. Only 19
percent of the Lutheran young peo-
ple between 17 and 28 in Western
Germany consider themselves "reg-
ular" churchgoers, according to a
poll reported in the German religious
weekly Die Kirche der Heimat. Ten
percent never attend, 44 percent go
"occasionally," and 27 percent only
attend on special festivals.

Figures for both urban and rural
groups were about the same, the
poll said. Highest percentage of
regular attendants was 30 percent,
in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Lowest was
the 7 percent in Lower Saxony and
Schleswig-Holstein.

Among Roman Catholic youth,
8 1 percent are regular attendants at
church, the poll revealed.

NEW YORK. Leaders of many
evangelical mission enterprises are
expressing increasing concern over
the rapid growth of world population
and their inability to keep pace with
it. The 750-page Annual Demo-
graphic Yearbook, recently issued by

the UN, does not ease their con-
cern.

Some statistics from the Year-
book:

The rising tide of population is
running at the rate of 120,000 a
day, or 43,000,000 — approximately
equal to the population of France — ■
a year.

The drop in the death rate is the
major factor in the worldwide popu-
lation increase. The United States
and Canada have the lowest infant i
death rate of 2.2 percent.

It is predicted that the world's
population may double by the end of -
the present century, thus reaching a
total of about 5,400,000,000.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, i

Armed with tools and blueprints,
rather than tracts and hymnals, one
hundred "labor missionaries" are
working for Christianity in the South
Pacific islands through a SI 0,000,-
000 school-building program under-
taken by the Mormon church.

The missionaries, mostly from
Western States, were sent to the
islands by the headquarters of the
church in Salt Lake City. They were
accompanied by their families, and
plan to spend two to three years on
the island construction projects, do-
nating their labor and skills rather
than preaching.

LAKE JUNALUSKA, N. C.
More than 500 college presidents
and trustees, businessmen and fi-
nanciers met recently for the first
conference of its kind ever held to
analyze the problems facing the
church-related college today. Called
by the National Committee of United
Church Men for Church Colleges,
they conferred here for two days
and heard addresses by prominent
authorities in allied fields.

Rising costs, swelling enrollments,
the shortage of teachers and press-
ing financial concerns were reviewed
inthe light of what Dr. Henry T.
Heald called today's "swirl of great
changes." Dr. Heald, who is presi-
dent of the Ford Foundation, told
the group: "The measure of these
colleges' strength and hope for their
future usefulness lies in their ability
to move with the times."

Equally important on the agenda
were discussions of the relationships
of denominations to their colleges
and the "preservation and advance-
ment of Christian teachings" — the
church-related college's primary
function.

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NONCONFORMITY

(Continued from page 475)

God first gave His laws to men, in
the Ten Commandments, He said:
"Thou shalt not take the name of
the Lord thy God in vain; for the
Lord will not hold him guiltless that
taketh his name in vain" (Exod. 20:
7). The man who uses the name of
God in profanitv shows that his heart
is at enmity against God. It is no ex-
cuse to say that it is done without
thinking, for that merely reveals
that it is an unconscious expression
of a heart that is so ungodly that it
curses God without thinking. This
is not the fruit of one who has re-
ceived the grace and love of God in
Christ Jesus.

But the Word of God not only
condemns profanity, but it forbids
the taking of any oath by a Chris-
tian. In the Sermon on the Mount,
Jesus said: "Again, ye have heard
that it hath been said by them of old
time. Thou shalt not forswear thy-
self, but shalt perform unto the
Lord thine oaths: But I say unto
you, Swear riot at all" (Matt. 5:33-
34). This cannot be a mere condem-
nation of profanity, for the thing
that Jesus is condemning. He states,
was permitted under the Old Testa-
ment law. But profanity was never
permitted, as we have already seen.
The words of Jesus are perfectly
clear: He simply says: "Swear not
at all." And James repeats this
command: "But above all things,
my brethren, swear not, neither by
heaven, neither by the earth,
neither by any other oath" (James
5:12). Again the meaning of these
words is beyond question. Men
disobey these commandments of
God if they choose, but they can
hardly misunderstand them.

It is easy to understand how the
taking of oaths originated. Men are
naturally liars, and their word can-
not be depended upon. So when
they testify in court, or are instruct-
ed in the mysteries of secret orders,
it is necessary to bind them under
the penalty of an oath, and even
then their word cannot always be
trusted. But God says that it is an
insult to the integrity of a Christian.
A Christian's yes must always mean
yes, and his no must always mean
no. To take an oath is to concede
that without the oath his word can-
not be trusted. So the Lord says to
the Christian, "Let what you say
be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything
more than this comes from evil"

luly 27, 1957

DANIEL WEBSTER'S SAVIOUR

This story is told of Daniel Web-
ster when he was in the prime of his
manhood. He was dining with a com-
pany of literary men in Boston. Dur-
ing the dinner the conversation
turned upon the subject of Chris-
tianity. Mr. Webster frankly stated
his belief in the divinity of Christ and
and his dependence upon the atone-
ment of the Saviour. One said to
him: "Mr. Webster, can you com-
prehend how Christ could be both
God and man?" Mr. Webster
promptly replied, "No, sir, I cannot
comprehend it. If I could compre-
hend Him, He would be no greater
than myself. I feel that I need a
supdr-human Saviour." — Christian
Witness.

(Matt. 5:37, ASV). Let the world
take its oaths, in court and in secret
societies; the Christian is not to
be conformed to the world but is
to be transformed into the perfect
will of God as it is so clearly revealed
in His Word.

HOMELIFE

Along with his dress and language,
the Christian also finds that his
homehfe is transformed. With so
many other homes going on the
rocks, the believer cannot conform
to the world's standards of homelife.
When we are told that two out of
every five marriages are ending in
divorce in America, and this evil is
making great strides even within the
professing church, God is crying
out. Do not conform to the world in
this, but let your homelife be trans-
formed into God's perfect will. A
Christian home is formed when a
Christian man and a Christian
woman are led by God to unite in
marriage in a union which is for life.
This is life's most sacred relation-
ship, for it is the one chosen by God
to picture the union between Christ
and His church. In this home the
husband loves his wife as Christ
loves the church, and the wife is
devoted to her husband as the true
church is devoted to Christ. The
children which God sends into this
home are regarded as the gift of
God, and are carefully trained for
His glory. This kind of a home is a
foretaste of heaven, an oasis in a
desert of the world's debauchery,
divorce and forsaken children. Yet
with what cheap trinkets the Devil
sometimes trades us out of this
priceless gift of God.

SATAN

(Continued from page 476)

warns us that Satan himself may
be transformed into an angel of
light, even standing in the pulpit
dedicated to the presentation of
God's Word of truth. The more
successful Satan may be in confus-
ing men in the realm of religion,
the more successful he will be in his
ultimate purpose for the gentile
nations.

Satan Imitates God

We can never understand .the
problem of good and evil in the
world until we see the Devil un-
veiled upon the pages of the Word
of God. It is well for us to con-
sider the conflict between good and
evil as manifesting itself thus:

I.God 1. The Dragon

2. Christ 2. The Antichrist

3. Holy Spirit 3. The False Prophet

Satan, as anti-God, is called "the
Dragon" (Rev. 12:9).

The beast out of the sea, the Devil
incarnate, is called the Antichrist
(Rev. 13:1).

The religious opposition under
the direction of the Devil in power-
ful opposition against the Holy-
Spirit, will be called "the False
Prophet" (Rev. 19:20).

When Satan attempts to imitate
Christ, he is less interested in imi-
tating Him as Saviour than he is in
imitating Him as King. Satan de-
sires to exalt himself. He desires to
hold the human race under his con-
trol. He desires further to become
a great worldwide ruler. He wants
to be king over all the earth instead
of the Lord Jesus Christ, who alone
has the right to be King of kings
and Lord of lords. The seventeenth
chapter of Revelation gives us the
story of how the False Prophet,
under Satan, works in the realm of
religion. As the Holy Spirit is call-
ing out a people for His name,
building up the true church of
Christ, so Satan would produce a
false religious system, a great ec-
clesiastical power. This power is
called MYSTERY BABYLON and
represents the amalgamation of all
apostate religion on the earth at
the end of this age. It is not merely
the apostate Roman system. It rep-
resents all apostate Protestantism as
well.

In producing counterfeits, Satan
is a master.

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AUGUST 3, 1957

Missionary Residence at Bangui, Headquarters City of Brethren
Mission in French Equatorial Africa

The General Secretary's Comments

By Russell D. Barnard

Our Denmark Brethren

Some of you will remember the letter read at our An-
nual Conference last fall from the Brethren in Den-
mark, and that our Conference sent greetings in return.
Well, as a result, an invitation was extended for us to
have some of our Brethren visit in Denmark this sum-
mer, and attend the National Conference of the Breth-
ren in the Scandanavian countries. That Conference was
during the last days of June. Rev. and Mrs. Fred Fogle
and Rev. Donald Hocking found it possible to attend as
our representatives. On the trip to Denmark, Schwar-
zenau, Germany was visited. The official report f-'om
Brethren Fogle and Hocking was not received in time to
print a resume of it here. We hope to present that re-
port later.

Brother Fogle, speaking of the Brethren in Denmark
says: "From the very first they gave us a very warm
welcome and thanked us for attending their conference.
The letter written by the present moderator, Bro. Ber-
nard N. Schneider, was read to the group. They told us
to send Christian greetings to all you people in America.
They entertained the six of us along with a number of
others in their home in the suburbs of Copenhagen.
They certainly exercised genuine Christian hospitality.
When we left. Pastor Hansen said 'goodbye,' with
tears in his eyes. We had wonderful fellowship with
them."

It is so remarkable that after serving for over 200
years in different lands, and different circumstances
and customs, we and they should stand so remarkably
close together in our understanding of the teaching of the
Word of God and in Christian practice. Brother Fogle
further says: "Generally speaking, they agree fully with
Dr. Louis Bauman's book. The Faith Once for All De-
livered Unto the Saints. This indicates a great deal. They
have this book and have translated it into Danish for
themselves." May God bless you. Brethren in Denmark
and the northern European countries!

Hawaii Needs Christ

Dr. Glenn O'Neal and your general secretary just
returned on July 16 from Hawaii. The very first thing
we want to report is that Hawaii needs Christ — needs
Christ desperately! The first Protestant missionaries
went to the Islands in 1820. The response was tre-
mendous, and by 1865 it was considered that the work
of evangelization was complete, and the work was
turned over to the Hawaiians. But modernism came into
the saddle. Multiplied thousands of people came into
the Islands from Asia; these bringing their religions
with them. The result was that true Christian faith al-
most vanished from the Islands. There are now about
40,000 nominal Protestants, but a Christian worker well

versed in the Island situations assures us that it is his
fear that there are not more than ten thousand true be-
lievers in the Islands today. He further says that evan-
gelical, gospel testimony has been on the increase now
for several years.

As of August 1, Bro. and Mrs. Tresise, our mission-
aries there, will come under full missionary support for
at least one year. They have to the present been earn-
ing their own livelihood — Brother Tresise driving a
laundry truck. Along with the work in the Red Hill
Housing District, which has been so fruitful in de-
cisions for Christ, they will soon start a testimony in
Kailua, the city in which they live, some 13 miles
from Honolulu. This is a community where the fami-
lies are predominately Japanese, and of course, it will
need be kept exclusively Hawaiian if we are to reach the
residents of Hawaii.

Reports Next Month

It was not possible for us to have a sufficient report
for presentation in this issue of the Missionary Herald.
Offerings are excellent, but are coming in very slowly.
We have great hopes of reaching our 17 percent in-
crease so greatly needed. The report for the so-called
"Easter" offering will be printed in the September 2
issue of the Missionary Herald and will cover all gifts
received, January 1 through July 31. A full report and
totals will bs given immediately following December 31
and will cover the entire calendar year.

We Didn't Keep Up!

During the last 10-15 years, our missionary person-
nel has tripled, and our number of mission fields has
also tripled. Our income for foreign missions has only
about doubled. You can see the problems this produces.
There are only two possible conclusions: either we
have too many missionaries in too many fields, or we
haven't given back to the Lord as much as we ought
of what He has given to us. Our plea is that our gifts
of money will match the missionaries' gift of hfe!

Nothing Left Over

Recently Brother Arthur E. Glass wrote: "We Hve
in luxury and Satan sees to it there is nothing left over
for the missionaries." This statement speaks to me! Does
it speak to you? Christian people aren't poor. Breth-
ren people aren't poor! We have money for the things we
want, and if we don't have the money at hand, we think
nothing of mortgaging the future for our purchases. Our
homes and our garages testify that the purchases are

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THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 31

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM, Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16, 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake, Ind.. under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake, Ind. Subscription price. $3.00 a year; 100-percent churches. $2.50; foreign, $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees. president; Herman A. Hoyt, vice president; William Schaffer. secretary; True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Gen-
man, treasurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Conunittee; Gene Farrell, S. W. Link, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller,
Thomas Hammers; Arnold R. Kriegbaum. ex officio.

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Foreign Missions at National Conference

National Conference is a tim; of
sweet fellowship and spiritual bless-
ing. There are always messages
which stir one's soul. In past y3ars
the missionaries have contributed
much along these lines. Thsir Bible
messages have msant much. Reports
from the field by these who labor
in far distant places always thrill
the hearts of the Brethren. Then, too,
their personal testimonies are won-
derful!

A large group of missionaries at-
tended the Portland, Greg., National
Conference in 1955. However, the
largest number in a long time at-
tended the 1956 Winona Lake con-
ference. Missionaries from four of
our six fields were in the 1956 group.

Again this year four of our six

fields will be represented by our
missionaries. The total number will
not be as large as in 1955 or 1956,
but we are looking forward to a time
of blessing at the conference. We
hope to hear from our missionaries
reports of progress in the work that
will thrill our hearts. Doubtless,
many challenges for the future will
be laid before us. There will be a
time of informal discussion where
all can ask questions, as well as
listen to the testimonies of the mis-
sionaries.

Dr. Barnard, the general secre-
tary, will have some good things
to report to us. He will be prepared
to tell of the leading of the Lord in
Hawaii and in other fields. It is al-
ways good to hear his stirring re-
ports and challenges.

There will be some interesting
displays, as in previous years. These
displays help to make clearer some
of the things that are being ac-
comphshed on our six fields. And,
of course, we will want all of our
guests to register at our foreign-mis-
sions booth. Bring along your
camera and take lots of pictures.
These will increase in value over the
years.

So, plan to attend National Con-
ference this year at Winona Laket
Meet the missionaries or renew ac-
quaintance with them. Get in on the
messages, reports, and things in
general, that you may go home filled
with enthusiasm for the work of
our Lord! It will be a great ex-
perience!

A portion of the Foreign. Missions display at 1956 National Conference. See picture on page 49D

ill

Amazon Travelog

By Bill Burk

(Third installment)

The approach to Alenquer up a
narrow river was quite a change
in scenery. The river was obviously
deep, for the Lobo raced along at
her full 12 knots, churning up
violent waves on the beaches of
both banks. All normal activity was
stopped by the residents to run to
the bank in order to save from de-
struction their canoes which were
being tossed about like corks. Men
at one house stopped their work of
rethatching the roof of a grass home
to watch the passing of the newest
thing in Amazonia, one of a dozen
of the government line's new fleet
of white Dutch-made passenger
ships. At another place the strange
interruption in the quiet pasture life
of a couple of young goats caused
the loudest "baa-ing" I've ever
heard, until the nanny showed her-
self coming through the weeds. Fur-
ther along, hundreds of large white
storks took to the air when their
place of peace was disturbed along
the calm shallow pond where they
had been fishing. (Alenquer is not
only affected by the winter flood
waters, but also by the daily ocean
tides. Therefore, both birds and
fishermen, the latter with their nets
and harpoons, work twice daily for
the fish which have been stranded
in these shallows by the receding
tide.)

The pier at Alenquer is quite hon-
orable and the general cleanliness of
the place reveals an industrious
group of Brazilians. The people
themselves would probably say that
they are blessed with an honest local
government which governs the peo-
ple instead of misappropriating
funds.

Having nothing aboard but mail
for Alenquer (and that but two let-
ters— and one of them airmail!),
we were scheduled to stay tied up

but for a few minutes. However,
having a good group of tourists
aboard (from south Brazil), there
were some brave folks who in-
sisted on putting their feet ashore.
True to the custom, the gangplank
was hauled in before some of them
returned. I was among those several
aboard the ship who leaned far out
from her side to aid the reaching
hands of the landlubbers who had
delayed too long and had to be
helped across the fast-widening gap
of brown water. Before the trip
ended, we came with the Old Man
to enjoy the happy, jeering yells of
the fellow-passengers and spectators
along the beach when this happened!
Fortunately, we were never the
"laughed at"!

Midway between Belem and Man-
aus and about 500 miles from the
Atlantic, Obidos is considered to
be the extreme point to which the
ocean tides affect the river level
and flow. At Icoraci we have about
a 10-foot tide, at Santarem it's
around a foot, and at Obidos they
say that the vertical movement is
barely noticeable. Beyond this point
the only such movement is that of
the annual rise and fall with the win-
ter floods and summer drought.

Even now in the summer rain falls

Trees being felled for "slash 'n' burn" type
of agriculture.

almost daily in Icoraci. That part
of the mouth of the Amazon is
noted for its rain and special mois-
ture-hungry vegetation. However,
upon leaving the Belem area, we
found a drier heat daily, and rain
fell very seldom during the entire
trip. Everywhere people were burn-
ing off the forest near their homes to
start again in their "slash-and-bum"
type of agriculture. Usually the
Ughts we'd see in the distance at
night turned out to be not those of a
settlement but a patch of "slashed"
land being burned before being
cleared for agriculture. Incidentally,
these places are generally fit for pro-
duction for only two or three years;
therefore, the farmer doesn't bother
to take out the tree trunks — he just
plants around them. This is easily
done since planting is completely
done by hand, for there is almost
no mechanized farming in this north-
em part of Brazil. Crops grown in-
clude the ever-present mandioca root
from which both tapioca and the
farinha or coarse flour of the poor
are made, jute, corn, sweet potatoes,
sugar cane, beans.

This Rio Amazonas is no little
stream. Many times the other side
of the river is beyond the horizon.
Usually, however, the other bank is
obscured by the continuous mass of
islands, some big, others very small.
One island of interest is the big
grass patch floating from the larger
island of its origin — having been
broken free by the current, a land-
slide, or such — and either saiUng
right out to sea or to its own de-
struction soon in the encounter of
other obstacles during its down- i
stream voyage. A continuous threat \
to the navigation of the Amazon is i
the floating tree which has fallen
into the water. Much of the tim- ]
ber of the valley is heavier than
water, and that which is not so is
frequently little lighter than the vol-

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ume of water it displaces. The re-
sult is treacherous in that the giant
tree floats very low and nearly hid-
den in the water — being, I sup-
post, the iceberg of the tropical
rivers.

Very refreshing to us CaUfomians
were the occasional mountains both
on the horizon and near the river-
bank. At home we'd consider them
"foothills," but having seen nothing
higher than the 15 or 20-foot cliff on
which our Icoraci house is built, we
considered these as great mountains.
They are found scattered principally
on the north side of the portion of
the river which flows through the
State of Para. The highest of the

Linda and Arthur Burk on board the "Lobo"

mountains visible from the ship were
probably less than a thousand feet
high.

At tea one afternoon, as we fin-
ished praying before we ate the but-
tered bread and drank the hot mate
tea, we were asked by the woman on
the other side of the table if we were
behevers (the word or name here
given to Protestants). This woman is
the mother of a dozen children and
wife of the church moderator of a
young work a few ports upstream.
As yet they have no building and
the evangelist was at the time sick
in another city, but the folks were
expecting a temporary stay soon
from an American missionary. When
I asked his name she responded:
"You know that it is very hard for
me to remember the names of for-
eigners."

(To be continued)

August 3, 7957

LIGHT

Upon Lyon!

By P. Fred Fogle

"For God, who commanded the
light to shine out of darkness, hath
shined in our hearts, to give the
hght of the knowledge of the glory
of God in the face of Jesus Christ."

Light upon Lyon! Such was the
theme of the citywide campaign held
here this spring, organized by the
Protestant churches of the city.

It was a blessing to see the gos-
pel light shine so brightly in Lyon
where the darkness of Romanism,
paganism and spiritism reigns.

This was the first evangelistic
campaign in decades on such a large
scale in this historical city. Within
the last year or 18 months, to my
knowledge five small campaigns
have been held in Lyon and four
of them were organized by our
Brethren church. It was, therefore,
an encouragement to see other
churches with a new vision for reach-
ing the lost plan these meetings.

The team was made up of three
men of God: one a French pastor
from the suburbs of Paris; the sec-
ond an evangehst from Wales, who
has been working for the Lord in
France for about thirty years; and
the third an excellent organist now
living in Geneva, Switzerland, who
had just returned from a tour in the
United States.

The preparation was begun six
months before the opening date.
Christians were instructed as to how
to be counselors. A united choir was
organized. Two thousand posters
and 100,000 handbiUs were used to
publicize the meetings, as well as
radio, television and press confer-

ences. The $3,000 budget adopted
was easily covered.

Since a large tent could not be
used in Lyon, these services were
held in a pubhc hall which is usually
dedicated to worldly amusements.
The attendance was consistently
good and the last services brought
in between twelve hundred and
thirteen hundred. Two youth ral-
lies were held for and attended by a
thousand children.

The greatest result of the series
of meetings was the stirring of the
hearts of church members and the in-
evitable deepening of the spiritual
life of those who listened to the
Word of God night after night.
There were about a hundred pub-
lic decisions made. Each person re-
ceived the instruction of a counselor
in the after-meeting. Of these, over
fifty were young people, and ten
who signed decision cards were for-
mer Catholics.

Since the close of the campaign
there have been two "follow-up"
services where all Christians have
been exhorted to continue the glo-
rious work of evangelization by
doing personal work. We have also
thanked God together in prayer
for the abundant blessings during
the two-week united effort.

It has been decided that the
"light" which shone should shine
again, but even more brightly during
a similar campaign in 1958.

Pray for Lyon! Probably no more
than one-half of one percent of the
population of 800,000 knows Christ
as Saviour and lives for Him.

485

TTIHIl ©IHIIIILPIEIlM'g WAQ]

Clyde K. Landrum, Director

Junior Missionaries
of the Month

rest of the Edmiston family.
There is Httle baby sister, Lor-
raine, age five months, and
three brothers, Richard who is
almost eight years old, Daniel,

who is nearing five, and James,
age two. Quite a fine family,
don't you think? And, a nice
group of junior missionaries,
too!!

Have you prayed for the missionaries today?

Are they twins??? Many
people think so, but really they
are not!! But, let me introduce
them to you — at the left is
Linda Edmiston, age nine, and
at the right is her sister, Le-
andra, who is ten.

These girls are daughters of
Rev. and Mrs. Sibley Edmis-
ton, missionaries to Mexico.
For a number of years they
have lived at Laredo, Tex.,
where their parents have
worked across the border into
Mexico. Just recently they
moved to Leon, Mexico. Be
sure to pray for them in this
new plan of living deep down
in Mexico. Pray that they will
see many precious souls won to
our Lord.

Maybe you'd like to meet the

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the dots. And, was I surprised! Last month our puzzle turned out
to be an elephant. So, this month I was looking for another ani-
mal. Yes; I really was surprised. You'll be, too. But after you
have traced it out, I'm sure you'll be a better missionary helper!

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I'll see you at National Conference at Winona Lake!

486 The Brethren Missionary Herald

Trumpet in the Dark

By William J. Samarin

The average church building
looks hke a rustic hanger with a
low, overhanging grass roof held
up with crooked poles. The black-
skinned, almost naked people who
meet inside are protected from the
winds and rain by walls made of
wattle or sun-dried brick. Here
gather three or four times a week
a group of Christians of whom 15
or 20 percent may be literate and
only 10 percent of whom may have
New Testaments. This is Africa!

This village of 25 or so small huts
lies close on each side of a narrow,
dusty road over which only two cot-
ton trucks may pass in a month. On
the road, however, men and women
daily pass on foot or on bicycle,
some only carrying a spear, others
heavily laden. These people oc-
casionally stop for water or to rest
in the shade of a tree or under the
eves of a hut. These travelers bring
and take the news. By word of mouth
the good and the bad is spread.
Sometimes it is accurate, but some-
times it is false. (More than one
African has arrived home after a
long and tiring walk, already be-
wailing the death of a relative, only
to learn that he had been sick,
but that he was now very much im-
proved. What chagrin!) But slander
and error are also passed by word
of mouth.

Our fellow Christians, our African
brethren, are at the mercy of chance
and rumor. Only once a year do they
tiave the opportunity of meeting in
large regional conferences, held in
;ach district during the dry season,
)ut for quite a few years no mis-
iion-wide conference has been held.
Consequently, they have had little
)pportunity to unite in fellowship,
^o single literary organ of the
African church taught truth and
orrected error.
To unite these brethren and to

August 3, 1957

provide them with instruction, the
Africa Mission has initiated the
publication of a monthly mimeo-
graphed paper, the Trompette
Evangelique. Published in Sango,
the lingua franca of the area, it
aims to provide news of mission-
wide interest, interesting reading
material that will develop reading-
with-understanding, and doctrinal
and inspirational articles. This eight-
page paper already has a circulation
of eight hundred in all of the dis-
tricts, but there is hope that it will
climb to at least a thousand by the
end of the year.

Most of the articles have thus
far been written by missionaries and
illustrated by (Mrs.) Ruth Samarin,

Drawing by Mrs. Samarin

but Africans are being encouraged
to send in their contributions. New
songs are received with great en-
thusiasm. An article that stirred up
much interest was one which ex-
plained the various phases of the
moon. (This article was needed after
many people thought that the an-
nounced "full moon" meant some
unusual lunar phenomenon!) A
series of articles even listed names
of Christian men and women found
in the New Testament to be used in
the naming of children.

The paper's big problem is dis-
tribution. Copies can be sent by
mail to the various mission stations,
but from there mail delivery is
hardly reliable. There are no small
post offices away from the adminis-
trative seats, and since one rarely
finds a single person traveling the
hundred miles from one end of a
district to the other, the Trom-
pef4es must find their way from hand
to hand, in sunshine and rain, to the
final destination.

Except in the large towns, the
administrative seats, such as Bos-
sangoa, Bozoum, Bouca, and so
forth, where many people earn a
livehhood by working for the Euro-
pean or by selling in the market-
place, there is little money left after
the cotton has been sold. What new
purchases don't eat up, old debts
do! Very few people can amass
the three cents needed for two copies
of the Troiepete. But by encour-
aging subscriptions during the next
cotton buying season, the staff hopes
to increase the circulation.

With the arrival of the offset
press, more ambitious plans will be
made for the Trompette. Mr. Span-
gler, the printer, will be able to do
a much better job than a hurried
missionary pastor with African
help. Photographs and colored ink
will make the paper much more at-
tractive than it is now.

The African trumpet is made of
an animal's horn with a hole in
the middle rather than at the end.
It was used formerly to call an alarm
in time of war. Today they are used
by many churches to announce the
beginning of church services. In the
same way that these trumpets call
the people to earnest activity, the
Trompette Evangeiiqae calls Chris-
tians to greater and more zealous
devotion to the Lord.

487

THE GENERAL SECRETARY'S
COMMENTS

(Continued from page 482)

made. For too long, I fear, we
have tried to fulfill our obligations to
the heathen by giving a little from
our "loose change," or a few dol-
lars from our "spending money." It
is miraculous what God has en-
abled our missionaries to do with the
little we have given for their support
and work, but we are staggered by
what God could and would do
through our missionaries, if we all
really gave gifts that would mean
personal sacrifice!

We Believe in Home Missions

Yes; those of us in foreign mis-
sionary work believe in home mis-
sions. As we drive throughout
America, we are thrilled by the new
Brethren church buildings we see.
We are growing here in America,
growing rapidly in the number of
Brethren churches. Paradoxical as
it may seem, foreign missionaries are
home-mission minded, and our
home-mission churches are foreign-
mission churches. We must stand
or fall together in the Fellowship of
Brethren Churches, and we must
grow together or we will begin to
lose! Our thanks are to you many
foreign-mission-minded people who
give regularly and generously to
home missions. We express our
thanks, too, to the fine men who

serve in the administration of our
home-mission work. The season of
home-mission giving will begin in
August, and then and during the
months of the fall, please give and
give sacrificially to home missions.

Just Around the Corner

No; it's not winter, but it is the
National Conference of our Fellow-
ship of Brethren Churches that is
just around the corner. August 18
-25 is the time we would like to
meet all of you at Winona Lake.
And, by the way, you are invited
to visit our foreign-mission offices
in the new Missionary Herald Build-
ing. This Conference can really be
a missionary conference, if you de-
sire it that way.

Foreign Missionary Directory

ARGENTINA

Balzer, Mr. and Mrs. Albert W., B

French Equatorial Africa.
Beaver. Rev. and Mrs. S. Wayne, Bozoum via Bangui, Oubangui-

Chari. French Equatorial Africa.
Bickel, Miss Florence. Bellevue via Bossangoa, via Bangui, Ouban-

Eui-Chari, French Equatorial Africa.
Byron. Miss Grace. Mission a Bassai, Bozoum via Bangui, Oubangui-

Chari, French Equatorial Africa.
Cochran, Miss Rosella. Mission a Bassai, Bozoum via Bangui.

French Equartorial Africa.
Cone, Rev. and Mrs. George E., Bossembele via Bangui, French

Equatorial Africa. „, . ^ ,

Crioe. Miss Mary, Bozoum via Bangui, Oubangui-Chari, French

Equatorial Africa.
Dunning, Rev. and Mrs. Harold L., Bozoum via Bangui, French

Equatorial Africa. .

Emmert, Miss Mary, Mission a Bassai, Bozoum via Bangui, Ouban-
gui-Chari, French Equatorial Africa.
Garber. Rev. and Mrs. Martin M., Mission a Bekoro, Paoua via

Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.
Geske, Miss Edith, Bellevue via Bossangoa via Bangui, French

Equatorial Africa.
Goodman, Rev. and Mrs. Marvin L., Jr., Mission a Nzoro, Bocaranga

via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.
Habegger, Miss Mary Ann, Mission a Bekoro, Paoua via Bozoum

via Bangui, French Eauatorial Africa.
Hill, Rev. and Mrs. Robert W., Bossembele via Bangui, French

Equatorial Africa.
Hocking, Rev. and Mrs. Donald G., Bozoum via Bangui, French

Equatorial Africa. ^ . ,

Jobson, Dr. and Mrs. Orville D., B. P. 240, Bangui. French Equatorial

Africa.
Jones, Miss Gail, B. P. 10, Bossangoa via Bangui, French Equatorial

Africa. . „

Kennedy, Rev. and Mrs. Lester W., M'Baiki via Bangui, French

Equatorial Africa.
Kennedy. Mrs. Minnie, Mission a Bekoro, Paoua via Bozoum via

Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.
Kent. Miss Ruth. Bozoum via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.
Kliever, Rev. and Mrs. J. P.. B. P. 240, Bangui, French Equato-
rial Africa.
Mason, Dr. and Mrs. Harold A., B. P. 10, Bossangoa via Bangui,

French Equatorial Africa.
Miller. Rev. and Mrs. Donald F., Mission a Nzoro. Bocaranga via

Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.
Mishler. Miss Marie, Bouca via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.
Samarin, Rev. and Mrs. William J., Bellevue via Bossangoa via

Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.
Schwartz, Miss Clara, Mission a Yaloke, Bossembele via Bangui,

French Eauatorial Africa.
Sheldon, Rev. and Mrs. C. B., Bossangoa via Bangui, French Equa-
torial Africa. „ , . _, .
Snyder. Rev. and Mrs. Roy B., Bouca via Bangui, Oubangui-Chari,

French Equatorial Africa. , . „

Snyder. Miss Ruth, Bozoum via Bangui, Oubangui-Chan, French

Equatorial Africa.
Spangler, Mr. and Mrs. Donald A., Bozoum via Bangui, French

Equatorial Africa.
Sumey, Rev. and Mrs. Charles R., Bozoum via Bangui, Oubangui-
Chari. French Equatorial Africa.
Taber. Rev. and Mrs. Charles R.. Mission a Yaloke, Bossembele

via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.
Tyson, Miss Elizabeth, Mission a Yaloke, Bossembele via Bangui,

French Equatorial Africa.
Williams, Rev. and Mrs. Robert S., Batangafo via Bangui, French
Equatorial Africa.

488

P. 10, Bossangoa via Bangui, Abel, Miss Bertha, Rivadavia 433, Rio Cuarto, F.C.N.G.B.M., Prov.

Cordoba, Argentina, S. A. . ^ ^ , j

Bishop. Rev. and Mrs. Donald E., 178 Calle Reconquista, Corral de

Bustos. F.C.N.G.B.M., Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S. A.
Churchill. Rev. and Mrs. Jack B., Remedies de Escalada 74, Rio Ter-

cero. F.C.B.M., Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S. A. „. ^ .

Dowdy, Rev. and Mrs. J. Paul, Rivadavia 433, Rio Cuarto,

F.C.N.G.B.M.. Prov. Cordoba. Argentina. S. A.
Maconaphy. Rev. and Mrs. Hill, Bdo. de Irigoyen 564, Jose Marmol,

F.C.N. G.R., Argentina. S. A. .„„ „. „ _»

Marshall, Rev, and Mrs. James B., Rivadavia 433, Rio Cuarto.

F.C.N.G.B.M.. Prov. Cordoba. Argentina, S. A. _. ^ _.

Rottler, Rev. and Mrs. Carson E., Rivadavia 433, Rio Cuarto.

F.C.N. G.B.M., Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S. A. .„„„,,

Sickel, Mrs. Loree. Remedios de Escalada 74, Rio Tercero, F.C.B.M.,

Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S. A.

BRAZIL

Altig, Rev. and Mrs. J. Keith, Caixa Postal 861, Belem, Para, Brazil. I
Miller, Rev. and Mrs. Edward D., Macapa, Terr. Federal do Amapa,

Zielasko, Rev. and Mrs. John W., 1630 Sebastiao Freitas, Capanema.
Para, Brazil.

FRANCE

Fogle, Rev. and Mrs. P. Fredrick. 79 Chemin de Vassieux. Cal-I

uire et Cuire. Rhone, France. , , , „

Thurston, Miss Marian, 9 rue de Cluzel, Tovurs, I. & L., France.

HAWAII
Tresise. Rev. and Mrs. Foster R.. 335 Manae Street, Lanikai, Hawaii.'

MEXICO

Edmiston, Rev. and Mrs. Sibley M., Lista de Correos, Leon, Guana-
juato, Mexico. „ „ -J ^ vt
Haag. Rev. and Mrs. Walter E., 439 Sunset Lane. San Ysidro, Calif-
Howard, Rev. and Mrs. A. L., 406 Mary Ave., Calexico, Calif., U.
Robinson, Miss Dorothy, 439 Sunset Lane. San Ysidro, Calif., U. S. A.

MISSIONARIES ON FURLOUGH

Burk, Rev. and Mrs. Bill A., 11259 Pope Avenue, Lynwood, Calif,
Foster, Mrs. Rose A., 5337 N. Front St.. Philadelphia 20, Pa.
Hoyt Rev. and Mrs. Solon W., P. O. Box 588, Winona Lake ,Ind.
Nielsen, Miss Johanna, 1819 Pine Ave., Long Beach 6, CaUf.
Schrock, Rev. and Mrs. Lynn. P. O. Box 588, Winona Lake, Ind,
Taber Dr. and Mrs. Floyd W., P. O. Box 588, Winona Lake, Ind.

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ALL IN A DAY'S WORK

By an Argentine Ford A
As told to Mrs. Carson Rottler

The sun was shining brightly for
the first time in almost two weeks.
The little Ford-A coughed and sput-
tered a bit more energetically than
usual. "Wonderful what a little sun-
shine will do for a fellow," he
thought, although he still wasn't feel-
ing exactly up to par. Usually he
awoke with a little twinge of excite-
ment wondering what he would be
called upon to perform that day,
but the last two weeks of rain and
cold had almost been too much for
him.

Today a little of that old eager-
ness had returned with the warm
sun's rays; so he was not at all
surprised to see the whole mission-
ary family dressed in their Sunday
best laughingly pile into his rather
worn interior. As they rattled along
over the rough brick streets, he be-
came so busy Ustening to the lively
conversation that he almost forgot
to stop at the traffic signal. "After
all it isn't easy to see that little
poUceman at the intersection when
there are so many vehicles milling
around," he excused himself.

"But what was that the Senora
was saying? Something about a boat
on time? Um-m-m, now I know
where we are going! What fun! I
just love to meet the incoming mis-
sionaries." And with that, little
Ford-A began to reminisce. It was
nice to see his old friends return after

August 3, 7957

a year's absence, but what a thrill to
see a new missionary family arrive
for the first time. "I wonder, I just
wonder if it really could be a new
missionary couple coming. Let's see,
it has been at least three years since
the last ones arrived. Time for some
new recruits!"

Just then a big two-wheeled cart
drawn by two emaciated horses
pulled right out in front of him.
"Wow! That was close! I wish those
horses would watch where they're
going. I wouldn't mind so much if
I didn't have something wrong with
one of my brakes. Must be the
dampness. Well, here we are; I'll
just park over here where I can get
a full view of that big boat."

It seemed like an age before httle
Ford-A saw someone greeting his
missionaries. "I must need new
lenses, I just can't make out who
it is. Ah, here they come, one, two,
three, four, five, six!" Then he real-
ized who it was, just some old mis-
sionaries returning. He felt a little
crestfallen, but then he was thank-
ful that they were able to come back.
"But where are all the new mission-
aries, I wonder?"

There wasn't any more time to
wonder now, for they were begin-
ning to load him with heavy suit-
cases. Each one seemed heavier than
the other. He tried to count them,
but before long had to stop for lack

of wheels, lights, etc., to count on.
"I wonder if I'll be able to start up
again! It's a good thing I have a
carrier on top, or they would never
get all that baggage loaded! I hope
the load isn't too much for my
crankshaft!" The little Ford-A just
couldn't keep from groaning when
the missionaries began to pile in too!
"Why don't they all take the train,
instead of just half of them?" he
thought.

"I'll show them what I can do,"
he boasted, as they bumped about
on the rough pavement. "We had a
'54 Chevy in the States," the return-
ing missionary was saying. Just then
the door on the right side flew open.
"Oh, no! How embarrassing can this
get? Why does this have to happen
just when I'm carrying people who
are used to a '54, and a Chevy at
that!"

"Oh, well, at least they can be
glad for that brandnew muffler
my missionary put on me yesterday,
but I do wish they wouldn't laugh
so much!"

"Home at last! I'll really be glad
when they get all those suitcases un-
loaded."

Just then the returning mission-
ary got out his camera. That made
little Ford-A feel so much better.
"I hope my doors are all shut," he
thought as he straightened up for the
picture.

489

Netpapage

WHITTIER. CALIF. The VBS
of the Community Brethren Church
had an attendance of 300, 315, and
331 the first three days. The school
staff had been given ten weeks of
intensive training prior to the open-
ing of the VBS. Glenn and Betty
Miller were the directors. The youth
committee of the church, with Rob-
ert Lancaster, chairman, is sponsor-
ing a summer youth program under
the direction of John Schumacher.
The program includes swimming,
beach trips, point of interest trips,
athletics, fellowship, music, and
spiritual teaching. Three baseball
tears are sponsored by the commit-
tee. Ward Miller is pastor.

CLAY CITY, IND. Rev. Ben
Hamilton, instructor at Grace Col-
lege, was guest speaker at the First
Brethren Church July 14 and 21.
Pastor and Mrs. Edward Bowman
were on vacation in California.

JACKSON, MISS. Richard Kent
was born here June 26 to Evangelist
and Mrs. Dean Fetterhoff. Young
Mr. Fetterhoff weighed in at 9 lbs.,
1 oz.

FORT WAYNE, IND. Rolland
Hein, instructor at Grace College,
and associate editor on the Mission-
ary Herald staff, was the guest
speaker at the Grace Brethren
Church on July 27. Tom Julien is
pastor.

HAGERSTOWN, MD. A recep-
tion and a grocery shower were given
Pastor and Mrs. Warren Tamkin
on July 1 1 . The special program was
in charge of Frank Tewalt, vice mod-
erator of the church. Several pas-
tors of the district were present for
the reception.

WINCHESTER, VA. Marion
Brill was guest speaker at the First

Brethren Church on July 14. Paul
Dick is pastor.

MEYERSDALE, PA. A carload
from the Summit Mills Brethren
Church attended the Billy Graham
meetings in New York over the
July 4th weekend. Pastor Clyde
Caes reports that the service re-
minded him "of any Sunday evening
service at a Brethren Church . . .
God moved in a mighty way."

GLENDALE, CALIF. Rev.
James Colbert was guest speaker at
the First Brethren Church on July
28. Gerald Polman is pastor.

WATER! OO, IOWA. John
Aeby, pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church, has been requested to con-
tinue the radio ministry begun by
Rev. Richard DeArmey over KNWS
on the "Call of the Cross" program.

MODESTO, CALIF. Raymond
Thompson, pastor of the McHenry
Avenue Brethren Church, has re-
signed.

in iUrmoriain

Robert Cotws!! went to be with
the Lord from his home in Sacra-
mento, Calif., on June 29. He was
a member of the First Brethren
Church, of Long B;ach, Calif., since
1937, and as long as he resided in
this city he was a faithful attendant
at all services. — Dr. C. W. Mayes,
pastor.

Mrs. Jssse GajTier, 87, departed
from this life to be with Christ on
June 14. She was one of the great
souls God gave the First Brethren
Church of Portis, Kans. Both she
and her husband, who preceded her
in death in 1955, were missionary
minded and contributed sacrificially
to the national works of The Breth-
ren Church. She was the daughter
of a pioneer family and as a small
child had many contacts with the
Indians. — H. H. Stewart, pastor.

Mrs. Anna R. Teefer went to be
with the Lord on July 2. She was
a member of the First Brethren
Church, of Dayton, Ohio, having
entered the fellowship of the church
in 1908. She served as a deaconess
in the church. — William A. Steffler,
pastor.

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaura

Winona Lake. Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ixid.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

Xd.ddin^ 6^JL

Patricia Ann Matthews and Jerre
K. Snider, June 22, at First Breth-
ren Church, Waynesboro, Pa.

Betty Adams and Jack Kane, June
9, at the Grace Brethren Church,
Ashland, Ohio.

Virginia Franklin and Charles
Crossen, June 15, at the parsonage
of the Grace Brethren Church, Ash-
land, Ohio.

Dorothy Crees and Don Rough,
June 29, at the Third Brethren i
Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. .
Rough is the daughter of Rev. and i
Mrs. Robert Crees.

Mary Jane Spence and Roosevelt
Stanton, June 29, at the First Breth-
ren Church, Buena Vista, Va.

Martha Ann Catching and John
William Schumacher, June 8, Grace
Bible Church, Springfield, Mo. |
John is a member of the Bethel '
Brethren Church, Osceola, Ind.

Sally Hiler and Melvin Gaugler, I
June 30, at Bethel Brethren Church, |
Osceola, Ind. |

490

The Brethren Missionary Herald

Sanctified Gossip for

Intelligent Praying

A common practice in many
Christian circles today is that of
passing along choice and juicy mor-
sels of gossip all neatly wrapped and
carefully stamped "urgent prayer
request." Quite often it comes in the
following form: "Say, I'm really
concerned about so-and-so and I
wish you would pray for him. I
heard something the other day and
it has been a real burden on my
heart. I don't mean to talk about
him, and I'm telling you all of this
only because I want you to be able
to pray more intelligently about the
matter. I was talking to a friend of
his the other day and this is what
he said. . . ." And so opens the
floodgate for one dear brother to say
most anything about another. But
does this practice of passing along
gossip in the form of a prayer re-
quest sanctify it and remove it
from the realm of sin?

Recently a woman came to a good
friend and asked that she join with
her in praying for her husband. Both
the woman and her husband were
professing Christians, but they were
having serious difficulties in the
home. Before saying anything about
her husband, the wife carefully ex-
plained that she felt constrained to
tell her friend all about the situation
so that she would know just how to
Ipray. That set the stage, and what
IfoUowed was caustic enough to re-
move the varnish from six chairs
and a table. To the amazement of her
friend, the wife concluded by saying
that she reaUy loved her husband
and did so want her friends to pray
earnestly for him. Once again we
might ask — is the sharp tongue of
the wife sanctified and the talk any
less mahcious simply because it is
branded "urgent prayer request"?

Perhaps these two individuals
vvere sincerely interested and did
lave the burden of prayer on their
learts, but the fact remains that if

By Richard P. DeArmey, Pastor

Winona Lake Brethren Church
Winona Lake, Ind.

this same conversation were heard
apart from the prayer request it
would be considered as nothing but
gossip and malicious talk.

This is not an attempt to try and
discern the thoughts and intents
of the heart, but merely an endeav-
or to point out some of the dan-
gers that might be involved even to
one with the purest of motive. What
assurance can one have that the in-
formation wiU continue to be passed
on as a prayer request? It might weU
be that the person who receives the
information from you will pass it
along indiscretely and thereby make
you a party to the spreading of some
mahcious gossip. Then too, we can
be quite sure that the matter will
never be retold in quite the same
words and who knows what propor-
tion it might reach before it has run
the course. Beyond all of this we
must consider the danger of bringing
hurt and heartbreak to a friend
simply by permitting the matter to
become common knowledge. Per-
haps the admonition of Proverbs 1 1 :
1 3 would be in order here, for there
we read: "A talebearer revealeth-
secrets: but he that is of a faithful
spirit concealeth the matter."

Do we so soon forget that the
tongue is an unruly member, that
it is a fire, and how great a matter a
little fire kindles (James 3)? Are we
also unmindful of the fact that "the
effectual fervent prayer of a right-
eous man availeth much" (James 5:
13)? Do we perhaps admit that we
have no power with God in the
matter? This is not to say that we
ought never to ask others to pray
about certain things, but when it in-

volves so great a danger to the char-
acter of another, then doubtless it
would be best to be silent toward
men and do all of our talking to God.
Are not all things open and bare be-
fore the one with whom we have to
do? Does God need to have a chorus
of the Brethren to rehearse the sin
of an individual in His ear? Does
this not aid and abet the work of the
Devil who is the accuser of the
brethren? Is it necessary for us to
have aU the details of a situation be-
fore we can pray effectively and
intelligently, and when can we be
sure that we do have all of the de-
tails? Where in the Word of God
are we instructed to gather all the
gory details so that we can pray
"intelligently"? The only intehigent
praying we will ever do is that pray-
ing we do m the Holy Ghost. Our
great need is to listen to the whis-
perings of the Holy Spirit and then
pray as He leads and instructs.

A good principle to further guide
us in this matter is that which is
given to us by the Apostle Paul in
Galatians 6:1: "Brethren, if a man
be overtaken in a fault, ye which
are spiritual, restore such an one
in the spirit of meekness; consider-
ing thyself, left thou also be tempt-
ed." Paul is here endeavoring to get
us to put ourselves in the place of th;
one who has been overtaken and
then from that viewpoint decide how
we would like to be treated. And
just how would you want to be
treated by your brethren if you were
overtaken in a fault? Would you
appreciate having them fully elabor-
ate the whole matter to all of your
friends just so they could pray more
"intelligently"; or would you think
it sufficient for your friends to say
to one another that there is a mat-
ter that they know you would be
happy to have them praying about

(Continued on page 494)

August 3, 1957

491

ONE OCTOBER NIGHT

By Andrew Auxt
Hagerstown, Md.

In Revelation 22:5 we read one
of the glorious promises given to
those who are the redeemed. This
verse tells us, among other facts,
about our heavenly home: "And
there shall be no night there; and
they need no candle, neither light
of the sun; for the Lord God giveth
them light: and they shall reign for
ever and ever."

A different aspect of the truth
that "there shall be no night there"
was shown to me recently as I went
forth with another Christian brother
into the streets of our city of Hagers-
town, making calls to invite souls
to the Lord and to His church and
Sunday school.

There are undoubtedly certain
ways in which night is lovely. Liv-
ing in a rural area, I am often priv-
ileged at night to look up into the
starry heavens and see the pano-
rama of the visible universe which
reminds me, even as it does the
heathen savage, of the omnipotent
Creator. And even the view of a
village, as it is seen from a dark
height, is cozy, warm, and inviting
as the lights twinkle and glow and
speak of the presence of a manmade
community.

But this October night, as my
Christian friend and I walked the
dark, shadowy streets of a thickly
populated section of our city, the
atmosphere was quite different —
much more unlovely.

Turning one corner, we ap-
proached a group of five or six
young boys and girls standing along
the curb. They were ten to fourteen
years of age. The housewives had
placed baskets and cartons of tin
cans, bottles, and refuse on the
curb for the trash collector to pick-
up the next morning. We stopped
and talked to the youngsters, and
their main topic was, with much
giggling, about the antics of one
of their number, a boy of perhaps
thirteen, who had collected a num-
ber of whiskey bottles from the trash
on the curb and had drained each

492

bottle of the remaining drops of the
stuff — probably not more than a
good spoonful altogether, but
enough to make him the big hero
of the group of kids. As we had ap-
proached, they called to each other:
"A couple of plainclothes men!"
indicating their preoccupation with
"the cops," who obviously form a
major object of hatred in their
minds, just as the men in blue are
held in the minds of so many juve-
niles these days. We talked briefly to
them of the Lord and of Sunday
school, and walked on.

Two blocks further, at a street
intersection, we encountered a num-
ber of boys ranging from nine to
twelve. As we came upon them,
they regarded us with mixed curi-
osity and suspicion; then one ran
up to us with a playful, menacing
gesture and announced: "We're
'cats.' We're gonna beat you up."
Of course they were only kidding —
imitating their idols, the older gangs
of "drapes" and "cats," whom they
proceeded to tell us about. But while
these youngsters were kidding now,
we knew that in a few more years,
under the influence of such an en-
vironment, and without Jesus Christ
to change their youthful lives, they,
too, would likely become juvenile
troublemakers — a scourge to their
community.

After leaving these boys, we pro-
ceeded down the dark street, away
from the oasis of light at the street
comer, and looked for the number of
a house where we were to call upon a
prospect. We could not see the house
numbers but glimpsed a few
shadowy figures in front of one of
the houses which stood along the
pavement. As we walked up to this
group we noticed that it consisted of
three teen-agers. One boy of about
seventeen was sitting on the step of
the house with a bottle of beer
hoisted to his lips. We could detect,
even in the outdoor air, the strong
odor of the beverage. A girl in slacks
with a mannish haircut, and a young

man were together, he standing, she
sitting on the side of the small stoop.
They sullenly stared at us as we
halted before them.

The couple was in close physical
contact, even while we stopped
momentarily and asked about the
house number we were seeking. They
were annoyed by our interruption
and grunted that they did not know
where the house was, though we later
found it just across the street from
where they were.

We did not linger at all with them
but proceeded across the street to
inquire further, while they con-
tinued with their lovemaking and
drinking.

We were heartened a bit later as
we sought another home. We found
the occupants away but talked to a
pleasant, teen-age, neighbor girl who
told us when we might find the peo-
ple home, and upon our questioning
her, told us that she attended the
nearby Nazarene church. Further
questioning revealed that she had
trusted Christ as her Saviour. She
was seemingly conscious of the
awful condition of the majority of
the kids in the neighborhood, and
that Christ was the only answer. We
thanked her for her help, and left
after reminding her to pray for the
many lost boys and girls about her.

We can be glad that God has
chosen us unto eternal life and has
led us to try to bring up our children
in His nurture and admonition so
that they too might have the promise
that "there shall be no night there" —
no night fiOed with sin, with sorrow,
and with tears.

But we should be sad and con- i
cemed for the great many who do '
not have this glad promise. They
shall, most of them, go from the dark
streets of this Ufe into the darker
night of eternal gloom, damnation,
and punishment prepared for Satan
and his angels. We have the only
answer — what are we doing about
it? Are we furthering the cause of :
Christ— or of self?

The Brethren Missionary Herald

JONAH, Fact or Fiction? By M. R.

DeHaan. Zondervan Publishing

House, 1957. Cloth, 168 pp.

$2.50.

The Book of Jonah has been one
of the most controversial portions
of the entire Scriptures. While Jonah
is perhaps the least known of Old
Testament characters, still he is one
of the most maligned. Dr. DeHaan
has sought to clarify many of the
points ridiculed by the unbehevers.
He seeks to place Jonah on the
stage of human affairs with the spot-
light of Holy Writ upon him. In this
manner Jonah is pictured as the
egotistical prophet who learned that
it is best to obey God.

12,000 MILES BY LAND ROVER.

By Mary McComb Orr. Zonder-
van PubUshing House, 1957.
Cloth, 192 pp. $2.50.
A true story, short of the miracu-
lous, in which a family of 2 adults
and 7 children traveled 12,000 miles
through the dense jungle country of
Brazil, Colombia, and other primi-
tive countries of Central and South
America, in a small station wagon.
Human interest is supphed as the
author narrates the triumphs.

MESSIANIC PROPHECY IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT. By Aaron
J. Kligerman. Zondervan Publish-
ing House, 1957. Cloth, 154 pp.
$2.95.

Dr. Wilbur M. Smith declares in
the introduction that this work is
the "finest conservative study of
Messianic prophecy, for the non-
professional Bible student, that has
been published during the last thirty
years." The hidden gems of Old
Testament prophecies, relating to
the Messiah, are searched out and
examined. Promises from Genesis
to Malachi are considered in such
a way as to introduce prophetic light
on an otherwise darkened world.

CHRIST AND THE CHURCH IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT. By
Howard Hanke. Zondervan Pub-
lishing House, 1957. Cloth, 187
pp. $2.50.

This book is a survey of redemp-
tive unity in the Old and New
Testaments. Analytically, Dr. Hanke
races Christ and the church through

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the Scriptures and contends that the
church did not begin on the Day
of Pentecost, but rather in early
Old Testament times. Seeking to
establish the unity of the Scrip-
tures, Dr. Hanke finds a "consis-
tent and progressive redemptive mes-
sage from beginning to end. . . ."
The author argues that there is only
one God, one Christ, one Holy
Spirit, one revelation, one church,
and one salvation; that the plan
of salvation presented in the New
Testament is, in substance, the
same as presented in the Old Testa-
ment; and that the church of the
post-Incarnation period is substan-
tially the same as the one existing
in Old Testament times. Further, it
is affirmed that Christ, the Lamb of
God, was provisionally slain from
the foundation of the world; and
that the works of salvation were
finished at that time.

THE ART OF SOUL-WINNING.

By M. W. Downey. Baker Book

House, 1957. Cloth, 173 pp.

$3.50.

Out of the practical experience
of the author, suggestions are made
as to the practical approach to soul-
winning. Part one deals with the
preparation for soul-winning; parts
two and three suggest the maimer
of dealing with specific cases or
types of individuals. Stress is placed
upon the importance of the Holy
Spirit's work in the life of the per-
sonal worker.

OPERATION EVANGELISM. By
Horace F. Dean. Zondervan Pub-
hshing House, 1957. Cloth, 170
pp. $2.95.

While America is experiencing
the greatest religious "boom" of all
history, and while church member-
ship has reached an all-time high, yet

iugust 3, 1957

every believer should be deeply con-
cerned as to the spiritual signifi-
cance of the trend. Horace Dean is
a specialist m the field of mass
evangelism, having directed nearly
400 united evangelistic campaigns
in the United States and Canada,
and out of his wealth of practical
experience he presents a down-to-
earth standard for successful evan-
gelism. Mass evangelism, Dean con-
tends, is wholly dependent upon
the individual Christian as a per-
sonal worker.

LOOK BEYOND THE VALLEY.
By C. DeRuischer. Zondervan
Pubhshing House, 1957. Cloth,
215 pp. $2.50.

This Christian novel depicts an
older brother who never forgives
himself for permitting his younger
brother to go to war in his place,
later to return home maimed for
life. As if this were not enough,
the older brother discovers his
maimed younger brother is in love
with the girl he loves. Through
divine strength the older brother
finds that peace that passes under-
standing.

THE WAYWARD HEART. By
Sallie Lee Bell. Zondervan Publish-
ing House, 1957. Cloth, 217 pp.
$2.50.

The historical events of Bible his-
tory come alive in this dramatic tale
of the early Christian era. The novel
provides a swiftly moving, romantic
tale of how the quiet Nazarene
through his spokesman, Paul, came
into the lives of three young people
and caused dramatic changes. It is
the story of the battle in the life of
a young lady, and her final victory
as she decides to follow Christ in
face of torture and death.

Order from

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493

As to Relationship

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

The members of the First Breth-
ren Church do praise the Lord for
His blessings upon us these last few
months. We have had many first-
time decisions for Christ and re-
dedications of life — most of these
have been with our young people.
Our pastor, William Male, has faith-
fully worked with our youth, with
the help of Bro. and Sister Ashton
Schwartz, and their labors have been
richly rewarded. Our young people
are a challenge to all of us.

We are grateful to the Lord for
sending to us Brother Male, who
has worked tirelessly and strenuously
that souls might be reached for
Christ here in Philadelphia. We are
welcoming strangers at almost every
service and are reaching many
neighbors for His glory. — Lois
Harkness, Secy.

SANCTIFIED GOSSIP

(Continued from page 491)

and then just rest the whole mat-
ter with an all-knowing and merciful
God?

Occasions sometimes arise when
it is necessary for some to face cer-
tain facts and discuss them frankly
with others, but these should be mat-
ters in which they are directly con-
cerned and matters with which they
must deal. This constitutes a sit-
uation entirely different from that
in which we merely pass along in-
formation to others who have no par-
ticular need for knowing.

The test of real spirituality is not
how piously concerned we appear
to be when we tell others of a broth-
er's fault, but how much time we
actually spend in real prayer of in-
tercession. A "prayer request" tag
does not sanctify gossip, nor does
"sanctified gossip" help toward "in-
telligent" praying.

494

A woman said to her pastor: "I
cannot see why you should say that
I am a sinner when I have lived a
very upright life. I cannot see why
I am not already a child of God and
why He will not accept me as such."

Said the pastor: "You live here at
an altitude of several hundred feet;
your summer home is at the seaside;
your son lives in the mountains to
the north of us, and your husband
made his living through men in his
employ who went down into the
earth to mine its riches. Whether
in earth, at sea level, here where
you are, or on the mountaintop. is
a man still in the same country or
does he enter another country ac-
cording to his altitude?"

"The answer is obvious," the
woman answered quickly.

"Yes," replied the pastor, "and

you must see it just as plainly in
spiritual matters. All those who are
outside of God's Son, Christ, are out-
side God. No matter how high or
how low they stand in that region
outside, they still have not changed
country or family. They have done
nothing more than mount higher or
go down lower in the same family.
To become a child of God we must
leave that family of lost ones and
come to Christ, whom God in His
love for you provided, that through
Him, you who are strong in char-
acter and many others who are weak >
in character, might through an act
of the will say, T believe', and step-
ping upon the cross of Christ, move
from the family of the lost into the .
family of the redeemed." Once the
matter of family is settled, we can
rest in the joy of a Heavenly Father.
— Selected.

Enemy

I had room within my heart

To entertain a guest.

I sought for one.

My Lord to please,

So — entered

Mr. Best.

My heart was thrilled and filled with song!

My Master did request

My service — and

I labored Ions;

With Mr. Be^st,

As guest.

Then I met a Mr. Good
Who wished a place to rest.
I said to Mr. Good:
"Come share this room
With Mr. Best,
My guest."

Strange mystery, this change within my heart!

"Why, Lord, hast thou not blessed?"

I did not know

That Best had gone, — and

Good, not Best,

Was guest!

— Flo CoUitt

7/)e Brethren Missionary Herald

"I will tharefore that m3n pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting" (I Tim. 2:8).

HOME MISSIONS—

Pray for the Navajo-mission
work as a new school year gets
und;r v/ay, and especially pray for
the new personnel, Rev. and Mrs.
Howard Vulgamore, who will be
helping in the school program.

Pray for replacements of three
key workers at Seattle, Wash., and
praise God they are leav^n^ to ent;r
Grace Seminary and College.

Pray for a new branch Sunday
school that is planned to start in
another section of York, Pa., on
Sept. 8, 1957.

Pray for the Fremont, Ohio,
colored work that it might grow
now that they have th; new build-
ing and the pastor is able to give
full time to the ministry.

Pray for the Brethren Home Mis-
sions Council board in session on
this 15th day of August, and re-
member the board in the remaining
days of the sessions.

LAYMEN—

Pray that all the men of our
churches may see the need of mis-
sionary work among the fathers and
husbands of the families in our
churches, that these men may be
won for Christ and take their right-
ful place as the head of Christian
families.

Pray that all the Brethren laymen
will plan to attend national con-
ference, especially the laymen's
sessions!

Pray that as we go forward in the
icoming year we may have the pray-
ers and cooperation of all the men
iin church.

Pray for the national officers and
committees as they plan goals and
Jrojects for the new year, and pray
hat present goals will be met.

JRACE SEMINARY—

Pray that the Lord will continue
0 lead such students to Grace Semi-
lary and College as He would have
o enroll in the entering classes this
all.

Pray for the students who are
TOrking and seeking to lay aside
unds for another year of schooling.

August 3, 1957

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Pray that the Lord will lay the
ministry and mission field upon a
larger number of our Brethren young
people.

Pray for the building program,
that progress on the structure may
be as rapid as possible.

Pray for the school's financial
needs, particularly the deficit in the
general fund, and for the building
fund.

SUNDAY SCHOOL—

Pray for the Sunday School En-
largement Campaign (SSEC) which
is to begin the first Sunday of Sep-
tember, that thousands may be won
for Christ and into our schools.

Pray that the teachers of our Sun-
day schools across the nation may
catch the vision of their oppor-
tunities as they teach every Sunday,
and that they will prepare their les-
sons cheerfully and thoroughly.

Pray for the teacher-training and
Christian-workers programs in our
schools.

Pray for Director Etling as he
leads workshops in the National
Sunday-sclaool conventions at Los
Angeles and Grand Rapids.

Pray for the office staff as they
attempt to bear the load of office
detail.

WMC—

Pray that all the local SMM pa-
tronesses will realize the need of
Holy Spirit guidance and be yielded
to God so that the Holy Spirit shall
be able to guide them. (He is wiUing
if we are.)

Pray for the Holy Spirit to rule
in the election of national WMC

officers and committee appoint-
ments, and other decisions to be
made during cur national confer-
ence.

Pray that all WMC members will
see the need of helping with the
children's work in Sunday school,
VBS, and child-evangelism work.

Pray that all members will be will-
ing to meet the conditions where-
by their children can be brought up
in the admonition of the Lord.

Pray for great concern about and
interest in the General and PuWi-
cation fund project offering of
$3,000, which is to be sent in before
September 10.

SMM—

Praise the Lord for the good
work done by the faithful officers
of the past year!

Pray for the new officers to be
elected at national conference that
they will assume their responsi-
bilities in "the light of eternity."

Pray that all SMM girls will real-
ize that their daily lives are either
honoring or dishonoring God, and
that their hearts' desire will be to
honor God.

Pray for the SMM board as they
meet to discuss plans for the new
year.

FOREIGN MISSIONS—

Pray for the Solon Hoyt family
as they travel to the homeland.

Pray for Brother Don Miller and
family in the passing of Guy Miller,
Don's father.

Pray for Rev. and Mrs. Foster
Tresise as they begin as full-time
missionaries August 1 and initiate
a testimony in the little city of Kailua
soon thereafter.

Praise the Lord for fellowship
with the Denmark Brethren and pray
that we may find happy future fel-
lowship in serving the Lord.

Pray for the board of trustees
of the FMS as we meet for impor-
tant annual business sessions begin-
ning on August 12.

Pray for the Fogies as they begin
another meeting in the portable
tabernacle in Lyon, France, about
the middle of September.

495

Athlete-Policeman-Preacher

Receiving the Doctor of Divinity degree, June 4, 1957

Born on September 7, 1912, in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, George
O. Peek is the oldest of eight chil-
dren. This meant that he learned
one thing early; namely, work.

In the 1930"s George decided to
pioneer "westward." Establishing
residence in Long Beach, Calif.,
George found employment in heavy
construction work on bridges and
in the oil field. By the time he was
19 he had engaged in 48 amateur
fights and had played semi-pro base-
ball.

On November 6, 1933, he was
united in marriage to Mabel Rat-
cliffe, and at about this same time
George was converted to Christ in
the Plymouth Brethren hall in Long
Beach. In 1936 he and Mabel began
attending the First Brethren Church
of Long Beach. An organization in
the church known as the Men's
Magnify was instrumental in caus-
ing George to see the importance of
separation unto the Lord. In 1937
he was baptized by Dr. L. S. Bau-
man, received into the membership
of the church, and became active
in gospel team work, jail services,
and occasional preaching.

George joined the police force of
the city of Long Beach in 1940,
and served in all the general
branches of the department. The
Lord was working in his heart, and
he felt a definite call to preach the
Gospel; therefore in 1943 he re-
signed his police commission and
entered the Bible Institute of Los
Angeles. On December 8, 1946, he

December 5, 1940

was ordained to the Christian min-
istry with the following elders par-
ticipating: L. S. Bauman, Alan
Pearce, Elias White, Ralph Col-
burn, Thomas Hammers, and C. W.
Mayes.

In connection with his studies,
George accepted the pastorate of the .
new work at Seal Beach, Calif.-
a work started by the First Brethren i
Church of Long Beach under the i
leadership of Joe Marvin, Norville >
Rich, and Ralph Colbum. George;
was pastor of this work for foun
years, during which time a building i
was erected and dedicated in 1946.
George Peek graduated fromi
the Bible Theological Seminary of.
Los Angeles in 1948 with thei
Bachelor of Theology degree. The'
Lord lead him to resign his pastorate I
in Seal Beach and to accept the pas-
torate of the North Long Beach;
Brethren Church, assuming his new
duties on August 1, 1948. Since(
that time the church has undergonei
three remodeling programs and ani
addition has been added, but still
there was not room. During the firsll
six months of 1957 the Sundayi
school attendance averaged over
1 , 1 00 per Sunday. The church made
a decision to build a new edifice.

The new church is to be conn
pleted about December 1957 and
will cost $300,000. The building is
of contemporary architecture and
will seat 1,200 people. It will in-i
elude: six administrative officesj
five nursery rooms, four rooms ioi
young adults, a lounge, ladies roomi
sanctuary, and large vestibule.

George O. Peek was honored oi
June 4, 1957, by Talbot Theologica
Seminary when the degree Docto:
of Divinity was conferred upon himi
May the Lord be praised for wha!
has been accomplished through 0U(
brother.

The BRETHREN

WMC NUMBER

(See page 507)

AUGUST 10, 1957

O-peti ihou mine ctie5

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National Women's Missionary Council ^ 1956-1957

GRACE OF CHRISTIAN SPEECH

By Donald Ogden

"Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned
with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer
every man" (Col. 4:6). Also read James 3:1-13.

Among other warning to watchfulness, our children
learn the verse:

Be careful little tongue what you say,
Be careful little tongue what you say,
There's a Father up above
Looking down in tender love.
Be careful little tongue what you say.
Not long after the Sunday school has impressed this
important lesson on the young mind, the kindergarten
teacher may introduce the child to the three little
monkeys who cover their eyes, ears, and mouth with
their hands, telling them to hear no evil, see no evil,
and speak no evil. The last of these admonitions must
occasionally be more strongly impressed upon the way-
ward child by means of the hickory stick or perhaps
by the application of a little soap in the mouth. The
behavior of every child is a confirmation of the truth
that "all have sinned," and every child at times demon-
strates that aspect of sin which manifests itself through
speech.

It would be a happy situation if adults never stood
in need of correction for these sins, but, alas, the ten-
dency is never outgrown. It is true that the form of the
sin may vary, but its character is just the same. In the
case of the child, the form is most likely to be a lie,
a naughty word, or perhaps a word of defiance at the
command of the parent. While prevarication, obscenity,

and rebellion against authority are not uncommon faults
in the presumably mature, there are other sins of the
tongue which are more likely to be evidenced in the
lives of respectable men and women.

God has much to say to us in His Word concerning
these sins. He tells us very clearly their nature, their
origin, and their cure, and He gives abundant exhorta-
tion to the Christian to give special diligence to avoid
them. The Apostle Paul admonishes that "your speech
be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may
know how ye ought to answer every man" (Col. 4:6).
Peter tells us that if any man loves life and wishes to
see good days he must "refrain his tongue from evil,
and his lips that they speak no guile" (I Pet. 3:10).
James indicates that the words a man speaks are an in-
fallible indication of the genuineness of his experience:
"If any man among you seem to be religious, andj
bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this
man's religion is vain" (James 1:26).

There are various ways of classifying sins. They
may, for instance, be divided into sins of omission andi!
sins of commission. Again, they may be divided into!
sins specifically against God (the first four command-i
ments) and those against our fellowman (the last six
commandments). For the purpose of this study it will be
advantageous to think of another division, the sins of
doing and the sins of saying. This division is the basis-
for the expression we use frequently, "in word or deed"
(Col. 3:17). Such was the division used by Isaiah in
explaining the ruination of Jerusalem and the fall ol
Judah: "For," he says, "Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah
is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are
against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory"
(Isa. 3:8).

"A fire, a world of iniquity" — certainly these terms
well describe the tongue which has never been con-
quered; and yet how much can be accomplished con-
structively by the tongue which is bridled? "A man
hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken
in due season, how good it is!" (Prov. 15:23). "Pleasanli
words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and
health to the bones" (Prov. 16:24). One never knows

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THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD

VOLUME 19, NUMBER 3:
ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAtJM, Executive Editor \

Entered as second-class matter April 16. 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake. Ind., under the act of March 3. 1879. Issued WTOk^ttl
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake. Ind. SuBscrlptlon price, $3.00 a year; 100-pcrcent churches, *2.5p; foreign, **.00. BoaMO
Directors: Robert Crees, president: Herman A. Hoyt vice president: William Schaffer, secretary: l^e Hunt, as^stant secretary. Ordlirai'l
man. treasurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee: Gene FarrelU S. W. Link. Mark Malles. RoDert E. A. »ui«
Tluunai Rammers; Arnold R. Krlegbaum. ex officio.

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The Brethren Missionary Herak

Christian Home and Marriage
Forum

By Althea S. Miller

YOUTH and YOU

There are those who say that youth is worse than
a generation ago. Without a doubt, more criticism iias
been heaped on teen-agers of the last decade or two than
in ten previous decades. Some of this criticism has been
justly deserved; some, the result of warped and biased
opinion. It is not my purpose to criticize just to find
fault. I don't like faultfinding, and to do so at the ex-
pense of young folk would not be in keeping with my
love for them.

When our criticism of youth takes on an edge of scorn,
we are forgetting that we adults have increased their
temptations a hundredfold. The emotional burden which
our young people bear today is far heavier than my
generation bore. Their emotional balance is threatened
in a thousand ways. Stimuli that their parents never
dreamed of affect the very warp and woof of their
characters.

If you find this difficult to beUeve, think for a mo-
ment on the travel power at the disposal of your chil-
dren today. Motor cars and airplanes have brought the
world to your doorstep and mine. With that world
has come more of its sin than its culture. The movie
and television have mcreased their seeking power a
thousandfold, and the greater part of the stimulation
appeals to the baser nature. Our inventions have
speeded up hfe and brought unprecedented material
gain not only to ourselves but our youth, But, by
catering to the flesh, that increased speed is eating away
at the very vitals of the moral and spiritual lives of our
children.

But back to today's Christian youth picture. Its out-
standing blotch is found in the general area of deport-
ment. The blur here is so devastatmg that any clear-cut
authne which delineates strength of character being
propelled in the right dkection is sadly lacking. In many,
nany cases it is difficult to tell whose garments have
seen washed in Calvary's stream. I have been asking
nyself, as I pray you will ask yourself: "What have I
lone, or what have I failed to do, while this picture
las been in the making that it should be so marred?"

While many Christian young folk have real vision
ind purpose for life, too many do not. They drift with
he tide between worldliness and spirituality, accom-
dishing nothing for sheer lack of purpose. If they are to
lerve the Lord at all, it will be in the future — not now
a high school. Or if their life work shall eventually be
a the secular field, this will preclude any service for
^Ihrist. What are we doing to help them see that no
Qatter what path their life's work shall take, a steady,
laily witness for Christ must be included? Are we
lointing them to the fulhiess of life which is found only
1 Christ Jesus? Daniel purposed in his heart that he
rould not defile himself with the king's meat (Dan.
,:8). That high resolve kept Daniel's body in good
hysical condition so that he was usable for Je-
ovah at all times. He purposed in his heart to guard
'hat went into his body, and the value of that resolve
'as proved in the strength of character which marked

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the man, Daniel. God give us more Daniels with high
purpose in this mid-twentieth century!

Another reason for my concern tor youth today is
the indecision which marks their walk. For every five
Christian teen-agers who have set their faces toward a
worthy goal, there are 15 youths who procrastinate,
walking only in the path of least resistance. If this
seems unreasonable to you, I would refer you to any
number of polls taken among a cross section of high-
school seniors and college students. When asked what
they wanted from life (they were not asked what they
expected to put into hfe) the recurrent theme in a ma-
jority of answers was "security." Second in order of
"wants" was money. They expect to get security from
their job rather than to experience the security and
satisfaction of a job well done.

Nothing will give more value and strength to a Ufe
than a purpose decided upon by conviction. The classic
example of the value of staying by a decision is found
in the Lord Jesus Christ. He said; ". . . therefore have
I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be
ashamed" (Isa. 50:7). His setting his face meant your
salvation and mine. God give us youth of decision.

We ought to be concerned about and jealous for
the purity of our teen-agers. Too many are warming
themselves by the fires of the flesh, and you know they
are bound to be burned. Some are flirting with sin in
direct disobedience to the Word of God which warns:
"Abstain from aU appearance [every form] of evil" (I
Thess. 5:22).

Catering to the flesh is not living "in the Spirit," and
anything done for the flesh is a step toward moral
disaster. I have known Christian young folk who be-
lieve because they are saved they'll never succumb
to the sins of the flesh. Nothmg could be farther from
the truth. The flesh is flesh and will rear its ugly head
with amazing and exhausting insistence. The Apostle
Paul said: "But I keep under my body [buffet my body],
and bring it into subjection . . ." (I Cor. 9:27). The mat-
ter of purity of body and mind is no happenstance. It
takes hard work and eternal vigilance. Have you re-
cently reminded your teen-agers of this fact? Or have
you aided them in nurturing the flesh?

The role of many Christian girls has taken a turn for
the worse in recent years. Rather than being pursued
they are doing the pursuing, with irreparable loss to their
feminine prestige. Their chief goal in life seems to be to
"go steady" because this is a proof of popularity, and
of course, we must be popular! I have seen Christian
girls encourage and allow intimacies which no teen-
ager should be thinking of or considering. And I've
seen Christian boys take advantage of such weaknesses
in girls to the shame of both.

Your children and mine are caught in the maelstrom
of purposelessness and indecision. Many have no de-
sire to stand out as "different," to be willing to be
called fools for Christ's sake. If we want to see our
youth become towers of strength for Christ as they
mature, we must re-evaluate the present picture and
take steps to remedy what ought not to be there.

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Our first and most important resource to any change
is prayer to an all-wise Father who loves our teen-
agers better than we possibly can. It is imperative chat
we pray for personal purity of life before we ask for
wisdom, or alertness, or courage, or honesty to deal
with our young people. Then, admitting sin to be sin,
whether in ourselves or the children, cut out that
cancerous growth with compassion and love. Don't
allow today's sins to go unchecked in the vain hope
they'll not crop up again tomorrow. Satan and evil never
die. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." Don't
give up watching for one moment. Satan never does.
Love your teen-agers and prove it by personal purity,
by calling sin what it really is, by holding up high
ideals, and by commandjng their steps in love. And
never forget— there is a world of difference between
"commanding" and "demanding." The person of noble
character commands men by virtue of forcefulness in his
clean-cut personality. Your teen-agers will respond to
the likeness of Christ in you. "Stand fast, therefore,
in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and
be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage" (Gal.
5:1).

WELCOMSNG OUR NEW

tor

£VANa€LI5M

This WMC year which is just drawing to a close has
brought a number of new councils into our organiza-
tion.°We wish to welcome them to our midst and tell
them how happy we are to have them with us. We
sincerely hope that the few months they have been
organized may have been blessed ones and that they
will be ready to start the new year enthusiastically.
We know that some of them have been very busy
for the Lord and their reports of accomplishments could
well challenge many of our older councils.

The list of new councils as it has been given to your
editor is as follows:

Aleppo, Pa.; Rebecca WMC, First Brethren, Long
Beach, Calif.; Calvary Brethren Church, Hagerstown,
Md.; Lansing, Mich.; Elyria, Ohio; Hatboro, Pa.;
Taos, N. Mex.; Anaheim, Calif.; Fairlawn Brethren, Jr.,
Radford, Va.; Hsrsher Community Brethren, Warsaw,
Ind.; Palmyra, Pa.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Accident, Md.;
Summit Mills, Jr., Meyersdale, Pa.; Middlebranch, Ohio,
Jr.; Sinking Springs, Ohio.

There may be additional groups that have not re-
ported to us. If so, we welcome you also and would
like to know who you are so that we can recognize
you also.

Mother s Letter

(Seventh of a series)

Dearest Girl,

I am just as relieved and happy as you are over
your decision. To have a life work settled even in the
mind is a long step forward. And you have decided to
write — with journalism as your immediate goal and
creative writing as the ultimate one. 1 heard a super-
intendent of schools say in an address to students that
the press was the most powerful weapon in the world
today, for good or evil, and it seems to me that the
predominance has recently been for evil. Propaganda
sways millions. The awful overwhelming increase of
the use of alcoholic beverages and cigarettes has been
brought about by advertising, which is a form of the
press^ If there only would arise someone who would
courageously stand for the truth and the right in the
press!

Literature has made a decided descent in the last
quarter of a century. A decent in morals, in ideals, ^
and in religious thought. While realism has increased,!
idealism has been ridiculed and scoffed at. There are-
so many examples I should like to give you, con-i
trasts that would serve at least to open your eyes. Thei
same situation is obvious in poetry.

You say you have a preference for short stories.'
They are fascinating, aren't they? Little cross sections)
of life, but in the main, what a life! I know I soiindi
pessimistic, but you can hardly pick up a magazinei
that isn't filled with stories of gangsters, the under-i
world, sex perversion, divorce, and so on ad infinitum.!
I haven't decided for myself whether the stories have*
molded public opinion, or public opinion has caused
that type to flourish. At any rate, it's a vicious merry-;
go-round.

A story need be neither dull and virtuous nor dazzling
and evil. These combinations are not inevitable. Whjl
not dazzling and virtuous or dull and evil? That's thel
way they impress me. When we cultivate the best,
anything less becomes distasteful and sordid. We should
all take stock of our literary appetites, and check up or
ourselves. And that holds good for radio and TV also

My dear, start your literary career by being original
combine virtue with vivacity, and show evil as tht
deadly dull and dreary thing it is.

Applauding all your efforts, and hoping for you
success,

Lovingly,

Proverbs 17:22; Job 19:23-25

Mother

WMC OFFICIARY

President— Mrs. Kenneth Ashman, 205 ftrig Ave.. Wooster. Ohio
First Vice President (Projects)— Mrs. Miles Taber, 314 Dorche»te

St.. Ashland. Ohio. ., ™_ -,-, ma

Second Vice President (Program) — Mrs. Thomas Hammers. «»

30th Ave.. Seattle 15. Wash. .„,„..„. t ^ i^.

Recording Secretary— Mrs. Lester Pifer, Box 195. Wmona Lake. In(
Assistant Secretary— Mrs. Scott Weaver, R.R. 2 Osceola, Ind.
Financial Secretary-Treasurer— Mrs. Chester McCaU, 4580 l»

Felipe Dr., Los Angeles, Calif. , „ ^ ,„ „

Literature Secretary— Mrs. Jesse Deloe, 272S Pittsburgh, Fort Wayn'

Editoi^Mrs. Benamln Hamilton, Box 701, Winona Lake. Ind.
Prayer Chairman— Mrs. Frank Lindower, R.R. 1, Unlontown. CM;
Patroness of SMM— Mrs. H. Leslie Moore, 112 Beachley St.. Meyen
dale. Pa.

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The Brethren Missionary Herat

A Prayer
for the Year

We have had a blessed year of devotional study
based on the letters of our WMC motto. Our program
committee brings the year to a close with a prayer-circle
review of all the topics of the past year. Since many
of us are on vacations or elsewhere and so hkely to
miss that review, we reproduce parts of it here that we
may all join in thanksgiving to the Lord for another
wonderful year of fellowship with and service for Him.

Dear Father, we thank Thee that We May Come
to Thee daily, for we have learned from experience
that the more we come to Thee, the more blessings
we get from Thee. So we thank Thee for the privilege
of coming to Thee through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Father, wilt Thou help us to Watch Our Conduct
at home, and wherever we may be, that only good in-
fluence will flow from our daily lives as Women Mani-
festing Christ in this world.

God, wilt Thou help us to Worship More Consist-
ently so that the manner in which we worship and
the way we live day by day may be in agreement to
glorify Thy name.

Our Father in heaven, help us to remember that our
bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit so that all we
do Will Magnify Christ.

Father, thanks to Thee that We May Call upon Thee
in times of trouble. Thank Thee for all the answers to
prayers this past year. In Jesus name, we thank Thee.

Our Father, we pray that we shall never forget that
We Mold Character day by day. Help us to be yielded
unto Thee so that we may become more and more
like Jesus every day.

Father in heaven, we thank Thee for teaching us that
We Must Commit ourselves and our ways unto Thee,
and that when we do so commit self to Thee that bless-
ings do follow. Thanks for these lessons and help us
truly to manifest Christ in the days ahead.

In the days ahead. Lord, help us all to Work More
Cheerfully for Thee.

Father, May we yield to Thee so that Thy Spirit
:an help us to Make Wise Choices, day by day, for
the glory of Thy name, as well as for our own good.

God, deliver us from being selfish and self-centered.
Help us to Widen Our Contacts so that more people
ivill hear the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

May the words of our mouths, and the meditations
31 our hearts, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord,
>ur Strength and our Redeemer. In Jesus name, Amen!

iVMC MEMBERS-
PLAN TO ATTEND EACH WMC SESSION OF
PRE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT 8:00 A. M.
DAILY AUGUST 20-24 IN THE AUDITORIUM
^T WINONA LAKE.

august 10, 1957

Grace Seminary and College
Says, "Thank You"

Ever since Moses built the tabernacle the devoted
gifts of the women have been a highly appreciated part
of the Lord's work. Then the women brought their
lookingglasses from which Moses made the laver, one
of the largest and most conspicuous of all the fur-
nishings of that sanctuary. Now again, the women of
the National WMC have presented^ Grace Theological
Seminary and Grace College with another generous
offering, to be used, as then, for furnishings and equip-
ment.

To understand the measure of our appreciation it
would be well to know something of the needs which
this gift supplies. One of our urgent needs for all these
years has been a mailbox system by which teachers
could distribute to the students such things as graded
examination papers, notebooks, and term papers which
have been handed in. To do this in class is difficult
and time-consuming, and often impossible when it
comes at the end of a semester and the class doss not
meet again. As a result, we have been putting this
material out on a table in the office waiting room.
Each student comes in when he can and sorts through
literally hundreds of papers and notebooks to find
his own. Sometimes it is embarrassing to have all grades
thus open to public inspection. And always there is
the unsightly litter of unclaimed papers in the waiting
room. Occasionally, our office personnel must de-
liver mail or packages sent to the students in care
of the school by personally hunting up the student.

Now, thanks to this year's WMC project, mailboxes
have been purchased and installed, ready for the
school year to open. Every student will have his own
box in which papers and notebooks will be returned
and incommg mail distributed. This gift will result in
greater efficiency and a tremendous saving in time. It
also gives the school a means of distributing other
notices and statements. It would be hard to name any-
thing more needed or more appreciated than this.

This year's project also included an amount for
the completion 6t our dictation equipment. Some dme
ago the school began by purchasing some of the basic
units of a very excellent dictation system. Even though
incomplete, this has already proved a great asset to our
business office by saving time and stenographic help.
Now this system has been completed with the ad-
dition of a portable unit which will enable the user
to care for correspondence even while traveling, and
the personally dictated letters can be typed and handled
here m our office without delay. To further increase the
effectiveness of this equipment we have ordered two
additional used electric typewriters, also made pos-
sible by this year's project.

For all these wonderful provisions which the women
of the National WMC have made possible, we here
at Grace express our great appreciation.

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National WMC Board Meeting

The national WMC board will meet at the seminary
lounge Saturday, August 17, at 9:00 a. m. and Mon-
day, August 19, at 9:00 a. m. National officers and
district presidents are members of this board. If your
district president cannot be present, please have an al-
ternate present to represent your district. District
presidents should have a four-minute written report
to be given at national board meeting. The retiring
president is responsible for the written report and it
should be read by the present presiding officer.

District presidents and local WMC delegates, be sure
to have statistical blanks properly signed. Local WMC's
are allowed one delegate for every ten members or
major fraction thereof.

GRACE OF CHRISTIAN SPEECH

(Continued from page 498)

what a friendly greeting may mean to a lonely heart;
how a sincere word of appreciation may warm the
heart of one whose life has enriched your own; or what
a word of encouragement may mean to one who seems
to be struggling against odds — "Let your speech be
alway with grace."

But who can bridle the tongue? James tells us that in
contrast to what man has accomplished in taming
all kinds of beasts, and birds, and serpents, and things
in the sea, "the tongue can no man tame; it is an
unruly evil, full of deadly poison" (James 3:7-8).

We cannot do it, but it can be done, and the secret
is twofold. It first of all depends on the subjection of
the entire body to the Lord Jesus Christ. This is in-
volved in our identification with Him in His death, bur-
ial, and resurrection, which prompts us to heed the cry
of Paul to the Colossians to "mortify therefore your
members which are upon the earth" (Col. 3:5). You
and I can never gain the control over our tongues, but
as we yield ourselves to Him, He can accomplish in
us that which to us was impossible.

Growing out of this charge is the second factor
in the bridling of the tongue. After all, the tongue is
not an independent member, for "a good man out of the
good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which
is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his
heart bringeth forth that which is evil; for of the
abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh" (Luke
6:45). Ultimately, then, the solution to the problem of
one's conversation is in the condition of his heart. If
Christ "dwell in your hearts by faith" (Eph. 3:17),
and if you "let the word of Christ dwell in you richly"
(Col. 3:16), there will be no problem about the tongue.
"The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth
learning to his lips" (Prov. 16:23).

D. L. Moody used to say: "That which lies in the
well of your thought will come up in the bucket of
your speech." Let us keep our minds stayed upon Him
that our speech may cause people to take knowledge that
we have been with Jesus (Acts 4:13).

(Reprinted from a WMC devotional study)

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MISSIONARY BIRTHDAYS FOR OCTOBER

Africa —

James Stephen Beaver October 1, 1949

Bozoum via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

John Wayne Beaver October 14, 1948

Bozoum via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Kimberly Joe Cone October 14, 1953

Bossembele via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs. Donald Spangler October 20

Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs. Roy B. Snyder October 20

Bouca via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Rev. Marvin L. Goodman, Jr. October 22

Mission a Nzoro. Bocaranga via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Manya Ivanne Samarin October 23, 1949

Bellevue via Bossangoa via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Nancy Jo Miller October 24, 1944

Mission a Nzoro. Bocaranga via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Anne Jeanette Goodman October 27, 1948

Mission a Nzoro, Bocaranga via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs. Harold L. Dunning October 29

Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Argentina —

Rev. J. Paul Dowdy October 18

Rivadavia 433, Rio Cuarto, F.C.N.G.B.M.. Prov. Cordoba, Argen-
tina.

Mrs. Donald E. Bishop October 24

178 Calle Reconquista, Corral de Bustos. F.C.N.G.B.M., Prov.
Cordoba, Argentina.

Brazil —
Edward Douglas Miller, Jr October 8, 1952

Macapa, Terr. Federal do Amapa, Brazil.

Mrs. John W. Zielasko October 28

1630 Sebastiao. Freitas, Capanema, Para, Brazil.

Mexico —
Mrs. A. L. Howard October 7

406 Mary Avenue. Calexico. Calif., U.S.A.

Daniel Edward Edmiston October 11, 1952

Lista de Correos, Leon, Guanaiuato, Mexico.

In the United States —

Mrs. Bill A. Burk October 18

11259 Pope Avenue. Lynwood. Calif.

Prayer Corner

Do you have a "strong room?" "My problems are so
great today! There is a room where I must go and close
the door, and kneel to pray, and only God shall know.
A room where I have often knelt, agonized, prayed, and
pled, until, all comforted, I felt God's hand upon my
head. A room I seek when I am glad, to thank the
Giver of all good, without Him I should not have had
these joys I have, at all. Within my house is one small
room, a haven from distress and care, I turn to it —
and through the gloom, seek God and find Him there!"
— (From Heart-to-heart talks)
P — pleases God!

R — reaches up to God and out to people!
A — acts as a "lifter upper"!
Y — is a privilege for you!
E — is a privilege for everyone!
R — really changes things!

The Brethren Missiortary Herald \

Salvation in Jesus

By Rev. Arthur Cashman

There is a plan of salvation which is plain to all who
are not prejudiced. It is unfolded in the Word of God.
We will consider our subject under three main headings
as foUows: The Meaning of Salvation, the Means of
Salvation, and The Measure of Salvation.

THE MEANING OF SALVATION

The word "salvation" in the root form means "safe."
In common usage, it suggests prevention, protection, and
preservation. In all three senses, it is "safety" involving
circumstances of danger that may exist. Ships con-
sidered safe and unsinkable carry lifeboats and have
been known to sink as did the Andrea Doria not long
ago. Buildings considered fireproof are provided with
fire escapes and have been known to burn down.

In the Bible use of the word "salvation," the refer-
ence is to be made "safe" from a danger that already
exists; namely, the penalty and power of sin. Many in
our day falsely say that there is no such thing as sin.
Others admit its reahty but confine it to those acts
which are regarded as disgraceful. But the Bible truth-
fully states that we have all been made sinners through
Adam's disobedience (Rom. 5:19a); that by choice
"aU have sinned" (Rom. 3:23); and that "the wages of
sm IS death" (Rom. 6:23)— physically, spiritually, eter-
nally. We are declared to be "dead in trespasses and
sins" (Eph. 2:1), and unless we are rescued, we will
be separated from God finally and forever.

We have some idea what it means to be saved from
a burning house. Do we want to be saved from a bum-
mg hell? Many are saved every year from drowning
How anxious are we to be saved from drowning in what
the Bible calls "perdition"? Thousands would like to
be saved from polio, cancer, and heart disease, but how
many truly desire to be delivered from the deadly disease
of sin? ^

THE MEANS OF SALVATION

A famous Scotch physician and surgeon was once
asked what he regarded as his greatest discovery His
inswer was unexpected but simple, for he said: "When
[discovered that I was a sinner and that Jesus is a great
saviour." Since such a discovery is so great, surely we
mould be interested in the means of salvation which we
viU now consider.

1. Faith. (Read Rom. 10:8-10, 17.) Even if faith
|S full of doubts, it can save, for it is not the strength
>r faith that saves but the reality and object of faith,
temember the poor woman who touched but the
ringe of Christ's garment? She was made whole. Jesus
aved the disciples in the storm. When He rebuked
aem. He did not say, "O ye of no faith," but, "O ye

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of little faith." The little child belongs to the human
race as much as the greatest giant.

2. Preaching. (Read I Cor. 1:21.) Let us never
underestimate the importance of the preaching of the
Gospel even when it is poorly preached, for it is power-
ful to save.

3. Grace. (Read Eph. 2:8-10.) Grace means that
salvation is a gift, but when a gift is appreciated it
IS followed by service. '

4. Mercy. (Read Titus 3:5.) Anyone who sincerely
says: God be merciful to me a sinner," needs to know
that God "deUghteth in mercy."

5. Belief. (Read Acts 16:31, our text.) Did you
notice that the preposition "on" is used instead of "in"''
There is a great difference, as the following iUustra-
tion will reveal: A young man, who was obliged to sleep
in the upper story of a tall building, made himself a
portable ladder for a fire escape and kept it folded up in
his room. He believed "in" his ladder, confident of the
stoutness of the rope, the strength of the wooden rounds
and the ability of the grappling irons to hold his weight
when fastened to the window siU. But not until one night
when he heard the cry of "fire!" ringing throu<jh the
building did he believe "on" his ladder as he 'swung
himself out into the air and trusted himself to it Just
so, thousands keep the Gospel truth coiled up in their
minds. They believe in the love of Christ; they believe
m His divme quaUties as the One who atoned for sin
and vaguely expect in some future day to get to
heaven by Him. But they have not for one moment
trusted their souls to Jesus. They have never at-
tempted to escape out of their guilt and danger by
resting their whole weight on what Jesus has done for
the sinner. To be saved, one must act now on the
crucified Saviour.

6. Prayer. "Whosoever shall call on the name of
the Lord shall be saved" (Acts 2:21). Call upon Him
now with a humble, confiding heart, and you will be
wonderfully and contentedly converted.

THE MEASURE OF SALVATION

(Read Heb. 7:25.)

A Sunday-school teacher had to teach a lesson con-
taining Isaiah 55:1, which reads: "Come, buy
without money and without price." She did not know
how to explain this to her small children; so she de-
cided to ask them what they thought the prophet meant
by inviting people to "buy without money." A little
six-year-old girl promptly answered: "Have it charged."
How right that was, for Jesus asks us to place the pur-
chase price to His account.

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The Hand of God
in Our Lives

By Miss Gail Jones

"Thou wilt shew me the path of hfe: in thy presence
is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures
for evermore" (Ps, 16:11).

Let us consider our theme in Junior Sisterhood:
"Hands and Hearts for Jesus." In order that we might
use both our hearts and hands effectively for Jesus, it is
good for us to realize anew that it was God, our
Heavenly Father, who first gave His heart and hands
to work out our salvation.

Turn to that well-known verse, John 3:16, and read
about the greatness of God's love to win us, each one,
to himself through the sacrifice of His only Son. We can
see clearly in this verse that God used both His heart
("for God so loved") and His hands ("that he gave").

In our memory verse the psalmist has written: "Thou
wilt shew me the path of life." The Lord Jesus himself
said: "I am the way, the truth, and the life." By giving
Christ to this world, the Father God in heaven has
given to us the only way or path to life. I believe we can
look upon hands as a symbol for service. We shew what
is in our hearts by what we do and by the way we live
before others. In the Epistle of James we are told to
show our faith by our works. We all know that we can-
not receive salvation by working for it, for our salva-
tion is a gift given to us through believing on the Lord
Jesus, but weare to show that we have salvation by the
things we do! When Mary tells her parents she loves
them but is always being disobedient, then Mary's par-
ents must question whether her love is true because of
her actions. So it is with Christians. If they truly love
Jesus, they're going to obey Him and live lives which
will honor Him.

Another part of our memory verse says: "In thy
presence is fulness of joy." Every Christian girl should
spend much time in God's presence. Unless a Christian
spends time with the Lord, he cannot be strengthened
to walk in the Spirit. We all know that if our physical
bodies are to grow and be strong, we must eat good
food every day. So it is with our spirits; we must feed
them daily on God's Word in order to be healthy
Christians. As we read His Word and pray with a
sincere heart, we are then experiencing His presence
in our lives. Then, as we practice the presence of God in
our lives, we begin to have real joy and real pleasure
in Him and with one another in the things of the Lord.
Thus our Heavenly Father shows us the path of life
in Christ. He gives to us fullness of joy in Christ, and
we receive pleasures at His right hand forevermore.
Truly is not this the hand of God in our lives?

SISTERHOOD OFFICIARY

President — Marie Sackett. Grace CoUege. Winona Lake. Ind. (Home:

1010 Randolph St.. Waterioo, Iowa).
Vice President— Rachel Smlthwick. R. R. 1. Harrah, Wash.
General Secretary— Janet Weber, 835 Spruce St.. Hagerstown. Md.
Editor — Jeannette Turner. Winona Lake. Ind. (Home: Portls, Kana.).
Treasurer — Florence Moeller. Box 5. Winona Lake. Ind.
Llterattire Secretary — Kathleen Ripple. 516 Frltsch Ave., Akron 12.

Ohio.
Bandage Secretary — Joyce Ashman, Winona Lake, Ind.
Patroness— Mrs. H. LesUe Moore, 112 Beachley, St., Meyeradale, Pa.
Assistant Patroness — Mrs. Russell Weber, 835 Spruce St., Hagen-

town, Md.

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SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR SEPTEMBER

OPENING CHORUSES — Open with prayer and close

with the theme chorus, "Touch of the Nail Scarred
Hand," and repeat the theme verse for the year in
unison (Ps. 24:4-5).

SCRIPTURE LESSON — Seniors and Middlers, Acts
4:5-13. Juniors, Psalm 16:1-11.

DE'VOTIONAL TOPICS — Seniors and Middlers, "Sal-
vation in Jesus" by Rev. Arthur Cashman. Juniors,
"The Hand of God in Our Lives" by Miss Gail Jones.

PRAYER CIRCLE — Read the "Prayer Poem" and
use the requests.

SPECIAL NUMBER-
MISSIONARY TOPICS — Seniors and Middlers,

"Merry Hearts and Busy Hands for Jesus" by Mrs.

Paul Dowdy. Juniors, "Rachel and Victor" by Mrs.

Orville Jobson.

DISCUSSION — This is something new for Seniors
and Middlers. Use the book Teen-Age Etiquette by
Grace Ramquist and discuss chapter one.

SMM BENEDICTION— Psalm 145:1-2.

BUSINESS MEETING — For roll call answer with
the memory verse for the month. Seniors and Mid-
dlers, Acts 4:12, and Juniors, Psalm 16:11. Work on
your new goals. The suggested Bible reading for the
month of September: Seniors and Middlers, Philip-
pians and 13 chapters of Psalms; Juniors, Philip-
pians and 9 chapters of Psalms.

Mother's Work

Is there no work, dear Master,

No work for me to do?
Is there not even one small thing

That I can do for You?

I cannot play the organ —

I cannot make it swell
And tell in tenderness and love

Of Him we love so well.

I would that I could sing, Lord!

That I could lift my voice
With sweet appeal and list'ning hearts

Would make the Christ their choice.

If I could be a leader!

To be alert and keen!
A staunch defender of the faith

On whom the weak could lean.

The mighty works are many

That folks can do for Thee,
But where in all Thy needy world

Is there a place for me?

What's that, dear Lord, You're asking?

Oh, Lord, what did You say?
Oh, yes! I have a precious child

To care for ev'ry day.

— Geneva Showerman
The Brethren Missionary Herald

Merry Hearts and Busy Hands for Jesus

By Mrs. Paul Dowdy

Have you ever traveled on a bus, train, plane, or
boat and enjoyed watching people? Have you ever sat
in a station and observed them? All of us have enjoyed
to some extent observing other people — their expres-
sions and mannerisms. Naturally, expressionless and
inactive persons do not attract our attention as much
as busy and happy ones do.

A very interesting observation which I have made
(and especially among the Argentines) is the way world-
ly people plan for and enjoy their social functions in
contrast to the way a born-again child of God prepares
for and enjoys a meeting in the house of the Lord.
Truly it is better to visit and observe the wordly peo-
ple before the feast if you want to see them in a merry
mood. After the feast is over, they are usually tired,
sleepy, half sick, and disgusted. On the other hand, the
true follower of Christ not only has a merry heart
before going to the feast at God's house, but he comes
away with a heart full and running over with joy.
Therefore, when I hear the worldly girls talking of
their social functions and feeling sorry for the Christian
girls because they do not participate in worldly pleas-
ures, I can only feel sorry for the girls of the world and
wish that they too might know the true peace and
happiness which only Christ can give.

God's Word teaches us some of the benefits of a
merry heart, and how our hands ought also to be busy
for Him.

In Proverbs 17:22 we read: "A merry heart doeth
good like a medicine." Have you ever noticed how much
better sick persons feel when we take them some
good news? The people of this world are sick. Their
sickness can be diagnosed as sin. We as Christian girls
have the good news that is like a medicine to tell to this
sick world. The hope of salvation in the Lord Jesus
will not only cure them of their ills but also give them a
merry heart.

Now let us notice Proverbs 15:15: 'He that is of a
merry heart hath a continual feast." When the Lord

saves a sinner and gives him a new heart (a merry one).
He promises him continual joy and gladness. His Word
says: "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end
of the world" (Matt. 28:20), and "In my Father's
house are many mansions ... I go to prepare a place for
you . . . that where I am there ye may be also" (John 14:
2-3). The worldly ones are seeking joy for the present;
those in Christ not only have joy now, but it is to
continue on throughout eternity.

Let us look at Proverbs 15:13: "A merry heart
maketh a cheerful countenance." A pleasant appear-
ance is the proof to the world of the blessed hope which
we have in Christ. You girls who have had the victory
over sin by allowing Jesus to come into your hearts
are to be admired. But Satan still has another way of
approaching you. The Christian he dislikes most is the
one with a pleasing, cheerful personality — one which
easily makes friends and attracts others to the Lord.
Satan will try every way he can to hinder you in your
efforts to win others for Christ. Our Lord knew that
he would have such difficulties, for he told us: "In
the world ye shall have tribulation: but bs of good cheer;
I have overcome the world" (John 16:33).

Our hands are members of our bodies and help lu
express the desires of our hearts. "Whatsoever thy hand
findeth to do, do it with thy might (Eccl. 9:10). We
use our hands to work while it is day. When we are
asleep our hands are idle. Therefore, we as Christians
must use our hands with all our might while the day of
opportunity lasts. When the night comes, and we can
no longer serve our Lord, then we will not bs looking
back with regrets.

The psalmist tells us: "My hands also will I lift up
unto thy commandments, which I have loved" (1 19:48).
Truly those who love the Lord and His command-
ments will willingly want to use their hands to do His
will. The tasks may not always be as pleasant as we de-
sire, but our Lord was willing that His hands be pierced
with nails for us. When we see Him in heaven, we shall
see the nail prints in His hands by which He was
nailed to the cross. What marks will our hands show
for Him?

August 10, 7957

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RACHEL and VICTOR

By Mrs. Orville Jobson

Several years ago we had a girl at Bassai named
Rachel. She came to know and love the Lord early in
life. Her parents were dead, and she lived with a Chris-
tian brother and his family. At that time her brother
was a gardner for one of the missionary families, and
he also lived a consistent Christian life. Rachel was
outstanding in that she loved to read God's Word and
spent much time studying the New Testament and
memorizing it.

One day in one of my classes I overheard her tell
the other girls she was going to marry a preacher. You
girls perhaps know that the little African girls are sold
by their parents when they are just small. However,
her parents were dead, and she had the privilege of
choosing. One day a young man by the name of Vic-
tor, who had been preaching at one of the chapels, came
to see Rachel. Now the young African girls are very
timid around preachers, but Victor was brave and he
asked Rachel to be his wife. At first she didn't answer
him, but eventually as he insisted and told her how much
he needed a wife because he was a young preacher in
a strange tribe, Rachel said, "Yes."

Naturally she wanted a church wedding and had io
buy material for the dress. Victor knew that Rachel
didn't have much money, so he bought her dress. The
wedding was very nice and the bride received from the
native Christians gifts, such as enamel dishes, peanuts,
mats and various other items, to help her start house-
keeping. (After the wedding feast the Christians almost
always kill a cow or goat and invite their friends.)

Rachel and Victor came to our house to tell us .(jood-
by. They had about thirty miles to walk, and were
anxious to be on the way. I gave her a gift and prayed
with them that God would use them richly in His ser-
vice. Rachel started to cry, and we asked if she were
not happy. She replied: "Oh, yes, madame! 1 do want
to work for the Lord and tell' other girls about Jesus,
but I have never been away from my village and friends."
We encouraged them, and they soon were on their way.

God gave them a nice baby, but Rachel's health
was broken, and sometime later she went to be with her
Lord and Saviour whom she loved so dearly. She
wrote me a farewell note saying: "I am going to heaven
soon to see Jesus face to face."

PRAYER REQUESTS

Pray for SMM girls who have just started college

careers, that the Lord will richly bless them in their

work, and that their testimonies may be strong for
Him.

Pray for the new officers of the National Sisterhood
organization, that they will be able to fulfill all their
assigned tasks this year for the glory of their Saviour.

Pray for each SMM, that as it starts a new year its
goals may be reached and exceeded.

Pray for requests from your own group.

PRAYER POEM FOR SEPTEMBER

My Plea

By Mrs. Loraine Burdick

Teach me, God, to wait on Thee
When I am prone to speak.
Help me. Lord, to take Thy hand
When I press on and seek.
Father, guide me that Thy will
Be done instead of mine.
Take me for Thy use, my Master;
Make my heart wholly Thine.

(Union Gospel Press Publication)

SQUIBBLES

By Jeanette Turner

The Junior SMM of Johnstown, Pa., has had a busy
year working with their mothers who helped them roll
a total of 128 bandages. This group is composed of
girls from 6-9 years of age. In June they invited their
fathers, as well as mothers, to help them roll bandages.

In Winchester, Va., the combined SMM at their
meeting measured each one's waist. A penny for their
birthday project was paid for each inch. The Boys Club
members were invited as guests. They also made a re-
minder chart for memorizing their project verses more
easily.

Middhbranch, Ohio. Senior SMM girls presented a
music concert in March. The money received is being
used for a church sign and for some small shrubs to be
placed around it.

At the Melrose Gardens Brethren Church in Harris-
burg, Pa,, girls made corsages of gumdrops wrapped
in cellophane, pipe cleaners, and doilies for their
mothers at the Mother-Daughter Banquet. They also
put on a play for the mothers.

The highlights of a Mother-Daughter Tea, which
the girls of Beaver City, Nebr., prepared for their
mothers, were a Christian fashion show and pictures
from the land of Bolivia. These girls also made baby
quilts as part of the district project.

The Middlers of Sunnyside, Wash., helped with a
dinner for some "old folks." Each girl made a dish-
towel for the Grandview church.

To create more interest in rolling bandages, the Sen-
ior SMM group of Grace Brethren Church in Mans-
field, Ohio, has divided into two teams. The team roll-
ing the most will be awarded by the other team. This
idea has worked very successfully.

Riverside Sisterhood of Johnstown, Pa., had charge
of a church service in which all of the girls took part
and in which Miss Gail Jones was the missionary
speaker. They made tea towels and handkerchiefs for
their missionary barrel.

The Junior girls of LaLoma church in Modesto,
Calif., had a skating party and rolled bandages before
they skated.

In Cheyenne, Wyo., the Junior SMM had the privi-
lege of singing in the first service in their new church
building (basement). They also had a picnic and ban-
dage rolling meeting combined.

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

COVER PAGE. Brethren from
all over the nation are headed for
Winona Lake, Ind., to attend the
68th National Fellowship of Breth-
ren Churches, assembling here Aug.
18-25. Although the conference is
chiefly a time of "doing business
for the Lord," it is also a time of rich
Christian fellowship. On the cover
page are three typical scenes —
Top: The McKee Courts (Motel)
where Brethren live as neighbors for
the week, and new friendships are
estabhshed. Center: The Eskimo
Inn, where Brethren gather for the
afternoon refresher or the evening
snack. Bottom: The recreational
area where Brethren relax and en-
joy wholesome fellowship. It is not
too late to "head for Winona Lake"
and make this the best conference
in our history.

WINONA LAKE, IND. The

new phone numbers of all the na-
tional offices are:
The Brethren Home Missions

Council AMherst 7-7446

The Brethren Missionary Herald

Co AMherst 7-8336

The Foreign Missionary

Society AMherst 7-7731

Grace Theological

Seminary AMherst 7-7011

National Sunday School

Board AMherst 7-6622

Winona Lake Brethren

Church AMherst 7-6623

DOUBLE SPECIAL. Twin
daughters, Nancy Claire and Bar-
bara Jean, were born July 15 to
Pastor and Mrs. James McClellan.
Brother McClellan is pastor of the
Fremont Avenue Brethren Church,
South Pasadena, Calif., and Mrs.
McClellan is the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. C. W. Mayes.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Dr. C.
W. Mayes attended the Billy Gra-
ham meetings in Madison Square
Garden the second week of July.

SEATTLE, WASH. Mrs. Thom-
as Hammers, wife of the pastor of
the View Ridge Brethren Church,
underwent surgery on July 10. Last
word indicates normal recovery.

CONEMAUGH, PA. Clair Gart-
land, pastor of the Pike Brethren
Church, received his 13th call to
serve as pastor for another year.
The church voted another increase
in salary.

DAYTON, OHIO. Rev. John
Stoll was guest speaker at the North
Riverdale Brethren Church on July
28. RusseU M. Ward is pastor.

UNIONTOWN, PA. Rev. Clar-
ence Kelly was guest speaker at the
First Brethren Church on July 21. R.
Paul Miller, Jr., is pastor.

WHITTIER, CALIF. The Com-
munity Brethren Church, Ward Mil-
ler, pastor, had a farewell service
for Mrs. Evelyn and Howard Snive-
ly and Judy Casad. Howard Snively
and Judy Casad will enter Grace
College in the fall.

WHITTIER, CALIF. Mr. and

Mrs. Michael DePeppino, of the
Community Brethren Church, cele-
brated their 50th wedding anniver-
sary on July 21.

MOUNT HERMON, CALIF.

The California Christian Endeavor
Union is sponsoring a summer lead-
ership conference here Aug. 25-
30.

ALTOONA, PA. The newly
elected officers of the East Fellow-
ship of Brethren Churches are:
Homer Lingenfelter, moderator;
Richard Grant, vice moderator;
Fred M. Walter, secretary; Mrs.
Ida Mae Anthony, assistant secre-
tary; Sheldon W. Snyder, treasurer;
J. L. Gingrich, statistician; Clair
Gartland and Bruce Baker, mem-
bers at large.

Tk« BRPTHQPM

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lalte, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lali;e, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake. Ind.

SPECIAL. Edward Miller, Jr.,
son of Rev. and Mrs. Edward Miller,
missionaries in Brazil under the
Foreign Missionary Society of the
Brethren Church, has taken serious-
ly ill. Mrs. Miller returned to the
States with her son where treatment
is being given in New York. Prayer
is requested.

DAYTON, OHIO. Dr. A. F.

Williams will be the guest speaker
at the Patterson Park Brethren
Church, Aug. 18. C. S. Zimmerman
is pastor.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Deborah
Dawn was born to Rev. and Mrs.
James Dixon on July 27. She
weighed 7 lbs., 4 oz. Congratula-
tions.

NEW YORK. Billy Graham has
edged out King Saud as king of the
spot-news field, aside from Presi-
dent Eisenhower. Readers spotted
31,823 stories, during the first four
weeks of the New York Crusade,
according to Luce Press Clipping
Bureau. The next highest total for
a similar period was 30,543 news
items gathered on King Saud's well-
pubhcized visit to the U. S. last
February. The Graham news ava-
lanche represents more than 1,000
press clippings a day. This, in turn,
means about 60 percent of the na-
tions daily newspapers averaged at
least one published news story a day
on the evangelist. The next major
crusade is scheduled for San Fran-
cisco in April 1958.

in iJIptttortam

Fred D. Dabel, a long-time mem-
ber of the First Brethren Church of
La Verne., Calif., passed away June
23. — Dr. Ehas White, pastor.

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NEWS

Selected by the Editor

NEW YORK. Evangelist Billy
Graham announced he will hold
month-long crusades in San Fran-
cisco next April and in Charlotte,
N. Car., in October 1958. If audi-
torium facilities are available, he
will conduct another four-week
campaign in Buffalo, N. Y., next
November.

HARRISBURG, PA. Governor
George M. Leader signed into law
a bill designed to stop sale of auto-
mobiles on Sunday in Pennsylvania.
It puts the penalty at a maximum of
$100 for first violations.

CONCORD, N. H. After a heated
debate the House defeated 216-112
a bill to authorize released-time re-
ligious instruction for the State's
public-school students.

ATLANTA, GA. Judge W. W.
Woolfolk of the Fulton Juvenile
Court ordered four teen-aged girls
placed on probation with the re-
quirement that they attend church
and Sunday school regularly. Pro-
bation was granted the girls, who
were accused of terrorizing a school-
mate, after they pleaded for a
chance to prove themselves good
citizens.

WHEATON, ILL. The headquar-
ters of Youth for Christ International
says that 52 week-long evangelistic
crusades among teen-agers will be
conducted in Scandinavian coun-
tries in August. Forty of the cam-
paigns will be in Denmark; the re-
mainder in Sweden, Holland, Fin-
land, Switzerland and Germany.
The crusades will follow the ninth
Youth Congress on Evangelism,
which will be held in Copenhagen,
Aug. 4 to 11.

A chartered plane carrying 114
North American delegates to the
Youth Congress is scheduled to
leave New York on Aug. 1. The
Rev. Sam Wolgemuth, Youth for

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Christ overseas director, said dele-
gates from behind the Iron Cur-
tain are expected to attend the con-
gress along with delegates from 40
other countries where Youth for
Christ is now active.

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. The
Sacramento Retail Florists Asso-
ciation announced that, starting
Sept. 1, its members will refrain
from selling flowers on Sunday. The
move, a spokesman said, will allow
florists and their employees to ob-
serve the Lord's Day.

NEW YORK. A survey made by
two University of Pennsylvania so-
ciologists and recently published in
McCall's magazine, reveals that: one
half of all U. S. church members
marry out of their faith; half of all
mixed marriages in the U. S. in-
volve Catholics; the divorce rate
among interfaith couples is more
than twice as high as among those
who marry within their faith (15.2
percent, compared to 6.6 percent).

BODJONEGORO, EAST JAVA.

President Sukarno, speaking at a
public meeting, warned of the rock
'n roll craze which, he said, "is
bringing a moral crisis to Indo-
nesia." The head of the Indonesian
government appealed to young peo-
ple to remember their own culture.
"Let us not forget the boundaries of
decency," he said. (American rock
'n roll dances have been banned in
several Indonesian cities because of
opposition by cultural and religious
groups which consider them "de-
grading and immoral.")

FAYETTEVILLE, N. CAR.
Some 250 members, of seven Prot-
estant churches, picketed local gro-
cery stores selling wine or beer. As
they carried their placards and
signs in front of the offending stores,

a spokesman said their action was
"not a bitter protest, but was made
in Christian love." He said: "As
Christians and as members of a free
community we have a right to be
heard. We must voice our feelings."
They also presented petitions, signed
by community residents, urging the
store owners to stop that phase of
their business.

The campaign was spearheaded
by two Baptist ministers who also
launched a campaign to stop taverns
from selling alcoholic beverages to
minors.

PHILADELPHIA, PA. No one

sentenced Miss Jennie C. Powers
to attend Sunday school. She goes
because she loves it. In fact, Sunday
school means so much to her that
she hasn't missed a Sunday in 82
years. Miss Powers began attending
the Sunday school at the Westside
Presbyterian Church in German-
town, a suburb of Philadelphia, at
the age of four. Today, although she
is 86 years old, she still attends,
being very alert and agile for her
age. In tribute to her record, the
pastor recently made her devotion
to the church the subject of his ser-
mon and the choir sang her favorite
hymns.

JERUSALEM. Thirteen non-
Jewish religious groups have now
been recognized by the government
of Israel as autonomous bodies.
These include some of the Ortho-
dox and Catholic churches, Moslem
groups, and the Bahai groups. No
Protestant churches, however, have
been granted this status as yet.

SPRINGFIELD, MO. The Na-
tional Sunday School Department
of the Assemblies of God has issued
44,390 teacher-training certificates
for the eight-month period ending
May 31, 1957. This is 1,583 more
than for a similar period a year ago.
The training plan, designed to pre-
pare lay members of the local
churches for Sunday-school teach-
ing, requires the study of a pre-
scribed textbook and the passing
of an examination in order to earn
a certificate. National and regional
leaders assist the pastors in teach-
ing a course of study each year to
qualify local workers for teacher-
training certificates.

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WANTED—
Your Help

LEND US YOUR HAND/

"Now the Lord had said unto
Abram, Get thee out of thy country,
and from thy kindred, and from thy
Father's house, unto a land that I
will show thee: and I will make of
thee a great nation, and I will bless
thee, and make thy name great;
and thou shall be a blessing: and
I will bless them that bless thee, and
curse them that curse th thee: and in
thee shall all the families of the
earth be blessed" (Gen. 12:1-3).

When God calls. He does not
minimize the cost. Terse and direct
were the words of the command to
Abraham to leave his native land,
his kindred, and his father's house,
and go forth to an unknown land,
which in due time God would re-
veal. It was somewhat like a service-
man of today leaving on sealed
orders.

Just as God called Abraham,
even so God calls us. He calls us to
be a witness before all mankind.
We are constantly influencing others.
Only as we respond to God's call
to Christian faith, discipleship, obe-
dience and service do we make
favorable addition to the sum total
of world affairs.

How important is it to heed God's
warnings and accept the only way
to salvation? How important is it
for us as Christians to pray for lost
and tempted men and for weaker
Christans? How important is it that
we tell men everywhere, near and
far, of God's righteous wrath to-
ward sin?

There are three classes of work-
ers— the slave who serves through
fear, the hireling who serves for
wages, and the son who serves
for love. Which type are you? God's
Word teaches us something about
our calling. We need to meditate
upon and heed its teachings. He
has saved us and called us with
a holy calling, not according to our
works, but according to His own
purpose and grace (II Tim. 1:9).

Paul prayed that the eyes of our
understanding might be enlightened
for the very purpose that we might
know "the hope of His calling"
(Eph. 1:18), and again that God
would count us "worthy of this
calling, and fulfil all the good

Bible Study — Galatians 2:

Compiled by Roy H. Lowery

There is one, and only one, on
the throne of the individual life —
self or Christ (Gal. 2:20). If self is
to be dethroned, our part is to con-
demn the flesh (Rom. 7:18a). We
are to condemn the innermost de-
sires of the flesh (Eph. 2:3) and its
outermost deeds (Col. 3:9). The
most Godlike thing in the natural
man is his natural love, but does
it measure up with God's love in
I Corinthians 13 in its longsuffer-
ing, kindness, unselfishness, and re-
fusal to think evil?

Then we must consent to the cru-
cifixion of "the old man" (Gal. 2:20)
without reservations. To be freed
from sin's power we must reckon
ourselves dead unto sin (Rom. 6:
11). "The old man" must be cruci-
fied on the cross, buried in the tomb,
and kept there by faith. We are to
make no provisions for the flesh
(Rom. 13:14). We provide for the
flesh by worldly books, pleasures,
companions, and pursuits. The Holy
Spirit is grieved by these things.
Which are we serving, the flesh or
the Spirit (Rom. 8:5)? The world
judges us by our walk (Rom. 8:4).
You have taken Christ as Saviour,
but have you made Him Lord?

Having been united with Christ

in His death and burial, we have
union with Him in endless hfe (Rom.
6: 5, 8). Thus, He is able to share
with us the victory of His death,
the power of His resurrection, and
the fullness of His glorified life (Eph.
2:4-6; 4:25; Rom. 8:11). Since we
are "in Christ," we are pilgrims
on earth with a citizenship in heav-
en (Phil. 3:20; Heb. 13:14). Our
hearts should be set on heavenly
instead of earthly things (Col. 3:
1-2), but if the heavenly pleasures
and pursuits are unattractive to us
now, what shall they be to us there?
The hfe that is in Christ in the
heavenlies is the same hfe that is in
the Christian on earth (I John 4:
17); we are spiritual millionaires
and need not live like spiritual pau-
pers (Eph. 1:3; Rom. 8:32). The
life of the Vine is the life of the
branches (John 15:5). Christ in us
is our hope of glory (John 17:26;
Col. 1:27). He thinks, loves, and
wills through us. "For me to live
is Christ." Let Christ be formed in
every Christian convert (Gal. 4:19).
He is our life (Col. 3:4). Christ's life
is to be lived in us. When people see
us, are they reminded of Christ?
Our spiritual history should be writ-
ten in these two phrases: "Ye in
me" and "I in you."

pleasure of his goodness, and the
work of faith with power" (II Thess.
1:11). As an incentive, Paul bids
us to press toward the mark for the
prize of the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus (Phil. 3:14). AU be-
lievers, then, are partakers of the
heavenly calling (Heb. 3:1).

A missionary is a sent-one, and
so is every Christian. God has sent
him to this earth to fulfill some
particular mission. He sent each of
His disciples to tell the glorious
news of salvation to those who have
never heard it. What is there for you

to do? Where shall you begin to
tell the good news?

Acts 1:8 tells us that we are to
be witnesses of the Gospel's saving
power at home and abroad. We
can't all go abroad, nor would that
be God's will, for He needs earnest,
consecrated Christians here at
home. Let us be sure that we are
being used of Him to carry out His
divine plan for the salvation of men.

Brethren Laymen, you have
been called. Will you help us reach
lost men for Christ? Let us work
together that His will may be done.

kugust 10, 1957

509

Laborers Together With God

By Richard C. Beach

Secretary, National Fellowship of
Brethren Laymen

In the third chapter of I Co-
rinthians, the Apostle Paul is try-
ing to point out to the Corinthian
church that the petty divisions
among them are carnal. His work
and that of Apollos were not to be
looked upon as different but just
continuations of the same work
for the furtherance of the Gospel.
He sums it up in verse 9 where he
makes the statement: "For we are
labourers together with God."

This verse has been chosen as the
conference theme for the National
Fellowship of Brethren Laymen this
year. We feel this theme points out
three basic things about our lay-
men's group: (1) Our Purpose, (2)
Our Need, (3) Our Source of Help.

OUR PURPOSE

The Christian is not taken out of
the world when he is saved; the
Lord has left us here for a purpose.
The main purpose of the church as
a whole, and of each individual
Christian, is to send forth the Gos-
pel of Christ so that others might
also accept Christ. We can't all be
preachers, missionaries, and evan-
gelists, but we can all be laborers
for Christ. Jesus did not only mean
the foreign field when He stated
that the fields were white unto har-
vest but the laborers were few.
What about the field of Boys
Clubs? Men, are we doing our part
in seeing that our boys are bein?
taught the Word of God? Wha^t
about a Sunday-school class? Are

we willing to teach if asked? Do we
support our local laymen's group?
Do you even have a local laymen's
group? Do we support our district
and our national laymen's proj-
ects? Are you witnessing for Christ
in word and deed? If we as laymen
can't answer "yes" to the above
questions, we had better examine our
hearts and lives and see what we
are doing for Christ. The purpose
of our National Fellowship of
Brethren Laymen is to make our
men realize that they are to be
laborers for Christ.

OUR NEED

The great need of the National
Fellowship of Brethren Laymen is
summarized in this one word: "to-
gether." We do not seem to be able
to get together enough to do any-
thing. This starts on the local level
where many churches do not have
an organized laymen's group. The
basic unit of any large, widespread
organization is the local group. This
is true of the church in general, as
well as all its auxiharies. If your
church does not have a laymen's
organization, why not start one now.
If it does have one, give it your full
support with your presence, pray-
ers, and gifts.

The district laymen's organiza-
tions are also in need of getting
"together." A successful district
group depends upon the co-opera-
tion of all the laymen in the various
churches. It takes a lot of work.

patience, and prayer to have good
district meetings, and much good
can be done for Christ on a district
level by laymen working together.

Because the national laymen's
organization meets just once a year
at conference time, it finds it even
more difficult to get together with
enough of the men from the different
churches to find out the needs and
wants of our men. Will you not try
to send at least one man from each
church to our national meetings
in August? We as officers could
get a much better idea what the
men think about our goals and
projects if we had a better represen-
tation than we have had in the past
at our meetings. I'm sure you would
leave the conference with a greater
zeal for the job that needs to be
done among our laymen.

OUR SOURCE

All of this might make the idea
of a strong laymen's organization a
hopeless task, and indeed from the
human standpoint it just about is.
But thank the Lord, we don't have
to do it alone, for Christ himself
said in John 15:5: "Without me ye
can do nothing." But we also have
the verses in Philippians 4:13: "I
can do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me." With
God all things are possible (Matt.
19:26). So in our strength we can-
not do it, but "with God" the job i
can be done. Men of The Brethren
Church, won't you do your part?

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Parents' Potpourri

"I know John 16, Mommie. I
say it for you?"

"Yes, Mark, I'll be glad to hear
you say John 3:16. I'm so glad you
know it."

"You say it for me first, Mom-
mie."

" 'For God so loved the world,
that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him
should not . . .' " Mother could not
go on. As she had been repeating
those superb words which have no
peer in all literature, her three-year-
old son was following intently, wide-
eyed, aware of every word she said.
Her heart was suddenly in her throat
and she broke into a half-laugh, half-
cry. Mother literally felt the inten-
sity of her small son's expression.

"Stop laughin' and cwying', Mom-
mie, and say 'perish, but have ever-
lasting life.' " Mother practically
gasped as she recognized how close-
ly Mark had followed her recitation
of the verse. She was reminded of
how the little fellow astonished the
family with his being able to recite
the books of the New Testament in
proper order, doing a creditable
job of pronouncing the words.

A fresh appreciation of chil-
dren's ability to learn overwhelmed
this mother. How foolish we adults
are to teach our little ones only the
enSpty, meaningless ditties of
"Babylon" when we have the wealth
of heaven at our disposal in God's
Word. Children have a profound
capacity for absorbing information
and getting knowledge which will
count for eternity. It surely is sin
when Christian parents fail to de-
velop and expand the spiritual ca-
pacities of their children.

Pondering the whys and where-
fores of a child's reception of the
things of the Spirit of God, Mother
was reminded of her Lord's words
in Luke 18:17: "Verily I say unto
you, Whosoever shall not receive
the kingdom of God as a little child

shall in no wise enter therein."
Why is it that children receive the
good news of salvation so readily
and with such gladness, while their
elders doubt and reject? It must be
because little children's hearts and
minds are not yet cluttered with
conceited self-opinions or affected
too deeply by the opinions of men.
They accept as a matter of truth the
wonderful knowledge that God
loves them and sent His only Son
to die in their stead, thus opening
the way into heaven for them. Oh
Lord, give us the faith of little
children, and make us diligent in
teaching the Uttle ones of Christ
from Thy Book!

Daddy had announced a mis-
sionary conference and urged the
people to circle the dates on their
calendars as soon as they returned
home. Sharon could hardly wait
until she got back into the house to
mark our calendar. Mother looked
at her and said, with a tuige of wist-
fulness in her voice: "I wish you'd
rush to obey me as fast as you
marked that calendar."

"Well, Mama, what you tell me
to do is work — like hanging up the
wash, or getting Ardyth out of
trouble, or cleaning up the bath-
rooms. But Daddy told us to get
ready and plan for going out, and
that's fun."

In spite of herself. Mother had
to laugh. Sharon sounded much like
some adults who profess to love
the Lord. They hasten to "obey"
the suggestion that they "go out"
to some meeting or event which
costs them nothing in effort and pro-

G^€^r Me

vides a little diversion. But when it
comes to the call of the Lord to
really work — like doing some per-
sonal witnessing, calling from door
to door, engaging in concentrated
Bible study, or in intercessory prayer
— they're just not too anxious.

How gUbly we sing: "I'll go where
you want me to go, dear Lord," just
so it's not to the neighbor's house
or to the foreign field. Or, "Have
Thine own way. Lord," but please
be considerate of my feeHngs. You
might not completely reahze that
I'm accustomed to being catered to
in some respects, and I'm sure You
wouldn't want to impose Your wiU
on me if it is too difficult. Or, "O
How I Love Jesus," but my family
must really come first. I love You,
Lord, but I can do only so much
work. I'm sure You don't expect me
to burn myself out for Your work
when there are so many others better
equipped than I to serve.

Many of God's people are willing
to work for Him if and when it suits
their moods or wishes. But a com-
pulsion which the Apostle Paul
knew when he said: "Woe is unto
me, if I preach not the gospel!" (I
Cor. 9:16) is an experience from
which they flee as though it were
the plague. May the Spirit of God
grip our hearts and make us will-
ing workers instead of wishful shirk-
ers. God give us men Uke Paul who
could truthfully say: "And how
I kept back nothing that was profit-
able unto you, but have shewed you,
and have taught you publickly from
house to house . . . and now, behold,
I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem,
not knowing the things that shall be-
fall me there: save that the Holy
Ghost witnesseth in every city, say-
ing that bonds and afflictions abide
me. But none of these things move
me, neither count I my life dear unto
myself, so that I might finish my
course with joy . . ." (Acts 20:20-
24).

kuqast 10, 1957

511

120 in the Shade

Indio, California, a small city of
about 8,000 people, is located below
sea level in the heart of the Coa-
chilla Valley. With the San Bernar-
dino Mountains to the north and the
Santa Rosa Mountains to the south,
Indio lies nestled in the desert be-
tween. Twenty-four miles from Indio
is Salton Sea. This body of water is
264 feet below sea level, and has
no outlet.

A few weeks ago this editor drove
toward Indio. The newspapers had
reported that the day before I
headed my car in that direction, the
thermometer had reached 1 1 5 de-
grees in the shade. It had cooled off
the day of my trek — it was only 1 10.
Needless to say, as I headed my car
down into Coachilla Valley I had
the feeling someone had left the
oven door open, and I was headed
right toward it. Indio gave me a
warm reception, but when I reached
my destination, the home of S. W.
Link, I was extended a "cool recep-
tion" in his air-conditioned home.

Inasmuch as S. W. Link is so
well known to Brethren across the

nation, the Missionary Herald edi-
tor desires to introduce him to newer
folk in The Brethren Church. Since
1942 S. W. Link has served his
Lord and The Brethren Church as
a faithful member of the board of
trustees of The Brethren Mission-
ary Herald Co. Fifteen years of
faithfulness to the Lord is worthy
of commendation.

S. W. Link was born February
24, 1884, in the beautiful State of
Pennsylvania. As a boy he was af-
filiated with a leading denomination,
but spiritual hunger caused him to
seek for the bread of life and he was
attracted to The Brethren Church.
In 1903 he made his public con-
fession of Christ in the Pike Breth-
ren Church, located at Mundy's
Corner, near Conemaugh, Pa. He
found Christian fellowship with the
Brethren there and at the church
in Vinco, Pa., not many miles away.
On April 28, 1904 he was united in
marriage to Christie Gochnour, and
together they celebrated their 53rd
wedding anniversary this year.

A few years passed before Mr.
Link united with The Brethren
Church. In 1908, however, he was
baptized by Dr. W. S. Bell and re-
ceived into the First Brethren
Church of Johnstown, Pa., then lo-
cated on Somerset Street.

In 1910 he was employed by the

American Bridge Company, Am-
bridge. Pa., a subsidiary of the
United States Steel Corporation. He
served this firm for the next 39
years before retiring in 1949. The
only interruption to this long term of
service was in 1918 when he volun-
teered as a YMCA secretary, and
was assigned to social work in Gon-
recourt, France, until the end of
the war.

Returning to the States he was re-
instated by American Bridge, and
in 1925 was transferred to Canton,
Ohio. Immediately, he became ac-
tive in the First Brethren Church
of that city, under the ministry of
Dr. J. C. Beal. During the years in
Canton the local church engaged
in a building program, and he was
elected to the building committee.
The Lord had other plans for Broth-
er Link, and in 1930 he was trans-
ferred by American Bridge, back
to Ambridge, Pa.

S. W. Link is truly a Brethren at
heart with a real passion for souls.
Soon after returning to Ambridge
a new mission work under the dis-
trict conference was started at
Baden, Pa., and he became the
leading layman in the work. He was
active in this work until his re-
tirement in 1949, at which time he
and Mrs. Link moved to the city
where it reaches 120 degrees in the
shade — the city where their daugh-
ter resided. Since moving to Indio,
Brother and Sister Link have been
members of the Cherry Valley
Brethren Church in Beaumont,
Calif., about 51 miles away. Broth-
er Link became interested locally in
a mission work to the migratory
farm laborers who came with their
families into the Coachilla Valley,
seeking employment. Sunday-school
classes, church services, and mid-
week Bible classes have been con-
ducted for many years by Brother
Link.

The life of Brother Link has been
an inspiration to many. By the way,
a letter just came from Indio with
a P.S.: "It was 120 yesterday."

The BRETHREN

OME MISSION NUMBER

AUGUST 17, 1957

FREMONT BRETHREN CHAPEL DEDICATED JULY 21

Editorials

ByLL6mbb

The Brethren Church Grows With Home Missiorts!

According to the Brethren calendar of offerings, it
is customary at this time of the year — August, Septem-
ber, October, and November — to supremely emphasize
the work of carrying the Gospel to America. All sorts
of literature, programs, and special publicity pieces
are made available to our churches for the purpose
of raising funds in order that we might establish new
Bible-teaching testimonies in the United States. This
home-mission emphasis has been very well confined
to the stated period of the year ever since the calendar
of offerings were set up. So, if you have not been think-
ing concerning Brethren Home Missions, now is the
time to begin praying and planning that God will re-
veal to you your personal service in this matter. Just
as The Brethren Church grows with home missions, so
in turn home missions grows according to how much
you pray and give toward the whole program.

Is Missions a Seasonal Matter?

All passages of Scripture dealing with taking the Gos-
pel to lost men omit any seasonal reference to such a
ministry and instead make this task a momentary re-
sponsibility for each child of God. "Go ye, therefore,
and teach all nations" is a year-round commission.
"Preach the gospel to every creature" sets no time limits
when this should be done. Our Lord simply assumes
that this will be the constant, primary, consuming pas-
sion of His people day and night, every day of the year.
"Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every
where preaching the word." This was not a seasonal
matter with the early church. The Apostle Paul did not
confine his missionary activities to certain times of the
year. Neither did he confine his appeal for help in this
ministry to certain periods. In short, the Word of God
in no sense would support missions, home or foreign,
on a seasonal basis. But the Book does teach a mis-
sionary program which never stops in its emphasis and
support and appeal.

Missions Is the Primary Concern of the Church

This is apparent from the Word of God. This we
have already emphasized.

Missions was the consuming passion of our Lord
himself. He recognized that "the field is the world."
He began at Jerusalem and in a widening circle carried
His ministry throughout the Palestinian area.

The primary aim of God in this dispensation is to
make Christ known to as many lost souls as possible.
The continuing plans and policies of the New Testa-
ment era of missions make this clear.

The ever-present, constant, spiritual need of lost
souls makes missions an inevitable urgency for each
child of God.

Home and foreign missions are simply two impor-
tant aspects of one missionary program set up by Christ
while here in the world and commanded by Bible writers
under the inspiration of God's Spirit.

No individual, local church, or denomination which
fails to recognize this primacy of missions can ever
have the full blessing of the Lord.

Meeting tha Need Should Be Our Primary Concern

If the need is primary and constant, then meeting
the need should be primary and constant.

The first way to meet the need is through prayer.
"Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will
send forth labourers into his harvest." No real success
may ever be achieved in home missions without ade-
quate prayer. There is no other decreed way to tap
the power of God and release it in the hearts of young
men and women who will lay themselves before the
Lord as living sacrifices. There is no other way to
secure sufficient funds to send the laborers into the
harvest field and to support their ministry there. It is ■
doubtful that any Christian ever gave to any missionary
project or any arm of the church's work what he should
have given without first earnestly praying for that
project.

The problem of many offerings in the church will
automatically be cared for by proper spiritual appli- j
cation to the task of missionary evangelization. Liberal i
giving to missions will guarantee the Lord's support I
of the local church and its many different projects.
When God's purpose is carried out by His people, there
is no reason for a restraint of His blessing. Instead, the
vessels of His people are filled to overflowing. This
fact has been proved in the missionary experience of
the church of Jesus Christ many times.

Where Do We Begin?

At home! Jesus did! Paul did! Peter did! And others
of the apostles clearly emphasize this fact.

It is not only Biblical — human reason itself would
come to this inevitable conclusion. We can only extend
our testimony into the fields of the world as we strength-
en the base of supplies. This means thousands more
won for Christ in America. It means new churches, con-
gregations, and buildings. It means more missionaries
and more money to send them across the seas. It means
more and greater glory for our blessed Lord!

The benefit of establishing new Brethren churches
extends itself into every remote comer of our whole
Fellowship, into every agency, into every church and
organization. This is the secret to our over-all growth.
Based on a Biblical principle is the statement —

The Brethren Church Grows With Home Missions!

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 33

ABNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM, Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16, 1943 at the DOst office at Winona Lake. Ind.. under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly Wj ,
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake. Ind. Subscription price. $3.00 a year: 100-percent churches. $2.50; foreign. ♦^O". Boara oi i|
Directors: Robert Crees. president; Herman A. Hoyt. vice president; William Schaffer, seCTeUry| Trae Hunt, assistant^SMretary, Ord^«^
man. treasurer: Bryson Fetters. member-at-larRe to executive Committee; Gene Farrell,
Tliomas Hammers; Arnold R. Krlegbaum. ex officio.

W. Link, Mark Malles, Robert E.

Miller,'

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Key Personalities in Colored Mission Development

Lester E. Pifer

The Brethren work among the
colored people began in Fremont,
Ohio, during the ministry of Lester
E. Pifer, who was then pastor of
the Grace Brethren Church. Mr.
Granville Tucker (colored) visited
the church, and was invited to attend
a teachers' training class. He be-
came a student of the Word and
attended the services regularly. He
joined the church and was baptized
by trine immersion by Pastor Pifer.
The burden of his own people was
so great that he began plans for a
work among them. It was on Oc-
tober 19, 1952, that the first
service was held for what is now
the Brethren Chapel. It began in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Burel and
continued in a home until the new
chapel was ready for use. After
Brother Pifer became affiliated with
the Brethren Home Missions Coun-
cil, he still assisted in the develop-
ment of the work. Difficulty was
;ncountered in securing the loca-
ion, but God has overcome every
Jbstacle. We praise His name for
his Brethren church among our mil-
ions of colored people and for the
'ision of Brother Pifer.

Granville Tucker

Mr. Granville Tucker was saved
at the age of 16 in a litth mission.
Pnor to becoming affiliated with
The Brethren Church, he conducted
child evangelism classes of 60 and
more for his own people. He has had
a passion for the lost, and could not
be happy until he dedicated his life
to the ministry among his own peo-
ple. It has been necessary for Broth-
er Tucker to work full time to sup-
port his family for these years since
the start of the work. Now Brother
Tucker will give almost full time
to the ministry because the chapel
has been completed and they have
room for many more people than the
home would accommodate.

Brother Tucker has a family of
nine children, and they are a great
help in the work. They have at-
tended the national conference each
year for several years, even making
it to Portland, Orcg., in 1955.
Brother Tucker's testimony in the
missionary rally of that conference
was a real challenge to everyone
present and placed a burden upon
the hearts of the people that we be-
lieve has resulted in seeing the work
progress to its present status.

Rev. Gordon Bracker became
the pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church, Fremont, Ohio, following
Rev. Lester Pifer. He was no less
mterested in the work than Brother
Pifer, and has now seen the new
Brethren Chapel erected. Brother
Bracker was instrumental in stirring
the Northern Ohio District to take
a special offering to help purchase
the location. As a member of the
board of directors of the Brethren
Home Missions Council he has been
vitally interested in this work from
a local, district, and national stand-
point. The local church under the
direction of Brother Bracker has
assisted the colored work in many
ways with projects and help on the
construction of the new chapel. It
is with praise to God that a pastor
was chosen to serve in this field who
would continue this missionary en-
deavor that has been chmaxed at
this point with the dedication of a
beautiful new chapel. The rest of
your fellow directors of the Breth-
ren Home Missions Council say:
"Thank you. Brother Bracker, and
may the Lord richly bless your
church for its missionary vision."

BRETHREN CONSTRUCTION CO. UNIT BUILDS CHAPEL

Left to right: James Knepper Ray Sturgill, Vernon Latham, superintendent and Don

Stroup. It was here Mr. Walter Brovant (extreme right) joined the B^hren CoiStructiSS

Company.

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The Value of a Local Missionary Program

By Gordon W. Brocker, Poster
Grace Brethren Church, Fremont, Ohio

Dedication Day is always impor-
tant. We are glad that eight Breth-
ren ministers and a church full of
friends and members could assem-
ble in the beautiful new Brethren
Chapel at Fremont on July 21 to
dedicate the building to the Lord!
Ministers who were present with
the pastor. Rev. Granville A.
Tucker, were: Rev. Lester E. Pifer,
who was pastor at Fremont when
this work began; Rev. Gordon W.
Bracker, present pastor of Grace
church; Rev. Miles Taber, of Ash-
land; Rev. Gerald W. Teeter, of
Findlay; Rev. Galen Lingenfelter,
of Elyria; Rev. M. Leon Myers, of
Mansfield; and Rev. Bernard
Schneider, of Mansfield.

These men assisted in the service;
Dr. Schneider spoke on "Who
Cares for My Soul?" Letters, tele-
grams, flowers, and gifts were re-
ceived from churches all across
America. A fine set of books from
a Sunday-school class in Allen-
town, Pa., was presented to the pas-
tor. A communion set from the adult
class of the local Grace church was
also presented.

The Ray Sturgill and Vernon
Latham families were present to
represent the Brethren construction
team that erected the building.
Special music was presented by the
girls quartet of the church, which
consists of the daughters of the pas-
tor, and Mr. and Mrs. Alva Steffler,

DEDICATION DAY SPEAKER

Dr. Schneider, pastor of the Grace Breth-
ren Church. Mansfield, Ohio, was chosen
to be dedication speaker for the Brethren
Chapel.

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who are serving the Grace church
for the "summer as assistant pastor
and wife. Unfortunately, a faulty
camera in the hands of Rev. Lester
Pifer meant that many interesting
pictures which he took were un-
usable.

The dedicatory message was most
fitting, since Dr. Schneider pointed
out that The Brethren Church has
long since shown an interest in the
colored people of Africa, and now
in America also. He pointed out
those who are really interested in
the souls of men: first, God the
Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Spirit; secondly, the saints
in heaven and even the doomed in
hell; and finally, the bride of Christ,
members of the church living to-
day. Certainly The Brethren Church
is increasing in its concern for
Jewish people, colored people,
Spanish-American people, Indian
people, people in the mountains, and
people in the cities who need the
Gospel! May God favor us with a
much greater zeal and burden than
ever before in such an all-inclusive
home-missionary program!

Missions: the Assignment of the
Local Church

The above service and all that
went before to make it possible has
been a great joy and blessing to the
Grace Brethren Church of Fre-
mont. Paul, in speaking of the unity
of the body of Christ in I Corin-
thians 12:25-26, said: "Members
should have the same care one for
another. And whether one member
suffer, all the members suffer with
it; or one member be honoured, all
the members rejoice with it." The
pastor of the Grace church can
gladly say that he has always noted
a concern for this mission and a re-
joicing when there have been vic-
tories.

Every local church ought to have
outreaching missionary interests,
both abroad and near, if possible.
Acts 1:8 is the basis for such in-
terest. Jesus said: "Ye shall be my

witnesses ..." locally and even to
the ends of the earth. Obedience to
His command to "go ye ... be my
witnesses" is pleasing to the Lord
and brings joy and blessing to the
local church. Every person and every
church that has prayed for and
helped in this, as well as other mis-
sion points, can rejoice with us
in the completion of this building.
The Northern Ohio District Fellow-
ship of Churches rejoices that their
1956 Lincoln birthday offering
nearly paid for the lots. Their con-
tinued support is promised in match-
ing dollar for dollar up to S500
raised on the building debt by the
local church this year.

When we go into nearby areas to
reach souls for Christ, it is only
because the Lord has given us a
vision for the lost. May He shower
us all with a greater vision of this
need in our established churches.

Such obedience and vision will
then give many opportunities for :
service right at home. We do not
need to be "foreign" missionaries to
be missionaries! How happy these
have been who have had a share in i
the work of the building of the
Brethren Chapel.

We beheve a local missionary i
program helps and blesses the local
church in two other ways. The local
zeal for giving to home and foreign
missions will be enlarged, as ours
has, and the all-around blessing of
the Lord can be expected from His
bountiful hand if our obedience is
enlarged.

GRANDVIEW READY FOR
DEDICATION

The First Brethren Church,
Grandview, Wash., will dedi-
cate their new church Sunday,
September 8, 1957. The
speaker for the occasion is
Rev. Leo Polman, Temple
City, Calif. The dedication
will be on the third anniver-
sary of the beginning of the
work.

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The Colored
Brethren Work
Began in 1950

By Granville A. Tucker, Pastor

It was in the winter of 1950
while working at tlie Fremont
foundry that Mr. Clarence Ash in-
vited me to attend a teacher train-
ing course taught by Lester E.
Pifer, pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church. During the period we fin-
ished three courses: "Child Train-
ing," "Teacher Training," and
"Sunday School Work." I thank
God that I passed every test and
that He led me to take the course. I
told Mrs. Tucker I felt we should
start attending this Brethren church,
and I asked Bro. Pifer if it would
be all right. He said it would be, and
for two years we did not miss a
Sunday.

Bro. Pifer preached very much
Dn soul-winning, and it seemed that
God was talking directly to me. I got
1 real burden for my people and
prayed much about a work among
them. In 1952 we had the first meet-
ing relative to the Brethren Chape],
ind started the work the following
Sunday. Later a temporary build-
ng was purchased, but before the
ocation could be secured it was de-
;ided it would not be adequate. We
vere more than two years getting a
leed to our present location. On
•November 4, 1956, the ground was
)roken for our new chapel. The
Brethren Construction Co. crew
lumber two moved here from Mans-
ield, Ohio, where they had just
inished the Woodville Grace
Jrethren Church. By March they
lad the building nearly finished,
nd they moved on to Fort Wayne,
nd. From that time on we have
;een using the chapel and have been
inishing it in preparation for the
)edication Day, Sunday July 21,

We do not know how to express
ur appreciation to the Grace
[lurch, the Northern Ohio district,
'he Brethren Home Missions Coun-
il, the Brethren Construction Crew
lembers, and a host of other friends
'ho have contributed to the estab-
shment of the work among my
slored brethren. May the good
ord bless every one of you. Con-
nue to pray for us, as we know
3u have in the past.

ugust 77, 7957

lew Brethren Church in Dayton,

It is not often that new Brethren
churches are born as quickly or
grow as rapidly as the new Calvary
Brethren Church in Dayton, Ohio.
Within a period of one month this
new movement came into existence,
the decision was made to organ-
ize a Brethren church, and it was
done. The clear leading of the Holy
Spirit was apparent in all decisions
and plans.

The reason for the rapid forma-
tion of this church is found in apos-
tasy. This may sound strange, but it
is true. A group of 39 people form-
ing the initial membership with
others vitally interested left a church
which has laid aside the preaching
of the Word of God as they be-
lieved God would have it taught.
These saints of God would not
overlook such departures from the
faith, and decided to withdraw their
support and membership from the
group.

After contact with the Brethren
Home Missions Council, a meeting
was arranged with the new group.
The church was organized, officers

were elected, and Rev. Henry Barn-
hart became the first pastor of the
church by unanimous election. Ap-
peal for membership in the South-
ern Ohio District Conference of
Brethren Churches is being made at
once.

At the second meeting of the
group, 57 were present for Sunday
school, 61 for church service, and
about 100 people attended a discus-
sion meeting in the afternoon.

We praise God for the courage
and stamina of our friends in tak-
ing an uncompromising position
upon God's Holy Word.^There are
still many people in apostate
churches who have not and will not
bow the knee to the "Baal" of mod-
ernism, but who will yet make simi-
lar decisions.

Such situations prove the pro-
phetic Word which says that some
will go after false teachers in the
latter days. We must be careful not
to share their unbelief and apostasy
in any sense.

Pray for the new Calvary Breth-
ren Church.

"AWAKE TO REALITY"

1957 Conference Theme

HOME MISSIONS DAY

Wednesday, August 21

Thrilling reports! Stirring challenges for the future!

Great Home and Foreign Missions Rally
Sunday, August 25, 2:00 p. m.

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The First Milestone

By Robert Wm. Markley, Pastor

Grace Brethren Church

Palmyra, Pa.

The Grace Brethren Church of
Palmyra celebrated the first anni-
versary of its birthday on July 7,
1957. Rev. Lester Pifer was on hand
for the celebration, bringing a series
of four messages on the prayer
life of the believer. These messages
were timely and brought conviction
to many hearts. On Anniversary
Sunday morning there were 14 who
responded to the invitation. Eleven
of these expressed a desire to be
prayer warriors and three came for
membership in the church.

There were 51 members of the
Melrose Gardens Grace Brethren
Church who lived in the Palmyra
area. These banded together to
form the nucleus of the Palmyra
church. The membership now totals
89. The Sunday-school attendance
at the first meeting was 78. On
July 7 of this year the attendance
was 129. One Sunday before, June
30, the attendance was 140.

God has so marvelously blessed
that time was taken in each of the
four meetings to count the bless-
ings of the past year. Brother Alva
Saufley, chairman of the board of
trustees, reported how the Lord led
in the acquisition of the property
from the Evangelical Congregational
Church. He reviewed the events
which led to the borrowing of money
from an insurance company to pay
for the property. The remainder
of his report consisted of the great
many changes and improvements
made, the greatest of which was the
removal of the old house and the
parking lot which replaced it.

At another service Brother Sam-
uel Grubb, treasurer of the church,
reviewed the financial blessings. We
believe that God's blessing is upon
us because of the missionary vision
which the church has. In the first

year of its history, the church gave
more than SI, 000 to Grace Semi-
nary and College and to foreign
missions. Now, the church has set
a goal of $1,000 for home missions
this coming season. The church has
appreciated the financial assistance
of the Brethren Home Missions
Council and the Atlantic District
Mission Board. It was the encour-
agement of these organizations
which led the church to launch out
in missionary endeavor.

At the third service of the series,
F. other Jeremiah Kauffman, chair-
man of the board of deacons, turned
the pages of history to bring to mind
the blessings of the Lord in the
spiritual realm. He reviewed the
prayerful search for a pastor and
the blessing which was theirs in
God's sending a pastor in time for
the first meeting of the church. He
reported the growth in attendance
at all services, but especially the
prayer meeting, which has a record
attendance of 56 and an average
attendance of 45. In addition to this,

there is a special laymen's prayer
meeting at six o'clock on Saturday
morning for those who can come.
This prayer meeting is attended by
an average of ten men. The first
communion service was attended by
41 members, and the spring com-
munion service was attended by 65
members. Especially do we praise
God for our members who made
public decisions to study for special
service. Both RoUin Sandy and
Harold Reynolds will enter Grace
College this fall. Brother Kauffman
also told of the special services held
during the year. A Bible conference
with Brother Nathan Meyer drew
the highest attendance of 296. A
meeting with Evangelist Curt Em-
mons was highlighted by a move-
ment of the Holy Spirit in the hearts
of the people in such a way that the
entire audience came forward in re-
sponse to an invitation to becr>me
soul-winners. How we praised God
in remembrance of these blessings.
At the fourth and final service in
the series of anniversary celebra-

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tions, the pastor challenged the con-
gregation with a forward look. Some
of the challenges were for every
Christian to be a victorious Chris-
tian, and for a family altar to be
in every home. He challenged every
family to adopt a family for Christ,
befriend them, bring them to church,
and win them to Christ. In the way
of property improvements, the pas-
tor made mention of a church sign
in keeping with modern advertis-
ing, more Sunday-school rooms,
and more baby beds in the nursery.
There is a great need for some type
of automatic heating system to re-
place the hand-fired boiler now in
use. The pastor went on to speak of
greater offerings for national proj-
ects, doubling the membership again
next year, and beginning complete
self-support on the second anni-
versary. The church's acceptance
of the challenges is evidenced in its
fervent desire to please the Lord in
all things. The pastor also stated his
awareness of a greater dedication
and harder work on his part to assist
and lead the congregation in meeting
the challenges placed before them,
and expressed his readiness to meet
the demand.

There were goals set for the an-
niversary services — three in num-
ber:

(1) A financial goal of $500 to
begin another $1,000 building fund
drive for this quarter; (2) a Sun-
day-school attendance goal of 156,
doubling the attendance of the first
meeting; and (3) a membership goal
of 102, doubling the beginning
membership. The financial goal was
jmet, which will enable the church to
make the third payment of $1,000
on the principal of the debt since
January 1, 1957. The Sunday-school
attendance goal was not met, nor
the membership goal; however, we
are certain that the membership
?oal will be met by the pastor's first
inniversary, September 1.

Truly the anniversary services
TOre a time of rededicat'ion for all
;oncerned to the great task of the
;hurch in Palmyra. The blessings of
he Lord since anniversary Sunday
lave proved this rededicat'ion. How
ve praise the Saviour for raising up
his testimony to His grace for the
ialvation of lost souls in Palmyra!
Uready there are trophies of His
natchless grace giving an effective
yitness for Christ. We see in the
ield a great harvest for the imme-
liate and distant future if the Lord
arries. Brethren, pray for us.

iugust 17, 1957

NEW FACES IN HOME MISSIONS

Emlyn Jones, 1957 graduate of
Grace Seminary, will begin his min-
istry at the Bell Brethren Church,
Bell, Calif., on September 1, 1957.
Brother Jones comes from Johns-
town, Pa. On August 17, 1957, he
will be married to Miss Kay Cassel,
Palmyra, Pa. Following their wed-
ding, they will begin their westward
journey.

James Sweeton, graduate of the
1957 class of Grace Seminary, has
become the pastor of the Grace
Brethren Church, Wheaton, 111.
Brother Sweeton has served as as-
sistant pastor in Long Beach, Calif.,
and Mansfield, Ohio, during the
time of his preparation for the min-
istry.

Clair Brickel, pastor of the First
Brethren Church, Clayton, Ohio,
will be completing a successful
ministry there about September 1.
He has accepted a call to the First
Brethren Church, Cleveland, Ohio,
a home-mission church, and this
will make him a member of the
home-mission family. Brother Brick-

el has been at Clayton, Ohio, since
his graduation from Grace Semi-
nary.

Howard Vulgamore, formerly as-
sistant pastor to Dr. Glenn O'Neal,
Inglewood, Calif., is now at home
with his family on the Brethren
Navajo Mission compound, Cuba,
N. Mex. Brother Vulgamore will
be principal of the Mission Board-
ing School, and Mrs. (Betty) Vulga-
more will be assisting with the work
in one of the many tasks to be per-
formed. The Vulgamore family ar-
rived on the field the latter part of
July and will be in charge of the
station while the Evan Adams
family. Miss Angie Garber, and
Mrs. Mary Baer are attending na-
tional conference at Winona Lake,
Ind.

The mission school will be open-
ing in a few days. Some prelimmary
work, such as pre-registration, has
already been done. Pray for the new
missionaries and their work with
the school.

Harold Painter, present pastor of
the First Brethren Church, Sunny-
side, Wash., will be returning to
home-mission work about September
1. Brother Painter has been called
to the new work in Monte Vista,
Calif. Prior to his work in the North-
west, he was a home-mission pas-
tor at Modesto, Calif. The church
there underwent a building program
and became a self-supporting church
during Brother Painter's stay.

519

I 1 K A E L CALL

•

GREAT BARRIERS

By Isobel FraserJ

"Hear, O, Israel: The Lord our
God is one Lord" (Deut. 6:4). This
Scripture is probably to Judaism
what John 3:16 is to Christianity.
Every Jew seems to have this as the
very fiber of his being, even though
he might be nil religiously. There-
fore, the doctrines of the diety of
Christ and of the Trinity become
great barriers for Jews to overcome
in accepting Christ as Saviour and
God. To the average Jew, Christians
worship three gods. They fear chat
in accepting Christ they are breaking
the first of the Ten Commandments
and worshiping another god. I have
even known of Hebrew-Christians
of many years' standing who at times
have been plagued with doubt, but
this, I believe, is the working of
Satan who causes them to question
their salvation. The above introduc-
tion will help you understand God's
working in the life of a particular
Jewess. I met Lila, who is about
my age, several years ago in my
door-to-door calling. She was
mourning the death of her mother,
but she was quite free to speak of
things regarding the Word. She had
a dime-store edition of the Bible and
found some comfort in reading the
Psalms. She accepted the offer of a
more readable Bible, and that af-
forded another opportunity to call
on her. She was always ready to
admit sin, but jokingly spoke of
taking her chances on getting to
heaven. Mrs. Isaacson, a Hebrew-
Christian who has called occasion-
ally with me, also bore her a testi-
mony, and the two found a ready
friendship.

At the time of the first meeting
Lila was living with her father. He
has married since then, and she now
has an apartment of her own. Be-
cause she has hands crippled by
arthritis and other physical prob-
lems, she is dependent upon her
father for support. She is, however,
seeking help to learn how to over-
come her difficulties and thus sup-
port herself. My friendship with her
continued, although there were pe-
riods when I was unable to contact
her. After returning from conference
last year, our friendship was re-

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sumed; several calls were made, and
March 5 was the red-letter day.

That afternoon as I called, al-
most the first thing she said was
that she felt reincarnation was quite
the thing. Given the Biblical an-
swer, she seemed to accept it. Her
Bible was usually in view, and she
said that she did read it. Then she
remarked that she felt more dis-
posed toward the teachings of Jesus,
but could not accept the Trinity.
Again I gave the Scriptures and sev-
eral illustrations that I have found
usable in presenting the Trinity. The
Lork quickened this truth to her
heart. Her next statement was that
she believed that Jesus was the
Saviour, but she did not have any
peace. I inquired if she had asked
Christ to save her and come into
her heart. Her answer was in the
negative. So I asked if she was will-
ing to do so now that she realized
He is God and Saviour. She was
willing! She prayed, confessing that
she was a sinner, believing He could
save, and asking the Lord to come
into her heart. After a word of
prayer, we spent considerable time
explaining the Word and encourag-
ing her to read the Bible daily, sug-
gesting that she start with the Gos-
pel of John.

Feeling that Mrs. Isaacson could
be an encouragement to Lila, I in-
vited them to my apartment for
lunch and a time of fellowship. As
we talked, Lila asked why it said
in John that the Father was greater
than the Son. Again the verses that
present the deity of Christ were given
(John 17:1-5; 1:1-3; Phil. 2:6; and
so forth). The Lord blessed His
Word. She said that when she
prayed she would pray in the name
of God the Father, God the Son,
and God the Holy Spirit. But you
see the problem — it is the fear of
putting another ahead of God the
Father.

A week later, as we talked on the
phone, she asked why it said in the
Bible that after God there had been
no God formed. This was a refer-
ence to Isaiah 43:10-11, and I knew
she had not found this Scripture on
her own. (I felt the same about the

question on John.) I was concerned
because I knew that these Scriptures^
are those used by Jehovah's Witness-'
es, and she had told me of a couple
who are friends that speak to her
about religion. She says they are
not Jehovah's Witnesses, but I am
not so certain. Going to that por-
tion, I pointed out that if Jesus is the
Saviour (and even Jehovah's Wit-
nesses admit that) He must be God;
if He is not God, then He cannot be
the Saviour. She felt that she might
be breaking the first commandment,
and therefore questioned the incar-
nation. So, I pointed out from the
Word that (as God the Son, Christ
had no beginning, but existed from
eternity with God the Father. At a
definite time in history, through the
miracle birth. He took upon himself
the form of man to become our Sav-
iour. Again the Lord met the need.

Sometime later I received another
phone call from her, and before
"hello" was hardly out of my mouth,
she asked if Abraham's parents were
not mentioned in the Bible. I told
her the Scripture in which his
father's name is given. Next thing ;
I knew I was speaking with a Jewish
fellow. He and Lila had been dis-
cussing the Bible; he had attended
Hebrew school, but he had never !
heard of Abraham's parents. This
amazed me, for Jewish tradition
even gives his mother a name. After
reading to him Genesis 1 1 , he asked '
if I were reading from the King
James version. God even leads in >
little things! It had been the Jewish
publication from which I read. Lila
then was back on the line to tell
me that she was going to be open
in her belief in Christ. She had been
reluctant due to her dependency
upon her father. She went on to say
that she still had not decided what
church to attend. Even on the day
of her conversion she herself had
mentioned that she supposed she I
should go to church. To this I agreed ;
and explained why. We are trusting i
the Lord to send her into our fellow-
ship.

Since then we have had several
wonderful talks together. Just thef
first of this week, as we talked on

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the phone, she said that she wasn't
too certain what would happen to
her after death. This makes me even
more certain that that couple are
Jehovah's Witnesses. I did give h;r
some of the Scriptures to answer (he
need, but wanted to talk with her
and let her read the Scriptures for
herself. We made a tentative date
for that Thursday, but when I called
that noon, she was not at home.

Your prayers are definitely
coveted for this Jewess that the Lord
will establish her in the faith, and
that if this couple are a stumbling
block. He will keep them from her.
(I might also say that the Jehovah's
Witnesses are very active in our
entire area.) As I said at the be-
ginning, the doctrines of the deity
of Christ and the Trinity are great
barriers for Jews to overcome, and
then to have this opposition and
not have the answers makes it even
harder. But our trust is in Him,
"being confident of this very thing,
that he which hath begun a good
work in [her] will perform it until
the day of Jesus Christ" (Phil. 1:6).

PROMOTION IS "CONTINUATION SERVICE" IN DENVER

Denver, Colo.. Sunday school on "Continuation Sunday" — Photo by Mr. Preston

Promotion Day in the Grace
Brethren Sunday School, of Denver,
Colo., is known as Continuation
Service Sunday. It is called continu-
ation because those who advance
from one class to another are en-
couraged to continue their Sunday
attendance.

Each one being promoted wore a
mortarboard cap designed by Mrs.
Hazel West, wife of the Sunday-
school superintendent. The teach-
ers of the classes presented diplomas
that read: "The Denver Grace

Brethren Sunday School takes pleas-
ure in congratulating you on your
advancement into a higher Sunday-
school class! May this Continuation
Service 'continue' to encourage you
to 'continue' in your faithfulness
to Him, in your study of His Word,
in your witness for Him, in every-
thing you do! Congratulations!"

Fifty-two were scheduled for ad-
vancement in this traditional service
which will be held the last Sunday
of each June.

Home Mission Field Reports

GRANDVIEW, WASH. (Robert

Griffith, pastor) —

Mr. Clarence Green will be
leaving us to go to school in prep-
aration for the ministry. They have
their home for sale, and will be
heading for Winona Lake. He was
the Sunday-school superintendent,
Mrs. Green was financial secretary,
and both were Sunday-school teach-
ers. It will not be easy to replace
them, but we praise the Lord that
He has called them into His work.
This makes two couples from this
church in training (and two Sunday-
school superintendents).

YORK, PA. (H. W. Koontz, pas-
tor)—

Last night the church decided to
finish two additional Sunday-school
rooms in front of the church. These
are badly needed for Sunday-school
classes. Mr. James Knepper, a mem-
ber here and a member of the
Brethren Construction Company, is
planning to help us during his va-

^ugust 17, 1957

cation. The people are really in-
terested in the project, and Sunday,
July 21, was set aside to raise the
needed funds.

CLAYHOLE, KY. (Sewell Lan-

drum, pastor) —

Greetings from Clayhole, Ky. We
completed two weeks of VBS for
smaller children, with 75 attending.
We started another two-week
school for about 40 young people,
but it ended very abruptly at the
end of six days. The health depart-
ment presented us with a notice to
close shop because of the epidemic
of flu in the area. With this excep-
tion, we have had the best school
yet.

WHEATON, ILL. (James Sweeton,

pastor) —

We are rejoicing already in the
Lord's blessing on the work here,
especially in our VBS. With one
more day to go, our first week's
average attendance is above 150 per

day. The people in the church are
working very hard on this project,
and the results testify to that fact.

PARKERSBURG, W. VA. (Rich-
ard Placeway, pastor) —
The attendance in our VBS
started out the first day with 85
present. It increased every day until
the 100-mark was reached. The
Lord blessed with 18 conversions.
Of this number, eight were from
the Junior class. The closing pro-
gram had a record attendance with.
176 present.

WEST COVINA, CALIF. (C. H.

Ashman, Sr., pastor) —

There were 34 public decisions
in the two church services. Twenty-
six were first-time. The closing pro-
gram had an attendance of 145. A
thorough work was done in the
school, not entertaining the children,
but instructing them. The children
produced some excellent handwork.

521

"Clear for Takeoff"

A Lost Pilot Saved

By the Editor

Arthur Pekarek enlists

"F789-CLEAR FOR TAKE-
OFF" came the voice from the
tower into the earphones of Arthur
Pekarek as his plane idled at the
end of the runway. Immediately he
took one last precautionary glance
at the instrument panel, taxied on
to the runway, opened the throttle,
and the plane roared into the blue
sky yonder.

All through World War 11 Pe-
karek heard those words: "...
Clear for takeoff," and whether it
was a fighter or his B-26, confi-
dence in self characterized his fly-
ing. Through all his service for the
USAF, which took him into six
campaigns in the European Theater
of Operation, he never seemed to
lose that confidence in his ability
to meet any situation. Twice the
planes he piloted were crashed, but,
as he explained it then, "luck" was
with him, and he managed to climb
out of the plane unscathed. The
fact was, each time he "shook
hands" with death it seemed to
harden his heart, and self-confi-
dence became more engrained in his
personality. One thought surged
through the mind of young Pe-
karek, and that was to achieve top
success as a pilot.

Step by step, harrowing expe-
rience after harrowing experience,
and "lucky" (?) breaks brought Pe-
karek up through the ranks until
he was offered the opportunity to
fly as copilot to General Bedell
Smith, General "Ike" Eisenhower's
chief of staff during the war. Pe-
karek became well acquainted with
many of the generals after the war

while carrying as his credential
blanket orders signed by General
"Ike" himself.

The war had ended, and Pekarek
decided he wanted to end his mili-
tary career and get into the "flying
business" for himself. His dreams
came true when he became co-owner
and manager of the Daugherty Fly-
ing Service which had been owned
by the widow of the late Mr. Earl
Daugherty, after whom the Long
Beach Municipal Airport is named.
Another pilot and Arthur Pekarek
were thus given the influential back-
ing they needed to "set up shop."
The main business of Daugherty
Flying Service was to shuttle pas-
sengers down into old Mexico or
Baja California. It was a lucrative
business, and humanly speaking
everything was on the way up.

Art Pekarek and co-owner of Daugherty
Flying Service standing in front of a
Swift Aircraft which was owned by the

On one such trip on August 13,
1948, Pekarek had flown a passen-
ger to Puenta-Prieta, Mexico. He
had made a fine landing in an iso-
lated area where many pilots would
never have tried to land. His pas-

senger had alighted, and Pekarek
was ready for his return trip to the
States. He prepared for takeoff, and
with that confident spirit he opened
the throttle and raced down the
sandy stretch. The plane was air-
borne, but not for long, for suddenly
it hit a phenomenal downdraft and
crashed to the ground. Again, Pe-
karek crawled out of the cockpit
physically unhurt, but with his
pride positively humihated. For the
first time in his whole life he had
lost that self-confidence. As he
analyzed his situation, he realized
he was hundreds of miles from any
help. The only human beings in
the area were some nationals who
could not speak Enghsh, and he
could speak very httle Spanish. He
concluded there were just two possi-
bilities, either wait until some ve-
hicle would travel down the isolated
cowpath road, or wait until a res-
cue plane might search out the
wreckage.

To Pekarek it seemed like the
end of the road. He had nothing to
read, no one with whom to talk, and
no means of entertainment. All these
things added up to just one thing for
Pekarek, a humiliating and dan-
gerous experience.

Still stinging under the humiliat-
ing crash. Art looked up and saw an
old truck bouncing along over the
desert road. As the truck neared
him, he signaled for the driver to
stop. As best he could, he tried to
explain that his plane had crashed,
and would the driver be so kind as
to send a telegram for him at the
next town. The national assured

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Pekarek he would do so, and the old
truck growled as the driver headed
southward. Later that day the tele-
gram was sent, but it never reached
the Long Beach office until two
■days later.

There is that adage: "Man's ex-
tremity is God's opportunity." Never
before had Pekarek been so de-
feated, so dejected, nor so humil-
iated. The Holy Spirit of God began
to recall to the mind and heart of
Arthur Pekarek some boyhood
teachings he had received in the
First Brethren Church and Sunday
school in Long Beach. Faintly he
recalled the teaching of the sinful-
ness of man, and for the first time
he was able to see his own proud,
selfish, sinful heart. For the first
time in his hfe he realized his main
and only concern was the success
of "Mr. Pekarek." His whole past
flashed before him, and the burden
of his personal sin was so great he
could restrain himself no longer.
The Holy Spirit of God recalled not
■only his past sin, but also his past
teaching. Bsing convicted of his
«in, he walked across the desert
waste to an old dry creekbed, and
there he literally fell on his face
and cried out to God to save his
soul. This was not merely the cry
of a man who feared death in the
desert; rather, it was the cry of a
soul that was convicted of sin and
was crying to be delivered from eter-
nal death. God heard the cry of Art
Pekarek that day, and he was mar-
Telously saved by the grace of God.
In Long Beach, Cahf., the co-
partner of Pekarek was alarmed
when Art failed to return to his
home base. After considerable time,
the Long Beach office notified the
Coast Guard, and in accord with
their regulations, a full-scale search
was under way. Telegrams were
sent to all airports along the sup-
posed line of flight, but all replies
indicated "no record." On Wednes-
day the Coast Guard sent up a PBY
which searched the desert for six
tours. On Thursday the search con-
tinued, and by now the newspapers
and radio stations on the Pacific
Coast had picked up this human in-
terest story, and were flashing last
minute reports of the lost American
plane "somewhere" in Mexico.

But let us go back to the old,
dry creekbed where Pekarek is on
his knees. The Holy Spirit of God
performed a real work of grace that
day, and Art was truly bom again.
This was not merely deciding to live
a good moral life; this was a heart

decision between Art Pekarek and
the Lord Jesus. Art testified that
he arose from his knees, and if the
Lord had taken him to heaven right
then, he was ready to go. He had a
peace in his heart that he had never
theretofore known.

No sooner was Pekarek right
spiritually than the Lord began
showing His hand of mercy. Within
thirty minutes after Pekarek had ac-
cepted the Lord Jesus as his own
personal Saviour, the Coast Guard
PBY was flying overhead signaling
to the lost pilot. Signals were given
by Pekarek that it was O.K. to land,
and the rescue was completed. But
then, the problem — could the big
Coast Guard plane get off the des-
ert, or would it hit the downdraft?
Remember, Pekarek was on board
the big plane, and unlike the proud
Pekarek who went down, this was
the humble Pekarek going up. He

was not too proud to ask the Lord
to raise that rescue plane into the
clouds.

When Arthur Pekarek arrived
home, an anxious wife, the former
Betty Reed of Long Beach, was
waiting for him, but little did she
expect the thing she heard from her
husband. He told her that he had
confessed his sin to the Lord Jesus,
and had become a Chrisdan. Not
long thereafter, she too accepted the
Lord as her Saviour, and Art says:
"We cried like babies."

The next step for Art Pekarek
was to know the will of the Lord for
his hfe. Unhke so many young
Christians, Art and his wife de-
cided the only life was the one com-
pletely yielded to Jesus Christ. Their
first concern was what the Lord
would have them do to serve Him.
Art entered the Bible Institute of
Los Angeles and graduated from the
Bible College with the Bachelor of
Arts degree in June 1953. This last
June (1957) he graduated from Tal-
bot Theological Seminary with the
Bachelor of Divinity degree. He is
now the pastor of the First Breth-
ren Church of South Gate, Cali-
fornia, and is doing a great work
for the Lord.

Arthur Pekarek, the lost pilot,
was saved, not from death on a
desert, but from that eternal death
which is the destiny of every man
and woman who rejects Jesus Christ
as his personal Saviour.

First Brethren Church, South Gate, Calif., Rev. Arthur Pekarelc. pastor

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THE SUNLAY SCHOOL'S

Responsibility to the Community

By Dr. A. S. London

The Apostl; Paul was converted
on the road to Damascus. It was
there he received a commission.
From that day until the day of his
death he was paying the debt he
owed to humanity (Rom. 1:14). Ths
Sunday school has also been com-
missioned and has an obligation to
every community, and to every
family.

A DEBT TO SAVE PEOPLE

Sin has dug every grave. It has
built every penal institution. It
broke more than 400,000 homes
in our land last year. It has started
tears down the cheeks of every
parent. Sin is black. It is power in
reverse. There were two million
major crimes in our nation in one
year.

Thirty-seven million of our
youth are not in Sunday school.
Many of our leaders of tomorrow
will arise from this group. Yet the
Sunday school gives us 85 percent
of the church people of our coun-
try, and 95 percent of our ministry.
One person out of every 16 in our
country has been arrested. Thirty-
one percent of those have been con-
victed of some violation of law. A
crime is committed every 13 sec-
onds, a murder every 40 minutes.
Three times as many boys and girls
are in the crime business as we have
in our colleges. Sixty-five million
people of our nation are patronizing
the liquor business. They give it
annually more than nine billions of
dollars. Fifteen million question-
able magazines are published in our
country every month. Sin has
brought a shadow over our land.
Jesus Christ is our hope. The Sun-
day school has the remedy — sal-
vation for all men, everywhere.

A DEBT TO GET THE BIBLE
TO THE PEOPLE

President Woodrow Wilson said:
"There are great problems before
the American people. I would be
afraid to go forward if I did not
believe that there lay at the foun-
dation, the incomparable and un-
impeachable Word of God."

President William McKinley said:
"The more profoundly we study the
Word of God, the more closely we
observe the divine precepts, the
better our citizens will become, and
the higher will be our destiny as a
nation."

Andrew Jackson said: 'The Bible
is the Rock on which this Republic
stands."

J. Edgar Hoover says: "Most peo-
ple commit crime because they do
not have the moral stamina and
traits of character to withstand temp-
tation."

The Sunday school is a character-
building institution. Its textbook is
the Bible. The Bible needs no tra-
ditions, no creeds, nor ecclesias-
tical commands to establish its au-
thenticity; and it always appeals to
the highest and best in man.

The Bible presents Jesus, the
God-man, and authenticates His
claim to divinity by His life and
teachings. It has stood the test of
time, the scorn of kings and pagans,
the scoffing of infidels, the incon-
sistency of professors, and today
remains unalloyed, unharmed, with
more sales than ever in history. The
Bible is the living Word of the liv-
ing God. It "liveth and abideth for-
ever." It is sure in its promises.
"Then said the Lord unto me. Thou
hast well seen: for I will hasten my
word to perform it."

A DEBT TO MAKE GOOD
CITIZENSHIP

The late Senator Copeland of
New York said: "If I had my way,
I would put every boy and girl in
the United States in a Sunday-school
class in order to stop crime."

An ex-governor from the south-
land says: "The Sunday school is
one of the most indispensable insti-
tutions of America."

A prominent general in the
American army says: "Our army
cannot save the country. Our navy
cannot save our nation. Only Sun-
day schools sown thick as school-
houses can save our country."

A commission was sent from a
foreign country to study the educa-
tional agencies of America. They
said: "The Sunday school is one
of the most interesting parts of the
whole report. It is not an accessory
agency in the economy of Ameri-
can education; it does not add super-
fluity; it is an absolute necessity for
the complete instruction of the i
child."

"We are debtors to give every
man the Gospel in the same measure
as we have received it."

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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL'S

Responsibility to the Nation

By Frank G. Clement-
Governor, State of Tennessee

SomD months ago, a group of my
church friends came to the Gov-
ernor's Office on Capitol Hill in
Nashville, Tcnnsssee, and asked me
to teach a new Sunday-school class.
It was an unusual request to make
of the governor of a state, but after
prayer and consultation I accepted
the challenge.

Teaching The Way class has been
one of the most richly rewarding
experiences of my life, and has im-
pressed on me more fully the re-
sponsibilities to the nation of the
Sunday school, which is one of the
most profitable investments we may
make of our time on Sunday morn-
ing. As teachers, our responsibilities
and opportunities are unlimited in
the development oi; Christian char-
acter, in learning more fully the Holy
Bible — the basis for obedience to
our Creator — in promoting Christian
friendship and fellowship among the
members, and in attracting new
members.

To some, our meeting place seems
like a strange Sunday-school class-
room. We meet in the foyer of a
downtown movie theater in Nash-
ville. Just a few steps away is the
sidewalk, and beyond, the street.
Our membership consists mostly of
those men who would not normally
attend a Sunday-school class, and
many of the passers-by who stop
and enter as often from curiosity as
from interest. Some weeks ago, the
class had a very inspiring visitor^ — •
an elderly gentleman who spoke
briefly to the assemblage of his
faith, his spiritual gratitude, and
the responsibility he felt in being
present in God's house on the Lord's
Day. This man truly exemplified his
faith, and for more than 59 years

he has not failed to be in a Sunday-
school class on Sunday morning.

Even though I grew up in a
family whose members regularly
attended church and Sunday school
and participated in the activities
as best they could — my father
teaches a class of some 75 business-
men and, until recently, my mother
served as church organist — I did
not completely realize the full value
of Sunday school, this great Chris-
tian institution, until I had as-
sumed the responsibility of teach-
ing a class. It was not until thsn
that I realized from the nation's
Sunday schools come citizens of
Christianity. It has often been said
that in the home, the church, and
the school there are developed those
characteristics which are fundamen-
tal to a democracy such as ours. Of
the three, I consider the church the
most important factor, for it is from

the church that we get the faith
which keeps our homes and our
country strong.

In our Sunday-school classroom,
as we exchange ideas, thoughts, and
opinions, we understand Christianity
better and more fully comprehend
our instructions to "study to show
thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be
ashamed." Regular and conscien-
tious study enables us to worship
God more acceptably. Of course,
we learned early in life that faith is
the gift of God: "For by grace
are ye saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves; it is the gift of
God; not of works, lest any man
should boast," but our concepts
are broadened through our class
discussions, knowing that "with-
out faith it is impossible to please
[God.]"

Today, as I stand before my Sun-
day-school class, I see a symbol of
faith — the faith that says to me: "It
does not matter where you meet
to worship your God, so long as
you worship Him in humbleness and
sincerity." And again: "It matters
not that you are Governor and that
because you teach here you have
been criticized for mixing politics
and religion, for if your politics and
your religion don't mix, then there
is certainly something the matter
with your poHtics."

The faith that says to me: "As
long as there are churches, and
homes where children are reared
in the nurture and admonition of
the Lord ... so long and only so
long will ours be a nation of peo-
ple dedicated to the greater glory
of God and the betterment of all
mankind."

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HOW CAN WE MAKE OUR

COMMUNITIES CONSCIOUS

By Clate A. Risley

OF OUR SUNDAY SCHOOLS?

Few are interested in the Sunday
schools of America, but many are
interested in their own Sunday
school. My experienc3 has proved
the above claim. Our nation is the
sum total of the communities that
make it up. If each of us can make
our community conscious of our
Sunday school, we will go a long
way toward making our nation
Sunday school conscious.

In the first chapter of Acts, verse
8, we see an outline of procedure
given to us by the Holy Spirit him-
self.

"But ye shall receive power, after
that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be witnesses unto
me both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto
the uttermost part of the earth."
Notice the four geographical lo-
cations mentioned: Jerusalem, Ju-
daea, Samaria, and uttermost part
of the earth.

Our Jerusalem is right where we
are. Certainly God intends us to
begin witnessing for Him right
where we are. But God never in-
tended for our witnessing or our vi-
sion to stop there! If not through
ourselves, it must be through others
we pray for and support. God in-
tends our witnessing to include Ju-
daea and Samaria.

Am I right when I say that much
of our praying, our planning; yes,
even our paying has begun at Jeru-
salem, and some has gone to the
uttermost part of the earth, but a
great gap has been left between? Ju-
daea and Samaria have been for-
gotten.

Christians in America have
failed their country and their Lord
in failing to pray for their own land.
Many Christians who meet regu-
larly in their places of worship for
prayer each week will pray for those
in foreign lands and for those of
their own church circle with little
or no thought for those of their
community, state, or nation.

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indifference to the church and Sun-
day school on the part of the world
when the world sees so much in-
difference on the part of the church.
Churches, like individuals, can and
do become ego-centric, but it always
means uselessness and finally death.
Let us ask God to give us a vision
that begins at Jerusalem and extends
around the globe, including Judaea
and Samaria.

There was a day when America
was Sunday-school conscious, but
that was not the resuh of pastors,
superintendents, and Sunday-school
teachers saying: "I'm interested in
my Sunday school, but I can't be
bothered about yours."

For instance, there was a time
when every county in Illinois had a
Sunday-school association and spon-
sored its own convention each year.
Sunday-school teachers were in-
spired and instructed, the Sunday
schools grew, and the whole State
felt the impact of the Sunday school.
This was not the work of ego-cen-
tric Christians or self-centered, self-
satisfied Sunday schools. It was
largely the result of a man named
Moody who had a burden for a
state, a nation, and a world.

Would you like to see your com-
munity made conscious of your Sun-
day school? It can be. I want to sug-
gest four ways you can make your
community conscious of your Sun-
day school.

A BETTER INFORMED
PERSONNEL

We need Sunday school redefined.
Perhaps because the Sunday school
is 180 years old many of us have
taken it for granted. We need to
learn again its purposes and its
aims. Many are working in Sunday
schools today who do not know
what Sunday school is.

For several years it was my privi-
lege to teach a class in Sunday-
school administration and organ-
ization. The first assignment I gave

was to write a definition of the Sun-
day school. The majority of the
class were Sunday-school super-
intendents, some pastors, and Sun-
day-school teachers. Is this too dif-
ficult an assignment for such a class?
The most usual answer would be
something like this: "A Sunday
school is an organization to teach
[he Bible to children."

May I ask you two things about
this answer? First, who said the
Sunday school is only a teaching in-
stitution? The first responsibility of
the Sunday school is to reach. The
great commission says "go" before
it says "teach." The Lord command-
ed His disciples to go into the high-
ways and byways and persuade them
to come in. Every Christian is to be
a salesman of Jesus. Nowhere in the
Bible is the unbeliever commanded
to come to the house of God. Many
are the commands to the believer
to go, to get and to give. The reason
the average Sunday school is not
teaching any more is because they
are not reaching any more.

The second question I would ask
is, who said we were only to teach
children? The Sunday school is for
everyone. Every member of the
family needs to be in Sunday school.
Many adults who attend church and
even help in Sunday school think in
terms of Sunday school only for
children.

The Sunday school is the church
at work. The Sunday school is the
workshop of the church. The church
and the Sunday school are one in
their purposes and aims. The Sun- i
day school is an organization that I
has as its purpose the reaching of
men and women, youth, boys and
girls, with the Gospel, winning them
to the Lord Jesus Christ, "teaching
them to observe all things," train-
ing them to reach, to win, and to
teach others also. This is God's
method of building Christian citi-
zens, and remember every Chris-
tian is either useful or useless. i

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MORE INTERESTED PASTORS

If we are ever going to make our
communities conscious of our Sun-
day scliools, we must have pastors
that are truly interested in the Sun-
day schools.

The pastor is a keyman in any
church. If he isn't he ought to be.
We cannot expect our nation to be
more conscious of the Sunday school
than our churches. Our churches
will be no more Sunday school con-
scious than our pastors. Our pas-
tors will be no more Sunday school
conscious than the schools and
seminaries they attend.

I heard a former pastor who is
now a state director of Christian
education for a denomination say:
"When I was in seminary, I thought
the only ones who took courses in
Christian education were those so
dumb they flunked Hebrew and
Greek. When I got into the pas-
torate, I found my people wished
I knew something more about
Christian education. All that I had
learned about Greek was Greek to
them." God forbid that we dis-
courage anyone from scholastic
study, but we certainly need to be
sure our education is well rounded
and practical.

Many pastors know very little
about their Sunday schools. I have
talked with great preachers who
didn't know the difference between
the beginner and primary depart-
ments.

It is interesting to observe that the
fastest growing churches and the
fastest growing denominations are
those where the pastors are vitally
interested in the Sunday school. In-
deed a great percent of our church
members still come from the Sun-
day school. What sensible salesman
will neglect his most fruitful field?
A prominent Southern California
pastor says: "Any pastor that does
not give at least 50 percent of his
time to the Sunday school is neg-
lecting his work."

However, from a national stand-
point I am happy to report that
more and more pastors are attend-
ing Sunday-school conferences,
taking notes, and asking questions
than ever before in this century. We
are also happy to report that a num-
ber of Christian schools have added
courses in Christian education and
aersonnel to teach them. These are
5ncouraging trends. The results will
36 felt in our churches in the days
o come.

If we are going to make an im-

pression upon our community, we
must have more interested pastors.

AN IMPROVED PROGRAM

The third thing that must take
place if we are going to make an
impression upon our community is
an improved program. It's still true,
"if our Sunday schools are going to
be bigger, they must be better."

Visit a few Sunday schools; then
evaluate your own work and you'll
wonder why anybody comes.

There is an answer. They come
because they are spiritually hunsry;
because they want food; because
they want to try and serve. But think
of the thousands, even milhons, that
might be reached if we had a pro-
gram to interest and instruct them.
Our Sunday-school hour is
basically in two parts — an assembly
and a class period. The need for
better prepared, trained teachers is
great, but it doesn't begin to com-
pare with the need for better trained
Sunday-school superintendents.

The average assembly period in
95 percent of our Sunday schools is
evidence of a great need here. Little
prayer, little planning, little prepa-
ration are in evidence.

The church and the Sunday school
has Christ to present to the world.

be informed of their part in the
program well in advance.

The central portion of the pro-
gram must give out the Word of
Life. It may be a brief message by
a teacher or a visiting speaker It
may be a visual aid as an object les-
son. There are good ones for all
ages. The superintendent doesn't
have to prepare all special events
In tact, he shouldn't.

Here are a few good rules: Use
as many people as possible. Begin
on time and close on time. See that
the program progresses rapidly. See
that a variety of things are included
throughout the year.

Every superintendent ought to
make his own year book— marking
special days and Sunday to be ob-
served in special ways, such as mis-
sionary Sundays, tithing teaching
temperance emphasis, raOy day'
promotion day, et cetera. It is just
as easy to be planning several Sun-
days at a time as it is one, and the
preparation would be much bet-
ter.

It takes time to plan and pre-
pare and to properly execute a pro-
gram, but it pays big dividends.

INVITE MORE PEOPLE

We may differ in some things, but
basically evangelical Protestants see
in Christ the hope of the world.

Why then are we failing so in
reaching those of our communities?
Because we are negligent in plan-
ning a program that will really in-
spire, instruct, interest.

What are elements of a good
opening assembly? The Bible, mak-
ing the program Christ centered,
prayer, and music are always the
chief elements. These can be pre-
sented in various ways and well by
several people. The superintendent
is a co-ordinator to see that each one
who is to take part is invited and
prepared. The musicians, pianist,
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The first important thing is to
get a program going; then invite the
people.

Get the house cleaned up before
the company comes. It is definitely
wrong to publicize unless we have
something to publicize. You may
get people out once, but if they are
disappointed, they will be harder
to get back again.

Any business interested in return
purchases is interested in its cus-
tomers, and any business that doesn't
have them is soon out of business.
The Sunday school must take care
of its customers.

Teachers must be expected to
take care of visitors and absen-
tees. No Sunday school has any right
to even dream of an expansion pro-
gram unless they are taking care of
those they already have. Why get
any more to neglect? Any Sunday
school that will systematically take
care of the absentees and visitors
will see its average attendance and
its enrollment grow.

How many visitors did you have
in your Sunday school last year?
One a week is a total of 52. Where
are they? How many became regu-
lar? If not, why not? If they are not
in your Sunday school now, they
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in any. Why didn't they become
regular? Were they neglected? It's
so easy for the gang — perhaps bet-
ter known as "the clique" — to be so
friendly and ignore the stranger and
the visitor.

Maybe your church isn't that bad,
but we see a great need in most

churches for improvement here.
Many church members leave the job
of making friends up to the pastor
and maybe the Sunday-school super-
intendent.

Perhaps we've excused ourselves
and say why should I invite anyone
to church. The church is a public
place. Anyone can come who wants
to. That may be, but the average
man who doesn't attend church is
as ill at ease in church as some of us
would be at the corner bar. Why
so? Because they have very little
idea of what goes on behind those
church doors. Perhaps occasionally
they are curious enough to re-
spond to an invitation, but they
would probably not venture in alone.
Few of the strangers that come to
our church are concerned with our
orthodoxy. They probably don't
know and care less as to whether
we're evangelical or fundamental,
but they do know and care if we're
friendly.

Many a visitor has decided if he'll
ever come back before he even sees
the preacher. It is the usher at Sun-
day school, as well as at church, that
has the first chance to show him-
self interested in the newcomer.

Church members need to be re-
minded and trained to invite peo-
ple to come back again. "Thank
you, call again" is a familiar sign
as we leave the restaurant or depart-
ment store. Too often it's neither
in sight nor on our lips as strangers
leave our buildings. Invite them to

return. Invite those who attend
some services of the church to at-
tend others. For instance in most
morning worship services there are
from 25 to 50 percent who were
not in Sunday school. It's a good
time to invite them, not only from
the pulpit but person to person, even
if it is an organized effort with key
leaders assigned to sections of the
building to speak to and invite all
who were not in Sunday school to
attend next week.

Invitations should vary. There
are many ways to invite people to
public gatherings. Use every legi-
timate method to inform them of
what is going on and to interest them
in coming. Here are a few — the
church bulletin, special letters and
cards and invitations, public an-
nouncements, radio spot and news
announcement of special events. The
newspaper is an excellent means
and could be used much more if
stories were well written and gotten
to reporters in time.

All these methods are good, but
none excels the personal contact.
Shortly before a recent election an
interesting comment appeared in a
weekly magazine regarding the im-
portance of personal contacts. All
that is true of elections is true and
more so of the Sunday school.

"The real job before all of us
who want a . . . victory is not to
sit around and complain. This is not
a one-man show. The fight is every-
body's fight. Candidates don't win
elections alone. Organized personal
efforts at the voter level and vigor-
ous man persuasion are decisive.
Elections are not won on the stump
or on the TV screen. They are won
at the front door of the voter, and
at the roadside in the country and at
the work bench in the factory. For
the women it should be added that
elections are won also when they
drop in on their neighbors and chat.
It is a well-known fact that personal
contacts and personal contacts
alone are the final means of de-
livering the vote." — Newsweek,
Sept. 1952.

For Sunday school it can cer-
tainly be said that the fastest grow-
ing churches and Sunday schools
are those employing visitation con-
tact methods.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.
Rev. and Mrs. Lynn Schrock and
family arrived by plane on Aug. 2
to begin their furlough as mission-
aries from Argentina. They will
make their home in Waterloo, Iowa.

ASHLAND, OHIO. The North-
ern Ohio district youth rally was
held here Aug. 12 at the Grace
Brethren Church. Miles Taber was
host pastor.

WASHINGTON, D. C. The 3rd
annual Laymen's Retreat will be
held at Penn Grove Conference
Grounds Sept. 20-21.

NEW YORK. A preliminary sur-
vey of the statistics relating to the
recorded decisions for Christ dur-
ing the 10 weeks of the Billy Gra-
ham Crusade indicates that 93 per-
cent of the decisions have been on
the part of individuals living in the
metropolitan New York area.

WINONA LAKE, IND. All ma-
terial for the 1957-58 BRETHREN
ANNUAL should be in by Septem-
ber 15. Mail this material direct
to the Brethren Missionary Herald,
Winona Lake, Ind. It is suggested :
that all parties responsible for mail-
ing this material consult the present
Annual and submit copy in corres-
ponding form. Please give all ad-
dresses and phone numbers when-
ever possible. Accuracy in copy is
essential.

BEAUMONT, CALIF. Wendell
Kent, pastor-elect of the Cherry Val-
ley Brethren Church, will assume
his duties on Sept. 1. Rev. Archie
Lynn will continue as interim pas-
tor. On June 30 the church gave
Brother and Sister Lynn a surprise
dinner and a gift of Samsonite lug-
gage.

SPECIAL. National Sunday
School Week will be observed Sept.
26-Oct. 6. Dwight D. Eisenhower
says: "During National Sunday
School Week, it is a privilege to give >
support to those who advance the
goals of religious education across
the breadth of our land. This coun-
try was founded on basic principles
derived from citizens of character '
and abiding faith. To keep these
privileges alive and meaningful re-
quires the continual training of each
generation."

The BRETHREN

IDUCATIONAL NUMBER

AUGUST 24, 1957

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EDITORIALS

By Paul R. Bauman, Vice President in Charge of Public Relations

Grace Welcomes Conference Delegates

This week Grace Seminary and College welcomes to
Winona Lake the hundreds of delegates who attend the
annual conference of the National Fellowship of Breth-
ren Churches. We are always glad when our Brethren
people visit the campus. We trust that all who do so
will take advantage of the opportunity to inspect both
our buildings and also the new physical education unit
under construction. Many of our people who come
for the first time are surprised to find the administration
building larger than they had expected it to be. They
are also pleased to find it quite functional in its con-
struction. We believe that those who visit the campus
will also receive added inducement to pray for the
school. So, we say welcome, Brethren; come as often as
you can!

building funds, we have heard something like this again
and again: "When you are actually ready to build, we
will have some of the Lord's money for this purpose.
Well Brethren, we are not only ready to build — fac-
tually we are building! On August 1, $86,650 was on
hand for the building program. This amount is some-
thing more than half the estimated cost of tae physical
education unit now under construction. Approximately
$150 000 more in building funds will be necessary for
the classroom unit which is so greatly needed. We are
therefore looking to the pastors who have encouraged us
in the development of our college program, and to the
many friends who have indicated their readiness to
help to now join us in showing proof of their determina-
tion'to see the building program through to its com-
pletion. Yes, as someone has said: "The proof of the
pudding is in the eating!"

The Building Is Under Way

Our cover picture this week shows the progress of
the building program as it appeared on August first.
Nearly two thousand dollars worth of grading was com-
pleted before that— a necessary task which improved
the surrounding area tremendously. In some places the
ground level was cut down more than five feet, and
in other places low spots were filled. Two good-sized
gravel pits were completely filled. Now that the foot-
ers are poured, the walls are beginning to rise. A picture
story each month will record the progress in con-
struction. We trust that our many friends all over this
country will follow it with interest.

There is another picture story to be found in the
magazine each month which concerns us greatly. It is
briefly told by two thermometers appearing on another
page. They record the interest of our Brethren people
in a material way. We trust that you will examine both
thermometers carefully and that you will join us in
earnest prayer during these critical days when there is
great need for funds with which to operate the school
itself and at the same time to carry on the very neces-
sary building program.

The Proof of the Pudding

As some of us from the school have traveled among
the churches during the past two years or more, en-
deavoring to acquaint our people with the great need for

Fiscal Year Ends

August first marked the beginning of a new fiscal
year at Grace schools. The diagrams on pages 536-
537 show our gift income from all sources (including i
the balance already in building fund a year ago). We-
are deeply grateful to each church and every person i
who has given of their means that the good work of our.
schools might not only be maintained, but continue toi
srow

Today we face a new year with 115 new studentsi
already enrolled and others still making application.)
The challenge is great, but we serve a great God— a Godi
who always works through consecrated hearts and!
hands. God's words to Moses seem appropriate as wei
face this challenge: "What is that in thine hand?' A
lesson in consecration was about to be taught. Thel
shepherd's rod must become "the rod of God in the handi
of Moses." With such a rod the Red Sea was dividedi
for the deliverance of Israel's millions, and with thiS'
rod the rock was smitten in the wilderness and wateri
gushed forth for the abundant supply of these murmur-,
ing people with their flocks and herds.

"What is that in thine hand?" God seems still to
ask Keep it for yourself and it will remain small and
limited in its usefulness. Give it to God in consecran
tion and it will be multiplied in its use and blessing as
were the loaves and fishes a little lad placed in the
hands of Jesus. I have often wondered what blessing the
"rich young ruler" lost that day when he refused to place
his wealth in the hands of Jesus, turned his back to Hinu
and walked away! — W. A. Ogden

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Thomas Hammers; Arnold R. Krieebaum. ex officio.

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A PERFECT KNOWLEDGE

By Dr. John C. Whitcomb, Jr.

We are living in a day wlien the
tendency to minimize the message of
the Gospel has reached alarming
proportions. Multitudes of Chris-
tians in America today are capable
only of listing "Four Things God
Wants You To Know" as the con-
tent of Christian truth, while re-
maining in willful ignorance of the
vast areas of BibUcal truth which
God considers essential for the nor-
mal Christian. To substantiate this
thought, let us turn to the New
Testament.

In the first part of the seven-
teenth chapter of Acts, we read of
Paul's visit in the town of Thessa-
lonica for a period of two weeks,
including three Sabbath days. Dur-
iing that time, he "reasoned with
them out of the scriptures, open-
ing and alleging, that Christ must
needs have suffered, and risen again
from the dead; and that this Jesus,
whom I preach unto you, is Christ"
(17:2-3). From this, we learn that
Paul taught the Thessalonians con-
;eming the atonement, the resur-
rection, and the Messiahship of
Fesus from the Old Testament Scrip-
ures.

But this was not all that Paul
vas able to accomphsh in the way of
nstruction during those two weeks,
^or when we turn to his letter to the
Thessalonian Christians, written
hortly after his departure from
hem, we are astonished to find
'aul saying to them: "But of the
imes and seasons, brethren, ye have

0 need that I write unto you. For
ourselves know perfectly that the
ay of the Lord so cometh as a thief

1 the night" (I Thess. 5:1-2). And
ven more astonishing are his words
I II Thessalonians 2:5-6, when,
fter having spoken of the Day
E the Lord, the final apostasy, and

ugust 24, J 957

the career of the Man of Sin, he
says: "Remember ye not, that, when
I was yet with you, I told you these
things?"

From the Thessalonian Epistles,
then, we gain a new insight mto the
evangelistic and teaching ministry
of the Apostle Paul, and also a
new understanding of the real
strength of the early Christian
church and of God's desire for the
church of today. The purpose of
God through the Apostle Paul for
that small band of "raw converts"
in Thessalonica during those two
weeks of meetings was not simply
an acceptance of "Four Things You
Must Know To Be Saved," but
rather a grasp of the whole counsel
of God, including a perfect knowl-
edge of prophetic "times and sea-
sons" and all of the events related to
the Second Coming of Christ!

In order to import this tremen-
dous body of revealed truth into the
hearts and minds of the Thessalon-
ians within such a short period of
time, Paul had to overcome at least
two obstacles which we do not gen-
erally face today when holding two
weeks' Bible conferences. In the
first place, there were no Christians
at all in his audience when he began
the meetings! There were a group
of bigoted Jews who shortly stirred
up the city against him (Acts 17:
5-9), and a multitude of idolatrous
(I Thess. 1:9) and immoral (I Thess.
4:3-7) gentiles. In the second place,
the Thessalonians who finally did
beheve were noticeably below aver-
age in mental alertness (Acts 17: 11),
and were in desperate economic
straits (II Cor. 8:2; II Thess. 3:
8-10).

But these handicaps were more
than overcome by Paul's God-given

passion for preaching the Gospel
where Christ was not yet named
(Rom. 15:20), and for imparting the
whole counsel of God (Acts 20:27),
even at the cost of engaging in a
continuous night and day ministrv
(I Thess. 2:9; II Thess 3:8; Acts
20:31). Just before coming to Thes-
salonica, Paul and Silas had been
beaten and imprisoned in Philippi
(Acts 16:23); and their stay in
Thessalonica was threatened and
finally terminated by further perse-
cution (Acts 17:5-10). But none of
these things dampened Paul's pas-
sionate determination to so thor-
oughly ground and establish his con-
verts that they would never be
shaken by persecution (II Thess. 1:
4) or false doctrine (II Thess. 2:2).
And as though he had not already
given them enough eschatalogical
teaching during his two weeks with
them, he filled his two short epistles
to them with repeated references to
the Rapture (I Thess. 1:10; 219-
4:13-18; 5:4-11, 23; II Thess. 2:l'
7; 3:5), the Great Tribulation (I
Thess. 5:2-3; II Thess 2:2-12), and
the glorious Second Coming of
Christ (I Thess. 3:13; II Thess. 1:
6-10; 2:8).

Is not this one reason why Chris-
tians today are so prone to being
tossed to and fro by every wmd of
doctrine? Not bemg grounded sohdly
in the faith, how can they be ex-
pected to discern error? And not
having their hearts and minds filled
with the truth, how can they be
expected to give first "their own
selves to the Lord" (II Cor. 8:5),
and then of their means (II Cor. 8-
2-4), that the Word of the Lord
might be "sounded out ... in every
place" (I Thess. 1:8), as Paul could
say of his Thessalonian converts,
only two weeks old in Christ?

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THE PREACHER

UNDER CRITICISM

By Dr. A. D. Gnagey

Editor's note— Recently I was going through some papers left by my father the late
Dr Louis S. Baumiin. Among them I found three old copies of The Brethren Evangelist,
our den-imin3tional paper at that time. Two were published more than fifty years ago.
Printed on the from cover of a third, dated September 29. 1909. was the article which ap-
pears below. It wus in the form of an editorial written by Dr. A. D. Gnagey. at that time
editor of Th' Breihran Evangelist. My father considered Dr. Gnagey the most able writer of
his day in The Brethren Church. Our readers will be interested to learn also Lhat Dr.
Gnagey was En uncle to Dr. Alva J. McCIain. president of Grace Seminary. Although the
article' was written nearly half a century ago. its message is needed today probably -' ""-^
as at any time in the history of the church.

much

The minister of the Gospel is not
exempt, by virtue of his office, from
reasonable criticism. Every man,
whatever his position in life may
be, is occasionally brought under the
fire of criticism. And it is well that
it should be so; the very thought of
living under critical eyes acts as a
constraining influence, and the man
who is honestly ambitious for great-
er usefulness accepts all just and
reasonable criticism as a necessary
discipline in the growth of a soul.
Christ's condemnation of unjust
and censorious judgment is not
meant to exclude that form of criti-
cism which has for its object the
correction of certain habits of life
and the improvement of one's work.
"Judge not that ye be not judged,"
is Christ's emphatic word against
destructive criticism and censorious
judgment. But while the minister is
not exempt from deserving criticism,
he certainly should not be made the
subject of the community's gossip. It
is wrong, it is very wrong, it is
wicked, to hastily impugn your
pastor's motives and condemn his
acts which may have been the
promptings of a pure heart and a
right spirit. What seems to you the
committal of a grave wrong may not
have been so intended by him, and
an investigation may reveal the
fact that the word spoken or the
course pursued which you have so
strongly condemned may be traced
to an error in judgment and not to
an inherent purpose or design to
commit a wrong.

Beyond the immediate family, the
minister is probably the most talked
of in the household. And this, not
by the outside household, but by
those affiliated as church members.
If there is a lapse between Sundays
when his name is scarcely men-
tioned, the return of the Holy Day
is pretty sure to bring him up. The
members of the family have been to
church, and naturally (properly also)
the sermon comes under review.
Happily if it receives commenda-
tions, but very unhappily if it is to
be passed around, "How did you
like the sermon?'" the very question
implies an unfavorable answer. The
sermon may be made, and that very
profitably, the subject of an earnest
discussion, reviewing its good points,
and even pointing out its defects, but
when the discussion turns on the
preacher instead of the sermon, it
were better to close it at once. And
unless it is possible to discuss the
sermon apart from the minister, we

1957 Corporation Meeting at
Winona Lake, Ind.

The annual corporation meeting of
Grace Theological Seminary, will
be held Friday, August 23, 1957
from 12:00 to 12:30 p. m. in the
Auditorium of Winona Lake Chris-
tian Assembly.

are inclined to think the less said at
the dinner table or in the parlor
about the discourse, the better.
Some one in the company of be-
lievers will be very likely to find a
flaw. And then the talk will drop
down to the minister and his per-
sonality, his manner, his looks, his
mode of doing things in the church
will come upon the carpet, his de-
livery, his peculiarities, and ten
chances to one the discussion will
close with, "I wish we had a man
like Mr. — ." Result: The good ef-
fects of the sermon, the impressions
made, are scattered to the winds and
the fowls of the air gather the seed.
The best condition in many a house-
hold where there are children would
be, never to speak of the minister
except in a reverent spirit, and if this
cannot be done, then let silence pre-
vail. What can we expect of our
children as to their respect for even
their own pastor, when we think of
what they often hear at home? And
when laymen seek for reasons as to
why more young men do not mani-
fest an inclination to enter the holy
caUing of the ministry, may it not
be worthwhile to look for at least
one of these reasons in the house-
hold where the minister is under
continual surveilance? It will be
greatly to the advantage of the min-
ister if parents will be especially
careful to keep the door of their own
lips, and to persistently discourage
anything that may lessen their chil-
dren's reverence for their shepherd
and spiritual advisor.

532

The Brethren Missionary Herald

You DonH Look So Good!''

By Randy Poyner, College Junior

"Hey, Buddy, you don't look so
good!" came the taunting words of
tiie sailor as he dropped into the
seat beside the young man in the
air-force blue. "Fll be all right," re-
plied the blond, robust airman. The
back of his head was against the
seat and drops of prespiration were
forming on his forehead. He paid
little attention to the bleary-eyed
sailor who presently rose to his
feet. "I've got to get back and
finish my beer," he said as he half
staggered down the aisle.

The choir was on its way home;
the concerts were ended. As I sat
across the aisle from the sick young
airman, I said to myself: "There is a
boy who has gotten mixed up with
the wrong crowd. Lord, if it's Your
will, let me speak to him."

The conductor informed us that
we had a twenty-minute stop in
Omaha. Passing by the airman's seat
I inquired as to his condition: "Are
you having any difficulty?" "No; I'll
be all right," came his not too re-
assuring answer. He went on to
say: "I guess I had one too many."
"I'm going into the station. Could
I get you an aspirin?"

"No; all I need is a Httle sleep and
I'll be okay."

"If you're interested," I said as
I started to leave, "I know of a sure
cure!" And with this I left him.
Soon after we returned to our car
the lights were turned out and every-
one retired — everyone, that is, ex-
cept our trio and two other choir
members who got together for
prayer.

Later, going back to my seat, I
found that my friend was still awake
and looking rather pale. "StiU can't
get to sleep?" I asked. "Naw" came
his reply. Noting his evident dis-
satisfaction of heart, I inquired
about his destination, asking also a
few questions concerning his life.
When I finally asked him where he
would spend eternity, he replied
that he wasn't going in the right di-
rection at the present moment.

"BiU, do you know that you can
be sure where you're going to spend
eternity?"

"No, I can't," he continued, "you
have to work it out."

Because the lights were out and

August 24, 1957

everyone was asleep, I suggested
that we go to the lounge and see
what God's Word has to say about
the matter of works. Getting up from
his seat, he said: "Let's go."

Sitting by the young airman in
the lighted room, I endeavored lo
show him the plan of salvation
through faith and "not of works."
He had very little knowledge of the
Word and everything seemed to
confuse him. Turning to Romans
3:20, we read that by the deeds of
the law no flesh shall be justified
in God's sight. Then I read Ephe-
sians 2:8-9, and Bill saw that salva-
tion was by grace alone.

"Do you believe God's Word to
be true?" I asked. "Yes," he replied.
I continued: "Then according to
Romans 3:23 you are a sinner; do
you believe that?" Again his reply

was yes.

"Do you believe that Christ died
for your sins?"

"Yes."

"Do you want to accept Christ as
your Saviour?"

Looking me squarely in the eye
he said: "Yes, I do."

After we had prayed I asked him
if he was sure he had been saved.
With a smile spreadmg over his face
he replied: "I can't explain it, but
I'm sure I have been."

At 3:00 in the morning. Bill took
Christ as his Lord and S'aviour. He
is just one of thousands to whom the
world says: "Buddy, you don't look
so good." No; they can't look
"good" when they don't feel "good,"
and they can't feel "good" until they
have come to know peace with God
through the blood of Christ.

On the concert tour to the Pacific Coast last spring the members of the Grace College Choir
had some rich spiritual experiences. Here is one as related by Randy Poyner. of Waterloo,
Iowa, (second from left). Others in the foreground are Sally Sadler, of Lon" Beach Calif
End Professor and Mrs. Donald Ogden. The picture was taken at the Warsaw. Ind.. station
as the choir waited for the train.

533

Some Come
By Surrey!

By Dr. Paul R. Bauman

Several different modes of trans-
portation have been employed by
the young people who come to the
Grace campus from all parts of the
country. But, believe it or not, in
this age of automobiles many are
now coming by horse and buggy!

This summer the Winona Lake
Christian Assembly (which operates
the Winona Lake Bible Conference)
purchased two surreys, built by an
Amish buggy maker living a few
miles from Winona Lake. These
have been parked near the Winona
Hotel, and rides are advertised to
include thirty points of interest in
the local community. Among these
are the home of Billy and "Ma"
Sunday, which is now a museum
filled with relics from their evan-

gelistic campaigns. Another is the
great Billy Sunday Tabernacle which
seats 7,500 people. On the island is
the home of the great evangeUstic
singer and songleader, the late Dr.
Homer Rodeheaver. Also among the
places visited is the Grace Seminary
and College campus, and more than
a dozen times a day a fringe-topped
surrey may be seen traveling slowly
around the building, its driver tell-
ing his passengers about the school.
The surreys are particularly popu-
lar among young people and children
who have never taken a buggy
ride. They are no less popular, how-
ever, among older people who once
did their courting in a one-horse
shay or a "buggy with the fringe on
top." Rev. John Andrews, execu-
tive manager of the Winona Assem-

bly, estimates that already this sum-
mer more than 2,500 people have
ridden in the surreys.

In a recent conversation Mr. An-
drews said: "We feel that the As-
sembly and the Grace schools are in i
many respects one organization." '
His statement is borne out by the:
fact that a sizable number of ouri
students have been working for the:
organization this summer, and sev-
eral are employed throughout the:
entire year. The school is deeply »
grateful for this interest and con-
sideration which is of such vital
help to our students financially. We.
are thankful also for the privilege i
of making some contribution to what
is in many respects the greatest.
Bible conference in the world to-*
day.

Grace's First Summer Conference

"We'll see you at Red Rock
again next summer!" These were
the parting words of a highly enthu-
siastic group of people who attended
the first summer conference to be
sponsored by Grace Seminary. It
was held on the grounds of the
North Mountain Bible Conference
July 29 to August 4.

The conference was well attended,
particularly at the evening sessions
when many came in from the sur-
rounding area. At the Saturday
night and Sunday services the taber-
nacle was filled. Twenty-eight Breth-
ren people came to remain on the
grounds for the entire week of in-
spiration, fellowship, recreation, and

534

rest. Nine churches from coast toi
coast were represented. The largest
group (11) came from the Philadel-
phia (Pa.) First Church. Others at^
tended from Allentown, Pa.;
Hagerstown (Md.) Grace Church;
Harrisburg, Pa.; Johnstown, Pa.;
Lake Odessa, Mich.; Winona Lake^
Ind.; Waterloo, Iowa; Portis, Kans.;
and Inglewood, Calif.

This new venture promises to ben
come a real source of blessing tol
those who desire a vacation that is
both spiritually refreshing and phys-
ically restful. It is not too soon tfl
be thinking about the possibility d
laying aside the week of August
10-17 in 1958.

The Brethren Missionary HeraU

Umpires Never Die
They Just . . .

By Richard G. Messner
Director of Physical Education

Coach "Dick" Messner receives a gift of baseball umpire's
equipment from Russell E. Roman, of Lake Waubee, Ind.

What happens to professional
umpires when they retire from active
duty? Is it safe for them to live a
normal life; do they have any
friends? Numerous answers could be
given to these questions, but this
article wishes to tell of the kindness
and generosity of a former profes-
sional baseball umpire.

Mr. Russell B. Homan was a
catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
three years before he was severely
spiked, which forced his retirement
as a player. His great love for the
game, however, made him into an
umpire. By umpiring for some 25
years, Mr. Homan kept close con-
tact with the game which was so

GIFTS TO GRACE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

General Building
Fund Fund

Aleppo, Pa $15.50 ?5.50

Alexandria, Va 11.00

Altoona, Pa. (First) 31.50 2.00

Ankenytown, Ohio 22.50 9.00

Artesia. Calif 22.27

Beaumont. Calif 10.00 4.00

Bell, Calif 29.35 5.00

Bellflower, Calif 12.00 16.00

Berne, Ind 25.00 40.50

Camden, Ohio 3.00 1.00

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 23.76 10 00

Clayton. Ohio 24.50 15.00

Conemaugh, Pa 54.00 25.00

Conemaugh, Pa. (Pike) ... 16.00

Covineton, Ohio 13.32

Covington, Va 4 00

Cuyahoga Falls. Ohio 1.00

Dallas Center, lovi^a 1.00

Danville, Ohio 10 00

Dayton. Ohio (First) 40.85

Dayton, Ohio (N. Riv'rdale) 566.20 106.50
Los Angeles, Calif. (Com.) 2.00

Elkhart, Ind 92.00 42.00

Everett, Pa 16 00

Fillmore, Calif 8 80

Flora Ind 81.75 31.50

Fort Lauderdale. Fla 51.00 13.50

[ort Wayne. Ind (First) . . 23.00 25.00

Fremont. Ohio 70.25 177.05

jrafton, W. Va 10.00

-rrandview. Wish 2.08

flagerstown, Md. (Grace) 143.00 174.75

Jarrah. Wash 32.05 1.90

iamsburg. Pa 118.15 38.00

iomerville. Ohio 12.00 6.50

topewell. Pa 5 00

nelewood, Calif 86.85 7.00

"hnstown. Pa. (First) ... 3S8.27 280.25

Cittannmg, Pa. (First) . . . 163.36 181.00
^ittannmg. Pa. (N. Buffalo) 12.55

■?Ke Ode<;sa. Mich 1R.50 72 95

eamersville. Pa 19.50 103.00

irnestone, Tenn 3.00 10.00

Jstie, Pa 68.25 163.77

■ong Beach. Calif. (First) 753.18 70.65

lansfield, Ohio (Grace) . 418.00 5.00

leyersdale. Pa 20.40

General Building

Fund Fund

Middlebranch, Ohio 37 00

Modesto, Calif. (La Loma) 116.55
Modesto, Calif. (McHenry) 9.00

Monte Vista, Calif 5.00 2 00

New Troy. Mich 27.00

North English, Iowa 10 00

Norwalk, Calif 79.50 39.50

Osceola, Ind 18.00 16.00

Palmyra. Pa 35.00 7.00

P?™, Ind. 11.00 1.00

Philadelphia, Pa. (First) .. 88.00
Philadelphia. Pa. (Third) 90.00

Portis, Kans 4.00 4 OO

Portland, Oreg 28.00

Radford, Va 12.OO 3.00

Roanoke. Va. (Wash. Hgts.) 13,00 12.00

Sidney Ind. 51.00 10.00

South Bend, Ind 5 00

Sterling, Ohio 33.50 7.50

Stoystown, Pa 5 00

Temple City, Calif 25.00 7 50

Tracy. Calif 6.00 10.50

Uniontown. Pa 140 00

Wfshington. D. C 86.50 13.00

Waterloo, Iowa 51.29 66.18

Waynesboro, Pa 92.50 30.50

West Covina. Calif 5 nn

Whittier, Calif. (First) 1 on 00

Winchester, Va 44.50 10.50

Winona Lake, Ind 3S2.85 199.50

Winona, Minn 4.00

Wooster, Ohio 246.15 217 5T

Isolated Brethren 265.69 1,000.00

Indiana DistHct WMC 37.21

Northern Ohio District

^SMM 25.00

Non-Brethren 46.00 24.00

Totals 5,657.73 4,354.50

Desianated Gifts:

Long Beach, Calif. (First) 50 00

Philadelphia. Pa. (Third) 30,00

Winona Lake, Ind 4. 00

Alumni Ass-^ciation 495. eg

National WMC 21.91

Total 601.80

August 24, 7957

close to his heart. At the conclusion
of last year's season, Mr. Homan de-
cided it was time to hang up his
spikes and retire. At the present
time, Mr. and Mrs. Homan, known
affectionately as "ma and pa," live
on Lake Waubee about 15 miles
north of Winona Lake. They sell
bait, rent cabins and boats, and talk
baseball. Pa's eyes still twinkle when
he tells of the time he hit a home
run off of that young upstart, Dizzy
Dean.

One day recently Pa came to the
Grace campus to do some survey-
ing for our new gymnasium. During
the course of the afternoon Dr.
Boyer met Pa and learned of his for-
mer profession and his intense love
for baseball. When Pa learned that
Grace was building a new baseball
diamond with the idea of fielding a
team this coming spring, he offered
to give all of his umpire's equipment
to the college. He felt that Grace
College was a school with high
ideals, and he wanted to help in the
athletic program.

I personally was thrilled to re-
ceive this equipment for our athletic
department. Mr. Homan's kindness
will long be remembered. He has
also consented to come over .and
umpire one of our first baseball
eames here at Grace in the spring.
Our debut into baseball should oj
a success with a professional um-
pire behind the plate.

Umpires never die — they just sell
bait, rent cabins and boats, talk
baseball, and in Pa's case, they give
their equipment to Grace College.
The Lord truly is gracious.

535

1956-1957
Budget Needs

$68,649
(August 1)

July
$80,000

June

$73,333

May
66,666

April
$60,000

March

$53,333

February
$46,666

January
$40,000

December
$33,333

November
$26,666

October
$20,000

September
$13,333

August
$ 6,666

On High School Day last spring, young people came from many churches in In
Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to visit the Grace campus and partake fir;
of college life. Most of these were seniors. Some from the Mansfield (Ohio
came in a chartered bus with their sponsor. Rev. Leon Myers, assistant i
of the Grace Brethren Church. These joined their companions of the day and

MORE AND MORE, BRETHREN Yi
LOOKING TOWARD GRACE COLLEC
VELOP THEM MENTALLY, MORALL
WE BE PREPARED FOR THEM? THE

READY TO I

The Physical Education Building

The Construction Has Begun

536

The Biii

Grace College
Building Fund

Classroom
Building

ills of the administration building where they registered for a full day of class
lance, dormitory Ufe, inspiration, and recreation — all designed to acquaint
with the life and opportunities of a Christian college. The number of young
£ who are entering Grace College this fall will tax the facilities of the present
ng to the very limit. What about the future?

EOPLE ALL OVER AMERICA ARE
AN EDUCATION THAT WILL DE-
ICALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY. WILL
I DEPENDS UPON WHAT WE ARE
THEM NOW!

Physical

Education

Building

$86,650
(August 1)

— $300,000
$275,000
$250,000
$225,000
$200,000
$175,000
$150,000
$125,000
$100,000
$ 75,000
$ 50,000
$ 25,000

The Proposed Classroom Building

Your Gifts Are Needed Now

lerald

537

Newsmakers

BARBEE LAKES, IND. Grace
Seminary seniors Fred Burklin and
John Watts are preaching morning
and evening, respectively, in the
church here, while Pastor George
Cripe is in California. Attendance is
steadily increasing, with the sum-
mer high of 160. F. B. Miller, of
Winona Lake, is superintendent of
the Sunday school.

MEYERSDALE, PA. Leslie
Moore has resigned as pastor of
the Meyersdale Brethren Church,
and is available for call.

CALIFORNIA (Special). The
California District youth camp will
be held at Forest Home Sept. 2-8.
High school and college young peo-
ple should plan to attend.

GRANDVIEW, WASH. The
new edifice of the First Brethren
Church has been completed, and the
service of dedication is scheduled
for Sept. 8. Robert Griffith is pas-
tor.

FORT WAYNE, IND. Tom Jul-
ien, pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church, was ordained to the Chris-
tian ministry on Sunday, Aug. 1 1 .

Assisting in the service were: Rev.
Mark Malles, in charge of order of
service; Dr. R. D. Barnard; Rev.
Benjamin Hamilton; Rev. Ord Geh-
man; and Rev. Nathan Meyer, who
delivered the ordination sermon.
Brother Julien graduated from Grace
Theological Seminary in the class
of 1957.

Change of address. Rev. Bill
Smith, 2200 Jefferson-Davis High-
way, Alexandria, Va. Telephone
KI 8-2200; Rev. Raymond Thomp-
son, 3628 Capetown, Lakewood,
Calif.; Rev. Gene E, Witzky, 1310
Catherwood Dr., South Bend, Ind.
Rev. Lynn D. Schrock, furlough ad-
dress, 1210'/2 Hammond Ave.,
Waterloo, Iowa.

CHAMBERSBURG, PA. The
dedication of the Grace Brethren
Church, of Pond Bank, will be held
on Sept. 8 at 2:30 p. m. John W.
Ritchey is pastor.

WAYNESBORO, PA. Rev. Pal-
mer M. Slenker, of Quincy, Pa., was
the guest speaker at the First Breth-
ren Church Aug. 18 and 25. William
Grav is pastor.

SHARPSVILLE, IND. Dr.
Homer Kent, Jr., is supplying the
pulpit of the Grace Brethren Church
for the summer months.

HOLLINS, VA. The Patterson
Memorial Brethren Church had
their ground-breaking service
(shown above) on June 30 for their
new expansion program. The new
building will be entirely separat;
from the old church. The building
will be 40 by 105 feet, and when
completed will be known as the Hol-
Un Brethren Youth Center. The
building will be used for educational
purposes for young people and

adults, as well as for fellowship
meetings and recreational activities.
The estimated cost will be $20,000
exclusive of donated labor. It is ex-
pected to be completed in two
months. Since the first of the year
a new organization of the Sunday
scfeool has been undertaken; the six-
point svstem initiated; a teacher-
training program started; and the
Brethren Boys Club organized. Bill
Byers (right foreground) is pastor.

MONTE VISTA, CALIF. Rev.
Harold Painter will assume his new
pastoral duties at the Community
Brethren Church on Sept. 1. His
new address will be 9497 Del Mar,
Ontario, Calif.

WINCHESTER, VA. Rev. David
Larsen, of Washington, D. C, was
the guest speaker at the First Breth-
ren Church Aug. 11 and 25. On
Aug. 18, Rev. William Peet was
guest speaker in the absence of Pas-
tor Paul Dick.

ASHLAND, OHIO. Mrs. Edward
(Ethel) Bishop, the mother of Rev.
Donald Bishop, missionary in
Argentina, went to be with the Lord
on Aug. 3. Christian sympathies are
extended to the Bishop family.

AFRICA. The Donald Hocking
family arrived in French Equatorial
Africa on Aug. 5.

PHOENIX, ARIZ. A Christian
day school is being started by the
First Brethren Church this fall, and
a teacher is needed for the kinder-
garten. Contact should be made with
Rev. Charles Ashman, Jr., 2930 W.
Bethany Home Road.

BELL, CALIF. Emyln Jones, a
graduate of Grace Theological Semi-
nary in 1957, will assume the pas-
torate of the Bell Brethren Church
about Sept. 1.

Congratulations

Wcddina d^JL

All announcements for this column must
le msiled to the Missionary Herald.

Francis Salter and Roger Kern,
Aug. 3 at the Grace Brethren Church
of Waterloo, Iowa. I

Mary Ann Miller and Donald B. !
Sheldon, July 26 at the First Breth- '
ren Church of Long Beach, Calif.
Mr. Sheldon is the son of Rev. and
Mrs. Chauncey Sheldon, mission-
aries in French Equatorial Africa.

Frieda B. Williamson and Robert
G. Landin, July 27 at the Jonah's
Run Baptist Church, Harveysburg,
Ohio. They are members of the First
Brethren Church of Dayton, Ohio.

Georgene Ernst and Donald
Karle, July 10 in a private ceremony
at La Verne, Calif.

Helen Joann Henning and James
H. Johnson, June 8 at the First
Brethren Church of Middlebranch,
Ohio.

538

The Brethren Missionary Herald

Modern Trends

Summary of Moderator's Address

By William H. Schaffer

East Fellowship of Brethren Churches

Altoona, Pa., June 23-25

Today we see the god of war
armed to the teeth sweating out a
cold war. In an effort to maintain a
semblance of peace and stave off
an atomic conflict we have mort-
gaged ourselves beyond our mate-
rial worth.

And, until something happens to
cause the collapse of our inflated
economy, future historians will re-
cord the days in which we now live
as "The Golden Days of America."
We can now read that about Baby-
lon, Greece, Israel, and Rome.

The day of judgment may not be
too far off. Men can control the trig-
gers of atomic bombs. But what will
it be like when the forces of nature
break loose with all of their fury, the
heaven departs like a scroll when it
is rolled together, and every moun-
tain and island are moved out of
their places?

Read through the Book of Reve-
lation and you will see a world in
utter confusion and desolation. Not
until God the Father in His sov-
ereign grace sends His Son, Jesus
Christ, in person to take over the
supreme rulership of this world will
it know the peace, prosperity, and
security men tried to establish by
their own efforts.

SOCIAL TREND

The natural human heart is re-
bellious. It chafes at discipline; it
strains at the bit of obedience. Chil-
dren must be taught to obey. Obe-
dience does not come naturally. Sol-
omon instructs parents to exercise
discipline. DiscipUne of mind and
body are necessary to a well-
rounded life.

Just a casual look at the moral
situation is enough to make us
shudder in fear for the social wel-
fare of our children and their chil-
dren. Under the inspiration of the
Holy Spirit, the Apostle Paul has
given us as vivid a picture of the

present day as the front page of any
daily newspaper. "For men shall
be lovers of their own selves, covet-
ous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful,
unholy, without natural affection,
trucebreakers, false accusers, incon-
tinent, fierce, despisers of those that
are good, traitors, heady, high-
minded, lovers of pleasures more
than lovers of God; having a form
of godliness, but denying the power
thereof: from such turn away. For of
this sort are they which creep into
houses and lead captive silly women
laden with divers lusts, ever learn-
ing and never able to come to the
knowledge of the truth" (II Tim. 3:
1-7).

How much longer can we main-
tain our social integrity when its
very foundation is being eaten out
with the termites of immorality in
its basest forms? Have we no fear
for the tidal wave of resentment
that is bound to engulf us when the
children, whom our miUtary men
have fathered and left behind, come
of age? Have we no fear from the
growing number of delinquents,
most of whom are the products
of broken homes?

When delinquents are hailed into
court and asked, "What made you
do this?" there is usually just the
shrug of the shoulders with, "I don't
know." The truth has been spoken.
But I know, and as Christians we
ought to know, that there has been
the lack of teaching them the dif-
ference between right and wrong.
The thing that is missing today in
our education is a sense of real
moral responsibility.

In the past few years we have
attended general public-school
teachers' institutes where we have
been agreeably surprised to hear
a number of our leading educators
express alarm over the growing
moral laxness among our youth and

young adults. One speaker suggested
that we add a fourth "R" to our cur-
riculum. It is "religion." It would
not be a definite subject but more
an expression of the teacher's in-
fluence. Then he used a word for an
illustration. His method to reach
the pupil with "religion" would be
the teacher's task to "exude" it.
Our wonder still is, how could a
teacher "exude" something he or she
doesn't have? What a mission field
for a bom-again Christian! Chris-
tian day schools are wonderful —
we're all for them! We helped organ-
ize one in the Northwest that has all
the grades through high school and
it is now in its ninth year of opera-
tion. Another speaker at a different
institute expressed it this way: "We
need a new vitamin in education.
It is vitamin 'R'." And he too pled
with the public-school teachers not
to forget the moral emphasis in edu-
cation.

Our courts are being flooded with
cases in which children have had no
discipline included in the curricu-
lum. They have never been taught
self-disciphne. If it is not taught in
the home, it certainly is not being
taught in the schools. The few hours
a year some children may spend in
Sunday school is hardly enough to
counteract the lack of proper instruc-
tion and example of home and
school.

With the ways of the world
brought into our homes through
television's distorted manners of
morality, the many so-called
"funny books," and the newsstands
full of the lewdest kind of pornog-
raphy, is it any wonder that we
have this strange combination of
mental immaturity, viciousness, and
moral laxness?

What's the answer? A great many
of us know the answer, but what are
we doing about it? To be sure, we
are never going to set the whole

August 24, 7957

539

world morally right, but we do have
a big job cut out for us right where
we are now living, and in turn it
wiU reach out farther and farther.
There is only one tried and true
way — get some feet under those
prayers; knock on doors; climb
stairs to the apartments on the upper
floors; wear out some shoe leather
for the Lord (automobile tires too)!
Then give them something for their
hearts. It won't be long until you'll
need more room and a lot more
help. You may need a bus or two.
You may get all of this in a very
short time, but it won't be long be-
fore the Devil will find someone in
the congregation who may be try-
ing to cover up a sinful or selfish
life and will use him as a leading
instrument in an effort to wreck the
whole program.

The Devil isn't interested in a
sleepy, dying church; but he'll most
certainly give a wide-awake, gos-
pel-preaching, soul-saving church a
rough time. The surprising thing is
not that Satan attacks in this man-
ner. It can be expected that he will.
But the people who will lend them-
selves for his purpose give you the
shock. Thus you see we not only
have to fight the Devil outside the
church but inside as well. In some
churches there is the need of two sets
of shoes. One set is for the people
who are willing to go calling and do
personal work; the other is for those
who are just dragging their feet.

Here we sit self-satisfied when
every day more children are being
bom into this world with the pros-
pects of never hearing the Gospel
once than those we are trying to
reach for Christ.

RELIGIOUS TREND

We are well aware that Paul, or
Peter, or James, or John did not
try to correct the social ills of their
day. We do not think they organized
any societies for the prevention of
cruelty to animals or established any
trust foundations for the study of
unhappy amoebas. Their prime
ambition was to win souls to Jesus
Christ and then to instruct them in
the most holy faith. These men knew
that the pure and simple Gospel is
the power of God unto salvation to
the Jew first and also to the Greek.
They knew that if a man was
soundly converted, the economic
and social aspects of that man's life
would fall into the proper prospec-
tive of the Christian philosophy.

Paul warned us to fear the days

". . . when [men] will not endure
sound doctrine, but after their own
lusts shall they heap to themselves
teachers having itching ears; and
they shall turn away their ears from
the truth, and shall be turned into
fables" (II Tim. 4:3-4).

James, in the closing chapters of
his epistle, warns against world-
Uness among behevers.

Peter is not abashed to condemn
those who would seek to frustrate
the faith of believers when he calls
them "dogs and sows" (II Pet.
2:22).

There is no doubt but that these
conditions always existed within the
body of professing Christendom.
However, we interpret from the
Word of God that these conditions
shall increase with intensity as the
shades of night are closing in on
this dispensation of grace.

In the early days of our ministry
there was a battle royal between the
Fundamentalists and the Modern-
ists. A preacher was labeled as one
or the other. A minister was either
a Premillennialist or a Postmil-
lennialist. Now we have growing
numbers of Amillennialists. These
are some of the "die-hard" Post-
millennialists who are still unwilhng
to admit their un-Scriptural position.
There is still another small group
who are promillennial. They are for
it, period. Thus we have today a
self-styled, "new" approach to Bible
doctrine. It has been well sparked
by the new Revised Standard Ver-
sion which throws aspersions on the
deity of our Lord.

This movement is known as the
New EvangeUcalism or as neo-theo-
logy. "Repentant liberals" would be
the more proper label. They have
seen the folly of modernism but
are not humble enough to admit
their errors. They do not wish to
carry the stigma and reproach of
fundamentalism; consequently, they
are now playing the game of the bat
in the battle between the birds and
beasts.

There will never be any neutral
ground in the battle between Bible-
believing Christians and the forces
of evil. There can be no compromise
between truth and error. Beware of
those who would by their high-
sounding phraseology lead us into
a spiritual vacuum.

One of the most outstanding
trends to worldwide control of all
things is the present effort to estab-
lish an ecumenical church. It is our
conviction that all these church mer-

gers are being formed not in order
that a greater testimony might be
given but because they are scared
of extinction. What a perfect set-up
for the False Prophet!

Let us be careful that we do
not become involved in the com-
promise. Neither let us be guilty of
the philosophy that the end justifies
the means.

We do not need a re-evaluation
of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We
as yet haven't explored the heights,
the depths, the length, or the breadth
of the love of God for the first time.
How glad we ought to be that the
Apostle Paul did not use his intel-
lectualism on those poor sin-sick
Corinthians. "And 1, brethren, when
I came to you, came not with ex-
cellency of speech or of wisdom, de-
claring unto you the testimony of
God. For I determined not to know
anything among you, save Jesus
Christ, and him crucified" (1 Cor.
2:1-2).

Our prayer is that The Brethren
Church as now constituted will never
assume the "more-holier-than-thou"
attitude, but we should let the
world know that in The Brethren
Church there is a unity of belief, a
soundness of the Gospel, and a de-
termination to preach and teach the
unsearchable riches of the grace of
God in Christ Jesus.

We have a Gospel to proclaim
that the angels in glory are still try-
ing to look into. It is beyond their
understanding (I Pet. 1:12). God
has committed to us the revelation
of His own will for mankind. Let us
then be careful not to adulterate,
shorten, or lengthen it. The Word of
God needs no apology; it needs to be
preached until the consummation of
the age.

Let us therefore pledge anew our
allegiance to the Book of books as
we go on ". . . teaching them to ob-
serve all things whatsoever I have
commanded you. . . ." Then we can
rest assured that "lo, I am with you
alway, even unto the end [con-
summation] of the world."

Let us with all humbleness
dedicate our hearts anew to the
only wise God our Saviour in order
that we will keep His command-
ments without spot, unrebukable,
until the appearing of our Lord Jesus
Christ; and that we will not be
ashamed before Him at His coming
but rather hear these words from
His Hps: "Well done, thou good
and faithful servant . . . enter thou
into the joy of thy Lord."

540

The Brethren Missionary Herald!

Summary of Moderator's Address

By Gilbert Hawkins

Michigan District Conference of Brethren Churches
Berrien Springs, Mich., June 24-27

THE FACT OF HIS RETURN

The return of Christ is a fact not
a theory. In the thinking of today,
much that should be considered only
as fact is called theory. Someone
says: "Well, what is your theory
about the coming of Christ?" And
what is only theory is taught and
talked about as if it were fact. Let
IS get some things straight. The re-
:um of Christ is a basic, fundamen-
:al fact; it is not a theory. His sec-
)nd coming is just as much a fact
IS His first coming, and we know
hat He came the first time just as
he Word of God prophesied hun-
Ireds of years before He came,
rherefore we know that He will
ome again as He said: "And if I
;o . . . I will come again" (John
4:3).

The early church thought the re-
am of Christ was an important
vent to look forward to. (Read the
look of Acts.) They preached it,
ley taught it, and they looked for-
ward to it, and it was "a sanctifying
ifluence in their lives. It was never
lought of as an unimportant teach-
ig. Today, if people do not think

is important, or if they do not
now anything about it, they simply
ly: "Well, it is not of importance
ayway"; or "That is only your

ugust 24, 1957

theory." Any church that beheves
the Bible to be the Word of God,
any church that teaches and preaches
the Bible as the Word of God, can-
not help but believe in the soon re-
turn of our Lord Jesus Christ. There
is hardly one book in the entire New
Testament that does not speak of
the return of Christ. When the
church lost sight of the return of
Christ for His own, it became an
impure church — it became a social
organization rather than a hving
organism, interested in the souls of
men. This also holds true for in-
dividuals. When any individual loses
sight of the return of Christ and
fails to remember that he will stand
before Him to give an account of '
the time, talents, and money that
God has entrusted to him, he be-
comes an impure individual. I am
made to wonder if the lack of
preaching on the return of Christ
has any bearing on the present up-
surge in crime of all kinds. Crime
is increasing almost four times as
fast as our population. Since 1950
crime has increased 43 percent while
our population has increased 1 1 per-
cent. According to the report of J.
Edgar Hoover for 1956 there is now
one major crime for every sixty-
five living persons in the United
States of America. As a nation we

have lost sight of the return of
Christ.

The apostate church of the end
time will of course deny the return of
Christ. In hght of this, it is an in-
teresting observation that the World
Council of Churches at its second
meeting, which was held at Evans-
ton, Illinois, denied the second com-
ing of Christ. This organization is
a part of the apostate church, the
great harlot of Revelation 17 (with-
out doubt).

The Apostle Paul, before He was
martyred for Christ's sake, was given
special insight into the future by the
Holy Spirit. He wrote young Tim-
othy and told him of some things
that were yet future (II Tim. 3:1-4).
The Greek verb enstasontai in verse
1 is in the future tense, and thus un-
doubtedly pointed to a time which
was yet future in Paul's dav. I think
It pointed (at least in part) to the
day in which we are living. He said
men in that dav "shall 'be lovers
of their own selves." This soeaks
of selfishness pure and si'mole. A
selfish person sees and is interested
onlv in the wavs of self. He is a
lover of his own wavs and is un-
concerned about God's wavs.
"Covetous," this sneaks of a monev
lovin? person — the daughter of
self-love. "Boasters," empty boast-

541

ing — the kind of a person who
ascribes to himseit honor wnich does
not belong to him.

■■Prouu — a person who looks
with contempt on those (he thinks
are) beneatn him, in position,
wealth, knowledge, or natural gifts.
Pride heads the list of those things
that God says He hates in Proverbs
6:17. Boasting and pride speak of a
man's conduct toward his fellow
man. "Blasphemy"' points to his be-
havior toward God. The pride with
which he looks down on others
leads him to act and speak evil
against God. "Disobedient to par-
ents"— the person who is disobe-
dient to the Lord is often also diso-
bedient to his earthly parents, and
he is likely to train up children who
display a disobedience and disrespect
for parents. We are seeing that to-
day. "Unthankful" — unthankful-
ness is the very next thing to un-
godliness. Ingratitude is sure to fol-
low disobedience to parents. The
children who begin life with dis-
obedience to their parents will often
be ungrateful to all others who show
them " any kindness. "Unholy" —
this only points out the fact that
these people he has described are
inwardly impure.

"Without natural affection"- —
this is a lack of love and respect for
family relationships. Think of the
modern divorce trend. Many par-
ents have broken up their homes
because they love themselves more
than anyone else, or even the Lord
Jesus who died for them, and they
show less love for their children than
even the beasts of the field. "Truce-
breakers" are those who are un-
willing to make a treaty, or come
to terms of reconciliation. "False
accusers" — this particular sin points
to that awful habit of slandering the
character of another behind his
back, which is only another way of
saying that I am better than that
person because I would not do such
a thing, and is usually done by a
person who leads a life with hidden
sin in it. When we begin to talk
about the evil of another, we should
speak to the Lord about him and to
no one else. "Incontinent" — a lack
of self-discipline and self-control.
"Fierce," or an untamed, savage,
and merciless attitude and actions
toward others who may disagree
with us. "Despisers of those that are
good" — this naturally follows a lack
of self-restraint and self-discipline
and untamed savage actions toward
others. It is hatred and jealousy to-

ward those who practice these vir-
tues. "Traitors" points to people
like Judas who will sell the Lord
Jesus Christ for a few pieces of sil-
ver. "Heady" — this is the arrogant,
headstrong attitude and action that
is so prevalent among the profess-
ing people of God today. "High-
minded" — puffed up and blinded
with their own pride. "Lovers of
pleasure more than lovers of God"
— love of pleasure destroys ones
love for the Lord Jesus. It destroys
the sense of the presence of God.
There are men today who will make
any sacrifice to produce a few fleet-
ing pleasures, but these same men
will often sacrifice little or nothing
to do honor to the Lord Jesus
Christ. This list began with a love
of self which excludes others, and
closes with a love of pleasure which
excludes God.

This is not a list of the sins of
people of the world but of lives
in the organized and influential
churches yet future in Paul's day
and present today. Even Brethren
churches are being peopled with
pleasure-mad folks who have no
concern for the souls of men. There
probably has never been another
time in history like today when there
are so many pleasure-giving devices
on the market for people to spend
God's money which will keep them
from the house of God and dull
their spiritual sense.

THE FINDINGS AT HIS
RETURN

Many things that have been kept
hidden are going to be revealed at
the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The secret sins that have been kept
covered by the professing people of
God will be revealed to the public.
Sin that has plagued the church for
years will suddenly be shown and
the Achan's will be found out. This
will be a time of great uncovering.
Political maneuvering within reli-
gious circles will be unveiled. The
emptiness of the lives of some of the
people of God will be seen. The
years that some of us have wasted
since we were saved will be mani-
fested. The wood, hay, and stubble
with which some have builded will
go up in flames, and some are going
to stand empty handed before the
nail-scarred King of kings and Lord
of lords.

His coming will reveal how our
lives have affected the lives of other
members of the body of Christ.
Sometimes we are prone to forget

the word of Paul to the church at
Rome in Romans 14:7-8. Your life
last year prompted someone to come
closer to Christ or turn further from
Christ. Your life today has been
an honor to Christ or a shame to His
holy name. Next year you will be
an effective tool in the hands of the
Holy Spirit to point others to Jesus
Christ or you will be used by the
Devil to slander His holy name.

What you do affects some mem-
ber of the body of Christ. You cause
a weak member to stumble or you
cause him to become stronger.
Christ's coming will reveal our mo-
tives. It will reveal the dishonesty
and impurity in the lives of some
that have claimed His name. The
nicotine-stained fingers and lives
that have hindered revival in the
church will no longer be hid. The
adulterous hearts and lives that have
never been confessed to the Lord
will be known. Now is the time
that we need to confess our sins and
get right with the Lord if we do
not want to be embarrassed in His
presence. The lying words that are
on the lips of some who say
they are looking for the return of
Christ but are not, will be opened to
all. He will know whether we have
been watching for His coming or
whether our talk has been just so
many empty words.

THE FINALITY OF HIS
RETURN

Many things in this world have a
finality to them that is unalterable.
The words of the United States
Supreme Court are final. The death-
bed is final (as far as this world
is concerned) and is unalterable.

There is a finality about the
coming of Christ that is awesome
and terrible. Ungodly men often
speak in a very glib manner about
the coming of Christ, not realizing
its importance. In light of the Word
of God we cannot think of His com-
ing in a light and frivolous manner.
Our pilgrim journey will be over.
The time that we have wasted will
stare us in the face (maybe for the
first time) as wasted forever. The
end will come and the duties that we
have put off time after time will
never be performed. The decisions
we put off making will never be
made.

The opportunities we turned away
from will be lost forever. The
service we could have rendered for
Christ, but traded it for one more
fleeting pleasure of sin, will never

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be rendered. The opportunities to
witness for Christ that we have let
pass us will never be grasped. The
friends we were always going to talk
to about their souls will never hear
us because we will have sold our op-
portunities forever. Maybe some
who are reading these words never
intended to spend eternity in hell
but will have no other place to go.
Maybe you have always wanted to
spend eternity in heaven, but your
opportunity will have slipped away
because you continually put off
doing the will of God. Those op-
portunities that were once at the
fingertips will be gone forever.

Many people will be disappointed
because they have always heard and
had it said to them: "Have a good
time while you are young because
you are young only once." Now
some will face God with sin-ridden
bodies and souls guilty of countless
sins and will have no time or place
to repent. The Devil will have
laughed them into hell but will be
unable to laugh them out again.

They will look back and see what
they could have had, but failed.
They will reahze all too late that
the wages of sin is death. The habits
and chains of sin will have bound
them and fit them only for hell pre-
pared for the Devil and his angels.
They will have to listen to the awful
words: "Depart from me, I never
knew you."

At this time some will be dis-
appointed who are saved but
thought they had plenty of time to
serve Christ and were busily en-
gaged having their fling in the gut-
ter of sin. Their friends whom they
could have won to Christ will be in
hell. Their parents or their chil-
dren will have perished with the
Devil, not because they didn't know
about the Bible but because no one
reminded them to prepare for eter-
nity. The future they had always
planned to use to witness for Christ
will suddenly be gone, and they
will stand empty handed before the
Lord.

Some will be hke a young man

who lay dymg. His mother beUeved
him to be a Christian and was
greatly surprised and distressed one
day when, on passing his room
she heard him say: "Lost! Lost!
Lost!" Immediately she opened the
door and cried: "My boy, is it pos-
sible you have lost hope in Christ
now you are dying?" "No, Mother'
no," he replied, "it is not that. I
have hope beyond the grave but I
have lost my life! Twenty-four
years I have lived, and done nothing
for the Son of God, and now T am
going! My life has been spent for

self. I have lived for this world

and now — while dying, I have given
myself to Christ — but my life is
lost!"

My friends, in the light of the
Word of God and in the Ught of
world events, we know that the
coming of Christ is sure and soon.
Let us ask God to remove the
coldness and indifference from our
hearts and cause us to be busy domg
biisiness for Him and watching for
Him to come.

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Berkeley, Calif., won tax exemp-
tion on their homes and apartments
which are used by faculty mem-
bers and married students. The State
Court of Appeals reversed the de-
cision of a lower court which upheld
a tax assessment on the scnoois.

Round -Up of

-Wide

OUS NEWS REPORTS

NEW YORK. The Billy Gra-
ham Crusade has shattered the all-
time attendance record at Madison
Square Garden which was set by
Ringling Brothers' Circus in 1944.
The circus drew 1,162,000 persons
for 93 performances, whereas the
evangelistic crusade drew this many
in 65 nightly rallies. Officials of the
garden presented a memorial to the
evangelist in recognition of the new
record.

The office of the New York
Crusade announced that during the
first ten weeks of meeting a total of
34,269 persons made "decisions for
Christ." A preliminary survey of
these statistics shows that 31,858,
or 93 percent of the total, were peo-
ple living in New York City and the
metropolitan area. Of the remainder,
2,300 were people from other parts
of the U. S., and 111 were from
foreign lands.

WASHINGTON, D. C. The
Treasury stamped "In God We
Trust" on paper money for the first
time last July 25 as it placed two
new printing presses into opera-
tion. The inscription long has been
carried on coins. Congress author-
ized it for paper money two years
ago.

The inscription will appear on a
new series of one-dollar bills on the
reverse, or green side, just above the
large word "one." The Treasury
will decide later when the inscrip-
tion will be put on bills of larger
denomination.

The new series of dollar bills
carries the signature of Robert B.
Anderson, newly appointed Secre-
tary of the Treasury; who was pres-
ent as the new presses rolled out the

first new bills. It was the first change
in paper money since the Treasury
reduced the size of its notes in 1929.

WICHITA, KANS. After grant-
ing permission to the Child Evan-
gelism Fellowship to contact chil-
dren on streets and public property
in Wichita, to give them Bible mes-
sages and stories, the City Commis-
sion later rescinded the permit at
the request of the Wichita Council
of Churches and other Protestant
groups. The protesting groups said
they opposed the granting of the per-
mit on the grounds that children (un-
accompanied by their parents) must
be protected against being ap-
proached by strangers. (The Child
Evangelism Fellowship is an inter-
denominational group with head-
quarters at Pacific Palisades, Calif.,
whose aim is to evangelize un-
churched youngsters by means of
Bible-story sessions in public parks,
private homes, and similar places.)

WASHINGTON, D. C. A spokes-
man for the Department of Justice
is studying the decision of the Fifth
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals at
New Orleans concerning a member
of the Jehovah's Witnesses. The
New Orleans court held that he is
entitled to deferment from the draft
as a minister, even if he has no theo-
logical education or regular church
assignment. The decision is con-
trary to the findings of other courts,
and the ruling may be appealed to
the Supreme Court, the Department
of Justice spokesman said.

SAN FRANCISCO. Three Prot-
estant theological seminaries in

OTTAWA. Canada's new prime
minister, John Diefenbaker, is a
member of the First Baptist Church
in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
The former prime minister, Louis
St. Laurent, was a Roman Catholic.

FORT WORl H, TEX. A former
Japanese suicide pilot in World War
11, converted to Christianity by a
missionary, was ordained a liaptist
minister iiere a few days ago. He
IS tne Rev. Samuel I. Niwa. At his
ordination he took the Christian
name of Samuel because it sounded
like his Japanese name, Isamu.

Mr. Niwa, who became a suicide
pilot when he was only 15, was an
atheist working with Communists
while attending a junior college at
Osaka after the war. He saia chat
one night he heard a Baptist mis-
sionary preaching and was con-
verted. "1 remember every word ne
said," the minister recalled. "The
most important ones to me were:
'For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.'
1 felt a need, and the missionary's
words answered it."

He was reared as a Shintoist when
a boy, and his father ordered him
out of his home when he became
converted. But the missionary took
him under his wing, and the youth
came to America for theological
training. He says he will become a
sign-language preacher, ministering I
to the deaf, probably in a mission in i
his home city of Osaka.

PHOENIX, ARIZ. More than
1,000 delegates from the United
States, Canada, Great Britain, Ko-
rea, Northern Rhodesia, Mexico,
and other countries are expected to
attend the 20th annual convention
of Christian Business Men's Com-
mittee International at Phoenix,
October 23-27, according to an an- j
nouncement by Dr. T. E. McCuUy, |
CBMCI executive secretary. Busi- \
ness highlights will include the elec- j
tion of five new directors and an |
International chairman to succeed j
Waldo Yeager, of Toledo, Ohio, '
who retires from the board after
serving his three-year term. |

Tlie BRETHREN

Let Your Light Shine

AUGUST 31, 1957

SPECIAL. Excavation of the pool
at Gibeon, mentioned 43 times in
the Bible, will be the principal ob-
jective of an American archeologi-
cal expedition that began work in
the Holy Land last month. The
expedition is sponsored by the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania Museum
and the Church Divinity School of
the Pacific (Episcopal) at Berkeley,
Calif. It is being directed by Dr.
James B. Pritchard of the divinity
school.

Last summer, Dr. Pritchard's
expedition found the pool when it
uncovered the buried city in El Jib,
an Arab village eight miles north of
Jerusalem.

(The pool of Gibeon is referred
to in II Samuel, chapter 2, as the
scene of the battle between the
forces of Abner, Saul's captain,
and Joab, the captain of David's
forces. A rock-cut water reservoir,
the pool measures 36 feet in dia-
meter. Its depth is unknown to the
archeologists, who last year dug
down 35 feet without reaching the
bottom. Because of the material un-
covered in the upper strata, it is be-
lieved that complete excavation of
the pool will yield additional in-
scriptions and other artifacts that
may help to bridge the gaps in
history of ancient Gibeon.)

WASHINGTON, D. C. Three
stained glass windows, honoring
John Wesley, Charles Wesley, and
their mother, Susanna Wesley,
were dedicated at the Washington
Cathedral, a Protestant Episcopal
institution. (John Wesley was the
founder of Methodism, and his
brother Charles was famous for the
hymns he wrote.)

WASHINGTON, D. C. The

House voted tentatively last August
6 to forbid construction of a chapel
by the Air Force Academy. One
member charged that the $3,000,-
000 structure would be a "mon-
strosity." Others agreed with him.
The vote was 102 to 53.

Funds for the Air Academy at
Colorado Springs were part of
$900,000,000 in Air Force funds in
a supplemental appropriation bill.

The House did not cut the amount
of money but forbade its use for the
chapel.

The amendment on the chapel
was proposed by Representative Er-
rett P. Scrivner, (R-Kans.), who
called the proposed a "nineteen-
spired, poUshed aluminum mon-
strosity."

Mr. Scrivner said he was not
against chapels for the military or
anyone and that his father had been
a minister for nearly 50 years.
He thought that the building should
be in keeping with the natural gran-
deur of its site in the Rocky Moun-
tain foothills.

ISRAEL. The study of the Bible
occupies a preponderantly impor-
tant place in the curriculum of ele-
mentary and secondary schools,
from 20 to 30 percent of the total
hours of tuition being devoted to a
study of Scripture, Biblical com-
mentaries, and ancillary subjects.
Pupils passing out of secondary
schools must show a general knowl-
edge of the Bible as a whole, and a
fundamental knowledge of some-
thing like 400-500 chapters. (There
are upwards of 1,000 teachers of
the Bible in Israel, including about
300 Biblical experts and 100 scho-
lars who devote their time exclusive-
ly to research in the Bible and its
teaching. Of the latter, some 50 have
reached international standards of
scholarship.)

WASHDJGTON, D. C. A joint
resolution to declare the first Sun-
day in August each year National
Family Day has been introduced in
the U. S. House of Representatives

by Rep. George Meader (R-Mich.).
Mr. Meader said there should be a
Family Day as well as a Mother's
Day and a Father's Day because
these two observances "although
fitting and proper, tend to isolate
respective parents from the identity
of the family unit." The resolution,
if adopted, would authorize the
President to designate Family Day
"in recognition of the importance of
the family to the happiness and well-
being of men."

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. At its
annual convention in Minneapolis,
The Gideons International an-
nounced the goal of placing a Bible
in every hotel and motel guestroom
in the United States and Canada
that does not already have one. A
Gideon survey showed it would take
720,200 Bibles, but the Gideons
hope to accomplish it within a year.
Next year will be the 50th year the
Gideon organization has placed
Bibles in guestrooms.

There are only 21,087 Gideons
in the world, and yet these Christian
businessmen raised more than a mil-
lion dollars for Scripture distribu-
tion last year. About three-fourths
of this amount was received from
church offerings; the balance came
out of the Gideons' own pockets.

During the year they placed
2,364,192 copies of either the New
Testament or the complete Bible —
an increase of more than 550,000
over the previous year. This total in-
cludes 1,099,051 Testaments given-
to children in public schools, and
277,349 Bibles placed in hotels and
motels.

BETHEL (Holy Land). James L.
Kelso, eminent Biblical archeologist,
has left for the Holy Land to resume
his search for Jeroboam's temple in
ancient Bethel. This is the seventh
trip he has made to the Holy Land
to hunt for objects throwing light
on Bible times. The temple he is
looking for was built by Jeroboam
as a rival place of worship to Sol-
omon's Temple in Jerusalem. Thej
supposed site is now covered with|
orchards. In previous explorations!
Dr. Kelso discovered portions of
the winter palace of King Herod the
Great near Jericho.

man treasurer: Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee: Gene Farrell, S. W. Link. MarK maiies, Kooen z.. «.
Thomas Hammers; Arnold R. Krlegbaum. ex officio.

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USING OUR TALENTS

UNTIL

HE
COMES

'COME, AND LET US
RETURN UNTO THE LORD...

Moderator's Address

Indiana Fellowship of Brethren Churches

By Scott Weaver

The Lord Jesus gave us a very
wonderful illustration in Luke 19:
12-26 of what is expected of the
child of God. Using our talents
equals service, for service cer-
tainly is the use of whatever talent
we might have for the glory of God.
The Lord didn't save us to be
armchair Christians until He comes,
but rather to be active and zealous
in service for Him. The Christian
has not been asked to be famous,
popular, or to excel, but simply to
be faithful to serve in any way pos-
sible. Each one of us varies in tal-
ents, but surely we ought to know
how to use them to serve our Sav-
iour. We wish to consider three as-
pects of service: The cost of service;
the enablement for service; the re-
wards for service.

THE COST OF SERVICE

A Bible truth is that every be-
liever in Christ has been called to be
a servant; but who is there among
us who has reahzed and understood
all that it involves? To look at the
lives of most Christians, one might
conclude that we expect God to be
our servant rather than that we
should be His! As God looks out
over the church today, it is much the
same as when He said to Israel:
"Thou hast made me to serve with
thy sins; thou hast wearied me with
thine iniquities." Even when this
charge cannot be brought there is
often little conception of the true
meaning of servant. Consider what
a servant is to do. A servant is one
who carries out the wishes of an-
other. It has nothing to do with
satisfying self or yielding to person-
al desires. Though the demands are

difficult and distasteful and even ap-
pear unreasonable, the duty of the
servant remains the same — obe-
dience.

This spirit however does not fre-
quently occur among the children
of God. It is far too frequently con-
spicuous by its absence! A lack of
obedience reveals a want for spirit-
ual depth and heart preparation. It
reveals a very feeble insight into the
meaning of Calvary and the resur-
rection of Christ. It is no small thing
to become a true servant of Christ.
To call Him "Lord and Master"
and really serve Him in obedience
costs a man complete denial of self
— and crucifixion with Christ!

To be a servant of Jesus means
that I am no longer to serve my-
self. It means that my will no longer
controls, but the Holy Spirit con-
trols. I will no longer control ray
actions, but live at the command of
Another. I will no longer choose
my path, but take the one (however
narrow and painful it might be) that
God has prepared. It means that I
am willing to suffer in behalf of
Christ, to be hated and despised by
men. It means that I am willing to
count all things in life but rubbish
for the cause of Christ. I will for-
sake father, mother, brothers, and
sisters in obedience to Him. It
means I will take up my cross and
follow Him.

Is this an easy Ufe? Is it accord-
ing to man's nature and pride? Will
this not involve a struggle in every
recess of the heart and soul? The
cost is tremendous but worthwhile to
be a servant of Jesus Christ and to
use every talent we have for Him
(Gal. 2:20).

We will never be willing to serve
and obey until we have been purged
of sin and cleansed by the blood of
the Lord Jesus. Service calls for
putting off the "old man" with his
deeds and putting on the "new
man." Sin has always separated man
from God. There will be no service
possible until the sin problem is
dealt with.

THE ENABLEMENT FOR
SERVICE

We wish to use Paul's enablement
as our example. His enablement
was stated in Galatians 2:20. In
this verse we notice three ideas: The
negative enablement; the positive
enablement; the purpose of the en-
ablement.

The Negative Enablement: "Not
I." We wish to examine the contfet
just a little, for in a sense the whole
epistle is very sad. Paul had left the
Galatian church, a zealous, loving
group of Christians, who were serv-
ing in all faithfulness. After his re-
turn to Corinth from Ephesus, he
finds that they are reverting to bond-
age and abandoning the simplicity
and freedom of the Gospel. Paul's
whole message to the Galatians was
a note of reproof and stern re-
buke, but softened by his love and
tenderness.

What is the reason for this de-
clension? It is perhaps revealed in
chapter 5, verse 9: "A little leaven
leaveneth the whole lump." "Leav-
en" was permeating the church and
gradually eating away all freedom
and joy. "Leaven" in the New
Testament is mentioned several
times. In the Gospels there is the
leaven of the Pharisees — hypocrisy;
and the leaven of the Herodians —

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worldliness. In Corinthians it in-
dicates immorality. Here in Gala-
tians it speaks of ritualism and of
legalism. Paul in Romans declared
that justification is by faith, but now
he finds himself confronted with a
group who feel that justification
depends upon human works. This
heresy still exists. To the unsaved
it insists: "You must do something
to be saved." To the saved it in-
sists: "You must do something to
keep saved." The apostle calls it
"another gospel" in chapter 6, and in
chapter 4 a "weak and beggarly ele-
ment," and in chapter 5 "a yoke of
bondage." It is simply a departing
from God's grace to human self-
righteousness!

Satan is very subtle! We are not
dealing with the immorality of the
Corinthians but the importance of
"I." Our first lesson as servants must
be that the enablement for service
is not "I." It is a hard lesson, and we
are very slow to learn it. Sometimes
we find folks who refuse to be
taught. We can never satisfy God by
fleshly carnal means. We may feel
that great things have been ac-
compUshed, and yet it may be an
experience like that of the Israel-
ites in Psalm 106:15: "He gave
them their request, but sent lean-
ness to their soul."

The progenitor of "I" is Satan.
He has always caused men to use
this "I" for the enablement of serv-
ice. God had to cast Lucifer from
heaven. In Isaiah 14, five times he
used the assertion "I will." Even
God's children are often disabled
thoiugh the "I." Moses and Aaron
in Numbers 20:10 said: "Hear now
ye rebels; must we fetch you water
out of this rock?" Moses then smote
the rock twice instead of once. God
judged them by not allowing them
to enter the promised land.

Saul disobediently and presump-
tuously offers sacrifices (I Sam. 13:
12). The result was: "The Spirit of
the Lord departed from him" (I
Sam. 16:14).

In service "I" always causes trou-
ble, for it seeks the center of the
picture. Paul said, "I have been
crucified." If that is true for each
one of us, then why do men not see
more of Christ in us?

The Positive Enablement: "But
Christ liveth in me." The early
church declared repeatedly, believed
implicitly, and experienced contin-
ually the power and presence of the
ever (enabling) living Christ which
must be yours and mine today! He

Scott Weaver

wants to charge our humanity with
His power and resources for service.
Christ lives in us so that we may
see with His eyes, think with His
mind, walk as He walks, speak with
His lips and love with His love. If
He is the enabling power of our lives,
then He will give us unselfish power,
untiring power, and unlimited power
for service.

We see unselfish power illustrated
in Matthew 5:16 and I Corinthians
10:31. This is unselfish power! Not
I but Christ!

We find untiring power illustrated
in Isaiah 40:28-31. You and I may
know this power in a Person, the
indwelling Christ, who himself has
declared He possesses it!

In Matthew 28:18, 20, Jesus
spoke of unlimited power. This un-
limited power is ours if Christ lives
within us.

Purpose of the Enablement: "The
life which I now live in the flesh."
Someone has described the life of
certain Christians as: Satisfied —
producing stagnation. Dissatisfied
— producing frustration. Defiant —
producing disruption. Defeated —
producing vexation.

Can we imagine that this be the
life of the risen Lord Jesus? This
certainly does not describe our liv-
ing Saviour!

The purpose of the enablement is
to make possible a practical Chris-
tian life of service for every believer
now in the flesh. A life of service
is always under attack from Satan,
but there is armament for the fight.
Ephesians 6 tells us to "put on the
whole armour of God," and along
with being armored, to be "sober"
and vigilant. The enablement for
service and the armor of God ought
to cause us to be "fervent in spirit;
serving the Lord." But many of
God's people are serving self, thus,
they are self-servants and not His
servants.

THE REWARDS FOR SERVICE

The Scriptures very clearly dis-

tinguish between salvation and re-
wards. Salvation is offered to the
lost while rewards are for the faith-
ful servants of Christ. We read of
these rewards in I Corinthians 3:
12-14 and in Revelation 22:12.

The Lord is going to unveil our
lives as believers. It will be a time
of joy for some and a time of grief
and embarrassment for others. Noth-
ing will remain hidden and secret,
for the Lord will make all our works
manifest. It is quite apparent that
many Christians have never taken
the matter of rewards for service
too seriously. The salvation of a be-
liever is a settled matter for eternity,
but how we spend our time and
talents is yet to be dealt with at the
Bema Seat of Christ.

Only about five percent of the
Christians are really serving Christ,
while the rest are merrily coasting.
This means that the five percent wiU
receive the rewards of the Lord
while the other 95 percent will stand
empty handed before the Bema Seat.
This will produce bitter tears as they
look back and remember how they
wasted their efforts, time, and tal-
ents. Memory seems to be a per-
manent part of man. Someone has
suggested that only God can for-
get. The Lord Jesus gave us the ac-
count of Lazarus and the rich young
man in Luke 16. Apparently in that
passage both the rich young man
and Abraham were conscious and
able to remember former life. If
believers are able to remember how
they have served the Lord, I am
sure we can see the need for the
hand of God drying tears in heaven.

If there is anything that will hin-
der the growth of a church and
cause the pastor to become dis-
couraged, it is the fact that so few
of his peoDle are really interested
in serving the Lord.

The thought of the Lord giving us
rewards ought to move us out of our
lethargy and cause us to burn out
for the cause of Christ. May God
help us to go home with the desire
to serve and to move the rest of
the church to serve.

There are at least five rewards
spoken of in the Scriptures: I Co-
rinthians 9:25 — incorruptible crown.
II Timothy 4:8 — crown of right-
eousness. I Thessalonians 2:19 —
crown of rejoicing. James 1:12 —
crown of life. I Peter 5:1, 4 — crown
of glory. These will be given for
various services rendered unto the

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Summary of the Moderator's Address

Northern Atlantic Fellowship of Brethren Churches

By Conard Sandy

In the good and great providence
of eternal God our Father, through
the infinite and far-reaching grace
of eternal God our Saviour, and
under the blessed and personal
leadership of eternal God our Com-
forter, we are here assembled in
the first annual conference of the
Northern Atlantic Fellowship of
Brethren Churches. We should be
filled with the spirit of thanksgiving
to our God for this privilege of as-
sembly as we enjoy it with our fel-
low saints in "the land of the free
and the home of the brave."

It seems very appropriate that
the theme of this first conference of
this new district should be "Re-
deeming the Time." If we go from
this conference better able to re-
deem the time, in the Bibhcal sense
of the term, then it will have been
profitable for us to have spent these
few days together; otherwise it
would have been better for us never
to have assembled here. Let us
from the very outset seek to make
this a great conference for the glory
of the Lord Jesus Christ. Also let
us remember that, in a sense, what-
ever we do here will be considered
in later years as a precedent by
which the affairs of other confer-
ences should be conducted. The
phrase which constitutes our theme
— "redeeming the time"- — appears
twice in the New Testament. Be-
fore we go any further in our think-
ing we must turn to the two passages
and read what has been given to us
within the confines of divine revela-
tion. The Apostle Paul used the
phrase "redeeming the time" in writ-
ing to the believers in the city of
Ephesus (Eph. 5:11-17). The sec-
ond appearance of the phrase "re-
deeming the time" came from the
pen of the apostle to the gentiles
when he wrote to the saints in Co-
losse (Col. 4:1-6).

EXHORTATION

Realm. The realm in which this
exhortation Ues is that of the Chris-
tian Ufe; this is not written for, nor
to, the unbeliever. In the first three
chapters of the Ephesian epistle the

apostle wrote of the relationship of
Christ to His church, while in the
last three chapters he wrote of the
relationship of the church to her
Christ. Thus the first half of the
book must of necessity be primarily
doctrinal in content, while the last
half of the book must of necessity be
practical in content. The same is true
of the Colossian letter: the first sec-
tion of it is concerned mainly with
the character of the Christ in His
relation to His church; whereas the
second portion is concerned mainly
with the conduct of the church in
her relation to her Christ.

"Redeeming the time" is therefore
an exhortation in each case in the

very heart of the practical section
of the epistle. It might be considered,
in a very real and true sense, the
central pivot on which both of these
practical sections turn. The Chris-
tian life is practical and to see and
enjoy it in its fullness and to the
fullest degree one must learn to re-
deem the time.

Let us look closer at the im-
mediate realm or context of the
phrase in the two epistles. The Spirit
of God warns the saints to "hiave
no fellowship with the unfruitful
works of darkness." We are to re-
prove, by our very attitudes and
actions, the works of darkness about
us; we are to refrain from speaking

of them lest we bring shame upon
ourselves; we are to live in the light
of the glorious Gospel, and remem-
ber that the light reveals the true
character; we are to awake to all the
possibilities about us; we are to
walk as wise men and not as fools;
we are to treat all men in proper
respect; we are to pray and watch
with thanksgiving; and finally we
are to "walk in wisdom toward them
that are without." With all these
statements as a background, it is
then that the Holy Spirit exhorts us
to redeem the time.

Request. The word translated
"redeem," according to Thayer, Ut-
erally means "to redeem, by pay-
ment of a price to recover from the
power of another, to ransom, to buy
off, to buy up or to buy up for
one's self for one's use."

The word translated "time" is one
of the two common Greek words
used to speak of time. This word
means the "measure of time, a fixed
and definite time, a definitely limited
portion of time, with the added no-
tion of suitableness," says Dr. Thay-
er. What, then, is the defined or set
time involved in this statement? It is
the time of grace and the behever's
earthly pilgrimage. It is today and
only today. The saint can use this
day — this time — wisely or unwise-
ly; he has no power over any other
time — yesterday is gone and tomor-
row is not here.

Benjamin Franklin said: "Dost
thou love life? Then do not squander
time, for that is the stuff life is made
of." Letourneux, a Frenchman, add-
ed: "Be avaricious of time. Do not
give any amount without receiving it
in value; only allow the hours to go
from you with as much regret as you
would give to your gold." Theo-
phrastus answered: "Nothing is
more precious than time and those
who misspend it are the greatest of
prodigals."

Reasons. A careful reading of
the two passages of God's Word be-
fore us reveals three reasons why
every believer should be concerned
with "redeeming the time" in his
present-day Christian life. And since

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we are believers of the Book we
have no business to look elsewhere
for reasons for what we do and what
we do not do while traveling in the
Christian's earthly pilgrimage.

Wickadness. In the Ephesian let-
ter our theme is one clause among
five phrases in a sentence that reads
thus: "See then that ye walk circum-
spectly, not as fools, but as wise,
redeeming the time, because the
days are evil." "Because the days
are evil," and they were. Anyone
who is at all acquainted with the his-
tory of Ephesus, during the first cen-
tury following the birth of the Lord
Jesus, is aware of the trutlifulness of
that statement. The same was true
also of the entire Roman world. But
what about our own time — are our
days evil? Are these the days con-
cerning which the Holy Spirit has
warned in II Timothy 3:1-5?

The second reason for "redeem-
ing the time" is that we can and
will apply ourselves to the discern-
ment of the will of God as He has
been pleased to reveal it for our
present good. Here is God's state-
ment of the matter: "Wherefore be
not unwise, but understanding what
the will of the Lord is." And again
these words: "Walk in wisdom to-
ward them that are without."

Witness. The third reason why
every saint of God ought to redeem
time is so that he will be able to bear
a true witness to all the world. Lis-
ten again to the word of the Holy
Spirit: "Walk in wisdom toward
them that are without, redeeming
the time. Let your speech be alway
with grace, seasoned with salt, th.it
ye may know how ye ought to an-
swer every man." By that statement
it is seen clearly that there is a very
close relation between "redeeming
the time" and bearing the proper
kind of witness "toward them that
are without."

On the other hand there is evi-
dently a close connection between
the modem saint's misuse of time
and the pronounced failure in wit-
nessing to lost men and women con-
cerning the marvelous grace of the
Lord Jesus. It is no idle exhorta-
tion that the Spirit here lays upon
all saints who would be pleasing to
the Saviour and Lord in all things.
Because we as a people spend time
so carelessly and do not avail our-
selves of every opportunity before
us, we do not and we cannot speak
"alway with grace," nor do we have
a speech that is "seasoned with salt."
The result is, the sinners are not

hearing the blessed and sweet story
of salvation in Christ Jesus.

EXPLANATION

This then brings us to a second
consideration in which we must note
why it is important and timely for
us to think on this theme here and
now and why it is urgent that we be
busy "redeeming the time." This
explanation shall be treated very
briefly under three divisions: of
creed, of character, and of conduct.

Creed. We who believe in the
simplest of all creeds — the New
Testament — have a great work to
perform in making all men to real-
ize that God has given us just one
revelation, Many are the voices
crying out to be heard, but the ma-
jority of them are not giving forth
the Word of God in its simplicity.
Many are the interpretations, but
few are the clarion calls of "thus
saith the Lord." Many have a
"form of godliness," but they have
not "the power thereof." The mem-
bers of this school are "ever learn-
ing, and never able to come to the
knowledge of the truth." We are
warned against them and their false
a-'d damnable doctrines. It is urgent
t:iat all believers who have and know
the creed which is true to the Word
of God be busy, get even more busy,
and remain ever busy "redeeming
the time, because the days are evil."

Character. When a preacher fails
to preach the full Deity, the virgin
birth, the sinless life, the substitu-
tionary death, the complete burial,
the victorious resurrection, the
glorious ascension, the intercessory
mediation, and the blessed return of
the Saviour, he has removed at the
same time the motive, the purpose,
and the urgency for the holy and
righteous life on the part of those
who profess faith in the Christ.
One's character will never rise to a
higher level than his creed.

Since false and inadequate creeds
have produced souls which lack in

Conard Sandy

real Christian character, it behooves
us to look at the character of the
modern church member. What do
we see? We see a person who has
been taught to be satisfied with big-
ness rather than with truth and true
greatness, who has misinterpreted
activity for spiritual progress, who
has placed his dependence upon the
arms of the miUtarists rather than
upon the arm of the eternal God,
who is enveloped in programs rather
than in prayer, and who is occupied
mainly with society rather than being
lost in the love and grace of the
Saviour. This is tragic, for it can
lead to but one conclusion; that is,
a highly organized church that has
lost its contact with the one and
only source of spiritual life in the
person and work of the Christ of
God.

Conduct. It must ever be remem-
bered that creed determines char-
acter and that character determines
conduct. These are always related
and in this order. To ignore this truth
does not in any way remove it from
the realm of reality. People do right
because they believe right and they
do wrong because they believe
wrong. Those who are given to a
false creed are themselves false and
what they do must of necessity also
be false and wrong. Christ summed
up this truth in Matthew 12:33-35;
15:18-20.

We are told there are more mem-
bers in more churches in the United
States of America than ever before
in our history. It is undoubtedly true
that more people have joined
churches than in any previous day,
but it does not necessarily follow
that more people are Christians now.
In fact, we have some very amazing
paradoxes along this line. At least
100,000,000 people belong to the
three main religious groups in our
nation: Protestantism, Romanism,
and Judaism. But how many or how
few of these really belong to the
Saviour? We do not know and there
is no way of getting an answer. But
it is safe to say that even within
the realm of Protestantism there are
multitudes who have never entered
into a personal and saving rela-
tionship with the Lord of the church.
It is pathetic, for the church has not
been busy at its mission; which is,
the preaching of the Gospel of sal-
vation to lost men and women and
then inviting them to come to the
blessed Jesus for eternal life.

Churches which have departed
from credal beliefs as set forth in

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the holy Word of God have at the
same time desisted from teaching
high moral character. The lack of
a God-given creed has produced a
generation of people with poverty-
stricken character, and this in turn
has produced another generation
that is known for its corrupt and
filthy conduct.

EXAMINATION

The first thing we suggest is that
each of us ought to examine our
own hves and our own churches to
see if we are wasting time, or if we
are redeeming it to and for the glory
of our Redeemer. All time that is
not used to the fullest degree of use-
fulness is in a sense lost time. We
cannot create time nor can we de-
stroy it, but we can use it. We can-
not save time and store it away for
some future convenience, we can
only use it, either wisely or un-
wisely, while it is passing never to
be recovered here or in eternity.

As we examine ourselves con-
cerning the use of time, it is well for
us to remember that there is a time
for every thing and we must learn
when that time is. It is well for
us to remember that there is a time
for every thing and we must learn
when that time is. It is well for us
hat we consider the words of one
ivho faced this problem centuries
igo and wrote Ecclesiastes 3:1-11.
Let us examine ourselves in the
ight of this Scriptural suggestion,
iave we given everythmg that
;omes into our hves its proper pro-
)ortion of time, or have we given
ar too much time to the trivials of
ife and failed to give the proper
ime to the essentials of our daily
iyes as they stand m the presence of
lod? What about the time we give
3 Bible reading and prayer in com-
arison to the time we give to news-
aper reading and talking to men
bout the passing thmgs of this
'orld? Do we spend sufficient time
1 examining ourselves, or do we
3end the greater portion of our
me in examining the methods — yes,
ven the motives — of our fellow
len, both within the church and
I the world? It is now time that we
3gin the examination right at home.
Evangelism. After the believer has
famined self, it then follows for
m that he should, and will be
ady to, engage in evangelism — per-
mal, congregational, and mass — as
jportunity is presented. It is true
at God gave to His church some

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to be evangelists; but nowhere on
the sacred page is there an infer-
ence that the work of evangelism is
to be limited to the work of the
evangelists. To the contrary, every
behever is supposed to be a witness,
in a sense, an evangehst.

What is New Testament evan-
geUsm? It is making known to sin-
ners the glorious good news of the
Saviour and the salvation which
He has provided in grace because of
His love for us while we were un-
lovely. It is taking the Gospel to
people who either have never heard
it nor received it and then pleading
with them to beheve and be saved
upon the basis of what Christ did for
them at Calvary.

It seems almost unnecessary to
read again from the Word on this
point; but at the risk of being repe-
titious let us do so. As we read Mat-
thew 28:8-20; Acts 1:8 and John
20:21, let us remember that they
are direct from the blessed Lord
Jesus Christ himself.

Since there are many churches
and many church members who do
not know and do not preach the plan
of salvation as it is in the person of
the Lord Jesus, let us here now re-
solve and covenant anew to be
earnest evangehsts of the Gospel.
Education will not stop the rising
crime wave but true evangehsm will.
Reformation will not change the
hearts of men and women, but re-
generation will make new creations
of all believers, old things will pass

away and all things will become new.
Evangehsm — personal, congre-
gational, and mass — is the one and
only hope of the church and of the
world. Multitudes are lost m sin,
believers alone have the message of
hope for them. Let us awake them,
"redeeming the time," and send
forth the word of salvation across
hill and vale until aU men, espe-
cially here in eastern Pennsylvania
where we are, have heard the story
of our Christ.

Extension. When this conference
was first organized, less than one
year ago, there were five churches
in this area which joined together
to form the Northern Atlantic Fel-
lowship of Brethren Churches. This
made us one of the two districts in
the denomination with just five co-
operating congregations. But thanks
be unto God, there are now seven
congregations in the district. This
is a good sign for a new district,
but let us pray that this shall be only
the beginning of great things for
Christ in this area. Let us ask the
Lord of the church to give us one
newly organized church within the
confines of the area allotted to us to
join our fellowship each year. Let
us ask the Lord to give us wisdom
and strength to take the land for
Christ and His church. Let us re-
deem the time in establishing new
Brethren churches in the area where
The Brethren Church had its begin-
ning as far as the United States
of America is concerned.

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Edifying the Body of Christ

"BUT THE LORD IS IN HIS
HOLY TEMPLE: LET ALL
THE EARTH KEEP SILENCE
BEFORE HIM." Hat 2. ZO

NORTHWEST
FELLOWSHIP

OF
BRETHREN
CHURCHES

INTRODUCTION

We are assembled as members
and friends of The Brethren Church
to begin the 36th Annual Con-
ference of the Northwest Fellow-
ship of Brethren Churches. Our de-
sire and prayer is that this confer-
ence will be for the glory of God,
and for the blessing of our individual
hearts as children of our Heavenly
Father.

In all of our deliberations con-
cerning the business of our confer-
ence, let us seek first the guidance
of the Holy Spirit of God "that His
will may be done through us, and
that Christ shall be magnified. The
theme of our conference is "Edify-
ing the Body of Christ."

God has given to us the human
body as an illustration of the union
of Christ to the church which is His
body. The human body is an organ-
ism in which one member of the
body affects another member. When
one member suffers, the entire body
suffers with it. The church is com-
monly known as an organization,
but primarily it is an organism.

The difference between an organ-
ization and an organism is that one
has life and the other doesn't.
Organization means simply that
things are placed in an orderly fash-
ion. You may have an organization
of facts, which simply means that
you have your facts grouped in
order. But when you think of an
organism, you immediately think of
life. This is of course what the body
of Christ has. It has life. It is made
up of living members. We are called
living stones by the Spirit of God
through the Apostle Peter.

Now, when we think of "edify-
ing the body," we want to know
what the word "edify" means. It
comes from the Greek word, oiko-
doma which means, the act of
building, or advancement, which we
then in turn understand to mean "to
advance a person's spiritual con-
dition," "to make spiritual advance-
ments." In other words, to grow.

Growth is normal for a living
organism. When there is no growth,
it is an indication of extreme dan-
ger of death.

The body of Jesus Christ, which
is the church, must have growth.
God has given to the church apos-
tles, prophets, evangelists and pas-
tors who are teachers (Eph. 4:12-
15).

Considering the giowth of the
body of Christ, I want to speak of
the necessity of growth, the con-
ditions of growth, and the result of
growth.

THE NECESSITY OF GROWTH

First of all I would say that there
is no growth until there has first
been a birth. The birth of a child
naturally precedes its growth. Under
normal, God-given circumstances
the birth of a child brings great joy
to the parents. A tiny baby cer-
tainly is something to be loved
and cherished. It is helpless and
dependent upon others for its care.
This care of course is gladly be-
stowed upon it by the parents, pri-
marily the mother. It is a joy for her
to care for the baby in its infancy.
She bathes, and feeds, and cuddles
the little one, and even loses many
hours of sleep in the night, but each

Summary of

Moderator's

Address

By Henry
Daike

act is a ministry of love for the
child.

If the child is healthy and receives
the right care, it will grow rather
rapidly and will soon come to the
place where it can walk, and then
talk. Each new accomplishment is
also a joy to the parents. When they
see the one take the first step with-
out assistance of a chair, or a help-
ing hand, there are words of praise
and encouragement. When the first
word is uttered, even though you
may have to use your imagination
to understand it, there is a satis-
faction in the eyes of mother and
father. Growth is necessary for the
happiness of the parents. If growth
and development do not take place,
the child becomes a heartache in-
stead of a joy.

We have some friends who have a
child that is completely helpless.
Its helplessness came about through
complications which set in after
she had chickenpox at the age of
two. She is now fourteen years of
age, but she cannot walk, she can-
not talk, she cannot eat. She must
still be fed with the bottle. She is
completely robbed of all mentality.
You can easily see how the care
of this child keeps the parents from
functioning in society as they could
under normal circumstances.

Transfer now this human exper-
ience into the growth of the body of
Christ, which is the church. Is there
normal growth in our church? I fear
that most of us must confess very
little numerical or spiritual growth.

I want to use the words of an
evangelist pastor to illustrate this
point as he writes his concern for

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the young people of the church. "All
these things we do for young people
are fine. And I'm as glad as anyone
to hear of thousands of teen-agers
getting converted around the church
ten years later." This unfortunately
is not the groaning of a reactionist.
The hard, cold facts are on his side.
These facts seem to indicate that
while evangelicals are champions
at producing sixteen-and seventeen-
year-old "converts," they are not
so effective at translating these con-
verts into lifelong church member-
ships.

This is illustrated by a small evan-
gehcal denomination. One of its
leaders reported recently that in
1855 they had twenty thousand
members. In 1955 the denomination
had grown to forty thousand. Now,
this constituted something of a prob-
lem to the leader, for he said:

"The increase of population in
births over deaths (according to the
USA Census Bureau) at the present
is 15 per 100 per year. This means
that if the churches of our denomi-
nation have done no more during
the last hundred years than win the
children of our church members to
Christ and church membership, and
at the same time win not a single
"outsider," our denominational
membership, twenty thousand in
1855, should now stand at seventy-
six thousand. Instead we have forty
thousand members. "This means we
are not only failing to reach the com-
munity, but we aren't even winning
the young people of our church fam-
iUes."

In looking over our last years'
statistical report, I see that the
Northwest Fellowship of Brethren
Churches did not show any gain; in
fact, we showed a net loss of 39
souls. Our reported membership
for 1955 was 858 and a year later
we reported 819 members. Some-
thing is definitely wrong! We are not
producmg. We are not growing.
Wherein lies the answer? I believe
that the answer lies in the home.

The members of the church are not
faithful to their children. We are
raising a generation of children who
are not being taught the importance
of the church. Very few parents are
willing to take the trouble to bring
their children to the prayer meeting
of the church. Thereby they are un-
consciously teaching their children
that the prayer meeting is not impor-
tant. The same is true concerning the
evening service of the church on the
Lord's Day. The adults do not
esteem the services of the church;
they leave their children at home and
thus treat the services far too
lightly. They suppose that when
the children are grown, they will
come. If we do not train our chil-
dren in these things when they are
young, it will be almost impossible
when they get to the Junior-High
age. Why wonder then that we can-
not hold our children for the church!
We fail our children in the first ten
years of their lives in showing to
them the lack of importance of the
services of the church.

If we expect numerical and
spiritual growth in our respective
churches, we must first of all live
close to Christ and train our chil-
dren at our family altars in the
home, and then teach them the im-
portance of the church, which is the
body of Christ.

We can gather statistics of cities
about us without Brethren churches,
or any Gospel testimony, but unless
we set ourselves to the immediate
task of taking care of our children,
we wiU not do anything for those
who are outside of the church. Let us
bring our children to God at the
altar of prayer in our homes and
then see how faithful they will be
to the church of Jesus Christ. If a
child is trained right in the home,
he will be right in the church. If a
child is not trained right in the
home, he will not be right in the
church.

We have seen the necessity of
growth, now let us see —

THE CONDITIONS OF
GROWTH

One of the very first necessities
of growth is that we have food. The
U. S. government is trying to edu-
cate people to the principle that
"food is the basis of health." The
condition of growth in the church
is that food must be presented. It is
the pastor's responsibility to feed the
church as Paul instructed the elders
at Ephesus in Acts 20:28.

The pastors are to feed the flock.
That is their responsibiUty. The re-
sponsibility of the flock is that they
come and eat when the food is pre-
sented.

Does the shepherd go and feed
each sheep out in the hills wherever
they may be? No. He has a place
of feeding and the sheep come and
eat. A pastor cannot possibly go
into all of the homes of the con-
gregation and feed them all sep-
arately. They are to come to the
place of feeding.

The Word of God gives us the
food the pastor has to give. It is
"the milk of the word," and "the
meat of the word." For "new-bom"
babes it is to be milk. "As newborn
babes, desire the sincere milk of
the word, that ye may grow there-
by" (I Pet. 2:2). For growing peo-
ple it is to be the "meat" of the
Word.

For the growth of the church, we
need pastors that are giving out
the milk and the meat of the Word
of God, and we must have the peo-
ple coming to eat when the food is
set forth. How faithful are we to the
pastor and to the church?

There are other conditions of
growth that are necessary for the
body, such as air, exercise, and
rest. We will not have time to de-
velop these aspects at this time.
These are the positive necessities.
There are also real enemies in the
realm of physical health and well-
being. Disease is a constant robber
of health and growth.

We must also guard against the
disease of sin in the body of Christ.
A disease in the skin is often caused
by a perfectly normal cell getting
out of place and thereby causing
cancer. It wouldn't seem that a small
thing being out of place should in-
cur such severe results, but it does.

A rose is a beautiful flower in its
place, but it is considered a weed
when it is found in the grain field.
The body of Christ has many mem-
bers and each member has his place.
We have this illustrated by Paul in
I Corinthians 12:12, 14-18. We
are further instructed by this illus-
tration that each one has need of
the other, and that each one of us
is to fulfill the appointed place
where the Lord has placed us.

When disease attacks the body in
one member, the entire body is af-
fected. This is also true of the
spiritual body of Christ. Therefore

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553

Workers
Together

With Christ

Moderator's Address —

Mid-Atlantic Fellowship of Brethren
Churches —

By Earl E. Peer

As we assemble ourselves together
in this First Annual Conference of
the Mid-Atlantic Fellowship of
Brethren Churches, truly we have
much for which we must raise our
voices in praise and thanksgiving
unto God who sits in the heavens.
Just one year ago with a measure of
uncertainty and somewhat of a spirit
of reluctance the old Atlantic con-
ference was dissolved and two new
districts, the Northern Atlantic and
Mid-Atlantic conference were
formed. But now twelve months
hence we reflect upon that action
with a feeling of confidence that
that was the will of our Lord. Your
present moderator is deeply grateful
to you for the great honor of being
elected the first moderator of this
conference. I am sure that I express
your thoughts, as well as my own,
when I say we appreciate the kind
and gracious hospitality of the
Grace Brethren Church, of Hagers-
town, for being host to this con-
ference.

I believe that the Holy Spirit of
God directed your executive com-
mittee in the selection of the theme
of this conference, "Working To-
gether With Christ," and the con-
ference text, "We then, as workers
together with him, beseech you also
that ye receive not the grace of God
in vain" (II Cor. 6:1).

My own heart has been blessed
and my spiritual life enriched by a
study of and a meditation upon these
words written by the Apostle Paul
as he dipped his pen in the ink of
inspiration.

I would like to present these
words of Paul as found in our con-
ference text as a challenge to every
pastor and to every layman present.
First, I want to treat the text from

the standpoint of two different in-
terpretations; secondly, to attempt
an exposition of the passage; and
thirdly, to exhort and challenge the
heart of each delegate of this con-
ference.

There are two main and general
interpretations of this text. In the
Authorized Version the text reads:
"We then, as workers together with
him, beseech you also that ye re-
ceive not the grace of God in vain."
The two words "with him," are in
italics and indicates that they were
not found in the manuscripts but
have been added by the translators
in order to make the meaning more
clear. As a rule this is true, but
sometimes the explanatory words of
the translators seems to make the
meaning more obscure. The first in-
terpretation which I present is that
which follows closely the Authorized
or King James Version which sug-
gests that the workers spoken of
here are workers with him, that is
workers with God. The other opin-
ion is that since the words "with
him" are not to be found in the
original Greek text, that the true
meaning is that we are fellow work-
ers with one another. The sense of
the verse from this point of view
then would be: "We, the members
of the church, the body of Christ, are
fellow workers, we are co-laborers
together for the blessing of the whole
body of Christ and for the evan-
gelizing of a lost and dying world."
Truthfully, I see no serious diffi-
culty in accepting either or both of
these interpretations for both of
them, I feel, are true and express
the meaning of the passage when
we consider it with the context in
mind.

Before we consider the text a

little more in detail I would like to
say a few words about the great
mission suggested by our text. "We
then, as workers together with him."
Just what is this work in which
God is engaged in which we are
privileged to co-operate? God is
employed in numerous works: the
work of creation, the work of pres-
ervation, the work of conservation,
the work of government, and the
work of providence, but in none
of these works can mere man ever
participate. Evidently, the work
spoken of here is the work of recon-
ciling sinful men unto himself — a
work wrought only by God through
the death of Jesus Christ upon Cal-
vary's cross.

We must look to the context for
further light related to this work
of God in which we are permitted to
be His co-laborers. Note from
verses 18-20 in chapter 5, God's
work in Christ. God is the great
worker. The work in which God is
engaged, that work in which man
has the blessed privilege of work-
ing with Him, is the work of recon-
ciling lost humanity to a righteous
and holy God. To this work we as
the children of God have been called
and commissioned by our risen Lord
as ambassadors. As an ambassador
of Jesus Christ we must not con-
sider lightly our mission; we must
not attempt to originate the
message; we must not seek our own
glory; we must never depart from
our instructions. On the other hand,
we must go where He sends us; we
must communicate the mind of the
Lord; we must defend His honor; we
must make the Master's business
pre-eminent, and we must be willing
to suffer loss rather than see the in-
terests of our Master fail.

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With these few thoughts in mind
from the context, let us look at
the text again: "We then, as work-
ers together . . ." Of whom is the
apostle speaking when he said,
"we"? He is speakmg of himself
as an apostle and a minister of
Christ along with all the Christians
at Corinth to whom this epistle was
addressed. I am sure that we are
safe in saying that by application at
least, if not directly, Paul includes
us and every born-agam believer,
for we infer from his salutation in
I Corinthians 1:2. My desire is that
this conference text and theme
might grip our very souls. If we as
brethren will permit the Lord to
bum this text upon our hearts and
indelibly write this theme in our
minds, I am sure we shall report
greater blessings and gains for
Christ than ever before in every
phase of our district work at next
year's conference, if our Lord tarries
in His coming. May God grant that
this conference will not simply be
another district meeting; may God
grant that this conference theme will
not be something we shall promptly
forget. I pray that these words of
Paul may become a living reality to
every minister and every layman
in the Mid-Atlantic Fellowship of
Brethren Churches.

"We," that is we ministers of the
Gospel — who have been called and
commissioned of the Lord to preach
the message of God's grace, the
only message which can reconcile
sinful men to a holy God — are
workers together with Him. How-
ever, as I have already suggested,
I believe that the pronoun "we,"
as used here by Paul, is all inclusive
and takes in every Christian, who
has been redeemed by the grace
3f God and reconciled to God
through the death of His Son Jesus
at Calvary. Therefore, the "we"
'inks together ministers and lay-
nan ahke in the work of the Lord.
ff the minister fails, the work of
he Lord fails. If the layman fails,
he work of the Lord fails. In chap-
er 5 verse 20 when the Apostle
aul said: "Now we are ambas-
adors for Christ," we understand
hat to mean, of course, that all of
\s as Christians are ambassadors
|or Christ. Certainly, we would not
tait that ambassadorship to apos-
ies or ministers alone, but we
pcognize the fact that every man,
i'oman, or young person whose
iame has been written in the Lamb's
'Ook of Life and whose eternal

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home is heaven is only a stranger,
a foreigner, and ambassador in this
world of sm and woe. We, then as
brethren, are workers together with
our blessed Lord in the ministry of
preaching the Gospel and reconcil-
mg men to our Lord Jesus Christ.

How well we do the job for Him
and how quickly we accompUsh the
work He has given us to do depends
largely upon how well we work to-
gether as brethren. I want to men-
tion two things with respect to our
working together. A recognition of
and an acceptance of these two
truths is absolutely necessary to our
prospering in the work of the Lord.
First, there must be a realization
that this work is the work of our
Lord. Secondly, we must constantly
remind ourselves that it is possible
to work in vain. We as human
laborers work in subjection to the
divine will of our precious Lord.
God buries His workers but His
work goes on, is not just a trite say-
ing. God can dispense with any
man's services, however great, wise,
and good he may be, or think him-

self to be. But on the other hand no
man can dispense with the counsel,
and the aid, and the wisdom of our
Father in heaven. The strength and
success of our work for Christ de-
pends upon our acceptance of this
fact. Our success in the Lord's work
is a relative matter, and I am con-
vinced that the degree of success one
experiences in God's work is in di-
rect proportion to the worker's ac-
ceptance of the truth, "the work is
God's, and not ours." Nothing else
is as dear to the heart of God as
this work for which He sent His
only begotten Son into the world,
and at Calvary when the Sinless
was being made sin so that we might
be made the righteousness of God
in Him, God for a time forsook His
Son, provoking this cry from our
Saviour, "My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me?" God for-
sook His Son so that He might

never need forsake a sinner.

Once the Christian workers is
conscious that the work in which
he is engaged is the work of Christ
and of God, he will have no trouble
with a selfish motive. It is a tragedy
-—but too often true — that workers
in the church arise whose motive
for service is something other than
the glory of God. How sad that
when the early church buried Diotre-
phes, his entire progeny did not
perish with him. John, the beloved
disciple, warned of his clan in III
John 9-11.

A careful reading of Paul's first
letter to the church at Corinth will
convince anyone that his heart's de-
sire for this church plagued with
camahties was that their motives for
service for Christ might always be
pure and be for the glory of God.
In the very first chapter in speaking
of God's choosing of the weak things
to confound the wise, he gives the
purpose for God's doing so in verse
29. In chapter 3 he rebukes them
for carnality which resulted in envy,
strife, and divisions, pointing out for
them their selfish motives. The mo-
tive for our works, whether for self
or for the glory of God ascertains
whether or not our works will stand
the divine test of fire. In chapter 4,
Paul deflates the proud and puffed-
up Christian. I once read somewhere
that the puffed-up Christian is full
of leaven. In chapters 8 and 10 Paul
deals with the problem which gave
so much trouble in Corinth, the mat-
ter of meats offered unto idols. I
believe that chapter 8, verse 1 is
the ke}' to this entire section. Knowl-
edge puffeth up, but love edifieth.
Note please the comparison and the
contrast: knowledge puffs up.
Knowledge makes one proud — mere
knowledge forgets the glory of God.
Knowledge is selfish, but love edi-
fies or love builds one up. After
writing at length to the Corinthian
Christians upon the subject of
spiritual gifts, Paul concludes with
these words: "But covet earnestly
the best gifts: and yet I show unto
you a more excellent way," and then
he wrote those thirteen wonderful
verses of I Corinthians chapter 13
on the subject of love.

I doubt if there is any other one
thing which will keep brotherly love
vital and alive as will a realization
that the work in which we are en-
gaged is the work of the Lord. I
would recommend to every delegate

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MODESTO. CALIF. Rev. Ray-
mond Thompson has resigned as
pastor of the McHenry Avenue
Grace Brethren Church, and has ac-
cepted a teaching position in the
Brethren High School at Long
Beach, CaUf.' Charles Koontz has
accepted the pastorate here, and
will assume his new duties on Sept.
1. Brother Koontz graduated from
Grace Theological Seminary in the
class of 1956.

SOUTH BEND, IND. The Ire-
land Road Brethren Church, Gene
Witzky, pastor, is now holding serv-
ices at 1310 Catherwood Drive.

PERU, IND. George Johnson,
of the First Brethren Church,
Wooster, Ohio, has accepted the
pastorate of the First Brethren
Church. He is a '57 graduate of
Grace Seminary. His address is R.R.
5, Peru, Ind.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Dr.
Floyd Taber and family arrived in
New York for furlough from French
Equatorial Africa, Aug. 7. They are
making their home in the Mission-
ary Residence. Misses Gail Jones
and Edith Geske returned on the
Queen Elizabeth to their field of
service in French Equatorial Africa
on Aug. 28.

SAN JOSE, CALIF. Stanley Van
de Grift occupied the pulpit at the
Brethren Church on Aug. 18, and
the new chaplain at the Santa Clara
Clara County Hospital, Rev. Marlyn
L. Fordine, on Aug. 25, while the
pastor, J. C. McKillen attended
conference.

BELEM, BRAZIL. Develop-
ments in the condition of Eddie Mil-
ler, Jr., confined him to a local hos-
pital and he did not make the flight
to New York as previously stated
in the Missionary Herald.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Dr. L.
W. G. Duff-Forbes, Fellow of the
Philosophical Society of Great
Britain, editor of two magazines
"Israel Anchorage" and "Treasures
from Tenach," and author of sev-

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eral books, was the speaker at the
evening services at the First Breth-
ren Church, Aug. 11 and 18.

MADERA, CALIF. Hobart W.
Weston, father of Mrs. Bih Burk,
missionary to Brazil home on fur-
lough, suffered sudden death Aug.
16. He was engaged in construction
work. Christian sympathies are ex-
tended to the family.

HAGERSTOWN, MD. On Sun-
day, July 28 the Grace Brethren
Church gave $1,268 in a special of-
fering toward their building fund.
Fourteen decisions were made for
Christ at the morning service, Aug.
1 1 . Marvin Lowery, junior in Grace
Seminary, gave the evening mes-
sage. Warren Tamkin is pastor.

PIQUA, OHIO. The first youth
camp of the Southern Ohio District
Conference of Brethren Churches
was held Aug. 5-10 at the YMCA
camp grounds north of here. There
were 98 campers registered and 15
ministers and their wives, and lay
women assisted in making the camp
a good one. Decisions for Christ
were witnessed the last night. The
decision service was under the di-
rection of the national youth direc-
tor, Ernest Bearinger, and the Grace
Ambassadors quartet. Rev. Clair
Brickel, of Clayton First Brethren
Church, was camp director.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Another
prospective professor for Grace
Seminary and College made his ap-
pearance at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. John C. Whitcomb Aug. 14.
His name is Donald Albert and he
weighed in at 9 lbs., 51/2 oz.

lin lajptttortam

Issac Bott went to be with the
Lord on July 20. He had been a
member of the First Brethren
Church of Rittman, Ohio, since
1948. In the absence of the pastor.
Rev. Charles Turner, the funeral
was conducted by Rev. Kenneth
Ashman, pastor of the First Breth-

ren Church of Wooster, Ohio. —
Charles Turner, pastor.

Mrs. Dorothea Dawson, a mem-
ber of the First Brethren Church of
Long Beach, Calif., since Jan. 1,
1950, departed to be with the Lord
on July 25. She had been confined
to her bed for several weeks fol-
lowing a stroke. As long as health
permitted, Mrs. Dawson was a regu-
lar attendant at the services of the
church. Her loyalty to her Lord will
not be forgotten by Him in the day
when He rewards His children. —
Dr. C. W. Mayes, pastor.

Mrs. Gaylord Miller left the mid-
week prayer service on July 24, and
15 minutes later she was carried by
the angels into the presence of her
Lord, although her body was rushed
to the hospital in vain hope of life.
Mrs. Miller was a most faithful
Christian lady and beloved by all.
She will not soon be forgotten by
the members of the Grace Brethren
Church of Mansfield, Ohio. — Dr.
Bernard Schneider, pastor.

Rev. and Mrs. Conard Sandy
Just completed two weeks of re-
vival meetings in our Brethren
Chapel at Dryhill, Ky. The theme
was "Calvary Covers It All." We
praise the Lord for the wonderful
messages from the Word.

The attendance was very good
during the entire series of meetings
— reaching 121 as the highest num-
ber present.

Vacation Bible school was held
each morning for one week with 77
children present.

There were 17 decisions for
Christ and five were baptized in a
beautiful baptismal service in the
river on the closing day of the re-
vival.— Miss Evelyn Fuqua.

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Notice of meetings to be listed in this column must be received for publication at least
30 days in advance of scheduled dates.

Church Date

York, Pa Sept. 1-13 .

Johnstown, Pa.

(Riverside) Sept. 1-15

3randview, Wash. Sept. 8-22

Findlay, Ohio . . Sept. 8-22 .
Cuyahoga Falls,

Ohio Sept. 15-29

Pastor Speaker

Herman Koontz Crusade Team.

Bruce Baker . Walter Lepp.

Robert Griffith . Leo Polman.

Gerald Teeter . . A. R. Kriegbaum.

Richard Burch . . Crusade Team.

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The Holy Spirit

and

Evangelism

By Dr. Charles Ashman, Pastor
West Covino Brethren Church
West Covina, Calif.

The keynote of one of our na-
tional conferences was definitely that
of evangelism. We do not recall an-
other annual national conference
during which more emphasis was
placed on soul-winning. It sounded
out in almost every message and also
in the business sessions. It appeared
to us that it was not "worked up"
tut Spirit inspired. It stirred us to
thinking and studying about the re-
lationship between evangelism and
the Holy Spirit. Hence this study.

Prime Purpose

The prime purpose of the Holy
Spirit in the world is that of convic-
tion. In promising the Holy Spirit,
our Lord declared: "When he is
<;ome, he wiU reprove the world of
sin, and of righteousness, and of
judgment" (John 16:8). This is the
prime purpose of the Spirit with the
"world. His chief concern is to bring
■conviction upon unsaved persons.
This is His only mission with the un-
saved. He is not interested in "world
■betterment" or "social service" or
"reformation" as such. His pur-
pose and mission is to bring a real-
ization of a lost condition.

Spirit Conviction

The Holy Spirit alone can bring
Spirit conviction. We may persuade
people to do this or that, even to be
baptized and join the church, but
without the Holy Spirit bringing
conviction of sin there will be none.
We are totally dependent upon the
Spirit to bring the spiritual reaUza-
tion that apart from Christ one is
eternally lost. This is the great need
in evangelism today! So few believe
they are lost and need a Saviour!
There are so few sinners today!
Everybody seems to be satisfied and

August 37, 7957

unconcerned. Why? There are many
causes for this state of spiritual in-
sensibility. But the chief one is that
we have not sought Spirit convic-
tion as we ought. We have not
prayed for it enough. We have not
preached it enough.

It is true that the word "convict"
is found only once in the Bible, in
John 8:9, where it refers to the ac-
cusers of the woman as "being con-
victed by their own conscience."
But the thought and principle of
conviction is found many places in
the Scriptures. Who convicted
these men? The Holy Spirit through
their consciences. He'll do the same
today if He has half a chance.

Spirit Methods

The Holy Spirit chooses His own
methods of convicting sirmers and
saints. Surely He employs His
sword, "The Word of God." "Preach
the Word," teach it, quote it, print
it, live it! We doubt if there ever is
Spirit conviction apart from the
Word of God.

Four "P's" in the Revival Pod

There are four absolute essential?
to Biblical evangelism — Publicity,
Preaching, Prayer, Personal Per-
suasion. These are not written in
any order of their importance. The
Spirit employs prayer along with
preaching. Yes, we can pray Holy
Spirit conviction into and upon the
hearts of the unsaved. Prayer is thus
an evangelistic method, tool, instru-
ment, channel. Oh, that more of
God's people would unite in prayer
for revival and evangelism!

Personal Persuasion

Call it what you will — personal
work, personal evangelism — it is

one of the greatest needs of evan-
gehsm today. Fewer Christians are
engaging in it. It is becoming hard-
er to practice by those who sincerely
desire to do so. It was the original
method of winning souls in the early
church. Without pubhcity, and not
much preaching, but with prayerful
personal persuasion souls were won
to Christ. The Spirit even ordered
Philip to leave the crowds in Sama-
ria to go down to Gaza to win one
soul. (See Acts 8:5-40.) In the early
church souls were won by one.

Give the Spirit a Chance

We are suggesting a plan which
will give the Holy Spirit a greater
chance to work through personal
persuasion. In a two weeks' evan-
gelistic meeting, there are no eve-
nings for God's people to practice
personal evangelism. Today very
few men can be seen during the day.
Just when God's people are inspired
to do personal work, the best time
to do it, the evenings, are all taken
up with revival services. Face to
face is far better than telephone or
U. S. mail, or any other way of con-
tacting folks. Why not have each
two weeks of revival preceded with
one week of personal evangelism?
Have the evangelist there and he
and the pastor direct the going forth
each evening of all who will enlist.
Except for the regular prayer meet-
ing night, devote all evenings to
caUing on indifferent church mem-
bers and the prospective unsaved.
Then the opening Sunday of the
public services would have been
prepared for by prayer, publicity,
and personal evangelism. This
would really give the Spirit a
chance to use the saved to reach the
unsaved. What do you think of it,
brethren.

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Proof of the Christian Faith

The Lord Jesus Christ said: "Ye
shall know them by their fruits"
(Matt. 7:16). Those words are as
true today as they were the day our
blessed Lord spoke them to His
eager disciples on the Mount. Even
though centuries have elapsed since
that eventful day and multitudes
have acknowledged His lordship, let
us pause for a little time and pon-
der some of the proofs of the Chris-
tian life.

In our Christian relationship to
the Father above, we discover that
the Father preserves His children by
His grace and power in the things
of our eternal salvation. It becomes
our unspeakable joy to prove this
aspect of our Christian experience
by the much overlooked art of per-
severance. Perseverance on the part
of God's child becomes the evidence
of that which has been vouchsafed
unto us in eternal salvation. The
Word states that "ye were sealed
with the Holy Spirit of promise"
(Eph. 1:13c). Again we read in II
Timothy 2:19a: "Nevertheless the
foundation of God standeth sure,
having this seal. The Lord knoweth
them that are His."

God keeps His children. Only the
grace of an eternal God could do
this. Even so, our salvation is mani-
fested by the fact that we, as His
children, walk true to that new life
into which we have been led by
the Spirit of God. By referring to the
above verse, we find that counter-
balance of the Christian's inestim-
able privilege. It is stated this way:
"Let every one that nameth the
name of Christ depart from iniquity"
(II Tim. 2:19b). We also notice in
Ephesians 2:8-10: "For by grace
are ye saved through faith; and
that not of yourselves: it is the gift
of God: not of works, lest any man
should boast. For we are His work-
manship, created in Christ Jesus
unto good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should walk
in them." This same great truth is
expressed in Romans 4:4-5. Our
work for the Master is not to obtain
salvation, but out of thankful hearts
we serve Him because He has saved
us by His grace.

A CONSISTENT WALK

Further evidence of this truth of
our Christian faith grows out of a

By Ord Gehman, Fort Wayne, Ind.

consistent walk before the Father
and an evil world. That archfiend,
Satan, always watches carefully for
a flaw in the life of the professed
Christian. For the slightest error, he
finds an emissary who is always
happy to magnify that misstep. The
word conversation is used many
times in the New Testament, and it
refers to the whole sphere of one's
activity and very manner of life.
Not only what you say must be
guarded, but what you think, how
you look, where you go and what
you do. Paul said: "Only let your
conversation be as it becometh the
gospel of Christ" (Phil. 1:27a).
Again, "Our conversation is in
heaven" (Phil. 3:20a). Peter states:
"Seeing then that all these things
shall be dissolved, what manner of
persons ought ye to be in all holy
conversation and godliness?" (II Pet.
3:11). The immortal words, "Oh,
Consistency, thou art a jewel" seem
like a word from Scripture, their
truth is so self-evident. Jesus said:
"Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father
which is in heaven" (Matt. 5:16).

CHRISTIAN GROWTH

Again, let us note that further
proof of our Christian faith is mani-
fested by Christian growth. It is just
as natural to expect growth in the
realm of the spiritual as it is to ex-
pect it in the realm of natural things.
A new baby comes into a home.
Just as long as he grows and de-
velops as a normal baby should, we
are not concerned. But when he
manifests loss of appetite, nervous-
ness, and the like, we become
alarmed immediately. We seek the
services of a physician, and the best
one we can find, regardless of the
fee for his services. And that is ex-
actly the thing we should do. But
when a person becomes hstless and
inactive spiritually, there is all too
many times little or no regard or
apparent concern over the matter.

HUNGER

Hunger is a good evidence of nor-
mal growth. My friend, do you hun-
ger and thirst after spiritual things?
Jesus said: "Blessed are they which

do hunger and thirst after right-
eousness: for they shall be filled""
(Matt. 5:6). Peter admonishes us to-
"grow in grace and in the knowl-
edge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus
Christ" (II Pet. 3:1a). The New
Testament is literally filled with
admonitions to the Christian to feed
upon the Word. And where else
can God's children expect to find
better spiritual nourishment? Dear
reader, if there is no spiritual hunger
in your life, perhaps it would be
profitable for you to take inventory
of your spiritual life and see what
is wrong.

I marvel at many professing
Christians. They seem to be so
much like camels. They attend
church services only periodically.
Easter, Christmas, special seasons-
or events, evangelistic meetings, and
the communion services, seem to
supply all the spiritual food they
want. They do not deem it neces-
sary to make it a habit of their lives
to attend the services with any de-
gree of regularity and feed upon
God's precious Word. And yet, I am
made to wonder if their spiritual
vigor is in a healthful state. Their
soul apparently doesn't crave very
much of the deep spiritual food of
the Word. Perhaps on closer exami-
nation we would discover that their
spiritual anemia is more of a liabil-
ity to the church than it is an asset.

FRUIT BEARING

Even though it has not been pos- '
sible to exhaust this vast subject in
this brief article, one more factor
must be taken into consideration in
conclusion. That is the Christian
privilege of fruit bearing as a proof
of Christian faith. Christ's great
message in the vine and the branches
as recorded in John 15 very amply
illustrates this great truth. We bear;
fruit because we abide in the vine.:
Pruning and purging may come,,
but only that more fruit may result, j
Paul delineates this spiritual frui-|
tion in Galatians 5:22 ff. When the!
Word of God and the Spirit of God!
really possesses the life of God's!
child, there will be evidence of spirit-|
ual fruitage which becomes the'
crowning proof of our Christian;
faith. May God grant that it mightj
be so in each life to His eteraaij
glory. ;

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Lord, such as a crown for faithful-
ness, a crown for soul-winning, a
crown for righteousness, a crown for
suffering in behalf of Christ, and a
crown for our prayer hfe. They will
be given on the basis of God's
grace for the respective service ren-
dered.

The Scripture tells us that "God
is not unrighteous to forget your
work and labour of love, which ye
have shewed toward his name, in
that ye have ministered to the saints,
and do minister" (Heb. 6:10).

In the face of the Lord's prom-
ise to reward us, it ought to be-
hoove us to serve the Lord with all
of our talents. Therefore, I would
suggest the following recommenda-
tions:

1. God didn't lay down condi-
tions for servants as to sex or age.
The Lord wants every Christian to
serve! In this coming year, every
church in the Indiana Fellowship of
Brethren Churches ought to strive
to have a men's organization. We
paise the Lord for the fine work the
ladies have been accomplishing, but
our men need to be just as in-

we cannot allow sin, which is spirit-
ual disease, to continue in the body.
Let me illustrate how one member
can effect an entire congregation.
Going back into the history of the
children of Israel while they lived
under the time of judges, we find
that a gross sin was committed by the
inhabitants of the city of Gibeah.
This sin was made known through-
out the twelve tribes of Israel and
they aU gathered together to clean
up this great sin. When they came to
deal with the city, it was in the
tribe of Benjamin, and so the tribe
of Benjamin set itself in array
against the other tribes. Instead of
being willing to take care of the sin,
they joined with the offenders
against the forces of righteousness
who had the orders to destroy the
city of Gibeah. In the days of war-
fare that followed twenty-two thou-
sand men of Israel were slain the
first day. The next day eighteen
thousand more died. Then they in-
quired of the Lord again if they
^should continue the battle, and the
Lord commanded them to do so. It
was not until the third day that
the forces of right were victorious.

August 31, 1957

USING OUR TALENTS

(Continued from page 548)

terested in these same projects:
home missions, foreign missions,
Grace Seminary and College, publi-
cations, and every field of endeavor
for our National Fellowship of
Brethren Churches.

2. We must have youth organi-
zations in every church, such as
SMM, Boys Clubs, Brethren Youth
Fellowship groups, and any other
group which will foster Christian
service for our young people. The
youth of our churches need places
to serve, as well as adults.

3. Every department of the
church must have a burden for souls
and be interested in evangelism.
Soul-winning is the key to our
growth. Many of our folks are dis-
couraged with our progress as a dis-
trict, and yet thev are doing nothimj
about it. Every child of God should
have a burdened heart for perishing
souls. Tract distribution and wit-
nessing must become a part of each
one of us if we are to accomplish the
task of evangelizing the lost.

4. Bible-reading must find a
place in our lives before we can be-
come effective servants using our

talents. This coming year our goal
should be for every member of the
churches in the Indiana Fellowship
to read the Bible through.

5. Delegates of conference
should go home with inspired hearts
to campaign for faithfuhiess in every
service on the part of all our peo-
ple. Make prayer meeting, Sunday
evening, Sunday morning, and com-
munion services all as important as
Sunday school.

6. Determination on the part of
each one of us to use every talent
we have for the Lord, lest He would
remove any we might have making
us a castaway. In Revelation 14:
13 it seems to indicate that through-
out eternity our works as servants
will follow us. That which is fire-
proof— gold, silver, and precious
stones — will survive. That which is
wood, hay, and stubble will perish.

The rewards will be brought by
the Lord Jesus Christ at His com-
ing.

May God help us to reahze the
cost of service, to know Him as the
emablement for service, and to look
forward to His coming for the re-
wards for service.

EDIFYING THE BODY OF CHRIST

(Continued from page 553)
In the meantime forty thousand men
had died for the cause of right. Do
you see the heartache, the blood-
shed, the cost of taking care of
that one sin, which is pictured by
that one wicked city?

How often do we find a member
in a congregation who is living in
sin? When that sin is to be dealt
with, there will be relatives or friends
who will join with the sinning in-
dividual, hke the tribe of Benjamin
did for the wicked city, to go against
the will and the Word of God? This'
always brings great suffering. Why
is it that some folks think more of
one sinning individual than they
do of the well-being of an entire
church organization? We think more
of man than we think of the body
of Christ. We do not consider the
church holy enough. Our concern
should be first of all the health of the
body of Christ, which is the church.

I believe that disease has robbed
the church of its spiritual growth
and we are not willing to do any-
thing about it. The edification of
the church must be done in the
spirit of love. If the cleansing of the

church is not done in the spirit of
love, then it will only cause chaos.
The need of the unsaved world
about us is a spiritually clean
church that is growing into the full-
ness of the stature of Christ.

RESULT OF GROWTH

When we're fitly joined together,
as recorded in Ephesians 4:15-16,
there is no friction between us.
When every part of the body is ful-
filling its part, then there will be
a harmonious growth of the whole.

The Word of God says that the
body will edify itseh in love. Our
bodies are made to combat disease.
When our body is attacked by dis-
ease there is an immediate response
of the body to rid itself of that which
causes pain. Sometimes it is able
to do this of itself, and other times
we need to have the offending mem-
bers taken out by surgery. May we
as members of the body of Christ
consider our high and holy calling
and fulfill our part "till we all come
in the unity of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, unto
a perfect man, unto the measure of
the stature of the fulness of Christ."

559

WORKERS TOGETHER

KITCHEN KATHEDRAL

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING

By Dorothy C. Haskin

The little seven-year-old girl
bowed her head and in a low voice
prayed: '"Dear Lord, thank You for
the food. We appreciate it. In Jesus'
name, Amen."

Her mother bit her lip and pa-
tiently poured the milk in Carol's
oatmeal. There had been a tug at her
heart when her daughter had used
the word appreciate. Such a long
word for such a little girl! There was
only one reason why she had used
it: she had heard her mother say
it often. And Carol's mother recog-
nized that without conscious effort
she was teaching her little girl not
only words, but also attitudes.

How important it is that we Chris-
tians train ourselves to be thankful.
How frequently we are encouraged
in the Lord (Ps. 105:1). And how
much there is for which to be thank-
ful at each stage of our children's
lives.

My neighbor was going to have
her second child, and I asked her:
"What do you want this time, a girl
or a boy?"

"I don't care which," she replied
with a happy smile. "I'll be thank-
ful so long as the baby's normal."

The baby was. And the mother
was thankful. In this day when there
is so much stir to accept and help
those children who are not normal,
a mother should be especially
thankful when her children are
healthy. In the great design of God,
He has decreed that some should
have the extra grace of accepting
situations that are not normal.
Therefore, there should be an extra
thankfulness when one does not
have to adjust to the difficult situa-
tion, but can say: "Thank You,
Lord, for giving my child standard
equipment."

All of Flora's five children were
normal, and for that she was
thankful, but they weren't average.
That is, they didn't receive average
grades in school. They were always
at or near the end of the class. Flora
was ambitious for her children. She
hadn't been allowed to go to college,
neither had her husband, and so she
determined that her children should
go. However, none of them received
grades that showed them up to col-
lege standard. That was because
their talents lay in other lines. One
boy became a wizard in radio, an-
other as a carpenter, one girl be-
came a gym teacher, and the
other two daughters were "born
mothers."

It took Flora many years and
many hours of prayer to be thank-
ful that her children filled their own
places in the world. They didn't fill
the places she coveted for them, but
she learned to say: "Thank You,
Lord, that You have given each one
his own talent."

And there was Millie. She, like
many another mother, wanted her
only son Tom to marry a girl with
both beauty and brains. Tom met
Jocelyn at college. She worked in
one of the offices. She was a plain
girl but he was attracted to her. Only
Millie's deep love for her son made
her consent to the marriage. Five
years after the wedding, Tom was af-
flicted with an incurable disease and
Jocelyn nursed him devotedly. Mil-
lie learned to be grateful for her
daughter-in-law. Both beauty and
brains might have been discontented
with a man tied to a wheel chair,
but Jocelyn's love did not vary with
his physical condition. Millie
learned to say: "Thank You, Lord,
for a plain girl with a beautiful
heart."

Look the situation over care-
fully and you will find that you can
"in every thing give thanks" (I
Thess. 5:18).

(Copr. ERA, 1957

(Continued from page 555)

of this conference a careful and a
prayerful reading of I Corinthians
chapter 13 and with this read I
John 2:3-4, 8-11.

Now, I come to the second truth
of which we must be fully aware if
we are to succeed well in working
together with him, and that is: "It
is possible for the work to be in
vain."

"We then, as workers together
with him, beseech you also that ye
receive not the grace of God in
vain." Without a doubt, the grace
of God here refers to the offer
of reconciliation as in chapter 5 and
verse 20. This may be looked upon
objectively or subjectively. If we
consider this matter in an objective
way, the grace of God is the "gos-
pel" which is called the Gospel of
the grace of God. Subjectively it is
personal Christianity. The grace of
God, as such, may be received in
vain in either of these two forms.
Some hear the Gospel and the offer
of reconciliation through the death
of Jesus Christ and reject it — to
them the offer of salvation by the i
grace of God was in vain. However,
it is possible for one who has per-
sonally experienced salvation
through Jesus Christ to receive the
grace of God in vain. The free
agency of man, the exhortations of
the Scripture, the facts of apostasy,
as in the case of David, Peter, and
others proves the awful possibiUty | '
of this. Remember that Paul was |
writing this epistle to born-again
men and women. No greater ca-
lamity can happen to a man or wom-
an than to receive this grace in vain;
hence the earnestness of the Apostle
Paul. Paul never ceased to warn his
converts of this terrible danger and
was constantly on guard lest he
himself should be set aside as a
castaway. Paul feared fruitlessness in
the Christian life as one would fear
a great monster or a vile poisonous
serpent (Read Gal. 2:2; Phil. 2:16;
I Cor. 9:24-27; I Thess. 3:5). _ I

Brethren, we are employed in a:
great work. We have a great God.:
The prospects and the future of thci
work are as bright as the promises!
of God. There is not one good rea-'
son for failure in the work to which |
God has called us. I am not over-i
looking the fact that we also face
a great and a mighty enemy in the!
person of Satan, who goes about asi
a roaring lion seeking whom he.
may devour.

The BRETHREN

OREIGN MISSION NUMBER

SEPTEMBER 7, 1957

THE TRESISE HOME
Headquarters of our work in Hawaii

Interesting Items From Our Annual Meeting

By Russell D. Barnard

As I write, we have just completed the annual meet-
ings of our board of trustees and of the corporation
of The Foreign Missionary Society of the Brethren
Church. All members of our board were present, along
with the following missionaries: Dr. and Mrs. Floyd
Taber and family, Misses Edith Geske and Gail Jones
from Africa (these two ladies will be back in Africa
as you read these notes, having left the USA on August
28); Rev. and Mrs. Bill Burk of Brazil; Rev. and Mrs.
Lynn Schrock and Rev. and Mrs. Solon Hoyt and their
families from Argentina; and Rev. and Mrs. A. L.
Howard and family from Mexico.

We desire to report a number of interesting items
resulting from these meetings.

Personnel —

Brethren Bernard Schneider, W. A. Ogden, and
Homer A. Kent, Sr., were chosen to continue as trus-
tees for another three-year period. In the board organ-
ization, Brother Charles Mayes was chosen president;
Bro. Bernard Schneider, vice president; Bro. Kenneth
Ashman, recording secretary; and Bro. Homer Kent,
treasurer. These were all re-elections. They become
also the officers of the Society by this action. Nomi-
nees for the 1958 election, by mail, are Brethren Charles
W. Mayes, Alva J. McClain, Glenn O'Neal, Russell
Ogden, Russell Ward and Ralph Colburn. Three will be
elected as you vote.

The office staff continues as last year, with Brethren
Russell D. Barnard as general secretary, Clyde K.
Landrum as assistant to the general secretary, Kenneth
G. Moeller as financial secretary, and Robert Cover as-
sisting on a part-time basis. Misses Marcia Lowe and
Evelyn Schumacher continue as office secretary and as-
sistant office secretary, respectively.

Amendment to increase board membership —

The Society approved an amendment suggested by
the board of trustees that the board membership be in-
creased from nine to eleven, with the two additional
positions to be exclusively for laymen. It will be a year
hence before these lay nominees can be presented.

Appointment to France —

Rev. and Mrs. Tom Julien were appointed as mis-
sionaries to France, their service to begin in the first
half of 1958, providing there are sufficient funds avail-
able at that time. Our board was granted the permis-
sion to make a direct mail appeal for funds to send the
Juliens, since it seems very probable that they could
not otherwise go at the time indicated. This appeal will
be made in the very early fall.

Authorization to appoint —

There are others who will probably be ready for ap-
pointment during the year, and in anticipation of this
the board was granted the authority to make such ap-
pointments if, and only if, funds are available.
Missionary residence building committee —

Anticipating that we will probably be ready to begin
construction of the new Winona Lake missionary resi-
dence during the year, a building committee was ap-
pointed, consisting of Brethren Barnard, Landrum, Kent,
Ogden and McClain, and Mrs. Barnard. Please con-
tact any member of this committee with your sugges-
tions. The gift of $3,210.18 given by the ladies of the
national WMC for this purpose this year is very
greatly appreciated. Without their continued help the
building could not be even considered at the present
time.

Interstation communication in Africa —

We are very deeply indebted to Mr. James Arthur
Vaus, Jr., and the Missionary Communications Service,
Inc., for the supply, installation and maintenance of
the first two units of our interstation communication
system in Africa. These units will be installed soon at
Bozoum and Boguila, and will be so arranged that those
on these two stations may talk together, and all other
stations will be able to hear the conversations. When
installed, this very fine grant by this excellent mission-
ary organization will cost possibly $5,000. This will be
of inestimable value in our work.
To stay an extra year —

Rev. and Mrs. Hill Maconaghy have asked that they
might stay over for an extra year in Argentina to com-
plete their new church building and get things in good
operation in it before they leave. This is a most com-
mendable offer, and was granted by the board.
Thanks to the Beavons —

Mr. and Mrs. David K. Beavon of 3 Scout Trail,
Darien, Conn., have done a very valuable service to
our missionaries during the past year in meeting them
upon arrival in the States, and in assisting them as
they leave this country for the foreign field. We desire
to thank the Beavons.
Midyear Meeting —

This meeting of our board of trustees will convene
according to present plans in Long Beach, Calif., on Jan-
uary 27, 1958. This will be an excellent opportunity
to contact missionary candidates and other interested
people on the west coast.

(Continued on page 567)

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19 NUMBER 36

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
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Directors: Robert Crees. president; Herman A. Hoyt vice president; William Schaffer, secretary; True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord G«h-
man, trennrrer: Bryjon Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee; Gene Farrell, S. W. Link. Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Mller,
Tbomai Hammers; Arnold R. Krieebaum, ex officio.

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TTIHIIE (gBaniLIDIEIiM'g WA<B]

Clyde K. Landrum, Director

Junior Missionaries of the Month

'^^^-^p

One, two, three! Yes, that is the number of children in the
family of Rev. and Mrs. James Marshall, missionaries to
Argentina. And we have here the pictures of these three
boys: Michael, age 6, Peter, age 4, and httle brother David, a
two-and-a-half-year-older. They are healthy, active boys,
just like you missionary helper boys. Since Michael is six, I
suppose he will be in school this year. Pray for these three
Junior Missionaries and their parents!!

four Prayer Booklet

All missionary helpers should
lave received a new prayer booklet.

am wondering how you are using
ours. Do you use it every day to
iray for the missionaries? How
aany missionary helpers will write
nd tell how you are using yours?
"ell us if you have it in your bed-
oom, living room, or dining room.
Jso, you might tell whether you

hang it on the wall or have it on the
dresser. Do you use it in family wor-
ship? Tell us, too, if you pray for
each of the Junior Missionaries
listed on pages 29, 30 and 31. Your
letters should be written and mailed
to The Children's Page, Box 588,
Winona Lake, Ind., right away. Try
to write some real good letters. If
you do this, maybe — ^just maybe —
some of them will be published on
the Children's Page in the future.
Let us hear from you!

Were You at

National

Conference?

I saw a goodly number of you
missionary helpers here at Winona
Lake at National Conference. I hope
you had a good time. Did you like
our missionary helper's booth in the
Auditorium? Did you sign your
name in the book there? I hope all
of you can come next year!

Can You Untangle
the Sentence?

Try to separate the letters so that
they will make words. Then the
words will make a sentence.

lAMAMISSIONARYHELPER.

Try this one, too:

WEHAVESIXMISSIONFIELDS.

rd be glad to know if you got both
right!!

iARY MISSIONARY—

HOPE WELL

500M HAVE

CHRISTIAN

[DAY SCHOOLS

vQN ALL OUR

iMlSSIOM

iFIELDS/

iptember 7, 1957

563

Let's LOOK at the French School

By Mrs. George E. Cone

An intellectual look. As far as the government is concerned, the French
school functions primarily for the purpose of teaching the children the three
R's and to develop their thinking process. We too are interested in the
same thing. Can you imagine how bleak would be your understanding of the
Bible if you had had no formal education? How much would the expression
"forgive seventy times seven" mean to someone who did not even under-
stand two times two? Praise God for this opportunity to develop God-given
minds for a deeper understanding of His Word.

A physical look. How often our hearts have been grieved when those of
high spiritual quahty on whom we were depending much for the Lord's
work have been taken from us or made ineffective by weak bodies. Little
Mboukilo is learning an elementary lesson in hygiene. Wash before you
eat (which is always done with the hands in a common bowl). Wash before
you come to school. Trim your fingernails (with a razor blade) and keep
them clean. We pray for strong bodies to accompany good minds.

A social look. How badly our children need to learn wholesome sub-
stitutes for the sensual, moonlit dances and suggestive games of their peo-
ple. Here we see our French schoolgirls playing a game similar to "jacks"
only with pebbles. Dexterity counts, as they do not have a ball and must
catch the stone before it hits the ground. At school they are taught fair play,
good sportsmanship, and teamwork. These lessons, once learned, become
valuable aids to Christian living.

A spiritual look. Every day the children are given what the government
program calls a lesson of morals. For us it is the Bible lesson time. It has
been a thrill to take the children through the action-packed Book of Genesis,
especially since they had never heard these stories before. Not having the
Old Testament in Sango yet, the people as a whole are ignorant of its mar-
vels. What a privilege for these students who in a few years will be able
to read the whole French Bible and other helpful Bible literature in French!

An important look. The French school is important to our mission for
three reasons. First, to meet the demands of a rapidly changing Africa, we
need better tramed leadership among our people. Second, the people value
an education for their children and if we cannot provide it, many will be
lost to the Catholic schools. Third, the government does not look favorably
upon missions with no French school interests. Therefore, brethren, "Ye
also helpmg together on our behalf by your supplication; that for the gift
bestowed upon us by means of many, thanks may be given by many per-
sons on our behalf" (II Cor. 1:11 ASV).

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Tidal Wave in Argentina

By Jack B. Churchill

It has become common to hear of
the "tidal wave" of students that has
begun to break over the educational
institutions of the United States.
Educators have been warning of
this for some time and now are ac-
tually grappling with the problems
of increased emoUment, inadequate
facilities and building programs. Per-
haps it will surprise some to hear
that here in Argentina the Bible In-
stitute of The Brethren Church has
also felt the effect of a "tidal wave"
and has set some records in the
way it has faced the problems in-
volved.

A brief review of the institute's
history reminds us that it began in
April of 1949. Although plans had
been made for opening such a
school, nothing definite had been
done until January 1949, when a
group of young people, in whose
hearts the Lord had been working,
approached the missionaries and the
pastors after summer camp and
"tidal-waved" the Bible institute
into existence. They felt strongly the
need for preparation in the Word,
and our Argentine churches des-
perately needed pastors. The day
classes were launched that same
year in Rio Cuarto, and there they
continued for two years under the
direction of the Schrocks. After
that the institute was moved to La
Carlota where the Dowdy family
headed up the school. Then, as the

first group of students completed
its course of studies and went out
into the work, the wave receded a
bit because not enough new young
people were coming in to fill the
ranks, only one or two each year.
In 1954 the day classes of the in-
stitute were suspended.

However, that one year was suf-
ficient to show that we stood to
lose too much if we abandoned the
institute program completely, and
so in 1955 the classes were renewed
— but with only two students! — in
Rio Cuarto. But that was the be-
ginning of a new "wave." In 1956
the institute was moved to Alma-
fuerte with the administration of the
home in the hands of the Siccardi
family. Bro. Siccardi and his wife
have the greatest number of years of
service in the pastorate among the

The 1957 student body. Left to right, back
row: Alberto Sotola. Angel Diaz, Victor
Wagner, Benjamin Enrici, Eduardo Coria.
Front row. Marta Bettinalio, Lilian Bruno,
Lidia Di Nardo.

H"' ^i^'^^'''^* family. Left to right: Sara,

ito, Mrs. Siccardi, Mirta, Mr. Siccardi,

Eunice.

Argentine workers. Here two new
students joined us, making a 100
percent increase in attendance over
the previous year! Somehow they
were all crowded under the Siccardi
family roof.

But with the approach of the
1957 school year we found our-
selves facing a tidal wave for sure.
There was promise of another 100
percent jump in enrollment — four
new students! Where would we put
them? New rooms would have to be
built, but where would the money

Sr. Ebeling in front of the two new rooms
built for the boys.

eptember 7, 1957

come from? Finally, $450 was set
aside for the purpose of putting up
two new rooms for the boys' quar-
ters and for remodeling two existing
rooms into an apartment for the
girls. A believer from nearby Rio
Tercero, Sr. Julio Ebeling, under-
took to do the work. He faithfully
and sacrificially did his part in such
a way that the job was done for less
than the estimated cost, thus making
it possible to add an extra bedroom
to the house for the Siccardi family
and still stay within the budget. (No
doubt some college and seminary
buildmg committees would Uke to
interview Sr. EbeUng to learn his
secret in this day of skyrock-^ting
building costs.)

The accompanying pictures wiU
tell something of the Bible ins' itute
at the present. These young people
and those who back them up in
prayer and offerings have a very im-
portant part to play in the future of
the Lord's work in Argentina. Pray
with us that He will continue to send
in year by year those whose lives
He has put His hand upon for the
spreading of the Gospel of grace
in this land.

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Amazon Travelog

By Bill Burk

(Fourth installment)

When we arrived at 4:30 in the
morning, the town of Itacoatiara
was lighted only by the nearly full
moor The Lobo had blown her
usual long-short-long-short to an-
nounce the approach but apparently
no one was awakened. But after
tying up to a single post stuck into
the cliff, the skipper blew another
early-morning "rooster" to enliven
the sleepy town. It worked, and
among the first to come aboard via
the three large canoes on the beach
were the basket salesmen! It seems
that Itacoatiara is famous for bas-
kets.

"Handle with care — this side up."
The usual warnings were painted on
the four Brazilian-made kerosene
refrigerators to be unloaded at
Itacoatiara. Lacking both a dock
and a barge, the fragile crates had
to be lowered by the ship's winch
into a big canoe, but still only a
canoe! Engineering the job before
the work began, I had it all figured
out that they'd put the modern ice
boxes into the canoe one at a time,
also taking them ashore singly. I've
never liked these canoes for, as the
Brazilian says, they are "insane,"
meaning that with their round bot-
toms they wobble freely from side io
side. I have difficulty staying aboard
one of them, let alone standing up in
one! But they put all four refri-
gerators into the canoe at once, three
standing up correctly, one on its
side. In short order they were
standing them on the beach — all
in a day's work.

I might mention the inflation in
Brazil. I suppose the average legal
minimum wage level throughout the
country went up about 200 percent
in August. (In Icoraci it went up
280 percent.) Consequently, to mail
a letter to the States no longer costs
a nickel, but 15 cents. We used to
send a five-inch tape recording to
our folks for 20 cents, now it costs
80 cents! A bottle of shampoo was

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15, now it's 35. Farinha, the basic
food of the poor, has gone from
three to 12 cruzeiros per kilo. Air-
plane rates went up the day after I
bought Zielasko's return tickets at
the old rate. For several months
we feared that our vacation trip
wouldn't materialize because of an
increase in the price of the shipping
companies. Well, it didn't happen,
and a couple of days before sailing
from Belem we bought the round-
trip ticket — using nearly all the al-
lotted vacation money (which we'd
saved up for two years by not mak-
ing some sort of a trip last year).

Six days out of Belem the ship
docked in Manaus. A paperboy
came aboard and I spent three cents
for a sample of his wares. In large
letters on the front page was a
notice having to do with the ship-
ping company with which we were
sailing. At midnight the prices would
go up 100 percent. As it happened,
we got the last ship out of Belem
with the old price. Today it would
cost four years' vacation pay! If
we hadn't purchased round-trip
tickets, we'd not have had ample
cash for the return trip to Icoraci.
Guess the Burks would have been

starting a new Brethren mission sta-
tion in Porto Velho!

Riding one busline after another
in this city of 125,000 people proved
interesting and not at all monoton-
ous. In my travels alone one morn-
ing I happened upon all the paved
roads. However, as a family in the
afternoon we'd never seen more
dust! The roads of that line weren't
paved and, unlike Icoraci, the dry
season in Manaus (currently in
season) is dry!

On the various bus rides we saw
many churches, including the As-
sembly of God, Presbyterian, Bap-
tist (with a seminary). Seventh Day
Adventist (with a day school), in-
dependent missions and many Rom-
an Catholic churches with three new
cathedrals in construction, one such
being completely round in architec-
ture. (Many of Brazil's evangelical
missionaries hold that Manaus is
most unequally filled with foreign
missionaries. lust a few hours away
by launch any missionary would find
towns without a single witness for
Jesus Christ, towns also, however,
with very little attraction other than
that of the souls of their lost in-
habitants.)

Part of Manaus' floating docks with cable transportation of cargo '

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Art and I were on our way to the
village of Saint Raymond via omni-
bus when we saw something quite
different. Usually the boys of these
towns are those who earn a little
spending money sweeping the
streets, but in this city we saw an
entire gang of women doing this
work in men's clothing, straw hats
and cigarettes.

The streetcar system in most of
Brazil, if not all, was initiated by the
English many years ago. In many
places the system has died since the
government did to the system as
Nasser did to the canal. However, in
Manaus the cars still run — or may-
be better — run again on their wood-
generated electricity. The name of
the project painted on the cars is
the "Campaign of the Recuperation
of the Tramways." The fare, one
penny.

Teatro du Amazonas — Manaus' Opera House

Also recuperating is the famous
opera house or Teatro do Amazonas.

As we're told, there is no compari-
son today with the glory the place
enjoyed at the beginning of the cen-
tury when show companies came
aU the way from Europe to play
in the middle of the great Amazo-
nian jungle. The backdrops are
molded, some of the great oil paint-
ing and murals done in France are
torn, windows are broken, the
iPresident's suite is literally a mess
and the pink plaster is falling from
the outside of the great building
Its only use now is for an occasional
BraziUan comedy.

During the peak of the rubber
jboom at the turn of the century,
the EngUsh began construction of
the unique floating docks. The
argest of these will receive two or
hree ocean-going ships and a couple
nore river steamers. The basic
itructure consists of huge steel pon-

toons upon which is built a standard
dock including warehouse the fuU
length, and also a small hand-
pushed raikoad system, the loaded
cars of which are hauled by elec-
tric winches up the flexible ramp
to the mainland warehouse. For
half a century now the network of
floating docks has proved itself dur-
ing the annual flood crest, which
probably averages around 20 feet.
Unique to Manaus are the float-

ing houses which we saw nowhere
else. No property tax is paid by
the owners of these palm-leaf or
frame shacks constructed over a
"foundation" of a dozen or so logs
which may be as large as two to
three feet in diameter. Occasionally
we saw entire "neighborhoods" of
these floating homes moving in a
tram pulled by a motor launch to
happier fishing grounds.
(To be continued)

INTERESTING ITEMS FORM OUR
ANNUAL MEETING

(Continued from page 562)

Financial report —

We desire to thank all those who
assisted in presenting to the Lord
the largest annual foreign-mission
offering ever presented — a total of
$265,941.58 in the year of 1956.
The report will be printed in the
Brethren Annual. Even this our
largest offering was not sufficient to
fully meet the needs of the year.
This with the current items men-
tioned in the following memorandum
caused the board of trustees to pre-
pare, and ask that pubUcity be
given, to the following memoran-
dum:
IN LIGHT OF THE FACTS

THAT:

1) Our offerings received for for-
eign missions, January 1 to August
1, 1957, were about S19,000 less
than in the corresponding period in
1956, and that,

2) Our expenditures have been
heavier during this first seven
months of 1957 than in any similar'
period in our history, and that,

3) We have no surplus with which
to absorb deficits, and that,

4) According to present prospects,
with our present commitments, we
will probably close this year two
to three months behind in fund bal-
ances, and yet have several months
in the new year before we receive
much in the way of funds; there-
fore,

WE MAKE THE FOLLOWING
NOTATIONS:

1) We trust we will be able to pay

all personal allowances to mission-
ary personnel, on time, since we feel
this to be our first responsibihty;

2) We believe we will be able to
care for the most urgently needed
field expenses to be paid from field
allowances, beheving these to be
second in importance, but urging
that our missionaries on all fields
make every possible economy in re-
spect to these expenses.

3) We hope to care for such build-
ings and equipment as have already
been authorized, trusting that wher-
ever possible missionaries will fore-
go the building of buildings and the
purchase of equipment;

4) We will not be in a position to
approve additional missionary per-
sonnel, buildings or equipment,
other than in those cases where
commitments have already been
made, until increased offerings war-
rant such expansion;

5) We recommend that for the pres-
ent only those projects be presented
that are in hne with our most urgent
needs, relating to the support of mis-
sionaries, their expenses, and the
necessary field expenses.

6) Even with these measures of
economy we may need to make fur-
ther extreme reductions in our ex-
penditures during 1958, unless our
foreign-mission offerings are in-
creased tremendously during the last
five months of 1957.

7) We therefore ask all to whom
these notations may be presented to
join with us in most earnest prayer
that the program of getting the
Gospel out to the lost multitudes in
Africa, Argentina, Brazil, France,
Hawaii and Mexico shall not be
hindered.

\eptember 7, 7957

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Prayer Goal Progress— 1957 Foreign Mission Offering

(Note — At this time we are listing by districts those
churches whose reports have been received by our for-
eign-missions office for the period from January 1,
1957, to July 31, 1957. Some churches have not yet
reported and from others only partial reports have been
received. The complete report of gifts for the entire year
of 1957, showing the breakdown of funds and the stand-
ing of churches, will be published early in 1958.)

ALLEGHENY DISTRICT

Accident, Md $ 90.00

Aleppo, Pa 685.25

Grafton, W. Va 301.19

Jenners, Pa 539.00

Listie, Pa 1,339.55

Meyersdale, Pa. (Summit Mills) 464.16

Parkersburg, W. Va 100.00

Stoystown, Pa. (Reading) 103.80

Uniontown, Pa 1,786.20

Washington, Pa 153.14

Allegheny District, Misc 123.87

Total $ 5,686.16

CALIFORNIA DISTRICT

Anaheim $ 377.50

Artesia 192.72

Beaumont 4,050.47

Bell 377.70

Bellflower 1,786.95

Compton 770.08

Fillmore 494.00

Glendale 2,040.06

Inglewood 6,501.07

La Verne 2,222.86

Long Beach (First) 13,955.62

Long Beach (North) 6,881.60

Long Beach (Los Altos) 10.00

Los Angeles (Community) 866.92

Modesto (La Loma) 2,318.65

Modesto (McHenry Avenue) 900.00

Monte Vista 31115

Norwalk 5,406.25

Oxnard 106.35

Paramount 971 .05

Phoenix, Ariz 468.66

San Bernardino 875.84

San Diego 174.80

San Jose 144.91

Seal Beach 30.00

South Gate 1,600.41

South Pasadena 670.74

Temple City 200.00

West Covina 15697

Whittier (Community) 1,884.99

Whittier (First) 50.00

California District, Misc 1,492.40

Total $ 58,290.72

EAST DISTRICT

Altoona, Pa. (First) $ 910.05

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Altoona, Pa. (Grace) 864.44

Conemaugh, Pa 1,542.58

Conemaugh, Pa. (Pike) 1,20682

Conemaugh, Pa. (Singer Hill) 619.60

Everett, Pa 811.10

Hollidaysburg, Pa. (Vicksburg) 1,589.37

Hopewell, Pa 586.48

Johnstown, Pa. (First) 8,611.92

Johnstown, Pa. (Riverside) 1,39438

Kittanning, Pa. (First) 1,466.21

Kittonning, Pa. (North Buffalo) 450.00

Leamersville, Pa 1,734.41

Martinsburg, Pa 1,990.95

East District, Misc 376.50

Total $ 24,154.81

INDIANA DISTRICT

Barbee Lake $ 23.20

Berne 3,052.47

Clay City 619.75

Elkhart 455.16

Flora 1,310.69

Fort Wayne (First) 541.85

Fort Wayne (Grace) 1,005.13

Goshen 25.00

Kokomo 100.00

Leesburg 222.92

Osceola 532.92

Peru 760.30

Sharpsville 57.01

Sidney 757.75

South Bend 876.85

Warsaw 221.12

Wheaton, III 165.44

Winona Lake 3,024.23

Indiana District, Misc 657.84

Total $ 14,409.63

IOWA DISTRICT

Cedar Rapids $ 838.98

Dallas Center 952.45

Garwin 2,364.26

Leon 177.14

North English 748.23

Waterloo 4,156.6

Winona, Minn 65.41

Iowa District, Misc 25.00

Total $ 9,328.08

MICHIGAN DISTRICT

Alto $ 461.69

Berrien Springs 122.49

Lake Odessa ^'"^^^fl

Lansing 290.59

New Troy 517.00

Ozark 163.50

Michigan District, Misc 3.00j

Total $ 3,015.68^

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MID-ATLANTIC DISTRICT

Alexandria, Va $ 397.1 1

Chambersburg, Pa 50.18

Hagerstown, Md. (Calvary) 548.66

Hagerstown, Md. (Grace) 2,175.25

Martinsburg, W. Va 1,564.70

Seven Fountains, Va 99.44

Washington, D. C 2,160.02

Waynesboro, Pa 3,088.76

Winchester, Va 1,859.99

Mid-Atlantic District, Misc 85.00

Total $ 12,029.11

MIDWEST DISTRICT

Albuquerque, N. Mex $ 21 .85

Arroyo Hondo, N. Mex 53.66

Beaver City, Nebr 180.13

Cheyenne, Wyo 600.00

Denver, Colo 291.00

Portis, Kans 1,354.40

Taos, N. Mex 234.77

Midwest District, Misc 136.00

Total $ 2,871.81

NORTHERN ATLANTIC DISTRICT

Allentown, Pa $ 891.22

Boston, Mass 200.00

Harrisburg, Pa 1,347.92

Palmyra, Pa 1,287.26

Philadelphia, Pa. (First) 6,030.00

Philadelphia, Pa. (Third) 3,972.98

Northern Atlantic District, Misc 25.00

Total $ 13,754.38

NORTHERN OHIO DISTRICT

Akron $ 982.06

Ankenytown 788.50

Ashland 2,908.37

Canton 1,829.63

Cleveland 307.98

Columbus 10000

Cuyahoga Falls 808.24

Danville 930.00

Fremont (Grace) 2,285.96

Homerville 742.00

Mansfield (Grace) 7,185.40

Mansfield (Woodville) 504.25

Middlebranch 951.14

Rittman 1,615.90

Sterling 1,423.32

Wooster 3,052.63

Northern Ohio District, Misc 11000

Total $ 26,525.38

NORTHWEST DISTRICT

Albany, Oreg $ 611 .61

Grandview, Wash 377.18

Harrah, Wash 1,259.93

Seattle, Wash 671.48

Sunnyside, Wash 3,089.59

Yakima, Wash 1,010.01

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Northwest District, Misc 144.39

Total $ 7,164.19

SOUTHEAST DISTRICT

Buena Vista, Va $ 2,076.63

Covington, Va 668.15

Fort Lauderdale, Fla 1,296.90

Hollins, Va 994.67

Johnson City, Tenn 260-30

Limestone, Tenn 443.64

Radford, Va 34.13

Riner, Va 163.06

Roanoke, Va. (Clearbrook) 404.80

Roanoke, Va. (Garden City) 60.00

Roanoke, Va. (Ghent) 1,51001

Roanoke, Va. (Wash. Heights) 702.25

Virginia Beach, Va 25.46

Southeast District, Misc 254.49

Total $ 8,894.49

SOUTHERN OHIO DISTRICT

Camden $ 175.51

Clayhole, Ky 281.88

Clayton 1,783.18

Covington 140.1 1

Dayton (First) 5,629.82

Dayton (Grace) 254.86

Dayton (North Riverdale) 4,178.42

Dayton (Patterson Park) 1,038.88

Englewood 1,028.62

Sinking Springs 36.00

Troy 374.48

Southern Ohio District, Misc 156.93

Total $ 15,078.69

MISCELLANEOUS

Honolulu, T. H $ 160.00

National Miscellaneous 730.00

National WMC 4,332.52

Total $ 5,222.52

SUMMARY OF OFFERINGS BY DISTRICTS

Allegheny $ 5,686.16

California 58,290.72

East 24,154.81

Indiana 14,409.63

Iowa 9,328.08

Michigan 3,015.68

Mid-Atlantic 12,029.11

Midwest 2,871.81

Northern Atlantic 13,75438

Northern Ohio 26,525.38

Northwest 7,164.19

Southeast 8,894.49

Southern Ohio 15,078.69

Miscellaneous 5,222.52

Total $206,425.65

Respectfully Submitted,

Homer A. Kent, Sr., Treasurer
Kenneth Moeller, Financial Secretary

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GRACE THEOICCICAI SEMINARY
WINONA LAKE. !ND*

WINONA LAKE, IND. The 68th
annual conference of the National
Fellowship of Brethren Churches
was one of the finest in our history.
Representation was fine with 364
lay and 173 ministerial delegates,
making a total of 537. The attend-
ance at the early sessions of the con-
ference averaged about 1,000, with
over 1,100 present for the opening
session. An offering of over $500
was raised for the National Youth
Board. The new moderator is Miles
Taber, pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church of Ashland, Ohio.

CLAYTON, OHIO. Clair Brick-
el wiU conclude his pastorate at the
Clayton Brethren Church on Sept.
9, and will assume his new duties as
pastor of the First Brethren Church
of Cleveland, Ohio.

Newsmakers

GRANDVIEW, WASH. The

dedication of the new edifice of the
First Brethren Church is set for
Sept. 8. This will be the 3rd anni-
versary of the church. Archer Baum,
pastor of the First Brethren Church
of San Diego, Calif., was guest
speaker on Aug. 4. Robert Griffith
is pastor.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Eighty
attended the All-Board Picnic (For-
eign, Home, Sunday School, Youth,
and Herald) which was held the
afternoon of Aug. 30 at Bass Lake
State Park near Culver, Ind. The
group included all staff members of
the boards and their families.

CLEAR LAKE, CALIF. Ninety-
eight campers registered for the 4th
annual summer camp of the North-
em California District. The North-
em California District was just ac-
cepted as a recognized conference at
the Winona Lake conference this
year, but the churches of the area
have been active for several years.

The camp was held at Meteor Ranch
near here, July 14-20. Rev. and
Mrs. "Amazon Bill" Burk and Miss
Barbara Hulse, R.N., candidate for
missionary work in Brazil, shared
the spotlight with the Grace College
quartet. The camp director was Rev.
J. Paul Miller.

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Notice of meetings to

be listed in this

column must be recei\'ed

for publication at least

30 days in advance of sclieduled dates.

Church

Date

Pastor

Speaker

York, Pa

Sept. 1-13

. . Herman Koontz

Crusade Team.

Johnstown, Pa.

(Riverside) .

Sept. 1-15 .

. . Bruce Baker . .

Walter Lepp.

Mansfield, Ohio .

Sept. 5-8 . .

R. I. Humberd.

Grandview, Wash.

Sept. 8-22 .

. Robert Griffith

Leo Polman.

Findlay, Ohio

Sept. 8-22

. . Gerald Teeter .

A. R. Kriegbaum.

Cuyahoga Falls,

Ohio

Sept. 15-29

. . Richard Burch .

Crusade Team.

Clayton, Ohio

Sept. 19-22

R. I. Humberd.

Bellflower, Cahf.

Sept. 22-29

. . Harry Sturz . . .

Louis Talbot.

PALMYRA, PA. Miss Kay Cas-
sell and Emlyn Jones were united in
marriage on Aug. 17 in the Grace
Brethren Church. Brother Jones has
assumed his duties as the new pas-
tor of the Bell Brethren Church,
Bell, Calif.

PENN GROVE, PA. The Mid-
Atlantic district laymen's retreat
will be held at the Penn Grove Con-
ference Grounds Sept. 20-21. Dr.
Clarence E. Mason, Jr., of Phila-
delphia, is to be the guest speaker.

STOYSTOWN, PA. The formal
dedication of the parsonage prop-
erty of the Reading Brethren Church
has been set for Sept. 15. RusseU
Konves, pastor of the Listie Breth-
ren Church, Listie, Pa., will be the
guest speaker. Arthur Collins is
pastor.

CONEMAUGH, PA. Patricia
Griffith, of the Pike Brethren
Church, was united in holy matri-
mony to Wendell Kent on Aug. 10.
The bridegroom is the son of Dr.
and Mrs. Homer Kent, Sr. Brother
Kent has assumed the pastorate of
the Cherry Valley Brethren Church,
Beaumont, Cahf.

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. The
First Brethren Church, Dr. Glenn
O'Neal, pastor, has under considera-
tion the erection of a dual-purpose
educational building to be used for
the Sunday school and the elemen-
tary Christian day school. The esti-
mated cost of the building will be
$70,000.

JOHNSTOWN, PA. Miss Nancy
Weber, daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
Russell Weber, was united in mar-
riage to Mr. Robert Messner on
Aug. 17. Mr. Messner is a junior in
Grace Seminary.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Rev.
Donald Rossman, Box 152, R. R.
2, Camden, Ohio. Rev. Clair Brick-
el, 1099 Irene Road, Cleveland,
Ohio.

LAKE WAWASEE, IND. The
Indiana District sponsored a Labor
Day Retreat here for the young peo-
ple Aug. 30-Sept. 2.

WASHINGTON, D. C. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower has declared
Wednesday, Oct. 2, as a National
Day of Prayer.

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What Will You Do With Jesus?

In Matthew 27:22 we read:
""What [will you] do then with Jesus
■which is called Christ?" That is
■what Pilate asked the mob that day
■when they crucified Christ on Cal-
'vary. They knew what they were
going to do with Him: they were
going to kill Him. He had preached
God's truth to them. It had showed
Tip their sin, and they hated Him for
it. They intended to get rid of Him
in the quickest way possible, and
in the most cruel way. Oh yes, they
Icnew well what they planned to do
■with Him! Now there are many
people who today wouldn't do that!
Oh no, they wouldn't nail Jesus to
a cross and leave Him there to die.
Mercy no, they wouldn't do any-
thing like that. Not them. They
would just ignore Him, and live
their grand lives without Him. They
would be just too busy, too pre-
occupied with other more important
things. They would simply bow Him
out of their lives with a pohte ges-
ture. But my friend, no one can
escape the responsibility of Jesus
Christ like that. Not with God.
Every soul is going on record for
all eternity on the basis of what
has been done on earth with Jesus
Christ now. Today, you must do
something with Jesus Christ.

Felix, Governor of Judea, tried
to get rid of Jesus Christ when the
Apostle Paul stood before him and
preached of righteousness, temper-
ance, and judgment to come. Fehx
had an awful record. Paul was tell-
ing him: "Felix, you've got to meet
a holy God, and give account to
God for what you have done."
Fehx started to tremble all over,
jumped to his feet and said to
Paul: "When I have a more con-
venient season, I will call for thee."
But a more convenient season never
came. That was the pivotal op-
portunity in Felix' life. He threw
it away. Some of you have said
the same thing over and over. Re-
member that night that you went to
a revival when you were almost
saved? Your heart could hardly
stand its beating. You said: "I am
going to accept Christ, but not to-

night." Well, you're following Felix.
Fehx said, "Some other time." But
there was no other time for Felix.
And there may be no other time
for you either. Felix died a miserable
suicide shortly after he saw Paul.

Festus was another governor of
Rome and he heard the Apostle Paul
preach too. Paul preached with
power. Festus couldn't stand it
either. His mind and heart were in
a turmoil. He shouted: "Paul, thou
art beside thyself; much learning
doth make thee mad." Many today
are trying to throw off the power of
conviction produced by a faithful
preacher's words by saying: "The
preacher's crazy." That is the only
way they can kill the power of his
message in their hearts, and drown
out the cry of their own hearts for
peace with God.

It was so with King Agrippa. He
also heard Paul's powerful preach-
ing. Cried Paul: "King Agrippa, be-
hevest thou the prophets? I know
that thou believest." Agrippa knew
the truth, but he had forsaken the
things his mother taught him when
he was a boy in order to get a high
position with the Roman govern-
ment. It all came back to him now.
Brokenly he said to Paul: "Almost,
thou persuadest me to be a Chris-
tian." But that is as near salvation as
Agrippa ever got. In his heart he
knew what he would do with Jesus.
He would turn Him down, for he
had a high position that he wouldn't
surrender. That was the end of
Agrippa. He went to hell.

By R. Paul Miller

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
Goshen, Indiana

At the judgment bar of God it
will not matter whether you Uved in
a Fifth Avenue mansion or an alley
shack while on earth; whether you
wore a hundred dollar suit or a
hand-me-down; whether you ate
from a gold plate or from a ten-cent
store bargain; whether you rode in
a Cadillac or a "hzzy" from the junk
yard; whether you had an account
of five figures in the bank or
whether you didn't have a red cent
and couldn't pay your rent; whether
you were well known in the White
House or slept in a flop-house.

But it will make a lot of difference
whether you had accepted Jesus
Christ as your Saviour from sin;
whether you lived a true Christian
life or merely a sham; whether your
sins were forgiven through Christ, or
whether they are stiU on the record
accusing you before God. It will
make a lot of difference whether
your name is on the Lamb's Book of
Life, or whether you have to hear
Him say: "I never knew you, depart
from me." Yes; friend, it will make
a lot of difference to you then what
you did with Jesus Christ on earth.
It won't be something to laugh and
joke about or run away from.

Friends, in John 10:10 we read
these words of the Son of God: "The
thief Cometh not, but for to steal,
to kiU, and to destroy. I am come
that they might have hfe, and that
they might have it more abun-
dantly." Now friends, it is possible
to be physically alive, but spirit-
ually dead! Dead — dead to God.
Dead to everything that's good.
Dead to everything that's pure and
virtuous. Dead to every song they
sing in heaven. Dead to all the glo-
ries of the celestial city of God for-
ever— so dead in sins as to be a total
stranger to God. Dead — without
Christ, without hope in the world
anywhere. This world is full of
dead people walking around. There
are many of them in the church like
that. They are baptized. They go
to communion. They give in the
offerings. But they are spiritually

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571

The title of this article is put
into the form of a question because
it adequately expresses the heart-
searching cry of every believer. Its
importance is demonstrated by the
fact that about eighty percent of the
devout and godly people voice it in
one way or another. It is safe to say
that the other twenty percent have
faced it although they may not have
expressed it in so many words. Any
question which has elicited so much
interest and deep concern is not
to be lightly set aside as of little
consequence. And where there is
heart yearning and heart searching,
there is not only something of deep
importance but also something to
which there is divine response. God
desires to give an answer to every
true seeker.

This question is insistent as any
spiritually sensitive believer will at-
test. For sin is no trifling matter.
It was sin that introduced all the
misery and distress into the universe.
It was sin that called loudly for the
judgment of God and hurried the
Son of God to Calvary. The heart
instinctively recognizes the fact that
sin is bad no matter where it is
found, in the unbeliever or the be-
liever. But the very fact that the
positional standing, the personal
status, and the prospective state of
the beUever were changed when he
beheved argues strongly for a dif-
ference in the nature, penalty, and
correction of the believer's sin.

As usual, the answer to every
heart cry is in the Word of God.
Human speculation is dangerous. It
begins with ignorance, follows the
path of the blind, and ends in the
ditch of despair and doom. Intel-
lectual confusion on this point is
almost as dangerous, for it mixes
error with truth to the point of nul-
lifying the truth and routing the be-
liever through the wilderness of suf-
fering and uncertainty. Divine
revelation alone may be trusted to
give the unadulterated truth. It sup-
plies adequate information so that
the behever may order his steps in
the will of the Lord.

The answer to this question must
deal with three things. It must deal
with the character of the believer's
sin, the consequences of the be-
liever's sin, and the correction for

WHEN

the behever's sin. These three things
will be treated in this order.

The Character of the Sin

The character of the believer's sin
may be described by three state-
ments. In the first place, it is al-
ways sin; in the second place, it is
an act of sin; and in the third place,
it is awful sin.

It is always sin (I John 5:17). By
means of a clear statement which
was addressed to believers every-
where, the Apostle John, under the
direction of the Spirit of God, was
combating an error that was preva-
lent in the early church and is like-
wise prevalent today; namely, that
there are some aberrations from the
way of which the believer is guilty,
but they are not to be classed as sins.
But the Word of God stands out
boldly against this error, "All un-
righteousness is sin." There is no
difference between acts of un-
righteousness, as though one could
be called a mistake and another
could be called a sin. For the mo-
ment that it is admitted that there
is a difference, at that moment the
door to sin is thrown wide open and
men become insensitive to the aw-
fulness of sin. By their own stand-
ards they class sins, lightly excusing
themselves for that which they re-
gard as mistakes. But God has no
double standards. Any want of con-
formity to the will, the ways, or the
nature of God is sin and must be
treated as sin, whether it be in the
believer or the unbeliever.

It is an act of sin (I John 3:9;
2:1). While the nature of sin is not
changed when one becomes a Chris-
tian, the occurrence of sin does
change. By virtue of the new birth,
which is the implantation of the very
nature of God, the believer is ren-
dered unable to continue in a course
of sin. "Whosoever is born of God
doth not commit sin; for his seed

remaineth in him: and he caimot sin,
because he is bom of God" (I John
3:9). This statement does not mean
that the believer will not commit
any sin, but it does mean that he is
unable to lie down in sin, revel in
it, make it his daily habit and prac-
tice. The presence of the new na-
ture makes this impossible, for the
new nature controls the will, im-
parts new desires, and makes sin dis-
tasteful. But the presence of the old
sinful nature often catches the be-
liever off guard, and he falls into
sin, so that no believer ever dare say
that he has not sinned (I John 1:10).
For such a one there is provision
made: "And if any man sin [once],
we have an advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous" (I John
2:1). For those who he down in a
course of sin — the evidence that
they have not been born of God —
for them there is no advocate. What
they need is a propitiation first of
all, and having accepted Christ as
a Saviour, then they can enter into
His advocacy.

It is awful sin (I John 2:1; Luke
12:48). This statement stands in con-
trast with the general opinion of
most believers. But it has the sup-
port of the Word of God. Becoming
a believer increases the responsibihty
of men instead of decreasing it.
More light increases the responsi-
bihty (Luke 12:48). The believer
knows that it was sin that put Christ
upon the cross. He knows that the
least of sins would have demanded
the cross. He knows that the sole
mission of Christ into the world was
to take away sins (I John 3:5).
Knowing all these things about sin,
he knows that there is not any place
given to sin in the plan and pur-
pose of God. Therefore, he must
hate sin, fight sin, cast his vote
against sin. That is why John wrote
as follows: "My little children, these
things write I unto you, that ye sin

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IRISTIAN SINS--?

By Dr. Herman A. Hoyt
Dean, Grace Theological Seminary

not [even once]" (I John 2:1). Ab-
solutely no provision is made for
sin in the life of the believer. Know-
ing this and knowing how awful it is,
sin is therefore worse for the be-
liever than for the unbeliever.

The Consequences of the Sin

Sin in the believer has its con-
sequences just as it does in the
unbeliever. There is penalty for the
performance of sin. There is pol-
lution of the person who sins. And
there is the power of sin over the be-
liever. It is inevitable that each one
of these should take its toll.

First, the penalty for sin is death
(Rom. 6:23). This law is as un-
changeable as God himself, for
God's holiness does not change, and
therefore His holy aversion to sin
cannot change. It is ever true that
"the wages of sin is death." This
death is twofold, consisting of phys-
ical death which is the separation
of body and soul, and spiritual death
which is the separation of the soul
from God. This is the same penalty
that is inflicted upon the unbeliever,
the f uUness of which will be realized
in the Lake of Fire. But since this
is true, a tremendous problem faces
behevers. In their efforts to solve
the problem many believers have
gone astray, some of them contra-
dicting many of the plain teachings
of the Word of God, and robbing not
only themselves but many others of
the assurance which God has pro-
vided for every one of His children.
The solution for this problem will be
dealt with under the next main point
of this article.

Second, the pollution of sin is de-
filement (Matt. 15:18-20). This is
the thing that Christ was attempting
to impress upon the minds of the
ritualistic Pharisees. What physical
dirt is to the body, sin is to the soul
and spirit. And this is an unalterable
law, as universal in its scope as the

law of sin and death. It includes the
behever and the unbeliever alike.
When they sin, they are defiled by
the sin. And when the believer sins,
he becomes personally dirty. He
looks dirty, he feels dirty, he is dirty,
and he knows he is dirty. When he
lies, steals, covets, thinks evil
thoughts, he is bound to feel be-
smeared with sin, uncomfortable,
and conscience-smitten. The more
closely he comes to the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God that
shines in the face of Jesus Christ, the
more clearly he is enabled to see the
dirt which he feels. That is the rea-
son Paul exclaimed at the close of
his hfe that he was the chief of sin-
ners.

Third, the power of sin brings de-
feat (John 8:34). Here again the law
is unalterable. Wherever sin is in
dominion, there the siimer has been
defeated and made a slave, bowing
the knee in the most abject slavery.
"Whosoever committeth sin is the
servant of sin." While the behever
does not live in a course of sin, it is
still true that at the moment he sins
he is the bondslave of sin and has
suffered defeat. At that moment his
potentialities, his passions, his
possessions, his plans, and pur-
poses are under the control of an-
other who has vanquished him in
the battle of sin and righteousness.
The sting of defeat is bitter and al-
most unbearable. So humiliating is
it sometimes that the behever has
almost surrendered to the enemy
and would have, had it not been for
the wonderful provision made for
this very thing in the life of the be-
hever. Let it be said here though,
that there is continuous defeat in the
hfe of the unbeliever, while defeat
for the behever is momentary.

The Correction for the Sin

At this point, the marvelous pro-
vision for the penalty of sin, the pol-

lution of sin, and the power of sin
should be noted. This provision is
to be found in the "Lamb of God,"
the "Word of God," and the "Spirit
of God."

The Lamb of God (I John 1:7).
It has already been pointed out that
the penalty for sin is death, a law
which is as unchangeable as God
himself. The believer's sin, then,
must be punished with death. Now
Calvary is the answer. There the
Lamb of God shed His blood for the
sins of all men of aU time. At the
moment of faith in Christ, the blood
of Christ covered every sin of the
behever up to that point. But after
the believer was saved, he sinned,
and this sin must be punished with
the same penalty, so the only pro-
vision that could be made was that
the efficacy of the blood might flow
on, cleansing the believer from each
sin as it is committed. That is pre-
cisely what the Word of God de-
clares: "And the blood of Jesus
Christ his Son cleanseth us from all
sin" (I John 1:7). The word
"cleanseth" is in the present tense
which means that the blood keeps on
cleansing the behever from the pen-
alty of sin. Were it not for the con-
tinuous cleansing power of the
blood, the behever, just like the un-
believer, would be under the inex-
orable wrath of the living God.

The Word of God (Eph. 5:26).
This is the remedy for the pollution
of sin. While the blood may take
away the penalty for sin, the behever
is still dirty with his sin and he needs
to be cleaned up. There is only one
agency provided for this task, and
that is the Word of God. Our Lord
himself told the apostles that they
were clean through the word that He
had spoken to them (John 15:3).
Later the Apostle Paul declared that
it was the Word that Christ uses
to cleanse His church. That is done
"with the washing of water by the
word" (Eph. 5:26). To provide an
illustration for His people, Christ
washed the disciples' feet (John 13:
1-10), thus symbohzing the "wash-
ing of water by the word." The work
is accomphshed in this way. The be-
hever reads the Word of God where-
in he finds the perfect will of God

(Continued on page 575)

September 7, 7957

573

Is Christ Greater?

By Mrs. Bill Smith

When Jesus told the Samaritan
woman that He had living water He
could give her, she asked almost
mockingly: "Art thou greater than
our father Jacob which gave us the
well . . .?" Had she known that
this was the One who was King
of kings. Lord of lords, and the
Prince of Peace, she would have
fallen on her face before Him and
given Him the esteem, worship, and
servitude He deserved and desired.
She could have been victorious over
the sins that held her in bondage.

Christian, how many times have
you and I by our very actions asked:
"Art thou greater"? We who have
been bought with the blood of
Christ, who know of His victory
over death, and who know that He is
in heaven at this present time in-
terceding and advocating for us,
are demonstrating to the world that
many other things have become
greater to us.

How many of us give evidence to
the fact stated in I John 4:4: ". . .
greater is he that is in you, than he
that is in the world"?

Desire for Material Gain

For some of us the desire for
material gain has become the most
important thing in our lives. Maybe
it is a never-ending passion for new
clothes or a constant effort to make
our house a little nicer than the
neighbor's. Perhaps we haven't the
means for many new things but
are filled with envy for the car,
house, or clothes of someone else.
What an easy trap to fall into in
this age of materialism!

It is an easy thing to say that we
love the Lord Jesus Christ more
than anything else, but is that love
alive? Does that love make serving

Christ and being what He wants us
to be the greatest desires of our
lives?

Desire for Love of Friends

For others of us, the love of
friends may be the most important.

PROMINENT MAN SPEAKS
FOR CHRIST

J. C. Black, president of the
Black Manufacturing Company, and
director of Pacific National Bank
of Seattle, Wash., has this to say:

"Jesus Christ has saved me from
my sin and myself. Day by day I am
learning more of this truth. He is
teaching me the wonder of being
able to draw on His inexhaustible
resources of power and wisdom, love
and compassion.

"As I have learned to count more
and more upon Him, doubt has
been resolved into faith, heart-
peace has taken the place of rest-
lessness; prayer has become a privi-
lege instead of a duty, and God,
who, before has seemed at times a
long way off, becomes each day
more close and intimate and real.
Even when I fail Him I am con-
scious of His love and His nearness.
He is making life a new thing to me."

Friends can sometimes get such a
grip on our thoughts, actions, and
lives that pleasing them becomes our
greatest source of pleasure. Many
times in trying to please an un-
saved loved one, wife, or husband,
we compromise with the world. We
get so concerned with the fear that
they might start drifting away from
us that we fail to realize how far this
compromising is causing us to drift
away from the Lord.

John teUs us in the twelfth chap-
ter that though many of the chief
rulers believed on Christ, they
would not confess Him openly be-
cause the Pharisees might put them
out of the synagogue: "For they
loved the praise of men more than
the praise of God."

Desire for Various Pleasures

Young person, has playing in a
certain sport or indulging in some
worldly pleasure taken so much of
your time that you have little or
none left in which to serve Christ
or even to think of Him any longer?

How many times at camp have
we heard young people testify to
the fact that a year or two before
they had pledged themselves to
daily devotions from that time on,
but soon a certain pleasure had be-
come of greater importance in their
lives. God's Word tells us to "set
your affection on things above, not
on things on the earth."

Christian, let's make a careful
examination of our lives and de-
termine if Christ really is greater
than anything else. Are we going to
be the victim of secular desires, or
are we going to be the victor through
Jesus Christ our Lord? Let us
thoughtfully ask, as did the Woman
of Samaria, "Art thou greater?"

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WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH
JESUS?

(Continued from page 571)

dead: with no prayer life, no fellow-
ship with God, no victory over sin.
Known on earth but unknown in
heaven. They may be church of-
ficials, Sunday-school teachers, or
deacons. Do you know what God
says? He says they have a name to
live, but are dead. They have a form
of godUness but no saving power in
it. Some go to church as a salve for
their conscience. They go to church
feeling that it will sort of offset all
the bad things they have done all
week. They sort of feel that if they
sing hymns real loudly on Sunday
that God will hear them and forget
everything. But friends, God
doesn't pass over anybody's sin.
The sins that God passes over are
the sins of those who are under the
blood of Jesus. So many are just
going through the motions of serv-
ing Jesus. They do the bowing and
scraping, but they are just an old
empty barrel of religious profes-
sion. They're just zeros for God.
Just religious snobs. They are not
the real thing. Pastors all over
America have told me the sad story
of these folks in their congregations.
Jesus said of such folks: "Because
thou art lukewarm, and neither cold
nor hot, I will spue thee out of my
mouth." You can go to hell just as
sure in the church as out of it if
your heart isn't right with God.

Jesus said: "If ye believe not that
I am he, ye shall die in your sins"
(John 8:24). If you know down
deep in your heart right now that
you are not the real thing,
that you are not saved, that you
have not been bom again, that God
is not real to you, that you have
never really made a break with sin,
that you have never really turned
your back on the Devil, that you
have never broken with evil asso-
ciates, that you have never defi-
nitely and honestly brought your
sins to Jesus that He may cleanse
you from them in His own blood,
if you honestly realize this, you can
be sure also that if you do not
change, you will die a lost soul.
Those who allow this world to shut

out God from their hearts are dead,
dead to God. "She that liveth in
pleasure is dead while she liveth"
(I Tim. 5:6).

Also, it is possible to be spirit-
ually alive after you are physically
dead! Praise God for that. Jesus
said: "He that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he
hve." That's life, real life. Life
that can never end. Friends, life
does not begin at forty as some
clever people in the world are say-
ing. Life begins at Calvary for the
sinner. That's where real life starts.

A woman with real evidence of
despair in her face said to me one
day: "Life has meant nothing to me
but disappointment. What is there

in life to live for?" She looked the
picture of despair. Of course, when
you have no peace with God, no
forgiveness for your sins, when you
are a stranger to God, and with noth-
ing but hell ahead of you, dear
friend, then there is nothing worth
living for, that is sure. But when
you have Christ in your heart, your
sins all taken away, with eternal life
in your soul, with God as your
Father, with heaven as your eternal
home, then dear friend, life is won-
derful! That is when life, real life,
actually begins. That is the life that
is worth living. That is what Jesus
meant in John 10:10, when He said:
"I am come that they might have
life, and that they might have it
more abundantly."

WHEN A CHRISTIAN SINS—?

(Continued from page 573)

for every believer. It exposes the be-
liever's sins, and he confesses them
one by one and forsakes them. Thus
I John 1:9 is fulfilled: "If we con-
fess our sins, he is faithful and just
to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness." Surely
this makes it clear how important it
is for the believer to read the Word
of God daily.

The Spirit of God (I John 4:4;
5:4). While the blood of Christ will
do away with the penalty for sin,
and the Word of God will clean
away the dirt of sin, there is al-
ways the presence of the old sinful
nature with its power to produce
another sin, and to bring defeat into
the believer's life. To offset the
spirit of sin within, there is the
Spirit of God who indwells the be-
liever. The Spirit of God is greater
than the spirit of sin (I John 4:4) and
enables the believer to triumph pro-
gressively over the world: "For what-
soever is born of God overcometh
the world: and this is the victory
that overcometh the world, even
our faith" (I John 5:4). This means
that the believer who places his
trust in the power of the indwelling
Spirit is enabled to live a continuous
life of victory over sin. There may

be times when he falls into sin, but
those are always the times when he
fails to keep his eye upon the power-
ful Spirit within. But the indwelling
Spirit makes it impossible for the
believer to live in sin. His presence
assures the believer that there will be
one grand train of progressive and
increasing triumph. This continuous
life of victory is the evidence that the
believer will finally attain the gates
of glory.

What happens when a Christian
sins? In character, his sin is al-
ways sin, it is an act of sin, and
it is awful sin. In consequence, it
brings death, it produces defilement,
and it marks defeat. In correction,
the blood of the Lamb of God flows
on, cleansing from the penalty which
is death; the Word of God continues
its ministry, cleansing from the pol-
lution of sin; and the Spirit of God
energizes for continuous victory over
the power of sin. The character of
sin is awful; the consequence of sin
is horrible; and the correction for
sin is wonderful. But the wonder of
the provision for sin should so mag-
nify the grace of God that the be-
liever will shrink from the conse-
quences of sin and hate any and all
sin.

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575

HOME MISSIONS—

Praise the Lord for His guidance
in the selection of a new location
and completed plans for a new
church in Berrien Springs, Mich.,
and pray now for the building to
get under way.

Pray for the new pastor, Emlyn
Jones, at Bell, Calif., as he begins
his first pastorate.

Praise God for the new church
at Grandview, Wash., and pray for
capable workers to replace those
called into His work and now in
training at Grace Seminary.

Praise God for directing the
South Bend church to a parsonage
near the new location, and pray for
the new building program getting
under way.

Pray for the Christian day school
in West Covina, Calif., and the other
similar schools in home-mission
churches, that the ultimate objective
may be souls and laborers for
Christ.

Pray for the local offering goals
in home missions to be comparable
to the goal set by the Brethren home
missions directors in their recent an-
nual meeting.

SUNDAY SCHOOL—

Pray for the Sunday School En-
largement Campaign which begins
on September 29 that every Sun-
day school might put forth an ef-
fort to win additional people.

Pray that the inspiration of the
convention might inspire folks back
in the local churches.

Pray for the director as he par-
ticipates in twin Sunday-school con-
ventions in Los Angeles, Calif., and
Grand Rapids, Mich., within a few
days.

Pray for the financial needs of
the Sunday school department of our
church.

GRACE SEMINARY, COLLEGE

Praise God that operations are
now in progress on the new building
project.

Pray that the project may con-
tinue without further delay and that
finances may be forthcoming to dis-
charge the responsibility involved.

Pray for the opening of the new
school year at Grace Seminary and
College.

Pray for the adjustment of all
students to their work this year,
especially the new students.

Pray that all the students who
come to our school this year may be
those of His own choosing.

LAYMEN—

Pray for the newly elected offi-
cers as they make plans to interest
more men in local Brethren
churches.

Pray for a great spiritual awaken-
ing among all the men in each local
church, that they will become
prayer warriors, Bible readers, and
enthused workers wherever needed
in their respective churches.

WMC—

Pray that the ladies who attended
national conference will be able to
take back to their councils the en-
thusiasm all enjoyed while at con-
ference and try to interest more
women in the national projects of
WMC.

Pray for all the newly elected of-
ficers, that they will be given wis-
dom, understanding, courage, and
patience as they try to carry on their
God-given tasks this coming year.

Pray that all WMC members will
be as greately interested in the
"spiritual" goals as they are in
other activities.

YOUTH WORK—

Pray for the newly elected offi-
cers in Sisterhood and Brethren
Youth Fellowship, that they will
take their responsibihties seriously
and really try to accomphsh great
things for the glory of God in the
coming months.

Pray for our youth as they meet
temptations and trials common to

young folks, that they will be living
so close to God that they will learn
how to allow the Holy Spirit to rule
in their bodies, souls, and spirits.

Pray for the leaders of youth
work in each local church that they
will have wisdom and understanding,
as well as godly interest in the ac-
tivities of their groups.

FOREIGN MISSIONS—

Praise the Lord for the safe ar-
rival in the U. S. of the Floyd Taber,
Lynn Schrock, and Solon Hoyt fami-
lies.

Continue to pray for the healing
of little Eddie Miller, son of our
missionaries in Brazil, who seems to
have some tropical disease.

Pray definitely that God will move
in the hearts of our people here in
the U. S. during 1957 that they
will give generously to meet the
challenges that are before us.

Pray for lasting results from de-
cisions made in the board of trus-
tees annual meeting.

Pray for young people in train-
ing on a number of our fields that
they will develop into strong work-
ers in the future.

Pray for comfort for Mrs. Bill
Burk who recently lost her father
through an accident.

MISSIONARY HERALD—

Pray that God might use to His
glory the book by Dr. O. D. Jobson
recently released by the Brethren
Missionary Herald.

Pray that the funds might come in
to publish the book by Dr. Homer
Kent, Sr., on the history of The
Brethren Church.

Pray for the writers of the Sun-
day-school quarterhes and those
writmg articles for the Missionarj
Herald.

BRETHREN DAY OF PRAYEB
SEPT. 15

The BRETHREN

'MC NUMBER

SEPTEMBER 14, 1957

WMC Board in Session at Winona Lake

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CONFERENCE MESSAGE— PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL WMC— 1957 By Mrs. Kenneth Ashman

Greetings:

Introduction: "For whether we
live, we live unto the Lord; and
whether we die, we die unto the
Lord: whether we live therefore, or
die, we are the Lord's."

A very popular term at the pres-
ent time is the word "security,"
meaning according to Webster's
definition: "The state or quality of
being secure, freedom from fear
or danger, assurance, certainty."
Anxious fathers want security for
their families, so they set up a good
insurance and investment program
to provide for their loved ones.
Others set up a savings plan for se-
curity, and workers get social se-
curity to supplement their means
of meeting their needs. Whatever
the plan, everyone is seeking se-
curity of a material value.

As Christians we have a superior
security, offered in the theme and
theme verse before us. We have
been bought by the blood of Jesus
Christ, we belong to the family of
God, and we are joint heirs with
His Son. We have assurance of a
future home with our Saviour far
better than any fine mansion we
could build here in this world. We
have the promise that all our needs
will be supplied, plus the rewards
we have merited in serving our Lord
here in this life. We can reassure
ourselves with the chorus of the
familiar hymn:

I'm a child of the King, a child

of the King,
With Jesus my Saviour; I'm a

child of the King.

We are the Lord's in life, and
our security is brought about first
because we are His creation. "For
we are his workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus unto good works,

which God hath before ordained
that we should walk in them" (Eph.
2:10). We are assured of our
origin, and we are also plainly told
our purpose here in this life — to
do good works which God has or-
dained and approved. Secondly, we
are the Lord's in this life not only
because we were created by Him
but also because He has redeemed
us; that is, purchased us with the
price of His precious blood. "And
that he died for all, that they which
live should not henceforth live unto
themselves, but unto him which
died for them, and rose again"
(II Cor. 5:15). Someone has well
said: "Only one life, 'twill soon
be past, only what's done for Christ
will last." We are placed here for
a purpose — to live unto the Lord,
as well as to do the work He has
for us to do.

As "Women Manifesting Christ"
we have a purpose here because of
our creation and our redemption.
This may be summarized briefly:
We are to receive, live, and give
forth the Word. The Word may
be received through many channels
today. There are opportunities by
means of our pulpits, Sunday-school
classes, Bible classes, gospel radio,
and occasional television programs.
No one has excuse for saying that
he did not know nor receive the
Word. We must provide a time in
our life to absorb the Word by one
or more of these channels through
which it may be obtained. As we
receive the Word, we need regu-
larly to study it and read it for our
spiritual growth. This needs to be
linked with prayer. We need to talk
with our Saviour for understand-
ing of the Word, as well as bear
forth our petitions and praises to
Him regularly.

A consistent, everyday life is
proof of our devotion to and of
our reception of the Word. In Ro-
mans 14:7 we are reminded that we
do not live unto ourselves: "For
none of us liveth unto himself, and
no man dieth to himself"; our lives
affect others for good or for bad —
this we cannot stop but can control.
We as WMC members should live
to radiate Christ in our thoughts,
work, and self. This is a daily chal-
lenge for each of us. The story told
about a little girl might be a reflec-
tion upon ourselves. She was visiting
her aunt who was not a Christian,
but the little girl was anxious to see
her aunt know Jesus as her Saviour.
One day the Sunday-school teacher
came to call and was quite free with
her praise and compliments of the
little girl for her conduct in Sunday
school. This made little impression
upon the aunt who observed the un-
desirable actions of the girl in her
everyday life and her rebellion and
lack of cooperation in the home.
The girl was old enough to realize
her inconsistent living, and was
made aware of the fact that if she
wanted to win her aunt, she would
have to remedy her faults and live
a better testimony for the Lord.
You have often heard it said that our
actions speak so loud that people
cannot hear what we say. We need
to really radiate Christ in our daily
life of service for Him. Murmuring,
complaining, and halfhearted serv-
ice do not belong to "Women
Manifesting Christ." Truly we are
not imparting the fruit of the Spirit
in our lives.

We need often remind ourselves
that we are here to do His work
and not ours. People need to see the
fruit of the Spirit in our lives to
know that we are living for the Lord.

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 37

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
Entered a3 second-class matter April 16, 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake, Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weeltly to
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake, Ind. Subscription price, 13.00 a year; 100-percent churches, $2.50; foreign, $4.00. Board or
Directors: Robert Crees. president: Herman A. Hoyt, vice president: William Schaffer, secretary; True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Gen-
man, treasurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee; Gene Farrell, S. W. Link, Mark Halles, Robert E. A. MUler.
Thomaa Hammers: Arnold R. Kriegbaum. ex officio.

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

In Galatians 5:20 the fruit of the
Spirit is given. As women laboring
for the Lord and Uving lives of serv-
ice unto Him, we must be sure this
fruit is manifest in our lives. We
must show forth the fruit of love
in our lives — even love toward those
who are unlovely to us. There needs
to be a strong bond of Christian love
between our coworkers in Christ.
So many times love seems to be
absent from the picture and our
service becomes a matter of routine.
Only when we radiate joy in our
service can we hope to inspire others
to want to serve the Lord. Peace
should reign in our hearts and re-
move doubt, fear, murmuring, and
complaining. We sometimes must
call for extra patience and be long-
suffering in our service. Well-mean-
ing workers can hinder the Lord's
work by lack of patience with others.
Gentleness and goodness can give
us the qualification to be longsuf-
fering if they are a definite part of
our life and service. Faith in our
work imparts to others that we really
beUeve in our work, and that our life
for the Lord is the best choice any-
one could make. Pride and haughti-
ness blind people to the good we
are doing no matter how sincerely or
efficiently done. Meekness is the
fruit that makes our service ac-
ceptable to others and blessed to
the Lord. We should realize our
limitations and not indulge to the
point that our service becomes a
burden, and we are weary under the
load. Temperance should be used
in our service, as well as any other
thing in hfe.

All with whom we come in con-
tact need to feel the strength of
prayer in our lives. "I love the Lord,
because he hath heard my voice and
my supphcation" (Ps. 116:1). If we
can truly manifest the fruit of the
Spirit in our lives of service for
Christ, I believe we can say as Paul
in Phihppians 1:20-21: "Accord-
ing to my earnest expectation and
my hope, that in nothing I shall be
ashamed but that with all boldness,
as always, so now also Christ shall
be magnified in my body, whether
it be by life, or by death. For me
to hve is Christ, and to die is gain."
Paul's sincerity in this is evidenced
in his life as a result of the vari-
ous experiences he had before and
after his conversion. It has always
been a question in my mind how
women manifesting Christ and liv-
ing a life for Him can be lax in
carrying out their duties, show
jealousy toward another who is sin-
September 14, 1957

cerely endeavoring to do the Lord's
work, criticize unnecessarily work
being done, while being unwilling to
accept responsibiUty, and refuse to
make the fruit of the Spirit a reality
in their own lives. We hve not unto
ourselves but unto Christ, and we
daily reflect Him in our lives, our
thoughts, and our works.

To give the Word opens many
doors of opportunity for WMC
members. First, we can help send
the Word by supporting our mis-
sionaries with gifts, money, and
most of all, our regular, faithful
prayers. Secondly, we can give the
Word by presenting our devotional
studies and mission topics and by
teaching a Sunday-school, child
evangelism, or Bible class. Thirdly,
we can give the Word by distri-
buting tracts and doing personal
witnessing to others. We can also in-
vite the unsaved to our WMC meet-
ings and to our church services that
they might hear the Word. Again
we are reminded that the greatest
way we can give forth the Word is
by our daily life — manifesting
Christ in thoughts, actions, and
work.

We are the Lord's in life, even so,
we are the Lord's in death. "For we
know that if our earthly house of
this tabernacle were dissolved, we
have a building of God, a house not

made with hands, eternal in the
heavens" (II Cor. 5:1).

There is more than our life unto
the Lord here. This is but a prepara-
tion for the security of being the
Lord's in death. Our fruits of this
life continue. When we accept Christ
as Saviour our real and eternal life
begins here and continues over
there forever after our death. Some-
one has referred to death as only a
graduation day. A true revelation
of our life for the Lord here is the
fruit of the Spirit in our life that con-
tinues after our graduation here.
God promises that we are His in
death in John 3:16: "For God so
loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever
beUeveth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life."

So, we as "Women Manifesting
Christ" have security because:

1. We are the Lord's in life as
a result of Being His creation; Being
bought with a price, Jesus' blood;
and, Having a purpose here to live
unto good works, to show forth the
fruit of the Spirit in our life and
service, and to receive and give forth
the Word.

2. We are the Lord's in death as
a reward of being His in life, even as
He hath promised in His Word.

So, whether we live or die, we are
the Lord's.

MISSIONARY BIRTHDAYS FOR NOVEMBER
Africa —

Rev. Charles R. Taber November 1

Mission a Yaloke, Bossembele via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Miss Clara Schwartz November 2

Mission a Yaloke, Bossembele via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Martha Irene Hill November 7, 1953

BossMiibele via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Rev. C. B. Sheldon November 8

Bossangoa via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs J. P. Kliever November 12

B. P. 240, Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Rev. Donald F. Miller November 13

Mission a Nzoro, Bocaranga via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa

Rev. George E. Cone November 16

Bossembele via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs. Robert W. Hill November 27

Bossembele via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Argentina —

Charles Ray Rottler November 20, 1952

Fenoglio 71, Laboulaye, FNGSM, Argentina. S. A.

Rev. Hill Maconaghy November 25

Bdo. de Irigoyen 564, Jose Marmol, FCNGR, Argentina, S. A.

Brazil —

Rev. Edward D. Miller November 1 1

Macapa, Terr. Federal do Amapa, Brazil, S. A.

Mexico —

Rev. A. L. Howard November 7

406 Mary Avenue, Calexico, Calif., U.S.A.

In the United States —

Marguerite Ruth Dunning November 1, 1941

915 Molino Ave., Long Beach 14, Calif.

Carolyn Ruth Sheldon November 21, 1941

1920 E. Fifth Street, Long Beach 12, Calif.

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NATIONAL WMC OBJECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

NATIONAL WMC OBJECTIVES FOR
LOCAL COUNCILS 1957-58

1. DAILY BIBLE READING AND
STUDY:

First Choice: The entire Bible in 1957-58
(three chapters a day. five on Sunday) ■
Each district is urged to honor those reading
the Bible through by presentation of an
award.

Second Choice: Romans. I John, Galatians,
Philippians, Colossians, Philemon. James,
Psalms 95-119, Genesis. John, Proverbs, He-
brews. II Corinthians, I Corinthians. Joshua,
Ephesians. Malachi. I Timothy. II Timothy.
Job, I and II Thessalonians, I and II Peter.
II and III John, Jude.

Third Choice: Bible reading of your own
choosing.

2. FAMILY WORSHIP:

We recommend the establishment of daily
family devotions in every home with the
use of a daily devotional booklet, and if
the local church does not provide such a
booklet, we suggest the use of SEEK, pub-
lished by The Good News Publishers, 99th
and Roosevelt Rd.. Westchester, 111., priced
at $1 per year.

We also recommend that the local prayer
chairman be responsible for the family
worship emphasis in the local councils.

3. PRAYER WARRIORS:

Each council enlist prayer warriors from
the congregation, using the five-year Prayer
Covenant Cards, adding a star each year at
the consecration service. We urge a special
observance of the 15th of the month, using
prayer helps provided by the various boards
of The Brethren Church and the prayer
pointers in the Brethren Missionary Herald.

4. SOUL-WINNING:

Our goal — every lady a witness and soul-
winner. Each WMC meeting should be used
as another opportunity to invite the un-
churched and unsaved. A systematic visi-
tation and tract distribulion program is
urged, with the local tract chairman keep-
ing a record of tracts used and souls saved
through the effort of your council.

5. MONTHLY MEETINGS:

A minimum of 12 devotional meetings
URGING the use of the Brethren WMC
packets.

6. DISTRICT PROJECTS AND RALLIES:
Each council taking part in the district

projects and stressing attendance at the
rallies as a means of promoting individual
growth and enthusiasm for WMC work.

7. MAJOR OFFERINGS:

(1) September. October. November — Home
Missions, $3,000. send before December 10.
Three year project, minimum goal of S3. 000
per year. Purchase of land and the con-
struction of a Youth Building for the Span-
ish-American work in Taos, N. Mex.

(2) December, January, February— Chris-
tian Education Offering, $3,000, send before
March 10. one half. Grace Seminary to
purchase library table and chair units; one
half equally divided, Sunday School and
Youth Boards. For the Sunday School
Board $300 to purchase filmstrips and re-
maining offering to purchase office equip-
ment and mimeograph supplies. For the
Youth Board S600 designated for office rent-
al f.nd $150 youth packets.

(31 March. April. May — Foreign Missions.
$3,000, send before June 10. Continuing the
five-year project of building a missionary
residence at Winona Lake.

(4) June. July. August — General and
publication fund, $3,000. send before Sep-
teniber 10-

(5) Thank Offering for Brethren Jewish
Missions, taken throughout the year and
to be sent to the nalional financial secre-
tary-treasurer by June 10. We urge the use
of "the synagogue banks for the penny-a-
<lay-per-member offering. ( Secure banks
from the Home Missions Council.)

(6) Birthday Offering to be received
-during the year for the support of WMC
jnissionaries on a foreign field. Send this
offering to the national financial secretary-
treasurer by July 10. Birthday missionaries
ior 1957-58 are Mrs. Rose Foster. Miss Grace
Byron, and Miss Florence Bickel.

DISTRICT WMC OBJECTIVES (1957-58)

1. Every district represented on the na-
tional board at National Conference by
the president or alternate, suggesting that
■expenses, wholly or in part, be paid by
the district.

2, A four-minute achievement report to
be given at national-board meeting and
again on the conference floor. The retiring
president to be responsible for a written

report which will be read by the present
presiding officer.

3. Each district to provide interesting
material representing the work done in
the past year for display at National Con-
ference. The award will be presented lo
the district having the most outstanding
display.

4. Each district to select a prayer chair-
man who will cooperate with our national
prayer chairman and encourage the prayer
life of the women, the use of the five-year
Prayer Covenant Cards, and stimulate Bible
study, as well as the establishing of family
worship.

5. The district president promoting the
organization of a WMC in every Brethren
church in her district.

6. Each district sponsor at least one proj-
ect— said project to be cleared through the
national vice president to avoid duplication.
Each district has the privilege of keeping
the project within the district.

7. Each district contribute an annual
freewill offering to be used toward the
furnishing and repair of the Foreign Mis-
sionary Residence. This offering to be sent
to the national financial secretary-treasurer
by July 10 and to be used as ttie commit-
tee in charge sees the need.

8. Each district president to receive the
local annual statistical reports and to com-
pile the district statistical report from these
and send to the national recording secre-
tary by July 31.

9. Each district president to stress the
importance of using the Brethren WMC
program packets and promotional liter-
ature, such as Pen Pointers, in the local
councils to foster unity among us.

10. SMM to be represented on the district
WMC conference program. Each district
president encouraging the establishm^pnt
of SMM in any church not having an SMM.
That each district WMC give financial
assistance to their district SMM patroness
or president to attend National Conference,
if possible.

1. That a membership consecration service
be held annually in each local council, using
the original covenant card and star system;
suggesting that this service be the feature
of the October meeting to which prospects
for membership are invited.

2. Each local president endeavoring to
attend district meetings and National Fel-
lowship; her council aiding in expense if at
all possible.

3. That we send good usable clothing to
Taos, N. Mex. ( Rev. S. I. Homey, parcel
post, or via express to Santa Fe. N. Mex.).
and children's clothing only (up to
15 years of age) to Indian Mission (Rev.
Ev'an Adams, Brethren Navaho Mission
located at Counselor Post, or Star Route.
Cuba. N. Mex.). and that each council be
responsible for their entire expense.

4. That officers in the local councils be
elected in June, installed in July, and take
office at the August meeting and have sta-
tistical reports compiled by the retiring
president in the hands of the district presi-
dent by July 15.

5. That each council promote the evan-
gelization of children, urging each indi-
vidual woman to assist in Sunday school,
vacation Bible school, children's Bible class-
es, et cetera.

6. That the women in each council con-
tinue to show an increased interest in the
Sisterhood in all possible ways, such as
prayer, work projects, financial help (pur-
chasing reading books and pennants), and
a willingness to serve in an advisory ca-
pacity.

7. We continue to urge that all local and
district councils show loyalty to their de-
nomination by using Brethren talent and
supporting Brethren works.

8. That a birthday remembrance be
sent to foreign missionaries and their chil-
dren.

9. (a) That each council review or read
Dr. O. D. Jobson's book, Conquering Ou-
bangtii-Chari jor Christ ($1.50) during the
Foreign Mission Offering period — March.
April, and May.

BOOK REVIEW: Conquering Oubangui-

Chari for Christ

Here is a book, brief but concise, about
our missionaries and our mission work
in Africa.

We read of the many trials, the problems,
and difficult times of those who pioneered
this work, and of those who are now con-

tributing to its growth under God.

Truly the Lord has blessed in marvelous
ways, and we are now getting the medical
work there better established.

This book should be in every Brethren
home and every woman should put it on
her "must read it" list.

(b) That each council purchase one of the
following books or use a book of your own
choosing to be given as a book review, if
desired. Books may be purchased from the
Brethren Missionary Herald Co.. Winona
L-ke. Ind.

BOOK REVIEW: Not Alone (Eunice V. Pike
$2.25)

Not only in Africa, South America, Asia,
rnd islands of the sea have missionaries
Pone to tell the gospel story, but also to the
Mizatecs people scattered throughout the
land of Mexico.

Here the missionary works under the
Wycliffe Bible Translators. In this book
we have a very vivid picture of the way
the work is carried on, the hardships en-
dured by the Mazatecs. and the loneliness
often felt by the missionary. On market
days, when thousands h^ve come to buy
rnd sell, they feel more than ever the dif-
ferences of speech and customs, and the
deep need of spiritual help. The Mazatecs
peoples are a lonely people ?nd need to
be told of God's love and care for them. If
the Gospel is told to them, and they receive
it into their hearts, they will never be
alone. They will know the power of Christ
which can rout the feeling of aloneness
when it comes, and have the constant
companionship of One who never leaves
us nor forsakes us.

Therefore, read this book, count your
blessings, share with others the overflow,
pnd pray for the missionaries and the
work of the Wycliffe Bible Translators.
BOOK REVIEW: Mafia Moe (Maria Nilsen
& P?ul H. Sheetz— .$3.00)

This is the story of a Norwegian girl
who became a unique and tireless soul-
winner in South Africa. The author, who
was closely associated with Miss Malla Moe,
tells her story of this pioneer missionary
out of her deep love for Malla. The vivid
word picture of Malla Moe's early work
among the heathen of South Africa, her
"Red Sea" deliverance during the Boer War,
and the results of her messages hold the
reader's interest from beginning to end.

As we travel with her to Swaziland and
Zululand by horseback, by foot, and some-
times by carriage, we enjoy the beautiful
scenery and have an occasional visit with
Swasi royalty, always hearing the wonder-
ful Gospel as only Malla Moe could tell it.
In this book, we get a new insight on how
we as Christian women can be used of the
Lord if we will be fully yielded to His will.
BOOK REVIEW: Early Will 1 Seek Thee
(Eugenia Price — $2.50)

As we read the pages of this book, our
hearts and heads will again and again be
lifted from daily, miserly grasping to the
Source of the Daily Bread of Life.

This is a book to be read over and over
again for the spiritual benefits derived from
reading and meditating upon it.

The author, having had fame and money
and finding how empty life can be without
Christ, wants us to know where and how
to find real joy. In order that Christ may
speak through her to those whose hearts
long to follow Him as Lord of their lives,
she offers a step-by-step guide.

This is a thrilling and inspiring spiritual
adventure told only as she, Eugenia Price,
can tell.

WMC OFFICIARY

President — Mrs. Paul Dick, 649 BerryviUe

Ave.. Winchester. Va.
First Vice President (Project) — Mrs. Miles

Taber. 314 Dorchester St.. Ashland. Ohio.
Second Vice President (Program) — Mrs.

Thomas Hammers. 6242 30th St.. Seattle

15. Wash.
Recording Secretary — Mrs. Lester Pifer, Box

195. Winona Lake. Ind.
Assistant Secretary — Mrs. Scott Weaver, R.

R. 2. Osceola. Ind.
Financial Secretary-Treasurer — Mrs. Ches-
ter McCall. 4580 Don Felipe Dr.. Los

Angeles. Calif.
Literature Secretary — Mrs. Jesse Deloe. 2728

Pittsburgh. Fort Wayne. Ind.
Editor — Mrs. Dayton Cundiff, Beaver City.

Nebr.
Prayer Chairman — Mrs. Rose Foster. 5337

N. Front St.. Philadelphia. Pa.
Patroness of SMM — Mrs. Leslie Moore, 112

Beachley St.. Meyersdale. Pa.

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

Presenting:
Our National President

Our WMC Editor

Mrs. Paul Dick

Mrs. Dayton Cunaift

National Conference this year
brought some very important
changes to the national WMC organ-
ization. We have three new officers
in the national officiary. They are
Mrs. Paul Dick, president; Mrs.
Dayton Cundiff, editor; and Mrs.
Rose Foster, prayer chairman.

Our newly elected president takes
up her duties well-qualified for her
work. We rejoice that the Lord has
given us so qualified a leader to
carry on the work so ably guided
by Mrs. Kenneth Ashman during
the past five years. Esther Dick was
bom into a Christian home, made
her personal decision for the Lord at
eight years of age, was baptized,
and became a member of the First
Brethren Church in Johnstown, Pa.
She was an active Sisterhood girl,
and served in many capacities in
the church and Sunday school, being
a gifted musician.

While teaching school for a num-
ber of years in Pennsylvania, she
was led of the Lord to dedicate her
life for full-time service. Soon
after this she became the wife of
Paul E. Dick, a young Brethren
preacher. In October 1941 they ac-
cepted the call to pastor the First
Brethren Church at Winchester, Va.,
and have been there ever since. In
addition to being active in all phases
of the local church activities, Esther
also served as Atlantic Fellowship
of Brethren Churches WMC presi-
dent for three years, and is now
the able WMC president of the Mid-

Atlantic Fellowship of Brethren
Churches.

She is the mother of two sons —
Philip, aged 14, and Richard Paul,
aged 10. The verse that led her to
finally consent to permit her name
to be submitted for national presi-
dent was Psalm 32:8: 'T will in-
struct thee and teach thee in the
way which thou shalt go: I will guide
thee with mine eye."

We feel certain that under her di-
rection the Lord will guide WMC
into still greater growth and ac-
complishment than we have ever
had. We welcome our new presi-
dent and pledge her our support and
prayers.

With this issue your editor of the
past four years brings her work to
a close. They have been blessed
years of service for our Lord and
for WMC, and we truly regret that
the press of other duties makes it
advisable to give up the work. We
wish to thank all those who have
helped in any way — suggestions,
articles, and prayer. We know that
the same hearty cooperation will be
given to our newly appointed editor.

Mrs. Dayton Cundiff takes up a
job for which she is extremely well
gifted — perhaps more than any
other editor that has preceded her.
She has talents and training which
will make her an outstanding editor.
We look forward to a better WMC
Missionary Herald under her hand.

Velma Cundiff, Uke our new
president, is also a trained teacher

and a pastor's wife. The Cundiffs
came to Grace Seminary in the fall
of 1951 and, while her husband
went to school, Velma worked on
the staff of the Warsaw Times-
Union. Those years were but train-
ing days for the time when she
should become our WMC editor.
In addition to having training in
newspaper work, she is a talented
artist and will bring to the pages of
the Missionary Herald much artis-
tic work that has been missing in
past years.

Upon completion of seminary, the
Cundiffs went to Beaver City, Nebr.,
where the Lord has been using them
in our Brethren church. They are
essentially well trained in the use of
visual aids in teaching, and were
the instructors in the visual-aid
workshops of our recent Sunday
school convention.

Velma takes up her duties not
only as a talented person for the
work; but also as one who is in-
terested and well-informed in WMC,
having served as Midwest District of
Brethren Churches WMC president.

The other new member of the
WMC officiary is Mrs. Rose Fos-
ter, prayer chairman. She succeeds
Mrs. Gladys Lindower, who is now
WMC president of the Northern
Ohio District Fellowship of Breth-
ren Churches. Mrs. Foster needs no
introduction to WMC members,
being one of our beloved mission-
aries, but more will be said about
her work in a later issue.

September 14, 1957

581

An Appreciation

By Mrs. Ben Hamilt-on

Five years have come and gone
since we elected, as our national
WMC president, Mrs. Kenneth Ash-
man. In accordance with our con-
stitution, which Hmits presidential
terms to five years, it became nec-
essary for us to elect a new presi-
dent at conference time. We be-
lieve that the Lord was with us in
our election, and that He has
placed at the head of our organiza-
tion a woman well-fitted for the
task.

However, in this article we wish
to pay tribute to the one who has
been our leader for these five years.
Harriet has been greatly used in
bringing expansion and growth in

our WMC. Although a busy pastor's
wife and the mother of three daugh-
ters, she has served WMC well. We
who have had the privilege of work-
ing in an official capacity with her
have recognized her great love and
zeal for the work. Even though great
personal trials and tests have come
to her during these years, she has
never permitted them to hinder her
WMC service.

These have been years of growth
upon a strong foundation laid by
former presidents. Much has been
done to strengthen our organiza-
tion. The constitution has been re-
vised, handbooks provided, pro-
motional literature prepared, offer-
ings increased, project fields ex-
panded to include birthday mission-
aries, Jewish missions, and the Sun-
day-school and Youth boards, and
a closer correlation has been de-
veloped not only between our local,
district, and national organizations
here at home but also with our sis-
ters in foreign fields. We now have
active WMC groups in Africa,
Argentina, Brazil, Hawaii, Mexico,
and Taos, N. Mex.

Our members have been en-
couraged and challenged to greater
giving, and have responded cheer-

fully. A check of the financial report
for 1952 shows total receipts of
$11,231.78. Our receipts for this
past year were $24,591.82. We have
more than doubled our missionary
giving during these five years. Our
stated project offerings have been
raised from $2,200 to $3,000, but
in other offerings we have made
tremendous strides. Our Jewish
Thank Offering was only a few dol-
lars in 1952. This past year it was
$6,236.70.

Important as our financial growth
is, it is not the most important. We
have grown numerically. We do not
have the statistics for 1952 at hand
as we write, but many new councils
and many new members have been

added during these years. Still more
important, we have noted an ever-
increasing number of women read-
ing their Bibles and establishing
family altars in their homes. For
this spiritual growth our retiring
president is especially thankful.

As we begin a new year, chal-
lenged by the realization that "we
are the Lord's," and under the
guidance of a new president, may
we each one consecrate ourselves
anew to the Lord, to WMC, and to
doing our part that our Women's
Missionary Council may continue to
grow. We express our deep appre-
ciation to the one who has guided
us so well, and our cooperation to
the one who now takes up that task.

FINANCIAL REPORT OF WMC FOR 1956-57

CASH ACCOUNT

Balance July 20, 1956 $6,457.68

Receipts —

General Conference Offering — 1956 $402.00

Credential Offering— 1956 272.61

Sisterhood of Mary and IWartha 500.00

General and Publication Offering 2,556.88

Home Mission Offering 3,330.72

Christian Education Offering 3,047.92

Foreign Mission Offering 3,210.18

Thank Offering 6,236.70 -

Missionary Birthday Offering 2.716.28

Missionary Residence Offering 1,118.39

Home Mission Special Offering 443.68

Foreign Mission Special Offering 572.34

Grace Seminary Special Offering 184.12

Total Receipts $24,591.82

Disburseinents — ■

General Expense $2,891.60

Home Missions 3,330.72

Christian Education 3,047.92

Foreign Missions 3,210.18

Thank Offering 6.236.70

Missionary Birthday 3.600.00

Missionary Residence 1,368.42

Home Mission Special 443.68

Foreign Mission Special 572.34

Grace Seminary Special 184.12

Total Disbursements 24,885.68

Cash Balance July 20, 1957 $6,163.82

RECAPITULATION OF CASH ACCOUNT

July 20, 1957 Cash Balance $6,163.82

General and Publication Fund $2,446.39

Missionary Birthday Balance 2,753.85

Missionary Residence Balance 963.58

$6,163.82

GENERAL AND PUBLICATION ACCOUNT

Balance July 20, 1956 $1,606.50

Receipts —

General Off ering— Conference 1956 $402.00

Credential Offering — Conference 1956 272.61

Sisterhood of Mary and Martha 500.00

General and Publication Offering 2,556.88

Total Receipts $3,731.49

Disbursements —

Conference Expense and Love Gift — National Officers $430.88

Conference Expense — District Representatives 110.00

Brethren Missionary Herald 1,396.04

600 Conference Programs 55.16

Tithe of General and Publication Receipts to: Brethren Missionary

Herald Co 273.60

Space in Annual » 44.02

Prayer Cards 25.00

Preparing and Mailing Program Packets 236.44

President Pins 55.68

Cuts for Heralds 63.05

500 Excellence Posters 70.00

Bond and Insurance 27.50

Miscellaneous Expense 104.23

Total Disbursements $2,891.60

Balance July 20, 1957 $2,446.39

582

The Brethren Missionary Herald

Helping Hands

By Rev. Arthur Cashman

Our text is found in I Thessa-
lonians 4:11 and in Galatians 6:1-
10. The theme for this series of
messages is "Hands and Hearts for
Jesus." The next five messages will
have subjects the first letter of which
will spell the word H-A-N-D-S.
Two messages will have to do with
the hands; two with the heart, and
the last both the hands and the heart.
Be sure to memorize Ecclesiastes
9:10: "Whatsoever thy hand findeth
to do, do it with thy might; for
there is no work, nor device, nor
knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave
whither thou goest."

The hand symbolizes three things
of great value which should never be
absent from the life of a Christian.
First, capacity for work. It is the
work of the human hands that dis-
tinguishes man from the brute. With
the hands man covers his body with
clothing and builds for himself a
tiome. With them he accomplishes
all the miracles of industry and agri-
culture and commits thoughts to
paper and canvas. Literature,
science, and art are dependent on
their service. God warns us that
■'the fool foldeth his hands," and "he
that is slothful in his work is a
ivaster."

Verse 2 of our Scripture lesson
suggests an ideal way to use our
[lands for good. It reads: "Bear ye
3ne another's burdens, and so ful-
fill the law of Christ." It means to
assist others to bear their own bur-
iens mentioned in verse 5. One day
1 Sunday-school teacher, dealmg
ivith this section of Scripture, chal-
lenged her class of girls by say-
Jig: "Girls, you can all be useful
;f you will. If you cannot do good
by great deeds, you can by doing

little ones. Keep your eyes open and
your hands ready to do anything that
comes your way this week and tell
me next Sunday what you have been
able to find to do in one way or an-
other." The girls agreed and parted.
The next Sunday the teacher said
that she could tell by their looks
that they had something good to
tell her, for their eyes were so full
of light that they twinkled hke the
stars. Then each told her story. The
first one said: "I was walking with
my eyes open and my hands ready,
as you told us, when I saw a httle
fellow crying because he had lost
some pennies. I found them for him,
and he dried his tears and ran off
very happy."

The second one said: "I saw that
my mother was very tired one day.
The baby was cross, and mother
looked sick and sad. I asked mother
to put the baby into my little wagon,
and I gave him a grand ride for a
long time. The baby thoroughly en-
joyed it, and mother looked so much
brighter when I brought the baby
back indoors again." Another one
said: "I thought of a poor woman
whose eyes were too dim to read. I
went to her house every day and
read a chapter to her from the Bible.
It seemed to give her a great deal
of comfort. I cannot tell how she
thanked me." So it went until all
made some similar report. This in-
deed was using "hands" for the Lord
Jesus.

Secondly, the hand is the symbol
of fellowship. That is what is ex-
pressed in the handshake. No nor-
mal person likes to be without fel-
lowship and friendship. Cultivate the
fellowship of those who are Chris-
tian first of all, for they will not only

be kind to you during the sunshine
hours but also when you are in deep
distress. If you can truthfully say:
"I would rather have a friend and
not a penny than all the world and
not a friend," then learn to be a
friend and offer fellowship to the
friendless.

Thirdly, the hand symbolizes
generosity. A poet wrote:
"Use your money while you're . .
living;

Do not hoard it to be proud.
You can never take it with you;

There's no pocket in a shroud.

Use it then some lives to brighten,
As through life they weary plod;

Place your bank account in heaven
And grow rich toward your God."

This we do by putting aside one
tenth of our income for church pur-
poses and for the support of mission
work which is so close to the Sav-
iour's heart. We are definitely "giv-
ing our hands to Jesus" when we
faithfully give to the work of the
Lord money that we have earned
with our hands. Yes; do good deeds
with your hands, extend the hand of
fellowship, and be generous toward
the Lord who gave His all for you.

SMM OFFICIARY

President — Marie Sacltett, Winona Lake, Ind.

(Home: 1010 Randolph St., Waterloo.

Iowa.)
Vice President — Peimy Rae Edenfield, R.R.

2, Box 258-B, Uniontown, Pa.
General Secretary — Rachel Smithwiclc, Wi-
nona Lake, Ind. (Home. R.R. 1, Harrah,

Wash.)
Treasurer — Florence Moeller, Winona Lake,

Ind.
Bandage Secretary — Joyce Ashman, Wi-
nona Lake. Ind.
Editor — Jeanette Turner, Winona Lake, Ind.

(Home: Portis. Kans.)
Patroness — Mrs. Leslie Moore.
Assistant Patroness — Mrs. Wendell Kent.

eptember 14, 1957

583

MISSION FIELDS

RIGHT UNDER OUR HANDS

By Rev. Ralph Colburn

Rachel and Roger

By Mrs. Orville Jobson

You have often heard it said
that crossing the sea does not make
a missionary. That's right, and not
all mission fields are across the seas.
Some of them are right at our own
doorsteps. It is always a thrill to
me to read about or hear from mis-
sionaries who have done great things
for God in other lands. But it is an
equal thrill (though the glamour
is less) to hear from missionaries
who are doing a great job for the
Lord in some of the mission fields
right under our hands.

America's Underprivileged Areas
Are Mission Fields

There are sections of country in
many states of these United States
where people live by standards that
most of us would call primitive.
Educational, recreational, and spirit-
ual facilities are inadequate or non-
existent. Some of these underprivi-
leged people are American Indians.
Some are Negroes. Some have racial
origins that trace back to early
American stock. Some are in the
mountains. Some are in the deserts.
Some are in the slums of great cities.
They have one thing in common —
they all need Christ. The Brethren
Church has estabhshed missions in
some of these needy fields, and in-
dividual members of The Brethren
Church, as child-evangelism work-
ers, or Sunday-school teachers, or
in other capacities, have felt God's
call to do something about the spirit-
ual needs of others in this category.
Are there underprivileged or neg-
lected people near you who might
never really hear the Gospel unless
you give it to them? What are you
doing about these needs?

Our Colleges and Universities
Are Mission Fields

I have always advised Christian
young people to attend a Christian
college if at all possible. But such
colleges are not too plentiful. Most
of our great universities and col-
leges have little respect for the Bible,
the Word of God, and for the Lord
Jesus Christ, the virgin-born Son of
God and the Saviour of the world.
Suppose the Lord puts you in a

school like this — what are you going
to do about it? Feel sorry for your-
self? No; consider your mission field
as that school and get busy wit-
nessing for Him! Line up with an
active campus Bible club, such as
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship,
or one linked with Campus Crusade,
or some such evangelical organiza-
tion. The leaders of tomorrow are
being trained all around you, and if
they are not won for Christ now,
the chances are very slim that they'll
ever be won! Large universities
usually have some foreign students
on campus, and a little special in-
terest may win them as friends, and
then as Christians. Some Bible clubs
specialize in this needy and profit-
able field.

Our High Schools Are
Mission Fields

Unless it is your rare privilege
to attend a Christian high school,
no more spiritually needy group of
people may be found anywhere than
on a high-school campus. Because
some Christian leaders have be-
come convinced of this, organiza-
tions like Young Life, Miracle Book
Clubs, Hi B. A.'s (Bom Againer's),
and Youth for Christ Bible clubs
have sprung up all over the land,
each in its own way seeking to reach
high-school young people for Christ.
And some clubs have been eminently
successful. Wherever they've been
able to inspire Christian youth to a
high degree of enthusiastic devo-
tion of Christ, many others have
been won to Christ.

You see, every Christian is a mis-
sionary right now. Our fields may
be limited and our preparation in-
adequate, but we are missionaries.
By the grace of God, let's be the very
best missionaries we can be in the
dark corner where God has placed
us.

(A special report might be as-
signed and given by one of the mem-
bers concerning the actual work of
an organization like Young Life or
Inter-Varsity, or a migrant mission
that is doing a job for the Lord in
one of these mission fields right
under our hands.)

"Jesus . . . said unto them. Suffer
the little children to come unto me,
and forbid them not; for of such is
the kingdom of God" (Mark 10:14).

There was a little baby boy born
in the hospital at Bassai Station
about twenty years ago. His par-
ents, whose names are Esther and
Isaac, were very proud of him and
thanked God for this gift to them.
They named him Roger Jolly, after
another son, Roger. When he was
but a small child, they brought him
to the church and had him dedicated
to the Lord. His parents have lived
at Bozoum for many years because
his father, Isaac, was the caretaker
of the mission. Roger grew to be six
years old; then he attended school.
However, he found the French
school quite difficult and could not
make his grades, so he decided not
to return to school but to work for
the missionaries. He came into our
home as a young lad and has been
very faithful to the missionaries. He
now has grown up, and his parents'
have bought a young girl for him bys
the name of Rachel. She also is a
good Christian girl and has been
dedicated to the Lord by her par-
ents.

You know, girls, the Bible tells us
not to be "unequally yoked together'
with unbelievers." That is, a Chris-
tian girl should marry a Christian
boy and obey the Word of God. Now
Roger and Rachel have obeyed
God's Word, and they were married
just about one year ago. They havej
a nice, mud block house in which
to live, and both are faithfully serv-
ing the Lord. Each evening before
they go to bed they light their lan-
tern and set it on the table. Then
they both get their Bibles and read.
Each one takes part; then they pra\
and commit their lives to the Lord,
asking Him to keep and proteci
them through the night.

You know, in these mud bloc^
houses there are scorpions anc
snakes hiding. But how wonderful!)!
their Lord cares for them each da>|
and night!

Won't you girls remember thest
African girls in prayer? They praj
for you and love you because yoii
send the bandages to help hea|
their ulcers. !

584

The Brethren Missionary Heralo

YOUR REMINDER
Hiding God's Word in Our Hearts ByMonesackett

By Miss Gail Jones

"Thy word have I hid in mine
heart, that I might not sin against
thee" (Ps. 119:1).

Every Sisterhood girl who really
desires to be a real testimony in her
group, as well as one who gives an
effective witness for her Lord at
school or to her playmates and
friends, must do what the psalmist
did — hide God's Word in her heart.
In order to accomphsh this it is
necessary to read His Word and to
memorize portions of it until it has
indeed become a real part of us.

I'm positive that almost every
young girl desires to accomplish
something worthwhile in her life,
whether it is to become a wife and
mother or to enter one of the pro-
fessions. Regardless of what it might
be she must begin now to prepare
for it. One step in that preparation
is going to school. As each one of
you grows older you are going to
remember many things that you have
learned in the classroom because
your teachers go over these many
things day by day. Then the big
day arrives; it's test time! This test
will show whether you learned the
things that were taught you day by
day. The Bible is God's classroom
for Christians. We must learn its
truths day by day if we would know
how to live for Jesus because sure-
ly test day will arrive — the test of
sin; and the only way we can re-
sist commiting sin will depend on
how attentive we have been in our
Bible classroom. Just to read a verse
today and then perhaps not look at
it again for a few days, even weeks,
is not the way to hide the Word in
our heart. But it is accomplished
through faithfulness on our part,
day by day, in reading and thinking
about what we're reading. It is pos-
sible to read with our eyes but not
with our hearts. We do this kind of
reading when we don't think about
what the words are saying to us.

Show me a girl who, having re-
ceived a letter from a dear friend
or perhaps a relative, wiU not eager-
ly sit down and read every word.
And it means something to her.

Why? Because she not only reads
words but she feels the "message" of
the words speaking to her mind and
heart. Now that's the way we should
read God's Letter to us. We should
truly be hiding God's Word in our
hearts. The result of hiding God's
Word there is that we will not sin
against the Lord.

We all know that sin is anything
that comes between us and the Lord
— anger, lying, stealing, disobedi-
ence; all these are sin. Of course,
there are other forms of sin, but
anything that leads us to disobey
God's teaching in His Word is sin.
The only way we can know what
is contrary to His Word is by know-
ing His Word, and the only way we
can know His Word is to be con-
stant in learning its truths from day
to day. This is what the psalmist
meant when he wrote our memory
verse. He hid God's Word in his
heart and the message of the words
strengthen him against committing
sin.

If our testimony is to be effective
for Christ as SMM girls, then our
lives must be made free from sin by
the cleansing power of the Word.

NEW YEAR AHEAD— The
Lord has certainly blessed SMM
in the past year, but with His help
let's all make this new year the best
ever. It wiO take the full support of
every girl — so let's all work to-
gether.

NEW RECOMMENDATION—

A new recommendation was passed
after the goals were printed to add
this to your goal sheet. The Book
of Ruth can be memorized as an
optional book if the girl has already
received an award for learning the
Book of Philippians.

NEW ADDRESS— All hterature
material will be purchased directly
from the National Youth office. Box
365, Winona Lake, Ind. If you did
not receive your material in the
mail, please write here for it.

FALL CABINET MEETING—

Right away you should plan a meet-
ing of all of your officers and make
plans for the coming months in
SMM. This is very important if you
want good meetings and expect
growth in SMM.

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR OCTOBER

OPENING CHORUSES— Use the
theme chorus for the year and re-
peat in unison the theme verses
Psalm 24:4-5.
SCRIPTURE LESSON AND
OPENING PRAYER— Seniors
and Middlers read Ecclesiastes 9:
1-10. Juniors read Psalm 119:9-
16.
DEVOTIONAL TOPICS— Seniors
and Middlers study "Helping
Hands" by Rev. A. D. Cashman;
Juniors study "Hiding God's Word
in My Heart" by Miss Gail Jones.
PRAYER POEM AND PRAYER
CIRCLE — Use requests from your
own group as well as those printed.
SPECIAL NUMBER-
MISSIONARY TOPICS— Seniors
and Middlers study Rev. Ralph
Colbum's "Mission Fields Right

Under Our Hands." Juniors, Mrs.
Jobson's "Rachel and Roger."

SENIOR AND MIDDLER DIS-
CUSSION— Use Grace Ramquist's
book Teen-Age Etiquette, chapter
2.

CLOSE with the chorus of the
month, "Into My Heart."

SMM BENEDICTION— Ps. 145:
1-2.

BUSINESS MEETING-
ROLL CALL — -Answer with mem-
ory verse for the month: Seniors
and Middlers, Ecclesiastes 9:10;
Juniors, Psalms 119:11.

CLOSING PRAYER—

Suggested Bible reading for the
month of October is as follows:
Seniors and Middlers read Psalms
14-31, and Juniors read Psalms
10-23.

September 14, 1957

585

SISTERHOOD OF MARY AND MARTHA GOALS FOR 1957-58

FOR JUNIOR GIRLS:
Mary Goals

*1. Attend at least 10 devotional meetings
unless excused by the patroness using SMM
material in the WMC Missionary Herald.

*2. Memorize the required Bible verses
for each devotional lesson.

*3. Attend all church services possible.

*4. Well-prepared participation in your
devotional program at least once.

*5. Try to observe quiet time each day,
including Bible reading and prayer.

6. Read a Christian book, preferably mis-
sionary, approved by your patroness.

7. Required Bible Reading: Psalms 1-50.
James. I & II Peter.

8. Give out at least five tracts during
the year.

Mary Goals

*1. Be responsible for a minimum of 12
bandages.

*2. Participation in the monthly offer-
ing for the national funds.

*3. Take part in Christian service.

4. Enlist a new girl for SMM.

5. Have a part in planning or presenting
a public program in the interest of SMM,
presenting its aims and projects.

6. Provide supplies to mission points
or missionaries' and pastors' families.

7. Write a letter to a foreign missionary
child.

Junior Emerald, Diamond, and Ruby Awards
Emerald — All the starred goals
Diamond — All the starred goals and two

unstarred

Ruby — All the goals and eight extra

bandages (20 bandages used in one day).

FOR MIDDLER AND SENIOR GOALS:
Mary Achieifements

The SMM Girl

*1. Personal quiet time observed each
day, including Bible reading and prayer.

*2. Memorize the required Bible verses
for each devotional lesson.

*3. Suggested Bible reading: Psalms 1.
8. 19. 62. 100. 119. 121, 139. Ruth, John, Acts,
Romans 12-16. James.

*4. A personal testimony in SMM meet-
ing as to witnessing to someone about the
Lord.

*5. Read three Christian books ap-
proved by the patroness (for Middlers) .
Seniors: Read a missionary book approved
by the patroness.

The SMM Girl and the Church

*6. Attend at least 10 devotional meet-
ings.

*7. Attend all church services possible.

*8. Have a well-prepared participation
in at least one devotional meeting.

Martha Achievements

* 1. Have a part in rolling at least 20
bandages.

*2. Participate in one phase of Christian
service.

3. Invite at least three girls to attend
SMM.

4. Have a part in planning or present-
ing a public program in the interest of SMM.

*5. Participate in the monthly offering
for the national funds.

6. Have a part in providing supplies
to mission points, the needy, missionaries,
or pastor's families.

Middler and Senior Emerald, Diamond and
Ruby Aioards

Emerald — All the starred goals.

Diamond — All the starred goals and two
unstarred.

Ruby — All the goals.

PROJECTS—

National: Provide a car or station wagon
for Miss Evelyn Fuqua in Kentucky. Goal
$1,700.

Birthday — The higher education of mis-
sionaries' children. Goal $700.

Personal: Learn the Book of Philippians.
Award $7.50 toward Bethany Camp, $7.50
of material from Missionary Herald Co.,
SMM green or white sweater, or SMM key
necklace.

Seniors only : Read the whole Bible
through. Award — '*S" letter.

All SMM girls: A key necklace will be
awarded the individual SMM girl who
rolls the most bandagees. The minimum
amount is 100 bandages.

Write a 4-stanza poem or 300-word skit
or story concerning SMM. Award — SMM
statioaiery or SMM scarf. Requirements
are as follows:

A. 4-stanza poem:
1. Equal margins both at the top and
bottom and sides of the paper.

2. Each poem typed on standard-sized typ-
ing paper.

3. Titles capitalized and the rest as gram-
matically required.

4. Double spaces between lines and triple
spaces between stanzas.

5. At the bottom of the last page give the
following information :

a. Name of the selection
b- Name of the girl and her address,
c. Age and school grade, and name of the
local church and SMM group

6. If more than one page, securely staple
them together.

7. Send to the national patroness by May 31.
B. 300 Word Skit or Play

1. Equal margins both at the top and bot-
tom and sides of the paper.

2. Typed on standard-sized typing paper.

3. Title capitalized and the rest as gram-
matically required.

4. Double spaces between lines and four
spaces between paragraphs.

5. If more than one page, securely staple
them together.

6. Title page should have the following in-
formation or it:

a. Name of the selection

b. Name of the girl and her address.

c. Age and school grade, and name of
the local church and SMM group

7. Send to the national patroness by May 31.
Juniors and Middlers : Memorize all the
foreign missionaries' names and their re-
spective fields; Award — SMM stationery
or SMM scarf.

Local Organization Goals:

(Dates must be postmarked no later ihan
the specified date)

1. At least one cabinet meeting in the
fall and one in the spring.

2. Bandages for Africa be sent to the
Brethren Missionary Residence. Winona
Lake, Ind., anytime during the year.

3. A report of the bandages sent^ to .
Residence be sent to the district bandage
secretary by July 15.

4. At least one post-card item sent to
the national editor.

5. Fifty percent of the girls earn a jewel
based on membership at beginning of year.

6. Statistical blanks sent to the district
secretary and district president before June
30.

7. September-October — National General
Fund— goal, $750. Due November 10. (This
includes Missionary Herald printing expense.
Youth Council expense, et cetera.

November-February — National Project —
Goal. $1,700. Due March 10.
March — National Officers' Conference Ex-
pense— Goal. $400. Due April 10.

April— Birthday Offering— Goal, $700. Due
May 10. (Higher education of missionaries'
children.)

May-June — National General Fimd — Goal,
$750. Due July 10.

(AH societies meeting all local organiza-
tion goals will be recognized as an honor
society)

District Organization Goals:

1. A report of the district bandage sec-
retary to the national bandage secretary
before July 31.

2. A district project.

3. A display or unique presentation of
some activity carried out through the year
to be presented at National Conference.

4. District secretary send compiled sta-
tistical report to national general secretary
before July 15.

5. District help their president or girl
representative in coming to early board
meetings. $10 is the minimum amount.

Recommendations :

1 . That Florence Moeller be appointed
national treasurer for 1957-58.

2. That Rachael Smithwick be appoint-
ed general secretary for 1957-58, and a
letter of thanks be written to Janet Weber
for her work this past year.

3. That Jeanette Turner be appointed
editor for 1957-58.

4. That Mrs. Harold Etling be appointed
to help Jeanette Turner in national editor
duties.

5. That Joyce Ashman be appointed na-
tional bandage secretary for 1957-58.

6- That we cooperate with the Youth
Council for 1957-58 with five members of
the executive committee — president, vice
president, general secretary, treasurer, and
assistant patroness.

7. That all the districts meeting all dis-
trict goals be recognized as honor districts.

8. The honor district having the highest
per capita giving will receive honor award.

9. That a gift of $20 be given to all na-
tional officers attending conference for ex-
penses plus mileage expense of 4c per mile.

10. That the president, secretary, treas-
urer and editor receive a love gift of $10
from the SMM General Fund.

1 1 . That the program committee for
1957-58 be made up of the district patroness
and four members at large of the Allegheny
Fellowship of Brethren Churches.

12. That our personal project be to learn
the Book of Philippians and that the dead-
line for reporting be June 30.

13. That the national board meet pre-
vious to conference 1958 and that each
member receive $5 per working day present.

14. That the SMM give the WMC $200
in October toward Missionary Herald ex-
penses and $200 in June and have the gen-
eral secretary write a letter of thanks to
them.

15. That we give $100 to the National
Youth Council in October.

16. That each local SMM group ask the
local WMC to provide an extra lady besides
the assistant patroness to train for patroness.
This lady to be approved by the girls.

17. That girls be encouraged to do craft-
work and/or discussion using suggested
books in the Missionary Herald and that
Senior groups have discussion monthly on
Christian girls problems led by patroness.

18. That district patroness contact newly
organized churches that they might re-
ceive the SMM materials which will help
them organize their groups.

19. That all SMM materials be sent out
from the National Youth Council office.
Box 365, Winona Lake.

20. That anything over our $700 goal for
the higher education of missionaries chil-
dren be put into the national project offer-
ing.

21 . That part of our National Proj ect
Offering be turned over to the Home Mis-
sions Council sometime in the winter when
suitable amount has been received.

22. That the project books be discon-
tinued.

23. That SMM materials be taken to dis-
trict Ccunps and that some be sold in the
camp stores.

24. That district SMM officers contact
youth committee of district early in year
and ask for cooperation in camp program
with SMM meetings; letter be sent to na-
tional youth council and ask that in new
camp curriculi, room be made for SRIM
meetings.

25. That Mrs. E. Bearinger be made an
official representative for SMM unifica-
tion in the brotherhood as she works and
travels with her husband, national youth
director.

26. That a vote of thanks be given to the
Northern Ohio District Fellowship of
Brethren Churches for work on this year's
programs and that a letter of thanks be sent
to Mrs. Coast.

27. That a letter of thanks be sent to
Mrs. E. Smitley for writing the skit which
will be presented to WMC at conference.

28. That a letter of thanks be sent to
Miss Isobel Fraser. Mrs. Harold Etling, and
Mrs. Dorotha Harmonson for their work
in revising and suggesting the goals this
past year.

29. That the office of national literature
secretary be discontinued (in view of Rec.
18).

30. That the Book of Ruth be used as
an alternate book if the girl has already
memorized the Book of Philippians.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Pray that the offerings taken this
month will be used to glorify the
Lord and that the specified goal will
be met.

Pray that each group will be able
to put the ideas from the lessons
this month into everyday use in their
own lives.

Pray for the missionaries and
especially for the two who wrote two
of the articles this month.

586

The Brethren Missiortary Herald

NEWS

WINONA LAKE, IND. Dr.
Louis T. Talbot, chancellor of the
Los Angeles Bible Institute and Tal-
bot Theological Seminary, has been
elected president of the Winona
Lake Christian Assembly, Incor-
porated. In this capacity he will
! succeed the late Mrs. Billy Sunday.
jOther officers elected to the board
of directors include Prof. John Rea
of Grace Theological Seminary as
jtreasurer. Dr. Alva J. McClain con-
jtinues as vice president of the cor-
poration, and Dr. Paul R. Bauman
las chairman of the board. Nomi-
jnated to the board for 1960 is Mr.
iChester McCall, a member of the
First Brethren Church of Inelewood
iCalif.

RIALTO, CALIF. The Rialto
Brethren Church conducted their
VBS in the evening rather than dur-
ing morning hours. The experiment
proved to be advantageous in many
ways, according to Pastor Arthur
iCarey. "The school has produced
a new attitude in the community to-
ward the church" he declared.

ESTES PARK, COLO. The 1960
National Fellowship of Brethren
Churches will convene here in the
fieart of the Rocky Mountains, just
p5 miles northwest of Denver. This
park is considered by many as being
:he most beautiful spot in America.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Ninety-
ive Brethren churches had full dele-
gations present at the 1957 confer-
ence held here Aug. 19-25.

DAYTON, OHIO. The First
3rethren Church, Wm. Steffler, pas-
lor, dedicated their new organ on
>ept. 8, the first anniversary of the
ledication of their new edifice. An
inniversary dinner was held at noon.

ieptember 14, 1957

WINONA LAKE, IND. AU ma-
terial for the Brethren Annual
should be received in the Mission-
ary Herald office by Sept. 15.

DALLAS, TEX. An inspector of
the Dallas Fire Department urged
that informal fire drills be arranged
in churches and Sunday schools to
prevent panic in case of emergency.
''Panic kills more people than fire
in large places of public assembly,"
he said. "However, the average
church will not take the time for
fire drills."

WHEATON, ILL. Dr. John R.
Rice, editor of the Sword of the
Lord, announces the Fourth Annual
Evangelistic Sermon Contest with
awards totaling $1,600 for the ten
best sermons submitted. All entries
must be submitted to the editorial
offices of the Sword of the Lord,
Wheaton, 111., by Dec. 1, 1957.

in Mtmat'mm

Mrs. Amy Lapp Steves was

"loosed away upward," on August
7, after being bedfast for more than
seven months. She had longed to
be ushered into His presence since
the home-going of her husband, T.
J. Steves, on June 24, of last year.

The Steves home was one of in-
tense loyalty to the Lord Jesus
Christ. Together Brother and Sister
Steves had pioneered as leaders in
the First Brethren Church of La
Verne, and in the establishment of
Brethren Churches in Southern
California with La Verne as the
parent church. Brother Steves held
many of the offices in the California
District Conference of Brethren
Churches. He was a long-time trus-
tee of the conference, and through
the years had a part in the organ-
ization and building of many of the
infant churches. He and his wife
were among the first members of the ,
La Verne church. Brother Steves
held the office of moderator of the
First Brethren Church of La Verne,
Calif., for many years. Together
he and his wife served on the deacon
board. Brother Steves was chair-
man of the building committee in
1923 when the present La Verne
church building was built, and con-
tributed greatly to the original
building program in 1901 .

Brother and Sister Steves cele-
brated their golden wedding anni-
versary on September 19, 1954.
And, those were truly golden years
until first one and th»n the other

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Wmona Lake. Ind.

DEPARTIVIENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R, d. Barnard

iiri,T^ Winona Lake, Ind.

WMC .......Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

„ Wmona Lake, Ind.

Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Wmona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Wmona Lake. Ind.

was promoted to His better ap-
pointment.— Ehas D. White, pastor.

Leon Clyde Davis, who was a

faithful member of the First Breth-
ren Church, of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
almost from the time of its original
organization, was released into the
presence of his Lord on July 19,
1957. Bro. Davis was born in Pot-
tawatamie County, Iowa, June 30,
1881. — Russell Williams, pastor.

Sidney Lee Cloonan, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Wm. Cloonan, active
members in the First Brethren
Church, of Cheyenne, Wyo., has
departed from this life. — Russell

Williams pastor.

All armouncements for this column must
be mailed to the Missionary Herald.

Lois Guntle and James Collins-
worth, Aug. 17 at the First Breth-
ren Church, Dayton, Ohio.

Normajean Cochran and Lavem
R. Clark, Aug. 31 at the Grace
Brethren Church, Waterloo, Iowa.

Mary Ellen Ringler and Charles
David Thompson, Aug. 4 at the
Grace Seminary Chapel, Winona
Lake, Ind.

Barbara Ellen Garber and Eldon
Lee Hoke, July 20 at the Clayton
Brethren Church, Clayton, Ohio.

Erda A. Herman and Lee A. Wil-
son, Aug. 10, at the First Brethren
Church, Kittanning, Pa.

587

Serving the Lord at the

WU.9lat

The Testimony of James G. Nasif

My early life with my parents was
not Christian, even though we had
seven priests in our family. The
only time we went to church was
Easter or Christmas, and sometimes
not then.

In my high-school years I played
football, and after graduation pro-
fessional ball. When I wasn't playing
football I was boxing, for I liked
fighting and aggressiveness. I did
well in both sports because I kept
myself in rigid training. I didn't
drink nor smoke.

During that time I met the young
lady, a devout Catholic, who later
became my wife. One of my cousins,
a priest, traveled 200 miles to marry
us. He stayed at my home.

Two years later he returned to
baptize our three-month-old baby.
Sue, and again there was a drinking
party even though our home was
filled with holy pictures, statues, and
rosary beads.

Then 1 joined the Navy and was a
physical instructor. When 1 was
discharged from the Navy 1 operated
a nightclub that featured exotic
dancers. I drank, gambled, and led
a life of sin. There my athletic career
ended. 1 had plenty of money and
a beautiful twelve-room summer
home on Narraganset Bay. But my
wife and 1 were not happy. She dis-
approved the type of life we were
living, and finally it became so
bad that she and I separated. This
experience shook me, for I didn't
want to lose my family. We decided
to make another start. My wife made
more Novenas hoping I would
change and we could live happy to-
gether. I tried going to the Cath-
olic church, but found no satisfac-
tion nor peace of heart. Then we
decided to move to Los Angeles,
California, where my brother had
a nightclub. I went to work for him
tending bar.

588

In the meantime I met a man who
had been a bookmaker for at least
fifteen years. He had never been
caught. He asked me to go to work
for him, offering me $100 a week
plus commission. I had worked only
four days when the place was raided.
I was arrested, put in jail, and
placed on probation for three years.
Then and there my wife and I de-
cided we would have to make a liv-
ing "the hard way."

I became dissatisfied at the night-
club and after a disagreement with
my brother, I quit and went to work
as a welder. As I look back now, I
realize that God had a hand in that
too. But I still was not satisfied with
this job and decided I would like
to live on a farm and raise chickens.
We found the very place we wanted
and decided to buy it, but before it
cleared through escrow I awoke in
the middle of the night and felt sure
this was not the thing to do, so I
cancelled the deal.

After this we began to look for
a business to buy. We considered
several bars that were for sale, but
nothing seemed to appeal to me
until we found the little cafe which
we now own. We pawned everything
we owned and raised enough money
to buy it, then opened the doors
with exactly nine dollars in the
cash register. We had a business but
no customers. We worked hard, six-
teen hours a day, seven days a week
for three years to build up the busi-
ness.

A customer of ours, Harvey
Peterson (a Christian businessman),
started to witness to us about the
Lord Jesus Christ. At first I didn't
pay much attention to him, and my
wife very much resented his talking
to us. But he was persistent; he
came in almost daily for at least two
years and gave us the Gospel.

Finally my wife felt convicted and

wanted to close Sundays. At that
time Sunday was my best day, and
I felt I couldn't get along without
having that extra money. But she in-
sisted, so I told her we would close
on Sundays when the proceeds from
the week days would equal that of
the Sunday trade. It wasn't long
until the Sunday business got less
and less until it became less than
the week days. I am sure God had a
hand in that too.

We decided to close on Sundays
and I started attending the Cath-
olic church with my family. My
daughters were going to the Cath-|
olic school and I thought I should
set a good example for their sak&i
by attending services. I resented the!
hour I spent in church on Sunday
mornings and actually got a head-
ache every time I went. This made
my wife very unhappy.

We always went to the movies on
Sunday night. One Sunday we saw
a movie, "A Man Called Peter,"
which impressed us very much. It
showed us what went on inside a
Protestant church. (After all, Har-
vey, our friend, was Protestant.)!
But still we didn't do anythingi
about it right away. I

One day I received a letter froml
a younger brother who was inj
trouble and was asking me for spirit
ual help. He wanted to know how
he could know God. Well, I didn't
know how I could tell him, so the

Distributing Tracts at the "What-Nof

The Brethren Missionary Herali

"I went to work and burned all of the obscene pictures ... as well as books I had been reading

same day when Harvey came in to
eat I let him read the letter. He said
he would show it to someone who
could help me. He brought one of
the pastors of his church to the
home. This pastor told me I would
have to get right with the Lord
Jesus myself before I could help any-
one else. Then he showed us the way
of salvation out of the Catholic
Bible. That night, April 16, 1956,
we prayed together — my wife and I
— and accepted the Lord as our Sav-
iour. The next morning I went to
work and burned all of the obscene
Ipictures which I had kept hanging
on the kitchen walls of the cafe, as
jwell as books which I had been
ireading, and I started to read the
Gospel of John.

I Then we were given a systematic
Iway to study the Bible and to
memorize Scripture, which proved
at first to be very difficult for me
!o do. I remember that I tried one
ivhole week to memorize I John 5:

II and 12, and I just couldn't get
t. So I went out in the back yard
md told God that if He wanted
ne to learn His Word He would
lave to help me. He did! Now I get
'a thrill" out of writing the Word
;)f God upon the fleshly tables of my
jieart, which helps me so much as

witness to my friends and cus-
pmers who come into the cafe.
pe more knowledge of the Word
I have, the more desire God gives me
0 serve Him.

We went to the First Brethren
Church, of Long Beach, Calif., for
le first time on Mother's Day and
'ere impressed with the friendliness
f the people and enjoyed the mes-
ige given by the pastor, Dr. Charles
layes.

During all this time my daugh-
srs were still going to the Catholic
Aool. The older daughter, Sue, re-
Jnted very much not being able to

Mr. and Mrs. James IMasif Serve the Lord While They Serve Meals

go to the Catholic church, and the
first time we took her with us to
the Brethren church she cried all
through the service. We were able
to show her from God's Word that
she had to accept the Lord Jesus
Christ as her personal Saviour, and
that going to any church would not
save her. One day in our own back
yard she accepted Christ into her
heart, which was a very definite
answer to prayer. That was August
13, 1956. Today both of our daugh-
ters are attending the Brethren
Christian day school; and they are
entering into all of the activities of
the church, and are continually wit-
nessing to others.

I have placed a tract rack near
my cash register at the cafe, where
everyone can see it. The Lord led
us to place a large gospel placard
in the middle of the cafe. We have
various Scripture verses displayed —
a different one every few days —
where every customer who comes

into the cafe can read them. This
has afforded many opportunities to
bear witness to the saving power
of the Lord Jesus. I was told that I
would lose all my business by put-
ting these verses on display. I did
lose a few, but the Lord has blessed
us with more business than we ever
had before, and we praise Him for
it.

I have had some experiences
where God has used me in helping
others. He used me the other day
to lead a man to Christ right here
in one of the booths of the cafe, and
I was able to help another man to
stop cursing when I gave him a
tract entitled "Ten Reasons Why I
Sware."

I am now about a year old in the
Lord, and God has enabled me to
memorize about 200 verses of Scrip-
ture. I intend to go right on memo-
rizing more, for I want to fill my
mind and heart with God's Word.

fptember 14, 1957

589

Washington, Pa.

DEDICATES

NEW
BUILDING

The Grace Brethren Church, of
Washington, Pa., was the outgrowth
of the ministry of Rev. R. Paul Mil-
ler, Sr. Under his capable advice
a Bible class was held April 15,
1941, in the YMCA of Washington,
with the late Wm. H. Clough as the
leader. Sunday school was then start-
ed with Archie Keffer as the super-
intendent.

On September 7, 1941 the Sunday
school was moved to the Chestnut
Ridge School, and it continued there
until May 1951 when the school
building was sold. During this time
three Brethren ministers were as-
sociated with the work — Archie
Keffer, Charles Sumey, and the
present pastor, L. Ellis Rogers. With
the selling of the Chestnut Ridge
School the work was moved to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell
L. Hoover, and still later to the

Pastor Ellis Rogers (left) with Dr. W. A. Ogden standing in front
of new Washington, Pa. church

Left to right: Dr. W. A. Ogden. Rev. Ellis

Rogers, Rev. R. Paul Miller, Jr., and Rev.

Victor Rogers.

Chambers School where the work
carried on until the present church
basement was finished in October
1953.

The lots for our new work had
been purchased July 20, 1951, and
ground was broken for the new
building on September 30, of the
same year.

There were 13 charter members
who met on June 24, 1951, banded
together and agreed to enter the
fellowship of The Brethren Church.
There are now 53 members, most
of whom are active in the work.

The church is of brick construc-
tion, and consists of a main audi-
torium, cloakroom, projection room,
nursery, two small rooms for classes,
with full basement which includes
kitchen, restrooms, and furnace
room. The interior walls of the main
auditorium are light green, with
white ceiling and light oak trim. The

value of the building is $30,000,
The service of dedication wasi
conducted July 7, 1957 with Dr.l
W. A. Ogden, executive vice presi-
dent of Grace Theological Seminar}'
and College as the guest speaker
Music was furnished by the Gospel
heirs. The pastors of the Brethrer
churches in Aleppo, Jenners, anc
Uniontown, Pa., brought Christiar
greetings.

Following the dedication service
the pastor of the church, L. Elli:
Rogers, was ordained to the ChriS'
tian ministry. Dr. W. A. Ogden
and Rev. Victor Rogers, brother o;
the pastor, had charge of the serv-
ice.

The congregation at Washington
Pa., is more than grateful to thi
many people who gave of their time
efforts, donations, and prayed t(
make this work possible. — 4^rs
Wilda Hoover, secretary.

590

The Brethren Missiortary Heroic

His Workmanship

We are not saved by good works
(Eph. 2:8), but we are saved unto
good works (Eph. 2:9-10). Good
works are an evidence of saving
faith (James 2:17-18). One may
have a prophet's reward, a right-
eous man's reward (Matt. 10:41),
a little reward (vs. 42), a great re-
ward (Matt. 5:12), or a full re-
ward (II John 8) in recognition of
the energies of faith. The wages of
sin (Rom. 6:23) may be partially
received in this life (Gal. 6:8), but,
for the most part, the rewards of
the Christian are reserved for the
future (Col. 3:24; I Pet. 1:4). There
are also rewards for evil works (Isa.
3:11; Obad. 15; Gal. 6:7; II Pet.
2:13).

The righteous shall certainly re-
ceive their reward (Ps. 58:11; Prov.
11:18; 22:4). Christ will be re-
warded (Heb. 1:9). The Pharisees
received their reward in this life
(Matt. 6:1-5; John 12:43). If we
give and pray in secret God shall
reward us openly (Matt. 6:6-21).

There is One who represents
God and man who will rightly judge
the world and reward every man
according to his works (Acts 17:31;
John 5:22-23; Matt. 16:27). Re-
wards were promised in the Old
Testament (Isa. 40:10) and con-
firmed in the New Testament (Rev.
22:12). For the saints, the acid test
of motivation for good works shall
be applied (I Cor. 3:10-15). Those
who have not been watchful shall
lose their reward (II John 8), but the
steadfast and victorious in faith
shall have an "abundant entrance"
into the everlasting kingdom of
Christ (II Pet. 1:10-11).

The Bible speaks of five crowns
that can be won or lost (Rev. 3:11).
They are described as of gold (Rev.
4:4). I Corinthians 9:24 and Phi-
lippians 3:13-14 speak of them as
prizes. Those who are temperate
for the sake of the Gospel shall re-
ceive an incorruptible crown (I Cor.
9:25). Soul-winners shall receive
the crown of rejoicing (I Thess.
2:19). Faithful spiritual advisers
shall receive the crown of glory (I
Pet. 5:4). Those who live in ex-
pectancy of the Lord's coming will
receive the crown of righteousness
(II Tim. 4:8). Those who will be
faithful to God even unto death
(Rev. 12:11) shall receive the
crown of life (James 1:12; Rev.
2:10). Some shall be given a white

Brethren Laymen

Compiled by Roy H. Lowery

National Fellowship of
Brethren Laymen

stone with a new name written
thereon (Rev. 2:17), others shall
be given authority over the nations
(Rev. 2:26), and others shall be
arrayed in white raiment (Rev. 7:
9).

What disposition will the faithful
make of their crowns? Like the eld-
ers in Revelation 4:4 they will cast
their trophies at His feet and crown
Him Lord of all.

Before one can do anything for
the Lord he must be sure of his
personal salvation (II Cor. 13:5; II
Pet. 1:10). Then he must work out
an inwrought salvation (Phil. 2:12-
13; II Pet. 1:5-8). He presses toward
the mark (Phil. 3:13-14; I Cor. 9:
24). He faithfully uses whatever
talents God has entrusted to him
(Matt. 5:14-30; Luke 19:11-26; Gal.
6:9).

COMING EVENTS

The third annual retreat of Mid
and Northern Atlantic District
Brethren Laymen at Penn Grove
Bible Conference grounds, near
Hanover, Pa., Sept. 20-21. Dr.
Clarence E. Mason, Jr., dean of
Philadelphia Bible Institute, will be
the speaker.

The Men's Fellowship of the In-
diana District, Eugene Schoettler,
president, will meet Sept. 21 for a
day of prayer and praise at the
Warsaw Community Church in con-
junction with the evangelistic meet-
ing to be held.

The Northern Ohio District Lay-
men, Don Miller^ president, will
meet at Wooster, Ohio, Sept. 27 at
8:00 p. m. A special request is made
to each church to send a large dele-
gation.

BUDGET FOR 1957-58

Board of Evangelism j2 500

Grace Seminary (IBM electric typewriter) 'iOO

Student Aid

(A) Three ($100) scholarships S300

(B) Self help jqq

(D) Loans to those in need 200

Foreign Missions (full support of Donald Spangler) . . . . 900

Home Missions Navajo Student Center 1 000

Brethren Youth Council (partial support of director) 500

General Fund .'.".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' 300

"•"ot^l $6,400

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR SEPTEMBER

Opening Hymns — "Will There Be

Any Stars in My Crown?"; "What

If It Were Today?"
Scripture Reading — I Corinthians

3:10-15.
Prayer Time — Let us pray for each

other and for all our unsaved loved

ones.
Hymn — "I Surrender All."

September 14, 1957

Business Session — Discuss new
goals and projects for the coming
year.

Bible Study — "His Workmanship"
Ephesians 2:10.

Closing Hymn — "The Way of the
Cross Leads Home"; closing
prayer.

591

/PULSE^POINTl

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NEWS

Selected by ihe Edifor

NOTICE TO READERS: The purpose of this page is to provide our readers with worldwide
reliffious news. All material is presented as news without editorial comment, and does not
necessarily reflect the theological position of this magazine. — Editor.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Many
pastors may be able to claim re-
funds for taxes paid on housing al-
lowances in the years 1954-56 as a
result of new regulations issued by
the Internal Revenue Service. The
regulations give a literal interpre-
tation to legislation passed by Con-
gress in 1954 permitting ministers
to deduct for income tax purposes
an allowance given them in lieu of a
parsonage or other housing as part
of their compensation.

The refunds will be possible
through the amendment of a rule
tentatively adopted by the Internal
Revenue Service in 1954 that a re-
ligious agency must designate in ad-
vance that part of a clergyman's in-
come is to be considered a housing
allowance. Under the new regula-
tions action may be taken by the
employing agency any time before
Jan. 1, 1958, to retroactively desig-
nate part of the minister's salary as
a housing allowance. The clergy-
man will then be permitted to de-
duct the amount of such an allow-
ance he has spent since 1954 to
obtain housing.

After Jan. 1, 1958, housing ex-
penses will not be deductible un-
less there is an advanced designa-
tion by the appropriate group. The
new regulations also exempt from
taxes any expense incurred by a
clergyman in paying housing, in-
cluding amounts paid for purchase
of a home, or for maintenance or
utilities in a home already owned
by him.

Glen Harold Stassen, son of
Presidential Disarmament Assistant
Harold E. Stassen, will give up his
career as a nuclear physicist to en-
ter the ministry. Young Stassen, who
graduated last June from the Uni-

versity of Virginia with a Phi Beta
Kappa key for scholarship, will en-
roll in the Southern Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary, Louisville, Ky., in
September. He decided to abandon
his plans for graduate study in nu-
clear physics because he felt a
"strong call" to the ministry of the
Gospel of Christ.

WASHINGTON, D. C. The

House Ways and Means Committee
approved a bill to extend for two
years the period in which ministers,
missionaries, and members of re-
ligious orders may elect social se-
curity coverage. The new deadline
for the clergy ordained prior to Apr.
15, 1957, to elect social security
coverage will be Apr. 15, 1959.

CLEVELAND, OHIO. A group
of retailers organized themselves as
Freedom Enterprises with the aim of
repealing the Ohio law which com-
pels them to close their stores on
Sundays. They claim they are sub-
ject to discrimination since 300
other places of business are open
on Sundays, including restaurants,
railroads, buslines, hotels, indus-
tries, and even the baseball stadium.

WASHINGTON, D. C. A Chi-
cago Negro clergyman was named
by President Eisenhower as chair-
man of his Committee on Govern-
ment Employment Policy, a "watch-
dog" group against discrimination
in Federal employment. The Rev.
Archibald J. Carey, Jr., pastor of
the Eighth African Methodist Epis-
copal Church, is the first Negro to
head the committee.

NEW YORK. EvangeUst Billy
Graham announced here today that

the next scheduled series of evan-
gelistic meetings following the
close of the New York Crusade on
Sept. 1, would be a tour of nine
countries in the Caribbean Area
beginning in mid-January 1958.

Included in the tour will be
meetings in Jamaica, Puerto Rico,
Barbados, Trinidad, Panama,
Guatemala, Venezuela, Costa Rica
and Mexico. The exact dates and
sites for the meetings have not been
announced, but will be decided upon
after representatives of the Graham
Team visit the area later this fall.
It is anticipated that the tour will
take approximately five or six weeks.

WASHINGTON, D. C. There
were more people in prison in this
country at the end of last year
than ever before, the government
reported recently. A report by Pris-
ons Bureau Director James V. Ben-
nett said the ratio of state and
Federal prisoners to civilian popu-
lation was 114.2 per 100,000 as of
Dec. 31, 1956. A year ago that date
the ratio stood at 114 even. Of the
188,730 persons in penal institu-
tions at the end of 1956, 20,134
were in Federal custody.

A gain in commitments to state
prisons during 1956, Mr. Bennett
reported, was offset by a drop in the
number of criminals sentenced by
Federal courts. Most of this drop,
he said, resulted from "a fall-off in
violations of the immigration law"
and reduced use of imprisonment
for dealing with immigration offend-
ers.

ATLANTA, GA. The Georgia
Literature Commission, headed by
a Baptist minister, has announced a
new "get tough" policy against lewd
literature. It has recommended
persecution of persons selling any of
36 issues of 22 specified magazines
of the "girlie" type. The chairman
said the recent U. S. Supreme Court
decision upholding Federal and state
laws against lewd literature left the
group no choice but to end its policy
of co-operating with the dealers and
to demand that they remove certain
objectionable publications. One
downtown newsstand was raided
and the operator is being indicted by
the County Solicitor General for
selling obscene literature.

ANN ARBOR, MICH. The city
council at Ann Arbor has decided to j
open all meetings with an invoca-
tion by a clergyman. One council- j (
man commented, "We need all the
help we can get."

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MIS1*Q^^

HOME MISSION NUMBER

SEPTEMBER 21, 1957

Ireland Road Brethren Begin New Building

(Ground was broken Sunday, Sept. 1, 1957)

, TO BE ERECTED HERE SOON

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EDITORIALS

By Paul R. Bauman, President of the Brethren
Home Missions Council, inc.

A Father's Advice to His Son in ttie Ministry

My father, the late Dr. Louis S. Bauman, who i'or
more than fifty years was a successful pastor, often had
occasion to give me sound advice as a young man. How-
ever, when I graduated from seminary and accepted
the call to a pastorate in southern California, about
twenty miles from home, I found it somewhat more dif-
ficult to get advice for my ministry than the other pas-
tors of the area who occasionally sought his wise coun-
sel. This was doubtless due to my father's determination
that no one could say he was "running two churches"
in southern California. There was one bit of advice he
gave me while I was still a student pastor for which
I shall never cease to thank God. As we sat in his
study one day, he suddenly turned and said to me: "Son,
if you want the blessing of God to rest upon your
service for Christ, and if you want to see your church
grow, there are two characteristics which your ministry
must have. First, you must be an expository preacher. I
have been in the Lord's work for a long time and have
watched the ministry of a large number of men. I have
found that the man whom the Lord blesses with a
growing congregation and who is able to remain in
any one church year after year is always a Bible-teach-
ing pastor. There is no substitute for the Word of God
in the message of salvation. I am sure you realize that.
But, don't forget that there is also no substitute for the
Word in the development and growth of the Christians
in your church. It is the Word that sanctifies. Many pas-
tors forget this and wonder why their churches don't
grow even though there are decisions for Christ.

"The second characteristic of a successful ministry
is this," my father continued. "You must have a mis-
sionary vision and be a missionary enthusiast. God
always blesses a missionary-minded pastor." Then he
arose from his chair and beckoned me to follow him
into the adjoining office, which at that time was shared
jointly by the First Brethren Church, of Long Beach,
and the Foreign Missionary Society of which he had
been financial secretary and treasurer for many years.
Picking up one of the books, he said: "I want to show
you something," and then began to leaf through it. Sud-
denly he stopped and pointed to the record of mission-
ary offerings from a certain church. I noticed that it
showed a considerable decrease over a period of sev-
eral years. Then his face took on a look of increased
seriousness as he said: "Son, some years ago the pas-
tor of that church said to me, 'Bauman, I don't beheve
in missions.' I have followed his ministry ever since.

and wherever he has gone, his churches have run down
under his ministry."

As we continued to talk, my father turned a few
pages and pointed to another record, saying: "Do you
see the consistent increase in the missionary giving of
this church? You do not know this pastor. He has far
less native ability than the first, but every church he
has served has also grown under his ministry. He is
a missionary enthusiast and takes the great commission
seriously. That is not a coincidence; I have seen it
happen again and again as I have studied the records
over the y;ars." Then, he repeated again the admonition:
"Son, if you want the blessing of God to rest upon your
ministry, be a missionary-minded pastor."

The advice which my father gave me on that oc-
casion I endeavored to follow during the ten years
I spent in the pastorate. During the twenty years I have
served as a member of the board of directors for the
Brethren Home Missions Council and more recently as
one whose responsibilities have taken him out among
the churches from coast to coast, I have found again and
again that, all other things being equal, the churches
God is blessing are those characterized by a Bible-
teaching ministry and a missionary vision.

The Brethren Home Missions Council has realized
this twofold means of blessing, and from the time of its
organization has urged all men working under its direc-
tion to be (1) Bible-teaching pastors, and (2) men
with a worldwide missionary vision. As I travel among
these churches, I am thrilled again and again to hear
the testimonies of people who have been drawn to The
Brethren Church because they have found that it is the
place — sometimes the only place in their town — where
the Word of God is really taught. Examine the records
of the past twenty years and you will see how large a
portion of the offerings given for home and foreign mis-
sions have come from churches which were organized
during these two decades. Examine the statistics and
you will see why some of the most thriving churches
have been those started during this period.

Brethren, when God blesses a church, there is al-
ways a reason. No denomination today is more devoted
to the teaching of the Word of God than The Breth-
ren Church. Is your church also enthusiastic in its mis-
sionary program? Remember, the Bible recognizes no
distinction between home and foreign missions. We
are to carry the Gospel "into all the world." At this sea-
son devoted particularly to an appeal for missions in
America, let us be sure that we are in a position where
our churches can be blessed of the Lord.

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19. NUMBER 38

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16. 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake, Ind.. under the act of March 3. 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake. Ind. Subscription price. $3.00 a year; 100-percent churches, $2.50; foreign, $4 00. Board oi
Directors: Robert Crees. president: Herman A. Hoyt, vice president: William Schaffer, secretary; True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord GM-
man. treasurer; Bryson Fetters. member-at-larKe to executive Committee: Gene Farrell. S. W. Link, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller.
momas Hammers: Arnold R. Krleebaum, ex officio

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Tips on Your Missionary Prayer Life

By Lester E. Pifer, Assistant Secretary,
Brethren Home Missions Council, Inc.

The Holy Spirit led the Apostle
Paul in the writing of Holy Scrip-
ture. Knowing the bitterness of the
foe on the battlefield of life. He
directed the writer of Ephesians
carefully in instructing the children
of God in their conduct of life. Chap-
ter 6 reveals some starthng facts
about the enemy — his organization,
his operation, and his power. The
child of God faces a losing battle
without the Lord's help.

It is significant that prayer stands
out as the most powerful weapon
against the enemy. Paul admonishes
the believer to "be strong in the
Lord, and in the power of his
might." The Christian's determina-
tion is good, the armor of the Word
of God is of tremendous value, but
his prayer ministry stands out as
the most strategic weapon in the
warfare against Satan.

The mission fields of the world
are common battlegrounds. Satan
with his organized host moves
swiftly, cunningly, and powerfully
to thwart the program of God. He
is determined to keep lost souls
from hearing the message of sal-
vation, to twist, distort, and destroy
the "power of God unto salvation,"
and to utterly render void the ef-
fective testimony of the children
of God.

Satan is well aware of the fact
that missionaries are dependent upon
the support of behevers at home. He
knows the effectiveness of dis-
couragement, lack of progress,
shortage of funds, and the absence
of home ties and fellowship. There-
fore, he constantly thwarts the
"supply ministry" of the home
church.

If we are to see success on our
mission field, our missionaries must
be constantly backed by a great min-
istry of prayer. "Praying always
with all prayer and supplication in
the Spirit, and watching thereunto
with all perseverance and supplica-
tion for all saints" (Eph. 6:18). This
ministry is not effective if we make
it general — ^just "remembering our
missionaries in prayer" — as so often
happens. The child of God must
vow before God that he will regu-
larly, daily bring his missionaries
before the throne of grace. He will

bring the specific needs and all mat-
ters before the Lord in prayer,
knowing that God is able. He must
recognize that Satan will make every
last-ditch effort to discourage this
ministry, as well as exercise his ut-
most power on the mission field.

We offer some suggestions for
your missionary prayer life that will
not only enhance your interest and
regularity but will make it more ef-
fective in its results:

Pray regularly for missionaries.
Set a time in each day when you will
faithfully have your missionary
prayer time. Determine that Satan
shall not interfere in any way to
hinder this time with the Lord.

Pray individually for missionaries.
Use your home-missions prayer and
promise box and your foreign-mis-
sions prayer booklet to name your
missionaries before the throne of
grace. Know their names, their re-
spective fields, their time of service,
any family information, et cetera.
Doing this will enlighten your knowl-
edge of the person and will create
greater interest in meeting the mis-
sionary personally.

Pray InteiMgentEy for missJonarles.
Use the Missionary Herald, your
prayer letters, conference reports,
and items from your church calen-
dar or bulletin to gather facts about
each field, each missionary, and
each missionary board in order to
pray intelligently.

Pray specifically for missionaries.

Avoid generalities in missionary
praying. Your missionary has in-
dividual needs — his problems are
small, large, and numerous. Bring
each item to the Lord as you may
hear about it. Ask the Holy Spirit to
reveal to you the specific needs of
the missionaries. He will bring to
your mind and heart facts that you
have never realized before.

Pray powerfully for missionaries.

The Word of God tells us what
believers need. It tells us how to
pray. It also gives us the facts about
the enemy. Therefore bring the
Word of God to work in your prayer
life. Pray Biblically. Pray that great
power will be manifest "in the mis-

(Continued on page 598)

September 21, 1957

595

New Beginning for South Bend

By Gene Witzky, pastor

Ireland Road Brethren Church
South Bend, Ind.

Under beautiful September skies,
the Ireland Road Brethren Church,
at South Bend, Ind., broke ground
for its new $40,000 educational
unit on September 1 at 3:00 p. m.
Included in the 105 people assem-
bled for the service were visiting
ministers: Rev. Scott Weaver, of
Osceola; Rev. Gilbert Hawkins, of
Berrien Springs, Mich.; and Rev.
Richard DeArmey, of Winona Lake.
Also attending from Winona Lake
were Rev. Harold Etling, of the
National Sunday School Board; Dr.
W. A. Ogden, of Grace Seminary
and College; Rev. Clyde Landrum,
of the Foreign Missionary Society;
Mrs. Rose Foster, retired mission-
ary; Mr. Elmer Tamkin, of the
Brethren Investment Foundation;
and Robert Foltz, architect. The
Brethren construction crew, headed
by Vernon Latham, was on hand
for the occasion, and will imme-
diately begin building this home-
mission church.

After a challenging message by
Rev. Lester Pifer, of the Brethren
Home Missions Council, on the type
of church God wants and the com-
munity needs, a circle was formed
all around the proposed building,
and the doxology was sung. One
rould not help but be impressed by
the presence of the representatives
of almost every major ministry of
The Brethren Church, and we

OUR COVER PAGE

The men of the Ireland
Road Brethren Church com-
prise the building committee.
From left to right they are;
Clarence Snyder, Don Agler,
Gene Schoettler, Charles Sny-
der, Don Stroup, Richard Par-
cell, Russell Stroup, Ray Brit-
ton, Arthur Balsley, Gene
Witzky, and K. Goldian. Pas-
tor Gene Witzky is shown with
offering which was taken by
placing the offering plate in the
broken ground.

prayed in our hearts that this church
would be a staunch supporter of
all these worthy ministries.

Even though the South Bend
church is somewhat old as a mission
church, there is a new awakening
among its people. This new en-
thusiasm seemed to begin when,
under Brother Russell Ogden in
1956, the church sold tb- old Sunny-
mede property, purchased a lovely
plot of ground south of the city, and
adopted the name Ireland Road
Brethren CIiMrch. Meeting for a time
in the YMCA was in many ways
discouraging, yet it was a profitable
time of spiritual preparation under
the able interim ministry of Brother
Clarence Snyder. Another new be-
ginning, a step of faith, was taken
by the faithful flock when they pur-
chased a parsonage in the Broad-
moor area near the location of the
church property. Into this new par-
sonage at 1310 Catherwood Drive
moved the pastor with his wife and
two daughters. Since August 1 1 the
church has almost doubled in attend-
ance, and it is quite evident that the
parsonage will not be able to hold
the people until the new building is
up.

Spiritual ground is in the process
of being broken. A 54-year-old man
stepped forward to receive Christ
publicly when the group met for the
first time in the parsonage basement.
Lives are being rededicated to
Christ, both publicly and privately,
and a tiny baby boy was dedicated
to the Lord. Also entering Grace
College for her second year is Clau-
dette Ellis, a member of the Ireland
Road Brethren Church. She plans
to serve the Lord in the field of
nursing. Our fervent prayer is that
through this church and its ministry
will come many more trophies of
God's great grace.

A.t least four things proved the
interest of Brethren people in home
missions on this historic ground-
breaking day — many took time from
a busy schedule to drive extra miles

on a hot summer day. When they
got there, they stood for the service,
and after standing, they still gave
a good offering of over S240. The
offering was taken in a rather unique
way. The pastor turned over the first
shovelful of dirt and then put a
deep aluminum bowl in the hole.
This bowl served as the offering
plate. As the congregation moved
around the building site, they placed
their offering in the bowl. After the
last person walked by, the bowl was
well over half full, and one dear
saint had dropped in a $100 bill.

As these lines are being written,
the Brethren Construction Crew No.
2 is moving into South Bend, and
the much needed building will soon
be under way. The church is expect-
ed to be ready for occupancy by the
middle of February, and will con-
tain an auditorium seating approxi-
mately 250. The new church will be
located on the edge of the large
Broadmoor housing development
and eventually will be completely
surrounded by lovely homes. The
building will be equipped with a
nursery, pastor's study, baptistry,
toilets, classroom space, and will
be constructed of wood, stone and
brick. Laminated arches will bear
the roof and adorn the inside. Mr.
Robert Foltz, architect for the
Brethren Home Missions Council,
drew the plans for the beautiful
building.

Truly the Lord works in mys-
terious and wonderful ways to bring
to pass His blessed will. All of our
readers will no doubt remember that
it was Unit No. 2 of the Brethren
Construction Company that teamed
with this same pastor to build the
Woodville Grace Brethren Church,
of Mansfield, Ohio.

And thus our wonderful Lord
wins another victory through home
missions by a new beginning in
South Bend. Pray for the pastor and ;
people as they forge ahead in the
building of a new church structure ,
in a brand new location.

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The Cameraman Looking at the Groundbreaking

Gene Witzky, host pastor

Rev. Lester E. Pifer, ass't field Rev. R. P. DeArmey (with the
secretary, Brethren Home Missions shovel), Rev. Clyde Landrum, and
Council, special speaker Rev. Harold Etling

Ground-breaking observers outline the new building site

The Ireland Road Brethren parsonage and present meeting place.

September 21, 1957

597

ALLEGHENY DISTRICT
STAKES A CLAIM

Home Mission Field Reports

RNE GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BORNSIDE TOWMailP

SUIIT BY

BiWLD EAGLE JOINT SCHOOL Authority

6ENER4L CONTRACTOR RJE H.Wv AI-.,«A-h, Pa.

D.ttrK.1 C«tt-.<to- Sh.«.fJ EI»eJ«C<.-9t9rf>»*>.^-

The new Allegheny Fellowship
of Brethren Churches has staked
a claim for a new home-mission
church near the Pine Glen develop-
ment. This district in co-operation
with The Brethren Home Missions
Council has purchased a site at
the edge of this new development.
A community house shown above
is only a few blocks from the site
and will be available for getting this
new work underway. Rev. J. Ward
Tressler, pastor of the Grace Breth-
ren Church, Altoona, Pa., is actually
driving stakes for the new church
sign.

GOSHEN, IND. (R. Paul Miller,
St., pastor) —

Rejoice with us in the new fam-
ilies of young married people that
God is sending us. A young couple
is coming into the church on Sept.
8, and three more families are
nearly ready to join us. Then, of
course, we have many more good
prospects. God is good.

ANAHEIM, CALIF. (Forest F.
Lance, pastor) —

Our work continues to encourage
us. We have a goal of 100 the first
Sunday after Labor Day. We have
begun a building fund drive for
S3";000 by Jan. 1, 1958. It is a big
undertaking, but at the end of the
first six Sundays we are ahead of
the weekly goal.

BARBEE LAKES, IND.—

The Barbee Lakes Brethren
Church held an organizational meet-
ing on Thursday night, Aug. 22,
1957, with Rev. Lester E. Pifer, as-
sistant field secretary of the Breth-
ren Home Missions Council, in
charge. A number of other direc-
tors were present due to the an-
nual directors" meeting in Winona
Lake preceding national conference.
George Cripe, a Grace Seminary
student, is the regular pastor.

WINONA LAKE, IND.—

The following directors were all
re-elected to the directorate of the
Brethren Home Missions Council,
Inc., Winona Lake, Ind. John M.
Aeby, Paul Dick, Jesse Hall, Ches-
ter McCall, and F. B. Miller. The
election took place during the an-
nual corporation meeting on Wed.,
Aug. 28, 1957. There was no change
in the executive positions.

CUBA, N. MEX.—

Mr. Joseph R. Vander Molen,
Dayton, Ohio, arrived at the Breth-
ren Navajo Mission where he will
serve two years under the Selective
Service arrangement for which our
mission is qualified. Mr. Galen
Moomaw, who has been working
at the mission under the same ar-
rangement, will have his term com-
pleted next month.

TAOS, N. MEX.—

Rev. and Mrs. Victor Meyers
have accepted a call to assist in
the Spanish-American work of the
Taos area. They have been serving
on a part-time basis developing the
Monte Vista Community Brethren
Church at Monte Vista, Calif. They
will now be working under the super-
vision of Sam I. Horney.

DENVER, COLO.—

Rev. Thomas Inman, pastor of
the home-mission church at Denver,
Colo., gave the official invitation
for the 1960 conference to be held in
Denver. The conference accepted
the invitation. Denver Sunday-
school superintendent and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Russell West, were ready
with Denver propaganda to start
the Denver drive immediately.

TIPS ON YOUR MISSIONARY
PRAYER LIFE

(Continued from page 595)

sionaries ministry and field of labor.

Pray enthusiastically for mission-
aries. In private devotions, in fam-
ily altar services, or in public prayer
services, always pray with enthu-
siasm for missionaries. This is a
great work, these are real people,
souls are at stake, and you have a
great weapon at your disposal. This
enthusiasm will be seen and felt by
others.

Pray unitedly for missionaries.
Share your interest, your prayer
needs, your missionary information
with others that they may pray with
you. Do not miss an opportunity to
join in with others in prayer. Jesus
said: "That if two of you shall
agree on earth as touching any thing
that they shall ask, it shall be done
. . ." (Matt. 18:19).

Pray faithfully for missionaries.
A great portion of our effectiveness
in prayer is dependent upon our
faith. Do we believe that God is,
and that he is able (Heb. 1 1:6)? We
must believe that God can supply
the need and then pray with con-
fidence.

Your missionary prayer ministry
can be interesting, enlightening, and
the greatest blessing of all your ex-
periences in Christ. Again may I
repeat, do not let Satan hinder you.
Pray regularly and faithfully — never
fail in your missionary prayer time.

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Revival Blessings
Conf-inue in
Elyria

By Galen M. Lingenfelter, pastor

Grace Brethren Church

Elyria, Ohio

Early this year the first revival
services were held in the new Gracs
Brethren Church, Elyria, Ohio, with
Rev. Walter A. Lepp as evangelist.
God answered prayer, and many
decisions were made for Christ in
those services. The decisions were
genuine, for we have had an op-
portunity to observe them over sev-
eral months.

Two classes were started to give
instruction to those who desired
baptism and fellowship in our
church. More than 35 of those mak-
ing decisions in the revival enrolled
in the classes.

The Lord's blessings continued,
29 Christians were baptized in July,
and 31 added to the church mem-
bership. In addition, the attendance
increased in all services with a 60
percent increase in the prayer meet-
ing.

Something different in the way of
a vacation Bible school was held this
year from August 4-11. Children's
classes were held in the evenings
from 6:30 to 8:00. These were fol-
lowed by a missionary-evangelistic
service from 8:00 to 9:00 for the
young people and adults. Mrs. Ros;
Foster, veteran missionary to Africa,
was the missionary speaker, and
again Rev. Walter A. Lepp was the
evangelist. A number of fine de-
cisions for Christ were made in
these services too.

INVESTMENT

A man once said to a missionary:
"I see world evangelization in the
Word of God, but I remain indif-
ferent. Why is it I don't have more
interest?" Said the other: "It is very
simple. World evangelization is like
1 bank. If you don't put money into
It, you will have no interest. The
nore you invest, the more interest
I'ou will have."

To this agree the words of the Son
3f God: "Lay up for yourselves
reasures in heaven, where neither
noth nor rust doth corrupt, and
vhere thieves do not break through
lor steal: for where your treasure is,
here will your heart be also" (Matt.
5:20-21).

Troy Plans Buil

Troy, Ohio, Sunday School

The Grace Brethren Church,
Troy, Ohio, is making plans to com-
plete their present building and re-
main at the same location. At the
present time only the basement of
the building is usable.

Mr. Robert Foltz, home-missions
architect, is completing the plans
for the finishing of the church, and

work is expected to get under way
soon.

Two additional acres of ground
adjoining the present site have been
purchased to make the present lo-
cation adequate for future expan-
sion.

The pastoi, Herman Hein, Jr.,
reports that giving by the local group
has tripled in the past eight months.

San Jose, Calif., Moving Forward

'VBS "Pionser" Parade

The Brethren Church, of San
Jose, Calif., just recently com-
pleted a successful vacation Bible
school. The attendance ran about
twenty percent ahead of last year.
Miss Barbara Hulse was the direc-
tor, assisted by Rev. and Mrs. J. C.
McKillen. The school was held in
three separate homes with the clos-
ing program in the Steindorf school.

The local newspaper published an
article on the vacation Bible school

and took pictures of the Pioneer
Parade.

A new parsonage is under con-
struction on a portion of the new
church location. It has been designed
to be used as a "church home" until
such time as the church itself can
be built. Of course, it will be used
as the McKillen's home at the same
time. This arrangement will make it
possible to hold services at the fu-
ture church location.

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599

Home Mission Sunday School Wins Contest

Lansing, Mich., wins the 1957
trophy! Suspense was deep at the
Fifth Annual Sunday School Con-
vention held at Winona Lake as
winners were announced in the vari-
ous divisions leading up to the grand
prize winner. The largest convention
crowd of any year was present to
witness the awarding of the trophy to
the home-mission Sunday school, of
Lansing. The Brethren Home Mis-
sions Council joins the National Sun-
day School Board in congratulating
this national winner.

The winner for the trophy is de-
termined by the Sunday school show-
ing the largest percentage of in-
crease during the contest period
of nine months, October through
June. The pastor of this winning
Sunday school is Richard Sellers,

and he arrived on the field just about
two months before the contest be-
gan last October 1. Furthermore,
the contest was won while using a
public-school building for a meeting
place. Just recently the construc-
tion was started on a new building
for the Lansing Sunday school. Will
it be large enough for a growing
Sunday school like this one?

Naturally, the Lansing Sunday
school was first place in their di-
vision, and another home-mission
Sunday school won a divisional con-
test. Fort Lauderdale, Fla., won the
plaque for Division F and was a
runner up for the grand award. This
Sunday school already has its own
building, but they are planning to
enlarge their facilities this year. It
looks like a highly competitive year
ahead.

In addition to the winners of the
contest, a number of home-mission
Sunday schools finished in the tc-^
three positions of various divisions
numbering seven in all. The Breth-
ren Home Missions Council ap-
preciates the fine record made by
the Sunday schools of home-mission
churches.

A new contest will be starting
within a few days, and it is our de-
sire to see every Sunday school enter
into this competition. The goal of
"60,000 by I960'" set by the Nation-
al Sunday School Board is not too
high. Sunday schools are increasing
their attendance through this com-
petitive contest. Get on your mark,
Home-mission Sunday schools, and
determine to win. You have done it
before, you can do it again.

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I/I^AEL CALL/!

YOM KIPPER, 5718

By Bruce L. Button

This is year 5718 according to the
Jewish calendar. This year on the
tenth of Tishri (which is equivalent
to October 5, 1957) Jewish peo-
ple all over the world will com-
memorate Yom Kipper, the Day
of Atonement. On this day they will
pack the temples, synagogues, rent-
ed halls, and rented theaters to par-
ticipate in that service wherein the
Jew pleads forgiveness for his sins.
For many of these people it will
be the first time they have attended
any religious service since the Day
of Atonement last year. But this
year they will once again come in
awe before the God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob to confess sin and
ask forgiveness.

In the Fairfax district of Los An-
geles, as in the rest of the world,
Jewish business will come to a stand-
still. Stores and shops will close.
Offices and industry will cease their
operation. Schoolchildren will leave
the classroom. Housewives will fore-
go cleaning and cooking. All, ex-
cept the very small, or very weak,
or very sick, will fast. Everything
ordinarily will be placed in the
background that each person might
be intent upon the religious signi-
ficance of the day. Those who are
able will attend all or some portion
of the synagogue service. This is
the Day of Days — the day when the
Jewish person is made conscious of
personal sin. On this day as the Jew
enters the synagogue and opens his
prayer book to the beginning of the
Yom Kipper service, the very first
words stress the fact that sin is
personal. He reads:

"As now, in response to its sacred
summons, I have entered thy house,
[ pray unto Thee to enable me to
view my acts in the light of Thine
unerring judgment. Before Thee I
bave sinned; I have done what is
3vil in Thy sight. . . . Let me now be
fully aware of the evil of my ways,
the days I have spent in forgetful-
aess of Thy word, the deeds that I
iiave done in wickedness, in selfish-
less, in disobedience to Thy law.
3ive me a deeper consciousness of
:he wrong that this evil has wrought
into mine own self and of the sor-
"ow it has caused my fellowman.

ieptember 21, 7957

. . . Out of the depths of mine abase-
ment, I cry unto Thee, O my God
and Father."

Then for approximately 285
pages (per 1924 edition of the Union
Prayer Book, revised) the Jew has
brought to his attention time and
again the necessity of forgiveness
for sin, of the creation of a pure
heart within him, of salvation. But
not once does he have brought to
his attention the correct method by
which God accomplishes these mir-
acles.

As the Jew celebrates this day we
ask, "Where is the Blood?" Where is
that blood which was demanded by
the Almighty in Leviticus 17:11, for
it is the blood, and the blood alone,
which makes atonement for the soul.
The Jewish spiritual leaders of
our day would have their people
believe the demands of the Old
Testament are no longer valid rela-
tive to the necessity of the shedding
of blood for forgiveness of sin. In
fact, I have been unable to find the
word "blood" mentioned even once
in the edition of the Union Prayer
Book that is before me. But even as
they consult their Talmudic writers,
they find in the Yoma section, which
deals with the Day of Atonement,
their greatest rabbinical authority
denying their present position by
saying: "There is no atonement ex-
cept by blood." Thus the pro-
nouncement by the greatest rabbin-
ical authority is in direct accord
with the testimony of the Bible.

The Jewish spiritual leaders of
our day admit something is wrong
with the human heart. They recog-
nize the necessity of the purifica-
tion of the heart, but the means by
which this is to be accomplished is
quite another matter. The creation
of a clean or pure heart is not a
miraculous accomphshment of God
according to them. Rather, it is sim-
ply a matter of psychological ad-
justment and education, and it is in
this manner they counsel their peo-
ple and try to influence others in the
same way. There comes to my desk
every month or so a small publica-
tion of the Anti-Defamation League
of B'nai B'rith called "Christian

Friends." I appreciate this pamph-
let. I agree with what it is trying
to accomplish. The basic purpose
of this pamphlet is, through educa-
tion or propaganda methods, to
create a better understanding of and
promote better treatment of mi-
nority groups. However, they
are attempting to change the heart
of man by education. They are
doomed to failure, for the heart
convinced against its wiU is of the
same opinion still. There is only one
way to change the heart of man. He
must be born from above; he must
be born again. Thus God's Word
teaches men need their hearts
cleansed by God and not changed by
ideas or concepts.

The Jewish spiritual leaders of
our day also recognize the necessity
of salvation. Man has a void in his
hfe which can only be filled by the
spiritual. But how to accomplish this
salvation; how to fill this void; that
is the question. Jewish spiritual lead-
ers would have us to believe this
salvation is reahzed by personal ac-
complishment, by "good works."
But even here the Old Testament
refutes their position, for "salva-
tion is of the Lord" (Jonah 2:9).

Perhaps the average Jew could
better understand his position be-
fore the God of heaven if he gave
more attention to his Old Testa-
ment prophets and less to his rabbi.
Certainly he would do well to con-
sider that portion of the Prayer
Book known as Oz M'Ufnai B'resh-
ith, one of the prayers for the Day
of Atonement (a prayer which, in-
cidentally, has been eliminated from
the revised edition). He should see
the true meaning of this strange pe-
tition from Musof I'Yom Kipper:

"Messiah our righteous has de-
parted from us; we shudder, we have
no one to justify us. He it was who
carried our guilt and evil, and for
us He was bored through. Upon His
shoulders He carried our sins, and
through His wounds do we find for-
giveness. O Eternal, create Him
afresh! From Seir let come the Re-
deemer, from Mount Lebanon let
Him proclaim redemption a second
time through thy servant, Yinnon."

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WOOSTER, OHIO. A youth re-
treat and homecoming will be con-
ducted Sept. 27-29 at Camp Luz,
near Orville, Ohio, by the First
Brethren Church, Kenneth Ashman,
pastor. The young people will re-
treat to the camp Sept. 27-29, and
on Sunday, Sept. 29, the adults of
the church will join the young peo-
ple at noon in a big homecoming
picnic. Bill Burk, missionary on fur-
lough from Brazil, and Ernest Bear-
inger, national youth director, will
be the guest speakers. Rally Day
for the Sunday school will be ob-
served Sept. 29. Rally Day, youth
retreat, and homecoming will make
a full weekend for the Wooster folk.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Sept. 6
was the big day for the sophomores
of Grace College when it became
their responsibility to "officially"
initiate the 75 freshmen. Warren
Brown was master of ceremonies
at the "judgment night" conclave
which ran the gamet from egg-sham-
poos to "flour and feathering."
During the day, the freshman
wearing all their clothes wrong-side
out and backwards were escorted to
the Kosciusko County Court House
in Warsaw, Ind., where they were
assigned the job by the sophomores
to "clean the building." Needless
to say, the freshmen of Grace Col-
lege have been initiated. Even the
freshmen enjoyed every minute of it.

ALTO, MICH. The Calvary
Brethren Church and Sunday School
was host to the Sunday school of
the Grace Brethren Church, Lake

Odessa, Sept. 7 at Caledonia Park,
Caledonia, Mich., for a Sunday-
school picnic. William Johnson was
host pastor.

SPECIAL. The premier showings
of the new gospel-science film "Red
River of Life" produced by Moody
Bible Institute will be the first week
of October in Los Angeles, Philadel-
phia, and Detroit.

BUENA VISTA, VA. The First
Brethren Church, Edward Lewis,
pastor, has installed a new air-con-
ditioning system in the Sunday-
school annex. The system cost
$4,000.

HAGERSTOWN, MD. The
Grace Brethren Church has called
Miss Lois Miller to be the director
of Christian Education. She is a
graduate of Wheaton College, a
registered nurse, and last spring re-
ceived her master of religious educa-
tion degree from Grace Theological
Seminary. She is from the Grace
Brethren Church, Altoona, Pa. War-
ren Tamkin is pastor.

LIMESTONE, TENN. Clarence
Lackey has accepted the call of the
Vernon Brethren Church. Brother
Lackey assumed his new pastoral
duties on Sept. 1, but the congrega-
tion "jumped the gun" and on Aug.
28 the Lackey family was given a
surprise reception.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Pas-
tor and Mrs. John Mayes returned
from national conference at Wi-
nona Lake, to be welcomed home
with a giant food shower and a
"welcome home songfest" following
the evening service on Sept. 1. There
were several boxes of groceries and
$32.36 in cash. (This will help make
up for what the editor recently ate

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Notice of meetings to be listed in tiiis column must be received for publication at least
30 days in advance of scheduled dates.

Church Date Pastor Speaker

Grandview, Wash. Sept. 8-22 Robert Griffith Leo Polman.

Findlay, Ohio Sept. 8-22 Gerald Teeter A. R. Kriegbaum.

Cuyahoga Falls,

Ohio Sept. 15-29 Richard Burch Crusade Team.

Clayton, Ohio . . Sept. 19-22 R. I. Humberd.

Bellflower, Calif. Sept. 22-29 Harry Sturz . Louis Talbot.

Roanoke, Va.

(Clearbrook) Sept. 22-Oct. 4 Wm. Howard James Dixon.

Hopewell, Pa. Oct. 2-3 Sheldon Snyder R. I. Humberd.

York, Pa Oct. 4 H. W. Koontz R. I. Humberd.

Palmyra, Pa. Oct. 6-11 . . R. W. Markley . R. I. Humberd.

Conemaugh, Pa. . Oct. 6-20 Clair Gartland . . A. R. Kriegbaum.

Waynesboro, Pa. Oct. 1 3-20 William Gray J. L. Gingrich.

Dayton, Ohio Oct. 13-27 C. S. Zimmerman Clyde Landrum.

when a guest in the Mayes homes.)

WASHINGTON, D. C. Home-
coming at the First Brethren Church
has been set for Sunday, Oct. 6.
James Dixon is pastor.

UNIONTOWN, PA. On Oct.
27 the First Brethren Church will
observe homecoming. Dr. Herman
A. Hoyt will be the guest speaker.
R. Paul Miller, Jr., is pastor.

SPECIAL. R. I. Humberd will
speak at the Cedarville College,
Cedarville, Ohio, on Oct. 1 and at
the Practical Bible Training School
in New York on Oct. 16.

LOUISVILLE, KY. Evangelist
Billy Graham has offered his per-
sonal letters, papers, and sermons
to the Southern Baptist Theologi-
cal Seminary. Dr. Duke K. McCall,
seminary president, said the papers
would be kept in a Billy Graham
room in a new library to be built
soon. They would "afford genera-
tions of future young ministers the
opportunity to study the great Gra-
ham revivals of this era," he said.
The papers include Mr. Graham's
correspondence with the heads of
many nations.

FREEHOLD, N. J. The Prose-
cutor of Monmouth County has
asked the newsdealers in the county's
53 municipalities to subscribe to a
pledge that they will refuse to sell
publications which carry indecent
material or glorify crime. Police
chiefs will distribute the pledge cards
to the 250 newsdealers.

NASHVILLE, TENN. According
to the Southern Baptist Handbook,
"Mr. Average American" spends
only five cents a day for religious
and welfare causes. In contrast to
this nickel, each day he spends nine
cents for tobacco, 15 cents for alco-
holic beverages, 22 cents for recrea-
tion, 58 cents for transportation in-
cluding foreign travel, 59 cents for
taxes, $1.12 for food and $2.30 for
other household expenses, such as
rent, clothing, savings, medical, and
miscellaneous expense.

NEW YORK. The American As-
sociation of Fund-Raising Counsel
announces that voluntary contribu-
tions of American people to religion,
education, health and social welfare
in 1955 amounted to an estimated
six billion dollars, which was ap-
proximately 2 percent of the na-
tional income. About half of all
these gifts ( 1 percent of the national
income) went to organized religion.

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A MESSAGE FROM

Our
Moderator

Rev. Miles Taber

committee on committees. icniu^i

In several ways the national con-
ference of this year was outstanding.
It is evident that the attendance set
a new record. Even before the con-
ference officially opened the Sun-
day-school convention outgrew the
facilities of Grace Seminary. There
were 547 registered delegates in at-
tendance at the conference — a new
record. Ninety-five pastors claimed
their five-dollar gift at the Breth-
ren Missionary Herald Company for
having a full delegation from their
churches. Attendance at the evening
sessions averaged nearly a thou-
sand.

There were other evidences of
God's blessing, too. The challeng-
xig messages from the moderator
ind vice moderator, the spiritual
:one of the other messages and Bible
studies, the courtesy and harmony
hat prevailed in all business sessions
—all were tokens of God's grace
md blessing.

But we must not live in the past.
^s splendid as this conference was,
ve sincerely believe it will be sur-
)assed by the conference of next
'ear if we each do our part. The
onference of 1958 will be a great
listoric occasion commemorating
loth the 250th anniversary of the
dgin of our church in Germany
nd also the 75th anniversary of
le reorganization of the church in
883. The executive committee is
lanning the entire conference
round the theme "The Challenge of
>ur Heritage." So even though we
lall be looking back to our heri-

iptember 21, 7957

tage, the challenge for the present
and the future will receive the major
emphasis.

Your moderator would like to
present a very modest challenge for
the year, a goal so small that we are
almost ashamed to propose it; yet if
we reach it we shall be doing bet-
ter than we did last year. The dual
goal is that on this 250th anniver-
sary we strive to attain 25,000 in
church membership and the same
number in Sunday-school attend-
ance. Surely, we ought to have 100
people to show for each year of our
history.

In order to reach this goal, we
must make an 8 percent "gain in
church membership and a 10 per-
cent gain in Sunday-school at-
tendance. Last year we gained about
5 percent in church membership and
7 percent in Sunday-school attend-
ance. So the gains we are proposing
are within our reach if we are willing
to work.

To reach our goal in Sunday
school, we recommend that every
school get into the Sunday School
Enlargement Campaign which be-
gins September 29. Your national
Sunday-school office is ready to fur-
nish supplies, suggestions, and ac-
tual help in getting organized.

Various methods may be used to
increase our church membership.
Plan a fall or winter revival meet-
ing. Organize your visitation pro-
gram. Study your prospect list. (If
you don't have one, make one.)
Deal with people personally, indi-

vidually, about baptism and church
membership if they are otherwise
qualified. Work on your inactive
members to make them active again
so they will not be lost in "roll re-
vision."

Unfortunately, the time is very
short, for the statistical reports close
on December 31. About three-
fourths of the time is already gone.
So we suggest that you check your
church membership and Sunday-
school attendance for 1957 now.
Determine whether you have already
reached your goal. If not, see how
far you have missed the mark, and
plan immediately to make your
church one that will reach the goal.
Remember, the desired gains must
be made in the calendar year 1957,
gains over the statistical report you
made in January for last year. If our
national statistician is to report
25,000 members and 25,000 aver-
age Sunday-school attendance at
next year's conference, we must at-
tain those goals before January 1,
1958.

In the meantime, be making your
plans to attend the 1958 national
conference. There will not be an-
other hke it for at least 50 years.
One of the features will be a Sun-
day afternoon baptismal service in
the lake, at which time every
Brethren pastor will have an op-
portunity to baptize candidates. And
the closing session on Sunday night
will be a great communion service
which should be the largest in the
history of our denomination.

603

FIRE vs. WILDFIRE

By Dr. C. H. Ashman

Pastor, West Covina Brethren Church
West Covina, Calif.

Beginning at the 16th verse of I
Thessalonians 5, there are a number
of short, terse exhortations and
warnings, eight in number. "Quench
not the Spirit" is one of the out-
standing exhortations of this num-
ber. It immediately brings up the
emblem of fire. At least six em-
blems are employed in the Scrip-
tures to set forth certain distinctive
qualities and services of the Holy
Spirit — wind, water, seal, oil, dove,
and fire. In Isaiah 4:4 the Spirit is
called "the spirit of burning,"
which purges from dross. The
prophecy concerning the baptism of
the Holy Spirit by Christ as given
by John the Baptist was that Christ
would baptize with the Holy Ghost
and with fire. Christ said in Luke
12:49 (ASV): "I came to cast fire
upon the earth." On the Day of
Pentecost when the Spirit was
poured out it is recorded: "There
appeared unto them . . . tongues like
as of fire." Thus the Spirit is set
forth under the figure of fire, rep-
resenting His purifying, purging, re-
fining, illuminating, and penetrating
power.

Beware! Beware!

Now beware of the wildfire of
this day that professes to be the fire
of the Spirit. We sing (that is, some
do), "Lord, send the old-time fire,
the Penecostal fire," but beware,
fellow Christians, beware. The Holy
Spirit came on Pentecost and we
never need to pray the Lord to
"pour out the Spirit upon us." We
do need to pray that the Spirit will
infill us, for He indwells us. But
be careful that we offer no strange
fire, or follow such, and run after
wildfire. But also we need to bs
careful lest in our shunning wildfire
we ignore the real fire of the Spirit's
penetrating presence and power.

Spirit Fire

Oh, how much we all need to

yield to the Spirit that He might
burn out all those things that hin-
der His infilling. There is so much
rubbish in our hearts. There is so
much of dross. A little at a time
collects, and soon it adds up until
the Spirit is crowded into a very
small part of our hearts. In cer-
tain mountain areas, after a fire has
swept over the mountainsides, the
huckleberries are always the largest
the next few years. We need times
of burning when the Spirit is al-
lowed to sweep over our hearts, con-
suming all the rubbish of self, so
that our lives might produce real
fruit.

Quench Not This Fire

"Quench not the Spirit." To
quench means to hinder the force
of. In Cruden's Concordance we
read; "You that have received the
Spirit, and have had experience of
His workings in your hearts, take
heed of doing, or neglecting, any-
thing that will render them ineffec-
tual to you, either in part or in
whole." This is just what quench-
ing the Spirit will do, render in-
operative the normal operations of
the Spirit. A stubborn spirit
quenches the purifying power of the
Spirit. A proud heart and haughty
spirit will make the fire of the Spir-
it's presence to burn mighty low.
An unforgiving attitude toward
anyone will make the light of the
Spirit's illumination to be dim. The
warmth and cheer of the fire of the
Spirit will be very weak when there
is doubt and discouragement bor-
dering on despair. We pour cold
water on the fire of the Spirit in
so many ways. We smother the
flame of His presence by selfishness.
"Quench not the Spirit."

Fellow Ministers

Fellow ministers, the Word says
that God maketh "his ministers a

flame of fire" (Heb. 1:7). Surely this
does not mean a fire of eloquence,
for Paul declares that his "preaching
was not with enticing [eloquent, per-
suasive] words of man's wisdom, but
in demonstration of the Spirit and of
power" (I Cor. 2:4). This surely
means that the fire of the Spirit's
presence and power shall burn in
our messages and missions. This
surely means that we shall not
preach "in the energy of the flesh,"
but in the power of the Spirit. In
our fear of "Pentecostalism" we may
be guilty of failing to be a "flame of
fire" for the Lord. We may be
drifting into a cold, calculating or-
thodoxy, devoid of Spirit warmth
and fire. Surely a sermon in which
"I" is frequent, in which boasting of
accomplishments is most prominent, :
in which self-exaltation is indulged
quenches the Spirit. Our ser-
mons would be more penetrating,
persuasive, and powerful, if there
were more of the fire of the Spirit in
them, the sane, sensible, Scriptural
kind.

A Conflagration

We are praying that the fire of
evangelism will spread as a confla-
gration in our beloved Brethren
Church this year. Oh, that the re-
vival fires would be kindled and re-
kindled on thousands of altars in
our churches. I know of nothing
that would consume this spirit of
selfishness and jealousy and bick-
ering which is so prevalent in Chris-
tian circles today as a real Spirit
conflagration. Let the Spirit bum
until the silver is refined so that the
image of Christ can be seen in our
lives. Souls will be won, members
will be added to the church, new
churches will be estabhshed, offer-
ings will increase, if the Holy Spirit
is permitted to bum out, and down,
and up, all hindrances.

"Quench not the Spirit!" Yield!
"Have Thine own way, Lord!"

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The subject of demon possession
is tremendous; yet little has
written on it and less done to
combat it. However, this proves the
activity of demons rather than their
inactivity. There are three reasons
for the secrecy that surrounds their
existence and work. 1. Demons re-
sent exposure just as a criminal
resents an uncovering of his acts.
They try to operate behind the
scenes and are content to keep the
people in the dark. This is char-
acteristic of Satan. He can gain
more by having people think of him
as a red-skinned, hideous creature
rather than a subtle, crafty angel of
light. 2. Demons see to it that re-
inforcements for their cause are sent
in at places where attempts are made
to oppose them. 3. Indifference and
ignorance have mistreated the sub-
ject and, in some cases, ignored it.
Nevertheless, we ought to be in-
terested and concerned about it be-
cause many people are staggering
under the burden of hell-bound per-
sonalities.

Our Foe

Paul must have referred to de-
mons in Ephesians 6:12: "For we
wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places."
Of course the Devil is the main
enemy against us and against whom
we stand, but this verse suggests
more than he.

John must have meant demons
in the reference I John 4:1-3: "Try
the spirits whether they are of God."
Satan is one, but the demons are
many. Unfortunately the term "de-
mons" has been translated "devils"
in our English Bible. This has
caused confusion where distinctions
were not made.

Origin

One might expect secrecy in re-
spect to the origin of demons, espe-
cially if it is connected with rebel-
lion, sin, and judgment. Among the
conjectures, it seems most likely
that they came from a condemned
preadamite race of beings. Now,
being disembodied as a result of that
judgment, they seek for a body as
naturally as we seek for the shelter
and comfort of a house for our
bodies. Beyond conjecture, we can
say that their association with the
Devil has been for evil and not good.

September 21,1957

Names

Demons are known by six names
in the New Testament: Demons 34
times, beginning at Matthew 4:24;
unclean spirits 17 times, beginning
at Matthew 10:1; evil spirits three
times, beginning at Luke 7:21; dumb
spirit once in Mark 9:17; seducing
spirit once in I Timothy 4: 1 ; spirit of
divination once in Acts 16:16. Note
that the name "foul" is the same as
"unclean" in the Greek text.

Old Testament Background

(Lev. 20:6, Isa. 8:19, I Sam. 16:
14; I Kings 22:21-22). Before the
time of Christ, the cure or delivery
from demon possession was not
known. The method used was fatal
to the person before death was pre-
scribed to any who were so un-
fortunate as to have such calamity
fall upon them (I Sam. 28:3). If we
have not dealt with demon posses-
sion properly today, it is not be-
cause we do not possess abundant

information concerning it. We do
feel that something can be done that
will deliver the person rather than
to kill the person.

New Testament Demonology

There was an outburst of demon
activity when Jesus was here. Dur-
ing the gospel period all the forces
of evil were arrayed against Him.
Jesus announced that the kingdom
was at hand. Satan and the de-
mons knew that its establishment
would bring defeat to them. As a last
plunge to offset the rule of Christ
on the earth, they led in a battle
that ended in the crucifixion of
Christ. The church age was instituted
and the kingdom postponed. Now at

the close of the church age, we might
expect a revival of demon activity
because once more they are nearing
the time of their ultimate defeat.
The Devil will be bound for a thou-
sand years and the demons will be
held in confinement. Knowing this,
they will attempt a stand to delay
judgment. They hope for a fighting
chance, but will lose. Let it be re-
membered that their activity will be
hmited as the Holy Spirit chooses
to restrain them. After He has com-
pleted his office work on the earth
and has ushered the church up-
ward, demons will overrun society
like wild beasts. Woe to the in-
habitants of the earth at that time.

Foe of Missionaries

Missionaries tell us of the activity
of demons among pagan people.
There it is observed in the open. The
people actually claim to worship
them. They bring sacrifices to them.
Here we snatch the more evident
cases out of society and place them
in institutions with barred doors
and screened porches. Some are
laced in straight jackets and still
others beaten for the lack of co-
operation.

Not Confined to the Mission Field

There is an organization in the
kingdom of the unseen spirit world
that is unknown to many people.
Satan is the head; the demons are
the agents. Satan is not omnipresent,
and, accordingly, stations his am-
bassadors everywhere. He has a cen-
tral seat of government and author-
ity from which he directs his work.
Close to him are his generals, of-
ficers, agents and servants. Rep-
resentatives from all countries take
his orders and report on progress.
Ships that sail the seas have stow-
away demons on board. As to their
variety of work, there is no end.
We can generalize to say: 1. They
influence the courts of the nations.
2. They discredit the forces of right-
eousness. 3. They prostitute institu-
tions of learning. 4. They enter men
to plague them unmercifully.

(Continued on page 607)

DEMONOLOGY

By Dr. Norman Uphouse
Grace College

605

THE VIRTUOUS LIFE

By Arthur Collins

Pastor, Reading Brethren Church
Stoystown, Pa.

Let us consider the life of Christ
as He lived it among men. Thirty
long years seemed to be consumed
in the preparation for the ministry
of only three short years. But that
which was accomplished in those
three years influenced and affected
the whole of time and eternity.

After the birth of Christ, and a
short sojourn in Egypt, we know
very little about His earthly walk as
a young boy until we get a brief
snapshot of His life in the Temple at
the age of twelve. Even at that ten-
der age He was an enigma to the
leaders of the day. He confounded
them by His profound understand-
ing of things which they had been
studying all their lives. Yet, He never
attended a grammar school, a high
school, a college, a Bible school, nor
yet a seminary. The only solution,
therefore, to His marvelous knowl-
edge of spiritual things is the super-
natural fact that He was both God
and man at one and the same time.
He was the "Lamb of God, which
taketh away the sin of the world."
Consequently, He was more than
just a lamb, He was the spotless
Lamb — without spot or blemish.
There could be found no mark of
depreciation on the outside, neither
was there any deficiency on the
inside of this Lamb. But let us never
forget that this Lamb was bom to
die. Many Old Testament lambs
were born to die as blood sacrifices
for the sin of the offerer, but this
virtuous Lamb was born to die only
once and for all the sin of all the
world.

Christ knew He was born of Mary
to die. He knew this was His per-
sonal purpose in living. He con-
tinually pointed His own intimate
disciples to the cross which would
one day be the altar upon which H^s
blood would be shed to forever re-
move the stench and stain of sin. No
other man could ever know of such
a destiny. No other creature was ever
born with such an end in view.
Christ alone was the unique, virtuous
Lamb who was destined with power
and privilege to forever pay the pen-
alty for human sin.

Early in His public ministry

Christ boldly asserted: "He hath a-
nointed me to preach the gospel to
the poor; he hath sent me to heal
the brokenhearted, to preach deliv-
erance to the captives, and recover-
ing of sight to the blind, to set at
liberty them that are bruised" (Luke
4:18). In all of this there seems
to be a physical implication, but in
actual fact, the deliverance, the
blindness, and the liberty mentioned
all are related to the sin problem
which has continually faced man
since the fall of Adam. Only a vir-
tuous life could offer deliverance
from sin. Only such an one could
offer spiritual life to the dead in
sin. Only such a character as this
could promise liberty from the
chains of bondage that sin wraps
around us. Only such a living Sav-
iour could offer healing to hearts
that are broken because of hideous
transgression.

A little later on in His earthly
walk the Lord Jesus said of him-
self: "The Son of man is come to
seek and to save that which was
lost" (Luke 19:10). Every single act
of the Lord Jesus was objectively
pointed toward the redemption of
the lost. Are you lost? Do you know
you are lost? If you are, then you
can be saved. But if you fail to real-
ize or recognize your lost condition,
then you cannot be saved, for the
Son of God came not to call the
righteous to repentance. He came to
seek out and save those who are
willing to admit they are hopelessly
lost. Whenever a man or woman,
boy or girl begins to tell me how
good they are, then I simply say:
"I feel sorry for you, for you can-
not be saved. The Lord Jesus did
not go all the way to the cross of
Calvary for good people. He died
for sinners only. He died for those
who are lost." When we confess we
are lost without Christ, then we place
ourselves in a favorable position to
be saved by the One and only per-
son who can save — Jesus Christ.

The earthly life of our Saviour
was characterized by many acts of
kindness which He performed in
order to win the lost. Each and every
child of God can exercise the privi-

lege of winning the lost to Jesus.
In fact, in the Book of Proverbs
it is written: "The fruit of the right-
eous is a tree of life, and he that
winneth souls is wise" (Prov. 1 1 :30).
Every single act of our lives, every
word we speak should be graciously
geared to the sole purpose of win-
ning the lost.

"The Son of man came not to be
ministered unto, but to minister,
and to give his life a ransom for
many" (Mark 10:45). So should it
be with you and me who are His.
We should not be seeking a pat on
the back. Our aim in life should not
be the applause of men. The goal
of our being is not to acquire glory
for ourselves, but instead it is to
minister to the needs of others.
There are times when this might re-
quire us to go the second mile in
the giving of ourselves to win the
other. There might be occasions
when it will cost something to bear
a good testimony for Christ. It
might mean that your pocketbook
will have to experience a bit of de-
pletion in order to succesesfuUy win
a soul for Christ. But whatever
the cost, be willing to pay the price
of ministering instead of being
ministered unto. Blessing will flow
and follow every effort motivated by
a desire to please the Lord Jesus.
Rejoicing will abound in your heart ,
time and time again as the Lord al-
lows you to be used to bring lives
to himself. So, "Let your light so
shine before men, that they may see
your good works, and glorify our
Father which is in heaven" (Matt.
5:16).

This virtuous life is seen in the
friendships gendered in the lives of
Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. It is
seen in the faithfulness of those who
followed the Son of Man along
Galilee's shore. It is seen in the
lives of many missionaries who have '
left families and friends to carry the
good news of redemption afar. May
this virtue grip each trembling and •
faithless heart-believer, until you,
too, are wiUing to give your all to!
the Son of God.

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

DEMONOLOGY

(Continued from page 605)

An interesting comment is found
in the I. S. B. E. page 829: "In
the New Testament, demons belong
to the kingdom of Satan, whose
power it is the mission of Christ to
destroy. It deepens and intensifies
its representation of earnestness of
human hfe and its moral issues by
extending the sphere of moral strug-
gle to the invisible world."

Since we are ambassadors of
Christ, His interests are our in-
terests. He faced the problem of
demon possession honestly and we
ought to face it this way.

Fraud or Genuine

A certain amount of spiritism,
fortune telling, witchcraft, and false
religion is demon in origin. It is not
easy for us to distinguish between
the fraud and the genuine. How-
ever, we must take cognizance of
the part that is not fraud. If we have
not distinguished ourselves in curing
or delivering poor people possessed,
we can start to warn people not to
be influenced by demons. The warn-
ing is not to meddle with them. It is
not smart to play with them. Some
of the remarkable feats of securing
information, impersonation, and
creating or controUing unusual sights
and powers must depend upon this
unseen spirit world of demons.

Physical Disorders

Doctors in mental hospitals un-
derstand that there are two types
of mental disorders. The organic
can be detected, isolated, and
treated. The functional disorder is
the insoluble problem. It may be
going too far to say that all func-
tional cases are demon possessions;
nevertheless, many appear to be just
like those possessed in Jesus' time.
By demon-possession we mean the
habitation of evil spirits in such a
relation as to produce agitation and
jreat subjectivity of personality
;ausing suffering physically and
nentally.

4. Mention the name of the
Lord Jesus Christ freely (Matt. 8:
29; Mark 9:38; Luke 4:41).

5. Seek to determine the witness
of the Holy Spirit in the person
(Rom. 8:16).

These are not all, we expect, but
they appear to be essential as far
as they go. We realize that apostolic
heahng was on a different basis than
healing today. Yet the same Lord
does the healing. If a cure is pos-
sible, we should know it and use it.
Reports have come to the writer of
the success several have had who
were in position to meet demon pos-
session and deal with it in the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ.

What to Do!

1 . Treat the person possessed as
me who is sick (Matt. 12:22).

2. Rebuke the demon (Matt.
7:18).

3. Pray for healing (Mark 9:
-9). (Fasting is omitted in the Greek
ext, as well as out of Matt. 17.21.)

September 21, 1957

ILLUSTRATIVE JOTTINGS

An Englishman in a Portuguese
prison, while serving a life sentence,
was visited by a fellow countryman,
who subsequently sent the criminal
some novels with which to relieve
the monotony of his existence. These
books brought no relief, but between
the leaves of one of them, he found
what had been left there by accident
—a sermon entitled "Salvation to
the Uttermost" preached by Charles
Haddon Spurgeon in Exeter Hall.
This message was blessed to the pris-
oner's soul, and on being visited by
another Englishman, he sent word
to Mr. Spurgeon, telling him how
different things had been since his
perusal of the discourse. "Give at-
tendance to reading" (I Tim. 4:13),
but see that that reading is "riaht''
(Ps. 19:8).— Selected.

CAN WE BELIEVE IN THE
VIRGIN BIRTH?

A Christian Jew and a non-Chris-
tian Jew were conversing about the
virgin birth. "If I should tell you
that a child had been bom in this
city without a father, would you
believe it?" "Yes," replied the Chris-
tian, "if he should live as Jesus
lived." — Sunday School Times.

PRAY WITHOUT CEASING

"Asked as to how much time he
spent in prayer, Mr. George Muller's
reply was: 'Hours, every day. But
I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray
as I walk, when I lie down and
when I rise. And the answers are
always coming.'

"Everything we do needs to be
saturated with the spirit of prayer,
that God may be the real doer." —
Selected.

Board of
Evangelism

The Board of Evangelism in co-
operation with the laymen of the
Indiana Fellowship of Brethren
Churches is sponsoring the Breth-
ren evangelistic crusade at the Com-
munity Grace Brethren Church, of
Warsaw, Ind. Rev. R. Paul Miller,
experienced pastor and evangelist, is
the speaker for the meetings.

The meetings will be held every
night September 15-29. The district
laymen are underwriting the ex-
penses of the meetings and are plan-
ning an all-day picnic for Saturday
September 21, at which time there
will be a house-to-house calling pro-
gram in South Warsaw in the after-
noon. As yet the Community Grace
Brethren Church is the only church
m the community. This means a
golden opportunity to reach this
area with the Gospel.

The church began as a branch
Sunday school of the Winona Lake
Brethren Church, and was organized
as a church last October under the
leadership of Rev. Clyde K. Lan-
drum. The group is now buying the
50 by 120 foot community-type
building in which they have been
meeting. Plans for redecoration are
underway. Robert Cover is now
serving there as pastor.

God has seen fit to bless this
work. Regular attendance averages
well over 60.

A LITTLE CLOCK

A little clock in a jeweler's win-
dow in a certain Western town
stopped one day for half an hour
at twenty minutes after eight.
Schoolchildren noticing the time,
stopped to play; people hurrying to
the train looked at the clock, and
began to walk more slowly; profes-
sional men, after a look at the clock,
stopped to chat longer in the sun-
shine; and all were late because one
small clock stopped. Never had these
people known how much they had
depended upon that clock until it
had led them astray.

Many are thus unconsciously de-
pending upon the influence of Chris-
tians; you may think you have no
influence, but you cannot go wrong
in one little act without leading
others astray. God's Word says:
"None of us liveth to himself." —
The Conqueror.

607

UNSPOTTED FROM THE WORLD

By Paul E. Dick

Pastor, First Brethren Church
Winchester, Va.

"Wherefore, beloved, seeing that
ye look for such things, be dihgent
that ye may be found in him in
peace, without spot, and blameless"
(II Pet. 3:14).

The Apostle Peter, in writing to
these Christian people in whom he
was vitally interested, points out
very clearly the doctrine of the sec-
ond coming of Jesus Christ. He also
warns them of the false teachers who
would deny such a doctrine, some
even going so far as to say: "Where
is the promise of His coming?" Real-
izing the importance of the second
coming, Peter uses it as a means to
induce the people to purity and god-
liness in their whole conversation.

Every truth in the Scriptures
should be used for the Christian's
advancement in practical godliness.
If the knowledge of the second com-
ing of Jesus Christ has not made
an impression on us for more godly
living, then we are none the better
for knowing it. We must keep our-
selves unspotted from the world in
all our converses with it. We must
be perfecting holiness in the fear of
God, and in the love of God as well.
We must exercise ourselves unto
godliness, trusting in God and de-
lighting in God only. We must not
only take heed of all spots which are
not the spots of God's children, but
we must be found of Christ without
spot; we must be pressing toward
spotless purity, absolute perfection.
As Christians we should be perfect-
ing holiness, that we may not only
be blameless before men but before
God also. This deserves and needs
the greatest diligence. Someone has
said: "He who does the work of
the Lord negligently cannot do it
successfully."

Yes; the Apostle Peter here is

teaching separation from the world
with the knowledge that there was
One without spot, One who was and
is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate
from sinners, and made higher than
the heavens, even Jesus Christ him-
self. Modern cults and isms would
teach us that just like all inherently
corrupt mankind, Christ was bom
with a "sinful nature" — in other
words, that His heart too was "de-
ceitful above all things and desper-
ately wicked"! However, the Bible
teaches prophetically that through
the overshadowing power of "the
Highest," Christ was to be born of
the virgin Mary as "that holy thing."
It teaches, historically, that during
His early life. He was acknowledged
to be the "holy child Jesus," "the
holy One of God" — that He "did
no sin." In His being, the Son of
God differs from all others, both
men and angels, not only in degree
but in kind. As for men, all, save
Jesus Christ, have possessed the na-
ture of evil, for all have been the
offspring of their father, Adam. But
Christ possessed the nature of holi-
ness because He was procreated not
of man but of the Spirit of God.
Yes; He was God the Son — "God
with us" — "God manifest in the

AT HOME

Nothing on earth can smile but
man. Gems may flash reflecting
light, but what is a diamond-flash
compared with an eye-flash and a
mind-flash? A smile is a light in the
window of the face by which the
heart signifies it is at home and
waiting. — Henry Ward Beecher.

flesh" (Matt. 1:23; I Tim. 3:16).
Therefore, in His nature, He was
more than human. He was divine;
and, as a result was immune to sin.

Only on this basis could the Lord
Jesus Christ expect His followers
to be separated from the world. Yes;
the Lord would have us separated
and unspotted from this present evil
age. He is calling us to separation
in these days of modernism and
apostasy. If ever the church of
Jesus Christ needed separation
preached, today is the day.

Speaking of the "perilous times"
which have come upon the nations
of the earth in these dark, violence- :
filled "last days," a great statesman
frankly admits: "The present sit- 1
uation is desperate — so desperate
that it is beyond our capacity to
deal with it!" Another clear-think-
ing world figure as candidly and as
apprehensively observes: "The spirit
that is coming upon us is a spirit
of panic mixed with dread!"

In this fearful time, everything in
the political realm seems to be off
balance, seems to be careening and
tottering: and that which we call
civilization appears ready momen-
tarily to collapse in utter ruin. Why
this mad, unprecedented, worldwide
upheaval? Why? This is the eleventh
hour forerunner of the prophesied
"time of the end." This is the stage-
setting prelude to yet more terrible
days — "that great time of trouble"
such as never was! What a day for
Christian ministers to proclaim the
whole Word of truth, and that of
separation and keeping ourselves un-
spotted from the world. The Apostle
Paul preached it, Peter preached it.
James preached it, and most of all
Jesus Christ preached it. We ought
to preach it also.

TKe BRETHREN

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EDUCATIONAL NUMBER

SEPTEMBER 28, 1957

EDITORIALS

By Paul R. Bauman, Vice President in Charge of Public Relations

^i{l£2^

Faculty Retreat

On Tuesday, September 3, the faculty of Grace Theo-
logical Seminary and Grace College gathered for an
entire day of discussion devoted to the theme "Imple-
menting Our Objectives." It was the first occasion of
its kind and proved to be highly profitable. After an
hour's devotional period in the chapel, the group re-
tired to the library where Dr. W. A. Ogden presided
at the introductions of the new staff members. An hour
was spent reviewing carefully the purposes of th?
school, including its statement of faith which was signsd
by each member of the faculty. Then followed a series
of short talks having to do with the varied problems con-
fronting the school this year, after which plans for the
new year were outlined and discussed. All agreed that t
was a day well spent, especially in view of the com-
plex problems which attend a rapidly growing school,
and of the days in which we live.

The Cover Picture

Taken in the library during the faculty retreat, th?
cover picture this week shows the combined faculty of
the seminary and college, with the exception of Presi-
dent McClain. Pictured left to right (clockwise) around
the table and beginning at the front (center) are: W. .A.
Ogden, Paul R. Bauman, Richard DeArmey (pastor
Winona Lake Brethren Church), Rolland Hein, Homer
A. Kent, Sr., Norman Uphouse (mostly hidden behind
Dr. Kent), James L. Boyer, Jesse Humberd, Warren
Driver, Alva Steffler, Jesse Deloe, Jr., Ralph Gilbert,
Donald Ogden, Homer A. Kent, Jr., Wayne Snider, J.
Worl Stuber, S. Herbert Bess, Richard Messner, John
Rea (head barely showing), Nathan Meyer, John C.
Whitcomb, Benjamin A. Hamilton, Mabel C. Hamil-
ton, Ava Schnittjer, Herman A. Hoyt. This picture is m
striking contrast to one taken when the school began
twenty years ago! At that time the faculty of two con-
sisted of Alva J. McClain and Herman A. Hoyt. How
greatly the Lord has blessed us with growth during these
two decades! Let us not fail to thank Him for it.

A Plea for Earnest Prayer

Those of us who have been committed to the re-
sponsibility of training these splendid young people for
life and service realize more than ever before the tre-
mendous importance of our task. At the beginning of
this new school year we are urging our many friends to

share in the daily program of the seminary and college
by upholding us each day before God's throne of grace.

Pray for the faculty. They are keenly conscious of
their need for wisdom as they undertake the work of
another year. They fully realize that it is the task of
each faculty member to have his part in molding lives,
and much that a young man or woman becomes in later
life is determined by the influence of his teachers. They
need wisdom, therefore, for their classroom instruction.
They need wisdom to deal with the personality prob-
lems which are often greater than the problems of in-
struction. They need wisdom to know how to live daily
before the students so that they may be examples in
their manner of life. How great is the need of prayer
in behalf of the faculty!

Pray for the students. Homesickness often overtakes
new students who are away from home for the first time.
Such a tool in the hands of the enemy has been used
more than once to defeat a student to the extent that
he or she has returned home. Prayer is needed for the
health of the young people. As I write, several are con-
fined to their rooms as a result of the "flu." In ihis
year when the "Asiatic flu" is threatening our entire
country, let us pray much for their health. Some of the
students will be having real financial difficulties. These
should also be remembered.

Piay far tha school's financial program. Unquestion-
ably Grac3 Seminary and College is facing what, hu-
manyly speaking, appears to be the most critical period
in its history. Beginning with a sizable deficit in our gen-
eral fund, the school faces a year of increased costs
for operational expense in addition to the heavy load
of the construction program. Neither of these can be
neglected. The construction program alone will call
for an outlay of more than S400,000, about one-fourth
of which is on hand. The board of trustees at their
recent meeting was convinced that the Lord would have
us move in no other direction than forward. They real-
ized that, in addition to the school's acute need for addi-
tional space, the economy in cost of construction made it
advisable to erect both college buildings at once. After
two full days of deliberation and prayer, they made the
decision to go ahead, believing that they were doing
what the Lord and the Brethren people would have them
do. While the task is a great one, we believe also ihat
we have a great God, with whom all things are pos-
sible. We believe He never leads but what He also pro-
vides. Will you join in praying earnestly for the finan-
cial needs of the school? Remember these in your
group prayer meetings. Remember them in your private
devotions.

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Record Registration at Grace

By Dr. Homer A. Kent, Sr., Registrar

Registration is now almost com-
plete for the fall semester at Grace
Seminary and Grace College. The
total enrollment stands at 330. This
compares with a total enrollment of
3 1 5 for the corresponding time a
year ago. This represents close to a
four and one half percent overall
gain and continues the steady
growth which our school has shown
through the years.

Of the above number, 139 are
new students, and 191 are return-
ing students. The number of new
students this fall compares with 124
at the same time a year ago, indi-
cating that our school is making its
appeal to an increasing constituency.
The total enrollment in the semi-
nary is 122 and in the college 208.
Tills represents a slight loss in the
seminary but a substantial gain in
the college.

THE SEMINARY

A partial breakdown of the en-
rollment reveals that there are 119
men in the seminary and 3 women.
It further reveals that there are 17
denominational groups represented
there, and the "Brethren take the
lead by a considerable margin. Th:
Baptists come second with 40. (The
Brethren having 47.) Then follow
the others, which are far outnum-
bered by the two groups just mm-.
tioned. Pennsylvania and Ohio are
tied for first place in the number
of students they have sent to the
seminary; namely, 23 each. Then
comes Indiana with 18, California
with 11, Michigan with 8, and New
York with 7. There are 17 other
states which have one or more rep-
^ ■esentatives in the seminary, and
one representative each from Ger-
many, Canada, Argentina, and New
Zealand. It is apparent that there
will be a cosmopolitan group to dis-
:us5 theological matters this year:
it is of interest to note that this
vear's Junior (first year) seminar)
^lass contains ten members of the
Grace College graduating class of
ast May, which indicates that the
college is becoming a definite source

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of supply for the seminary. The
above statistics on the seminary
include nine men who are taking
postgraduate work and two special
students.

THE COLLEGE

The college breakdown in enroll-
ment shows 1 13 men and 95 women
in the student body. It shows 100
new students and 108 returnees. The
above total of 208 includes 3
auditors. In the college the registra-
tion shows that a vast majority'of the
students come from Brethren
churches, which indicates that the
Brethren constituency is supporting
its college in an increasing measure^
At least 12 other denominational
groups have representatives in the
school.

These opening days of the new
school year have been full of var-
ied activities including social pro-
grams, such as the fre'shmen initia-
tion ceremonies, the talent program,
the college retreat held on Monday,
September 9, at Oakwood Park on
Lak -i Wawasee, and a general orien-
tation program in order to acquaint
the new students with their new as-

sociates and the work that is be-
fore them. Then there were the
two convocation services in which
the faculty members appeared in
their academic regalia. These were
held in the seminary chapel. Dr.
Floyd Taber, Brethren medical mis-
sionary on furlough from French
Equatorial Africa, delivered the
convocation address to the seminary
student body on Tuesday morning,
September 10, while Rev. Richard
P. DeArmey, pastor of the Winona
Lake Brethren Church, preached
the message at the college convoca-
tion service on Wednesday morn-
ing, September 11. On thr; evening
of the same day the annual faculty
reception was given for all the new
students of both the college and the
seminary. This occasion' was ob-
served in the lounge at the school,
and concluded with refreshments
served by upper-class girls from the
college student body.

The school looks forward now to
a year bright with prospect. It will
minister to a student body of God's
own choosing, and seeks the prayers
and support of all our churches in
this important work.

_ students and faculty joined ... „ „„j „» ,„,.
Wawasee. one of the one hundred lakes located

day of fun and fellowship on a retreat held
Kosciusko County. Indiana.

611

Did Abraham and Isaac Deal With
Philistines?

By John Rea
Associate Professor of Bible and Archaeology

Is the Bible wrong in the men-
tion of Philistine kings in south-
western Palestine so early as the
time of Abraham and Isaac? In
Genesis 21:22-34 we read about the
covenant which Abraham made at
Beersheba with Abimelech of the
Philistines and Phicol the captain
of his host. Genesis 26 tells how
Isaac dwelt in Gerar, near Gaza on
the way to Egypt, with Abime-
lich, king of the Philistines.

Liberal scholars have long held
that the mention of the Philistines
in the Patriarchal period is an
anachronism, a chronological error.
The new Interpreter's Bible in its
comments on Genesis 26; 1 continues
this attack: "The mention of [the
Philistines] here indicates that the
present story is not an ancient legend
current at Beersheba . . .in pre-
Israelite times, i.e., before the ad-
vent of the Philistines [about 1200-
1175 B. C], but is Israelite in its
origin" (I, 670). In other words,
the claim is that the Israelites fab-
ricated the story after the time of
the great Philistine invasion. Such
an explanation fits in perfectly with
the documentary hypothesis of the
composition of the Pentateuch.

The reason why men have criti-
cized the appearance of Philistines at
such an early period in the Biblical
narrative is that the Egyptian
pharaoh Rameses III recorded two
attempts of the Sea Peoples to in-
vade the Nile Delta about 1190
B. C. Among the five Mediterranean
peoples listed are the Pelashata, the
earliest extra-Biblical reference to
the Philistines yet known. The con-
clusion drawn by many is that the
Philistines settled along the Pales-
tinian coast for the first time after
Rameses III had repulsed them from
landing in Egypt.

Their Origin

Where was the homeland of the
Philistines? God claims in Amos
9:7 to have brought the Philistines

from Caphtor. They were also
known as "the nation of the Chere-
thites" (Zeph. 2:4; Ezek. 25:16).
A number of ancient economic texts
on cuneiform tablets found in Syria
and Iraq mention a place called
Kaptaru, the Caphtor of the Bible.
It was undoubtedly somewhere in
the Aegean area, and may well have
been the island of Crete. Also the
term Cherethite is connected by
many scholars with Crete. Thus the
Bible, as well as the inscription of
Rameses III, indicates that the Phil-
istines came from southwestern Asia
Minor or Crete.

Evidence of Early Trading

Egyptian tomb painting from
1500 B. C. portray processions of
European-looking persons wearing
Minoan (the term for the early civil-
ization of Crete) kilts and bearing
to the pharaoh gifts which were
vases of typical Minoan style. In the
accompanying inscription the land
of these tribute-bearers is called
Keftiu. A passage in Egyptian liter-
ature which dates back before 2000
B. C. mentions trade with Keftiu,
which may be identified as Crete or
the nearby Aegean area.

Pottery exported from Crete be-
tween 2100 and 1600 B. C. has been
found in a number of archeological
excavations in Cyprus, Egypt, and
Syria. One of the most illuminating
discoveries showing the spread of
Cretan culture came in 1936 when
the Twelfth Dynasty Temple of
Montu was uncovered in Egypt.
Under the foundations were found
four bronze chests deposited by
Pharaoh Amenemhet II about 1900
B. C. These coffers contained gifts
received from a Syrian prince, per-
haps one living in the port of Byblos.
Among the objects were some pieces
of a goldsmith's work of Aegean
style, of great beauty in their form
and showing infinite delicacy of exe-
cution. These vases were created
after Minoan models in a Syrian

workshop, or else they had been
made by Cretan artists who came to
Syria to open shops in the bazaars.
Also in the collection there was a sil-
ver cup with sides incurving at the
top and with a handle of a peculiarly
Aegean type. Similarly shaped
handles from broken pottery jars
imitating a metal prototype and be-
longing to a slightly later period
were found at Knossos, the ancient
capital of Crete. The presence of
the silver cup in far-off Egypt sug-
gests that the Minoans may have ex-
ported valuable objects of this type.

The trade between Crete and
Egypt suggests that the Minoans
may have exported valuable ob-
jects of this type.

The trade between Crete and
Egypt before 1500 B. C. was not in
one direction only. Twelfth and
Thirteenth Dynasty scarab seals
have been found in Crete. The
statue of an Egyptian official and
an inscribed jar lid of the Hyksos
ruler Khian were also discovered on
that island.

The Minoan-Aegean area had
great cultural influence upon other
lands. For example, the spiral motif
in art so widely used in the ancient
Near East by the early part of the
second millennium B. C. is acknowl-
edged to have spread from Crete.
Such ornamentation is noted in
Egypt by 1950 B. C. and at Mari on
the Euphrates River by the 18th
century B. C.

Linguistic Evidence

Much progress is being made in
the deciphering of the Minoan writ-
ten language found on clay tablets in
Crete and southern Greece. The Mi-
noan Linear A script, as it is desig-
nated, seems to have strong Semitic
resemblances. In fact, just within |
the past month Cyrus Gordon, pro-j
fessor of Near Eastern languages ati
Brandeis University, has announced

(Continued on page 615) i

612

The Brethren Missionary Herald

and Israel's Twelve Tribes

By Ben Hamilton
Research Librarian

SIMEON

Tn"'

Today's Israeli government is
putting a twentieth century interpre-
tation on tile Deuteronomy 6:9 in-
junction to write God's Word on
house posts and gates. Going way
beyond that point, Israel is printing
portions of the Old Testament in
Hebrew in the margins of sheets of
certain recent postage stamps. This
fascinates large numbers of stamp
collectors who are finding in the de-
signs and sheet margins of Israeli
stamps a rich storehouse of Bible
history.

Badges of the twelve tribes

One of the most unusual of the
newer issues of Israeli stamps is a
series of twelve different stamps
each depicting a modern concep-
tion of the tribal insignia allegedly
displayed originally on the banners
of the tribes as they marched through
the wilderness. Of course there is
no way to prove that the ancient
banners used the designs that are
shown on the modern Israeli postage
stamps. Quite hkely the stamp pic-
tures are based on the portions of
Old Testament verses that are in
the sheet margins of the individual
stamps.

Badges and Scripture verses

The twelve stamps can be identi-
fied as follows:

10-pruta value: Badge is a freshly
budding flower. The Scripture is a
part of Deuteronomy 33:6 reading:
■'Let Reuben live."

20-pruta value: Badge shows a
:astle. Last part of Deuteronomy 33:
>, reading: "And the tribes of Is-
rael were gathered together."

30-pruta value: Badge is com-
posed of precious stones worn on
mestly garments of Old Testament
imes. The marginal Hebrew in-
cription is the first part of Deut-

ASHER

ISSACHAR

lEBhWN JOSEPH

BEI^'JAMffy

ppan

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'eptember 28, 1957

eronomy 33:10: "They shall teach
Jacob thy judgments and Israel thy
law."

40-priiita value: Badge features
a young lion, suggested by the por-
tion of Genesis 49:9 in the sheet
margin stating that "Judah is a
lion's whelp."

50-prufa value: Badge displays
balance of justice, in harmony with
Genesis 49: 1 6a which is the He-
brew inscription beneath the stamp.
This says: "Dan shall judge his peo-
ple."
60-pruta value: A hind is shown

in the badge, illustrating a part of
Genesis 49:21: "Naphtali is a hind
let loose," quoted in the sheet mar-
gin.

80-prufa value: The modernistic
military design of the badge is a
symbol of Genesis 49:19a, which,
as printed beneath the stamp de-
sign, says: "Gad, a troop shall over-
come him."

100-prufa value: The tree of the
badge indicates prosperity and
fruitfulness. The quoted portion of

(Continued on page 615)

613

FRESHMAN WEEK

By Alva Steffler, Instructor in Grace College

College freshmen were properly introduced to Lhe
lighter side of college life during the opening week of
school by the traditional "judgment night" at Grace.
This night was the climax of initiation for the first year
students.

After being led blindfolded from the lounge to the
dark auditorium, they were taken in groups of threes
and fours to the platform for a variety of fun-filled
stunts. Egg shampoos are usually expensive, but not
for several of the girls that night. Some blindfolded
girls clapped their hands together on what proved to b;
live crickets. Others, instead of being tarred and
feathered, were "invited" to put their hands into paste
and then into feathers.

Freshman week activities weren't all as grueling as
"judgment night" for the new students. All new stu-
dents were met upon arrival either at the bus station,
train depot, or hotel by members of the faculty or
student body, who endeavored to make them feel wel-
come from the very first. A mixer party started the
week's activities where all became acquainted. A treas-
ure hunt and prayer meeting were the activities for iihe
second day. Saturday evening all of the college stu-
dents were invited to a roller skating party at the Wi-
nona Skateteria. Before classes started and things got
down to normal, all spent a day of retreat at a park at
beautiful Lake Wawasee.

With classes well underway, there are no distin-
guishing marks between the freshmen and upperclass-
men except green "beanies" on the heads of the class
of '61. The hats will remain in place until October
when the football game between the sophomores and
the freshmen takes place. If the freshmen win, off come
the hats. If they lose, they will humbly continue to
wear their caps until Halloween.

Top Picture: Warren Brown (Huntington Park, Calif.)
supervises freshmen as they feed each other soft ice
cream with their spoons tied together.

Middle Picture: June Findly (Long Beach, Calif.) does
the blindfolding but Bill Cole (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio)
does the kissing of Roger Shaull (Mansfield, Ohio).
The Dirienzo twins, Caroline and Adehne (Meyers-
dale, Pa.), look on.

Bottom Picture: Sophomores Joan Simon (Mansfield,
Ohio), Marvin Fuller (Argos, Ind.), Don Bonebrake
(Long Beach, Calif.), Karen Calkins (Long Beach,
Calif.), Warren Brown (Huntington Park, Calif.), and
Mary Elsa Bowser (Clayton, Ohio) administer the egg
shampoo (a real fresh egg) to freshmen Ruth Clingen-
peel (Roanoke, Va.), Elizabeth Mollenkott (New Troy,
Mich.), Marilyn Grubb (Winona Lake, Ind.), and
Kitty Trumble (Los Angeles, Calif.).

DID ABRAHAM AND ISAAC

POSTAGE STAMPS

(Continued from page 613)

that he has found the key to Linear
A. It appears to be a Minoan script
version of Akkadian cuneiform, the
written language of Assyria and
Babylonia. Gordon believes that it
was brought to Crete by Mesopo-
tamian merchants who had already
made Akkadian the commercial
language of the Near East. Linear
A came into use at least as early as
1650 B. C. This is the best proof
of all of the close cultural and econ-
nomic relationship between the
Aegean and Western Asia early in
the second millennium B. C. It
would explain how Abraham and
Abimelech could understand each
other's speech.

Conclusion

It is becoming apparent that the
Aegean peoples, like the Assyrians
who had a town in Asia Minor by
1900 B. C, established trading col-
onies wherever their business took
them. By 2000 B. C. the Cretans
had developed a fleet so powerful
that they could chase away the pirate
ships. Thereafter Minoan ships
sailed in great numbers to ports all
around the Mediterranean Sea. The
Minoan merchants exported from
Crete not only exotic pottery and
metal work and beautifully pattern-
ed cloths, but also timber. In turn
they imported to Crete artistic ob-
jects of the Orient, as well as grain,
metal ores, and other necessary sup-
pUes.

The many Minoan objects found
in Egypt dating to the period 2000-
1750 B. C. presuppose Cretan trad-
ing posts in Egypt. Thus on the basis
of the Genesis accounts it is not
illogical to believe that an Aegean
people called Phihstines had come
to open a trading colony in the Wadi
Ghazzeh area of southwestern
Palestine in the Patriarchal Age.
The recent explorations of Nelson
Glueck in the nearby northern Negeb
region show that that whole area
was intensively settled in the period
from 2100 to 1900 B. C. Gerar may
have been the trading center for the
export of any products those peo-
ple may have had to trade. The
Philistines themselves had herds-
men and flocks and a military de-
tachment to defend their colony,
and perhaps they tilled the soil for
their own needs or to export grain
to their homeland.

(Continued from page 613)

Genesis 49:20, reproduced in the
sheet margin, carries out the theme
with the words: "Out of Asher his
bread shall be fat."

120-pruta value: Badge represents
telling time by stars. Part of I Chron-
icles 12:32, in the sheet margin, says:
"And of the children of Issachar,
... that had understanding of the
times." This verse is I Chronicles
12:33 in the Hebrew Bible.

180-pruta value: The maritime
badge is a pictorial interpretation
of "and he [Zebulun] shall be for an
haven of ships," the part of Genesis
49:13 beneath the stamp design.

200-pruta value: The wheat
bundle motif of this badge recalls
that Joseph would bear precious
fruit as Deuteronomy 33:14 suggests
in saying, in the stamp sheet margin:
"And for the precious fruits by the
sun."

250-pruta value: The badge rep-
resents a devouring wolf. The
Scripture verse cited in Hebrews is
part of Genesis 49:27 which states:
"In the morning he [Benjamin]
shall devour the prey." Each tribe
name is in large capital letters be-
tween the stamp design and the
Scripture verse quoted. Each verse
selected represents some Bible bless-
ing for each tribe.

The foregoing stamps, issued in
1955, are not the only Israeli stamps
featuring Bible topics and extracts
from Old Testament verses. Also
Israel is not the only Middle Eastern
country that has issued stamps de-
picting Bible scenes and subjects.
For the Christian stamp collector
interested in an unusually interesting
philatelic field of study, a host of
stamps from Cyprus, Egypt, Iran,
Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria,
to name but a few countries, makes a
fascinating pictoral pageant of Bible
history, personages, and scenes that
should arouse a keen interest in
God's Word.

There is no longer any reason to
doubt that the Philistines in the
time of Abraham and Isaac were
among the first of several waves of
Aegean immigrations into Palestine,
spanning most of the second mil-
lenium B. C.

A STATEMENT

At the close of the school term
last spring, our announcements of
program and personnel for the fall
term included the statement that
Miss Zella Keller, of Accident, Md.,
had been engaged to become "house-
mother" to our students in the dorm-
itory. Because of financial condi-
tions, it became necessary to
change these plans, and Miss Keller
was so notified about the 15th day
of July. We want the friends of Miss
Keller to know that this action is
in no sense a reflection against her,
and that we are sorry that'it was not
possible to carry through with our
original plans.

September 28, 1957

MARRED FOR A PURPOSE

High on a scaffold. Sir Joshua
Reynolds, the famous English por-
trait painter, had finished the pic-
ture on which he was working in
St. Paul's Cathedral in London. As
he made his last brush stroke his
arms relaxed, and an expression of
satisfaction which only a true ar-
tist can feel when he knows he has
done a good work which will hft
men's souls to God.

Some friends had come to
watch him finish this painting. As
Reynolds stood admiring his work,
he started stepping backward on
the scaffold. With his eyes and mind
fixed on the painting, he gradually
approached the edge. One more
step and he would plunge to his
death. His friends became excited,
but feared that if they would call
to him it would be disastrous. One
of them suddenly picked up a brush,
dipped it in paint, and threw it past
Reynold's head, hitting the painting
in the middle, thereby marring what
was to be an art treasure.

Sir Joshua Reynolds did what
his friends expected he would do,
step forward to his painting, and
in that act his life was saved. When
the deed was explained to him, he
cleansed and refinished his paint-
ing with a prayer of thankfulness for
his bodily salvation.

Sometimes God calls us to at-
tention like that. Overcome by our
own desires, or admiring the work
of our hands or some other achieve-
ment, God may- mar our work for
our own good. — The Expositor and
The Gospel Herald

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GRACE FACES THE CHALLENGE

• Enrollment in Grace Seminary remains high — although not a new record.

• Enrollment in Grace College has increased for the tenth consecutive year.

• The total enrollment for both schools now stands at 330 — a new record.

• We have crowded the entire number of students into our original seminary build-

ing— "crowded" is the correct word.

• And the end is not yet! In keeping with the general trend across the entire nation,

we must expect a sharp increase in the number of registrations during the next
ten or more years.

• To meet this program of expansion, the two new buildings pictured on these

pages are under construction. Both will be completed in time for use at the
beginning of the 1958 fall term of school.

YOUR GIFTS TO THE BUILDING FUND
JUST NOW WILL-

• Aid the building committee to plan the financial program wisely and meet con-

struction costs promptly.

• Help to save many hundreds of dollars of the Lord's money that would otherwise

have to be spent on interest.

• Delay the hour when we will have to begin using borrowed money in the con-

struction program.

The Physical Education Building

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Many of our readers will 'jdt
building 32,000 square feet of I'O:
foot for actual construction coi 1
architect fees, and furnishings, j

How many square feet wilil'Oi
Watch for further and fuller anran

The

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Nehemiah 4:21

THE PRESENT FINANCIAL SITUATION

• Because of the pressure of work in the opening of the fall semester, we are not pub-

lishing a full financial report this month.

• However, the totals received during August are: for building fund, $3 144 73-

for general fund, $5,957.73; for designated funds, S104; or a grand'total of
$9,206.46.

► The building fund has now reached a total of
friends for these gifts.

^,558. Thanks to all our many

YOUR GIFTS TO THE GENERAL FUND-

• Continue to be the lifeblood of the school. Please use your monthly envelope

regularly and make your most generous gift through your own church.

• Help to pick up the load in operational expenses, over and above what we are

able to receive from our students in tuitions and fees.

• Assure us of being able to pay our bills, including faculty and staff salaries. If

our staff-members should miss a payday, or any substantial part of their
regular check, it would cause them embarrassment and hardship.

• Are an essential part of the total missionary program of The Brethren Church,

and to the cause of true-to-the-Bible Christian testimony throughout the world.
They are deductible on your Federal Income Tax report.

FOOT

em when we say that we are
:imately ten dollars per square
lude grading the land, sewers,

y underwrite at this lost cost?
Ian. It can work. It must work!

lerald

The Classroom Building

617

Neto^jjage

CHAMBERSBURG, PA. Dedi-
cation services of the Pond Bank
Brethren Church were held Sept.
8. The Rev. Wilham Gray, of
Waynesboro First Brethren Ciiurch,
was one of the speakers. John W.
Ritchey is pastor.

CLAY CITY, IND. The pastors
and elders of the Indiana Fellowship
of Brethren Churches held a re-
treat here Sept. 16-17. Edward
Bowman was host pastor.

INDIO, CALIF. Mr. Walter S.
Link and his wife have been visiting
in Johnstown, Pa. While there Bro.
Link underwent major surgery at
Memorial Hospital. Last reports say
that he is improving. Brother Link
was a member of the board of
trustees of the Brethren Missionary
Herald Company for many years
until he resigned this past August.

KITTANNING, PA. Following
the recommendation of the East Fel-
lowship of Brethren Churches, the
First Brethren Church has licensed
Leonard Bennett as a minister of the
Gospel. The church which Brother
Bennett is pastoring is known as
the First Brethren Church of Hick-
ory, north of DuBois, Pa.

SHARPSVILLE, IND. Glenn
Byers, Junior student in Grace
Seminary, assumed the pastorate
of the Grace Brethren Church Sep-
tember 15.

CHANGE. The new addresses of
Rev. Clarence Lackey is Oakland
Rd., R. R. 1, Limestone, Tenn.;
Rev. Victor H. Meyers, Box 1531,
Taos, N. Mex. Please change An-
nual.

COVINGTON, VA. After the
termination of his ministry on Oct.
1 at the First Brethren Church, the
Rev. Paul Mohler will conduct a
two-week series of evangelistic
meetings at the Nettleton Union
Church, Clifton Forge, Va.

318

WATERLOO, IOWA. Mr. and
Mrs. Noah Fike, members of the
Grace Brethren Church, celebrated
their sixtieth wedding anniversary
with open house on Sept. 16.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Dr. and
Mrs. Herbert G. Tovey, formerly
of BIOLA, have been appointed to
the ministry of music in the First
Brethren Church, Charles W. Mayes,
pastor.

WHITTIER, CALIF. School be-
gan in the elementary school of the
Community Brethren Church Sept.
10. Since the auditorium could not
hold all the parents and children,
the opening chapel service had to
be held in the church patio. Ward
Miller is pastor.

SPECIAL. The Allegheny Fel-
lowship of Brethren Churches held
an overnight youth rally Sept. 13-
14 at Pleasant Valley, near Bit-
tinger, Md. On that same date the
Michigan District held a youth rally
at New Troy, Michigan. The Na-
tional Youth director, Ernest Bear-
inger, was the speaker at the ban-
quet on Saturday.

FREMONT, OHIO. The minis-
ters of the Northern Ohio District
Fellowship assembled Sept. 10 at
the parsonage of the Grace Brethren
Church of Fremont for a time of
spiritual fellowship, prayer, and in-
spiration. Pastor Gordon Bracker
was host.

FINDLAY, OHIO. Editor
Arnold R. Kriegbaum was guest
speaker Sept. 1 2 at the Findlay chap-
ter of the Christian Business Men's
Committee.

HOLLINS, VA. The Southeast
Fellowship of Brethren Churches
will convene at the Patterson Memo-
rial Brethren Church June 23-25,
1958, for their annual conference.

SUNNYSIDE, WASH. Rev. Les-
lie Moore has accepted the call of
the First Brethren Church of this
city, and will assume the pastorate
in about 60 days.

NOTICE. Brethren are urged to
use the new Missionary Herald Cata-
logue and shop by mail. Postage is
paid on all books.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Mr.
Rollin Sandy, student in Grace Col-
lege and president of the National
Fellowship of Brethren Laymen,
conducted services at the Spencer
Mills Community Church, Pearson,

Tfc« BRFTHRCN

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

Mich., in the absence of the pastor,
Frank Brill, Sept. 15.

HATBORO, PA. The building
committee of the Suburban Breth-
ren Church, Lester Smitley, pastor,
held meetings with Mr. Robert
Foltz, architect for the Brethren
Home Missions Council, Sept. 16-
18, regarding plans for the erecting
of their new edifice.

AKRON, OHIO. Dr. Paul R.
Bauman was guest speaker at the
Bible conference held at the Goss
Memorial Reformed Church, Sept.
25-27. This church cooperated with
Grace Theological Seminary when it
first began its ministry, and the sec-
ond graduation exercises were held
in this church.

in Mtttxarmm

Mrs. Blanch M. Barr, born Oct.
7, 1900, departed to be with her
Lord on Sept. 7 at Norwood, Pa.
Mrs. Barr, a partial invalid and al-
most sightless, died as a result of a
blaze on Sept. 6 set by an 1 1 -year-
old arsonist. Firemen found Mrs.
Barr in a chair in her second-floor
apartment "praying that someone
would come." When firemen arrived
flames were burning wall paper off
the walls. She was a member of the
Grace Brethren Church of Yellow
Creek, Pa., having formerly been a
member of the First Brethren
Church of Martinsburg, Pa. — Shel-
don W. Snyder, pastor.

Our hearts were saddened by the
passing of Mrs. Anna Belle Rowe

on Aug. 24. She was ninety years
old and had been a member of the
First Brethren Church since 1898
when she became the tenth mem-
ber of the Dallas Center (Iowa)
church. She was active until after a
fall in her home when she went to
be with the Lord. Her love for the i
Lord, as well as her faithfulness to
the Lord, will always linger in the
hearts of her many friends in Dal-
las Center. — Forrest Jackson, pas-
tor.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

ANY

MAN

SIN

By Dr. Homer A. Kent, Sr.

Professor, Grace Theological
Seminary

Fellowship is one of the great
words of the First Epistle of John.
Fellowship with God is possible for
men through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The only thing that can break this
fellowship, when once it has been
established, is sin. No wonder,
therefore, that the inspired apostle,
in his writing on the subject of Chris-
tian fellowship, has much to say
about sin. In the passage before us
we have presented the subject of
sin in its relation to the child of
God. "My little children, these things
write I unto you, that ye sin not.
And if any man sin, we have an
advocate with the Father, Jesus
Christ the righteous."

The Persons Concerned

Tlie words translated "little chil-
dren" are one word in the Greek,
and might better be translated
"children" without reference to age
or size, although it is certainly
true that in the sight of God every
Christian is as a little child. This
address here then is to all the bom-
again believers in Christ. The mes-
sage of the text concerning sin is
for them. John is not now concerned
with the world of unbelievers. He
has a message for the household of
faith in the matter of their relation-
ship to sin. In other places it is made
clear what the man outside of Christ
should do in view of his transgres-
sion. He must accept the Saviour in
I order that His own blood may take
away its guilt and pollution. But
what about the believer when he
sins? That is the concern of the pas-
sage before us. "My little children"
— that includes you and me as those
jWho belong to the Lord.

The Purpose Revealed

It is "that ye sin not." The things
of this epistle were written in order
to keep the children of God from
sinning. God expects those who have

been saved by His grace to live in
separation from sin. They are bom
"from above," partakers of a new
nature, and therefore ought to live
a heavenly life. In 3:9 we read:
"Whosoever is born of God doth not
commit sin." That is, the true child
of God does not continue to live in
the practice of unrighteousness. Sin-
ning is not the habit of his life. Sin-
less perfection is not taught in this
passage, else it would contradict
other passages in this same epistle
which make provision for the sins of
the saints. Neither is the doctrine of
perfectionism taught anywhere in the
Word. While in this life, the chil-
dren of God still have the old nature.
It is not eradicated from their being.
However, the new nature is able to
obtain the victory over sin if it is
properly fed by prayer, the Word,
and a careful walk with God.

Sin in the believer's life breaks his
fellowship with God. It saps his
spiritual power and makes his wit-
ness ineffective. "If we say that we
have fellowship with him, and walk
in darkness, we lie and do not the
truth" (I John 1:6). This is the
tragedy in the lives of so many Chris-
tians today. They are saved. They
belong to Christ through faith in His
blood. But their fellowship is
broken because of some permitted
sin, some unholy alliance, some
selfish rebellion. This link of fel-
lowship with God is very delicate
and may be easily snapped. One
unholy action may break it, one
hour given over to fooUshness or
levity may sever it. But thank God,
broken fellowship can be restored.

The Provision Made

This provision may be sum-
marized in these words of our text:
"And if any man sin, we have an
Advocate with the Father."

What happens if the child of God
sins? Some folks think that when the

believer sins he loses his salvation,
and that it is not restored until he
has repented and confessed his fail-
ures to the Lord. If this were the
truth, it would rob the soul of all
possibility of assurance of salva-
tion, because in thought, word and
deed even believers are so prone to
falter and fail. This passage teaches
no such thing. It does teach, how-
ever, that when the child of God
sins, his Advocate, his Attorney,
his Lawyer undertakes for him.

Very likely as soon as the believer
sins, the great adversary of the souls
of men, which is the Devil, ap-
pears before God the Father and
seeks to prosecute the sinner. He
says: "There is one of your Chris-
tians. See how he has brought shame
upon Thy name. What a miserable
representative of Thyself he is!"
Then it is that our Advocate, the
Lord Jesus Christ, our Defending
Attorney, steps forward and shows
to the Father the —

"Five bleeding wounds he bears,

Received on Calvary;
They pour effectual prayers.

They strongly plead for me.
Forgive, forgive, they ever cry,

Nor let that ransomed sinner die."

And thus the atonement of Christ
avails to repel every accusation of
the evil one. He is the propitiation
for our sins.

Do you remember the time when
you miserably failed your Lord —
that time when you shamefully mis-
represented the One whom you pro-
fess to serve? What happened then?
Did the Lord immediately cast you
off? Did He take away your sal-
vation? Did He respond to the ac-
cusations of the adversary by sever-
ing you from His body? No. This
is not the manner of His grace. Your
Advocate "ever liveth to make inter-
cession" for you (Heb. 7:25).

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The Walk of a Believer

By Dr. Bernard Schneider

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
Mansfield, Ohio

The Holy Spirit has hterally ran-
sacked all nature and all of human
experience to find suitable illustra-
tions which make plain to us the
spiritual things of God. Especially is
this true in regard to the believer's
life for the Lord after he is saved.
One of the illustrations used by the
Holy Spirit concerning the be-
liever's life is that of a walk. In the
Epistle to the Ephesians we find this
word repeatedly used to tell us how
to live. This illustration is certainly
well taken. A walk suggests a pur-
pose and a destination. So does the
Christian life have a purpose and a
destination. The walk suggests prog-
ress, and so should the Christian life
show progress. A walk is made up
of little steps, made one at a time.
And so is the Christian life made up
of little things, one at a time — little
opportunities, little trials, little ap-
pointments, little associations, little
changes, little joys, little sorrows,
little successes, little disappoint-
ments. One at a time they come and
have to be faced in an ever-changing
scene of circumstances. These little
things make up life as little steps
make up a walk. It is in them that we
are to be faithful, and in them we
are to serve the Lord, and in them
we are being watched by the world.
How then are we to walk?

WALK WORTHY

We are to walk worthy of the
vocation wherewith we are called.
"I therefore, the prisoner of the
Lord, beseech you that ye walk
worthy of the vocation wherewith ye
are called" (Eph. 4:1).

The Holy Spirit is speaking here
of our position in Christ when He
mentions our vocation. Notice the
word "therefore." That "therefore"
is the basis of this plea. It points
back to the great facts of the first
three chapters. There we have been
told what God has done for us — •
how we are chosen in Christ, re-
deemed by His blood, forgiven of

all our sins, headed for eternal
glory as the children of God. All
this has been given to us as a free
gift, and at a terrible price to God.
Now then, since in Christ we are
children of God with the rank of
ambassadors, we therefore are to
walk worthy of the vocation where-
with we have been called. Christian,
you are a child of the King; walk
like one.

Yes; in Christ Jesus we are chil-
dren of God. We are to walk like
it. We are to act like it. Are we
then living worthy of that vocation?
Are our manners worthy of such
a high calling? Is our speech worthy
of it? Is our work and service worthy
of such a position? It is a sad fact
that many of us have changed the
word "vocation" to spell "vacation."
The way we saunter toward the goal,
the way we squander and take lightly
our opportunities for God would in-
dicate that we are Christians on va-
cation from our heavenly calling.
Too many churches are on vacation.
Yet the eyes of heaven, of earth, and
of the underworld are upon us,
watching our walk. Let us therefore
walk worthy of our vocation.

THE NEGATIVE ASPECT

We are not to walk as the world
walks. "This I say therefore, and
testify in the Lord, that ye hence-
forth walk not as other Gentiles
walk, in the vanity of their mind"
(Eph. 4:17).

Here we have the negative side,
"walk not." Notice again the "there-
fore." We are the redeemed, bought
with the blood of Christ. We belong
to Him, and He has placed the des-
tiny of souls into our hands. We
have been saved out of this world
at an unspeakable price. Therefore,
let us not walk like the rest of the
world. We are not of the world any
longer, but are pilgrims and strang-
ers in it, no matter where we may
hang our hats for the present.

How then does the world walk?

The Holy Spirit says that the un-
saved walk in the vanity of their
minds. The correct meaning of this
word translated "vanity" here is
that of an illusion, or a mirage. You
have heard of people lost in the
desert, and while raging with thirst,
they suddenly would see a lovely
river in the distance with shady trees
and green grass by its banks. Some
have tried to run toward it, but soon
found it to be an illusion, a mirage,
which disappeared or moved away
as they approached the spot. So the
Holy Spirit speaks of the unsaved
world. It is chasing a mirage, an il-
lusion. How true! The world is
surely chasing something. People
are after something and wear them-
selves out chasing it. With one per-
son it is this, with another it is
something else. But the things for
which the world longs and over
which people lose their souls are but i
vanities, illusions, mirages.

That is all the world has to offer.
They never, never satisfy the soul.
People think them to be real enough.
They chase after them anticipating
first a life of thrills, a bunch of
happiness which never comes. Like
the mirage in the desert, the beckon-
ing happiness always disappears,
leaving the soul thirstier than be-
fore. This has been going on over
the ages past. Over the pit of de-
struction play the same lures which
have attracted countless generations.
The glitter of gold, the sparkle of
jewels, the wine moving in the cup,
the promise of power which stirs the
ego; fair, soft faces, lit with laugh- 1
ter; the promise of exciting pleasure
— aU these, and many more have
been the mirages after which men
have been chasing from the begin- 1
ning of history.

It was so when Eve looked at the
forbidden fruit, when Nimrod built
the first city, when Lot pitched his
tent toward Sodom, when Nebu-
chadnezzar strutted in his palace,
when Alexander conquered the

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world, when Judas sold his Lord,
when Ponce de Leon searched for
the Fountain of Youth, when Musso-
lini shook hands with Hitler for his
half of the world. The promising
mirage appears, looks so real. Hot
desire gives chase, until that inevit-
able moment when the spot
is reached, when lust, having con-
ceived bringeth forth sin. Then
the illusion is gone, the mirage has
vanished. The soft faces turn hard.
The gay faces turn gray. The glitter-
ing prize turns to dust. The sweet
fruit turns to bitter gall and gray
ashes. The promised happiness turns
to despair, and the cup of pleasure
bums with the fire of hell. Then man
finds out that the Devil has cheated
him.

But, to return to the Scripture.
The Holy Spirit warns us. Oh, Chris-
tian, don't walk like that. Don't run
with the world after these things.
You are a child of God bound for
heaven. Don't forsake the real prom-
ises of God for the mirages of the
world. Don't live for the things that
vanish, but live for God and His
eternal values. How sad, when the
child of God, bought with the blood
of Christ, headed for God's eternal
home, goes chasing mirages with the
rest of the world. Walk not as other
gentiles do.

WALK IN LOVE

We are to walk in love. "Be ye
therefore followers of God, as dear
children; and walk in love, as Christ
also hath loved us, and hath given
himself for us an offering and a sac-
rifice to God for a sweetsmelling
savour" (Eph. 5:1-2).

I believe that the primary mean-
ing of this passage is that we are to
walk in the love of God, that we are
to be motivated in our daily walk by
our love for Him. We are to love
God, as His dear children, and then
love toward others will surely fol-
low.

There are three possible motives
of service. One is the motive of fear,
serving because we are afraid to do
otherwise. The second is the motive
of duty, serving because it is our
honest duty and conscience compels
us. The third, and highest, is the
motive of love, serving God because
we love Him, as dear children. This
is the attitude God desires most in
us. This is the attitude which God
deserves from us. That is the atti-
tude which overcomes all obstacles,
makes great sacrifices, accomplishes
the impossible, cleanses the life, and

'September 28, 1957

glorifies God. As dear children,
walk in love.

And why shouldn't we walk in
love? Has not He first loved us? Has
not Christ given himself for us in
love when we were as yet ungodly?
when we were yet His enemies? Has
He not done more for us than any-
one else in the universe? Didn't He
rescue us from hell? Didn't He save
us for heaven? Didn't He come and
share our lot that we might become
children of God and joint heirs with
Him? Didn't He become poor that
we might be rich? Isn't He right now
preparing a place for us in heaven?
Isn't He the most lovable person
all around? Look at Him! Think of
Him! How can we help but love
Him? Let us then walk in love. Let
our actions be those which are
motivated, controlled, purified, in-
spired by our love toward Him, and
the world will yet sit up and take
notice that we have been with Jesus.

Notice further that this verse
speaks of sacrificial love — love that
is willing to give its own life if
necessary. "Walk in love, as Christ
hath also loved us, and hath given
himself for us." Real love never
counts the cost too high. Look at
Jesus and His love for us! He gave
himself — not His hands only, not
His money, not a day now and then,
not that which He could well afford
to spare, not the left-overs, not an
occasional visit in fair weather — He
gave himself, all that He was and
all that He had without stint or re-
serve or regret. He gave His last
ounce of strength and His last drop
of blood until it was finished.

Dear readers, this is the kind of
love God would see in us. That is
the kind of walk that will win souls,
now as always. That is what is too
often lacking in our lives and in
our churches. We would like to buy
success and souls with money and
with programs. But you cannot win
souls that way, any more than Christ
could save us with money and pro-
grams. It takes the giving of self in
love. Have we left our first love? Is
that why so few souls are won to
Christ? As His dear children, let us
walk in love.

WALK AS CHILDREN

We are to walk as children of
light. "For ye were sometimes
darkness, but now are ye light in
the Lord: walk as children of light"
(Eph. 5:8).

Darkness in the Bible stands for
ignorance of God and for all man-

ner of evil. Light stands for knowl-
edge of God and a life of righteous-
ness. Jesus is the Light of the world
and His life is the light of men. His
life made God known to men. He
also lived righteously, and He
showed mankind what a righteous
life is hke. His life always rebuked
the darkness of the world just as
light rebukes darkness. Sin and hy-
pocrisy forever felt uneasy in His
presence. "And this is the condem-
nation, that light is come into the
world, and men loved darkness
rather than light, because their deeds
were evil" (John 3:19). And be-
cause His life always rebuked the
darkness, men of darkness got to-
gether and did not rest until they
had stretched Him onto the cross
by hook and crook.

WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY

We are to walk circumspectly.
"See then that ye walk circumspect-
ly, not as fools, but as wise, re-
deeming the time, because the days
are evil" (Eph. 5:15-16).

According to Webster's diction-
ary, the word "circumspectly"
means to give careful attention to all
the facts and consequences of a case
so that one may select a right con-
duct and thus avoid unfavorable re-
sults. This is just what we need to
do, negatively and positively. Nega-
tively, we are to look out carefully
for danger, for the days are evil. Our
walk leads through a world of sin,
full of tricks and snares hidden
everywhere by a sinister enemy. Let
us then be careful how we walk. Be
careful of what company we keep.
Be careful of what place we frequent.
The days are evil.

Positively, we are to redeem the
time, to buy up opportunities. This
is just the opposite of wasting our
time. We are to give careful con-
sideration to the facts so that we
might avoid bad investments. Let us
consider the facts that eternity is
long, that life is short, that the soul
is far more important than the body,
that we cannot recall our influence,
or the opportunity once it has been
passed by. Let us consider the facts
that Christ may come soon, and that
we must all stand before His judg-
ment seat to give account of our
lives. Let us consider the fact that all
men are lost and doomed without
Christ. Let us consider these facts
and then ask ourselves: are we really
redeeming the time, or are we
wasting it? Let us walk circumspect-

ly.

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*B£HOLO 1 STAND AT THE DOOR,
AND KNOCK' IF ANY MAN HEAR
MV VOICE, AND OPEN THE DOOR,
I WILL 03ME IN TO H/M, AMD WILL
SUP WITH HIM AND HE WITH ME."

Prayer in True Evangelism

There is no substitute for the
working of the Holy Spirit in win-
ning men for Christ. The impatience
of the present age is extremely detri-
mental to the realizing of the power
of God in evangelism. Jesus defi-
nitely commanded: "Tarry . . .
until ve be endued with power from
on high." But today people are in
too much of a hurry. They can't wait.
They kneel down and pray for five
minutes and then rush out and start
flailing their arms in Christian work.
This has resulted in the substitutio".
of pep for power, and hullabaloo for
the Holy Spirit. Jesus commanded,
"wait." He said "wait" before He
said "go." The v/eakness and fu-
tility of so many revival efforts in
the Christian church have been the
result of "going" without first
"waiting." Rushing into an evange-
listic campaign with advertising,
organization, and enthusiasm, but
without waiting on God for the en-
duement of power from on high is
what brings failure, fruitlessness,
and scoffing from the Devil's world.

I have seen this happen many
times. In a meeting a few years ago
the pastor and people had worked
prodigiously in the preparations for
an evangelistic campaign. They had
an ambition to simply shock the
whole town with a great campaign.
They were sincere in their desire vo
see a large number "join die
church," as they said. The whole
town was placarded with advertis-
ing. Billboards shrieked on every
corner, telling of the great campaign.
Half-page ads told the readers of
the newspapers. There was a brass
band on hand for every service —
placed right below the pulpit. There
were delegations from half a dozen
factories, bringing their quartets.

The meeting began, but there were
no results for nearly two weeks. The
attendance was high, but not one
decision. The pastor called a meet-

By R. Paul Miller

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
Goshen, Ind.

ing of all the committee chairmen.
Every chairman declared that he
had done his work successfully.
Finally all eyes were focused on me.
I asked the pastor: "Brother, how
much time have you spent in prayer
for these meetings and for souls
since this campaign began?" "Well,"
he stammered, "frankly, I have been
so busy looking after everything that
I confess I have had no time to
pray." I asked the same of every
member of that executive committee
and got the same answer. Then I
asked: "How can you men expect
to ignore God and never bend your
knees in prayer for a lost soul, and
yet see God send a harvest of souls
in this campaign?" Needless to say,
we had a real prayer meeting right
then and there, and the revival be-
gan from the top down. Scores were
saved during the next few nights
till we closed.

On the other hand, I went into a
meeting where there had been prac-
tically no preparation at all, human-
ly speaking. There was no pastor
on hand. But there had been a
faithful band of praying women
weeping and praying before God for
months before the meeting started.
They kept right on praying through
the meeting. One of them said to
me the night I started: "Brother
Miller, you will have a good meet-
ing here. There will be many
saved." I wondered how she knew,
but I understood when I learned of
the praying women in that congre-
gation. What a revival we had! I
shall never forget it.

Prayer is the door through which
the Holy Spirit may enter into the
hearts of God's people for service,
and for power in testimony. In
Acts 13:1-4 we are given the out-
standing example of this. Many of
the most brilliant and powerful
leaders of the early church were
there at Antioch. They were really

having a conference on spiritual
matters. It is worthy of note that
in the midst of their "ministering"
they were fasting and praying. This
is one more thing that has been
severely left out of our present
Christian ministry and evangelism,
and to our sad loss of spiritual
power. It is but another evidence
that some real changes must come
if we are to restore the "old-time
power" in winning souls for Christ.
It was when Peter was fasting and
praying on the housetop alone with
God that he received that great
transforming revelation from God
that God was no respecter of per-
sons and was going to save gentiles,
as well as Jews. In Acts 13 it was
while they were fasting and pray-
ing that God directed Paul and
Barnabas to undertake the greatest
evangelistic tour into foreign coun-
tries ever attempted. It was after a
time of fasting and prayer that they
were empowered and sent forth by
the Holy Spirit. Nothing mysteri-
ous about this sort of preparation,
nothing intricate, nothing hard to
understand. It embodies one simple
proposition: If you are going to do
God's work in winning souls, then
let God direct the work and provide
the power. In all the history of the
Christian church there is found no
deviation, no variation, only con-
firmation. Then why should we to-
day boast about our "old-time Gos-
pel," and our "old-time faith" when
we leave out the heart of its v/orking
power, utter dependent prayer to
God? The dying church prayer
meetings, and the small numbers
that gather for prayer for souls in
time of revivals, is evidence that vhe
Holy Spirit is being choked out of
the work that He alone is able to
accomplish. Again I say, things must
change if we expect to be found
pleasing to God when our Lord re-
turns.

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in Regeneration

By Dr. C. H. Ashman

Pastor, West Covina Brethren Church
West Covina, Calif.

In the thrilling ministry of evan-
gelism we witness much of the Spir-
it's work in regeneration and re-
newing. Within the recent months
we have witnessed how the Holy
Spirit regenerates lost sinners and
renews the children of God. We have
rejoiced to behold how the Spirit
has wrought upon and in the hearts
of those of all ages that they might
either be born again or renewed" in
m Christ. We praise the Lord for
the privilege of having a small part
m this blessed ministry of evan-
gelism under the Spirit.

Tilus 3'.3

"We ourselves also were some-
imes foolish, disobedient, deceived,
serving divers lusts and pleasures!
ivmg in malice and envy, hateful,
md hating one another" (Titus 3:3)'
rhis is a description of what th".
ipirit finds in an unsaved heart. He
earches deep within and this is
vhat He finds, our natural state.

Titus 3:4-5

"But after that the kindness and
3ve of God our Saviour toward man
ppeared, not by works of right-
ousness which we have done, but
ccording to his mercy he saved us"
ritus 3:4-5). This describes how
le Spirit saves us. Negatively, it

not by anything we are or can
3come or do. Positively, it is ac-
)rding to God's mercy and by
leans of His lovingkindness. The
ork of the Holy Spirit is to reveal
1 this to the mind and heart of the
nner.

How? By What Means?

"By the washing of regeneration"

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(Titus 3:5). Literally, "by the laver
of regeneration." This doubtless re-
fers to the laver of the Old Tes-
tament Scriptures as a type. The
altar of sacrifice represented the
blood of Christ in atonement. The
laver typified the Holy Spirit in His
regenerating work. The Spirit leads
the sinner to acceptance of the fin-
ished work of Christ on the cross
and makes the sacrifice of the Son of
God to become operative in the
regeneration of the believer.

Jesus said to Nicodemus: "Ye
must be born again." When Nico-
demus inquired concerning the how
of the new birth Jesus told him: Ex-
cept a man be born of water and of
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
kingdom of God" (John 3:5). What-
ever else this means, it surely means
that the Holy Spirit is the divine
Agent in regeneration. This miracle
of grace is wrought by Him! You
cannot behold it with" the eyes of
the flesh, but you can behold the
transformation it brings on the face
and in the life. The impartation of
spiritual life to the dead sinner, the -
implantation of the new nature, the
imputation of the righteousness of
Christ into that new heart — all this
marvelous, miraculous work of the
Spirit takes place within, but is wit-
nessed by visible expressions of joy
and peace and pardon through the
medium of the countenance and
speech and life. Oh, that we would
pray more for and depend more
upon the Spirit in evangelism! He
alone can convince and convert. H;
alone can bring to contrition and
conversion. He alone can regenerate,
make one a new creature m Christ
Jesus. Let us strive for born-again

believers, not just church members
only.

"Renewing of the Holy Spirit"

The spiritual life of a saved per-
son must be sustained, strength-
ened and developed, not his salva-
tion but the transforming power of
the new life. It is the blessed min-
istry of the Spirit to perform this.
Provision has been made in the in-
dwelling of the Spirit as an inter-
nal fountain to always supply us
with the grace and guidance and
power needful for constant and con-
tinuous renewing. Then we are
constantly "transformed by the re-
newing of your mind" (Rom. 12:2).
"Be ye transfigured by the upward
renewing of your mind" is another
translation of this phrase. This is
the same word as is used by the
Spirit in describing the "transfigura-
tion" of Christ on the mount." The
Holy Spirit seeks by His constant
renewal to bring us unto the trans-
figuration of glory.

Times of Definite Renewal

But there are definite times when
the Spirit leads us to an act of pres-
entation for renewal. We call this
act "reconsecration" or "renewing
of our vows." It should be called
"presentation" or "yieldedness," for
only the Spirit can reconsecrate and
renew. When should these acts of
presentation be? Just as often as
the Spirit moves you to do them! If
the Spirit moves you to do so in a
revival, do it then! If at other times,
do it when He leads you to do so.
Next to the Spirit's work of regen-
eration. His ministry of renewal is
most precious. How' wonderful that
there is provision for both!

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NATiONAvL SUHDAV SCHOOL WEEK
SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 6, 1957

BRETHREN-

Wf MUST GO WITH THE

GOSPEL!

Through Brethren
Sunday Schools

By Harold Etiing
National Sunday School Director

The supreme business of the
church and of every Christian in
the church is to bring men to Jesus
Christ. This is not just a trite phrase
on the hps of a preacher, but it
is the very heart of the word and
work of our Lord! He defined His
work in a very simple manner when
He said: "For the Son of man is
come to seek and to save that which
is lost" (Luke 19:10).

But how can we bring men to
Christ? This is the very heart of the
problem of the church. It need not
be, for our Lord has given us the
direction for accomphshing the task.
He said: "As thou [Father] hast sent
me into the world, even so have
1 also sent them into the world"
(John 17:18). He came to present
himself as the Saviour of the world.

National Sunday School leaders
have accepted His challenge and
have made this the theme of National
Sunday School week in 1957. Pre-
senting Christ to the community is
the work of the Sunday schools of
our own National Fellowship of
Brethren Churches.

The great commission of Christ
was "Go ye therefore, and teach."
Certainly this command can best
be fulfilled through our Sunday
schools, for at our fingertips is a
field "white already unto harvest"
with scores of teachers ready to
reap the harvest. Therefore we must
teach in our Sunday schools not only
in order to make the Bible plain
but also to direct the eyes of the
pupils through the Bible to the One
who is the author of it, that they
shall gain a saving knowledge of
Him! We must present Christ as
the Saviour of the world, and of in-
dividual members of the world.

A prominent attorney once said:
"The Sunday school is the only
known agency for recruiting the
church that is to be." If we do not
keep our boys and girls in the Sun-
day school, we will be without a
church in the course of time. Jesus
gave us the message, but it is our
responsibility to see that the mes-
sage of salvation is passed on tc
every succeeding generation. It if
not enough to open the doors of the
church and shout "Welcome." We
must go out into the highways and
hedges and literally compel them tc

T>e BRETHREN

FOREIGN MISSIONS NUMBER

OCTOBER 5, 1957

Missionaries and Their FamiSies
at fhe 1957 National Conference

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Speaking of Foreign Missions—

A broadcast in Puerto Rico —

Thanks to Brother Emmit Adams of the Temple City
(Calif.) Brethren Church and now living in Puerto
Rico, who is caring for the cost, and to Pastor Kenneth
Ashman and his people of the First Brethren Church,
of Wooster, Ohio, for preparing the program and taping
it, we will soon have a Brethren radio broadcast in
Puerto Rico. The program will be in English, but a very
large percentage of the people understand and speak
English, and most of the others desire to learn English
and will listen. We hope by next month to be able to
give you the station, wave length, and times of broadcast
so that you can contact your friends on that island and
invite them to listen.

Eigbt-miHion-franc subsidy received —

We have just been notified that the government of
France has granted an eight-million-franc subsidy for
our medical building program at Boguila in Africa. This
is something over $40,000 at the present rate of ex-
change. This is one of the cases where we must spend
mission money to get other money. Subsidy is granted
on the basis of about a 50 percent evaluation of the
total estimated cost, and our 50 percent evaluation must
be standing first before the other grant will be made.
Much of this evaluation is possible with our rather
limited expenditure in Africa because of the efficient
and economical, yet substantial, building work of
Brother Albert Balzer, our builder, and his corps of
helpers.

Balzers to come for short furlough —

As you read this, Brother and Sister Albert Balzer
will probably be en route to the United States for fur-
lough. They will probably come via Brazil, South
America, and it is hoped they can visit our work in
Brazil. The money received in subsidy, and mentioned
above, must be spent within one year from the date of
receiving it; hence, the Balzers plan for a furlough of
only three or four months; then to return to the field
to complete this building program within schedule. On
an earlier furlough the Balzers did the same thing in re-
turning early to the field. Everyone connected with our
field in Africa, and all others of us who know the Balz-
ers and their work, appreciate their sacrifice of self
for the benefit of the Lord's work in foreign missions.

Will we equal last year's offerirtg?

We will need to receive in gifts an additional $34,000
to equal last year's total offerings. We have three months
yet in which to receive this amount, but this is the sea-
son of the year when we do not regularly receive many
large gifts. Rather than a 17 percent increase in offer-
ings we are facing a possible loss of as much as 12
percent. To have any loss will be disastrous, and to fail
to have a substantial gain will be extremely critical.
There are two chief reasons for this seriousness. First,

By Russell D. Barnard

we accept a missionary as a continuing obligation; all
else equal, it is an obligation for the life of the mission-
ary. We just cannot quickly shrink our obligations, and
to do so under any circumstances would be a sad com-
mentary on our zeal for foreign missions. Second, we
must operate within our income, or on borrowed money,
since we have no reserves in sufficient amounts. We
so hate debt. If we borrow, we want it to be in limited
amounts, and for very short times.

Are we trusting ourselves or the Lord?

"By my Spirit," saith the Lord! Especially when we
come to these "crisis" days, we want to "do" something
about it. There are things we can do. We can probably
all give more than we have. Many who haven't given
can give. We can and should supply information and
foreign-mission facts. Funds should be used carefully,
and with the greatest economy consistent with good
business. But we need to be so very careful lest we at-
tempt to take hold of our bootstraps and attempt to lift
ourselves out of these crises. God doesn't permit that
His work shall be done in that way. It is ". . . Not by
might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord
. . ." (Zech. 4:6). Pray with us, and for us, that we will
not trust in human agencies or gadgets, but in the Lord,
realizing that He said: "For every beast of the forest
is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills" (Ps. 50:
10).

Prayer and prayer habits —

Our victories are prayer victories; yet I fear we are all
such poor prayer warriors. We feel we will fail without
a much greater army of dedicated prayer warriors. We
invite you to be one. Will you? There's no card to sign,
no exact plan to follow — just pray for us and with us
in this great work of missions. Do you have one of the
new foreign-mission prayer booklets? Are you using it
regularly? We have quite a reserve supply if none is
available in your local church. There is the Day of
Prayer on the 15th of every month. This began as a
foreign-mission day of prayer — began with our mission <
in Africa. We are happy that it can be a channel for
prayer for our whole Fellowship of Brethren Churches,
but we want to be sure that foreign missions has a large
place in the prayer time. Here in our foreign-mission
office at Winona Lake the staff holds its prayer session
every Tuesday morning beginning at 8:00. We use the
prayer booklet, and pray through the booklet, mention-
ing each missionary by name during that time. We
would invite you to join with us in your own home, at
this time or at another time, and pray for every mis-
sionary in the prayer booklet at one time each week.
Some might find it possible to do this each day — how
wonderful! We are not trying to establish any prayer
habits for you, but we do plead with you to establish
definite prayer habits as you pray for our foreign mis-
sionaries and our foreign-mission work.

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Clyde K. Landrum, Director

A couple of months ago you saw
Junior Missionary Leandra Edmis-
ton's picture on the Children's Page.
We're glad to give you this very
interesting write-up by her. After
you read it you too will probably
feel like saying: "Let's go to Mex-
ico!"

Let's Go to Mexico!

By Leandra Edmiston

We're living in Mexico. We live
in a new house, in a new colony.

We don't go to the public school.
We have our own school in one of
the rooms in our home.

The other day we took a ride to
Guadalajara. We went to a modern
airport and our aunt flew back to
the United States.

Later we went to Tlaqueplaque
where they make pottery. We bought
a big pot for our house.

Most of the homes here have a
patio where they put many beautiful
plants. Even the poor people have
them.

Let's talk about Mexican markets;
O.K.? Mexican markets aren't hke
our supermarkets. They are just
stands all along the roadside. Fhes
get on all the food, but the Mexi-
cans don't care. They sell more
bananas than anything else, big and
litde. Some are about as little as
your middle finger. You have to
go shopping every day because hard-
ly anyone has a refrigerator.

Our father goes to a university
in Guanajuato. We visited Guana-
juato. We went down some stairs

I^ARY MISSIONARY—

under the ground and saw some
mummies from 100-300 years old.
Then we saw some skulls and bones.
We visited a castle made into a
hotel. Then we climbed real high
in our car, and saw a big Catholic
church. That's about the only kind
of church they have in Mexico, and
they think Jesus is still dead. That's
why we're here — to tell them that
Jesus is living.

Meet Etienne—

By Miss Rosella Cochran,
missionary to Africa

Balao! My name is Etienne Bsas-
sena. Yes; I know, I look sad. You
would be sad too if you had been
through what I have just been
through. When my uncle brought
me to the dispensary I hadn't had
anything to eat for three days, and
I was just a little guy — only eight
months old! You see, my mommy
had died from meningitis and my
daddy was very sick with the same
thing. And me too — when I ar-
rived at the dispensary I was sick
too.

The medicine that Mademoiselle
gave me helped me a lot and in a
few days I was feeling fine. There
was no one left at the village to
care for me so Mademoiselle kept
me at her house. I slept in a big
cardboard carton on the floor and
Anne slept right beside me on a cot.
She took care of me in the night
when I cried. We soon got to be real
good pals.

Anne gave me a big cup of milk
every morning before she went to
work at the dispensary. During the
day, while Anne worked, Pauline
took care of me. She washed my
clothes — African babies can't be
bothered with many clothes — and
then she spent the rest of the day
entertaining me.

(Watch for more about Etienne
next month!)

October 5, 7957

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Foreign Missions at National Conference

By Clyde K. Landrum

There is general agreement that
this past annual conference was one
of the best ever held. Praise the
Lord for this fact! Many have ex-
pressed appreciation for the part
foreign missions had in the confer-
ence. Again we are grateful. To
those of our readers who were at
national conference this article will
not be "news." But you will, I am
sure, allow us to write this for those
of our folks who were not at Wi-
nona Lake for the conference.

The cover picture of this issue of
the Brethren Mjssionary Herald in-
dicates the missionary families pres-
ent. The group is not as large as
last year's but a fine group indeed!
This is the third year that the Oc-
tober issue of the Missionary Herald
has featured the "Missionaries at
National Conference" group on the
cover. We'll try to continue this
practice.

Two of the high points of the con-
ference as far as appearance of the
missionaries was concerned were the
Friday evening Inspirational Hour
and the Sunday afternoon rally. On
both occasions a number of mission-
aries spoke of accomplishments on
the various fields. And these reports
challenged us all to "pray, give, and
go" that more might be accomplish-
ed next year. General Secretary R.
D. Barnard presided at the Friday
evening service, and on Sunday
afternoon he and Brother Grubb
jointly led in the program.

The Missions Forum at 4 o'clock
each afternoon proved to be a time
of interest and a time of blessing.
In this one-hour service, as in the
Sunday afternoon rally, representa-
tives of both foreign and home mis-
sions participated. These forums
were more informal sessions in that
opportunity was given for questions
and discussion. There was much of
audience participation. We were
gratified that so many asked ques-
tions. Next year it is hoped that these
sessions can start a bit earlier in
the afternoon that more might be
able to attend.

It was interesting to see how many
people took our advice and brought

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along their cameras. Many people
were seen getting some ammunition
for "back home" in the form of mis-
sionary pictures, in fact, our photo-
grapher. Brother Allen Zook, of
Hershey, Pa., took many pictures,
samples of which are seen on these
two pages.

Those who missed the service on
the Sunday morning of national con-
ference really missed a great bless-
ing. It was a thrill just to be in
that great congregation, but it was
a greater thrill to see a missionary
couple set aside for missionary
service and to hear that wonderful
message by Dr. Floyd W. Taber,
medical missionary to Africa.

As the service of dedication for
Rev. and Mrs. Tom Julien was held,
we of the audience were reminded
that the second couple for our work

Dr. R. D. Barnard, master of
ceremonies.

in France was being set aside. For so
long the Fogies have prayed for re-
cruits to help in the big job in
France. Here we saw one step for-
ward in answer to that prayer. It
was a beautiful service and so very
impressive!

Missionary Taber's message on
the subject, "Awake to the Reality
of the Second Coming of the Lord

Informal shot of Missionary Bill Burk, center, with Pastors Henry Rempel
and Arthur Pekarek.

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Kathy and Johnny Howard. '

Jesus," stirred our hearts. The Holy
Spirit of God used that message to
move that fine audience. Tears were
in evidence and surely decisions
were made in many hearts!

The foreign-missions display in
the auditorium attracted attention.
We know this by the number of
names in our "guest register." We
are glad for those who visited our
display and table. Also, there was
a "Missionary Helpers" booth where
Missionary Helpers in attendance at
the conference could register.

A novelty item in the foreign-
mission program at national con-
ference was the bandage-packing
ministry. Large drums which are
regularly used to ship bandages to
Africa were at the front of the audi-
torium, and many, many persons
helped "pack bandages for Africa."
And as they helped to pack the bar-
rels, they were asked to sign their
names on a sheet of paper. A list
of names was placed in each barrel
going out to Africa. Imagine the sur-
prise of the missionaries when they
open those barrels! A barrel was also
placed at Bethany Camp and packed
by the campers. They were thrilled
with this novel opportunity.

As this conference closed and
delegates and missionaries scattered
to the "four corners of the earth,"
our hearts were saddened. Yet, as we
thought about the matter we were
reminded that it must be so here.
We must suffer separation from
loved ones that we might carry the

October 5, 1957

Good News to those who sit in
heathen darkness. But we look to
the time when we shall go to be with
our Lord and nevermore part. And
until that time we are reminded that
we are to keep busy for Him here
on the earth as His ambassadors —
the missionaries to "go ye" with the
old, old story, and we here at home

to win lost ones at home and to
"back up" those who go to foreign
lands. All of this should impress us
anew with the fact that preach-
ing the Gospel to the "regions be-
yond" is a continuing responsibihty.
Our missionaries are always at it.
To back them up, then, means that
"our responsibility never ends"!

Rev. and Mrs. Tom Julien.

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Amazon Travelog

By Bill Burk

(Fifth installment)

The oil town of Nova Olinda is
but eight months old; therefore
probably doesn't exist on many
maps as yet. Located on the Rio
Madeira near its mouth, it found its
birth in what the Brazilians are
happy to call Ouro Preto, or Black
Gold. Brazil has chosen not to al-
low any foreign company to work
the area, but wants to do the job
herself. Lacking experience, she
has called in close to a hundred
foreign technicians in geology,
sounding, drilling and so forth.
Doing the work herself also adds
additional swelling to the school-
boy's view of his land which is, he's
taught, by far the greatest in the
world. One well produced a few bar-
rels before sand plugged the casing,
but the others being drilled are ex-
pected to show results any day.

Situated half a day up the Ma-
deira is the little tovm of Borba.
It's one more place where the peo-
ple haven't found enough ambition
to haul some of the timber of the
jungle to the waterfront for a pier.
The ship enters slowly toward the
shore at about a 45-degree angle,
headed upstream. Before running
aground the outboard anchor is left
in the mud with slack chain in case
the ship hangs up and it becomes
necessary to pull her off the beach.
After grounding, the inboard anchor
is dropped to hold against the cur-
rent. The ship then drifts around
with the river flow until quite paral-
lel to the shoreline and the long
plank is pushed ashore. (It's roughly
a 3x12 about 40 feet long.) I'm
disappointed that the citizens of
Borba haven't built a pier, for the
town is already more than two cen-
turies old. It seems that the popula-
tion (all of which lives on a few short
streets) is content to eat fish, ban-
anas, avocados and oranges with-
out much effort to better their con-
dition. Our cargo for the town was
about five dozen sacks of cement.

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They are building an addition to the
old Roman Catholic Church!

While the ship was tied up at
Borba the bells of the Catholic
Church began ringing, and about
half the crowd who had been watch-
ing the ship left immediately to go
recite their evening prayers with the
priest.

On Sunday, September 30, we had
eaten lunch and were about asleep
(a luxury justified in the tropics)
when a man banged on the door to
advise that we were missing much
excitement. One of the Dutch-built
sister ships of the Lobo was en-
countered coming downstream to-
ward us. Before meeting she had
turned and anchored, inviting our
commandante to tie up alongside —
which was done. It seemed that the
SS Lauro Soudre didn't have any
more iced beer or Guarana (an
Amazonian soft drink), and it
seemed that this Sunday afternoon
was hot, for all the passengers
swarmed over to the bar of our ship
and there they stayed for an hour!

The ships changed a little cargo
and the skippers visited — probably
discussing the whereabouts of the
ever-shifting channel of the cur-
rently shallow Rio Madeira. The

sister ship had just struggled through
a tricky passage, wasting an hour
anchored while their small boat with
a ten-foot pole hunted out the deep-
est passageway through the shallows.
Last trip the Lobo herself spent six
long days grounded on one of these
same sandbars until one of her sis-
ters passed by and pulled her free.
The passengers naturally stayed
aboard, the nearest hotels being
hundreds of miles away. Further,
the ship's bottom being in the sand,
the water intakes were plugged and
there was no way of using the main
generators to run the refrigeration
and air-conditioning. They ran the
small emergency generator whicli
was inadequate for the demand, but
I imagine that even with all this, the
stay shipboard was far better than
it would have been aboard one of the
half-century-old woodbuming tubs
which still ply this greatest of all
inland waterways.

"America" — that's the name, but
what a place! I could see only half
a dozen grass shacks, but there must
have been more on the other side of
the trees somewhere because we un-
loaded over the ship's plank about

(Continued on page 632)

"0n3 of tha half-century-old woodbuming tubs"

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A Return Trip to the Indians

By Edward D. Miller

One of the greatest challenges
to the missionaries here in Brazil
is that of reaching the many thou-
sands of Indians with the Gospel.
The majority of these primitive
tribes live in regions that are not
close to civilization and, therefore,
are hard to contact at any time.
Then, too, after having been con-
tacted many of these tribes are not
friendly, and are even hostile to any
outsider. Of course, the language
barrier makes any work among
primitive peoples even more diffi-
cult.

So far The Brethren Church has
no work among the Indian tribes in
Brazil. In 1951 I was privileged to
make a trip up one of the rivers
in the Territory of Amapa to visit
a tribe of Indians called the Aparai.
This particular tribe is very primi-
tive in many ways and yet very
friendly to those who have come in
contact with them during the past
few years. We visited one village
with about sixty men, women and
children living in a small cluster of
thatched huts. During my first visit
there was no way to carry on a con-
versation with any of them since they
spoke only their native language.
The chief was the only one who
could speak a few words of Portu-
guese. Of course any contact with
the Gospel was impossible. How-
ever, they were very friendly and
wanted us to come back sometime.
Little did I reahze that it would be
almost six years before I would have
another opportunity to visit them,
and most people thought it only a
matter of time before they would
disappear forever.

In June of this year I was able
to make a return trip to this same
village under somewhat more dif-
ficult circumstances. My companion
was another American working in
the Territory of Amapa, being with
the construction company building
the railroad back into the interior.
This railroad is now carrying mang-
anese out to the port of Santana
from which big ore ships are taking

October 5, J 957

it to the States. This friend of mine
was a member of the Explorers Club
in the States and thus vitally inter-
ested in contacting primitive tribes
such as these.

The first part of our trip was
made by motor boat from Macapa
and took us two days traveling about
15 hours per day, stopping only a
few times to refuel. The afternoon
of the second day found us at the
falls of St. Antonio aroimd which
it was necessary to transport all of
our baggage by truck. From here
on our trip was much more diffi-
cult due to the high water at this
time of the year and the many rapids
we had to go through. Four times it
was necessary to carry all of our
baggage around the more difficult
rapids and then to push our boat up
and over the rocks. Sometimes this
process would take as long as two
hours and many times the rain
slowed us up even more. Our
motorista, whom we had hired to
take us up to the Indian village,
seemed to know where every big
rock was located, and without him
we would have been lost. It took us
two more days above the falls of St.
Antonio before we reached the In-
dian village. We stayed at little
thatched-roof huts along the river at
night. Many times we would arrive
at dusk and then leave at daybreak.
We took most of our food along with
us and this was supplemented with
wild pig, fish and other small wild
game that was available.

Upon our arrival at the village
we were greeted by many curious
stares at first, but when they found
out that we were their friends, they
readily welcomed us to their villlage
and showed us the customary hut in
the center which seemed to be re-
served for visitors. Of course one
of the first things they wanted to
know was whether or not we had
brought them any gifts. Colored
beads, red cloth, salt, sugar and cof-
fee were some of the things they
were most interested in. A most
welcome gift to them was the fish-

hooks that we brought along by acci-
dent. We thought that they wouldn't
like to use these modern inventions,
but much to our surprise they had
obtained some hooks from the
French and used them for the smal-
ler fish in the river. Of course the
bow and arrow is still used for larger
fish even today.

Much to our surprise many of
the men in the village could carry on
a Uttle conversation in Portuguese.
Many of them work for the Brazil-
ians gathering Brazil nuts, tapping
rubber trees, and also in making
dugout boats. In their contacts with
the Brazihans they are acquiring,
along with their knowledge of the
Portuguese language, many other
"civilized traits" which are not so
wholesome. After having been
cheated so long in their wages and
business dealings, they are now be-
ginning to use this same treatment
on the outsiders.

Even in their contact with the
outside world these natives seem to
have no idea whatsoever of religion.
During the last two years the Cath-
olic priest has made two visits to this
region, and many of the Indians now
have small images and "religious
charms" hanging around their necks
and arms along with their beads. In
conversation with the chief I tried
to get him to tell me what they were
for, but all he could tell me was that
they were given to him by the
"padre." He had no understanding
whatsoever about God or the Bible.
Certainly these poor heathen are no
better off now than before the visit
of the "padre." Until someone comes
to visit these people with the Gospel
they will continue to be unreached.
Of course this will take time and
energy on the part of some mission-
ary. Even now some work in the
Portuguese language could be start-
ed among these people. Some of
the younger men have gone down
the river to live with the Brazilians,
and could be trained and taught in
the Word of God and then sent back
to work among their own people.

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Certainly this is a tremendous chal-
lenge to all of us who are interested
in seeing the Gospel preached to
"those who have never heard."

We spent three days visiting in
these two villages. We were able
to take pictures and learn many
valuable things about these people.
When we were ready to leave, xh:y
gave us many gifts such as sugar-
cane, manioca cakes, dried fish and
bananas to eat along our return trip.

They also gave us many of their
bows and arrows, earthen pottery,
and handwoven articles which they
had made. One of the things these
friendly people wanted to know was
when we were going to return. They
wanted us to come back and stay
longer so they could take us up
the river many days' journey to visit
some of their brothers. It was hard
to part with these people knowing
that they still were without any wit-
ness for the Gospel. Certainly many
of them will go out into a Christless
eternity having never heard the plan
of salvation. How we should pray for
these Indians that somehow a way
may be opened soon to reach them
with the "good news."

AMAZON TRAVELOG

(Continued from page 630)

a hundred volumes of cargo, includ-
ing Maizena cornstarch, flour, to-
bacco, grain of some kind, rice, a
few cases of canned meats and many
unlabeled boxes. Some passengers
left the ship here to go further into
the jungle to their cleared planta-
tions, and as in the case of one man,
to a manganese mine located two
river boats and a canoe ride from
"America."

A little beyond this insignificant
place with a great name we stopped
at another such port about dusk.
Unfortunately (but typically) I can
neither remember the name nor find
the place on the map — and no won-
der, for it's not more than just a
point along the forest's waterfront.
A passenger who had paid his pas-
sage to this "point" walked the nar-
row plank and soon disappeared —
into the jungle. The ship's sailors
left a dozen volumes of cargo
(mostly rolls of light rope) on the

muddy riverbank, and as the Lobo
began to pull away, I returned to
the stateroom only to run immedi-
ately out on deck again as the whole
ship vibrated with the shouts of
the passengers, especially of the
men. This time three lasses about
twenty years of age were left on
the barren riverbank. Realizing that
the ship was underway, they scram-
bled down the muddy cliff, shoes
in hand, jumped awkwardly into a
canoe and were wildly paddled
after the departing ship.

Docking (or, more accurately,
running aground) at about 7:00 the
following evening, we were met at
Manicore by about two dozen boats,
mostly of the medium-size family-
style dugout. The town was much
more brilliantly lighted than the
capital city of Manaus. A Baptist
layman aboard told me that the
town has a population of 4,000,
municipality of 22,000. The mis-
sionary couple here came from the
States just six months ago; there-
fore their work is very new as yet.
I appreciate their willingness to
leave the far-more-comfortable
cities to work in these smaller places.
How else are these people to hear?
The Rio Madeira is lined almost
continuously with palm-leaf shacks
of fishermen and farmers, but with-
out any apparent testimony — apart
from the Catholic influence seen in
the white chapel or shrine at almost
every settlement of a dozen or more
houses.

The missionary, especially one
with young children, must weigh
very carefully the location of his
work. To a town such as this both
transportation and communication
are irregular and many times of poor
quality. Currently in Brazil another
factor is figuring very highly in the
missionary's mind when it comes
time to think of a new location, and
that is the whirlwind inflationary
trend. Every mile upstream on these
rivers brings a new price for just
about every purchase, be it the local-
ly-produced fish or farinha, or be
it the manufactured items from
southern Brazil, items including
canned meats and butter, clothing
or sewing-machine needles, flash-
light batteries or wire for making a
light installation in one's home. The

Latin American edition of Time
news magazine for November 5
(1956) discusses the situation as
follows: "A United Nations report
on cost-of-living trends of 65 coun-
tries appeared in Rio last week.
Brazil topped the list, with a 67%
rise in three years." The dollar-
cruzeiro exchange rate, although
it's had its ups and down, has never
paralleled the most-of-living level,
and is currently at 65 to the dollar
whereas it was 84 to one last June.
This increases the price two times
for the American living down here;
one thinks seriously, therefore, be-
fore he raises it a third time by
moving even farther from the cities.
(To be continued)

UNITED EVANGELISTIC

CAMPAIGN PLANNED FOR

BUENOS AIRES

For the first time in the history
of missions a united evangehstic
campaign is to be held in Buenos
Aires, Argentina. Practically all
the Protestant groups in the area
are working together in preparation
for the "Buenos Aires for Christ
Crusade" October 21 to November
3, 1957. Meetings will be held in the
great Luna Park indoor stadium
which has a seating capacity of
12,000.

Buenos Aires, with its metropoli-
tan population of over 5 million
— the largest city in the world south
of the equator — has been divided
into 14 zones. Each zone has been
organized for personal evangelism
classes, revival studies, united
prayer meetings, and fund-raising
drives. Some churches in the inter-
ior of the country have already
chartered buses to take people to the
campaign.

The evangelist will be Dr. Oswald
J. Smith of the Peoples Church, of
Toronto, Canada. Gospel chalk
artist Phil Saint will assist.

Urgent prayer is requested on be-
half of the crusade. Said one mis-
sionary: "If this giant effort proves
a success, the struggling church
here will be encouraged to attempt
greater things for God in the future.
Therefore, brethren, do not fail
us in this hour of challenging enter-
prise."— EFMS Missionary News
Service

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OPERATION DODGE

AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

A VISIT TO THE SWEDES

(Editor's note: Dodge Pickup's
"boss," Dr. Taber, is now on fur-
lough in the U.S. Some of our read-
ers have seen and heard him since
his return. All of this should make
this installment of "Operation
Dodge," written before Dr. Taber
left the field in Africa, more inter-
esting than ever!)

You didn't know we had Swedes
in Africa? I didn't either, until we
went on this trip. And we almost
didn't go.

Just to the west of us there is
a mission about as large as ours, and
made up of Swedish Baptists. They
have several missionary nurses who
run dispensaries, but no doctor. So
at their request our last meeting
of field council agreed that one of
our doctors should visit their mis-
sion and make medical checkups on
their missionaries.

We had planned two dates for
the trip, and both times it had to
be canceled at the last minute. Now
we had wired them a third date,
and were making plans to leave,
when —

Word came that everything was
clear for digging the well at Bo-
guila. That was the word my boss
had been lying awake nights wait-
ing for. For everything hinged on
that well. If we got water, there was
nothing else left to keep us from
going ahead with building the medi-
cal center. But if we didn't dig the
well immediately, it might be too
late to try until next dry season. So
boss and I were all "het up" to leave
the next morning for Boguila.

But what about those Swedish
missionaries? They had been dis-
appointed twice. Now they had
gathered together on their main sta-
tions so this medical checkup could

rapidly. It was too late for a
telegram to warn them —

So — when we got to the foot of
the driveway my boss turned my
wheels toward the Swedish mission

October 5, 7957

— away from Boguila. He must not
have known how much it hurt me or
he couldn't have done it.

But he must have understood
something about it, for the old slow-
poke made that visit to the Swedish
missionaries faster than he ever did
anything before in his life.
We would finish on one station late
in the evening, then start at three or
four or five o'clock the next morn-
ing for the following station. Phys-
ical and laboratory examinations for
50 missionaries and children, with
30 African orphan babies thrown in,
and 850 miles of bumping over
African roads — in 12 days.

Of course, my boss is a wonder,
but he never could have done it
without the untiring help of Madem-
oiselle Blom, the nurse in charge of
the orphanage. We would arrive on
a station just before noon, and by
the time the doctor was ready to
begin work everything would be set
up, with rows of neatly labeled spec-
imens. And after working late into
the evening, everything would be
packed ready for an early start the
next morning.

And the way those Swedes treated

my boss was a disgrace. Bowing and
scraping as if he was a demigod,
waiting on him hand and foot, trying
to anticipate his slightest whims. I
like to see him get treated right, but
it is a good thing he has no more
than 12 days at a time in the Swedish
mission or he would be spoiled rot-
ten.

The last day he just finished giv-
ing medicines to the last mission-
aries and writing the last prescrip-
tions, and then rushed away without
waiting to take tea, got to the Ber-
berati post office just two minutes
before closing time, and found a
telegram from Brother Balzer say-
ing that he had already started work
on the Boguila well and that every-
thing was going fine.

Isn't it grand to belong to a
gang like that! You just do your duty
no matter how much it hurts, and
you find somebody else has torn
himself from his over-rushed sched-
ule to take your place in doing the
job you had set your heart on!

Floyd Taber, stenographer

Ruth Samarin, artist

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ALTOONA, PA. The Sisterhood
of Mary and Martha of the East
Fellowship of Brethren Churches
met Sept. 28 at the First Brethren
Church.

ROANOKE, VA. Roberta Eliza-
beth Miller was born Sept. 18 to
Mrs. Betty Miller, wife of the late
Robert E. A. Miller, Jr., who went
to be with the Lord on March 11.
(See Mar. 23 issue)

CLAY CITY, IND. The First
Brethren Church will observe home-
coming on Oct. 6. Rev. Carl Miller
will be the guest speaker. Edward
Bowman is pastor.

BELL, CALIF. Mrs. Florence
Bowhall made 80 dresses and
canned 50 quarts of fruit for the
children in the Brethren mission at
Taos, N. Mex. She is a member
of the Bell Brethren Church.

TUCSON, ARIZ. Brethren
families living in this area, and in-
terested in starting a Brethren Bible
class are invited to contact Edward
Kluth, 1 150 W. Prince Road, or The
Brethren Home Missions Council.

ANAHEIM, CALIF. The
ground-breaking service for the
Grace Brethren Church was con-
ducted Sept. 29. This new work is
located at 1546 E. La Palma. For-
est Lance is pastor.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. The

National Sunday School Association
will convene here Oct. 9-11 in the
Bible Institute of Los Angeles.

TOPPENISH, WASH. The Bible
class which has been conducted here
for the past two years has been
organized into a church under the
leadership of Rev. Don Earner, in
full cooperation with the Brethren
Home Missions Council.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. Rev.
Ralph Colburn concluded a two-
weeks campaign at the Common-
wealth Avenue Brethren Church on
Oct. 4. John Bums is pastor.

HOMERVILLE, OHIO. The
West Homer Brethren Church has
purchased a parsonage. Robert
Holmes is pastor.

UNIONTOWN, PA. Home-
coming will be observed Oct. 27
at the First Brethren Church, R.
Paul Miller, Jr., pastor. Dr. Herman
A. Hoyt will be the guest speaker.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Mr.
and Mrs. A. Sorenson celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary on
Aug. 25. They have been members
of the First Brethren Church here
for 37 years.

OZARK, MICH. The Michigan
District WMC rally was held at the
Grace Brethren Church on Oct. 4.

CHAMBERSBURG, PA. The
Grace Brethren Church of Pond
Bank was dedicated Sept. 8, with
Rev. William Gray as guest speaker.
John Ritchey is pastor.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 6

will be homecoming day at the First
Brethren Church. Dr. Paul Bau-
man will be the guest speaker. The
late Dr. L. S. Bauman was pastor
of the church here when the Lord
called him home to glory. Laymen's
day was observed on Sept. 22, and
Mr. F. E. Simmons brought the
message. James Dixon is pastor.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Rev.
Victor Meyers, Box 1531, Taos, N.
Mex.; Rev. H. Leslie Moore, 719
Franklin Ave., Sunnyside, Wash.;
Rev. Wendell Kent, Box 656, Beau-
mont, Calif.; Rev. Emlyn Jones,
67091/2 Wilcox, Bell, Calif.; Rev.
Russell M. Ward, 4101 N. Main St.,
Dayton 5, Ohio; Rev. Clarence H.
Lackey, Oakland Road, R.D. 1,
Limestone, Tenn.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Grace
College announces VISITATION
WEEKEND Oct. 5-6. All friends
of the college are invited to open
house at the dorm on Sunday, 2-4
p. m., and the annual freshman-
sophomore football game on Sat.
4 p. m. Special service Sunday at
7:30 p. m. with Dr. Bernard Sch-
neider as the speaker.

DRYHILL, KY.

Even though a few months have
passed by since the flood disaster at
Dryhill, we want to take this oppor-
tunity to express our appreciation
to all the folk from First Church
Dayton, Englewood, Camden, Grace
Church, Sampleville and North
Riverdale who helped in time of
need!

We do thank you for the large
quantities of clothing, food, dishes,
cooking utensils, and gifts of money
which were brought down by Rev.
Russell Ward, Rev. Clair Brickel,
Randall Maycumber and James
Combs. Two trucks loaned by Mr.
Ernie Blair and Mr. Charles Bower
helped so much. We know that some
of you lost several days of work,
spent long hours in hard driving, and
long hard hours of working in the
distributing of these supplies. The
young people of Sampleville and
Grace Church collected gifts which
went toward the gasoline for part
of the trips. Mrs. George Smith and
Mrs. Orville Rike gave hours of their
time in giving out these things at the
mission.

I personally, want to express my
appreciation for all you did while it
was necessary for me to be away. I
wish you could hear the things that j
have come to me from our folk, j
Truly, they did appreciate this! I
believe they were greatly impressed
by the attitude of love shown by
all of our Brethren folk in the South-
ern Ohio District. We pray that
through this many will come to
know the Lord as Saviour and real-
ize what the Christian life really is.

This is also the time to express
our appreciation to every WMC
lady who had a part in the building
of the church parsonage. How thank-
ful we are that none of our per-
sonal belonging or mission property
was destroyed. — Miss Evelyn Fu-
qua.

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Three terms are commonly used
to denote various viewpoints of pro-
phetic interpretation. These three
are postmillenniaHsm, amillennial-
ism, and premillenniahsm. The post-
millennial viewpoint is the theory of
the natural man combined with a
little general and loose knowledge of
the Bible. The postmillennial theory
holds that when Christ came into the
world He started the Gospel truth
moving and it will continue to have
its influence upon all nations of the
earth until finally in due time the
whole world will be converted to
Christ. After this conversion then
Christ is supposed to return to earth.

The amillennial viewpoint is a
mixture between the postmillennial
theory and the premillennial inter-
pretation. Those who are amillen-
lial claim to believe that Christ will
return some time, but they know
ittle of any details. In order to
ivoid the problem of discovering
vhether He will come before or after
he millennium (the 1,000 years)
hose who propound this theory
ipiritualize the thousand years, and
)ehold, their problem is solved!
rhey are both premillennial and
)ostmillennial and neither premil-
ennial nor postmillennial. The amil-
ennial theory would make anybody
;asp!

The premillennial interpretation is
fter all the result of literal exposi-
ion of the Word of God. It is the
nly viewpoint which can harmonize
fith the Bible from Genesis to Rev-
lation without twisting or spiritual-
:ing definite Bible truths. It is our
urpose in the following to present
number of reason why the coming

October 5, 1957

Premillennialism

Dr. C. W. Mayes

Pastor, First- Brethren Church
Long Beach, Calif.

of our Christ must be premillennial.

Several Reasons Considered

1. In the first place, from the
plain teaching of God's Word, we
discover that when Christ comes
again He will raise the righteous
dead. This is made perfectly clear
when the Apostle Paul writes, "For
this we say unto you by the word of
the Lord, that we which are alive
and remain unto the coming of the
Lord shall not prevent (precede)
them which are asleep. For the Lord
himself shall descend from heaven
with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall
rise first: Then we which are alive
and remain shall be caught up to-
gether with them in the clouds, to
meet the Lord in the air: and so
shall we ever be with the Lord.
Wherefore comfort one another with
these words" (I Thess. 4:15-18).

However, it is also true that the
righteous dead must be raised before
the millennium, for we are told in
Revelation 20:4-5 that the righteous
dead wiU reign with Christ for the
1,000 years. "And I saw thrones,
and they sat upon them, and judg-
ment was given unto them: and I saw
the souls of them that were beheaded
for the witness of Jesus, and for the
word of God, and which had not
worshipped the beast, neither his
image, neither had received his mark
upon their foreheads, or in their
hands; and they lived and reigned
with Christ a thousand years."

The reasoning is perfectly clear,
for if the righteous dead are to reign
with Christ during the thousand
years, and they cannot reign until
they are risen from the dead, that
resurrection must come before the
millennium. If there is no resur-
rection with the coming of Christ,

He must come before the millen-
nium.

From the Book of Matthew,
chapter 13, we learn that the wheat
and the tares will be separated at the
coming of Christ. "The Son of man
shall send forth his angels, and they
shall gather out of his kingdom all
things that offend, and them which
do iniquity; And shall cast them into
a furnace of fire: there shall be
wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then
shall the righteous shine forth as the
sun in the kingdom of their Father.
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear"
(Matt. 13:41-43).

However, we learn also that the
millennium is to be a period of mii-
versal righteousness. Therefore it is
perfectly clear that the wheat and
tares must be separated before this
perfect reign of righteousness.

3. At the second coming of
Christ, Satan is to be bound. This
we learn according to Revelation
20:1-3. "And I saw an angel come
down from heaven, havmg the key
of the bottomless pit and a great
chain in his hand. And he laid hold
on the dragon, that old serpent,
which is the Devil, and Satan, and
bound him a thousand years, And
cast him into the bottomless pit, and
shut him up, and set a seal upon
him, that he should deceive the na-
tions no more, till the thousand
years should be fulfilled: and after
that he must be loosed a little sea-
son."

It is very simple to see, therefore,
that if Satan is to be bound for the
thousand years, and yet he is to be
bound only when Christ returns,
that Christ must return before the
thousand years.

4. The Bible clearly declares
also that the Antichrist will be de-
stroyed at the coming of Christ. We

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635

The Preacher's Wife

By R. Paul Miller

Poster, Grace Brethren Church
Goshen, Ind.

We believe that next to the high
calling of God to the preacher comes
the high calling of the preacher's
wife. Her influence on congrega-
tional life is often greater than
that of her husband. Certainly in
the sphere of the women of the
church she is of tremendous im-
portance. Any woman who is given
by God the place of a minister's
wife has had bestowed upon her a
great ministry in the plan of God.
We dare say "when the roll is
called up yonder" the treasures of
God will hold many a record of vic-
tories won by ministers' wives, un-
realized by man, but known and
precious to God.

Her Importance to Her Husband's
Ministry

Too much could hardly be said on
this point. Certainly, if any young
man should follow his good sense,
rather than his senses in choosing
a wife, it is the preacher. Things
cannot be taken for granted just
because a young woman is a mem-
ber of the church. She must show
a personal reality with Christ. God
must be real to her. The cause of
Christ must be a passion with her.
She should have cared enough
about the things of Christ to take
advantage of every opportunity to
study His Word and learn how to
do His service. When a young min-
ister plans to marry a girl with
whom the things of Christ are a
foreign language, he had better
"stop, look, and listen," or there
will be rocks ahead for him. He
will spend his entire life living in
one world while his wife Uves in
another.

She can either make or break
her husband in his ministry. It
takes a mighty strong preacher to

overcome the influence of his wife
if she is unfitted for the position
she holds as his wife. A preacher's
wife who still loves the world and
hankers after worldly display in her
house as well as in her clothes can
neutralize the effectiveness of his
ministry quickly. Such a woman
may kill the prayer life of the
preacher and the spiritual influ-
ence that should characterize a
minister's home. A preacher's home
should be his spiritual tower, a
place of spiritual encouragement
and help. His wife should be to him
as a sweet influence of the spirit
and counsel of Christ. Without it,
there is no place for him to go for
help in his inmost struggles, except
his own personal time with God.

She Must Protect Her Husband's
Study

Just because a minister does not
have to leave his home and go to
some business house as other men
do and punch a time clock at 8
each morning is no cause for lying
abed late. A preacher should work
as hard for God as a man does for
his employer. The preacher's home
should be regular in all things. Be-
cause his work is at home and he
makes his own hours is no reason
for making a nurse girl out of him,
or a house maid.

A preacher's strength is in his
mastery of the Word of God. He
can't attain this if he is constantly
interrupted by domestic requests.
His time with God and His Word
should be held inviolate. If his wife
does not respect this key to her
husband's life work, certainly no
one else will. Many a self-pitying
preacher's wife has but hurt herself
by injuring her husband's success

in the ministry through her own
indulgence.

She Is the Key to His Confidences

The normal preacher's wife is his
first refuge in time of perplexity,
trouble, or discouragement. He will
confide in her things that no other
ears should ever hear. If she in-
dulges in a sense of personal ela-
tion by telling things that others
did not know even at the cost of
violating her husband's sacred con-
fidence, she will drive her husband
from her and create much harm in
the church. A loose tongue in a
preacher's wife is the Devil's de-
light.

But the preacher's wife who holds
her husband's confidences sacredj
under all strains is a jewel indeed. |
He finds her his most treasured
refuge in every storm. God bless
her! She is a real helpmeet for him
such as God planned.

The Preacher's Wife and Her Home

She should be looked upon as
the model of the type of Christian
womanhood her husband's minis-
try would produce. Her housekeep-
ing can injure her husband's work
greatly. Carelessness, laziness, or
just inattention to the appearance
of her house tremendously affect;
the women of her congregation
How often the women of a congre-
gation have taken pride and spent
much money and labor in fixing up
a parsonage for an incoming pas
tor's wife only to see her let it run
down and get dirty and unkempt
The children have been allowed tc
mar the walls and scar the furni
ture and smear bread and preserve;
all over nice furniture providec
with such care.

The self-pitying preacher's wife

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who complains at every pin prick
like it was a crucifixion, and simul-
lates illness and lies in bed expect-
ing the women of the congregation
to do her work for her, is taking
the heart out of her husband's
people. Many a woman has helped
her pastor's wife when her own
head and back were aching. The
spirit of Christ should prompt a
preacher's wife to look upon her
home as her pulpit through which
she could bear her testimony of
what a true Christian home should
be. If the children are allowed to
make the interior of her home look
Uke a cyclone had recently passed
by, it is not likely that visitors
would think much of the quality of
her husband's Gospel.

It is extremely embarrassing for
a preach to bring wedding couples
or other contacts of his ministry
into his home only to find the par-
lor littered with clothing, torn pa-
pers, magazines, pans, and what-
not. Her house may not have the
finest of rugs and furniture in it,
but it can be neat and clean, and
that is what it should be. The rea-
son some parsonages have not been
fixed up is because the congrega-
tion felt it was of no use if no care
was taken of it.

But how often we have dined in
preachers' homes where we knew a
real struggle with old man wolf was
going on and yet every effort at
cheerfulness and contentment was
made. Chairs were scarce, linoleum
rugs were on the floor, but things
were so clean they shone. We knew
that the only jar of preserves was
opened for the occasion as the chil-
dren eyed it admiringly. The freshly
baked cake was a rarity. And the
meat dish put a big hole in the
meager pocketbook. But not a word
of complaint. There was a little
soldier for you! How we fought to
help that home afterward! God
fought for it, too.

Discipline Should Be Her Forte

It is evident that many ministers
and their wives feel that it is in-
compatible with the spirit of Christ
to discipline their children. Some
seem to feel that any show of stern-
ness is to be avoided.

The opposite is true. Nothing re-

flects upon a preacher's ministry
more than the conduct of his chil-
dren. The preacher's wife who al-
lows her children to all but wreck
the interior of other people's homes
as though it were a joke is hurting
the cause of Christ. Preachers'
children should not be allowed to
run loose up and down the aisles of
the church during or after a service
any more than other children. In
fact, they should try to be exam-
ples. The preacher is busy with his
people during and after services
and this care mostly devolves upon
the wife.

Preachers' children cannot be ex-
pected to be perfect, but it is ex-
pected that they shall be rightly
taught and disciplined. Just let-
ting things ride and hoping for
time to overcome all things is a
sure way to disappointment. True
love is stern as well as gentle. It
always does that which is best even
though it costs much hurt of heart
to enforce it. The preacher-father
must not fail to discipline consis-
tently, but he must have help.

From under the hands of true
preachers' wives have come more
Presidents of the United States of
America than from any other class
of women. With but few exceptions
/'they have molded their children
into noble Christian men and
women. The failures have been
few, the successes many.

The Preacher's Wife and His
Finances

Many a good preacher has been
forced to a fruitless ministry
through worry over bills he caimot
pay and debts that steadily mount
up. He develops an inferiority
complex over his inability to hold
his head up before the men he does
business with. The preacher's wife
who tries to ape the snobbish rich
without regard to the limits of her
husband's income, or who is just
carelessly extravagent in the kitch-
en or the wardrobe, or perhaps
whines for trips home or elsewhere
which cannot be afforded by a
preacher's pocketbook, is digging
her husband's ministerial grave.

The ministry is full of sacrifices
of all kinds. There are financial
sacrifices. There are denials of

trips that others take. Devotion to
the services of the house of the
Lord keeps preachers home when
others go. No matter what others
do, he must be there to discharge
his promise of faithfulness to God.
The preacher's wife may not be
able to "keep up with the Joneses,"
but she can "keep up with God."
That is not only better — it is neces-
sary.

With her husband's mind and
heart in his ministry day and night
he needs a real financial manager
in his wife. She is enlarging the
ministry of Christ by making it
possible for her husband to be re-
lieved of financial responsibilities
in the home. At least she can re-
frain from enlarging his worries
with fretting over things she can't
have.

Some preachers' wives are per-
forming miracles with money. In-
stead of crying on the shoulders of
members of the church, they are
buckling in like good soldiers and
winning a real battle for their chil-
dren and their husbands. Thank
God for the heroine of the parson-
age. Her husband and "her chil-
dren will rise up and call her
blessed."

The Preacher's Wife and Her
Appearance

She should not consider it her re-
sponsibility to exl;ibit the latest
fashions of the season. It has made
it hard for some quiet-living lay-
man to sacrifice for the church
when confronted with a fashion
plate in the pastor's wife.

On the other hand, she can cause
much harm through being careless
and unnecessarily shabby in her
appearance. Attire that is appro-
priate, yet neat and attractive, is,
as Paul writes, such as "becometh
women professing godliness." The
pastor's wife largely sets the ex-
ample in such things for the women
of the congregation.

Her Personal Relationship to God

This is most vital. The ministry
is one calling where two cannot
successfully walk together unless
they be agreed!

She must have no uncertainties

(Continued on page 639)

October 5, 1957

637

The Spirit' Filled Life

Ephesians 6:1-24

This sixth chapter of Ephesians
gives us a picture of what comes to
pass in certain relationships of life
when the child of God is "filled with
the Spirit."

Spirit-Filled Children

Spirit-filled children will obey
their parents. "Children, obey your
parents in the Lord: for this is
right. Honour thy father and
mother; (which is the first com-
mandment with promise;) That it
may be well with thee, and thou
mayest live long on the earth" (Eph.
6:1-3). "Children, obey your par-
ents in all things: for this is well
pleasing unto the Lord" (Col. 3:20).
This presumes that the father and
mother are C hristians and the chil-
dren also. Such standards are not
for the unsaved in the world. Yes;
children, having accepted Jesus
Christ, indwelt by the Spirit, are to
be "filled with the Spirit" the same
as others of more years. Why not?
Our saved children ought to be
taught in the doctrines of the Holy
Spirit, especially in the indwelling
and the infilling doctrines. If they
were better instructed, they would
be more obedient.

Spirit-Filled Fathers

Spirit-filled fathers will assume
spiritual leadership of the children.
They will "bring them up in the nur-
ture and admonition of the Lord."
This is not just written in the usual
masculinity of the Scriptures. It liter-
ally means, "fathers." Many fathers
shift all the responsibility of spirit-
ual instruction, leadership, and ex-
ample over to the mothers. They
are either too lazy or too cowardly
or too unspiritual to do their duty.
"Nurture" means "discipline." Par-
ental discipline is very rare today,
even among Ciiristian parents, and
more especially with the fathers. The

638

great need of the home is for Spirit-
filled fathers.

Spirit-Filled Servants

When this Scripture was written
(Eph. 6:5-8) servants were virtually
slaves, bond-slaves. Yet they could
be saved! In Christ Jesus, there is
neither bond nor free, but a new
creation. Now the Spirit gives full
instructions on how Christian labor-
ers should behave toward their em-
ployers. True, these instructions
were to slaves, but they can be ap-
plied to industrial relationships to-
day. A Spirit-filled laborer is to
serve "as unto Christ," not just with
an eye to promotion, or only when
watched. They are to serve as
'servants of Christ," not just as em-
ployees. They are doing the will of
God and should do it from a Spirit-
filled heart. Their service should
not be just for the wages they receive
but for the rewards which the Lord
will give for faithfulness. This puts
a spiritual emphasis on everyday
toil. This takes away the monoton-
ous grind of a job. This puts dignity
into labor, it would also keep Chris-
tians from looking to the organiza-
tions and schemes of the world for
attaining justice. Every Christian
employee ought to read Ephesians
6:5-8 frequently.

By Dr. C. H. Ashman

Pastor, West Covina Brethren Church
West Covina, Calif.

Spirit-Filled Masters

Spirit-filled masters (employersj
will treat their servants (employees)]
as they would want to be treated bji
their Master in heaven. They wil
not threaten, but forbear. They wil
remember that "God is no respectet
of persons." We have known of
prominent Christian employers, fre-
quently called upon for public ad-
dresses, concerning whom reports
persist that they fail to treat their
employees with Christian considera-
tion.

Solution of Labor Problems

If these injunctions were obeyed,
would not this be the solution of the
constantly recurring labor and cap-
ital problem? Of course, the main
obstacle is that so few employers and
also so few employees are Christian.
They cannot be Spirit-filled and
Spirit-directed until they are Spirit-
indwelt and this cannot be until
they are born again. At least, we
are safe in saying that for Christian
employers and Christian employees
here is the solution.

Spiritual Strength and Power

Spirit-filled Christians will be
spiritual giants. They will be
"strong in the Lord, and in the pow-
er of his might" (Eph. 6:10). There
is nothing sissy or weak about being
a Spirit-filled Christian. They will!
be spiritually equipped for a spir-
itual warfare, clad in the whole ar-
mor of God, contending against
spiritual wickedness. Their armor
is described in verses 14-17. Their i
confidence will be in prayer and
watchfulness (vs. 18). Oh, the possi-
bilities for victory and success in the i
Lord's work bound up in these
verses of Ephesians 6:10-18! What
resources! What secret sources of
supplies! What inexhaustible foun-
tains!

"Be ye filled with the Spirit."

The Brethren Missionary Herald

L THE PREACHER'S WIFE

(Continued from page 637)

about her personal salvation. The
spectacle of a devoted preacher with
a passion for Christ and for saving
men, being married to a woman
who is largely indifferent to it all,
is little less than tragic. A preach-
er's wife who just "goes along" with
her husband in the various spiritual
activities that she cannot escape,
with the resignation that it is "part
of his job," is a heavy anchor to
drag.

If she does not consider his min-
istry as her ministry also, with a
deep interest in the real and spir-
itual purposes of it all; if she could
just as easily see him leave the min-
istry and enter secular work (and
perhaps prefer it); if she has no
personal concern for the sheep of
the flock and resents their coming
to her with their troubles; if she
could just as easily associate with
worldly people, she will be a life-
long liability for her preacher hus-
band.

The true preacher's wife has a
prayer life that constitutes a bul-
wark for her husband and the
church. In the true sense it is her
counsel that sways more influence
for Christ in her husband's life
than any other. Her love, her gen-
uine devotion to Christ, cause her
husband to trust her counsel as
that of none other. In such a role
she is a mighty power for God. Rich
is the preacher who has such a
companion.

The Preacher's Wife — Her Faith

The ranks of the ministers' wives
are replete with the records of un-
sung heroines, women who have
kept their husbands in the fight for
Christ when they were broken and
ready to quit, women who have
softened their husbands' natures
when they were militant and un-
Christhke, who have made their
homes to be little bits of heaven to
refresh the worn spirits of men of
God who are giving their all in the
pattle for Christ, women who by
fheir tactfulness and Christlike
spirit have saved many a congre-
gation from division. Back of every

PREMILLENNIALISM

(Continued from page 635)

see this from Revelation 19:20 and
II Thessalonians 2:8. If the Anti-
christ is to be destroyed before the
millennium, as he must be, it be-
comes necessary therefore that
Christ return before the millennium
to destroy him.

5. The Bible reveals to us that
the coming of Christ is to be un-
expected by a great portion of the
human race. Because of this the be-
lievers are exhorted to watch and be
alert concerning His return. If
Christ were not to come until after
the millennium, it would be unscrip-
tural and ridiculous to watch for any
event which we would know must be
1,000 years or more on into the fu-
ture.

6. Both Paul and Peter make it
perfectly clear that at the end of this
age there is to be spiritual decay,
unbelief, and false teaching, in oppo-
sition to the true testimony of the
Gospel. This could not be possible
were the age to grow better and bet-
ter with men turning to God in
greater and greater numbers as time
unfolds.

7. If Christ were to return after
the millennium, as our postmillen-
nial friends tell us, then the millen-
nium would be here 1 ,000 years be-
fore He comes. Yet, we are told
from the Bible never to look for the
millennium, but to look for Christ
Himself. He is the "blessed hope" —
not the millennium.

8. The millennium is scriptural-
ly named "the kingdom." That is,
when the kingdom comes in its full
manifestation, it will be simultan-
eous with the millennial reign of
Christ. Yet the kingdom cannot
come fully until the King returns.
Therefore, He must return before
the millennium.

9. A careful examination of

early church history will reveal that
the apostles and early teachers, be-
sides Peter, James, Paul, and John,
were all premillennialists for the
first three centuries.

10. The theory of postmilien-
nialism requires the juggling of Old
Testament prophecies concerning
the millennium. It further requires
the promises made to Israel to be
transferred to the church. Thus
those many Old Testament pas-
sages which tell us of the future
glory of Israel are supposed to be
fulfilled in the progress of the Gos-
pel in this age.

One of the early church fathers,
Origen, held to the notion that the
real truth of the Bible could not be
found in a literal interpretation, but
instead, it would be found in spir-
itualizing the Scriptures. Following
this "spiritualizing" process, he ar-
rived at what we know to be the
postmillennial theory. At various
times in church history it has been
very prominent. However, those
who have believed that in the Bible
God says what He means and means
what He says, have always contin-
ued to teach His Word, and the log-
ical conclusion is still a premillennial
viewpoint.

great man, we are told, is a great
woman. It is likely his mother. It
could be his wife.

God bless our faithful pastors'
wives who glorify Christ in their
homes, their husbands, and their
children.

in Mtmotmm

Ross Varner has gone to be with
His Lord. Mr. Varner died suddenly
on the pre-dawn morning of Sept.
11 while fighting a fire as a mem-
ber of the Akron City Fire Depart-
ment. He had been with the fire de-
partment of Akron, Ohio since
1953, and a member of the First
Brethren Church of this city since
1937. All those who knew Ross Var-
ner were aware of his faithfulness lo
Christ in his daily life. He was a
man upon whose face the presence
of the Lord shone. His funeral was
attended by over 500 friends and
relatives, including 165 city firemen
in dress uniform led by Chief Gerald
Vernotzy. The firemen formed
columns at the cemetery gate and
escorted the funeral coach to the
grave. The fire engine upon which
he served, as well as the chief's car,
followed the procession. — W. Rus-
sell Ogden, pastor.

'October 5, 1957

639

HOME MISSIONS

Pray for the fall program at Ana-
heim, Calif., where more than 20
adults are attending class in per-
sonal work, calling, and witnessing.

Pray for the Spanish-American
work in the Taos, N. Mex., area
and for the new missionary family,
the Victor Meyers'.

Pray for a number of home-mis-
sion churches to go self-supporting
this coming year.

Praise the Lord for the addition
of a number of new families at
Goshen, Ind. and pray that other
families will be reached through the
radio ministry.

Pray for the early completion of
a new home by Rev. J. C. McKil-
len adjoining the church property at
San Jose, Calif., as it will be used
for a church home until a church
can be built.

Pray for good use of the materials
provided by the Brethren Home Mis-
sions Council in presenting the need
for this years' home-mission offer-
ing.

GRACE SEMINARY, COLLEGE

Thank God for the vision of the
board of trustees of Grace Semi-
nary and College which has ap-
proved the project of going ahead
with the erection of both needed
college buildings at this time.

Pray for the progress of the build-
ing operations that no hindrances
may arise to keep them from being
completed on schedule.

Pray that funds may be avail-
able to carry this building obligation
and to maintain the operation of the
school at the same time.

Pray for the new student body,
that it may readily become adjusted
to the new year's work.

BRETHREN

DAY OF PRAYER

OCT. 15

WMC

Pray for our new national, district
and local officers that they may
have wisdom and health to serve the
Lord well in their respective offices.

Pray that this year will be marked
by much spiritual growth in our
lives!

Pray that we may give generously
to the support of our WMC mis-
sionaries for next year.

SMM AND BYF

Pray for the national and local
leaders of these groups that they
shall be led by the Holy Spirit in
every endeavor.

Pray for the young people every-
where that the Christians will mani-
fest Christlikeness in their everyday
lives, thus being good witnesses to
the unsaved youth about them.

Pray that our young folks will
want to read their Bibles.

SUNDAY SCHOOL

Pray for a great ingathering of
the unreached through Brethren
Sunday schools.

Pray for an increasing number of
teachers who will give time and ef-
fort in becoming trained teachers
through our training classes.

Pray concerning the National
Sunday School Board financial
needs that schools will become vital-
ly concerned and give to this work.

Pray for the Sunday-school con-
test which begins in October.

LAYMEN

Pray that our men may far sur-
pass their goal of $1,000 as our
home-mission project by Nov. 30.
This money is for a Navajo mission
student center at Counselor, N. Mex.
The project is to extend over a pe-
riod of years.

Pray for the gospel-team work
all across our land, especially the

work of our men who are sponsor-
ing new churches at Warsaw, Ind.
and Virginia Beach, Va.

Pray for the Boys Club work as
we enter the fall and winter months,
that many more of our men may re-
ceive great blessings from serving the
Lord in this way.

FOREIGN MISSIONS

Praise the Lord for the safe ar-
rival in Africa of Misses Habegger,
Jones and Geske, and the Charles
Taber family.

Pray for Al and Elsie Balzer as
they travel home for furlough.

Pray definitely that the Lord will
supply the desperate need for funds
to carry on our foreign-mission
work.

Praise the Lord for so definitely
touching the body of little "Eddie
Boy" Miller, son of our missionaries
in Brazil.

Pray that the Lord will undertake
that Rev. and Mrs. Tom Julien may
be able to go to France as soon as
possible to help out in that needy
field.

MISSIONARY HERALD

Pray for the expanding ministry
of the Missionary Herald, and espe-
cially for the faithful members of the
staff as they labor for the Lord.

Pray for the curriculum commit-
tee as they are making a complete
study of all Brethren literature used
in Sunday schools, youth groups,
summer camps, etc. The committee
is comprised of members of the
Sunday School and Missionary
Herald Boards.

EVANGELISM I

Pray for the work of the Board of
Evangelism and the ministry of Cru-
sade Evangelist Dean Fetterhoff.

TKe BRETHREN

WMC NUMBER

OCTOBER 12, 1957

SECOND PLACE

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In Service-

We are the Lord's by right of
creation and of His payment for
our sin. We are His in service be-
cause it is He whom we serve, and as
ambassadors for Him we constantly
strive to bring men to God, thus
drawing closer to Him ourselves.

But just how do we, as Women
Manifesting Christ, belong to Him
in service?

We are the Lord's in the church,
for the Lord is the head of the
church. It is here that we may serve
Him in faithful attendance at all
services. We may take part in many
channels of service, such as the choir
and church music, Sunday-school
promotion and teaching, directing
youth, assisting in different chil-
dren's programs, and being active
in WMC and other auxiliaries.

We are the Lord's in WMC for
WMC is designed for women who
are the Lord's. It is here that many
avenues of service are presented to
women. WMC provides missionary

projects which might go unnoticed,
unwanted, and undone. We may
minister to the church through the
WMC by cleaning the church, en-
tertaining visiting brethren, caring
for the nursery, cooking meals for
those working at the church, making
drapes, and many other tasks. We
may serve in the council by accept-
ing leadership and responsibililties.
We must conscientiously do "what
our hands findeth to do" as "unto
the Lord."

We are the Lord's in the commu-
nity, for we are the Lord's at all
times. To serve Him in the com-
munity we must daily live a life
of testimony. We should strive to
make our lives above reproach to
those with whom we come in con-
tact, and hold a consistent testimony.
We may do our part to invite others
to the church and WMC. We should
be alert to help our fellow women
and to point them to Christ.

We are the Lord's at home, for

He has ordained marriage and fam-
ily life. We serve Him, as well as
our families, in the way we ac-
complish the daily tasks and re-
sponsibilities. We serve Him in
training our children in the "admo-
nition of the Lord." We are com-
missioned in God's Word to be hos-
pitable and to be a friend to the one
in need. And, last but far from least,
we have the great privilege of lead-
ing our own to the Lord as Saviour.

We are the Lord's in devotional
life — for we are betrothed to Him.
We admire, praise, show obedience,
and love Him in devotion. We serve
Him in devotion as we daily inter-
cede for the church and its needs,
for the WMC and its members and I
projects, for those in the community
who are lost and dying or for those
who need Christian encouragement,
and for those who are nearest and
dearest to us and who must often be
placed upon the altar of sacrifice.

In a Home Mission Church-

I am the Lord's in a home-mis-
sion church.

As I am a mother, my church re-
minds me daily of my Christian duty
to my family. It instructs me in the
Word and provides a pastor and
wife with whom I can council.

My partner shares in this privi-
lege, for he is a Christian, too. Be-
cause of our fellowship in the Word
we have a better understanding of
each other and can pray together
freely. The church gives us a spirit-
ual security that the world doesn't
know.

For my children, the church
provides the necessary spiritual
guidance, leading them in the right
direction while they are small and

are developing a sense of right and
wrong. Looking forward to church
day school I know my children will
have many blessings and much spirit-
ual guidance as they learn "reading,
writing, and arithmetic." Sisterhood
of Mary and Martha will also be a
great blessing to my girls as they be-
come juniors and teen-agers.

My church strengthens the bonds
of family relationships. It affords fel-
lowship of other Christians and en-
riches our social life.

Avenues of service within the
church, the Sunday school, the com-
munity and the auxiliaries are
opened. As we take part in these
opportunities we receive valuable
training for the future.

To these add the privilege of as-
sisting other home mission churches |
and the various foreign points by I
giving and praying.

In the future the church can
mean even more by helping to
strengthen us from day to day and
year by year, and enriching our
fields of service.

As a district WMC officer, "I am i
the Lord's in a singular way as I
strive to serve Him. It is my sin- [
cere desire to serve Him and the
ladies of my district by performing '
faithfully all of the duties that are
mine, that we might accomplish
much to the honor and praise of Him
to whom we belong." — Gleanings
from a letter from a district officer.

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 41

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16. 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake. Ind.. under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake, Ind. Subscription price, S3. 00 a year; 100-percent churches, S2.50: foreign, $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees, president; Herman A. Hoyt, vice president; William Schaffer, secretary: True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Geh-
man. treasurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee; William Male, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller. Thomas Ham-
mers; Arnold R. Kriegbaum, ex officio.

642

The Brethren Missionary Herald

WMC
Displays

Congratulations to the ladies of
the Allegheny and Iowa districts for
capturing the first and second place
display ribbons at national con-
ference this year!

Shown on the cover of this issue
are these two star displays. Mrs.
Leslie Moore, retiring Allegheny
district president, smiles as she
holds the trophy awarded to first
place. Mrs. Wayne Baker, project
chairman of the district, was not
present for the photo.

The trophy will remain in the
hands of the Allegheny women until
another district scores "first." If the
Allegheny district wins it for three
years the trophy will become theirs
for keeps.

Featured in the winning display
was a good-sized baby doll repre-
senting the new district, "Baby Alle-
gheny," which attracted much at-
tention because its arms and legs
moved, as well as a wheel in the
poster above the table. Miniatures,
pinned on the baby's diaper, dis-

played many of the district's proj-
ects.

Running a close second was the
wall hangmg display from the Iowa
district. Topping the shock of corn
was a stuffed owl with bewitching
eyes (lights which went on and off)
to portray the national theme "Open
Thou Mine Eyes." Large pumpkins
at the base of the corn listed "Local
Projects," "National WMC Ob-
jectives," "District Work," "Month-
ly Devotional Clock," and the "Na-
tional Offerings."

Other displays are pictured above.
(Note "Baby Allegheny.") The dis-
plays were varied, interesting, in-
formative, and instructive. Each dis-
play had a spiritual theme. Some of
the themes were: "Open Thou Mine
Eyes," "Jesus Our Pilot," and
"Pioneering For Christ."

According to word from Mrs.
Miles Taber, the National Project
Chairman, "the committee had a
difficult time in making a decision,
for they were all so attractively and

well displayed. It was hard to go
into the auditorium without stopping
to view the displays, and indeed it
was just as hard to leave. One won-
ders how they can be improved
upon. Iowa's district won first place
last year and the Allegheny district
this year, so who knows, your dis-
trict may win the trophy this coming
year."

FOR NEXT YEAR—

Suggestions for this coming year,
given by Mrs. Taber, include: (1)
Be sure your display has a spiritual
theme. (2) The display should cover
your local, district, and national
projects. (3) It should be neat and
attractive.

A project sheet will soon be sent
out with suggested projects from
the various boards. If projects are
chosen from it, please notify the
national project chairman, so that
she in turn can notify the board
most concerned, and also, that un-
necessary duplications may be
avoided.

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Jottings

From Abroad . . .

Our African Sisters

Several of the "Quali Ti Tene
Ndjoni" (Women of the Good News)
members (pictured above) are now
reading through tjie New Testament
in the Sango language. They are
finding many rich truths and bless-
ings from God's Word.

The WMC members of the Day-
ton (Ohio) church gave money to
buy pins for the women who read
through the New Testament during
the year. Our women are eagerly
looking forward to receiving these
pins when they have finished their

WMC OFFICIARY

President— Mrs. Paul Dick, 649 BerryviUe

Ave., Winchester, Va.
First Vice President (Project)— Mrs. Miles

Taber, 314 Dorchester St., Ashland, Ohio.
Second Vice President (Program) — Mrs.

Thomas Hammers, 6242 30th St., Seattle

15, Wash.
Recording Secretary — Mrs. Lester Pifer, Box

195. Winona Lake, Ind.
Assistant Secretary — Mrs. Scott Weaver, H.

R. 2, Osceola, Ind.
Financial Secretary-Treasurer — Mrs. Ches-
ter McCall, 4580 Don Felipe Dr., Los
! Angeles, Calif.
■Literature Secretary— Mrs. Jesse Deloe, 2728

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Editor— Mrs. Dayton Cundiff, Beaver City,

Nebr.
Prayer Chairman— Mrs. Rose Foster, 5337
^N. Front St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Pationess of SMM — Mrs. Leslie Moore, 719

Franklin St., Sunnyside, Wash.

task. In place of the letters "WMC"
we had printed on the pins "OTN."
Our prayer is that many of our
mission women may have a real hun-
ger to read more of God's Word.
"Thy Word have I hid in my heart:"
(Ps. 119:11).

Do please remember your African
sisters. They, too, have many temp-
tations, but may their trust be in
the Lord.

Yours In Him,
Charlotte Jobson

OUR PROJECT—

This is home-mission project
time. The offerings for the home
missions will go toward the purchase
of land and the construction of a
youth building for the Spanish-
American work in Taos, N. Mex.

Since this is a three-year project,
a goal of $3,000 per year has been
set. Let each of us do our part to
push the offering over the goal!
More will be said about this proj-
ect in our next WMC issue.

DEAR WMC LADIES:

Just a few lines to "attempt"
to thank our national WMC for the
many wonderful blessings I've re-
ceived from all of you this past fur-
lough year.

It has been a real blessing to visit
and fellowship with the various
WMC groups throughout the year.
I cannot begin to enumerate them
one by one . . . how can we thank
you for the wonderful accommoda-
tions of the missionary residence and
the faithfulness of those WMC ladies
who take care of the residence so
that it is comfortable, cheery, and
clean. May the Lord bless you each
one for your wonderful hospitality
and your gracious Christian spirit
toward those of us who are your co-
laborers in Christ. ... I praise the
Lord for this wonderful organiza-
tion. . . . Truly it can be said of our
WMC ladies ". . . . many daughters
have done virtuously, but thou ex-
cellest them all" (Prov. 31:29).

May the Lord grant that in the
coming year, if He tarry in His com-
ing, we may see "much fruit"
gathered in for His glory (II Thess.
3:1).

Grateful in Christ,
Gail Jones

HAVE YOU READ THE

"Pen Pointers"?

HAVE YOU SEEN THE

"Pen Pointers"?

If not, ask your district president
for some.

October 12, 7957

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Introducing —

One (of the many) successful
feature of the national WMC con-
ference this year was a discussion
program called "Pondering Perti-
nent Problems."

Under the chairmanship of Mrs.
Robert J. Boone, from Fort Wayne,
Ind., several members of the national
WMC board answered questions
which had previously been submit-
ted by women present at the con-
ference. Following answers by the
panel members, the questions were
opened to the floor for discussion.

Since time did not permit con-
sideration of all questions submitted,
it was decided to continue the an-
swers in printed form. The questions
were divided among several ladies
to be answered in the Missionary
Herald.

Some of those submitting ma-
terial throughout the year will be
Mrs. Leo Polman, San Gabriel,
Calif.; Mrs. Thomas Hammers,
Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Kenneth Ash-
man, Wooster, Ohio; Mrs. Jesse

pERjffWP

Question — Will you please ex-
plain our Bible reading goal? Our
markers begin in September and
the reports must be in July 15.
How should we figure our read-
ing?

Answer — If you want to make

Deloe, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Mrs.
Homer A. Kent, Sr., Winona Lake,
Ind.; Mrs. F. B. Lindower, Union-
town, Ohio; Mrs. William Schaffer,
Kittanning Pa.; Mrs. Leslie Moore,
Sunnyside, Wash.

With prayer and best wishes for
enjoyment and advancement, we
present "Ponderings on Pertinent
Problems."

MISSIONARY BIRTHDAYS FOR DECEMBER
Africa —

Miss Mary Emmert December 4

Mission a Bassai. Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Miss Mai7 Cripe December 5

Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Elizabeth Ann Hill December 8, 1947

Bossembele via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Daniel Paul Beaver December 23, 1954

Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs. Donald F. Miller December 27

Mission a Nzoro, Bocaranga via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Rev. Harold L. Dunning December 27

Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Miss Mary Ann Habegger December 29

Mission a Bekoro, Paoua via Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Argentina —

David Merritt Marshall December 17, 1954

Rivadavia 433. Rio Cuarto, F.C.N. G.B.M.. Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S. A.

Margaret Loree Churchill December 20, 1952

Remedios de Escalada 74, Rio Tercero, F.C.B.M., Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S. A.

Carson Lee Rottler December 28, 1949

Fenogllio 71, Laboulave, F.N.G.S.M.. Argentina, S. A.

Brazil —

Stanley Craig Miller December 29, 1954

Micapa. Terr. Federal do Amapa, Brazil.

France —

Rev. P. Fredrick Fogle December 27

79 Chemin de Vassieux, Caluire et Cuire, Rhone, France.

Hawaii —

Mrs. Foster R. Tresise December 14

335 Manae St.. Kailua, Hawaii.

Mexico —

Rev. Walter E. Haag December 4

439 Sunset Lane, San Ysidro, Calif., tJ.S.A.

Rev. Sibley M. Edmiston December 17

Lista de Correos, Leon, Guanaiuato, Mexico.

In the United Slates —

Norman Edward Schrock December 2, 1946

1210U Hammond Ave, Waterlolo, Iowa.

Rebecca Ann Schrock December 2, 1946

1210'''> Hammond Ave, Waterlolo. Iowa.

Miss Johanna Nielsen December 3

1819 Fine Avenue, Long Beach 6, Calif.

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a complete year's report on Bible
reading, report from the previous
July to the current June year.

This goal is a check to de-
termine if the women are training
themselves to regularly read the
Word. The Bible reading sched-
ule is provided to give something
to follow for Bible reading as well
as a regular reminder to do the
Bible reading. It is sufficient to
report the current year's Bible
reading completed to date in June
(with, of course, the understanding
that the reading will be completed
in the next two months).

Questron — V/hen our business
session opens everyone wants to
talk, but they do not want to follow
parliamentary procedure. How can
this be overcome?

Answer — This poor practice is
not easy to overcome after it be-
comes established in a group. The
presiding officer must consistently
insist upon attention and conduct the
business according to proper pro-
cedure. It is wise for her to be
thoroughly familiar with proper pro-
cedures and the business she plans to
bring before the group. No one can
maintain parliamentary procedure
but the presiding officer.

However, she should first explain
kindEy what she expects from her
women and why proper procedure
benefits all — that the procedure is
for the good of the individuals and i
the organization. The group should i
also know just how the officer is
planning to present the business.

Business need not be long and
drawn out if it is conducted orderly
with only one speaking at a time
after being properly recognized. The
president "must keep the discussion
from trailing from the problem at
hand. She is the one who maintains
order.

However, the presiding officer
must not be a dictator, nor unkind,
but firm, consistent, and persistent i
in maintaining order while con-
ducting business. This is to the glory
of our Lord.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

Almighty Hands

By Rev. Arthur Cashman

Scripture Lesson Text — Isaiah 41:10

Memory Verse — Isaiah 41:13

The second study on the subject
"Hands for Jesus" is very important,
for it will present the truth of God's
Word as to how our hands may bs
more valuable in the service of the
Lord. This is simply allowing the
hand of God to become ours by
putting our hands in His, which are
described in I Peter 5:6 as "mighty."
We well understand one person giv-
ing a "helping hand" to another in
the home or on the farm. Just so,
God is ready to extend His almighty
hand to help us serve the Lord Jesus
Christ in service.

A minister was busy moving his
library of books from a room down-
stairs to a new study room upstairs.
His little boy asked if he could help.
In order to encourage his industry,
consent was given. Highly pleased,
the little fellow picked up his father's
large concordance and started up the
steps, but he soon bogged down

under the weight. The father, seeing
his predicament, reached down with
his hands and took up both the boy
and the book and finished the trip.
This illustrates how God helps us
when our strength is not equal to
the task. Our memory verse bears
this out, for it reads: "For I the Lord
God will hold thy right hand, saying
unto thee. Fear not; I will help
thee."

The grasp of the hand is signifi-
cant of close and present friendship.
We must sense God's presence so
near that our faith can touch His
hand. Of course, nearness to God
is possible only as we please Him
with our lives. This includes clean
living, faithfulness in our daily de-
votions, sincerity, and constancy in
service. The psalmist asks: "Who
shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?
or who shall stand in his holy place?
He that hath clean hands, and a
pure heart; who hath not lifted up
his soul unto vanity, nor sworn de-
ceitfully" (Ps. 24:3-4).

There is still a more wonderful

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR NOVEMBER

OPENING CHORUSES— Theme

chorus for the year and theme
verse of the year (in unison).
SCRIPTURE LESSON AND
PRAYER— Seniors and Mid-
dlers, Psalm 121; Juniors, Psalm
24.

DEVOTIONAL TOPIC— Seniors
and Middlers, "Almighty Hands"
by Rev. Arthur Cashman; Jun-
iors, "What I as a Christian
Should Be" by Mrs. Fred Fogle.

PRAYER POEM AND PRAYER
CIRCLE — Using requests and
also having each girl offer
a special testimony of thanks.

SPECIAL NUMBER—

VIISSIONARY TOPICS— Seniors
and Middlers, "African Hearts"

by Miss Marie Mishler. Juniors,
"Louise" by Mrs. Orville Job-
son.
DISCUSSION— Seniors and Mid-'
dlers, Teen-Age Eriqu2tte by
Grace Ramquist, Chapter 3.
CLOSE WITH chorus of the month,
"Thank You, Lord," and with
prayer.
BUSINESS MEETING— Memory
verse for monthly roll call: Sen-
iors and Middlers, Isaiah 41:13;
Juniors, Psalm 28:7. Be sure to
read the president's reminders.
SMM BENEDICTION — Psalm

145:1-2.
(The suggested Bible reading for
month of November: For Seniors
and Middlers is Ps. 32-49; for Jun-
iors it is Ps. 24-37.)

way that our hands may work for
the Lord Jesus. The new ability is as
pronounced as the difference be-
tween a man sawing a pile of logs
with a handsaw, and a man using a
saw operated with a gasoline engine
or an electric motor, the Bible says:
"It is God which worketh in you
both to will and to do of his good
pleasure" (Phil. 2:13). A pianist
may have hands and fingers such as
Liberace, have his knowledge of
music, and the will to practice as he,
and still not be able to play the
piano as he plays. But if he could
have Liberace's spirit implanted in
him, then he could be able to do it.
This is impossible in the physical
realm, but in the spiritual it is de-
clared to be true.

Following are the words of Jesus
near the end of His earthly ministry:
"If ye love me, keep my command-
ments. And I will pray the Father,
and he shall give you another Com-
forter, that he may abide with you
for ever; even the Spirit of truth
... for he dwelleth with you, and
shall be in you" (John 14:15-17).
After His resurrection, and just be-
fore He ascended to heaven, Jesus
said to these same disciples: "But ye
shall receive power after that the
Holy Spirit is come upon you; and
ye shall be witnesses unto me"
(Acts 1:8). Then in I Corinthians
6:19 we read: "Know ye not that
your body is the temple of the Holy
Spirit which is in you, which ye have
of God, and ye are not your own?"
All of these verses are to im-
press us with the fact that we need
not try to serve the Lord with our
own human weakness, but through
His power and Spirit within. Perhaps
there is a Sisterhood girl in this meet-
ing who would like to surrender her
life to this indwelling Spirit and be-
come a real missionary worker. The
hands can work much better for
Jesus when His Spirit controls the
whole life.

October 12. 1957

647

African
Hearts

By Miss Marie Mishler

Girls everywhere are interested
in romance, and so, as I thought
about writing of hearts, I decided
to write about African (sweet)
hearts.

The Lord spoke to me concerning
Africa while I was at BIOLA. There,
during the Missionary Conference,
a missionary spoke about the girls
of Africa. One of the things he said
and which touched me deeply was
that very young girls were forced
to marry old men who already have
had several wives. Miss Myers also
told me that in her early years in
Africa she hid in her home terri-
fied girls who were being given to
old men.

I'm sure you have all heard of the
African custom of "buying wives."
When a young man or his parents
find a girl to their liking, one who
can work hard to prepare him food
and bear him children, they imme-
diately start gathering the bride
price. Perhaps the bride-to-be is a
mere child. So the father of the
groom has a long time to gather the
price. During the time of waiting
the young man must work for the
girl's parents, in the garden or at
whatever they desire. Then the girl
has reached marriage age and the
price has been met, consisting of
goats, money, and cloth, the mar-
riage takes place. If they are Chris-
tians, the missionary would like them
to get a license and be married by
the pastor. This is a testimony be-
fore the people, and it also pre-
vents the parents of the wife from
forcing her to return home until
additional money has been given.

I'm sure you're saying: "That
doesn't sound like they have sweet-
hearts in Africa; surely they don't
love each other like we do here in
the States." In many cases I'm sure
you're right, but there is love be-
tween some of them, and I want to
tell you of such a couple.

Jacob is our pastor's son. He's
not very tall, but he's quite nice look-
ing. He has been to French school.
Each Sunday it is his job to help
count the people in church.

Susanne came to Bouca last
March with her foster parents who
were to attend Junior Bible School.
She is very pretty, always laughing.
She read well and so attended the
classes with the wives. Several
young men had asked for her, but
she refused. So you see, some do
have the privilege of choosing their
mate.

We don't know how the romance
started, but in November, shortly
before school was out, Abraham,
Jacob's father, and Susanne's father
agreed on a price. Jacob wanted the
marriage to take place at once, but
Susanne's foster mother said she
must wait until the cotton was
picked. Abraham told me that Jacob
loved Susanne "mingue" (very
much). But whenever I talked to
Susanne about Jacob or her mar-
riage she would giggle, and all she
would say was "Oh." However, I
noticed each Sunday her eyes would
follow him as he counted the peo-
ple.

On a Tuesday afternoon in Jan-
uary after the cotton was picked
the church drum beat. It was a dif-
ferent wedding (at least for Bouca).
By four o'clock many people were
in the church. The group sang two
hymns; Mr. Snyder gave a short ser-
mon. Then he asked the couple to
come forward. Jacob, followed by
a friend, came first, and they were
followed by Susanne's father and
then by Susanne. Their vows were
spoken and they returned to their
seats.

I believe Susanne and Jacob are
truly African sweethearts. I had
some clothing brought from the
States. Jacob came one day asking,
not for himself as most African
men do, but for a dress for Susanne.
They are a happy couple because
they have heard the Gospel, have
been saved, and are planning to
prepare to serve the Lord.

You girls who have sweethearts
or who will have one day, pray for
Jacob and Susanne. Many still have
not heard of our Saviour.

Louise

By Mrs. Orville Jobson

Louise is the oldest daughter of
Pastor Noel Gawaka who now lives
in Bangui and has charge of the
church in that city.

Louise is perhaps sixteen years
old; however, she is very small for
her age compared to the other girls
with whom she associates. Louise
has always had a Christian home,
and she learned to read God's Word
and pray very early in life. Her
father always had devotions in the
home, and the children took part in
reading and reciting Bible verses
before they went to bed.

Louise went to school early in
life and learned quickly to read. She
then attended French school for
several years. She also helped her
mother in the garden. After her
parents moved from Bozoum to Ban-
gui, she was asked to be a baby sit-
ter for a French couple. These peo-
ple liked her very much and trusted
her with the children while the
mother worked in the store.

Noel, her father, told his daugh-
ters that he would not sell them to
any man as the custom among the
tribe is, but he would permit the
girls to choose their husbands. How-
ever, Louise's father also told her
she must marry a Christian man,
one who was in good standing in
his home church. That was be-
cause the Bible tells us not to be
"unequally yoked together with un-
believers."

Louise had several young men
ask for her. Finally she chose one of
them. But a year or so after the
engagement, this young man was
unfaithful to his promise and fell
into sin with another young girl. As i
soon as her parents and Louise
found out about this sin of the man
she was engaged to, she immediately
broke the engagement. She did not
want to marry a man who would
not be true to her. She now is wait-
ing on the Lord to show her just the
one He has chosen for her.

Girls, won't you pray for Louise,
that she may ever be faithful to the
Lord, and that she will know the one
of His choice?

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

What I As a Christian Should Know

C onvincing
L oving
E arnest
A rdent
N oble

H umble
A mbitious
N atural
D ependable
S ympathetic

P ersevering
U nderstanding
R adiant
E nthusiastic

H elpful
E nergetic
A miable
R eceptive
T actful

Hands and hearts for Jesus — ■
what a wonderful theme you have
chosen for this year! But we see in
Psalm 24:4-5 that it's not just any
hands or any heart that can receive
blessing from the Lord. The kind of
hands and the kind of heart the
Lord can use to accomplish His
purpose are specified to us as clean
hands and a pure heart. Clean hands
are the only kind of hands fit for
the Lord's service, and a pure heart
is the only kind of heart through
which our Lord can work.

My French Bible says, "mains in-
nocentes" (innocent hands), hands
free from sin, free from guilt, spot-
less, harmless. But our hands, which
are able to do many wonderful
things, are helpless by themselves.
They are visible to the eye, but
the force that moves them to action

Prayer Requests

Pray for "Louise" who is men-
tioned in the Juniors' missionary
topic.

Pray for "Jacob and Susanne"
who are mentioned in Seniors' and
Middlers' missionary topic.

Pray for your national patroness
and your assistant national patron-
ess who have both moved recently
to the west coast that they may hon-
or the Lord with their hands and
hearts as they enter into their new
labors for Him.

Pray for your own local patron-
ess and assistants as they help each
girl grow to be more like Christ.

Pray for Miss Evelyn Fuqua as
you give toward the national project,
:hat she may be aided in her work
because of our giving.

By Mrs. Fred Fogle

is hidden away. Therefore we must
realize that if our hands are to be
clean, and if they in themselves are
helpless, then it's actually our brain
that must be kept clean.

"Oh," you say, "That's inside my
head. I can't do anything about keep-
ing that clean. I can't help what I
think." Have you tried? Yes; it's
harder to keep our minds from
thinking evil thoughts than it is to
pick up a bar of soap and wash our
hands, but God wants clean minds,
too, and often the more difficult
a thing is to do, the more valuable
it is. Mr. Eiffel, the builder of the
Eiffel Tower in Paris, had a diffi-
cult job on his hands, but once
finished, it was of great value to
him. People came from all over the
world to gaze up at that marvel-
ous steel structure, and indeed it
thrills me every time I see it. There's
a bigger thrill though. There's
something more valuable, something
that gives meaning to our existence.
God has created us for His own
glory. We owe Him our lives, our
time; we owe Him our efforts to
bring others to know Him. It's the
souls of these "others" that is worth
more than the Eiffel Tower, more
than all the world. The joy and thrill
of leading "others" to the Lord is

that "bigger thrill," and the reali-
zation that God has placed us on
this earth for this very purpose is
what gives meaning to our existence.

Let's try, then, to accomphsh the
one thing that we've been created
for, the thing that will bring joy
and thrills immeasurable into our
own hves and glory to His name,
remembering that the more com-
pletely clean our hands and the more
completely pure our hearts, the
more completely effective and suc-
cessful we'll be for Christ.

"Let the words of my mouth,
and the meditation of my heart, be
acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my
strength and my redeemer" (Ps. 19:
14).

SMM OFFICIARY

President — Marie Sacliett, Winona Lake, Ind.
(Home: 1010 Randolph St., Waterloo,
Iowa.)

Vice President — Penny Rae Edenfield, R.R.
2, Box 258-B, Uniontown, Pa.

General Secretary — Rachel Smithwick, Wi-
nona Lake, Ind. (Home. R.R. 1, Harrah,
Wash.)

Treasurer — Florence Moeller, Winona Lake,
Ind.

Bandage Secretary — Joyce Ashman, Wi-
nona Lake. Ind.

Editor — Jeanette Turner, Winona Lake, Ind.
(Home; Portis. Kans.)

Patroness — Mrs. H. Leslie Moore, 719 Frank-
lin St., Sunnyside, Wash.

Assistant Patroness — Mrs. Wendell Kent,
Box 656, Beaumont, Calif.

PRAYER POEM FOR MONTH OF NOVEMBER
WHEN I FORGOT TO PRAY

I started early with my chores.

But even so I started wrong.
My labor yielded me no gain —

I should have started with a song.
I battled time this trying day

To find my efforts were a loss.
I had to leave some plans undone —

Tasks multiplied and I grew cross.
Tonight I ponder while I rest —

All day I fought rebelHous tears.
Yet that has always been my lot

When days do not begin with prayers.

(Union Gospel Press Publications)

October 12, 1957

649

WHAT BOOK IS IT IN?

(This little quiz will quote the
verse and give the character, and
verse number, but you must give the
book in which it is found from the
list that is given. Divide your SMM
group and give a small gift to the
winning side.)

Choose the answers from these
Books of the Bible: Genesis, Ro-
mans, Acts, Ephes5ans, Psalms, I
Thessalonians, ' Peter, PhJipjjians,
Colossians, John, Matlhew.

1. Blessed are the pure in heart;

for they shall see God.
5:8.

3. I can do all things through
Christ which strengtheneth me.

8. Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved, and

4. Casting all your care upon
him; for he careth for you.

5:7.

4:13. thy house.

5. The Lord is my shepherd; I

shall not v/ant. 23:

6. Pray without ceasing. .

2. And whatsoever ye do in
word or deed, do all in the name
of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to

God and the Father by him.
3:17.

5:17.

7. For by grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not of your-
selves; it is the gift of God;
not of works lest any man should

boast.
8-9.

WINNERS OF THE WRITING CONTESTS!

Joyce Herdlicka, 1 1 , from Wil-
liamsburg, Iowa, won the story di-
vision of the Sisterhood writing
contest for 1956-57. Her story en-
titled "Escape" will be printed in

these pages sometime this winter.

Linda Baker, 15, from Inglewood,
Calif., composed the winning poem
which appears on this page.

REMEMBER THE TREE

I'd like to tell you of one I hold dear

Above all earth's treasures, o'er all friends so near.

I try to picture just how He m.ust be:

Full of beauty and holiness — and to think. He loves me.

What a heavenly fellowship, such wonderful love,
Like showers, the blessings He sends from above.
The floodgates are open, our hearts opened wide;
Our souls overflowing with the love He provides.

Oh, how He loved us,

So much that He died on Calvary's mountain by many denied.
They laughed and they mocked Him with all hate and scorn
While He hung on a cross with a crown made of thorns.

Then He died and was buried, but death kept him not;

He rose up victorious; He wiped out sin's blot.

He ascended to heaven, a vision so bright,

And He's right here this minute, yes, morning and night.

This is the Christ who now lives in my heart.
How can I explain Him with words so apart?

Oh, can't you see Him, who was nailed to a cross?
Now in your life, all is hopeless, all loss.
Oh, won't you accept Him and make your life free?
Or, will you deny Him? Remember the Tree.

— Linda Baker

16:31.

9. For whosoever shall call on
the name of the Lord shall be saved.

10:13.

10. In the beginning God cre-
ated the heaven and the earth. . .

1:1.

11. Thy word have I hid in
mine heart, that I might not sin

against thee. 119:

11.

12. His delight is in the law of
the Lord: and in his law doth he

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meditate day and night.
1:2.

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YOUR REMINDER

By Marie Sackett

SMM Packets. The Sisterhood
packets have been sent out from
the National Youth Office and each
group that sent in a statistical blank
should receive their packet soon. If
your group did not receive one,
please write to the National Youth
Office.

General Fund OlEfering. Our

General Fund Offering is due this
month. Be sure to have your offering
in to the National Treasurer by No-
vember 10. Our goal is $700.

National Project Offering starts
this month, so get off to a good start.
Our project this year is to help
provide a means of transportation
for Miss Evelyn Fuqua in Kentucky
and our goalis $1,700. Remember
to pray for her and the work as you
give!

The Brethren Missionary Herald

UNiONTOWN, PA. Homecom-
ing will be observed Oct. 27 at the
First Brethren Church, R. Paul Mil-
ler, Jr., pastor.

KITTANNING, PA. The pastor's
prayer retreat for the East Fellow-
ship has been set for Oct. 21-22 in
Clearfield County at the Bert Jor-
don camp.

JENNERS, PA. Homer Lingen-
felter, pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church, Everett, Pa., concluded a
week of meetings at the Jenners
Brethren Church on Sept. 29. Vic-
tor Rogers is pastor.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The
National Sunday School Convention
will convene here in the Civic Audi-
torium Oct. 30-Nov. !.

PERU, IND. The Peru Brethren
Church gave a reception Sept. 23
for their new pastor Wm. E. John-
son and his family. Following the
program a surprise food shower was
given the honored family.

TROY, OHIO. September 22 was
victory day at the Grace Brethren
Church. There were 99 in the morn-
ing services, 58 at the evening serv-
ice, 7 were baptized, and 9 received
into the church. Herman Hein is
pastor.

LA VERNE, CALIF. Future
speakers for the men's meetings to
be held at the First Brethren Church
include Dr. George Peek, Bob

Davenport (All-America football
player). Bob Richards (Olympic
star), Dr. Harold Fasnacht, and Irv-
ing Butler.

SPECIAL. It seems most offi-
cial boards of our churches deem it
wise to reserve the rear seats of the
auditoriums for parents with small
children, and late comers. However,
in the average Brethren church, the
rear seats are quickly filled by those
of us who could easily walk a few
more steps to a pew farther front
and thus reserve the rear pews for
parents with babies and small chil-
dren. Brethren, let us cooperate with
our fine ushers that are doing a great
job, but who need our Christian
cooperation. Let us surprise the pas-
tor, the ushers, and the parents of
small children, and covenant to re-
serve the last three rows in our
church for the aforementioned folk,

AKRON, OHIO. The basement
of the First Brethren Church is to
undergo a remodeling program. Cur-
tains of velvet are to be installed
for division of classes, all the walls
are to be painted, a drinking foun-
tain will be installed, and new rub-
ber tile will be put on the floor. The
total cost of the program will be
about $2,700. W. Russell Ogden
is pastor.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Merv
Rosell, well-known evangelist, con-
ducted daily services each morning
at the Brethren High School Sept.
30 through Nov. 4. He was con-
ducting services at that same period
in the Paramount Brethren Church,
John Mayes, pastor.

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Notice of meetings to be listed in this column must be received for publication at least
30 days in advance of scheduled dates.

Church

Winona Lake,

Ind

Conemaugh, Pa.
Englewood, Ohio
Hopewell, Pa. . .
Dayton, Ohio . . .
Waynesboro, Pa.
Dayton, Ohio . . .
Radford, Va. ...

Everett, Pa

Cuyahoga Falls,

Ohio

Leamersville, Pa.
Whittier, Calif.

(Community) .
Meyersdale, Pa.

(Summit Mills)
booster, Ohio . .
Ashland, Ohio . .

Pastor

Oct. 6-13 Richard DeArmey

Oct. 6-20 Clair Gartland . .

Oct. 6-20 Lon Karns

Oct. 9-20 Sheldon Snyder .

Oct. 13-20 . Wm. Steffler . . .
Oct. 13-20 ... Wilham Gray .
Oct. 13-27 .... C. S. Zimmerman
Oct. 14-27 .... K. E. Richardson
Oct. 23-Nov. 3 . H. Lingenfelter . .

Oct. 27-Nov. 10
Oct. 27-Nov. 10

Nov. 10-13

Nov. 10-17 . . .
Nov. 17-24 . . .
Nov. 17-24 . . .

Richard Burch
J. L. Gingrich .

Ward Miller . .

Speaker

Bem'd Schneider.
A. R. Kriegbaum.
Crusade Team.
Irvin B. Miller.
Paul Bauman.
J. L. Gingrich.
Clyde Landrum.
Kenneth Teague.
W. A. Lepp.

Crusade Team.
Kenneth Ashman.

Louis Talbot.

BRETHREN

ECUS

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake. Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake, Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

ASHLAND, OHIO. The Grace
Brethren Church, Miles Taber, pas-
tor, has been given a new coat of
paint.

"W^ddlna ^JL

All announcements for this column must
be mailed to the Missionary Herald.

Clyde Caes .... Ray Streets.
Kenneth Ashman Paul Bauman.
Miles Taber .... Torrey Johnson.

Paula Markel and Richard Turn-
er, Sept. 6, at the Grace Brethren
Church, Ashland, Ohio.

Joyce Moine and R. Douglas
Cassel, Aug. 29, at the First Breth-
ren Church, Sterling, Ohio.

Marilyn Preis and Paul W. Mc-
Lean, Sept. 13, at the First Breth-
ren Church, Dayton, Ohio.

Edith Lavonne and Francis Brill,
Sept. 19, at the First Brethren
Church, Cheyenne, Wyo.

Donna Marie Bechtel and Dar-
win P. Gamble, Sept. 15, at the
First Brethren Church, Ankeny-
town, Ohio.

Shirley Hutchinson and Richard
Earhart, Aug. 16, at the Grace
Brethren Church, Mansfield, Ohio.

Susie Eaton and Robert Hum-
phreys, Sept. 14, at the North Long
Beach Brethren Church, Long
Beach, Calif.

October 12, 1957

651

Should a Girl Go to College?

By Janet Aeby

(Editor: This essay won first place in
the annual contest for girls sponsored by
the National Youth Fellowship at Camp
Be.hany. Miss Janet Aeby is a senior at
Waterloo (West) High School, Waterloo,
Iowa.)

Today, the opportunity of a col-
lege education is available to most
teen-agers of America. This is one
of many opportunities which we
often simply take for granted. Per-
haps those of us who are Christian
young people should take time to
consider the advantages we have
and be more appreciative of them.
In many countries, even in 1957,
this is not possible. Even in Amer-
ica this hasn't always been true.
Girls particularly have many more
educational opportunities than did
their grandmothers or even their
own mothers.

Let's go back for a few moments
and compare the girl of days gone
by with the girl of today. Let's study
their similarities and their differ-
ences, the changes and the progress
that has been made. Let's see the
position which we are in today, and
then perhaps we can better ask:
"Should a girl go to college?"

Throughout the years of history
mankind has been hesitant to give
women full recognition. In spite of
individual women and woman-
hood as a whole, they have many

times been automatically classified
as "inferior."

Education in Ancient Greece was
solely for the preparation of citizen-
ship. Only one-fifth of the male
population was eligible for this cit-
izenship, and girls were completely
excluded.

Spartan boys, at the age of seven,
were taken from their homes in
order to receive public education and
serve military training. The Spar-
tan girls were also educated publicly,
but the main duty of Spartan
womanhood was to raise strong
and loyal sons for the state.

Athenian families were some-
what Oriental. The women lived in
complete seclusion. They had no
part in social affairs — even those
that took place in their own homes.
The only time a woman was seen
publicly was at a religious proces-
sion or festival.

Roman schools were private.
Boys and girls attended the lower
schools, but only the boys received
any higher education.

Schools of the Middle Ages were
mostly controlled by the church and
conducted in Latin at monasteries
or cathedrals. After A.D. 1 100 more
schools were started and univer-
sities were organized for higher edu-
cation. More people than ever be-

fore were learning to read and to
write. Women and country people,
however, remained unschooled.

The Renaissance or the "rebirth"
period ended the Middle Ages and
began modern times. The Reforma-
tion was in some respects merely a
continuation of the Renaissance. It
was at this time that the first step
toward pubhc education was made.
The new churches wanted everyone
to study the Bible. Thus a reason
was offered to educate all — boys and
girls alike.

In the new nation of America,
boys and girls attended the same
small classes organized in pioneer
communities. But by the middle of
the 1800's girls were still barred
from some grade and high schools.
In some places they were only al-
lowed to attend during lunch hour
or after the regular school hours.
For many years there was a great
deal of prejudice against education I
for girls. |

Pioneer women and girls worked |
day in and day out with and for the
menfolk. They worked side by side
in clearing the land, building, and
maintaining their log-cabin homes. '
In addition to this they were still ■
full-time housekeepers and mothers.
In spite of all this, women and girls
were not recognized as worthy of, '
nor eligible for, an education. ;

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The struggle for woman suffer-
age reached its peak at the begin-
ning of the 19th century. By the
struggles women made to enter pro-
fessions, they helped to open school
doors and also put themselves on an
equal basis with men. Today it is
possible for women to study at most
colleges and universities, and to en-
ter many professions that were for-
merly "for men only."

World War II made a big differ-
ence in the lives of all Americans,
but it drastically changed the way
of life for many women. Previous
to the war years, the average woman
was primarily a housewife and a
mother. That in itself is more than
enough for any woman to handle,
but even in that times have changed.
At the end of the war, many women
had to choose betv/een their work
and their family. There had been
approximately 18 million women
working to produce the necessary
war materials. Many of them had
held extremely important positions.
The doors of opportunity opened
to women in nearly every field of
work. Career women soon became
part of the American way of life.

Today young girls and women
have not only entered but have also
advanced in every type of work.
Some girls live only for their career.
Others quit work in order to get
married. StUl others try to handle a
career and their family responsi-
bilities also. As a result of this,
many believe, we are facing more
serious domestic and juvenile de-
linquency difficulties.

We have summarized the history
of education for women and girls.
We're all aware of the crowded
college situation today. We are con-
stantly seeing articles on the educa-
tional problem of America. Edu-
cators all over the nation are deeply
concerned. We hear of the need for
additional facilities. Christian col-
leges are also growing beyond their
capacities. Building programs are
being stressed throughout denomi-
nations.

Times have changed! No longer
are girls barred from the classroom.
Today they are helping to pack them
out. Competition is constantly get-
ting stiffer, but more girls are going
to the top. Degrees are being earned
by thousands of girls each year
ivho are striving for more advanced
xaining. The educational challenge
s stronger today than ever before.

Well, what about it? We must now
isk ourselves . . . "Should a girl go
o college?" As a Christian teen-age

)ctobei- 12, 1957

girl I ask myself, "Should I go to
college?" Very often when I asked
others this same question, they re-
plied that the only reason a girl
goes to college is to catch a man!
That's the only place she can get a
husband, or the only degree a girl is
interested in is the "MRS." Well,
even if this is partially true, can
you think of a better place to try?
And seriously, is there a better place
for young people to find their life's
companion than on a Christian col-
lege campus?

Aside from the marital point of
view now: Why should a girl go to
college? First we must realize that
all of us are different individuals.
Not all of us are necessarily college
material, and not all of us will be
homemakers, but we all as Chris-
tian girls have one thing in common,
that is to glorify our Lord and to do
His will. We will have many dif-
ferent callings, but we must all be
prepared for His service.

Second Timothy 2:15 tells us
"Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, righdy dividing
the word of truth." This is how we
may prepare. Christian colleges are
for this purpose. If we are not pre-
pared, we will be workmen that are
ashamed. That is not what our Lord
wants, for He cannot use poor work-
manship.

A few years ago it was almost
always possible for a person to get
an average position with only a high-
school diploma. Today, however,
employers are crying for skilled
workers with a good college back-
ground. Thousands of dollars are
being given each year in scholarships
for high-school graduates. These
are to encourage young people to
prepare themselves for this pro-
gressive generation. Our Lord too
is pleading for Christian young peo-
ple to prepare to serve Him. "The
harvest truly is great, but the labour-
ers are few: pray ye therefore the
Lord of the harvest, that he would
send forth labourers into his har-
vest" (Luke 10:2).

Christian colleges are not just for
preparing missionaries, pastors, and
teachers, but for young people in
every walk of life. We can often be
used even while we're in training.
Many young people learn more by
practical experience than they do by
sitting in a classroom. College teams,
child evangelism classes and summer
Bible schools are only a few types
of additional training. Many young
people are greatly used wno have

never completed their college edu-
cation. Many girls obtain their
"MRS." degree before they've fin-
ished their planned course of study.
Oftentimes people criticize this and
say "She's lost everything"; "She's
gained absolutely nothing"; or
"She never should have gone, look
at all the wasted time and money!"
No; I don't believe that is true!
No time of training, large or small,
is ever wasted. The experiences
which she had can never be dupli-
cated or replaced. It is a big step
for a girl to leave her home ties and
learn to live on her own. It is often
difficult but it is very important.

The people she meets, the friends
she makes, and the experiences she
has will last a lifetime. The spiritual
growth and strength she experiences
is worth it all. Everything she learns
will be important and valuable to
her in future years. Not one of us
know what we'll be doing next week
or next year, but the experiences
and trials the Lord gives us are all
for His purpose.

"The field is the world." That
includes each one of us wherever we
happen to be. The missionaries are
begging for support and prayers.
They all need more help for teach-
ing, nursing, and general workers.
The home churches are desperately
searching for pastors and their help-
ful wives. Youth workers, choir di-
rectors and Sunday-school teachers
are always scarce. Not only are the
leaders needed but also Christian
laymen and spiritual women in the
church. Christian business and pro-
fessional m;n and women that are
dedicated to the Lord may often
have a greater influence on lost souls
than the pastor. Real church workers
are needed that will give their time,
their strength, and their offerings
so that others may be sent. Christian
parents' greatest blessing and re-
sponsibihty is to train their own
children in the way of the Lord.
Today's young people must prepare
to be the parents of the youth of
tomorrow.

Perhaps some already know what
it is the Lord would have them to
do. Others are in training now.
Some of us are not sure but are
simply taking one step at a time.
In these busy days of 1957, we
cannot ask the Lord to say by name
who should and who should not go
to college. We can only ask Him to
lead and direct us. Then we know,
whether girl, or boy, that if in all
our ways we acknowledge Him, then
He shall direct our paths.

653

LEND US YOUR HAND/

'%NATmM,f£UWm/P OFB/f£Tmf/i//.AyM£A/
LET us BE THANKFUL

Compiled by Roy H. Lowery

"When thou hast thanked thy God
for every blessing sent, what time
will then remain for murmurs or la-
ments" (Ps. 34:1)? Is the living God,
the God of the Bible, your God? Is
the Son of God, the Lord Jesus
Christ, your personal Saviour and
Lord? If so, give thanks unto God
(Ps. 136:1-3)^15 the Holy Spirit of
God your Comforter, Guide and
Teacher? If so, you will be found
"abounding" with thanksgiving (Col.
2:7). Is the Holy Bible the "joy and
rejoicing" of your heart? If so, then
"God be thanked" for such an in-
estimable treasure (Ps. 1:2). Is it
your lot to be a member of the
church which is His body? If so,
"cease not to give thanks" (Ps. 137:
6).

God is unfailing, unvarying. There
is not a shadow of turning in His
continual outpouring of blessing
(James 1:17). His constant outpour-
ing of goodness is one proof of His
existence. Shall we profit by His
goodness or despise the riches of His
goodness (Rom. 2:4)? Are we grate-
ful to God for the evidence of Him
through creation (Ps. 19:1-4)? Do
we think this goodly land of ours
was obtained by human wisdom or
because our forefathers asked of
God (James 1:5)? Let us not take
our blessings as accidental good for-
tune (Dan. 5:23).

Life's good blessings come "down
from the eternal God and Father,
and "our Father" through Christ

(John 20:17). In childlikeness we
are to go intimately to the Father
in prayer (Matt. 6:9; Rom. 8:15).
In winter out of pity we feed the
birds as birds, but God constantly
feeds us as his children (Ps. 103:
13). We send used clothing to Ken-
tucky and the Navajo's thinking
to do some good; but when God
clothes us He does it as "your heav-
enly Father" (Matt. 6:23), and God
does not repent of His gifts and call-
ings (Rom. 11:29). He is the un-
changing God (Mai. 3:6). He never
changes in His providential care
and His pouring out of His horn of
plenty. Though He has to punish us
for our ingratitude because it is sin,
yet our thankfulness does not change
Him, for He is kind to the unthank-
ful and to the evil (Luke 6:35; Matt.
5:45). There may be particular var-
iations of His providence in that the
details may change, but His provi-
dence does not (Rom. 8:28).

Great is God's faithfulness,
though we are ungrateful. Jesus did
not quit healing lepers because nine
out of ten were unthankful (Luke
17:12-18). His mercy does not de-
pend upon the returns He gets out
of us (Luke 17:10). In the day of
trouble and heartbreak He is the
only God who is any good (Ps. 50:
15). He wants us to take all that He
gives (II Kings 4:3). We are to take
all that He wants to give with grate-
ful hearts (Ps. 103:1-5).

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR NOVEMBER

Opening Hymns — "O Happy Day";

"Jesus Paid It All."
Scripture Reading — Psalm 136.
Prayer Time — Try to get as many

men as possible to take part in

prayer.
Hymn — "Count Your Blessings."
Business — Lift offering for our

home-missions project of $1,000,

Navajo Mission Student Center.

(Note) This Navajo Mission Stu-

dent Center will cost between
$15,000 and $18,000. The amount
of $1,000 has been chosen for this
year with the hope that perhaps
next year this amount could be
doubled or tripled. This project
would extend over a period of
years.

Topic — Let Us Be Thankful.

Closing Hymn — "I Gave My Life
For Thee"; closing prayer.

NEWS

Dayton, Ohio — The laymen of
the First Brethren Church have
again adopted and pledged whole-
hearted support of the national
goals. We do praise the Lord for
this, as they have been our most
faithful supporters during the past
years. Brother Herb Edwards is
president of this fine group of men.

Aleppo, Pa. The laymen here con-
ducted the services at their own
church and the Sugar Grove Union
Church while their pastor. Rev.
Wayne Baker, was at conference and
on vacation.

Penn Grove, Pa. The third an-
nual Atlantic Fellowship of Breth-
ren Laymen Retreat was enjoyed by
52 men in a Friday night and all-day
Saturday meeting. Dr. Clarence E.
Mason, Jr., dean of Philadelphia
Bible Institute, and Dr. Floyd
Taber, missionary to Africa, were
the speakers.

Stoystown, Pa. The men Here have
completed the rebuilding and fur-
nishing of a new study for Pastor
Collins. The old study, with all its
contents, was destroyed by fire last
May.

Hagerstown, Md. (Grace).
Seventy-three men and boys enjoyed
a fine fellowship meal Sept. 14, at
which the Boys' Club was reorgan-
ized for another year with Charles
Pattorff, Lee Eckles and Richard
Trenary as directors. Rev. Warren
Tamkin is pastor of this fine group.

EvereK, Pa. Your nation laymen's
officers will hold an all day meeting
here Oct. 19, praying and making
plans for the coming year. Breth-
ren, will you pray with us.

Send your offering before De-
cember 1 to:

Earl Cole, treasurer
2753 Elmvvood Street
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

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They Pray . . . Before . . .They Play

By Bruce Baker

Pastor, Riverside Brethren Church
Johnstown, Pa.

"Will you be our football coach,"
asked six members of the "Riverside
Raiders."

"Come into my study and we will
talk this over," I answered. Im-
mediately perplexing problems arose
in my mind. Revival meetings were
to start the next week We would be
calling each afternoon and going out
for the evening meal. Should I wait
until after these services are over,
I wondered. Then preaching to my-
self I said; "Preacher, they have
come to you for help, you cannot
refuse. This is the first time one
of these boys has ever been inside
this church; perhaps any Protestant
church."

"Boys, when do we start prac-
tice?" expressing my decision audi-
bly.

During our first week of the evan-
gelistic meetings, I managed to prac-
tice three different days with the
boys. Perhaps I should stick to pray-
ng and preaching, I thought, as the
mtire week went by without one
Dublic decision. We learned in our
;alling of several parents who were
lefinitely concerned about their boys
md were praying much. At the
iVednesday evening service of the
econd week parents prayers were
mswered. Four young boys made
mblic decisions for Christ, three
vere members of the team. Practic3

clicked smoothly on Thursday. That
night when the invitation was given
another player was among the seven
who responded. On Friday night
nine of the starting eleven were in
church. Five more boys made de-
cisions.

Saturday being the day of the
game I called a special blackboard
"skull" session to review our plays.
The boys were a little blue as they
entered one of the Sunday-school
classrooms. I was too when I learned
our fullback had to go to West Vir-
ginia with his parents. He was not
only one of our best players but
our only fullback. We had three ends
so one became a fullback three hours
before game time.

I suggested that several of the
boys lead in prayer. Six or seven
prayed. They not only prayed for
the Lord's help and protection but
also for their unsaved teammates
and the boys on the other team.
Some boys prayed their first public
prayer that morning. The inspiration
received from that prayer meeting
was worth all the effort of the two
weeks.

Our boys ranged in age from ten
to fourteen years. The other team
all appeared to be big fourteen-
year-old boys when we took the
field. After a brief pep talk and a
final word of prayer, we kicked off.

The other boys drove for a touch-
down in four plays. Some specta-
tors predicted a lopsided victory for
the other team. Our boys foueht
back and managed to score before
the half ended while preventing their
opponents from crossing the double
stripe again. At the half the score
stood 6-6. The third quarter was
scoreless with both teams showing
great defensive work. Near the end
of the game our left half-back broke
loose for a touchdown on a twenty
yard run. We kicked off and re-
covered the loose ball after it had
gone ten yards. The quarter-back
ran out the time on sneaks. Riverside
Raiders won in answer to prayer
and for the glory .of the Lord.

More victories were ahead for
the Raiders. That night one boy
came with four other members of
his family to publicly express their
desire to join our church. On Sun-
day night another made his public
decision. He was the tenth member
of the team to realize that Christ was
the answer to his heart's need. Re-
vival meetings closed that night but
God continued to work. On Monday
night the only two members of the
team who had not attended any serv-
ice in our church came in for a
Christian Service Brigade meeting
and heard the Gospel presented.

The Raiders are not the only ones
who prayed and won.

''Riverside Raiders" Johnstown, Pa.

ctober 12, 1957

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WASHINGTON, D. C. Dr. An-
drew C. Ivy, chairman of the depart-
ment of chnical sciences at the Uni-
versity of IlHnois, warned that if
America does not sober up and cut
down on its drinking habits, the
plague of alcoholism will reach
every family in the country. In a
speech at American University, be-
fore the Second Aimual Institute of
Scientific Studies for the Prevention
of AlcohoUsm. Dr. Ivy said that one
drinker out of every nine will ulti-
mately become an alcoholic. The re-
search scientist contended that eight
million of the estimated 60 million
Americans who drink regularly have
become "problem drinkers." He said
more than 200,000 new alcoholics
are appearing in this country every
year, and that at the present rate
"every family in America will be
plagued by one or more alcoholics."

When a majority of families are
confronted with the problem of alco-
hohsm and its effects. Dr. Ivy said,
a demand for reform is sure to be
bom. He predicted that by 1970 a
new move toward prohibition laws
will get under way.

NEW YORK. As Evangelist Billy
Graham brought his longest and
most successful crusade to a close,
he announced that the churches of
the New York metropohtan area
would conduct an extensive follow-
up campaign. He said there would
be a door-to-door visitation cam-
paign by 1,500 Protestant churches
from October 20 to 24, culminating
in a mass meeting at the Polo
Grounds on October 27.

The evangelist, weary and much
thinner after his strenuous three and
one half month crusade, said that
his next major evangelism effort
would be in the Caribbean. He and
his team will spend January and
February holding meetings in prin-
cipal cities in Cuba, Haiti, Mexico,
Costa Rica, Venezuela, Panama and
Guatemala. It will be his first visit
to Central America. Next April he
will conduct a month-long crusade
to the Cow Palace in San Francisco,
and in the Fall of 1958 he wUl go
to Charlotte, North Carolina, for
a month.

"Plans are also being studied for
Crusades during 1959 in Birming-

ham, England, and in Australia,"
he said. "Also, I would like to
spend several months in Africa."

ROME. Police have been in-
structed to advise tourists wearing
"immodest clothes" not to visit
churches and other pubHc places in
Italy's capital city. Tourists wearing
shorts, bathing costumes, and simi-
lar clothing are being stopped by
police and told to go back to their
hotels and don suitable attire be-
fore entering a church.

ESTES PARK, COLO. Biggie
Munn, athletic director at Michigan
State University, urged a congrega-
tion of athletes to set a good example
for their young fans. He was the
keynote speaker at a convention of
320 high-school and college athletes
and coaches assembled here, for the
second annual convention of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Munn made a special appeal to let-
ter winners to conduct themselves
in such a way that the youth of the
nation will look up to them. He said
his formula for success includes
"having faith in the Lord and con-
fidence in His teachings."

Theme of the convention was a
Bible text, Romans 12, verse 1:
"Present your bodies a living sacri-
fice." The convention was dedicated
to Branch Rickey, former general
manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates
baseball team, who was one of the
men responsible for founding the
fellowship three years ago. Its chief
purpose is to stimulate athletes
throughout the country to be living
witnesses for Christ.

Palmer Hoyt, publisher of the

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NOTICE TO READERS; The purpose of Uils
page is to provide our readers with world-
wide religious news. All material is pre-
sented as n^ws wi hout editorial comment,
and does not necessarily reflect the theo-
logical position of this magazine. — Editor.

Denver Post, received the fellow-
ship's annual award for outstanding
contributions to the Christian ath-
letes' cause. The award was pre-
sented by the Rev. Roe Johnston,
pastor of First Presbyterian Church,
Indianapolis, Ind., and a former
Ail-American football star.

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. The

question of whether property taxes
should be reimposed on parochial
schools will be placed on the 1958
general election ballot in the State
of California. An organization called
Califomians for PubUc Schools has
filed petitions to this effect, carry-
ing 356,315 valid signatures of
voters. If the measure should be
passed by the voters, California
would become the only state to tax
parochial schools.

CHICAGO, ILL. Inter-Varsity
Christian Fellowship is planning to
hold its fifth triennial international
missionary convention at the Uni- 1
versity of Illinois, Dec. 27-31. Gen- i
eral Secretary C. Stacey Woods says i
IVCF is praying for 2,500 students I
from the United States, Canada and i
overseas to attend. Missionary lead- 1
ers from more than 60 boards also
will take part.

Many former Inter-Varsity stu-
dents, now on the foreign field, trace
their call to missionary service to I
previous conventions, the first of:
which was held at Toronto and the
others since then at Urbana, 111.

The main speakers include fouri
from the U. S., Dr. Billy Graham,
international evangelist; Dr. Harold
J. Ockenga of Boston's Park Street
Church; lDr. Donald Grey Barn-
house, Tenth Presbyterian church,
Philadelphia; and Dr. Kenneth
Strachan, general director of the
Latin American Mission. Speakers
from overseas will be Dr. Masumii
Toyotome of the International
Christian University, Tokyo, and
the Rev. Israel Garcia, Latin Ameri-
can evangelist. Christian interna-
tional students will represent the
needs of their countries at the con-
vention.

The theme of this year's gathetn
ing is, "One Lord — One Church— ^
One World." The program includes
Bible exposition by Dr. Bamhouse,
vocational and area seminars, Bible
study discussion groups, message^
on the spread of the Gospel and tner
establishment of the church by DrI
Strachan and Mr. Garcia, and ad'
dresses on the convention themt
by Drs. Ockenga, Toyotomfc anc
Graham.

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HOME MISSION NUMBER

OCTOBER 19, 1957

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ByLL Grobb

Does America Need the Gospel?

It should not be difficult for any Christian to answer
this question. A sense of sin and any daily routine of life
should be sufficient evidence.

Yet it is often more difficult to convince an orthodox
believer of America's spiritual need than it is to con-
vince an average unbeliever that our nation needs moral
aid.

Many false assumptions are unwittingly and tena-
ciously held by Christians who in turn close their eyes
to the actual sin of our nation. Was our nation not
founded by men who believed the Word of God? Did
they not base articles in our constitution on the Bible?
Has the church not always taken a leading role in the
drama of American life? Do w; not have great evan-
gelistic efforts winning many souls to Christ? How about
the many evangelical organizations such as Youth for
Christ, Child Evangelism Fellowship, et cetera? Can we
not find Bibles in motels, hospitals, and other public
places? Do we not have 103 miUion church members
and at this time an approximate population of 172 mil-
lion people? Have we not seen unprecedented growth
in the number of church buildings constructed during
the past few years especially? Do we not continually
hear of great church mergers and "the coming great
world church"? An affirmative answer to these ques-
tions satisfies the heart of the Christian and he thanks
God for the privilege of living in a "Christian" nation.
Even though there may be the presentation of facts that
should jolt the spiritual consciousness of any child of
God, it is extremely difficult to impress this individual
with the true spiritual plight of the nation which affords
him liberty, life and happiness.

Why This Failure To Be Realistic?

Among all the children of God in these days there is
a diminishing sense of the awfulness of sin. Situations
and circumstances which aroused holy horror among our
saintly grandparents are today taken for granted as a
part of our daily living. This failure to recognize sin as
it is and in the liglit of the Word of God is one of
Satan's deadliest weapons. Whsn sin is minimized the
spiritual need largely disappears.

Again, the veneer of religion has completely de-
luded many people. Magazines and newspapers carry re-
leases on great religious gatherings. Plans and pro-
grams for church expansion are widely advertised. Ac-
tivity among churches is at an all-time high. So, it is
concluded that we are enjoying a great spiritual re-
surgence in America. We seriously doubt whether any
other nation on earth could be more religious than our
own. But, it is largely a form of godliness without

spiritual power. The religious exercises of men have
excluded the power and grace of God.

Further, there are many Christians today who are so
well satisfied with their little world of fellowship and en-
deavor and so completely occupied on the other hand
with making a prosperous living that a very limited
amount of Christian service satisfies them. Usually their
vision does not extend beyond the borders of their own
local church. Thus materialism has gained a firm foot-
hold and controls the lives of many of God's people.
Decisions are made on a business basis with Christ and
the church in second place if indeed they enjoy this
privilege.

Nor does the American mission field hold any glam-
our or great challenge. These Americans are people like
ourselves. They wear the same type clothes. They speak
the same language. They live under the same govern-
ment. They eat nearly the same foods. They are largely
interested in the same things. And, anybody in America
can just walk across the street or turn on the radio
and get the Gospel of Christ if he desires. So, we con-
clude that if Mr. American is not interested enough to
go to church or even turn on his radio, he is responsible
for his lost condition and we have no further responsi-
bility. This attitude is so prevalent today among evan-
gelical Christians that it is positively frightening.

What Is the Answer?

There is only one solution for this problem. We must
j?,ei back to the Word of God! We say we believe the i
Bible. And we do in theory, facts and knowledge. But
so often we fail to be practical in applying the divine
precepts.

God has never altered the fact that the wages of sin (
can only be death! He has never changed His mind or
decree on Christian holiness. Jesus said: "Be ye there-
fore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is
perfect." Spiritual maturity and godliness should char-
acterize the child of God.

There could be no more conclusive evidence that
God hates religion than His dealings with Israel of old.
In many instances through the prophets He rebuked
and punished the people because they were performing
religious exercises, but their hearts were far from Him.
This means that God hates the "churchianity" which is
so firmly entrenched in our churches. We must real-
ize that America is being lulled into a false sense of
spiritual sscurity by religion, church attendance and the
m;re exercise of religious forms. This is not salvation,
and these people will as certainly go to hell as those who
have never been inside a church building.

(Continued on page 660)

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19. NUMBER 42

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM, Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16. 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake. Ind.. under the act of March 3. 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co.. Winona Lake. Ind. Subscription price. $3.00 a .year; 100-pereent churches, $2.50; foreign, $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees, president; Herman A. Hoyt. vice president; William Schaffer, secretary; True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Geh-
man. treasurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee; William Male. Mark Malles. Robert E. A. Miller, Thomas Ham-
mers; Arnold R. Kriegbaum. ex officio.

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FIRST BRETHREN CHURCH OF GRANDVIEW DEDICATED

By Robert Griffith, Pastor

On a most beautiful Sunday, Sep-
tember 8, 1957, at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon, 375 people gathered in
side and outside of the new edifice of
the First Brethren Church, of Grand-
view, Wash., to help dedicate it to
the Lord. Many more came to the
service, but were unable to get in so
returned to their homes. A very
happy service was enjoyed by visit-
ing Brethren of the Northwest Fel-
lowship and their friends. The main
speaker of the day was Rev. Leo
Polman, of San Gabriel, Calif. Spe-
cial music was presented by the
Musical Polmans and Mr. Ted Jen-
sen from Yakima, Wash. Also Dr. L.
L. Grubb, representing the Home
Missions Council, brought greetings
to the new church. Several local pas-
tors were present and participated
in the program by bringing a word of
greeting. Rev. Henry Dalke, pastor
of the Grace Brethren Church, of
Yakima; Rev. Donald Farner, pas-
tor of the Harrah Brethren Church,
of Harrah; and Rev. Harold Painter,
pastor of the First Brethren Church,
3f Sunnyside, also had part in the
program. Rev. Painter was the
'ounder of the local church three

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years before. He started a Bible
class in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Woolman, who are now in
Grace Theological Seminary pre-
paring for the Lord's work. Many
letters, and telegrams of congratula-
tions from all over the Brotherhood
were received and read.

The Dedication Day was also the
third anniversary of the church.
Three years ago on that Sunday the
local congregation gathered in a
remodeled school building on Fourth
and Elm, Grandview. to dedicate it
for use.

The new building was designed by
Mr. Gordon Nickell, of Grandview,
and built by Mr. Eliner Ogdon, also
of Grandview. During the service
Mr. Nickell presented the keys to
the new church to the chairman, Mr.
Thomas Bishop, of the building
committee. The local building com-
mittee did the buying of the ma-
terial. The building cost approxi-
mately $45,000 and is a two-level '
plant with a Sunday-school annex of
six classrooms. The basement is a
daylight type and includes a large
activity room, kitchen, restrooms,
Sunday-school office, and furnace
room. The sanctuary seats from 150-
180 people. On the same floor is the
pastor's study, the classrooms and
a mother's room with a commodious
narthex.

The sanctuary is finished with nut-
brown walls; the arches, and all
wood are finished in butternut,
which is a light natural finish. The
baptistry is island rose with a tur-
quoise drape from ceiling to floor.
It was a joy to baptize nine our first
Sunday in the new church. The bap-
tistry is a memorial to Mrs. Lillian
Ruth Cable, who was a charter mem-
ber, who has gone to be with the
Lord. The lighting fixtures are hang-
ing lamps which are turquoise also.
The windows are of many colors
which give a neutral cheerful glow to
the sanctuary.

Two weeks of evangelistic meet-
ings with Rev. and Mrs" Leo Polman
as evangelist were started on Dedi-
cation Day. Special music included
the sleigh bells, solos, quartets,
duets, accordion, and many other
special numbers.

We welcome visits from the Breth-
ren visiting the Northwest. We're lo-
cated in the Yakima Valley — seven
miles east of Sunnyside, Wash. Be
sure and visit the newest church in
the Northwest Fellowship!

ANOTHER DEDICATION

The Grace Brethren Church,
Fort Wayne, Ind., dedicated
their new building to God on
Sunday, October 6, 1957. Dr.
W. A. Ogden, executive vice
president of Grace Theologi-
cal Seminary, Winona Lake,
Ind., was the dedication speak-
er. The pastor is Rev. Thomas
Julien. Complete details will be
featured in the November
home-mission issue.

The Brethren Church Grows With Home Mi

ssions

ctober 19. 1957

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Dedfcdtion Day —

Couples, left to right: Rev. nnd Mrs. Leo Polman. Rev. and Mrs. Robert Griffith, Rev. and
Mrs. Harold Painter. Rev. and Mrs. Don Farner. and Rev. and Mrs. Henry Dalke.

From Grandview to Grace

By Lloyd Woolman

(Ed. The First Brethren Church,
Grandview, was started in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Woolman.
Mr. Woolman later became Sunday-
school superintendent and is now a
middler in Grace Seminary, Winona
Lake, Ind.)

The greatest blessing that I have
received since my salvation was to
see the dream of a Christian brother
become a reality in such a short time.

It was less than four years ago
that Mr. Leonard Fuerst approached
me with the idea of starting a Bible
class in Grandview, Wash. The ul-
timate goal of his dream was to

establish a Brethren church in that
community.

I must admit that I had no great
expectations as to the growth of this
group when we approached Rev.
Harold Painter, pastor of the First
Brethren Church, of Sunnyside, with
the proposition to establish the class
and teach it. However, Brother
Painter undertook the task with
such enthusiasm that little by little
L too, became thrilled with the pros-
pect of a new Brethren work.

As the meetings continued, I was
further blessed and encouraged by
the cooperation, brotherly love, and
deep passion for souls which the

other members of those early classes
portrayed. It is that same spirit
among those brethren that has made
the Grandview church blossom into
such a living testimony in that com-
munity.

My wife and I will always thank
our blessed Saviour for the many
happy hours that we spent in fellow-
ship with the Brethren in Grand-
view. Our Lord Jesus Christ used
their prayers, their kindnesses,
their encouragements, their passion
for the lost, and their generosity to
help lead us into His field of serv-
ice.

Yes; my wife and I are deeply
indebted to the beloved in the First
Brethren Church in Grandview, for
it was through them that our Lord
put the following prayer in our
hearts:

I am Thine, dear Lord,

Unto Thee I do yield.

Please put me to work

Out into Thy field.

The harvest is ripe
And the labourers are few.
I am Thine, dear Lord,
Thy will, will I do.

Take me and use me
To help harvest the souls.
Show me the blessings
Thy love can unfold.

I am Thine, dear Lord,
Thy will, will be mine.
Thy Word will I cherish
Yes; forever Fm Thine.
May God bestow His greatest
blessings upon the First Brethren
Church, of Grandview, Wash.

EDITORIALS

(Continued from page 658)

We need a BibUcal vision of the
fields over-ripe for the harvest. An
American soul lost is as much a
tragedy as any other. In many in-
stances the potential of a bom-again
American for evangelization here
and in the whole world exceeds that
of any other man on earth. If the
folks next door are lost, they need
Christ just as much as the Chinese.
Facing spiritual issues squarely and
realistically at this point and remem-
bering that the missionary challenge
is global in its scope will alter some,
of our thinking. If America does noi|
get the Gospel, neither will the balj
ance of the world hear it as we nov|
see the picture. i

Help us through your prayers anc|
gifts to evangelize America! j

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Northwest

Fellowship

Growing With

Home Missions

HOME MISSION

FIELD REPORTS

The Northwest Fellowship is
taking the lead in establishing" new
Brethren churches. With the dedica-
tion of the Grandview church it now
boasts eight churches. Another at
Toppenish is in the Bible-class
stage. The district began with three
churches a few years ago, and the
Brethren Home Missions Council
has assisted in the Spokane work,
which was one of the three. Here is
a district that has increased over
400 percsnt through the assistance
of Brethren Home Missions in a
few short years. This is how the
slogan, "the Brethren Church
Grows with Home Missions," oper-
ates.

At the present time three of these
eight churches are being assisted
financially by the Brethren Home
Missions Council. They are Port-
land, Seatde, and Grandview. Al-
bany, Harrah, Spokane, Sunnyside
and Yakima are the other self-sup-
porting churches making up the dis-
trict.

It looks now like the Toppenish
Bible class will soon become another
church in this district. Rev. Donald
Famer has been teaching a class
that is ready to take another step
of faith. The class has under con-
sideration a location with a dwell-
ing that could be used for church
purposes until such time as a church
building could be erected. Loan
funds are needed to take this step,
and we would appreciate your pray-
ers for this need.

We are in the season now when
more thought is given to growth
than possibly any other period of the
lyear. Growth like the Northwest,
and all the other districts, begins on
the individual's level — with you. It
is your giving and praying that en-
ables your Brethren Home Missions
Council to report growth. The co-
3peration of your district is another
important factor. It takes everyone
ivorking together to show the great-
;st possible growth. What is being
lone by you and your district to
lelp "The Brethren Church Grow
vith Home Missions"?

PHOENIX, ARIZ. (Charles Ash-
man, Jr., pastor) —

We have had good attendance
this month (September). We had
150 in Sunday school and 102 in
the morning worship last Sunday.
The Sunday before there were two
decisions for which we praise God.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.
(Ralph Colburn, pastor) —

We have started our new Sunday
school unit, and it is coming along
quite well. The floor is poured,
the Terrazzo will go on tomorrow,
and the blocks will go up next week.
We are using a lot of volunteer labor
and shooting for a Thanksgiving
completion — maybe a Thanksgiving
family dinner as part of the festivi-
ties. The building will contain 1,180
square feet and provide about ten
classrooms. We estimate the cost at
$6,000, and we already have $1,200
in cash. I'll send you pictures as the
work progresses.

MONTE VISTA, CALIF. (Harold
Painter, pastor) —

I thought you would like to know
that we arrived in Monte Vista, and
we are pretty well settled in our new
home. We had 79 present for our
first Sunday service, and the Lord
blessed with two wonderful deci-
sions. The wonderful day did have
a shadow over it! We received a-
letter from the city engineer stat-
ing we were not supposed to use
our present building. Pray for us
about this situation.

KOKOMO, IND. (William Kolb,
pastor) —

The Lord is blessing the work
here in a mighty way. Our best at-
tendance has been 37 since we be-
gan meeting in our home seven
weeks ago. This number taxes our
home to the limit. We have had new
folks in each week, and we know

some stay away because of the con-
gestion. The need of a new building
is a must. We are thrilled about the
interest shown in our work by the
community. There are now 175
families in Indian Heights.

YORK, PA. (H. W. Koontz, pas-
tor)—

You will rejoice with the church
here over a very wonderful meet-
ing that we had with the Crusade
Team. God brought to himself some
great victories. We had a record
Sunday school attendance of 137
on September 1. There were 27 de-
cisions in all. Some were for church
membership, some for first-time de-
cisions, and some presenting them-
selves fully to Christ. The Parkway
Branch Sunday school has had two
services with 33 and 28 present,
not counting the teachers. We give
all the praise to God.

LANSING, MICH. (Richard Sel-
lers, pastor) —

I can still report that the Lord
is very good to us here at Lansing.
We have been averaging just slight-
ly over a hundred in Sunday school.
In the last couple of weeks we have
had three high school girls accept
Christ. It always encourages us to
see decisions like these.

CHEYENNE PLANS
DEDICATION

The new First Bretliren
Church, Cheyenne, Wyo., is
scheduled for dedication on
Sunday, November 3, 1957.
This is another home-mission
church built by the Brethren
Construction Company. Rev.
Russell Williams is pastor.

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Adopt Navajo Gifts Provide New Laundry Equipment

Boys or Girls?

Yes; many individuals, Sunday-
school classes, WMC's and others
have adopted a certain boy or girl
in the Navajo Mission Boarding
School. A number of the ones pic-
tured on the opposite page have
been adopted over the years. Each
year new students come in, and a
number of those shown here are
available.

What does it cost? For $10 per
month during the school year you
can adopt one of these Navajo boys
or girls. By adopting one of these,
you can pray for him in a personal
way. You will be given the name,
approximate birthday (not all birth-
days are known), and the age. It will
help the boys and girls to know
that other people are interested in
them. Certainly the cost will be
offset in the blessings received.

More information will be made
available if you are interested. The
school has just gotten under way,
and there will be some changes in
the student body. Those shown here
were photographed and the unde-
reloped rolls sent to us for process-
ng in order to make this issue. For
:his reason identifications were not
ivailable.

Have you read "Sagebrush Pul-
pit"? There is an example of how
he missionary was able to witness to
I Navajo because he had been in
I mission school some place at
ome time. The purpose of the mis-
ion school is to" "reach them" and
teach them." Pray for the school,
he staff and for native missionaries
0 come from the group of Navajo
loys and girls shown here.

By Evan Adams

Increased capacity was added to
the mission laundry facility recently
with the installation of a commercial
type wash-wheel and spinning ex-
tractor. The equipment was made
available through the gifts and ef-
forts of the members of the Cherry
Valley Brethren Church, Beaumont,
Calif. A used washer was donated
by a local laundryman who learned
of the need. A special gift in money
designated for laundry equipment
made possible the purchase of the
Bock extractor, a type used in large
laundries. The new equipment tri-
ples the load capacity, and permits
faster drying. It will allow more
frequent washing of student clothing
and bedding.

Water saving was a problem to
contend with in drought ridden New
Mexico. Galen Moomaw, mechanic
and helper from First Brethren
Church of Wooster, Ohio, devised a
system that permits reuse of wash
water and rinse water, pumping
them into storage tanks between
loads. The system is a little more
complicated than the old house-
hold washers used for the past six
years at the mission. Navajo helpers
have been a little confused by the
profusion of valves and levers
operated to keep the system operat-
ing.

Homemade soap sent regularly
to the mission is ideal for use in the
washing machine. Students grate the
soap into fine grains for ready dis-

URGENT...

Investment funds are urgently needed to continue our program of
mA«/"^ Brethren churches for the glory of our blessed Lord. Invest
NOW m the Foundation and receive not only a good return on your
investment but the supreme satisfaction of knowing that you are help-
mg m the Lord's work.

Savings accounts under $500 pay 3% . Investments of $500 and up pay

For further information write today to:

BRETHREN INVESTMENT FOUNDATION, INC.

Box 587
Winona Lake, Ind.

solvmg. The task of keeping boys
and girls clean is one that has had
help from many parts of the coun-
try in the soap and equipment made
possible through gifts of supporters
of the work.

■tober 19, 1957

GRANDVIEW A GOOD EXAMPLE

From a "Bible class" to a "dedi-
cated building" in slightly over three
years is a good example of home
missions in operation. The usual
course was followed: A Bible class
in a home that soon became too big
for a house. Another building was
secured with more room — an old
school building. Then the class be-
came too big for a neighboring pas-
tor, and a full-time man was needed.
The pastor arrived and soon was
looking for a building site. By this
time the congregation had grown
and a permanent church home was
needed. Plans were started for a
building program, and soon it was
Dedication Day. Thus the Lord led
in a series of steps that many times
take longer than it did for the Grand-
view Brethren to see their new build-
ing dedicated.

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Sagebrush Pulpit

By Evan Edams, Missionary
Brethren Navajo Mission

It was late on a Saturday evening
when it was discovered that two
small boys had run away from the
schoolyard. In the darkness of the
late evening it would have been dif-
ficult to locate them along the trails.
Also, the boys would have hidden
from the approach of the jeep head-
lights. That made it necessary to
drive to their homes in the morn-
ing to see if they arrived safely.

I left the mission compound head-
ed south in the open jeep over the
trails worn by the wagon tires but
saw no sign of boys' tracks in the
dust of the trail. Smoke from a
hogan along the trail told me that
someone was home. Inquiring from
the women there, I learned that they
had not seen any small boys the pre-
vious evening. They told me that
the families of the boys were not at
their homes, having gone to the
Apache country to attend the cere-
monial dance. For the next half
hour as we sat on the ground out-
side the hogan in the morning sun
I read to the women from the Navajo
New Testament. Both of these wom-
en profess to believe the provision
of God for their salvation through
Christ. These visits and added por-
tions of the Word will bring what
growth is necessary for evidence of
the working of God in their lives.

Coming over another hill brought
me astride of an old car being loaded
with mud from a pond for the repair
of a man's hogan roof. The man was
the father of two other boys in the
school. He was hastily fixing up the
home since he was to depart on the
next morning as a railroad laborer.
His information about the trail
ahead changed my course slightly.
Recent rains had washed it out.
Several miles farther southward
the trees disappeared, leaving roll-
ing hills of sagebrush. Hogans were
to be seen scattered on the hills.
This was home country to our mis-
sion boys. An old man laying in the
sun near a hogan told me that the
boys had come back and were stay-
ing with some relatives in another
camp over the hill a mile.

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Into a camp, consisting of a tent
and hogan, I drove, expecting to
see boys run across the country at
the approach of the jeep. Just three
hungry dogs heralded my approach.
Walking to the tent I found a young
man and his young wife, sister to
the schoolboys. Yes; the boys had
come home safely. They were out
herding the sheep at the moment.

The wait for the return of the boys
offered time to talk to the young
couple of the new life in Christ. I
was surprised to find that he could
read the Navajo Bible story I hand-
ed him. Several years ago he had
learned a little elementary reading
at the mission. In the intervening
years he had learned more from
reading a Navajo hymnbook. After
I had read several Scripture portions
to him, he took the book and read
the first fourteen verses of John
chapter 1. He was encouraged that
he could read a little of the Bible
the first time he had seen a copy
of it in Navajo.

As we were concluding our visit,
a young man came walking into the
tent opening. He was a stranger
in the area. Sitting down at the open-
ing he asked for a drink of water.
He was a medicine-man coming

from an all-night ceremony, walk-
ing across country toward his home.
He had seen the jeep and thought of
a possible ride. We were going in
his direction on our return, and so he
joined us in the ride. I told him that
if he waited at the mission and
attended the worship service of the
afternoon that he could ride nearer
to home with another vehicle going
in that direction.

The young medicine-man sat on
the back row of the chapel listen-
ing intently as a Navajo Christian
man read and explained the par-
able of the wise and foolish virgins,
the unpreparedness of men for the
coming of the Lord. He listened buti
did not show any immediate in-i
terest. He sat quietly until the end
and walked out with the other peo-
ple.

Did we get the boys? Oh, yes,
one of the boys willingly jumped into
the jeep before we drove out of the
tent camp. The other boy is stilll
hidmg out in the sagebrush coun-i
try somewhere. We can't control
the circumstances of the life of the
people with whom we live; we must
take advantage of the opportunities
even on the hunt for schoolboys.

The Brethren Missionary Hero/ij

IXCAEL CALLjf!

IGNORANCE

By Leanore Button

Ignorance is a funny thing. Thiere
is a lot of meaning behind the word.
You can be well-educated in a
worldly sense and yet be woefully
ignorant concerning spiritual things.
Thus it is with not only Israel but
the gentiles as well. In these days
of speciahzation, it seems that the
average person expects the rabbi,
priest, or minister to be in possession
of spiritual knowledge, and he is
willing to let it remain that way.
Though in these days there are
troubled hearts and insecurity, peo-
ple have no time for the Word of
God. World interest is centered on
"religion" but ignores completely
the Word of God.

In the bookstores and in the de-
partment stores one finds many,
many books "about" the Word of
God. For thirty-five cents you can
read about Mormonism, Christian
Science, Hinduism, Shintoism and
many other cults. They are the big-
ger, more expensive books such as
The Day Christ Died, the Power of
Positive Thinking and many others.
People are willing to read anything
about the religions of the world, but
when it comes to sitting down alone
\yith their Bibles, they haven't the
time. How universal! How human!
How wrong! And it has ever been
thus.

The history of Israel is confirmed
as prophesied in Leviticus, chapter
26. Though they deliberately dis-
obeyed God's commands, yet His
love for His people, the Jews, did
not and has not ceased. In Leviticus
26:44-45 God promises that He will
not destroy them utterly.

In the past Israel disobeyed de-
liberately; today it is falling short,
missing the mark, disobeying God
mainly through ignorance.

First of all their rabbis ignore the
Word of God. They tell their people
that God understands their short-
comings and overlooks them. Do
your best and you won't suffer. A
good illustration of this is contained
in a little book called What the
Jews Believe. This was printed in
condensed form some time ago in
Look magazine.

Jewish teachers misrepresent the

October 19, 7957

Word of God. In the Old Testament
passages such as Isaiah 9:6, they
say it cannot be translated into
English. So they just put the He-
brew words in the place of "and his
name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of
Peace." At the bottom of the page
they give a suggested translation.
Wonderful in counsel is God, the
Mighty. Other passages that point
directly to Jesus as the Messiah are
explained away. This is deliberate
misrepresentation.

Jewish men know so little of the
Hebrew language that most of them
couldn't translate Hebrew into Eng-
hsh. They read Hebrew in the syna-
gogue, but they do not know the
meaning of the words they are read-
ing. Consequently, they deny sin or
the fact that God requires punish-
ment for it. Though the Jewish
Publishing Company prints the Old
Testament in English, they are not
interested enough to secure a copy
for reading.

Jewish women are either so well
educated in the university that they
can't believe anything else at all, or
they are so steeped in the tradition
of their mothers that they are con-
tent to carry the prayer book and
believe what the rabbis tell them.
They spend much of their time at-
tending lectures on how to overcome
problems by positive thinking. They
are willing to pay a steep fee for a
consultation with a psychiatrist. But
the Bible is for the uneducated and
the superstitious. One of the most
oft-repeated phrases I hear in calling
upon women is "I want nothing to
do with Jesus." A woman told me
one day: "I don't care what is in
that book [the Bible]. I wouldn't
dishonor my mother to change my
behef even if what it says is true."
This is willful ignorance.

And lastly, Jewish children are
ignorant of the Word of God. To-
day their mothers don't slap them for
talking about Jesus. There was a
day when they were given a beating
for even mentioning the name in
their home. Today the parents just
laugh when they mention it and

make Hght of Him. "He's the God
of the Christians," they tell their chil-
dren. "But of course we don't be-
lieve in Him." Their children learn
to take it as a big joke when His
name is mentioned.

How wonderful is God's love!
Not only to His beloved, Israel, but
to the nations as well. In spite of
the disobedience of His people over
the years. He has promised that some
day the Redeemer of Israel will rule
from Jerusalem. Though they do not
know it, soon their divine King will
come. It isn't because we are ig-
norant that we know this. It is be-
cause we find it in the Word of God.

"Behold, the days come, saith the
Lord, that I will make a new cove-
nant with the house of Israel, and
with the house of Judah: not ac-
cording to the covenant that I made
with their fathers in the day that I
took them by the hand to bring them
out of the land of Egypt; which my
covenant they brake, although I was
an husband unto them, saith the
Lord: but this shall be the cove-
nant that I will make with the house
of Israel; After those days, saith the
Lord, I will put my law in their
inward parts, and write it in their
hearts; and will be their God, and
they shall be my people. And they
shall teach no more every man his
neighbour and every man his broth-
er, saying. Know the Lord; for they
shall all know me, from the least of
them unto the greatest of them, saith
the Lord, for I will forgive their in-
iquity, and I will remember their sin
no more" (Jer. 31:31-34).

SORRY, WRONG DISTRICT

I am sorry for the error appearing
in the September 21 home-mission
number placing the new Pine Glen
work in the Allegheny district. It
should have read "East District
Stakes a Claim," for this new work
is being sponsored by the East dis-
trict. The division of the East dis-
trict this last year confused me. No;
this is not the first mistake this year!
— Frank J. Poland

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MANSFIELD, OHIO. In view of
the urgent need for a pastor at the
Woodville Grace Brethren Church,
and in the Christian spirit of co-
operation between both churches in
Mansfield, and all parties concerned,
M. L. Myers has resigned as the as-
sociate pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church here, and accepted the pas-
torate of the Woodville church in
Mansfield. The Woodville church
is an outgrowth of the missionary
vision of the Grace church, Dr. Ber-
nard Schneider, pastor. Pastor
Myers assumed his new duties on
Oct. 15.

Port wayne, ind. Dr. w. a,

Ogden, vice president of Grace Semi-
nary delivered the dedicatory ad-
dress on Oct. 6, at the Grace Breth-
ren Church, Thomas Julien, pastor.
Music was furnished by the Grace
College quartet. The new church was
started in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Leiter on Jan. I, 1956, and is
now another thriving church under
the Brethren Home Missions Coun-
cil.

CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO.

The finished edifice of the Grace
Brethren Church was dedicated on
Sept. 29. A full report of the work
of this church, and of the dedication
will be given in the next issue of the
Missionary Herald. Richard Burch
is pastor.

ASHLAND, OHIO. Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Morr celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary on Sept. 21.
They are members of the Grace
Brethren Church.

FINDLAY, OHIO. A new park-
ing area has been completed at the
Findlay Brethren Church, which not
only provides a drive around the
church but parking area for about
25 cars. Gerald Teeter is pastor.

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. The
rough plumbing and electrical work

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has been completed, the roof fin-
ished, furnace installed, and the
baptistry poured in the new building
under construction for the Grace
Brethren Church, Archer Baum,
pastor.

FINDLAY, OHIO. The Northern
Ohio District WMC rally will be
held at the Findlay Brethren Church
on Oct. 28.

BEAUMONT, CALIF. Pastor
and Mrs. Wendell Kent were given
a reception by members and friends
of the Cherry Valley Brethren
Church on Sept. 16.

INDIO, CALIF. Brother and
Sister S. W. Link have returned to
their home in Indio, Calif., and re-
port that the recent surgery in
Johnstown, Pa. was successful.

FRENCH EQUATORIAL
AFRICA. A devastating tornado
ripped through the Bible Institute
located near Bozoum on Sept. 23.
There were no injuries to the mis-
sionary personnel nor children. One
native woman and a child were in-
jured. The chapel at the Bible Insti-
tute was completely destroyed, and
the institute building and print shop
were seriously damaged. Apparently
the residences were not destroyed,
although several storehouses were.
The student village was left in sham-
bles. Full details will be reported
later.

ALTOONA, PA. A new gas fur-
nace has been installed in the First
Brethren Church. Another improve-
ment is the new nursery supervised
by the Young Adult class of the Sun-
day school. Ralph Burns is pastor.

SUNNYSIDE, WASH. The
Northwest Fellowship WMC rally
will be held at the First Brethren
Church on Oct. 22.

ALLENTOWN, PA. WiUiam
Drury was guest speaker at the
First Brethren Church on Oct. 6.
He is associated with Youth-A-
Rama in Philadelphia. John Neely
is pastor.

HARRISBURG, PA. An over-
night youth rally of the Northern At-
lantic Fellowship is being held Oct.
1 8-19 at the Melrose Gardens Breth-
ren Church. Conard Sandy is host
pastor.

WARSAW, IND. The charter
membership of the Community

Tk« BRPTHRCN

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake, Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake. Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Baumas

Winona Lake, Ind.

Grace Brethren Church was closed
on Oct. 6 with 38 members. This
group has taken a real step of faith,
and purchased a building in South
Warsaw. Robert Cover is pastor.

DAYTON, OHIO. Anniversary
Sunday will be observed Nov. 3, at
the North Riverdale Brethren
Church, Russell Ward, pastor. Rev.
Wendell Loveless will be the guest
speaker.

BOSTON, MASS. Russell Dun-
lap has won the highest merit award
for outstanding service in the Radio
Corporation of America. This is not
only the most coveted award pre-
sented annually by the corporation,
but Mr. Dunlap is the youngest man
ever to receive this recognition.
Upon being asked how it was won,
he recognized the men that labor
under him, but quickly added that
all "the credit goes to the Lord." He
has been used to lead two branch
managers to the Lord. Brother Dun-
lap is the superintendent of the
Brethren Sunday school here, and is
also acting as lay-pastor to the new
work in Boston under the Brethren
Home Missions Council. The Breth-
ren Missionary Herald extends con-
gratulations to Russell Dunlap for
his Christ-honoring achievement.

WINONA LAKE, IND. Dr.
Bernard Schneider, pastor of the
Grace Brethren Church, Mansfield,
Ohio, was the evangelist at the re-
cent meetings held in Grace Semi-
nary and College and for the Winona
Lake Brethren Church. Richard De-
Armey is pastor.

WATERLOO, IOWA. UsuaUy
we read of Mother-Daughter affairs
by our Sisterhood girls but the Sis-
terhood girls of the Grace Breth-
ren Church decided to be different.
On Oct. 11 they had a Father-
Daughter Hay ride party. Now the
dads can no longer say they know
nothing about Sisterhood work.

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An Unpardonable Sin?

By Dr. Alva J. McClain
President, Grace Theological Seminary

There has been so much discus-
sion, often fruitless, surrounding
what is called the "unpardonable
sin" that one may well hesitate to
enter a field where well-meaning
men have widely disagreed. How-
ever, even leaving out of considera-
tion those texts in the Synoptic Gos-
pels about which much controversy
has raged, it can be affirmed that
there is described in Scripture a sin
for which, by its very nature, there
is no divine remedy. The general
nature of this sin may be stated as
follows:

1. There is but one place where
a holy God can justly forgive sin-
ners, that is, "in Christ," whose
death upon the cross satisfies in full
all the claims of broken law for
those who take refuge in him (Rom.
3:21-26). Outside of Christ, not
even a sovereign and omnipotent
God can forgive men their sins
(Acts 4:12).

2. Now, by divine appointment,
it is the peculiar work of the Holy
Spirit to bear witness to Christ as
Saviour and bring sinners unto Him
(John 15:26; 16:8-14). All the min-
istry of what we call evangehsm,
from beginning to end, is under the
immediate direction of the Holy
Spirit. No man can even say with a
true confession that Jesus is Lord
except by the Holy Spirit (I Cor.
12:3).

3. Therefore, to resist the min-
istry of the Holy Spirit, as he seeks
to lead sinners into Christ, is to re-
fuse to be led into the one place
Where divine forgiveness is morally
possible (Heb. 2:3-4). For outside of
Christ, there can be nothing for the
iinner but the wrath of God (John
5:36).

4. This means, by the very na-

ture of the case, that sin against the
Holy Spirit is unpardonable sin. It
is not, as some have carelessly sup-
posed, that the person of the Spirit
is somehow more sacred than that of
the Son, or that sin against the Spirit
is more damnable than sin against
the Father and the Son, but rather
that the Spirit's peculiar work is to
bring sinners into Christ, the only
place where God can forgive. Hence,
for the man who "hath done despite
unto the Spirit of grace," there can
be no help nor remedy for his sin
(Heb. 10:26-29).

5. This sin against the Holy
Spirit may begin as a single act of
resistance to the voice and ministry
of the Spirit, on the part of some sin-
ner, in rejecting Christ as the place
of salvation; and then by constant
repetition the sin may become a
settled state of hostility or indif-
ference toward Him as Lord and
Saviour (John 19:15; Acts 7:25-52).

6. Even the initial and single
act of rejecting Christ as Saviour,
if persisted in, holds the sinner in-
exorably in a place where forgive-
ness is morally impossible on the
part of a holy God: "He that be-
lieveth not is condemned already"
(John 3:18). But such a sinner may
yet be reached by the voice and min-
istry of the Holy Spirit if he is will-
ing to hear (Heb. 4:7). The "door"
is open as wide as a sovereign God
can open it (John 10:9).

7. When, however, by repeated
acts of resistance and rejection, the
sinner hardens his attitude into a
fixed state, his condition may be-
come utterly hopeless (Eph. 4:18-19
ASV). The voice of the Spirit no
longer reaches his heart (Matt. 13:
14-15). Such a man may even mis-
take the Spirit's testimony and min-
istry for the work of Satan (Matt. 12:

24, 31-32). When this point is
reached, it is possible for the sinner
to say "No" to God for the last time,
and, like Judas, perish while still
upon earth (John 17:12 ASV).

8. If this seems a hard saying,
we must remember that this sinning
against the testimony of the Spirit
is not unpardonable because of some
arbitrary decree of God, for God
is eternally a God of infinite mercy
and grace (Matt. 11:28). But it is
simply a moral impossibility for
even a God of grace to forgive sin
outside of Christ, and a hardened
resistance to the voice of the Spirit
will keep the sinner outside of Christ
forever. He is "guilty of an eternal
sin" (Mark 3:29 ASV).

9. It must ht remembered, how-
ever, that only God can know cer-
tainly when any sinner has reached
the point in his resistance where he
can no longer hear the voice of the
Spirit. No man is able to judge in-
fallibly in these matters (I Cor. 4:5),
and therefore no man has any right
to point either to himself or any
other man as one who has sinned be-
yond recovery. But if we cannot
Judge in such matters, it still re-
mains our solemn duty to warn men
of the awful possibility, and strive
without ceasing to bring them into
Christ, who is the only place of par-
don (Heb. 6:4-6; 10:29).

10. The progress of sin, as set
forth by the sainted Jeremy Taylor,
may be mercifully slow, but it is
certain at last, if unhindered, to
bring sinners to an irrevocable doom.
At first sin startles the sinner, then
becomes pleasing, then frequent,
then habitual, then confirmed; then
the sinner becomes impenitent, then
obstinate, then determined never to
repent; and then he perishes.

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By Miies Taber

Pastor, Grace Brethrerj Church

Ashland, Ohio

We have emphasized repeatedly
the fact that the churches associated
with the National Fellowship of
Brethren Churches accept whole-
heartedly all of the great doctrines
of the historic Christian faith. Be-
cause of this we enjoy fine fellow-
ship with our brothers and sisters in
other denominations who still be-
lieve the Old Book. But we have
stated also that we believe that there
are some additional truths taught in
God's Word which are either mis-
understood or neglected by others.
We emphasize these our distinctive
beliefs, not with the purpose of
dividing God's people nor of prose-
lyting. Rather we emphasize them
because be beheve God has com-
manded them, and because we have
found many blessings in observing
them. Our purpose is a simple de-
sire to share something good with
those we love. In this spirit we
want to share with you today some
thoughts on the Lord's Supper.

When we Brethren speak of the
Lord's Supper, we find it necessary
immediately to define what we
mean, for the name is usually ap-
plied to something that is not a
supper at all. When most people
speak of the Lord's Supper, they
mean the eucharist, the bread and
the wine. But that bit of bread and
that sip of wine, which commem-
orate our Lord's broken body and
shed blood, cannot by any stretch of
the imagination be called a supper.
It is never so called in the Bible.

The Gospel records make it clear
that the eucharist, that is, the bread
and the wine, came during and after
supper. Therefore the eucharist it-
sek cannot be the Lord's Supper.

In Matthew 26:26 it is recorded that
"as they were eating, Jesus took
bread, and blessed it, and brake it,
and gave it to the disciples, and said.
Take, eat; this is my body." And
Luke adds, in Luke 22:20: "Like-
wise also the cup after supper, say-
ing, This cup is the new testament
in my blood, which is shed for you."
Now if the bread came during sup-
per, and the cup came after supper,
we can be very sure that the bread
and the cup do not themselves con-
stitute the Lord's Supper. So when
we Brethren speak of the Lord's
Supper, we mean the real supper
that our Lord ate with His disciples
in that upper room — not merely the
bread and the cup which followed it.
Of course we eat the bread and
drink of that cup as other Christians
do, but we beUeve that it should be
preceded by a real supper, the Lord's
Supper properly so called.

Now there can be no doubt in the
mind of any believer of the Bible
that the Lord ate a full evening
meal, or supper, with His disciples
on the night before His crucifixion.
The only question that remains is
did He intend for them to perpetu-
ate that meal as a church ordinance.

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along with feet-washing and the
eucharist? We believe that both
the New Testament and the history
of the early church give a clear af-
firmative answer to that question.
We shall try to present that evi-
dence very briefly and simply.

The name, "The Lord's Supper,"
occurs only once in the New Testa-
ment. It is found in I Corinthians
11:20. A study of this chapter will
demonstrate to anyone that the
church at Corinth was in the habit
of eating a full meal at their com-
munion service. The fact is that
they were turning it into a disgrace-
ful, selfish feast at "which the rich
were stuffing themselves and the
poor were going hungry. Now this
church at Corinth had been founded
by the apostle himself. He was now
writing a letter to correct their ex-
cesses and abuses. If, as an in-
spired apostle, he did not believe
that the feast itself was intended to
be observed, what would be more
natural than to simply order its dis-
continuance? But instead, he cor-
rects the abuses and preserves the
supper itself. This is the strongest
kind of endorsement.

Earlier in this same letter Paul
had written (I Cor. 5:7-8), "Christ
our passover is sacrificed for us:
Therefore let us keep the feast."
What feast? we may ask. Surely ij
not the Jewish passover, or any |
other Old Testament feast. And the j
New Testament is silent concerning
any other Christian feast. There
is only one feast to which the apostle
could refer, and that is the Lord's I
Supper. Christ himself had fulfilled
the type of the passover lamb. The I
blood of animals could not take

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away the sin of the world. He is
our Passover, delivering us from
death. And while the Hebrews had
a feast to commemorate the slaying
of the passover lamb and the de-
liverance from Egypt, our Lord
would not leave us without a feast to
commemorate His own triumphant
death for us and our consequent
deliverance from sin and death. This
is the Lord's Supper, a feast that He
himself has provided for His church.
This is the Lord's table, referred to
in I Corinthians 10:21. This feast
is a blessed foreshadowing of that
coming feast in glory which our
Lord mentioned in Luke 12:37:
"Blessed are those servants, whom
the lord when he cometh shall find
watching: verily I say unto you,
that he shall gird himself, and make
them to sit down to meat, and will
come forth and serve them." This
is the gracious Lord who has given
us the "Lord's table" to remind us
often of Calvary and Paradise.

The Apostle Jude writes of this
feast in the twelfth verse of his short
epistle. Speaking of evil men within
the church, he says, according to the
Authorized Standard Version:
"These are they who are hidden
rocks in your love-feasts, when they
feast with you." The love feast is
merely another name given to this
same Lord's Supper. It emphasizes
a different aspect of its meaning. For
it is not only a feast to remind us
of our wonderful Lord, it is also a
feast of fellowship and love among
Christians. Paul refers to this mean-
ing of the feast too in that eleventh
chapter of I Corinthians. I quote
verses 18 and 20 from the Author-
ized Standard Version: "For first
of all, when ye come together in
the church, I hear that divisions
exist among you; and I partly be-
lieve it. . . . When therefore ye
assemble yourselves together, it is
not possible to eat the Lord's sup-
per." They might eat a great feast
in the church, and call it the Lord's
Supper, but it was not really the
Lord's Supper while there was divi-
sion and strife and controversy in
the church. Paul does not call it
"the love feast" but it is clear that
he was aware of its meaning.

In our opinion there is no greater
need among fundamental churches
today than the love which was so
characteristic of the early church.
In those days the world exclaimed:
"How these Christians love one an-
other." It is significant that the
church which so impressed its hea-

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then neighbors was a church which
practiced the love feast. Dr. Schaff
says that "the earliest eucharistic
pictures represent chiefly the agape
or supper which preceded the actual
communion." Bennet, in Christian
Archaeology, says: "In the earUest
notices of the Lord's Supper a sim-
ple and almost literal imitation of
the meal as instituted by Christ is
prevalent." All church historians
agree with what we have discovered
in the New Testament; namely, that
the early church ate the Lord's Sup-
per or love feast at its communion
services. It was instituted by Christ,
commanded by the apostles, and
practiced by the early church.

Again today we must say that we
are not contending for an empty
form. We have no interest in pre-
serving a practice which has no
value to the one who participates in
it. But each of the New Testament
ordinances was given to meet a
need that our Lord foresaw in His
church. And what church is there
that does not need to be reminded
often that Christ is our Passover,
slain for us, that He is coming again
to welcome us to the Marriage Sup-
per of the Lamb, and that while we
await Him we must manifest the
love of God toward one another? If
the church needs these things, then
it needs the love feast, the Lord's
Supper, and it neglects it to its own
loss. Restore the love feast in your
church, observe it in spirit and in
truth, and God will have the oppor-
tunity to bless you through it. But
the church that has substituted so-
cial meals, or even money-making
meals, for the love feast cannot ex-
pect the Lord to bless the substitu-
tion.

Under the Old Testament law, the
priest who would rush into the Holy
Place without following the pre-
scribed preparation was stricken
dead instantly. We are living under
a dispensation of grace, in which
God does not so manifest His wrath.
Nevertheless there is a divine order
in the threefold communion serv-
ice as instituted by our Lord and
practiced by the early church. We
believe it is presumptuous in man
to eat of the sacred emblems of the
eucharist without preparing for that
intimate communion with God in the
way that He has ordained.

Every Christian sins, in thought,
word, or deed. We all fall short of
the perfect will of God for our lives.
Our feet are defiled with the dust of
forbidden paths. Those defiled feet

prevent our perfect enjoyment of
communion with God. As Dr. Sco-
field has written in his comment on
John 13: "Christ cannot have com-
munion with a defiled saint, but He
can and will cleanse him." So we
need to have our spiritual feet
washed in order that we may ex-
perience true fellowship with a holy
God. That is why our Lord insti-
tuted the ordinance of feet washing,
as an outward symbol of this much-
needed inward cleansing. While a
believer's feet are being literally
washed by his brother, he must be
examining himself, searching his
own heart, and asking the Lord to
cleanse him for fellowship. The
church needs the ordinance of feet
washing to remind us of this before
we partake of the eucharist.

Another requirement before we
enjoy full communion with God is
that we love one another, being fully
reconciled to our brethren. John
tells us in I John 4:20: "If a man
say, 1 love God, and hateth his
brother, he is a liar." And our Lord
says, in Matthew 5:23-24: "There-
fore if thou bring thy gift to the
altar, and there rememberest that
thy brother hath ought against thee;
leave there thy gift before the altar,
and go thy way; first be reconciled
to thy brother, and then come and
offer thy gift." "First be recon-
ciled to thy brother." God cannot
have fellowship with Christians who
are out of fellowship with each other.
We dare not partake of that Body
which was broken for us if we are
contributing to the breaking up of
His Body which is the church. The
church needs the ordinance of the
Lord's Supper, or love feast, to pre-
pare it for the holy communion of
the eucharist.

We cordially invite our readers to
visit any one of the churches affili-
ated with the National Fellowship
of Brethren Churches and witness
this threefold communion service as
we beheve Christ instituted it, the
early church practiced it, and our
churches still practice it.

And to Brethren people we add:
Be sure that you have the reality,
the love of God for one another, not
just the empty shell. The world is
waiting to see a church in which
they really love one another. Jesus
gave them the right to judge us on
this basis. "By this shall all men
know that ye are my disciples, if ye
have love one to another" (John
13:35). The world will believe in
proportion as we love.

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Faith Is the Victory

By Russell D. Barnard

General Secretary, the Foreign Missionary Society
of the Brethren Church

"This is the victory that over-
cometh the world, even our faith"
(I John 5:4).

At Journey's End

In his volume, "Bryggan Holler"
("The Bridge Holds") "the Swedish
novelist, Sven Lidman tells of the
dying words of a good woman who
had carried on the work of a little
orphanage on faith lines. She lay in
a coma, and all those about her bed
thought that she had actually passed
over. Suddenly she opened her eyes,
and looking on her relatives with a
smile, said: "Greet the friends and
tell them that the bridge holds."
Then she shut her eyes and crossed
over the chasm which separates us
from the next world. He who is the
way in life, is also the bridge in
death. Thus another testimony to
the victory of faith.

At Life's Beginning

A little child had been sent up-
stairs by her mother to get a wrap
for the baby sister. As she reached
the head of the stairs she hesitated,
fearful of the shadows. Then her
little voice was heard to say: "Fear
not, for I am wiv thee." After some
hurried steps to the cot and back,
she carefully descended the stairs.
The Lord Jesus is able to bring won-
derful peace and great courage, even
to the little ones as they begin the
journey of life. Every such simple
trust in Jesus is a victory of faith.

God's Daily Care

Faith depends on conscious re-
lationship with God. I will not trust
Him if I do not know Him. I will
want to trust Him if I know Him.
To know Him is to know that I can
trust Him, always and ever.

Moody and a friend were standing
by a garden gate. Two boys came by.
Speaking to Moody, the man said:
"Watch the difference in these two

boys." Taking one of them in his
arms he stood him on the gatepost,
and stepping back a few feet he
folded his arms and called to the
little fellow to jump. In an instant
the boy sprang toward him, and was
caught in his arms. Then turning to
the second boy he tried the same ex-
periment. But in the second case it
was different. The child trembled
and was afraid to move. The man
held out his arms, and tried to in-
duce the child to trust him, promis-
ing that he would surely catch him.
He would never let him fall. At last
the man had to lift the boy down
from the gatepost and let him go.

"What makes the difference in the
two?" Moody asked.

"The man smiled and said: "The
first is my own boy and knows me;
but the other is a stranger's child
whom I have never seen before."

The faith that gives victory is not
a blind faith produced by a resolute
will, but a living faith in a Person,
born of experience in trusting God.

In a Dense Fog

A converted sea captain, owing to
a dense fog, had been on the bridge
of his ship for twenty-four hours,
when George Muller, who was one
of the passengers, came to him and
said: "Captain, I have come to tell
you that I must be in Quebec on
Saturday afternoon."

"Impossible," replied the captain.

"Very well," said Muller, "if your
ship cannot take me, God will find
some other way. I have never broken
an engagement for 57 years. Let us
go down into the chart room and
pray."

"Mr. Muller," said the captain, as
they went down, "do you know how
dense the fog is?"

"No," replied the great Muller,
"my eye is not on the density of the
fog, but on the living God who con-
trols every circumstance of life."

Muller knelt down and prayed

a most simple prayer, and then ris-
ing, said to the captain: "Open the
door, and you will find the fog
gone." The captain arose, and found
that the fog had indeed lifted.

God may not lift a fog for us, but
one thing is sure — no life will be
happy and successful in God's serv-
ice without the victory of faith. Let's
trust God more!

Trusting God Is Practical

Faith gets things done. How much
more practical to start the day ac-
knowledging God's partnership in
life's undertaking than to start it
alone! Only a few visitors, or a few
telephone calls, and God has
wrecked accomplishment for the
Christian who is too busy doing
things to start the day with God.
Every time a certain banker came
to church, the preacher's theme was
"Faith." Finally the banker said:
"Don't you ever preach anything
else? Why not preach something
practical once in a while?" The
preacher's answer didn't satisfy the
banker, and time passed.

One day the preacher heard that
there was a "run" on this banker's
bank. Going downtown, the preach-
er saw the crowds milling about the
doors of the bank. The banker
friend was out in front frantically
telling the people — mostly a foreign
people — that the bank was sound,
and everything was all right; that
they should not withdraw their
money. The banker saw the preach-
er, beckoned to him, and when he
was near enough, said to him:
"They've lost faith in our bank and I
I can't understand it."

"Lost faith?" the preacher ques-
tioned.

"Yes," said the banker. "I know
what you're thinking, and there's
nothing so practical or necessary as
faith "

And, if faith is necessary in the
business life, it is many times more

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valuable to the one who is a person-
al servant of the Lord.

Hundred-Horsepower Christians!

Professor Rufus Jones speaks of
persons in every community who, by
their lives, are "lifting the moral and
spiritual level of the community as
"hundred-horsepower" persons. And
there are "hundred-horsepower
Christians"; those who by their close
walk with the Lord, and their daily
confidence in Him, move the moun-
tains of opposition and turn the
wheels of service in the Christian
church. We ought to be that kind of
Christian. Of course, it's really not
our faith, but God's power that does
things. It's illustrated by the woman
who said: "I am a weak woman with
a little faith in a great God." Truly
ours is a great God! We ought to
trust Him for every victory.

BIBLE VITAMINS

By Mrs. Katie I. Craig

PIGTAILS

"Pigtail giving" has been sug-
gested by a practice that prevailed
in the New Hebrides when the na-
tives were sunk in heathenism. At
their heathen feasts they would cut
3ff the tails of the pigs they were
ibout to eat and throw them into the
'bush" as an offering to their gods,
A'hile they themselves would eat
■he carcasses. They could easily
ipare the tails and this simple of-
ering was supposed to satisfy the
;ods. At any rate, the giving satis-
ied the crude consciences of the
jivers.

Some Christian giving does not
onstitute a very great advance upon
hat of the undeveloped New Heb-
ides natives. It is indeed quite
ommon for people to feel obligated
3 give only what easily can be
pared, or what is left after all per-
onal needs have been supplied. —
exchange.

LIGHT NECESSARY

A stranger, passing some mines
1 Pennsylvania, asked a little boy
■hy the field was so full of mules.

"These mules are worked in the
lines during the week," replied the
3y, "and are brought up into the
iht on Sunday to keep them from
Jing blind."

The application is apparent. Do
)t allow yourself to go spiritually
ind. Come to church on Sunday
id let the light of God's Word shine
to your heart. — Selected.

'.tober 19. 7957

On every hand, over the radio
and elsewhere, we are hearing a great
deal, these days, about vitamins. We
must have vitamin this, and vitamin
that, in order to keep our bodies
physically fit. Bread is being en-
riched with vitamins; programs over
the air are telling which kinds of
fruits and vegetables have the most
vitamins; there are advertisements
telling us that vitamins can be had
in tablet form — all this for the build-
ing up and for the maintenance of
our physical bodies.

If these vitamins are so impor-
tant and so necessary in keeping up
our physical bodies, how much more
important it is that we be supplied
with BlbJe vitamins for our spiritual
welfare.

So far as I know, there is no men-
tion made of Bible vitamins. In Ga-
latians 5:22-23 we read of spiritual
vitamins, although these two words
are not mentioned. The spiritual
part of man needs these vitamins of
love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, meek-
ness and temperance." We need all
these vitamins to help us to be the
kind of persons Christ would have
us to be. If we have really been
bom again, we should have these
vitamins already abounding in us.
Vitamin love:" We will love Jesus;
our brethren; yes, and sinners also
— ^not the things that they do, but
their souls. Christ died to save us
from our sins.

Vitamin joy; We will have that
gladness or happiness in our hearts.
There are many ways and degrees of
expressing it; but if it abounds in
our hearts, it will naturally over-
flow in some form or another.

Vitamin peace: A state of quiet-
ness and contentment. We are recon-
ciled to God, or brought back in
harmony with God.

Vitamin longsuffering: We will
patiently bear injuries or offenses :ior
a long time; we will not be provoked
easily.

Vitamin gentleness: We will be
refined in our manners, not rough,
but mild and tender — a quiet dispo-
sition.

Vitamin goodness: We will pos-
sess desirable qualities, such as
being useful, virtuous, and pious.

Vitamin faith: That substance of
thmgs hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen. We must believe in
God, in the Scriptures, and in the
person and work of Christ. It is
trusting and being loyal to Him.

Vitamin meekness: The state of
not being haughty or resentful; to
be mild of temper, unassuming and
humble.

Vitamin temperance: Temperance
is divided into two parts: (l)'the ha-
bitual moderation of the appetites;
(2) of passions. We should exercise
control over our eating, both in
quantity of food and kind of food.
Certain kinds of food may not agree
with us; then we should' be careful
and choose what agrees with us,
and should not over indulge in the
food which tastes so good. This is
also true of drink. A Christian will
not only be temperate pertaining to
alcoholic beverages, but will abstain
from them entirely. Passion is a
state of mind when powerfully acted
upon; a controlling emotion, whether
of love, anger, or worldly desires.
One can also have a passion for
dress, music, et cetera, for passion
is the result of any feeling or emotion
completely mastering the mind. We
are warned to be temperate in all
these things.

Now we have these nine Bible
vitamins itemized. We believe that
we should study them, and as Chris-
tians, we should feast upon these
Bible vitamins; for they are very
essential in building up and main-
taining our spiritual life, and we are
in no danger of consuming too many
of them.

GOD CANNOT GIVE UNTIL . . .

Prayer is no small thing as some
people seem to consider it. When
we pray in the name of our crucified
Lord we must have equal faith to the
meaning of His blood-stained cross
If our faith is not equal to our ask-
ing, then our praying is in vain and
an insult to our God. A true vision
of Calvary will smite weak, unbe-
lieving prayer unto death, and we
will see the flowing blood of our
Lord redeeming all things for us.
The prayer of faith in the blood is
omnipotent. God is waiting for us
to claim our inheritance. He can-
not give until we take. — Fifth and
Cherry Light.

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'ULSE/POINTI

OF CONTEMPORARY

NEWS

Selected by fhe Editor

NOTICE TO READERS: The purpose of this page is to provide our readers with worldwide
religious news. All material is presented as news wiihout editorial comment, and does not
necessarily reflect the theological position of this magazine. — Editor.

WASHINGTON, D. C. A na-
tional Churchmen's Commission on
Decent Publications was formally
organized hsre, to campaign against
obscene literature. It is a broadly
representative Protestant group with
Inman Douglas, Washington rep-
resentative of the Christian Science
Committee on Publication, serving
as president. Elected vice presidents
were Dr. A. C. Miller, executive
secretary of the Christian Life Com-
mission, Southern Baptist Conven-
tion, and Dr. Frederick E. Reissig,
executive secretary of the National
Capital Area Council of Churches.
Dr. Clyde W. Taylor, secretary for
public affairs of the National Asso-
ciation of Evangelicals, was named
secretary, and Dr. Carl F. H. Henry,
editor of Christianity Today, treas-
urer.

The commission voted to solicit
membership from churchmen of all
denominations. Its purpose is to en-
courage higher standards in the pub-
lication industry. It will campaign
for "necessary federal, state and
local laws to curb the publishing
and distribution of indecent and
obscene pubUcations," and will co-
operate with other local and na-
tional groups for stricter law en-
forcement. O. K. Armstrong, of
Springfield, Mo. (a former member
of Congress), was elected to serve
the Commission as legislative chair-
man.

SPECIAL. According to the an-
nual report of the National Fire
Protection Association, nine church
fires can be expected to break out
tomorrow somewhere in the U.S.A.
At least, that is the average per day
that has prevailed in the past year.

Horatio Bond, the association's
chief engineer, said there were 3,200

church fires last year which caused
damage totalling §20,800,000. He
stressed that since 1952 loss from
church fires in tiiis country has never
run less than $12,000,000 a year.
The fire official warned all
churches to check their premises
for defective heating systems, faulty
electrical equipment and overloaded
wires whicli might cause short cir-
cuits. He said a principal cause for
church fires is the wooden construc-
tion inside most houses of worship
which make them real "fire traps."
Each church should invite their local
fire department to inspect their
building for fire hazards before cold
weather sets in. Mr. Bond said there
has been enough investigation to
prove that arsonists are definitely
a factor in church fires, especially
where doors are not locked, but
proper precautions would prevent
most conflagrations.

COLUMBUS, OHIO. The Ohio
Board of Tax Appeals ruled that
parking lots acquired by churches
and used by their members while at-
tending services are exempt from
state and local real estate taxes.

SPECIAL. For the first time,
there were Roman Catholics enrolled
in the linguistics course sponsored
by the Wycliffe Bible Translators at
the University of Oklahoma this
summer. Three priests joined more
than 200 Protestant missionaries
learning how to reduce strange
languages to writing. Rev. John J.
Dunn and two fellow Catholic mis-
sionaries had to compose an alpha-
bet for a hitherto unwritten language
that is spoken by more than two
million New Guinea natives. They
decided on a 16-symbol alphabet.

Father Dunn said that once they cani
get the dialects down on paper theyl
will be able to communicate with the*
natives in a more satisfactory man-
ner. He said some mistakes can be!
embarrassing. For example, the
priests found when they began ex-
amining the language that they had
been praying "Our Father, who art
in the coconut tree." It was a natur-
al mistake, he explained. The trans-
lating priest probably pointed up-
ward and made gestures asking the
native to say the word for "God."
The native looked up, saw the coco-
nut tree, and gave him the word for
it.

COLOMBIA, S. A. Jose Maria
Villareal, Interior Minister of Co-
lombia, South America, has in-
structed state governors and local
authorities to assure full freedom
of assembly and worship to Protes-
tant sects. In particular, he directed
the governors to see to it that the
50 or so Protestant churches in
various parts of the country that i
have been hindered in their work
or prevented from holding services
be permitted to function without
further trouble.

The minister's order was made I
public 24 hours after U. S. Ambas-
sador John Moors Cabot had called
on Colombia's Foreign Minister in
Bogota to request that Protestant
groups be permitted to function
without hindrance. Most of these
groups are of American origin.

Earlier, an agency of the Colom-
bian Roman Catholic hierarchy
had declared that the church recog-
nized "the right of non-Catholic
Christians" in Colombia "freely to
practice their own religion." This
statement was signed by the Rev-
erend Eduardo Ospina, who said
that "in various ways and occasions
Protestants in Colombia have suf-
fered violence inflicted by Colom-
bian Catholics." However, the,
priest denied charges of "Catholic
persecution" and said that political
factors were a major cause of the
Protestants' troubles.

An editorial in the liberal news-
paper El Tiempo hailed Minister
Villareal for making clear that state
authorities have a strict obligation
to protect the rights of minority re-
lious groups. El Tiempo said;
"The whole world knows that the
great majority of Colombians are
Catholics," but it "should be made
equally clear that any Colombian
also has a perfect right to be an
Anabaptist, a Brahman, a Presby-
terian or a Buddhist."

EDUCATIONAL NUMBER

OCTOBER 26, 1957

GRACE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
TWENTY YEARS AGO

AKRON, OHIO

FIRST STUDENT BODY AND FACULTY

OCTOBER, 1937

Back Row: Robert Miller, Kenneth Ashman, Blaine Snyder, Ernest Meyers, John Aeby, Albert Flory, Ralph Car-
many, Edward Bowman, Harold Etiing, Edward Hay, Vernon Newton, Arthur Malles, Henry Rempel, Herbert Wolfe,
Cloyce Pugh

Second Row: Miss Ruth Snyder, Mrs. Harold Dunning, Harold Dunning, Arnold Kriegbaum, Russell Williams,
John Squires, Charles Thomas, Hill Maconaghy, Wayne Baker, Robert Williams, Mrs. Raymond Gingrich, Ethel
Morrill, (now Mrs. Phillip Simmons), Donald Hare.

Front Row. Mrs. Russell (Margaret) Williams, Mrs. Robert (Lenora) Williams, Edna Silkett, Raymond E. Gingrich,
Alva J. McClain, Herman A. Hoyt, Miss Estella Myers, Mrs. Margaret Emmons, Mrs. Harold Etiing.

EDITORIALS

By Paul R. Bauman, Vice President in Charge of Public Relations

A Remarkable Record —

Pictured on the front cover of the magazine this
week are thirty-five members of the first student body
of Grace Seminary, and its full-time faculty of two,
as they appeared twenty years ago. While time has
brought some changes, we are quite certain that our
readers will recognize many of the faces.

A study of the picture reveals some interesting side-
lights beyond the physical changes the years have
brought. More interesting by far is the record fhat the
members of this first student body have made through
the years since they finished their schooling. Five are
serving Christ as Brethren missionaries in French Equa-
torial Africa (one more — Miss Estella Myers — is now
with the Lord). One is a Brethren missionary in Argen-
tina; another is serving Christ in Brazil under another
denominational board. Six are Brethren pastors, and
five are serving as pastors in other denominations. One
is the superintendent of a large rescue mission in Akron,
Ohio. Two are with the Brethren Missionary Herald (one
is the editor). One (now on leave of absence) was the
superintendent of the Brethren day schools in Long
Beach, Calif. Two others, having served as Brethren
pastors, are now associated with Bible schools (one is at
a new school in Florida, and the other is president of a
Bible College in Akron, Ohio). One is serving as our
national Sunday school director. Four are wives of
Brethren ministers. One is working as a layman in a
Brethren church. Two are deceased.

Such a record should bring a genuine thrill to the
heart of every person who had any part in bringing
Grace Seminary into existence and helping to main-
tain it through faithful prayer and regular financial
support. The record of this student body and others
that have followed through these twenty years should en-
large our vision and our faith as we face the present
necessary expansion and the challenge to even greater
victories in the years that lie ahead.

Change in Life Membership Plan- —

Since the organization of the corporation of Grace
Theological Seminary, members of The Brethren Church
who contribute $5 or more to the school during the fis-
cal year are entitled to become members of the cor-
poration. Such individuals are eligible to vote in cor-
poration meetings, elect trustees, and have their part in

shaping the policies and program of the seminary and
college. Heretofore a gift of 11,000 entitled such a per-
son to be a life member of the corporation, and through
the years the Lord has given the school a number of such
members. Inasmuch as our other corporations estab-
lished a policy of offering life memberships to Brethren
people for considerably smaller gifts, the board of trus-
tees, at its recent meeting discussed, at length the ad-
visability of lowering the amount necessary for such a
membership. Accordingly, the board decided to recom-
mend to the corporation that gifts amounting to a total
of $500 during any fiscal year shall entitle the donor to
life membership in the corporation. It is hoped that this
change in the code of regulations will encourage many to
seek life membership who might otherwise find it im-
possible to attain through gifts given in any one year.

The Status of the Building Program —

You probably remember that at the time we started
construction in this present building program we had in
hand about $90,000. This money has been the founda-
tion of the entire project. Without it we could not
have started, and without it we could not have met our
bills up to this time. Again we express thanks to God .
that through your hands He has thus graciously supplied i
our needs.

We have now made two payments to our general
contractor, and one to the plumber. We have also paid
the architect a substantial part of his fee. This means that
our money will soon be exhausted and we must have
more from some source. We are hoping that it will not
be necessary to borrow until we approach the end of the
construction period.

Will you unite with us in prayer that God will raise
up friends at this time who will give substantial gifts to
our building fund? Every dollar given now is worth two
dollars after we get into an amortization program over
fifteen or twenty years. Smaller gifts too are essential
and add up to a large total. Please keep your gifts
coming in through your own church, wherever pos-
sible. It will help greatly to have a prompt and steady
transfer of these funds from your church treasury to
Grace Seminary as the gifts are given. It is here that we
must constantly meet the bills that face us day by
day as we provide this essential addition to the entire
Brethren testimony through Grace Seminary and Grace
College.— W. A. Ogden

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19. NUMBER 43

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM, Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16. 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake, Ind.. under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co.. Winona Lake. Ind. Subscription price. $3.00 a year; 100-percent churches, $2.50; foreign, $4.00. Board oi
Directors; Robert Crees. president; Herman A. Hoyt, vice president; William Schaffer. secretary; True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Gen-
man, treasurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee; William Male, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller, Thomas Ham-
mers; Arnold R. Kriegbaum, ex officio.

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Twenty Years Ago
This Month

By Dr. Herman A. Hoyt, Dean

(Note— Many oi our readers, including the more recent alumni of the school, are not
J ?^ X with the eoriy history of our seminary. The following account bi/ Dr. Hoyt was
^^■^ i^'7"^il^,^ S^°''^ °^ ^l"" Theological Seminary, which appeared in the schooU
annual for 1951. With a present enrollment m the seminary of 120 and with an additimml
lied m the college, it is evident that the hand of the Lord has been upon

212 students . _ ^_,

the school through these twenty ''yea

-P.R.B.)

The organization of Grace Theo-
logical Seminary, though prayed into
existence in Ashland, Ohio, and first
located in Akron, Ohio, was really
consummated in Winona Lake, Ind.
It was here in connection with the
General Conference of The Breth-
ren Church that the corporation
membership was begun, the first
board of trustees was elected, the
name was settled upon, and the first
teachers were called. All these mat-
ters were determined in late August
and early September of 1937.

The Faculty

At this organizational meeting the
board of trustees called Dr. Alva
J. McClain to head Grace Theologi-
cal Seminary as its president, and to
serve in the capacity of professor of
Christian Theology and Apologetics.
Dr. Homer A. Kent, then pastor of
the First Brethren Church, in Wash-
ington, D. C, was also called to
serve as full-time professor of Prac-
tical Theology and Church History.
He was unable to begin his min-
istry until the fall of 1940, though
he did serve in a part-time capacity
through the first three years of the
school. To assist the president in the
full-time teaching ministry of the
school, Dr. Herman A. Hoyt was
called to fill the chair of professor
of the New Testament and Greek.

After long deliberation, it was de-
cided to accept the invitation of
Pastor R. E. Gingrich and his con-
gregation, the First Brethren Church
in Akron, Ohio, and temporarily lo-
cate the new school in their quarters.
One overshadowing reason for this
decision lay in the fact that the stu-
dents, who were most likely to enter
the school in the fall, were pastors
in that region. The building used
by the First Brethren Church of
Akron, though not offering all the
facilities of one specially designed
for school purposes, nevertheless

October 26, 1957

proved adequate for the launching
of the school. In these quarters
Grace Theological Seminary began
its ministry and grew and prospered
through its first two years.

The Curriculum

Since President Alva I. McClain
and Dr. Herman A. Hoyt had been
faculty members at Ashland, and
since the curriculum of the former
school was almost wholly developed
and arranged under the deanship of
Dr. McClain, it was quite logical to
expect the new school to follow
closely the same departmental pat-
tern. Now free from any outside or
inside encumbrances, even greater
emphasis was given to exposition of
the Scriptures. Dr. McClain added
Homiletics and certain Old Testa-
ment courses to his teaching load of
Christian Theology and Apologetics.
Dr. Hoyt continued to teach in the
field of New Testament and Greek,
but also assisted in Homiletics, Old
Testament, and Hebrew. Dr. R. E.
Gingrich (now President of Comus
Hill Bible College in Akron) taught
the courses in Church History,
while Dr. Homer A. Kent came in
for several weeks each semester and
lectured in the fields of Old Testa-
ment, Practical Theology, and Arch-
eology. The following" year Dr. J,
C. Beal, Rev. Thomas Hammers,
Rev. Everett Niswonger, Rev. Leo
Polman, and Henry Rempel joined
the faculty as part-time instructors in
Practical Theology, Old Testament,
Personal Soul-Winning, and Music.

First Student Body

Most important of all is the stu-
dent body with which this new
school began on October 4, 1937.
The story is one that can never be
forgotten. By the spring of 1937
there were 24 students in Ashland
Seminary. Four of these graduated
at the May commencement. Of the

20 remaining, 1 8 withdrew with the
intention of matriculating in Grace
Seminary. These 18 were kept to-
gether by the student body presi-
dent, Rev. Kenneth Ashman. And
out of these 18 came 1 1 who formed
the solid nucleus for the new student
body, along with one graduate who
returned for further work. Kenneth
Ashman, John Aeby, Harold Etling,
Mrs. Ada Etling, Albert Flory.
Luther Grubb, Edward Hay, Hill
Maconaghy, Arthur Malles, Robert
Miller, John Squires, and Russell
Williams were pioneers in Grace
Seminary. They were joined on regis-
tration day by six preseminary
students who had formerly attended
Ashland College: Wayne Baker, Ed-
ward Bowman, Harold Dunnmg,
Mrs. Marguerite Dunning, Arnold
Kriegbaum, and Blaine Snyder.

Quite to the amazement of
everyone, 21 others joined the
above-mentioned 18 on that mem-
orable day, October 4, 1937, to
make up the first student body of
Grace Theological Seminary. We
affix their names because they too
pioneered in the launching of the
new school: Ralph Carmany, Mrs.
Margaret Emmons, Mrs. Edith Ging-
rich, Donald Hare, Earl MiUer,
Ernest Myers, Estella Myers, Ver-
non Newton, Henry Rempel, Edna
Silkett, Ethel Morrill, Ruth Snyder,
Charles Thomas, Ethel Thompson,
Robert Williams, Mrs. Robert (Le-
nora) Williams, Mrs. Russell (Mar-
garet) Williams, Herbert Wolfe; and
in the graduate division three men
enrolled: Raymond Gingrich, Her-
man Hoyt, and Cloyce Pugh. There
were 39 in all, 13 of them commit-
ted to foreign missionary service.
Later registrations through the year
brought the total to 48, and during
the second year in Akron total
registrations reached 49, thus in-
itiating the greatest period in the
Brethren theological education.

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in kJux dLi^€d

A wonderful turning point in my
life came when God opened the door
of opportunity for me to enroll in
Grace Seminary. Practically all of
the understanding of the Word which
I have received, and the privilege of
ministering the Word, has resulted
from association with the school and
its founder.

Now we are praising the Lord for
expansion at Grace. We are very
happy that our son, Glenn, is en-
joying the privilege of being enrolled
as a freshman in Grace College this
year. — W. Wayne Baker, pastor,
Aleppo Brethren Church, Aleppo,
Pa.

THE TOOLS GOD GIVES

Twenty years since being in the
first student body of Grace Semi-
nary has proved to me the abiding
wealth of the teaching, and the tools
God gives, in the classes at Grace.
Then too the active walk with the
Lord begun there along with the
awareness of the warfare against evil
are priceless blessings God gave me
at Grace. — Robert E. A. Miller,
Grace Livingstone Hill Memorial
School, St. Petersburg, Fla.

INSPIRATION AND TRAINING

God is to be praised that mine
was the privilege to be present on
June 2, 1937 for the most mem-
orable prayer meeting in the his-
tory of The Brethren Church. On
that night Grace Seminary was born
from the hearts of men on their
knees before God. On that night
Grace Seminary was born in the
home of the late Dr. J. C. Beal,
who then resided at 1000 Lincoln
Way in Ashland, Ohio. The love for
Christ and the devotion to His Word
that compelled that prayer meeting
to be held, has never ceased. I thank
God for the inspiration and training
that I received in Grace Seminary. —
Arnold R. Kriegbaum, editor Breth-

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ren Missionary Herald, Winona
Lake, Ind.

HOW TO V.'IELD THE SWORD

Under the able tutelage of the
Grace professors this writer was
taught how to wield the Sword of
the Word. In so doing the result
was twofold: natural men were born
from above (John 3:5), and born
again ones grew in spiritual stature
(1 Pet. 2:2). Praise God for a Bibli-
cal seminary with a competent teach-
ing staff. — Henry G. Rempel, pas-
tor, Norwalk (Calif.), Brethren
Church.

GOD OF THE IMPOSSIBLE

One of the "extra curricular"
blessings which became ours during
our student days at Grace Seminary
was the demonstration of the power
of God to do for His glory what
seemed humanly impossible. Those
first years at Grace were fraught with
many testings for student, faculty,
and board. But God always seemed
to have a plan and a way to con-
tinue this ministry. This lesson,
learned early at Grace, has been a
source of great challenge in our min-
istry. Since we are working with
the God of the impossible, we there-
fore attempt great things with Him.
We have found the lesson contin-
uing. He never fails. — Kenneth Ash-
man, pastor. First Brethren Church,
Wooster, Ohio

A FIRM FOUNDATION

It is a privilege to give a word of
testimony about Grace Seminary. I
shall always be grateful for the ex-
cellent teaching in the study of the
Word which I received there. The
effect of this in the lives of the stu-
dents can never be comprehended.
If you, too, would like a firm foun-
dation in the faith, we heartily
recommend Grace Seminary to you.
— Blaine Snyder, Brethren Mission-
ary Herald Co., Winona Lake, Ind.

SPIRIT OF ONENESS

As I recall the early days of Grace
Seminary, one of the lasting impres-
sions of those days is the spirit ot
oneness that existed between the pro-
fessors and student body, and among
the students. From the financial
standpoint, they were difficult days
but those who had a little more
shared with those who were having
an especially hard time and thus
made it possible to continue.

There is not space in this brief
testimony to begin to express what
•the teaching of Grace Seminary and
the inspiration of those days has
meant to me through the years.
Praise the Lord for His blessings
upon the school during these twenty
years. — Hill Maconaghy, Jose Mar-
mol, Argentina

THE BOND OF FELLOWSHIP

It was a rare privilege to be
among the first students in Grace.
While the school was small, the i
bond of fellowship between students
and faculty was great. I thank God
for the school which gave me the
right teaching in the Word of God
and that I have been privileged to
share this with others in my min-
istry.— Edward Bowman, pastor,
First Brethren Church, Clay City,
Ind.

A SCORE OF YEARS

Twenty years ago this fall it was
my privilege to join with nearly
forty others in the opening sessions
of Grace Theological Seminary. The
hospitality and fellowship of the
First Brethren Church, of Akron,
Ohio (Ellet), will always be re-
membered. The chapel prayer ses-
sions with their testimonies to the
Lord's faithfulness and blessings of
answered prayer for the day-to-day
needs of the school and the students'
needs as well stand out still and al-
ways will. Remember, those were
near depression days!

The Brethren Missionary Herald

Instead of the well-stacked library
in comfortable and commodious
quarters, we had a narrow room
up above the baptistry with a col-
lection of books from professors'
and students' libraries. Some of us
would have difficulty today passing
on the winding, narrow stairs which
were our only means of access. But
in basement, auditorium and bal-
cony we enjoyed the same faithful
teaching of the Word of God and
the same fellowship with faculty and
students in our same precious and
faithful Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ and shared our mutual prob-
lems, joys and victories as the stu-
dents of today, a score of years later.
The sound systematic doctrinal
foundation, the rich Bible exposi-
tions, the encouragements of Church
History and Apologetics, and the
vitally important language tools re-
ceived then are still the enduring
foundation of our ministries today.
I thank my Father in heaven and
always will for those beginning days
of Grace and for the privilege of
having been a part from the opening
meeting in Dr. J. C. Beal's home to
the last session held in Goss Memo-
rial Church before Grace moved to
Winona Lake. — John M. Aeby, pas-
tor, Grace Brethren Church, Water-
loo, Iowa

"ALL THINGS . . . FOR GOOD"

The Lord was so good to involve
us in an eight-car accident in the
sprmg of 1936! We were not Breth-
ren at the time and had planned
to go to a modernistic seminary. The
repair bill was so costly that we had
to seek a seminary closer to our
home in Akron.

A message delivered in a tricounty
Sunday school was so Biblical and
so different from anything that we
ever heard that we inquired about
the speaker's connections and as a
result registered in Ashland Semi-
nary.

How rich and inspiring! What
treasures were opened to us from
God's Word! How we enjoyed study-
ing together! Then came the sad
word about denominational difficul-
ties, but it was followed by the good
aews that the new seminary would
be meeting in the Akron Brethren
church. Right at home!

We shall never forget those early
days when the prayer meetings and
student parties were held in our
home. What friendships and what
answers to prayer were enjoyed by
that first student body! The library

October 26, 1957

for the most part consisted of our
own private books. What a pleasure
to loan them!

As we, Brethren now for eleven
years, sat at the 1957 graduation
service, we thanked the Lord for the
beautiful building and the fine
equipment now possessed by the
seminary. We thanked Him for won-
derful friends and the devoted
teaching staff. Most of all, however,
we were grateful for the richness and
joy in our hearts as a result of the
knowledge that "all things work to-
gether for good to them that love
God" — even an accident! — Harold
(national Sunday School director)
and Ada Etling

MEN OF VISION SAW A NEED

As a member of the first student
body of Grace Seminary, I am happy
for this opportunity to tell a little
of what the seminary has meant to
me.

In the spring of 1937 everything
seemed to be going just about right.
I was completing my second year
in Ashland Seminary; I had a small
church; it was easy for me to find
work; and I had rented a small
apartment just across the street
from the school where my wife and
I could live while I completed my
seminary work the following year.

My bride and I came back to the
apartment after a brief honeymoon
to be greeted with the news that two
of the professors had been dismissed
from the seminary without notice.
We can say what we will but the
teachers make the school. Along
with almost every other seminary
and preseminary student, I was like
a ship suddenly cut loose from its

moorings. Unexpectedly I found my-
self in open waters without compass
or chart and with no harbor or port
toward which to steer. I am not
thinking of my faith, for the teach-
ing of the Word by these same godly
men had provided an anchor for
that. Rather I am thinking of my
plans and purpose in life with ref-
erence to completing my training for
the ministry. Men of vision saw this
need and by faith immediately
founded Grace Seminary.

Mrs. Williams and I will always
be glad for that one year in Grace
Seminary together. However, that
first year was not without its test-
ings. We were uprooted and obhged
to move into a strange city with-
out any promise of provision for
material needs. Classrooms bore
little more than the name, but there
were teachers and those longing to
be taught. The hbrary was almost
nonexistent; someone had supphed
a few books. But by practical expe-
rience we learned faith and en-
joyed fellowship we will never for-
get. It was something we did not
and could not have before.

As a pastor I had the joy of seeing
the school grow and come to the
place where it possessed a building
of its own. God has blessed far
above all that we could ask or think.
Twenty years ago I little dreamed
that the day would come when, as
a trustee, I would have a closer share
in the planning and prayers as the
school once again moves forward
to provide the buildings necessary
for a growing college. I count it a
real privilege to have a small share in
this great work of faith — Russell
L. Williams, pastor, First Brethren
Church, Cheyenne, Wyo.

The permanent home of Grace Theological Seminary at Winona Lake,
ina^ stands today as a monument to the goodness and faithfulness
of God. Scores of young people have gone forth from its halls into fields
of service throughout the world. The work being done for Christ today
by these men and women is a testimony also to the wisdom of the vision and
to the soundness of the investment which God's people have made in the min-
istry of the school.

677

Doing Something
About It

By Paul R. Bauman

When Pastor James Dixon and
layman Francis Simmons went
home to Washington, D. C, fresh
from the inspiration of our national
conference, and the meetings of the
Grace Seminary board meetings,
they returned with a firm determina-
tion to "do something about it!"
Both are members of the school's
board of trustees and had heard
the story of the desperate need for
more classroom space and other fa-
cilities at Grace College. Both had
inspected the work of construction
now under way. One had gone with
other members of a committee to
confer with an executive in a local
bank. Plans had been made for pre-
senting the building program more
definitely to our churches, and goals
had been set. Now they were return-
ing to Washington, determined to
see if such a program would work in
their own church.

The plan suggested by the board
of trustees for the coming year calls
for the churches of our denomina-
tion to ask each member to be re-
sponsible for at least one square
foot of floor space in the new Grace
College buildings. The buildings
will cover an area of approximately
32,000 square feet and will cost ap-
proximately $10 per square foot,
not including the architect's fees,
sewers, grading, and furnishings.

All of these facts were in the
hands of the two men as they re-
turned to their church in Wash-
ington. They knew all about the ad-
vantages of the suggested financial
plan. They also knew about its dif-
ficulties. Perhaps they were in a
better position to know about these
than some other who had discussed
the program at the board meetings.
Certainly that was true of Pastor
Dixon! Were there not eight in his
family? Were not all but two of these
children? Were not most of them
members of the church? What a re-

sponsibility for dad to undertake
at $10 per square foot!

Layman Simmons was no less
unmindful of the difficulties so far
as their particular church was con-
cerned. Had he not helped to spear-
head a building program in the local
church just a couple of years before
that was costing $135,000? Was not
the present indebtedness, though
being handled on schedule, still in
excess of $100,000? Were there
not 318 members in the church at
Washington, D. C? At $10 per
member, would this not call for of-
ferings amounting to $3,180? Were
not many of the members children?
Were there not some who are indif-
ferent or unable to give? Was not
their own recent construction pro-
gram of the new Sunday-school unit
a sufficient load for the church to
carry at the present time?

All of these thoughts coursed
through the minds of the two men
as they returned home. But, having
seen the need in Winona Lake, they
had determined to do something
about it when they arrived in Wash-
ington. What did they do?

At a congregational meeting on
September 22 the school's plan of
one square foot per member was
presented and unanimously adopted
by the church. Immediately a com-
mittee of 15, composed mostly of
young married people, was appoint-
ed. One of these, Mrs. R. E. Brush-
wood, was elected chairman. Im-
mediately a letter was prepared and
sent to every member of the church.
The story is best told in the letter
itself. Here it is:

Dear Fellow Member:

Everyone is aware of the serious
shortage of schools in this coun-
try. Your newspapers are full of it.
You hear it on radio and TV. The
shortage isn't confined to any one

locality, or age level, or type of
school. The problem has now
loomed up in our church college.
This letter is sent to you to acquaint
you with the crisis faced by your
church denomination in its educa-
tional program.

Grace College (the only college
your denomination has) at Winona
Lake, Ind., has been limping along
in borrowed quarters for years, try-
ing to make inadequate facilities suf-
fice until funds could be raised to
erect its own building. This year a
decision had to be made — acquire
additional facilities, or close up shop,
insofar as a complete college is con-
cerned.

Since no more rental facihties
are available in the Winona Lake
area, the decision was made by the
trustees to build — if the churches
in the denomination would help in
the financing. The Washington
church congregation voted unani-
mously September 22 to cooperate
and established as its goal $3,180 to
be given to the Grace College Build-
ing Fimd during the five months
October 1957 through February
1958.

How did we arrive at this odd
figure? By multiplying the number
of our members by $ 1 0. This $ 1 0 for
the five-month period (over and
above present pledges and giving)
should not be too great a burden. We
know there will be many in the
congregation who will give con-
siderably more — which will com-
pensate for the inability of many of
our younger nonworking members
who may not be able to give the full
$10.

However, $10 given over five
months is only 7 cents a day; 50
cents a week; $2 a month. Five of-
fering envelopes are enclosed. If

(Continued on page 681)

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

AFRICAN STUDENT
VISITS GRACE SEMINARY

By Floyd W. Taber, M. D.

(Editor's note— At the Grace Seminary convocation service in September. Dr Taber our veteran
SfwtnJ^i'^v^^^""-^ '"^° IS home on furlough from French Equatorial Africa, was the speaker The
♦£^ S,^f„^f*";',f t'^ "" portion of his convocation message. Dr. Taber endeavored to depict some of
tiit GrafS S • ^°f """"^^ through the mind of a young African student, if he were to

My name is Eleve, ti Institut
Biblique. Dr. Taber brought me in
his luggage so I could visit Grace
Seminary.

Whose are all these fine cars I
see? They belong to the students? In
Africa even the missionaries drive
only trucks. Only the rich students
can afford bicycles.

And this magnificent building.
Does it belong to the Governor of
the United States? You say this is
Grace Seminary? It is a good thing
I got myself a pair of shoes before
visiting a place like this.

And these are some of the stu-
dents coming out? They look so
young to be married. You say many
of them are not married. Then how
could they get into seminary?

You see, in our little Grace Semi-
nary in Africa, students have to be
married before entering.

The men have to be able to read
and write, and their wives have to
be able to read. They almost kept
me out because my wife does not
read very well, but she can read a
few words, so they finally let us in.

And we had to attend Elemen-
tary Bible School in our home dis-
trict for two years before they would
even let us try the examinations to
get into seminary. I failed twice,
and kept on going to Bible school,
and the third time I passed.

Then before we could come we
had to appear before our home
church, and they had to vote that
they believed God was calling us into
the ministry, and that they wanted
to send us to seminary.

Then we had to go to the dispen-

sary to be examined to see if we
had any animals eating our insides.
I only had to drink medicine to kill
the animals in me, but my wife had
to have shots for two months to kill
her animals.

At conference they took a special
offering to send us and the others
from our district who were going to
school. They gave $27 to each fam-
ily. Of that we had to pay $3.75 for
medical care for the family for the
year, $3.50 as our share of the sal-
ary of the African teacher who
teaches in seminary, $3 to pay for
our truck ride to school and to bring
us home at the end of the year, and
$5 to pay for books, paper, and
pencils. So we had $12.50 left over
to buy food during the year. We are
lucky, for the students from some
districts do not receive any food
money.

When we arrived at Bozoum, we
found out the dormitory houses
needed new grass on the roofs, so
we worked for a week getting the
house ready to live in.

Then school began with a bang.
There are classes for the men, classes
for the women, classes for our chil-
dren, and even classes in the after-
noon for my nephew who came
along to take care of the baby so
my wife could attend classes in the
forenoon. It is really a busy place.

I have done a lot of hard work in
my life, but I never knew it was
possible for any work to be as hard
as this study. The professors give
us such long lessons. And they keep
giving us examinations all the time.
And they give us low grades if we

don't say the thing just the way they
think it ought to be said.

Well, I have finished the first year
now, and have gotten passing grades
in everything except hygiene, and
I don't think that is very important
anyhow. It only concerns the body
— not the soul.

So I am not as badly scared about
going back the second year as I was
the first year.

I wonder if the students in Wi-
nona Lake have to work as hard as
we do and are as much afraid of ex-
aminations as we are. I don't be-
lieve so because our professors all
graduated from Grace Seminary, and
they seem to know everything with-
out ever having to study.

My, I have learned so much of the
Bible this first year, I don't see how
there can be enough left to take two
more years to learn it all. But I sup-
pose there is.

After I graduate I certainly am
going to be able to teach the Bible
to my people a lot better than I did
before.

I surely am glad to have had a
chance to visit big Grace Seminary.
I knew it was wonderful because our
professors come from there, but it is
far more wonderful than I ever im-
agined.

We appreciate with all our heart
the fact that Grace Seminary in
America has sent us professors for
our little Grace Seminary in Africa,
and we hear that other graduates
are teaching in little Grace Semi-
naries around the world.

Goodby for now.

There is room for you in Africa.

October 26. 1957

679

THE IMPORTANCE OF BIBLE COURSES
IN CHRISTIAN COLLEGES

By J. Worl Stuber, Ph.D.
Instructor in Philosophy and Bible

In Christian colleges there has
been a deep-seated conviction that
a knowledge of God's Word is an
essential part of the basic education
of a young person. It is true that an
individual's acquaintance with the
truths of the Christian faith should
begin as a result of instruction in
the home and in the Sunday school.
However, the material received in
this way quite often needs to be
undergirded by more concentrated
study of an academic nature. A
young Christian's faith needs to be
firmly settled and securely estab-
lished. To aid in the accomplish-
ment of this goal, Grace College has
established required courses in the
Bible for all college students.

Approach to Bible Study

Every study ought to have a defi-
nite goal in view. Someone has well
said: "If you aim at nothing, you will
be sure to hit it every time." Perhaps
before we can establish an objective,
it is necessary for us to understand
what is meant by "study." Study may
be defined as the willful exercise of
the mind in an effort to acquire
knowledge. This is hard work. It in-
volves an act of will. Let there be no
mistake about it — study is toil. Real
study must be persistent, painstak-
ing, and thorough. The situation is
not different in the case of Bible
study; there are no short cuts to a
true knowledge of the Word of God.

Why should a person undergo
such an arduous task? The impor-
tance of a study of the Bible is based
on a recognition of what the Book is.
(1) The Bible is the only book that
reveals God's character and work to
man. In the written Word we find
the counterpart of the living Word.
Our Lord himself emphasized the
importance of the Scriptures in the
following statements: "Search the
scriptures . . . they are they which
testify of me" (John 5:39). "And
beginning at Moses and all the
prophets, he expounded unto them
in all the scriptures the things con-
cerning himself" (Luke 24:27).

(2) The Bible is the only book
that reveals man to himself. Within
its pages we are told man's origin,
his essence, and his destiny — here
we discover the answers to searching
questions: when man came, how he
was made, what he is, how he acts,
what he became, and where he is
bound. The Bible reveals the "in-
side story" of every man — it serves
as a looking glass in which we can
see ourselves as we really are.

(3) The Bible is the only book
that contains a revelation of God's
plan of redemption. God's Word re-
veals the new creation of man in
Jesus Christ. The Bible portrays not
only man's sin, but also his means of
salvation. It reveals the true way of
life.

Such a Book deserves the earnest
and faithful study of every believer.
He needs to know and then to show
to men everywhere the blessed truths
of God's Word.

There is a need among college
students for a clear understanding
of the essential purpose of Scripture.
The Bible certainly must not be used
merely as a source book on every
imaginable theme. Each book is a
part of the over-all revelation of
God; hence, to truly comprehend
one aspect or doctrine of the Scrip-
tures, a student must be acquainted
with what God's Word teaches as a
whole. This points out the fact that
survey courses are fundamental and
indispensable to more advanced
Bible study. One must perceive the
completeness of God's Word and
study it thoroughly in its complete-
ness. The Bible student needs to
approach the Book by searching out
the entire passage and endeavoring
to see the Bible as a whole, every
division of each book as a whole,
and every paragraph as a whole.
Only then can he rightly understand
the message of God's Word.

Benefits of Bible Study

The values derived from a Spirit-
led study of God's Word are un-
doubtedly self-evident to every

Christian. Bible courses at Grace
College are designed in such a man-
ner as to aid students in receiving
the following general benefits:

1) Students, as a result of their
college Bible courses, become more
proficient in subsequent Bible study
of their own.

(2) Students come to a fuller un-
derstanding and deeper apprecia-
tion of the central message of God's
Word. Quite often we find ourselves
becoming so familiar with the cen-
tral truths of our faith that our hearts
are no longer gripped by the true
significance of God's plan of salva-
tion. Prayerful study of the Bible in
daily classes serves to renew one's
desire to know all Christian truth
experientially and to arouse the feel-
ing of duty to make Christ known
to the lost multitudes.

(3) Students are encouraged to
apply earnestly the truths which
they obtain from a concentrated
study of Scripture to their own per-
sonal Christian life. Certainly there ,
should be a practical application
of Bible truths to the individual's
everyday hving. The chief aim of
every class is that each student will
develop a greater determination to
live fully for the Lord Jesus Christ.

Method of Bible Study

A good illustration of the proper
way to study the Bible is found in n
Jeremiah 15:16: "Thy words were i
found, and I did eat them; and thy ;
word was unto me the joy and re-
joicing of mine heart . . ."

(1) One must study with patient
perseverance. Jeremiah searched out
the word of God until he found it.
A real student of the Bible needs to
develop the ability to seek and keep
seeking until he has mastered the
meaning of each paragraph.

(2) One must personally assimi-
late the message discovered. Jere-
miah was not satisfied with a mere
intellectual comprehension of the
Word of God. He knew it by experi-

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

GIFTS TO GRACE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

August and September, 1957

General Building
Fvmd Fund

Albany. Oreg $15.13

Aleppo, Pa 8.00 $14.00

Alexandria, Va 18.00

Allentnwn, Pa 32.75 8.00

Alto, Mich 39.53 5.00

Altoona, Pa. (First) 31.29 1.00

Altoonsi, Pa. (Grace) 38.51

AnRheim, Calif 84.75

Ankenytown. Ohio 1.00

Artesia, Calif 10.00

Ashland, Ohio 48.79

Beaumont, Calif 80.50

Beaver City, Nebr 44.00

Bell. Calif 20.00

Bellflower, Calif 14.00 33.00

Berne, Ind 67.82 20.00

Berrien Springs, Mich 8.00

Buena Vista, Va 32.46

Camden, Ohio 9.00

Canton, Ohio 161.00 34.00

Clay City, Ind 14.00

Clayton, Ohio 60.50 33.00

Cleveland. Ohio 11.00 31.00

Conemaugh. Pa. (Singer Hill) 43.75

Covington, Va 40.20

Cuba, N. Mex 10.00

Dallas Center, Iowa 29.00 100.00

Danville, Ohio 24.00

Dayton, Ohio (N. Riverdale) 2.00 1,000.00

Dayton, Ohio (Patterson Pk.) 347.85 165.00

Everett, Pa 45.26 3.00

Fillmore. Calif 14.00

Findlay, Ohio 32.00

Flora, Ind 27.00 14.00

Fremont, Ohio (Brethren

Chapel) 14.02

Garwin, Iowa 14.68

Goshen. Ind 45.00

Grandview, Wash 25.12

Hagerstown, Md. (Calvary) 68.00 7.00
Hagerstown, Md. (Gay St.

Chapel) 101.46

Hagerstown, Md. (Grace) . . 125.25 110.00

Harrah. Wash 4.00 20.00

Harrisburg, Pa 154.00 6.00

Holhdaysburg, Pa 26.65

Hollins, Va 44 06

Homerville, Ohio 23.50 6 00

Inglewood, Calif 67.50 26 50

Jermers, Pa 33.56

Johnstown, Pa. (First) 69.00 25.00

Johnstown, Pa. (Riverside) 216.03

Kittannlng, Pa. (First) 69.00 18.50

Kokomo, Ind 25 00

La Crescenta, Calif 15.58

La Verne, Calif 24.00 1.00

Leesburg, Ind 38.94

Leon, Iowa 14.10 l.oo

Long Beach, Calif. (First) .. 501.25 124.50

Long Beach, Calif ( Los Altos) 25.06

Mansfield, Ohio (Grace) .,. 681.00 122.00

Mansfield, Ohio (Woodville) . 40.10

Martinsburg, Pa 50.00 122.50

Martinsburg, W. Va 228.35 26.00

Meyersdale, Pa. (First) 306.00

Meyersdale, Pa. (Summit

Mills) 17.25 12.25

THE IMPORTANCE OF BIBLE

COURSES IN CHRISTIAN

COLLEGES

(Continued from page 680)

ence — "I did eat them." That should
be the sincere desire of every be-
liever— to discover God's truth in
order that it might completely con-
trol him.

(3) One must take a spiritual de-
|iight in God's message. To Jere-
piah God's Word was "the joy and
rejoicing of mine heart." The vic-
orious Christian is one who de-
ights in the Word of God; the more
le delights in it the more it becomes
lis delight.

"Oh how love I thy law! It is my
neditation all the day" (Ps. 1 19:97).

)rto6er 26, 7957

General Building
Fund Fund
Modesto. Calif. (La Loma) . . 34.28

Monte Vista. Calif 23 36 5 00

New Troy, Mich 64.50 15.00

North English, Iowa 72.22 50 00

Norwalk, Calif lo 00

Osceola Ind 81.85 41.90

Ozark, Mich 18 05

Palmyra, Pa 93.25 5.00

Pg™' Ind- .•■■•• 2.00 68.50

Philadelphia, Pa. (First) ... 83.11

Phoenix, Ariz 31 50

Portis, Kans 67.71 29.00

Portland, Oreg 17 60

Rialto, Calif 15.00

Riner, Va 5 16

Rittman, Ohio 191.78 2100

Roanoke, Va. (Clearbrook) . 22.65

Roanoke, Va. (Ghent) 39.44 10 00

Roanoke, Va. (Wash. Hgts.) 20.26

San Bernardino, Calif 21 40

San Diego, Calif 10 81

San Jose, Calif 12.00

Seal Beach, Calif 13.00

Seattle, Wash 20.91

Seven Fountains, Va 20.78 4 00

South Bend, Ind 10 00

South Gate, Calif 9 91

South Pasadena, Calif 44.00 8 00

Stoystown, Pa. (Reading) . . 8.00

Sunnyside, Wash 37.32

Temple City, Calif 66.10 168.20

Troy, Ohio lO.OO 9.00

Warsaw, Ind 160.55

Washington, D. C 20.10 1.00

Waterloo, Iowa 362.66 852.17

Waynesboro, Pa 123.00 45.00

West Alexandria, Ohio 30.00

West Covina, Calif 45.76

Whittier, Calif. (Community) 13.77

Whittier, Calif. (First) 219.00 33.00

Winchester, Va 80.20 5.50

Winona Lake, Ind 622.61 303.90

Wooster, Ohio 125.50 38.50

Yakima. Wash 23.73

York, Pa 106.76

Isolated Brethren 16.00 28.65

Non-Brethren 757.72 43.00

Conference Offering 231 00

Northern California Camp . 15.00

Maintenance Gifts 600.00

9,033.36 4,105.57

Designated Gifts: . .

Johnstown, Pa. (First) $50.00

Kittannlng, Pa. (First) 30.00

Long Beach, Calif. (First) 125.00

Martinsburg, Pa 16.41

Washington, D. C 11.00

Winona Lake, Ind 58.00

Non-Brethren 176.00

Conference Offering .' 39.58

505.99

SUBSTANTIAL OFFERING
NEEDED

Because of the building program,
your regular monthly gifts are need-
ed now as never before. The school's
running expenses, amounting to
$7,000 per month, must be met. Do
not give less to the general fund.
Then, remember that a substantial
offering to the building fund just
now will earn double dividends by
saving money that would otherwise
have to be spent for interest. Use
your monthly envelope next Sunday.
Use it every month!

The man who expects to get to
heaven should take the trouble to
study the route that will get him
there.

DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT

(Continued from page 678)

you need more envelopes, any mem-
ber of the Grace Seminary and Col-
lege Committee will be happy to
provide them. Membership of this
augmented committee is listed be-
low.

The Finance Committee, more-
over, has approved the designating
of the second Sunday of each of the
five months (Oct. -Feb.) as special
emphasis days to promote and re-
ceive contributions toward the Grace
College Building Fund (though con-
tributions may be given at any serv-
ice).

How can we "train up our young
people through the college age" if
we do not have a complete college?
We on the committee feel sure you
will contribute to this worthy cause.

The Grace Seminary and
College Committee

Recently the writer visited the
church at Washington. There he had
an opportunity to talk with the chair-
man and those working with her.
Never was a committee more full
of ideas. Envelopes (five in a set —
one for each month) have been
printed and distributed. Dime fold-
ers have been given to each child in
the Junior and Junior-High depart-
ments of the Sunday school. The
offering there on one Sunday of each
month goes to the Grace College
Building Fund. On the first Sunday
of each month a reminder is placed
in the church bulletin, and the
second Sunday is set for the offerings
to be given. There is a plan to seek
some larger investments by en-
couraging hfe memberships ($500)
in the Grace Seminary Corporation.
A follow-up plan is being developed
to contact those not already par-
ticipating. There are other plans for
programs not yet announced!

We'll venture to predict that the
First Brethren Church, of Washing-
ton, D. C, will not fall short of its
goal of $3,180. When any group of
people undertake a work for the
Lord with enthusiasm and determi-
nation to succeed in spite of all
obstacles, they usually accomplish
their task. If you are inclined to
doubt the seriousness of their under-
taking, just visit the church in our
nation's capitol!

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NEWS

WINONA LAKE, IND. A group
of friends gathered at the Dr. L. L.
Grubb home, Oct. 10, after the eve-
ning service, to celebrate the birth-
days of Mrs. Louis Grubb and Mrs.
L. S. Bauman. Mrs. Bauman was 81
years old, and Mrs. Grubb, 71.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Rev.
Claude Pearson, member of the
First Brethren Church, with his wife
completed 36 years of testimony to
sailors on Oct. 1. Brother Pearson
began his work under Biola, but
most of these years he has been on
his own presenting the Gospel on
ships at sea.

MODESTO, CALIF. The WMC

of the Northern California District
of Brethren Churches held their first
rally at the La Loma Brethren
Church, Oct. 25.

ANAHEIM, CALIF. Ground-
breaking services for the new Grace
Brethren Community Church at
1546 East La Palma, were held Sept.
29. Forrest Lance is the pastor.

DAYTON, OHIO. Rev. Russell
Ward, pastor of the North Riverdale
church, was guest speaker at the
Comus Hill Bible College, Akron,
Ohio, Oct! 7. Dr. Raymond E.
Gingrich is president of the college.

MARTINSBURG, PA. The
First Brethren Church had its high-
est attendance in the history of the
church in the Sunday school on
Rally Day, Oct. 6. The attendance
was 349. Richard Grant is pastor.

CORRECTION. The name of
the pastor of the Peru (Ind.) Breth-
ren Church in the Oct. 12 issue
should have read George Johnson
instead of William Johnson. William
Johnson is pastor of the Alto (Mich.)
Brethren church. Brother George
Johnson was examined for licensure
by the Northern Ohio Ministerial
Examining Board on Sept. 9, and
successfully passed the examination.
He was recommended to licensure
by the First Brethren Church, of
Wooster, Ohio, where he has been
a member.

WHEATON, ILL. "Sunday
School Emphasis Month" for Sep-
tember at the Grace Brethren
Church saw three consecutive Sun-

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days of record-setting attendances.
Attendances were 101, 102, and 104
respectively. A mommg worship
service attendance of 109 was also
a new high. The pastor, James C.
Sweeton and family were recently
surprised with a food shower by
members and friends of the church.

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. The

congregation of the First Brethren
Church, Glenn O'Neal, pastor, is
planning to raise $15,000 by Jan-
uary so as to begin their new build-
ing project.

SPECIAL. Several churches of
our denomination are considering
starting new churches in various
areas. Waterloo, Iowa is considering
beginning a testimony on the east
side of the city. John M. Aeby is pas-
tor. The First Brethren Church, of
Inglewood, Calif., has started a
branch Sunday school in the Mar-
golin home, and hopes to begin a
new testimony in the Torrance area,
soon. The First Brethren Church,
Lewis Hohenstein, pastor, and the
Community Brethren Church, Ward
Miller, pastor, Whittier, Calif., are
united in their desire to begin a new
work in the LaHabra area.

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. Work is
progressing on the new church build-
ing. Door jams and window frames
are all installed and according to re-
ports the building is all "wrapped
up." Archer Baum is pastor.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Zon-
dervan Publishing House has an-
nounced a new contest for devotion-
al programs for women's groups
which will close Dec. 31, 1958.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. The
Rev. Don C. Norman, of Chicago,
111, religion editor of the American
People's Encyclopedia, exhibited
two leaves of the famed Gutenberg
Bible, first book ever printed in
movable type, at the National Sun-
day School Convention Oct. 9-11.
He also exhibited the first printed
Bible in active form, and other rare
Bibles. Rev. Harold EtUng, director
of the Brethren National Sunday
School Board, was one of the speak-
ers and will be at the convention in
Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 30-Nov.
1.

BEAUMONT, CALIF. Mrs.
Wendell Kent, wife of the pastor of
the Cherry Valley Brethren Church,
underwent major surgery, Oct. 10.
Prayer would be appreciated for a
quick and complete recovery.

_Tl.t BRETHREN

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake. Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake, Ijid.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Baimian

Winona Lake, Ind.

iln Mttnovxam

Mrs. Mae Jenkins Fox, 35, died
unexpectedly at her home on Sept.
18. She was a member of the First
Brethren Church, of Buena Vista,
Va., and had served for many years
as a faithful superintendent of the
junior department of the Sunday
school. — Edward Lewis, pastor.

Mrs. Pearl Simmons departed
from this life recently. She was a
member of the Pike Brethren
Church, Conemaugh, Pa.

Walter G. Levergood, a member
of the First Brethren Church, of
Johnstown, Pa., was called to be
with the Lord on Sept. 2 1 . Brother i
Levergood united with the Johns- 1
town church in 1914, and has been i
an active member of the Gleaners
Class of the Sunday school. — Russell
Weber, pastor.

George Seibert, a long-time i
member of The Brethren Church, i
passed on to his reward on Aug. 27
at the age of 93. He received Christ '
while in his teens and entered the i
fellowship of the church at Somer-
set, Pa. He served as clerk of the i
Grace Brethren Church, of Beaver t
City, Nebr., for 37 years, with only I
two short interruptions. He loved'
the Lord. Even after he moved to I
Beatrice, Nebr., where he resided!
at the time of his death, he wasi
faithful to his home church. — Day-;
ton Cundiff, pastor.

John Weber went to be with the
Lord on Aug. 27. He had been a
member of the First Brethren
Church, of Altoona, Pa., for many
years. He served for several years
on the board of trustees and was an i
inspiration to many. — Ralph Bums, '
pastor.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

A MESSAGE FROM OUR MODERATOR

By Miles Taber

How have you responded to your
moderator's challenge of last month?
Do you remember the goals? We sug-
gested a church membership of
25,000 by December 31, and an
average Sunday-school attendance of
25,000 for the calendar year. That
would require an 8 to 10 percent
increase over last year.

It will require cooperation, prayer,
and hard work in every church to
reach these goals. Work during the
remaining weeks of the Sunday
School Enlargement Campaign, and
get into the great Sunday-school
contest this year. Make your visita-
tion program work this fall, and fol-
low up the decisions in your revival
meetings. Let's make the required
gains in every local church.

This month your moderator
would like to visit with you a little
about another matter. If someone
were to ask you, "What is the great-
test danger facing The Brethren
Church?" what would you say?

If you have been studying our fi-
nancial reports you might answer
"bankruptcy," for our rapidly ex-
panding denominational machinery
is hard pressed for money. In the
past twenty years we have been com-
pelled to build from the bare ground
a complete denominational set-up.
We salvaged only the foreign-mis-
sion work at the time of the division
in the '30's, and from the natural
standpoint that was a financial lia-
Ibility. Yet we do not believe that
the lack of funds is our greatest dan-
ger.

If you belong to a church that has
been trying to obtain a pastor in
the last few months, you might be
tempted to say that the lack of con-
secrated, trained leadership pre-
sents our greatest danger. And the
writer would agree that the lack of
qualified leaders, both ministerial
and lay, is more dangerous to our
future than the lack of money. But
these two shortages are only symp-
toms of something more basic and
more dangerous.

No doubt others would mention
controversy, division, worldliness, or
apostasy as our greatest danger. And
lood arguments could be based upon
all of these. But your moderator
would like to suggest another danger
iacing The Brethren Church which

could be the real basis of all the
others.

For want of a better name we may
call it materialism. Webster defines
the word as "undue prominence
given to material things to the ne-
glect of the spiritual." We believe
that most, if not all, of us Brethren
pastors are being swept along with
a tide that is basically materialistic.

It can be seen in our finer cars,
costlier clothes, push-button gad-
gets, expensive eating habits. It can
be seen in men who gladly work on
Sunday in order to get double-time
pay, and in men who hold down two
jobs, but who can't hold down their
own sons. It can be seen in working
mothers who do not need the pay for
the necessities of life, but who work,
at the peril of their own children, to
get more of the luxuries.

We do not mean to condemn
any of these things wholly, nor do
we mean to condemn others more
than ourselves. We are pointing to
a tendency which we believe is true
of nearly all of us. It is so easy to
keep stepping up in our desire for
material things, and so easy to be
wholly unconscious of it all.

Perhaps a comparison or two will
help us see ourselves as we are.
We do not see ourselves change,
any more than we see our children
grow day by day. So let us ask some-
one who has not seen us for some
time. Recently we asked a returned
missionary, who had been visiting
the churches, what was the great-
est change he had noted in good
Brethren people. This was it: ma-
terialism.

Or, compare our denominational
offerings with those of a few years'
ago. It seems that almost every fam-
ily has at least two incomes today.
In some churches it is true one
hundred percent. Either the wife is
working, or the husband has a sec-
ond job. What happened when the
income was almost doubled? The
record shows that offerings have in-
creased just about as much as wages
have increased, but not at all in pro-
portion to the family income. That
is, in the average Brethren home,
when dad got a raise the gifts were
increased accordingly, but when the
second income was added it all went
for material things. God is not get-

Moderator Miles Taber iriuhti and Vice
Moderator John Aeby of National Fellow-
ship of Brethren Churches.

ting His tithe from the second in-
come.

God has frequently reminded us
of this danger. Jesus taught us to
seek "first the kingdom of God"
(Matt. 6:33), and He would look
after the "things." Paul warned that
"the love of money is a root of all
kinds of evil" (I Tim. 6:10, ASV).
Love for the things of this present
world proved the downfall of De-
mas (II Tim. 4:10) who had been a
faithful missionary and companion
of Paul.

Our plea is that we all search our
own hearts, and if we are moving in
the direction of materialism, that
we determine to do something about
it. What can we do? Paul gives the
answer in Colossians 3:1-5:

1 . "The things above keep seek-
ing" (Lenski). The Christian Hfe is
based on a death and resurrection
with Christ. Our desires should be
occupied with Christ, not with
things.

2. "The things above keep
minding" (Lenski). Lenski adds:
"Think heaven." The mind should
be occupied with Christ, should find
its satisfaction in Him.

3. "Render dead the members
that are on the earth" (Lenski). The
body that craves luxury must be
disciplined. Along with four words
that denote sexual sins Paul ranks
"covetousness," greed for things, and
calls it "idolatry." Materialism is
the worship of a false god.

The real cure for materiaUsm is
not a set of rules. It is finding com-
plete satisfaction in Christ, then
gladly denying the flesh every con-
trary desire. May The Brethren
Church learn this in experience.

October 26, 1957

683

LIBERTY

By Dr. L. L. Grubb
Secretary, Brethren Home Missions Council

John 8:32

Liberty is one of the great foun-
dation stones of our American na-
tion. In days of dictators and totah-
tarian states, centralization of
government, it is a much discussed
subject. However, the average think-
er forgets that the most important
aspect of liberty is not that which is
physical or national, but that which
is spiritual. We can be assured that
if we have this liberty the others will
only be a natural and positive out-
growth of it.

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, has
given us the charter of spiritual lib-
erty in His own words in John 8:32:
"And ye shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free." Many
of the Jews had believed on Jesus
Christ to the salvation of their souls,
but the Lord knew the difficulties
and dangers of their path, and so in
verse 31 He endeavors to comfort
them by urging steadfastness, "If ye
continue in my Word, then are ye
my disciples indeed." We are in-
terested in discussing this truth,
which is the charter of spiritual lib-
erty, in a threefold way.

First, What is it? We hear this
question being voiced frequently to-
day. What is truth? The informed
Christian has an inspired answer
immediately, for there was one,
Jesus Christ, who said: "I am the
way, the truth and the life." In both
His Person and His doctrines the
Lord Jesus is truth. He is very God
and very man, and holds within his
own being all the powers and char-
acteristics of the Father in heaven.
He is a true Saviour, Judge and Law-
giver. He is the Author of the Bible,
and in it we find every basic truth.
There is no truth but that which
comes from Christ. What we call
scientific truth, truths of mathemat-
ics, etc. are only made possible
because of other basic truths that
Christ has established. All the books
of men in which anv truth is found

are based on those things which have
already been established by Jesus
Christ. We can say without fear of
successful contradiction that outside
of Jesus Christ there is no truth.

Now, secondly, if we desire a
knowledge of the truth we must
come to the only one who is its
source. This knowledge has always
had two aspects since the death and
resurrection of Christ.

First, there is a purely intellectual
or mental knowledge of the truth.
A man may read of the Gospel of
Christ in the Word of God, and just
as he learns the facts of history or
science, he may get a head-knowl-
edge of the facts of God's Word.
Thus he may go through the whole
length and breadth of Scripture,
without any practical effect being
produced on his heart or life. All
too well do pastors and Christian
workers know that this is the un-
believing state of many thousands
of professing church members. They
may even have a better factual
knowledge of the Bible than another
who has been a Christian for years,
and yet it means no more to them
than a knowledge of science.

This brings us to a consideration
of secondly: the kind of knowledge
which is experimental or experi-
ential. Not only knowing these things
but believing them in such a way as
to make them practical in our lives
is what every man needs. When I
have visited the places described by
the traveler, when I try the ex-
periments stated by the philosopher,
when I prove the medicine pre-
scribed by the physician, this is ex-
periential knowledge, and the only
kind which really counts. This sort
of knowledge of the truth alone
brings spiritual liberty. Millions of
testimonies could be called up in
support of this fact; Paul the Apos-
tle, the woman of Samaria, the man
born blind, millions of the children
of God through the centuries all
join the happy chorus of those who

have received this liberty in Christ
through an experiential knowledge
of the truth.

But let us look more carefully at
the third thought, the influence of
this truth upon those who accept it.
The Lord Jesus says: "It shall make
you free." Free from what? What
does this spiritual liberty mean? It
is certainly here supposed that man
is bound by something. The Bible
clearly teaches that he is enslaved
by sin, incarcerated in the prison of
depravity, guilt, condemnation.

First, the truth frees from the
guilt of sin. We have all been guilty
of disobeying God's holy law, and
as a result are under His just con-
demnation. But, thank God, an ac-
ceptance of the truth in Jesus Christ
means complete freedom from this
guilt. Believe on the Lord Jesus and i
He takes your guilt upon himself —
you are free.

Secondly, the hot wrath of God
will be visited upon those who dis-
claim the truth and remain in their
sins. The sinner does well to fear
the wrath of God, for He can make
and will make good all His warnings.
"The wages of sin is death." "He
that believeth not the son hath not
life." "The wicked shall be turned
into hell and all the nations that
forget God." Many are the Scrip-
tures that depict the anger of God
with rebellious sinners. An accep-
tance of the truth provides liberty
from the results of this wrath. Christ
has once for all appeased that wrath
for us as He hung between heaven
and earth on Calvary's brow.

Thirdly, those anxious cares of
life which haunt us like a dread
plague are whisked away as the chaff
before the wind by the entrance of
the truth. The most miserable ex-
perience known to man is to have
the worm of care always gnawing
at the soul, fearing a thousand im-i
aginary ills, harboring dark fore-

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

Above: Exterior of the completed

building of the Cuyahoga Falls

church.

Left: The building committee from
left to right are: Albert Huelsman,
Vernard Holsinger, Dwight Brau-
cher, Robert Sunthimer, and Wil-
liard Smith, chairman of the board
of trustees receiving the keys to the
completed building from Pastor
Richard Burch.

Rev. Richard Burch, pastor of the
Grace Brethren Church.

October 26, 7957

685

Church Dedicated

By The Editor

On September 29 the completed
edifice of the Grace Brethren
Church, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio,
was dedicated to the Lord. The his-
tory of the church leading up to
that service is noteworthy.

In the fall of 1936 Dr. Raymond
Gingrich, who was then pastor of
the First Brethren Church, of Akron,
Ohio, organized what was known as
the North Hill Bible Class. This
class met weekly at Waters Park in
Akron, and the hand of the Lord was
upon it. The class grew in number,
but due to circumstances Dr. Gin-
grich was constrained to give up
the work, and the responsibility for
the class was assumed by Dr. C. W.
Mayes, who assumed the position of
temporary pastor. Under his guid-
ance a series of prophetic confer-
ences were held in November 1942.
These meetines were held in the

American Legion Hall in Cuyahoga
Falls.

The first Sunday in January 1943,
the group moved to an old store
building located at Third and Chest-
nut Boulevard, which building was
later purchased by the group.

In February 1943 the group ex-
tended a call to Rev. Russell Ward,
then a student in Grace Theological
Seminary, Winona Lake, Ind., who
became the first full-time pastor.
Under his leadership the church was
formally organized on July 8, 1943
with the adoption of a constitution,
and the election of necessary offi-
cers. The same summer the church
was formally received into the
Northern Ohio District Fellowship
of Brethren Churches and into the
National Fellowship of Brethren
Churches.

In the latter part of 1950 Rev.
Richard Burch accepted the call to
pastor the congregation and assumed
his duties in June of 1951.

Interior of the completed auditorium of the Cuyahoga Falls church. Visiting ministers are
seen on the platform.

The next three years were those of
planning. By September 1954 the
church was ready to advance and
the ground was broken for their
new edifice which is now located at
1736 East Bailey Road. The base-
ment was made ready for services
immediately. While the upper struc-
ture was finished on the exterior, the
interior was left unfinished until
recent date. The first service was
held in the basement auditorium on
January 9, 1955.

On September 29 last, the upper
auditorium, having been finished,
was dedicated. The completed build-
ing is valued at over S60,000 with
less than $10,000 indebtedness on
the structure at the present time.

During the first ten years the
church was under the Brethren
Home Missions Council, but having
been the recipient of over $10,000
the church voted to go self-support-
ing in 1947, thus allowing the coun-
cil to lay foundations in other cities
of America.

In the final stage of the building
program the building committee was
comprised of Williard Smith (chair-
man), W. D. Braucher, W. V. Hol-
singer, Albert Huelsman, Paul Sun-
thimer (until 1956), and Robert
Sunthimer.

The guest speaker at the dedica-
tory service was Rev. Russell Ward,
pastor of the North Riverdale Breth-
ren Church, Dayton, Ohio, and for-
merly the first pastor of the Cuya-
hoga Falls church. His message was
taken from Ephesians 4.

Other ministers who had a part
on the program were: Dr. Raymond
Gingrich, Rev. Clair Brubaker, Rev.
Wesley Haller, and W. Russell
Ogden. Dr. Paul Bauman was pres-
ent to represent Grace Seminary and
the Brethren Home Missions Coun-
cil; and Rev. Arnold R. Kriegbaum
to represent the Missionary Herald.

The National Fellowship of
Brethren Churches extends Chris-
tian greetings to the Grace Breth-
ren Church, of Cuyahoga Falls,
Ohio, in this milestone of her his-
tory. Congratulations are extended
to Pastor Richard Burch and the
church officers in this labor for the
Lord. May the blessing of the Lord
rest upon this testimony until Christ
returns.

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GOD OR THE DEVIL

G. Campbell Morgan says: "My
father came into my house soon after
I was married, and looked around
into every room, and then he said
to me — 'Yes, it is very nice, but no-
body will know, walking through
here, whether you belong to God or
the Devil.' I went through and
looked at the rooms again, and I
thought, 'He is right.' So we made up
our minds straightway that there
should be no room in our house,
henceforth, that had not some mes-
sage by picture or wall text, for every
comer should tell that we serve the
King."

You would be surprised, could
you know the things that greet the
eyes of many a pastor upon entering
the homes of some professing Chris-
tians. Does yours look like a Chris-
tian home?

INTERESTING FACTS

Eve never had a name until her
husband gave her one.

More people are slain by suppers
than by sword.

A mule makes no headway while
he's kicking; neither does a man.

LIBERTY

(Continued from page 684)

bodings of death and the grave. The
truth frees us from all of this by
pointing to the power of Jesus Christ
in causing all things, good or bad,
to work together for only good. It
shows us that all things are managed
by infinite wisdom and love. It as-
sures that the presence of Christ
^ill be ours in life or death, and
that to live in Christ as dying is
everlasting gain. How the child of
pod should rejoice in this spiritual
freedom! Sinner, friend, may I tell
won that even though you are now
bound by the chains of sin, you can
be freed instantly by accepting Jesus
Christ as your Saviour and thus re-
viving the truth into your heart.
i*Vhy harbor under the eternal yoke
')f slavery to sin? Why turn away
Tom the glorious blessings of heaven
lyhen they are so easily available,
purely there will be some who will
le glad to say with us — Free from
le law. Oh happy condition, Jesus
las died and their is remission — I
11 accept Him now as my Saviour!

HOW TO GET A NEW PASTOR

There are said to be pastors and
congregations that would be happy
if they could part pleasantly. Some
of these pastors have been in their
pastorates less than ten years. They
are doing faithful work, shepherding
the flock of Christ; and yet they feel
that they have been in their present
pulpits too long, and they long for
a new congregation to preach to.
And in some cases the congregations
desire a new voice in the pulpit, say-
ing that the preacher has outlasted
his usefulness among them. His ser-
mons have the shine of a five-year-
old black serge suit, and his illus-
trations are threadbare from usage.

There is no question that the
minister is a good, sincere, genuine
Christian, who is just as able and
zealous now as he was a few years
ago; and the people are as kind and
devout as they were when the pastor
came to them. And yet there is this
growing apart between pastor and
people. They are getting tired of
each other.

There is a way for the congrega-
tion to get a new pastor without
compelling the minister to resign;

and there is a way for the pastor to
get a new congregation without mov-
ing to a new place.

This is the way: have a surprise
party on the minister, and give him
a purse with a request that he take
an extra vacation to read a number
of new books and attend if possible
the classes in a theological seminary.
This kindness of the congregation
will warm his heart and stimulate
him to more consecration; the books
and lectures will open for him new
vistas of God's goodness and love
and inspire him anew. When he re-
turns he will be a new man, and the
congregation will be surprised by the
ardor and ability of their pastor.

As a rule, the average church at-
tendants do not realize that the pas-
tor cannot give them anything un-
less it be given unto him. But books
are expensive, and preachers' sala-
ries are small. To get good ser-
mons we must give the preacher
good books and periodicals. If a
church gave the pastor $50 a year
for reading material, it would receive
$500 worth of better sermons.

READY BIBLE OUTLINE

Christ's Human Limitations

1. He grew (Luke 2:52).

In Him we grow (II Pet. 3:18).

2. He was weary (John 4:6).
He is our Rest-giver (Matt. 1 1 :

28).

3. He slept (Matt. 8:24).

He is never asleep to our need
(Ps. 121:4-5).

4. He hungered (Matt. 21:18).
He is our Bread (John 6:33).

5. He thirsted (John 4:7).

He quenched our thirst (John
4:14).

6. He suffered (Luke 22:44).
He succored us in our suffer-
ings (Ps. 121:4-5).

7. He died (I Cor. 15:3).

He is our resurrection (John 1 1 :

25).

"And so the Word had breath, and
wrought
With human hands the creed of
creeds
In loveUness of perfect deeds.
More strong than all poetic
thought."

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE

1 . For men to enter heaven un-
less born again (John 3:5-7).

2. For men to be saved without
shedding of blood (Heb. 9:22).

3. To be saved without personal
faith (Mark 16:16).

4. For men to believe and not
be saved (Acts 16:31).

5. To be saved after this life
(Luke 16:26).

6. For those who neglect to
escape (Heb. 2:3).

7. For God to lie (Heb. 6:18).
—The Pilot.

PRAYERLESSNESS

A young man who had taken
service with a well-to-do farmer,
after a few weeks gave up his posi-
tion. A friend asked him why he had
left such a good place. Was the
work too hard, or the hours too
long? "No." Were the wages too
low? "No." "Why then did you
leave?" "I left," said the man, "be-
cause the house had no roof." That
was the Scottish expression for a
house and home ^thout prayer. —
Prairie Pastor and Overcomer.

>cto6er 26. 1957

687

Benefits

of Church Membership

By Stanley Hauser

Pastor, Conemaugh Brethren Church
Conemaugh, Pa.

Repeatedly it is true that, in deal-
ing with those on the outside about
their soul's salvation and about unit-
ing with some sound evangelical
church, we find many objections and
excuses. But it is most certainly true
that the church is of God.

What, then, are the benefits of
a church membership?

Spiritual Nourishment

"Man shall not live by bread
alone."

In that beautiful parable of the
good Shepherd, Jesus says of His
ovra (John 10:9): "They shall go in
and out and find pasture."

Every species of life must have
its special food: the cow, the hog,
the chicken, and so on dovm the
list. Likewise, spiritual people must
have spiritual nourishment. Here is
the menu for a spiritual feast:

Water: "Whosoever drinketh of
the water that I shall give him shall
never thirst, but the water that 1
shall give him shall become in him
a well of water springing up into
eternal Hfe" (John 4:14).

Milk: "Long for the spiritual
milk . . . that ye may grow" (I
Pet. 2:2).

Bread: "I am the bread of life:
he that cometh unto me shall not
hunger" (John 6:35).

Meat: "My meat is to do the will
of him that sent me" (John 4:34).

After this heavier food comes
the course of desserts:

Fruit and honey: "He that reap-
eth receiveth wages, and gathereth
fruit" . . . (John 4:36). "the fruit
of the spirit is love, joy, peace . . ."
(Gal. 5:22). "And with honey out
of the rock should I have satisfied
thee" (Ps. 81:16).

Christian friends, partake of this
spiritual nourishment and be satis-
fied.

Protection and Fellowship

"Thou wilt keep him in perfect
peace, whose mind is stayed on thee:
because he trusteth in thee" (Isa. 26:
3).

The very fact we are known as
Christians protects us from invi-
tations to questionable places or
places of disrepute. The out-and-
out, consistent, "born-again" church
member is not invited to dancing
parties, drinking sprees, card and
bingo games and a hundred other
sinful indulgences.

Even the men of the world re-
spect a man or woman who lives
for Christ. But that church mem-
ber or professing Christian who re-
fuses to do so opens his heart, which
is the gateway for the enemy of
man's soul to come in with all the
fiery darts of sin. Who is so strong
that he can afford to risk the loss
of that protection the church of-
fers?

We all crave fellowship and com-
panionship, but let us choose wise-
ly. It is essential to the spiritual life

and growth that our environment be
helpful. The church affords such an
atmosphere. It counteracts the evil
that must be met in the world. "What
fellowship hath light with darkness?"
"Truly our fellowship is with the
Father, and with his Son Jesus
Christ" (I John 1:3).

Spiritual Exercise

"Exercise thyself unto godliness"
(I Tim. 4:7).

Everyone is exhorted to exercise,
not only church members. For, with-
out exercise life weakens and dies
out. By exercise we discover often-
times hidden talents, or develop j
those we have. What talents have i
you to exercise? Singing, teaching, ■
willingness to work, leadership or
influence for good; use it and exer-
cise it for Christ and for the church.

Church workers develop their
gifts and talents by using them and
exercising them. Worldly folks lose
theirs because they are not exer-
cised for God. A story is told of two
brothers who were active in Chris-
tian Endeavor and Sunday-school
work. One day the teacher called on <
the older of the two brothers to
pray. He responded so well, and^
did so nicely, that many remarks i
were made relative to how well thei
boy prayed. Someone told the young-
est brother about it and he tersely I
replied: "He ought to, he practices.
every day."

Can you witness for Him? "We.
are his witnesses" (Acts 5:33).

Have you business ability? The
church has need for those who aret
"not slothful in business" (Rom. 12:
11) that all things might be donei
according to I Corinthians 14:401
"decently and in order."

Whatever be your talent, thai
church teaches you to regard it as
a gift of God and bids you conse-
crate it to His service. "Moreover, it
is required in stewards that a man bel
found faithful" (I Cor. 4:2).

"Come then and join this holy band,i

and on to glory go:
To dwell in that celestial land, where:

joys immortal flow."

Stanley Hauser

INTO DARKNESS UNAFRAID

I said to the man at the gate of the
year, "Give me a light that I ma\
tread safely into the unknown." And;
he replied, "Go out into the dark- 1
ness and put your hand into the hancj
of God. That shall be to you bettei;
than light and safer than a knowr'
way." — M. L. Haskins

The BRETHREN

FOREIGN MISSION NUMBER

NOVEMBER 2, 1957

One of the many commemorative
monuments in Mexico City

For Your Consideration

By Russell D. Barnard

Thankful for progress —

At this writing we have made gains until we are
only about 514,000 behind the total offerings of 1956.
We are so thankful to God that He cared for our needs
at the end of September. We have confidence that He
will in His own way care for our needs in October,
November, December and on into the new year.

In wtiat added ways can we help?

Annuity contracts — Basically this is an arrangement
by which funds can be placed with our society and in
return receive up to eight percent per year. These con-
tracts are especially interesting to those who are in mid-
dle life or older. They may be made in cash, in property,
or in other negotiable items. The thing which is so
greatly appreciated in the annuity contract is that there
is no expensive estate-settling later on.

Bequests and wills — Many believers may desire to
mention "The Foreign Missionary Society of the Breth-
ren Church, Inc.," in wills, leaving to it an estate in
the total or in part. They can know that at least a part
of their wealth will continue to witness to their personal
faith even after their death. It is fitting that we should
in this way remember Him who "giveth us the power lO
get wealth."

Revokable deeds — intervivos trusts — We will be
happy to discuss with you arrangements whereby you
may make transfer of your personal property or real
estate while you are yet living; yet reserve the right to
revoke or make any changes you may desire during your
lifetime. Should you be called home without having
made any change in the transfer, the property would
belong to The Foreign Missionary Society of the Breth-
ren Church and would never become a part of an estate
which would need to suffer the headaches and heartaches
of litigation.

Life insurance — Life insurance can be used to under-
write at least a part of the Lord's work in foreign
missions. It is possible to make the Foreign Missionary
Society even a second or third beneficiary, the remain-
ing companion to be first and any children to be second.

Travel insurance can be planned that the Foreign
Missionary Society becomes a part-beneficiary. Some
may desire to take a policy of $ 1 ,000 or more with The

Foreign Missionary Society of the Brethren Church,
Inc., as the sole beneficiary. In this way the Lord's work
may be prospered even after the one insured has been
"loosed away upward." The Christian should certainly
consider leaving some portion of his possessions to
the Lord's work.

Memorials — Increasing numbers leave to our foreign
missionary work lasting memorials in the name of a
deceased loved one. A memorial will continue to
preach the Gospel in foreign lands through all future

years.

God in partnership — You do not have cash to give!
You might desire to set aside one acre, or up to one-
tenth of your entire acreage which is planted, the pro-
ceeds above the cost of production to be dedicated to
the work of foreign missions. Our Society would be
happy to furnish the funds for the purchase of seeds
or necessary plants for such acreage.

A similar partnership is also fitting in relation to
livestock, poultry and so forth. Our Society will be
happy to supply a reasonable amount of capital to be
used in the purchase of a calf or calves, a pig or pigs,
chickens, turkeys and so forth, providing the one re-
ceiving the funds will dedicate all of the selling price to
the work of foreign missions. We would be happy,
however, to have such people keep out a sufficient
amount above the selling price for the purchase of an-
other calf or pig, chickens or turkeys. Our desire is to
encourage people everywhere to go into partnership i
with God in the business of foreign missions.

Through income tax savings — It is very possible for
many Christian businessmen to make considerable and
sizable gifts to foreign missions at the end of the
calendar year, knowing that up to one-half of the
amount would come as a personal gift, while most or all i
of the other half would be saved through income tax,
deductions. This is often possible, and we would be I
very happy to have you write to us further should you ,
be interested.

If any of these suggestions seem valuable or in-
teresting to you, please fill out the blank on the op-'
posite page, chp it out and send it to us. We shall deal
in a personal and private way with each request for in-
formation.

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19. NUMBER 44

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM, Executive Editor
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the Brethren Missionary Herald Co.. Winona Lake. Ind. Subscription price. S3.00 a year; 100-percent churches. $2.50; foreign. S4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees. president; Herman A. Hoyt. vice president; William Schaffer. secretary: True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Gen-
man, treasurer: B'-yson Fetters, m=mber-at-large to executive Committee: William Male, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller, Thomas Ham-
mers; Arnold R. Kriegbaum, ex officio.

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In the Shade of a Tree Called God's Grace

By Mrs. William Samarin

(Editor's note: This article was written
after Mrs. Samarin spent a very restless
and troubled night following the receipt
of our annual board and Society minutes,
informing all missionaries of our financial
crisis, and that measures of economy must
be mtmediately applied in all fields.)

Dreams — strange reflections of
our thoughts — are they worth re-
peating? I do not know, but should
consider them worth retelling. Lis-
ten while I tell you of last night's
fantasy.

I dreamed two men sat side by
side in the shade of a great tree
called God's Grace. One man sat
on a small stool. His body was black.
His clothes were of the simplest
sort. The other man sat on a large
soft chair. His body was white. His
clothes were luxurious. The black
man saw the shoes, the pants, the
shirt and bright gold watch, and he
covered his mouth in polite amaze-
ment.

The two men conversed in a
dappy vein, for they were brothers,
sons of God. They spoke of God's
ove and they were of one spirit,
rhen Black Brother asked in quiet
one if he might know about his
vhite brother's life on the place

called Earth. "Why, yes," answered
White Brother, "ask your questions."

Black Brother untied a little
bundle at his feet. With pride he
showed his friend his New Testa-
ment and songbook. "Has God
blessed you with His Word and a
book or two to bring joy to your
hearts as He has us?" White Broth-
er hesitated before he answered. He
was almost ashamed as he visuaUzed
his ample Hbrary in his spacious
home. But Black Brother did not
notice his friend's embarrassment.
He was busy carefully retying his
precious books into a small bundle.

"And food," asked Black Broth-
er, "do you eat well once a day
as we do?" Again White Brother
answered evasively. Three appetiz-
ing meals a day had always been his
lot. He did not want to embarrass
Black Brother with a comparison to
his bowl of gruel and simple sauce.

Black Brother asked of mats to
sleep on and bicycles to speed one to
his destination. ("How much easier
it is to spread the Gospel," he con-
fided, "with two wheels to aid my

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Please send information concerning the benefiting of foreign missions
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old legs.") "And salt and soap —
has God blessed you with these
wonderful luxuries?"

The questions were sincerely
asked and yet White Brother found
a shame in the abundance that he
was obliged to report to his friend.
Black Brother, seeing at last his
friend's discomfort, quickly assured
him that there was no need for re-
gret. Tears filled our black friend's
eyes as he said: "You gave of your
abundance that some of us could
hear of God's grace. Do not fret.
That is enough!"

White Brother shook his head
slowly. "No, friend, I see just now
that that is not enough. How much
of my substance can I give you, my
black brother?"

And then I awoke. It was just
a dream. Black Brother and White
Brother have never sat under the
tree of God's grace to talk. White
Brother does not yet know how
much he could do for his black
brothers. White Brother may never
realize this until he joins Black
Brother in heaven, ^hen, brethren,
it will be too late!

'ovember 2, 1957

691

Where Is Now Their God?

By Miss Ruth Snyder

"Wherefore should the heathen
say, Where is now their God? But
our God is in the heavens: he hath
done whatsoever he hath pleased"
(Ps. 115:2-3).

In the vast stretches of grassland
in Oubangui-Chari, one rarely finds
a forest with trees sixty to a hun-
dred feet tall. However, when it was
decided to locate the Bible Institute
near Bozoum, a beautiful forest was
chosen as the location. Here stood
tall trees — so many of them that it
was necessary to clear the land for
the buildings.

The missionaries who had seen
nothing but grass for years were de-
lighted with the Bible Institute.
Eventually there were comfortable
houses, adequate classrooms and —
the trees. The trees seemed to put
a delicate frame around the edges
of the sunset. In the light of th2
tropical moon, long eerie fingers
waved from tree to tree. When the
long night had gone, the sun peeped
through the gnarled trunks of trees
as he took his first look at the wak-
ing world. At noonday round shad-
ows slept at the foot of the trees.
The comment made most often by
visitors was "This place is just like
a park."

The local population was stunned
that the white man would dare to
build a village in this forest. From
ancient times the spirits of the de-
parted dead had dwelt in this place.
This was the sacred grove of the
Baya. They trembled as the ax bit
into the venerable trees, for now the
spirits would be angry with man.
The white man laughed and felled
the trees to make room for his build-
ings. The Baya said, "You will all
die."

The students who came to the
Bible Institute were torn between
fear and loyalty. The wrath of the
spirits was not to be scorned. But
the living God is a jealous God. He
demands all one's loyalty.

Years passed. True enough, there
were a few things — lightning struck,
the equinoctial storm of March 1956

blew down a number of trees, as
well as the mud building which
housed the school for the local chil-
dren, and there were the usual spells
of droughts and heavy rains. In all
these things it was evident that the
protecting hand of God was upon
His children. But on September 23,
1957, there was a most dramatic
demonstration of God's protecting
power.

The rains of the year seemed
to be finished. Whether to be glad
or sad was a question often dis-
cussed. Monday was just as other
days had been. Sometimes it grew
dark as though a rain were coming,
but the sun won each battle and
came through the clouds to heat
the face of the earth. Morning
passed. Thirty-nine Bible Institute
families, about a dozen families of
other people connected with the
mission, and four missionary house-
holds were dwelling in security. The
group was scattered about its usual
afternoon tasks. Some were at school

Front of the chapel which the storm
destroyed

studying, some were at manual labor,
some were at home. This day seemed
to be passing like all others.

About 3:45 p.m. the sky dark-
ened. There was no warning that this
would be different. Suddenly the
rain was coming down in torrents.
Anyone who has been under a metal
roof during a heavy rain knows
what a din it creates. Suddenly a
terrible pelting of hail on the roof
added to the noise. A crashing of
flying tree branches as they dropped
on the housetops made everyone
wonder, "What next?" Then with
horror everyone realized that giant
trees were crashing on every side.

How helpless is man in a storm!
One could do nothing but cringe
in fear and horror. It would not
be hard to believe that some mighty
spirit had broken his chain and im
his anger was washing torrents of
water everywhere, throwing hail-
stones with a vengeance and push-
ing over mighty trees in his fury.

Were the Baya right after all? I
Would we all die here?

It was not a demon. It is God
"who walketh upon the wings of the
wind." The hail and stormy wind
were fulfilling His Word.

The wind and hail ceased. What
a great running to and fro there
was while the rain still poured. Withi
blanched faces the Africans ran to
see if their white fathers and moth-i
ers were safe. With fearful hearts
those white parents asked for their'
dear black children.

The trees that were left standing!
must have clapped their hands for
joy as they hear the bursts of praise
from greatful hearts. Not one persoB
was missing. All were here and able
to praise God. Two people had been
injured — one slightly and the otheil
painfully but not critically. What
cause for rejoicing! What matter thai
buildings were wrecked since every-:
one was safe?

How can one count the damage'.
The beautiful park is devastated!
Everyone is afraid to say a numbei
for the fallen trees — the Africans sa;

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hundreds. There is no one who feels
Uke disputing their word.

Take a look at the buildings. The
first building as one drives in is the
duplex. A large tree fell on the store-
house putting a great hole in the
roof. The next building is the one
housing the children of the mission-
aries. A tree had been pushed
through the roof of the house. Dam-
ages here seem to be only in the
eaves. A large tree lay just on the
edge of the roof of the workshop-
garage. The mud-block storehouse
had given up the struggle and col-
lapsed entirely. The new print shop
had two huge trees bedded down on
its roof. The office building had one
completely smashed corner. The
small classroom and office building
had a hole in the eaves of the build-
ing where a tree had come to rest.
And alas! the chapel stretched out
on the ground a total wreck.
In the Bible Institute village four

houses were ruined. Trees lay so
thick here that it was difficult to
walk around. In the "boys' " village
one house was ruined and one dam-
aged. The wreck of trees here was
incredible.

Looking to the east it was seen
that the storm had roared in from
the bush, hit the boys' village, the
missionaries' houses, the Bible In-
stitute village, went on to the next
village, and strangely enough went
off into the bush. Only the sacred
grove of the Baya had felt the force
of the storm!

Word quickly spread through the
villages concerning the storm. The
heathen came to see and said, "God
is." One wonders what their
thoughts were as they saw the wreck
they had predicted years ago. The
Christians saw and were glad, for
the Lord had done great things for
them.

The next morning, as the warm

sun shone on the ruins, axes were
ringing on every side as everyone
set about cleaning up. One Bible In-
stitute student came to a missionary
to ask: "How can we thank God
for what He has done for us?" The
missionaries would like to know the
same thing.

The sacred grove is wrecked, but
all God's children were safe under
the shadow of His wing. Will the
Baya see and be saved? Is this God's
purpose in all this desolation? Pray
that it may turn to the conversion of
man.

Each one — missionary and Afri-
can— who was saved from sudden
death desires the prayers of you
in the homeland that we will do
that for which we have been spared.
May we tread softly all the days of
our lives because of this experience.
"Wherefore should the heathen
say. Where is now their God? But
our God is in the heavens: he hath
done whatsoever he hath pleased."

More About the Storm-

(Editor's note: We are all say-
ing "thank you, Lord," that there
was no loss of hfe or hmb in our
missionary personnel. True, there
are the heavy property losses, and
they come at a time when we have
no funds immediately available for
the rebuilding. We would espe-
cially appreciate any assistance
which the Lord's people might be
led to give.

Besides the foregoing article, a
descriptive letter was also received
from Miss Ruth Snyder. The follow-
ing is an excerpt from that letter.)

In the article I tried to give a
general description of the storm.
However, a little personal word
concerning each of us would prob-
ably give you at home great cause
for rejoicing.

Mary Gripe and Ruth Kent were
in one side of the duplex. Mar-
guerite Dunning and 'Vema were in
the other. Harold (Dunning) was
dancing around as he dodged falling
trees on every side in a mad dash
for home. How he ever made it
none of us can understand. God is
iood. Margaret Spangler went out
m the veranda of their house to

Vovember 2, 7957

close the windows. A tree brushed
the roof so she went back and got
all her charges plus Mary Beaver and
Berta Mae Dunning down on the
floor by the inside wall. Don
Spangler was out in the new print
shop with the workmen. They
could not realize what was going on
for they could not see outside. At
the Beaver household they, plus Don
Miller and Martin Garber (who had
arrived not more than 15 minutes
before the storm), were watching
from their veranda.

Now for my experience! I was in
the office, busy typing. As it grew
dark I hoped that it would not get,
too dark to see what I was copying.
Just then the outside door blew
open. I got up and closed it. Turn-
ing back to my typewriter I noticed
that a wall motto had blown down.
I replaced it on the wall, by the
window. The shutter had not been
closed the whole way so I stood
there looking out through the
crack. The crashing on the roof
was awful! I saw trees swaying and
said to myself: "I will ask Wayne
[Beaver] to cut those trees down
some day."

All this happened much faster

than I can write it — in fact, it
probably happened as fast as you
can read it. Then there was a pe-
culiar swishing sound. I opened the
door leading into the printshop to
speak to the boys. As I opened the
door and spoke to them a huge tree
ripped through the very place I had
just left. The boys turned to see me
when I opened the door, so they
saw the room crashing down behind
me. I stood there paralyzed with
horror. I felt like my feet had taken
root in the floor. The boys grabbed
me and said, "Nzapa abata made-
moiselle" ("God cared for made-
moiselle"). How true! How true! I
was filled with awe. Then I decided
to go to Beavers' — the closest house.
Such a notion! The boys tried to
convince me that it was raining too
hard. Finally in desperation they
opened their umbrella (a useless
article in that rain), gave it to me
and, loyal to the end, they both
dashed with me over to Beavers'.
How I love those boys.

By that time the storm was over.
Only about ten minutes — and
probably not that long — was all that

(Continued on page 697)

693

Clyde K. Landrum, Director

Meet Etienne-

Part 2

By Miss Rosella Cochran

tthii^^m^^m^^M

!&.. -^

I always got tired and sleepy
soon after noon. And believe me,
when I get sleepy, I sleep!! I
wouldn't be nearly so comfortable
tucked away in a nice soft bed as
I was this day on the nice warm
cement veranda in front of Made-
moiselle's house. I usually slept on
a mat beside Pauline, but one day
Mademoiselle found me like thi^
and snapped my picture. No affair,
I had a real good nap.

/ ^■■1

My daily routine includes two
and sometimes three baths a day.
The idea! Sometimes I enjoy it and
other times the very thought of it
makes me so mad!! So, it is bath
time now, huh? Well, I'm just not
going to stand for it, and that is
final!

So Mademoiselle wins again! An
African baby gets his bath in a much
different fashion than American
babies. It is always an outdoor proj-
ect, so it doesn't matter if we splash
a bit. The first thing is the soaping i
— and that I hate most. From thei
top of my head to the tip of myi
toes I get all white and frothy. This i
all takes place before I get into I
the pan of water. Next month I'll'
tell you more about my trials!

It is good to hear from you
boys and girls from time to time.
I do appreciate your letters! Re-
cently I received a very nice letter
from a boy in Pennsylvania. We
want to print part of that letter for
you to read too.

Dear Mr. Landrum:

I want you to sign me up as a
Missionary Helper. I'm eight years
old and I want to be a missionary in
Africa.

I belong to the Melrose Gardens
Grace Brethren Church, Harrisburg,
Pa.

I have one of the new prayer
booklets and I use it in our family
worship. I pray for all the mission-
aries, but I have prayed extra hard
for little Eddie Boy Miller and the
little Burk boy. How are they? I
sure hope they get well because I
don't like to be sick myself. When
you write to their parents you can
tell them we love them both and
pray for them every day to get bet-
ter.

The name Eddie boy reminds me
of my little Eddie boy who last year

went home to heaven. He was just
five years old.

Sincerely,

Ronald Swartz

2727 Booser Ave.

Penbrook, Harrisburg, Pa.

I am so glad to know Ronald is
using his new prayer booklet and
is praying for the missionaries. I am
happy to say that the two little Jun-
ior Missionaries are feeling much>
better. But please keep praying for
Eddie Boy Miller, that the Lord
may make him completely well
again.

hAARY MISSIONARY-

yES .'.' IT BLEW DOWN
TREES AND DESTROYED
THE CHAPEL
— AND ONE
NATIVE WOMAN
AND CHILD
WERE HURT

MISS KENT DISMISSED THE

MISSIONARY CHILDREN'S

SCHOOL, AND

THE KIDS

DASHED

HOME TO I

SAFETY
//

PRAISE THE LORD FOR
CARING FOR THEM AND
FOR THE MISSIONARIES./

694

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Evangeliiing the "United States" in France

By P. Fredrick Fogle

Yes! As odd as it may seem, the
"United States" recently had a uni-
que opportunity to hear the pure
and powerful Gospel of the grace of
God.

In the city of Lyon where we have
established the headquarters of The
Brethren Church in France, there
are a number of different neigh-
borhoods which have names such as
"my pleasure," "earth waters,"
"new houses," "white barn," "wind-
mill," and so forth. The section
where our gospel hall is located is
called "without a care." But the part
of the city which interests us now
is the "United States."

The "United States," heavily
populated and located in the south-
ern part of the city, is where we
constructed our "Chalet," the por-
table gospel hall which is used for
evangehstic purposes, for our cam-
paign in September, from the 8th to
the 22d. There are probably 15,000
inhabitants in this section, and this
number will soon increase for many
new apartment houses are being
built.

There are several Christian fami-
lies living in the area who belong
to other churches, but this was the
first time to my knowledge that the
neighborhood has had the Gospel
right at its doorstep. As is often
the case in evangelism in France, we
were working in almost virgin ter-
ritory as far as a Biblical gospel wit-
ness was concerned. Since follow-up
work is a very important part of the
Lord's work, it was a distinct ad-
vantage for us to work for God in
this area, for the busline which
serves the section passes very near
our gospel hall. This is important
for few in the working class are able
to own their own automobile.

This was the 1 3th series of evan-
gelistic meetings to reach the lost
we have held in Lyon and the sub-
urbs since 1953. Five of these have
been in the portable hall built in
1955. Our evangehst for this series
of meetings was a young French
brother who is being used of the

Lord in soul-winning efforts in dif-
ferent parts of the country.

The attendance was rather good
and there were unsaved persons
present each evening. It was with-
out a doubt the first time most of
these had attended such a meeting.
We thanked God when we saw that
after the preaching of the Word
some showed signs of conviction
of sin. That is a proof of the bless-
ing of the Lord upon the message of
the Gospel given each evening.

We also had many occasions to
speak to passersby during the day.
One of these was a man 80 years
of age who had done everything he
could during his long life to receive

the pardon of his sins, but reahzed as
we talked with him that Christ had
done all that needs to be done to
make the remission of sins possible.

An absolute necessity for a strong
Brethren church in France is to fol-
low a plan for the establishment
of indigenous churches. These meet-
ings marked a new step forward to-
ward that goal. Since the evangelist
was a Frenchman, the direction of
the services was also turned over to
the members of the Brethren group
here. I was on the platform only
twice during the entire campaign.

The results of preaching the Gos-
pel in France are not the same as
in other countries; therefore, we
cannot now give any definite figures
concerning decisions made except
for the radical change wrought by
God in the life of a young Christian
who had been disobedient to her
Lord for almost three years. As for
the rest, we must wait patiently for
the manifestation of other fruit as
Jesus has told us: "So is the king-
dom of God, as if a man should cast
seed into the ground; and should
sleep, and rise night and day, and
the seed should spring and grow up,
he knoweth not how . . . when the
fruit is brought forth, immediately
he putteth in the sickle, because the
harvest is come" (Mark 4-26-29).

The "Chalet" — an earlier meeting, when Cones and Goodmans were in France

November 2, 1957

695

The Retirement of "Semi-Faithful"

(written especially for men)
By "Amazon Bill" Burk

(Editor's note: This article bv Brother
Burk is being carriod in this issue in place
of his "Amazon Travelog." The next in-
stallment of "Amazon Travelog" will ap-
pear in the December Foreign Missions
Number.)

I called her "Semi-Faithful" be-
cause she only broke down on every
other trip. She was the old third-
hand 7 '/z -horse Evinrude used most
recently on the VAMOS ("Let's
Go"), the 14-foot mission boat
operated out of our station in Icoraci
(near Belem at the mouth of the
Amazon River).

Her first life terminated when an-
other missionary sold her to Ed
Miller for use on the Macapa-Maza-
gao run during his first term. Ed
returned from furlough with a new
15-horse Evinrude, ordered a nice
17-foot boat built to replace his old
dugout canoe, and then generously
offered the old motor to Jack Zie-
lasko and myself on the south bank
of the Amazon. We accepted, had a
local shipyard build the VAMOS
and made the maiden voyage just
before Jack returned Stateside for
his first furlough.

No one would deny that the old
Semi-Faithful was in bad shape.
Jack and I both sailed the Pa-
cific in World War II so appar-
ently were "cut out" for this sort
of river work. Otherwise, without a
genuine spirit of adventure, we'd
probably have left the old motor to

enjoy her second retirement, rest-
ing in peace. Instead, we took her
out, spent half the day repairing
the water pump failure in the shade
of some trees along the bank of the
Island of the Jaguars. (Imagine what
we thought when we heard a pig
coming through the jungle!)

Semi-Faithful had a wooden plug
for a gas cap. The original lies at the
bottom of the main stream of the
Amazon, a stream over 100 feet
deep for a distance of several hun-
dred miles from the river's mouth.
(The figures are from the encyclo-
pedia; I've never sounded out there
except to know that many is the
place where our 50 feet of anchor
line won't reach!)

So often was it necessary to pull
the flywheel that I've thought of
putting it back with a wing-nut to
anticipate the next breakdown.
Much of her ignition system is no
longer original equipment and has
been a constant source of failure.
When necessary out in the islands,
my old-fashioned soldering iron is
heated (usually to fasten a wire to
the top of a condenser) under a cof-
fee pot in the kitchen of some fish-
erman's thatched shack. (The motor
being repaired, we then "take cof-
fee"— an enjoyable Brazilian cus-
tom.)

Since the recoil starter gave up

The VAMOS rests while the missionary visits

somewhere during her second life,
Semi-Faithful has no hat. The com-
plete motor cover is unused, allow-
ing the outboard to be started with
the old-fashioned rope. That's okay
until either the wind and waves or a
rainstorm comes along. (We aver-
age one-third of an inch of rain daily
in Icoraci!) Then over our naked
motor goes a canvas cover to keep
her dry. Since the particular river
channel where we work the VAMOS
is 20 miles wide and since the far-
thest point in my circuit is the out-
side of the Ilha Arapiranga situated
about in the middle of the channel,
and since this channel widens right
out to the Atlantic Ocean (100 miles
downstream), it isn't uncommon
for the sea swells and wind pushing
in from the ocean to splash around
until either of two things happens:
one is that the motor is killed by
a wave which hits too hard, the
other is that a wave from behind
comes over the low fantail. (If it
gets too bad we tie up or anchor in i
some cove until late afternoon to
make our homeward crossing in i
calmer water.) The shaft of Semi-
Faithful is the standard length, ne-
cessitating a fairly low cut in the
stem of the boat.

Why the gears and shaft bushings
haven't gone out long ago is beyond
my guess. She's so badly worn that a
filling of outboard gear lube will
wash completely away in just one
day's run! As I say, she's trying her
best to at least be Semi-Faithful.

Since I didn't know she'd be re-
tired this year, I left her with the
cylinder exhaust ports polished and
the piston rings well oiled for this
furlough rest. (She's earned it as
well as the missionary.) Somewhere
along the way I'd stripped out a
couple of the head bolts, but they're
now retapped and fitted with new
bolts. The head gasket is the ori-
ginal, is very weary and has to be
treated like a tender thing indeed.
Undoubtedly at least a couple of the
7'/2 horses have been lost in the

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BRAZIL

Rev. and Mrs. J. Keith Altig, and their son, Steven,
are shown here on the occasion of the twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary reception for the Altigs, held at
Icoraci, Brazil, on August 30, 1957. The entire Altig
family went to Brazil in 1949 to pioneer the Brethren
work there. The two Ahig daughters are now living in
California, and both are married — Janice is Mrs. George
McDonald, and Jean is Mrs. Don Hedrick.

AFRICA

Mrs. Orville D. Jobson and native believers are
shown with the new French-made auto — a Peugeot
commercial — in front of our missionary residence in
Bangui, French Equatorial Africa. Interested friends
of the First Brethren Church, of Johnstown, Pa., sup-
plied the funds for its purchase.

wake or she would have blown her
tired gasket long ago.

But all this is water down the
river now, because the Adult Bible
Class of our Church in Ashland,
Ohio, just bought for the VAMOS
a brand-new 18-horse Evinrude
complete with the extra length shaft
to get the faintail out of the sea!
My present pastorate out there in the
river is made up of a group of some
two dozen islands. The new motor
will allow more speed to increase
the number of islands visited and
also to allow more time to be spent
with those dear people out there who
ahready have heard of, and, in some
cases accepted Christ as Saviour. I
cannot be content merely to direct
them to our Lord, but also to re-
turn to instruct — spiritual food
being both as necessary and as en-
joyable as physical. For the most
part they are poor fishermen, less
than 20 percent of whom read in-
telligently; this obviously is a pas-
torate in need of a pastor!

"Old Faithful" will be the name

November 2, 1957

of the new motor — "Faithful" be-
cause it's Evinrude and new; "Old"
because, by the time she's mounted
on the VAMOS, over a half a year
will have passed from this writing
and I'll have made a good many
imaginary trips to those otherwise-
unreached inhabitants of the islands
Possum, Monkey, Big Snake, Little
Snake, Vulture, Duck and even one
which is called the Island of the Re-
demptor — One whom they know in
name only.

When we return to Brazil, we'll
take along a box of Tide to dedi-
cate to Semi-Faithful. I'll clean her
up both inside and out, reassemble
her just "finger tight," and then add
her to the other trophies in my study
(a sawfish saw, shrimp trap, model
boat, Indian arrows, and headdress-
es, and so forth). As all the mission-
ary children know, there's a hearty
welcome to "Bill's Study" and now
I'll have something really educa-
tional for them to dismantle and re-
assemble. It's our prayer (at least for
our own two) that they return to

Amazonia as the missionaries of the
next generation — and who knows
but what they might someday be
using another motor which is only
Semi-Faithful?

MORE ABOUT THE STORM

(Continued from page 693)

was needed to wreck everything. The
people came running from both vil-
lages to see my office. Everyone who
saw it was impressed. As we walked
through the B.I. village the people
just stared at me — amazed that I
was still here. When Harold Dun-
ning looked at the remains of the
comer where I sat with my type-
writer he said; "From now on you
are on borrowed time."

Books, typewriter, desk chair,
bookcase — all are a little worse for
the wear. I think everything can be
repaired. Some day I will have some
of the books rebound . . .

In His Name,

Ruth Snyder

697

News

CONEMAUGH, PA. The Sin-
ger Hill Grace Brethren Church
is nearly completed on the exterior
with red-face brick. Plans call for
finishing of the main auditorium
immediately. For a number of years
services have been conducted in the
basement auditorium. Kenneth Wilt
is pastor.

JOHNSTOWN, PA. Bruce Baker,
pastor of the Riverside Brethren
Church, was returned to Lee Hos-
pital on Oct. 17 with a throat hem-
orrhage. A tonsillectomy had been
performed the preceeding week and
the complications followed when a
blood vessel in the nasal cavity rup-
tured. His condition was serious for
a time, but latest report indicates
normal recovery.

ENGLEWOOD, OHIO. Sunday
school attendance reached the 223
mark on Oct. 6. Lon Karns is pas-
tor.

ANKENYTOWN, OHIO. The
Sunday school annex of the First
Brethren Church was dedicated as
a special homecoming service on
Oct. 20. Rev. Harold Etling was
the guest speaker. Neil Beery is
pastor.

JOHNSTOWN, PA. The First
Brethren Church has voted to call
an assistant pastor. Russell Weber
is pastor.

CHAMBERSBURG, PA. Dr. C.
E. Hershey conducted a series of
meetings at the Pond Bank Breth-
ren Church Oct. 1-6. John W.
Ritchey is pastor.

TROY, OHIO. The Grace
Brethren Church, Herman Hein, Jr.,
pastor, is continuing to break rec-
ords. October 6 saw a record of 123
in Sunday school; 112 in morning
worship; and on Oct. 2, 45 in prayer
meeting.

COVINGTON, VA. Rev. Paul
Mohler held a meeting with the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad men
at Clifton Forge, Va., Oct. 9.

ASHLAND, OHIO. The corner-
stone of the new edifice of the Grace
Brethren Church was laid Oct. 13.
Rev. Miles Taber is pastor.

ASHLAND, OHIO. The North-
ern Ohio District youth rally will be
conducted here at the Grace Breth-
ren Church on Nov. 22-23. Guest
speakers will be Dr. Torrey John-
son and Rev. Clair Brickel.

SPECIAL. Special multicolor bul-
letins for Thanksgiving, Christmas,
Easter and other holidays are now
distributed by the Brethren Mission-
ary Herald through the Brethren
Bulletin Service. These beautiful
multicolor bulletins are S2 per hun-
dred, and will be mailed to all those
who are the regular users of these
bulletins. Regular bulletins are still
$1 per hundred.

DAYTON, OHIO. The Patterson
Park Brethren Church has installed
a new illuminated bulletin board. C.
S. Zimmerman is pastor.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
Chaplain Lee Jenkins is now doing
duty aboard the U.S.S. Agerholm,
serving as squadron chaplain for 8
ships and 1,600 men.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, V A.
The first Brethren Bible class in
this city was conducted on Oct. 8
in the home of Mr. Neil Benfer.
Plans call for a Sunday school in
the immediate future. Interested folk
in the area may contact Carl Key,
127 Chancelton St.

WAYNESBORO, PA. Definite
steps are being taken in planning
for the new Sunday school annex for
the First Brethren Church. William
Gray is pastor.

GOSHEN, IND. Brethren
churches of the northern Indiana
area have been invited to a united
Thanksgiving service Nov. 28, at
the Grace Brethren Church of Gosh-
en at 7:00 a.m. (Thursday morn-
ing). R. Paul Miller will be the host
pastor, and doughnuts and coffee
will be served by the host church.
Arnold R. Kriegbaum will bring the
Thanksgiving message.

BEAUMONT, CALIF. The

Cherry Valley Brethren Church
honored their new pastor and his
wife, Rev. and Mrs. Wendell Kent,
with a surprise shower on Sept. 23.
In addition to individual gifts, the
church family presented the newly-
married couple with a pressure
cooker.

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTIVLENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake. Incl-
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake. Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake. Ind.

MEYERSDALE, PA. The Som-
erset County Brethren youth rally
was held at the Summit Mills Breth-
ren Church on Oct. 26 with Rev.
Stanley Hauser bringing the mes-
sage. Clyde Caes was host pastor.

WASHINGTON, D. C. In spite
of a pouring rain there were 340
present for the special homecom-
ing services at the First Brethren
Church. James Dixon is pastor.

NORWALK, CALIF. A "Neigh-
bor Day" free breakfast was served
at the Norwalk Brethren Church on
Oct. 27. Henry Rempel is pastor.

WINCHESTER, VA. On Oct. 20,
Rev. Paul Dick began his 17th year
as pastor of the First Brethren
Church.

WOOSTER, OHIO. Rev. Miles
Taber, pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church of Ashland, Ohio, was guest
speaker at the First Brethren Church
here on Oct. 30. Kenneth Ashman is
pastor.

WEST ALEXANDRIA, OHIO.

The groundbreaking service for the
Grace Community Church was con-
ducted Oct. 20. Dr. R. D. Barnard
was guest speaker. C. A. Flowers
is pastor.

LAKE ODESSA, MICH. Deani
I. Walter, pastor of the Vicksburg i
Brethren Church, Hollidaysburg, ,
Pa., will conduct a Bible conference
at the Grace Brethren Church Nov.
21-24. Homer Miller is pastor.

BEAUMONT, CALIF. Mrs.
Wendell Kent returned to her home
on Oct. 1 7 and is reported as pro- 1
gressing nicely.

Notice: There will be no regu-
lar issue of the Brethren Missionary
Herald on Nov. 30, This issue will
be the Brethren Annual.

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Christians

Ought to Live

Together

By \Vm. H. Schaffer

Pastor, First Brethren Church

West Kittanning, Pa.

"COME, AND LET US
RETURN UNTO THE LORD...

We would like to share with you
some of the blessings and encourage-
ments that came to our hearts and
to the hearts of fellow Christians as
we studied Paul's epistle to the Phi-
lippians.

In the one hundred and four
verses, which can be read in ten
minutes, there are 47 references to
Christ. There is no special hterary
outline, no great logical arguments
as found in Romans or Galatians.
Just a simply written pastoral let-
ter.

A number of different chapter
headings have been suggested. The
most simple are Faith, Love, Walk,
Hope. It is interesting to read the
background of this church. Turn
in your New Testament to Acts 16.
Here is one of the most thrilling and
dramatic testimonies in Christian
missionary work. This letter cannot
be fully appreciated unless we are
acquainted with this chapter.

Evidently the original membership
included a merchant woman, a for-
mer fortuneteller ,and a Roman offi-
cial. It was the same invitation —
"beheve on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved" that
brought them together in a common
faith. About ten years later their
first pastor wrote this epistle. The
church at Philippi was an organized
body of beUevers, for this letter is
addressed to "bishops (elders), and
deacons." Have you noticed that
Paul includes someone else in the
salutation "and Timotheus (Tim-
othy)?" What a beautiful gesture. An
old experienced servant of the Lord
taking a very definite interest in a
ministerial student. He was teaching
and training Timothy for the min-

November 2, J 957

istry. A theological seminary in a
jail with one student!

Have you noticed the title Paul
uses for himself and his student,
Timothy? ". . . the servants of Jesus
Christ." This is the mark of a great
man. Would that all of the Lord's
undershepherds so called themselves!

A Baptist missionary society in
Europe a number of years ago adop-
ted for its motto a device found on
an ancient medal. A bullock stand-
ing between a plow and an altar with
this inscription: "Ready for Either
— for Toil or Sacrifice." The serv-
ice of Christ is a life of self sacri-
fice, but it's the pathway of bless-
ing, reward, and glory.

There seems to be a very defi-
nite purpose in Paul's addressing the
bishops and deacons as the officials
of the Philippian church. Somehow
he felt that there were two women
in the congregation at odds with each
other. They may have been deacon-
esses. It only takes two people in a
church to bring disharmony and
thwart the program of witnessing.
Sometimes, it takes only one. To
pinpoint the members in question,
he names them in chapter 4, verse
2. It is interesting to interpret the
names of these women. Euodia
means 'fragrant." But we tried to
find the Enghsh meaning for Syn-
tyche it took no less than six ref-
erence books before we found a
translation. "Fortunate, accident" is
the best we could do. Draw your
own conclusion.

That little word "all" found in the
first verse is used in a way not found
elsewhere in Paul's writings. You
will find it used in verses 4, 7, 8, 25
and 2:26. Paul wanted to bind them
"all" together in one great bundle of

love. He greeted the all, thought well
of them all, prayed for them all, and
knew in the end that it would be well
with them all. He prayed that they
would all stand fast in one spirit.

In verse two are two words often
found in the epistles. We take them
so much for granted: "grace and
peace." Grace, that free unmerited
favor of God to sinful men with
peace that only comes because of
grace. A Christian martyr was
locked in a small iron cage hke those
used for wild animals. A passerby
stopped to gaze. The saint of God
rephed to the inquiring eyes: "You
only see the bars, not the music in
my heart."

"I thank my God upon every re-
membrance of you" (vs. 3). Ap-
parently nothing in the history of
this church had caused any great
anxiety of mind. Outside of this
bit of personal trouble between two
women, there were no great moral
nor doctrinal difficuhies. In Corinth
there were moral problems. In Ga-
latia there were doctrinal issues.
What a church the Philippian church
must have been!

Paul also remembers with what
joy they received the Gospel (vss.
4-8). Lydia took Paul and his mis-
sionary party into her home. The
jailor took Paul and Silas into his
earthquaked home, washed their
stripes, and fed them. Read the list
of other names in the last chapter
"whose names are in the book of
life." He remembers also their "fel-
lowship in the gospel." As we look
back over our 30 years of ministry
in the Gospel, we too like to remem-
ber the saints with whom we had fel-

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699

YOUR TEEN-AGE MISSIONARIES

AT TAOS

By Ernest Bearinger, National Youth Director

Ten Brethren youth spent from
one to ten weeks in two of our home-
mission fields this past summer.

Brother Sewell Landrum con-
ducted four weeks of vacation Bible
school in the Kentucky mission, and
Brother Sam Homey had ten weeks
in New Mexico. Neither of these
programs would have been possible
without youth missionaries.

And why is this summer ministry
so important? The need in these
areas is tremendous. Hundreds of
boys and girls never hear the Gos-
pel except from your summer mis-
sionaries. To those who have re-
ceived Jesus Christ as Saviour comes
new inspiration and from them
comes dedication of life. And too,
the ones who go find new inspira-
tion and gain experience that will
enhance their future service for our
blessed Lord.

Mary Jane Keyser from Albany,
Oreg., a Junior at Grace College,
was one of the youth missionaries at
Taos, N. Mex., this past summer.
This is what she has to say about her
experience:

Mary Jane Keyser teaching at Pot Creek

One day Sam Homey's wife re-
ceived a sympathy card for "en-
during" Sam and his pranks for
twenty years. But four summer mis-
sionaries would like to submit their
names as candidates for this hall of
fame, too. . . . No; the truth is that
Sam is the one who has put up with
us. He endured our puns and our
fun; then gave us his wise, experi-

enced council. Indeed, we deeply
appreciated the fellowship of Sam
and his lovely wife, Beth.

No greater blessings were ever
packed into two months of my life.
The Lord's "Lluvias de Grasias"
were abundant.

It was there I realized the mean-
ing of Sara Teasdale's lines,

And the children's faces looking up
Holding wonder like a cup.

No words could better describe the
children we stood before each day.
What a privilege it was to teach them
the truths of God's Word.

Four of the six schools met in
churches. One met in a home, and
the Pot Creek school was held out
in the open air along the river. The
schools at Canon, Cordillera, Arroyo
Hondo, and Albuquerque met in
buildings. Mrs. Gallegos opened her
home for the other school.

In the six schools 316 children
were reached. Decisions for Christ
were recorded in nearly every one.
The exact number who were born
again is known to the Lord. And to
Him goes all the glory for every
one.

My highest spiritual mountain
came at the open-air school at Pot
Creek. Here under drizzling skies
nearly the entire primary class re-
sponded to the invitation. This one
thrill alone was plenty reward for
all the study and hours of prepara-
tion for this teaching ministry.

The Youth Council is happy that
Mary and all the others have obeyed
the Lord and given their summer to
missions.

Another reason that youth is such
a vital part of the Bible teaching
program is the simple fact that no
one in all the world can reach youth
for Christ like youth.

Len Smith, another Junior at
Grace College, from York, Pa., was
one of the two fellows who became
a missionary at Taos last summer.
Let him tell you something of his
experience in the Lord's service.

Here are just a few sidelights of
my missionary adventure in New
Mexico. There is much more to this

missionary work than teaching a
Bible class several times a day.

I even learned to share in the do-
mestic duties around the house. But
even dishwashing can be a form of
dedication in the Lord's work. The
mission busses, trucks, and cars all
looked more consecrated after they
had a good cleaning and wax job.
Yes; you guessed it. Summer mis-
sionaries are called upon to help in
this kind of work, too. But all of
these work opportunities are good

training for any Christian service.
Both home and foreign missionaries
are required to labor in many ways
other than preaching and teaching.
I am thankful for the personal train-
ing the two months at Taos gave me
this past year.

At Arroyo Hondo I became a J
piano player. In downtown Taos I |
became a carpenter's helper. At i
home (Horney's) I learned to hang
up clothes and polish floors. But
best of all, in every town and in
every school I met children who
needed to know the plan of salva-
tion and I was able to tell them of
Jesus and His love.

We thrilled at every decision for
Christ, and these decisions came in
nearly every class. One experience
that I had that could never be
bought was the starting of a new
Sunday school in Taos. The neigh-
bors of a certain area in Taos went
together and built a small chapel.

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True Love Revealed at Calvary

By Joseph L. Gingrich

Pastor, Leamersville Brethren Church
Dunconsville, Pa.

"And when they were come to the
place, which is called Calvary, there
they crucified him, and the malefac-
tors, one on the right hand, and the
other on the left" (Luke 23:33). Cal-
vary's reality is conclusive proof of
God's love. This mighty act is won-
derful to contemplate. It is beyond
comprehension; it is beyond expres-
sion. Hear John as he said; "Be-
hold what manner of love the Father
hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called the children of
God; and such we are." "Beloved,
now are we the children of God,
and it is not yet made manifest what
we shall be. We know that, if he
shall be manifested, we shall be like
him" (I John 3:1-2). If you would
grasp a clear view of God's love for
lost humanity, and appreciate His
unchanging interest in you person-
ally, you have only to stand on the
shore of the measureless love of the
great God revealed on Calvary.

"God is love." He has shown that
love in the gift of His Son. Love is
kind, patient and expressive. "Love
never faileth." It stretches from eter-
nity to eternity. If you have ever
doubted God's love, His mercy and
willingness to forgive your sin and
to impart divine grace sufficient for
daily need, turn your eyes away
from self and sin, away from the
world toward Calvary. We must be-
lieve that God's love plus divine
grace effects our salvation.

On the mount, in the presence of
the multitude, before He went to
Calvary, He declared that not one
jot or tittle should pass from the
law till all things should be accom-
plished. He pointed forward to the
utmost verge of man's horizon, and
gave assurance that until that time
is reached the law will stiU be author-
itative. It was not His mission to
change or abrogate the precepts of
Jehovah. Jesus Christ, by divine ap-
pointment, became the fulfillment of
the law and became our Substitute.
Christ made up our lack. The
great God could not nullify His

November 2, 1957

holy and perfect law; but He could
and did give His dear Son to vin-
dicate the just claims and pay the
penalty for man's sin in violating the
commandment of God. The law of
God is not changeable; it is based
upon the principle of love. All must
admit that the just claims of God's
holy law have not been met by man.
The law demands a holy life, a per-
fect character; and these, man could
not offer. But thank God, "what the
law could not do, in that it was weak
through the flesh, God sending his
Son in the likeness of sinful flesh,
and for sin condemned sin in the
flesh: that the righteousness of the
law might be fulfilled in us, who
walk not after the flesh but after
the Spirit" (Rom. 8:3-4). Gladstone
is reported to have said that some

people believe "that there is nothing
in God to fear or nothing in sin to
worry about." But the truth is that
sin is tragic, it is poison, it is par-
alyzing, it is demoralizing, it is ruin-
ous, it separates the sinner from
God. Sin is responsible for every
pang of sorrow, for every tear of
grief, every anguish of soul. "All
unrighteousness is sin." Sin results

in disobedience to God's holy and
pure laws. Sin is a terrible thing, it
is hateful and heinous. Be sure of
one thing, God must deal with sin
and the sinner, for "the wages of
sin is death, but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ Our
Lord" (Rom. 6:23). On the cross
of Calvary a transaction of tre-
mendous importance occurred. God
in His infinite love and justice trans-
ferred our sins upon His Son. The
Son died and we are the beneficiar-
ies. Calvary alone can reveal the
enormity of sin and its resuhs. In
this mighty act, God's great love pro-
vided a way whereby man might re-
gain the position from which he fell
in yielding to the tempter.

Verily Christ paid our debt. If
we had to bear our own guilt it
would crush us. Jesus took our place,
though undeserving: 'The Lord hath
laid on him the iniquity of us all."
Every poor sinner who turns toward
the uplifted Saviour will appreciate
something of the love of God and the
cost of Calvary. When we lay every
sin at the foot of the cross, confess
every guilt, God will pardon and for-
give every trace of the stain of guilt,
sin and shame. God does not deal
with us as finite men deal with each
other. His thoughts are thoughts of
mercy, love and tender compassion.
The evil one is ready to steal away
the blessed promises of God's
Word. He leads men into skepticism,
causes them to disbelieve the Word
of God, to break His law and disre-
gard the high claims of heaven.
Satan seeks to befog, bewilder, dis-
courage (his pet tool), dishearten,
and through deception to drive men
to despair. He knows full well that
all who seek God for pardon and
grace will obtain it — and that freely.
Ever since Satan kidnaped the first
pair in the garden and held over
their heads the ransom, mankind has
been in a state of bondage. Thank
God, Christ was wiHing to lay down
His precious life a ransom for sin-
ners slain.

701

SINS against the Holy Spirit

By Dr. C. H. Ashman

Pastor, West Covina Brethren Church
West Covina, Calif.

There are at least three serious
sins which we may commit against
the Holy Spirit. There are more,
but these three are most grievous.
We are warned against them with
signals that ought not to be ignored.
Don't run by the warning signals.
There is danger ahead if you do!
Fellow Christians, let us search our
hearts to see whether these warn-
ing signals are behind us, proving
we have already run by them and
think we can go right on with im-
punity.

"Grieve Not the Holy Spirit" (Eph.
4:30-32)

This warning proves the person-
ality of the Spirit. You cannot grieve
an influence. In harmony with all
Scriptural teachings, this presents
the Holy Spirit as a person. He is
not an "it." Every feeling attrib-
uted to the Spirit, every action as-
cribed to Him, every attitude of man
to the Spirit, and every relationship
of man to the Spirit — all these prove
the Spirit is a person. This makes
the grieving of the Spirit most seri-
ous. Then when we remember that
the Spirit is Deity, the third person
of the Godhead, how terrible are the
sins against Him!

Who commits this sin against the
Spirit? Not the unsaved sinner but
the child of God. This warning was
addressed to Christians who had
been bom again and sealed with
the Holy Spirit of promise accord-
ing to Ephesians 1: 1, 13. Oh how it
wounds the Spirit when we grieve
Him! Zechariah 13:6 asks: "What
are these wounds in thine hands?"
The answer was: "Those with which
I was wounded in the house of my
friends." How these wounds hurt!
As one man said to me once, "I ex-
pect such treatment out in the world,
but not from my fellow Christians."
How it hurts the Holy Spirit to be
wounded by those whom He has led
to Christ and sealed unto the day of
redemption!

How, Lord, How?

How may we grieve the Spirit?
How may we do injury, cause sor-

row, give deep disappointment to
the Holy Spirit? Oh there are so
many ways and so many things
which cause great grief to Him. He
indwells us for we are the temple of
the Holy Spirit within us. He knows
our innermost desires and even im-
aginations. He listens to every word
we speak, reads every letter we
write, goes with us everywhere;
everything is open and naked be-
fore His all-seeing eye. Therefore
it may be that little things grieve
Him as well as what we consider
big. Any sin grieves Him. He hates
sin. Sin weakens our testimony and
influence. Sin hinders our spiritual
growth. It hinders the Spirit's form-
ing of Christ in us, the hope of glory.
Sin forces the Spirit to work with us
instead of through us. Sin, despicable
sin, all sin, any sin, deeply wounds
the Holy Spirit.

Outstanding Sins

Paul enumerates several outstand-
ing sins in Ephesians 4:31-32.
Malice is one. Malice means a bad,
sinful, mean disposition. It is an
aptness to hate, be jealous and envy.
It is not just a "flare of temper" but
a characteristic of nature. Malice is
a root. It is one of the taproots of
the old carnal nature. It is one of
the main streams flowing from this
fountain of carnality. Mahce! When
the "love of God is shed abroad in
our hearts by the Holy Ghost which
is given unto us" (Rom. 5:5), then
malice is conquered. But when
Christians become carnal (I Cor. 3:
1-4) then malice is given the chance
to lift its head.

Bitterness is another sin that
grieves the Spirit. Bitterness is mal-
ice sharpened to a point and di-
rected at another. It is malice
aroused, incensed, infuriated in a
personal application. It is the set-
tled dregs of the poison of malice
made to color and discolor the very
conversation and conduct. Bitterness
is malice in its personal application.

Wrath and anger are different de-
grees of the same thing. Wrath is
sudden, passionate outburst of mal-
ice. Anger is more the settled, firm.

determined state of wrath. Wrath
flares up and dies down, but anger
abides. "Let not the sun go down on
your wrath." If you take wrath to
bed with you it is anger in the morn-
ing. Don't nurse your wrath until
it becomes anger. How both of these
wound the Spirit! To behold a Chris-
tian giving way to wrath and con-
tinuing in that state until it becomes
a rankling anger is a great and
grievous sin that grieves the Holy
Spirit within.

With the Jews the day began at
evening time. "Let not the sun go
down on your wrath" means to begin
the day with a clean heart. Plutarch
tells us of a rule given by Pytha-
gorean teachers, namely, "If pro-
voked to anger and abusive lan-
guage, before sunset shake hands,
embrace, and end the quarrel."

Someone has written, "Anger
which outlives the day, on which the
angry man sleeps, and that wakes
wiFh him in the morning, takes root i
in his breast and becomes a settled I
state and poisons his whole life."

Other expressions of malice are .
clamour and evil speaking. Clam-
our means loud speaking so that i
everyone will hear the grievances.
Evil speaking means railing, abuse,
insulting accusations. I have known
of people who would take opportu-
nities whenever a group of persons
were gathered to pour abusive lan-
guage in so loud a voice that every-
one for yards around could hear
them. They wanted to be heard "for
their much speaking." Some folks
do their evil speaking "in a whisper,"
they are whisperers of gossip, but
some are so bold as to clamour them
forth. Out of a heart of malice, not
caring whether the cause of Christ
is suffering or that the Holy Spirit
is being grieved, their mouth be-
comes as an open sepulchre out of
which pours the stench of gossip.
Pity the Holy Spirit within! He is
not the author of such. He is wound-
ed, cut to the very heart by such
outbursts. "By thy words thou shalt
be justified and by thy words thou

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CHRISTIANS

(Continued from page 699)

lowship in the Gospel. Some — we'd
like to forget! The kind who seemed
to delight in nothing more than to
give the church a bad testimony.
They gave all the pretence of being
Christian, but the people outside
called them "hypocrites." They
wanted to be called "Christian," but
they made no effort lo be good ones.
They thought that if their names
were on a church roll that's all that
mattered. Some sang in the choir,
some taught Sunday school classes,
some held official positions. What
kind of a letter would Paul write
your church if he had been a former
pastor?

"Fellowship in the gospel" (vs. 5).
When we are concerned about hold-
ing forth the word of life to the un-
regenerate, there is likely to be more
real fellowship than in a company
of believers who are occupied only
with their own little comforts and
cliques. "Fellowship in the gospel"
means prayer, public testimony, and
giving to the missionary work of the
church.

"From the first day until now" (vs.
5). Paul counted their fellowship as
dependable, consistent, trustworthy,
reliable, and faithful. No wonder
Paul thanked God upon every re-
membrance of them. These are
quahties that make the heart of a
pastor rejoice. The lack of them
gives him the heartaches.

Paul had no doubt as to the final
outcome for every member of that
church (vs. 6). We should see every
child of God as he shall someday

be— like Christ (I John 3:1-3). But,
we often wonder if even the Lord
can do anything with some of them.
A great artist had the ambition to
paint the masterpiece of his hfe in
a great mural. As he was putting in
the background of drabs and grays,
a friend entered unnoticed and was
watching the artist at work. As the
artist turned around he saw his
friend and asked: "What do you
thing of this? It's going to be my
masterpiece." The friend laughed
and said: "I don't think much of it."
The artist replied: "You can't see
what is going to be there, but I can."
God can see in every believer that
which will be fully brought out at the
judgment seat of Christ, and He is
working to that end.

"I have you in my heart" (vs. 7).
Some Christians have a place in our
hearts; others are just names in a
record book. Paul loved them be-
cause they loved his Lord and the
commission He had given them.
Congregations like this just don't
happen. Paul knew the price the
Lord Jesus Christ paid on Calvary's
cross. He knew the price he paid in
the Phihppian jail. Faithful pastors
today know the price. Satan will see
that the faithful Gospel ministry is
not easy. With Britain's Dunkerque,
her cities being pulverized with in-
cessant bombings. Prime Minister
Winston Churchill still had hopes of
victory, but he said the price would
have to be paid "in blood and sweat
and tears." Faithful pastors and
ministers of the Gospel have known
that for a long, long time.

The Devil is willing for a person
to confess Christianity as long as he
doesn't practice it.

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Notice of meetings to be listed in this column must be received for publication at least
30 days in advance of sciieduled dates.

Church

iCuyahoga Falls,

Ohio

Leamersville, Pa.
Washington, Pa.

Listie, Pa

Fort Lauderdale,

Fla

iVhittier, Calif.

(Community) .
Berne, Ind.
Meyersdale, Pa.

(Summit Mills)

Winchester, Va.

Camden, Ohio . .

Ashland, Ohio . .

Rittman, Ohio . .

Date

Pastor

Oct. 27-Nov. 10 Richard Burch
Oct. 27-Nov. 10 J. L. Gingrich
Nov. 3-10 .... Ellis Rogers . . .
Nov. 8-18 Russell Konves

Speaker

Crusade Team.
Kenneth Ashman.
Paul Mohler
Scott Weaver.

Nov. 10-13

Nov 10-13
Nov. 10-24

Nov. 10-17
Nov. 10-17
Nov. 14-27
Nov. 17-24
Nov. 18-24 .

Ralph Colburn . R. L Humberd.

Ward Miller
L B. Miller

Clyde Caes . . . .

Paul Dick

R. L. Rossman
Miles Taber
Charles Turner

Louis Talbot.
P. R. Bauman

Ray Streets.
A. L. Lynn.
G. Lingenfelter.
Torrey Johnson.
Herb Hoover.

YORK, PA.

A very successful Brethren Evan-
gelistic Crusade was closed at the
Grace Brethren Church, York, Pa.,
on Sept. 14. The team consisted of
Rev. Dean Fetterhoff, evangelist,
and Mr. Kenneth Sanders of Har-
risburg. Pa., the songleader. On
Labor Day Sunday, when the meet-
ing started, there was a record at-
tendance in the Sunday school of
137. The average attendance for the
two weeks was 76. There were 27
public decisions: 6 to receive Jesus
Christ as Saviour, 4 for church
membership, and the remainder to
either rededicate themselves to the
service of the Lord or to make pub-
he confession of the Christ whom
they had received previous to the
meetings.— H. W. Koontz, pastor.

YOUR TEEN-AGE MISSIONARIES

(Continued from page 700)

They did the job in two weeks, and
the building looks like it. But the
children in the area do need the
Lord, and so we began to invite them
to Sunday services. Tvi'o weeks went
unrewarded for our efforts. But by
the end of our stay there were nine
children attending the Sunday
school. Every disappointment and
every discouragement was com-
pensated for when four of the nine
children made decisions for Christ.

Was my summer worthwhile?
Try it some time and let the Lord
show you, too.

Sam Homey says in a letter to the
Youth Office: "Thanks for the swell
bunch of kids — and good teachers,
too. We miss them." We know that
you want a part in these programs.
You want to know how you can help.
Here's how. Pray that God will
speak to the young people and that
those of His choice will respond to
the call. Pray that the needed funds
will come from the youth to support
this enlarged vision for youth mis-
sionaries.

Youth, if you want your home-
missions offering to go for the sup-
port of the summer missionary pro-
gram, mark your home-missions of-
fering envelope Summer Mission-
aries.

November 2, 1957

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RELIGIOUS NEWS REPORTS

CHICAGO, ILL. Approximately
2,500 persons helped Pacific Gar-
den Mission, Chicago, celebrate its
80th anniversary at a rally in Con-
rad Hilton Hotel on October 13.
The mission, two blocks away from
the Michigan Avenue hotel in a Skid
Row district of the Windy City, is
the nation's second oldest, the Mc-
Auley Water Street Mission, New
York City, being older by five years.

Prior to the rally message by
Vance Havner, Superintendent
Harry G. Saubiier announced that
in the mission's 80th year over 8,000
persons had made professions of
faith in Christ in the men's and
women's divisions and in the Serv-
icemen's Center. Total attendance
at the mission gospel meetings was
180,909 and 122,959 meals were
served to Skid Row victims.

"God has burdened our hearts in-
creasingly to do a bigger job on Skid
Row and to reach out to up-and-
outers," Saulnier reported. "As a re-
sult, the 'Old Lighthouse' is in the
midst of an expansion program that
will enable us more effectively to
carry on our around-the-clock soul-
winning program." Pointing out that
there are nights during winter
months that men must be turned
away because of lack of beds, the
superintendent said than an addi-
tional building which has been ob-
tained and is being renovated will
increase dormitory space from 85 to
210 beds. The new mission dining
room will accommodate 350, trip-
ling the capacity of the present din-
ing hall, and the mission auditorium
would be doubled in size to accom-
modate 350.

SILVER SPRINGS, MD. Local
action by church and civic groups
is the surest way to put "smut
salesmen" out of business and rid
news-stands and drug stores of ob-

scene publications, an agent of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation said
in Washington recently.

"Law officers are convinced that
the increasing flood of obscene
magazine and pornographic ma-
terials is a major factor in the rapid-
ly rising rate of sex crime," Special
Agent Charles E. Moore, Jr., told
members of the Woodside Meth-
odist Men's Club in suburban Silver
Spring, Md.

He suggested that church men
and women's organizations join in
organizing community campaigns to
clean up the news-stands, and the
"sex racket" of under-the-counter
sales of pornographic comic books,
pictures and films. "Sex peddlers
also are doing a thriving business in
schoolyards," he warned.

Pointing out that the FBI is re-
stricted to cases of inter-state trans-
portation, and that local law en-
forcement officers cannot do a
thorough job of policing, Mr. Moore
recommended that church and civic
groups act as follows. "Become fa-
miliar with your local ordinances,
confer with local law enforcement
agencies and school authorities, ask
magazine dealers and proprietors of
news-stands and drug stores, etc., to
stop handling obscene publications
— use the boycott if necessary."

Most of the "smut" publications
on public sale are barely within the
law, he said, and only a public out-
cry can get them off the market.
Pornographic materials, a $500 mil-
lion-a-year business and "sold se-
cretly in nearly every town," should
be called to the attention of the local
police, he said.

NEW YORK, N. Y. The Na-
tion's ministers, whose average pur-
chasing power today has been rated
only slightly above the nation's farm-
ers and restaurant waiters, will be

cheered that a study of their econ-
omic situation is about to be under-
taken.

With the help of a grant of
$33,500 from the Rockefeller
Brothers' Fund a far-reaching inter-
denominational analysis will be
undertaken. Dr. Samuel W. Blizzard,
noted sociologist, will head the
undertaking, getting the facts on
what ministers actually receive as
distinct from housing and fringe
benefits. Information concerning the
services required of a minister and
the provisions for budgeting made by
the church groups will also be in-
cluded.

"Surveys made recently by several
denominations indicate that minis-
ters' salaries have not kept pace with
the changing economy," Dr. Blizzard
said, citing a prior study of 14 de-
nominations in the North Central
states a year ago. This showed that
the average minister's salary in 1954
in rural churches was $3,231 and in
urban churches $3,544.

FORT WAYNE, IND. Protes-
tant, Roman Catholic, and Jewish
clergy and laymen will be included
on a citizens' committee being organ-
ized to rid local newsstands of in-
decent literature. The committee is
being organized by the County
Prosecutor as part of his all-out drive >
against obscene publications.

The prosecutor. Glen J. Beams,
said he was surprised and pleased at i
the co-operation he has been prom- i
ised by distributors and dealers. "A
lot of the stand operators are in
sympathy with my action," he said.

SINS

(Continued from page 702)

shalt be condemned," taught Jesus.
Let us pray, "Set a watch, O God,
before my mouth, keep the door of
my lips."

Spirit Control

Whenever the Holy Spirit con-
trols from within then these sins
will not be committed but we will
be "kind one to another, tender- ■
hearted, forgiving one another, even i
as God for Christ's sake hath for-
given you." Then confusion and i
division and backbiting and railing:
and gossip and anonymous letter I
writing and bitterness and wrath I
and anger and clamour and evil
speaking will be "put away from
you."

BRETHREN

WMC NUMBER

NOVEMBER 9, 1957

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Theme ySr 1957-58 .

•• Women's rlisstoheiry Caiwcil--.ii.^^

sing unto the Lord

By Mrs. Paul Dick
National WMC President

"Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks
unto the Lord; for he is good: for
his mercy endureth for ever. Who
can utter the mighty acts of the
Lord? Who can shew forth all his
praise?" (Ps. 106:1-2.)

Our theme this year is one that
should fill our hearts to overflowing
with praise because we know, "We
are the Lord's." Have you ever
noticed the connection in Scripture
between music and praise? The peo-
ple who have a song of praise are
those who know of a certainty of
their own salvation. Only the melody
which comes from praises for our
Lord endures from generation to
generation. Let us look at some
"notes of praise" to use in this song.

Our first one is the "note" of
praise. "Praise ye the Lord" (Ps.
106:1a). Because our salvation is
precious to us we should let this
note be loud and long. It isn't enough
to simply feel grateful, but we should
sound forth these praises. Our an-
swered prayers should always be
expressed in praise. Once the grace
of God in Christ Jesus has been
grasped it is natural for us to, "Praise
ye the Lord." Let us hear this first
note in our song and know for a cer-
tainty that it is important.

The second is the "note" of
thanksgiving. "O give thanks unto
the Lord; for He is good" (Ps. 106:
lb). When we conclude what won-
derful things our God has done for
us, we will come to a new awaken-
ing that "He is good," and it will be
natural for us to "be ye thankful"

(Col. 3:15). God is faithful to His
own, therefore worthy of our "note"
of thanksgiving.

The greatest good that comes
from our giving thanks is the good
that comes to the heart of God, and
secondarily to ourselves and others.
Thanksgiving will bring joy to our
own heart, then, because we know it
has first brought joy to His heart.
The song of wholehearted praise to
God will come from souls full to
overflowing with love and sounding
forth with the second note. Have you
ever stopped to think how much you
have for which to be thankful? Think
of what He has done for you, in you,
with you, and promised to you.
Then, know that it is because "we
are the Lord's" that we add this
"note" of thanksgiving and sing,
"Praise God, from whom all bless-
ings flow."

The "note" of mercy is now add-
ed to our song. "For his mercy en-
dureth for ever" (Ps. 106:1c).
Mercy is the attribute of God which
seeks the salvation of the lost. Every
born-again person is proof of His
mercy. Therefore we have found His
mercy before we have claimed this
year's theme as our own. An erring
child, when coming to his parents
for correction of his wrong, hopes
for mercy, not justice. Mercy, I need,
as I recall my own past failures. I
am sure every honest heart which
faces the issue squarely will acknowl-
edge the same need. We need this
"note" of mercy to add depth to our

song of praise. "Who can utter the
mighty acts of God?" (Ps. 106:2a).
What His mercy has promised His
faithfulness will perform.

Finally, our song closes with the
same tone with which it opened: an-
other "note" of praise. "Who can
shew forth all His praise?" (Ps.
106:2a). If we were to choose an
attitude of heart and mind that
would characterize the believer more
than any other, it would probably
be one of thankfulness abounding
in praise. It should be natural for
those who claim, "We are the
Lord's," to praise Him most of all
for "His unspeakable Gift."

Let us blend our "notes" to sing (
forth our praise in harmony that i
will reveal to others how precious
the Lord is to us. There will come
times of despair and trials that alone
we need to sing, "Blessed assurance,
Jesus is mine" . . . "Praising my
Saviour all the day long." Or. the
time of exultaton when we majesti-
cally sing, "O for a thousand tongues
to sing my Great Redeemer's
praise." Never let your song grow
dim or be silenced by circumstances.
Whatever our position let us keep
our song blended in perfect harmony
with the notes of praise, thanksgiv-
ing and mercy, that all may know we
are Women Manifesting Christ in
praise, "For whether we live, we
live unto the Lord; and whether we
die, we die unto the Lord: whether
we live therefore, or die, we are the i
Lord's."

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 45

ARNOLD R. KRrEGBAUM. Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16. 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake. Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake. Ind. Subscription price. S3.00 a year; 100-percent churches, .S2.50; forei.gn. S4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees, president: Herman A. Hoyt, vice president: William Sehafter, secretary: True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Gen-
man, treasurer: Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee: William Male. Mark Malles. Robert E. A. Miller. Thomas Ham-
mers; Arnold R. Kriegbaum, ex officio.

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In answer to letters sent to the
home mission pastor's wives we are
happy to share the gleanings from
the "Notes of Praise" which were re-
ceived in time for this issue:

ALL ABOARD TO

PENNSYLVANIA—

"So many blessings have been
showered on the York, Pa., church
in the past year. . . . Two new Sun-
day school rooms have been built on
either side of the platform in the
church auditorium. They are useful
as choir rooms and one wiU house
the Sunday school library. A branch
Sunday school has been started in
a housing development in the city
and it gives a chance to several
WMC women to work for the Lord.
Finally the revival held in Septem-
ber was a mountaintop experience
to everyone." — Mrs. H. W. Koontz.

"As a member of the home mis-
sion church WMC at Palmyra, Pa.,

I have the blessing of knowing that
established churches are praying for
us. Our WMC has been blessed with
good attendance from the first
(average of 22 for our first year),
and I especially enjoy seeing and
hearing unexpected talents cropping
out among our ladies. Enthusiastic
response and willing zeal to co-
operate and serve has been as a
keynote to each meeting." — Ruby
Grubb, substituting for Mrs. Robert
Markley.

TO WEST VIRGINIA—

"During the past year our coun-
cil here in Parkersburg, W, Va., has

not increased so much in numbers,
but ... the greatest thing we saw
was the saving of one of our ladies.
It took a tragedy to help her realize
her need, but sometimes the Lord
must work through this channel.
When this lady was baptized re-
cently she said that the testimony
and life of one of our faithful work-
ers was a great influence in her de-
cision. So, we feel we have ac-
comphshed the most important
project of all — that of winning other
ladies for Christ (Ps. 68:19).—
Nancy Placeway.

"We have really been blessed here
in Grafton, W. Va., during the past
year. We were especially happy to
have the Allegheny District WMC
rally in our new building. The Graf-
ton people have been handicapped
in past year's because of lack of

November 9, 1957

Touring

with
"NOTES OF PRAISE"

space and therefore unable to have
any district meetings. But with the
help of the Lord and the backing of
the Brethren Home Missions Coun-
cil, we now have a lovely, spacious
building in which to worship Him."
— Mrs. Lee Crist.

TO KENTUCKY—

"It has been several years since
we have had an active WMC at
Clayhole, Ky. At a gathering in
September the ladies of our church
expressed a desire to organize again.
We are looking forward to a time of
real blessings as we meet from
month to month. The Lord has done
great things for us, whereof we are
glad." — Mrs. Sewell Landrum.

TO OHIO—

"One of the WMC members at
Troy, Ohio brought a visitor in No-
vember, last year, to a WMC meet-
ing in my home. I invited her to
come to Sunday school and church.
She agreed. Later the pastor visited
the home and led the husband and
wife to the Lord. Now, they are
members of the church and one son
is saved (they have five children).
Through this family we made con-
tact with two other families. One of
these has accepted the Lord. The
other was a broken home. Just
lately the husband came to Christ
and immediately threw away his
cigarettes. — Mrs. Herman Hein.

TO MICHIGAN—

"How we praise the Lord for His
work in Lansing, Mich.! The WMC

has enjoyed inspirational meetmgs
smce our first meeting in April.
Eleven of our women just returned
from our district rally at Ozark,
Mich. We praise the Lord for the
construction crew and their spiritual
help, as well as they physical help,
m the construction of the Lansing
church. Most of all we praise the
Lord for answered prayed: (1) in
saving many souls; (2) for sending
us workers; and (3) for meeting the
financial and other problems in-
volved in a building program (Phil.
4:19.")— Ginny Sellers.

TO COLORADO—

"Sufficient victories to keep us
rejoicing and sufficient disappoint-
ments to keep us on our knees, de-
scribes the past year in Denver,
Colo. A special item of praise is
that for the first time in the work
here many of our young people come
from homes from among our mem-
bership. A physical accomplishment
this year has been the installation
of new pews and a piano in our sanc-
tuary."— Geneva Inman.

TO NEW MEXICO—

"Here in Navajoland, Cuba, N.
Max., we all give thanks to the Lord.
Of course, disappointments have
been many because Satan has a
terrible hold on the Navajo people,
but we are seeing the beginning of
an indigenous Navajo church. We
are encouraged at the stand several
of the people are taking. One Navajo
woman, Mary Chavez, even under
severe persecution expressed the de-
sire to be baptized recendy, and is
slowly growing. We praise the Lord
for a more stable school program.
The response was greater this year
than ever before with an enrollment
of 47. We also are thankful for a
consecrated, hardworking staff." —
Joan Adams.

"As the pastor's wife of the
Canon Brethren Church I could not
fail to placs the choice of the na-
tional WMC to build a youth build-
ing Taos, N. Mex., high up on my
list of blessings for this year. We've
been here eight years and from the
beginning have realized this need. It
is such a wonderful joy to once again
say with conviction: but my God
shall supply. — Beth Horney.

So, with our tour which ends in
the land of manana, where our
home-mission project for this year
centers, adios. — Editor.

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POSSESSIONS

Recently someone asked: "How
do I know when possessions possess
me? If this matter of possessing and
being possessed is so delicate of bal-
ance, perhaps I've slipped over the
line already and am not aware of it.
Are we to take no pleasure in any of
our possessions which we have
worked hard to acquire? Where does
the rieht concept of possessions end,
and the wrong begin?"

Looking up the meaning of the
word "possession," I discovered that
as a noun it means "ownership," or
"occupancy," or "holding." As a
verb it means "to have," or "to
hold," or "to enjoy," or "to be
possessed of." As an adjective it
means "endowed with," "master of,"
or "instilled with."

In arranging these aspects of the
word in their proper order on the
grammatical crossword puzzle, we
come UD with the following solution:
Possessions of worth are in them-
selves good. It is not wrong to de-
sire them. But the moment we be-
come completely dependent uoon
"things," reaardless of their original
worth, watch out. Our possessions
are possessing us.

Turnine from material things to
the intansibles, such as love, de-
votion, faithfulness, which are "pos-
sessions" contributed to us by our
loved ones, we must look at this
matter of ownership, or having, or
being endowed with, from another
angle. We must ask the question:
"Am I possessing my possession
with a stranglehold of selfishness?
Or am I utterly dependent upon the
love, and respect, and provisions of
my loved ones so that my very pos-
session of those intangibles chokes
the heart of those who love me?"

Possessions of a materialistic na-
ture, no matter how they contribute
to our happiness and well-being as
we sojourn on earth, must be "worn"
as a loose garment with no encum-
brances so that they can be "shed"
at a moment's notice, without a

twinge of regret." Remember Lot's
wife." She didn't shed her garment.
The Lord Jesus Christ reminded
His own: "... a man's life consist-
eth not in the abundance of the
things which he possesseth" (Luke
12:15). Until my beloved son was
"loosed away upwards" last March,
to be with the Lord he loved, I had
never actually seen anyone die. As
Bob's life ebbed away he evinced
less and less interest in his material
possessions. Bob's "hi-fi" had been
his pride and joy. He was quite a
connoisseur of the classics, and he
took meticulous care of all that per-
tained to this passion. But in his last
hours he never bothered to ask if
we were being careful with his rec-
ords, or had Uncle Wes carefully
packed the "hi-fi" for the trip to

Virginia. He was on the threshhold
of heaven, and he was taking nothing
of earth's materials with him. For
the first time I understood the mes-
sage of the old hymn which says:
"This robe of flesh I'll drop, and
rise. To seize the everlasting prize."
And I couldn't weep those first few
moments after his spirit had been
released from the "body of his
humiliation." He had gone on to
possess his possessions which during
his lifespan he had been sending
up ahead.

Job cried out of overwhelming
grief: "Naked came I out of my
mother's womb, and naked shall I
return thither: the Lord gave, and
the Lord hath taken away; blessed
be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:
21). Possessions? O Lord, let me live
in the light of my present spiritual
possessions. "Blessed be the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who hath [a very present state]
blessed us with all spiritual bless-
ings in heavenly places in Christ"
(Eph. 1:3). And may I be more in-
terested in what I'm sending on
ahead than in what I can accumulate
here. Let me adorn my heart and
home with possessions of a spiritual
nature, for such adornment neither
"corrupteth, nor fadeth away."

^^cTBraiiren UMC

.^ "o ojruL
aioynn/ro

By Mrs. Leo Polman
Pen Pointer Chairman

WHAT ARE THEY?

Pen Pointers are the newest,
latest, project of the WMC. They
are a series of pamphlets, two of
which were presented at national
conference this year. The first one
is entitled, "What is WMC?" and
the second, "Women Manifesting
Christ." Three others are in the
printer's hand, and an announcement

will be made in the Missionary
Herald as soon as they are available.

HOW SHOULD THEY BE USED?

Every WMC woman should read
them, and be able to tell what part
WMC plays in the work of the
church.

They should be given to every
woman in your church so that they
might introduce the program, plans,
policies and projects of the WMC.

Have them always available for
WMC information.

WHERE MAY THEY BE SECURED?

Your district president has your
first supply, that will be, (or has
been) presented at your fall WMC
rally. Additional copies may be se-
cured from your national literature
secretary, Mrs. Jesse Deloe, 2728
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, Ind. These
are obtained without cost to the local
councils. Your general and publi- I
cation offering received during
June, July and August, cares for all i
the printed materials your council
uses: programs, cards, handbooks,
constitutions, the Missionary Herald I
space, and now Pen Pointers! I

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Is It Needed?

By Mrs. Sam Horney

Anyone visiting our Taos mission
is impressed with the number of
young people attending our services.
While most Sunday schools are pre-
dominantly made up with youth, it
is the rare church service which can
make the same boast. However, such
is the case in Taos; and not only for
Sunday services but also at the
Wednesday- evening-prayer serv-
ice. Each time the youth are much
in the majority.

We are grateful to the Lord for
sending us so many fine young peo-
ple, and yet when we think of the
ones who call our church "their
church" and seldom darken its door,
our hearts are heavy indeed. The cry
goes up from within: "Lord, where
have we failed Thee? Why have we
not been able to keep those which
were so faithful when small?" We
carefully check our own lives, ready
to confess any secret sin which
might be a stumbling block. We
consider our already filled week
and wonder if we should crowd in
one more activity to attract the
young people. And then we are
forced to consider our means.

Our church is located on a small
piece of property with very inade-
quate parking space for even the
church carry-alls and the few pri-
vate cars to park. No room there
for even a game of "flying Dutch-
man," much less a baseball or
basketball game. We go inside the
church and inspect the basement fa-
cilities. Two rooms are there. One,
the smaller, houses a small kitchen
whose "working" space is occupied
by a table and chairs used for the
beginners in Sunday school. On the
other side of the counter is a large
table and chairs for the primary
class. No room there for activities.
But there is the larger room, about
30x30 feet. On Sundays this is di-
vided into four classrooms (by cur-
tains) with some 65 pupils enrolled
and four teachers vying with each
other to see which one can keep
the attention of his or her class! This
is our available space for activity on

November 9, 1957

youth nights. And somehow it has
had to "do" since the number of
young people outgrew the use of the
mission home. On warm summer
nights, however, they still play
volleyball and other gam2s in the
yard of the mission home. Those of
you who have visited the mission
may well wonder how fifty active
and vigorous beings, nine years old
and up, can find outlet for their
energy.

But why is it so necessary for the
church to plan youth activities? Is
that not a problem for the parents?
Are there not other things for them
to do?

OUR COVER PAGE

Note on the cover of this month's
WMC Herald the "Canon Brethren
Church" in the "heart" ai the "Land
of Enchantment," or, as sometimes
advertised, "The Land of Manana"
(The Land of Tomorrow).

Illustrated maps of Taos portray
all of the ideas, plus the more exotic
worldly offers. In the center is the
Artist, the Pueblo Indian, and the
Charming Spaniard, all sleeping, un-
heeding the needy souls. All of them
are busy with their own lives — just
like most of the world. Others fish
and hunt to wile their time away.

In the "heart" of it stands a senti-
nel of the soul and it is here that
our home-mission project is centered
this year and for two years to come.

We now move to the town and
inspect the places where youth are
welcome. There is a poolhall. There
is a movie house and a drive-in
movie. Ten miles out of town there
is a swimming pool which is open
in the summer. Forty miles away
there is a skating rink, also open
summers only. Sometimes there is a
Sunday baseball game or wrestling

match — both always on Sunday.
There is a public park. This is the
total of all facilities, and you may
decide for yourself as to how many
you'd hke your son or daughter to
attend.

Next let's visit the school. Fm
sure your young people have the
same problem. There are the sports
and the dances. Beside that there is
practically nothing outside of school
hours.

It has long been the desire of our
hearts to have a building and
grounds especially dedicated to the
use of young people. We know that
these things may only serve as at-
tractions, and that in themselves they
do not bring the message of salva-
tion. But we also know that youth
attracts youth. Before new young
people will come to church to hear
the Word they must already have
been wooed by friendship in the ma-
jority of cases. And for those who
have already been won to Christ —
is it not easier for a plant to grow
to maturity in a well-tended garden
than in a weed patch? While these
young lives are being molded, how
much better to turn them in the
right paths. We feel that a building
and grounds with adequate space
for both indoor and outdoor games,
for Sunday-school expansion, for
SMM activities, and, we hope soon,
for a boys' club also, would help to
solve the problem we face with our
boys and girls.

Our Project

This is home-mission project
time. The offerings will be used to
purchase land and to construct a
youth building for the Spanish-
American work in Taos, N. Mex.

This is a three-year project, with
a yearly goal of $3,000. Send your
offering to the financial secretary-
treasurer before December 10. Let's
go over the top! If you doubt the
need of this project read, or re-
read the preceding article by Mrs.
Homey.

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Project Chairman Reports-- 1956-57

By Mrs. Miles Taber

Want to have a succesesful coun-
cil? Of course you do. In working
on our projects we get our minds
off ourselves and on others, and best
of all on Christ. A council may be
ruined by being self-centered, con-
stantly thinking of its own needs
alone. Our projects have been used
to the end that others may have the
spiritual food they are in so much
need of. Jesus said: "I am the bread
of life: he that cometh to me shall
never hunger."

Let's continue to give ourselves
and our substance to help those
spiritually suffering at home and
abroad. Perhaps this hst of projects
reported to me will help some of you
in further planning your project
work. First, for our Africa field,
money was given toward equipment
for the school for the missionary
children, and money to supply ket-
tles for the field council. Mrs. Roy
Snyder was sent short-flannel
jackets to use in her work, miscel-
laneous kitchen equipment was
sent, four safes supplied, money was
given to buy Bible lapel pins for
the African WMC women, and in-
dividual councils made hospital sup-
plies.

Secondly, Tresise's car expenses
were partially met. Thirdly, Brazil
— money was given for the transla-
tion of "Bible Truths." Altigs were
provided with an accordion and
money toward their outfit. In addi-
tion, $150 was given for the sup-
port of Ann Zielasko and $75 for
a native Brazilian teacher. Fourthly,
Argentina — money was sent to both
Mrs. Solon Hoyt and Mrs. Don
Bishop, and at least one week of
radio broadcasts was paid for.
Fifthly, France — a gift of $140 was
sent for chapel furnishings. Sixthly,
comes the land of enchantment —
Mexico. Award cards or tracts and
paper beads were made and sent to
Mrs. Haag.

Now we come to our own country
and go to New Mexico. We did not
forget either the work among the

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Indians or that among the Spanish-
speaking people. First, we will look
to the work around Taos. A gift of
$92 was given for hymnbooks, S25
for dishwashing tubs for Celina
Mares, some furnishings for the
Bethany guest house, clothes were
sewed for the Horneys, Christmas
gifts for the Spanish children and
adults, a comforter to both Cehna
and the Horneys, and layettes were
also sent. Secondly comes the work
among the Indians, the picturesque
people. Money for plumbing, deep
washbowl, toilet, drinking fountain,
and furnace for the girls dormitory,
clothing, vitamins, and gifts for the
children were given. Miss Angie
Garber was sent money for an iron-
ing board and iron. Thirdly, we en-
couraged the work among the color-
ed people in Fremont, Ohio, for
some money was given for gifts to
the Granville Tucker family, and
$100 for Sunday-school supplies.
Our fourth hop was to the mountains
of Kentucky. Clothes were made and
sent to Miss Evelyn Fuqua for the
children there, and at least one

comforter and money for a commun-
ion set and bread trays.

Now let us go across the country
to our Jewish work in Los Angeles,
Calif. $135 was given for drapes
to be used in the main meeting room.
Many other projects were carried
out, such as gifts to mission points,
cash and otherwise, district camps
aided with equipment by both cash
and coupons of various kinds, and
aid was given to district WMC presi-
dents and SMM patronesses for na-
tional conference expense. Grace
College was given money for ath-
letic equipment, and the Sunday-
school board received a file cabinet
and office chair; pastors' families
were presented with gifts; and the
aged, sick, and poor given cheer and
assistance.

It has been a pleasure to corre-
spond with ninety people this year
concerning projects. Each district-
project chairman was contacted at
least twice during the year. Enough
project sheets were sent each one
so they could give two to every coun-
cil in their district.

MISSIONARY BIRTHDAYS FOR JANUARY
Africa —

Mrs. Albert W. Balzer January 1

B. P. 10, Bossangoa via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Dr. Harold A. Mason January 1

B. P. 10. Bossangoa via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Ramona Marie Samarin January 8, 1953

Bellevue via Bossangoa via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

David Bruce Hocking January 15, 1957

Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs. Martin M. Garber January 22

Mission a Bekoro. Paoua via Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Mrs. Minnie Kennedy January 28

Mission a Beltoro, Paoua via Bozoum via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Argentina —

Charles Loren Churchill January 8, 1951

Remedios de Escalada 74, Rio Tercero, F.C.B.M. Prov. Cordoba, Argentina. S. A.

Mrs. Carson Rottler January 10

Fenoglio 71. Laboulaye. F.N.G.S.M.. Argentina, South America.

Mrs. J. Paul Dowdy January 27

Rivadavia 433. Rio Cuarto. F.C.N.G.B.M., Argentina, South America.

Brazil —

Jeanette Elizabeth Miller January 22, 1951

Macapa, Terr. Federal do Amapa. Brazil. South America.

Mexico —

Leandra Marie Edmiston January 15, 1947

Apartado 36, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.

In the United States —

Lynn Arthur Hoyt January 3, 1948

c/o Rev. Norman Hirschy, Evans City, Pa.

Arthur Allen Burk January 10, 1954

11259 Pope Ave., Lynwood, Calif.

The Brethren Missionary Herald

THE NATURAL HEART

The general theme of these studies
is "Hands and Hearts for Jesus."
The five subjects begin with one of
the letters in the word h-a-n-d-s.
This one begins with the letter "n"
which stands for "natural" hearts,
the kind that Jesus cannot use, al-
though that is all some people try
to offer to Him. The text that we will
use to prove that Jesus cannot use
the natural heart is Jeremiah 17:
9: "The heart is deceitful above all
things, and desperately wicked: who
can know it?" In speaking of the
heart Jeremiah refers to the
thoughts, the will, the desires, the
affections of the soul of men rather
than the physical heart of flesh
which pumps the precious life-giving
blood through our bodies.

It is also- important for us to know
what is meant by the word,
"natural," as it appears in our sub-
ject. This is the Bible word to de-
scribe the condition of one who has
not been saved or regenerated.
Everyone is born with Adam's fal-
len, or sinful nature. In Romans
5:12 the Apostle Paul skys: "Where-
fore, as by one man sin entered into
the world, and death by sin; and so
death passed upon all men, for that
all have sinned." David puts it as
plainly as anyone when he says, as
is recorded in Psalm 51:5; "Behold,
I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin
did my mother conceive me." These
words have no reference to moral
impurity on the part of David's par-
ents, as some have insinuated. The
natural heart is the Adam nature
from which our sinful acts originate.
The natural heart is also anti-spirit-
lual as the Bible states in I Corin-
thians 2:14: "But the natural man
receiveth not the things of the Spirit
of God: for they are foohshness unto
him: neither can he know them, be-
cause they are spiritually discerned."
Not until one is "born again" by
accepting the wonderful plan of sal-
vation through the death, burial, and

resurrection of our Lord Jesus
Christ is anyone able to understand
spiritual things.

It is also necessary for us to fully
understand the meaning of the word,
"deceitful," which is used to de-
scribe the natural heart. Deceit
means to trick or defraud. Let us
illustrate! In many areas there is a
mossy covering on the earth's sur-
face, so fresh and glossy looking
that it invites the traveler to leave
the roughness of the beaten path for
the more pleasant surface. But the
first couple of steps reveal the
deceit by sinking into a mucky,
sticky mess. Sailors and fishermen
are lured to launch out onto a calm
sea, but deceit is revealed when the
stormy passions, which seem to sleep
beneath the placid surface so fresh
and glossy looking, arise bringing
wreck and sometimes, ruin, to the
deceived. The desert is a deceitful
place as it often mocks the weary
traveler with its promise of an oasis
from which thirst might be
quenched, but ends with nothing but
a mirage and disappointment. So is
the deceitfulness and trickiness of
the natural heart. We will consider
several ways it deceives:

The natural heart deceives by
distorting the character of God. It
over emphasizes the "love" and
"mercy" of God and is used as a
plea for continuance in sin, blind-
ing one to the truth of God's justice
and judgment upon the sinner.

The natural heart deceives by
making its victim believe that all
one has to do to be happy is to
drink fully of the cup of earthly
pleasure; or convinces the mind that
the one who has the most money has
the most happiness.

The natural heart deceives by per-
verting the way of salvation. This is
done by making its owner believe
that rituals, forms and ordinances
are the important thing while the

By Rev. Arthur Cashman

Lord Jesus Christ is practically for-
gotten.

The natural heart deceives by dis-
guising the true character of sin,
which does not reveal that vice leads
to binding habits; then to confirmed
rebellion against everything decent
and good.

The natural heart deceives one
whose conscience is awakened by
promises to do good in the future,
while the true test of character is
what is actually done with the
present.

Since the heart is so bad, so de-
ceitful, so untrustworthy, don't try
to offer it to Jesus. Come now to
the fountain of cleansing. "Though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be
as white as snow."

SMM OFFICIARY

President — Marie Sackett. Winona Lake, Ind.
(Home: 1010 Randolph St.. Waterloo,
Towa.)

Vice President — Penny Rae Edenfield, R.K.
2. Box 258-B, Uniontown, Pa.

General Secretary — Rachel Smithwick, Wi-
nona Lake. Ind. (Home. R.R. 1, Harrah,
Wash.)

Treasurer — Florence Moeller, Winona Lake.
Ind.

Bandage Secretary — Joyce Ashman. Wi-
nona Lake. Ind.

Editor — Jeanette Turner. Winona L.ake, Ind.
(Home: Portis. Kans.)

Patroness — Mrs. H. Leslie Moore, 719 Frank-
lin St.. Sunnyside, Wash.

Assistant Patroness — Mrs. Wendell Kent,
Box 656, Beaumont, Calif.

November 9, 7957

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Uesus Os Gomina

By Miss Angie Garber

YOUR REMINDER

"And now, little children, abide in
him; that, when he shall appear, we
may have confidence, and not be
ashamed before him at his coming"
(I John 2:28).

Don't you like to watch for com-
pany? I always did. Long before the
time for them to come I would be
looking up our road dreaming of
them; then what a joy to see the car
finally come over the hill! Sometimes
our guests never arrived even though
we had things clean and ready.

The Bible tells us many times
that Jesus is coming back to this
earth. In John 14:3 it tells us Jesus
will come again and take us to be
with Him. In Acts 1:11 the angels
told the disciples who watched Him
go up into heaven that He would
come again just like He went away.
Jesus says in Revelation 22:20,
"Surely I come quickly." Then in
Mark 13 He tells everyone to watch.
Jesus will come again because He
has promised, and He never fails
to keep every promise He makes.

If we know someone is coming,
we want to get ready for them.
Sometimes it takes a lot of prepara-
tion, especially if they are important
guests. Our verses tell us, and are
put here, so that we will be sure to

be ready for His coming. How can
we get ready for Him? The Bible
tells us that all of us are sinners. If
we want to prepare for the Lord, we
must be clean. This cleansing can
come only as we trust in the One
who took our sins upon himself.
"Abide in him" we are told. If He
is living in us and we in Him, then
we are clean and ready for Him to
return for us. In I John 3:3, we find
that watching for Him is a good way
to keep pure.

The last part of our verse tells us,
if we abide in Him, we will not be
ashamed when He comes. How
miserable sin makes us! We are
ashamed for anyone to know about
it. Here we do things no one knows
of, but when Jesus comes again, He
will know all about our sins. If we
have never asked the Lord to take
them away, we will not want to see
Him. Confess your sins now and let
Him make you clean and ready to
see Him. You do not need to be
ashamed before Him.

Jesus is coming. How wonderful
to be waiting for Him day by day!
But while we are looking for Him
He wants us to be telling others too.
Then you can say, "Come, Lord
Jesus."

WALKING JESUS' WAY

Why do we go to Sisterhood?

To sing of Christ, the Lord.
Why do we learn our memory verses?

To know God's Living Word.
Why do we sing God's praises?

Because we love Him so.
Why do we tell of Jesus?

That all His love may know.
Why should we ask our girl friends

To go to worship too?
That they may find the Saviour

Who makes our lives all new.
Then let us ask our girl friends to come,

And God's dear Word obey;
For everyone will find new joy

In walking Jesus' way!

(Union Gospel Press PubUcation)

By Marie Sackett, SMM President

National Project OHering — ^Your
through February are for ourshrdlu
offerings beginning in November
through February are for our na-
tional project — providing a car or
station wagon for Miss Evelyn
Fuqua in Kentucky. Our goal is
SI, 700. Let's work hard to meet
our goal and the Lord will bless
richly.

General Fund Offering — was due

November 10. Please take advantage
of the financial slips provided in
your packets. Be sure they are filled
out accurately and completely so
our records will be correct.

December and Christmas — pro-
vide a good time of the year to
meet one of the Martha goals by
sending gifts or supplies to the mis-
sion points or to missionaries' and
pastors' famines.

Are You Rolling Your Bandages?

— A good idea is to roll your band-
ages each month and bring them
to your SMM meeting. Remember i
the Junior girs are responsible for
a minimum of 12 bandages and the
Middler and Senior girls are to roll
at least 20. All bandages are to be
2 inches wide and 7 yards long,
raveled and sewed securely at the
end, and sent to the Brethren Mis-
sionary Residence, Winona Lake,
Ind. Remember, also, the bandage
rolling contest — you may be the
1958-59 bandage queen!

Please Note — The SMM packets
have been mailed out and your
Sisterhood should have yours by
now. However, the emerald and
diamond awards are missing in some
packets because our supply ran out.
They have been ordered and will
be mailed to you as soon as they are
received.

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

By Mrs. Fred Fogle

Many an American girl would
like to spend tiie Christmas season
in a country other than the United
States. How would you like to visit
France this year?

You would find that Christmas in
France is celebrated in much the
same manner as in America, but
you would be disappointed to enter
homes and not find beautiful Christ-
mas trees. Few people have trees
because they are expensive and the
decorations, too, are expensive.
Where you do see a tree in a home
it is more hkely decorated with
candles than with electric lights.
Most churches have the candles
and stand to sing a traditional song
to the Christmas tree entitled, "Mon
Beau Sapin" (My Beautiful Pine
Tree).

Although France is a small coun-
try, smaller than Texas, the customs
differ in different regions. In some

sections only the children receive
their gifts on Christmas, the parents
having their turn on New Year's
day. In other sections the children
are awakened at midnight to see
what the "Pere Noel" (Father
Christmas) has brought them. In
Alsace, near the German border,
you'll see wreaths on the door, but
otherwise outside decorations do not
exist. The pleasure of riding down
the street and looking at the decora-
tions of individual houses is un-
known. One seldom sees a lighted
tree at the window, for even if a
tree exists, the shutters are shut
tightly at sun down and the tree is
enjoyed only by those on the in-
side.

Upon entering the living room you
will not see stockings hung by the
chimney with care, but instead
wooden shoes or boots will be there.
This is a custom from the olden days

when French people, especially
those living in the country, wore
wooden shoes. (It still is not un-
common to see folks wearing
wooden shoes in the country m tne
winter when it is muddy.)

This past year since Christmas
was not on Sunday, we had a special
morning service of praise, and the
evening was dedicated to a get-to-
gether at our home in which all the
members enjoyed eating the tradi-
tional "buche," the Christmas log
in cake form. Instead of burning it,
the French eat it, but I assure you it
is consumed either way.

The thing that saddens our hearts
is that in France, as in America,
folks make so much of Chiistmas
without so much as a thought about
Christ. May the Lord help us to ac-
cept God's great gift to us and in
return make Him the gift of our
hearts and lives, for these are only
the gifts that make Him really happy
— the only ones He really needs.

"C'est aujourd'hui, dans la ville
de David, il vous est ne'un Sawier,
qui est le Christ, le Seigneur" (Luc.
2:11).

First African Christmas on the Basseu Station

By Mrs. 0. D. Jobson

How vastly different our first
f\.frican Christmas was from our
Christmas days in America! It is now
;hirty-five years ago since we spent
3ur first Christmas on Basseu sta-
ion, and how strange everything
vas from our dear homeland! How-
;ver, we knew that God sent us
o teU the wonderful story of sal-
tation and His power to save us
Tom our sins, and we were so happy
o tell these black girls and boys this
dessed story. Of course, you know
ve couldn't speak English to them,
o the first thing we had to do was
o learn the native language. Yes;
t was quite difficult because we
lidn't even have a written language,
md we had to reduce the lariguage
0 writing.

On Christmas evening we invited
ome of the girls and boys into our

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little mud house to hear the Christ-
mas message, which was all so new
to them. And how they loved to hear
it and wanted to hear more about
this wonderful Christ, who not only
came to save the white people but
the black also. Just think, girls, after
nineteen hundred years, these peo-
ple had never even heard about
Jesus. Now we don't have pretty
pine or spruce trees in Africa, so we
got a small green tree and put on
it a few decorations. We didn't have
tmsel, balls and the many pretty
things that you have to make your
trees beautiful, so we put a few balls
of cotton and red and white paper
with a few packages tied on it.
Since we didn't have stores in which
to buy candy, we knew the native
children loved lumps of salt, so we
gave them salt for candy in those

packages. And we had a few pieces
of real bright red and yellow cloth
which we gave them, the first cloth
they had ever seen!

In this wonderful story of the
birth of Jesus, we told them about
the Wise Men bringing gifts to Jesus
and praising God for sending a Sav-
iour to the world. The next day
was Christmas and what do you
think we saw on our Christmas tree?
Four real live chickens were tied up
by their legs hanging on our tree.

These dear boys and girls heard
for the first time about the birth of
the Lord Jesus, and they too wanted
to give Him a gift. Now after thirty-
five years thousands of these dear
black children are praising God and
saying: "Glory to God in the highest
and on earth peace, good will toward
men."

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ESCAPE

By Joyce Herdlicka

Mary Butler belonged to the
Cedar Rapids Girl Scouts. She also
belonged to the Sisterhood of the
Grace Brethren Church. Mary loved
the Lord very much and Sisterhood
helped her to understand Jesus bet-
ter.

It happened that this was the day
the Girl Scouts were going on a hike.
Mary's mother got up early. The
girls all met at Joan Cunning's
house. When Mary got there every-
body was ready. Before they started
Mary thought they should pray to
the Lord for a safe journey. But the
girls all turned up their noses at the
idea. They had all decided to go to
the hills and climb a bit. After
starting and on their way they forgot
which trail to take. May said: "Joan,
did you bring the map? I don't think
we're going the right way.''

"Joan replied: "Oh, my, I forgot
it!"

The girls didn't know what to do.
They had turned into another trail.
They decided to try to find their
way back. On their way they found
an old shack. In it was a fireplace
and some wood. The girls found
some matches in the bare cupboard.
They lit the fire and snuggled up
close. Mary decided to look out,
it was dark. She thought they had
better not try to find the way home
because they might go in circles.
Mary said: "Dear Lord, we need

your help very much. We're lost.
Lord, and don't know what to do.
Help us in our need. Show us the
way home. Amen."

When Mary looked up she saw
the girls were looking down at her
quietly. Mary said: "I will tell you
about a miracle Jesus did. One day
Jesus preached to five thousand peo-
ple. It was time to eat and Jesus
knew the people were hungry and
there wasn't food for the crowd. One
of the disciples found a little boy
who had five loaves and two fishes.
They were given to Jesus. Jesus
blessed the loaves and fishes and
there was enough to feed the five
thousand people. There were even
twelve baskets full left over. See,
girls, the Lord can do miracles even
now." One of the girls asked: "How
can we get to know Jesus?"

"By loving Him, confessing your
sins, and believing in Him," Mary
rephed.

The girls thoughtfully drifted off
to bed. Early in the morning be-
fore the girls were awake there was
a knock at the door. Joan hurried to
the door; there in the doorway stood
an old man with a beard. "Hello,
why are you up here?"

Joan answered: "Why, we got lost
and we found this shack and slept
here overnight. Could you take us
down?" The old man smilingly re-

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR DECEMBER

Christmas Carols — theme song
of the year and theme verse (in
unison).

Scripture lesson and prayer — Sen-
iors and Middlers read Mark 7:
14-23. Juniors read Luke 2:1-21.
(We suggest the patroness or a
Sunday school teacher or pastor's
wife give the Christmas story in
flannelgraph or use a filmstrip.

Devotional Topics — Seniors and
Middlers — "The Natural Heart"
by Rev. Arthur Cashman; Juniors
— Jesus is Coming" by Miss
Angle Garber.

Special Number

Prayer Poem and Prayer circle —

using requests and giving special
thanks for our Saviour Jesus
Christ.

714

Missionary topics — Seniors and
Middlers — "Christmas in France"
by Mrs. Fred Fogle; Juniors —
"Christmas in Africa" by Mrs.
Orville Jobson.

Discussion — Seniors study chapter
4 in Teen-Age Etiquette by Grace
Ramquist.

Closing — Use chorus of the month,
"For God So Loved the World."
Have prayer.

Business Meeting — Be sure to read
Marie Sackett's reminders. Sen-
iors and Middlers answer roll call
with Psalm 51:10; Juniors an-
swer with I John 2:28.

SMM Benediction — Psalm 145:1-2.
Suggested Bible Pleading for the
month is Psalms 50-67 for Sen-
iors and Middlers; Psalms 37-50
for Juniors.

plied; "Why, sure, I'U take you
down." So away they went.

The next Sisterhood meeting all
the Girl Scouts came to the Sister-
hood meeting. They all said they
wanted to accept Jesus as their Sav-
iour.

That night Mary thanked the
Lord that she had been able to lead >
the girls to the Lord.

Prayer Requests

Pray for all the missionaries who
are in other countries serving Him,
that He will bless them richly at this i
time of the year when they are away i
from their loved ones.

Pray especially for the three mis-
sionary writers of our topics this
month, Mrs. Jobson, Mrs. Fogle, :
and Miss Angle Garber.

Pray for your own group, that it
may be able to be a real testimony, |
especially now at Christmastime, in i
your own community.

Pray for your national officers
who are away from home at school,
that as they travel over the vacation,
the Lord will give them journeying
mercies.

PRAYER POEM FOR DECEMBER

OUR SECRET ALTAR

To come to God with humble hearts
Receive the love His grace imparts,
To offer Him our sincere praise
For all the guiding of our ways —
This is one thing that we may do
We may offer praise and worship
too.

True worship gives us strength and

power,
A fortifying help each hour.
By it daily grow in grace
Because we keep this worship place.
This is one thing that we may do
So let us kneel and worship too.
(Union Gospel Press Publications)

The Brethren Missionary Herald i

Netoajjaje

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. Chaplain
Jack Lowe, graduate of Grace Semi-
nary ('57) was guest speaker at the
Grace Brethren Church on Oct. 20.
Archer Baum is pastor.

FRENCH EQUATORIAL
A.FRICA. Karisse Ann Cone arrived
i'ia Storkland on Oct. 16, at Yaloke.
Her parents. Rev. and Mrs. George
E. Cone, are serving their first term
)f missionary service.

COMPTON, CALIF. The senior
^oung people of the First Brethren
[Church have organized the "All
Five Club." Members are urged
0 attend all the five Sunday serv-
ces of the weekly church program.
Dennis Holliday is pastor.

GARDENA, CALIF. A new Sun-
iay school has been organized under
he direction of the First Brethren
Dhurch, of Inglewood, Calif., in the
jardena area. The school is being
onducted in the home of Mr. and
Ats. James Margolin, 1238 W.
87th St. Attendance has run over
15.

FORT WAYNE, IND. Open-
louse Week is being observed Nov.
-10 at the Grace Brethren Church,
Tiomas Julien, pastor. Rev. Harry
Tover is conducting a "New Life
-ampaign" in conjunction with the
pecial observance.

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. The edi-
:ce of the Grace Brethren Church is
iking on the appearance of a fin-
;hed structure. The exterior stucco

was finished Oct. 18. Archer Baum
is pastor.

STOYSTOWN, PA. A new oil
furnace has been installed in the
Reading Brethren Church, Arthur
CoUins, pastor.

ALTO, MICH. A fall Bible con-
ference was held at the Calvary
Brethren Church Oct. 23-27 with
the following ministers assisting:
Rev. James Bailard, pastor of the
Methodist church in McCord, Mich.;
Rev. Richard Sellers, pastor of the
Grace Brethren Cluirch, Lansing,
Mich.; Rev. David Otis Fuller, Bap-
tist minister from Grand Rapids,
Mich.; and Mr. Joseph Dombek,
Christian chalk artist, from Winona
Lake, Ind. Wm. Johnson is pastor.

CHEYENNE, WYO. The new
edifice of the First Brethren Church
was dedicated Nov. 3. Full details
of the dedication will appear in the
Missionary Herald at a later date.
Russell Williams is pastor.

NEW TROY, MICH. Rev. Rich-
ard Jackson will conclude his min-
istry as pastor of the New Troy
Brethren Church on Jan. 15. He
is open for a pastoral call.

CHICAGO, ILL. Dr. Wilbur M.
Smith will be one of the featured
speakers for Moody Bible Institute's
52d annual Founder's Week con-
ference. It will be held in Cliicago
next February 3 to 9.

Among the other special speakers
for the week are Dr. J. Vernon Mc-
Gee, pastor of the Church of the
Open Door, Los Angeles, Calif.,
Rev. Theodore H. Epp, director of
the Back to the Bible Broadcast,
Lincoln, Nebr., and Dr. Frank C.
Torrey, pastor of Calvary Independ-
ent Church, Lancaster, Pa.

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

otice of meetings to be listed in this column must be received

for publication at least

30 days in advance of scheduled dates.

Church

Date

Pastor

Speaker

fniontown, Pa.

Nov. 7-17 . .

. . R. Paul Miller, Jr

Hugh Pyle.

istie, Pa

Nov. 8-18 . . .

. Russell Konves .

Scott Weaver.

ort Lauderdale

Fla

Nov. 10-13 . .

. Ralph Colbum . .

R. I. Humberd.

/hittier, Calif.

(Community)

Nov. 10-13 .

. Ward Miller . .. .

Louis Talbot.

erne, Ind

Nov. 10-24 . .

. I. B. Miller . . .

P. R. Bauman.

leyersdale, Pa.

(Summit Mills) Nov. 10-17 .

. Clyde Caes

Ray Streets.

%chester, Va.

Nov. 10-17 .

. Paul Dick

A. L. Lynn.

amden, Ohio .

Nov. 14-27 .

R. L. Rossman

G. Lingenfelter.

shland, Ohio .

Nov. 17-24 .

. Milees Taber .

Torrey Johnson.

ompton, Calif.

Nov. 17-24 .

. Dennis Holhday

Phil Kerr.

ittman, Ohio .

Nov. 18-24 .

. Charles Turner . .

Herb Hoover.

ovember 9, 1957

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Wmona Lake. Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. q. Barnard

,:r-„T^ Winona Lalce, Ind.

"'"'C .......Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

,,. . Wmona Lake. Ind.

Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake. Ind.

Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Wmona Lake, Ind.

NEW YORK (EP). Over three
million more Americans joined the
church of their choice last year than
in 1955, bringing total church and
synagogue membership to 103,224,-
954 — a record-breaking 62 percent
of the population. Other equally im-
pressive statistics are included in
the 1958 Yearbook of American
Churches.

The membership count is based
on reports from 258 church bodies,
including the Roman Catholic
Church, which counts all baptized
infants, and the Lutheran and Prot-
estant Episcopal communions,
which now count all baptized per-
sons. The others record only those
who request and obtain member-
ship.

A breakdown of the major reli-
gious groups as shown in the Year-
book indicates that in 1956 there
were 60,148,980 Protestants, 34,-
563,851 Roman Catholics, 5,500,-
000 Jews and 2,598,055 Eastern
Orthodox church m.embers in the
United States. Largest of the de-
nominations is the Methodist Church
with 9,400,000; the Southern Bap-
tist Convention with 8,700,000 and
the National Baptist Convention,
USA, Inc., with 4,550,000.

WINCHESTER, VA. The main
auditorium of the First Brethren
Church has been completely redecor-
ated. Paul Dick is pastor.

KITTANNING, PA. The faU

youth rally of the East Fellowship
is being held here at the First Breth-
ren Church on Nov. 8-9. Rev. Irving
Sylvia, of New York City, is the
speaker.

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. A new
record for Sunday-school attendance
has been set at the First Brethren
Church. There were 417 present on
Oct. 13. Dr. Glenn O'Neal is pas-
tor.

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NEWS

Selected by the Editor

WASHINGTON, D. C. The

words, "In God We Trust," which
were adopted by Congress last year
as our national motto, appear on
some 25 million dollar bills which
were put into circulation by the U. S.
Treasury Department last October
1. They are the first American paper
currency to bear the motto, although
it has appeared on U. S. coins since
1864.

Bills of higher denominations
bearing the motto will bs printed as
additional presses of a new type are
installed. It will be several years
before the new currency is in full
circulation. The new bills are printed
by an entirely new process called
"dry printing" which is four times as
fast as the old one and involves less
spoilage of paper.

Foreign missionaries of various
denominations are writing home,
complaining that the racial disturb-
ances caused by desegregation of
the public schools are making their
task more difficult. "Every act of
racial discrimination in America
makes it harder for every mission-
ary to do his work in other lands,"
said the Rev. Dr. William Middle-
ton, addressing the Methodist Coun-
cil on World Service and Finance
at its annual meeting in Los Angeles.
"We cannot convert the world to
Christianity unless we can demon-
strate brotherhood in America."

"America is the biggest glass
house in the world, and the eyes of
the world are on this country, look-
ing for the secret of peace and
brotherhood," Dr. Middleton said.
"What happens in America may
determine the future of the world."

Meanwhile, the Governor of Min-
nesota, addressing a missionary con-
ference at Minneapolis, called on
missionaries throughout the world
to help counteract the bad effects
of the pubHcity given to race dis-
turbances at Little Rock, Ark., and
elsewhere. Said Governor Orville

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Freeman: "You in the mission field
can perform a great service to our
nation and to the cause of freedom
and democracy by your demonstra-
tions to people in the far corners of
the world of the best in our society.
You can help them to understand
that we, the majority in the United
States, are trying to bring about a
greater degree of brotherhood in our
own country, and that we are morti-
fied and appalled at the lawless ac-
tion of a few."

ATLANTA, GA. It is up to

Christians to "tackle the hard jobs
of the world today," Governor
Frank Clement of Tennessee told a
gathering of businessmen assembled
here. "God needs the first-string
players in these perilous times," he
said, "and if Christian ministers
and laymen aren't that first string,
I should like to know where to find
it." (The governor spoke at the first
breakfast meeting of the newly-
formed Men in Action for Christ,
an association of Christian business
and professional men living in At-
lanta.)

Governor Clement said the time
has come for "all of us to decide
whether we are Democrats, Repub-
licans, Americans, segregationists or
integrationists first and Christians
second, or whether we're Christians
first and everything else second."

Referring to the school integration
problems faced by Southern states,
the governor said: "I would be a liar
if I said I didn't like the traditions
and practices of the way I grew up.
But it is more important to me to
be able to look the man in the
eye who saw me swear an oath to
uphold the Constitution. I intend to
stand by that oath."

NEW YORK. A spiritual survey,
sponsored by the radio ministry of
the North Syracuse Baptist Church,
was conducted through a "Christ at
Noon" exhibit in the Horticultural

Building at the New York State Fair.
The motif of the booth was a huge
question mark with vari-colored
lights and the printed question, "Do
You Have the Answer?" This out-
reach was under the direction of
Mayre Gelsomini, assistant to the
pastor. Over 1,800 participated in
the survey and thousands of pam-
phlets, "Life's Most Important Ques-
tions," were distributed. Nineteen
persons recorded a personal decision
to accept Christ as their Saviour.

In response to the first question,
"Do you believe that there is a per-
sonal God?" 1,763 replied "Yes";
81, "No"; 48, "Uncertain." To the
second question, "Do you believe
that the Bible is God's message to
man?" 1,739 answered "Yes"; 40,
"No"; 29, "Uncertain." To the third
question, "Do you believe that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God?" 1,737
said, "Yes"; 32, "No"; 37, "Uncer-
tain." To the fourth question, "Do
you beheve that Jesus Christ died
for your sins, rose again, and lives to
be your personal Lord and Saviour?"
1,757 indicated, "Yes"; 36, "No";
56, "Uncertain." In answer to the
last question, "Do you believe that i
you will so to heaven when you i,
die?" I,l83 replied, "Yes"; 76,1
"No"; and 584, "Uncertain." Com- 1
menting on the survey, Pastor i
Ernest L. Laycock, said:

"The apparent reason for a num- 1
ber of negative answers to the first
question, despite the fact that na-
tional surveys reveal that 99 percent i
of all Americans beheve in God, was ,
due to the word 'personal.' By this i
we meant that God was more than
influence or force, but that He pos- >
sesses a personahty and manifests all
the attributes of personality."

LOS ANGELES. Because of an
ever-growing number of missionar)'
radio stations around the world, as
well as increased broadcast facilities
in this country operated by Chris- ,
tian businessmen, the Bible Institute
of Los Angeles, Inc. has announced
a new course for its curriculum in
Gospel Broadcasting. The course is
designed to acquaint the students
with a broad understanding of the
field, and will be instructed by lead-
ers in several aspects of the work.

JERUSALEM— Two new Greek
Orthodox churches built with Israelii
government aid will be dedicated in
Galilee this fall. Altogether, teni
Christian churches have been built

in Israel since 1948.

The Brethren Missionary Heraldi

LAYMEN IN THE NEWS

Spanglers

B.P. 13 Bozoum

via Bangui, A.E.F.

Dear Brother Lowery

Greetings in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ!

I just heard that the Laymen have
undertaken to contribute to the
Mission Board our allowance in the
amount of $900. Congratulations
and thank you! You cannot know
the thrill this gives us to see the
men take an active part in missions.
It has been our observation over
the years that the churches that take
a real active interest in foreign
missions and keep a real live mis-
sions program going receive a great
big double blessing from the Lord,
and I know it will be the same with
you laymen.

We have found that Africa is quite
pleasant, and it has been a real thrill
to have some of our first experi-
ences, and taste some of their foods,
for the first time. We are both busy
in the work now even though I have
not done any printing yet, which is
one of the things I came out to do.
\ye are keeping eight of the mis-
sionary children now, and will have
four more as soon as the dormitory
is finished. The Beavers are keep-
ing them now. I was placed in
charge of the building program
while Wayne Beaver went to
language committee for four
weeks. And my command of the
language was about that of a five
year old. What fun! We had the
schoolhouse to finish in time for
school, the print shop to roof and
lath and plaster, and the dormitory
to get ready to pour the cement
floor. Somehow, by God's grace,
we accomplished all this to the ac-
companiment of some very humor-
ous incidents. I will try to relate
some of them in another letter. It is
very hard for a native to pronounce
the letter "S" and they usually use
an "E" when a word or name be-
gins with "S". So they cannot say
Spangler, but Epangle. Or, they have
1 way of giving a new person their
3wn name in their language which
will be a description of your char-
icter. You will never hear that name
used, but they use it among them-
selves. I just heard mine the other
iay from another missionary, "Baba
ti ngangou" (father of strength),
Erom the way I have a habit of jump-
ing m and helping with the work.

•Vovemfcer 9, 7957

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR DECEMBER

Opening Hymns — "I Surrender All";

"Take My Life and Let it Be."
Scripture Reading — Ephesians 6:

10-18.
Prayer Time
Hymn — "My Faith Looks Up To

Thee"
Business Session — Lift offering for

our Grace Seminary Project —
$500 for I.B.M. electric typewriter,
$700 for scholarships, gifts and
loans.

Topic — "Pioneers for God."
Closing Hymn — "Lead Ms to Some
Soul Today"; closing prayer.

LEND US YOUR HAND/

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PIONEERS FOR GOD

Compiled by Roy H. Lowrey

Those whom the Bible holds up as
models for Christians today are
saints who by faith were ready to
suffer torture, persecution and
death, and endure poverty and op-
pression for Christ's sake "that they
might obtain a better resurrection"
(Heb. 11:35-40). We are also asked
to consider Christ as our pattern for
us to follow in these things (Heb.
12:1-4). Our half-heartedness in
getting out the Gospel proves a
hypocrisy that makes the Commu-
nist despise the Gospel, and they are
evangelizing the world with their
crusade of iniquity. Before the faint-
ing multitudes we have been as un-
beheving and helpless as the disci-
ples who had nothing for them
(Mark 6:34-37). We have failed ut-
terly to trust our "bread and fish"
resources into Christ's hands for
miracle multiplication (Mark 6:38-
44). For 1900 years we have re-
fused to do what Christ said plainly
that we are to do (Matt. 28:19-20).
But the Communists are preaching
their Gospel of hate in all the world,
derailing a hundred million a year
into the abyss of atheism. The Com-

We are always glad to get mail
from any and all of you, and I will
be glad to hear what all you did in
the laymen's meetings at conference
this year. This was the first confer-
ence we have missed since joining
the Fellowship of Brethren
Churches, but we will be attending
our first field council meeting here
in Africa this December. May the
Lord bless you and keep you aU
days, all ways.

Keep looking up,

Don Spangler

Laymen's representative to

the African Brethren

munists have Satan on their side, but
if we are spiritually awake, we will
be on the side of omnipotence (I
John 4:4b— 5:4b). We are the dif-
fusers of the Light that makes men
free (II Cor. 4:6). How can we, as
shirkers, face God on this thing in
the Judgment (I Cor. 15:34)?

Christ's program is for conquest,
not evacuation, retrenchment, de-
feat. Half measures and passive
goodness will not do the Lord's
work. "There is no substitute for
victory," said General Douglas
MacArthur. There are no "closed
doors" that can withstand when
God's people are all out for Him
(Josh. 6:1-2). Is not ours a victo-
rious warfare (Eph. 6:10-18)? If
David's brethren must quail before
Goliath, may some stripling have the
joyful audacity to come out against
him for the lionor of God's cause
and the glory of His name (I Sam.
17:26-32). The God who rolled back
the Red Sea (Exod. 14:15-16) can
roll back the red tidal wave that
threatens to engulf the whole world
today! There are no manmade cur-
tains— iron, bamboo, or purple —
that can withstand Him who
"stretcheth out the heavens as a cur-
tain" (Isa. 40:21-26), the God who
dethroned mighty Nebuchadnezzar
(Dan. 2:21). But if we, like Peter,
get our eyes off of Christ and see
only the tidal wave of the enemy, we
shall go down (Matt. 14:29-31).
We are not to give up just because
we think the end-time is at hand
(Luke 19:13). We are not to let the
prophetic calendar loosen the grip
of our hands on the plow (Acts 1:
7-8). Like Elisha's servant, we need
prayer (II Kings 6:15-17). Our God
still specializes in the impossible;
nobody can tie His hands but His
own people.

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GOSHEN, IND.

It had been 26 years since I had
been a pastor. The last church I
served as pastor was the First Breth-
ren Church, of Philadelphia, Pa.,
As they would say in Kentucky,
these 26 years of evangelism have
been "quite a spell." But I am back
in the pastorate, and believe it or
not, I like it! These months in
Goshen have been quite busy.
Launching and maintaining a daily
radio program, getting a popular
illustrated Bible class established,
starting a Boys Club and a new
BYF, and starting a new vacation
Bible school, besides two tent cam-
paigns, a revival, and several other
items "too numerous to mention,"
have sort of filled up these months.
But that is so much water over the
dam. Now we have to get down to
the business of reaching men for
Christ here at Grace church.

God has given us seven new fam-
ihes during these months to strength-
en the work for the adjustment
period that comes in every new
work sooner or later. But God al-
ways takes care of everything. We
have a wonderful God. He is giving
Grace church a real testimony in
this field. We are planted in a sec-
tion where new homes are going up
steadily. Several are always under
construction. As soon as one is fin-
ished, another starts. This assures
the future, if our Lord tarries.

The quick recovery of the work,
and its early surge forward has
been largely due to the efficient
and adequate assistance that the
Home Missions Council has given
here. They have not been "too little
and too late." They have been right
there when needed. We could say
a lot about this, but we will refrain
for now.

Our Sunday school is now get-
ting ready to enter the national Sun-
day-school contest. We are getting
started on a program of getting the
Gospel into every home in our com-
munity this fall. We have under-
taken a "Five Year Program" that
will make Grace church independent
if we are able to reach all the goals,
and if the Lord's return holds off
long enough.

Altogether, we are praising the
Lord here at Grace church in Gosh-
en. Our group of officers is as fine
as any church could ask. And the
future "is as bright as the promises
of God." We are grateful for all the
assurances of prayer that have been

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given us from so many quarters. We
need them, and we appreciate them,
and depend upon them. "Keep look-
ing up, for there the sun is always
shining."

An Unusual Service

The first VBS in Goshen church
in two years was a real success. The
average attendance was 66 for the
entire time, and one thing is sure,
a "good time was had by all." The
children surely had a fine time with
a regular circus troop one day for
the surprise hour (as Christian per-
formers). The staff was a happy
bunch (after it was over). On the
last night came the presentation of
the VBS mission offering. It was
given by the children for little David
Hocking. Brother Russell Barnard

kindly consented to come out and
accept the check. Two little girls,
Mary and Shirley Brumbaugh, were
selected to make the presentation.
The picture tells the story. Brother
Arnold Kriegbaum, of the Mission-
ary Herald, kindly came out and
took the picture. We are grateful to
all who helped, who prayed, and
who came out to encourage us.
Above all we are grateful to our
blessed Lord who made it all pos-
sible.— R. Paul Miller, pastor.

Tent Campaign

Our first tent campaign this sum-
mer was held about a mile from our
Grace church here in Goshen. It was
erected on the Model Schoolgrounds,
and that gave us a well-known and
central location. Richard Messner,
assistant pastor of the Leesburg

Brethren Church, was the song-
leader. From the first night we had
good interest. Crowds varied, of
course, up and down. But the meet-
ings were used of God to bring two
fine families into the church. Many
other decisions were made. The Gos-
pel had wide sway and made a lot of
friends for our Grace church. We
will be benefiting from that tent
meeting for a long time. God was
good to us. Of course it wasn't all
roses. One awful storm hit us. BiU
Heinsman (our radio man) and I,
were making tapes for our radio pro-
gram that Saturday afternoon. We
stood at the church window and
watched the trees bending low; w&
realized what it was doing to our
tent. We just stood there and prayed.
When the storm ceased, he said:
"Brother Miller, let's go and see the
tent." Frankly, I didn't want to look
at it. I have used tents too long not to
know what a storm like that would
do. We drove over. As soon as it
came in sight, there it stood in the
sunshine, just like there had been no
storm at all. He said to me: "Isn't
that the prettiest sight you ever
saw?" I had to admit that it was.
We got into the tent, and every-
thing was dry and the organ and
piano in perfest state. We just stood i
there and lifted our hearts to the i
Lord in praise.

LEESBURG, IND.

The second tent campaign was
held in Leesburg, where Brother i
Nathan Meyer is pastor. His people
wanted a meeting in their town.
Brother Meyer is a teacher at Grace
Seminary, and is a busy man. He
and I did a lot of visitation. It will
pay off in the days to come. Some
came during the meeting. Quite a
number came. Brother Meyer has a
tremendous field of possibility there.
A strong church is in the making
there. At Leesburg the tent did
get a real test with high winds. It
seems that the Devil doesn't like
that tent. It has a way of going up
in spots where he thinks he has
things all sewed up. This time the
tent was ripped rather badly. But
we have it all repaired and ready for
next season. The Lord has a lot more
of soul-winning to go on under that
tent. The facts are, that usually, at-
tendance is far greater in a tent
than in a church building. A tent is
free from the prejudice that so often
is associated with a denominational
building. But God blessed the meet-

The Brethren Missionary Herald

ings at Leesburg. Among other de-
cisions, a fine young man, now at-
tending Grace College, openly dedi-
cated himself to the foreign-mission
field.

It was fine to work with Brother
Meyer, and Brother Messner, and
they are due for some real blessing
in days ahead.

WARSAW, IND.

The third evangelistic meeting
this summer was in the new Com-
munity Grace Brethren Church, in
Warsaw. Brother Bob Cover is the
student pastor there. Brother Clyde
Landrum is giving invaluable help
and counsel to this young work.
There is a wide range of contacts
that the people in this new congre-
gation have. The spirit of soul-win-
ning among the men of the congrega-
tion is a joy to see. That church will
grow, and swiftly. Any church will
grow if the members are soul-win-
ners. Brother Ernie Bearinger led
the music for this meeting, and did
an excellent piece of work. Grace
students contributed heavily to the
tnusic end of the meeting, which was
i real help.

The district laymen came one
Saturday afternoon and covered
nore than 400 homes with a per-
sonal invitation to the meetings,
eaving a Gospel tract in each home'
rhat is a wonderful work of evan-
;elism for laymen. God grant that
hey will come to Goshen one day
nd do as much. The present lead-
rship of the Laymen's organization
las a real vision. — R. Paul Miller
vangehst. '

QUOTABLES

Compiled by John E. Southard

KiUing the dog does not cure the
ite.

* * *

Prayer must mean something to us
it is to mean anything to God.

* * *

It isn't necessary to blow out the
ther person's light in order to let
3ur own hght shine.

A chip on the shoulder is the
waviest load you can carry.

What your conscience knows
)out you is more important than
hat your neighbors say about you

* * *

No one has ever disproved that
w Uving ends in high costs.

wember 9, 7957

in i9Iemortam

George A. Cunningham, 69, de-
parted from this life on Oct. 17. He
was a member of the Pike Brethren
Church, Conemaugh, Pa. (Mundy's
Comer), for many years. — Clair
Gartland, pastor.

Haynes Conley died in his sleep
during the morning hours of Oct.
22. He had not been ill, and death
was sudden. Apparent cause of
death was a heart attack. The fu-
neral service was held in the First
Brethren Church of Akron, Ohio.—
W. R. Ogden, pastor.

David S. Grant went to be with
the Lord the third week of October.
He was a long-time member of the
First Brethren Church of Akron,
Ohio, where the funeral service was
conducted Oct. 19. He was the
father of Rev. Richard Grant, pas-
tor of the First Brethren Church,
Martinsburg, Pa.

lOedainq ^JL

All announcements for this column must
be mailed to the Missionary Herald.

Kay Edgerton and James Zari-
fis, Oct. 20 at the Little Brown
Church in Nashua, Iowa.

Jan Snow and Willis Olson, Oct.
20 at the First Baptist Church in
Beaumont, Calif.

Camille Worsey and Ronnie Wil-
hams, Oct. 18 at the North Long
Beach Brethren Church, Long
Beach, Calif.

Ruth Baer and Wayne Gembe,
Oct. 20 at the First Brethren Church
of Waynesboro, Pa.

Joan Arman and Robert Ander-
son, Sept. 21 at the First Brethren
Church, Rittman, Ohio.

Whittier, Calif.— "After receiving
the Missionary Herald for two years,
I want to let you know that I think
it is the finest denominational pub-
lication I have seen. It is handled on
a very high-spiritual level, and the
Bible exposition and doctrinal re-
views are tremendous. The way you
handled the different interests each
week is surely a fine way to pre-
sent foreign missions, home mis-
sions, educational, and so forth.

You might be interested in the
fact that I belong to the Quaker
church here in Whittier, so you can
see that my pleasure in the Mission-
ary Herald is genuine, and not de-
nominational bias.

May the Lord Jesus prosper you
in your work for many years to
come.

In Him,

Robert T. Seelye

PUTTING GOD IN HIS PLACE

William Jessup, for fifty years a
missionary in Syria, was discouraged
because he could not win men to
Christ. He decided the difficulty
must be in him. He resolved to spend
one week by himself with the Word
of God. He had not read far when
something dawned upon him he had
never realized. He had never given
God his place in the work of win-
ning others. He had worked in his
, own strength. He thought of the fall
of Jericho. He remembered that God
did that so that no man could take
the credit. After this he took a sheet
of paper and wrote down the names
of eleven men whom he was seeking
to bring to Christ and lifted them to
God in prayer, asked God to do the
work and use him if needed. On
Friday, one of the young men came
to him under a burden of his sins
and was saved. In three weeks all of
these men were won. "I will be a dif-
ferent missionary the rest of my life.
I realize that it is God who worketh
in us to will and to do."

—Fifth and Cherry Light

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HOME MISSIONS—

Pray for the sale of lots at San
Diego, Calif., where the money is
needed to finance their new building
program.

Pray for the Woodville Grace
Brethren Church, Mansfield, Ohio,
to become self-supporting under the
leadership of their new pastor, Leon
Myers.

Praise the Lord for His blessings,
creating the need and making pos-
sible a new Sunday-school addition
at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Pray for the development of the
Hatboro, Pa., property, the sale of
a parcel of excess ground and plans
for a new building.

Pray for a home-mission offering
that will be exceedingly above any-
thing we could ask or think at this
time of the greatest opportunities in
history for home missions.

Pray for the Brethren Investment
Foundation that funds will be made
available to keep the present build-
ing program under way.

SUNDAY SCHOOL—

Pray for the success of the Sun-
day School Enlargement Campaign
through the first week of November.

Pray that prospects for our Sun-
day schools, as found on Prospect
Day, may be reached for Christ and
our Sunday schools.

Pray that the financial needs of
the National Sunday School Board
may be met by the gifts of the local
Sunday school.

Pray that the need for teachers
and workers may be met in every
Sunday school.

Pray that the training program of
our Brethren Sunday schools may
catch fire and more teachers will
see the need of being prepared.

LAYMEN—

Pray for Donald Spangler, mis-
sionary to Africa. For wisdom in
setting up and operating the new
offset printing press so that soon
more reading material may be ready
for the Africans.

Pray for the fall and winter rallies
held across the nation. That many
shall be won to the Lord Jesus, and
homes united in Him.

Pray that more young men will

hear and answer the call of the Lord
for service in the homeland and
foreign fields.

SMM—

Pray for the new national officers
as they assume their duties, that they
might seek wisdom and guidance,
from the Lord at all times.

Pray for each local SMM as it
begins the new year, that they might
have a new zeal and fervor in striv-
ing to accomplish things for the
Lord.

Pray for the cabinet meetings
of each group as they plan new
things for the coming year.

WMC—

Pray that the Lord will bless in
all of the WMC meetings so that
each member will grow in grace and
in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus,
and be wilhng to take a part in the
meetings.

Pray that each member will see
the need and privilege of having a
family altar in the home.

Pray for our Sisterhood girls and
the patronesses that their lives will
be fully yielded to the Holy Spirit.

Pray that many of the WMC
ladies will meet their goals in Bible
reading this year.

Pray that greater emphasis will
be put on soul-winning and tract
distribution.

GRACE SEMINARY, COLLEGE

Praise God that our campus has
so far been spared from the flu
epidemic and that there has been
very httle sickness among our stu-
dents.

Praise God for the high esteem in
which our school is held by both
new and returning students.

Pray that the spiritual life of the
faculty and students may always be
maintained on a high level.

Pray that God will lead very defi-
nitely during this year of building
as we seek to develop new sources of
income.

Pray that the gospel teams will
have a fruitful ministry in song and
testimony as they spread the Gospel
in many places.

FOREIGN MISSIONS—

Africa — For the missionaries as
they repair the damage from the
devastating tornado, and for funds
sufficient to care for the repairs;
for the new offset press which has
actually begun the printing opera-
tions; for the progress in building
at the Missionary children's school
and the residences in Africa.

Argentina — For the approval of
plans by the government and rapid
progress in the building of the temple
at Jose Marmol; for the establish-
ment of the second church in the
large city of Rio Cuarto, in Banda
Norte; for the reviving and estab-
lishing of the believers at Laboulaye;
for the Bible Institute students and
instructors.

Brazil — For the solving of fur-i
ther health problems for Bro. Ed--
ward D. Miller and his son, Eddie I
Boy; for the stabilizing of the work
at Capanema; for wisdom for all of
the missionaries as they face gigantic
tasks.

Mexico — For the students in the
Bible Institute near Durango, Mex-
ico; for the testimony in the new lo-l
cation at Leon, that many will ac-(
cept the gospel message and that op-i|
position to the Gospel may be over-t
come; for the radio broadcast at
Calexico and the groups of be-
lievers in Calexico and Tijuana.

France — For wisdom in complet-
ing the plans for the 8-10 tabernacle,
meetings planned for 1958, and for'
special funds of about $200 eachi
of these meetings; for the spiritual
growth, as well as numerical growth,
of the group of believers in Lyon.

Hawaii — That a radio program,
now possible for Hawaii, may have
sufficient funds designated to care
for it; for the growth of the testi-
mony in our Grace Chapel there and
for the new testimony being estab-
lished across the island at Kailua.

General — That our great needs
will be suppUed during the months
of November and December; that
we will have funds sufficient to send
out the new missionaries at the
proper time; for our candidates as
they prepare and then wait to go to
the field. ;

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lOME MISSION NUMBER

NOVEMBER 16, 1957

NEW FORT WAYNE CHURCH DEDICATED OCTOBER 6

The Grace Brethren Church, Fort Wayne, Ind., Was Dedicated on Sunday, October 6, 1957

Editorials

ByLL Gmbb

HAVE Y/E MISSED OUR OPPORTUNITY?

This very important question continues to disturb us
every day as we consider our Brethren home-mission ex-
pansion program in relation to our opportunities. It is
not an easy question to answer but deserves some seri-
ous consideration by each member of the National Fel-
lowship of Brethren Churches.

It is fair to say that no group of God's children in all
history has enjoyed a greater opportunity and potential
for home-mission expansion. This is true for many rea-
sons.

First, we have God's message! Our motto, "The Bible,
the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible," sounds the
keynote. Correct, Biblical doctrine is basic in any suc-
cessful plan of church extension. We have this primary
requisite because we believe and teach the Bible. We
must remember that this continued emphasis on our
orthodox position involves a certain, unavoidable, and
pressing responsibility to make this doctrine known to
others.

By far and large American religion is not preaching
the message of Scripture. Its work is mainly social, not
spiritual. Therefore, our own strategic position doc-
trinally, along with other Bible believers, imposes upon
us a gigantic task.

Again, for the last ten to twelve years America has
experienced amazing growth. Our population has ex-
ploded. The figure now stands at about 172 million.
More babies are being born annually, and all the while
longevity of life is gradually increasing. No one knows
when or where this increase will level off.

Unprecedented prosperity has come with this growth.
Living standards have reached a point our ancestors
never even dreamed about. Comfort, convenience, easy
living, plenty to eat, and plenty of fine clothes to wear
are the order of the day.

Housing construction booms have astonished even
the most optimistic people. More than 60 percent of all
Americans now own their homes. This percentage is in-
creasing. It adds stability to any economy. Whole new
cities coming into existence in an incredibly short time
constantly present new opportunities.

Two cars in every garage may someday become a
reality. About 75 percent of our population is motor-
ized at present.

Incomes have sky-rocketed! Salaries and wages are
up more than $1,000 per year for the average Ameri-
can. This fact has produced a business upsurge which
in turn puts men to work.

Crime has increased consistently through these years.
The highest annual increase in crime in our history was
13.3 percent in 1956. The first six months of 1957
showed another increase of 8.4 percent. Since 1950

crime has increased four times as fast as the population.
Juvenile delinquency is virtually out of hand according
to law enforcement officers.

Alcoholism, immorality, divorce, trashy literature,
and other vicious influences constantly tear at the
spiritual vitality of American people.

OPPORTUNITY? IT IS HERE!

It has been here for years! The stage has been set
for the reaping of the greatest harvest of souls in the
American mission field.

Yet, for the last three to four years the Brethren
Home Missions Council has carried a serious financial
deficit which has crippled and now brought to a com-
plete stalemate the starting of new churches. Even
though many groups of people all over our nation have .
literally begged us to help, and even though men have
been available, and more will be available, to lead these
new churches, still these opportunities must go un-
grasped because of lack of funds.

When the National Fellowship of Brethren Churches
fails to establish and develop new churches it is failing |
in its basic ministry. One year passing by without a new
church started means retrenchment, and this is where
we are today.

A SPIRITUAL PROBLEM?

Yes; we always have a spiritual problem. We always
need revival. We always need to give more of time, :
talents, and material things to our Lord. These things '
will always be true until we get to heaven. Always we
should be doing something about this spiritual need.
We would have more means to reach America for Christ
if we were more spiritual and less materiahstic.

But, let us say for the sake of illustration that all of
us were perfect spiritually. We are all doing everything
God wants us to do. There were times when the early
church came close to that ideal. It would still be true i
that "The Brethren Church Grows with Home Mis-
sions," for the genius of the church is to reproduce con-
stantly. Under even ideal circumstances, without starting
new churches the church fails in its basic purpose. The
factor of increasing numbers for home and foreign ex- '
pansion never changes. When the church fails to repro-
duce, something is out of balance spiritually and mate-
rially. The "cart is before the horse" somewhere along
the line!

WHAT ABOUT OUR NATIONAL BOARDS?

Our boards and agencies have been growing withi
home missions. But, there is a limit beyond which they

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ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
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Directors: Robert Crees, president: Herman A. Hoyt, vice president: William Schaffer. secretary: True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Gen-
man, treasurer: Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee: William Male, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller, Thomas Ham-
mers; Arnold R. Kriegbaum, ex officio.

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Dedicat-ion Day Arrived for Fort Wayne Brethren

By Thomas Julien, Pastor
Grace Brethren Church

Sunday, October 6, marked a
milestone in the history of the Grace
Brethren Church, of Fort Wayne.
On the afternoon of that day, the
church was dedicated to the Lord for
His use.

For six and a half months, the
sound of hammer and chisel was
heard at 4619 Stellhom. Five and
a half of these months were under
the direction of Brethren Construc-
tion Crew No. 2, under the capable
leadership of its foreman, Mr. Ver-
non Latham. The last month was
spent by the local congregation in
painting and putting on the finish-
ing touches.

Ground was broken March 17.
Immediately after this, the rains be-
gan to fall to the extent that work
was delayed for nearly a month. In
spite of this, however, the building
was completed on schedule.

Approximately 230 people gath-
ered Sunday afternoon for the dedi-
cation service. These included guests
from the First Brethren Church and
other neighboring churches.

The speaker for the event was Dr.
W. A. Ogden, executive vice presi-
dent of Grace College and Semi-
nary. Dr. Ogden spoke concerning
the true nature of the church of
Jesus Christ and challenged the con-
gregation to its great opportunities
in the community.

Rev. Mark Malles, pastor of the
First Brethren Church, read the
Scripture and gave remarks concern-
ing the relationship of the Grace
church to the First church. He re-
called that the church was born out
of a vision from people of the First
Brethren Church — a vision for the
new suburban sections of the city.
Pastor Malles expressed the desire
that the relationship between the two
churches may always be that of
warm Christian fellowship — a de-
sire which is shared by all the
members of the Grace Brethren.

Representing the Home Missions
Council with remarks from the plat-
form was Mr. Frank Poland, the
Dusiness manager of the Council.
He expressed his appreciation to the
First Brethren Church for its mis-
sionary vision, to the Brethren Con-
itruction Crew for their fine work
)n the building, and to the Brethren
nvestment Foundation for the finan-

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cial backing of this organization. The
church was constructed with funds
from the Investment Foundation.

Also attending the service on be-
half of home missions was the archi-
tect for the building, Mr. Robert
Foltz. Moreover, all the members of
construction crew No. 2, with their
families, were present. Mr. Tom
Bailey, foreman of crew No. 1,
visited with his family from Lansing,
Mich.

In his remarks, the pastor of the
church expressed appreciation to
the Bert Leiter family for their
Christian hospitality in opening their
home to the Grace Brethren Church.
It was in the Leiter home that the
church had its beginning the last
few weeks of 1955.

The dedicatory prayer was led by
Rev. R. Paul Miller, of Goshen
Grace Brethren Church. Special
music was supplied by a male quar-
tet from Grace College.

Following the service, a reception
was held in the lower auditorium
for the members of the construction
crew. Along with this was a sur-
prise grocery shower. The members
ef this crew were a rich spiritual
blessing to the church, as well as
being used of the Lord in the con-
struction work. After the fellowship
meal, Bob Foltz presented the pro-
gram of home missions by means of
a sUde challenge.

The new Grace Brethren Church

building is approximately 77 by 36
feet, and it has two floors. The sanc-
tuary, which includes a small bal-
cony, seats 250 persons. At the
chancel end of the sanctuary are a
pastor's study and a classroom.

The building is constructed of
laminated arches and exposed roof
decking. A baptistry at the front of
the sanctuary is covered by a maroon
drape hanging from the ceiling to
the platform.

To the right as one enters the
church is the nursery. To the left are
a cloak room and the stairways to
the balcony and the lower audito-
rium.

On the ground level of the build-
ing are an auditorium and assembly
room, restrooms, classrooms, a
kitchen, and the furnace room. The
church is designed to utilize every
bit of space and to provide a maxi-
mum of facilities.

On the exterior, the church is
finished in red brick and Indiana
limestone. The front of the church
is characterized by plate glass around
and above the doors, extending com-
pletely to the roof of the church.

We of the Grace Brethren con-
gregation do thank God for provid-
ing for us this lovely building for His
glory. It is our prayer that this edi-
fice may be used as an instrument
to reach many with the Gospel in
coming months and years until the
Lord returns.

Left to right: Thomas Julien, pastor, R. Paul Miller. Dr. W. A. Ogden, dedication spealcer.
Frank J. Poland, Brethren Home Missions Council representative, and Mark Malles.

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Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Julien with
their daughter Becky.

Mark Jury, Edward Byrne and Bert Leiter, trustees, receive the keys from
Pastor Thomas JuUen

Dedication Congregation

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Richard Ward, Dan Grabill, Randy Poyner, Amos Good and Bill Schaffer

Robert E. Foltz

Brethren Construction Company Crew No. 2. Left to right: Vernon Latham,

superintendent; James Knepper, Ray Sturgill, Don Stroup and Walter

Brovant.

Mark Malles (right) congratulates
Building Committee. Left to right: Mark Jury, Edward Byrne, George Lord, Thomas JuUen.

Bert Leiter and Al Erwin.

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"9 Wuk 9 Jiad Sianied Soch&i"

By A Brethren Pastor

Within the last month I have
started Brethren Investment Foun-
dation savings accounts for my v/ife
and myself and for each of our chil-
dren. Perhaps I should say that I
was started in this program by a
child who hopes one day to attend
Grace College!

I wish I had started sooner. It
wasn't that I hadn't thought about it,
for I had. In fact, one of the men in
my church several years ago almost
started me on a savings-account
program. Being a practical, con-
servative Christian businessman
(generous in giving to the Lord's
work), he was concerned about his
pastor's welfare and that of others
as well. He said, "Brother — , it is
vitally important to develop a sav-
ings habit. It isn't so important how
much the amount, as it is to form
the habit of saving something every
payday."

But I didn't begin. I was trying
to keep up a small insurance pro-
gram. Then unexpected expenses
came. Somehow, I didn't get start-
ed. Once I began a small savings
account in a bank in the city where
I lived. However, every time I facsd
the needs of foreign and homs mis-
sions and that of the seminary, I felt
a little twinge of conscience when I
recalled the words of our Lord: "Lay
not up for yourselves treasures upon
the earth . . ." (Matt. 6:19-21). It
wasn't long till, under pressure of
some need, the small amount was
withdrawn.

When I learned of the Brethren
Investment Foundations savings-ac-
count program, I thought, "This is
for me!" But, wanting to start even
this program in a bigger way, I
waited to begin. Not till about a
month ago did we get started. Today
I received in the mail the last two
new account books for the children
and put them in their hands. Then I
got to thinking —

It is a good feeling to have a few
dollars invested for security. It
means there is a very little cushion
if it is needed for emergencies. But,
the cushion grows with each deposit.

It is satisfying to know that every
cent of these savings is being used

to build needed buildings for new
Brethren home-mission churches. If
banks can appeal for the savings of
people (and they do) with the assur-
ance that they are thus helping to
fight inflation and to make available
capital for business and industry to
keep our nation's economy strong,
the Brethren Investment Foundation
can appeal for the savings of every
member among us, pastors and
people, on a systematic basis for the
above reasons plus making possible
new soul-winning stations, the great-
est business in all the world! And,
they give better interest than most
banks on simple savings accounts.

I fulfill part of my responsibility
as a parent when I encourage my
children to think of saving, as well as
spending, in a world which easily
leads us to overspend. In addition,
as a Christian parent I encourage
them to think of savings and invest-
ment not only in terms of dollars but
in terms of expanding the ministry
of the Gospel as they invest.

But, what If depression comas?
Will my Investment Fund savings be
good? Who knows what savings will
be good? My savings are backed by
a growing reserve fund of the Foun-
dation. The money is invested in
Brethren churches supported by peo-
ple who love the Lord. I would
rather have them "frozen" in church
buildings where the Gospel is
preached than in businesses (some
questionable if not dishonorable) and
houses and lands whose depreciated
value could make my loan certifi-
cates worthless. I would have the
satisfaction of knowing that, al-
though unavailable to me, my sav-
ings would be working for the Lord.
And I should also be more sure of
getting my money eventually from
my Christian brethren than I would
from bankrupt people of the world.
But, supposing that worse should
come to worse; in case I would not
be able to recover my savings, then
what? Seriously, "Where would I
rather lose them than in the work
of building Brethren churches where
I know the Gospel of Christ is
preached and will be preached, by
the grace of God, till Jesus comes."

When Jesus returns and while I
await His return, I believe "The liv-
ing God who giveth us all things
richly to enjoy" (I Tim. 6:17) is
pleased with this kind of investment
for His children. If I leave my sav-
ings behind, I am sure that I will
meet some of their "dividends" in
souls who have been saved and built
up in Christ through their means!

I wish I had started sooner! If I
and my fellow Brethren in pulpit and
pew had started sooner, many thou-
sands of dollars would have been
available for churches which are
sorely needed to house growing
home-mission congregations. Some
of the dollars which have not been
spent too wisely would be con-
served for a time of greater need.
And, the fact that I have started I
a savings account m.akes me want
to and plan to give more, not less,
to missions at home and abroad! Our
Lord's words must be true: "For
where your treasure is . . . there will
your heart be also!"

Yes; I wish I had started sooner
in this program of savings for se-
curity and souls. But since I didn't,
I'm glad that I have started now!

HOME-MISSIONS NEWS
FLASH

PALMYRA, PA.— At our

business meeting last night
(Oct. 16, 1957) it was unani-
mously decided to step out on
faith by going self-supporting
as of October 1, 1957. En-
closed is a check to cover the
amount sent us for October.
Richard D. McCarthy, Sec.
Grace Brethren Church
This church was organized
just 15 months ago, and this
is a new record for a church to
become self-supporting in such
a short time. It truly is a vic-
tory for which to give thanks-
giving and praise to our won-
derful Lord.

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The Brethren Church Grows With Home Missions

By Lester E. Pifer

(See pictures on following pages.)

1. BIBLE CLASS, Virginia Beach, Va.

Brethren home missions is a story of progress. Many
of our mission points start with a Bible class or prayer
meetmg sponsored by a local church, district mission
board, a layman or a minister. The Virginia Beach
Bible class was started by a few families in conjunction
with the Southeast district mission board. They now have
a pastor and property site, and are in the process of con-
vertmg a dwelling into a temporary church building.

2. LOCATION, Dayton, Ohio.

The next step is the procurring of property. The
Grace Brethren Church, of Dayton, bought this fine
site near a large new development. Its strategic loca-
tion will be a great factor in reaching the new com-
munity. The church edifice is now under construction.

3. PLANS, Grandview, Wash.

Another important step is the development of a satis-
factory set of plans. It always pays to get good plans be-
fore starting a building. The Grandview, Wash.,
church plans were drawn locally to meet the needs of
the local church. This building is now completed and
was dedicated to God last month.

The architectural department of the Home Missions
Council headed by Robert Foltz works in close coopera-
tion with the local church in the drawing of a set of
plans, effecting a savings in plans cost and in con-
struction methods.

4. GROUND BREAKING, South Bend, Ind.

The ground-breaking service is a great blessing in
each mission building program. Our coni^regation had
prayed for a long tims for this moment"? A large at-
tendance on the newly purchased property certainly
evidenced the enthusiasm of the building campaign.

5. CONSTRUCTION, (Los Altos) Long Beach, Calif.

The actual construction is sometimes done by a local
contractor on a firm contract or on a cost plus basis.
Rising costs in material and labor, plus the many
benefits of local spiritual help, visitation, and the em-
ployment of certain building procedures pertinent to the
instruction of home mission churches have led us to
establish our own construction company. Three units of
this company have already shown the dividends of this
arganization. The fourteenth and fifteenth buildings are
low under construction by our own missionary builders.
Unit number 3 is now putting the finishing touches on
lie Los Altos building in Long Beach, Calif.

3. CORNERSTONE, Grafton, W. Va.
The cornerstone laying service is another step in the

Vovember 16, 1957

.i," u°fi'™^''l™- ^^^ '^°°^ *^ a 'lefinite remmder that
the buildmg, the church, and our whole program of
evangelization rests squarely upon the chief cornerstone
he Lord Jesus. The cornerstone laying at Grafton!
W. Va., was significant in that it marked a step in the
progress of the construction, it was a reminder of the
true foundation of the church, and it indicated that the
Home Missions Council is interested and has helped
an older church with its administration during the
critical time of relocation and construction.

7. DEDICATION, Mansfield, Ohio.

Dedicating the finished building to God and His min-
istry IS a chmatic blessing in the mission point's progress
Nearby churches joined with the congregation at
Mansfield for this service of dedication. This service
not only reaches out to many visitors of the community
but IS an opportunity to express appreciation to aU for
their help and should mark the beginning of a syste-
matic, unanimous visitation and soul-winning program
of the local church.

8. SELF-SUPPORTING, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

It takes real faith founded upon our Lord's suf-
ficiency to go self-supporting. Many times the financial
load may look almost impossible to the local church
without the help of the Home Missions Council The
Grace Brethren Church of Cedar Rapids faced this
task believing that this was God's work. His church, and
He would supply the need. This year we expect eight of
our churches to take this step of faith.

9. EXPANSION, Winchester, Va.

The construction of a new Sunday-school annex or
an addition to the building is an evidence of numerical,
financial, and spiritual growth. It is an indication of
good leadership, proper location, a Biblical ministry,
and sound administration. The Winchester church has
had a steady growth since its beginning. The dedication
of a beautiful and practical Sunday-school annex is an-
other milepost injts ministry of evangelization.

10. REACHING OUT, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Former home mission churches continue to blaze new
trails in soul-winning activity, missionary giving, the
providing of new recruits for the ministry, and the
establishment of other mission works. The First Brethren
Church of Fort Wayne is no exception to this rule. A
strong missionary-minded, soul-winning church, it has
now sent the associate pastor, Thomas Julien, into a new
area to build a second church, contributed members,
and encouraged this work with its support.

Each home mission dollar will help to start a min-
istry in a given strategic location that will produce
dividends in every avenue of service in the Brethren
church. The Brethren Church Grows With Home Mis-

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SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS

"For I would not, brethren, that we
should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye
should be wise in your own conceits;
that b'indness in part is happened to Israel,
until the fulness of the Gentiles be come In"
(Rom. 11:25).

I am so thankful for the assurance
the Lord gives to me as I study His
Word, and I particularly praise Him
for the encouragement contained in
the above quoted verse. Witnessing
to any people about the grace and
saving power of our Lord and Sav-
iour, Jesus, the Messiah, can at times
be a long and disheartening expe-
rience. This is particularly true when
one attempts to lead a Jewish friend
into a realization of the deity and
messiahship of the Lord Jesus. In
such witnessing, there are times
when one questions the wisdom of
continuing to testify to this Jewish
friend, especially when response
seems to be of a negative and
argumentative nature. Mrs. Button
and I have two such Jewish friends.
Both of these people seem to visit
the mission at the same time. Both
have been witnessed to in the
presence of the other. Both have, in
some measure, resented our attempts
to tell them of the Lord. One has
even gone so far as to request that
we do cease speaking to her on this
subject. Both Mrs. Button and I
promised we would never again open
this subject. But we also told her,
should she open the subject, we
would then tell her of these truths
once more. Since that time these
women have been in our home many
times, and almost every time they
are at the mission, we have a
chance to witness to them because
they continually open up some dis-
cussion relative to the Lord Jesus.

In the past, the discouraging part
of this contact has been their re-
fusal to read the Word of God or
even listen while it is being read to
them. Their excuse? They don't
care to know what is in "that book."
They would rather read what their
own rabbis have to say about God.
Such an attitude can be discourag-
ing. God in His wonderful way is
able to change such an attitude, and
He can do it at a time when it can
serve as a great encouragement to
His witness.

Recently I returned to the mission
early in the afternoon. When I went
into the house, I found our two
Jewish friends visiting with my wife.
I had no sooner greeted them than

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one put a question to me regarding
our reason for sending our daughter
Diane to a Christian day school. In
answering her, I had to touch on the
fact that religious education was just
as vital to a child as secular educa-
tion. I told them I felt it necessary
for Diane to learn all she could
about the Word of God and about
the One of whom it speaks, Jesus
the Messiah, while she was in the
young and formative years. The
mention of Jesus as Messiah was
all that was needed to set off a bar-
rage of protests against the messiah-
ship of Jesus, or of the necessity
of a sacrifice for sin.

We have in the past been very
gentle in dealing with these two
friends. This time I felt lead of the
Lord to try a different way. I told
them they could listen to the rabbi as
he explained away the need of a
suffering Messiah if they cared to,
but they were listening to a man
who was not telling the truth. I told
them I could prove he was not tell-
ing the truth from their own Tenach
(Old Testament). With that I got my
copy of Holy Scriptures as published
by the Jewish Publication Society of
America. This is an English trans-
lation of the Tenach as produced
by a group of eminent Jewish rabbis.
I opened it to the fifty-third chap-
ter of Isaiah and began to read the
passage to them. Immediately I was
stopped by one of the women: "Give
me that book. I would not believe
anything you say. For all I know you
might be making up what you are
saying or you might not be reading
from our Tenach."

I handed the book to her and
told her to read it for herself. She
took the book, opened it up to the
front and read the subject baf,
noted that it was an authoritative
translation of the Jewish Publishing
Society and had been produced by
noted Jewish rabbis. Then she open-
ed the book to the place I had
marked, Isaiah 53, and began to
read.

At the tenth verse she stopped
suddenly and said: "Why this
speaks of Messiah!" With that she
stopped. Again she read and read
aloud, this time down through the
entire chapter. Then she said: "Look
how Bruce tries to fool us. All these
verbs are in the past tense. This

By Bruce L. Button

simply means that Messiah has come
and we failed to recognize Him."
Again she stopped to think of what
she had said, and quickly she added:
"I mean Isaiah was speaking in the
past tense, so all this must have
happened before he was living, or
at least before he spoke these words.
I mean Messiah must have come be-
fore the time this was written."

Then I asked her one question:
"Who, then, was this Messiah?" To
that she had no answer. Finally
words began to come forth in a
flood. They were not the words of
reasoning but rather the words of
frustration. They were even the
words of anger. Underlying all these
words was that uneasiness which is
so evident when God's Word re-
bukes. Again and again I was able
to open the Word of God and hand
it to this woman for her to read.
Each time she was shaken as she
read what her Tenach had to say on
the subject of Messiah, and each
time she tried to explain away the
clear meaning of the Word of God.
However, it was evident even she
was not satisfied by her own argu-
ments and explanations. When these
women left the mission at seven
o'clock that evening (we had been
discussing Messiah since about 2:45
that afternoon), they were still try-
ing to satisfy themselves they were
right and God's Word was wrong.

When Mrs. Button and I were
again alone, we opened God's Word
to the eleventh chapter of the Book
of Romans and rejoiced in the fact
"that blindness in part is happened
to Israel." There is still hope. They
are not completely blind. It is only
a partial blindness, and this blind-
ness can be put away when God's
Word is given the right to work. We
are sure this is but the earnest of
these women's salvation. Will you
not pray to that end? And for our
admonition and encouragement let
me quote Romans 11:18 and 24:
"Boast not against the branches. But
if thou [Christian] boast, thou bear-
est not the root, but the root thee
. . . For if thou wert cut out of the
olive tree which is wild by nature,
and wert graffed contrary to nature
into a good olive tree: how much
more shall these [Jews], which be the
natural branches, be graffed into
their own ohve tree?"

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Anaheim Breaks Ground September 29

By Forest Lance, Pastor

It is always a thrill to see mile-
stones passed in the development
of a new congregation. The ground-
breaking service for our new build-
ing here in Anaheim was certainly
no exception. That the blessings of
the Lord were upon this new venture
for Him was obvious when the spirit-
ual climax of the service was reached
midway in the service as Rev. Lewis
Hohenstein of the First Brethren
Church, of Whittier, and a member
of the board of directors of the
Brethren Home Missions Council,
closed his special message. Pastors
who assisted in the service were:
Rev. Lyle Marvin, of San Bernar-

dino, representing the District Mis-
sion Board; Rev. Henry Remple, of
Norwalk; Rev. Adam Rager, of
Artesia; Rev. Gerald Polman, of
Glendale; Rev. Harold Painter, of
Monte Vista, and Rev. L. C. Hohen-
stein who about two years ago
started the Bible class.

In the actual ground-breaking
ceremonies the pastor was assisted
by Thomas Knight, the building
committee chairman; Brother Mar-
vin, Brother Chester McCall, of the
Home Missions Council, and Broth-
er Max Fluke, foreman of the con-
struction crew, which will be con-
structing the building.

Lansing, Mich., building under construction

Dayton, Ohio (Grace), building under construction

November 16, 1957

EDITORIALS

(Continued from page 722)

will not grow, even under ideal
spiritual conditions, without a grow-
ing home-mission program. Without
more churches how are we going to
support a growing foreign-mission
effort? How are additional educa-
tional facilities going to serve us
well if we cannot use available men
in the field because of lack of funds?
The ministry of the Brethren Mis-
sionary Herald Company, the Breth-
ren Youth Fellowship, the Sunday
School Board, and all of our agencies
will be to some extent automatically
Umited by the means available to
carry on a strong home-mission pro-
gram. That means comes from local
churches. It is clear that the more
churches we have the faster we
will grow!

LET US CONSIDER!

It is time for both pastor and
people and all of our agencies in the
church to arouse thernselves to the
stark reality we are facing before the
whole denominational structure
totters and falls on our failure to
achieve basic progress in starting
new churches.

The whole Brethren home-mis-
sion program is based upon and con-
trolled by the gifts of the Lord's
people. When the gifts fail, there is
no need for the other aspects of our
organization in home missions. If
we cannot start churches, we wiU
need no new buildings, no financing,
no architect, in fact, no home-mis-
sion organization at all.

There are denominations in our
Nation now which are well known
to many who are greatly lamenting
the fact that they disregarded their
home-mission effort too long. Now
their whole denomination is crippled
and stymied in its growth.

We have certainly missed a great
deal of oar opportunity in America
already and we ms dangerously close
to missing all of it at this point.
The ideal conditions for expansion
will not always exist. Lost oppor-
tunities, of which there have been
many, are gone forever. They can-
not be reclaimed.

There is only one process known
to the Word of God whereby this
damage may be stopped. We must
pray for Brethren home missions as
never before and then give sacrifi-
cially as the Holy Spirit leads. Our
home-mission offering this year
could well determine the future of
the work of our whole Fellowship.

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PHILADELPHiA, PA.

We have just completed two bless-
ed weeks of evangelistic services at
the First Brethren Church. Rev.
Nathan Meyer, pastor of the Lees-
burg Brethren Church, was our evan-
geUst, and his timely and forceful
messages were a challenge to all.
Souls found Jesus as Saviour, and
the membership had their souls
filled anew with the blessings of sal-
vation and the blessed hope of
heaven. Services were held on Mon-
day, Wednesday, and Friday nights,
with Tuesday and Thursday used
for visitation. Words could not ex-
press how the Holy Spirit worked in
all our hearts, and only eternity will
reveal the results. All in all we can
say that the Lord has been good to
us. The meetings were well attended
and one family for whom we have
been praying in particular found the
Lord as Saviour. We were privileged
to see the pictures of the Holy Land
and hear the account of Brother
Meyer's trip to Israel. We praise the
Lord for our faithful pastor. Brother
William Male, and for his wonderful
work in our church. — Lois E. Hark-
ness, church secretary.

ROANOKE, VA.

The Clearbrook Brethren Church
would like to share with our Breth-
ren across the nation the blessings
of the Lord upon our recent revival
with Rev. James Dixon, of Wash-
ington, D. C, as our evangelist.
Brother Dixon is a fine preacher of
the Word, and he graciously pre-
sented the truth which reached the
hearts of the Christians. The im-
portance of the family altar was
stressed, and the great majority of
the families of the church indicated
their desire to establish one in their
home. There was one first-time de-
cision and a number of rededica-
tions. We prayed for revival among
our people, and the Lord answered
our prayers. The fine spirit of co-
operation is the evident fruit of re-
vival at Clearbrook. — Bill Howard,
pastor.

Newsmakers

BELL, CALIF. Paul G. Jackson
concluded six days of special meet-
ings at the Bell Brethren Church on
Nov. 15. Emlyn Jones is pastor.

NOTICE: There is a need for a
number of copies of the book: "To
Save a Soul from Death" by R. Paul
Miller. Those having copies they
are willing to sell should contact
the author, P.O. Bok 123, Goshen,
Ind.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The

second of the twin Sunday-school
conventions sponsored by the Na-
tional Sunday School Association
met here with the opening day
marked by the largest registration
in NSSA history. Over 2,500 regis-
tered in the opening hours. Rep-
resentatives from every major
Protestant denomination and 40
states took part in the convention.

MIDDLEBRANCH, OHIO. The
First Brethren Church celebrated its
67th anniversary on Oct. 20. Wesley
Haller is pastor.

COVINGTON, VA. Carl Key,
graduate of Grace Seminary, was
licensed to the Christian ministry on
Oct. 6 by the First Brethren Church.
At present he is taking graduate
work at the University of Virginia
and is teaching the Brethren Bible
class in Charlottesville, Va.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Abe

Bowman, well-known layman in the
Brethren Church and a member of
the First Brethren Church, was
taken seriously ill Oct. 17 and was
entered at St. Mary's Hospital.

BELL, CALIF. Attendance rec-
ords are being broken at the Bell
Brethren Church with attendance
running over 125. A "can shower"
was given Pastor and Mrs. Emlyn
Jones at a reception held recently.

ROANOKE, VA. The Southeast
District youth rally will be held at
the Clearbrook Brethren Church the
second week in January.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Dr.
Louis T. Talbot, Chancellor of the
Bible Institute of Los Angeles, will
mark his 25th year of broadcasting
the gospel message on Nov. 16,
1957. The leader of the nearly half-

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kiiegbaum

Winona Lake. Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R, D. Barnard

Winona Lalce. Ind.
WMC Mrs. Dayton C. Cundiff

Biaver City. Ivebr.
Home Missions Luther L. Gnibb

Winona Lake. Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Baiunan

Winona Lake, Ind.

century-old Christian training cen-
ter began his first radio Bible study
over a Southern California outlet.
From there, the popularity of the
programs increased to a network of
stations and to what is known today
as "The Bible Institute Hour."

ROANOKE, VA. The Qear-
brook Brethren Church has com-
pleted two large rooms in the base-
ment of the church which will be
used as classrooms. Another room
is being completed to be used for
the boy's club work. Bill Howard is
pastor.

LAKE ODESSA, MICH. Sunday,
Dec. 8, will be youth Sunday at the
Grace Brethren Church with Ernest
Bearinger, national youth director,
as guest speaker. Homer Miller is
pastor.

DALLAS CENTER, IOWA. The
Iowa District youth rally will be
held at the First Brethren Church
Nov. 29-30. Forrest Jackson will be
host pastor.

LEESBURG, IND. The Lees-
burg Brethren Church has unani-
mously approved a remodeUng pro-
gram for the church at the cost of
about $10,000. Nathan Meyer is
pastor.

ASHLAND, OHIO. An overnight
youth rally (13 years and above)
for the Northern Ohio District will
be held at the Grace Brethren
Church on Nov. 22-23. Guest
speaker will be Torrey Johnson.
Miles Taber will be host pastor.

MEYERSDALE, PA. Ralph Hall
has accepted a unanimous call from
the Meyersdale Brethren Church
assuming his new duties about Jan.
1.

GOSHEN, IND. The Brethren
churches of northern Indiana have
been invited to a 7:00 a.m. (EST)
Thanksgiving service Nov. 28. R.
Paul Miller will be the host pastor.

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GOD'S DELIGHT

By Neil L. Beery, Pastor

First Brethren Church
Ankenytown, Ohio

"The prayer of the upright is his
deUght" (Prov. 15:8b).

There is no greater need in the
life of the average Christian than
the need for prayer. Wherever and
whenever we have the record of a
powerful Christian, whether the rec-
ord is in the Bible, or of a present-
day spiritual giant, it is always the
record of a praying Christian. Far
too many of God's children still
operate their prayer life on the basis
of "wait until there is a need." It's
like the boy at college who never
writes home except to ask for more
money or clothes. God never hears
from some of His children until they
are forced to their knees in great
need and despair.

Days pass by in many Christians
lives without ever a note of praise
or an expression of love being
voiced to their Saviour and their
God. In the passage which we have
before us, I am led to believe that
if "the prayer of the upright is his de-
light," then surely an absence of
prayer in the life of the upright
must be one of His greatest sorrows.
As an earthly father, how easy it is
for me to grant the desires of my
children upon their request, and
even to surprise them with unasked-
for delights, when they have several
times during the day expressed their
love for their daddy in words and in
deeds of helpfulness and kindness.
How much more in the way of
blessing could we expect and receive
from our Heavenly Father if we
were more careful to let Him know
of our love for Him in simple prayers
of praise and adoration and thanks-
giving, coupled with a clean, holy
life for His glory.

If then, we are going to pray, we
should endeavor to discover what
kind of prayer "is his delight."

First of all our prayers should
be pure prayers. In our text the
writer says: "The prayer of the up-
right in his delight." In ordsr to
offer the prayer of the upright we
should first of all offer the prayer
of confession, asking forgiveness,
which John speaks of in I John 1:9.

In this same fifteenth chapter
of Proverbs, at verse 29, we read:
"But he heareth the prayer of the
righteous." Again in Psalm 66:18
the Scripture says: "If I regard in-
iquity in my heart, the Lord will
not hear me." In Mark 11:25 we
are instructed that if we have ought
against any, we are to forgive them
when we pray.

In John's Gospel at chapter 15
and verse 7 you will notice that the
great promise, "Ye shall ask what ye
will, and it shall be done unto you,"
is prefaced with this condition: "If
ye abide in me, and my words abide
in you." This proves to us the ne-
cessity of a close walk with Him if
we are to pray a prayer which is
His delight.

One more verse of Scripture which
I believe clinches this thought is
found in James chapter 4, verse 3,
where we read: "Ye ask, and re-
ceive not, because you ask amiss,
that ye may consume it upon your
lusts."

Alan Redpath, pastor of Moody
Memorial Church, writes the follow-
ing in an article entitled, "Revive
the Prayer Meeting," in the pubU-
cation Christianity Today, Septem-
ber 2, 1957:

"Even when we prayed, could it
be that we were living and acting in
such a manner that it was impossible
for God to answer our prayers?
We can be so aware of sin in the
hfe of the unbeliever, or of break-
down and failure in the hfe of
our brother or sister in Christ, when
the Holy Spirit of God is trying to
speak to our own hearts and con-

vince us of the sin in our own souls.
The secret of every discord in
Christian homes and communities
and churches is that we seek our
own way and our own glory.
Obedience and humility are the only
attitudes tlirough which God can
hear and answer prayer. We caimot
in sincerity bring our requests in
the name of the Lord Jesus unless
we are living so that it is possible
for God in righteousness to hear and
answer us. If sacrificial hving and
self-denial cease, then prayer be-
comes meaningless and righteous
conduct impossible.

Some people come to church,
even to prayer meeting, carrying the
resentment of years, the bitterness of
a hfetime, and when they ask God
for blessing, they wonder why their
prayers are not answered. A con-
dition of restored fellowship with
Christ is a forgiving spirit and with-
out that there can be no fellowship
in prayer with one another. What
separations develop, what resent-
ments arise out of injuries and
slights, real or imagined! What an
appalling revelation of how we love
ourselves and how important we
think we are!"

The second characteristic of a
prayer that will be God's dehght is
that it should be a private prayer.

Let me hasten to say that I do
not mean private in the sense of dis-
couraging pubhc or group prayers.
(See Matthew 18:19-20.) So much
praying takes on one of two forms —
either it is a recital of a memorized
prayer, or at least a repetition of
the same old phrases and requests
without any heart or thought; or it is
a prayer which is worded and ar-
ranged perfectly and carefully so as
to please the ear of man, rather
than to be a sincere baring of the
heart to delight God. Our prayers
should be private in the sense of
being just between us and God with
little or no thought as to how this
prayer might sound to, or suit the
fancy of, any human who might be
listening. There is real joy and vic-
tory to be had in really close com-
munion with God trurough prayer.

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Shakespeare wrote: "My words
fly up, my thoughts remain below;
Words, without thoughts, never to
heaven go." Spurgeon told the story
of a man who boasted that he had
not omitted saying his prayers at
night for seventy years. It pleased
God to suddenly convert him at that
age, and after that he would say
with a changed tone and spirit: "I
am the old man who said his prayers
for seventy years and yet all that
time never prayed at all."

Let me say again, I believe it is
very important to have a private
prayer, such as we have described
in this section of our article.

The third characteristic of our
prayer is that it should be a per-
sistent prayer.

I have always been interested in
the parable of Luke 1 8, which is the
story of a widow who was granted
her request by a judge because she
was persistent and repeated her re-
quest over and over again. Notice
the application from the parable
which Jesus makes in verse 7: "And
shall not God avenge his own elect,
which cry day and night unto him,
though he bear long with them?"
Someone will object that perhaps
that which we persist in asking for is
not according to God's will. It is
my firm conviction that if we have
met the conditions necessary to
pray a pure prayer, we will not be
praying contrary to God's will. In
Romans 8:27 we arc told that the
Spirit makes intercession for us ac-
cording to the will of God. There-
fore, if we are yielded to the lead-
ing of the Holy Spirit in our lives,
our prayers will be according to
God's will and a real delight to Him.
Someone else will ask about Mat-
thew 6:7, that says: "But when ye
pray, use not vain repetitions, as
the heathen do." May I suggest that
the emphasis in this phrase has often
been put on the wrong word. I have
often heard the teaching that a re-
quest need only be voiced once
because of the word "repetition" in
this verse. It seems to me the real
emphasis is on the little word "vain,"
not the word "repetitions." Look
again at the parable of Luke 18. As
a lad in high school I attended a
revival meeting in another church
one evening, with a schoolmate of
mine. I shall never forget the vain
repetitions which were used in the
screaming and wailing at the altar.
The pastor of the church was kneel-
ing at the piano stool and kept
pounding it with his fist and with
each stroke he would cry at the top

Neil L. Beery

of his voice the name "Jesus." He
kept this up until he had actually
pounded the piano stool to pieces,
and he never said anything but
"Jesus." This, it seems to me, is
vain repetition. On the other hand I
believe that it is a delight to our
God when we are persistent in our
praying. When we lose the fervor
which causes us to agonize in
prayer, persisting until the answer
comes, then we have lost the true
value of prayer.

Spurgeon once said: "The heart
must be set upon its design. See how
a child cries! Though I am not fond
of hearing it, yet I note that some
children cry all over; when they
want a thing, they cry from the
tips of their toes to the last hair of
their heads. That is the way to
preach, and that is the way to pray,
and that is the way to live; the whole
man must be heartily engaged in holy
work."

Last of all, and this by no means
exhausts the subject, our prayer
should be a praising prayer.

In Philippians the fourth chapter
and the last part of verse 6, we note
that as our requests are sent heaven-
ward they should be accompanied
with thanksgiving and praise. Oh,
the joy of trusting so completely in
the power of God, and real prayer
to God, that we are able to send the
praise with the petition! If we really
believe when we pray, we have the
promise of such verses as Mark 1 1 :
24 and James 1 :6-7 that we will re-
ceive the answer, so why not thank
and praise Him for it?

In Robert Hall Glover's book
"The Bible Basis of Missions" in the
chapter under "Prayer and Mis-
sions", he tells the following story:

"Take, for example, the appeal
for seventy new missionaries, con-
ceived in a prayer conference of Mr.
Taylor and a dozen fellow workers
in 1880, when the Mission's total
staff as yet numbered only about
one hundred. After days of united
waiting on God, all hearts were fiUed

with such assurance that before the
party scattered they held a praise
meeting to give thanks for the
seventy received by faith. Then fol-
lowed the appeal for one hundred to
be sent out in 1887, issued after
protracted prayer by the entire
membership of the Mission on the
field. So confident was Mr. Taylor
that God had heard and answered
that he remarked: 'If you showed me
a photograph of the whole hundred,
taken in China, I could not be more
sure than I am now.' In both cases
the full number asked for reached
China within the specified time, all
the money for outfits and passages
having been supplied. And, perhaps
most wonderful of all, Mr. Taylor's
special prayer in the case of the one
hundred that the Lord might be
pleased to send in the needed funds
in a few large amounts, to obviate
extra work on the part of the hard-
pressed office staff, was so literally
answered that the required amount
was received in just eleven gifts."

That's what I mean by a praising
prayer.

I trust God will use these few
thoughts to encourage you to be a
better praying Christian, for our text
says: "The prayer of the upright is
his delight." May we honestly de-
light our God more than we ever
have before.

N ow thanks be unto God, which
always causeth us to triumph in
Christ (II Cor. 2:14).

O magnify the Lord with me, and
let us exalt his name together
(Ps. 34:3).

V erily, verily I say unto you, He
that believeth on me hath ever-
lasting hfe (John 6:47).

E xalt ye the Lord our God, and
worship at his footstool; for he is
holy (Ps. 99:5).

M ake a joyful noise unto the Lord,
all ye lands (Ps. 100:1).

B less the Lord, O my soul, and all
that is within me, bless his holy
holy name (Ps. 103:1).

E nter into his gates with thanks-
giving, and into his courts with
praise: be thankful unto him,
and bless his name (Ps. 100:4).

R ejoice in the Lord alway: and
again I say. Rejoice (Phil. 4:4).

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There are many definitions of
faith. Among them, someone has
said: "Faith is simply taking God at
His word." Also, faith is man taking
man at his word.

One never seems to know just
what faith consists of until he has
first believed. So few people are
willing to believe God; they look
for evidences and feelings, emotions
and sensations, instead of putting
simple faith and trust in the promises
of the Lord.

Peter tells us in John 6:69: "We
believe and are sure . . ." Notice
the order here. Who ever heard of
believing in order to be sure? Man
always wants to make sure first
before he is ready to believe, but
God reverses man's order of things.
The natural man says, "Seeing is be-
lieving." But the spiritual man says,
"Believing is seeing."

We will here consider faith in
three aspects: (1) Origin of faith,
(2) Progressiveness of faith, (3) Re-
sult of faith.

The Origin of Faith

According to Romans 10:17:
"Faith Cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God." The
proper way for an unbeliever to re-
ceive faith is by reading or hearing
God's Word. I have seen this demon-
strated where, humanly speaking,
men were not able to comprehend
the plan of salvation as explained;
but by completing a Bible study
course dealing with salvation, look-
ing up and analyzing verses of Scrip-
ture, they became wonderfully saved
because God through His Word im-
parted to them saving faith.

Jesus told His disciples, in Mark
4:35, that they would all go to the
other side of the lake; but, instead of
taking Him at His word as final
authority, when the storm was raging
they said to Him, as we are told in
verse 38: "Carest thou not that we
perish?" Then, in verse 40, Jesus
said: "How is it that ye have no
faith?" In this case they were not
hearing nor applying the Word of
God. It is possible to hear intellec-
tually and not hear spiritually.
"Faith Cometh by hearing."

The Progressiveness of Faith

Sinners are not saved until they
trust the Saviour, and neither are
saints victorious until they trust the
Deliverer. This is where progressive
faith takes hold.

In Luke 17:5 the apostles asked
Jesus to increase their faith. I am

not sure just what was in the back
of their minds when they made this
request, but they were in agreement
that there was a spiritual need in
their hves.

Now, if "faith cometh by hear-
ing, and hearing by the word of
God," one would be lead to be-
lieve that in order to have more
faith one must have more knowledge
of the Word of God, which of course
will come when one is better ac-
quainted with the Author.

By Charles A. Beatty, Minister of
Visitation

First Brethren Church
Long Beach, Calif.

Paul told the Philippian Chris-
tians that it was needful for him to
be with them in person for the fur-
therance of their joy and faith (Phil.
1:23-25). Paul's presence with them
would increase their faith perma-
nently only as he taught them the
Word of God. And that, I am sure,
was his purpose of being in their
midst — to instruct them in the
truth — and, in so doing, their faith
would increase.

Since we have the full revelation
from God through His Word, it is
possible for the Holy Spirit to teach
us individually in order for us to
grow in grace and in the knowledge
of himself, and this will mean our
faith will grow in proportion.

November 16, 1957

Generally speaking, the average
Christian is so unorganized in his
own devotional time that very httle,
if anything at all, is accomplished in
growth in his life from year to year.
In that case it is superfluous to say,
"Lord, increase our faith."

The Result of Faith

In Genesis 5:24 we are told:
"Enoch walked with God . . ."
The writer of Hebrews tells us that
this, as well as his translation, was
a direct result of faith, for before
his translation he had been well
pleasing to God.

Jesus said that John the Baptist
was the greatest of all prophets
(greater than Enoch, too), and yet
the least in the kingdom was greater
than John (Luke 7:28).

John the Baptist was only the
friend of the Bridegroom, but the
believers in the dispensation of grace
make up the bride. Therefore those
who follow after the Lamb are
greater than those who preceded
Him. Should it be thought a thing
incredible today for a bom-again
believer to walk with God and have
the witness that he is well pleasing
to Him?

As the result of faith, one can be
well pleasing to God; and this, above
all else, should be the heart throb
of everyone who has named the
name of Christ.

In Acts 11:24 there is a cluster of
truth worthy of consideration. It is
said, regarding Barnabas: "He was
a good man, and full of the Holy
Ghost and of faith: and much peo-
ple was added unto the Lord."

Here is a workable combination
that is effective whether in the life
of Barnabas or the humble soul-
winner of today. First of all, he was
a man filled with the Spirit of God;
and this, indeed, is the prerequisite
for any means of faith. In the last
analysis, it isn't the man who is
kicking up a lot of dust, or spinning
his wheels, waving his arms, or even
witnessing to an innumerable num-
ber of people (good as this may be)
who is doing the job, but the person
who is daily walking with God and
filled with the power of the Spirit.

The words, "full of the Holy
Ghost and of faith," seem to be in-
separable. The one is a direct by-
product of the other. And, since we
are considering the result of faith,
let us note well the results which
Barnabas had: "Much people was
added unto the Lord."

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LITTLE ROCK, ARK. J. H.

Kickinbotham and his son will go
to jail for 60 days and pay fines of
$1,900 each for keeping their stores
open in violation of a court order
to close their stores on Sundays.
Three times within the past year
they have sought unsuccessfully for
a favorable decision from the U. S.
Supreme Court, to whom they ap-
pealed their case. They have been
convicted about 20 times for break-
ing the Sunday-closing law.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL. The
proposed graduate theological school
here, announced last April by Dr.
G. Douglas Young has the three-
fold approval of the Israeli minis-
tries of education, religious affairs
and the United States branch of the
Foreign Office. First students from
U. S. theological schools, it is hoped,
will arrive in the fall of 1958 for
special training in palestinography
and archeology.

The needed approval was secured
by Dr. Young on his recent visit to
Israel. He reported on his return to
the U. S. that his reception was
even greater than he had hoped. He
also reported: "Thanks to the kind-
ness of Dr. Yigael Yadin, the di-
rector of the James A. de Rothschild
Archaeological Expedition at Hazor
and the Hebrew University, my son,
Mrs. Young and I were not only per-
mitted to observe the archeological
work of the expedition but were per-
mitted to gain field experience by
participating in it. It is hoped and
expected that next year additional
field experience will be secured and
that later the institute will be able
to secure permission to conduct its
own archeological excavations."

Dr. Young also said: "With the
exception of the work of Dr. Joseph
P. Free in Jordan, our Israel-Ameri-
can Institute of Biblical Studies
would become the only archeologi-

cal excavation conducted by the
evangelical constituency of America
and the only one conducted by any
American organization in Israel. In
addition to the contribution it could
make in the field of illustration and
corroboration of the Scriptures it
would, connected with the institute,
give our students the opportunity of
a lifetime in the area of archeology."
(Those interested in studying in
Israel on the seminary level should
address their inquiries to the Israel-
American Institute, 707 10th Ave-
nue, South, Minneapolis 4, Minn.)

BAMAKO, FRENCH WEST
AFRICA. Sidney Robert Correll,
medical missionary, gave his life for
French West Africa on Tuesday,
Oct. 15. He suffered bums caused
by a gasoline explosion last October
8 and was flown by helicopter out of
Kenieba, the mission station of the
United World Mission, to Bamako
to the medical center of the French
Government. There he went to be
with the Lord, leaving his wife and
two sons. They have returned to
the States. Dr. Correll pioneered this
work under an interdenominational

SEATTLE, WASH. The attorney
general of the State of Washington
handed down a ruling that bans the
observance of Religious Emphasis
Work at the University of Wash-
ington. A local clergyman is con-
testing the ruling, saying it consti-
tutes a "prohibition of the free
exercise of religion and an abridge-
ment of freedom of speech."

WASHINGTON, D. C. Presi-
dent Eisenhower received a Bible
in a White House ceremony which
marked the distribution of the first
half billion volumes of Scripture by
the American Bible Society. The
President's Bible is a red morocco-

bound volume of the King James
Version weighing over nine pounds.
Mr. Eisenhower thanked the Society
for the gift and commended the
work it has done since its formation
in 1816. He remarked that this
work has been particularly help-
ful to members of the Armed Forces
and to American missionaries
abroad.

Officials of the Society told the
President the society has presented
40 million Testaments or Bibles to
members of the American Armed
Forces. He also said some 600,000
copies have been made available in
Braille or other forms for the blind.

About half of the copies have
been distributed abroad, they said.
Although it has taken 141 years to
distribute the first half billion copies,
it is hoped the second half billion
can be distributed in the next 25
years by increasing the present dis-
tribution rate from 1 5 miUion copies
a year to 20 million.

RICHMOND, VA. Russian
Communists were quick to take ad-
vantage of their success in launch-
ing the earth satellite to ridicule
religious belief. The Moscow Radio
broadcast a statement by the Kom-
somol, communist youth league,
saying the satellite 'proves how
wrong were all religious organiza-
tions and beliefs in speaking of
heaven." It said, "We materialists
create our own heaven, and fill it
with our own moons and stars."

Chinese Communists were just
as quick to declare that faith in God
is a mistaken human effort to ex-
plain what is mysterious and that
scientific progress, which will en-
able man "soon to go to the moon,"
is now unravelling the basic myste-
ries, making religion useless.

Evangelist Billy Graham was
asked by reporters in Richmond,
Va., for his reaction to the Russian
earth satellite. He said the develop-
ment means that "a period of ease
and luxury is coming to an end," and
"we Americans must tighten our
belts and condition and rededicate
ourselves to God." He said "we must
supplement our material strength
with spiritual power" in order to
"answer Russia's latest advance in
armaments. America has to look to
God for help," he said. "There is
one power stronger than the Soviet,
and that is God. ... If we had spent
as much money for world missions
and in preaching the Gospel as we
have for military power, or even our
aive-awav program, the world pic-
ture would be a different one."

BRETHREN

EDUCATIONAL NUMBER

NOVEMBER 23, 1957

GET-ACQUAINTED DINNER

(See Pages 742-743)

EDITORIALS

By Paul R. Bauman, Vice President in Charge of Public Relations

More Than Buildings, Books and Brains

"Higher education should be more than buildings,
books, and brains. Christian higher education adds
Biblical faith that gives direction and coherence not
only to the educational process but to all of life." So
spoke Dr. Robert Campbell, Dean of Instruction at the
California Baptist Seminary, at a recent college con-
vocation service.

Christian people who take seriously the education of
their children should not lose sight of the fact that any
college or university that is at all worthy of the name can
train and develop the intellect. But there is only one
kind of a college that can contribute anything at all to
the spiritual stature of a young man or woman. That is a
Christian school.

If youth today has lost its sense of direction, it is
because they are being given nothing in the average
school which can suggest any real purpose for the
universe or for life in it. Brethren people ought to thank
God for a school which recognizes the responsibility of
teaching young men and women the Word of God. as
well as the arts and sciences. Such a school is worthy
of your support.

A Financial Program That Works

Without working a hardship on anyone, Grace Col-
lege is suggesting to the churches of our National Fellow-
ship a program for the financing of its new buildings that
will completely insure their completion. Now that they
are actually under construction, and now that we are
entering the period for the school's special appeal to
the churches, we are urging all Brethren churches to
join us in one big push to put the present program across.

According to our arrangements with the contractor,
the new buildings will be completed next May. At that
time it will be necessary to enter into a new financial
arrangement with the bank. Such an arrangement will
include the remaining debt on our present property
(S57,030.40 on June 1), plus any amount not covered
by gifts during the construction program. You can
readily understand why it is to our advantage that the
amount financed be cut to an absolute minimum.

After a full discussion the board of trustees, together
with the building committee, has felt led to ask the
churches to meet this construction cost through each
member (23,169 in all) providing, on an average, for
the cost of one square foot of floor space at $10. If our
churches at this time would meet this challenge, the
amount to be financed at the conclusion of the construc-
tion program would then be well under $140,000
(which, incidentally, was the amount of our debt at the

completion of our seminary building). Our monthly pay-
ments then would be no larger than they are at the
present time.

Such a program as this should not be difficult for any
of our churches. It would provide an excellent oppor-
tunity for some of our Brethren people to become life
members of the seminary corporation by contributing
$500. Others could contribute considerably more than
the $10 average. This would compensate for the chil-
dren and unemployed who may not be able to give
as much as $10.

Recently posters were mailed to each of our pastors.
Each poster shows a floor plan which is marked off by
darker lines into 100 squares. Each of these represents
one square foot of floor space at SIO. As the gifts come
in these squares can be filled in with a colored pencil
or crayon. Thus, if your church has 100 members and
each provides for his foot of space (or when your total
offerings reach $1,000), the entire floor plan can be
colored. If your church has a membership of 200, we
have sent two posters; if 300, three posters, et cetera.
There are three different posters available. Churches
with a membership of more than 300 can use the same
kind of poster twice. If these are mounted in a con-
spicuous place, we believe they will help to create in-
terest in the program, and each church can see how
its own program is progressing.

These matters weigh heavily upon the hearts and
shoulders of those at Grace Seminary and College to
whom this responsibihty has been delegated. Brethren,
we ask you to understand that this program is also
your responsibility. Will you join us in keeping the con-
struction program before the Lord in definite prayer as
the buildings at Winona Lake continue to rise? You
have always stood by us. We know you will do so now.

You Will Be Shocked!

I was shocked when I read the article by Professor
Nathan Meyer. (See pg. 740) And, we don't like to be
shocked! It was not an easy situation to face, but hon-
estly compelled me to do so. It should constrain you
to do the same.

We might as well admit it. We are living in an age
which has grown intensely materialistic, and we Chris-
tians become more attached to the things of this world
than we realize. We do not like to hear about it. We are >
like Israel of old: "Prophesy not unto us right things,
speak unto us smooth things" (Isa. 30:10). Isaiah was

told to "go, write it in a book, that it may be for

the time to come for ever and ever" (vs. 8). Were these
words written as a reminder, lest the day should come
when we, like Israel, would resent being shocked?

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 47

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM, Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16, 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake, Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake, Ind. Subscription price, $3.00 a year; 100-percent churches, $2.50; foreign, $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees, president; Herman A. Hoyt, vice president; William Schaffer. secretary; True Hunt, assistant secretary; Ord Geh-
man. treasurer; Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee; William Male, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller, Thomas Ham-
mers; Arnold R. Kriegbaum, ex officio.

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

GRACE COLLEGE
AND ITS BEGINNINGS

By Dr. Herman A. Hoyt, Dean

and first year

The Faculty, 1947-48

The blessing of God upon the
ministry of Grace Seminary during
the first ten years of its existence
brought an ever-increasing appeal
for expansion in the educational
courses offered by the school, espe-
cially for training on the collegiate
level. These appeals came from
worthy students both inside and out-
side the Brethren Fellowship. Many
of them were hardly ready to under-
take the intensive and advanced
training of graduate level, but de-
served some sort of training. After
several years of deliberation, two
years of collegiate training were pro-
vided. Within these two years cf
work, it was possible to provide the
student with relatively adequate
background for seminary training,
and enable the seminary to grant
him a Bachelor of Theology degree
at the completion of the three ad-
ditional years of work in the semi-
nary.

The armouncement of the open-
ing of a collegiate division in Grace
Theological Seminary was greeted
with a most welcome response, with
32 matriculating in the fall of 1948.
The second class entering in the
fall of 1949 brought the total num-

(Note— Last month we printed an account of the organizatio.. a,.u ii.si year
of Grace Seminary, written by Dr. Hoyt, and taken from The History of Grace
Theological Seminary which appeared in the school's annual for 1951 The follow-
ing article, adapted from the same source, concerns the opening of Grace Col-
lege. As you read Dr. Hoyt's article it will be well to bear in mind that the
present enrollment in the college is 212, and the staff now numbers 28 How
greatly the Lord has blessed! — P.R.B.)

ber to 45. In May 1950, 14 grad-
uated from the two-year collegiate
course, 11 of whom entered the
seminary. The total number in the
collegiate division grew to fifty in
the fall and winter of 1950-51. At
this writing (1951) the desire of
many students for training beyond
the two-year course now offered in
the coUegiate division not only points
to further expansion in the col-
legiate division, but also justifies the
vision of the board of trustees in
building with an eye to the future of
Christian education within The
Brethren Church, and ultimately to
the future of the Lord's work.

By adding a collegiate division to
Grace Seminary, a whole new set of
courses was also added. At first these
new courses were distributed among
the regular seminary teachers. Sev-
eral instructors from among the stu-
dents in the upper classes in the
seminary division were hired to as-
sist: John Harper in Greek; Robert
Munn in French; Jack Churchill in
EngUsh; and Mrs. Jack Churchill in
Spanish. One year later, Rev. Con-
ard K. Sandy, after ten years' ab-
sence, returned as full-time professor
of Bible and History in the col-

legiate division. After that, Charles
Ashman, Jr., Homer A. Kent, Jr.,
Ralph Gilbert, Rev. Paul Dowdy,
and Donald Ogden became instruc-
tors respectively in Greek, Greek
and English, Psychology and Eng-
lish, Spanish, and Music.

Also assisting as part-time in-
structors during the year 1950-51,
Rev. Herbert Bess, then a middler
in the seminary, taught one of the
Hebrew grammar classes, and Mr.
Evan Adams, another middler, filled
out the year as Spanish teacher for
Rev. Paul Dowdy, who returned to
Argentina.

After reviewing the history of
Grace Seminary since its organiza-
tion in the fall of 1937 and Grace
College since 1948, it can be seen
how a small rivulet has grown into a
mighty stream. It is evident that
God's blessing has attended the
school from the beginning, and His
hand is still upon it for good. It is
safe to say that the Lord will con-
tinue to bless this school so long
as it holds to the original ideals and
seeks to make Jesus Christ known
as the only Saviour and Lord of Life.

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lack Row: Homer Kent, Jr., Ralph Gilbert, John Harper, Charles Ashman, Jr., Robert Munn. Front Row: Ralph Colbum (National
'outh Director), Blaine Snyder (librarian), Robert Culver, Herman Hoyt. Alva J. McClain. Herman Koontz (pastor Winona Lake Breth-
en Church), Homer Kent, Sr., Conard Sandy, and Dorothy Magnuson (secretary). Paul Bauman was on round-the-world trip at the time
licture was taken.

ioyember 23, 1957

739

Half-Million Dollar Robbery!

By Nathan M. Meyer, Asst Professor in Homiletics, Grace Seminary

No; it was not a union racketeer
misappropriating the working man's
funds. It was not Murder Incor-
porated, nor members of the under-
world staging a daring holdup of a
Chicago bank. It was dehberately
plotted and planned by 20,000
fundamental Christians who have
their names on the membership list
of The Brethren Church.

God forgive us; we do it once
every year as regular as Christmas.
As a matter of fact, that is exactly
when we do it — during the Christ-
mas season — in broad daylight or
imder the glittering holiday lights of
streets and stores of the cities of
America. We deplore the way
Christmas has been commer-
cialized. Then we rush in like foot-
ball players ready for scrimmage and
strengthen the movement we de-
nounce. It is high time that we
Christians stop and consider what
we are doing.

Just whose birthday is Christmas
anyway? Grandma's? Uncle Jim's?
our children's? Every year we read,
study, rehearse and even drama-
tize the story of the Wise Men. We
eulogize them for what they did.
Then we rush out to do the very op-
posite. They gave their gifts to
Christ, not to Mary or Joseph or
Cousin John.

The Wise Men were wise enough
to bring all gifts to Christ and Christ
alone on His birthday. Christmas is
His birthday. You have your ovm
birthday. Don't steal His too! We
in the National Fellowship of
Brethren Churches are robbing the
bank of heaven, stealing from the
divine Cashier approximately $500,-
000 on His birthday every year.
Think of it! With foreign missions,
home missions, district missions,
Grace Seminary all in the red and
cutting back the Lord's business be-
cause of lack of money, we Breth-
ren give away more than enough to
supply all these needs bountifully. A
small private poll indicates that the

740

average Brethren family spent be-
tween S50 and $100 last year on
what they call Christmas. And the
old Devil laughed!

The custom of giving gifts to
ourselves on the Lord's birthday is
a pagan custom originating with the
Devil to rob the Saviour on His
birthday. Suppose someone did that
to you on your birthday! What an
awful thing to do to the Son of God
who died to give you eternal life! If
the average Brethren family spends
$50 on Christmas, the total for The
Brethren Church would be $350,000
annually. Fifty dollars per family
would certainly be the minimum,
and it's more than we spend for for-
eign missions in one whole year. It
is possible that the average could
be around $100 per family, which
would make a total of $700,000.
Add up what your family spent last
year for a tree, trimmings, cards,
postage, presents, and so forth. The
total will surprise you. One man told
me: "I even borrowed money and
went into debt for Christmas, but
I've never yet borrowed money to
give to the Lord." Quite probably
the actual figure is between the two
figures quoted above, or about $75
per family. That totals $500,000
in The Brethren Church. Imagine
what a half-million-dollar gift could
do if given to the Lord at this time.

First of all, it could clear up the
desperate situation which has de-
veloped in deficits that have been
accumulating the last few years.
Foreign missions, home missions,
and Grace Seminary together need
over $100,000 just to make up for
expected offerings which did not
come in. The crying need and the
urgent opportunities practically de-
manded that they move ahead for
Christ. But offerings did not match
the need, and an alarming deficit has
now developed. Yet how easily we
could wipe out all this and more —
much more.

Five missionaries are waiting now

to go to four continents. They can-
not go for lack of funds. Mission-
aries on furlough are begging to
return to their fields, but are strand-
ed in the homeland because there is
not enough money. A school for mis-
sionaries' children is in danger of
closing for lack of funds. The whole
Grace College building program is in
danger of being called off right in
the midst of construction, if the
money does not come in very soon.
What a tragedy that would be! But
all this could be changed overnight if
we Brethren would give our Christ-
mas gifts to Christ.

But that's not all! We could open
ten new home-missions churches.
The opportunities are many. In ad-
dition to all of that, we could pay
cash for the new college buildings at
Grace, and bum the mortgage on the
present seminary building. Wouldn't,
all that be simply wonderful? What
a testimony for Christ! And we can
do it within the next few weeks —
if we love the Lord!

Remember, this is not really ask-
ing for any sacrifice. This is only a
challenge to divert funds that are
headed for the cash registers of the
merchants into the cash registers ofl
the Lord to be used to win souls. It
should not change our regular giv-!
ing nor deprive us of any necessi-
ties for that matter. It would be a
wonderful Christmas for you and fori
the Lord. Think of the relief it would'
be to have no Christmas shopping
to do. But think more of the spirit-
ual benefits and the real meaning oi
Christmas. After all, it is the Lord's
birthday!

For at least once in your life
why not try honoring Christ on Hifl
birthday? Tell the Lord and youi'
pastor, that as a Christian, you are
willing to do your part. The mar
tyrs gave their wallets, their banlj
accounts, their homes, their families
and their Uves; it is a small thing fo 1
you to give your Christmas.

The Brethren Missionary Heroic

CHRISTMAS CRUSADE

"A good idea, but it won't work!''

By Nathan M. Meyer

Almost to a man people agree
that it is a good idea to give one's
Christmas spending to Christ. But
all except the very spiritual few
say: "But it won't work for us." Why
won't it? Because:

1 . We have children. What kind
of Christmas would it be without a
tree and all the presents? The chil-
dren look forward to it and we
just could not do that. It wouldn't
work for us.

Answer: Why do the children
look forward to it? Because you
taught them that Christmas con-
sists of trees, hghts, food, merriment
and getting presents — lots of pres-
ents (more than they can appre-
ciate or should have). Then you won-
der why they grow up to be selfish
and ungrateful. It's about time that
you start teaching them the true
meaning of Christmas and how to
celebrate a "Christian Christmas."

Gather your children together and
explain what Christ in love did for
them, and tell them that to really
please Him on His birthday we
ought to give gifts to Him. (We get
our gifts on our birthdays.) Ask them
to help please Christ by honoring
Him this Christmas. "Instead of
doing a lot of things to please our-
selves, this Christmas we want to
do everything to please Him." Make
Christmas morning a holy occasion.
Read the story of the birthday of
the King. Pray to Him and dedi-
cate the gifts that you are going
to give Him. The cooperation of
your children will surprise you and
it will be good for their spiritual
growth. We tried it. It works.

2. We have mother to think of.
We just must get something for
mother. She wouldn't understand.
She always buys a gift for us, and
it just wouldn't be Christmas if we
didn't buy a gift for mother.

Answer: You are caught in the
vicious web of custom. It's like a
wheel. You go round and round,
and there is neither end nor exit. But
stop to think. Why wouldn't mother
understand? If she's a godly mother.

it would delight her heart to see the
evidence of spiritual growth in her
children; your giving Christ the pre-
eminence would make her more
happy than if you bought her a new
bungalow. And if she is not a godly
woman, the testimony of the whole
thing would do more toward reach-
ing her for Christ than if you bought
her a new Cadillac. Faithfulness and
loyalty to the Saviour are always the
best and most effective forms of wit-
nessing. Remember God honors
those who honor Him!

3. We have unsaved friends.
They wouldn't understand. We
simply must buy presents for them.
It is part of our testimony.

Answer: Send them the Christ-
mas-card letter and pray that God
will change them into saved friends.
(See also paragraph 2).

4. And then there's Uncle John.
Uncle John has always somehow
looked upon us as favorites, and
every year he buys us an expensive
present. It wouldn't do not to buy
him something.

Answer: Send him a present on his
birthday and a letter on the Lord's
birthdav. (See paragraph 2.)

5. We'll give an equal amount
to the Lord. We like the idea but in
order to have our cake and eat it,
too, we'll simply give the Lord as
much as we spend for ourselves.
Don't you think that's a good way
to solve the whole problem?

Answer: Perhaps, if you are satis-
fied with only half a blessing. Cer-
tainly it's a good start in the right di-
rection.

But you have overlooked one
thing. Anything you give to the
Lord is really a deposit in heaven.
Your bank account in the Celestial
City will be delivered to you upon
your arrival in the City of God. The
size of that account will depend uoon
how much you deposit up there while
you are living down here. But please
note: The heavenly bank operates on
entirely different principles from the
First National of your town. The
figure written in your deposit book

in heaven is not determined by the
amount you give the Lord but by the
proportion that you have left. If
you can afford to give the Lord the
same amount you spend on yourself
and friends, you are still cheating the
Lord of half of what belongs to Him.
Again we ask, whose birthday is it?
When you learn to grow in grace
and love the Lord with all your
heart, you will no longer ask if it is
all right to give Him half.

WHAT ONE CHURCH DID

A year ago the Leesburg Breth-
ren Church, a congregation of 111
members, was challenged by their
pastor to put Christ back into Christ-
mas by giving their regular Christ-
mas spending to Christ. Most Chris-
tians were not willing to accept the
challenge. They considered it too
great a sacrifice. But a few did.
Others did in part. In all, nearly a
thousand dollars was given as a spe-
cial Christmas gift to the Lord (not
regular offerings).

The following letter was printed
in quantity and distributed to those
who desired to mail it instead of
Christmas cards and presents:
Dear

This is a strange Christmas card
and just a bit early, but there is a
reason. Actually, this is a Christmas-
card letter. You see, our family has
joined the Leesburg Brethren Christ-
mas Crusade to put Christ first on
His birthday.

For a number of years we have
been buying Christmas cards and
gifts for ourselves and those we love.
All the while Christ, whose birthday
we were celebrating, was left in the
background. This year we hope to
put HIM first. He died to save us
because He loved us and He deserves
more love and devotion than we have
given Him.

So this year we plan to foUow the
example of the Wise Men on that
first Christmas so long ago when
they brought valuable gifts to the
Christ-child who had come to earth

(Continued on page 743)

November 23, 7957

741

Get-Acquainted Dinner

By Paul R. Bauman

When Grace was purely a grad-
uate theological school, there was a
sense in which it could hardly have
been called an institution of com-
munity interest. True it was that it
served the community through its
faculty, student body, and alumni
who ministered to the needs of cer-
tain churches in the immediate area.
But, the scope of the school's help-
fulness was limited and largely con-
fined to churches. Not until now,
therefore, has the school ever made
any approach to the community for
financial support.

With the organization of Grace
College, however, the picture has
changed considerably. The school
now offers the community a place
where its young people, under
Christian standards, can receive a
liberal arts college education in prep-
aration for a variety of vocations.
Graduates of the school are already
serving acceptably in the city and
county school as teachers. Some
public-school teachers are seeking
supplementary training; nurses are
anxious for additional college work
to complete a bachelor's degree.
More than thirty students whose
homes lie within a radius of forty
miles are now attending Grace Col-
lege. This number will increase, for
high-school students are making in-
quiries about the school. Business-
men are awakening to the realiza-
tion that the faculty, students, and
families connected with the school
are now spending upwards of a mil-
lion dollars a year in the local com-
munity.

In recent years business firms all
over the country have been awaken-
ing to the value of the private col-
lege in particular as an instrument to
help perpetuate our American way

of life. They have become cogni-
zant of the desperate financial needs
of these schools. Many business
organizations have set aside funds
to be dispensed to schools of higher
learning, and it is significant that to
a great extent these funds are being
given with no strings attached as to
the department in which they are to
be used.

For several years a number of
the local business firms have been
contributing to nearby colleges.
Some of these have set up student-
aid and scholarship funds in addi-
tion to outright grants to schools
of higher learning.

In view of this growing interest
the school's board of trustees has
given careful consideration to a plan
to seek funds from business and pro-
fessional firms located in the im-
mediate area of Winona Lake and
the nearby town of Warsaw. Both
the board and the school's adminis-
tration are determined, however, to
accept only such gifts as will be of-
fered with no strings attached; that
is, strings that would cause us in
any way to compromise our stand-
ards or testimony. If business firms
are willing to give under those con-
ditions, there is no reason why do-
nations should not be accepted.

As a first approach Dr. Ogden
and I visited more than thirty of the
keymen and keywomen of the area,
most of whom are heads or high
officials in their organizations.
Space forbids a detailed account of
these preliminary interviews which
were held for the purpose of learn-
ing whether these individuals would
serve on a committee to help form
a plan of approach to the commu-
nity. The fact that there was not a
single outright refusal is sufficient
to show the graciousness and in-

terest with which we were received.

For the first get-together of this
committee with the school's adminis-
tration, a dinner meeting was held,
an account of which recently ap-
peared in the local newspaper. The
reprint of this article which appears
on page 743 of this magazine will
give some idea of the personnel of
the group attending. The interest
manifested was highly encouraging
to us.

Since then a smaller steering
committee has been formed, and a
plan of approach is being laid out.
The owner of the newspaper (who,
incidently, is a most enthusiastic
member of the committee) has as-
sured us of complete cooperation
in making Grace College known
through the Times Union and radio
station WRSW.

There is much preUminary work
to be done. We cannot expect an
immediate flow of gifts, but there
will be some. Our readers will be
interested to learn that already,
before the campaign has begun or
any in the local community have
been asked, a physician and his wife
have made the first gift of $1,000.
This we believe to be an earnest of
what the Lord has for us from such
sources in the future.

In the meantime our Brethren
people should realize that the pros-
pects of help from corporations and
professional men presents The
Brethren Church with a tremendous
challenge. These men are asking:
"What has the church done?" and
"What does the church expect to do
in the present construction pro-
gram?" The whole program — theirs
and ours — should be made a mat-
ter of definite prayer during the
weeks and months that lie ahead.
We are praying. Will you join us?

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

College Hosts Civic Leaders

(Note — The following article was reprint-
ed from the Warsaw Times-Union. It ap-
peared in the newspaper on Nov. 6, together
with the picture appearing on the front cover
of the Missionary Herald this week. See
also editorial, "Get-Acquainted Dinner." —
P.R.B.)

Marking the first step in a mutual
get-acquainted program, Grace
Seminary and College recently was
host to a group of prominent local
businessmen and women (note photo
at left) at a dinner in the Westmin-
ster Hotel, Winona Lake.

The program centered entirely
around the school as an educational
and cultural institution and the ever-
increasing place it is taking in the
life of the Warsaw-Winona Lake
area.

Thirty-five persons attended the
dinner. Dr. Paul R. Bauman, vice
president of Grace, was master of
ceremonies and introduced the
guests and speakers.

Dr. Alva J. McClain, seminary
president, explained the founding of
the school twenty years ago as a
graduate school of theology, and
Grace College as a liberal arts col-
lege in 1948.

Dr. Herman A. Hoyt, dean.

pointed out that the college is ac-
credited in the field of education for
teacher training with the State of In-
diana. He also said the college of-
fers majors in the general liberal
arts field. The fact that the school
brings many cultural advantages to
the community in the form of artist
and musical series also was stressed.

Before the dirmer the group visit-
ed the campus and saw the two new
college buildings under construction
at a cost of approximately $400,000.
The Grace Brethren Church, with
which the school is related, will raise
a large share of this amount be-
fore the buildings are completed.
Part is to be raised locally.

Following the dinner, the group
adopted a recommendation that the
school appoint a committee of seven
members to meet with Grace offi-
cials and outline a definite finan-
cial program in which the local
community would share, especially
in the construction program.

The committee is now being
formed and will report to the larger
group which is composed of the
following local leaders:

Cecil Armstrong, of Armstrong
Associates; Mrs. J. R. Baum, Wi-
nona Lake; George Bowser, attor-
ney; Frank Brennan, Brennan's
Drug Store; H. M. Brooks, Kimble
Glass Company; Carl Burt, city
school superintendent; Chester C.
Cooley, Da-Lite Screen Company;
Paul Dunbar, insurance; Don Endi-
cott, church furniture; Jack Engle,
mayor of Warsaw; Jesse Eschbach,
attorney; David Gast, Gast Fuel and
Service; Robert Hall, insurance.

James Hartle, Zimmer Mfg.
Company; Mrs. H. H. Hoopes, De-
Puy Mfg. Company; Max Hull, Hull
House; C. H. Ker, Dalton Found-
ries; Don Lessig, Lessig Engineer-
ing firm; Ralph Lucier, United Tele-
phone Company; Blaine Mikesell,
American Brattice Cloth; Jerry
Overmeyer, Ford agency; Myron
Ringo, Lake City Bank; Herbert
Robinson, Lake City Bank; Ross
Sittler, First National Bank; John
Snell, apparel store; Russell Spear,
W. R. Thomas store; James Thomas,
Rodeheaver Company; Reuben Wil-
liams, The Times-Union.

I m small, but I'm an important instrument. Are you using me?'

CHRISTMAS CRUSADE

(Continued from page 741)

to be the Saviour of the world. In
joining the Christmas Crusade, we
have pledged our Christmas spend-
ing for this year as a gift to the
Christ of Christmas.

The Leesburg Brethren Church
will receive our gift to help remodel
the old church auditorium. This
church is dedicated to the task of
telling this war-torn world about
the Prince of Peace who was born on
Christmas Day. Certainly this sin-
sick world needs the gospel mes-
sage. Right now, our church, the
Lord's church needs our help.

We hope that you will not feel
that we love you less this year but
only that we love Christ more. Please
do not buy any presents for us
either. We want this Christmas to be
only for the Lord. Somehow, we
feel that this will be the best Christ-
mas we have ever had.

With love and best wishes,
Col. 1:18 The Christmas Crusaders

November 23, 1957

743

Is American Youth Physically Fit?

By Richard G. Messner, Director of Physicol Education

Do American youngsters have too
easy a life? Are they getting soft and
flabby? These and other thought-
provoking questions are frankly dis-
cussed in the August 2 issue of the
U. S. News and World Report. Presi-
dent Eisenhower, in a White House
conference, has been told these
things about the youth of this coun-
try:

A test designed to determine muscular
fitness was given to 4,264 U.S. schoolchiil-
dren. aged 6-16. Out of that number, close
to 60 percent failed to measure up to mini-
mum standards.

This same test was passed with ziying
colors by all but 8.7 percent of 2.879 Euro-
pean children in the same age group.

These statistics are shocking.
What is happening to the youth of
America? The nation has always
prided itself in its "All-American"
sports stars, and yet when the real
truth is known our young people
just aren"t getting enough exercise
to be physically and emotionally fit.
The President was so concerned over
the trend of events that he imme-
diately appointed a Council on
Youth Fitness headed by Vice Presi-
dent Richard M. Nixon. In Septem-
ber, a commission of 120 leading
citizens, appointed by President
Eisenhower, was to meet at West
Point to lay out a plan to try to re-
verse the trend toward softness
among young people in this country.

The root of the problem seems
to be that muscle -building chores
have nearly vanished from the
American home. It used to be that
a youngster received some good
exercise by filling the woodbox,
hiking a mile or more to school,
milking the cows, and plowing the
fields. Today we're living in a
"push-button" age. You merely set
the thermostat for the proper tem-
perature; buses deliver the children
to school, and many parents have
fallen into the habit of chauffeuring
their youngsters even for short dis-
tances; cows are automatically
milked, and modem farm machinery
makes tilling the soil a simple mat-
ter. It used to be that the young
ladies helped their mother do the
family wash by hand, but now they

744

just push a button and watch tele-
vision while the clothes automati-
cally wash and dry. Actually, to-
day's young people have more lei-
sure time but fewer places in which
to play and use up this time. Dr.
Hans Kraus, associate professor of
physical medicine and rehabilitation
at New York University, writes:

We have gone too far in stressing psycho-
logical needs . . . First stress . . . should be
placed on physical muscular fitness. This
does not mean, of course, that our final
goal does not remain the "total personality."
But that effort toward achievement of the
total personality, however, has lured many
away from the one immediate aim of phys-
ical education; a strong, physically fit body.

The Christian people of America
should even be more alarmed over
this growing situation since we know
that our body is the temple of the
Holy Spirit. It is our duty and re-
sponsibihty to God to see that we
keep ourselves physically fit. It fol-
lows logically that we should be
doubly concerned about our children
and their physical fitness. One of the
things that parents should check on
before sending their son or daughter
to college is the physical-education
program. Are there adequate facili-
ties for building strong healthy
bodies? Is there a wholesome pro-
gram of Intramurals? It's a tragedy
when a young person graduates from
a college with a well-trained mind
which is housed in a body which is
not physically fit due to lack of
exercise and proper physical instruc-
tion. Certainly, as Dr. Kraus has
pointed out, our final goal should be
a development of the "total per-
sonality," but a strong, physically fit
body is an intregal part of anybody's
personality.

There is another very important
fact that I would like to point out.
There is a direct relationship be-
tween physical ability and leadership {
ability. A series of tests were run in i
the United States Military Academy,
at West Point, to determine if phys-
ical ability had any connection with
leadership ability. The highest per-
centage of men with leadership abil-
ity was found in the group that had
the most physical ability. Evidence
seems to indicate that extensive
physical activity is one of the most
important prerequisites to leader-
ship.

Just recently I was talking with an i
executive of a large company. He
told me that they were in the process
of bringing in younger men for the
executive positions to replace the
older men. "Fresh blood" was need-
ed in order to spur the company on.
The interesting thing was this —
each young man was asked if he ,

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

First Seminary Pastor

By Dr. Raymond E. Gingrich

President, Cornus Hill Bible College
Akron, Ohio

One cannot be closely associated
with an educational institution such
as Grace Theological Seminary with-
out being vitally affected by its in-
fluence.

During the formative period and
the days of its infancy Grace Semi-
nary was closely related to the First
Brethren Church, of Akron, Ohio.
This church was its home during the
first two years of its history, 1937-
1939.

I had the rather distinctive posi-
tion of being the pastor of the host

church in which the institution was
housed; of being a part-time teach-
er in the school; and of being a
part-time student in the seminary,
completing my residence work for
the Th.M. degree.

These were fruitful years for
both church and pastor. Our spirit-
ual life was deepened; our intellec-
tual life was stimulated; our de-
nominational interest was intensi-
fied, and our understanding of edu-
cational methods was broadened.
The young people of the congrega-

tion who were already beginning to
feel the challenge of God's call to
Christian service were greatly en-
couraged by the presence of the
seminary in their midst.

The fuU evaluation of the im-
pact of Grace Seminary upon the
church and community will have to
wait that great day when the Lord,
the righteous Judge, shall make
manifest the thoughts and deeds of
men before we shall fully know just
what the school has done for us.

IS AMERICAN YOUTH
I PHYSICALLY FIT?

(Continued from page 744)

were an athlete, or if he had par-
ticipated in athletics. If the answer
was "No," the applicant was turned
down. Why? This company had
learned that the athlete has the de-
sire to win and the initiative to get
ahead. They knew that there was a
close connection between physical
abihty and leadership ability. A
good executive must have the in-
itiative and drive to get ahead.

Bearing these facts in mind, I
think we can see tjie absolute ne-
cessity of a topnotch physical-educa-
tion program at Grace College. Our
Brethren young people deserve the
very best facilities that we can give
them. It is our goal to turn out
Christian leaders who will teach
and guide the youth of tomorrow.
Thus far we have been seriously
handicapped by the lack of physical
education facilities. I must admit
that many times my feeling has been
that an athletic program at Grace
College is "hopeless," but praise the
Lord prayer is being answered. A
new baseball field and a new gym-
nasium are now under construction.
With the Lord's guidance and help
we shall endeavor to turn out young
men and young women who are well
trained both mentally and physically.

GIFTS TO GRACE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

October 1957

Aleppo, Pa

Alexandria, Va

Alto, Mich

Altoona. Pa. (First)

Ankenytown, Ohio

Ashland, Ohio

Belli lower, Calif

Berne. Ind

Canton, Ohio

Clay City, Ind

Clayton, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Conemaugh, Pa. (Pike) ...

Dallas Center, Iowa

Danville, Ohio

Dayton, Ohio (First)

Dayton, Ohio (N. Riverdale)

Elkhart, Ind

Englewood, Ohio

Flora, Ind

Goshen, Ind

Hagerstown, Md. (Calvary)

Harrisburg, Pa

Homerville, Ohio

Inglewood, Calif

Johnstown, Pa. (First) ...

Kittanning, Pa. (First)

Lake Odessa, Mich

Lansing, Mich

La Verne, Calif

Leamersville, Pa

Leesburg, Ind

Leon, Iowa ...

Limestone, Term

Long Beach, Calif. (First)
Long Beach, Calif.

(Los Altos)

Los Angeles, Calif. (Cora.) 8.00

Mansfield, Ohio (Grace) .. 24.00

Martinsburg. Pa 6.00

Modesto, Calif. (La Loma) 20.00

General Building

Fund

$2.00

?8.00

12.50

50.00

10,00

5.00

12.50

. 182.37

4.00

21.50

20.00

31.00

286.50

35.00

28.50

15.00

22.22

16.00

49.00

1.00

12.00

2.00

. 231.50

273.12

) 377.25

73.00

83.50

30.50

500.00

63.00

16.25

4.00

15.00

44.50

60.00

7.00

. 108.00

32.50

210.30

209.80

. 136.30

38.00

41.00

50.00

21.00

29.00

2.00

22.00

78.48

96.84

14.00

1.00

144.35

. 169.52

10.00

. 100.00

12.25

General Building

Fund Fund
Modesto, Calif. (McHenry) 15.50

New Troy, Mich 18.00 2.00

Norwalk, Calif 173.75

Osceola. Ind 11.00 20.00

Oxnard. Calif 10.00

Palmyra, Pa 46.50

Peru, Ind 21.00 100.00

Philadelphia, Pa. (First) 181.00 512.00

Radford, Va 9.00 3.00

Rittman, Ohio 116.25 10.00

Roanoke, Va 15.70 7.00

Seal Beach. Calif 10.00

Sidney, Ind 216.00 64.00

South Bend, Ind 55.00

Washington, D. C 26.10 17.00

Washington. Pa 5.00

Waterloo, Iowa 83.10 294.85

Winchester, Va 48.00 8.00

Winona Lake. Ind 150.00

Winona. Minn 7.00 20.00

York, Pa 116.65

Isolated 3.50 2.50

Non-Brethren 309.50 1,118.00

Maintenance Gifts 120.00

Camp Grace, Va 50.00

Student Body 10.00

Miscellaneous Offerings . . . 45.78

Totals 3.977.62 4,426.11

Designated Gifts:

Ashland, Ohio 150.00

Kittanning. Pa. (Fir.st) 35.00

Long Beach, Calif. (First) 50.00

Martinsburg, Pa 85.75

Whittier, Calif. (First) 75.00

Winona Lake, Ind 550.00

Non-Brethren 48.00

Alumni Association 300.00

Student Body 59.22

Total Designated Gifts 1,352,97

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November 23, 1957

745

DAYTON, OHIO. C. S. Zim-
merman has resigned as the pastor
of the Patterson Park Brethren
Church.

WATERLOO, IOWA. The an-
nual missionary conference of the
Grace Brethren Church was held
Nov. 10-17 with Graham Hay as
one of the guest speakers. John Aeby
is pastor.

CLEVELAND, OHIO. Rev. C.

C. Thomas was guest speaker at
homecoming services at the First
Brethren Church on Nov. 17. Clair
Brickel is pastor.

GLENDORA, CALIF. Ward A.
Miller, pastor of the Community
Brethren Church of Whittier, Calif.,
is concluding evangelistic meetings
at the Glendora Independent Church
of the Brethren Nov. 7-24.

FORT WAYNE, IND. Mark
Malles, pastor of the First Brethren
Church, has been selected to be a
member of the City Prosecutor's
Committee for Fort Wayne, which is
endeavoring to remove filthy liter-
ature from the newsstands of this
city.

MEYERSDALE, PA. Mr. and

Mrs. J. L. Tressler celebrated their
55th wedding anniversary on Oct.
26. They are members of the
Meyersdale Brethren Church.

HAGERSTOWN, MD. Dr. Peter
Ruckman was evangelist at the Cal-
vary Brethren Church. Jack Peters
is pastor.

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. The ad-
dress of the soon-to-be completed
Grace Brethren Church is 3455
Atlas St. Archer Baum is pastor. His
new address is: 2207 Comstock St.,
Zone 11.

FILLMORE, CALIF. Mr. Nor-
man Rohrer, a graduate of Grace
Seminary, was guest speaker at the
First Brethren Church on Nov. 10.
Maxwell Brenneman is pastor.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Women
will no longer be pictured in adver-
tisements for Puerto Rican rum,
because of protests by church groups
in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Gov-
ernor Luis Munoz-Marin has
ordered the Puerto Rican Economic
Development Association to change
its current U.S. advertising program
which features women drinking rum
cocktails, the Methodist Board of
Temperance reports.

NEW YORK. An official of the
Israeli government, told a Protestant
luncheon assembly that "The Chris-
tian is more secure and better off
in Israel than in perhaps most of its
neighboring countries." Dr. Chaim
Vardi, counsellor on Christian af-
fairs to Israel's government, is in
the U.S. for a two-month lecture
tour. He said the Israeli government
has given assistance toward the re-
pair and construction of church
buildings, and has provided care
and upkeep of the Holy Places. He
said it has provided religious educa-
tion in the State-supported schools
whereby each child may be taught
according to his own religious faith.

ALBANY, N. Y. The New York
State Correction Department has re-
fused to record the religious affili-
ations of convicts, despite a demand
by the Freethinkers of America that
it do so. A state government offi-
cial said that any Protestant, Cath-
olic, or Jew who followed the teach-
ings of his religion would not be in
prison, and complications of reli-
gious affiliations would be "unfair
to religion."

WASHINGTON, D. C. Inclusion
of a question on religious affilia-
tion in the 1960 federal census
would be a "violation of religious
liberty and separation of Church and
State," the Baptist Joint Committee
on Public Affairs has said. During
its annual meeting in Washington
the Baptist Joint Committee, rep-
resenting six major groups of Bap-

Executive Editor Arnold R. Krlegbaum

Winona Lake. Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Benjamin Hamilton

Winona Lake. Ind.
Home Missions Luther L. Gnibb

Winona Lake. Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

tists, adopted a strong statement on
this issue. It also took a strong stand
against government attempts to pro-
mote civil defense programs through
the churches.

LOS ANGELES. A State As-
sembly subcommittee, investigating
charges that 50 to 60 diploma-mill
organizations are operating in Los
Angeles, discovered that the acti-
vities have even penetrated the
ranks of the churches. A housewife
testified that for the sum of S30.20
she obtained a church charter and a
certificate which permitted her to
perform baptisms, marriages and
burials as an ordained minister. The
only requirements, she said, were a
letter of application and payment
of the fee.

JERUSALEM. A town dating
back nearly 4,000 years has been
discovered in Taibekah, in the He-
bron area, by the American School
of Oriental research in Jordan. This
was announced early in November
by Dr. Awni Dejani, assistant direc-
tor of antiquities in Jerusalem.

Experts believe the discovery of
a small ivory statue, resembling the
Sphinx of Egypt, proves that the
civilizations of Jordan and Egypt
were closely connected at that time.

Dejani added that the town had
been inhabited for nearly 2,000
years and that many vessels of pot-
tery, copper and glass, together with
well-made tools, were discovered.

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Notice of meetings to be listed in this column must be received for publication at least
30 days in advance of scheduled dates.

Church Date Pastor Speaker

Aleppo, Pa Nov. 18-Dec. 1 . Wayne Baker Mark Malles.

Harrisburg, Pa. Nov. 20-Dec. 1 Conard Sandy Crusade Team.

Sampleville, Ohio Dec. 3-15 Charles Flowers Crusade Team.

Ankenytown,

Ohio Dec. 30- Jan. 12 Neil Beery Crusade Team.

746

The Brethren Missionary Herald

Youth and Religion

By Russell Ogden, Pastor

First Brethren Church
Akron, Ohio

(Article I)

Next to "Sputnik" and Space
Travel, the most popular subject
to most modern adults is young
people's problems. What makes the
kids "tick"? What can we do to
help keep them straight?

To find out how the young folks
feel about their own problems, we
went to 661 seniors in the three city
high schools, of South Bend, Ind.,
with a "Youth Opinion Poll." The
questions asked pertained to four
main categories of major importance
in their hves: Rehgion, Morality,
Responsibility, and Security. Their
answers were most enlightening. We
give them to you in this, and in the
three ensuing articles.

The Problem of Religion

Clearly, the first and most im-
portant problem facing young people
is the problem of religion: "What
shall it be — this one, that one, or
none of them?" The answer to this
question determines every other is-
sue in life.

The public attitude of indifference
to religion on the part of young peo-
ple is well known by all church lead-
ers. Yet, their private attitude as ex-
pressed behind the obscurity of an
anonymous opinion poll seems a de-
cided contrast. When asked: "Do
you think religion is important?" 99
percent of them said, "Yes." How-
ever, only 66 percent considered
themselves to be personally religious,
which means that the remaining one-
third feel that they ought to be more
religious than they are. The total
picture is that the young folks are
in sympathy with the work of the
church, and many more of them
would respond to it with personal
encouragement.

Failure of parental example
doubtless contributes much to those
young folks who make no practice
of religion. Only 73 percent of the

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students consider their parents to
be religious, although 87 percent of
them say their parents encourage
them to follow some religion. The
14 percent who recommend religion,
but do not practice it, surely know
what is right, but are failing their
children by their example. Young
folks usually follow examples, not
advice.

Of the seniors polled, only 62 per-
cent claim to attend some church or
synagogue with any degree of regu-
larity. Only 72 percent ever read
the Bible. Eighty-eight percent oc-
casionally pray, according to their
own definition of "prayer."

Sixty percent of them are per-
suaded that all religions are equally
good, although 38 percent are still
sectarian enough to disagree. Only
two percent were undecided on this
issue.

Some students spend as much as
twelve to fifteen hours a week in
religious activities, but their num-
ber is few. As a general average, 62
percent of them spend about four
hours a week; 28 percent of them
spend one hour or less; 10 percent
claim to spiend no time at all in re-
ligious activities. Here, again, we
find an indication of about one-
third of our young people who are
not giving the time they should to
rehgious pursuits in view of their
own estimate of its importance. Per-
haps a more definite effort on the
part of the church to channel its
young people into religious activities
would meet with greater success than
most churches and youth workers
imagine. A lack of sincere adult
guidance and effective planning is
often the real cause for the lack
of youth interest in the church's pro-
gram.

The main concern of Christians
in regard to religion is, of course,
how widely the Gospel of Christ is
known and accepted. Accordingly,
the following question was asked:

"Do you believe the Christian teach-
ing that Jesus Christ died for our
sins, arose from the grave, hves to-
day, and is able to give us everlasting
life?" ^

From three public high schools
composed of Catholics, Jews,
Protestants, and the non-religious,
85 percent of the graduating classes
answered "Yes." We cannot say
of course, that these have all exer-
cised saving faith in the merits of our
Lord's atonement, but we can say
that they are acquainted with, and
do accept, the historic facts and doc-
trines of Christianity. Only 4 percent
answered a definite "No." Ten per-
cent said they were still "Not sure."
Fewer than one out of a hundred
claimed that they never heard of
the Christian Gospel.

Our conclusion concerning youth
and the problem of religion is not
that they are uninterested, nor even
totally uninformed, but that they
are confused, and that many of them
would accept help on the problem
if someone offered it to them. Their
apparent callousness is not usually
an expression of their natural feel-
ing but is a pretended sophistication
meant to hide a real uncertainty. It is
the imitation of what they think is a
proper "grown-up" attitude.

Most of them will follow some
sort of religion all their lives, but
if left to themselves, they will wander
aimlessly upon a sea of rehgious
speculation, governed by the de-
lusion that it doesn't matter what
you believe, as long as you are sin-
cere. Our alternative is not to leave
them to themselves. Many who are
now undecided in their faith will
eventually bs won by someone
with a positive doctrine. Let us pray
that the doctrine will be the true
Gospel of Jesus Christ. Whoever
goes after them first, and most
earnestly, will win many of them.
Perhaps it could even be us!

(Next week: "The Problem of Morality")

747

Impossible Into Possible

Photo: Israel Office of Information

One of the hottest and most forbidding arsas of the world is to be
found at the southern end of the Dead Sea, the site of ancient
Sodom and Gomorrah. The Mountains of salt and the nearby
cave of David, where he and his men may have stopped in their
flight from King Saul, conjur up vivid scenes of the Bibhcal past.
Today, a modern asphalt road, traversing a badlands area remi-
niscent of South Dakota, connects Sodom with Beersheba. Trucks
carry out potash which has been extracted by a modem plant, a
part of which is visible in the above picture. While the sea has
always been referred to as "dead" the vital materials being ex-
tracted are producing potash fertilizers which are making it pos-
sible for Israel to reclaim thousands of acres of wasted land. Para-
doxically, the Dead Sea is thus today giving life to barren lands.
A plan to reestablish a potash plant at the northern end of the
Dead Sea, in the State of Jordan, is also in operation.

By George M. Leader

The Governor of Pennsylvania, virho visited
Israel last vear, prepared the foregoing
article especially for the AIS Bulletin.

Israel is truly a land of miracles.
It is a land where the faith and
vision of its people have combined
with technical ability and skill to
produce astonishing results.

Very often the combination of
hard actuality and facts with the
dreams of the idealist is an impossi-
bility. Very often the facts hobble
the dream.

But in Israel the facts and the
dream have merged into a Twen-
tieth Century wonder.

Nine years ago, almost ten, the
State of Israel was born. It was a
bloody and violent affair which ulti-
mately turned over to 600,000 Jews
a sliver of territory along the east-
ern coast of the Mediterranean Sea
— a sliver of land about the size of
the State of New Jersey. It was a
barren land, lacking resources or
fruitfulness — all the physical prop-
erties that traditionally make a na-
tion grow and prosper.

But these 600,000 Israelis were
dedicated people. Once they won
political autonomy and American
sympathy, they turned their minds
and hands to the job of making the
desert bloom with crops, with homes
for thousands of their own people,
with all the attributes of a modem
and progressive nation.

To do this, they called on the
skills and abilities of technicians
from many nations. Experts in agri-
culture, industry, forestry, chemistry
and every other field of knowledge
came to Israel, assessed her future
possibilities and made their reports.

The experts struck a balance be-
tween land, water and people. These
are cold facts. From this balance
they made the prediction that Israel
could not support more than two
millions.

The Doors Are Open

But the Israelis are not accept-
ing the prediction of the technical

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experts. Israel's population is now
almost two millions and her doors
are open to all Jews who want to
come there. Israel refuses to be
bound by the opinions of those who
look only at land, not at people.

The people of Israel by their
courage and dedication are passing
the limits set for them by the experts.

Water is the key to the future of
Israel. When I talked with Prime
Minister Ben Gurion, it was ap-
parent that he spends much of his
time reading about irrigation and
flood control and thinking of ways
to bring water to the southern part
of the country, a desert which the
Bible predicts will some day bloom.

Already one pipeUne carries fresh
water to the Negev. The water comes
from the small Yarkon River that
flows through Tel-Aviv. The United
States has made this pipeline pos-
sible by spending $2 million, and the
steel itself came from German re-
parations.

My family and I visited a collec-
tive farm, a kibbutz, as the Israelis
call it. Its name is Nahal Oz, "the
place of the pioneer fighters." The
young men and women of Nahal Oz
are just that — pioneer fighters who
with skill, energy and courage are
settling and holding this land as
farmers and fighters.

Technically I was astonished at
the high level of their agricultural
methods. Modern American equip-
ment was at work in their fields.
Some of the finest Holstein cattle I
have ever seen were housed in the
modem bams.

As a farmer, I was particularly
impressed with the splendid con-
struction of the poultry buildings and
the fine quality of the Leghorn
chickens raised there. The Israelis
are not only producing enough eggs
for their own use but also are ex-
porting eggs and baby chicks to
other Mediterranean countries.

Here was a modern agricultural
development equal to the very best
that I have seen in the United States.

Jordan River Unexploited

The main source of fresh water,
as yet relatively unexploited, is the
Jordan River which flows into the
northem part of the country from
hostile territory, passes into the Sea
of Galilee and emerges, again in
hostile territory, to flow another
seventy-five miles into the salty Dead
Sea. The water in the small river is
today one of the most explosive of

all the controversial issues dividing
the Israelis and their Arab neighbors
in the Middle East. Israel wants to
build a mammoth pipeline from a
point north of the Sea of Galilee
down to the Southern Desert to ir-
rigate the presently barren land.

The facts about Israel's resources
are well known to Prime Minister
Ben Gurion, to Levi Eshkol, Finance

Minister, to Golda Meir, Foreign
Minister — to all Israel.

But the Israelis are moving ahead.
By their determination and devo-
tion they are overcoming the seem-
ing facts. Israel is truly the land
where the impossible is being trans-
formed into the possible.

Reprinted by permission of America-Is-
rael Bulletin, organ of the America-Is-
rael Society, Willard Hotel, Washington 4.

Israeli Thanksgiving Festivity

"Dance of the Sheaves"

Photo: Israel Office of Information

These women from Dahlia, a kibbiitz (collective settlement) in
southern Galilee, are celebrating the harvesting of the wheat.
Holding sheaves of wheat aloft and wearing costumes designed on
Biblical models, they are giving a modem representation of "the
feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest
in thy labours out of the field" (Exodus 23:16). The kibbutz in
Israel has, of course, played a vital role both in the young State's
agricultural development and in its defense. There are various
kinds of such kibbutzim, distinguished according to the poli-
tical and rehgious inclinations of the members. At present, they
are giving way to looser and more individualistic forms of asso-
ciation as Israel comes to achieve a stronger agricultural base and
deeper security.

November 23, 1957

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Pike Brethren Church

PIKE BRETHREN CHURCH, CONEMAUGH, PA.

Ground was broken on March 15, 1953, and less than five years later the
church was dedicated debt free, and never having had a mortgage upon it.

By the Editor

The time was January 21, 1953.
The occasion was a specially called
congregational meeting of the Pike
Brethren Church. The purpose was
to consider the advisability of erect-
ing a new church building to care
for the expanding program.

Memory played an important role
in the meeting that night and ac-
counted for a mixture of reaction.
Some remembered the days when
the old frame building was erected
in the late 1800's. Others recalled
that it was within those walls that
they had come to know the Saviour,
but almost all present remembered
too that last Sunday over 200 had
been crowded into the small audi-
torium originally designed to seat
about 1 50 people. They remembered
only too well that last Sunday there
were seven Sunday-school classes
meeting in the auditorium, and that
seven teachers had expounded the
lesson from seven different "angles,"
for only curtains divided the classes.

They remembered that last Sunday
30 children were crowded into a
room 8 by 10. They remembered
that on special days over 300 had
tried to crowd inside the doors of
the church, and many times folk
just did not get in. It was voted
unanimously to start the new build-
ing as soon as possible. The building
committee (pictured on the opposite
page) was elected and the wheels of
progress began to turn. The com-
mittee met February 19 with D. G.
Puderbaugh, an architect from Al-
toona. Pa., and on March 15 ground
was broken for tjie new edifice.

THE FACTS

On the day that ground was
broken, the estimated cost of the
building was over $70,000. In the
building fund was $2,500, and be-
yond that was the faithfulness of the
Lord to supply every need. Busi-
nessmen of the community shook
their heads and declared it could

never be done. However, the people,
as in the days of Nehemiah, had a
mind to work. In fact, all the labor
on the building was donated with the
exception of the bricklaying, plas-
tering, and the shingling of the roof.
On May 2, 1954, the cornerstone
was laid, and the congregation was
inspired to labor anew, sacrifically
contributing both their labor and
finances to see the church con-
structed.

DEBT FREE

Four years and nine months later,
on November 3, 1957, the new
edifice of the Pike Brethren Church
was dedicated with the total cost
being $77,094.51. Of this amount,
not one cent of interest was ever
paid, there was never a mortgage
on the building, and the only loan
was one of $2,000 to help with the
brick work, this amount having been
loaned interest free.

The new building is in a "T"

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Dedicated Debt Free

BUILDING COMMITTEE

Left to right: Virgil Fitz, Jack Griffith, C. B. Goughnour, Loy Leonard,
Lloyd Davis, Grant Davis, E. J. Simmons, Pastor Clair Gartland, and
Charles Kerr. (Glenn Teeter, recently moved to California is not in picture.)

shape with the main auditorium
measuring 42 by 62 feet and the
Sunday-school unit 37 by 72 feet.
The main auditorium will conveni-
ently seat 252 people with a bal-
cony seating 77 people, and a large
choir loft seating 36. A nursery,
cloakroom, and baptistry form a part
of the main auditorium. On the first
floor in the Sunday-school unit are
the pastor's study, Sunday-school of-
fice, large classroom, choir room,
and two restrooms. In the base-
ment are nine classrooms 10 by
16 feet, a kitchen 17 by 17 feet,
boiler room, and a large auditorium
35 by 45, which has no obstructions.

The Sunday-school building is so
constructed that a second floor can
be added at any time. On the day
of dedication, September 15, 1956,
Rev. Kenneth Ashman, former pas-
tor of the church, delivered the
dedicatory message. Since then ad-
ditional touches have been added
to the church, and on November

3 the final payment was made on
recent additions. The Pike Brethren
Church stands as a monument to
what a congregation can do when
they set out to accomplish a work
for the Lord. Weekly contributions,
sacrifically given, made possible
week-by-week payment of bills. As
the money came in, the construction
was continued.

During all the building program,
the contributions to missions con-
tinued to equal the year before,
and the offerings to foreign missions
in 1956 and 1957 were the largest
in the history of the church.

The Missionary Herald congratu-
lates the Pike Brethren Church for
its accomplishment for the Lord, and
the Lord is to be praised for the in-
terest of this church in every mis-
sionary endeavor of our brother-
hood. Under the 12-year spiritual
leadership of Pastor Clair Gartland,
the Pike Brethren Church has made
real strides for the Lord, to whom
is given all the praise and the glory.

CORNERSTONE LAYING

The cornerstone was laid on May

2, 1954 with Pastor Clair Gartland

delivering the message.

November 23, 1957

751

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in M^mttrmm

"I am the resurrection, and
the hfe: he that beheveth in
me, though he were dead, yet
shall he live: and whosoever
hveth and believeth in me shall
never die" (John 11:25-26).

Homecoming at Norwalk

By Henry Rempei, Pastor

Mrs. Seltha Dawson, 95, departed
to be with the Lord on Oct. 30. She
had been a member of the Brethren
Church since 1893, and was an in-
timate friend of Dr Alva J. McClain,
who preached the funeral sermon.
Full details will be found in the
forthcoming educational issue of the
Missionary Herald.

Mrs. Mary Candis Schlegel, a

member of the Norwalk Brethren
Church (formerly the Second Breth-
ren Church) for 27 years, went to
be with her Lord on Oct. 15. She
reached the age of 87 years, and
served the Lord very faithfully all
her life. — Henry Rempei, pastor.

Mrs. Eva Dilling, 78, charter
member and faithful deaconess of
The First Brethren Church of Mar-
tinsburg, Pa., departed to be with
her Lord on Oct. 25. Mr. and Mrs.
DiUing had just celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary on Sept. 25. —
Richard E. Grant, pastor.

Mrs. Elizabeth Gray, 75, went
to be with the Lord on Oct. 23. She
has been a faithful member and
prayer warrior at the First Breth-
ren Church of Whittier, Cahf., for
many years. She was the mother of
Mrs. Byron Frick. — L. Hohenstein,
pastor.

Robert N. Anthony, 43, was pro-
moted to Heaven Oct. 21 from his
home in North Willow Grove. En-
during a physical affliction for 22
years, the Lord gave him patience.
— Robert Crees, pastor.

On Sunday, November 3, the
Norwalk Brethren Church, Norwalk,
Calif., observed its anniversary and
homecoming day. Since this church
is a continuation of the former Sec-
ond Brethren Church of Los An-
geles, it has many friends and for-
mer members residing in southern
California and across the nation.
The theme of the day virtually was
"Where there is no vision, the peo-
ple perish." At this anniversary the
local church especially featured its
foreign missionaries, namely: Rev.
and Mrs. Leroy Howard, (Mexico);
Albert and Elsie Balser, (Africa);
Rev. and Mrs. Elmer Sachs of Sky
Pilots, residents in Denver, Colo.;
and Rev. and Mrs. Norman Nelson
(Philippines). Rev. Howard brought
a challenging message at the morn-
ing service. Meals were served at
noon and at 6 p.m. to 200 people.
The afternoon homecoming service
was built around the topic of "The
Past and the Present." Six laymen
spoke of the work and the blessings
of God as it rested upon the former
church. Ray Runyon, a charter
member, related how the work start-
ed with a Bible class in 1909. The
pastor of the local church consu-
mated the theme by speaking briefly
on "The End and The Beginning,"
which of course referred to the
closing of the former work and the
opening of the work in Norwalk.
The following was revealed: In 1949
the Sunday School attendance
averaged 190 for the year, in 1953 it
averaged 118. Services began in
Norwalk in December of 1953 and
the average Sunday school attend-
ance that month was 55. The
average attendance in Sunday school
for the first year in Norwalk was
hovering around the 100 mark. Last
year it averaged 257 and this year

for the month of September it aver-
aged 316, and for October 331.
Worship services grew proportion-
ately. For the year 1956, the aver-
age in the morning service was 107
and for the past quarter (July
through September 1957) it was
126. It was pointed out that the
Christian Day School began with
148 children in attendance in Sep-
tember 1955. This fall 181 are in
attendance. It might be of interest
to note that the first pastor, of the
Second Brethren Church, Dr. Mar-
tin Shively, served the church at an
annual salary of $500, whereas the
payroll at the Norwalk Brethren
Church today is $2,500 per month.
This includes six teachers in the
day school, 2 secretaries, two cus-
todians, bookkeeper, bus driver, and
pastor. (Some of these work part-
time.) It was further reported that
the Christian Day School is making
a very favorable impact upon the
Norwalk community. The school is
rapidly becoming to be known as
"The school where children really
learn something." Above all, the
boys and girls here get the gospel,
accept Christ as Saviour, and then
are built up in "the faith." Special
music was presented by the Yerian
family, Mrs. Margarette Bearg and
by the Polman family. Offerings for
the day totaled $764.00. Attend-
ances totaled 943. The day was cli-
maxed by the rendition of a sacred
concert by Irvin Butler, accordion-
ist, and Ranson Hess, tenor soloist.
The main results were that a lovely
Christian lady stepped out for
membership and a senior in the
local high school presented himself
for full-time Christian service. We
praise the Lord for all His good-
ness in Norwalk, Calif.

VOLUME 19

NOVEMBER 30, 1957

NUMBER 48

The

Brethren

Annual

INTAINING THE MINUTES OF THE SIXTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OF THE NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF BRETHREN CHURCHES

Winona Lake, Indiana, August 19-25, 7957

DECEMBER 7, 1957

TKe BRETHREN

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Next Conference: August 18-24, 1958, Winona Lake, Indiana

NATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICES
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(Warsaw Exchange)

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CONTENTS

District Conference Information —

Allegheny 26

California 27

East 28

Indiana 29

Iowa 30

Michigan 31

Mid-Atlantic 31

Midwest 32

Northern Atlantic 33

Northern CaUfomia 34

Northern Ohio 34

Northwest 36

Southeast 36

Southern Ohio 37

National Organizations —

Brethren Youth Fellowship 57

Evangelism, Board of 57

Foreign Missionary Society 39

Grace Theological Seminary 44

Home Missions Council, The Brethren 42

Laymen, National Fellowship of Brethren 55

Ministerial Relief, Board on 47

Ministers, National Fellowship of Brethren 52

Missionary Herald Company, The Brethren .... 46

Sisterhood of Mary and Martha 50

Sunday School Board, The Brethren 55

Women's Missionary Council, The Brethren ... 47

Youth Council of the Brethren Church 58

National Fellowship Information —

Churches, Directory of Brethren 59

Ministers, Roster of 69

Minutes of 1956 National Fellowship —

Business Sessions 15

Devotional Sessions 12

Moderator's Address 4

Organization and Committees 2

Statistical Report 15

Page 2

November 30, 19

NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF BRETHREN CHURCHES

Organization and Committees

Moderator — Miles Taber.
Vice Moderator — John Aeby.
Secretary — Clyde K. Landrum.
Assistant Secretary — Charles Turner.
Treasurer — Roy H. Kinsey,

1634 Pinecrest Dr., Dayton 4, Ohio

Statistician— C. S. Zimmerman.

Committee on Committees

Charles H. Ashman, Sr., Chmn.
Richard P. DeArmey.
William A. Steffler.

Executive Committee

Allegheny— R. Paul MiUer, Jr., H. Les-

Ue Moore, Sec.
California — George Peek, Charles H.

Ashman, Sr., John Mayes.
East— William H. Schaffer, Sheldon

Snyder.
Indiana — Irvin Miller, Scott Weaver.
Iowa— R. H. Kettell.
Michigan — Homer Miller.
Mid-Atlantic — John J. Bums, James G.

Dixon, Chmn.
Midwest — Carl Bates.
Northern Atlantic — William Male.
Northern Cahfornia — Nelson Hall.
Northern Ohio — Wesley Haller, Gene

Witzky.
Northwest — Robert Griffith.
Southeast — Ralph Colbum, Edward

Lewis.
Southern Ohio — Randall Rossman, True

Hunt.

Membership Committee

John Aeby, Chmn.
Harry Sturz.
Vernon Harris.
Lee Crist.
Russell Williams.
Vemon Schrock.
Maurice Hem.

Rules and Organization

Glenn O'Neal, Chmn.
James G. Dixon.
Charles H. Ashman, Jr.

Moderator's Address

John C. Whitcomb, Jr., Chmn.
Gene Witzky. '•

Elias White.

Resolutions

Leon Myers, Chmn.
Warren Tamkin.
Lester Smitley.

Finance

Roy H. Kinsey, Chmn.
Robert Ervin.
Harry Shipley.

Conference Minutes

Clyde K. Landrum, Chmn.
Amold R. Kriegbaum.
Ralph Gilbert.

Auditing Committee

Frank Poland, Chmn.
Kenneth G. Moeller.
Earl Cole.

Denominational Interests

L. L. Grubb, Chmn.

C. W. Mayes.

W. A. Ogden.

A. J. McClain.

Cleve Miller.

Paul R. Bauman.

Amold R. Kriegbaum, Sec.

C. H. Ashman, Sr. '

F. B. Miller.

Committee on Selective Service

Ord Gehman, Chmn. !

Miles Taber. '

Randall Rossman.

ivcniber 30, 1957

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ommittee on the Christian Ministry
Imard N. Schneider, Chmn.
iirk Malles.
|iir Brickel.
Eold Bolesky.
pry Sturz.
I Iter McPheeters.

^hristian Day School Committee
irlcs Mayes, Chmn.
tt Weaver.
uy Rempel.

nmittee on Pastorless Churches and
Available Men
\ ban M. Meyer, Chmn.
Rph J. Colburn.
Evin Cashman.
fliam Male.
Jen J. Bums.
Ridall E. Maycumber.
Hner Lingenfelter.
Vnon Schrock.
V tor Rogers.
Rhard Sellers.
Riert Griffith.
Mderator of each district.

Board of Ministerial Relief
QA. Ashman, Sr., Chmn.
Pllip J. Simmons.
Ri Lowery.
Mvin Fisher.
H oer A. Kent, Jr.
ILiard Saunders.
Ci ard Sandy.
;WH. Schaffer.
Risell Weber, Sec.

Board of Evangelism
Set Weaver, Chmn.
Clle K. Landrum.
Ai aid Kriegbaum.
Wiam Fisher.
O'.n Hacker.
H(Tian Schumacher.
Br;on Fetters.

Glenn O'Neal.
Bernard Sclineider.
L. Joseph Dombek.
R. Paul MiUer.
Eugene Schoettler.

Youth FeUovvship
Ralph Colburn, Chmn.
Bill Smith.
Gerald Polman.
Charles Ashman, Jr.
Homer Kent, Jr.
Kenneth Ashman.
John J. Burns.
Clair Gartland.

Sunday School Board
James Dixon, Pres.
Galen Lingenfelter.
Caleb Zimmerman.
Harold Etling.
Lyle Marvin.
Vernon Harris.
Glenn Miller.
Edwin Schrock.
Miles Taber.
John Burns.
Henry Rempel.
William Male.

Conference PubUcity
Arnold R. Kriegbaum, Chmn.
Miles Taber.
L. L. Grubb.
Clyde K. Landrum.
W. A. Ogden.

Conference Travel Insurance
Clyde K. Landrum, Chmn.
Jesse Deloe.
Earl Virts.

Brethren Hymnbook
Donald Ogden, Chmn.
Herman A. Hoyt.
Russell Ward.
James Svveeton.

_4E BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD: Entered as second-class matter April 16, 1943. at the
feiffice at Winona Lake, Ind. under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weeltly by the Brethren Mis-
Hyy Herald Co., Winona Lake, Ind. Subscription price: $3.00 a year; 100-percent churches, $2.50;
^Sn, $4.00. Board of Directors Robert Crees, president; Herman A. Hoyt, vice president; William
wrfer, secretary; Ord Gehman, treasurer: Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to Executive Commit-
te William Male, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller, True Hunt, Thomas Hammers, Arnold R.
Krbaum, ex officio.

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November 30, 1

Awake to Reality

MODERATOR'S ADDRESS

Two hundred and forty-nine years
ago, eight men and women entered the
clear water of the httle river Eider, to
received Christian baptism. These eight
persons organized the first Brethren
church. Thus a great spiritual movement
was born which since has been divided
into several branches. Our particular
branch of the great Brethren movement
was organized in 1882, so we are this
week celebrating the 75th anniversary
of our church.

It seems to me that the Holy Spirit led
the members of the executive board
when they selected the theme of this con-
ference last summer, for what could be
more appropriate for us on this anni-
versary year than the sobering challenge
"Awake to Reality." In Paul's letter to
the Romans, chapter 13, verses 11-14
we read these words: "And that, know-
ing the time, that now it is high time to
awake out of sleep: for now is our sal-
vation nearer than when we believed.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand:
let us therefore cast off the works of
darkness, and let us put on the armour
of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the
day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not
in chambering and wantonness, not in
strife and envying. But put ye on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and make not pro-
vision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts
thereof."

"Awake to reality!" "It is high time
to awake out of sleep!" When a person
is sleeping, he is not conscious to re-
ality. He may be dreaming. His subcon-
scious may be wandering around in the
unreal world of dream. He may there be
doing great things, as when I dreamed
sometime ago and discovered that I
could fly in a certain position without
wings, but when I awoke to reality, I was
still bound by the law of gravitation.

A church may be asleep. While sleep-
ing, she may be dreaming of doing great

By BERNARD SCHNEIDER, I

things, but what about reaUty? '
Devil likes nothing better than a chi
asleep. The Lord wants nothing n
earnestly than a church awake to rea

What then is the reality which '
Brethren Church should be awake
today? The reality is that the world
grown to the tremendous size of two
one -half thousand million living soul
whom far less than one out of tw(
actually know Christ as Saviour. Rej
is that percentage-wise true Christia
is rapidly losing ground. Souls in e'
increasing numbers are entering eterj
without Christ. Half of them have I
even heard the name of Christ. Re; I
is that Jesus Christ died for all of tl'
and that He placed the treasure and!
sponsibility of His salvation in '
hands of His followers, depending u|
them to bring this treasure to e^
creature. Today He is depending upo;
to do this. This is reality. Reality is
every person we meet bears the in
of God, that Christ died for him, thai
potentially is a child of God, but
stead is doomed for hell because of
Reality is that God holds us respons
for bringing this person in contact ^
the message of salvation. Reality is i
God not only expects us to succeec
this but has promised us the divinei
sistance necessary for success. Re.
is that the day is far spent, that s
the Lord will return, that soon our
portunity will be over, that soon ]\
ment will begin, and it will begii
the house of God. Is the church av,
to this reality? Are we living and ac
as if we were awake and aware of thii
are we living and acting as if we v
sleeping, dreaming sweet dreams of
cess?

As we see many churches today p
ing halfheartedly, half-tired with mei
and doubtful results at the most challl
ing task possible for a man to face;

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lieve that the Lord himself and the
ry angels of heaven would like to step
to our midst and shout, "Awake to
ality, awake thou that sleepest."
It is my purpose, under God, to help
len our eyes to reality this evening. It
the goal of this message that we may
; facts as they really are, not as they
ly seem to us when we are dreaming
when we compare our progress with
z even smaller progress of other
3ups. In the endeavor to accomplish
s, I want to take you with me to the
)ok of the Acts of the Apostles and
;re make comparison between what
5d was able to do through the early
urch, and the progress that we can
ast of today. Then as we face reality
lether we want to ask: "What was it
it these Christians had which we do
have, or what did they do which
are doing?" These will be sobering
ughts and questions, but the most
ficult part will be to face this reality
d accept its challenge.

THE SUCCESS OF THE EARLY
CHURCH

The work of the early church, as com-
tted to her by our Lord, was to evan-
ize the world, that is, to get the good
ws of the Gospel out to all the peo-
; in the world and to teach those who
5wered the gospel invitation how to
e as the children of God. This is still
■ work and calling of every church
lich is true to her Lord. In this work
; early church was successful beyond
human expectations.
In Acts 2:41 we read: "Then they
It gladly received his word were bap-
ed: and the same day there were added
to them about three thousand souls."
lis was the harvest at the end of the
'it day for the church. A few days later
; record says: "Howbeit many of them
lich heard the word believed; and
; number of the men was about five
5usand."

Now opposition and persecution broke
)se in earnest, and the Devil began his
irk from within as well. Yet, a few

weeks later, another entry in the records
of the first church in Jerusalem says:
"And believers were the more added to
the Lord, and multitudes both of men
and women."

These are but samples which indicate
the rapid spread of the Gospel in Jeru-
salem during the first few months. Soon
the Gospel spread from town to town
in all Judea, and from province to pro-
vince until in forty years there was
hardly a place of any size in the then
civilized world which did not have its
group of beUevers, and Paul could boast
about the "saints in Caesar's household."

This success was possible in spite of
the most severe opposition and persecu-
tion which the church faced on every
hand. To join the group of believers
meant to endanger your life and that of
your family. Their properties were con-
fiscated and every known means of tor-
ture was tried in a vain effort to halt
the progress of the Gospel.

In Acts 8:1-3 we read: "And Saul was
consenting unto his death. And at that
time there was a great persecution
against the church which was at Jeru-
salem; and they were all scattered abroad
throughout the regions of Judaea and Sa-
maria, except the apostles. And devout
men carried Stephen to his burial, and
made great lamentation over him. As for
Saul, he made havock of the church,
entering into every house, and haling
men and women committed them to
prison."

Jesus had told His disciples before
that in the world they would face tribu-
lation. That tribulation now swept down
upon them like a tidal wave. It first
started in Palestine where the Jewish
authorities persecuted both the disciples
and all the followers of Christ with every
means at their disposal. We do not read
very far in the Book of Acts until we
find that James was beheaded for the
Gospel, Steven was stoned to death,
Peter was thrown in prison. Paul and
Silas were cast into a dungeon. The
whole company of disciples were perse-
cuted and scattered. But the hatred of

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the Jews and their persecution was as
nothing compared to the persecution
which was poured out on the church
when once Rome began to hate the
Christian followers.

Proud Rome had never been defeated
and now all her power was turned loose
to utterly destroy this daring, pesky
sect. Christians were hounded every-
where. They were fed to wild beasts.
They were torn apart by special ma-
chines for torture. They were burned
alive at the stake. They were crucified on
forests of crosses. But all the mighty
power of Rome could not blot out the
testimony of the church, and in a few
generations Christianity had proved
stronger than the iron power of great
Rome which fell before the power of
the Gospel.

How do we come out in an honest
comparison with that kind of Christian-
ity? Are we denting the Iron Curtain
with the Gospel? Are we seeing multi-
tudes turn to Christ? We must remem-
ber, too, that the early church with all
her success possessed no endowments,
no funds, no buildings, no schools, no
seminaries, no Bible institutes, no equip-
ment, no influence, but they did go
forward. They did have multitudes of
converts. As we count our converts this
past year and find we have made a net
gain of a few hundred, are we ready to
face reality?

THE PROBLEMS OF THE EARLY
CHURCH COMPARED WITH OURS
Doubtless, many of you have been
thinking that it is unfair to make a com-
parison between the early church and
the church today. We have a feeling
somehow that their world was more
ready to receive the Gospel and that
Christianity was young and pure and not
beset with the many struggles and bottle-
necks which hold back the progress of
the Gospel today. We usually think of
the early church as a sort of super-
church with super-Christians. However,
I'm quite convinced that this is a very
mistaken idea as the following con-
siderations will quickly demonstrate:

The Early Church Was Beset Wit
Prejudices

Prejudice is one of the great pre
lems of our churches. So many of
have natural prejudices which keep
from giving out wholehearted suppt
to the problem of the church. The eai
church had these same prejudices
hinder them.

There was the great prejudice of t
Jews against the gentiles. Every Jewi
person had learned from youth up
thank God in his daily prayer for r
having been bom a gentile dog. Pel
had to see at least three special m
acles before he could overcome tl
prejudice and beheve that God could i
tually think of saving a gentile.

There was the tremendous prejudi
against sending missionaries to otl
lands. Reading the tenth and elever
chapters of Acts with this problem
mind will cause us to be amazed as '
see how strong this prejudice rea
was. The Lord had to literally foi
the early church out into the world.

Differences Over Doctrine

The fifteenth chapter of Acts is ei
quent proof that the early church h
serious difficulties over doctrinal qu(
tions. People were prejudiced agaii
the doctrine of grace. We read: "A
certain men which came dovwi from Jl
daea taught the brethren, and said. El
cept ye be circumcised after the ma
ner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. Wb
therefore Paul and Barnabas had
small dissension and disputation w
them, they determined that Paul a 1
Barnabas, and certain other of the;
should go up to Jerusalem unto the ap( i
ties and elders about this question . i
But there rose up certain of the si 1
of the Pharisees which believed, sayii'(
That it was needful to circumcise thei|
and to command them to keep the law i
Moses. And the apostles and elders cai
together for to consider of this mattli
And when there had been much dispM
ing, Peter rose up, and said imto thfi

The difference in the church was oiB

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e question of whether salvation is by
ace alone, or by grace plus law keep-
g. It developed into a real battle in the
lurch, and this battle has never stopped
this very day.

Disagreement Among Leaders

"And some days after, Paul said unto
imabas, Let us go again and visit our
ethren in every city where we have
eached the word of the Lord, and see
)W they do. And Barnabas determined
take with them John, whose surname
as Mark. But Paul thought not good to
ke him with them who departed from
em from Pamphyha and went not
th them to the work. And the con-
ation was so sharp between them, that
ey departed asunder one from the
her: and so Barnabas took Mark and
iled unto Cyprus: And Paul chose
las, and departed. . . ."
These men were the foremost mission-
ies of the early church and were known
f church leaders everywhere. You may
certain that when they spht asunder,
; whole church heard about it. The
;vil would never miss an opportunity
[e this for stirring up trouble in the
prch.

Hypocrites
jOne of the heaviest burdens of the
jurch is the presence of hypocrites
|thm. We have them today, people who
pfess to be Christians but are not
anged in heart. We have some even
long the junior high-school groups
song our churches. There are more
iiong those of senior high-school age.
mng people who profess to be Chris-
p but who tell dirty stories, who lie,
Ifi do not live like a true Christian. The
igest percentage, however, is found
\ouT adult membership. With sadness
i all admit that we have too many
(0 give lip service to God, but whose
i^s do not show any evidence that
irist is real to them. Hypocrites are the
jvil's best helpers in hindering the
ise of Christ. Did the early church
/e them too? Indeed she did, though
haps the percentage was smaller as
alwavs the case when persecution is

strong against the church. In Acts 5
we read: "But a certain man named Ana-
nias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a pos-
session, and kept back part of the price,
his wife also being privy to it, and
brought a certain part, and laid it at the
apostles' feet. But Peter said, Ananias,
why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie
to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back
part of the price of the land? . . . And it
was about the space of three hours after,
when his wife, not knowing what was
done, came in. And Peter answered unto
her. Tell me whether ye sold the land
for so much? And she said. Yea, for so
much. Then Peter said unto her. How is
it that ye have agreed together to tempt
the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet
of them which have buried thy husband
are at the door, and shall carry thee out."

Murmurers and Complainers

One of the most up-to-date sounding
verses in the Bible is found in Acts
6:1: "And in those days, when the num-
ber of the disciples was multiplied, there
arose a murmuring of the Grecians
against the Hebrews, because their
widows were neglected in the daily minis-
tration."

Next to hypocrites, the most pesky
problem in the church is with murmur-
ers and complainers, the discontent, the
finders, of fault. They usually whisper
and talk behind your back and under
cover, but who can estimate the damage
they cause? Every church has them.
Some of them are well meaning. Others
are just mean. The older the congrega-
tion, the larger their number. They are
like chiggers that get under your skin and
cause festering sores. But again we
notice that this problem is not pecuUar
to our day. Moses could tell us some
stories about them in his day. These
same people were present in the early
church.

All this certainly demonstrates that
the early church was not a superchurch
with super-Christians, but an ordinary
church with the same kind of people and
the same kind of problems that we have
in pur churches today.

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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
EARLY CHURCH AND OURS

We come now to the real issue of this
message. What then was the reason for
the phenomenal success and growth of
the early church? What was the secret of
her power? What did she have that we
do not possess? What did the Christians
do which we are not doing? If we can
get the answers to these questions, we
will at least know what our trouble is.

Surely the difference is not with God
and His Christ. "Jesus Christ the same
yesterday and today and for ever." "The
Lord's hand is not shortened, that it
cannot save; neither his ear heavy; that
it cannot hear:" The Lord still is "not
willing that any should perish, but that
all should come to repentance." Nor is
the difference in the Gospel which we
preach, for we have the same Gospel
which Peter and Paul proclaimed in that
we have received it from them. The dif-
ference is not with the world nor men in
it, for in spite of outward changes,
human nature is exactly the same as it
was two thousand years ago. It makes no
difference whether a man walks around
in the latest suit, cut by Society Fashion,
or in a toga, woven by Sol Shechem,
whether he rides a plodding donkey, a
high-powered automobile, or a scream-
ing jet. The man is the same and his
needs are the same.

The difference is with the church and
with her people. To put it more bluntly,
the difference is with us and with our at-
titude. It is a difference in degree mainly.
As we carefully consider the spiritual life
of the early church, we find that there
was more prayer, more love shown, more
people filled with the Holy Spirit and a
far greater earnestness shown in spiritual
things by the rank and file of the fol-
lowers of Christ than we find in our
churches today. Of all the differences
between the early church and ours, there
are three which appear to me to be the
real cause of the awful slowdown in the
cause of Christ today. These three dif-
ferences we want to consider ^specially.

The Whole Church Witnessing

In the early church, the whole mer
bership was constantly engaged in wi
nessing for Christ. There was no separ
tion and distinction then between tl
laymen and the clergy in this mattt
They all were busy at this task and we
forth with a passion to fulfill it. TI
reading of a few verses will convince
of this.

"And Saul was consenting unto I
death. And at that time there was
great persecution against the chur
which was at Jerusalem; and they we
all scattered abroad throughout the i
gions of Judaea and Samaria, except t
apostles . . . Therefore they that we
scattered abroad went every whe
preaching the word" (Acts 8:1,4).

"Now they which were scatter
abroad upon the persecution that arc
about Stephen travelled as far as Phe
ice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preachi
the word to none but unto the Je
only. And some of them were men
Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when th
were come to Antioch, spake unto t
Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesi
And the hand of the Lord was w
them: and a great number believed, a
turned unto the Lord. Then tidings
these things came unto the ears of
church which was in Jerusalem: and t\
sent forth Barnabas, that he should
as far as Antioch. Who, when he car
and had seen the grace of God, was gli
and exhorted them all, that with purpc
of heart they would cleave unto
Lord" (Acts 11:19-23).

These people were not trained clet;
men. They were laymen, groups of fa
ilies who had left their homes becai
of the persecution, and wherever tl
went they began to witness for Cltf
They told the story of God's sal'
tion, and their telling was backed w
real conviction, with love, and wit!
holy life. The result was that new o
gregations of believers sprang up wi
out any official action or sanction
any church and before a professio

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nister could get there. This was more
en the rule than the exception.
It is my sincere conviction that here
one of the weakest spots in our
arches today. There has come into
ing a sort of divorce between ministers
i lay people which is not of God. The
5rage congregation today hires a
;acher, builds a fine church building
I usually expects results automatically,
e preacher is to do the work and the
jple will pay the bill, and there the
stter ends as far as the rank and file
the church members go. But this
ill wrong. According to the Word of
id, every Christian is conscripted into
rist's army, and that for full time,
ery believer has a divine mission
to God. Every Christian is an am-
jsador for Christ. Every believer is to
a witness for Christ. The blood of lost
lis is on our hands if we do not wit-
s to the lost.

Vs your moderator, I feel a great
den in this matter. I call on every
tor who leads a congregation to make
; a life and death matter in his min-
y, to lead his people into a life of
ive witnessing. If the present mem-
ship will not respond, then let us
centrate on the new members, get-
! them started in this most vital ac-
ty of the Christian hfe. The im-
jtance of this cannot be over empha-
;d. Every evangelical church of ex-
ijtional growth and power which I
^w anything about is characterized by
i faithful and passionate witnessing
its laity. Brethren, this is the New
tament way. Hiring preachers and
fessional evangelists is not enough.
i must awake to reality. In Europe
:tre Christianity was a great success
Ituries ago, it is almost dead today
[' mainly so because the rank and file
Ithe church members have not been
i^^ht, nor are they expected to bear a
i5onal witness for Jesus Christ.

The Lordship of Christ

n the early church, there was a
i: of equipment, of trained leadership,
I of many other things which we con^

sider essential today. However, what
they lacked in those things, they made
up for in a personal devotion and loyalty
to Christ which overcame all hindrances
and handicaps.

This devotion to Christ put every-
thing else in the background. It ex-
pressed itself in faithfulness to Him and
to His cause. They did not let other
things, such as comfort, worldly friends,
inconveniences, or family ties keep them
from serving Christ. They were ever
faithful in attendance when they assem-
bled together for fellowship and for wor-
ship. Of the first group we read: "They
were all with one accord in one place"
(Acts 2:1). Later on we read: "And
they continuing daily with one accord in
the temple" (Acts 2:46). Still later we
are told: "And the multitude which be-
lieved were of one heart and of one
soul" (Acts 4:32).

As we make a comparison between
the faithfulness of these early Christians
and with that of Christian people today
we are reminded of Paul's admonition:
"Thou therefore endure hardness, as a
good soldier of Jesus Christ" (II Tim.
2:3). The Lord who died our souls
to save is waging a war to the death
against the forces of evil. The purpose of
that war is to deliver men's souls from
the slavery of sin. The church of Jesus
Christ is His army which He calls upon
to advance against the enemy. What
kind of an army is this that He has to-
day? In the early church. He had an
army that He could count on to go all
out with Him in delivering men. They
were loyal and faithful to the death. But
what about His army today? Suppose
the armies of the world would go about
their battles as we do in the church to-
day? I dare you to face reality here!

Imagine the captain looking over his
company on the morning of an impor-
tant battle. Noticing many vacancies, he
turns to one of his lieutenants and the
following conversation ensues:

"Lieutenant Black, what is wrong
this morning? Where are the soldiers?"

"I'm sorry, sir, for tb§i|: absence, buf

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it was impossible for them to be here for
this battle."

"What do you mean, impossible?
There is no such word in the army.
Where is Sergeant Brown?"

"He had company coming today, sir,
and therefore could not come."

"Where is Corporal Smith?"

"I'm sorry, sir, but his wife was of-
fended by Private Benton's wife, and he
won't be coming for any more battles."

"I don't see Corporal Duncan. Where
is he?"

"Corporal Duncan took his family
to the beach, but he will be back, sir."

"Where are Privates Hall and Simp-
son?"

"They all said it was too hot today
and asked to be excused."

"I am missing Corporal Foster. Where
is he?"

"Corporal Foster said that he had a
headache and won't be here."

"I notice Sergeant Worth is missing.
Where is he?"

"Well, his wife called and said that
they had an opportunity to go to Chi-
cago and see the big game between
the Yankees and White Sox. She said
they were sorry to miss and would be
with us in Spirit."

This picture would be laughable if
it were not so tragically true. This is
not overdrawn either, for when the con-
gregation meets for prayer meeting on
Wednesday night, representing the most
important service for the believer, usually
one out of five or less of the soldiers
shows up. Is it any wonder that the
victories are few? How long would a
worldly army last if it permitted such
conduct? Awake to reality? God have
mercy on our souls! We need a great
revival among Christian people in
faithfulness and loyahy to Christ and to
His cause.

A Spirit of Sacrifice

If there is any one thing in which the
degree of difference is greatest between
the Christians of the early church and
those of our churches today, it is in the
matter of willingness to sacrifice; I'm

speaking of the willingness to pay
price, the cost of souls being delivei
whatever that cost may be. In the e<|
church, they did not seem to count |
cost. They took to heart the admonit
to present their bodies holy and acce
able unto God.

We read of people selling every th'
they had and turning the whole ol
to the cause of Christ. We read of nl
who hazarded their lives for Christ,
read of many laymen and laywomen w
like Priscilla and Aquilla, started
church in their own home each time t
moved, and they moved often so t
could start more churches. We r
of early Christians who out of tl
great poverty gave with astounding lil
ality. We read of men and women v
were thrown into prison for their te
mony, who instead of praying for
liverance asked God to give them bi
ness to speak the truth for Christ.

As far as the rank and file of aver
church members are concerned, i
spirit of real sacrifice, of glad sacrifice
gladness to suffer with Christ, of willi
ness to share the price of souls with I
is almost completely missing today.

It should be clearly understood 1
by sacrifice I do not mean givinj
tithe of our tremendous earnings to
church so that we can deduct it from
income tax. By sacrifice I mean bl
and sweat and tears and privation i
time and whatever it may cost to
souls. This spirit is missing or gre;
diminished today. It still lights up i
horizon occasionally in some emerge
on the mission field, but taken a
whole, Christianity's slogan today sei
to be "Safety First." This is the ^
reverse of what it should be, for Ch
said: "For whosoever will save his
shall lose it; but whosoever shall 1
his life for my sake and the gospel's,
same shall save it." If we think that
are sacrificing for Christ, we are drei
ing. We need to awake to reality. I
of us have ever missed one single n
for Christ. We piously shake our he
and deplore the tragedy of home-miss

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nts crying in vain for help when there
no funds, while we will be consum-
enough ice cream sodas here in Wi-
la this week (which we would be bet-
off without), the cost of which would
e care of perhaps several home-mis-
1 points.

^ery few of us have denied ourselves
pleasures of life for Christ's sake,
lainly we have not been driven to
od striving against sin. Few have
le without any comfort which they
[ited for Christ's sake. We enjoy our
uries without shame, even boast of
m and then we look sad when the
;ds of God's work are presented, or
ourselves on the back if we have
en a neat little sum when we should
e ourselves.

Dh, our church is so different from
t of the early days. As someone else
1 said: "So many members today
k upon the church as a comfortable
in to take them to heaven, a train
de up of diners, observation cars and
;ping cars. They think that when
y profess conversion, they receive a
Dugh ticket to heaven and when they
baptized it is officially punched."
t is an axiom that one usually ac-
iplishes what he is really interested in.
s was brought home to me several
rs ago when a certain group of eight
liUes, none of them with an income
r $100 a week, built a church cost-
over $80,000. An outsider was
ized and asked one of the men of the
rch how they did it. I doubt if the
a who answered would know the
ming of the word "axiom" or "logic,"
I in a matter-of-fact voice he re-
(d: "Well, you usually do what you
:|ly want to, don't you? If you want
lething badly enough, you're willing
)ay for it, aren't you?"
^s we study the life of the early
|rch, we get the idea that those peo-
\ put Christ and His cause first in
I

their lives. They really wanted to see
souls saved. Every one of them seemed
to consider his home, his life, his work,
his time, as a means of promoting
the cause of Christ. Everything else was
secondary with them. God could and did
bless them with amazing success.

This is the great need of the hour
today. We are called upon to suffer with
Christ that we may also share in His
glory. God has no cheap bargain-
counter revivals. We must be willing to
pay the price before we can expect suc-
cess and ere God can bless. As your
moderator, I call these facts to your at-
tention and beg of you that you will
think soberly before you dismiss this
challenge lightly. Only a small number
of our people are present here at our
National Brethren Fellowship. However,
if we are really awake to reality, we will
soon wake up the others. So a new day
will dawn for The Brethren Church. We
do not know how soon Jesus will come
for us. We do not know that, but we
do know that there is an ever-growing
world of lost souls around us. Who
knows but what we have been called
for such a time as this.

Laymen and laywomen, we must
take the cause of Christ more seriously.
Jesus said: "As my Father hath sent
me, even so send I you." He is depend-
ing upon us. We must not let Him down.

Pastors and teachers, we must lead
the way. We need a renewed emphasis
on the teaching of suffering for Christ,
on the reality of hell, and on the won-
derful privilege of helping deliver souls
from their doom. We must do this or else
before long, we will drift beneath the
awful verdict of Christ: "I know thy
works, that thou art neither cold nor hot:
I would thou wert cold or hot. So then
because thou art lukewarm, and neither
cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my
mouth" (Rev. 3:15). Brethren, awake to
reality!

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DEVOTIONAL SESSIONS OF THE 68TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Monday Evening, August 19, 1957

The 68th annual conference of the
National FeUowship of Brethren
Churches convened at Winona Lake,
Ind., August 19, 1957, at 7:00 p. m.,
witli the vice moderator, Rev. Lewis
Hohenstein in charge.

Conference songleader was Rev.
James Sweeton, the conference organist
was Rev. Donald Ogden, and the con-
ference pianist was Mrs. Homer A.
Kent, Jr. The opening song of the con-
ference was "Redeemed."

After the singing of several songs Vice
Moderator Hohenstein extended a wel-
come to members of the conference. He
presided at the receiving of the evening
offering which amounted to $200.10.

Rev. Tom Julien read Acts 7:54 ff. as
the Scripture lesson and led in the eve-
ning prayer.

Rev. James Sweeton and Mrs. Homer
Kent, Jr., sang a beautiful number en-
titled "Transformed."

Following this introductory program
Dr. Bernard N. Schneider, pastor of the
Grace Brethren Church, Mansfield,
Ohio, delivered the moderator's address.
This was a stirring message on the theme:
"AWAKE TO REALITY."

Rev. Lewis Hohenstein led in prayer,
asking God to make the message,
"Awake To Reality," real to our hearts.
The hymn of consecration was "Oh
Jesus, I Have Promised."

After the aimouncements by the
executive secretary, Rev. Conard Sandy,
Moderator Schneider led m the closing
prayer.

Tuesday Morning, August 20, 1957

The morning session was opened with
the singing of the song, "Tell Me the Old,
Old Story."

After the singing of the second hymn,
"Wonderful Words of Life," Rev. Her-
man Hein, pastor of Troy (Ohio) Breth-
ren church, read the Scripture and led
in prayer.

Dr. Ralph H. StoU then brought ■.
the first of his series of conference m •
sages. His subject for this message \ ■
"Awake to the Divine Call and the I ■
sired Conduct: Let Us Become W i
We Are."

Tuesday Evening, August 20, 19f

Special music for the evening de ■
tional service was a beautiful trum'l
solo by Rev. Edwin Cashman entit ;
"It May Be Today."

Rev. Homer R. Miller read Ephesi <
4:1-16 and led in prayer.

The evening offering amounting :
$209.24 was received with Moderali
Bernard N. Schneider presiding. i

Rev. Lewis C. Hohenstein, vice m •
erator of the conference, challenged t
conference with a message entilt
"Awake to Reahty of the Church's \i-
finished Task." '

Brother Schneider led in the clos|f
prayer. i

Wednesday Morning, August 21, lip

Conference songleader, James Swil-
on, led in the opening song service. B\r
Richard Grant prayed, asking G( 's
blessing upon the service.

Again, Dr. Stoll stirred our he :s
with a message from God's Word, u? c
the subject: "Awake to the Divine ( 11
and the Desired Conduct: A Che f
Generation."

The meeting was closed with pray

Wednesday Evening, August 21, VI

Rev. James Sweeton led the grouija
singing three great hymns: "Blessed js-
surance," "AU Hail the Power of Je 's'
Name," and "Higher Ground." 'le
choij sang "Sweeter as the Years o

By."

The moderator introduced If/-
Sewell Landrum who read I Johni2;
7-17 and led in prayer. The evening f-
fering amounted to $193.82.

November 30, 1957

Page 13

Wednesday evening's Bible message
/as by Rev. Mark E. Malles on the
ubject: "Awake to the Reahty of World-
iness in the Church." There were several
/ho responded to the invitation follow-
;ig this fine message.
I Dr. L. L. Grubb led in the Home-
:Iission Challenge Hour which followed.
i
thursday Morning, August 22, 1957

j "Wonderful Words of Life" was the
ong used to open the morning session,
jollowing the singing of the second
|)ng, "Rock of Ages," Rev. Neil Beery
jd in prayer.

i Dr. Stoll brought the third in his se-
es of messages on the general theme:
\wake to Reality, using the subject:
\wake to the Divine Call and the De-

Ied Conduct: A Royal Priesthood."
lursday Evening, August 22, 1957
il

jRev. James Sweeton led in the open-
g song service in the evening service.
:Rev. Dayton Cundiff had charge of the
votions, reading Romans 8:28-39 and
iding in prayer.

The evening offering was received.
Amounted to $206.78.
iJGod's messenger was Dr. Glenn
iNeal. His message was entitled:
iwake to the Reality of the All-Suf-
jiency of Christ."

Following the message by Dr. O'Neal,
i. Paul R. Bauman led in the Grace
binary Challenge Hour.

riday Mommg, August 23, 1957

le conference songleader directed

the morning song service. Rev.

nes O. Young, pastor of the First

sthren Church, Sterhng, Ohio, led in

lyer.

Dr. Ralph Stoll brought another mes-
';e in his national conference series
ng the subject: "Awake to the Divine
11 and the Desired Conduct: An Holy
tion." This message, with the others
the series, proved a real blessing
the conference group.

Friday Evening, August 23, 1957

The evening session was opened with
the singing of "In the Sweet By and By."
A program of special music was pre-
sented. Included in this program were
numbers by the conference choir, a duet
by Mr. and Mrs. John Page, and a solo
by Jo Ann Adams.

For the devotions Rev. Gordon Brack-
er read Hebrews 4:1-13 and led us to the
throne of grace.

The evening offering in the amount of
$183.36 was received.

Rev. Wesley Haller delivered the eve-
ning message on the subject: "Awake to
the Reality of the Power of the Written
Word."

After the closing prayer. Dr. R. D.
Barnard led in the Foreign Mission In-
spirational Hour program. A goodly
number of missionaries participated in
the program.

Saturday Morning, August 24, 1957

Again, Rev. James Sweeton led in
the opening song service. Pastor Ron-
ald Robinson, of Leon, Iowa, led in
prayer.

Dr. Stoll brought the final message in
his series, using the subject: "Awake to
the Divine Call and the Desired Con-
duct: A Pecuhar People." We were chal-
lenged as to our relationship to God.

Saturday Evening, August 24, 1957

The Saturday evening service was in
the full charge of the Bethany Camp
young people's group, with Mr. Ernest
H, Bearinger in charge.

A wide variety of special numbers was
presented by the various young people,
and reports of summer activities were
given.

Wirmers in the essay and sermon con-
tests were announced, and the wiimers
gave their numbers.

A special offering to go to help sup-
port the youth work was received. This
offering amounted to $347.70.

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November 30, 19f

Sunday Morning, August 25, 1957 Sunday Evening, August 25, 195'

The National Sunday School Board
had charge of the Sunday school session.

The morning worship service was led
by Moderator Dr. Bernard N. Schneider.
The morning offering amounted to
$255.29.

A very wonderful service of dedica-
tion was held in this morning service.
Rev. and Mrs. Tom Julien were set apart
for missionary service in France.

Dr. Floyd W. Taber, missionary to
Africa, brought the morning message.
This was a stirring message on the sub-
ject: "Awake to the ReaUty of the Com-
ing of the Lord Jesus."

Sunday Afternoon, August 25, 1957

This service was the occasion for the
joint foreign-and home-mission rally.
Dr. R. D. Barnard and Dr. L. L. Grubb
jointly led in the rally, presenting mis-
sionaries and home-mission workers
who gave stirring testimonies of the
blessing of the Lord upon their work.

The concluding devotional sessic
was opened with the singing of "My Sii
Are Blotted Out I Know."

Miss Lois Ringler sang a beautif
solo number, followed by devotions I
Pastor William E. Male, of Philadelphi
Pa.

The final offering amounted
$73.40.

Pastor Dean Risser sang a solo nur
ber just before Rev. Nathan Mey
brought his message on the subjeo
"Awake to the Reality of Eternity."

Retiring Moderator Dr. Bernard ]
Schneider led in the closing prayer.

Conference very fittingly sang, "G<
Be With You 'Till We Meet Again
to close the 1957 national conferent
This closing service and the closij
musical number helped to seal to t
hearts and minds of those attending co
ference the great blessings that o
God has showered upon us this year.

bvember 30, 1957 Page 15

BUSINESS SESSIONS OF THE 68TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

iTst Business Session —

Tuesday Morning, August 20, 1957

The first business session of the 68th
inual conference of the National Fel-
wship of Brethren Churches, meeting
; Winona Lake, Ind., was officially
died to order by the Moderator, Dr.
emard N. Sclineider.

The Membership Committee reported
44 lay and 167 ministerial delegates,
ir a first-day total of 511, as compared
ith a first-day total last year of 493.
hese delegates were seated.

The Gay Street Brethren Church,
'agerstown, Md., was received into the
ational Fellowship of Brethren
hurches by vote of the conference.

The proposed agenda for the 1957
inual conference was read by the con-
xence secretary. It was adopted by vote
i the conference.

The Committee on Rules and Organ-
fition proceeded with the election of
ificers.

Statistician C. S. Zimmerman made
IS report.

REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN

of the

National Fellowship of Brethren Churches

I Year Ending December 31, 1956

Districts
No. Churches Membership

1955 1956 1955 1956

egheny 11 11 1,309 1,304

Ufornia 30 34 5,371 5,857

5t 14 14 2,567 2,694

liana 14 16 1,462 1,562

va 7 6 794 790

chigan 5 5 424 435

d-Atlantic 8 9 1,686 1,728

iwest 8 8 514 530

I rthem Atlantic ... 5 6 719 720

Irthern Ohio 18 18 2,970 3,079

Irthwest 8 8 819 816

iitheast 11 13 1,691 1,793

ithem Ohio 12 13 1,725 1,861

'otals 151 161 22,051 23,169

j Weu? Churches Reporting

Iftrict Church

Jalifomia Anaheim

Monte Vista

Rialto

San Jose

idiana Fort Wayne Grace

Warsaw

■lid-Atlantic Hagerstown Calvary

forthem Atlantic Palmyra

Southeast Virginia Beach

Garden City

Southern Ohio Sinking Springs

Iowa (Church closed) Davenport

Membership

Total membership reported last year . . . .22,051

Added—
By letter from other denomi-
nations 100

By letter from Brethren churches 455

Bv baptism 1.619

By other 367

Total additions 2,541

Lost —
By letter to other denomi-
nations 264

By letter to Brethren churches 349

By death 153

By dismissal 78

By roll revision 579

Total lost 1,423

Net Gain 1,118

Present Membership 23,169

Male 9,945

Female 13,224

Note: 103 churches show gains; 47 clmrches
show losses; 11 churches remain static; 1 church
closed.

Average Attendances at Services

1955 1956

Bible School 21,332 22,802

Morning Worship 17,026 18,445

Evening Worship 10,663 11,366

Midweek Prayer Service 5,747 6.030

Revival-Evangelistic 8,509 9,839

Bible Conference 4,357 3,769

Other 3,398 1,916

Communion Service 9,586 9,876

Number of conversions 2,673 2,701

Auxiliary Organizations

The Bible School
Nursery, 0-3 years . .
Beginners, 4-5 years
Primary, 6-8 years . .
Juniors, 9-11 years

Enrollment

1955 1956

2,136 2,209

2,525 2,706

. . . 3,999 4,187

... 3,675 4,192

Intermediates, 12-14 years . . . 2,790 2,847

ffiSeniors, 15-17 years 2,110 2,364

Young People, 18-24 years ... 1,887 1,861

Adults, 25 and up years 10,433 10,982

Total Enrollment 29,555 31,348

Avg. Att.

1955 1956 >

The Bible School 21,332 22,802

Cradle Roll Enrolhnent 1,423 1,264

Home Department Enrollment 414 500

Child Evangelism 2,708 2,365

Daily Vacation Bible School . . . 11,972 12,141

Fellowship Societies 2,473 2,585

Women's and Girl's Organizations —

Women's Missionary Council . . 2,886 2,985

Sister of Mary and Martha . . . 1,975 2,061

Other 254 264

Men's and Boys' Organizations —

Brotherhoods, or Magnify Clubs 1,171 1,209

Boys' Groups 727 752

Other 87 210

Balancing the Bible School —

Actual Standard Balanced
Dept. Eru-ollment Percentage Eru'ollment

Beginners 2,706 8 2,331

Primary 4,187 12 3.497

Juniors 4,192 12 3,497

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November 30, 195

Intermediates 2.847

Seniors 2.364

Young People 1.861

Adults 10,982

29.139

100

3.497
3,497
5.827
6,993

29.139

Properties and Valiuitions

Church Buildings $7,594,097.94

Church Equipment 923,526.70

Parsonages 840,934.00

Other Property 1,154,342.91

Other Investments 203,485.10

Treasury Balances less National

Offerings 294,381.28

Total Assets 11,010,767.93

Debts on Church Properties 2,725,513.75

Net Worth 8,285,254.18

Expenditures

Pastors' Salaries —

Paid by local church ...$439,689.57
Paid by District Mission

Board 6,469.00

Paid by Home Missions

Council 57,055.48

Allowances (utilities, etc.) 6,144.01

Car Allowance 17,296.16

Estimated parsonage rent 46,780.08

Total paid to pastors

Other regular salaries paid

Current Expenses (utilities, supplies,

etc.)

Building debt payments

Improvements and equipment

Evangelistic services and Bible

conferences

Bible school literature

Foreign Missions —

Brethren Foreign Missions $266,581.27

Others 7,411.43

253.952.43
465.376.62
238,271.87

Home Missions —
Brethren Home Missions,

regular 181,870.52

Brethren Home Missions,

Jewish 14.579.92

District Missions 22.145.72

Other Jewish Missions . . . 3.502.23
Other 9.001.99

Education —

Grace Seminary and

College 104.627.51

Other 48.659.66

Publication —

Brethren Missionary Herald

Co 18.624.42

Other 1.707.92

Youth Fellowship —

Brethren National Youth

Council 2.299.40

Other 4.876.80

National Siinday School Board
Other Expenditures

7.176.20

6.546.09

188.632.00

Total expenditures 2.693.774.66

Balance In treasuries 244.420.88

Percentages and Relationships

Financial —

$2.693.774.66 — Total annual expenditures— per
capita. $116.27.
2.015.062.07 — Total spent for local use — per
capita, $86.97.
273,992.70 — Total spent for Foreign Missions —
per capita, $11.82.

231.100.38 — Total spent for Home Missions

per capita, $9.97.
153.287.17— Total spent for Education— p

capita. $6.62.
20.332.34 — Total spent for Publications— p

capita. $0.88.

Attendances—

18.445 — Average Morning Worship attendance

80% of church membership.
11.366 — Average Evening Worship attendance

49% of church membership.
6.030 — Average Midweek Prayer Service atteii

ance — 26% of church membership.
9.839 — Average Revival-Evangelistic attendant
102 churches reporting with 16.961 mei
bership — 62% of church membership re
resented.
3.769 — Average Bible Conference attendance,
churches reporting with 10.453 mei
bership — 36% of church membership re
resented.
9.87(i — Average Communion Service attendant
144 churches reporting with 21.864 mei
bership — 45% of church membership re
resented.
2.701 — Conversions in 132 churches repori:
with 19.220 membership — 14% of chur
membership represented, or 1 convert )
each 7.1 members.
1.118 — Net gain in membership— 5.07% of U

membership (22.051).
2.541 — New members gained — 11.5% of IS
membership (22.051).
31.348- Enrollment in Bible School— 135.3%

church membership.
22.802— Average Bible School attendance— 73%

Bible School enrollment.
46.338— Should be enrolled in Bible School I

best evangelistic field.
69.507- Should be enrolled in Bible School 1
the churches to be reaching their co
stituency.
98 — Number of churches reporting a Crac

Roll department.
33 — Number of churches reporting a Hoi
Department.

Church Membership —

30 churches have membership of 1 to 49. ,

48 churches have membership of 50 to 99.
32 churches have membership of 100 to 149. <
23 churches have membership of 150 to 199. J
5 churches have membership of 300 to 349. |
8 churches have membership of 250 to 299. |
5 churches have memberships of 300 to 349. J
2. churches have membership of 350 to 399. I

3 churches have membership of 400 to 449.

1 church has membership of 450 to 499.

4 churches have membership above 500.

Bible School Enrollment —

8 churches have enrollment of 1 to 49.
29 churches have enrollment of 50 to 99.
44 churches have enrollment of 100 to 149.
22 churches have enrollment of 150 to 199.
22 churches have enrollment of 200 to 249.
12 churches have enrollment of 250 to 299.

5 churches have enrollment of 300 to 349.
7 churches have enrollment of 350 to 399.

2 churches have enrollment of 400 to 449.

3 "churches have enrollment of 450 to 499.

6 churches have enrollment above 500.

Motion prevailed that the report
adopte(d with thanks to Brother Zimme
man, and that the report be pubUshed
the Brethren Missionary Herald.

Motion prevailed to adjourn.

November 30, 1957

Page 17

econd Business Session —

Wednesday Morning, August 21, 1957
!

The Membership Committee reported
ight additional lay and five additional
linisterial delegates for a second-day
Dtal of 524 as compared to last year's
;cond-day total of 502.

The minutes of the last meeting were
3ad and approved.

The following persons were elected to
le National Conference Executive Com-
iiittee:

Allegheny Fellowship, R. Paul Miller,
r., H. Leslie Moore, sec; California
■)istrict, George Peek, Charles Ashman,
r., John Mayes; East Fellowship, Wm.
jchaffer, Sheldon Snyder; Indiana Fel-
Wship, Irvin Miller, Scott Weaver;
bwa District, R. H. Kettell; Michigan
district, Homer Miller; Mid-Atlantic
ellowship, John Bums, James Dixon,
imn.; Midwest District, Carl Bates;
orthem Atlantic Fellowship, WUham
tale; Northern Ohio District, Wesley
faller; Gene Witzky; Northwest Fel-
iwship, Robert Griffith; Southeast Fel-
iwship, Ralph Colburn, Ed Lewis;
l^uthem Ohio District, Randall Ross-
lan. True Hunt.

\ The Committee on Rules and Organi-
ition reported the following results of
e election: Sec, Clyde K. Landrum;
sst. Sec, Charles Turner; Treas., Roy
jinsey; Stat., C. S. Zimmerman; Com-
ittee on Committees, Charles Ashman,
■., Richard P. DeArmey, William Stef-
;r; Moderator: no election; Vice Mod-
ator: no election.

! Motion prevailed that the two per-
ns receiving the largest number of
ites for moderator and vice moderator
: the nominees in the election today.

The Committee on Committees re-
)rted as follows:

jWe submit the following names in
imination, for the following commit-
ss, to the delegates of the sixty-eighth
jiual conference of the National Fel-
wship of Brethren Churches:

Membership Committee — John Aeby,
ijmn.; Harry Sturz, Vernon Harris, Lee

Crist, Russell Williams, Vernon Schrock,
Maurice Hem.

Rules and Organization — Glenn
O'Neal, chmn.; James Dixon, C. H.
Ashman, Jr.

Moderator's Address — John Whit-
comb, chmn.; Gene Witzky, Elias White.

Resolutions — Leon Myers, chmn.;
Warren Tamkin, Lester Smitley.

Finance — Roy ICinsey, chmn.; Robert
Ervin, Harry Shipley.

Conference Minutes — Clyde Lan-
drum, chmn.; Arnold Kriegbaum, Ralph
Gilbert.

Auditing Committee — Frank Poland,
chmn,; Kenneth Moeller, Earl Cole.

Selective Service — Ord Gehman,
chmn.; Miles Taber, Randall Rossman.

Christian Day Schools — C. W. Mayes,
chmn.; Scott Weaver, Henry Rempel.

Respectfully submitted, Evan M.
Adams, chmn.; Ward Miller.

Motion prevailed that these be elected.

Motion prevailed that the following
resolution as read by Rev. Nelson Hall
be accepted.

In view of the fact that for some time there
has been a growing feeling that because of dis-
tance there should be a new district in northern
and central California,

And whereas, there was an exploratory con-
ference held last April with the five churches
located in this area participating at which time
a recommendation was passed that proper action
be taken by the said churches to form a new
district.

And whereas, I hold in my hand a letter from
the churches of this area stating that this action
has been cared for by each church, which
churches are: Grace Brethren Church, Chico; La
Loma Grace Brethren Church, Modesto; McHenry
Avenue Grace Brethren Church, Modesto; The
Brethren Church, San Jose; and The First
Brethren Church, Tracy,

And whereas, this intent has been reported to
the district conference which met in Long Beach
in May, and they passed a motion indicating
their best wishes in thi.^ action.

And whereas, a steering committee has been
chosen for the plarming of the first official con-
ference of this new district,

I move that this sixty-eighth session of our
National Conference recognize the fact that
such a district is being formed, and that
it be listed as The Northern California Fellow-
ship of Brethren Churches in future listings of
the districts.

Respectfully submitted.
Nelson E. Hall, acting sec.

The following persons were elected
to a four-year term to the Brethren
Youth Fellowship Board: Charles Ash-
man, Jr., Homer Kent, Jr.

An explanation was made by the
Committee On the Expansion of the
Message of the Brethren Ministry. Mo-

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November 30, 19 ^

tion prevailed that the explanation be
received and that the committee be dis-
continued.

The following report of the Commit-
tee on Conference PubUcity was adopted.

The PubUcity Committee presents the following
report :

1. The committee's plans were limited by the
amount of money we judged would be available
for a publicity program. Several features were
discussed but laid aside for this reason.

2. Our bulletin was printed and sent out to
each Brethren church containing general infor-
mation about the conference.

3. One brochure, containing much informa-
tion relative to costs, rooms, facilities, et cetera,
was sent in quantity to each church.

4. The Brethren Missionary Herald was used
in a larger manner to publicize our conference.

5. The Brethren Missionary Herald Company
has allotted a $5 purchase for each pastor bring-
ing a full quota of delegates to conference. If
this amount exceeds $250, it is understood that
the conference will underwrite the balance.

6. Your committee recommends that a Pub-
licity Committee be elected by this conference
annually and that the Committee on Committees
be instructed to bring in nominations for this
committee.

Your Publicity Committee.
L. L. Grubb, chmn.
Arnold Kriegbaum
Bernard Schneider
Miles Taber
J. L. Gingrich

The Board on Ministerial Relief re-
ported as follows:

FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF

MINISTERIAL RELIEF, INC.

July 1, 1956 to June 30, 1957

Cash balance brought forward $15,691.20

Receipts 7/1/56 to 6/30/57 9,992.28

Loans and Investments 28,500.00

Total 54,183.48

Disbursements 15,579.11

Total cash valuation 6/30/57 38,604.37

LiabiUties —
Minister's Accounts

Cash in bank 7/1/56 3,564,26

Receipts 7/1/56 to 6/30/57 3,825.58

Total : 7,389.84

Paid, Insurance premiums, with-
drawals 3,553.73

Loan to B.I.F 1,000

Total 4,553.73

Cash on hand, or in bank 2,836.11

Relief Account

Cash in bank 7/1/56 2,148.00

Receipts 7/1/56 to 6/30/57 796.62

Total 2,944.62

Pro-rated operating expense 143.85

Loan to B.I.F 1,000.00

Total 1,143.85

Cash on hand, or in bank 1,800.77

Retirement Fund —

Cash in bank 7/1/56 9,023.79

Receipts 7/1/56 to 6/30/57 3,976.33

Repayment on loan 500.00

Interest on loans 1,848.90

Total 15,349.02

Disbursed: 7/1/56 to 6/30/57

Retirement 2.450.00

Pro-rated exp 431.53

Loan to B.I.F 7.00( )

Total 9,88: i

Cash on hand, or in bank 5,46' )

Total cash on hand, or in bank 10,10' ;

Total investments 28,50( )

Total Cash Value 6/30/57 38.60.;

Russell H. Weber, sec.-treas.

The following persons were elected i
three-year terms on the Board of Min
terial Relief: Melvin Fisher, Willi; i
Schaffer, Richard Saunders.

The Committee on Rules and Org;
ization reported the election of the f
lowing persons to complete the electic :
Moderator, Miles Taber; Vice Mc ■
erator, John Aeby.

The Committee on Denominatioi I
Interests reported as follows:

Your Denominational Interests Committee t -
sents the following report:

1. In connection with the Leon, Iowa, ti .
the county judge handed down a favorable •
cision to the local congregation.

This decision was immediately appealed ,
Mr. George Ronk and the other plaintiffs . i
has gone to the Supreme Court of the State,

2. We are prepared to defend the case -
fore the Supreme Court and probably will -
ceive no final decision in this case until ab t
January 1, 1958.

3. Already an amount of $4,000 has been -
pended in this trial. It is not possible to .■
what further cost will be involved. $2,500 s
been borrowed to finance this trial, and ;
proper conference executives should be aull •
ized to sign a note in this amount.

Your Denominational Interests

Committee
L. L. Grubb, chmn.
C. W. Mayes
W. A. Ogden
A. J. McClain
Cleve Miller
Paul R. Bauman
Arnold R. Kriegbaum
C. H. Ashman, Sr.
F. B. Miller

Motion prevailed that the report
adopted.

Conference adjourned at 12:00 no
due to stated order of the day.

Third Business Session —

Thursday Morning, August 22, 195

The Membership Committee
ported 11 additional lay and one
ditional ministerial delegate for a thii
day total of 536 as compared to
third-day total last year of 508. Th(
delegates were seated.

The minutes of the last meeting wi
read and approved as corrected.

The Committee on Committees
ported as follows:

vember 30, 1957

Page 19

'e submit the following names in nomination
the Committee on Conference Publicity:
lold Kriegbaum, chmn.. Miles Taber, L. L.
ibb, Clyde Landrum, W. A. Osden.
fe move that these names be elected in a group
presented to form the Committee on Confer-
e Publicity.

Respectfully submitted.

Committee on Committees

Evan M. Adams, chmn.

Ward Miller

Motion prevailed that these be elected.
The National Sunday School Board
)orted as follows:

TIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD REPORT
7e rejoice in the fact that we have had the
irilege of serving your National Sunday School
ird as its director for another year and for

privilege of reporting the activities of the
>rd to this conference for the year August
1956 to July 31, 1957.

re rejoice Ukewise in the increases both in
■ollment and in average attendances as in-
ated by our national statistician. His report
rered until the end of 1956, and we are happy
report even larger gains since the first of
luary 1957. Our highest increase came in April
7.

'he major board activities for the year in-
ded: (a) Our annual convention held during
iference 1956 and of course, the one just con-
ded this past week, which showed our highest
endanees of any of the five held thus far.
I The annual contest of attendance with more
in 100 of our churches participating. This con-
t runs for nine months each year and has
mght much Christian competition and a real
rit of enthusiasm in many of our schools. We
mid Uke to encourage others of the schools
b now entered to join in this next year's con-
t. (c) The first annual "Superintendent of
! Year" contest for the promotion of the local
nday school was conducted and suitable award
:S made to the winning school. Many fine
apbooks were entered in the contest, (d)
rough the gift of the National Women's Mis-
nary Council, a filmstrip library was estab-
led and filmstrips are now being rented to our
nday schools for showing to the workers and
lolars.

)ur own activities, in addition to directing the
)ve items, included traveling in our churches
■OSS the nation more than 35,000 miles, which
luded representation in 5 district confer-
;es (Indiana, Northern Atlantic, Allegheny,
it, and Southeast) ; 74 churches (see list at-
hed) . participation in a citywide Sunday School

ivention in Washington, D. C, and a statewide

ivenlion in Fort Wayne, Ind., for the State of
I liana. In addition to these, it was our privilege
; reoresent our board in the National Conven-
;-i "in Chicago, 111., with about 25 people of
:■ Fellowship being present and likewise, at
I Sunday-school section of the National Asso-
c;ion of Evangelicals, held in Buffalo, N. Y. We
sve as the secretary of the National Direc-
ts Fellowship in planning for the annual con-
utiorts of NSSA and spent four happy days in
C cago plaiming for the work of Sunday schools
fithe year 1957-58. Much help is derived from
t i planning committee and exchange.

wo new features were introduced during the
Jr to our churches — (1) The Sunday School
Eargement Campaign held during October
tDugh November; and (2) The Loyalty Cam-
p?n conducted during the six weeks follow-
ii Easter Sunday. From the reports of pastors
a I, superintendents we are encouraged to be-
lie that these will grow in days ahead.

he Promoter — A monthly bulletin of helps for
t';hers — continued each month through the year
?fi a monthly mailing of 3,500. A new feature
iiielps was begun this year with the introduc-
ti of "Super-Scoops for Super-intendents" —

a double page of helps monthly to our superin-
tendents.

Four textbooks are now available in our Chris-
tian Worker's Training Course, with a fifth to
be ready b.v the 15th of October of this present
year. The course when finished will embrace
every phase of Sunday-school work.

Again this year we were privileged to teach in
two Home Mission Workshops and Ukewise the
incoming class of students of Grace Theological
Seminary in a special lecture series on Sun-
day-school work.

Looking toward the future our emphasis this
year will be upon "Visitation" which we be-
Ueve will build any school that will make the
effort to grow. Helps of many kinds wiU go
forth from the office in this phase of the work.
A new program of about 10-12 weeks effort
will be introduced in conjunction with the
home-and foreign-mission offices to encourage
our pupils to be regular in attendance through
the summer months and likewise to visit the
mission fields of our church. Full details of this
campaign will be sent to the churches early
in the spring of 1958.

Already the 1958 National Sunday School Con-
vention is in the planning stages and we are
looking forward to an even greater convention,
if the Lord delays His coming.

The financial picture of our Board will be given
by our treasurer, C. S. Zimmerman.

We would like again to encourage this con-
ference through its delegates to encourage the
churches of our Fellowship to support the work
of the National Sunday School Board in the gift
of at least 50 cents per member per year. This
would bring gifts totaling more than $15,000 which
would enable us to do a better jola of helping
your local Sunday school. Last year these gifts
approximated a little more than $8,000 as the
report of the treasurer will show.

In conclusion let me, on behalf of our board,
thank all who have shared in making the gains
possible, all who have contributed to the work
in any way.

Let me urge that since we as Brethren have
"The Bible, the Whole Bible, and Nothing but
the Bible" as our motto, that we become in-
creasingly obedient to the great commission and
carry the Gospel to our neighbors at home, as well
as to strange cities and foreign lands. Tiie Sun-
day school can and ought to be our first line of
defense against the evil forces all about us.

We need to pray. plan, promote and perspire
to make our neighborhoods conscious of the fact
that there is a Brethren Sunday school in the
conmaunity. We need to present Christ to Ameri-
ca's boys and girls and their mothers and dads.

60,000 by 1960 dare not be just a slogan but must
become a passion with every Brethren pastor
and layman.

We stand ready and willing to give every bit
of assistance and help possible to every Sunday
school of our fellowship.

Our ambition is to help you, to help us in
wirming 60,000 by 1960 and then to go on to
new heights of victory for Christ until He comes.
We would ask you to keep before you always
the fivefold commission to our work; namely.
Reaching all the people we can; Teaching all the
people we reach; Winning all the people we
teach; Training all the people we win; Enlisting
all the people we train.

Respectfully submitted. National

Sunday School Board,
Harold H. EtUng, director

Motion prevailed that the report be
received.

Motion prevailed that the following
financial report by the National Sunday
School Board be adopted.

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November 30, 19!

statement of Assets and Liabilities

of
Tlie National Sunday School Board
June 30. 1957
Assets —

Cash $1,010.94

Accounts receivable 1,443.33

Office equipment 3,225.50

Less Equity and depreciation 1.155.05

Balance 2,070.45

Inventory 900.00

Total Assets 5,424.72

Liabilities and Net Worth —

Accounts payable 845.86

Amounts due H. H. Etling . . . 292,50

Total liabilities 1,138.36

Net Worth 4,286.36

Total liabilities and net worth 5,424.72

Statement of Operation
Fiscal year Ending June 30. 1957
Income —

Supplies sales — materials 8,012.35

Sales — service 935.98

Total 8.948.33

Less Cost 7,108.42

Balance 1,839.91

Church offerings 8,741.52

Church rallies offerings 30.80

Conferences and conventions offerings .. 1,203.07

Honoraria 176.36

WMC Gift 751.02

Total income 12,742.68

Expenses —

Director's salary 4,750.00

Office salaries 2,526.15

Traveling 1,654.34

Office postage 254.73

Office supplies 676.05

Administrative expenses 418.14

Rent 300.00

Telephone and telegraph 121.35

Social Security 268.50

National S. S. convention exp. 116.80

Promotion 77.28

Office expense 285.56

Depreciation 230.05

Total 11.678.95

Income over Expenses 1,083.73

The following additional report by
the National Sunday School Board was
made:

To the National Fellowship of Brethren
Churches^

The National Sunday School Board presents
the following names to be placed in nomination
for election to the National Sunday School Board
for a term of three years — Harold H. Etling. Lyle
W. Marvin, John J. Bums, C. S. Zimmerman.
Respectfully submitted,
C. S. Zimmerman, sec.-treas.

Motion prevailed that these persons
be elected.

The following motion made by L. L.
Grubb prevailed:

"That this conference authorize the
payment of $2,500 to the Brethren In-
vestment Foundation in connection with
the Leon trial and that this conference
also authorize further payments as neces-
sary and as the money is available."

The following report was made I
the Board of EvangeUsm:

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EVANGELIJ

Team number one consisting of Dean Fetti
hoff and Truymond Haddix held 22 meetir
during the year 1956-1957. A form was us
to report each meeting from November II throu
July 26. of which 154 nightly meetings were hi
with the following decisions: 70 Ist-time c
cisions (average 6 per meeting) ; 218 rededic
tions; 3 Christian service: 3 baptism; 5 assi
ance of salvation: 107 offerings were receive'

Of the 22 meetings, only two fully paid :
themselves. The others were all subsidized
the laymen's offerings. j

The lowest offering received in any sin, I
two-week's meeting was S72.40. and for any oi
week meeting $40.07. The cost of a week
meetings is $165. This, however, is the very pi
pose of the Board of Evangelism.

The Team held children's meetings where'
possible.

Visitation has been a key to the success of ■
meetings.

The Team has a full schedule until August 19

The Board of Evangelism is expecting to )
a second team in the field very soon, also
expand its tract ministry and to promote evj
gelism in any way possible.

An offering will be taken for the work

EvangeUsm Sunday, the last Simday of Februa

Respectfully submitted.

Scott Weaver, chmn.

Motion prevailed that the report
adopted.

The following financial report w
made by the Board of Evangelism:

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
of

BRETHREN BOARD OF EVANGELISM I
Receipts —

Balance on hand 8/10/56 $828.07

Contributions from evangelistic

campaigns 5.923.16

Contributions from laymen

(Evangelism Sunday) 2.827.18

All other receipts 1.173.00

Total receipts 10,75:

Disbursements —

Salaries 8.630.00

Traveling expenses 1.069.26

Sound system (purchased from

Truymond Haddix) 100.00

Secretarial services 31.50

Misc. disbursements 438.06

Total disbursements 10,281

Balance on hand 8/19/57 48:

Respectfully submitted.
Herman J. Schumacher, treas.i

Motion prevailed that the report
accepted.

The following persons were elected
the Board of Evangelism for three-yt
terms: Eugene Schoettler, Glenn O'N^
Bernard N. Schneider, Scott Weaver

Motion prevailed that the follow
report by the Committee on Christi
Day Schools be adopted:

Report of the Christian Day School Cominii
to the 1957 Conference.
Preamble —

Whereas the present public school set-tlj
part and parcel of this world's system, and.

Whereas, the public schools, in the main t

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vard a materialistic, atheistic, and evolution-
r philosophy in its educational program, and
t only so, but is, in many instances opposed

Christian education, and,

Vhereas, the Christian Day School movement
helping the church to meet the Biblical ad-
inition in training up a child in the way he
)uld go, We, your committee recommend the
lowing —

.. That, because the conmion conception of
ristian education is that of merely adding a
ily 20-minute Bible message to the regular
blic school curriculum and is therefore grossly
■oneous, we recommend to pastor and people
ke tliat the field of Christian education be
idled to properly evaluate the integration

the Christian philosophy into all facets of
mentary and secondary education.
!. That we encourage each congregation of
r Fellowship to survey its own situation. A
lool, small in student body, or small in grade
m, using existing facilities may satisfactorily
:e for the present need. An elaborate, expen-
e beginning is not a prerequisite to a program

Christian education.

!. That our young people should be encouraged

recognize the field of Christian education as a

ssionary opportunity in its calling and worthy

life dedication.

1. That our denominational educational insti-

;ions recognize the international scope and

imendous increase of Christian education and

it they include in their curriculum courses

it will prepare qualified teachers in the field

Christian education.

). That Brethren pray earnestly for the Chris-
n Day School movement, since much wisdom
d spiritual discernment is needed in the spon-
:ing of such schools.

f. That this conference allow this committee
iple time at next year's conference to present

inspirational report by means of still and mov-
^ pictures.

'l. That conference instruct the Day School
{mmittee to provide each church having a day
liool, with a questiormaire covering informa-
n, such as enrollment, grades, number of
ichers, tuition and transportation charges, et
tera, and after the tabulation of these figures

Iummation be sent to our national statistician
inclusion in his report to conference.
Respectfully submitted,
Henry Rempel
Lyle Marvin
Howard Vulgamore

iTJbie Committee on Conference Loca-
\n reported as follows, which report
IS adopted: "That we recommend to
inference that we continue the plan
at, in the event of an invitation is re-
lived by the Executive Committee for
lo years before the time of the pro-
|sed conference, Conference may be
Dved to some suitable location other
lin Winona Lake, Indiana, each fifth

Motion prevailed that the following
iyitation be accepted:

"The Denver Grace Brethren Church
id the Midwest District Conference of
lethren Churches extend a cordial in-
vation for the National Conference of
i; National Fellowship of Brethren

Churches to convene in Colorado in
1960."

Conference was adjourned due to
stated order of the day.

Fourth Business Session —

Friday Morning, August 23, 1957

The Membership Committee reported
one (1) additional lay delegate for a
fourth-day total of 537, as compared to
a fourth-day total last year of 508.

The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved as corrected.

The Committee on the Christian Min-
istry reported as follows:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE
CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
No specific problems were referred to this
committee for consideration during the past year,
so our report consists of outlining some of the
subjects and areas where we feel we can be of
service to the pastor and churches represented
by this conference in the future.

Here are some of the matters that we feel
should be studied and presented to this con-
ference in the coming years:

I: THE CHURCH'S RESPONSIBILITY TO THE
PASTOR.

1. The Call oj^ the Pastor

a. Should the churches consider more than
one man at a time? That is, should they be
writing letters to more than one man at a time?
Should a number of men be asked to candidate
and then let the best man win?

b. What should be the roll of the present
pastor in helping the church find a new pastor?

c. Should there be a written agreement be-
tween the church and the pastor to eliminate
problems in the future? If so, of what should it
consist?

2. The Salary oj the Pastor

a. What financial obligations does the church
have to its pastor? Should the church pay him
just what it thinks he needs to get along on, or
should his salary be based on what he is worth
in relation to ability, time, effort and energy
expended, and the results accomplished?

b. What portion of the minister's operating
expense should the church assume? For example:
office equipment, traveling expense, et cetera,
which are normally cared for in comparable
business positions.

c. Is it better for a pastor to accept a call to
another church rather than to frankly discuss
his financial needs witii his present church and
thus save a move, if conditions improve?

d. What should the church do relative to so-
cial security, health and accident, and retire-
ment benefits for pastors?

3. Ethical Responsibilities

a. What degree of respect should the church
hold for the office of the pastor, regardless of
its attitude toward the man involved?

b. What should the minister be called — Pas-
tor, Brother, Reverend, Mr., or by his first name?
II. THE PASTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO THE

CHURCH.
1. The Call given the Pastor

a. How far should a minister go in making
himself available to pastorless churches?

b. What should be considered a reasonable
length of time for a man to answer a church's
inquiry? Unnecessary delay puts the church at
a disadvantage in calling other men.

c. What should constitute a legitimate re-
quest for moving expense?

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2. The Salary Given the Pastor

a. What degree of financial security should
a minister expect?

b. Is a minister justified in letting the salary
offered by a church be the deciding factor to
make him refuse the call?

3. Ethical Responsibilities

a. What moral and ethical responsibilities does
the minister owe to his church?

b. How much work. time, effort, and energy
should the church rightfully expect from its
pastor?

III. RELATIONSHIPS BET^VEEN PASTORS,

1. What should be the minister's relationship
with his fellow-pastors in the district?

2. What should be the minister's relationship
to the people of former pastorates?

Note: The perplexing subject of divorce and
remarriage was thoroughly aired last year and
copies of the papers read were mailed to all the
ministers to help guide them and their churches
on this matter.

We will welcome suggestions on this or any
other subject, problem, or difficulty which might
be considered to help our churches function
more effectively.

Respectfully submitted,

John Aeby. chnin.

Vernon Harris

Glenn O'Neal

Lee Meyers

Adam Rager

Motion prevailed that the report be
accepted.

Motion prevailed that a committee
on the Christian Ministry be continued.

Motion prevailed that we accept the
dates of August 18-24, 1958, for our
next annual conference, and that we^
understand that our financial agreement
be $500 to the Winona Lake Christian
Assembly.

The Resolutions Committee reported
as follows:

The members of the resolutions committee
present for your consideration the following
resolutions:

WHEREAS, God has so graciously blessed the
testimony of our National Fellowship of Breth-
ren Churches throughout the past year, and
granted us the high privilege of assembling and
fellowshiping in this annual conference at Wi-
nona Lake. Ind.. during the week of August 18
to 25. 1957:

THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED that we give
praise and thanksgiving to God. our Heavenly
Father, and to the Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
and to the blessed Holy Spirit, whom we be-
lieve has led us into the experiencing of spirit-
ual joys and blessings and challenges prepared
and provided for us in and through the planning
and program built aroimd the theme, alerting us
to "Awake to Reality." Also that we express
the gratitude of our hearts to Him for the
many answers to the prayers of our hearts and
for the fulfillment of His purpose for us in
Christ, particularly the progress He has made
possible toward the accomplishment of goals
expressed in our conference last year. We re-
joice in (1) the pronounced increase in the
number of souls won to Christ; (2) the increased
interest, enthusiasm and benefits of the Sunday-
school Convention and conseci'ated efforts of the
Sunday School Board; (3) the accomplishments
of The Brethren Missionary Herald Co. in the
field of Brethren literature; (4) the results in the
lives of our young people through the camp pro-
grams and through the ministry of our Brethren
Youth Council and youth director; (5) the en-

larging ministry of ouv seminary and college aj
the progress being seen In the construction of t
new college buildings; (6) the establishing
new churches, new districts and increasing
subsidiary organizations throughout our Brothe
hood across this nation and in other lands; a];
(7) the increase in giving of funds and co '
secrated lives in view of the great challeng i
with which the Lord has faced us through t'j
agencies of our Brotherhood.

FURTHERMORE. BE IT RESOLVED that v
reaffirm (1) our belief in the fundamental do
trines of the Christian faith as revealed in tl
Word of God, which is our only creed ai
set forth in part in the "Message of the Bret
ren ISIinistry"; (2) our position of comple
separation from the National Council
Churches and all other apostate organizatio
which have departed from the faith dear to o
hearts; (3) our belief in the historic position
The Brethren Church with regard to separatli
from the world, worldly agencies and tende:
cies. including oui- historic stand with relatii
to war; namely, that
"The Brethren Church from her origin has bei
utterly opposed to the use of violence or ai
physical forces as a means to an end. on ti
part of the children of God. We regard the go
ernments of this world system as being yet u
regenerate, and their methods of violence co:
trary to the methods God has authorized i
children in the present age to use. We reaffir
that while war as a possible method for the £
tainment of justice, or the securing and mat
tenance of human liberty may at times be deem<
necessary among the unregenerate of this wot
system; yet, according to the teaching of our cor
mon Lord and Master, we. as His disciples, do n
belong to this world's system and its methods a
not our own. We are in the world and not of
as our Master taught (John 17:14), and rai
maintain our pilgrim characier (Heb. 11:8-1{
We recognize ana appreciate the protection
the flag of the United States. To the nation th
God has ordained (Rom. 13:1-7) to afford
protection we gladly offer our service, tin
money, and life itself if necessary, to bind up :
wounds, or to heal its sorrows, by any means
methods our Lord Jesus Clirist has approv-
for the use of those who follow Him.

ALSO, BE IT RESOLVED that we tl)
courage and engage in more earnest, cons
crated and persistent prayer to God; (2) fe'
upon and devote time and effort to person
study of God's Word; (3J press toward the gc
of total pereonal devotion to Christ; (4) increa
our effort and enlist others in the work of wi
nessing: (5) express grave concern relative
the tremendous increased wave of crimes, flo<
of undesirable literature and prevalence of juv
nile and parental delinquency, and commend 0^
governmental and church agencies for eve
effort in coznbating these evils, and the thre
of their effects in our nation, especially with r
gard to the hearts and lives of children with
and outside our churches; (6) urge prayer i
the solution of problems confronting our Bret
ren church, for the overcoming of obstacles a]
removal of hindrances that we might live godJ
soberly and righteously in this present evil woi
presenting the Gospel of Christ as the power
God unto salvation to all who believe and, :
nally; (7) pray for one another that the God
all comfort and love might be glorified in \
and that the powers of evil might be rebufe
and restrained and that the Word of God mie
be presented in power and demonstration of t
Holy Spirit.

Respectfully submitted.

Ralph C. HaU

W. Wayne Baker

C. J. Larmon

Motion prevailed that the report I
adopted and that the portion dealii

)vember 30, 1957

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th our historic position on war be
;d with the Secretary of State.
The Committee on the Moderator's
Idress reported as follows:

7e, the committee on the moderator's address
ih to thank our retiring moderator. Dr. Ber-
■d N. Schneider, for the Spirit-indicated chal-
ge he has brought to us on the theme, "Awake
Reality." Our hearts were warmed and stirred
h the Scripture-packed meditation irom the
)g Book of the Early Church," the Book of
ts, as he, under the unction of the Holy Spirit
lUght us face to face with reality in a
irt-searching comparison of the records of the
ly church and those of our churches today.
Ve express our appreciation for our moderator's
ught-provoking analysis of the vexing prob-
is that beset our churches and hold back the
igress of the Gospel in our time.
Ve therefore recommend to this conference
t we all Awake to Reality and determine to
ry back to our local congregations this chal-
ge: "That every believer has a divine mis-
tt from God; that each Christian is an am-
Bador for Christ," and under the direction
Ithe Holy Spirit seek to lead the members of
congregations in an all-out "every member
ness" to the lost about us.

hat we Awake to Reality and humbly submit
selves anew to the sovereign Lordship of
Lis Christ in a devotion that will promote a
eeping revival of faithfulness to the Lord Jesus
L-ist and His cause.

"hat we Awake to Reality and ask the Holy
rit to instill in us personally such a spirit of
mice, that whatever the cost, whatever the
fering that may be involved, we shall de-
nine to put Christ first, considering that our
^s, our homes, our work, our time, our all
1 but God-given means placed in our hands
be used as a sacred trust for the promotion
ihe cause of Jesus Christ, testifying with Paul
iither count I my life dear imto myself, so
t I might finish my course with joy, and the
iistry, which I have received of the Lord
js, to testify the gospel of the grace of God."
'e finally reconunend that the address of the
ierator be ppblished in the Brethren Mission-
1 Herald Ariiual so that it will be made avail-
i to the entire Brotherhood.

Respectfully submitted.

Jesse Hall, chmn.

Motion prevailed that the report be
ijpted.

Motion prevailed that the Committee
) Selective Service be continued.
The Finance Committee reported in-
I Uy as follows:

TREASURER'S REPORT
eceipts — '■

\l 25. 1956— Balance on hand $2,271.66

ii. 25, 1956— Saturday eve. offering .. 80.40

\'.. 25, 1956 — Sunday morn, offering .. 246.75

V:. 25, 1956— Sunday eve. offering 69.04

;t. 1, 1956— Delegate fees 10.30

it. 15, 1956— Delegate fees 12.10

!■ b. 15, 1956— Delegate fees 7.50

k;. 19, 1957— Monday eve. offering 200.10

k;. 20, 1957— Tuesday eve. offering 209.24

\t. 21, 1957— Wednesday eve. offering 193.82

U- 22, 1957— Thursday eve. offering . . 206.78

Hi. 22, 1957— Delegate fees 2,146.31

' 5,654.00

'qienditures —

(V:. 25. 1956— Telegram 2.75

St. 19, 1956 — Leonard Bosgraf. Atty. .. 500.00

0, 17, 1956 — Corporation fee 2.00

0( 29, 1956— Ballots 5.00

N(. 8, 1956 — Brethren Annual space .. 1,013.88
W. 22. 1956 — Leon Trial Expense 500.00

Jan. 13, 1957— Leon Trial Expense 505.95

June 22,1957— Secretarial Work 6.25

Aug. 23, 1957 — Brethren Missionary

Herald 264.17

Aug. 23, 1957— Card Holders 52.00

Aug. 23, 1957— Delegate Cards 8.29

Aug. 23, 1957— Printing and Postage 31.00

Aug. 23, 1957 — Secretarial Work 30.10

Aug. 23, 1957— Dr. Ralph StoU, expense 30.00

Aug. 23,1957— Dr. Ralph StoU, Hon 150.00

Aug. 23, 1957 — Conard Sandy, Exec.

Comni. Sec 40.99

Aug. 23, 1957— Clyde K. Landrum,

supplies 18.77

Aug. 23,1957— Clyde K. Landrum, Hon. . . 50.00

Aug. 23, 1957— Conard Sandy, Hon 50.00

Aug. 23, 1957 — C. S. Zimmerman, Hon. . . 50.00

Aug. 23, 1957-^ames Sweeton, Hon 20.00

Aug. 23. 1957— Donald Ogden, Hon 20.00

Aug. 23. 1957— Beverly Kent 20.00

Aug. 23, 1957— Winona Lake Christian

Assembly. Rent 500.00

Total Disbursements 3.871.15

Aug. 23, 1957— Balance on Hand 1,782.85

Respectfully submitted,
Roy H. Kinsey, treas.

Motion prevailed to accept the re-
port of the Finance Committee.

The Committee on Committees re-
ported the following members for the
Committee on the Christian Ministry:
Bernard Schneider, chmn.; Mark Malles,
Clair Brickel, Harold Bolesky, Harry
Sturz, Walter McPheeters.

Motion prevailed that the report be
adopted.

Motion prevailed that a committee of
three be appointed to investigate in-
surance plan for insuring persons at-
tending national conference.

Motion prevailed to adjourn.

Fifth Business Session —

Saturday Morning, August 24, 1957

The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.

The Finance Committe reported
finally as follows:

Receipts —

Aug. 23, 1957— Balance on hand $1,782.85

Aug. 23, 1957- Friday eve. offering 183.36

1,966.21

Expenditures —
Aug. 23, 1957 — Brethren Investment

Foundation, Inc. Payment on Principal 501.57
Aug. 23, 1957— Interest to Sept. 1. 1957 . . 80.29

581.86

Aug. 24. 1957— Balance on hand 1.384.35

Respectfully Submitted.
Roy H. Kinsey
New note will be signed in the amount of

$2,000.00.

Motion prevailed to accept the report.
Motion prevailed that a vote of thanks

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November 30, 19fi

be given our treasurer, Brother Roy Kin-
sey.

The Auditing Committee reported as
follows:

The finsncial records of the National Fellow-
ship of Brethren Churches, the National Sunday
School Board, the National Brethren Youth Fel-
lowship, the National Youth Council, and the
Brethren Boys Club, have been audited and
found to be correct.

Elmer Tamkin

Maurice Hearn

Motion prevailed that the report be
adopted.

The Committee on Committees re-
ported the following nominees for the
Conference Travel Insurance Commit-
tee: Clyde K. Landrum, chnm., Earl
Virts, Jesse Deloe.

Motion prevailed that these men be
elected to this committee.

Motion prevailed that the name of
Rev. Nelson Hall be placed on the Na-
tional Conference Executive Committee
as the representative of the new North-
ern California District.

The following recommendation was
presented by Rev. Henry Rempel:

Since it is believed by many of us that our
denomination is in need of a Brethren hymbook.
it is herebv recommended that this conference
appoint a committee to study the practicability
and economy of producing such a hymnbook and
that this committee bring a report to the next
conference.

Motion prevailed that the recommen-
dation be adopted.

The Brethren Youth Council reported
as follows:

The Brethren Youth Council, representing BYF.
SMM. and BBC. plus its new King's Men di-
vision, has been seeking to do the jobs assigned
it by this conference. For over two years, al-
though without a national youth director, we
sought to carry out the programs already de-
veloped, and make new advances for greater ef-
ficiency and service to our Lord and The Breth-
ren Church. At the assignment of conference,
the King's Men program, for teen-aged boys,
was developed. Nearly $1,500 has been invested
in the development of this program, almost none
of which has yet been recovered, financially.

A new youth director has been secured, and
since last March. Ernest Bearinger has been de-
voting time, energy, and enthusiasm to the task
of reaching, helping, and keeping Brethren Youth
for Christ and the church.

We have sought to do the best job of which
we were capable, without much financial im-
plementation from conference or the churches of
our fellowship, and now would ask again that
the churches of our fellowship enable us to be
of the assistance we want to be. and should be,
through your prayers, your cooperation, and
your financial support.

FINANCIAL REPORT

BRETHREN YOUTH COUNCII^-

Balance, Aug. 1, 1956 $299

Receipts— Aug. 1, 1956 — July 31, 1957 ..

Total Receipts

E.xpenditures —

Salary, director 1,327

Travel

Rent 200

Postage 296

Telephone and Telegraph 47

Camp 3.744

Miscellaneous 586

Mimeo and supplies

Office salaries

Supplies 932

Summer teams 254

Salaries and Board expense 718

8,534

Balance

BRETHREN YOUTH FELLOWSHIP—

Balance, Aug. 1. 1956 1.147

Receipts to July 31. 1957 441

Total 1,5;

Expenditures —

Honorarium, BYF teams 3!

Program writers 4S

Missionary Herald Co.. Annual

Balance 1,21C

BRETHREN BOYS CLUB—

Balance, Aug. 1. 1956

Receipts to July 31. 1957 ooa

Total 57

Expenses —

Salaries 74

Travel 12

Mimeo (direct) €

Postage and supplies 2

Supplies 48

Miscellaneous 1

1,46
Balance (Deficit) 8S

Respectfully submitted.
Homer A. Kent, Jr., treas.

Motion prevailed that the reports
received.

The Brethren Youth Fellowship boa
made the following motion:

"That we request conference to su
port the National Youth work to t
extent of $1,000 annually."

Motion prevailed to refer the moti
to the Executive Committee for a recoi
mendation to next year's conference.

Motion prevailed that the 1957 Sati
day evening offering be given to the ^
tional Youth Council.

The following greetings from
Brethren in Denmark were present
by R. D. Barnard:

Revelation 3:11
I Corinthians 9:24
Henning Bojesensvej 7, Gentoi
Pastor E. J. P. Hansen
Romans 16:16!

ovember 30, 1957

Page 25

Beloved Brethren of The Brethren
hurch and beloved Brother Russell D.
amard

God's eternal Peace!
We the AssembHes of Christ in Den-
ark and all Scandinavia greet you most
iartily to your yearly conference and
ay for you that the Lord may richly
;ss you all of you on this occasion.
e are very thankful to our beloved
)rd that He has led you and us to-
ther, and that we have learned some-
ing to know from each others through
i visit at our conference of the breth-
1 who came from France representing
u. They have given us a very good im-
sssion of you, but still we hope that we
ly in the coming time come into deeper
ntact with you.

We pray very much for you that the
ird may fulfill His work among us and
u till the coming of Christ. We must go
; way of prayer in all things as our
tly brethren, and then there shall be
i occasion of stumbhng for us, and we

11 receive the f uU revelation of the
|ly will of our Lord.
We should be very glad to receive

r church paper regularly and other
Tature which may help us to follow
more arid to know more about you.
lAs you will have heard from Brother
igle, the Lord blesses our work in
Issions and in the assembly, so that still
w-converted are added to the assem-
I. But yet it is a hard time, and we
perience the apostacy, and many chil-
m of God seem more to hke an easier
'.y to reach salvation, but very few

will walk on the narrow way following
the Lamb in everything. Oh, might this
spirit be in us, that we walk the narrow
path, whatever it may cost, to reach the
crown of life to His honour. Many have
lost this hope of being victorious at the
coming of Christ, but let us not be kept
back through anything, but run that we
may obtain the prize. I think that we
shall be found worthy today, and let us
therefore endeavour to be established iii
His eternal grace and found faithful in
all things, also in the communion with
each other, that the Lord may find a
willing people which He can bless in a
certain way. May the grace be your
power and confidence in all!

Accept the dearest brother-greetings
from us all in the Assembly of Christ
and convey it to all the saints of The
Brethren Church.

The most heartily greetings from
Yours in Christ Jesus,
Brother E. J. P. Hansen

Motion prevailed that the greetings
be received and recorded in the minutes.

Motion prevailed that the moderator
and secretary form a letter of greetings
to the Brethren in Denmark.

Motion prevailed that the following
persons constitute a committee for a
Brethren hymnal: Donald Ogden, chmn.,
Herman A. Hoyt, Russell Ward, James
Sweeton.

The minutes of the final session were
read and approved.

An installation service for the new
national conference officers was held.

Motion to adjourn prevailed.

Page 26

November 30, 19i

DISTRICT CONFERENCE ORGANIZATIONS

Allegheny Fellowship of Brethren
Churches

Next annual conference: May 6-8,
1958. Place to be decided by exec. com.

Executive Committee
Mod. — Victor S. Rogers
Vice Mod. — H. Leslie Moore
Sec. — Arthur F. Collins
Asst. Sec. — R. Paul Miller, Jr.
Treas. — C. J. Larmon

802 W. Main St.. Somerset, Pa.

Stat.— Wendell Coffin

R. R. 2. Sycamore Tree, Uniontown. Pa.

Members at Large — Lee J. Crist, Wal-
ter M. Fike

NFBC Executive Committee
R. Paul Miller, Jr., H. Leslie Moore

Committee on Committees
L. Ellis Rogers
W. Wayne Baker
Jesse Chapman

Credentials
Arthur F. Collins
R. Paul Miller, Jr.
Clyde J. Caes

Resolutions
Russell E. Konves
Wendell Coffin
Walter M. Fike

Rules and Organization
W. Wayne Baker
H. Leslie Moore
L. EUis Rogers

Auditing
Richard Placeway
Lee J. Crist
Wendell Coffin

Youth
H. Leslie Moore, 1 yr.
Lee Collier, 2 yrs.
Victor S. Rogers, 2 yrs.
Walter M. Fike, 3 yrs.
R, Paul Miller, Jr., 3 yrs.

Allegheny (continued) —

Moderator's Address
W. Wayne Baker
Clyde J. Caes
James W. Kimmel

District Mission Board
Chmn. — W. Wayne Baker
Vice Chmn. — L. ElUs Rogers
Sec.-Treas. — Russell E. Konves
All active pastors and the following la

men:
Kenneth Keller
Rex UUom
James Lunden
Vinton Flasher
Ira Blough
James Hoffmeyer
Billy F. Yoder
John Walker
Carl L. Rice, Sr.
Cecil Boal
R. Wayne Hoover

District Ministerium
Pres. — Russell E. Konves
Vice Pres. — H. LesUe Moore
Sec.-Treas. — W. Wayne Baker
Asst. Sec.-Treas. — R. Paul Miller, Ji

Laymen's Fellowship
Pres. — Stenson Edenfield

R. R. 2, Box 258B, Uniontown. Pa.

Vice Pres. — Jesse Chapman
Sec.-Treas. — C. James Lunden

Women's Missionary Council
Pres. — Mrs. John Hottle

R. R. 1, Friedens, Pa.

Vice. Pres. —

Sec. — Mrs. C. J. Larmon

802 W. Main St.. Somerset, Pa.

Asst. Sec. — Mrs. Russell Yoder
Treas. — Mrs. Arthur F. Collins
Asst. Treas — Mrs. Ella Dermis
Program Chmn. — Mrs. Esther Cale
Prayer Chmn. — Mrs. Richard Placew.

Sisterhood of Mary and Martha
Pres. — Penny Rae Edenfield

R. R. 2, Box 258B. Uniontown, Pa.

Vice Pres. — Judy Williams

•vember 30. 1957

Page 27

legheny (continued) —

;.-Treas — Joyce Baker

ndage Sec. — ^Audrey Coughenhour

R. R. 3, Box 110. Uniontown, Pa.

lior Rep. — Ruth Rogers
troness — Mrs. Russell E. Konves
St. Patroness — Mrs. Victor S. Rogers
erature Sec. — Sandra Chapman

Mmisterial Examinmg Board

Leslie Moore
;PauI Miller, Jr.
tor S. Rogers

Cooperating Churches

cldent, Md. — First Grace Brethren
:ppo, Pa. — Aleppo Brethren
ifton, W. Va. — First Brethren
jiers, Pa. — Jenners Brethren
yersdale, Pa. — Meyersdale Brethren
yersdale. Pa. — Summit Mills Breth-
■en

kersburg, W. Va. — Grace Brethren
ystown, Pa. — Reading Brethren
iontown, Pa. — First Brethren
shington, Pa. — Grace Brethren

Zaiifornia District Conference of
Brethren Churches

Executive Committee

Glenn O'Neal
B Mod. — Lyle W. Marvin
, — Dallas Martin
t. Sec. — Harry Sturz
as. — Arthur Schwab
, — P. A. Yerian

NFBC Executive Committee

inn. — Ward Miller

jrge Peek

an O'Neal

Jtemates —

a Mayes

rles Ashman, Sr.

Committee on Committees

Ion. — Charles Ashman, Sr.
ry Sturz
aid Polman

California (continued} —

Board of Trustees

Jolm Richardson ('58)
Arthur Adams ('59)
Walter McPheeters ('60)
Robert Culp ('61)
Ed Hastings ('62)

District Mission Board

Pastors —
Pres. — Lyle Marvin ('58)
Vice Pres. — Henry Rempel ('58)
Sec. — Robert McCormick ('59)
Treas. — Gerald Polman ('60)
Adam Rager ('59)
Dennis Holliday ('58)
Harry Sturz ('59)
Forrest Lance ('60)

Laymen —
Clifford Yocky ('58)
Richard Kelly ('58)
William Garber ('59)
Ed Hastings ('59)
E. L. Culp ('60)
Walter McPheeters ('60)
Al Wedin ('60)

Ministerial Examining Board

Chmn. — Glenn O'Neal
Charles Mayes
George Peek
Lewis Hohenstein
Lyle Marvin
Charles Ashman, Sr.
Gerald Polman

Youth
David Morsey ('58)
Richard McNeely ('58)
Robert McCormick ('59)
James McClellan ('60)
Robert Kliewer ('60)
Barbara Mitchell ('60)
Mina Coon ('59)
CecU McQuire ('58)
Sisterhood Patroness

Leadership Training Study
David Morsey
J. Paul Miller
Raymond Thompson
Lewis Hohenstein

Page 28

November 30, 1

California (continued) —

Nominating
Chmn. — Lewis Hohenstein
John Mayes
Arthur Carey
Chester McCall
Henry McNeely

Resolutions
Chmn. — Elias White
Robert McCormick
Chfford Yocky

Moderator's Address
Chmn. — P. A. Yerian
Wayne Flory
Dennis Holliday

Rules and Order
Chmn. — Jerry Yerian
Henry Rempel
Robert Kliewer

District Laymen's Movement
Chmn.— Al Wedin
P. A. Yerian
Dick Kelly
Vernon Stanfield
Waymond Richards

Women's Missionary Council
Pres. — Mrs. Gerald Polman
Vice Pres. —
Sec. — Mrs. Jayne Reuter
Asst. Sec. — Mrs. Phyllis Didriksen
Treas. — Mrs. Martha Booher

4145 E. 14th St., Long Beach 4. Calif.

East Fellowship of Brethren Churches

Executive Committee
Mod. — Homer Lingenfelter
Vice Mod. — Richard Grant
Sec. — Fred Wm. Walter
Asst. Sec. — Mrs. Ida Mae Anthony
Treas. — Sheldon Snyder
Stat. — J. L. Gingrich
Members at Large — Clair Gartland,
Bruce Baker

NFBC Executive Committee
Wm. H. Schaffer
Sheldon Snyder

East (continued) —

Committee on Committees
Wm. H. Schaffer
Kenneth Wilt
Ralph Bums

Credential
Kenneth Wilt
Bruce Baker
Mr. Blair Dick

Resolutions
Mrs. Wm. H. Schaffer
Mrs. Richard Grant
George Hildebrand

Rules and Organization
J. L. Gingrich
Stanley F. Hauser
Ralph Bums

Auditing
Kenneth Wilt
Don Rager
Carl Uphouse

Youth

J. Ward Tressler ('58)
Bruce Baker ('58)
Ralph Bums ('59)
Clair Gartland ('59)
Kenneth Wilt ('60)

Ministerial Examining Board

Ralph Bums ('58)
J. L. Gingrich ('59)
Wm. H. Schaffer ('60)

Moderator's address
Mrs. Kenneth Wilt
Walter Nowag
Mrs. Ida Mae Anthony

District Mission Board

Chmn. — Ward Tressler
Vice Chmn. — Bruce Baker
Sec.-Treas. — Wm. H. Schaffer
Asst. Sec.-Treas.- — J. L. Gingrich

The Board is composed of all th(
tive pastors and one layman from
congregation,
lyre M. Hoyt
Robert Gates

vember 30, 1957

Page 29

it (continued) —

W. Nowag
n. Lint

tnilton Bowser
svard Bowser
rry Replogle
)ver Snyder

District Ministerium

inn. — Richard Grant

s Chmn. — Stanley F. Hauser

,-Treas. — Kenneth Wilt

it. Sec.-Treas. — ^Fred Wm. Walter

District Laymen

s. — Roy Glass

p Pres. — Mr. Christopher

Wsing Pastors — Richard Grant,

lalph Bums

Sisterhood of Mary and Martha
k. — Judy Rager

>58 Linden Ave., Johnstown. Pa.

,b Pres. — Carol Wallace

:-Treas. — Wilda Bentz

ikist — Sandra Rose

ior Rep. — Darlene Auker

mature Sec. — Sandra Harbaugh

idage Sec. — Barbara Moore

k. R. 1, Mineral Point. Pa.

■oness — Mrs. Ralph Bums

t. Patroness — Mrs. Clair Gartland

Women's Missionary Council
;. — Mrs. William Schaffer
; Pres. — Mrs. Ida Mae Anthony
:-Treas. — Mrs. Bemard Imler

!ox 303. Hollidaysburg, Pa.

is — Mrs. Ward Tressler

Cooperating Churches
I'Ona, Pa. — First Brethren
I ona, Pa. — (Juniata) Grace Brethren
;emaugh. Pa. — Conemaugh Brethren
:;maugh. Pa. — Pike Brethren
:;maugh. Pa. — Singer Hill Grace

rethren

«rett, Pa. — ^First Brethren
[idaysburg. Pa. — Vicksburg Breth-

[ ewell, Pa. — Grace Brethren
ustown. Pa. — ^First Brethren

Johnstown, Pa. — Riverside Brethren
Kittanning, Pa. First Brethren
Kittanning, Pa. — North Buffalo Brethren
Learners viile. Pa. — Learners ville Breth-
ren
Martinsburg, Pa. — First Brethren

Indiana Fellowship of Brethren Churches

Next annual conference: Grace Breth-
ren Church, Fort Wayne, Ind., April
14-17, 1958.

Executive Committee

Mod. — Nathan M. Meyer
Vice Mod. — Mark Malles
Sec. — Mrs. Edward Byrne, Jr.

4872 Mamie Dr., Fort Wayne. Ind.

Asst. Sec. — Mrs. Jessie Deloe
Treas. — Frank Poland
Stat. — Lowell Hoyt

Members at Large — Irvin B. Miller,
Scott Weaver

NFBC Executive Committee

Scott Weaver
Irvin Miller

Committee on Committees
R. Paul Miller
Clyde Landrum
John Evans

Rules and Organization
Lowell Hoyt
Edward Bowman
Tom Julien

Auditing
Bryson Fetters
Earl Virts
Chalmer Smitley

Resolutions

Harold Etling
Gene Schoettler
Mrs. Melvin Fisher

Moderator's Address

Everett Caes
Robert Cover
Oren Taylor

Page 30

November 30, 19.'

Indiana (continued) —

Youth
Irvin Miller
John Evans

Ministerial Examining Board
All ordained pastors of the fellowship.
Chmn — Lowell Hoyt
Asst. Chmn. — R. Paul Miller
Sec. — Nathan Meyer

District Ministerium
Chmn. — Tom Julien
Asst. Chmn. — John Evans
Sec. — Irvin Miller

District Mission Board

All pastors and 3 elected laymen
Chmn. — Mark Malles
Asst. Chmn. — Scott Weaver
Sec. — Frank Poland
Treas. — Robert Ervin

Women's Missionary Council
Pres. — Mrs. Homer Hanna

Bringhurst. Ind.

Vice. Pres. — Mrs. Scott Weaver
Sec. — Mrs. Edward Byrne

4872 Mamie Dr.. Fort Wayne. Ind.

Asst. Sec. — Mrs. Lester Fife
Treas. — Mrs. John Whitcomb

Winona Lake, Ind.

Asst. Treas. — Mrs. Oren Taylor
Prayer Chmn. — Mrs. Fred Sellers

Sisterhood of Mary and Martha
Pres. — Judy Boyer
Vice. Pres. — Peggy Malles
Sec. — Nancy Johnson
Asst. Sec. — Mama Secor
Treas. — Linda Weaver
Asst. Treas. — Roberta Lamey
Bandage Sec. — Una Leighty
Literature Sec. — Linda Kidder
Junior Rep. — Sally Boyer

Cooperating Churches
Beme, Ind. — Bethel Brethren
Clay City, Ind. — First Brethren
Elkhart, Ind. — Grace Brethren
Flora, Ind. — Grace Brethren
Fort Wayne, Ind. — First Grethren
Fort Wayne, Ind. — Grace Brethren
Goshen, Ind. — Grace Brethren
Leesburg, Ind. — Leesburg Brethren

Indiana (cent.) —

Osceola, Ind. — Bethel Brethren
Peru, Ind. — Peru Brethren
SharpsviUe, Ind. — Grace Brethren
Sidney, Ind. — Sidney Brethren
South Bend, Ind. — Ireland Road Bi

ren
Warsaw, Ind. — Warsaw Commi

Brethren Church
Wheaton, 111. — Grace Brethren
Winona Lake, Ind. — Winona La

Brethren

Iowa District Conference of Brethre

Next annual conference: First Brel
ren Church, Dallas Center.

Executive Committee
Mod. — Vernon Schrock
Vice Mod. — Glen Welbom
Sec. — Robert Clouse
Treas. — Erwin Loritz
Stat. — L. E. Deits
Camp director — Glen Welbom

NFBC Executive Committee
R. H. Kettell

District Mission Board
Chmn. — John Aeby
Sec. -Treas. — Robert Clouse
Ralph Morgan ('58)
Ray Andrews ('58)
Douglas Rogers ('58)
Elmer Hocken ('59)
WiUiam Faas ('59)
Active pastors of the district

Ministerial Examining Board

Chmn. — R. Ronald Robinson
Vice Chmn. — Raymond Kettell
Sec. — Glen Welbom

Women's Missionary Council

Pres. — Mrs. Clem Thompson
Vice Pres. — Mrs. Wilma Meyers
Sec. — Mrs. Virgil Judge
Treas. — Mrs. Lee Dice
Prayer — Mrs. Raymond Kettell

rember 30, 1957

Page 31

B (continued) —

;. — Mrs. Dwight Erteld

M Patroness — Mrs. Lloyd Wenger

Moderator's Address
)ert Clouse
1. Raymond Kettell
!. Ray Andrews

Resolutions
1 Welbom
Hoover

Auditing
Andrews
Ronald Robinson
in White

Cooperating Churches
|ar Rapids — Grace Brethren
as Center — First Brethren
in — Carlton Brethren
Leon Brethren
th English — Pleasant Grove Breth-
■n
erloo — ^Grace Brethren

v^ichigan District Conference of

IBretiiren Churches
ext annual conference: Grace
hren Church, Lansing, Micli.

(Executive Committee
. — Richard Sellers
Mod. — Earl Funderburg
—Homer Miller
ks. — Loren Gray
i Mrs. Violet Shipley
libers at Large — William Johnson,
lilbert Hawkins

\ NFBC Executive Committee
cier Miller

Ministerial Examining Board
bn. — Earl Funderburg
i(— Richard Jackson, Jr.

District Ministerium
tn. — Earl Funderburg
X'— Homer Miller

Michigan (continued) —

Youth
Earl Funderburg ('59)
Richard Jackson, Jr. ('58)
Homer Miller ('60)

District Mission Board
Chmn. — Richard Sellers
Sec. — Homer Miller
Treas. — Gilbert Hawkins

Women's Missionary Council
Pres. — Mrs. Earl Funderburg
1st Vice Pres. — Mrs. Donald Thompson
2d Vice Pres. — Mrs. Gilbert Hawkins
Sec.-Treas. — Mrs. Freeman Huffman

R. R., Alto, Mich.

Prayer Chmn. — Mrs. Violet Shipley
SMM Patroness — Mrs. Homer Miller
Asst. Patroness — Mrs. Donald Thomp-
son

Sisterhood of Mary and Martha
Pres. — Marcia Hulliberger

R. R., Lake Odessa. Mich.

Sec. — Suzanne Huffman
Junior Rep. — Nancy Personette

Cooperating Churches
Alto — Calvary Brethren
Berrien Springs — Grace Brethren
Lake Odessa — Grace Brethren
Lansing — Grace Brethren
New Troy — New Troy Brethren
Ozark — Grace Brethren

Mid-Atlantic Fellowship of Brethren
Churches

Next annual conference: First Breth-
ren Church, Washington, D. C, May
12-14, 1958.

Executive Committee

Mod. — John J. Bums
Vice Mod. — Jack K. Peters
Sec. — J. Edw. Cordell, Jr.

Wayne Bldg., Waynesboro. Pa.

Asst. Sec. — John F. Davis
Treas. — John M. Stillman, Sr.

2122 Minnesota Ave., S.E.. Washington 20.
D. C.

Stat. — ^Earle E. Peer

Page 32

November 30, IS

Mid-Atlantic (continued) —

NFBC Executive Committee
John J. Bums
James G. Dixon

Committee on Committees
Earle E. Peer
John W. Ritchey
William Gray

Credentials
Jack K. Peters
John M. Stillwell, Sr.
Franklin F. Gregory

Resolutions
John W. Ritchey
Mrs. Paul E. Dick
Richard T. Saunders

Moderator's Address
William Gray
Earle E. Peer
Frank H. Gardner

Youth
James G. Dixon
Earle E. Peer
Paul E. Dick

Ministerial Examining Board
All regular ordained pastors of the dis-
trict

District Ministerium
Pres. — James G. Dixon
Vice Pres. — Paul E. Dick
Sec.-Treas. — John J. Bums

District Mission Board
Pres. — Paul E. Dick
Vice Pres. — ^William Gray
Sec. — Jack K. Peters
Treas. — FrankUn F. Gregory

M. R. Box 35. Martinsburg, W. Va.

Laymen's Fellowship
Pres. — Kenneth M. Heefner

259 Ringgold St., Waynesboro. Pa.

Vice Pres. — Royd W. Hartman
Cor. Sec. — Richard T. Saunders

3619 Austin St.. S. E., Washington 20, D. C.

Rec. Sec. — Richard Trenary
Asst. Rec. Sec. — Robert L. Triggs
Treas. — Roy Lowery

118 W. Patomac St., WilUamsport, Md.

Asst. Treas. — Frank H. Gardner

Mid-Atlantic (continued) —

Women's Missionary Council
Pres. — Mrs. Jack Peters
1st Vice Pres. and Project Chmn.—
2d Vice Pres. and Program Chmn

Mrs. Jesse M. Ash
Sec. — Mrs. Paul B. Miller

11 W. North St.. Waynesboro, Pa.

Asst. Sec. — Mrs. Harry Dunham
Treas. — Mrs. Marjorie Creighton

400 Kern St., Winchester, Va.

Asst. Treas. — Mrs. Roy Lowery
Prayer Chmn. — Mrs. Earle E. Peer
SMM Patroness — Mrs. John J. Bums
Asst. SMM Patroness — Mrs. Jack
Peters

Sisterhood of Mary and Martha
Pres. — Jean Bell

R. R. 2, Williamsport, Md.

Vice. Pres. — Rosalie Pryor
Sec. — Mildred Ash
Treas. — June Brown

945 Orchard Rd., Winchester, Va.

Bandage Sec. — Barbara Yost

Stephenson, Va.

Literature Sec. — Dreama Duncan

Cooperating Churches
Alexandria, Va. — Commonwealth A

nue Brethren
Hagerstown, Md. — Calvary Brethren
Hagerstown, Md. — Gay Street Breib

Chapel
Hagerstown, Md. — Grace Brethren
Martinsburg, W. Va. — Rosemont Bre

ren
Chambersburg, Pa. (Pond Bankii

Grace Brethren
Seven Fountains, Va. — Trinity Brs

ren
Washington, D. C. — First Brethren
Waynesboro, Pa. — First Brethren
Winchester, Va. — First Brethren

Midwest District of Brethren Churc

Next annual conference: Camp '
ra-ha-je. Pine, Colo., June 6-8, 195

Executive Committee
Mod. — Carl Bates

1115 S. Dale, Denver, Colo.

(vember 30, 1957

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dwest (continued) —

ce Mod. — Florimel Maestas
c. — Celina Mares

Box 383, Taos, N. Mex.

eas. — Harold Inman

Stamford, Nebr.

it. — Mrs. Hazel West

3004 S. Colorado Blvd.. Denver, Colo.

NFBC Executive Committee
im Imnan

District Mission Board
imn. — Sam Homey
bas. — Harold Inman
issell West

\ Ministerial Examining Board

h Homey
sell Williams
m Inman

! District Ministerium

jmn. — Sam Homey
. — Tom Inman

Women's Missionary Council
— Mrs. Carl Bates

1115 S. Dale, Denver, Colo.

« Pres. — Nina Tumer
« Pres. — Mary Davis
M Patroness — Mrs. Sam Homey
it. Patroness — Celina Mares
ild Evangelism Chmn. — Mrs. John
Harper
';tyer Chmn. — Mrs. Esther Wolf

Sister of Mary and Martha
' s. — Helen Martinez

Taos, N. Mex.

re Pres. — Marjorie Tumer
li.-Treas. — Susan Homey
hdage Sec. — Connie Stewart

Portis, Kans.

. Sec— Kay Hall

3675 S. Pearl, Englewood, Colo.

Laymen's Fellowship
' s. — James OUve

c/o Russell Williams, Cheyenne. Wyo.

/e Pres. — Dean Hokins
it.-Treas. — Amarante Romero

Box 71, Ranchos de Taos, N. Mex.

^ Cooperating Churches
querque, N. Mex. — ^Albuquerque
ace Brethren

Midwest (continued) —

Arroyo Hondo, N. Mex. — Arroyo

Hondo Brethren
Beaver City, Nebr. — Grace Brethren
Cheyenne, Wyo. — ^First Brethren
Ranchos de Taos, N. Mex. — Cordillera

Brethren
Denver, Colo. — Grace Brethren
Portis, Kans. — ^First Brethren
Taos, N. Mex. — Canon Brethren

Northern Atlantic Fellowship of Brethren
Churches

Next annual conference: First Breth-
ren Church, Philadelphia, Pa., May 6-9,
1958.

Executive Committee
Mod. — William Male
Vice Mod. — Herman Koontz
Sec. — Conard Sandy
Asst. Sec. — Mrs. Ruby Grubb
Treas. — John Kauffman

R. R. 1, Box 405, Harrisburg, Pa.

Stat. — John Neely

NFBC Executive Committee
William Male

Committee on Committees
Conard Sandy
Lester Smitley
Robert Markley

Credentials
Robert Crees
Carl Seitz
Mrs. Evard Schuder

Constitution
WiUiam Male
Robert Crees
Lester Smitlley

Moderator's Address
John Neely
Thomas Kyler
Miss Pauline Seitz

Resolutions
John Line
Miss Rena Bauer
Lewis Kolb

Page 34

Northern Atlantic (continued) —

Youth
Conard Sandy
Herman Koontz
Robert Markley

District Mission Board
Pres. — Robert D. Crees
Vice Pres. — William Male
Sec. — John H. Line

3220 Larry Dr.. Harrisburg. Pa.

District Ministerium and Examining
Board
Pres. — Herman Koontz
Vice Pres. — Robert Markley
Sec.-Treas. — Conard Sandy

Laymen's Fellowship
Pres. — Kenneth R. Kohler, Sr.

1912 E. Pacific St., Philadelphia 34, Pa.

Vice Pres. — Lloyd Herr
Cor. Sec. — Fred Kalesse

9610 Cowden St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Rec. Sec. — William Schulze
Asst. Rec. Sec. — Paul Shore
Treas. — Allen Zook

806 E. Chocolate Ave.. Hershey. Pa.

Asst. Treas. — Leroy Siegfried

Women's Missionary Council
Pres. — Mrs. Robert Markley
Vice Pres. (Program) — Mrs. Lester Smit-

ley
Vice Pres. (Project) — Mrs. Margaret

Engle
Sec. — Miss Rena Bauer
Treas. — Miss Pauline Seitz

980 E. Godfrey Ave.. Philadelphia 24, Pa.

Prayer Chmn. — Mrs. Herman Koontz

Sisterhood of Mary and Martha
Pres. — Roberta Crees
Vice Pres. — Patsy Engle
Sec. — Judy Beers
Asst. Sec.-Treas. — Judy Engle
Lit. Sec. — Karen Grubb
Bandage Sec. — Gloria Floria

R." R. 1. Harrisburg, Pa.

Patroness — Mrs. John Neely
Asst. Patroness — Mrs. Conard Sandy

Cooperating Churches
Allentown, Pa. — First Brethren
Harrisburg, Pa. — Melrose Gardens
Brethren

November 30, 1

Northern Atlantic (continued) —

Hatboro, Pa. — Suburban Brethren
Palmyra, Pa. — Grace Brethren
Philadelphia, Pa. — First Brethren
Philadelphia, Pa. — Third Brethren
York, Pa. — Grace Brethren

Northern California Fellowship
Brethren Churches

Next annual conference: La L
Grace Brethren Church, Modesto, C
April 2-3, 1958.

Steering Committee
Chmn. — Phillip J. Simmons
Sec. — Nelson Hall

Ministerium
Chnm.— J. Paul Miller
Sec. — Nelson Hall

Cooperating Churches
Chico — Grace Brethren
Modesto — McHenry Avenue

Brethren

Modesto — La Loma Grace Brethre:
San Jose — The Brethren Church
Tracy — First Brethren

Northern Ohio District Fellowshipi
Brethren Churches

Executive Committee

Mod. — Edwin Cashman
Vice Mod. — Charles Turner
Sec.-Treas — W. Russell Ogden
Asst. Sec.-Treas. — Gerald Teeter
Stat. — Kenneth Ashman
Asst. Stat. — Neil Beery

NFBG Executive Committee
Gene Witzky
Wesley Haller

Committee on Committees
Gordon Bracker
Robert Holmes
James Cook

rember 30, 1957

Page 35

•thern Ohio (continued) —

Credentials
irles Turner
y Kriemes
en Lingenfelter

Youth
Lenhart
iR. Ogden
sley Haller
)vin Cashman
)ert Holmes

Resolutions
nard Schneider
te Witzky
iBrubaker

Rules and Organizations
yin Cashman
I Russell Ogden
(hard Burch

Moderator's Address
en Lingenfelter
aid Teeter

Trustee
ik Lindower

District Mission Board
pastors, and one additional repre-
jntative from each church.
an. — Bernard Schneider
5 Chmn. — M. L. Myers
-Treas. — Robert Holmes

Ministerial Examining Board
active ordained pastors of the dis-
ict. Officers are the same as the
isterium.

District Ministerium
.an. — Galen Lingenfelter
't Chmn. — Gerald Teeter
: -Treas. — Wesley Haller
t. Sec.-Treas. — John DilUng

District Laymen
15.— Don Miller

1008 Wick Ave., Ashland, Ohio

3 Pres, — Paul Castor
! -Treas, — Neil Carey

J32 StiUl Ave., Akron 12, Ohio

Northern Ohio (continued) —

Boys Club Advisor — Herb Houts
Pastoral Advisor — Edwin Cashman

Womeii's Missionary Council,
Pres. Mrs. Frank Lindower

R. R. 1. Uniontown, Ohio

1st Vice Pres. — Mrs. Wesley Haller
2d Vice Pres. — Mrs. R. B. Smith
Sec. — Mrs. George Ripple
Asst. Sec. — Mrs. Herb Brickie
Treas. — Mrs. Helen Smith

2183 Streetsborough. Hudson. Ohio

Asst. Treas. — Mrs. John Brown
Prayer Chmn. — Mrs. Robert Holmes
Asst. Prayer Chmn. — Mrs Russell
Ogden

Sisterhood of Mary and Martha
Pres. — Phyllis Davenport

1410 Schneider Rd. N.E., Canton 20, Ohio

Vice Pres. — Jean Shankel
Sec.-Treas. — Carol Ann Ashman

205 Ihrig Ave.. Wooster, Ohio

Asst. Sec.-Treas. — Judy Kreimes
Literature Sec. — Charlotte Henning
Asst. Lit, Sec, — Kay Smith
Bandage Sec, — Sara Jane Quartz

511 Lamont, Akron 5, Ohio

Junior Rep, — Sharon Witzky
Patroness — Mrs, Gerson Laubender

R. R. 2, Box 220, East Canton 30, Ohio

Asst. Patroness — Mrs, Charles Turner

Cooperating Churches
Akron — First Brethren
Ankenytown — First Brethren
Ashland — Grace Brethren
Canton — First Brethren
Cleveland — First Brethren
Cuyahoga Falls — Grace Brethren
Danville — Danville Brethren
Elyria — Grace Brethren
Findlay — Findlay Brethren
Fremont — Grace Brethren
Fremont — Brethren Chapel (Colored)
Homerville — West Homer Brethren
Mansfield — Grace Brethren
Mansfield — Woodville Grace Brethren
Middlebranch — ^First Brethren
Rittman — First Brethren
Sterling — First Brethren
Wooster — ^First Brethren

Page 36

November 30, 19;

Northwest Fellowship of Brethren
Churches

Southeast Fellowship of Brethren
Churches

Next annual conference: First Breth-
ren Church, Spokane, Wash., June 24-
27, 1958.

Executive Committee

Mod.— Robert Griffith
Vice Mod. — Thomas Hammers
Sec. — Edward Peters
Treas. — Ernest Morrell

R. R. 3, Wapato, Wash.

Stat. — Mrs. Francis Wattenbarger

Mabton. Wash.

The Executive Committee includes all
pastors of the district.

NFBC Executive Committee
Harold D. Painter

Credential
Thomas E. Hammers, chmn.

District Mission Board
All pastors of the district and one rep-
resentative from each church.

Ministerial Examining Board
All pastors of the district and two rep-
resentatives from the church of which
the applicant is a member.

Women's Missionary Council
Pres. — Mrs. Harold Painter
1st Vice Pres. — Mrs. Donald Famer
2d Vice Pres. — Mrs. Jesse Hall
Sec. — Mrs. Clarence Garrison
Asst. Sec. — Mrs. Jesse Hall
Treas. — Mrs. Francis Wattenbarger
SMM Patroness — Mrs. Robert Griffith
Asst. Patroness — Mrs. Ivan Barlow
Prayer Chmn. — Mrs. Edward Peters

Cooperating Churches
Albany, Oreg. — Grace Brethren
Grandview, Wash. — Grace Brethren
Harrah, Wash. — Harrah Brethren
Portland, Oreg. — Grace Brethren
Seattle, Wash. — View Ridge Brethren
Spokane, Wash. — First Brethren
Sunnyside, Wash. — Grace Brethren
Yakima, Wash. — Grace Brethren

Next annual conference: Pattersr
Memorial Church, HoUins, Va., Ju
23-25, 1958.

Executive Committee
Mod. — Ralph J. Colbum
Vice Mod. — Kenneth Teague
Sec. — Frank W. Campbell

425 Parkdale Dr.. Salem. Va.

Asst. Sec. — Mrs. S. H. Hem7
Treas. — Thomas Craghead
Stat. — B. H. Conner

4131 Vermont Ave., N. W.. Roanoke. Va.

Host Pastor — William Byers

NFBC Executive Committee
Ralph Colbum
Edward Lewis

Committee on Committees
Vernon J. Harris, chmn.
S. M. Coffee
Henry Radford

District Trustees
B. H. Conner ('58)
S. M. Coffee ('59)
James Michael ('60)

Moderator's Address
Edward Lewis, chmn.
G. W. Minnix
Mrs. Marie Brown

Resolutions
Kenneth Teague, chmn.
Mrs. Ina Westerman
Grover Sink

Credentials
Dean Risser, chmn.
Mrs. Troy Hall
Mrs. Virginia Likens

Youth
Kenneth Teague, chmn.
Vernon Harris
William Howard
Edward Lewis
Henry Radford

Constitution
Vemon J. Harris, chmn.

wember 30, 1957

Page 37

utheast (continued) —

E. Richardson
M. Coffey

District Insurance Chairman
E. Richardson

District Ministerium
mm. — Dean Risser
ce Chmn. — K. E. Richardson
c. — ^Vernon J. Harris
;st. Sec. — Edward Lewis

District Mission Board
imn. — Vernon J. Harris
be Chmn. — Kenneth Teague
jc.-Treas. — B. H. Conner
;st. Sec.-Treas — S. M. Coffey
y members:
jward Camper
ri Key
A. Moore
larlie Hall
|R. Armentrout
J B. RatcUffe
j J. Richardson
forge Donahue
3 Smith
M. Coffey
,iH. Conner
lis AUen

Youth
les. — Donald Gilmer

; 2220 East Gate Ave., N. E., Roanoke, Va.

'ce Pres. — Richard Hall
;;. — Patricia Catron

630 Arbutus Ave., S. E., Roanoke. Va.

isas. — Robert Johnson

3128 Richard Ave., Bratton Lawn, Vinton. Va.

'Ivisors — WilUam Byers, Kenneth
Teague

Sisterhood of Mary and Martha
[;s. — Patricia Catron

630 Arbutus Ave., S. E.. Roanoke, Va.

*x Pres. — ^Wanda Light
i;.-Treas — ^Nancy Hall

317 Wentworth Ave., N. E., Roanoke, Va.

1st. Sec.-Treas. — Cora Bell Farley
Indage Sec. — Margaret Lyles

R. R. 2, Boones Mill, Va.

I;. Sec. — Jeraldine Taylor
Itroness — Mrs. James Keith

2719 Mountalnaire Ave., N. W., Roanoke, Va.

Southeast (continued) —

Asst. Patroness — Mrs. Vernon J. Harris

Women's Missionary Council
Pres. — Mrs. B. V. Craghead

R. R. 6, Covington. Va.

Vice Pres. — Mrs. Edward Lewis
Fin. Sec. — Mrs. Ralph Armentrout
Rec. Sec. — Mrs. J. Harold Putt
Asst. Rec. Sec. — Mrs. S. H. Henry

Laymen
President— G. W. HaU

R, R. 2, Boones Mill. Va.

Vice Pres. — W. K. Jefferson
Sec.-Treas. — Joe C. Smith

1210 Ray Rd., S. E., Roanoke, Va.

Asst. Sec.-Treas. — James Michael

Cooperating Churches
Buena Vista, Va. — First Brethren
Covington, Va. — First Brethren
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — Grace Brethren
Hollins, Va. — Patterson Memorial
Jolmson City, Term. — Johnson City

Brethren
Limestone, Tenn. — ^Vernon Brethren
Radford, Va. — Fairlawn Brethren
Riner, Va. — Grace Brethren
Roanoke, Va. Clearbrook Brethren
Roanoke, Va. — Ghent Brethren
Roanoke, Va. — Garden City Brethren
Roanoke, Va. — Boones Chapel
Roanoke, Va. — Washington Heights

Brethren
Virginia Beach, Va. — Grace Brethren

Southern Ohio District Conference of
Brethren Churches

Next annual conference: To be de-
termined.

Executive Committee
Mod. — Randall Maycumber
Vice Mod. — True Hunt
Sec. —

Asst. Sec. — Russell Ward
Treas. — Roy Kinsey
Stat. — Caleb Zimmerman
Members at Large — ^Dorothy Shipley,
Lon Kams

Page 38

November 30, IS

Southern Ohio (continued) —

NFBC Executive Committee
Randall Rossman
True Hunt

Committee on Committees
Charles Flowers
Evelyn Fuqua
Lon Kams

District Ministerium
Chmn. — Randall Rossman
Vice Chmn. — True Hunt
Sec—
Asst. Sec. — Charles Gantt

Ministerial Examining Board
The Ministerial Examining Board
shall be composed of all regularly
ordained elders in good standing who
are pastors of Brethren churches
within the district.

Chmn. — Caleb Zimmerman

Sec— William Steffler

District Mission Board
Chmn. — Russell Ward
Vice Chmn. — True Hunt
Sec-Treas. —

The board is composed of all active
pastors in the district, together with three
elected laymen:
Roy Kinsey
LeRoy Hodson
Herbert Edwards

Youth
Chmn. —

Vice Chmn. — Randall Maycumber
Sec-Treas. — Caleb Zimmerman

Southern Ohio (continued) —

Women's Missionary Council
Pres. — Mrs. George Smith

4617 Prescot Ave.. Dayton 6. Ohio

Vice Pres. — Mrs. Orrville Rike

Sec—

Asst. Sec. — Miss Blanche Garger

13 North Mulberry St.. Troy. Ohio

Treas. — Mrs. Mary Wysong

4375 Free Pike, Dayton, Ohio

Asst. Treas. — Mrs. Robert Mitchel
Prayer Chmn. — Mrs. Dale Goode

Sisterhood of Mary and Martha
Pres. — Carolyn Peters
Vice Pres. — Gloria Ellis
Sec. — Sherry Hyre
Treas. — Nancy Alley
Lit. Sec. — Barbara Craig
Bandage Sec. — Bonnie Wise
Junior Rep. — Judy Stoudt
Patroness — Mrs. Gerald Towner

1640 Wesleyan Rd., Dayton 6, Ohio

Asst. Patroness — Mrs. Warren Craig

Cooperating Churches
Camden — First Brethren
Clayhole, Ky. — Clayhole Brethren
Clayton — First Brethren
Covington — First Brethren
Dayton — First Brethren
Dayton — Grace Brethren
Dayton — North Riverdale Brethren
Dayton — Patterson Park Brethren
Dryhill, Ky. — Brethren Chapel
Englewood — Englewood Grace Bre

ren
Sinking Springs — Grace Brethren
Troy — Grace Brethren
West Alexandria — Sampleville Bt6

ovember 30, 1957

Page 39

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

le Foreign Missionary Society of the
Brethren Church

Winona Lake, Indiana

Officers

■esident — Rev. Charles W. Mayes,
1 1925 E. Fifth St., Long Beach 12,
Calif.

Ice President — Rev. Bernard N.
Schneider, 534 Forest St., Mansfield,
Ohio.

^neral Secretary and Editor — Rev.
Russell D. Barnard, Winona Lake,
Ind.

easurer — Rev. Homer A. Kent, Sr.,
Winona Lake, Ind.

jcording Secretary — Rev. Kenneth B.
Ashman, 205 Ihrig Ave., Wooster,
Ohio.

isistant to the General Secretary — ^Rev.
Clyde K. Landrum, Winona Lake,
Ind.

nancial Secretary — Mr. Kenneth G.
Moeller, Winona Lake, Ind.
cfice Secretary — Miss Marcia Lowe,
Winona Lake, Ind.

isistant Office Secretary — Miss Evelyn
Schumacher, Winona Lake, Ind.

i Board of Trustees

(Term Ending 1958)
v. Charles W. Mayes, 1925 E. Fifth
St., Long Beach 12, Calif.
jv. Alva J. McClain, Winona Lake,
Ind.

jv. Glenn F. O'Neal, 2400 W. 85th
St., Inglewood, Calif.

(Term Ending 1959)

5v. Kenneth B. Ashman, 205 Ihrig
Ave., Wooster, Ohio.
(iv. Herman W. Koontz, 1408 Dart-
mouth Rd., York, Pa.
;v. Ward A. Miller, 8101 S. Vicki Dr.,
Whittier, Calif.

Foreign Missionary Society (cont.) —

(Term Ending 1960)
Rev. Homer A. Kent, Sr., Winona Lake,

Ind.
Rev. W. A. Ogden, Winona Lake, Ind.
Rev. Bernard N. Schneider, 534 For-
est St., Mansfield, Ohio.

Foreign Missionary Directory

Africa —

Beaver, Rev. and Mrs. S. Wayne, Boz-
oum, via Bangui, French Equatorial
Africa.

Bickel, Miss Florence, Mission a Belle-
vue, Bossangoa via Bangui, French
Equatorial Africa.

Byron, Miss Grace, Mission a Bassai,
Bozoum via Bangui, French Equato-
rial Africa.

Cochran, Miss RoseUa, Mission a Bas-
sai, Bozoum via Bangui, French Equa-
torial Africa.

Cone, Rev. and Mrs. George E., Bos-
sembele via Bangui, French Equato-
rial Africa.

Cripe, Miss Mary, Bozoum via Bangui,
French Equatorial Africa.

Dunnmg, Rev. and Mrs. Harold L.,
Bozoum via Bangui, French Equato-
rial Africa.

Emmert, Miss Mary, Mission a Bassai,
Bozoum via Bangui, French Equato-
rial Africa.

Garber, Rev. and Mrs. Martin M., Mis-
sion a Bekoro, Paoua via Bozoum
via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Geske, Miss Edith, Mission a Bellevue,
Bossangoa via Bangui, French Equa-
torial Africa.

Goodman, Rev. and Mrs. Marvin L., Jr.,
Mission a Nzoro, Bocaranga via Ban-
gui, French Equatorial Africa.

Habegger, Miss Mary Ann, Mission a
Bekoro, Paoua via Bozoum via Ban-
gui, French Equatorial Africa.

Page 40

November 30, 19

Foreign Missionary Society (cont.) —

Hill, Rev. and Mrs. Robert W., Bossem-
bele via Bangui, French Equatorial
Africa.

Hocking, Rev. and Mrs. Donald G.,
Bozoum via Bangui, French Equato-
rial Africa.

Jobson, Dr. and Mrs. Orville D., B. P.
240, Bangui, French Equatorial
Africa.

Jones, Miss Gail, B. P. 36, Bossangoa
via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Kennedy, Rev. and Mrs. Lester W.,
M'Baiki via Bangui, French Equato-
rial Africa.

Kennedy, Mrs. Minnie, Mission a Be-
koro, Paoua via Bozoum via Bangui,
French Equatorial Africa.

Kent, Miss Ruth, Bozoum via Bangui,
French Equatorial Africa.

Kliever, Rev. and Mrs. J. P., B. P. 240,
Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Mason, Dr. and Mrs. Harold A., B. P.
.36, Bossangoa via Bangui, French
Equatorial Africa.

Miller, Rev. and Mrs. Donald F., Mis-
sion a Nzoro, Bocaranga via Bangui,
French Equatorial Africa.

Mishler, Miss Marie, Bouca via Bangui,
French Equatorial Africa.

Samarin, Rev. and Mrs. William J., Mis-
sion a Bellevue, Bossangoa via Ban-
gui, French Equatorial Africa.

Schwartz, Miss Clara, Mission a Yaloke,
Bossembele via Bangui, French Equa-
torial Africa.

Sheldon, Rev. and Mrs. C. B., Bos-
sangoa via Bangui, French Equatorial
Africa.

Snyder, Rev. and Mrs. Roy B., Bouca
via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Spangler, Mr. and Mrs. Donald A.,
Bozoum via Bangui, French Equato-
rial Africa.

Sumey, Rev. and Mrs. Charles R., Boz-
oum via Bangui, French Equatorial
Africa.

Taber, Rev. and Mrs. Charles R., Mis-
sion a Yaloke, Bossembele via Ban-
gui, French Equatorial Africa.

Thurston, Miss Marian, Mission a

Foreign Missionary Society (cont.) —

Nzoro, Bocaranga via Bangui, Frer

Equatorial Africa.
Tyson, Miss Elizabeth, Mission a 1

loke, Bossembele via Bangui, Frei

Equatorial Africa.
Williams, Rev. and Mrs. Robert

Batangafo via Bangui, French Eqi

torial Africa.

Argentina —

Abel, Miss Bertha, Rivadavia 433, ]
Cuarto, F.C.N.G.B.M., Prov. C
doba, Argentina, S. A.

Bishop, Rev. and Mrs. Donald E., ]
Calle Reconquista, Corral de Bust
F.C.N.G.B.M., Prov. Cordoba, Arg
tina, S. A.

Churchill, Rev. and Mrs. Jack
Remedios de Escalada 74, Rio T
cero, F.C.B.M., Prov. Cordoi
Argentina, S. A.

Dowdy, Rev. and Mrs. J. Paul, Ri
davia 433, Rio Cuarto, F.C.N.G.B.t
Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S. A.

Maconaghy, Rev. and Mrs. Hill, Bdo.i
Irigoyen 564, Jose Manr
F.C.N.G.R., Argentina, S. A.

Marshall, Rev. and Mrs. James B., Ri
davia 433, Rio Cuarto, F.C.N.G.B.I
Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S. A.

Rottler, Rev. and Mrs. Carson E., F'
oglio 71, Laboulaye, F.N.G.S.I
Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S. A

Sickel, Mrs. Loree, Remedios de Es
lada 74, Rio Tercero, F.C.B.i
Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S. A

Brazil —
Altig, Rev. and Mrs. J. Keith, Ca

Postal 861, Belem, Para, Brazil.
Miller, Rev. and Mrs. Edward D., M

apa, Terr. Federal do Amapa, Bra
Zielasko, Rev. and Mrs. John W., It

Sebastiao Freitas, Capanema, Pd

Brazil.

France —
Fogle, Rev. and Mrs. P. Frederick,
Chemin de Vassieux, Caluire ^
Cuire, Rhone, France.

yember 30, 1957

eign Missionary Society (cont.) —

^awaii —

isise, Rev. and Mrs. Foster R., 335

^anae Street, Kailua, Hawaii.

Vfexico —

tniston, Rev. and Mrs. Sibley M.,
I^ista de Correos, Leon, Guanajuato,
iVlexico.

kg, Rev. and Mrs. Walter E., 439
unset Lane, San Ysidro, Calif.,
S.A.

ard. Rev. and Mrs. A. L., 406 Mary
ve., Calexico, Calif., U.S.A.
inson, Miss Dorothy, 439 Sunset
ane, San Ysidro, Calif., U.S.A.

lissionaries in the United States —

:er, Mr. and Mrs. Albert W., c/o
i[Ienry C. Kersting, 8415 Fenwick St.,
unland, Calif.

•k, Rev. and Mrs. Bill A., 11259
'ope Ave., Lynwood, Calif.

iter, Mrs. Rose, 5337 N. Front St.,
'hiladelphia 20, Pa.

Rev. and Mrs. Solon W., c/o
.ev. Norman Hirschy, Evans City,
a.

[isen, Miss Johanna, 1819 Pine Ave.,
ong Beach 6, Calif.

rock, Rev. and Mrs. Lynn D.,
210Vi Hammond Ave., Waterloo,
owa.

■der. Miss Ruth, 211 Second St.,
lonemaugh, Pa.

)er, Dr. and Mrs. Floyd W., P. O.
Jox 588, Winona Lake, Ind.

Note: As changes of address occur,
f will be noted in the News Briefs,
n the Foreign Missionary Directory,
ch is printed at intervals.)

FINANCIAL, STATEMENT

January 1, 1956 to December 31, 1956

BALANCE SHEET
sets —
1 on hand and in banks $8,633.35

Page 41

Foreign Missionary Society (cont.) —

Cash in banks for Field Accounts 2,600.00

Notes Receivable — Grneral Fund 14,766.91

Notes Receivable — Annuity Fund 59,994.98

Notes Receivable — Annuity Reserve

Fund 36,655.74

General Fund Properties —

Missionary Residence, Winona Lake . 15.000.00

Missionary Residence, Calexico, Calif. 8,500.00

Annuity Fund Prooerties* 90,707.48

Scriptures and Books Inventory 2,422.90

Equipment for Office and Deputation

Work 6,948.61

Total 246,229.97

*This Annuity Fund property was acquired

prior to 1956 but, at the suggestion of our audi-
tor, it was entered on our books during 1956.

Liabilities and Net Worth —

SMM funds for investment 2,500.00

SMM funds for higher education of

missionary children 1,220.29

V/ithholding Taxes 97.70

Collected for Others 2,190.50

Mortgage on Annuity Property 31,446.93

Aimuities In Force 119,255.53

Net worth of funds 89.519.02

Totals 246,229.97

INCOME AND EXPENSE STATEMENT

INCOME—

Gift total for 1956 265,941.58

Interest on Annuity Investments 4,946.94

other Interest 597.07

Total 271,485.59

EXPENSES—

Administrational —

Office Salaries 17,609.31

Telephone, telegraph, cables, postage

and taxes 2,823.99

Rent 3,169.27

office stationery and supplies 1,125.36

Board meeting expenses 568.01

Appropriations 50.00

Maintenance on office equipment 117.97

Interest 605.52

Audit 325.00

Moving to new office quarters 158.50

Miscellaneous 67.45

Total 26,620.38

Promotional —
Foreign Missions issue of Brethren

Missionary Herald 7.666.29

Easter Offering publicity (bulletins,

etc.) 3,613.38

Cuts, engravings, and phLtography 1,735.41

Travel expenses in USA — missionaries

and office persormel 9,108.66

Total 22,123.74

Missionary and Field Expenses —
Missionary Residence, Winona Lake,

Ind 1,605.07

Field expenditures 81,498.31

Furlough travel 20,968.75

Missionary personnel 138,139.16

Total 242,211.29

Other-
Annuity Interest Expense 4.354.24

Total Expenses 295,309.65

Excess of expenses over income for

1956 23,824.06

Books audited by Longfellow and Ramsey,
Public Accountants.

Page 42

November 30, 19.'

The Brethren Home Missions Council,
Incorporated

Winona Lake, Indiana

Officiary

President — Rev. Paul R. Bauman, Wi-
nona Lake, Ind.

Vice President — Rev. John M. Aeby,
604 Hammond Ave., Waterloo, Iowa.

Secretary — Rev. Luther L. Grubb, Wi-
nona Lake, Ind.

Treasurer — Mr. Chester McCall, 4580
Don Felipe Drive, Los Angeles 8,
Calif.

* * *

Assistant Field Secretary — Rev. Lester
E. Pifer, Winona Lake, Ind.

Office Manager — Mr. Frank J. Poland,
Winona Lake, Ind.

Office Secretary — Mrs. Cashel Taylor,
R. R. 3, Warsaw, Ind.

Assistant Office Secretary — Miss Flor-
ence Moeller, Winona Lake, Ind.

Bookkeeper — Miss Louise Blankenship,
Winona Lake, Ind.

Architectual Engineer — Mr. Robert
E. Foltz, Winona Lake, Ind.

Board of Directors

Rev. John M. Aeby, 604 Hammond

Ave., Waterloo, Iowa.
Rev. Paul R. Bauman, Winona Lake,

Ind.
Rev. Gordon W. Bracker, 1011 Birds-
eye Blvd., Fremont, Ohio.
Mr. Harold Bolesky, 689 Sloane Ave.,

Mansfield, Ohio.
Mr. Orlyn L. Culp, 4453 S. Lexington

Road, Pico, Calif.
Rev. Paul E. Dick, 649 Berryville Ave.,

Winchester, Va.
Rev. Luther L. Grubb, Winona Lake,

Ind.
Rev. Jesse HaU, W. 612 Euclid Ave.,

Spokane, Wash.
Rev. L. C. Hohenstein, 11472 Mines

Blvd., Whittier, Calif.
Mr. Roy H. Kinsey, 1634 Pinecrest

Drive, Dayton 4, Ohio.
Mr. Chester McCall, 4580 Don FeUpe

Drive, Los Angeles 8, Calif.

Home Missions Council (cont.) —

Mr. Foye B. Miller, Winona Lake, In
Mr. Harry Shipley, 60 W. Oak S

West Alexandria, Ohio.
Mr. Edison K. Yoder, 1276 S. E. 14

St., Pompano Beach, Fla.

FrNANCIAL STATEMENT

June 30, 1957

Assets —

Cash. Checking Account $23,733

Cash. Savings Account 2.323

Petty Cash 25

Loans Receivable 28,787

U. S. War Bonds

Annuity Funds Invested 79.831

Advances Receivable 3,(

Deterred Charges for Con-
tingent Notes Payable 137,016;

Deferred Hospital Insurance ... 70

Airplanes on Hand 24,500.00

Less Depreciation 1,116.67

23,383

Basement Rooms 2,130.92

Less Depreciation 159.82

Total 291,389

Uabilities—

Notes Payable 17,762

Contingent Notes Payable 137.016

Accrued Withholding Tax 126 '

Accrued Social Security Tax 53

Deferred Credit to Bretlu-en Invest-
ment Foundation 50

Accountabilities —

Annuities 93,300

Net Worth-
Surplus Account 43,079

Total 291,389

BRETHREN INVESTMENT FOUNDATION
INCORPORATED

The Brethren Investment Foundation has t
same officiary as The Brethren Home Missio
Council, Inc., Winona Lake, Ind.

Financial Secretary — Mr. Elmer Tamkin. M
nona Lake. Ind.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

June 30, 1957

Assets —
Cash in Lake City Bank,

Checking Account $41,126.

Cash in Savings Account. Federal

Savings & Loan of Overland 10,080j

Notes Receivable 971,872.:

Office Equipment 3,146.70

Less Reserve for Depreciation 298.67

2,848.

Total Assets 1,025,927.,

Liabilities — •

Loans Payable 995,726.^

Savings Accounts 28,804.1

Accrued Withholding Tax

Total Liabilities 1,024,553.:

Net Worth-
Surplus 1.374.

Total LiabiUties and Net Worth 1.025.927.,

Home Mission Directory

Anaheim, Cahf. — Grace Brethren Con
mimity Church. Pastor, Rev. Fore

lovember 30, 1957

pme Missions Council (cont.) —

F. Lance, 1321 Chevy Chase Drive,
Anaheim, Calif.

irbee Lake, Ind. — Barbee Brethren
Church. Pastor, Rev. George Cripe,
Winona Lake, Ind.

iil, Calif.— Bell Brethren Church.
Pastor, Rev. Emlyn Jones, 6709 Vi
Wilcox Ave., Bell, Calif,
rrien Springs, Mich. — Grace Breth-
ren Church. Pastor, Rev. Gilbert
Hawkins, R.R. 2, Box 288, Berrien
Springs, Mich.

iston, Mass. — Sunday School. Super-
intendent, Mr. Russel Dunlap, 7 Ard-
more St., Needham Heights, Mass.
leyenne, Wyo. — First Brethren
|Church. Pastor, Rev. Russell L. Wil-
liams, 3450 Dover Road, Cheyerme,
Wyo.
layhole, Ky. — Clayhole Brethren

I Church. Pastor, Rev. Sewell S. Lan-
drum, Clayhole, Ky.
leveland, Ohio^First Brethren
Church. Pastor, Rev. Clair E. Brick-
el, 1099 Irene Road, Cleveland 24,
Ohio.

.)lumbus, Ohio — No pastor,
(ba, N. Mex.— Brethren Navajo Mis-
sion. Missionaries, Rev.' and Mrs.
Evan Adams, Miss Angle Garber, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Vulgamore, Mrs.
'Mary Baer, Miss Lois Garverich, Mr.
Joseph VanderMolen, Mr. Lee Tru-
pillo.

tyton, Ohio — Grace Brethren Church.
I^tor, Rev. Randall Maycumber, 4588
jNatchez, Dayton, Ohio,
pnver, Colo. — Grace Brethren Church.
Pastor, Rev. Thomas Inman, 590 S.
Dale Ct., Denver, Colo,
t-yhill, Ky. — Brethren Chapel. Mis-
jsionary. Miss Evelyn Fuqua, Dryhill,
|Ky.

yria, Ohio — Grace Brethren Church.
IPastor, Rev. Galen M. Lingenfelter,
338 Tenth St., Elyria, Ohio,
idlay, Ohio— r^Findlay Brethren
Church. Pastor, Rev. Gerald Teeter,
1404 Bernard Ave., Findlay, Ohio.

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Home Missions Council (cont.) —

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — Grace Breth-
ren Church. Pastor, Rev. Ralph J.
Colburn, 1118 N. W. 18th Ct., Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.

Fort Wayne, Ind. — Grace Brethren
Church. Pastor, Rev. Thomas Julien,
193 Bade Drive, New Haven, Ind.

Fremont, Ohio — Brethren Chapel. Pas-
tor, Rev. Granville Tucker, 501 Bid-
well Ave., Fremont, Ohio.

Goshen, Ind. — Grace Brethren Church.
Pastor, R. Paul Miller, Sr., 1801 W.
Clinton St., Goshen, Ind.

Grandview, Wash. — First Brethren
Church. Pastor, Rev. Robert Griffith,
907 W. Fifth St., Grandview, Wash.

Hatboro, Pa. — Suburban Brethren
Church. Pastor, Rev. Lester O. Smit-
ley, 537 Revere Terrace, Centennial
Hill, Hatboro, Pa.

Johnson City, Term. — Johnson City
Brethren Church. Pastor, Rev. Dean
Risser, 200 E. Chilhowie, Johnson
City, Tenn.

Johnstown, Pa. — Riverside Brethren
Church. Pastor, Rev. Bruce Baker,
2309 Franklin St., Jolmstown, Pa.

Kokomo, Ind. — Indian Heights Breth-
ren Church. Pastor, Rev. William
Kolb, 300 S. 43d East, Kokomo, Ind.

Lansing, Mich. — Grace Brethren
Church. Pastor, Rev. Richard Sellers,
1129 Glenn St., Lansing, Mich.

Leon, Iowa — Leon Brethren Church.
Pastor, Rev. Ronald Robinson, 408
W. Fifth St., Leon, Iowa.

Long Beach, Calif — Los Altos Breth-
ren Church. Pastor, Rev. Wayne S.
Flory, 4257 Nelsonbark, Lakewood
8, Calif.

Los Angeles, Calif. — Brethren Messianic
Testimony. Missionaries, Rev. and
Mrs. Bruce L. Button, 469 N. Kings
Rd., Los Angeles 48, Calif., and Miss
Isobel Eraser, 943 Vi N. La Jolla,
Los Angeles 46, Calif.

Mansfield, Ohio — ^Woodville Grace
Brethren Church. Pastor, Rev. M. L.
Myers, 319 Vennum Ave., Mansfield,
Ohio.

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November 30, 195',|

Home Missions Council (cont.) —

Monte Vista, Calif. — Community Breth-
ren Church. Pastor, Rev. Harold D.
Painter, 9497 Del Mar, Ontario,
Calif.

Palmyra, Pa. — Grace Brethren Church.
Pastor, Rev. Robert Wm. Markley,
237 W. Cherry St., Palmyra, Pa.

Paramount, Calif. — Paramount Breth-
ren Church. Pastor, Rev. John Mayes,
6290 Lemon, Long Beach, Calif.

Parkersburg, W. Va. — Grace Brethren
Church. Pastor, Rev. Richard Place-
way, 2427 Valley Rd., R.R. 3, Park-
ersburg, W. Va.

Phoenix, Ariz. — Grace Brethren Church.
Pastor, Rev. Charles H. Ashman, Jr.,
2727 W. Rovey Ave., Phoenix, Ariz.

Pine Glen, Pa. — No pastor.

Portland, Oreg. — Grace Brethren
Church. — No Pastor.

Roanoke, Va. — Washington Heights
Brethren Church. Pastor, Rev. Ver-
non J. Harris, 1220 Lafayette Blvd.,
N. W., Roanoke, Va.

San Bernardino, Calif. — Grace Breth-
ren Church. Pastor, Rev. Lyle W.
Marvin, 3160 Sierra Way, San Ber-
nardino, Calif.

San Diego, Calif. — Grace Brethren
Church. Pastor, Rev. F. Archer Baum,
4476 New Jersey St., San Diego 16,
Cahf.

San Jose, Calif. — The Brethren Church.
Pastor, Rev. J. C. McKillen, 1954
Foxworthy Ave., San Jose, Calif.

Seattle, Wash. — View Ridge Brethren
Church. Pastor, Rev. Thomas Ham-
mers, 6242 30th Ave., N.E., Seattle
15, Wash.

South Bend, Ind. — Ireland Road Breth-
ren Church. Pastor, Rev. Gene Witz-
ky, 1310 Catherwood Dr., South
Bend, Ind.

Taos, N. Mex. — Spanish-American
Missions. Albuquerque — Grace
Brethren Church. Arroyo Hondo —
Arroyo Hondo Brethren Church.
Ranches de Taos — Cordillera Breth-
ren Church. Taos — Canon Brethren

Home Missions Council (cont.) —

Church. Rev. Sam I. Homey, super
intendent, Rev. Victor Myers, assis
tant. Miss Celina Mares, missionary

Toppenish, Wash. — Bible Class
Teacher, Rev. Donald Farner, Hat
rah. Wash.

Troy, Ohio — Grace Brethren Churdii
Pastor, Rev. Herman H. Hein, Jr.
632 Glendale Drive, Troy, Ohio.

Virginia Beach, Va. — Grace Brethrei
Church. Pastor, Rev. Harold Arring
ton, 109 Stephen Lane, Hilltoj-
Manor, Virginia Beach, Va.

West Covina, Calif. — West Covini^
Brethren Church. Pastor, Dr. Charlei
H. Ashman, Sr., 803 S. Lolita St'
West Covina, Calif.

Winona, Minn. — Grace Brethren
Church. Pastor, Rev. Glen Welbom
4160 Ninth St., Winona, Minn.

York, Pa. — Grace Brethren Church
Pastor, Dr. Herman W. Koontz, 140*
Dartmouth Rd., York, Pa.

Grace Theological Seminary
Winona Lake, Indiana

President of the Seminary — Rev. Alv!

J. McClain
Executive Vice President — Rev. W. A

Ogden
Dean — Rev. Herman A. Hoyt
Vice President in Charge of Public Rel

lations — Rev. Paul R. Bauman.
Registrar — Rev. Homer A. Kent, Sr,
President of the Board and Corporai

tion — Rev. Paul Dick
Vice President— Rev. Kenneth B. Asb

man
Secretary — Rev. Lester Pifer
Treasurer — Mr. F. B. Miller
Financial Secretary — Rev. James L

Boyer

Administrative Committee of the Facultl

Rev. W. A. Ogden (chmn.)
Rev. Herman A. Hoyt
Rev. Homer A. Kent, Sr.
Rev. Paul R. Bauman

ovember 30, 1957

Page 45

race Seminary (cont.) —

ev. James L. Boyer (sec.)

ev. Alva J. McClain (ex officio)

Executive Committee of the Board

ev. Paul Dick, 649 Berry ville Ave.,
Winchester, Va.

ev. Keimeth B. Ashman, 205 Ihrig
Ave., Wooster, Ohio

ev. Lester E. Pifer, Winona Lake, Ind.

[r. F. B. Miller, Winona Lake, Ind.

ir. Cleve Miller, 505 Hammond Ave.,
Waterloo, Iowa

ev. William Steffler, 1444 Kumler,
Dayton, Ohio

ev. Alva J. McClain, ex officio, Wi-
nona Lake, Ind.

Board of Trustees

(Term Ending 1958)
x. Harold Bolesky, 689 Sloan Ave.,

Mansfield, Ohio
ev. Paul Dick, 649 Berry ville Ave.,

Winchester, Va.
[r. O. E. Hacker, 1621 Benson Dr.,

Dayton 6, Ohio

ev. Lowell Hoyt, R.R. 3, Goshen, Ind.
ev. Clyde K. Landrum, Winona Lake,

Ind.
ev. A. L. Lynn, The Castle Green

Apts., 99 S. Raymond St., Pasadena,

Calif.

bv. Lester E. Pifer, Winona Lake, Ind.
[r. F. E. Simmons, 5100 Chevy Chase

Parkway, N. W., Washington, D. C.
lev. Miles Taber, 314 Dorchester, Ash-
land, Ohio

(Term Ending 1959)
[r. Paul Arnold, West Salem, Ohio
ev. C. H. Ashman, Sr., 803 S. Lolita

St., West Covina, Calif,
ev. Kenneth B. Ashman, 205 Ihrig

Ave., Wooster, Ohio
ev. Sam Homey, Box 1531, Taos, N.

Mex.
[r. James Michael, R.R. 2, Box 299,

Roanoke, Va.
[r. Carl Seitz, 980 E. Godfrey Ave.,

Philadelphia 24, Pa.
ev. Phillip J. Simmons, 1435 Arbutus

Ave., Chico, Calif.

Grace Seminary (cont.) —

Rev. Russell Weber, 500 State St.,

Johnstovm, Pa.
Rev. Russell Williams, 3450 Dover

Road, Cheyenne, Wyo.

(Term Ending 1960)

Rev. James G. Dixon, 3712 Carpenter

St., S.E., Washington 20, D. C.
Rev. Richard DeArmey, Winona Lake,

Ind.
Rev. Lewis C. Hohenstein, 11472 E.

Mines Blvd., Whittier, Calif.
Rev. F. Thomas Inman, 590 S. Dale

Court, Denver 19, Colo.
Rev. Charles Mayes, 1925 E. Fifth St.,

Long Beach 12, Calif.
Mr. Cleve Miller, 505 Hammond Ave.,

Waterloo, Iowa
Mr. F. B. Miller, Winona Lake, Ind.
Rev. William H. Schaffer, 215 Arthur

St., Kittanning, Pa.
Rev. William Steffler, 1444 Kumler,

Dayton, Ohio

Alumni Association

President — Rev. Richard DeArmey
Vice President — Rev. Nathan Meyer
Treasurer — Rev. Blaine Snyder
Alumni Secretary — Rev. John C. Whit-
comb

BALANCE SHEET— August 31, 1957

Cash in banks and on hand $48,168.28

Investments 39,165.33

School Property 404,463.16

other Assets 71,952.49

Total Assets 563,749.26

Liabilities 87,382.17

Accountabilities 65,592.19

Total Liabilities and Accountabilities 152,974.36

Net Worth Surplus 410,774.90

Total Liabilities, Accountabilities

and Net Worth 563,749.26

In my opinion, the attached Balance Sheet and
Income and Expense Statement fairly presents
your financial condition at July 31, 1957 and
your Income and Expenses for the period start-
ing August 1, 1956 and ending July 31, 1957.

Claude Longfellow,
Public Accountant

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November 30, 19

The Brethren Missionary Herald
Company, Incorporated

Winona Lake, Indiana

Board of Trustees

President — Rev. Robert D. Crees ('60),

112 Godfrey Ave., Philadelphia 20,

Pa.
Vice President — Rev. Herman A. Hoyt

('60), Winona Lake, Ind.
Secretary — Rev. William Schaffer ('59),

215 Arthur St., Kittanning, Pa.
Assistant Secretary — Rev. True L. Hunt

('59).
Treasurer — Rev. Ord Gehman ('59),

Windsor Rd., R.R. 15, Fort Wayne,

Ind.
Member of Executive Committee — Bry-

son Fetters ('59), Berne, Ind.
Rev. Mark Malles ('58), 3326 S. Cal-
houn St., Fort Wayne, Ind.
Rev. Robert E. A. Miller ('58) 10101

54th Ave. North, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Rev. Thomas Hammers ('58), 6242 30th

Ave. N.E., Seattle 15, Wash.
Rev. Wilham Male ('60), 6534 Oxford

Ave., Philadelphia 11, Pa.
Rev. Arnold R. Kriegbaum, ex officio,

Winona Lake, Ind.

Minutes

The annual meeting of the Brethren
Missionary Herald Company, Inc., was
called to order by Rev. R. D. Crees,
president. Prayer was offered by Ord
Gehman. The financial statement with
membership lists were distributed. The
secretary read the additional names of
members not printed on the Ust. The
motion prevailed that the names as listed
and read from the rostrum be voted
members of this corporation with the
privilege to vote in the business ses-
sions, provided they are members of
The Brethren Church.

The secretary reported on the bal-
lot election which resulted as follows:
R. D. Crees, H. A. Hoyt, and WiUiam
E. Male. These were elected for a term
of three years on the board of trustees.

Special recognition was given S. W.

Missionary Herald (cont.) —

Link for his 15 years of faithful serv
as a member of the board of trustees,
new Bible was presented to him by i
president.

The secretary presented names s
nomination for membership to the bo;
of trustees for a three-year term endi
in 1961 as follows:

Thomas Hammers George Peek
Mark Malles . Russell Ogden

Robert Miller Earle Peer

Robert Sackett . . Wilbur Snively

The newly elected corporation oi
cers for the coming year were announc
as follows: R. D. Crees, president; Hi
man A. Hoyt, vice president; W.
Schaffer, secretary; Ord Gehman, trei
urer; B. C. Fetters, member at large.

The motion prevailed that the fine
cial report for the fourteen-month j
riod, as read by the business manag
be received.

The members of the Missionr
Herald staff were then presented and
invitation was extended for all to vi
the bookstore in the Missionary Her;
Building.

The minutes were read and approvt

Motion prevailed to adjourn.
Wm. H. Schaffer, secretary

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

May 1, 1956 to June 30, 1957

ASSETS
Current Assets —

Cash in register $ 60.00

Petty Cash 20.00

Cash in Bank 4,737.01

$ 4,807)

Accounts receivable 14,761 [

Merchandise inventory 22,17.'

Supplies on hand 1.45f ,

Inventory — job printing supplies 2.375

Postage on hand iZl

Total current assets 46, OH

Non-Cu-rrent Assets —

Real estate and building . . 143,196.32
Reserve for depreciation 2,783.93

140, 4i;

Furniture and fixtures 9,214.13

Reserve for depreciation 8,180.33

1.03;

Shop equipment 10,820.12

Reserve for depreciation 8,558.59

2.26)

Shop equipment-offset press 3,500.00 '

Reserve for depreciation 1,050.00 j

2.45(11

tovember 30, 1957

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Missionary Herald (cont.) —

/illys Truck 1,673.27

Reserve for depreciation .. 1,673.27

0.00

otal non-current assets 146,157.72

lotal current assets (above) 46,010.34

Total Assets 192,168.06

LIABILITIES AND NET WORTH

Current Liabilities —

ccounts payable 6,443.75

ospital insurance fund . . . 13.42

Total current liabilities 6,457.17

Non-Current Liabilities
pan payable — S. W. Link . . . 1,000.00
lOtes payable —

First National Bank 26,923.74

Lincoln National Bank . 26.923.74

Brethren Home Missions
jCouncil 10,000.00

( Total non-current liabilities 64,847.48

1 Annuities

owman annuity 1,000.00

:et worth 119,863.41

Total liabilities and net worth 192,168.06

ONDENSED PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT

rethren Missionary Herald Magazine —

Income —

Ubscriptions 23,562.38

Doperating boards 19,037.85

42,600.23
Cost—

utside work 19.599.91

jlaries 15,640.21

perating expense 9,438.72

epreciation 1.336.44

Total 46.015.28

Net loss 3,415.05

ierchandise Sales —

IncoTne —
btal sales 104,701.94

:; Cost —

urchases 70,014.62

alaries 17,461.33

perating expenses 8,987.73

epreciation 1,963.98

•otal cost 98,427.66

Net gain 6,274.28

Publication offering —

eceipts in gifts 18,756.52

ess: Traveling exp.. postage,
envelopes, etc 1.646.46

17.110.06

ental income (net) 1.126.22

[isc. income 84.05

Net gain 21,179.56

otal cost of real estate and building . 143,196.32

quity from former property and pay-

; ments to date 79,348.84

alance of building debt 63,847.48

rincipal paid — current period 15,098.14

iterest pai4 — current period 4.161.27

19,259.41

Missionary Herald (cont.) —

Note — The books of the Herald Company are
open for inspection by any member of the Cor-
poration.

The Board on Ministerial Relief, Inc.

Officiary

President — Rev. C. H. Ashman, Sr.
('58), West Covina, Calif.

Vice President — Rev. Phillip J. Sim-
mons ('58), Chico, Calif.

Secretary-Treasurer— Rev. Russell H.
Weber ('59), 500 State Street, Johns-
town, Pa.

Board Members
Mr. Richard Saunders ('60).
Mr. Melvin Fisher ('60).
Rev. W. H. Schaffer ('60).

Rev. Homer A. Kent, Jr. ('58)

Rev. Conard Sandy ('59).

Mr. Roy H. Lowery ('59).

Note: For financial report see page 18.

The Brethren Women's Missionary

Council

Theme for 1957-58— "We Are the
Lord's" (Rom. 14:8).

WMC Officiary

President — Mrs. Paul Dick, 649 Berry-
ville Ave., Winchester, Va.

First Vice President (project chairman)
— Mrs. Miles Taber, 314 Dorchester
St., Ashland, Ohio

Second Vice President (program chair-
man)— Mrs. Thomas Hammers, 6242
30th Ave., N. E., Seattle 15, Wash.

Recording Secretary — Mrs. Lester E.
Pifer, Box 195, Winona Lake, Ind.

Assistant Secretary — Mrs. Scott Weaver,
R.R. 3, Box 309, Osceola, Ind.

Financial Secretary-Treasurer — Mrs.
Chester McCall, 4580 Don FeUpe Dr.,
Los Angeles, Calif.

Literature Secretary — Mrs. Jesse Deloe,
2728 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, Ind.

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November 30, 195

WMC (cont.)—

Editor — Mrs. Dayton Cundiff, Beaver
City, Nebr.

Prayer Chairman — Mrs. Rose A. Fos-
ter, 5337 N. Front St., Philadelphia
20, Pa.

Patroness of SMM — Mrs. H. Leshe
Moore, 719 Franklin St., Sunnyside,
Wash.

District WMC Presidents

Allegheny — Mrs. John Hottle, R.R. 1,

Friedens, Pa.
California — Mrs. Gerald Polman, 517

Glenwood Rd., Glendale 2, Calif.
East— Mrs. W. H. Schaffer, 215 Arthur

St., Kittanning, Pa.
Indiana — Mrs. Homer Hanna, Bring-

hurst, Ind.
Iowa — Mrs. Clem Thompson, R.R. 2,

Marshalltown, Iowa
Michigan — Mrs. Earl Funderburg, Box

7, Ozark, Mich.
Mid- Atlantic— Mrs. Jack Peters, 241

Bryan PI., Hagerstown, Md.
Midwest — Mrs. Carl Bates, 1165 S.

Dale, Denver, Colo.
Northern Atlantic — Mrs. Robert Mark-
ley, 237 W. Cherry St., Palmyra, Pa.
Northern Ohio — Mrs. Frank Lindower,

3490 Heckman Rd., R.R. 1, Union-
town, Ohio
Northwest — Mrs. Don Famer, Harrah,

Wash.
Southeast — Mrs. B. V. Craghead, R.R.

6, Covington, Va.
Southern Ohio — Mrs. George Smith,

4617 Prescott Ave., Dayton 6, Ohio

WMC (cont.)—

Number of councils reporting — 191.
Number of members — 4,207.
Honorary councils in Foreign Mission
Fields — approximately 20.

FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 1955-57

Balance. July 20, 1956 $6,457.68

Receipts —

General Conference Offering— 1956 402.00

Credential Offering— 1956 272.61

Sisterhood of Mary and Martha 500.00

General and Publication Offering 2,556.88

Home Mission Offering 3.330.72

Christian Education Offering 3,047.92

Foreign Mission Offering 3,210.18

Thank Offering 6,236.70

Missionary Birthday Offering 2,716.28

Missionary Residence Offering 1,118.

Home Mission Special Offering 443.1

Foreign Mission Special Offering 572.;

Grace Seminary Special Offering 184.

Total Recepits 24,591.:

Disbursements —

General Expense 2,891.1

Home Missions 3,330.

Christian Education 3,047.!

Foreign Missions 3,210.

Thanlc Offering 6,236.*

Missionary Birthday 3,600. (

Missionary Residence 1,368.-

Home Mission Special 443.1

Foreign Mission Special 572.;

Grace Seminary Special 184.

Total Disbursements 24,885.1

Cash Balance, July 20, 1957 6,163.1

1. DAILY BIBLE READING AND
STUDY:

First Choice; The entire Bible In 1957-58
(three chapters a day, five on Sunday).
Each district is urged to honor those reading
the Bible through by presentation of an
award.

Second Choice : Romans, I John, Galatians,
Philippians, Colossians, Philemon, James,
Psalrns 95-119, Genesis, John. Proverbs. He-
brews, II Corinthians, I Corinthians, Joshua,
Ephesians, Malachi, I Timothy, II Timothy.
Job, I and II Thessalonlans, I and II Peter.
II and HI John, Jude.

Third Choice: Bible reading of your own
choosing.

2. FAMILY WORSHIP:

We recommend the establishment of daily
family devotions in every home with the
use of a daily devotional boolilet. and If
the local church does not provide such a
booklet, we suggest the use of SEEK, pub-
lished by The Good News Publishers, 99th
and Roosevelt Rd., Westchester, lU., priced
at $1 per year.

We also recommend that the local prayer
chairman be responsible for the family
worship emphasis in the local councils.

3. PRAYER WARRIORS:

4. SOUL-WINNING:

Our goal — every lady a witness and soul-
winner. Each WMC meeting should be used
as another opportunity to invite tlif un- i
churched and unsaved. A systematic visi-
tation and tract distribution program is
urged, with the local tract chairman keep-i
ing a record of tracts used and souls saved I
through the effort of your council, I

5. MONTHLY MEETINGS: i
A minimum of 12 devotional meetings !

URGING the use of the Brethren WMC!
packets. !

6. DISTRICT PROJECTS AND RALLtES: ■
Each council taking part in the district'i

projects and stressing attendance at thai
rallies as a means of promoting individual!
growth and enthusiasm for WMC work, i

7. MAJOR OFFERINGS:

(1) September. October, November — Home [
Missions, $3,000, send before December lO.j

ovember 30, 1957

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'MC (cont.)—

I Three year project, minimum goal of $3,000
per year. Purchase of land and the con-
I struction of a Youth Building for the Span-
I ish-American work in Taos, N. Mex.

(2) December, January, February — Chris-
tian Education Offering, $3,000, send before
March 10. one half, Grace Seminary to
purchase library table and chair units; one

, half equally divided, Sunday School and
. Youth Boards. For the Sunday School
i Board $300 to purchase filmstrips and re-
1 maining offering to purchase office equip-
ment and mimeograph supplies. For the
; Youth Board $600 designated for office rent-
al and $150 youth packets.

(3) March, April, May — Foreign Missions,
$3,000, send before June 10. Continuing the
five-year project of building a missionary
residence at Winona Lake.

I (4) June, July, August — General and
publication fvmd, $3,000, send before Sep-
Itember 10.

(5) Thank Offering for Brethren Jewish
Missions, taken throughout the year and
to be sent to the national financial secre-
tary-treasurer by June 10. We urge the use
of the synagogue banks for the peimy-a-
day-per-member offering. (Secure banks
from the Home Missions Council.)

(6) Birthday Offering to be received
; during the year for the support of WMC

missionaries on a foreign field. Send this
offering to the national financial secretary-
treasurer by July 10. Birthday missionaries
for 1957-58 are Mrs. Rose Foster, Miss Grace
I Byron, and Miss Florence Bickel.

I DISTRICT WMC OBJECTIVES (1957-58)

I 1. Every district represented on the na-
tional board at National Conference by
the president or alternate, suggesting that
expenses, wholly or in part, be paid by
the district.

2. A four-minute achievement report to
be given at national-board meeting and
again on the conference floor. The retiring
president to be responsible for a written
report which will be read by the present
presiding officer.

3. Each district to provide interesting
^ material representing the work done in

the past year for display at National (I^on-
iference. The award will be presented to
the district having the most outstanding
display.

4. Each district to select a prayer chair-
Iman who will cooperate with our national

prayer chairman and encourage the prayer
illfe of the women, the use of the five-year
1 Prayer Covenant Ciards, and stimulate Bible
; study, as well as the establishing of family
I worship.

i 5. The district president promoting the
I organization of a WMC in every Brethren
church in her district.

6. Each district sponsor at least one proj-
iect — said project to be cleared through the
\national vice president to avoid duplication.
rEach district has the privilege of keeping
the project within the district.
( 7. Each district contribute an annual
'freewill Offering to be used toward the
furnishing and repair of the Foreign Mis-
sionary Residence. This offering to be sent
'to the national financial secretary-treasurer
(by July 10 and to be used as the commit-
Jtee in charge sees the need.
I 8. Each district president to receive the
i local annual statistical reports and to com-
Ipile the district statistical report from these
and send to the national recording secre-
tary by July 31.

j 9. Each district president to stress tJie
importance of using the . Brethren WMC
program packets and promotional liter-

WMC (Cont.)-

ature, such as Pen Pointers, In the local
councils to foster unity among us.

10. SMM to be represented on the district
WMC conference program. Each district
president encouraging the establishment
of SMM in any church not having an SMM.
That each district WMC give financial
assistance to their district SMM patroness
or president to attend National Conference,
if possible.

NATIONAL WMC RECOMMENDATIONS.
1957-58

2. Each local president endeavoring to
attend district meetings and National Fel-
lowship; her council aiding in expense if at
all possible.

3. That we send good usable clothing to
Taos, N. Mex. (Rev. S. I. Homey, parcel
post, or via express to Santa Fe, N. Mex.),
and children's clothing only (up to
15 years of age) to Indian Mission (Rev.
E\/an Adams, Brethren Navaho Mission
located at Counselor Post, or Star Route,
Cuba, N, Mex.), and that each council be
responsible for their entire expense.

5. That each council promote the evan-
gelization of children, urging each indi-
vidual woman to assist in Sunday school,
vacation Bible school, children's Bible class-
es, et cetera.

6. That the women in each council con-
tinue to show an increased interest in the
Sisterhood in all possible ways, such as
prayer, work projects, financial help (pur-
chasing reading books and permants), and
a willingness to serve in an advisory ca-
pacity.

7. We continue to urge that all local and
district councils show loyalty to their de-
nomination by lising Brethren talent and
supporting Brethren works.

8. That a birthday remembrance be
sent to foreign missionaries and their chil-
dren.

9. (a) That each council review or read
Dr. O. D- Jobson's book. Conquering Ou-
bangui-Chari for Christ ($1.50) during the
Foreign Mission Offering period — March,
April, and May.

BOOK REVIEW: Conquering Oubangui-

Chari for Christ

Here is a book, brief but concise, about
our missionaries and our mission work
in Africa.

We read of the many trials, the problems,
and difficult times of those who pioneered
this work, and of those who are now con-
tributing to its growth under God.

Truly the Lord has blessed in maivelous
ways, and we are now getting the medical
work there better established.

This book should be in every Brethren
home and every woman should put it on
her "must read it" list.

BOOK REVIEW: Not Alone (Eunice V. Pike
$2.25)

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November 30, 195";

WMC (Cont.)—

BOOK REVIEW: Malla Moe (Maria Nilsen
& Paul H. Sheetz— $3.00)

BOOK REVIEW: Early Will I Seek Thee
(Eugenia Price — $2.50)

Sisterhood of Maty and Martha

Theme — "Han<ds and Hearts for Jesus."

Theme Verse — Psalm 24:4-5

Motto— "Do God's Will."

Colors — Green stands for service and
represents Martha. White stands for
worship and represents Mary.

Aim — To develop every girl to be a liv-
ing testimony for her Master; to give
to girls of dimly lighted regions an
opportunity to know Jesus Christ as
their personal Saviour.

SMM National Officers

President — Marie Sackett, Westminster
Hotel, Winona Lake, Ind. (Home:
1010 Randolph St., Waterloo, Iowa.)

Vice President — Penny Rae Edenfield,
R.R. 2, Box 258-B, Uniontown, Pa.

General Secretary — Rachel Smithwick,
Winona Lake, Ind. (Home: R.R. 1,
Harrah, Wash.)

Treasurer — Florence Moeller, Winona
Lake, Ind.

Bandage Secretary — Joyce Ashman, Wi-
nona Lake, Ind.

Editor — Jeanette Turner, Winona Lake,
Ind. (Home. Portis, Kans.)

Patroness — Mrs. H. Leslie Moore,
719 Franklin St., Sunnyside, Wash.

Assistant Patroness — Mrs. Wendell
Kent, Box 656, Beaumont, Calif.

SMM District Presidents

Allegheny — Penny Rae Edenfield, R.R.

2, Box 258-B, Uniontown, Pa.
California — Linda Baker, 7703 Isis

Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.
East — Judy Rager, 658 Linden Ave.,

Johnstown, Pa.
Indiana — Judy Boyer, 1214 Park Ave.,

Fort Wayne, Ind.
Iowa — Nancy Sackett, 1010 Randolph

St., Waterloo, Iowa
Michigan — Marcia HuUiberger, R.R. 3,

Lake Odessa, Mich.

SMM (cont.)—

Mid-Atlantic — Jean Bell, R.R. 2, Wil

liamsport, Md.
Midwest — Helen Martinez, General De

livery, c/o Jose Garcia, Taos, N. Mex
Northern Athlantic — Karen Grubb, R.R

2, Hummelstown, Pa. (Sec.)
Northern Ohio — Phyllis Davenport

1410 Schneider Rd., N.E., Canton 20

Ohio
Northwest — Dianna Garrison, Ceme-
tery Rd., Sunnyside, Wash.
Southeast — Patricia Ann Catron, 63(

Arbutus Ave., Roanoke, Va.
Southern Ohio — Carolyn Peters, R.R

1, Box 73, Covington, Ohio.

FOR JUNIOR GIRLS:
Mary Goals

*1. Attend at least 10 devotional meetings
unless excused by the patroness using SMM
material in the WMC Missionary Herald.

*2. Memorize the required Bible verses
for each devotional lesson.

*3. Attend all church services possible.

*4. Well-prepared participation in your
devotional program at least once.

*5. Try to observe quiet time each day
including Bible reading and prayer.

6. Read a Christian book, preferably mis-
sionary, approved by your patroness.

7. Required Bible Reading: Psalms 1-50,
James, I & II Peter.

8. Give out at least five tracts during
the year.

Mary Coals

*1. Be responsible for a minimum of 12
bandages.

*2. Participation in the monthly offer-
ing for the national funds.

*3. Take part in Christian service.

4. Enlist a new girl for SMM.

5. Have a part in planning or presenting
a public program in the interest of SMM.
presenting its aims and projects.

6. Provide supplies to mission points
or missionaries' and pastors' families.

7. Write a letter to a foreign missionary
child.

Junior Emerald, Diamond, and Ruby Awards

Emerald — AH the starred goals

Diamond — All the starred goals and two
unstarred

Ruby — All the goals and eight extra
bandages (20 bandages used in one day).
FOR MIDDLER AND SENIOR GOALS:
Mary Achievements

The SMM Girl

*1. Personal quiet time observed each
day, including Bible reading and prayer.

•2. Memorize the required Bible verses
for each devotional lesson. I

*3. Suggested Bible reading: Psalms 1,
8, 19, 62, 100, 119. 121. 139, Ruth, John, Acts. |
Romans 12-16, James. 1

•4. A personal testimony in SMM meet-
ing as to witnessing to someone about the i
Lord.

*5. Read three Christian books j .
proved by the patroness (for Middlers).
Seniors: Read a missionary book approved
by the patroness.

The SMM Girl and the Church

•6. Attend at least 10 devotional meet- '
ings.

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;MM (cont.)—

•7. Attend all church services possible.

•8. Have a well-prepared participation
in at least one devotional meeting.
Martha Achievements

•1. Have a part in rolling at least 20
bandages.

•2. Participate in one phase of Christian
service.

3. Invite at least three girls to attend
SMM.

4. Have a part In planning or present-
ing a public program in the interest of SMM.

*5. Participate in the monthly offering
for the national funds.

6. Have a part in providing supplies
to mission points, the needy, missionaries,
or pastor's families.

Middler and Senior Emerald, Diamond and
Ruby Awards

Emerald — All the starred goals.

Diamond — All the starred goals and two
unstarred.

Ruby — All the goals.

PROJECTS—

National: Provide a car or station wagon
for Miss Evelyn Fuqua in Kentucky. Goal
$1,700.

Birthday — The higher education of mis-
sionaries' children. Goal $700.

Personal: Learn the Book of Philippians.
Award $7.50 toward Bethany Camp, $7.50
of material from Missionary Herald Co.,
SMM green or white sweater, or SMM key
necklace.

Seniors only: Read the whole Bible
through. Award — ''S" letter.

All SMM girls: A key necklace will be
awarded the individual SMM girl who
rolls the most bandagees. The minimum
amount is 100 bandages.

Write a 4-stanza poem or 300-word skit
or story concerning SMM. Award — SMM
stationery or SMM scarf. Requirements
are as follows:

A. 4-stanza poem:

1. Equal margins both at the top and
bottom and sides of the paper.

2. Each poem typed on standard-sized typ-
ing paper.

3. Titles capitalized and the rest as gram-
matically required.

4. Double spaces between lines and triple
spaces between stanzas.

5. At the bottom of the last page give the
following information:

a. Name of the selection

b. Name of the girl and her address.

c. Age and school grade, and name of the
local church and SMM group

6. If more than one page, securely staple
them together.

7. Send to the national patroness by May 31.
B. 300 Word Skit or Play

1. Equal margins both at the top and bot-
tom and sides of the paper.

2. Typed on standard-sized typing paper.

3. Title capitalized and the rest as gram-
matically required.

4. Double spaces between lines and four
spaces between paragraphs.

5. If more than one page, securely staple
them together.

6. Title page should have the following in-
formation on it :

a. Name of the selection

b. Name of the girl and her address.

c. Age and school grade, and name of
the local church and SMM group

7. Send to the national patroness by May 31.
Juniors and Middlers: Memorize all the
foreign missionaries' names and their re-
spective fields; Award — SMM stationery
or SMM scarf.

Local Organisation Goals:

(Dates must be postmarked no later than

SMM (cont.)—

the specified date)

1. At least one cabinet meeting In the
fall and one in the spring.

2. Bandages for Africa be sent to the
Brethren Missionary Residence, Winona
Lake, Ind., anytime during the year.

3. A report of the bandages sent to
Residence be sent to the district bandage
secretary by July 15.

4. At least one post-card item sent to
the national editor.

5. Fifty percent of the girls earn a jewel
based on membership at beginning of year.

6. Statistical blanks sent to the district
secretary and district president before June
30.

7. September-October — National General
Fund— goal, $750. Due November 10. (This
includes Missionary Herald printing expense.
Youth Council expense, et cetera.

November-February — National Project —
Goal, $1,700. Due March 10.
March — National Officers' Conference Ex-
pense— Goal, $400. Due April 10.

April — Birthday Offering — Goal, $700. Due
May 10. (Higher education of missionaries'
children.)

May-June — National General Fund — Goal,
$750. Due July 10.

(All societies meeting all local organiza-
tion goals will be recognized as an honor
society)
District Organization Goals:

1. A report of the district bandage sec-
retary to the national bandage secretary
before July 31.

2. A district project.

3. A display or unique presentation of
some activity carried out through the year
to be presented at National Conference.

4. District secretary send compiled sta-
tistical report to national general secretary
before July 15.

5. District help their president or girl
representative in coming to early board
meetings. $10 is the minimum amount.
Recommendations :

1. That Florence Moeller be appointed
national treasurer for 1957-58.

2. That Rachael Smlthwick be appoint-
ed general secretary for 1957-58, and a
letter of thanks be written to Janet Weber
for her work this past year.

3. That Jeanette Turner be appointed
editor for 1957-58.

4. That Mrs. Harold Etling be appointed
to help Jeanette Turner In national editor
duties.

5. That Joyce Ashman be appointed na-
tional bandage secretary for 1957-58.

6. That we cooperate with the Youth
Council for 1957-58 with five members of
the executive co.mmittee — president, vice
president, general secretary, treasurer, and
assistant patroness.

7. That all the districts meeting all dis-
trict goals be recognized as honor districts.

8. 'The honor district having the highest
per capita giving will receive honor award.

9. That a gift of $20 be given to all na-
tional officers attending conference for ex-
penses plus mileage expense of 4c per mile.

10. That the president, secretary, treas-
urer and editor receive a love gift of $10
from the SMM General Fund.

11. That the program committee for
1957-58 be made up of the district patroness
and four members at large of the Allegheny
Fellowship of Brethren Churches.

12. That our personal project be to learn
the Book of Philippians and that the dead-
line for reporting be June 30.

13. That the national board meet pre-
vious to conference 1958 and that each
member receive $S per working day present.

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SMM (cont)-

Ministers (cont.) —

14. That the SMM give the WMC $200
In October toward Missionary Herald ex-
penses and $200 in June and have the gen-
eral secretary write a letter of thanks to
them.

15. That we give $100 to the National
Youth Council in October.

16. That each local SMM group ask the
local WMC to provide an extra lady besides
the assistant patroness to train for patroness.
This lady to be approved by the girls.

17. That Rirls be encouraged to do craft-
work and/or discussion using suggested
booits in the Missionary Herald and that
Senior groups have discussion monthly on
Christian girls problems led by patroness.

18. That district patroness contact newly
organized churches that they might re-
ceive the SMM materials wiiich will help
them organize their groups.

19. That all SMM materials be sent out
from the National Youth Council office,
Box 365. Winona Lake.

20. That anything over our $700 goal for
the higher education of missionaries chil-
dren be put Into the national project offer-
ing.

21. That part of our National Project
Offering be turned over to the Home I^s-
sions Council sometime In the winter when
suitable amount h.-is been received.

22. That the project booits be discon-
tinued.

23. That SMM materials be taken to dis-
trict camps and that some be sold in the
camp stores.

25. That Mrs. E. Bearinger be made an
official representative for SMM unifica-
tion in the brotherhood as she works and
travels with her husband, national youth
director.

26. That a vote of thanks be given to the
Northern Ohio District Fellowship of
Brethren Churches for work on this year's
programs and that a letter of thanks be sent
to Mrs. Coast.

27. That a letter of thanks be sent to
Mrs. E. Smltley for writing the skit which
will be presented to WMC at conference.

28. That a letter of thanks be sent to
Miss Isobel Fraser, Mrs. Harold Etling, and
Mrs. Dorotha Harmonson lor their work
In revising and suggesting the goals this
past year.

29. That the office of national literature
secretary be discontinued (in view of Rec.
18).

30. That the Book of Ruth be used as
an alternate book if the girl has already
memorized the Book of Philippians.

The National Fellowship of Brethren
Ministers

Minutes

Tuesday, August 20, 1957

The National Fellowship of Brethren
Ministers convened for the first regular
session of 1957 in the seminary audi-
torium, Winona Lake, Ind. Chairman

George Peek presiding. Devotions we
led by Richard Grant, speaking on.tl:
subject of the "Purpose and Program
God" for us from the Book of Colo
sians. This was followed by a season
prayer.

Report of the program committi
was brought by Chairman Leslie Mooi'
and unanimously adopted by the mini'
terium.

The following men were introduci
to the group: Dr. Austin Robbins, T(
Mallimaire, Wendell Kent, Richa
Placeway, Forrest Jackson, Lee Burr
John Durey, Randall Maycumber, Wa
ren Tamkin, Art Pekarek.

The report of the nominating commi i
tee was read by Brother James Dixoi
and received by the ministerium. Ele
tion of officers then followed the rea'j
ing of the nominations. Memorials we,
presented by Dr. Charles Ashman wi;
the reading of II Timothy 4:5-8. Memi.
rials were heard for W. E. Thoma
Those who spoke on behalf of Broth
Thomas were Arnold Kriegbaum, Ra
mond Kettell, and Dr. Russell Barnar
Also on behalf of Rev. George Richari|
son. Those who spoke on behalf of Rej
George Richardson were: Dr. Gler;
O'Neal, Dr. Charles Mayes, Ralph Cc
burn. Memorials were closed by tl-
singing of the hymn "Redeemed," Br
Richardson's testimony.

Various announcements were made!

The report of the election resultej
in the following men being electe<
President: Gordon Bracker. Vice Pres
dent: Clair Brickel. Secretary: Lesl
Moore. Assistant Secretary: Willia!
Howard. Treasurer: R. Paul Miller, J
Financial Secretary: Glen Welbom. j

A paper on "Preparation for Worshift
was read by Kenneth Ashman. Tl!
chairman commended Bro. Ashman f(i
his excellent presentation of the subjec;

Various announcements were given.

The meeting was adjourned in prayil
by Russell Ogden. |

ovember 30, 1957

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Jnisters (cont.) —

Wednesday, August 21, 1957

Chairman George Peek presided.

Devotions were led by Nelson Hall,
leaking from Matthew 13. The group
igaged in a season of prayer.

The minutes of August 20 were read
id approved.

Dr. W. A. Ogden and Dr. Paul Bau-
an gave a report on Grace Seminary
id College.

Dr. R. D. Barnard gave a report on
reign missions.

jThe following men were introduced
I the group: Dr. Floyd Taber, Lynn
Ihrock, Solon Hoyt, Henry Radford,
orse Hoover, Orville Lorenz.

A paper was read by Pastor Mark
ialles on the subject "Prayers in Our
brship."

A partial report was given by our
tembership committee.

A committee to bring back a report
ii a recommendation from the semi-
Iry and college pertaining to direct mail
ipeal was appointed by Chairman
;ek to report back tomorrow. The com-
mittee: C. W. Mayes, William Schaffer,
3m Hammers.

Various announcements were made.

R. D. Crees adjourned the meeting

th prayer.

Thursday, August 22, 1957

Chairman George Peek presided.

Devotions were led by Wayne Baker
do read and commented from Hebrews
!.:8-13. The group engaged in a sea-
in of prayer.

The minutes were read and approved

corrected.

The following men were introduced to
le group: Robert Clouse, Clarence
kckey, Ron Jurke, and Dr. Ralph
joU.

!A report on the work of the Breth-
;n home missions was given by Dr. L.

I Grubb.

I A report was given by Brother Rus-

II Weber on the work of ministerial

Ministers (cont.) —

relief — especially as it relates to the
insurance program.

Brother Rollin Sandy and Pastor Stef-
fler gave a report on the work of the
Brethren laymen's organization.

A paper was read by Nathan Meyer
on the subject of "Order in Our Wor-
ship." Appreciation again was expressed
by our chairman for the fine work of
these men.

An additional report of the member-
ship committee was given and approved
by the Ministerium. Gordon Bracker, the
new chairman, appointed the following
committees: Program Committee — Rus-
sell Ward, Earle Peer, Tom Inman.
Nominating Committee — Warren Tam-
kin, chmn., Homer Miller, James Young.

C. W. Mayes brought the following
report which was unanimously adopted
by the ministers.

In view of the fact that Christian institutions
other than our own are now malting direct mail
contact with the constituency of our churches^
to the exclusion of those fostered by the Breth-
ren churches —

Be it resolved therefore that we recommend —

1. For a period of one year from this date,
that Grace Seminary and College, as well as our
other cooperating boards, shall have the privi-
lege of direct mail contact wit hour constituency
for appeal for funds, limiting their mailings to
four a year, above those already authorized.

2. That no letters be sent into the church
families where the pastor enters a protest.

3. That in each case where the church mem-
bership of a donor can be determined, said
church shall receive due credit in the annual
report.

Committee— C. W. Mayes, W. H. Schaffer, Thom-
as E. Hammers

Various announcements were made.
An offering was received for the ex-
penses of the National Ministerium.

Lynn Schrock adjourned the meet-
ing with prayer.

Friday, August 23, 1957

Chairman George Peek presided.

Devotions were led by Homer Lingen-
felter who read and commented on I
Peter 5:1-6. The group then spent a
season in prayer.

The minutes were then read and ap-
proved.

The following men were introduced:
Clarence Snyder, Emlyn Jones, Don
Bonebrake, George Johnson.

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November 30, 195i

Ministers (cont.) —

Harold Etling brought a report of the
National Sunday School Board and the
Youth Council.

Arnold Kriegbaum brought a report
of the Brethren Missionary Herald Com-
pany.

A paper was presented by Professor
Donald Ogden on the subject "Music in
Our Worship."

Don Bonebrake gave an armounce-
ment concerning the Grace Sounding
Board.

Gerald Polman distributed on behalf
of the WMC two different pamphlets to
each pastor entitled, "Pen Pointers."

Brother Grubb introduced Mr. Shane-
beck who gave us some information
of Brotherhood Mutual Insurance.

Brother Homer Kent, Jr. brought a
report from the Committee on Pastorless
Churches and Available Men.

A motion prevailed to elect Nathan
Meyer as the chairman of the Commit-
tee of Pastorless Churches and Available
Men.

Brother John Aeby and Vernon Har-
ris brought a report on the Committee
on Christian the Ministry.

A motion was made and seconded
that this report (Committee on the
Christian Ministry) be placed in the
hands of the program committee for their
consideration for next year's ministe-
rium. Motion carried.

A motion prevailed that the time
be extended five minutes.

A motion was made and seconded
that the motion passed yesterday be
reconsidered on the subject of direct
mail appeals by the various cooperating
boards directly to our churches.

A motion prevailed to table the mo-
tion until tomorrow's meeting.

Pastor Richardson adjourned the
meeting with prayer.

Saturday, August 24, 1957

Secretary John Dilling presided in
the absence of both the chairman and
vice chairman.

Ministers (cont.) —

Devotions were led by Pastor Willian
Male who spoke and commented fron
II Timothy 1.

A season of prayer followed.

The minutes of the previous sessioi
were read and approved.

A motion was made and carried tha
the treasurer be instructed to pay Georg('
Cone twenty dollars for services for eacl ;
year. ,

Brother Zimmerman made an appea;
for swifter and more accurate handlini'
of the statistical blanks.

The assistant secretary read the treas
urer's report in absence of the treasurer
Ralph Gilbert. The report was accept
ed. (Complete report follows.)

A motion prevailed to take the matte
from the table concerning direct appeal
for funds to our churches from cooperat
ing boards.

A point of order was discussed con
ceming whether the motion of yesterda; ■
was in order for according to form thi;
one making it had to vote for the motioi
originally and it is estabhshed that the
didn't.

Brother Jackson made the motioi
that the original motion to reconsider b
voided and moved to reconsider il
Motion carried.

Brother Robinson moved that we real ■.
firm the motion passed Thursday con
ceming direct mails by cooperatin :
boards to our churches. Motion carried (

Announcements were made.

Minutes were read and approved a
read.

A motion was made to adjourn. |

Dr. Herman A. Hoyt closed in prayei '
John R. Dilling, Sec.

TREASURER'S REPORT

Balance on hand August 26, 1956 S250 C

Receipts, offering August 22, 1957 84,;

Total 334.'

Disbursements —

Christian Cards — Membership cards 9.75

Brethren Missionary Herald Co. —

Space in Annual 62.48

National S. S. Board — Mimeo-
graphing 60.48

National S. S. Board — Mimeo-
graphing (Ballots) 2.10

jvember 30, 1957

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inisters (cont.) —

yersdale Brethren Church —

Telephone calls 8^0

Total 143.31

lance on hand August 24. 1957 191.09

Ralph W. Gilbert, Treas.

National Sunday School Board
Winona Lake, Ind.

itional Director — Rev. Harold H.
Etling ('60), Box 365, Winona Lake,
Ind.

esident — Rev. James G. Dixon, Jr.,
!('59), 3712 Carpenter St., S.E., Wash-
ington 20, D. C.

ce President — Rev. Miles Taber ('58),
314 Dorchester St., Ashland, Ohio
cretary-Treasurer — Rev. C. S. Zim-
merman ('60), 2942 Dwight Ave.,
Dayton 10, Ohio

!V. Galen Lingenfelter, Elyria, Ohio
('58)

r. Glenn Miller, Whittier, Calif. ('58)
r. Edwin Schrock, Waterloo, Iowa
('58)

;v. Vernon J. Harris, Roanoke, Va.
('59)

;v. William E. Male, Philadelphia, Pa.
('59)

;v. Henry G. Rempel, Norwalk, Calif.
i('59)

\\\. John J. Bums, Alexandria, Va.
('60)

l.v. Lyle W. Marvin, San Bernardino,
Calif. ('60)

AH correspondence relating to Sun-
:y-school work should be addressed
i;The National Sunday School Office,
liv. Harold H. Etling, director. Box
:5, Winona Lake, Ind. Telephone —
'arsaw AMherst 7-6622.

The National Fellowship of Brethren
Laymen

I esident — Mr. A. RoUin Sandy, Wi-
nona Lake, Ind.

"ce President— Mr. G. W. Hall, R.R.
'3, Box 173, Boonemill, Va.
icretary — Mr. Richard C. Beach, 223
East First Ave., Altoona, Pa.
easurer — Mr. Earle Cole, 2753 Elm-
wood St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Laymen (cont.) —

Laymen's Page Editor — Mr. Roy Low-
ery, 118 West Potomac St., Williams-
port, Md.

Student Aid Committee — I. Wesley Mil-
ler (chmn.), Frank Poland, Rev. Don
Ogden, Rev. Richard DeArmey (ad-
visor); also one student representative
to be chosen by the committee.

Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit
this organization seeks to:

1. Stimulate worship of Almighty
God through our Lord Jesus Christ, His
only begotten Son and our Saviour, in
accordance with the whole Bible;

2. Promote Christian fellowship
among the laymen of The Brethren
Church; and

3. Effect an organization of the
Brethren laymen which may offer its as-
sistance to local churches, through local
laymen's affiliates where possible, as an
aid to the ministry in the salvation of
souls, through the person and work of
our Lord Jesus Christ, and other proper
activities in which laymen can serve.

Goals

1. Daily Bible reading.

2. A family altar in every home.

3. Laymen united for soul- winning
through personal visitation, evangelistic
rallies, and tract distribution.

4. Give our local support to our
local pastor and his work.

5. Help build our Sunday schools
through the national and local Sunday-
school boards.

6. Start new local and district lay-
men's groups in churches and areas
where they do not exist.

7. Start and sponsor local Boys
Clubs.

8. Every layman a sacrificial giver
to the National Fellowship of Brethren
Laymen.

Projects

1. Board of Evangelism Crusade,
$2,500.

2. Grace Seminary and College,

Page 56 November 30, 195

Laymen (cont.) —

NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF BRETHREN LAYMEN FDJANCIAL REPORT
Receipts by Districts for 1956-1957

Board of General Student Boys

Evang. Expense Aid Clubs Total

National Conference Sessions $162.88 $162.88

Allegheny District Ill 49

Aleppo. Pa H.50

Grafton. W. Va 1.00

Jenners. Pa 21.76

Stoystown. Pa 6 75

Uniontown, Pa 26.45 20.60 23.43

California District 69.41

Inglewood 30.00

La Verne 7.00 I

Norwalk 26 81 I

Sou'h Pasadena 5.60

East District 279.22

Laymen 26.50

Altoona. Pa. (First) 34.45

Alexander Mack Fellowship 18.00 12.00 20.00

Everett, Pa 5.50 4.50

Johnstown, Pa. (First) 97.51 10.00

Johnstown. Pa. (Riverside) 25.76

Kittarming. Pa. (First) 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00

Indiana District 338.70

Osceola 141.55 2.00

South Bend 47.00

Warsaw 36.00

Winona Lake 112.15

Iowa District 31.00 i

Dallas Center laymen 20.00

Garwin 11.00 i

Michigan District 12.00

Alto 12.00

Mid-Atlantic District 211.75 ,

Laymen 30.00 '

Alexandria. Va 13.00 i

Hagerstown, Md. (Grace) 13.00 I

Hagerstown. Md 25.75 50.00

Martinsburg. W. Va 80.00

Midwest District 9.62 |

Laymen 9.62 ;

Northern Atlantic District 223.06

Laymen 32.01

Allentown, Pa 21.05

Palmyra. Pa 54.00

Philadelphia, Pa. (Third) 116.00

Northern Ohio District 292.42 •

Akron 200.00

Cuyahoga Falls 71.42

Homerville 10.00

Sterling 11.00

Northwest District 25.20

Harrah. Wash 25.20

Southeast District 110.51

Laymen 29.41 45.85

Limestone. Tenn 16.00

Roanoke, (Va. (Ghent) 7.25

Roanoke. Va. (Washington Hts.) 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00

Southern Ohio District 843 27

Dayton. Ohio (First) 162.50 10.00

Team 2 at First 641.35

Dayton, Ohio (North Riverdale) 29.42

Total receipts for 1956-1957 2,289.52 227.23 139.93 63.85 2,720.53

Disbursements for 1956-1957

Board of General Student Boys

Evang. Expense Aid Clubs Total

Gift to Westminster Hotel $25.00

Missionary Herald Co. CJift 50.00

Missionary Herald Co. cuts 12.18

Missionary Herald Co. Annual space 41.18

Stationery and envelopes 44.00

Student Aid ( 1 ) 50.00

Board of Evangelism 2,289.52

Bank service charge

Good News Printery, Altoona, Pa. (folders)

Brethren Youth Council (Boys Clubs)

Total disbursements 1956-1957 2,289.52 187.71 50.00 66.45 2,593.68

-lovember 30, 1957

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.aymen (cont.) —

Accounts Summary. August 1, 1956 to July 31. 1957

lUBust 1. 1956 balances $36.00

956-1957 Project Goals

956-1957 Receipts

956-1957 Expenses

955 1957 Year Balance

Irand balances August 1. 1957 36.00

Ihecking account balance. August 1. 1957

I. Wesley Miller, chairman Student Aid Committee has

Laymen's Board of General
Director Evang. Expense

6.000.00
2.289.52
2.289.52

$19.48
600.00
227.23
187.71
39.52
59.00

Student

Aid

$192.27*

1.000.00

139.93

50.00

89.93

282.20*

Boys
Clubs
$2.60
1,000.00
63.85
66.45
2.60

Total

$250.35*

8.604.44

2.720.53

2.593.68

126.85

377.20*

. 327.20

. 50.00

377.20

BM electric typewriter, $500. Grace
Theological Seminary and Grace College
itudent Aid (1) Scholarship, $300 (or
. $100 scholarships). (2) Self help*,
;100. (3) Gifts, $100. (4) Loans, $200.
Monies given to seminary for work
round school for needy students.
! 3. Foreign Missions, full support of
Ronald A. Spangler, $900.

4. Home Missions, Navaho Mission
tudent Center, $1,000.

5. Brethren Youth Council, Support
f Youth Director, $500. Total of Proj-
cts, $6,400.

This Navaho Mission Student Center
/ill cost between $15,000 to $18,000.
'he amount of $1,000 has been chosen
3r this year witli the hope that perhaps
ext year this amount could be doubled
ir tripled. This project would extend
(ver a period of years.

1957 Conference Notes

Sessions 91 through 95 were held in
le Rainbow Room of Westminster
[otel at Winona Lake, Ind. August 20-
5.

This year's meetings were very well
ttended from the beginning, with an
verage attendance of 74 men.
I The men enjoyed the fine messages
nd challenges of our speakers. Rep-
jsenting foreign missions was Rev.
lyde Landrum; Dr. Grubb for home
lissions; Dr. Hoyt for Grace Seminary
nd College; Rev. Scott Weaver re-
orted on the work of the Board of
'.vangelism; and Rev. Conard Sandy
Doke at our last session and installed the
fficers.

We feel that progress was made to-

ward strengthening the Laymen's organ-
ization on a national level.

Board of Evangelism

President — Rev. Scott Weaver, 130 N.
Oregon Ave., Osceola, Ind.

Vice President — Rev. Bernard Schnei-
der, 534 Forest St., Mansfield, Ohio

Secretary — Mr. Owen Hacker, 1621
Benson Dr., Dayton 6, Ohio

Assistant Secretary — Mr. L. Joseph
Dombek, Winona Lake, Ind.

Treasurer — Mr. Herman Schumacher,
R.R. 3, Elkhart, Ind.

Rev. Clyde K. Landrum

Mr. Bryson Fetters

Rev. Glenn O'Neal

Rev. Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Rev. R. Paul Miller, Sr.

Mr. William C. Fisher

Mr. Eugene Schoettler

Brethren Youth Fellowship
Winona Lake, Indiana

Officers and Board

President — Rev. Ralph Colbum, 1118

N.W. 18th Ct., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Vice President — Rev. William Smith,

117 Wondsor Rd., Alexandria, Va.
Secretary — Rev. John J. Bums, 6 East

Luray Ave., Alexandria, Va.
Treasurer — Rev. Homer A. Kent, Jr.,

Winona Lake, Ind.
Rev. Kenneth Ashman, 205 Ihrig Ave.,

Wooster, Ohio
Rev. Clair Gartland, R.R. 1, Cone-

maugh, Pa.
Rev. Gerald Polman, 517 Glenwood Rd.,

Glendale 3, CaMf.

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November 30, 19

Brethren Youth Council

Officers

President — Rev. Ralph Colbum, 1118
N.W., 18th Ct., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Vice President — Mr. James Custer, Wi-
nona Lake, Ind.

Vice President — Miss Marie Sackett,
Winona Lake, Ind.

Treasurer — Rev. Homer A. Kent, Jr.,
Winona Lake, Ind.

Secretary — Office secretary
Council Members

BYF— Rev. Ralph Colbum, Rev. E
Smith, Rev. Kenneth Ashman, Ri
Homer Kent, Jr., Rev. John Bum;

SMM — Misses Rachel Smithwich, Ma;
Sackett, Penny Edenfield; Mrs. Wei
dell Kent. j

BBC — Messrs. Carl Key, James Custi|
Charles Bearinger, Carey Engle.

rwmber 30, 1957

Page 59

DIRECTORY OF DULY RECOGNIZED BRETHREN CHURCHES

Of The National Fellowship of Brethren Churches

Listed by States; Giving City, Pastor's Name, Church Name, Membership,

Address, and Telephone Number; and Name and Address of Secretary or Clerk

Arizona

[OENIX (Charles H. Ashman, Jr.)

First Brethren Church (76)

2940 W. Bethany Home Rd. (Tel.

CR 7-2886)
Mrs. Mary Zoaht, church address

California

/JJAHEIM (Forest F. Lance)
Grace Brethren Community Church

(15)
1546 E. La Palma St.

/ITESIA (Adam H. Rager)
Carson Avenue Brethren Church (81)
12138 E. Carson Ave. (Comer of
Norwalk Blvd. and Carson Ave.)
i (Tel. GArfield 5-4808
Mrs. Alice Rust, 22310 S. Devlin St.

liAUMONT (Wendell Kent)

Cherry Valley Brethren Church (96)

R.R. 1, Box 543 (church at Vineland
and Beaumont Aves.)

Three miles north of Highways 60 and
70 (Tel. Victor 5-2643)

Mrs. Carl Hitsch, Box 606, Beau-
mont, Calif.

liLL (Emlyn Jones)
Bell Brethren Church (58)
6830 Wilcox Ave. (Tel. LU 2-7033)
Florence Bowhall, 5887 Converse St.,
Los Angeles 1, Calif.

ELLFLOWER (Harry Sturz)
First Brethren Church (128)
9405 E. Flower St. (Clark and Flower

Sts.) (mailing address, Box 306)
(Tel. TOrey 7-6132)
Mrs. Lloyd Lockwood, 9245 E.

Maple Ave.

(ffiRRY VALLEY — See Beaumont

(IICO (Phillip Simmons)
Grace Brethren Church (103)
1505 Arbutus Ave. (Arbutus and E,

5th Ave.) (Tel. FI 2-8642)
Mrs. D. L. Yeater, 1178 E. 8th St.

COMPTON (Dennis I. Holliday)
First Brethren Church (147)
1005 Rose St., (Cor. Rose and Rose-
crans Aves.) (Tel NEwmark
1-1898)
Mrs. Elda Powell, 801 N. Wilming-
ton Ave., Compton, Calif.

FILLMORE (Maxwell Brenneman)
First Brethren Church (80)
422 Central Ave. (Tel. 532-J)
Harold Robinson, 630 Saratoga St.

GLENDALE (Gerald Polman)
First Brethren Church (141)
632 W. Stocker St., zone 2 (1 block
south of Hoover High School) (Tel.
Citrus 2-1808)
James Martin, 809 Burchett St., Glen-
dale, Calif.

INGLEWOOD (Glenn O'Neal)
First Brethren Church (410)
2400 W. 85th St. (Manchester at Van

Ness, zone 4) (Tel. PL 1-2505)
Lester Cook, 1558 W. 160th St., Gar-

dena, Calif.

LA CRESCENTA (David Morsey)
Mountain Brethren Church (30)
2723 Orange Ave. (Tel. Churchill 8-

1135)
Robert Gulp, 1607 Del Oro Dr., La
Canada, Cahf.

LA VERNE (Elias D. White)
First Brethren Church (159)
Third and E Sts., P.O. Box 217 (Tel.

LYcoming 3-1204)
Mrs. Ehzabeth Clark, 2235 5th St.

LONG BEACH (Charles W. Mayes;

Min. of Youth, Richard I. Mc-

Neely; Min. of Visitation, Charles

Beatty)
First Brethren Church (1487)
1925 E. Fifth St., Zone 12 (Tel. HE

2-5384)
Miss Geraldine Judd, 1925 E. 5th St.

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November 30, 19!

LONG BEACH (Wayne S. Flory)
Los Altos Brethren Church (103)
6565 Stearns St., Zone 15 (Tel. HE

4-5814)
Joseph Zahn, church address

LONG BEACH (George O. Peek; asst.

Robert Kliewer)
North Long Beach Church (740)
5945 Orange Ave. (Tel. GArfield 2-

3605)
Marvin Jepson, 2813 Deerford St.,

Lakewood, CaUf.

LOS ANGELES (Robert McCormick)
Community Brethren Church (103)
5839 Whittier Blvd., zone 22 (Tel.

PA 1-5972)
Mrs. John Peed, 321 E. Markland,

Monterey Park, Calif.

MODESTO (Charles Koontz)

McHenry Avenue Grace Brethren

Church (73)
R.R. 2, Box 898-A, Modesto (Tel.
LA 4-0340) (7 miles north of Mo-
desto on McHenry Ave.)
Mrs. Ruth Holgate, 1215 La Loma
Dr.

MODESTO (J. Paul Miller)

La Loma Grace Brethren Church

(165)
1315 La Loma Ave. (Tel. LA 3-3738)
Mrs. Jerry Bohn, 931 Burke

MONTE VISTA (Harold Painter)
Community Brethren Church (19)
9520 Benson Ave., Monte Vista,

Calif., (Mailing address: P.O. Box

1188, Ontario, Calif.
Mrs. Eva Pryor, 2225 S. Palomares,

Pomona, Calif.

NORWALK (Henry G. Rempel)
Norwalk Brethren Church (175)
1105 Foster Rd. (N. E. comer of
Studebaker Rd. and Foster Rd.)
(Tel. University 3-7322)
Pauline Robison, 9620 Senwood St.,
Bellflower, Calif.

PARAMOUNT (John W. Mayes)
Paramount Brethren Church (91)
15733 S. Orange Ave. (in the Bret

ren High School building) (T(

MEtcalf 3-9007)
Mrs. Betty Cushman, Box 506, P

mount, Cahf.

RIALTO (Arthur Carey)
Rialto Brethren Church (20)
Etimanda at Cactus Sts.
Alberta Guertner, 249 W. Victoria

SAN BERNARDINO (Lyle W. Marvi
Grace Brethren Church (128)
25800 Pacific Ave. (Tel. GLenvie

8-8252)
Mrs. Phanetta Nowka, 409 E. Tre

ton

SAN DIEGO (F. Archer Baum)
Grace Brethren Church (67)
Mrs. Helen Lee, 4565 Orchard A\

SAN JOSE (J. C. McKillen)
The Brethren Church (26)
1954 Foxworthy Ave., Zone 24 (T(

FRanklin 8-7576)
Mrs. John Maehrlein, 78 Cherry Lan

Campbell, CaUf.

SEAL BEACH (Jerry A. Yerian)
Seal Beach Brethren Church (94) j
Eighth St. and Central Ave. (T(!

HEmlock 9-9180)
Mrs. Jane Ennenga, 119 Corinthi;
Walk, Long Beach, CaUf.

SOUTH GATE (Arthur L. Pekarek)
First Brethren Church (141)
Sequoia Dr. and Montara Ave. Qv
east of Gen. Motors) (Tel. LOraLl

6-6433)
Mrs. Maxine Pennington, 9223 H

dreth Ave.

SOUTH PASADENA (James McCl(

lan)
Fremont Avenue Brethren Chur

(110)
Corner Fremont Ave. and El Cent

St. (maiUng address 920 Fremo

Ave.) (Tel. SYcamore 9-6081)
Ted Van Dom, 1151 S. BroadwEj

Los Angeles 1

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MPLE CITY (Dale Henry)
Temple City Brethren Church (57)
537 Temple City Blvd. (Tel. AT-

lantic 6-6342)
klrs. M. EUis Kirsch, 5560 N. Bur-
ton Ave., San Gabriel, Calif.

FaCY (Nelson E. Hall)
-irst Brethren Church (70)

1480 Parker Ave. (Parker and Bev-
erly)

lAlrs. C. A. Wampler, 239 E. High-
land Ave.

iST COVINA (Charles H. Ashman,

Sr.)
^^est Covina Brethren Church (57)
'10 N. Lark Ellen (Tel. ED 2-0682)

(Cor. Puente and Lark Ellen Sts.)
■Mrs. Lester Phiefer, church address

MITTIER (Ward A. Miller)
Community Brethren Church (126)
?101 S. Vicki Dr. (comer of Wash-
ington Blvd. at Vicki Dr.) (Tel. OX
I 9-5913)
Howard Snively, 9209 Laurel Ave.

'fllTTIER (Lewis C. Hohenstein)
First Brethren Church (375)
Milton and Bailey, Box 174. (Tel.

I oxford 42-1106)
Lloyd Bolen, 1647 Rideout Way

Colorado

Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE (Ralph J. Col-
bum)
Grace Brethren Church (31)
1800 N.W. 9th Ave.
Mrs. Florence Fitch, 447 S. E. Third
St., Oakland Park, Fla.

WHEATON (James Sweeton)
Grace Brethren Church (36)
Dorchester and Liberty Sts.
Miss Hazel Hill, County Farm Rd.

Indiana

BERNE (Irvin B. Miller)

Bethel Brethren Church (180)
R.R. 2, (61/2 miles east on Ind. 118

and 1/2 mile south) (Tel. 2-8723)
Mrs. Chalmer Smitley, R.R. 2, Box

CLAY CITY (Edward D. Bowman)
First Brethren Church (79)
Tenth and Cook Sts.
Miss Lois K. Long, South Main St.

ELKHART (Lowell Hoyt)
Grace Brethren Church (81)
1600 E. Mishawaka Rd. (Tel. 3-3440)
Glen Cripe, R.R. 3, Goshen, Ind.

■iNVER (F. Thomas Inman)
Grace Brethren Church (53)
700 S. Federal Blvd. Zone 19 (Fed-
eral Blvd. and Exposition) (Tel.
J WE 2-7876)

^rs. Mary Davis, 2855 W. Kentucky,
Zone 19

District of Columbia

\SHINGTON (James G. Dixon)

First Brethren Church (333)

439 12th S. E. (Tel. LIncota 4-6142)

At Pennsylvania Ave. 12 blocks

from the Capitol)

iss Katherine Sampson, Barr Bldg.

c/o AMLCO

FLORA (John W. Evans, Jr.)
Grace Brethren Church (127)
Main and Willow Sts. (Tel. 172-R)
Mrs. Homer Hanna, Bringhurst, Ind.

FORT WAYNE (Mark E. MaUes; asst.

W. Carl Miller)
First Brethren Church (251)
3326 S. Calhoun St., Zone 6 (Tel.

HArrison 1065)
Mrs. Richard Davis, church address

FORT WAYNE (Thomas JuUen)
Grace Brethren Church (34)
4619 Stellhorn Road (Tel. ANthony

4317)
Mrs. Edward Byrne, 4200 Mamie Dr.

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November 30, 15

GOSHEN (R. Paul MiUer)
Grace Brethren Church (36)
R.R. 3 (1801 W. Clinton St.) (Tel.

5-8189)
Mrs. Jean Mabie, R.R. 1, Bristol, Ind.

LEESBURG (Nathan M. Meyer)
Leesburg Brethren Church (124)
Opposite schoolhouse
Mrs. Jacques Crapuchetts, Winona
Lake, Ind.

OSCEOLA (Scott Weaver)
Bethel Brethren Church (188)
Lincolnway and Oregon (Mailing ad-
dress: R.R. 3, Box 309) (Tel. Or-
chard 9-4749)
Mrs. Freda Humes, R.R. 3, Osceola

PERU (George Johnson)
Peru Brethren Church (127)
South Broadway and Santa Fe Hill
Paul Bohnger, 479 E. Jackson

SHARPSVILLE (Glenn Byers)
Grace Brethren Church (37)
Mrs. Olas Edmonds, Box 238

SIDNEY (James Boyer, interim)
Sidney Brethren Church (90)
Miss Enid Heckman, N. Manchester,
Ind.

SOUTH BEND (Gene Witzky)

Ireland Road Brethren Church (43)
1310 Catherwood Dr. (Tel. AT 8-

5324)
Mrs. Raymond Britton, 19739 Reasor

WARSAW (Robert Cover)

Community Grace Brethren Church

(28)
South Buffalo St. Extension (Mailing

address: Box 705, Winona Lake,

Ind.)
Mrs. James Young, Winona Lake,

Ind.

WINONA LAKE (Richard P. DeArmey)
Winona Lake Brethren Church (162)
Grace Seminary Chapel (Tel. AM-

herst 7-6623)
Dr. Homer A. Kent, Sr.

Iowa

CEDAR RAPIDS (Robert Clouse)
Grace Brethren Church (80)
2905 D Ave. N.E. (Tel. 3-4983)
Mrs. Charles Allen, 3832 B Ave. N

DALLAS CENTER (Forrest Jackso)
First Brethren Church (135)
Mrs. Margaret Webster

GARWIN (Raymond KetteU)
Carlton Brethren Church (123)
R.R. 1 (61/2 miles southwest of G

win) (Tel. 06F8)
Mrs. Carl Kouba, Toledo, Iowa

LEON (R. Ronald Robinson)
Leon Brethren Church (131)
108 W. Fourth St. (on Route 69 <

posite the high school)
Mrs. Ray Andrew, R.R. 1

NORTH ENGLISH (no pastor)
Pleasant Grove Brethren Church (<i
R.R. 2 (2 miles east of Millersburgi
Allen White

WATERLOO (John Aeby)

Grace Brethren Church (252)
1760 Williston Ave. (Tel. AD 4-84'^
Mrs. Will King, R.R. 2

Kansas

PORTIS (H. H. Stewart, actmg past
First Brethren Church (154)
On Highway 281 (Tel. 2681)
Mrs. Chas. Booz

Kentucky

CLAYHOLE (Sewell S. Landrum)
Clayhole Brethren Church (130)
14 miles southeast of Jackson

Highway 15
Harold Paul Combs, Clayhole

DRYHILL (Evelyn Fuqua, missionai
Brethren Chapel (12)
Mrs. Ted Begley, Confluence, Ky.

Maryland

ACCIDENT (Frederick Crawford,
First Grace Brethren Church (24)
(2 miles south on Route 219; Vi n

east off Route 219)
Miss Zella Keller, Accident

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E.GERSTOWN (Jack K. Peters)
llalvary Brethren Church (97)
Jryan Place and Avon Road
ohn E. Boone, Paramount Road

(GERSTOWN (WiUiam WHes)
iJay Street Brethren Church
lAddress mail to 905 Marion St.)

[GERSTOWN (Warren Tamkin)

jrace Brethren Church (226)

Mist and Spruce Sts. (Tel. REgent

9-1726)
Villiam L. Hoover, 118 W. Salsbury

St., Williamsport, Md.

Michigan

TO (WiUiam E. Johnson)

'alvary Brethren Church (71)

l.R. 2 (2 miles east of M-50 on 84th

St.)
)avid Hoffman, R.R. 2, Alto

RRIEN SPRINGS (Gilbert Hawkins)
irace Brethren Church (47)
24 S. Mechanic St. (Tel. GR 3-5393)
/Irs. Lloyd Hathcock, R.R. 1, Ber-
rien Springs

KE ODESSA (Homer R. MiUer)

jrace Brethren Church (130)

L.R. 1 (6 miles west of Lake Odessa

on Vedder Rd.)
/liss Norma HuUiberger

,NS1NG (Richard D. SeUers)
jrace Brethren Church (32)
Villow St. and Waverly Rd. (mailing
address: R.R. 1, Box 440, Lans-
ing, Mich.) (Tel. IVanhoe 7-0217)
ierschel Lovegrove, R.R. 4, St.
Johns, Mich.

m TROY (Richard Jackson, Jr.)
^Jew Troy Brethren Church (150)
■iox 67 (Tel. Hazel 6-3121)
*lrs. Ben Mensinger

I ARK (Earl O. Funderburg)
jrace Brethren Church (41)
SVi miles east of Trout Lake, 1 mile

south of M-48)
tlrs. Ida Bradley, Trout Lake, Mich.

Minnesota

WINONA (Glen Welbom)
Grace Brethren Church (14)
Lots at 7th and 45th Sts.
Mrs. Ethel Christiansen, 710 Wash-
ington St.

Nebraska

BEAVER CITY (Dayton C. Cundiff)
Grace Brethren Church (74)
(Tel. Colony 8-4561)

New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE (no pastor)
Grace Brethren Church (18)
R.R. 4, Box 736-B (N. 2d St.)
100 yards east of 7300 block of N. 2d
Correspondence: Rev. Sam Homey

ARROYO HONDO

Arroyo Hondo Brethren Church (La

Iglesia de los Hermanos (37)
3 blocks north of Highway 3
Correspondence: Rev. Sam Homey

RANCHOS DE TAOS

Cordillera Brethren Church (18)
Box 711, Taos, N. Mex. (Mile west of

Highway at Ranches de Taos)
Miss Bertha Gutierrez, Ranchos de

Taos

TAOS (Sam Homey)

Canon Brethren Church (La Iglesia de

los Hermanos de Canon) (153)
Mile east of Taos on Raton Highway

64 (mailing address: Box 1531

(Tel. Plaza 8-3632)
FeUx Archuletta, Box 194

Ohio

AKRON (W. Russell Ogden)
First Brethren Church (327)
530 Stetler Ave., Zone 12 (Tel. RE

3-2520)
Mrs. Joseph Bry, 438 Stevenson Ave.,

Zone 12

ANKENYTOWN (Neil L. Beery)
First Brethren Church (98)
R.R. 1, Bellville, Ohio
Mrs. John Swank, R.R. 1, Frederick-
town, Ohio

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November 30, 1<

ASHLAND (Miles Taber; asst., Edwin

Cashman)
Grace Brethren Church (484)
615 W. Tenth St. and Keen at Budd

Sts. (two locations) (Te4. 2-6374)
Mrs. Lyle ShuU, 402 W. Main

CAMDEN (Randall L. Rossman)
First Brethren Church (98)
West Central Ave. at Lafayette St.
Mrs. Imogene Craig, W. Hendriks St.

CANTON (John R. DiUing)
First Brethren Church (275)
1903 2d St. N.E., Zone 4 (Tel. GLen-

dale 5-6526)
Mrs. A. B. Kidder, church address

CLAYTON (no pastor)
First Brethren Church (190)
Box 105, Highway 49 and Kimmell

Rd.
Mrs. Lewis Requarth, R.R. 1, Brook-

ville, Ohio

CLEVELAND (Clair Brickel)
First Brethren Church (70)
5564 Mayfield Rd. Zone 24 (Tel. HI

2-5353)
Mrs. Mary Trapp, 12328 Arlington,

Apt. 6, Cleveland 8

COVINGTON (True Hunt)
Furst Brethren Church (96)
Spring and Pearl Sts.
Mrs. Edward Jackson, R.R.

CUYAHOGA FALLS (Richard L.

Burch)
Grace Brethren Church (86)
1736 E. Bailey Rd. (mailing address.

Box 50) (Tel. SWandale 4-8203)
Mrs. Earle R. Cole, 2573 Ehnwood

St.

DANVILLE (Roy E. Kriemes)
Danville Brethren Church (75)
Ross Street (southeast)
Miss Wilma Magers, R.R. 2, Howard,
Ohio

DAYTON (WiUiam A. Steffler)
First Brethren Church (600)
1684 Earlham at Philadelphia I'

Zone 6 (Tel. ORegon 3741) ™
Mrs. Don E. Wolfe, 1532 SheUey I|

Zone 6

DAYTON (Randall Maycumber)
Grace Brethren Church (63)
5186 Hoover (Tel. ME 1504)
Mrs. Doris Hapner, 900 Strawbe
Row

DAYTON (RusseU M. Ward)
North Riverdale Brethren Chu;

(352)
4101 N. Main St., Zone 5 (Tel. ]

4332)
Mrs. Vera Applegate, 7030 N. Me

Zone 5

DAYTON (C. S. Zimmerman)
The Patterson Park Brethren ChiB

(72)
708 Shadowlawn Ave. (mailing

dress: 2942 Dwight Ave., Zc

10) (Tel. Clearwater 2-2884)
E. C. Bums, 2808 Powhatton ]

Zone 20

ELLET — See Akron, Ohio

ELYRIA (Galen M. Lingenfelter)
Grace Brethren Church (62)
1305 North Washington Blvd. (1

Emerson 6-0755)
Mahlon H. Bowser, 436 W. Tenth

ENGLEWOOD (Lon Karns)
Grace Brethren Church (118)
R.R. 1, Wenger Rd., Clayton, Oh.>
Mrs. Blanche Rike, R.R. 2, BrookV'

FINDLAY (Gerald Teeter)

Findlay Brethren Church (80)
209 Lexington Ave. (Tel. GA i

8148)
Mrs. Pauline Errett, 201 Tioga

FREMONT (Granville Tucker)
Brethren Chapel (8)
1611 North St., (Tel. FE 2-6109}
Constance Tucker, 501 Bidwell A

f'vember 30, 1957

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F£MONT (Gordon Bracker)
jrace Brethren Church (216)
300 S. Collinwood Blvd. (Tel. FE

2-8672)
Mrs. Robert Gahris, 116 S. Collin-
wood Blvd.

I:)MERVILLE (Robert Holmes)
West Homer Brethren Church (122)
R.R. 1, Homerville (2 miles west, 1

mile north of Homerville)
Mrs. Donna Crosby, R.R. 1, Lodi,

Ohio

^VNSF1ELD (Bernard N. Schneider;

asst. James Cook)
Grace Brethren Church (406)
Marion Ave. and Forest St. (Tel.
, Lafayette 2-3941)
Mrs. Howard Lenhart, 756 Rachel
Rd.

^\NSFIELD (M. L. Myers)
WoodviUe Grace Brethren Church

(55)
580 Woodville Rd. (Tel. 8-0696)
Mrs. Ruth Blook, 1288 Woodville

, Rd.

\DDLEBRANCH (Wesley Haller)
First Brethren Church (159)
Box 43 (Tel. Canton-HYacinth 9-
: 6691
Mrs. Marjorie Kinsley, R.R. 1, Hart-

c e, Ohio

FTTMAN (Charles W. Turner)
First Brethren Church (190)
44 S. First St. (Tel. 411)
Mrs. Iva Moine, R.R., Sterling

S^nTKING SPRINGS (Jacob Couser)
Grace Brethren Church (40)
All mail to go to the pastor's address:
R.R. 4, Hillsboro, Ohio
s. Shirley Couser

SERLING (James O. Young)
First Brethren Church (145)
Mrs. Herbert Shane, Rittman, Ohio

HOY (Herman Hein, Jr.)
Grace Brethren Church (34)
i527 N. Market St. (Tel. Federal 9-

■] 9727)

IMiss Wilma Hartley, R.R. 2

WEST ALEXANDRIA (C. A. Flowers)
Grace Brethren Commimity Church

(68)
R.R. 1, Box 282 (3 miles west of West

Alexandria on Route 35)
John Musch, Camden, Ohio

WOOSTER (Kenneth B. Ashman)
First Brethren Church (276)
Burbank Rd. at Reed Rd. (State

Route 76, north from square) (Tel.

AN 3-3646)
Mrs. Keimeth Kutz, Box 1, Wooster

Oregon

ALBANY (Lee Burris)

Grace Brethren Church (70)

Eighth and Ermine Sts.

Mrs. M. V. Craig, R.R. 4, Box 331

PORTLAND (no pastor)
Grace Brethren Church (30)
7015 N.E. 23d Ave., Zone 11 (1

block south of U.S. 30 Bypass)

(Tel. ATlantic 2-2965)

Pennsylvania

ALEPPO (W. Wayne Baker)
Aleppo Brethren Church (140)
Nellie M. Taylor

ALLENTOWN (John Neely)
First Brethren Church (63)
632-34 N. 5th St. (Tel. Hemlock 2-

8913)
Mrs. John S. Neely, 507 Tilghman St.

ALTOONA (Ralph S. Bums)
First Brethren Church (151)
Maple Ave. and 30th St. (Tel. WI 2-

7642)
Richard Beach, 223 1st Ave.

ALTOONA (J. Ward Tressler)
Grace Brethren Church (160)
Broadway and 15th Ave. (Juniata)

(Tel. 2-8861)
Mrs. William Dively, R.R. 2, Dun-

cansville. Pa.

CHAMBERSBURG (John W. Ritchey)
Grace Brethren Church (66)
R.R. 1, Pond Bank, Chambersburg
Gleim Bumbaugh, R.R. 1

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November 30,

CONEMAUGH (Stanley F. Hauser)
Conemaugh Brethren Church (150)
Second and Oak Sts. (Tel. 9-2011)
Mrs. Raymond Anthony, 226 Main
St.

CONEMAUGH (Clair Gartland)
Pike Brethren Church (250)
R.R. 1, Conemaugh (on Route 22,
William Penn Highway, 7 miles
west of Ebensburg, at Mundy's
Comer) (Tel. Nanty-Glo 4-6742)
Miss Bertha Cummins, R.R. 1,
Ebensburg, Pa.

CONEMAUGH (Kenneth E. Wilt)
Singer Hill Grace Brethren Church

(158)
R.R. 1 (Route 219, 2 miles south of

Mundy's Comer)
Mrs. John Stennet, R.R. 1

EVERETT (Homer Lingenfelter)
Everett Grace Brethren Church (68)
Main and East Sts. (Tel. Everett 620)
Fred B. Baucher, 14 W. Spring St.

HARRISBURG (Conard Sandy)

Melrose Gardens Brethren Church

(130)
22d and Swatara Sts. (Tel. CEdar 8-

3281)
Mrs. Kenneth Sanders, 5304 Ridge-
view Dr.

HATBORO (Lester O. Smitley)
Suburban Brethren Church (17)
537 Revere Terrace (Tel. 5-0943)
Mrs. Howard Elder, Easton Rd., Wil-
low Grove, Pa.

HOLLIDAYSBURG (Dean I. Walter)
Vicksburg Brethren Church (105)
R.R. 1 (4 miles south of HoUidays-

burg, off Route 36)
R. E. Dick, 222 Bedford St.

HOPEWELL (Sheldon W. Snyder)
Grace Brethren Church (80)
R.R. 1 (Vi mile southeast of Yellow

Creek) (Tel. 8-2457)
Mrs. Robert Gates, Hopewell

JENNERS (Victor S. Rogers)
Jenners Brethren Church (78)
'^ mile south of Route 30 on R

601
Mrs. Delores Flanigan

JOHNSTOWN (RusseU H. Weber)
First Brethren Church (468)
Napoleon and Dibert Sts. (

9-7815)
Don C. Rasbach, 726 Oak St.

JOHNSTOWN (Bmce B. Baker)
Riverside Brethren Church (83)
700 Liberty Ave.
Mrs. David Butler, 515 Michl
Ave.

JUNIATA — See Altoona, Pa.

KITTANNING (WiUiam H. Scha;

asst., Ronald H. Jurke)
First Brethren Church (320)
215 Arthur St. (West Kittann

(Tel. 43-8731)
Miss Mary Yount, R.R. 3

KITTANNING (Fred Wm. Walter):
North Buffalo Brethren Church i
R.R. 4 (junction of Center Hill, Cs

gon and Pony Farm Rds.)
Mrs. Odell Bowser, R.R. 3

LEAMERSVILLE (J. L. Gingrich)

Leamersville Brethren Church (1i

R.R. 2, Duncansville, Pa. (1 i

south of Newry, Pa., on High

220) (Tel. Hollidaysburg 5-0;

Mrs. Grace Echard, Newry, Pa.

LISTIE (Russell Konves)
Listie Brethren Church (210)
Miss Vera Jean Fye, P.O. Box 46

MARTINSBURG (Richard Grant)
First Brethren Church (240)
Comer of Wall and Woodlawn (

229)
Miss Saimie Klepser, 310 Woodla

MEYERSDALE (no pastor)

Meyersdale Brethren Church (19
112 Beachley St. (on U.S. 219) (

372-W)
Mrs. William Firl, R.R. 1

vember 30, 1957

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lYERSDALE (Clyde Caes)
Summit Mills Brethren (100)
R.R. 1 (3 miles west of Meyersdale)

(Tel. Mercury 4-6673)
Mis. Elwood Firl, 323 Front St.

JWDY'S CORNER — See Conemaugh

IrTH BUFFALO— See Kittanning

LMYRA (R. Wm. Markley)
jrace Brethren Church (91)
:?36 W. Main St. (Tel. 8-3332)
Jichard McCarthy, R.R 20, Lebanon,
Pa.

llLADELPHIA (Wilham Male)
'^irst Brethren Church (192)
Dxford Ave. and Knorr St., Zone 11
I (Tel. Pilgrim 5-2799)
^Irs. Lois E. Harkness, 606 Solly St.,
Zone 1 1

ILADELPHIA (Robert Crees)

rWrd Brethren Church (167)

311a and Tioga Sts., Zone 34 (Tel.

GA 3-8047)
Virs. John Gault, 308 Hampton Rd.,

Hatboro, Pa.

ND BANK— See Chambersburg

raER HILL— See Conemaugh

OYSTOWN (Arthur F. ColUns)
heading Brethren Church (58)
R..R. 3
Mrs. Arthur Collins

MMIT MILLS — See Meyersdale

IIONTOWN (R. Paul Miller, Jr.)
First Brethren Church (290)
148 Union St. (Tel. GEneva 7-3401)
Mrs. Gilbert Feree, 713 Morgantown

! St.

PKSBURG — See Hollidaysburg

\SHINGTON (L. E. Rogers)
Grace Brethren Church (57)
R.R. 4 (at intersection, south on

Routes 19 and 40)
Mrs. R. Wayne Hoover, R.R. 4

WAYNESBORO (William Gray)
First Brethren Church (396)
Philadelphia Ave. and Fourth St. (Tel.

1888)
Guy Anderson, R.R. 6, Hagerstown,

Md.

YELLOW CREEK— See HopeweU

YORK (H. W. Koontz)

Grace Brethren Church (78)
661 N. Newberry St. (Tel. 99-2675)
Mrs. Vernon Shields, 109 Lyndhurst
St.

Tennessee

JOHNSON CITY (Dean Risser)
Grave Brethren Church (58)
Watauga Ave. and Lamont St.
Miss Betty Hughes, 65 Canberry St.

LIMESTONE (Clarence Lackey)
Vernon Brethren Church (100)
R.R. 1 (on Washmgton College Sta-
tion and Oakland Rd.)
Miss Lelia Arnold, Washington Col-
lege

Virginia

ALEXANDRIA (John J. Bums)
Commonwealth Avenue .Brethren

Church (116) (Tel. King 8-1808)
Mrs. Wayne Smith, 2200 Jefferson

Davis Highway

BUENA VISTA (Edward Lewis)
First Brethren Church (427)
100 E. 29th St. (Tel. 4882)
Mrs. George Smals, 29th St.

CLEARBROOK — See Roanoke

COVINGTON (no pastor)
First Brethren Church (281)
R.R. 6, Parrish Court (Tel. 9154)
Miss Lois East, Parrish Court

HOLLINS (WiUiam Byers)

Patterson Memorial Brethren Church

(174)
R.R. 1 (State Route 115, near HoUins

railroad station)
Miss Marie Garman

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November 30, IS

RADFORD (K. E. Richardson)
Fairlawn Brethren Church (128)
Pepper and Lee Sts., Fairlawn (U.S.

Route 114)
Mrs. Edgar Carroll, 16 Oxford Ave.

RINER (Thomas J. Craghead)
Grace Brethren Church (55)
R.R. 1 (Route 8, 3 miles south of

Riner)
Miss Lorene Farley, R.R. 1

ROANOKE (WiUiam E. Howard)
Clearbrook Brethren Church (150)
R.R. 5, Box 380 (6 miles south of

Roanoke on U.S. 220)
Mrs. George Hofawger, R.R. 3,

Boone Mill, Va.

ROANOKE (Kenneth Teague)
Ghent Brethren Church (300)
Wasena Ave. and Maiden Lane S.W.,

Zone 15 (Tel. 2-2625)
Mrs. J. L. Lloyd, R.R. 9, Box 23

ROANOKE (Vernon Harris)

Washington Heights Brethren Church
(105)

3833 Michigan Ave., N. W., (Mich-
igan and Westside Blvd. N.W.)

Frank W. Campbell, R.R. 4, Box 172,
Salem

SEVEN FOUNTAINS (Paul E. Dick)
Trinity Brethren Church (85)
Mrs. Isabelle Ritenour

VIRGINIA BEACH (A. Harold Arrmg-
ton
Grace Brethren Church (10)
Great Neck Road at Hilltop
Mrs. Loree Hummer, Highpoint Ave.

WINCHESTER (Paul E. Dick)
First Brethren Church (252)
645 Berryville Ave. (Tel. MO 2-

6360)
Mrs. Ernie Smith, 43 E. Piccadilly St.

Washington

GRANDVIEW (Robert Griffith)
First Brethren Church (37)
West Third and J Sts.
Mrs. Ruth Wear, R.R. 2, Box 147,
Prosser, Wash.

HARRAH (Donald Famer)
Harrah Brethren Church (181)
(Tel. TH 8-2132)
Mrs. TiUie Jensen, R.R. 1

SEATTLE (Thomas E. Hammers)
View Ridge Brethren Church (35)
6800 35th Ave., N.E., Zone 15 (1

FlUmore 0163)
Mrs. Ralph J. MacConahay, 3119

83d St., Zone 15

SPOKANE (Jesse Hall)
First Brethren Church (85)
W. 402 Montgomery Ave., Zone :
(cor. of Washington and Mo
gomery) (Tel. FA 7-1683)
Mrs. Lewis PUger, W. 2308 Bo(
Ave.

SUNNYSIDE (H. Leslie Moore)
First Brethren Church (292)
Franklin Ave. at 7th St. (Tel. TEm

7-4763)
Mrs. Keith McDaniels, 231 Line

Way

YAKIMA (Henry Dalke) 1

Grace Brethren Church (94)
904 S. 26th Ave. (Tel. GLencourti]

3720)
Mrs. Harold Shaver, R.R. 2, Selahij

I
West Virginia j

GRAFTON (Lee Crist) |

First Brethren Church (145)
45 W. St. Charles St. (U.S. Route .

and St. Charles St.
Mrs. Louis Dennis, W. Wilford

MARTINSBURG (Earle E. Peer)
Rosem.ont Brethren Church (152)
niinois Ave. and W. King St. (Ij

6330)
John F. Davis, 514 E. Moler Ave.

PARKERSBURG (Richard Placewa;]
Grace Brethren Church (28)
1610 BUzzard Dr. (Tel. GArfieldj

5390) ;

Mrs. John Walker, 3509 Came

Ave.

vember 30, 1957

Wyoming

EYENNE (Russell L. Williams)
'irst Brethren Church (40)
1517 Walnut (Tel. 2-2740)
S/Irs. Charles Harper, 901 E. 20

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DIRECTORY OF BRETHREN MINISTERS
Approved List of the National Fellowship of Brethren Ministers
ving Name, Address, Telephone Number, Type of Work, and Church Membership)

^AMS, EVAN

Pounselor Trading Post, Cuba, N.

Mex.
Vlissionary to Navajos
jrace Brethren Church, Mansfield,

Ohio

[BY, JOHN M.

504 Hammond Ave., Waterloo, Iowa

(Tel. Adams 3-9516)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

TIG, J. KEITH
Brazil
Vlissionary

First Brethren Church, Glendale,
Calif.

LRINGTON, A. HAROLD

109 Stephen Lane, Hilltop Manor,
Virginia Beach, Va. (Tel. 449 8-M)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

HMAN, CHARLES H., D.D.

803 S. Lolita St., West Covina, Calif.

(Tel. Edgewood 2-6047)
Pastor, West Covina Brethren Church

HMAN, CHARLES H., JR.
2727 W. Rovey Ave., Phoenix, Ariz.

(Tel. Crestwood 4-2462)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

ASHMAN, KENNETH B.

205 Ihrig Ave., Wooster, Ohio (Tel.

AN 3-7545)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

BAKER, BRUCE B. (Licensed)

2309 Franklin St., Johnstown, Pa.

(Tel. 33-1734)
Pastor, Riverside Brethren Church

BAKER, W. WAYNE

Box 32, Aleppo, Pa. (Tel. Cameron,

W. Va. 908-R2)
Pastor, Aleppo Brethren Church

BARNARD, RUSSELL D., D.D.

Box 588, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.
Warsaw AMherst 7-6986; Office
AMherst 7-7731)

General Secretary, Foreign Mission-
ary Society

Winona Lake Ind., church

BARNHART, WALTER J.
Dayton, Ohio, First church

BARTLETT, DON
SharpsviUe, Ind.
Teacher
Middlebranch, Ohio, church

BATES, ROBERT

11873 Dune St., Norwalk, Calif.
Norwalk, Calif., church

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November 30, 1!

BAUM, ARCHER

Pastor, First Brethren Church

BAUMAN, PAUL R., D.D.

Box 419, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

Warsaw AMherst 7-8298; Office

AMherst 7-7011)
Vice President in charge of Public

Relations, Grace Seminary
Winona Lake, Ind., church

BEATTY, CHARLES A. (Licensed)
1601 Harding St., Long Beach 5,

Calif.
Minister of Visitation
Long Beach, Calif, First church

BEAVER, S. WAYNE
French Equatorial Africa
Missionary
South Gate, Calif., church

BEERY, NEIL L.

R.R. 1, Bellville, Ohio (Tel. Freder-

icktown MYra 4-5777)
Pastor, First Brethren Church, Ank-
enytown, Ohio

BERGEN, JOHN J. (Licensed)

c/o Sudan Interior Mission, Bauchi,

Nigeria, West Africa
Missionary
San Diego, CaUf, church

BESS, S. HERBERT

Box 676, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

AMherst 7-7255)
Assoc. Prof., Grace Seminary
Long Beach, CaUf., First church

BETZ, ROBERT W. (Licensed)
5726 N. Maryvale Dr., Phoenix, Ariz.
Student, Grand Canyon College
Phoenix, Ariz., church

BISHOP, DONALD

Argentina

Missionary

Ashland, Ohio, church

BLAKE, JAMES (Licensed)

6576 Arlington, Los Angeles, Calif.
Inglewood Calif., First church

BOWLEN, EDWARD C.
649 Tabor Lane
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Inglewood, Calif., church

BOWMAN, EDWARD D.

41 1 E. Tenth St., Clay City, Ind.

(Tel. 47-R-14)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

BOYER, JAMES L., Th.D.

Box 677, Winona Lake, Ind. (T

Warsaw AMherst 7-6769; Ofl

AMherst 7-7011)
Professor and financial secrets

Grace Seminary
Winona Lake, Ind., church

BRACKER, GORDON W.

1011 Birdseye Blvd., Fremont, O

(Tel. Federal 2-1323)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

BRENNEMAN, MAXWELL

342 Sespe, Fillmore, Calif. (1

532-M)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

BRICKEL, CLAIR E.

1099 Irene Rd., Cleveland 24, 01

(Tel. HI 2-4294)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

BROCK, JOHN DALE
Chaplain, U.S. Navy
Osceola, Ind., church

BRUBAKER, CLAIR D.

201 Killian Rd., Akron 19, Ohio
Pastor, Hillwood Chapel, Akri

Ohio
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, church

BURCH, RICHARD L.

1873 Dwight St., Cuyahoga Fa,

Ohio (Tel. SWandale 4-5919)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

BURK, BILL A.

Brazil
Missionary

Community Brethren Church,
Angeles, Calif.

ivember 30, 1957

Page 71

JRNS, JOHN J.

6 East Luray Ave., Alexandria, Va.
(Tel. King 8-1808)

I Pastor, Commonwealth Brethren
Church
JRNS, RALPH S.

2934 Maple Ave., Altoona, Pa. (Tel.
jj WI 2-7642)
■Pastor, First Brethren Church

IJRRIS, LEE (Licensed)

,825 Ermine St., Albany, Oreg. (Tel.

Wabash 6-2650)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

fTTON, BRUCE L.
1469 N. Kings Rd., Los Angeles 48,

Calif. (Tel. WEbster 4-3485)
Brethren missionary to the Jews
Inglewood, CaUf., church

(s^ES, CLYDE (Licensed)
R.R. 1, Meyersdale, Pa. (Tel. Mer-
cury 4-6673)
Pastor, Summit Mills Brethren Church

(\REY, G. ARTHUR
644 West Van Koevering St., Rialto,

Calif.
Pastor, Rialto Brethren Church

(VRTER, DONALD
Chaplain, U.S. Armed Forces
Long Beach, Calif., First church

(\SHMAN, ARTHUR D.
Box 336, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

Warsaw AMherst 7-7339).
Winona Lake, Ind., church

IVSHMAN, EDWIN
938 CoUege Blvd., Ashland, Ohio

(Tel. 3-2702)
Asst. pastor, Grace Brethren Church

(5SSNA, ROBERT S.

HUI

RCHILL, JACK

Argentina .
I Missionary
'.:>Tth Long Beach, Calif., church

CLARK, EDWARD
R.R. 1, DiUsburg, Pa.
Harrisburg, Pa., church

CLOUSE, ROBERT (Licensed)

2905 D Ave., N.E.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Tel. 3-4983)

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
COLBURN, RALPH J.

1118 N.W. 18th Ct., Fort Lauderdale,
Fla.

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

COLLINS, ARTHUR F.

R.R. 3, Box 36, Stoystown, Pa. (Tel.

TWUght 3-2139)
Pastor, Reading Brethren Church

CONE, GEORGE E., JR.

French Equatorial Africa

Missionary

Winona Lake, Ind., church

CONE, GEORGE E., SR.

Box 332, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

Office, Warsaw AMherst 7-7011)
Superintendent of grounds, Grace

Seminary
Winona Lake, Ind., church

COOK, JAMES S.

348 Poplar St., Mansfield, Ohio (Tel.

LAfayette 2-8849)
Asst. pastor, Grace Brethren Church

COOK, LESTER (Licensed)

1558 W. 160th St., Gardena, Calif.
Inglewood, Calif., First church

COOPER, MASON (Licensed)

2024 Mercer Ave. N.W., Roanoke,

Va.
Roanoke, Va., Ghent church

COUSER. JACOB (Licensed)
R.R. 4, Hillsboro, Ohio
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

COVER, ROBERT (Licensed)

Box 705, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

AMherst 7-7936)
Pastor, Community Grace Brethren

Church

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November 30, 19 1

CRAGHEAD, THOMAS J.

R.R. 1, Riner, Va. (Tel. EVergreen

2-2030)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

CREES, ROBERT D.

112 Godfrey Ave., Philadelphia 20,

Pa. (Tel. WAverly 4-7639)
Pastor, Third Brethren Church

CRIPE, GEORGE

Winona Lake, Ind.
Student, Grace Seminary
Modesto, Calif., La Loma church

CRIST, LEE J.

45 W. St. Charles St., Grafton, W.

Va. (Tel. 187)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

CULVER, ROBERT D., Th.D.

823 Hamilton St., Geneva, 111.
Professor at Wheaton (111.) College
Harrah, Wash., church

CUNDIFF, DAYTON C. (Licensed)
Beaver City, Nebr. (Tel. Colony 8-

4561)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

DALKE, HENRY

314 N. Grandview Ave. (Tel. GLen-

court 2-5950)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

DAVIS, PAUL

Cainsville, Mo.

Pastor, Community Church

Leon, Iowa, church

DeARMEY, RICHARD P.

Box 305, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

AMherst 7-5566)
Pastor, Winona Lake Brethren

Church

DELL, ROBERT L.
Winona Lake, Ind.
Long Beach, CaUf ., First church

DICK, PAUL E.

649 Berryville Ave., Winchester, Va.
(Tel. MO 2-6360)

Pastor, First Brethren Church, Win-
chester, Va., and Trinity Brethren
Church, Seven Fountains, Va.

DILLING, JOHN R.

1917 Third St. S.E., Canton, 01

(Tel. GLendale 5-8844)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

DIXON, JAMES G.

3712 Carpenter St. S.E., Washingt^

20, D. C. (Tel. LUdlow 2-1205

Pastor, First Brethren Church

DODDS, ALFRED (Licensed)

13024 Dunrobin Ave., Downey, Cal

Teacher

South Gate, Calif., church

DONAHUE, GEORGE
R.R. 5, Roanoke, Va.
Retired
Roanoke, Va., Clearbrook church

DONEY, SAMUEL (Licensed)
258 Congress St., Mobile 16, Ala.
Long Beach, Calif., First church

DOWDY, J. PAUL

Argentina
Missionary
Hollins, Va., church

DUNNING, HAROLD

French Equatorial Africa

Missionary

Sunnyside, Wash., church

EAGLE, CHARLES
Japan
(Missionary serving under The Eva

gelical Alliance Mission)
Ashland, Ohio, church

EDMISTON, SIBLEY

Lista de Correos, Leon, Guanajuat

Mex.
North Long Beach, Calif., church:

EISELSTEIN, PAUL
Box 166, Golden, Colo.
Missionary, American S.S. Union i
Denver, Colo., church

ENGLEMAN, GILBERT D.

1701 Newark St. South, St. Petei,

burg, Fla.

Asst. pastor, Central Presbyteri;

Church
San Diego, Calif., church

wember 30, 1957

Page 73

TOLE, LOUIS D.
R.R. 1, Warsaw, Ind.
Supply minister
Leesburg, Ind., church

INEST, WILLIAM (Licensed)

Student, Grace Seminary

Dayton, Ohio (N. Riverdale) church

TLING, HAROLD H.

Box 718, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

Warsaw AMherst 7-5095; Office

AMherst 7-6622)
National Sunday School Director
Winona Lake, ind., church

^ANS, JOHN, Jr. (Licensed)

204 W. Walnut, Flora, Ind. (Tel.

172-R)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

\RNER, DONALD

iBox 203 (Tel. TH 8-2132)

Pastor, Harrah Brethren Church

^RRELL, GENE D.

R.R. 1, Box 543, Beaumont, Calif.

Beaumont, Cahf., church

TTERHOFF, DEAN (Licensed)

R.R., Flora, Ind.

Evangelist

Flora, Ind., church

,ORY, ALBERT L.

541 W. Orange Dr., Whittier, Cahf.

(Tel. oxford 5-8572)
Long Beach, Cahf., First church

.ORY, WAYNE S.

4257 Nelsonbark Ave., Long Beach,

Cahf. (Tel. GA 1-7269)
Pastor, Los Altos Brethren Church

.OWERS, CHARLES A. (Licensed)
Box 282L, R.R. 1, West Alexandria,

Ohio
Pastor, Grace Brethren Community

Church

)GLE, P. FREDRICK

France

Missionary

Washington, D. C, church

FRICKE, ELMER
Guadalupe, Cahf.

Community Brethren Church, Los
Angeles, Calif.

FUNDERBURG, EARL O.

Box 7, Ozark, Mich.

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

GANTT, CHARLES

3906 Kings Highway, Dayton 6, Ohio

(Tel. Oregon 0748)
Dayton, Ohio, First church

GARBER, MARTIN
French Equatorial Africa
Missionary
Modesto, CaUf., La Loma church

GARTLAND, CLAIR W.

R.R. 1, Conemaugh, Pa. (Tel. Nanty-

Glo 4-6742)
Pastor, Pike Brethren Church

GEHMAN, ORD
Teacher

Wmdsor Rd., R.R. 15, Fort Wayne,
Ind.

GILBERT, RALPH

Box 179, Winona Lake, Ind.
Assoc. Prof., Grace College
Washington, D. C, church

GINGRICH, RAYMOND E., Jr.

(Licensed)
2135 E. 107th St., Cleveland, Ohio
Student, Western Reserve University
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, church

GINGRICH, R. E. Sr., Th.D.

180 White Pond Dr., Akron 13, Ohio

(Tel. UN 4-3848; Office TEmple

6-2811)
President, Comus Hill Bible College,

Akron, Ohio
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio., church

GINGRICH, JOSEPH L.

R.R. Duncansville, Pa. (Tel. OW 5-

0333)
Pastor, LeamersviUe Brethren Church

GINGRICH, U. L.
R.R. 2, Felton, Pa.
York, Pa., church

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GOODMAN, MARVIN L., Jr.
French Equatorial Africa
Missionary
Modesto, Calif., La Loma church

GOODMAN, MARVIN L., Sr.
137 Phoenix, Modesto, CaUf.
Modesto, Cahf., La Loma church

GRANT, RICHARD

121 Woodlawn Ave., Martinsburg,
Pa. (Tel. 229)

GRAY, WILLIAM

250 Philadelphia Ave., Waynesboro,

Pa. (Tel. 1888)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

GREEN, JACK

1151 S. Ditman St., Los Angeles 23,

Calif. (Tel. AN 9-4533)
Director, Young Russian Christian

Association
Inglewood, Calif., church

GRIFFITH, ROBERT

907 W. Fifth St., Grandview, Wash.
(Tel. TU 2-2353)

GRUBB, LUTHER L., D.D.

Box 395, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

Warsaw AMherst 7-8290; Office

AMherst 7-7446)
Secretary, Home Missions Council
Winona Lake, Ind., church

HAAG, WALTER

439 Sunset Lane, San Ysidro, Calif.

(Tel. GA 8-1563)
Missionary
Winona Lake, Ind., church

HALL, JESSE

W. 612 Euclid Ave., Spokane, Wash.

(Tel. FA 8-0145)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

HALL, NELSON E.

236 W. Beverly St., Tracy, Calif. (Tel.

TErminal 5-5533)
Pastor, Tracy Brethren Church

HALL, RALPH C.

2240 Edgevale Rd., Columbus, Ohio
Johnstown, Pa., Riverside church

HALLER, WESLEY

Box 43 (38 WiUiams St.), Middl

branch, Ohio (Tel. Canton HY

cinth 9-6691)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

HALPIN, MEREDITH

1545 W. 110th PL, Los Angeles 4

Calif. (Tel. 4-7750)
Machinist, North Anierican Aircrs
Inglewood, Calif., church

HAMILTON, BENJAMIN
Box 701, Winona Lake, Ind.
Research librarian and instructor
Spanish, Grace College
Whittier, Calif., First church

HAMMERS, THOMAS E.

6242 30th Ave. N.E., Seattle 1

Wash. (Tel. Fillmore 0163)
Pastor, View Ridge Brethren ChurclJ

HARRIS, VERNON J.

1220 Lafayette Blvd. N.W.. Roanok'
Va. (Tel. Diamond 3-7354) 1

Pastor, Washington Heights Brethnij
Church I

HATCH, BURTON G. I

Chaplain U.S. Armed Forces j

Long Beach, Calif., First church I

HATTON, RALPH

530 S. Kenmore Ave., Los Angeles

Calif. (Tel. DU 9-8788)
Ralphs Grocery Co.
Inglewood, Calif., church

HAUSER, STANLEY F.

115 Oak St., Conemaugh, Pa. (T

9-2011)
Pastor, Conemaugh Brethren Churuj

HAWKINS, GILBERT I

R.R. 2, Box 288, Berrien Sprinfi'
Mich. (Tel. GR 3-5393) :

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

HEIN, HERMAN H., Jr.

632 Glendale Dr., Troy, Ohio (Tij

Federal 5-4259)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

fovember 30, 1957

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[EIN, ROLLAND N. (Licensed)
R.R. 3, Warsaw, Ind.
Instructor, Grace College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, church

[ILL, ROBERT W.
French Equatorial Africa
Missionary
Long Beach, Calif., First church

[OCKING, DONALD G.

French Equatorial Africa

Missionary

Long Beach, Calif., First church

OFFMANN, JOSEPH R.

2132 W. 75th St., Los Angeles, Calif.

(Tel. PL 9-0536)
Chaplain, Los Angeles Fire Dept.
Inglewood, Calif., church

OHENSTEIN, LEWIS C.

11472 Mines Blvd., Whittier, Calif.

(Tel. oxford 2-1939)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

OLLIDAY, DENNIS I.

914 N. Chester Ave., Compton, Calif.

(Tel. NEwmark 5-9027)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

OLMES, ROBERT F.
414 Wooster St., Lodi, Ohio (Tel.

Lodi 4485)
Pastor, West Homer Brethren Church,

Homerville, Ohio

OOVER, MORSE M.

Retired

46 E. Burton Ave., Dayton 5, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio, North Riverdale
church

ORNEY, SAM
Box 1531, Taos, N. Mex. (Tel.

PLaza 8-3632)
Pastor, Canon Brethren Church
Supt., Span.-Amer. Missions

OWARD, ANTONE LEROY

406 Mary Ave., Calexico, Calif.

Missionary

Norwalk, Calif., church

HOWARD, WILLIAM E.

R.R. 5, Box 380, Roanoke, Va. (Tel.

2-3041)
Pastor, Clearbrook Brethren Church

HOYT, GARNER E.

Boite Postale 253, Port-au-Prince,

Haiti
American Bible Society
Ashland, Ohio, church

HOYT, HERMAN A., Th.D.

Box 135, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

Warsaw AMherst 7-6768; Office

AMherst 7-7011)
Dean, Grace Seminary
Winona Lake, Ind., church

HOYT, LOWELL

R.R. 3, Goshen, Ind. (Tel. Wakarusa
717-JX)

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church, Elk-
hart, Ind.

HOYT, SOLON

Argentina

Missionary

Canton, Ohio, church

HUMBERD, R. I.
R.R. 1, Flora, Ind.
Bible conference speaker
Flora, Ind., church

HUNT, TRUE L.

208 S. Wall St., Covington, Ohio

(Tel. Granite 2712)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

HUTCHINSON,' LESLIE I.
Eagle, Colo.

Pastor, Community Church
Denver, Colo., church

INMAN, F. THOMAS

590 S. Dale Court, Denver 19, Colo.

(Tel. Westwood 4-7793)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

JACKSON, G. FORREST (Licensed)
Box 64, Dallas Center, Iowa. (Tel.

3021)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

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November 30, 19!;

JACKSON, RICHARD, Jr.

Box 67, New Troy, Mich. (Tel. Hazel

6-3121)
Pastor, New Troy Brethren Church

JENKINS, LEE

Chaplain, U.S. Armed Forces
Dayton, Ohio, First church

JOBSON, ORVILLE, D., D.D.

French Equatorial Africa

Missionary

Philadelphia, Pa., First church

JOHNSON, WILLIAM E. (Licensed)
R.R. 2, Alto, Mich. (Tel. UN 8-4155)
Pastor, Calvary Brethren Church

JONES, EMLYN (Licensed)

67091/2 Wilcox Ave., Bell, Calif. (Tel.

Ludlow 2-7033)
Pastor, Bell Brethren Church
Johnstown, Pa., First church

JULIEN, TOM

193 Bade Dr., New Haven, Ind. (Tel.

New Haven 3987)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church, ForV
Wayne, Ind.

KARNS, LON (Licensed)

5757 Olive Rd., Dayton 5, Ohio (Tel.

MO 7-6421)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church,

Englewood, Ohio

KENNEDY, LESTER

French Equatorial Africa

Missionary

Philadelphia, Pa., First church

KENT, HOMER A., Jr. Th.D.

Box 748, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

(Warsaw AMherst 7-5706; Office

AMherst 7-7011)
Prof., Grace Seminary
Winona Lake, Ind., church

KENT, HOMER A., Sr., Th.D.
Box 102, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

Warsaw AMherst 7-5436; Office,

AMherst 7-7011)
Registrar, Grace Seminary
Winona Lake, Ind., church

KENT, WENDELL E. (Licensed)
Box 656, 705 Pennsylvania Av«

Beaumont, Calif. (Tel. Victor

2649)
Pastor, Cherry Valley Brethn

Church

KETTELL, RAYMOND H.

R.R. 1, Garwin, Iowa (Tel. 06F8)
Pastor, Carlton Brethren Church

KINZIE, FRED V.

Box 135, Parker, Wash.

Retired

Harrah, Wash., church

KLIEVER, JAKE

French Equatorial Africa

Missionary

Middlebranch, Ohio, church

KLIEWER, ROBERT (Licensed)
6020 Grindry Ave., Long Beach

Calif. (Tel. Garfield 3-2901)
Asst. pastor. North Long Beac
Calif., church

KONVES, RUSSELL

Box 65, Listie, Pa. (Tel. Somersi

2148)
Pastor, Listie Brethren Church

KOONTZ, HERMAN W., D.D.
1408 Dartmouth Rd., York, Pa. (Td

99-2675)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

KRIEGBAUM, ARNOLD R.

Box 14, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel. Wa

saw AMherst 7-4391; Office, AlV

herst 7-8336)
Executive Editor and Business Mai

ager, Brethren Missionary Hera

Co.
Winona Lake, Ind., church

KRIEMES, ROY E. (Licensed)
R.R. 1, Danville, Ohio (Tel. 1611)
Pastor, Danville Brethren Church I

LACKEY, CLARENCE H.

R.R. 1, Oakland Rd., Limestone

Tenn. (Tel. 2413)
Pastor, Vernon Brethren Church

vember 30, 1957

Page 77

NCE, FOREST F.

1321 Chevy Chase, Anaheim, Calif.

(Tel. Prospect 4-2019)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Community

Church

.NDRUM, CLYDE K.

Box 245, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

AMherst 7-7005; Office, AMherst

7-7731)
Assistant to the General Secretary,

Foreign Missionary Society
Warsaw, Ind., church

..NDRUM, SEWELL S.
Clayhole, Ky. (Tel. Jackson, Ky. Nor-
: mandy 6-5050)
Pastor, Clayhole Brethren Church

i;WIS, EDWARD
251 E. 29th St., Buena Vista, Va.

(Tel. 4881)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

MGENFELTER, GALEN M.

338 Tenth St., Elyria, Ohio (Tel.

Fairfax 3-2284)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

.MGENFELTER, HOMER
20 W. Main St., Everett, Pa. (Tel.

620)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

>\CLOVIA, LOPEZ, Jr. (Licensed)
8856 E. Elm St., Temple City, Calif.
iWhittier, Calif., First church

;)RENZ, ORVILLE

Chaplain U.S. Armed Forces

203 E. Willow, Pomona, Calif. (Tel.

LYcoming 9-6268)
Sunnyside, Wash., church

JCERO, RUBEL

8756 Monte Vista Ave., Cucamonga,

Calif.
Beaumont, Calif., church

:iJNA, T. TONY, Jr. (Licensed)
kanchos de Taos, N. Mex.
Taos, N. Mex., Cordillera church

"NN, ARCHIE L.

The Castle Green Apartments, 99 S.

Raymond St., Pasadena, Calif.
HoUins, Va., church

MACONAGHY, HILL

Argentina

Missionary

Philadelphia, Pa., First church

MALIMARE, THEODORE (Licensed)
Winona Lake, Ind.
Student, Grace Seminary
Leesburg, Ind., church

MALE, WILLIAM E. (Licensed)
6534 Oxford Ave., Philadelphia 11,

Pa. (Tel. Pilgrim 5-6021)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

MALLES, MARK E.

3310 S. Webster, Fort Wayne, Ind.

(Tel. Harrison 2711)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

MARKLEY, ROBERT Wm.

237 W. Cherry St., Palmyra, Pa. (Tel.

8-3332)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

MARSHALL, JAMES B.
Argentina
Missionary

Dayton, Ohio, North Riverdale
church

MARVIN, LYLE W.

3160 Sierra Way, San Bernardino,

Calif. (Tel. Turner 2-5898)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

MAYCUMBER, RANDALL E., (Lic-
ensed)

4588 Natchez, Dayton 6, Ohio (Tel.
SW 1094)

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

MAYES, CHARLES W. D.D.

1920 E. Fifth, Long Beach 12, Calif,
(mailing address, 1925 E. Fifth,
Long Beach 12) (Tel. HEmlock 7-
6157)

Pastor, First Brethren Church

MAYES, JOHN W.

6290 Lemon Ave., Long Beach 5,

Calif. (Tel. GA 2-7174)
Pastor, Paramount Brethren Church,

Paramount, Calif.

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McCLAIN, ALVA J., D.D., LL.D.

Box 586, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

Warsaw AMherst 7-8395; Office,

AMherst 7-7011)
President, Grace Seminary
Winona Lake, Ind., church

McCLELLAN, JAMES (Licensed)
712 Meridan Ave., South Pasadena,

Calif.,
Pastor, Fremont Avenue Brethren

Church

McCORMICK, ROBERT (Licensed)
756 S. Keenan. Los Angeles 22, Calif.

(Tel. PA 1-5972)
Pastor, Community Brethren Church

McDonald, grant e.

R.R. 1, Box 32M, Ramona, Calif.
Pastor, Grace Community Church
San Diego, Calif., church

McKILLEN, J. C.

1954 Foxworthy Ave., San Jose 24,

Calif. (Tel. FR 8-7576)
Pastor, The Brethren Church

McNEELY, RICHARD I.

750-A Gaviota Ave., Long Beach 13,

Calif.
Minister of Youth, First Brethren
Church

MESSNER, RICHARD
Winona Lake, Ind.
Teacher, Grace College
Leesburg, Ind., church

MEYER, NATHAN M.

Box 657, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

Warsaw AMherst 7-7569)
Pastor, Leesburg Brethren Church,
Leesburg, Ind.

MEYERS, VICTOR H.
Box 1531, Taos, N. Mex.
Asst. to Supt., Span.-Amer. Missions
Monte Vista, Calif., church

MILLER, DONALD
French Equatorial Africa
Missionary
Whittier, Calif., First church

MILLER, EDWARD D.
Brazil

Missionary

Winona Lake, Ind., church

MILLER, HOMER R.

R.R. 2, Clarksville, Mich. (Tel. O

3-3251)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church, L
Odessa, Mich.

MILLER, IRVIN B.

514 N. Jefferson St., Berne, Ind. ('

2-2128)
Pastor, Bethel Brethren Church

MILLER, J. PAUL

206 Rowland Ave., Modesto, C

(Tel. LA 2-4845)
Pastor, La Loma Grace Bret!
Church

MILLER, ROBERT E. A.

10101 54th Ave. North, St. Pet

burg, Fla. (Tel. 92-6601)
Teacher
Grace Livingston Hill Memo

School
Roanoke, Va., Ghent church

MILLER, R. PAUL

1801 W. Clinton, Goshen, Ind. ('i^
Goshen 4-7211; Warsaw, Iii
AMherst 7-4704)

Pastor, Grace Brethren Churc.h, (
shen, Ind.

MILLER, R. PAUL, Jr.

350 Morgantown St., Uniontown,

(Tel. GEneva 7-4488)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

MILLER, W. CARL (Licensed)
221 S. Roosevelt St., Warsaw, I

(Tel. AMherst 7-8929)
Student, Grace Seminary
Asst. pastor. First Brethren Chun

Fort Wayne, Ind.

MILLER, WARD (Licensed)

8326 S. Vicki Dr., Whittier, Cal

(Tel. OX 9-2200)
Pastor, Community Brethren Chw

'ember 30, 1957

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XER, WILLIAM A.

i'rankfort, Ind.

letired

lora, Ind., church

rCHELL, CURTIS

il09 Blackthorne, Lakewood, Calif.

forth Long Beach, Calif., church

iHLER, PAUL L.

lovington, Va., church

ORE, H. LESLIE

19 FrankUn St., Sunnyside, Wash,
astor. First Brethren Church

RR, HAROLD F.

Chaplain, U.S. Air Force
kshland, Ohio, church

RSEY, DAVID (Licensed)
435 Orange Ave., La Crescenta,
Calif. (Tel. Churchill 8-1074)
'astor. Mountain Brethren Church

ERS, M. L.

19 Vennum Ave., Mansfield, Ohio

(Tel. Lafayette 5-0094)
'astor, Woodville Grace Brethren

Church

ELY, JOHN

07 Tilghman St., Allentown, Pa.

(Tel. Hemlock 2-0610)
'astor. First Brethren Church

LSON, NORMAN A. (Licensed)

'.O. Box 1416, Manila, Philippines

Missionary

forwalk, CaUf., church

KEL, ARTHUR
British Isles

Child evangelism secretary
Junnyside, Wash., church

IwAG, H. W.

^59 Grove Ave., Johnstown, Pa. (Tel.

I 9-8302)

Bletired

fohnstown. Pa., First church

OGDEN, DONALD E.

Box 78, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel. War-
saw AMherst 7-7290; Office, AM-
herst 7-7011)
Asso. prof., Grace College
Winona Lake, Ind., church

OGDEN, W. A., D.D.

Exec. Vice Pres., Grace Seminary
Box 604, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

AMherst 7-7772; Office, AMherst

7-7011)
Winona Lake, Ind., church

OGDEN, W. RUSSELL

512 Stetler Ave., Akron 12, Ohio (Tel.

STadium 4-6259)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

O'NEAL, GLENN, Ph.D.

9211 Second Ave., Inglewood, Calif.

(Tel. PLeasant 6-9451)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

PAINTER, HAROLD D.

9497 Del Mar (Monte Vista) On-
tario, CaUf.

Pastor, Community Brethren Church
of Monte Vista

PEARCE, ALAN S.

360 Grand Ave., Long Beach 14,
CaUf.

Assistant funeral director. Coon Mor-
tuary

Long Beach, Calif., First church

PEARSON, CLAUDE H.

386 W. Fifth, San Pedro, Calif.

Sailor mission work

Long Beach, Calif., First church

PEEK, GEORGE O., D.D.

6057 Cerritos Ave., Long Beach 5,
Calif. (Tel. GArfield 2-7958)

Pastor, North Long Beach Brethren
Church

PEER, EARLE E.

M. R. 204 N. Delaware Ave., Mar-

tinsburg, W. Va. (Tel. 7530)
Pastor, Rosemont Brethren Church

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November 30, IS

PEKAREK, ARTHUR L. (Licensed)
10358 Montara Ave., South Gate,

Calif.
Pastor, First Brethren Church

PETERS, EDWARD J.

6314 N.E. 22d St., Portland 11, Oreg.

(Tel. Atlantic 7-3554)
Portland, Oreg., church

PETERS, JACK K.

241 Bryan PL, Hagerstown, Md. (Tel.

RE 3-0060)
Pastor, Calvary Brethren Church

PLACEWAY, RICHARD (Licensed)
2427 Valley Rd., Parkersburg, W. Va.

(Tel. Garfield 2-6748)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

PIPER, LESTER E.

Box 195, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

Warsaw AMherst 7-7683; Office,

AMherst 7-7446)
Assistant field secretary. Brethren

Home Missions Council
Winona Lake, Indr church

PLUCK, DAVID (Licensed)

58 Carlton Dr., Akron 12, Ohio (Tel.

STadium 4-2779)
Akron, Ohio, First church

POLMAN, GERALD

517 Glenwood Rd., Glendale 2, Calif.

(Tel. Citrus 4-2358)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

POLMAN, LEO

120 N. Pine St., San Gabriel, Calif.

(Tel. ATlantic 7-6467)
West coast Scripture Press represen-
tative
Temple City, Calif., church

RADFORD, H. L. (Licensed)
Route 8, Box 511, Roanoke, Va.
Pastor, Roanoke, Va., Garden City
church

RAGER, ADAM H.

12403 E. Brittain St., Artesia, Calif.

(Tel. Garfield 5-4808)
Pastor, Carson Avenue Brethren
Church

RAMBO, RALPH |

4817 N. Bartlett, Rosemead, Calif.

Retired

South Pasadena, Calif., church j

REA, JOHN 1

Box 126, Winona Lake, Ind. (1

Warsaw AMherst 7-8019; Ofl

AMherst 7-7011)
Asso. professor, Grace College
Winona Lake, Ind., church

REED, EARL I

1123 Prosser Ave., Prosser, Was
Sunnyside, Wash., church

REMPEL, HENRY G.

10906 Belcher St., Norwalk, Ca

(Tel. University 3-7322)
Pastor, Norwalk Brethren Church

RICHARDSON, K. E.

13 Oxford Ave., Radford, Va. (1

Neptune 9-5139)
Pastor, Fairlawn Brethren Churcl

RINGLER, HARRY D.

963 Bedford St., Johnstown, Pa.
Retired I

Johnstown, Pa., First church |

RISSER, C. DEAN

200 East Chilhowie, Johnson C

Tenn. (Tel. 847-JM)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

RITCHEY, JOHN (Licensed)
R.R. 3, Chambersburg, Pa. ('1

colony 4-5768)
Pastor, Pond Bank Brethren Chu:i

ROBINSON, R. RONALD

405 W. 5th St., Leon, Iowa (Tel. 21
Pastor, Leon Brethren Church

ROGERS, L. E.

R.R. 4, Washington, Pa. (Tel. 77fl

J-1)
Pastor, Laboratory Grace Brethij
Church

ROGERS, VICTOR S. I

Box 29, Jenners, Pa. (Tel. Bosv!

MArket 9-3306) j

Pastor, Jenners Brethren Church I

)vember 30, 1957

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DSSMAN, RANDALL L., D.D.

189 N. Second St., Camden, Ohio

(Tel. 154)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

3TTLER, CARSON E.

Argentina

Missionary

Hagerstown, Md., church

iCHS, ELMER

Box 717, ColHns, Colo.
Director, Sky Pilots
Norwalk, Cahf., church

iMARIN, WILLIAM

French Equatorial Africa

Missionary

Long Beach, Calif., First church

lNDY, conard

2200 Kensmgton St., Harrisburg, Pa.

(Tel. CEdar 8-3281)
Pastor, Melrose Gardens Brethren

Church

IHAFFER, WILLIAM H.

215 Arthur St., Kittanning, Pa. (Tel.

43-8731)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

;HNEIDER, BERNARD N., D.D.
534 Forest St., Mansfield, Ohio (Tel.

Lafayette 2-4433)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

IHROCK, LYNN D.

Argentina

Missionary

Waterloo, Iowa, church

:HR0CK, VERNON W. (Licensed)
1421 Hawthorne Ave., Waterloo,

Iowa
Director, Iowa Rural Bible Crusade
Waterloo, Iowa, church

iLLERS, RICHARD D. (Licensed)
1129 Glenn St., Lansing, Mich. (Tel.

Ivanhoe 9-7041)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

lELDON, CHAUNCEY

French Equatorial Africa

Missionary

La Verne, Calif., church

SHIERY, FLOYD, Th.D.
Chaplain, U.S. Army
Whittier, Calif., First church

SIMMONS, PHILLIP J.

1435 Arbutus, Chico, Calif. (Tel. FI

2-5787)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

SINK, DAVID

337 Spencer Ave., Modesto, Calif.
Modesto, Calif., La Loma church

SISSON, CARL E.

15221 Hayford St., La Mirada, Calif.

(Tel. LAwrence 2-3040)
Youth director. First Brethren

Church, Whittier, Cahf.

SMALS, JAMES (Licensed)
Student, Grace Seminary
Winona Lake, Ind.
Buena Vista, Va., church

SMITH, WILLIAM W.

2200 Jeff.-Davis Highway, Alex-
andria, Va. (Tel. KI 8-2200)
Alexandria, Va., church

SMITLEY, LESTER O.

537 Revere Terrace, Hatboro, Pa.

(Tel. OSborne 5-0943)
Pastor, Suburban Brethren Church

SNIDER, R. WAYNE (Licensed)
Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel. AMherst

7-7438)
Assoc, prof., Grace College
Martinsburg, Pa., church

SNYDER, BLAINE

General Delivery, Winona Lake, Ind.

(Tel. Warsaw AMherst 7-7559)
Winona Lake, Ind., church

SNYDER, ROY B.

French Equatorial Africa

Missionary

Altoona, Pa., Grace church

SNYDER, SHELDON W.

609 26th St., Altoona, Pa. (Tel. Wind-
sor 4-8385)

Pastor, Grace Brethren Church,
Hopewell, Pa.

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November 30, 19f

STEFFLER, WILLIAM A.

1444 Kuniler Ave., Dayton 6, Ohio

(Tel. TAylor 8131)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

STURZ, HARRY A.

4508 Ostrom Ave., Lakewood 8,
Cahf. (Tel. GArfield 9-2701)

Pastor, First Brethren Church, Bell-
flower, Calif.

SUMEY, CHARLES
French Equatorial Africa
Missionary
Uniontown, Pa., church

SWEETON, JAMES C. (Licensed)
318 East Franklin, Wheaton, 111.
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

TABER, CHARLES R.

French Equatorial Africa

Missionary

Cleveland, Ohio, church

TABER, FLOYD W., M.D.
French Equatorial Africa
Missionary doctor
Long Beach, Cahf., First church

TABER, MILES

314 Dorchester St., Ashland, Ohio

(Tel. 2-9662)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

TAMKIN, WARREN E.

835 Spruce St., Hagerstown, Md. (Tel.

Regent 3-7412)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

TEAGUE, KENNETH L.

1511 Maiden Lane S.W., Roanoke

15, Va.
Pastor, Ghent Brethren Church

TEETER, GERALD W.

1404 Bernard Ave., Findlay, Ohio

(Tel. GA 3-1139)
Pastor, Findlay Brethren Church

THOMPSON, RAYMOND W. (Licen-
sed)

3628 Capetown, Lakewood, Cahf.

Teacher

Modesto, Cahf., McHenry Avenue
church

TRESISE, FOSTER
Honolulu, Hawaii
Missionary
Leamersville, Pa., church

TRESSLER, J. WARD

225 Seventh Ave., Juniata, Altoon

Pa. (Tel. Windsor 4-9720)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church

TUCKER, GRANVILLE (Licensed
501 Bidwell, Fremont, Ohio (Te

Federal 2-4630)
Pastor, Fremont Brethren Chapel

TURNER, CHARLES W.

199 Clover St., Rittman, Ohio (Te
22-W)

UPHOUSE, NORMAN H., Ed.D.
R.R. 3, Warsaw, Ind. (Tel. AMher
7-4742; Office, AMherst 7-7011]
Prof, of Education, Grace College
Winona Lake, Ind., church

VULGAMORE, HOWARD

c/o Brethren Navajo Mission, St<

Route, Cuba, N. Mex.
Teacher
Inglewood, Calif., First church

WALTER, DEAN I. (Licensed)
R.R. 2, Duncansville, Pa. (week end:

(Tel. HoUidaysburg 5-2436)
3634 Horner PI. S.E., Washingtoi

D. C. (week days) (Tel. JOhnso

8-1548)
Pastor, Vicksburg Brethren Churcl

HoUidaysburg, Pa.

WALTER, FRED Wm.

R.R. 4 ,Kittanning, Pa. (Tel. 62-686(
Pastor, North Buffalo Brethre
Church

WARD, RUSSELL M.

19 W. Melford Ave., Dayton 5, Oh;

(Tel. RA 6939)
Pastor, North I^vcrdale Brcthrt
Church

WEAVER, SCOTT

R.R. 3, Box 309, Osceola, Ind. (Te

South Bend, Ind., Orchard 9-474!

Pastor, Bethel Brethren Church m

ember 30, 1957

Page 83

BER, RUSSELL H.

00 State St., Johnstown, Pa. (Tel.

35-2652)
'astor, First Brethren Church

LBORN, GLEN H.

160 9th St., Winona, Minn. (Tel.

3239)
'astor, Grace Brethren Church

[ITCOMB, JOHN C, Jr., Th.D.
(ox 217, Winona Lake, Ind. (Tel.

Warsaw AMherst 7-8243; Office,

AMherst 7-7011)
'rof., Grace Seminary
Vinona Lake, Ind., church

[ITE, ELIAS D., Th.D.

;350 Third St., La Verne, Calif. (Tel.

LYcoming 3-4052)
'astor, First Brethren Church

LES, WILLIAM (Licensed)
'05 Marion St., Hagerstown, Md.
lagerstown, Md., church

LLIAMS, ROBERT

'rench Equatorial Africa

/lissionary

larrah. Wash., church

LLIAMS, RUSSELL L.

450 Dover Rd., Cheyeime, Wvo.

(Tel. 4-4859)
•astor, First Brethren Church

WILT, KENNETH E.

R.R. 1, Conemaugh, Pa. (Tel. Johns-
town 5-0766)

Pastor, Singer Hill Grace Brethren
Church

WITZKY, GENE E. (Licensed)

1310 Catherwood Dr., South Bend,

Ind. (Tel. AT 8-5324)
Pastor, Ireland Road Brethren Church

YERIAN, JERRY A. (Licensed)

138 8th St., Seal Beach, Calif. (Tel.

HEmlock 9-9180)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

YOUNG, JAMES O.

R.R. 1, Sterling, Ohio (Tel. 2288)
Pastor, First Brethren Church

ZIELASKO, JOHN W.
Brazil

Missionary

South Bend, Ind., church

ZIMMERMAN, C. S.

2942 Dwight Ave., Dayton 20, Ohio

(Tel. Clearwater 2-2884)
Pastor, Patterson Park Brethren
Church

in Armaria

"I am the resurrectioi
the hfe: he that beUev
me, though he were de;
shall he live: and whc
liveth and believeth in n:
never die" (John 11:^

Mrs. Seltha Dawson, 95,

to be with the Lord on Ocl
had been a member of the
Church since 1893, and w
timate friend of Dr Alva J.
who preached the funeral
Full details will be foun
forthcoming educational isi
Missionary Herald.

Mrs. Mary Candis Sc

member of the Norwalk
Church (formerly the Secoi
ren Church) for 27 years,
be with her Lord on Oct.
reached the age of 87 yi
served the Lord very fait
her life. — Henry Rempel,

Mrs. Eva Dilling, 78

member and faithful deai
The First Brethren Churcf
tinsburg, Pa., departed to
her Lord on Oct. 25. Mr.
Dilling had just celebrated i
wedding anniversary on Se
Richard E. Grant, pastor.

Mrs. Elizabeth Gray,

to be with the Lord on Oc
has been a faithful mer

prayer warrior at the First Bretn- ciosmg or tne rormer worK ana tne tne aay totaiea Jt>/04.uu. Atiena-
ren Church of Whittier, Calif., for opening of the work in Norwalk. ances totaled 943. The day was cli-
many years. She was the mother of The following was revealed: In 1949 maxed by the rendition of a sacred
Mrs. Byron Frick. — L. Hohenstein, the Sunday School attendance concert by Irvin Butler, accordion-
pastor, averaged 190 for the year, in 1953 it ist, and Ranson Hess, tenor soloist.

averaged 118. Services began in The main resuhs were that a lovely

Norwalk in December of 1953 and Christian lady stepped out for

Robert N. Anthony, 43, was pro- the average Sunday school attend- membership and a senior in the

moted to Heaven Oct. 21 from his ance that month was 55. The j^^^j ^-^ ^^j^^^j ted himself

home m North Willow Grove, bn- average attendance m Sunday school ^ r ,i • r^u ■ ■ ■ «/

during a physical affliction for 22 for the first year in Norwalk was ™^ tull-time Christian service. We

years, the Lord gave him patience, hovering around the 100 mark. Last praise the Lord for all His good-

— Robert Crees, pastor. year it averaged 257 and this year ness in Norwalk, Calif.

.«.« ^^'^^'•w

THE WORLD

FOREIGN MISSION NUMBER

The BRETHREN

DECEMBER 7, 1957

Seasonal Suggestions

By Russell D. Barnard

As Christmas approaches —

On behalf of our board of trustees and all of those
serving in our foreign-mission office we extend the Sea-
son's Greetings. Even in many secular institutions it is
being said: "Let's put Christ back in Christmas." To
many this is only a profitable slogan, but for us it should
be a joyous reality.

A salute to Grace!

We salute Grace Seminary and Grace College at the
beginning of this offering period. With so great a num-
ber of missionaries who have been trained here, we
could not but express our great interest and deep con-
cern for the school as one of the outstanding ministries
of The Brethren Church. As it has been in the past, so
we anticipate it will be in the future, that we will look
to these institutions for excellent training for our mis-
sionary candidates. Our very earnest plea is — "Help
Grace — now!"

Both in the current operation of the school and in
the completion of the buildings now under construction
there are great financial needs. These would be too big
for any one or any few of us, but they are within the fi-
nancial ability of our Fellowship of Churches as we
stand together and give together in this time of need. Not
only in December and January but throughout the year
— help Grace!

He became flesh —

The world will see Christmas as a time of feasting
and of gift exchange. Those of us who know the Lord
Jesus as our personal Saviour will realize that we are
bringing to mind again, and in a graphic way, that the
Son of God "was made fleSh, and dwelt among us . . ."
Angels came from glory to announce His birth, and now
God has committed to born-again believers the privi-
lege of telling His birth and life, death and resurrection.

Giits—

The Wise Men brought gifts to the newborn King.
In modern life we have kept the "gifts" part in our pro-
gram, but have quite generally departed from the "new-
born King" part. Our gifts are to each other, and often
we are quite careful that we give where another will
probably be giving to us. Why not call it an "exchange"
party rather than a Christmas "gift" party? Might it not
be well when there is such dire need on the part of
foreign missions and every other type of Christian acti-

vity, to decide that gifts to Christ and His work shall
have a very large place in our Christmas giving this year?

I
Christmas Savings —

Multiplied thousands of dollars will come into our
Brethren homes in the immediate future through
Christmas Savings. Usually these are for the pur-
chase of Christmas gifts. Might it not be a very excel-
lent thing first to remember Jesus on His birthday? I
believe our other gifts will carry even greater joy to those
receiving them.

Missionaries as gifts to Christ —

We'd like to give to the Lord Jesus five more mis-
sionaries this Christmas. They are trained and ready to
go. We want them to go. Our total missionary family
would then be 101. We will not be able to give this
most precious gift to the Lord Jesus except as be-
lievers everywhere give their gifts to Him.

"Come . . . and help us"

In the vision given to the Apostle Paul a man said:
"Come over into Macedonia, and help us." That is ex-
actly what God's men and women in Africa, France,
Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Hawaii and the many other
areas of the earth are saying. God has called them.
They have gone. We have pledged ourselves to care
for them in their work. They depend on us. They have
no other human helpers. Not only do they depend on us,
but the Lord is depending on us to care for these His
servants.

At the year's end —

As you balance your books, evaluate your income and
profit, and designate those gifts which you want to give
toward your income tax deductions, remember foreign
missions. Up to 30 percent of your income may be used
in deductions if given to foreign missions or other types
of Christian activity.

A new broadcast —

A Brethren broadcast was aired over Station WIVV,
Vieques, Puerto Rico, beginning on Sunday, November
3, and continuing with a daily broadcast thereafter. The
Sunday programs are for thirty minutes, from 4:00-4:30

(Continued on page 758)

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19. NUMBER 49

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM, Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16, 1943 at the post office at Winona Lalte. Ind., under the act of March 3. 1879. Issued weelcly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co.. Winona Lake, Ind. Subscription price. $3.00 a year; 100-percent churches, $2.50: foreign, $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees, president: Herman A. Hoyt, vice president: William Schafter. secretai-y: True Hunt, assistant secretary: Ord Geh-
man, treasurer: Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee: William Male, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller, Thomas Ham-
mers; Arnold R. Kriegbaum, ex officio.

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The Brethren Missionary Herald

^ THn^' (^ccn^ S' (^o^tc

"As the twig is bent, so . . ." — no!
The African version would be: "As
the termites eat, so the tree grows" —
or, rather, does not grow.

One day my husband called to me.
"Come," he said. "Look at this poin-
settia."

He pointed to the largest poin-
settia in our yard — now grown tall
and reaching above our heads.

"See, here, on the trunk," he said
pointing with his finger. I saw the
red mound of dirt forming a tunnel
up the tree, the trade-mark of ter-
mites. Scraping the enclosed path-
way with a stick, he exposed the
lively pests which fell swarming to
the ground. The heart was slowly
being eaten out of our poinsettia. We
sighed. To war against termites was
almost useless.

"You know, this reminds me of
David," my husband next remarked.

David! David Tan! Why, what did
he mean? I began to think about
David — David whom we had learned
to love so much in the months hs
studied with us in the French school
— David who just a month before his
teacher's examination died so sud-
denly and mysteriously. I remember-
ed well the day he sat across the
table from me telling his life story.
He was born about 1935 and spent
most of his childhood with an older
brother who was a catechist. Before

his brother died in 1947, he re-
quested that David should not leave
the work of the church. Later
David did printing for Dr. Taber at
Yaloke and during these years he
profited from a number of Bible
courses under Mary Emmsrt. When
we came to know David we were
very pleased with his knowledge of
the Bible. He entered government
school in 1949, and years later
while studying as a monitor at Bas-
sai he married a fine Christian girl,
one of the few native women capable
of leadership in the church.

How perfect everything seemed!
David and his wife and children
made an ideal Christian family. How
pleased we were with his work as
part-time teacher in the elementary
school. It was to David that we went
for help as new missionaries in pre-
paring Bible lessons in Sango. But,
what happened? How did the ter-
mites get in?

"You see," my husband ex-
plained, "termites do not enter a
healthy tree. They must find a
wound in the bark as a port of
entry. Perhaps the children have
damaged this tree in some way, and
now the termites have taken over.
David was wounded by a jealous
classmate who wrote to his village
for medicine which would work evil

against David. Somehow David
found the letter, the wound was in-
flicted, and into it crept the nefarious
termites of superstition."

That incident marked the begin-
ning of a series of disturbing inci-
dents in David's life. Poisoning,
threats and native medicine entered
the picture. The white man cannot
begin to know the mental torture and
physical suffering David experi-
enced. Neither our doctor nor the
Bangui doctors could diagnose his
case or offer any help. He became
paralyzed, later subconscious, and
died. Physical death was sad for a
young man of so much potential, but
the death of his testimony for Christ
was even more sad. The church
could not grant him a funeral be-
cause of his indulgence in native
medicine and practices.

We do not feel that David was
lost. It seems that God saw the
crumbling of his spiritual strength
under the forces of fear and super-
stition and took him. But, praying
friends, you see how this kind of
termites attacks our strongest, fairest
spiritual trees. Remember the story
of the poinsettia and pray that those
who are growing in the Lord will
not succumb to evil pressures much
stronger than any we know at home.

December 7, 1957

755

SCHOOL DAYS AGAIN!

By Charles R. Taber

It seemed sometimes as though
the time would nev^r com:: one de-
lay after another, ranging from an
extended period of study in France
to an epidemic of Asiatic flu (yes,
it's hit here also, and hard), made
us put off the opening of school.
But finally, for the last week, we've
been busy at the work the Lord has
given us to do. And let me tell you,
it's good to be back. Furlough is
fine — don't misunderstand me! But,
looking at it from the point of view
of the need on the field, it seems
almost like time wasted.

But to get back to the beginning.
There was a time when it looked
doubtful whether we would have
students in our school; and, be-
lieve it or not, students are as neces-
sary as teachers. But the Lord again
has led and provided, and we have
five students in our teacher-train-
ing school. Let me introduce them
briefly.

First, from the chronological
point of view, is Gaston Emby, from
Bangui. He is a cousin of the young
man who passed his state exams a
couple of years ago and is now help-
ing Miss Emmert in the Bassai
school. He lived with his cousin
last year, and what he saw ap-
parently didn't discourage him from
entering the Lord's service. A
pleasant, quiet young man, he
shows good promise in spite of his
youth and spiritual immaturity. If
all goes well, he looks forward to
taking state exams in two years.

Second is Richard Dorkem, from
Bekoro. Like many young men, he
seems to be at the stage in life when
he needs to be pushed a bit to make
him go. Pray for him, that he will
grow in spiritual maturity and in
seriousness of purpose.

Third, fourth and fifth are Samuel
Boby, from Bouca; Abel Koulan-
inga, the son of the pastor of the

Batangafo church (the first preach-
er's son in school); and Martin Rigu-
ele, from Nzoro. All, in their dif-
ferent ways, reflect the newness of
their spiritual experience and the
limited education that they have had.
For, one and all, they have had
only six years of an elementary
education of questionable quality in
public schools. Only Samuel Boby
has had more, and then not much
more, just a year or so of trade
school. They show in many ways
that they have not learned to do any
personal thinking, but have learned
by rote what they know. None of
them is of such intellectual quality
that he has overcome the deficiencies
of his background to any extent.
Their only asset, and it is a big
one, the asset that makes work
with them worthwhile, is their sin-
cerity. They really want to learn,
they really want to serve the Lord,
they really want to do something for
the children of their country. Pray
that these qualities will remain dur-
ing their time in school, pray that
they will learn well — not only
facts, but also processes of thought;
above all, pray that they will grow
spiritually so that they will be worthy
teachers of the Lord's lambs.

Perhaps you wonder how our time
is filled, and just what we teach.
Well, we begin the day with a half-
hour class in Bible. This is designed
to give them a survey knowledge of
the contents of all the books of the
Bible (they have virtually no back-
ground in this), an intimate knowl-
edge of several of those books
(Romans, James, I and II Tim.-
othy, etc.), and a foundational
teaching in Bible doctrine.

Then comes an hour of arith-
metic, which in some ways is the
hardest subject for them to master.
The notion of exactness, of logical
procedure, is totally lacking in their
African culture. After that, the
reading and explanation of a literary
text. Then a lesson in French lan-
guage and grammar. Then a compo-

sition of a "dictee," depending on
the day. The "dictee" is the writ-
ing down of a dictated piece of
literature to check the learning of
spelling and grammatical rules. The
last lesson in the morning is music.
In the afternoon we have pedagogy
first, and finally a lesson in geog-
raphy, history, science, agriculture,
or hygiene, depending on the day of
the week. The school day runs from
7:30 to 11:30, and from 1:30 to
2:45. The rest of the afternoon is
spent by the students in doing
homework, and by the teacher in
preparing next day's lessons.

If you think this ought to keep
us busy, you're right. In fact, to the
unthinking, it might seem as though
there is not time for "missionary"
work. Of course, we expect to go
out into villages every Sunday after-
noon, teacher and students together,
for evangelism. But what about the
week days? Couldn't our young peo-
ple go to pubHc school to learn
arithmetic, grammar, geography and
so forth? Do we have to devote the
whole time of a missionary, not to
mention the additional missionaries
we should have, to do the job right?

The answer is "No." Our young
people couldn't learn elsewhere
what they get here; and yes, it is
necessary to devote the time of mis-
sionaries to this task. First, the
training we give our students is not
simply the same old stuff that they
would get in "equivalent" public
schools. Not that the teacher is a
whiz, or better professionally than
others, but simply that he is a Chris-
tian. Not that the school has higher
academic standards, but that it has
spiritual standards which are totally
lacking elsewhere. Not that the sub-
ject matter is better taught, peda-
gogically speaking, but that it is all
Christ-centered rather than being
world-centered or self -centered. In
other words, young people who
come here are formed for the Lord's

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756

The Brethren Missionary Herald

Danish Brethren Visit French Brethren

By P. Fredrick Fogle

In the August 1957 Foreign Mis-
sion Number of this magazine, a
brief write-up appeared telling of the
trip to Denmark made by my family
and me along with Rev. Donald
Hocking who is now in Africa.

For several years the National
Fellowship of Brethren Churches
has been in contact with the "As-
semblies of Christ" of Scandinavia.
These brethren trace their origin
back to Schwarzenau, Germany,
even as we do, and it is interesting
to note, in view of the fact that the
Brethren movement began 250 years
ago, that their doctrines, practices,
and spirit are essentially identical
with ours. They accept fully the
book written by the late and beloved
Louis S. Bauman, entitled "The
Faith Once for All Delivered unto
the Saints."

Last June we accepted their kind
invitation to visit their work on the
occasion of their yearly conference
in Copenhagen. We had a most
blessed time with them. They heart-
ily welcomed us and showed true
Christian hospitality.

The two pastors and two elders at the Denmark conference.
Left to right: Pastor Ulf Oldenburg. Elder Bjerre. Pastor
E. P. Hansen, and Elder Frederick Hansen. AH except the
last one named were in the party that visited France.

Two months later, Dr. Raymond
E. Gingrich, ordained elder of our
church and president of the Cornus
Hill Bible College, during his at-
tendance at the Youth for Christ In-
ternational Congress also visited the
group there.

In October, toward the middle
of the month, a delegation of five re-
turned our visits. They were Pastor
Hansen and his mother in the faith,
Mrs. Thalbitzer, of Copenhagen;

The entire group that stayed at the Hansen home during the Denmark conference, including
Mrs. Fogle (kneeling, left foreground) and the Fogle children.

Pastor Oldenburg who is working in
Hamburg, Germany; Brethren Bjerre
and Larsen both of Copenhagen.

The last evening of their visit we
held a special meeting at our "Gos-
pel Center" that they might meet the
French Brethren. There was a good
attendance and we had a fine time
together in spite of the language
barrier (it was necessary to trans-
late from Danish to English to
French). The Holy Spirit is easily
able to unite the hearts of those of
like precious faith. Each member of
the party read a passage of Scripture
and brought a greeting. Since they
all have good voices, they sang sev-
eral hymns for us in Danish. Pastor
Hansen brought a brief message on
the story of the rich young ruler.

We spent two happy days in fel-
lowship with them.

The Lord willing, they plan to re-
turn to France sometime, and sev-
eral of our French Christians have
expressed the desire to visit them in
Denmark. Pastor Hansen expects
to visit our churches in America in
the not-too-distant future.

December 7, 1957

757

Evangelizing Argentina

Personal contacts are ■

By Lynn D. Schrock

The title could well be used to
describe all our missionary effort
in Argentina. If this were not so,
we would be missing the point. Every
phase of the work has as its ultimate
aim the salvation of souls.

For example, there is the Bible
Institute. Here many hours are spent
in teaching and training the students.
The immediate fruit is seen almost
exclusively in the lives of these stu-
dents, although they do engage in
practical work during their student
days. But in the days and years to
come they will be on the firing line
in the great effort of getting the Gos-
pel to the multitudes that have not
yet accepted Christ as Saviour.

The women's work must have as
its final end the salvation of other
women. And we are happy to say
the Argentine women are burdened
for the lost. They testify personally
to them and hold special evangelis-
tic meetings with the main purpose
of seeing conversions among their
friends and relatives.

Many of the young people carry
a definite testimony for the Lord.
Some are active in child evangelism,
holding open-air classes and classes
in the homes of believers. They also
bring children to Sunday school to
get them under the hearing of the
Word.

Every meeting is simply another
step toward the goal of evangelism.
If it's a prayer meeting, a great part

of the burden of prayer is for the
unsaved. A Bible class is for the edi-
fication of the saved. But why? Only
for their good? No, but that they
might more effectively testify for
Christ to those who know Him not.
And, of course, house meetings and
tent campaigns are held specifically
to attract the unsaved who would
probably not enter our churches to
hear the Gospel.

Another wonderful avenue of
evangelism that we use in Argen-
tina is the medium of literature.
Many thousands of gospel tracts and
pamphlets are distributed each year
And at the present, work is being
done to put more Brethren literature
into printed form in Spanish.

Still another form of evangelism
in Argentina is the radio. The Gos-
pel is entering hundreds of homes
several times a week — homes which
otherwise would likely never be
reached. Many thousands of radios
are now located in homes, cars,
hotels, restaurants and buses
throughout Argentina. In the cities,
towns, and rural areas people listen
to the radio. Television has not yet
taken over in Argentina. We are still
in the day of radio there. And now is
the time to use this method, along
with the others, to get out the Gos-
pel.

"Evangelism" is the keyword of
missions — in fact, the keyword for
the church of Christ. Let's use every
legitimate way to get out the Gospel
— whether on the foreign field or in
the homeland. Let's be awake!

SEASONAL SUGGESTIONS

(Continued from page 754)

p. m. The daily programs are for
fifteen minutes, from 4:15-4:30 p. m.
WIVV broadcasts at 1370 kc. and
has a listening audience of about
250,000 people. The programs are
tape recordings of the daily pro-
grams, "Your Daily Devotions,"
from WWST, Wooster, Ohio, pre-
pared through the courtesy of Pas-
tor Kenneth Ashman and the peo-
ple of the First Brethren Church, of
Wooster. The broadcast time is
being cared for by Bro. Emmit D.
Adams, of 178 Los Mirtos Avenue,
H.P. Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, a
member of our Temple City (Calif.),
church. If you have any contacts in
Puerto Rico, please tell them of this
broadcast.

A very inviting opportunity pre-
sents itself to air this same program
over an excellent station in Hono-
lulu, Hawaii. Our Grace Chapel be-
lievers there will care for one-fourth
of the cost for a weekly broadcast,
or will give the same amount toward
a daily broadcast. We do not have
funds which we can use for the pay-
ment of the remaining costs. We
would be very happy to correspond
with anyone who would be interested
in assisting with these necessary
costs. The Honolulu program would
have a listening audience of over
300,000 people.

SCHOOL DAYS AGAIN

(Continued from page 756)

service, not deformed for the world
and the Devil. Secondly, if we did
want to send our young people to
public secondary schools, we
couldn't expect to get them back
in the Lord's work. For every young
person who enters a public second-
ary school signs an agreement,
before being allowed to enter, to
work for the government for a speci-
fied number of years. If we want
young people at one and the same
time to have adequate education,
to want to serve the Lord, to be
ab[e to serve the Lord, and to be
allowed to serve the Lord, we have
to sive them their education.

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Amazon Travelog

By Bill Burk

(Sixth installment)

Half a day before we reached
Porto Velho a canoe paddled by
half a dozen men signaled for the
Lobo to stop. At a distance I saw a
man with what I thought to be a
black suit. But on our arrival at the
ship I saw the black pink-trimmed
robe of the Catholic bishop, com-
plete with pink socks and blue-and-
white striped pajamas. (The vary
old priest who left the ship in Mani-
core had white long-handled under-
wear, exposed as he climbed the
town's steps from the river. After
seeing this bishop's outfit, as he was
so awkwardly seated in the canoe, 1
take it that "anything goes" on the
inside; it's just the outward cover-
ing that's important!) Later I talked
at length with the bishop and found
that he is the Catholic leader of the
whole of Rondonia, with headquar-
ters in Porto Velho but working
actively in the small places as in ihis
vila of but a couple dozen palm-
leaf shacks from which he was pad-
dled. In these places he holds a
week-long feast and dance in the
honor of the local patron saint.

I'm told that a piece of Brazilian
real estate is called a territory (as :'n
Ed Miller's Territory of Ama;:a)
as long as it lives off the federal
cash box. However, when the little
boy grows up and doesn't need Dad's
car and a gasoline allowance (as it
was explained to me), the terri-
tory becomes a state. This present
economical condition is witnessed by
the fact that the Lobo took into the
territory of Rondonia a full cargo
of manufactured merchandise, tak-
ing several days to discharge. How-
ever, she sailed "light" with a very
small cargo of sacked corn and
Brazil nuts, all loaded in less than
a day. Thus, exports being far be-
hind imports, Rondonia remains a
federally-dependent territory rather
than a self-supporting state.

In 1907 Major Rondon was
commissioned to begin work on
the proposed telegraph line from
the state of Mato Grosso to that of

Amazonas. I've read the story of his
adventures in these Brazilian wilds
and it certainly doesn't sound like
something from the twentieth cen-
tury! His work of construction and
exploration holds an honorable posi-
tion in the records of national his-
tory. Allow me to recount some of
the details of one page of that record.

The Theodore Roosevelt-Rondon
expedition left on February 27,
1914, to explore the well-named
Rio da Duvida (River of Doubt). Lo-
comotion of the canoes was by poles
pushing through the water. In hon-
or of one of the destructive acci-
dents experienced by the group, one
of the rapids along the route is called
to this day by the name of "Canoe
Breaker." Living in the interior of
Brazil presents conditions which
have no respect of persons; there-
fore, Roosevelt too came to know
the chilling, high fever and delirium
of the dread malaria. He also suffer-
ed from a painful inflammation of
one of his legs. Witnessing to the
fact that the virgin forest was just
that, the trip was outlined to take
but eight to ten days, but searching
in that jungle for the River of Doubt,
they traveled in this difficult man-
ner for forty days, covering 600
miles without seeing a single living
soul! It wasn't until the fifteenth of
April that they came upon the
"claim" of a rubber gatherer identi-
fied by his initials burned into the
side of a cliff, the first sign of life!

The party had learned that the
River of Doubt wasn't one but three:
the Duvida, Castanha and Aripuana.
In honor of the ex-president of the

United States, Rondon decided at the
end of the trip to call all three by
one name, that of Rio Roosevelt. It

finds its headwaters in the south-
eastern tip of Rondonia and flows
northward for about 500 miles,
emptying respectively into the Ari-
puana, Madeira and then into the
Rio Amazonas itself. I think it quite
fitting, then, that the Brazilian Con-
gress changed the name of the for-
mer Territorio Federal de Guapore
(being the name of the river dividing
this part of Brazil from Bolivia),
to the honorable name of Rondonia,
commemorating the distinguished
former chief of the Indian Protective
Service, still living though a very
old man.

We had just returned to the state-
room after supper when we heard
the Lobo's whistle give her long,
short, long, short. Having already
learned that this signal means that
the ship is arriving in some port, we
thought immediately that we were
finally coming into Porto Velho. As
Imo was dressing the children after
their evening baths, I went out on
deck to see if our presumption was
correct. Returning shortly to the
room, I told her that we hadn't ar-
rived yet, but were merrily pulling
up to some little sawmill on the
cliff. Thus leaving the family in
the room (since it would simply be
one more of those routine stops), I
went back topside to see the little
place. As I watched the approach
it was evident that this place had a
much better-looking pier than any
other stop along the Madeira, but
I still didn't catch on until someone
asked me about my first impression
of the great city of Porto Velho!
This?

But certainly in this case the first
impression was completely erro-
neous, for behind that high cliff is
a most pleasant city here in the mid-
dle of the jungle — "at the end of the
world" (as one of Porto Velho's own
radio hams later commented).
(To be continued)

December 7, 1957

759

TGaE

Meet Etienne-

Clyde K. Landrum, Director

Part 3

By Miss Rosella Cochran

]

Last month I promised to tell you
more about my trials in being
bathed. After the soaping comes the
rinse and the soa'iing. It really isn't
so bad after all. I like to splash in
the water and sometimes I get hold
of the soap. I'll even eat it if they
aren't watching.

A bath may be all right but,
after all, a guy shouldn't have to sit
in a pan of water all day long. I'll
show them — if they won't take me
out I'll just get out myself. You see,
I can crawl and I'm not helpless.

Here's a Christmas puzzle that should be very interesting!! See how you make out with it!
For your answers turn in your Bible to Lulte. chapter 2. Now look at the numbers at the
side of the puzzle. These numbers are verse numbers in the second chapter of Luke. So,
if you are trying to figure out a word on a line with a 10 after it, that means the word
will be found in the tenth verse. How many of you can solve all of the word puzzle??

MARY MISSIONARY—

There, I almost made it. And if
they would just leave m2 alone I
would have lots of fun crawling
around on this big front porch. The
only thing is, everything I find goes
in my mouth and then there is
trouble. I don't see anything wrong
with eating stones and leaves, but
Mademoiselle seems to object some-
how. Next month I'll finish my story
for you.

At last the happy Christmas sea-
son is here. At this time we remem-
ber the birthday of the Lord Jesus.
He was born as a baby at Bethlehem.
But don't forget that He died on the
cross at Calvary to become the Sav-
iour of all who will accept Him. Let
us not get so busy thinking of our
own gifts that we forget to give Him
gifts. First, we can give Him our
lives. Let Him come into your life
if you have not done so. Then, we
can give gifts that our missionaries
can tell others about Him. And we
can give the Good News to others
too. Bast wishes to all Missionary
Helpers for a real Christ-centered
Christmas from Mary Missionary,
Harry Helper, and all of us!!

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The "Shot Lady"

By Miss Mary Cripe

One thing necessary at a chil-
dren's school is to have a nurse who
will care for the children while they
are ill. Naturally a good deal of the
responsibiUty for the actual nurs-
ing falls upon the housemother, but
the nurse on the station also comes
in for her share of the consultations,
diagnosing, and giving of the medi-
cine.

Perhaps many of you who have
visited your doctor recently will
sympathize with the children, who
feel that all too often the method
used in bringing health to their
bodies is through the medium of
shots. Such really has been the case
during the past years when sickness
seems to have been the watchword.
At the children's dormitory, as well
as in the Dunning and Beaver house-
holds, there has been someone sick
more weeks than not during this past
semester.

EUzabeth Ann (Hill) led the
parade with what was suspected
of being measles. Later on, how-
ever, when Uncle Don Spangler
got the same kind of red spots, we
weren't so sure. Whatever it was,
Elizabeth was quite sick during her
week's stay in bed, and it became
necessary to give her some of those
dreaded shots. The way by which
Elizabeth's "measles" was discover-
ed was purely accidental. The chil-
dren were playing "doctor and
nurses" that morning and some in-
genious little doctor got to peering
very closely at Elizabeth and no-
ticed the little red spots. As their
clinic was being held on the Beaver
back porch, the children ran to Dot
(Beaver) and made the startling an-
nouncement. Thinking they were still
playing. Dot said: "Give her a dose
of castor oil and see what that will
do." The would-be nurses trotted

their patient off to Aunt Peggy
(Spangler) immediately to watch the
castor oil being given. Aunt Peggy
took a look at Elizabeth Ann and
sent her to me. She had decided that
the "make-believe" had left off and
that "reahty" had taken place.

We had barely recovered from
that episode when we learned that
Manya Samarin had been bitten
some weeks before by a dog that
was suspected of having rabies. Here
again it became necessary to start
immediately to give a series of shots
to protect Manya. During the 21
days that followed, Manya got one

The "shot lady' ministers to Africans too.

shot in her abdomen each evening.
During the first two or three days
because of the time that had elapsed
it was necessary for her to have three
a day. Manya was a real brave little
soldier and never cried once even
though at the last the shots became
very painful. How thankful every-
one was, and the nurse especially,
when these shots were finished.

The last time it became necessary
to give shots again was during our
recent flu epidemic. We out here
thought we were far enough away
to escape the Asian flu but such was
not the case. It was among out
African population and Bible-school
students, as well as the missionaries
and children. The Lord was very

good to us here and all of our stu-
dents and ourselves came through
without a death, although there
were many in the surrounding vil-
lages. After the first couple of days
the nurse herself succumbed and the
children were sorry that she didn't
have to have any shots. Some of the
children did not get sick until the
nurse was up and going again —
and then the "shot brigade" began
again. During one week there were
four little girls sick at once, as well
as Aunt Peggy and Ramona Samarin
who was visiting the Bible Institute
at the time. One day Ramona looked
out the window and saw the nurse
coming, so she alerted the rest with,
"Here comes the 'Shot Lady!' " The
nurse found a group of little girls
with long faces waiting for her when
she entered the room. They couldn't
have felt as bad as their faces indi-
cated because Manya was overheard
telling someone that she would
rather have shots than eat rhubarb.

At last all the little flu victims
are up again and back in school.
How thankful we are to the Lord for
undertaking for each one of us. The
shots are finished for awhile, and
we hope it will be a long time before
they will be needed again, but how
thankful we are to have them when
they are needed.

These children also need spiritual
shots from God's Word to help them
grow in grace and in their Christian
life and walk. So on Sundays we see
the nurse in the role of Sunday-
school teacher for five very inter-
esting little girls: Nancy Hill, Al-
berta Dunning, Gloria Mason, Bar-
bara Miller and Manya Samarin.
Will you pray that whether it is in
administering the physical or the
spiritual shots, your nurse will re-
ceive the Lord's blessing.

December 7, 1957

761

News

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. The first
service conducted in the new edifice
of the Grace Brethren Church was
the midweek prayer meeting on
Nov. 20. Archer Baum is pastor.

CHICAGO, ILL. This summer
the 44-member Moody Chorale will
spend approximately four weeks in
Britain, and another three weeks
meeting engagements in Belgium,
Holland. Switzerland, France and
Denmark. Dr. S. Maxwell Coder will
accompany the choir as speaker.

CHiCO. CALIF. Plans are well
advanc2d at the Grace Brethren
Church to display the nativity scene
with living characters and animals.
The Christmas scene will be dis-
played five nights with a team pres-
ent each evening to pass out Christ-
mas tracts. Chimes will be played
from the lighted tower. Phillip J.
Simmons is pastor.

WINCHESTER, VA. There was
a fine turnout for the Mid-Atlantic
District men's rally held at the
First Brethren Church on Nov. 23.
Evan Adams, superintendent of the
Brethren Navajo Mission, was the
guest speaker. Paul Dick was host
pastor.

FORT WAYNE, IND. The First
Brethren Church has voted to carpet
the main auditorium of the church,
install new pews, and provide new
seating for the choir. The project will
cost S7,609. Mark Malles is pastor.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ervin will cele-

brate their 50th wedding anniversary
on Dec. 8.

HOMERVILLE, OHIO. The
West Homer Brethren Church dedi-
cated their new parsonage on Nov.
17 in connection with their home-
coming service. Russell Ogden, pas-
tor of the First Brethren Church of
Akron, Ohio, was the guest speaker.
The new address of Rev. Robert
Holmes is R.R. 1, Homerville, Ohio.
Please change Annual when it is
received.

NOTICE. There was no regular
issue of the Missionary Herald on
Nov. 30. The Nov. 30 issue is The
Brethren Annual. This announce-
ment is made, for many write stating
they did not receive a magazine on
such a week.

CHICO, CALIF. The first over-
night youth rally of the newly organ-
ized Northern California Fellowship
was held at the Grace Brethren
Church Nov. 29-30. Phillip J. Sim-
mons was host pastor.

TOPPENISH, WASH. A Grace
Brethren Church has been organ-
ized and chartered in this city.
Property has been purchased and
regular services will be conducted
beginning about Jan. 5. Donald Far-
ner has been called as pastor of this
new work which is under the super-
vision of the Brethren Home Mis-
sions Council.

SPECIAL. This Sunday, Dec. 8,
is Universal Bible Sunday. Let every
Christian carry his Bible with him
to services. Then carry it every Sun-
day after that.

CLEVELAND, OH^O. The men
of the First Brethren Church have
completed a new two-car garage on
the parsonage lot. Clair Brickel is
pastor.

BELL, CALIF. A Victory Ban-
quet was recently held at the Bell
Brethren Church as a result of sub-
stantial gains in every department

PRAY FOR THESE MEETINGS

Speaker
Bill Burk.
Crusade Team.

Church Date Pastor

Harrah, Wash. Dec. 1-15 .... Donald Earner

Sampleville, Ohio Dec. 3-15 Charles Flowers

Ankenytown,

Ohio Dec. 30- Jan. 12 Neil Beery Crusade Team

Buena Vista, Va. Dec. 31 -Jan. 1 . Edward Lewis Joe Dombek.

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake. Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake. Ind.
WMC Mrs. Dayton C. Cundif f

Beaver City, Nebr.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

of the church. Pastor and Mrs.
Emlyn Jones were presented with
a gift of $36, which was used to
purchase a floor lamp.

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. The new
address of Archer Baum is 2207
Comstock St., Zone 11, and his
phone number is BR 7-4992. Please
add to Annual when it is received.

SPECIAL. Beautiful multicolor
church bulletins for special days
such as Christmas, Easter, etc., are
distributed by the Missionary
Herald. These bulletins are $2 per
hundred, and will be mailed auto-
matically to all those who are regu-
lar users of the Brethren Bulletin
Service. Regular bulletins are still
80 cents and SI per hundred.

ASHLAND, OHIO. Edwin Cash-
man, assistant pastor of the Grace
Brethren Church, was the guest
speaker on the WATG Radio Chapel
Nov. 10-16.

MEYERSDALE, PA. Ralph Hall
has accepted the call to become pas-
tor of the Meyersdale Brethren
Church about Dec. 21. After this
date his address will be 112 Beach-
ley St., Meyersdale, Pa. Please
change Annual.

JOHNSTOWN, PA. Rev. and
Mrs. Bruce Baker welcomed a sec-
ond son into their home on Nov. 8.
Brother Baker is pastor of the River-
side Brethren Church.

ALTOONA, PA. The Grace
Brethren Church (Juniata) has pur-
chased additional property across the
street from the church. J. Ward
Tressler is pastor.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. If
plans went according to schedule the
Thanksgiving dinner was eaten in the
new Sunday school unit of the Grace
Brethren Church. Ralph Colbum
is pastor.

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EZEKIEL, 36:30: "And I will multiply

the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field . . !'

cin ntadc^n iJalcAtl

^Jjiliie p^apnaci^jA ate caitiina ttue

By Blake Clark

One of the most remarkable bits
of news to come out of the Middle
East on the eve of National Bible
Week is this: Many of the mystic,
often puzzHng, frequently fantas-
tic predictions of the prophets of the
Old Testament are coming true.

"Fear not," said the Lord (Isa.
43:5-6), "for I am with thee: I will
bring thy seed from the east, and
gather thee from the west; I will say
to the north, Give up; and to the
south. Keep not back: bring my sons
from far, and my daughters ..."

Some 2,500 years after this poetic
prediction was made, the children
of Israel returned to the Palestine
from which their ancestors were
driven in the first century A.D.
For three and a half years they came
from 74 different countries of all five
continents. The north "gave up"
and the south "kept not back."

Zion's call was heard by the Jew-
ish community of Yemen, in south-
west Arabia. Isaiah (40:31) reas-
sured the faithful longing for even-
tual return to Israel: "They that wait
upon the Lord . . . shall mount up
with wings as eagles."

In 1949 representatives of the
Jewish Agency went to Arabia to
free these 40,000 Jews. But, re-
membering false messiahs, the Yem-
enites feared to follow. Then a rep-
resentative mentioned that the means
of transport would be an air-lift.

"The wings of the eagle!" cried
the Yemenites; it was a clear sign
from God. With touching faith, these

backward folk, who normally would
not have entrusted themselves to a
wagon ride, eagerly entered the
crowded DC-4s for the ride to Is-
rael.

Turn to Isaiah, chapter 55, verse
13. This is the prophet's invitation
to the descendants of the Twelve
Tribes to return to Zion. He prom-
ises them that "instead of the thorn
shall come up the fir."

This prophecy has been literally
fulfiOed. In 1917, foresters counted
in all Palestine only some 15,000
trees. Most of them were terebinth,
oak and thorn. Today, because of
the Israelis' tree-planting passion,
the mountains of Israel are mantled
with 21,000,000 trees, mostly coni-
fers.

Another passage of Isaiah (61:5)
must have puzzled past generations
of Bible readers. "And strangers
shall stand and feed your flocks,
and the sons of the alien shall be
your plowmen and your vinedress-
ers." Why "strangers" and "aliens"?

Today, the country's number one
plowman is unquestionably Dr. Wal-
ter C. Lowdermilk, a world-famous
soil conservationist who grew up in
North Carolina. He has taught the
Israel farmers how to plow on the
contour. A French expert. Professor
Dupain, supervised planting of
vineyards and started Palestine's
wine industry.

God declares in Ezekiel (36:30):
"And I will multiply the fruit of
the tree, and the increase of the field

..." A few figures illustrate this
prophecy's fulfillment. Fruit planta-
tions increased from 88,250 acres in
1949 to 118,750 in 1954. Fields of
vegetables, potatoes and peanuts
multiplied over four times, from
17,250 to 75,000 acres, Israel is
now self-supporting in vegetables
and fruit.

Prophets promised the returning
children of Israel an abundance of
water. Joel (3:17-18) is specific: "I
am the Lord your God dwelling in
Zion, my holy mountain ... a
fountain shall come forth of the
house of the Lord, and shall water
the valley of Shittim."

This is the Negev, home of the
orange-toned shittim (desert acacia).
Today the "great Negev pipeline"
feeds sprinklers, faucets and irri-
gation pipes on this one- time waste-
land. Its sweet waters come orig-
inally from Mount Zion itself.

In Deuteronomy (32:13) the Most
High found Jacob in a wilderness
and brought him to a land where he
could "suck ... oil out of the
flinty rock."

When oil was recently discovered
in Israel, this passage was read over
the air after the broadcast announc-
ing the new strike. For Israelites,
steeped in the tradition of the Old
Testament, know that their nation's
progress has been linked with
making these ancient prophecies
come true.

Reprinted by permission from The Ameri-
can Weekly (C) 1957 by Hearst Publishing
Company, Inc.

December 7, 7957

763

"ASISEEIT"^

By Miles Taber, Moderator
National Fellowship of Brethren Churches

Reports from various parts of the
country indicate that many of our
plans for growth and enlargement
this fall were more than offset by the
"flu." This unexpected turn of events
can have one of two effects upon us.
If we are weak and easily discour-
aged, we will give up the effort to
have 25,000 church members by
January 1 and an average Sunday-
school attendance of the same num-
ber. But if we have courage and
faith, we will accept these events
as a challenge to greater effort in
the remaining weeks of the year. But
it is now evident that we will not
reach our goals by "business as
usual" methods. If we reach them, it
will be because we pray more and
work harder than we had originally
planned to do. What will the answer
be in your church?

If you read the moderator's mes-
sage in October, you may recall that
we were rather severe in our con-
demnation of the growth of mate-
rialism among us. This month we
want to pass along to you a compli-
ment. It comes from the same mis-
sionary who noted our increasing
materialism. He was happy to state
that he found much less bickering,
criticism, and faultfinding among the
ministers and members of our
churches than in previous years.
These things seem to have been
largely replaced by mutual love,
good fellowship, and a spirit of co-
operation.

If this analysis is correct, we have
much for which to praise the Lord.
This new spirit can be one of the
most important factors in our present
and future growth. It is much more
important than money or attractive
buildings. Witness some of our most
beautiful churches where bickering
has prevented growth for many
years.

This new spirit is even more im-

portant to our growth than is our
orthodoxy in doctrine. Not that we
would underestimate the necessity
of preaching the truth. But the world
is not attracted to us by our ortho-
doxy. That neighbor who is a pros-
pect is still a natural, unregenerate
man. Many kinds of false doctrine
are more attractive to him than is the
message of the cross. Our love for
one another does more to commend
us to him than does our Biblical doc-
trine.

The same is true concerning our
separation from unbelief and from
the world. Our friend thinks we are
hypercritical when we condemn the
modernist preacher. And he thinks
our separation from the world is
really idiotic. Neither our creed nor
our separation will bring many un-
saved people to our churches. They
will prove helpful only if our major
objective is to steal sheep from other
denominations. But if we aim to
reach the unchurched primarily, it
will be our love for each other —
not our theology or our separation
— that will prove most effective.

We should have been more aware
of this in the past. Our Lord told us
about it. He named one thing that
would identify us in the minds of
men as His disciples. And it was not
our true doctrine. Neither was it
our separation from the world. He
said: "By this shall all men know
that ye are my disciples, if ye have
love one to another" (John 13:35).
Of course it is faith, not love, that
makes us His disciples. But it is
love, not faith, that marks the
Christian in the eyes of the world.

If the Brethren ministers and
Brethren laymen are learning how
to present this identifying sign to the
world, that is indeed encouraging.
But the change itself is evidence of
our appalling failure in the past. Di-
visions and contentions have marred

our 250 years of Brethren history.
And if we have failed in the past, it
may well be that we have not fully
recovered our badges. What must we
do?

Our Lord has answered the ques-
tion in Matthew 18:15-17. The pro-
cedure is simple; yet it is effective.
If it is applied, every troublemaker
is either reconciled with his breth-
ren or he is placed outside the
church. Prolonged strife within the
church can only come when these
instructions are disobeyed.

If these instructions are obeyed,
then any two or three Brethren
who chance to meet are ready to
pray together, with nothing to hin-
der their prayers. Herein is the ne-
cessity for the reconcihation, that
we may be ready to pray with one
another (Matt. 18:19-20) and for
one another (James 5:16).

Your moderator's challenge to
The Brethren Church this month is
that whatever remains in our church-
es of bickering, faultfinding, and
criticism may be removed in the
Scriptural way so that God's full
blessing may be upon us as a church.

We often have a preparatory serv-
ice before communion. We suggest
that this be a preparatory year, a
year of getting ready for the greatest
communion service in the history of
our denomination. Such a service is
being planned for the closing night
of next year's conference in Winona
Lake. Arrangements are being made
for the material supplies.

Your moderator realizes that it is
easy to write about these things but
difficult to do them. Do you love
the Lord enough, and do you possess
enough of His courage, to tackle the
problem in your own church — the
problem that involves you — and see
it through to victory? And do you
love your brother enough to win
him when you first go to him alone?

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"SING- UNTO THE LORD,
ALL THE EARTH; SHEW
FORTH FROM DAY TO DAY
HIS SALVATION." iCHramsa

What Is Salvation?

By Jesse Hall, Pastor

First Brethren Church
Spokane, Wash.

If the Bible with its thousands of
words could be boiled down until
only two words remained, they
would be the words "sin" and "sal-
vation."

The tragic history of mankind
must ever remain a frustrating
enigma apart from the acceptance
of the importance of these two words
— presenting as they do the only
satisfactory explanation as to its
cause and its cure.

The Old Testament writers, under
the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
used many different terms in de-
scribing the wonderful subject of
salvation. In Habakkuk 3:8 we read
of the "chariots of salvation." How
precious to have salvation likened
unto a chariot! For as such it does
offer sinful man the only effective
means of sure escape from the com-
ing wrath of God upon sin.

Isaiah 62:1 refers to salvation as
a "lamp that bumeth." How illumi-
nating are the rays of this wonderful
"lamp" whose light alone has power
sufficient to penetrate and dissipate
sin's darkness. Isaiah 61:10 men-
tions the "garments of salvation."
They truly are the only completely
satisfying garmsnts ever worn by
those who have experienced the
nakedness and shame caused by sin
(Isa. 64:6). Isaiah 60:18 likens sal-
vation to the walls of a city. Great
is the need of an adequate pro-
tection from Abaddon, the de-
stroyer with his constant onslaughts
upon the souls of men (I Pet. 5:8).
Isaiah 12:3 pictures for us the "wells
of salvation." What joy, what spirit-
ual refreshment is here offered to
the weary pilgrim, journeying
through the desert places of this sin-
devastated world, on his way to the
Father's house!

Psalm 116:13 presents the "cup

of salvation" describing it as the
medium of the fellowship of life
through which one may approach
into the very presence of God, call-
ing on His name. Second Samuel
22:51 speaks of the "tower of sal-
vation." A strong tower affording
abundant safety to all who seek ref-
uge in the name of their God. "For
the name of the Lord is a strong
tower: the righteous runneth into it,
and is safe" (Prov. 18:10). Psalm
149:4 refers to the beautifying ef-
fects of salvation. Salvation in this
instance being Hkened unto a beauty
formula guaranteed to wipe away
every spot or wrinkle or blemish
caused by sin, and to restore an at-
tractiveness of life and character
hitherto unknown by the sons and
daughters of men. "For our God will
beautify the meek with salvation."
Deuteronomy 32:15 calls our at-
tention to the "Rock of salvation."
This but one of several passages in
which salvation is likened unto a
rock, affording the maximum of se-
curity to all who by faith hide in its
clefts. "O my dove, that art in the
clefts of the rock" (Song of Sol. 2:
14).

As we turn to the pages of the
New Testament this wonderful sub-
ject of salvation is personified in
the character and life of the Lord
Jesus Christ. For Simeon, the de-
vout and aged priest, while hold-
ing the child Jesus in his arms, was
led of the Holy Spirit to say: "Mine
eyes have seen thy salvation" (Luke
2:30). Salvation is a person! There-
fore, we should expect the Lord
Jesus Christ, in His wonderful per-
son, to embrace all of the elements
of salvation presented by the above
mentioned writers.

Praise God, it is His body that
has become our "chariot of salva-

tion" through which we were per-
mitted to escape, by His grace, the
rightful judgment for our sins.
"There is therefore now no con-
demnation to them which are in
Christ Jesus" (Rom. 8:1). "Who his
own self bare our sins in his own
body on the tree" (I Pet. 2:24).

He also is our "lamp of salva-
tion." "For God, who commanded
the light to shine out of darkness,
hath shined in our hearts, to give
the light of the knowledge of the
glory of God in the face of Jesus
Christ" (II Cor. 4:6). "For ye were
sometimes darkness, but now are ye
light in the Lord" (Eph. 5:8).

His righteousness has become our
"garment of salvation." "Even the
righteousness of God which is by
faith of Jesus Christ unto all and
upon all them that believe" (Rom.
3:22). Praise Him for the "white
raiment" with which we may be
clothed, "that the shame of thy
nakedness do not appear" (Rev. 3:
18). "But of him are ye in Christ
Jesus who of God is made unto us
wisdom, and righteousness, and
sanctification, and redemption" (I
Cor. 1:30).

His power is our "wall of salva-
tion." A very present wall of de-
fense for those "who are kept by
the power of God through faith unto
salvation ready to be revealed in the
last time" (I Pet. 1:5).

He likewise is our "well of salva-
tion" as He says: "The water that I
shall give him shall be to him a well
of water springing up into everlast-
ing life" (John 4:14). How won-
derful to put down the "waterpot"
of your own selfish lusts at His
blessed feet, and to walk away with
the "weU" in your heart!

(Continued on page 767)

December 7, 7957

765

Youth Problems

By Russell Ogden, Pastor

First Brethren Church
Akron, Ohio

(Article II)

The Problem of Morality

The twentieth century decline of
morality in America has become a
national scandal. No organization
knows this better than our Federal
Bureau of Investigation. Director
J. Edgar Hoover reports that on
the national scene a major crime is
now being committed every thirteen
seconds; that since 1950 crime has
been increasing almost four times
as fast as the population; that city
crimes are now nearly fifty percent
higher than before World War II;
and that crime in rural areas is in-
creasing twice as fast as it is in
the cities.

We are distressed to consider
these facts alone, but appalled when
we realize the enormous part played
in this crime by mere youngsters.
More than a million boys and girls
a year are now picked up by the po-
lice for alleged acts of delinquency.
Juveniles account for roundly one-
half of all arrests for auto theft,
burglary, and property crimes.

What are the moral attitudes of
our young people that cause so
many of them to go afoul of the
law? What are the basic elements
of their thinking which influence
their moral behavior? This was the
second problem dealt with in our
"Youth Opinion Poll."

When 661 high-school seniors
were asked: "Do you believe
there are some things which are al-
ways right, and other things which
are always wrong?" 73 percent said
"Yes." When asked: "Do you be-
lieve you can always tell the dif-
ference?" 60 percent answered
"No." In other words, nearly three-
fourths of them agree that there is
a fixed standard of morality, but
six out of ten do not feel well
enough acquainted with it to always

know how it works. Worse yet, even
when they do know what is the right
thing to do, two-thirds of them admit
to doing things they know to be
wrong because their friends in-
fluence them to do so. It is easy lo
see why so many of them end up in
trouble. They either claim not to
know what is right, or they are will-
ing to compromise what they know
to be right to stay on good terms with
their friends. The opinion of "the
gang" is worth much more to them
than the opinion of any adult, or
group of adults.

We asked: "Do you feel that
adults set a good moral example
for young people?" Forty percent
thought they did not; eight percent
were undecided. Perhaps someone's
definition of juvenile delinquents
as "Children under 21 who act like
adults" ought to be more seriously
considered by about 48 percent of
our adult population.

We asked: "Do you think that
Hollywood movies and TV enter-
tainment programs have a good
moral influence?" To our surprise,
for an answer coming out of the
public high schools, 42 percent said
"No." Fewer than half thought they
did. It is very likely that most of
those who do not think the moral
influence is good will continue to
watch the programs anyway, which
is all the worse for the moral tem-
per of our age.

Dating is often a major moral
problem in the lives of young people.
The hyperromantic influences of the
motion picture and the popular song
have encouraged many young folks
to indulge in personal intimacies
with the opposite sex that are a far
cry from acceptable standards of
decency. We asked: "Do you think
that 'petting" on dates is all right?"
Sixty-five percent of the boys
thought it was. The girls still seem
to be maintaining whatever stand-

"Train up a child in the way he should go:
and when he is old, he will not depart from
if (Prov. 22:6).

ards are b;ing prescribed on ihis
question; fewer than one out of five
would morally consent to it. A six-
teen-year-old boy, suggested that a
good-night kiss would be all right,
and a seventeen-year-old girl added
the precaution: "If you can con-
trol yourself." Someone has said ihat
to stop with one good-night kiss is
like trying to stop with eating one
peanut. The human race will testify
that you are walking on rather dan-
gerous ground.

"Do you think that serious love-
making' should be reserved for mar-
riage, or is it all right to indulge in
just for the fun of it?" Three stu-
dents out of 661 thought it was all
right to indulge if you had been
"going steady" for some time. One
boy, age 18, suggested: "Everyone
should know about these things be-
fore marriage," which is an example
of about the most morally disastrous
rumor that is abroad among young
folks today. Medical science, apart
from morality, has testified to the
error of this notion. Marriage rela-
tions were meant by God to be re-
served for marriage only, and any
kind of pre-marital experimenting
can be nothing but a hindrance to
the proper mental and physical ad-
justments that must be made to con-
summate a happy marriage. How-
ever, one out of five boys felt that
"love-making" was a sort of game
to be indulged in, while only one girl

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out of a hundred expressed such an
attitude.

Concerning personal habits which
are usually considered to have moral
significance, we asked the young
people to indicate those which they
personally approved. The results
are as follows: Smoking 64 percent
(one boy said: "I smoke, but it isn't
right"; another, "I smoke and drink,
but don't consider them hsalth-
ful"); drinking 22 percent (one
added: "If a person can drink sen-
sibly," as though you could stupify
your senses and still be sensible);
gambling 15 percent (a girl, 17 says:
"Football pools, and things like
that." She apparently thinks the size
of the bet mak^s a difference in the
principle); swearing only 9 percent;
use of narcotics, only one person out
of three hundred; dancing 95 per-
cent (since many churches have en-
dorsed this vice, few young folks
have a conscience against it. One
Christian boy answered, "Prom
only." It is amusing, yet tragic, to see
the number of Christian young peo-
ple who think that sins that are
wrong at other times cease to be
wrong the night of the Prom, or of
some other big celebration. God
makes no special dispensations for
the Prom); card playing, 88 percent,
even though these are recognized
gambling devices.

Regardless of their personal moral
practices, 91 percent of our young
people consider themselves as moral
people. They agree, however, that
one-third of other young folks they
know make a regular practice of
things which they believe to be im-
moral. (Estimates ranged from no
percent to 150 percent.) The per-
versity of the human heart is seen
in that only 7 percent of the ac-
cused confess to the crime.

A boy, 17, asks: "What is moral
and immoral? Man is constantly
wondering. Can you answer this?"
He obviously is not very well versed
in his Bible. A boy, 19, says: "Every
person has his separate morals,"
as though moral conduct were a
matter of taste, like choosing the
style of a hat. He ought to be re-
minded that when Moses shattered
the Ten Commandments, God re-
wrote them in stone. A Beginner's
course in Sunday school could help

this high-school senior in his moral
thinking.

Our conclusion on young people's
problem of morality is that many of
them are confused, and need honest
and sympathetic instruction. But
most of all, they need spiritual
courage to stand for things they
know to be right.

(Nixt week: "The Problem of
Responsibility")

WHAT IS SALVATION?

(Continued from page 765)

He, indeed, is our "cup of salva-
tion." The portion of my cup! "For
God is faithful, by whom ye have
been called unto the fellowship of
his Son Jesus Christ our Lord" (I
Cor. 1:9). It is He who said: "I
am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but
me" (John 14:6). "Thou wilt shew
me the path of life: in thy presence
is fulness of joy; at thy right hand
are pleasures for evermore" (Ps.
16:11).

His name is our "tower of salva-
tion"— our strong tower! "Thou
shalt call his name JESUS: for he
shall save his people from their
sins" (Matt. 1:21). "Be it known
unto you all . . . that by the name of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye
crucified, whom God hath raised
from the dead, even by him doth this

man stand here before you whole"
(Acts 4:10).

The "beauty" of His holiness is
ours also, for He has condescended,
in His matchless grace, to call us
"holy brethren, partakers of the
heavenly calling" (Heb. 3:1). "To
the end he may stabhsh our hearts
unblameable in holiness before God
... at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ with all his saints" (I Thess.
3:13).

Finally, Jesus is the "Rock of
our salvation." "To whom coming,
as unto a living stone, disallowed in-
deed of men, but chosen of God, and
precious . . . unto you therefore
which believe he is precious" (I Pet.
2:4-7). "Thou wilt keep him in
perfect peace, whose mind is stayed
on thee; because he trusteth in thee.
Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for
in Jehovah, even Jehovah, is a rock
of ages" (Isa. 26:3-4 ASV margin).

JESUS! This is the name that
spells Personal salvation for every
behever in every age! This is the
word of faith which we preach.
"That if thou shalt confess with
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath
raised him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved. For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness; and
with the mouth confession is made
unto salvation" (Rom. 10:8-10).
Make Him your personal Saviour
today!

CHRISTIAN BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS

For Your Sunday-school Teacher

Halleys Bible Handbook ( $3 )

Commentary on the Whole Bible by
Jamison. Fausset and Brown ....(?7.95)

For Your Pastor

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (§11.50)

The Westminster Pulpit

(10 Vol. Set) (?36)

For Your Child

Moody Bible Story Book (S3.95)

The Child's Story Bible ($3.95)

For Yo7ir Child 8-12

Adventure Stories for Girls or for

Boys by Basil Miller ($1 each)

For Your Husband

Layman's Handy Commentary on the

Bible by Charles EUicott ($20.90)

Prison in My Parish — Story of

Park Tucker ' ( $2.95 )

For Your Wife

Small Giant by Phyllis Sapp ($3)

Share My Pleasant Stones by Eugenia
Price ($3)

For Young Adults

Life and Love by Clyde Narramore ($2.50)

For Your Neighbor

Food for the Body— for the Soul ($1.75)

BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD
WINONA LAKE, INDIANA

December 7, 1957

767

GRACE SEMINARY, COLLEGE SUNDAY SCHOOL-

Pray for the promotional pro-
gram that is being presented to the
churches to meet the needs of the
new buildings; and that the income
in the General Fund will be suffi-
cient to meet every need.

Pray for the faculty and the stu-
dents as many of them will be visit-
ing the churches during the holi-
day season in the interest of the
seminary and college.

BYE—

Pray that the Brethren Youth
will meet their home-mission goal
of S200 for summer missionaries.

Pray that our young people shall
be able to withstand the wiles of the
Devil and live as "examples of be-
lievers" at school, work, home, and
at play.

Pray for the new Boys Clubs and
Kings Men groups that are starting
in Akron, Cleveland, Fremont, Ash-
land and other churches.

Pray that our men and women
will respond to the challenge of
working with youth. Many churches
have a desperate need for workers.

LAYMEN—

Pray for all the rallies that will
be held this month. That all the
plans made to advance will glorify
the Lord and promote the preaching
of His Word.

Pray for all the officers elected
for another year.

Pray that each local group will
reach more men for Christ and the
church so that more families will be
united in our churches.

Pray that more laymen will be
faithful in prayer and Bible read-
ing; which will prepare them to
be better witnesses for Christ.

Pray that our laymen will be
faithful stewards so that their goal
for Grace Seminary and College will
be met.

Pray that the holiday season may
bring real spiritual results as the
Sunday-school programs are pre-
sented.

Pray for the circulation commit-
tee as it meets to plan curriculum
of the next ten years.

Pray for the planning of the
Loyalty Campaign in our Sunday
schools beginning the Sunday after
Easter.

Pray for the training classes now
in session that our teachers may be
better equipped to teach.

FOREIGN MISSIONS—

Praise the Lord for the fine group
of young people in Bible institute
training on four of our fields.

Praise the Lord for two new
preaching points in Bangui, Africa,
and for the goodly number of wom-
en who have read through the
Sango New Testament.

Pray definitely that funds may
become available to send out mis-
sionaries now ready to go.

Pray for the healing of "Eddie
Boy" Miller, son of our missionaries
to Brazil.

Pray that many souls may be won
to our Lord in the closing days of
1957.

Pray that sufficient funds may
come in to meet the obligations and
challenges of our foreign-mission
program.

WMC—

Pray for the women who are writ-
ing the devotional programs for
1958-1959.

Pray definitely for all the na-
tional officers. They do a tremen-
dous amount of work for WMC.

Pray that more of our women will
take time to pray and become
earnest prayer warriors.

Pray that the women of our
churches will take more interest in
the work of Sisterhood.

DAY OF PRAYER
DEC. 15

HOME MISSIONS—

Praise God for a number of
home-mission churches going self-
supporting January 1, 1958. Pray
that the local financial needs will
be met in each one.

Pray for the Monte Vista (Calif.)
church that the present zoning var-
iance which is to expire soon may be
extended until new church facilities
are available.

Pray for the Sunday school con-
ducted in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Russel Dunlap, Boston, Mass.,
that it will grow into a church.

Praise God for the answers to
prayer requests presented through
these pages during 1957.

Continue to pray for a substantial
increase in the offering that new
home-mission opportunities might
be redeemed in 1958, even though
the present budget will not provide
for it.

SMM—

Pray that they will carefully plan
interesting programs for their meet-
ings.

Pray that each Sisterhood will
have an active membership commit-
tee.

Pray that there will be an earnest
desire and effort to meet all their
goals.

MISSIONARY HERALD—

Pray for the curriculum commit-
tee, which is a joint committee of the
National Sunday School Board and
the Missionary Herald Board, as it
continues its work on the study
program of Sunday schools, sum-
mer camps, and BYF.

The BRETHREN

WMC NUMBER

DECEMBER 14, 1957

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GREETINGS

By Mrs. Paul Dick

"We give thanks to God and the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
praying always for you, since we
heard of your faith in Christ Jesus,
and of the love which ye have to all
the saints" (Col. 1:3-4).

Our new WMC year is well under
way, but we take this means of
bringing you greetings in the name
of our precious Lord. Our theme
this year is a new challenge to us
each time we study it. At the be-
ginning of our year it gave us real
assurance to know that "whether
we live therefore, or die, we are the
Lord's." We were reminded of our
responsibilities through the study of
"We are the Lord's — In Service."
In November we rejoiced in our
daily opportunities because "We are
the Lord's — In Praise." This led to
the theme of this month "We are the
Lord's — Through God's Gift" (II
Cor. 9:15).

Gratitude and joy spring up in
our hearts because of His unspeak-
able gift — His own beloved Son.
This Christmas perhaps you, too,
will join in celebrating Christ's
coming to earth. We will rejoice be-
cause Christ came into the world
to give life — a purposeful life for
•the present and an eternal life for
the future. Let us look at our WMC
program and objectives for the
year and determine how they will
help us share this joy all year.

Objectives . . .

"We are the Lord's." What a
privilege! but with privilege comes
responsibility. We are encouraged
by the increasing number of our
women who are reading their Bibles
through in one year. You are given
three choices for your Bible reading
again this year. Whichever one you
choose, we would emphasize the
word "daily" in our Bible reading.
"First things first" is one of the
hardest lessons to learn. When we
have lost the Lord in our too busy
way of life, we can be sure He is
waiting for us in the secret place, be-
hind the closed door. We need daily
time in prayer and Bible study to
prepare us to go forth with His
power when we are passing out
tracts, witnessing, teaching, or serv-
ing Him wherever we are.

We urge our councils to observe
the "Day of Prayer," the 15th of
the month. We also encourage the
use of the home-mission prayer
boxes and the foreign-missionary
booklets to be included in our fam-
ily worship time. When we learn to
pray for these missionaries by name
and needs, greater joy will be shown
in giving of our financial means
through our various offerings. Let
us remember that our Jewish syna-
gogue banks are prayer reminders, as
well as offering incentives.

We are so happy for the three

ladies who have been selected as our
birthday missionaries this year: Mrs.
Foster, Miss Byron, and Miss Bickel.
We realize how little we have given
to the Lord when we look at their
years of service. May their joyful
years of service serve as our chal-
lenge to increase our missionary
birthday offerings this year.

Our monthly program packets are
the result of much prayer, planning,
and preparation. May we put forth
the same efforts in presenting them
each month. Our new Pen Pointers
have met with great favor. It would
be interesting to know some of the
most effective ways you have used
them. The first two: "What is
WMC?" and "Women Manifesting
Christ" are only the beginning of this
series. Three additional ones will be
available soon.

We praise Him for the fine co-
operation manifested by our faithful
group of national officers, district
presidents, and you. It is a joy to
serve the Lord through WMC,
knowing that the officers have
covenanted to pray regularly and
faithfully for one another and the
work of WMC. At this season of the
year when we give gifts, may we as
WMC ladies lay the gifts (our life,
time, talents and all), at the feet of
Jesus, knowing that our incentive
for service is, "The coming of the
Lord draweth nigh."

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19. NUMBER 50

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By Mrs. William Schaffer
President, East Listrict

All that we are and all that we
ever hope to be, we owe to our lov-
ing Saviour. We are Women Mani-
festing Christ. We are dedicated
women. We are eager to serve. We
are eager to please Him. As the
women who were the Lord's during
His short ministry here upon the
earth were so willing to minister to
His needs so we today are ready
to let Him use us because "We Are
the Lord's."

Among these I like to think of
the woman at the well with her in-
vitation to "Come, see . . . the
Christ." I like to think of Martha
practicing the art of hospitality, and
Mary worshiping at the Lord's feet.
I like to think of the women whom
the Apostle Paul met and later re-
ferred with appreciation as the
women whose names are in the
"Book of Life" (Phil. 4:3). I like
to think of all the women who since
that time have dedicated their lives
to serving the Lord, and through
them the Holy Spirit has wooed and
won souls to the Lord.

So because "we are the Lord's,"
and because "all that we are and
ever hope to be, we owe to our loving
Saviour," we must be busy glorifying
the Lord at Christmas — His birth-
day.

It looks as though the Christmas
card is here to stay. It reminds one
of the beautiful butterfly whose life
span is all too short; its beauty and
usefulness vanish over night. Some
have discovered ways of extending
the usefulness of such thoughtful
Christmas remembrances.

There are the conventional meth-
ods of displaying the cards on the
tree, the mantle, or the Venetian
blind, and it must be conceded that
displaying the cards brings a touch
of the Christmas holiday spirit. But
this festive stimulant lasts for a few
days at the most. Can't we project
these remembrances of Christ's
birthday beyond time, and on into
eternity?

The plan is simple. There are
four in your family, so each morn-
ing as you pause for your family
altar, select four fresh cards from
the many you have received dur-
ing the holiday season. Following
the Bible reading, each member of
the family unfolds the card he is
holding and for the first time reveals
the name of the loved one or friend
he is to pray for.

So simple? Yes, but think how in-
teresting it makes the prayer list. It
makes the scope of prayer much
larger, too. So, Christmas cards can
be prayer reminders. What a world
this would be if all the exchangers
of Christmas cards would pray for
each other! Want to try it?

As WMC ladies we want Christ-
mas to be a true remembrance of
the Lord Jesus' birthday — one which
would please and honor Him.

In our councils, preparations
probably began early in November
when packages were sent to our
young people who are away from
our church services. This would in-
clude those attending colleges, those
in the service of our country, and
those who because of various other
reasons are away from the services
of the church.

In early December in our homes,
we start singing Christmas songs
in our family worship from time to
time. Then comes the fun, even on
a less-than-moderate family budget,
of selecting and buying simple and
appropriate remembrances for
family and friends. In all our ex-
changes, let us glorify the Lord at
Christmas.

WMC ladies as Sunday-school
teachers have a wonderful oppor-
tunity to glorify the Lord at Christ-
mastime, too. Use the suggestion
found in some of your Sunday-
school literature and call attention
to a worship service to use at home
on Christmas Day. Children love to
celebrate Jesus' birthday. With a
proper explanation, this planned
service might be sent home with the
child as a guide for the parent in con-
ducting this service. Then pray much

for the Lord to magnify this effort
many times.

The result will be that you will
have parents presenting themselves
to the Lord on His birthday. All be-
cause at Christmastime we are re-
membering that "we are the Lord's."

Look at the suggestions in the
Pen Pointer, Women Manifesting

Christ, under the title "Avenues of
Witnessing." Apply these sugges-
tions with the emphasis of glorifying
Christ at Christmas, and your bless-
ings will be legion. Many more
names will be written in the "Book
of Life" because we were faithful
in our remembrances of this wit-
nessing during His birthday season.

WMC OFFICIARY

President — Mrs. Paul Dick, 649 Berryville

Ave., Winchester, Va.
First Vice President (Project) — Mrs. Miles

Taber, 314 Dorchester St., Ashland. Ohio.
Second Vice President (Program) — Mrs.

Thomas Hammers, 6242 30th St., Seattle

15, Wash.
Recording Secretary — Mrs. Lester Pifer. Box

195, Winona Lake, Ind.
Assistant Secretary — Mrs. Scott Weaver, R.

R. 2, Osceola. Ind.
Financial Secretary-Treasurer — Mrs. Ches-
ter McCall, 4530 Don Felipe Dr., Los

Angeles. Calit.
Literature Secretary — Mrs. Jesse Deloe, 2728

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Editor — Mrs. Dayton Cundiff, Beaver City,

Nebr.
Prayer Chairman— Mrs. Rose Foster, 5337

N. Front St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Pr.tronss of SMM— Mrs. Lesii= Moore, 719

Franklin St., Sunnyside, Wash.

ArraLNvADAY

Jewish "HSI!^^

December 14, 7957

771

peace, good will toward men," may
God help us to also remember that
peace will never come to any man
until first this Prince of Peace is
enthroned in his heart.

It's Christmas again. As we re-
joice in God our Saviour, may we not
fail to re-evaluate the purpose of
our possessions! NOEL!

POSSESSICi-^3

and
CHRISTMAS

The acquisition or the accumula-
tion of possessions in certain areas
of the life can be a blessing to the
possessor as he seeks to glorify God
with and in all things. But those same
possessions can produce a stultify-
ing effect when they become an ob-
session.

Some of us are being forced to
take a long, hard look at our per-
sonal attitudes toward possessions
because of what is taking place in
the lives of our children. Slowly,
insiduously, surely, the seeds of dis-
content are being sowed in our hearts
and homes. A daughter is forever
wanting and wishing for things,
whether she needs them or not. Her
reason? Her bosom pal has those
things — you surely cannot be so
callous as to let her have less than
the friend!

A son doesn't possess the confi-
dence of some of his teachers be-
cause of his haughty, cocky attitude
in class. His grades have been on
the toboggan because of time spent
on frivolous pleasures. He has
burned up the roads in the family
car, or in a jalopy of his own, when
he would have been using his time
to far greater profit had he "cracked"
his books.

Have sucfi conditions developed
suddenly out of thin air? Or is it
conceivable that daughter may have
followed the example of a mother
who is never quite satisfied unless
she is "keeping up with the
Joneses"? Is it possible that son has
heard dad complain that the teachers
don't understand his son, nor will
they make an attempt to help him?
Could it be that we parents are pos-
sessing the wrong possessions? What
are the "things" of life by which we
set great store? Is it sin to covet
(in the sense of desire) anything?

The answer to this, as for every
dilemma of man, is found in God's

Word. Take a fresh look at the
thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians.
By God's Spirit, the Apostle Paul
was led to write that gifts of the
Father are precious possessions to
the building up of His work (chap.
12). Then with almost breathtaking
abruptness that warrior of faith de-
clared: "But covet [desire] earnestly
[with fervor and passion] the best
[greatest] gifts: and yet I shew unto
you a more excellent way" (12:31).

Here, then, is the clear answer to
our question: "Can I desire nothing
at all if I would please God?" Ah,
yes. But likely the scope and type
of our coveting (desires) will have
to be revised. Lest our hearts rebel
at this suggestion, we will quickly
remember that "all things work to-
gether for good to them who love
the Lord, to them who are the called
according to His purpose" (Rom.
8:28). Also, "1 can do all things
through Christ which strengtheneth
me" (Phil. 4:13).

The supreme desire of every child
of God should be to love. Impor-
tant as being loved is to our emo-
tional health and well-being, this
phase of love is not to take preced-
ence over our loving. When love
rules throughout the complete being
of God's children, every facet of
possession will be beautifully clear,
and fall into its proper perspective.

When a clear need in some por-
tion of God's vineyard is brought to
our attention, love for our Father
and lost men will dictate where the
money will go. Not one coveted
"thing" of earth will be taken by
us on into eternity. But the souls of
men who have been saved because
we sacrificed in some small way that
they might hear the Gospel will be
a possession which will fit into the
"architecture" of heaven, and en-
hance eternity.

At this Christmastime as we com-
memorate the birth of the only Sav-
iour this world will ever have, as
we sing with the angels "Glory to
God in the highest, and on earth

The Acid Test-
By Dorothy C. Haskin

A testimony meeting was being
held in the south by J. M. Buckley,
a visiting Methodist minister. One
woman arose and told how much
comfort her religion gave her in
times of trouble.

"That's fine. Sister," commented
Dr. Buckley. "But how about the
practical side? Does your religion
make you strive to prepare your hus-
band a good dinner? Does it make
you keep his socks darned?"

Just then Dr. Buckley felt a yank
at his coattails. It was the local pas-
tor, who whispered, "Press dem
questions. Doctor, press dem ques-
tions. Dat's my wife."

Yes, "press dem questions" to
yourself. The acid test of your Chris-
tianity is not that it makes you com-
fortable, but that it helps you make
others comfortable. He comforteth
us in all our tribulation, that we
may be able to comfort them which
are in any trouble (II Cor. 1:4).
Often, it is such a little thing which
proves our faith to others.

(Copr. ERA, 1957)

Dear WMC Women,

We are about to enter upon the
busiest days of the year; the holi-
day season. Many duties will be
pressing upon us. Preparations
will be made for the home-com-
ing of loved ones. Gifts will be
prepared and packages wrapped.
Perhaps last minute shopping will
take both time and energy. But let
us remind ourselves, that we owe
much to our wonderful Saviour
and Lord whose birthday we are
about to celebrate. So in all the
rush and flurry remember to
"watch and pray."

Your national prayer chairman,

Mrs. Rose Fostsr i

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In Appreciation

By Mabel Hamilton

During the past three years we
have had the privilege and blessing
of having as our national prayer
chairman a woman well qualified
for that duty. The office of prayer
chairman, whether it be on the
local, district, or national level in
WMC, is an important office. The
one who fills it should be one who
knows how to pray and see her
prayers answered.

Our national chairman has the re-
sponsibility of encouraging all of us
in our own prayer and family de-
votional life, as well as collecting
and arranging the requests for the
monthly prayer page in the Mission-
ary Herald.

We pause here to express our ap-
preciation to the one who filled that
position for the past three years.
Mrs. Frank Lindower (Gladys) has
given us many challenging thoughts
and encouragements from month to
month. She herself is a woman of
faith and prayer. She has a deep
love for, and interest in, the work
of WMC. She will be continuing
that interest through this year be-
cause the women of the Northern
Ohio District have recognized her
abihty by electing her president of
their district. Gladys lives in Union-
town, Ohio, and is a member of the
First Brethren Church, of Akron,
Ohio. We wish to thank her for
her blessing to us through the years
she served as national prayer chair-
man, and we promise her our prayers
in her duties as president of her own
WMC district.

SCENES

FROM

THE

LIBRARY

Our project for December, Jan-
uary and February, centers around
Christian Education. The offering
(goal is $3,000) will be divided be-
tween the youth boards and the
seminary-college, as shown by the
"Christian Education" cut on this
page. The project for the seminary
and college is designated to library
table and chair units. Shown on this
page are several recent scenes from
the library that you might better
visuahze the library plant.

The larger (bottom) photo shows
how the students will use the units
they obtain. The tables and chairs
shown will be supplemented, and
some of the "rickety" ones perhaps
substituted by our gift. Let us give
hberally, for "we are the Lord's."

December 14, 7957

773

Question — How long should a
president serve in that capacity?

Answer — This is hard to deter-
mine for all cases. A president, who
is merely so in name, should serve
a very short time. I presume this
question refers to how long one
person should hold this office in a
a continuous term.

It sometimes takes two or three
years to really get acquainted with
the d'lties and privileges of an of-
fice. Then, two or three years of
fruitful, effectual service mav be
enjoyed. So five years seems to be
a good term of service. After five
years in one office a person can get
into a rut and not have fresh, new
ideas or be as zealous for the work.
After a person is in too long she
becomes a permanent "fixture," and
that is not always wise.

However, a president need not
remain in office for five years, for it
is sometimes wise to pass an office
around, and use additional talent
for the Lord.

I don't believe that the above ap-

plies only to the president but to
all offices, and recommend a limita-
tion of five years for all offices.

Question — I have lost a mission-
ary. Where is Mary Beth Munn?

Answer — Mary Beth Munn is at
the present time working as a surgi-
cal nurse in the Children's Ortho-
pedic Hospital, of Seattle, Wash.
This experience will be of great help
to her when she is again able to re-
turn to our mission work in Africa.
Mary Beth believes that it will not
be too long before she shall again
be able to go back to Africa where
her heart has been, even though she
knew it was the Lord's will for her
to spend several years in the home-
land.

Question — What are the WMC
colors?

Answer — The WMC colors are
blue, representing consecration; and
silver, representing redemption. This
is found in the "Pen Pointer" en-
titled "What is WMC?"

MISSIONARY BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY

AFRICA—

Rev. William J. Samarin February 7

B?lle^ai^ viq Bossan<Joa via Bangui, French Equatorial Africa.

Christin3 Anne Taber February 11, 1953

Mission a Yaloke, Bossembele via Bangui. French Equatorial Africa.

Argentina —

Mrs. Jack B. Churchill February 2

Renr-dios de EscaHda 74, Rio Tercero, F.C.B.M., Prov. Cordoba, Argentina, S. A.

Rev, Carson E. Rottler February 27

Fenoglio 71, Laboulaye, F.N.G.S.M.. Prov. Cordoba. Argentina, S. A.

Brazil —

Steven Altig February 20, 1944

Caixa Postal 861, B?lem, Para, Brazil.

Mrs. J. Keith Altie February 26

Caixa Postal 861, Belem, Para, Brazil,

Mexico —

Miss Dorothy Robinson February 4

420 Sunset Lane, S'n Ysidro, Calif., USA.

Linda Marlene Edmiston February 11, 1948

Apartado 36, Leon, Guanajuato. Mexico.

In the United States —

Allan Bennett Taber February 14, 1943

p. O. Box 5S8. Winona Lake, Ind.

Linda Christine Burk February 24, 1952

11259 Pope Ave.. Lynwood. Calif.

774

From HERE and
THERE

Thanks to the ladies who have
kept us posted on local and district
happenings.

In the East district we understand
there was a successful workshop.
Brother Miles Taber spoke at the
Northern Atlantic district meeting
at Hatboro, Pa. "Looking Ahead in
WMC" was presented with the les-
son topics for the year portrayed
on colorful posters. From Kittan-
ning. Pa., we received a "newslet-
ter" presented at the September
meeting by Mrs. Norman Shriver,
the president of group 3. It included
mention of Missionary Herald items,
report of previous business, an-
nouncement of the fall rally and re-
minders of objectives. The mimeo-
graphed booklet, graced by a blue
cover, portrayed colorful flowers and
the Bible, under which the theme
verse was typed. It was well ac-
cepted. To arouse the curiosity was
news of a "Mystery Meeting" in
Palmyra, Pa. A caravan led to a
lunchroom for pie and coffee, and
the lesson was rewritten in verse. In
November the members brought
cookies to be packed and shipped.

PURE and UNDEFILED
By Dorothy C. Haskins

"Pure religion and undefiled be-
fore God and the Father is this.
To visit the fatherless and widows
in their affliction" (James 1:27).
Pure religion prompts you —

To give Dad a more welcome
greeting when he comes home than
the dog.

To know if the postman's wife is
sick.

To put the hymnals back in the
rack to save the janitor work.

To speak kindly to your younger
brother.

To iron the dress for your sister.

To listen to the troubles of an-
other.

To give away not the unwanted
dress but the one you might wear
again.

To remind the Sunday-school
superintendent that Mrs. Smith
might like to teach.

To help paint the church base-
ment.

To be on time for meals.

The question is not "What does
my religion do for me?" but "What
does it make me do for others?"

(Copr. ERA. 1957)

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Divided Hearts Prohibited

By Rev. Arthur Cashman

This study represents the fourth
finger on the hand in the series
"Hands and Hearts for Jesus." Last
month the subject had to do with
the "natural heart" which cannot be
offered for service to God because
of its sinfulness. After one has been
converted and has received the "im-
partation of the divine nature" (II
Pet. 1:4), he has two natures, and
these are contrary one to the other
and war against each other (Gal.
5:17). The will of the child of God
is appealed to by both natures. Many
think that they can serve both and
still be pleasing to God, but in our
text Jesus says: "No man can serve
two masters: for either he will hate
the one, and love the other; or else
he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and
mammon" (Matt. 6:24).

This text does not mean that to be
an out and out Christian one can-
not participate in secular activities.
While it limits one to those acti-
vities that are wholesome and unob-

jectionable, it also objects to per-
mitting even good activities in them-
selves to stand between us and our
serving the Lord. This illustration
may help! A dog follows two men
down the road. While they walk to-
gether, one may not know which
is the master of the dog. But when
the men come to the parting of the
way, there is no question about it;
the dog follows its master. This
should be the attitude of the Chris-
tian and his relationship to the Lord.
When a choice is to be made, the
Lord should be given the priority
and His will should be followed.

Some young people will not attend
BYF because it conflicts with some
favorite radio or television program
such as Roy Rogers or Rin Tin Tin.
Others ditch some regular church
activities because some athletic event
is given first place. Perhaps some
girls are absent from Sisterhood
meeting this evening because some-
thing, not necessarily wrong in it-
self, has been given priority. It is
not difficult to determine that Christ
is not the Master of such.

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR JANUARY

OPENING CHORUSES — End

with the theme chorus for the year
and the theme verse repeated in
unison.

SCRIPTURE LESSON AND
PRAYER— Seniors and Middlers
read from Romans 8:1-10. Jun-
iors read Colossians 3:12-25.

DEVOTIONAL TOPICS— Seniors
and Middlers study "Divided
Hearts Prohibited" by Rev. Ar-
.thur Cashman; juniors study
"Servants" by Miss Garber.

PRAYER POEM AND PRAYER
CIRCLE

SPECIAL NUMBER

MISSIONARY TOPICS— Seniors
and Middlers read Mrs. Rottler's
"Saved to Serve." Juniors read

Mrs. Jobson's "Testimony of
Alice and Andrew."

DISCUSSION— (Seniors and Mid-
dlers only). Discuss chapter 5 of
Teen-Age Efiauetfe.

CLOSE — Use the chorus of the
month "Rolled Away."

BUSINESS MEETING— Roll-call
verse for Seniors and Middlers is
James 4:8; for Juniors, the verses
are Colossians 3:23-24. Don't
forget to read your president's
reminders. Also, read the greet-
ing from your national secretary,
Rachel Smithwick.

BENEDICTION— Psalm 145:1-2.
Suggested Bible reading for the
month: Seniors and Middlers,
Psalms 67-84; Juniors, Psalms 50-
63.

Returning again to the text, some-
one may object that every properly
reared child has two masters, father
and mother. But in order for this
to take place, it is necessary that the
parents are alike in feeling, and iden-
tical in interest. But if the masters
are different and antagonistic like
the God and mammon, then it is
impossible to serve two. That is
why one cannot serve perfect honor
and meanness, truth and falsehood,
purity and lust, good nature and
anger at the some time.

Mammon is a Bible word that .re-
fers primarily to earthly riches, but
it also includes all that is worldly.
Mammon regards man as a creature
of time and uses him as if his exis-
tence were only related to the com-
forts of this life. On the other hand,
while God is not indifferent to the
interests of the body. He puts the
main emphasis on the life that is to
come. It is possible to serve mam-
mon, heart and soul, and still have a
great many appearances that look
as though he were serving God. It is
to be feared that many who profess
to be Christians have nothing more
than a form of church morality.

Sometimes it is hard to tell whom
many professing Christians are serv-
ing— God or mammon. In the same
way, we wonder sometimes which
way the wind is blowing because it
is too weak to observe in the trees.
But, when the wind is blowing a
gale, no one is in doubt. Sometimes
it is difficult to determine which
way a stream is flowing, the move-
ment is so invisible. But when the
flood waters rush dovm carrying
trees and other obstacles along with
the current, then there is no doubt.
Christians should be so whole-
heartedly devoted to Christ and His
cause that no one looking on can
have any doubts about where we
stand. We sing a chorus that should
be the prayer of every Sisterhood
girl: "Not just a part, nor half of
my heart, I will give all to Thee."
Will you make that your prayer this
evening?

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In His Service

Saved to Serve

By Rosalind Rottler

This is Rachsl Smithwick, your
national general secretary. Although
this is her first year as sjcretary, you
remember her, no doubt, as your
past vice president. Rachel, a fresh-
man in Grac; College, says: "In Phi-
lippians 1:20, Paul expresses my de-
sire to serve the Lord and to always
be in His will. '. . . that in nothing
1 shall be ashamed, but that with
all boldness, as always, so now also
Christ shall be magnified in my
body, whether it be by life, or by
death.'

"Even so, as I serve the Lord in
this small way; it is my desire that
I might do it as unto Him and that
He will be glorified through it."

Your Reminder

By Marie Sockett

Let us know what your Sister-
hood has been doing. One of your
local organization goals is to send
at least one post-card item to the
national editor. Why not write yours
soon, and let us know some of the
activities of your group?

Personal goals. You should be
started on your personal goals by
now. The Juniors and Middlers are
to memorize the foreign mission-
aries' names and respective fields.
The Seniors are to read the Bibb
through, and all girls can memorize
the Book of Philippians and enter
the bandage-rolling contest. Don't
wait until it is too late to start your
personal goals.

One more month for your nation-
al fund offering. Keep praying and
giving, and let's reach our goal of
$1,700 and have all the money in
by March 10.

Lillian threw her Latin prayer
book aside with an impatient ges-
ture. She was tired of everythinj —
mass, confession, doing all sorts of
penance — nothing had brought the
peace and spiritual satisfaction chat
she sought. She could remember the
thrill of expectancy she had felt as
she partook of the first communion
against her parents' wishes. They
had had nothing to offer her in her
quest for peace, and now even that
first expectancy turned into disil-
lusionment.

The mailman's whistle brought
her back to reality. "A letter from
'la tia,'*" mother called from the
door. "She wants you to come for a
visit; it has been so long since any
of us have visited them."

"Oh, may I go. Mother? It won't
cost anything. I still haven't used my
pass this year."

"Sixteen is hardly a ripe old age
to make such a long trip alone," her
mother hesitated. "We'll talk it over
with Papa tonight." Lillian spent an
excited afternoon planning just how
she would get her father to consent
to her making the all-day trip to her
aunt's home.

It was a breathless moment for
Lillian when she was enthusiastically
greeted by her aunt through the train
window as it slowly ground to a
stop. Hurriedly she passed her suit-
cases through the open train win-
dow to her uncle, and made her way
to the door. "We must hurry or we'll
be late for the meeting," Cousin
Samuel said as he picked up one of
the suitcases and followed his father
to the "coche de plaza."**

"Meeting?" Lillian's heart sank to
her shoe soles. What a way to be-
gin a vacation! Nevertheless her
curiosity got the best of her, and
she eagerly plied her aunt with ques-
tions about each new sight along the
avenida.

This was the very first time in her
life that she had attended an evan-
gelical meeting, and as she studied
the faces of those about her she
wondered if they didn't have that for
which she had long been seeking.
The order of the service was some-

thing absolutely different from any-
thing sh-i had ever seen before in
church. How she enjoyed the sing-
mg. The clear-cut gospel message
made a deep impression, and it was
an unusually quiet and thoughtful
girl that walked home from the serv-
ice.

The following days were spent in
reading the New Testament which
her aunt had given her. At first
she felt guilty as she eagerly per-
used its pages, for had not the priest
taught them that it was a terrible sin
to read the Bible? But the further
she read the more its message
gripped her heart, and in a short time
Lillian became a new creature in
Christ Jesus.

On her return home, her parents
noticed the change in her. It was
such a wonderful change that they
readily agreed to allow her to attend
a young people's camp in the
sierras*** provided that her young-
er brother accompany her.

Camp was an exciting and won-
derful experience. Each day of class
and fellowship was packed with new
blessings and spiritual growth, and
her decision to prepare herself for
full-time service in the Argentine
Bible Institute was greeted with joy.

To Lillian, rejoicing in her newly-
found Saviour, Romans 12:1 had
a real meaning. In gratitude for the
peace and joy that the Lord had
given her, how could she do less
than yield herself to Him, a living
sacrifice, to be used as a testimony
to His saving and keeping power?

■ ":ia" — aunt.

' *"ccch& de plaza" — horse-drawn coach
used as a taxi

■ ' * "sierras" — mountains.

SMM OFFICIARY

President — Marie Sackett. Winona Lake. Ind.
(Home: 1010 Randolph St., Waterloo,
Iowa.)

Vice President — Penny Rae Edenfield. R.R.
2. Box 25S-B, tJniontown. Pa.

General Secretary — Rachel Smithwick, Wi-
nona Lake, Ind. (Home. R.R. 1. Harrah,
Wash.)

Treasurer — Florence Moeller. Winona Lake,
Ind.

Bandage Secretary — Joyce Ashman. Wi-
n'na Lake, Ind.

Editor — Jeanette Turner. Winona Lake. Ind.
(Home: Portis, Kans.)

Patroness — Mrs. H. Leslie Moore. 719 Frank-
lin St., Sunnyside. Wnsh.

Assistant Patroness — Mrs. Wendell Kent,
Box 656, Beaumont. Calif.

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Testimony of Alice and Andrew Your Book List

By Mrs. Orville Jobson

"The earth is the Lord's, and the
fulness thereof; the world, and they
that dwell therein" (Ps. 24:1).

Alice is the oldest of a family of
five who come from the Bay a tribe
near Bossangoa. Her father and
mother are both Christians and faith-
ful in the work of the Lord. Alice
learned to read fluently in our read-
ing classes, and is one of many who
write well. While hving near the
Bozoum station she helped me in
teaching the different classes for the
boys and girls.

When she came to the age of mar-
riage, there were several young
Christian men who asked her par-
ents for their beautiful daughter.
However, Alice had the privilege of
choosing her helpmate, which is, of
course, very rare in her tribe. He
was a young man by the name of
Andrew, son of a chief who had
also asked for her hand.

Now Andrew is a Christian, but
being a son of a chief, he naturally
would inherit his father's place.
After a nice church wedding An-
drew assisted Pastor Noel in his

work, and Alice continued teaching
the boys and girls. She then joined
our women's classes and was secre-
tary in our WMC council.

After the death of her husband's
father, they returned to their tribe,
and Andrew became chief of his
village. You perhaps know that
chiefs usually have many wives, as
did Andrew's father. If one has
prestige as a chief, he must have
several wives. Finally Andrew came
to the place, being tempted by the
Evil One, that he wanted to take a
second wife. But Ahce, being of a
strong Christian character, told her
husband that she could not live
with a man that was hving in sin and
that she would have to leave him.

After thinking a while her hus-
band said: "No, you must never
leave, for I love you dearly."
Through prayer and trusting in the
Lord Andrew has been a faithful
Christian husband since. Yielding his
all to the Lord, he is willing to
take a lowly place and have a Chris-
tian wife. Continue to pray for our
young girls and boys that when the
enemy would come in like a flood,
the Lord will raise up a standard
against him.

PRAYER POEM FOR MONTH OF JANUARY
A PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR

My heart is lifted. Lord, to Thee
As at Thy feet I bow in prayer.

That this new year might find in me
A strength and loyalty most rare.

I do not ask for days of ease,
Or nights without some care;

Nor gifts with which myself to please.
While others struggle in despair.

But give me. Lord, a soul so strong
That I may be a soldier true

To carry burdens hard and long.
In all I find each day to do.

And let me labor through the year
With loyalty for Thee and Thine,

That I may come without a fear.
To render thanks for all that's mine.

Several requests have come in
the past year for a list of books girls
hke to read for these goals. From
time to time a short list will be print-
ed in these pages. All these books
may be ordered from the Brethren
Missionary Herald postpaid.
For Juniors:

The Peanut Twins, Big Peanuts,
Big Peanuts in Trouble (50 cents
each) — Lucilda A. Newton.

Mumba Son of a Cannibal (60
cents) — Babette Elaine Kaltenbach.

Naboth Pulls the Wheeled Ele-
phant (40 cents) — Billie Avis Hor.

Billy Catches a Vision (50 cents)
— Harold B. Street.
For Juniors and Middlers:

Chuma Finds a Baby, Chuma,
Man-Eaters Don't Laugh, Man-
Easters and Massi Spears ($1.25
each) — Charles Ludwig.

Ginger in the Jungle, Ginger in
Alaska, Ginger and the Witch Doc-
tor— Dorothy Grunbock Johnston.

Ten Boys and Girls Who Be-
came Famous Missionaries ($1) —
Basil Miller.
For Seniors:

Conquering Oubangui-Chari for
Christ ($1.50)— Orville Jobson.

Sand and Stars ($2.50)— Ruth
Stull.

Ann Judson, Heroine of Burma;
Pandita Ramabai, Twenty Mission-
ary Stories from India ($1.50 each)
— Basil Miller.
Discussion Books for Seniors:

Young Only Once ($2.95)—
Clyde M. Narramore.

Never a Dull Moment ($2) —
Eugenia Price.

Heirs Together ($1) — W. Melville
Capper & H. Morgan Williams.

For Girls Only ($1)— Dorothy
Haskin.

How to Get a Husband (30 cents)
—William W. Orr.

(Union Gospel Press Publication)

Prayer Requests

Pray for one another in your own
Sisterhood group and for your pa-
tronesses that you will be an honor
to your Lord in this new year.

Pray for girls all over the United
States that they will sacrifice to give
to our national fund offering.

Pray for Miss Evelyn Fuqua as
she works in Kentucky that she will
be able to do greater things because
of our national project this year.

Pray for the national officer pic-
tured this month — Rachel Smith-
wick.

December 14, 1957

777

SERVANTS

By Miss Angle Garber

"And whatsoever ye do, do it
heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto
men; knowing that of the Lord ye
shall receive the reward of the in-
heritance: for ye serve the Lord
Christ" (Col. 3:23-24).

"What are you going to be when
you grow up?" children are asked.
Most of them answer, "A farmer
like my father," or "A nurse like
my mother." It is important what we
choose for our life's work, but it is
more important how we prepare
for that work. That is the purpose
of childhood and youth.

Then think not of what you will
be but of what you are now — at this
moment. And only you, yourself,
can know. Your neighbor may see
you as a happy girl, but are you?
The first thing every child must do
to insure a successful and happy life
is to have his heart cleansed by the
Lord and saved for eternity. Then
everything which is done thereafter
will be done as unto Him. Our verses
say, "Do it heartily, as to the Lord."
This is life at its fullest. It isn't what
you are going to do, but what you do
now that counts.

You can be happy as a servant
of the Lord right now if you take
these verses as a guide for your life.
The dinner dishes or keeping the
baby may be joyous tasks if done
unto the Lord. What a good oppor-
tunity to be alone with Jesus and
learn to rest in Him! No matter how
small the task, if it is done in His
name, it can bring blessing and
approval.

Perhaps you have said: "When I
grow up I am going to serve the
Lord." Just remember, you don't
have to wait; begin serving Him now.
How you live now determines how
you will be in the future. Are you
selfish and lazy? If so, begin to con-
quer these things today. Do you
think more of things than of the
Lord? Start now to delight in Him.
Do you waste your time in worldly
ways? Learn God's Word and the
blessing of much time in prayer. All
these things will not only prepare
you for the future, but will make
you a blessing to those about you
today. From this day be a true serv-
ant of the Lord doing every task as
unto Him and the promise follows:
"Ye shall receive the reward."

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The Bible is the Christian's guide;

It clearly shows the better side;

Just take your standard from this Book;

You'll always have an upward look.

Through life you'll find no better guide;
You'll find the best advice inside.
There's comfort in this Book for all,
To rise again, if you should fall.

This Book will tell you what to do.
Just read it; then you'll find it's true.
This world would be a better place
If people would God's Word embrace.

WHAT BOOK IS IT

(This little quiz will quote the
verse and give chapter and verse
number, but you must give the book
it is found in from the list. Divide
your group and give a small gift to
the winning side.)

Exodus, Isaiah, Matthew, He-
brews, Psalms, Samuel, Corinthians,
Acts, John, Romans, Job, Ruth, I
Timothy, I John, Philippians.

1 . "Come now, and let us reason
together, saith the Lord; though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be
as white as snow; though they be
red like crimson, they shall be as
wool" 1:18.

2. "The wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord"
6:23.

3. "All we hke sheep have gone
astray; we have turned everyone to
his own way; and the Lord hath
laid on him the iniquity of us all"
53:6.

4. "For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have ever-
lasting life" 3:16.

5. "Come unto me, all ye that
labour and are heavy laden, and I

will give you rest"

11:28.

6. "Verily, verily, I say unto
you. He that heareth my word, and
believeth on him that sent me, hath
everlasting life, and shall not come
into condemnation; but is passed

from death unto life"

5:24.

7. "Without shedding of blood

is no remission" ,

9:22. "The blood of Jesus Christ
his Son cleanseth us from all sin"
1:7.

8. "God commendeth his love
toward us, in that, while we were yet

sinners, Christ died for us" .

5:8.

9. "Him that cometh to me I
will in no wise cast out;" "He that
cometh to me shall never hunger;
and he that believeth on me shall
never thirst" 6:37, 35.

10. "I acknowledged my sin unto
thee and mine iniquity have I not
hid. I said, I will confess my trans-
gressions unto the Lord; and thou
forgavest the iniquity of my sin"
32:5.

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Netoafage

FLORA, IND. Lee Fetterhoff, 60,
father of Evangelist Dean Fetter-
hoff, departed from this life to be
with Christ on Nov. 20. The funeral
service was conducted Nov. 22 with
his son delivering the message. The
service was held in the First Breth-
ren Church, John Evans, pastor.

LA HABRA, CALIF. On Nov.
7 a new Bible class was started in
this city, which is located between
Whittier and Fullerton, Calif., with
the view toward establishing another
Brethren church in this community.
The class is a cooperative venture
between the First Brethren Church,
of Whittier, Lewis Hohenstein, pas-
tor, and the Community Bretfiren
Church, Ward Miller, pastor. The
class meets Thursday evenings in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Cantley, 2535 Ardsheal Drive.

GOSHEN, IND. The early morn-
ing Thanksgiving service held at the
Grace Brethren Church, R. Paul
Miller, pastor, was so well received
by the churches of northern Indiana,
that it was decided to make it an an-
nual affair. The 1958 service will be
held at the Leesburg Brethren
Church, Leesburg, Ind.

SUNNYSIDE, WASH. Mickey
Lyon, a member of the First Breth-
ren Church of this city, was the
lead subject of a half-page profile
study in The Sunnyside Sun, a local
daily . Mickey is a respected veteran
driver of a big diesel tanker, and is
well known by people throughout
the valley. In the article Mickey was
honored for his capable and efficient
service, and set as an example of
a good driver.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Abe
Bowman, an ardent supporter of
the work of The Brethren Church
both at home and abroad, departed
to be with the Lord on Nov. 10. He
was a member of the First Brethren
Church of Long Beach, Calif. Com-
plete details are in the Memoriam
column.

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. Attend-
ance at all services of the Grace
Brethren Church are showing in-
creases. Sunday-school attendance
on Nov. 24 was 137. This was the
second Sunday in the new church

December 14, 7957

building. Archer Baum is pastor.

WHITTIER, CALIF. Chaplain
Lee Jenkins, USN, was guest speak-
er at the Community Brethren
Church on Nov. 17. Ward Miller is
pastor.

SOUTH GATE, CALIF. Home-
coming was observed Oct. 27 at the
First Brethren Church, Arthur L.
Pekarek, pastor. A record attend-
ance of 191 was set for the morn-
ing worship service. There were 1 10
present for the evening service.
Seven charter members were present
to give greetings. Dr. Elias White,
pastor of the First Brethren Church,
of La Verne, Calif., was guest speak-
er at the afternoon service.

CLAYTON, OHIO. Richard
Jackson has accepted the call to be-
come pastor of the First Brethren
Church. He will assume his new
duties about Jan. 15.

CHEYENNE, WYO. The First
Brethren Church was dedicated Nov.
3; the dedicatory message was
brought by Rev. Harold Etling. Rus-
sell Williams is pastor.

COMPTON, CALIF. Phil Kerr,
famous musical evangelist, conduct-
ed a series of meetings at the First
Brethren Church Sept. 19-24. Den-
nis Holliday is pastor.

OZARK, MICH. Earl Funder-
burg, has resigned as pastor of the
Grace Brethren Church, and accept-
ed the call of the First Brethren
Church of New Troy, Mich. He will
assume his new duties about June
15, 1958.

Abraham Sylvester Bowman, bet-
ter known as Abe Bowman, was
born in Perry County, Pennsylvania,
July 28, 1861. He moved to the
State of Kansas in 1880 where he
raised cattle, farmed, and taught
school. In 1886 he was united in
marriage to Ida Witmer, at Marys-
ville, Kans. In 1916 he retired and
together with his wife moved to Long
Beach, Calif.

On May 20, 1917, Mr. and Mrs.
Bowman united with the First
Brethren Church, of Long Beach.
They were warm personal friends
of the late Dr. Louis S. Bauman,
then pastor of the church, with
whom they had become acquainted
at McLouth, Kans., where Dr. Bau-
man held several evangelistic meet-
ings.

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lalce, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake, Ind.
WMC Mrs. Dayton C. Cundiff

Beaver City, Nebr.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lalte, Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lalte, Ind.

Abe was an ardent supporter of
the work of the church, both at home
and abroad. In addition to his regu-
lar support of the local work, he
gave most generously to foreign and
home missions, tiie Missionary
Herald, and to Grace Tiieological
Seminary, being personally responsi-
ble for the erection of several chap ■
els in Africa and taking out annuities
and d.2eding property to the other
two branches of The Brethren
Church. He truly put into practice
the truth contained in the following
lines:

Do your givin' while you're livin'
Then you're knowin' where it's goin'.

Few people knew the extent of the
giving of this faithful child of God,
for he did not wish publicity given
to his contributions.

On Apr. 3, 1946, the Lord took
unto himself Abe's faithful and de-
voted wife. For several years Abe
did his own housekeeping, until on
Jan. 30, 1954, he was united in mar-
riage to Mary Binns, who has been
his loving wife and constant com-
panion until his departure to glory
on Nov. 10, 1957.— Charles Mayes,
pastor.

Debbie Forsythe, granddaughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Hetrick,
went to be with the Lord on Oct. 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Hetrick are members
of the Suburban Brethren Church, in
Hatboro, Pa., where Brother Het-
rick is Sunday-school superinten-
dent.— Lester O. Smitley, pastor.

William Sherman Stover, 78,

passed away on Nov. 7 at his home.
He became a member of the First
Brethren Church, of Sunnyside,
Wash., in 1904, and served the Lord
faithfully as a Bible teacher and a
deacon until poor health made at-
tendance at the services impossible.
He had been ill for more than a
year. He is survived by his wife Min-
nie Stover. He was a brother of
Mrs. Retta Virginia Bauman of Wi-
nona Lake, Ind. — H. Leslie Moore,
pastor.

779

YOUTH PROBLEMS

By Russell Ogden, Pastor

First Brethren Church
Akron, Ohio

(Article III)
The Problem of Responsibility

A sense of responsibility to God
is the basis of all moral and religious
action. Where this is lacking, we
will also find a lack of responsi-
bility toward civil authority, and to-
ward authority in the home — which
is exactly what we do find in a large
portion of the youth of America to-
day. What is the feeling of the youth
themselves about this matter, as re-
flected by the high-school seniors of
a typical midwestern city?

Our poll revealed that 78 percent
of them agreed that they should be
responsible to their parents for their
conduct. It is the 22 percent who
did not agree that will have to be
watched. Seventeen percent claimed
that their parents never punish ihem
for disobedience, which is prob-
ably the main reason for their lack
of a sense of responsibility. The
Scriptures commend the rod as a
means of child training. Of the
83 percent who do receive discipline,
only one out of ten felt the parents
to be unfair.

Eighty-three percent think the
laws and regulations of their com-
munity are good, although nearly
the same number felt that it is all
right to break the law sometimes,
if you don't get caught. This atti-
tude reflects back upon their fail-
ure to grasp the reality of an abso-
lute moral standard, and is the real
reason for the surge of lawlessness
which pervades our land. Most
agree that police should punish law-
breakers: 13 percent do not. This
is roughly the percentage that have

most of the experiences with the
police, and, doubtless, would avoid
punishment if they could.

One boy suggested that it was
all right to break only speed laws,
which was possibly what some of the
others had in mind. Our highway
departments are trying desperately
to abolish the false notion which
exists in many people's minds that
there is a difference between traf-
fic laws and all other civil laws. They
are established by the same legis-
lature, and violations are tried in
the same courts. The mounting toll
of highway fatalities should remind
us that speed laws do impose a moral
responsibility.

"Should students have to obey
schoolteachers?" Ninety-two per-
cent of the students said "Yes," as
compared with only 78 percent who
felt they should be responsible to
their parents. Why are schoolteach-
ers given greater respect than par-
ents? The fact that they demand
more respect seems a part of the
reason. The disintegration of home
rule seen in the lack of parental dis-
cipline is amply compensated in
the public school, and young folks
usually respond to a demonstration
of authority. (As a matter of interest;
belligerent pupils in this particular
state are paddled with a board in
the principal's office.)

Getting down to the problem of
ultimate responsibihty we asked:
"Do you think that the laws of the
Bible should be obeyed?" 95 percent
did, 5 percent said "No." Again they
were asked: "Do you believe that
we shall actually have to answer to
God personally if we do not obey the
laws of the Bible?" Eighty-three per-

cent thought we would; 17 percent
said "No." Finally we asked: "Do
you think that you should be free
to run your own life any way you
please, without interference from
anyone?" Eighty-two percent did
not think so; 18 percent thought they
should.

Our conclusion on this subject is
that the vast majority of our high-
school young people recognize their
responsibility to God, to civil au-
thority, and to their homes. How-
ever, there is a group among them,
which varies roughly in number be-
tween 13 percent and 17 percent,
who are unpunished by parents, who
disrespect the laws of their com-
munity, who think it is all right to
break these laws once in a while,
and who think they should be free to
run their lives as they please. Within
this group are those who range from
home problems, to neighborhood
problems, to juvenile court prob-
lems. The basis of their trouble is
that they do not feel personally re-
sponsible to God: "There is no fear
of God before their eyes."

It is from this group that the
"toughs" and "gang leaders" emerge
which are a moral drag on the
whole community, and which are
soiling the reputation of an entire
generation of young Americans. It
is this group which should be the
primary target of any evangelistic
work in the community, and in the
schools, There are many indications
that they might be receptive to just
such an effort. But, more of this in
the final article.

(Dec. 28 Issue: "The Problem of
Security")

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Compiled by Roy Lowery

Would You Be Like Jesus?

In John 15:5 the Lord Jesus de-
clared the absolute essential far liv-
ing the Christian life. This life is the
result of a personal faith in the
Lord Jesus Christ and His precious
blood that was shed at Calvary for
sinners. Once a man has been born
again by the Holy Spirit, his chief
aim and purpose in Ufe is to "be
like Jesus." As a result of the work
of the Holy Spirit in the heart,
worldly pleasures do not hold the
fascination they once did; rather the
love and affection of the individual
is centered in the person of the Lord
Jesus. Just as the branch cannot bear
fruit except it is connected to the
vine, neither can the individual bear
the fruit of the Spirit unless he is
vitally connected to the Lord Jesus.
When one is united to Christ Jesus
through faith in His sacrificial death
on the cross, he will progressively
bear the fruits of the regenerated
life (John 15:2-8).

Earthly pleasures vainly call me
(Eph. 4:27). I would be hke Jesus
(Eph. 4:22-24); Nothing worldly
shall enthrall me (Rom. 12:2). I
would be hke Jesus (I Pet. 2:21).
The branch bears fruit only to glorify
the vine which is Christ. The fruit
is Christ in His outward manfesta-
tion through us (John 15:4). We are
nothing; He is everything. Thus Paul
said he was least of the apostles, less
than the least of all saints, and
finally, the chief of sinners. As Paul
minimized himself he increasingly
glorified God. The Christian life is
more than conversion (I Cor. 1:30);
it is life absolutely yielded to
Christ (Col. 3:4). A Christian is
worthless unless he reveals Jesus
(Matt. 5:16).

What enables us to reveal Christ?
Nothing save He who lives within
(John 17:26 "I in them"). Have
these last three words of the Lord's
highpriestly prayer been answered in
your life? You cannot sing "Nearer
My God to Thee" by trying to pull
His standard down to the low level
of your weakness. That kind of a re-
ligion is not Christhke. Christhke-
ness is fruit that ought to be mani-
fested in the hfe of every saint of
God. If Christ is the very core of
your hfe, then you are a yielded
Christian.

Once sin has enticed us, we are
yielding to the old Master (Rom.
6:6). However, having chosen be-
tween the former sins and Christ
and we are wholly yielded unto Him
in spirit, soul and body (Rom. 6:12-
13), there is no compromise for it is
entire dedication. We are enlight-
ened (Eph. 1:17-19) and enabled
(Eph. 3:16-17, 19) by the Spirit of
truth and power. The same Spirit
separates us from our former loves
so that we may keep our vows to
Christ unbroken (II Cor. 6:14, 17;
James 4:4). Spirit control takes the
place of self-control (Rom. 8:2), and
the spirit of glory transforms us
from the earthly to the heavenly
so that we are made to conform
to the image of Christ (II Cor. 3:18).
As we grow daily more like Jesus
we shall come to bear much fruit
of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-23). Do we
crave the glory in everything, or do
we want our Lord to have the glory
in everything? Do the lines in your
face mark the growth of Christian
character, or are those facial lines
those of spiritual depravity?

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR JANUARY

Opening Hymns — "More Love To
Thee"; "The Solid Rock."

Scripture — Ephesians 4:17-32.

Prayer Time — By several or all men
present.

Hymn — "Faith is the Victory."

Business Session — As this is the time
for our Grace Seminary and Col-
lege offering, we are again re-
minded of our national goal of

$700 for scholarships and student
helps and $500 for new IBM elec-
tric typewriter. Send all offerings
to Earle Cole, treasurer, 2753 Elm-
wood St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

Bible Study — "Would You Be Like
Jesus?"

Closing Hymn — "Take My Life and
Let It Be"; closing prayer.

STEWARDSHIP MEASURES
MATURITY

Men, as we approach the end of
another year how have we measured
up to Christ's standard with our
stewardship?

A person may be a financial giant
but be a spiritual pigmy; he may
look large in his own estimation,
but in the eyes of God he may be
a religious dwarf. He may be long-
sighted in his business but short-
sighted in his church obligations.

The difference is between a babe
in Christ and a mature Christian
who has allowed his religion to ef-
fect his entire life — including his
pocketbook.

Stewardship is the key to ma-
turity. All essential spiritual vita-
mins required for proper spiritual
growth are found in the Biblical
prescription of stewardship.

Stewardship of prayer, Bible
study, the Gospel, time, talents,
and money will produce robust
Christian personalities. The absence
of these results in undeveloped,
warped Christian lives.

It is not a sin to be a babe in
Christ, but it is a sin to remain one.
It is not a sin to be ignorant, but it
is a sin for a Christian to remain an
ignoramus. The full practice of
stewardship will give the proper
Christian growth.

Do you wonder why you are so
weak in the faith? Why temptation
has such an easy way with you? Why
you are so frustrated by the issues
of life?

The spiritual doctor makes in-
quiry: "What about your practice
of stewardship?" It is no wonder
that some, who are so unfaithful in
their stewardship, have such a hard
time.

Grown-up Christians are the
need of the hour. Churches that have
passed the infantile and adolescent
stage must be developed all over our
land if we are to win the lost to
Christ.

Stewardship measures the ma-
turity of a person and of a church.
Show me a radiant, strong, faith-
ful, missionary, soul-winning Chris-
tian and I will show you a person
who is found faithful in his steward-
ship. Stewardship is the channel
through which the Spirit of God
makes the perfect (mature) Chris-
tian.

"Be ye therefore perfect [ma-
ture], even as your Father which is
in heaven is perfect" (Matt. 5:48).

December 14, 7957

781

CAIRO, EGYPT. A series of
Egyptian tombs, a number of which
date back 5,000 years, has been un-
covered by workmen digging a ditch
along the Nib River 15 miles south
of Cairo. According to archeological
experts, the tombs may be the most
important historical find since the
discovery of Cheops' solar boat near
the great pyramids three years ago.

Thus far, 2,200 tombs have been
unearthed, many of which are con-
structed of the limestone common
to the first dynasty instead of the
mud bricks used in the second dy-
nasty. Experts also consider the
find important because it's the first
of its kind in the Cairo area.

Dr. John Otwell, professor of
Old Testament at the Pacific School
of Religion had this to say about the
discovery; "In my judgment, they
will serve to clarify the origin of
Egyptian civilization, one of the cul-
tures with which the Israelites came
into contact when they invaded
Palestine in the second millennium,
B.C."

WASHINGTON, D. C. Churches
may reduce the amount of their pas-
tor's income tax by placing a par-
sonage expense allowance in the
church budget, if this is done be-
fore the end of 1957. Under revised
income tax regulations, such action
may be taken now and apply to all of
1957. After Jan. 1, 1958, budget
action must be taken in advance of
the payment of salary and parson-
age expenses, in order to qualify the
pastor for tax reduction.

When the new income tax law was
passed in 1954, it included a pro-
vision that a minister's gross taxable
income does not include the rental
value of the parsonage, or a rental
allowance paid as part of his com-
pensation, to tlie extent used to rent
or provide a home. The Internal
Revenue Service interpreted the law
liberally in regulations issued in final
form in the Federal Register of
June 15, 1957.

Pastors with rental allowances
were permitted to include the cost
of fuel and utilities in the tax-exempt
portion of their income. For pas-
tors who have a free parsonage pro-
vided, the regulations added the
words "including utilities" to the
phrase "the rental value of a home."
This placed the pastor with a par-
sonage on an equal footing with
ministers in general work who have
rental allowances.

The same provision applies in
both cases: the tax exemption must
be based on a specific item in the
budget of the employing church or
agency. If the budget item is not
there, the pastor is not eligible for
the tax exemption.

Meanwhile, an advisory opinion
issued by the Social Security Ad-
ministration in Washington threatens
to restrict the benefits of retired
ministers and missionaries who are
provided with homes by the churches
or denominations which they served.
The agency held that if the rental
value of a parsonage is designated
as income for social security pur-
poses in computing base earnings
for benefits, it also must be counted
toward the maximum of SI, 200 a
year that a retired recipient of bene-
fits is permitted to earn while re-
ceiving such benefits.

The rental value of almost any
house or apartment uses up most of
the $1,200 allowance; therefore re-
tired clergymen who live in homes
furnished by their religious groups
will be severely restricted as to the
amount of cash income they can
have and still receive social security
payments. Several members of Con-
gress are expected to press a pro-
posal that the $1,200 limitation on
earnings of retired persons be elimi-
nated from the Social Security Act.

If this ceiling is retained, church
representatives are expected to ask
for some change in the law to remove
the handicap that it places on retired
clergymen.

NEW YORK. Evangelist Billy
Graham, speaking at New York Uni-
versity, called on Christian students
throughout the world "to provide the
moral force in this most critical and
crucial period of history." He told
some 300 students and faculty mem-
bers that religion, working through

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all Christians and especially stu-
dents, is the only hope in a world
of the H-bomb and racial tensions.
"In university after university,
scores of students and faculty mem-
bers have come to Jesus Christ, and
Christ has changed their lives," the
evangelist declared. He said he made
his own "decision for Christ" while
he was a student. "Ten years ago,
many universities would not have
asked me to speak," Mr. Graham
said, "but requests from universities
today could fill all my time. The
youth of today is searching for some-
thing."

BRYAN, OHIO. Thursday night
is "church night" in Bryan, a north-
western Ohio town of 7,500 people.
For 18 years there has been an un-
derstanding between the churches
and the public schools to this effect.
Teachers never schedule school
events on Thursday nights, except in
rare instances, and then the fact is
known far in advance. And the
churches, in turn, slate all their
youth activities for Thursday nights.
Thus there is no conflict for the
youth's time. Ministers think the idea
is excellent, and recommend it to
other communities. The teachers
like the plan, too, since many of
them are church youth leaders and
several are members of choir groups.
They can depend on having that
night for church work, without fear
of any interference from school
problems.

BUENOS AIRES, ARGEN-
TINA. Dr. Oswald J. Smith, of To-
ronto, Canada, preached to a crowd
of 1 2,000 in the Luna Park Stadium,
Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the
opening service of a two-week evan-
gelistic crusade. A Salvation Army
officer interpreted for him. Three
hundred local Protestant churches
cooperated in the effort. From
Buenos Aires Dr. Smith will move to
Argentina's second largest city,
Rosario. He is scheduled to preach
in Paraguay and Chile also.

Dr. Smith has been pastor of the
People's Church in Toronto for 27
years during which time he has
raised many miUions of dollars for
missionary work. "The big thing we
exist for is missions," the white-
haired, nondenominational minister
says. He spends about six months of
each year conducting evangelistic
missions in foreign countries.

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JENNERS, PA.

Praise God for His continued
blessings on the work in Jenners.
The Lord has certainly answered
the prayers of many in relation to
the work here. At the beginning of
the church there were few men, but
on a recent Sunday, Nov. 17, thsre
were 21 men in the men's Bible
class. We are thrilled that the Lord
is bringing more and more people to
himself. New people are visiting our
church constantly.

In our fall evangelistic meetings,
with Brother Homer Lingsnfelter as
evangelist, we had ten public de-
cisions for Christ. There were seven
first-time decisions and three re-
dedications. Among the decisions
were five men, four women, and
one boy. Actually, as a result of the
meetings four homes have been
united in Christ. Two women of the
church had been praying for their
husbands, and they received Christ;
there were two other couples who
were saved who now have a new
home in Christ. These are great vic-
tories for which we praise the Lord.

The fellowship and joy of work-
ing with Brother Lingenfelter was in-
deed a pleasure. We know that he
has won a warm spot in the hearts
of our people. I believe that one
great secret of the success of our
meetings was the personal work
which was done in the homes. Broth-
er Lingenfelter excells in the per-
sonal work that reaches souls for
Christ.

Sunday evening, Nov. 10, ten fol-
lowed the Lord in baptism. Seven of
the ten who made decisions in the
meetings were baptized and three
others were obedient in baptism.
Those who were baptized were all
received into the membership of the
church. We are pleased with the re-
sults of the lives of those who have
been saved and pray that the Lord
will continue to keep them strong.
Pray for us. — Victor S. Rogers, pas-
tor.

ENGLEWOOD, OHIO

The Englewood Grace Brethren
Church experienced a real spiritual

revival Oct. 6-20. God blessed in a
most wonderful way in answer to the
prayers of His people. Cottage
prayer services were held before and
during the revival and there were
special times of prayer at the church.
We are indeed thankful for the
ministry of Evangelist Dean Fetter-
hoff, and because of his faithful-
ness in preaching the Word, backed
up by prayer, God honored His
Word with 36 decisions.

We believe seed sown will bring
still more to Christ. — Lon Karns.
pastor.

WASHINGTON, PA.

God richly honored His Word
during the eight days I was privileged
to minister with Brother Ellis Rog-
ers and his good wife in revival and
evangelistic services in the Grace
Brethren Church, Nov. 3-10. Thsre
was unusual consistency in interest,
attendance, and results. Our hearts
were made glad and our souls were
full of praise when there wsre de-
cisions made in all the services ex-
cepting one. Eighteen persons came
forward during the meetings. A
special time during the opening
service was set aside for young peo-
ple, and we presented "Magic With
a Message." The young people's
comer was well-filled every service.

We particularly appreciated the
hospitahty of the parsonage, and
Sister Rogers did everything to
make our stay a comfortable one.
Rev. and Mrs. Ellis Rogers have
long labored patiently and sacrifi-
cially to build a congregation and a
beautiful new church building in
which to worship God and teach His
Word. We are praying for them and
the Washington congregation where
great things are in store. — Paul L.
Mohler, evangelist.

HOPEWELL, PA.

The Grace Brethren Church was
blessed during their series of meet-
ings with Irvin B. Miller, pastor of
Bethel Brethren Church, of Berne,
Ind., as God's messenger. There
was much prayer concerning the
need of revival. The Sunday preced-
ing the series of meetings Rev. Cal-
vin Chao, of the World Wide and
Missionary Union, was the special
speaker for all the services. There
were definite decisions for rededica-
tion and a desire for a closer walk
with Christ. Our folks were ready
for revival and the Lord blessed

throughout the entire series of meet-
ings. Although the flu hindered
many from attending, yet there was
a goodly number at every service.

Brother Miller brought us mes-
sages that were Scriptural, and many
in the audience were observed
taking notes as each message was
delivered. There were six first-time
decisions, three for church member-
ship.— Sheldon W. Snyder, pastor.

CU<z<l<ltna cJjcllA

AU announcements for this column must
be mailed to the Missionary Herald.

Wilma Belyea and Milton Skin-
ner, Nov. 8, at the First Brethren
Church, Washington, D. C.

Beverly Foreman and Richard
Nell, Nov. 9, at Ashland, Ohio.

Rae Delores De Mott and Rev.
Bruce E. Ferry, Nov. 15, at the
First Presbyterian Church, Berkeley,
Calif.

Margaret Beltz and Bill Davidson,
Oct. 12, at Akron, Ohio.

Jacqueline Black and Fred Peif-
fer, Oct. 25, at the First Brethren
Church, of Waynesboro, Pa.

Barbara Mae Sumstine and Fred-
erick Ayers, Nov. 9, at the First
Brethren Church, Akron, Ohio.

Margaret Spurlock and Harold
Riggs, Jr., Oct. 19, at the Aleppo
Brethren Church, Aleppo, Pa.

Barbara Yarnell and Robert
Pearce, Dec. 1, at San Bernardino,
Calif.

Juanita Hoak and Ron Hill, Nov.
29, at the First Brethren Church,
Kittanning, Pa.

December 14, 1957

783

Long years ago when I was a
fascinated and delighted youngster in
the Junior Department of Philadel-
phia's First Brethren Sunday school,
I learned many hymns of praise S3t
to the timeless melodies of the old
masters. Those were the days when
the beloved Iva M. Kolb was the
Junior superintendent. Nothing
short of perfection for the training
of "her" boys and girls satisfied
this outstanding Christian lady, who,
in my humble estimate, has never
had a peer in junior-department
work. Some day I must remsmber to
ask her where she found those lilting
songs which were replete with
praises to God the Father, and His
Son, Jesus Christ.

As I contemplated the sharing
our family has been doing in the past
weeks, my ears suddenly caught the
music of an old classic, and out of
the past came those words learned in
the Junior Department: "Give, and
it shall be given unto you; give of
thyself in service ever true, this is
the promise Christ has given thee,
'As thy days so thy strength shall
be.' "

Swiftly my heart turned to Luke
6:38. "Give, and it shall be given
unto you; good measure, pressed
down, and shaken together, and
running over, shall men give into
your bosom. For with the same
measure that ye mete withal it shall
be measured to you again."

I remembered the desk. For more
than a year the two oldest girls under
the roof have been in real need of
a desk. Without complaint they've
made a very inadequate table serve
their study purposes. Their cheer-
ful participation in some family sac-
rifices as we serve the Lord in this
part of His vineyard set this mother
to more earnest prayer for God's
supply of what she knew to be a
need.

Then one day the answer to that
prayer was ours. The girls came
home to find a desk in their room
where that beaten-up table had long
been an eyesore. Mother and daugh-
ters shivered with delight (never with
cold in Florida!). All the family
oh-ed and ah-ed as they rejoiced
with their sisters in the acquisition of
their hearts' desire. Mother and
Daddy praised God for the sharing

Sharing

PAT^SONAGE
"ROOF

of joy which was in evidence every-
where.

Soon after the desk episode, six
weeks' report cards were out. The
family rejoiced in marked improve-
ments, and wept over some "al-
mosts but not quite." Big-brother-at
home missed the honor roll by
dropping a shade below the re-
quirements in one subject. To make
matters worse, the subject was one
which his Dad teaches. Mother isn't
sure whose face was the redder.
Dad's or Son's! The family shared in
David's disappointment.

For just about two months now
this family has been sharing the joy
of a very special addition to its
united heartbeat. Roberta Elizabeth
has arrived to either change names
or add to them. "Uncle" David had
nearly-four-year-old Mark con-
vinced that he was "Aunt" Mark
because the baby is a girl. Having
been assured that David was just
teasing him, Mark now fastens large
solemn blue eyes on big David and
says: "You are stupid. Fm Uncle
Mark."

Friends from Roanoke are a bit
divided as to whom Roberta re-
sembles. Some say she is her Daddy
in miniature. (How that would thrill
Bob if he knew it). Others say she
is like her Grandpa Miller. His de-
light is evidenced by: "Well, every-
body always said Bob looked like
me." Small wonder, then, that Ro-
berta's paternal relatives share the
quiet excitement of anticipating her
soon visit here with her precious
mother, Betty.

There has been the sharing of
problems and griefs with other par-
ents recently. That Christian boy
who is in a rebellious mood and
sows some seeds of dissension among

a few of the students is the cause
of much sorrow to his godly parents.
So we pray and talk together, help-
ing how and where we can. We
understand, in some degree, their
problem because we've been walk-
ing the teen-age path for some time,
and have many years yet to go that
way, should our Lord tarry in the
heavens.

The lad who fails subjects simply
because he will not study is a heart-
ache to parents and teachers who
know he will someday regret hav-
ing wasted so much time in high
school. So we share in counseling
and prayer for wisdom in helping
a needy teen-ager. As we gladly obey
the admonition: "Bear ye one an-
other's burdens, and so fulfil the
law of Christ" (Gal. 6:2), we learn
from experience that one can never
outgive God. "Give, and it shall be
given unto you ..." is a terrible
tragedy where the giving is in and
of the flesh. But what a blessing
when it is in, and of, and from the
Lord.

0 take not from the sharing
Of other people's needs;

1 must needs go on caring

Regardless of their creeds.
And thank Thee, Father, for Thy
strength
Imparted day by day,
To serve and bear to any length,
The burdens of their way.

asm

A blessed Christmas to all our
Brethren from all of us Under the
Parsonage Roof. Are you planning
a trip to Florida during the winter
at hand? Do come see us. Our wel-
come mat is out already.

QUOTABLES

Compiled by John E. Southard

When God measures men He puts
the tape around the heart, not the
head.

Never be afraid to trust an un-
known future to a known God.

Storms make a strong tree —
suffering makes a strong saint.

You are as near to God as you are
far from self.

Still water and still religion freeze
the quickest.

Nothing lies beyond the reach of
prayer except that which lies outside
the will of God.

True faith never returns home
with an empty basket.

Tlie BRETHREN

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EDUCATIONAL NUMBER

DECEMBER 21, 1957

CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES

GRACE COLLEGE BUILDINGS

EDITORIALS

By Paul R. Bauman, Vice President in Charge of Public Relations

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Other Foundation Can No Man Lay —

No building is ever stronger than the foundation that
supports it. If this is not properly laid, sooner or later
the whole superstructure will fall.

More young men and women are being brought into
the churches of America today than ever before. Yet
multiplied thousands of these young people will experi-
ence the awful tragedy of having the whole structure of
their faith crash about them when they face the severest
tests of life and death. Why? Because many of them
have been told in the colleges and universities of the
country that they should build a faith, but they were
never told that the only adequate foundation upon which
they could build their lives is the unshakable Word of
God. They are not being taught that Jesus Christ, the
divine Son of God, is the chief cornerstone in that
foundation. (See I Pet. 2:1-8.)

Grace College is dedicated to the task of educating
young men and women in more than history, literature,
languages, science, and mathematics. What, however,
can any of these accomplish beyond the development of
the intellect? All such subjects have their part in a
thorough education, but no training, however thorough,
deserves to be called a complete education unless it con-
tributes to the building of the entire individual. And
certainly, no education is complete unless it helps to
develop the most important part of a person — his soirit-
ual nature. The primary purooss and function of Grace
College is, and always must be, that of building up men
and women in the faith. Only then will our young people
have a firm foundation for their own feet as they walk
through a world which today is being shaken to its very
foundation. Only then can they contribute anything of
permanent value to a society which finds itself upon no
better foundation than the shifting sands of mere human
reasoning. Your investment in an institution such as
Grace College will pay tremendous dividends now and
in years ahead.

Two Other Foundations —

Two foundations, material in nature, have been
laid on the Grace campus, and two new buildings are
now under construction. Both are being erected for one
ultimate purpose — that of offering our young people
an education that will be complete in the sense that it
will contribute to the development of the entire person.

The cost of these two new buildings, including neces-
sary equipment, will be slightly more than 5400,000.
Before construction began more than $90,000 had been
given for the building program. Last August the school's
board of trustees adopted a financial plan to present
to the churches, and information is now in the hands
of our pastors. The plan calls for our churches to invest
in the Grace College building program to the extent

of providing for the cost of one square foot per mem-
ber, or SI 0. A number of our churches, large and small,
have already indicated their willingness to set such a
goal, and some have their program arranged and well
under way. If every Brethren church will undertake the
program and meet such a goal, the total amount given
will be approximately 5230,000. It is evident that, if the
people of The Brethren Church will get behind the
buildins proaram between now and May 31, and will
give it ONE^BIG BOOST, there will be no difficuhy
involved in arranging to finance the balance at the com-
pletion of the building program. Brethren, we are in the
midst of construction! Let us all put our shoulders to the
wheel NOW!

Progress Report —

"The Citizens' Committee for Grace College," made
up of some thirty business and professional men, of
\Varsaw and Winona Lake, has appointed a working
group of seven men to act in conjunction with the
school's administrative staff to develop a program
through which it is proposed to raise at least 550,000
from business and industry in the local area.

The Committee of Seven has met four times, and
plans are developing very satisfactorily. Professor
Nathan Meyer has been named to administer the details
of the program. Miss Patricia Rice, a college student,
is the secretary to Professor Meyer and the committee.
The office for "the duration" has been set up in the
president's office and work is going ahead.

First of all, a brochure of 8-10 pages is being pre-
pared by Mr. Meyer under the guidance of an outstand-
ing advertising firm in Warsaw. This will be ready for
distribution about mid-January, and the campaign will
be launched shortly thereafter.

These businessmen insist that they are not approach-
ing this task as a charity, but as an investment in "the
greatest thing to come to Warsaw and Winona Lake in
many years" — a liberal arts college. Some of us can
hardly believe our ears when we hear these men ear-
nestly discussing the merits of the college, and ways and
means to assist in the present building program. The
550,000 is their own goal, and they seem confident that
with a proper approach to the community this will be
reached.

One question, however, that businessmen are asking
is this: "What are the alumni and the church doing for
this expansion program?" Our answer is that the
churches are being asked to adopt the "ten-dollars-
per-square-foot plan." If all the churches will do this
and carry it through to a high percentage of achieve-
ment, we will be able to put from $200,000 to 5300,00
into the project by May 30, 1958.

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19. NUMBER 51

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM. Executive Editor
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The King of the Jews

RELIGIOUS FICTION OR ACTUAL FACT?

By Homer A. Kent, Jr., Th.D., Assoc. Prof, of New Testament

"The Lord God shall give unto
him the throne of his father David:
and he shall reign over the house
of Jacob for ever," announced the
angel to Mary concerning the birth
of Jesus. Is this the figurative lan-
guage of spiritual devotion, or was
Jesus the literal king of an actual na-
tion?

Qualifications for the King

Every serious claimant to a throne
must possess two qualifications.
First, he must be able to prove his
royal descent. This qualification is
not sufficient in itself, however, for
many persons in any kingdom may
possess royal blood. Brothers,
sons, cousins, and nephews — all
may have an equal claim to royal
descent. But the one who would ac-
cede to a throne must also be able
to show that he has the legal title
to the throne.

Every kingdom has a system
whereby the sovereign rights are
passed on to the next king. In most
kingdoms the legal title passes from
the king to his oldest son. In the
Davidic kingdom, David was chosen
by God to replace Saul. Solomon,
although not the oldest of David's
sons, was also directly chosen by
God (I Chron. 22:8-10; Neh. 13:26).
From that point on, the legal title
to the throne was passed on by the
king to a son whom he chose.

Matthew's Genealogy

Two New Testament passages
provide the proof of Jesus' claim
to David's throne. Matthew 1:1-17
gives the genealogy of Jesus, begin-
ning with Abraham, the father of
the nation, and proceeding to
'Joseph, the husband of Mary. Since
this genealogy proceeds through the
Davidic kings (vv. 6-11), it is clear
that from David on the men are
those who had the legal title to the
throne. Thus Joseph, the husband of
Mary, although living in Palestine
at a time when Rome held sway and
the Davidic dynasty had no throne,
was the heir apparent to the throne

if it should ever be restored. The
fact that he was a carpenter under
an alien government does not alter
his claim. The angelic address of
Joseph by the royal title "Son of
David" (Matt. 1:20) confirms it.

However, Matthew's genealogy
makes it clear that Jesus was born
of a virgin. "Joseph the husband of
Mary, of whom was born Jesus" (v.
16). The word "whom" in the Greek
is feminine, showing unmistakably
that Jesus was born of Mary, not
begotten by Joseph. Thus Jesus
could claim the legal title to the
throne as Joseph's legal son (since
Joseph and Mary were married by
the time Jesus was born. Matt. 1:24-
25), but what about His royal de-
scent?

Luke's Genealogy

The second New Testament pas-
sage which proves Jesus' claim is
Luke 3:23-38. This genealogy be-
gins with Jesus and goes back be-
yond Abraham to Adam. The names
from Abraham to David are the
same as Matthew's, but from David
to Jesus they differ. In Matthew the
descent is traced through Solomon
and the kings. In Luke the descent
is through Nathan, another son of
David but not a king. Thus we
must conclude that the descendants
of David in Luke's genealogy are all
of royal blood, but do not possess
the legal title to the throne.

Is Luke's genealogy really that
of Joseph, as verse 23 seems to state?
Scholars have long noticed that the
usual way of indicating genealogi-
cal relationship in such a series by
the use of the Greek article was jiot
employed with the name "Joseph,"
although it appears with every other
name in the list. Thus the paren-
thesis in verse 23 should probably
include Joseph within it: "And Jesus
himself, as he was beginning [his
ministry], was about thirty years
old, being the son [as was supposed
of Joseph] of Heli . . ." (literal
trans.). By this parenthesis, Jesus
is made the actual son of Heli, and

since women were not included in
Jewish genealogies, Heli was the
nearest male ancestor of Jesus, that
is, Mary's father. Thus Luke has
given us Mary's genealogy. Through
this hne from David came the royal
blood of Jesus. And when Mary was
married to Joseph, the legal title also
rested upon Jesus.

(MATTHEW)
Legal Title

(LITKE)
Royal Blood

sol6mon

JECHONIAH

JOSEPH

-- HELI

(MAEY)

JESUS

The Curse on Jechoniah

The name of Jechoniah in Mat-
thew's genealogy (vv. 11-12) raises
a problem which took a miracle to
solve. Jeremiah 22:28-30 records
the judgment which God pronounced
upon this final king before the cap-
tivity: ". . . write ye this man child-
less ... for no man of his seed shaU
prosper, sitting upon the throne of
David, and ruling any more in
Judah." This curse meant not that
Jechoniah (i.e. Coniah) would have
no children, for he did (Matt. 1:12),
but as far as occupying the throne
was concerned, he would have no
children occupying it. This prophecy
did not remove the legal title from
Jechoniah or his line, for that had
been promised to Solomon's poster-
ity forever (I Kings 9:5). But it
did place a curse upon any of Jech-
oniah's seed who might occupy the
throne after the Babylonian Capti-
vity. Thus Joseph, though possess-
ing the legal title, was also subject to
the curse. By the virgin birth, Jesus
was of the legal hne of Joseph but
was not his seed. Thus the virgin
birth of Jesus solved the dilemma,
preserved the prophecy, and yet
provided a Davidic king who shall
"reign for ever."

December 21, 1957

787

Are We Indulging
in a Luxury?

By Richard P. DeArmey

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(Note; Brother DeArmey was president
of his class in the opening year of Grace
College. He graduated from the collegiate
division in 1950 and from the seminary in
1953. He is now pastor of the Winona Lake
Brethren Church.)

A luxury has been described as
a costly item not essential to one's
mode of living, but one that gratifies
an appetite or desire. Such an in-
dulgence could be an act of self-
gratification, or it could be a favor
granted to another to humor or
satisfy a desire. Perhaps the time
has come when we ought to settle in
our thinking an important question
in relation to Grace College. Are
we indulging in a luxury, or are we
providing something that is abso-
lutely essential and vital to The
Brethren Church as we endeavor
to carry out "the great commission?"

Those who are being touched di-
rectly by Grace College know that it
has an important function in the
growth and development of The
Brethren Church, but there are
some who seem to think we could
get along just as well, or perhaps
even better, without it. It is true
that we did get along for a number
of years without Grace College, but,
to use the same argument, some
people have lived for a time with-
out the use of their eyes. Many
operations have been performed on
those bom blind and in not a few
instances the sight has been re-
stored. We can be sure these individ-
uals do not look upon their sight as
a luxury simply because they existed
for a time without it, nor can we
look upon Grace College as any
less of a necessity simply because of
its somewhat recent origin.

If it could be said that we were
indulging only the desires of a small
minority or humoring a little group
of intellectuals, then we would be
justified in closing the doors at once.
To the contrary, we are providing

through the school a ministry that
is sorely needed by the whole church
and one that involves self-sacrifice
rather than self-gratification on the
part of a few. Grace College was
not added as an adornment in which
we might indulge our intellectual
pride, but it was born of an urgent
need reflected in every avenue of
our endeavor for Christ. To say
there is no need for Grace College is
to say there is no need for institu-
tions of higher learning. Who in our
generation would be so fooUsh as
to say we ought to abolish every col-
lege and university in the land. If
we admit the need for these things
in our day, then we must admit
there is a definite need for our own
college where we can adequately
care for our own young people.

Some will readily admit there is a
place for the college and university
in our day, but they are quick to
point out that there are a number
of sound, fundamental Christian col-
leges where we might send our
young people. And so because of the
existence of other schools, they look
upon our own college as something
extraneous or superfluous. If this
is good logic and we are to be con-
sistent, then what excuse do we
give for the existence of our mis-
sionary program? Why do we assist
in the establishment of new
churches? Why not point out to
those who are interested in estab-
lishing new testimonies for Christ
that there are other sound churches
and encourage them to attend there?
Why then should we endeavor to ex-
pand our foreign-mission efforts?
Why not tell our young people there
are other fundamental boards that
would send them out as mission-
aries? No, beloved, we cannot so
lightly escape our responsibility to
the Lord. He has given us a fine

school, and we must maintain it if
we are to carry on His work with
the utmost efficiency.

Perhaps we could carry on in a
less expensive fashion without Grace
College, but then, on the same basis,
we could live less expensively if we
would do away with some of the
basic necessities of our daily living.
Great-grandfather had no electri-
city, fuel, or grocery bill, for he
made his own candle, cut his own
wood and raised his own food. But
who among us today looks upon
these things as other than basic
necessities? What we need to do is
to see Grace College as one of the
vital elements in the program we are
endeavoring to carry out for the
Lord and then begin to care for it
as such. The basic things are the
things we usually care for first and
with a marked degree of regularity.
Then we add little extras, the lux-
uries, if and when we can afford
them. We are not indulging in a lux-
ury when we maintain and expand
Grace College; rather, we are pro-
viding for the church a basic and
vital necessity.

What has been done in the past
nine years is nothing short of mirac-
ulous. We can only marvel at the
grace of God and wonder how so
much could be accompUshed with
so little. Those of us who were
members of the first collegiate class
remember the humble begirming in
the fall of 1948. Little did we realize
that the school would grow to such
proportions in so short a period of
time. As we watch the progress on
the new college buildings, it is hard
to visualize all that shall be accom-
plished in the years ahead, and all
of this for so little. Surely $10 from
each member of The Brethren
Church is a small amount to pro-
vide so much of real importance for
all of us.

788

The Brethren Missionary Herald

Grace Bible Conference--1958

By John C. Whitcomb, Jr., Th.D., Alumni Secretary

Final preparations are now being
made for the Seventh Annual Grace
Bible Conference, Monday, Jan-
uary 20 through Thursday, January
23, 1958, to be held in the halls
of Grace Theological Seminary.
Sponsored by the Grace Seminary
Alumni Association, but open to all
friends of the school, this conference
promises to be the finest one ever
planned. A varied and interesting
program is in store for all of our
alunmi and friends who are able to
be with us at Winona Lake during
the four days of that week.

Alumni Speaker

We are happy to announce that
the alumni speaker for the Grace
Bible Conference in January will be
Dr. Frank C. Torrey, well-known
and beloved pastor of the Calvary
Independent Church, of Lancaster,
Pa. Dr. Torrey is noted as a mis-
sionary pastor and the director of
a large and important annual mis-
sionary conference in his church. He
is a close friend of Grace Seminary,
and has spoken to the student body
on various occasions in the past.
He will be speaking on Monday
and Wednesday evenings at 7:30 on
"Egypt" and "The Holy Land,"
each morning, Tuesday through
Thursday at 9:00 on "The Song of
Solomon," and will conduct a semi-
nar discussion hour for alumni and
Christian workers at 1:30 p.m. on
Tuesday. We are trusting the Lord
for rich spiritual blessings upon Dr.
Torrey's ministry among us.

Bauman Memorial Lecturer

Once again, the Alumni Asso-
ciation is happy to include the an-
nual Louis S. Bauman Memorial
Lectures in its Grace Bible Con-
ference. Dr. J. Vernon McGee, well-
known pastor of the Church of the
Open Door, of Los Angeles, will de-
liver the fourth series of these lec-
tures on the subject: "Ruth, the Ro-
mance of Redemption." The first
series of the Bauman Memorial Lec-
tures was delivered in January 1955
by Dr. Charles Mayes; the second
series by Dr. Wilbur M. Smith
(1956); and the third series by Dr.
Orville Jobson (1957).

In addition to delivering these
lectures. Dr. McGee has graciously
consented to speak on Tuesday
evening at 7:30 on the subject:
"Wanted: Stretcher Bearers," and
to lead a seminar discussion hour
on Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 on
the subject of "Expository Evange-
lism."

Other activities scheduled during
the week include alumni-faculty-stu-
dent fellowship hours after the eve-
ning service, the alumni business
meeting at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday,
and the alumni banquet at 5:00 p.m.,
Wednesday, at the Eskimo Inn.
Those who are planning to attend
the alumni banquet are urged to
make reservations now, and those
who desire lodging during the week
of conference should write in as
soon as possible (Grace Seminary
Alumni Association, Winona Lake,
Ind.).

Alumni Projects for 1957

For the interest of general read-
ers who do not receive the monthly
alumni bulletin, we would like to
give this report of alumni giving
during the current year. With only
two months remaining in 1957 to
reach our goal, alumni have already
given: (1) $495.89 to finish the
street-light project of last year, to-
ward which the Alumni Association
has now given a total of $1,777.13;
(2) $300 for a scholarship to Grace
College, awarded once more to Miss
Marjorie Gonzales, of Taos, N.
Mex.; (3) $250 toward Grace Bible
conference expenses in January;
and (4) about $300 toward a $1,000
gift to the building fund of the semi-
nary and college. In previous years,
the Alumni Association raised $750
for permanent athletic equipment to
be used in the new gymnasium,
$1,450 for the paving of the entire
roadway and parking area around
the seminary building, and $500 for
two scholarships to Grace College.

As alumni of the finest Christian
school in the world, we want to
invite each one of you to pray with
us that God will be pleased to do
mighty things during this crucial
year of expansion. Our resources are
severely hmited, but the Lord who
bought us possesses all things and
is more than willing to supply the
needs of those who put their trust
in Him. Will you join us in trusting
God for great things in days ahead?
"Ask, and ye shall receive, that
your joy may be full" (John 16:24).

SEVENTH ANNUAL

GRACE BIBLE CONFERENCE

Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Ind.

January 20-23, 1958

Speakers

Dr. J. Vernon McGee

Pastor, Church of the Open Door

Los Angeles, Cal£f.

Dr. Frank C. Torrey

Pastor, Calvary Independent Church

Lancaster, Pa.

December 21, 7957

789

jUe oieakei

By Prof. John Rea

In the Book of Micah are several
outstanding prophecies concerning
Jesus our Messiah. All of us are
familiar with the prediction of His
birth in Bethlehem Ephratah in
Micah 5:2, in which He is called
"ruler in Israel." He is the One
whose going forth in the work of
creation and in the theophanies of
the Old Testament have been from
of old, from everlasting.

He is described in Micah 5:4 as
the Shepherd who will feed His
flock. In the next verse we read:
"And this man shall be our peace"
(5:5a, ASV). Not only is He the
One who will establish world peace
upon earth, but He is also our peace
because He has made peace for us
with God by His death on the cross
(Eph. 2:14-18).

In a less well-known passage the
inspired Micah was led to call Christ
"the Breaker" (Mic. 2:12-13), the
One who will break the power of
the enemies of His people. When the
enemies of the cross seem to be
waxing stronger and stronger, and
when men's hearts are failing them
for fear (Luke 21:26), it is well to
behold our Lord and Saviour as the
mighty Conqueror. We need to be
reassured of His ultimate victory.

This prophecy terminates the
first main section (chaps. 1-2) of
Micah with a promise of future res-
toration and blessing. The last two
sections (chaps. 3-7) also close with
promises for the remnant of the end
time (5:3-15; 7:8-20). In chapter
2:12-13 Micah is contrasting the
true prophetic message from God
to the message concerning wine and
strong drink from the lying prophet
walking in a spirit of falsehood (2:
11).

The Remnant in Its Sheepfold

Verse 12 looks forward to the fu-
ture regathering of that remnant of
the Jewish people which will be
saved (Mic. 7:18) in the coming
Day of the Lord. While there was a

partial return to Palestine after the
Babylonian Exile, not all living Jews
went back: that regathering was not
complete. Isaiah writes about the
still future event in 11:11-12.

(Compare Jer. 23:3; see also 31:
7-8; Ezek. 34:30-31; Zeph. 2:7, 9;
3:13).

When God's people are brought
back to their promised land, at first
He places them, as it were, in a
sheepfold. The expression "as the
sheep of Bozrah" may also be trans-
lated "as sheep in an enclosure,"
synonymous to the next phrase "as
the flock in the midst of their fold."
The Hebrew word for "fold" is
dober, translated in most modem
versions as "pasture." In the only
other occurrence of this word — in
Isaiah 5:17, ASV — lambs are
spoken of as feeding "in their pas-
ture." But little lambs are not led
out to the hillsides with the :test
of the flock; they are placed in a
room by the sheepfold, or perhaps
are left in a fenced pasture. Thus it
is best to translate dober as "fold"
or "enclosure." The final clause of
verse 12 refers to the bleating of the
sheep in their fold, but reminds us
that the sheep are really human
beings; literally it says: "they [the
folds] shall re-echo with men." The
remnant is pictured as a numerous
flock of sheep penned up in a sheep-
fold and bleating to be set free.

Down through the centuries the
Jews have been persecuted and have
been forced into ghettos in the cities
of Europe like sheep in a pen. Yet
again in the future, in the latter
part of the Tribulation, many Jews
will be besieged in Jerusalem by the
nations of the earth (Zech. 12:2-9;
Joel 3:9-16; Rev. 12:13, 17). This
is the setting for the appearance of
the Breaker.

The Coming of the Breaker

When Christ returns to earth, He
will be received with differing at-
titudes. Many will wail on account

of Him (Rev. 1:7). The remnant in
Jerusalem, however, will see Him
not only as the One whom they have
pierced (Zech. 12:10) but also as
the One who will lift their siege by
breaking their enemies.

In Hebrew the word for "Breaker"
is porez. In His impartial judg-
ment of sin, the Lord punished His
chosen people by breaking (same
Hebrew word root) the protective
hedge and walls around His vine-
yard Judah, allowing the nations to
trample it (Ps. 80:12; 89:40; Isa.
5:5). That the Lord is also the One
who will break in pieces the nations
of the earth is confirmed by such
passages as Psalm 2:9 and Daniel
2:45. In the time of David the at-
tacking Philistines had marched
against Jerusalem. Southwest of
the city in the valley of Rephaim
the Lord broke through (paraz)
David's enemies like breaking
waters. Therefore he called the name
of that place Baal-perazim, that is,
the Lord of breakings through (II
Sam. 5:20).

Micah 2:13 may be translated lit-
erally: "The Breaker will go up
before them; they will break through
and pass through the gate and will
go out by it; yea, their king shall
pass on before them, even Jehovah
at the head of them." Christ their
Messiah, King, and Lord will not
only fling wide the gate but enable
them to break through the ring of
the troops of Antichrist to facilitate
their release. He then will ride on
in front of them (Isa. 52:12; Rev.
19:1 1-16) to subdue His foes (Zech.
14:1-3), as He led them in the days
of Moses (Exod. 13:21; Num. 10:
35). Apparently the redeemed rem-
nant will help Him in smiting the
besieging nations (Mic. 4:11 — 5:1a;
Zech. 12:6-8).

Christ will return to break the
power of Antichrist and to shatter
the hosts of evil. But is He now your
Breaker? Has He broken the shack-
les of sin in your life?

790

The Brethren Missionary Herald

Campus
Activity

By Ava Schnittjer

The Warsaw Timss-Union, ihz
local daily paper, has been giving
Grace College almost unlimited free
publicity. Of the many stories of
student activities published in the
past few weeks, two have appeared
on the front page. Just before
Thanksgiving, the picture (upper
right) appeared with the accom-
pany legend. "Sharing Their Bless-
ings— Grace College student-coun-
cil members stand beside four bushel
baskets which students have filled
for some needy families in the com-
munity. A smaller container was
placed alongside the larger baskets
for contributions of money, to be
used for purchasing fresh fruit, vege-
tables and perhaps even turkeys,
which will be added to the baskets
when they are distributed Tuesday
afternoon before the college stu-
dents leave for Thanksgiving vaca-

tion. An incentive to fill the baskets
was introduced when class com-
petition was s;t up to see which class
could fill its baskets first. The stu-
dent-council members shown are,
left to right: Larry Wedertz, presi-
dent, Don Bonebrake, Pat Rice,
Sherwood Durkee, Cliff Heffner and
Dale Hostetler."

Students Make "Who's Who" List

Six seniors at Grace College have
been named in this year's exclusive
list of "Who's Who Among Students
in American Colleges and Univer-
sities" it was announced today.

Listed with students from 700
schools throughout the country in
this nationwide honor group were
those from Grace College who are
pictured (lower left) seated left to
right: Elener Norris, of Mentone,
Ind.; Frank Hartwig, of Highland,
Ind.; and Willa Leidy, of Curry ville.
Pa. Standing left to right are: Dale
Hostetler, of Meyersdale, Pa.;
Larry Wedertz, of Alhambra, Calif.;
and Ron Henry, of Waterloo, Iowa.

Miss Leidy is dormitory president
and a cheerleader. Miss Norris is
editor of the student newspaper,
"Grace Sounding Board," and is
also a dorm counselor. Hartwig is
president of the senior class and
also student-body chaplain. Henry
served his class as president for
three years and is now a dorm offi-
cer. Hostetler is also a dorm officer
and a reporter for the student news-
paper. Wedertz is president of the
student body and has served as treas-
urer of his class for four years.

Miss Leidy and Mr. Hostetler
have been members of the choir dur-
ing their college days. Miss Norris,
Messrs. Hartwig and Hostetler have
participated in the annual school
plays.

These six seniors are the first
Grace College students to receive
this honor. Selections are made on
the basis of the student's scholar-
ship, leadership, cooperation in edu-
cational and extracurricular activi-
ties, general citizenship, and promise
of future usefulness.

December 21, 1957

791

RELIEF PITCHER

By Phil Landrum

One day I read an incident in
which a desperate person cried: "I
don't know where to turn. There
just doesn't seem to be any way out.
I guess all that I can do now is
pray."

Immediately I was reminded of
the 1927 World Series, which pitted
the St. Louis Cardinals against the
New York Yankees for the world
championship.

The Series had been a rough one.
Games had been won by good pitch-
ing and by good hitting. There had
been spectacular plays and there
had been the breaks but now, in the
seventh and final game, it looked
as if the Cardinals were about to
lose all the glory they had gained
in the Series. It was the last of the
ninth, and though they were lead-
ing by one run, three to two, the
Cardinal pitcher was weakening, and
the Yanks had two men on.

The pitcher went into his stretch
and threw. "Ball four," the umpire
thundered, and the Yanks had the
bases loaded!

The Cardmal manager left the
dugout and headed for the mound.
He hated to take the pitcher out,
especially since two men were gone,
but the boy didn't have the "stuff"
on the ball that he had in the earlier
innings and the next batter was
the Yankee second baseman, Tony
Lazzeri, the most dangerous clutch
hitter in baseball.

He was near the mound, now, and
he could tell from the dejected and
fearful look on his moundman's face
that he expected the worst.

"You pitched a nice game, kid,
but let's bring ole 'Alex' in to finish
Lazzeri and the Yankees."

The pitcher waited until the big
boy, Grover Cleveland Alexander,
came in and then handed the ball
10 the big right-hander. His work
done for the day, the pitcher stum-
bled dejectedly toward the dugout.

Back on the mound big "Alex"
was taking his warm-up tosses. The
manager nodded his approval and
walked slowly back to the dugout.

"Alex" signalled that he was
ready. Lazzeri stepped into the bat-
ter's box. All eyes were focused on
the two men. This was a duel for
the championship of the world.
Every pitch counted thousands of
dollars — the difference between the
winner's share and the loser's share
of the series. "Alex" didn't want to
give the menacing second baseman
anything good, so he pitched two
tight ones. They were both balls
and now Alexander was behind the
batter two balls and no strikes.
Lazzeri, hoping for a walk, took
the next one — "Strike one," said
the umpire. The fans roared. The
big pitcher stretched — threw. Laz-
z;ri connected and sent a scream-
ing line drive deep into left field.
The left fielder ran over and up
against the wall — but it was no use.
Watching the ball disappear into the
stands, big "Alex' " heart sank until
— "Foul ball," bellowing from the
left field umpire, rang like a bell of
triumph to the fifteen-year veteran

out on the mound. Dripping with
sweat, "Alex" took the new ball
thrown to him by the homeplate
"ump" and started his windup. The
crowd which had been screeming a
minute before expectantly hushed.
He threw; it was a beauty of a pitch
— and Lazzeri swung. He never
touched it and the crowd's slow
rumble burst into a thundering roar.
The St. Louis Cardinals were the
world champions!

People flooded onto the field
from all sides. Grover Cleveland
Alexander had relieved a tiring
pitcher and stemmed the Yankee
tide to bring a world championship
to St. Louis.

"Alex" had been a good pitcher
all along, but he wasn't called onto
the mound until defeat seemed im-
minent.

Often, in the same way, Christ is
called in as a relief pitcher only
when the game gets out of hand. He
should have been pitching the whole
time.

Shown above is June Findley. college sophomore librarian from Long Beach, Calif., placing
books on new library book stacks, contributed by Dr. and Mrs. John wiiitcomb.

792

The Brethren Missionary Herald

God's Hall of Fame

By Paul R. Bauman, D.D.

Heaven will be filled with sur-
prises. Not the least of these will be
the abundant rewards that will
someday be given to those who,
often in remote areas, served Christ
unknown and unsung. Such a one
was Mrs. Seltha Dawson who de-
parted to be with the Lord on
Wednesday, October 30.

Mrs. Seltha Dawson

Had Mrs. Dawson hved imtil De-
cember 15, she would have been
96 years old. To those of us who
knew her and had the occasional
privilege of driving down to see her
at the farm home where she had
spent so many years, Mrs. Dawson
was always a genuine inspiration.
Even after her body became most
infirm, her mind remained keen. Al-
ways we left her presence spiritually
refreshed and feehng we have re-
ceived far more than we had given.

Mrs. Dawson had long been a
member of The Brethren Church.
Found written in her own hand-
writing were these words: "I was
baptized by Rev. W. W. Summers
by trine immersion September 14,
1893, mto The Brethren Church, of
College Comer, Ind. In 1897 Pop-
lar Grove Brethren Church was
dedicated. I was a charter mem-
ber."

Neither of the above mentioned
churches exists any more. During
more recent years Mrs. Dawson
held her membership in the Peru
Brethren Church. Although long
isolated and seldom able to attend,
she remained faithful to what she
recognized as her responsibiUty to
all our Brethren institutions.

In the homegoing of Sister Daw-
son, Grace Seminary has lost one
of its staunchest friends and most
liberal contributors. Her substan-
tial gifts more than once were used
of the Lord to meet financial situa-
tions that at the particular time
seemed insurmountable. Her depar-
ture leaves us wondering who will be
raised up to take her place.

The funeral service was conducted
on Saturday, November 2, at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Blanche
York, with whom she had lived dur-
ing the last three years of her long
and useful life. Attending with Dr.
Alva J. McClain were Dr. W. A.
Ogden and Dr. Paul Bauman who
also had part in the service. Sur-
vivors in addition to Mrs. York,
include another daughter, Mrs. Ruth
Strickler; a sister, Mrs. Lucy
Bond, Dania, Fla., and three grand-
children.

Abraham Bowman

On November 10 Abraham Bow-
man, at the age of 96, made his en-
trance into the presence of the Lord.
In the December 14 issue of the
Brethren Missionary Herald (page
779) is the obituary of our deceased
brother in Christ.

A word of appreciation should be
made regarding the keen interest
Brother Bowman had in Grace
Theological Seminary and Grace
College. An ardent supporter of the
work of The Brethren Church, our
brother was constrained of the Lord
to will a total of $37,000 to the
seminary and college. Of this
amount $12,000 has been received
in matured annuities, and the bal-

ance will be received at a future
date in accordance with the stipula-
tions of the will.

Brother Bowman believed in lay-
ing up treasures in heaven where
time cannot destroy, and where
thieves cannot break in and steal.
Eternity alone will reveal the souls
that have been, and wiU be, won for
Christ because our brother saw the
benefit of training young people to
go to the nations of the world with
the Gospel.

WEDDING BELLS
By Ava Schnittjer

Dr. Alva J. McClain read the
double-ring ceremony at which his
secretary, Dorothy Magnuson, and
Charles Lockwood, formerly of Re-
dondo Beach, Calif., were married
at 4 p.m. Saturday, November 30.

Potted palms and baskets of pink
and white chrysanthemums provided
the setting for this simple, informal
ceremony in the chapel. Don Ogden,
professor of music at the college,
played the organ during the service,
and accompanied Mrs. Homer Kent
Jr., who sang two numbers to open
the ceremony; Mary and Ruth Lock-
wood, daughters of the groom, sang
a wedding prayer.

Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood and their
attendants. Miss Ava Schnittjer, col-
lege dean of women, and Paul Bau-
man, vice president in charge of
public relations, received the wed-
ding guests immediately after the
wedding in the seminary lounge. The
reception was in charge of Mrs. Paul
Bauman, with Mrs. Ben Hamilton,
Mrs. Homer Kent Jr., Mrs. OUve
Teal, and Miss Ava Schnittjer, as-
sisting.

The couple cut a tiered wedding
cake decorated in white with pink
rosebuds, and Mary and Ruth Lock-
wood assisted at the reception table
by pouring punch. The two daugh-
ters of the groom were assisted by
Mary and Carolyn Bauman in the
displaying of the gifts.

Most of the Missionary Herald
readers have come to know some-
thing of the bride during the ten
years she has worked in the semi-
nary office.

Mr. Lockwood attended the Bible
Institute of Los Angeles and CaU-
fomia Baptist Seminary. Since 1938
he has been licensed in California
as a contractor and decorator.

Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood are at
home at 1202 College Ave., Winona
Lake, since their return from a trip
to the Smoky Mountains.

December 21, 7957

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Netoapage

CANTON, OHIO. The First
Brethren Church has voted to pur-
chase a nine-acre tract of land in
a new residential area north of the
city as a future site for the reloca-
tion of the Canton church. John Bil-
ling is pastor.

CONEMAUGH, PA. Miss Ruth
Snyder arrived Dec. 7 in the United
States from French Equatorial
Africa for her regular furlough from
missionary duty.

WOOSTER, OHIO. Dr. Torrey
Johnson conducted a one-week
evangelistic Bible conference at the
First Brethren Church Dec. 1-8.
Kenneth Ashman is pastor.

LAKE ODESSA, MICH. Dean I.
Walter, pastor of the Vicksburg
Brethren Church, Hollidaysburg,
Pa., was guest speaker at the Grace
Brethren Church on Dec. 1. Homer
Miller is pastor.

HOLLINS, VA. The new Educa-
tional Building of the Patterson
Memorial Brethren Church was
dedicated on Nov. 24. The dedica-
tory message was delivered by
Archie L. Lynn. Wm. Byers is pas-
tor.

STORKVILLE. Dr. and Mrs.
R. D. Barnard have a new grand-
daughter (their third). Susan Carol
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Beaver, of Waco, Tex., Nov. 25.

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. Dr. Ber-
nard Schneider will conduct an
evangelistic campaign at the First
Brethren Church Feb. 2-7. Dr.
Glenn O'Neal is pastor.

FLORA, IND. An interdenomi-
national youth rally was held Nov.
17 at the Grace Brethren Church.
There were 123 young people and
30 adults present. Nathan Meyer,
pastor of the Leesburg Brethren
Church was the special speaker.
John Evans was host pastor.

COVINGTON, OHIO. The an-
nual Thanksgiving supper was held
Nov. 27 at the First Brethren
Church and the membership pre-

sented Pastor and Mrs. True Hunt
a love gift of canned foods, fruits
and cash. The Covington church is
in a $40,000-building program. The
new unit will house the Sunday
school, and also provide restrooms,
pastor's study and a fellowship hall.
Full details concerning date of dedi-
cation will be announced later.

BEAUMONT, CALIF. Mr. and
Mrs. Levi Daggett celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary on Dec.
L They are members of the Cherry
'Valley Brethren Church.

LONG BEACH, CALIF. Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel D. Sheller observed
their golden wedding anniversary
on Nov. 17. They have been mem-
bers of The Brethren Church for
over 50 years. They are members
of the First Brethren Church here.

NOTICE. The new address of
William Wiles is 115 East Ave.,
Hagerstown, Md. Please change An-
nual.

HAGERSTOWN, MD. Miss
Connie Longnecker was united in
holy wedlock to William Wiles on
Nov. 16. Brother Wiles is the pastor
of the Gay Street Brethren Church
of this city. Warren Tamkin, pas-
tor of the Grace Brethren Church,
of Hagerstown, was assisted in the
ceremony by Richard DeArmey,
pastor of the Winona Lake Brethren
Church, Winona Lake, Ind. Others
in the wedding party included Scott
Weaver, pastor of the Osceola (Ind.)
church; Jack Peters, pastor of the
Calvary church in Hagerstown, and
Larry Weber, of Johnstown, Pa.

Jn UJentortam

Mrs. Elsie A. Bsnedict departed
from this life in Seaside Hospital on
Nov. 5, and was laid to rest on Nov.
8. She had been a member of the
First Brethren Church, of Long
Beach, Calif., since May 1954. She
is survived by her husband Mr. U.
E. Benedict, with whom she had
been united for over 51 years. —
Charles W. Mayes, pastor.

Mrs. Sybil Anthony was taken to
be with the Lord on Oct. 18 follow-
ing a brief illness. At the time of
death she and her husband, John
Milton Anthony, resided in Slanton,
Tex. She had been a member of the
First Brethren Church, of Long
Beach, Calif., since 1930, during
which time she faithfully served sev-
eral years as a deaconess. — Charles
W. Mayes, pastor.

Executive Editor Arnold R. Kriegbaum

Winona Lake, Ind.

DEPARTMENTAL EDITORS

Foreign Missions R. D. Barnard

Winona Lake. Ind.
WMC Mrs. Dayton C. Cundiff

Beaver City. Nebr.
Home Missions Luther L. Grubb

Winona Lake. Ind.
Grace Seminary Paul R. Bauman

Winona Lake, Ind.

Ina Hanshae was loosed away
upward to be with her Lord on Oct.
10. She was a member of the First
Brethren Church, of Wooster, Ohio.
— Kenneth Ashman, pastor.

Mrs. Nancy Kern, 83, went to be
with the Lord on Nov. 16. Mrs.
Kern, with her husband, recently
entered the fellowship of the First
Brethren Church, of Compton, Calif.
— Dennis Holliday, pastor.

Mrs. Flora Harris went to be with
the Lord on Nov. 30, having been
bedfast for a number of years. She
had been a member of the First
Brethren Church, of Waynesboro,
Pa. for many years. — Wm. Gray,
pastor.

Edwin Slanton Evans, 73, de-
parted from this life on Nov. 21.
Had Brother Evans lived until New
Year's Eve, he and his wife would
have celebrated their golden wed-
ding anniversary. Brother Evans was
a faithful member of the First Breth-
ren Church, of Long Beach, Calif.,
for five years. Death was the result
of a stroke. — Charles W. Mayes,
pastor.

Mrs. Clarence (Anna) Hoyt, 73,
went to be with the Lord Jesus on
Dec. 6, following an illness of about
one week. She was a member of the
Winona Lake Brethren Church.
Mrs. Hoyt performed a unique min-
istry for Christ during her lifetime,
having raised six sons, four of whom
are in the Christian ministry, these
are; Herman, dean of Grace Semi-
nary; Garner, missionary in Haiti;
Solon, missionary in Argentina;
Lowell, pastor in Elkhart, Ind.; Rex,
of Anaheim, Calif., and Eldon, of
Winona Lake, Ind. She also had four
daughters, all of whom are married
to ministers of the Gospel: Mrs.
Robert Culver, of Wheaton, 111; Mrs.
Ord Gehman, of Fort Wayne, Ind.;
Mrs. Arthur Malles, of Lackeyville,
Pa.; and Mrs. Forest Lance, of Ana-
heim, Cahf. — Richard DeArmey,
pastor.

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A MESSAGE
FROM

Our

"We may not need to change our theology .
but we need to change our experience."

Moderator

Rev. Miles Taber

The sands of time are running
out. The 1957 record of The Breth-
ren Church is about finished. In a
few months we shall be assembled in
a great 250th anniversary National
Fellowship at Winona Lake to hear
our statistician's report. Then we
shall know whether we reached our
suggested goals of 25,000 members
and an average attendance of 25,000
in Sunday school.

In the meantime, let us take a
brief look at last year's statistical
report. It shows a gain of ten new
churches, membership gained by
more than 1,100, and expenditures
increased by nearly $225,000. But
if you can bear to look beneath the
surface, the picture is not that rosy.

We rejoice in the new churches
started, and we should have started
many more. But most parents are
more concerned about the health
and well-being of their children than
they are about the number of them.
The Brethren Church is congrega-
tional, and its real strength or weak-
ness will be found on the local level.
Are our local units pushing ahead
in the evangelization and training
of the people in their areas? If our
local Brethren churches are in a
healthy condition, our cooperative
efforts will share in their well-being.

But that is what is so disturbing
in our church. Last year 47 churches
had a net loss in membership, 11
were static, and one was closed. In
the language of the world's business,
" 36 percent of our local units lost
business last year. Any organiza-
tion besides the church would take
drastic steps in such a situation.
They could not survive. The 64
percent that showed profits could
not possibly carry such a loss.

We realize that membership is
not everything. But our local

churches are in business to win souls
in their communities to Christ, and
to teach them to do His will and to
go to work for Him. If these objec-
tives are successfully pursued, the
local church will usually increase in
membership.

Nothing will be gained by criti-
cism and placing of blame. No
Brethren church has grown as rapid-
ly as it should. None of us can af-
ford to point the accusing finger.
But much may be gained by merci-
less self-examination. It is inventory
time in the business world. As a
church we are entering our 250th
anniversary year. We ought humbly
to ask ourselves why it has taken us
250 years to reach approximately
25,000 in membership.

Message. We believe we have
God's message for our times. We
cling to the great fundamentals of
the faith, at the same time practicing
the ordinances Christ instituted in
the church. We do not believe any
other fellowship of churches offers
such a balanced message from the
Word of God. But we cannot agree
with those who say that it is this
message that has kept us small. If
I read church history aright, this is
the message preached by the Early
Church, the message that turned the
world upside down. They did not
protest that the message was too nar-
row!

Methods. We have used Biblical
methods quite generally, and we be-
lieve we are learning and improv-
ing in this matter. We have always
majored in preaching and teaching
the Word, and we are learning to in-
clude witnessing and visiting in our
program. Doubtless, we have much
to learn, but we are using the meth-
ods that others have used very suc-
cessfully. This has not been our
chief lack.

Organization. We are Scriptural-
ly organized as local, sovereign con-
gregations. No hierarchy can inter-
fere with the aggressive spiritual

program of the local church. The
things we can do better together, we
are accomplishing through our na-
tional boards. We have the denomi-
national machinery for an aggressive
program.

Equipment. Most of our churches
are well housed. Only a few of us are
still worshiping in frame buildings.
Most Brethren people meet in at-
tractive buildings that are adequate
for some future growth. Our na-
tional organizations are well housed,
or soon will be. It is not the lack
of physical equipment that should
be our chief concern.

Incentive. Let us turn from ma-
terial things to spiritual things. We
have been told often that the
greatest incentive to Christian serv-
ice is a belief in the soon coming
of our Lord. That is doubtless true.
And as a church we believe and
teach the truth concerning the
blessed hope. We should have, then,
every reason for working and grow-
ing.

Power. As we survey our church
the picture comes back to our mind
again and again — the picture of a
powerful motor that is silent because
there is no power. The engine could
accomplish great things, but it is out
of gas.

The reader knows as well as the
writer does that the power that is
needed is the power of the Holy
Spirit. Other churches, lacking most
of the things we have mentioned,
have surpassed us in growth. Could
it be because they have more real
spiritual power?

We may not need to change our
theology concerning the ministry of
the Holy Spirit, but we need to
change our experience. We need to
re-examine our smug belief that
there is nothing more to seek.

New Year's Eve would be a good
time to humble ourselves, pray, seek
His face, and turn from our wicked
ways.

December 21, 7957

795

Cradle of Bethlehem

By Herman A. Hoyt, Th.D.

Few men enjoying mental health
and intellectual breadth would dare
to fly in the face of the facts of his-
tory. And the cradle of Bethlehem
is one of them, for the procession of
years from this event stretches out
in unbroken hne of research, estab-
Ushing and reestablishing this fact
beyond all fear of contradiction. So
sensible men must face the inevi-
table conclusion that there was a
birth in Bethlehem of Judea some
1900 years ago, which was of such
unusual significance that it has af-
fected the course of history as no
other event since the dawn of time.

It follows logically, then, that
an event of such import could
scarcely escape the mental fog that
generally gathers about important
events. Nor has the manger-cradle
escaped, for the fog has descended
upon the scene with such darken-
ing effect that it has left men in a
state of confusion, groping their
way along, endeavoring to feel the
touch of reality somewhere in the
deep night. Some are voicing one
opinion, and others another, and
still others are expressing yet other
opinions in the effort to explain this
event. The confusion grows more
pronounced. Nor do the unaided ef-
forts of men to solve this problem
meet with any success. Confusion,
only confusion, is enveloping the
minds of men.

Yet the faith that centers in and
rises out of this cradle to march
across the centuries in a continuous
train of triumph is the faith of
the Gospel with power to deliver
from the penalty, the pollution, and
the presence of sin. But only an
opinion alone is sufficient to explain
fully and adequately the otherwise
inexplicable mysteries of the cradle
of Bethlehem. Nevertheless, reason
teaches either the Babe in the man-

ger was very God as He said He
was, and we who now believe are
not in our sins, or else this Babe
was what men say He was and we are
still in our sins, groping our way
through the night of despair.

1. Certain events surrounding
the cradle-event of Bethlehem cry
out for some satisfactory explana-
tion.

The universal element enters the
picture in the prophecy uttered by
Micah, and transports the reader
into the heights of heaven from
which vantage point one surveys
time and space from the perspec-
tive of God. "But thou, Bethlehem
Ephratah, though thou be little
among the thousands of Judah, yet
out of thee shall he come forth unto
me that is to be ruler in Israel:
whose goings forth have been from
of old, from everlasting" (Mic. 5:2).
In this word we hear the Sovereign
of the universe decreeing a time and
a place where His ruler shall come
forth.

The imperial element touching
upon this event is the decree for tax-
ation that goes forth from the city
of Rome. "And it came to pass in
those days, that there went out a
decree from Caesar Augustus that
all the world should be taxed" (Luke
2:1). And history reveals that this
decree was first issued in 8 B.C.
when Cyrenius was governor of
Syria (Luke 2:2). But for some rea-
son there was a belated execution
of the decree, and not until several
years later was it finally carried out.
Thus, this decree was perfectly
timed so that the birth of Jesus and

the execution of the decree would
be at the same time.

The national element is evident
in this picture when we note that the
Roman government granted to the
Jewish people the right to comply
with the imperial decree according
to their own customs. "And all went
to be taxed, everyone into his own
city" (Luke 2:3). This meant that,
even though Mary and Joseph lived
in Nazareth in the province of Gali-
lee, they were both descendants of
King David whose city was Beth-
lehem in the province of Judea far to
the south. And since ancient Jewish
custom recognized them as being
of the city of David, the Roman de-
cree actually sent them to Bethlehem
to fulfill the royal law of Caesar.

The marital touch in this great
picture is supphed in the persons of
Mary and Joseph. For the future
king of Israel during the millennium
must be of the family of David in
the line of the kings and there must
also be flowing in his veins the
blood of David. But to be the Son of
God and at the same time the Son
of David according to the flesh,
with right to the throne of David,
would have been impossible outside
of the marital union of Joseph and
Mary, for Joseph was the son of
David through the legal line of Sol-
omon, while Mary was the descend-
ant of David through the line of
Nathan. So in the virgin Mary,
Christ was conceived of the Holy
Spirit and thus had the blood of
David coursing through His veins,
while through Joseph's marriage
with Mary He received royal right

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to the throne (Luke 1:32 and 2:4).

And the personal element is add-
ed to the picture in the words of
Luke: "And so it was, that, while
they were there, the days were ac-
complished that she should be de-
livered. And she brought forth her
first bom son" (Luke 2:6-7). The
natural period of gestation in the
bringing of a child from the point of
conception to birth was fulfilled in
the case of Mary and Jesus, just as
in the case of the hundreds of thou-
sands of babes that had previously
come to birth in the natural way.
The time of birth synchronized ex-
actly with the decree for taxation in
the place decreed of God for the
birth of His Son. Unless a super-
natural person made his appear-
ance in Bethlehem, there is no suf-
ficient and satisfactory answer to
these things.

2. All events issuing from the
cradle in Bethlehem demand a sen-
sible explanation of the cradle. For
instance, no man lived like Christ
lived, for His was a sinless life
among sinful men. Now that in it-
self is sufficient reason to look for a
sufficient explanation in the cradle.
As Christ lived and moved among
men, when all about Him was the
sin of the race to which He be-
longed according to the flesh. He
challenged the keenest minds
among them to convict Him of any
sin (John 8:46). And if His enemies
could have found the slightest taint,
they would have done so.

Then too, no one ever spoke as
Christ spoke. This was the testi-
mony of the officers who returned
to their superiors without the Victim
for whom they had been sent (John
7:46). As He taught, "the people
were astonished at his doctrine: for
he taught them as one having au-
thority and not as the scribes" (Matt.
7:28-29). His claims for himself
were of such character that they
were either startlingly true, or else
He was the wildest fanatic that ever
walked; but the most popular teach-
er in Israel affirmed of Him: "We
know that thou art a teacher come
from God: for no man can do these
miracles that thou doest, except God
be with him" (John 3:2).

And it was also true that no one
ever died as Christ died, for He died
like God. Many have been the brave
and the true who, in the hour of
death have displayed courage and
virtue; but the death of Christ was
aU that and more. Heaven and earth
seemed to bend low to witness this

scene, and the sun hid its face at the
horror. But with all the horror at-
tending His scene, the One who
died on the central tree died like a
Victor, as though through this ex-
perience He was accomplisiiing some
great task, for He cried out "It is
finished," and a centurion standing
by remarked: "Truly this man was
the Son of God" (Mark 15:39).

Furthermore, no one ever rose a.^
Christ arose from the dead.
Throughout the Old Testament pe-
riod there were those who were
raised from the dead by the power
of God applied through the chan-
nel of His prophets, but they were
raised to live again in bodies that
were unchanged, and later they died
a natural death. Others, too, of the
period of His own ministry, experi-
enced the same resurrection only to
die again. This was not true of our
Lord. He died once, and rose once,
never to die again, and according
to His own words He confirms this:
"I am he that liveth, and was dead;
and, behold, I am alive for ever-
more" (Rev. 1:18).

To climax His ministry among
men. He ascended as no one ever
ascended. Enoch was caught up into
glory by the Lord, Elijah was swept
away in a whirlwind, but Christ's as-
cension was different. At His resur-
rection He entered into His glory
(Luke 24:26). This glory into which
He entered was the cloud of glory
which surrounds Deity, in which
cloud He was swept away into the
heavens (Acts 1:9). It is Paul who
declares that He was "received up
in [not "into"] glory" (I Tim. 3:16
ASV). No other ever went away that
way, which means that some expla-
nation must be sought in the cradle
of Bethlehem to satisfy reasoning
minds.

3. Finally, note that a careful
scrutiny of the cradle itself provides
the only explanation. There was
upon that occasion the visitation of
an angelic messenger (Luke 2:9). As
in the past, so now, God sends one
of His ministering spirits to perform
a special work of His own on the
earth. Some special act of judgment,
of mercy, or of message, was usually
conveyed by one or many of the
angelic hosts, and inasmuch as
every announcement of the coming
Christ to Mary and Joseph was
conveyed by an angel, it is not sur-
prising that an angel armounced His
birth.

Humble shepherds were the re-
cipients of this angelic announce-

ment, which fact has produced much
speculation among men since that
day. Some have suggested that this
was true because the common peo-
ple had largely been deprived of re-
ligious privilege by the apostate
leaders in Israel. Others think that
this was ordered so because the
leaders in Israel were corrupted and
the faith was held in a good con-
science only among the common
people. These reasons have revealed
that these shepherds on the moun-
tainside that night were temple
shepherds, tending sheep destined
for sacrifice in the Temple. With the
announcement of the angel was the
good news that the Lamb of God,
fulfilling all the types, was now
bom, and their task was finished for-
ever.

The supernatural person was an-
nounced by the angel thus: "For
unto you is bom this day, in the
city of David, a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord" (Luke 2:11).
Reading the names literally, they
appear as Saviour, Christ, Lord!
Saviour, the One who came to meet
all the sin of all the ages and deal
with it; Christ, the One who came as
the divine Servant of the Lord to
bring order out of chaos; Lord, the
One who stands as the Sovereign in
time and eternity, and before whom
all intelligences must bow. This is
the One who lies in the cradle of
Bethlehem and constitutes the only
sufficient answer to the unusual
events which gather about His birth,
and which will explain adequately
the life He lived, the words He
spoke, the death He died, the resur-
rection He experienced, and the
ascension that took Him away.

In this One alone resides the po-
tentialities to reveal God, for in Him
dwelt all the fullness of the God-
head bodily. In this One alone was
there enough goodness to ransom
mankind so that His work on the
cross was sufficient for all, deficient
for none, and efficient for those who
believe. In Him alone is there the
promise that the moral, political,
economic, and spiritual chaos of
earth will finally be done away and
supplanted by order, and goodness,
and plenty. Well did the poet write:

"Oh little town of Bethlehem,

How still we see thee lie;

Above thy deep and dreamless sleep,

The silent stars go by.

Yet in the dark street shineth

The everlasting Light;

The hopes and fears of all the years,

Are met in thee tonight."

December 21, 1957

797

CHRISTMAS
SYMBOLS

WHAT ABOUT THEM?

By C. H. Ashman, D.D.

Pastor, West Covino Brethren

Church

West Covino, Calif.

The birth of Christ as recorded
in the Bible is a fact, not a myth
nor a tradition. It is not folklore. We
are shut-up to the Biblical record
for the facts accompanying that
birth. But Satan has presented
counterfeits to counteract these
facts. He sought to prevent the Lord
Jesus Christ from being born of
the virgin, even to be born at all.
He sought over a period of centuries
to destroy the royal line from which
Christ was to be born. Defeated in
this, he has sought to destroy the
power of the birth of Christ by an
ever-increasing multiplication of
substitutes.

What Day Was Christ Born?

It was not on December 25. The
pagans, prior to Christ's birth, cele-
brated Saturnalia from December
17 to 24 and Brumalia on December
25. This was the shortest day of the
year when the sun began the journey
back toward spring. This celebration
was a riot of excesses. How is it that
we keep this day? Other days have
been suggested and used by minority
groups: March 15, April 5, May 20,
December 8, and January 7.

We base the assertion that Christ
was not born on December 25 on
these facts — First, because there
would be no pasture for sheep in
the fields in December and no shep-
herds watching flocks by night at
that time of the year. Secondly, no
woman, with the modes of travel
available then, would make the
journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem

at that time of the year when she
was about to be delivered of a child.
Thirdly, the government would
never have decreed a taxing at that
time of the year requiring the citi-
zens to make the long and hazardous
journey. Fourthly, the earliest men-
tion of December 25 was in the
third century. Before that, the
church celebrated Michaelmas on
September 29. Christmas means
"Christ sent."

Why Michaelmas? Because it was
the festival of Michael and the
angels. What did Michael and the
angels announce? The birth of
Christ. Now count 280 days back
from September 29 and you arrive
at December 25. This would be the
normal period between conception
and birth. December 25 was be-
lieved to be the conception date and
September 29 the birth date.

When was Christ actually given?
When the body "prepared for him"
was deposited in the virgin by the
Holy Spirit in conception. Christ's
humanity began at conception.
(Read Matt. 1:18, 20, 22-23.) On
December 25, Christ came down,
entered into the womb of Mary, the
virgin, and abode there in His in-
carnation until He came forth in
birth on September 29. So the
Early Church seemed to believe,
and so we are convinced.

What day should we celebrate, if
we should celebrate any day? De-
cember 25 when the Son was given?
(Read Isa. 9:6-7.) When was the

Son given — December 25? When
was the child born — September 29?

Present-day Symbols

There are some which agree with
the Scriptures. The star symbol
agrees. The angel symbol also. The
shepherd and the sheep, although
there is no scripture for having any
sheep at the manger. The light sym-
bol agrees. Christ was given as the
Light of the world. The gift symbol
agrees. God gave His only begotten
Son. The Wise Men and camels are
far-fetched as Christmas scenery,
for it was at least two years after
Christ was born before the Wise
Men appeared.

There are many symbols which
do not in any degree agree with
Christmas. The Santa Claus myth is
pagan in origin, philosophy, and in-
fluence. This and everything that
goes along with it is a substitute of
the Devil. X-mas is an insult vo the
celebration. It stands for X-haus-
tion, X-travagance, X-pense, X-hi-
bition, X-cess, et cetera.

We have almost forgotten the
great Christmas seal. This is found
in Isaiah 9:6. (Read II Tim. 2:19
also.) This seal is the five-pointed
star, a title for each point: Counsel-
lor as set forth in the Book of Mat-
thew; Mighty God as portrayed in
the Book of Mark; Everlasting
Father as lifted up in the Book of
Luke; Prince of Peace as magnified
in the Book of John. The whole seal
is wonderful! Let us put Christ
back into Christmas!

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LETTERS^^

(Editor: In fairness to the writer of the
original articles (Nov. 23. 1957 issue, pages
740-1) it should be noted that he did not
suggest that Christmas be abolished, but
rather that the celebration be held on a
high and holy plane, and thus recognize it as
the birthday of our Lord.)

Dear Sirs:

Nov. 25, 1957

Let's not abolish Christmas!

After reading the two articles
in the Brethren Missionary Herald
about not having a commercial
Christmas and giving the money in-
stead to the church, I considered the
matter carefully.

1. Only the extreme cults, such
as Jehovah's Witness refuse to cele-
brate Christmas. This seems like
radical surgery to a lovely tradition.

2. Children may consent, but
they will really not understand the
spiritual significance of not cele-
brating Christmas. A Christian child
is only a babe in spiritual things. It
is the material that he can see that
gives significance to the spiritual. To
deny the child all the material is to
give him a feeling of having lost
something he treasured, and he
doesn't know exactly why.

3. Why not put Christ into
Christmas instead of abolishing it?

In our home the tree and decora-
tions are kept very simple and in-
expensive. Each child is given one
inexpensive gift. (We try to give
steadily and faithfully to our church
laying by each week as the Scripture
says to do. The Brethren people
should be encouraged to tithe con-
sistently instead of a radical splurge
once a year. Also we plan, with the
children, a special tithe at Christ-
mas.) A certain amount of sacrifice,
to give to missionaries and to the
Lord Jesus, is done willingly and
imaginatively by a child but to ask
them to "spiritualize" Christmas
when even among their Christian
friends the celebration is traditional
seems to me unnecessary and in-
considerate.

Our home is filled with Christian
Christmas music. On Christmas Eve
we have a special family-altar serv-
ice with the candles lit on the mantle

and the fire flickering in the fire-
place. On a cabinet is the manger
scene. The children help us tell the
Christmas story in flannelgraph and
Bible reading.

The shining tree tells forth God's
love in sending His Son, and we dis-
cuss how the tree foreshadows His
love who died for our sins on the
cross. Our Christmas is not to in-
dulge the children but to instruct
thsm. A commercial Christmas is
out for us, but a real Christ is pre-
sented each year, in a special way, to
our children.

An adult can find spiritual bless-
ing in denial and fasting, but a child
only feels deprived and puzzled,
even though trying, as best he can,
to understand.

We don't care to copy the cults.
We want to bring our young ones
up patiently and lovingly to grow
in grace, to realize God's love for
them and their place in His will, at
Christmas and all through the year.

4. As for gifts and cards to
friends and relatives, we expect the
adults to be understanding and ac-
cept a homemade card with a spirit-
ual message. If they're Christian,
they do. And if they are not Chris-
tian, they have been given a witness.

The children of friends and rela-
tives always seem happy with a
small gift, and our children enjoy
giving them.

Thus, on a shoestring, we believe
that we have kept the essence of a
spiritual Christmas. Curing a disease
is better than an amputation. Cur-
ing the evils of commercialism by
stressing the real, spiritual mean-
ing of Christmas is better than abol-
ishing the symbols, we think.

If every Brethren family would
tithe consistently, and give a special
tithe at Christmas, every need would
be met. Most people will be more
willing to start consistent tithing
than to stop celebrating Christmas.

Mrs. J. P. Snow
San Gabriel, CaHf.

C hrist Child, God's beloved Son
H erod, a most wicked one
R ejoice, and be not afraid
I nn where no room was made
S tar which shone so bright
T idings which came one night
M anger, Christ's cradle at birth
A ngels who told of His worth
S alvation He brought to earth

— King's Business

ASHLAND, OHIO

As a result of the Nov. 17-24
evangelistic campaign in the Grace
Brethren Church, there were 125
decisions for Christ. The average at-
tendance was 424. Dr. Torrey John-
son was the evangelist. — Miles Ta-
ber, pastor.

DANVILLE, OHIO

The Danville Brethren Church
concluded a revival meeting on Nov.
24, with Wm. Schaffer, pastor of the
First Brethren Church, of Kittan-
ning. Pa., as the evangelist. There
were six first-time decisions, and
about 30 rededications. — Roy E.
Kriemes, pastor.

SUNNYSIDE, WASH.

On the evening of Nov. 22 the
young people of the First Brethren
Church enjoyed a turkey banquet,
in fellowship with the young people
from the Grace Brethren Church,
of Grandview, as guests. Twenty-
eight young people were present
with their advisors. Pastor and Mrs.
Robert Griffith, Pastor and Mrs.
Leshe Moore, Mr. and Mrs. feith
McDaniels, and Mr. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Garrison. Pastor Moore was
master of ceremonies, and Pastor
Griffith lead in the devotions. Others
who assisted in the banquet were:
Joyce Strout, Mrs. Harold Rode-
rick, Mrs. Homer Waller, Blanche
West, Doreen Garrison, Diana
Roderick, and Judy Fisher. The past
two months were high spots for the
local Wh/lC. In November 65 ladies
were present, and in December 72
were present for the monthly meet-
ing.— Leslie Moore, pastor.

WEDDING BELLS

Loretta Pauline Short and Ter-
rence Rollin Sawyer, Nov. 9, at the
Marshall Creek Baptist Church.

Nancy Sprouse and Tommy
Asper, Dec. 13, at the First Breth-
ren Church, Compton, Calif.

Juanita Hoak and Ronald Hill,
Nov. 29, at the First Brethren
Church, Kittanning, Pa.

Helen Maxine Kesselring and
James Edmond Pfeiffer, Nov. 28, at
the First Brethren Church, Waynes-
boro, Pa.

December 21. 7957

799

Heaven and Nature Sing

The perfecting of mankind and
the glorifying of his earthly home
have always been joined in the eter-
nal purposes of God. Man's fall
while ruler over the earth (Gen. 1:
28) brought devastation to his realm
(Gen. 3:17-18), and subjected it to
a bondage in keeping with man's
moral decline (Rom. 8:20). Cor-
respondingly the consummation of
the plan for perfection, and the re-
demption of the body will affect
the redemption of the earth from
which man's body was formed (Rom.
8:21; Gen. 2:7; 3:19). The realm
of nature participates in and waits
in expectation of succeeding events
the unfolding counsel of God's own
will, wherein He displays His
mercy on fallen man (Rom. 8:19).

How long creation murmured,
waiting for the coming Seed of the
woman (Gen. 3:15)! Through the
centuries, as the promised line nar-
rowed, the earth waited in subdued
anticipation. When the fullness of
time was come, earth was ready
(Gal. 4:4). The subjected creation
undoubtedly trembled with unspeak-
able joy on the night when the Word,
bom in the smallest hamlet in
Judah, became flesh. Yet there are
no recorded natural manifestations
of earth rejoicing at the birth of the
Son of Man. The obedient creation
held well the secret of the mystery
of God manifest in the flesh (I Tim.
3:16). Overhead a star out of the
east bore witness to the spot for only
those who were seeking Him (Matt.
2:2-10). Heaven sent her angels to
announce what earth dare not speak
(Luke 2:9-14).

Would no man recognize the ar-
rival of the Saviour? The unborn
child of Elizabeth leaped in the
womb at the announcement (Luke
1:41, 44). Simeon rejoiced when
his eyes had seen the long awaited
child (Luke 2:29). Anna recognized
the appearance of the One who
would bring redemption to Israel
(Luke 2:38).

Men for the most part didn't
recognize the One who had come
to dwell in their midst. Learned doc-

tors were astonished at the answers
the Boy for three days gave in the
Temple, until His mother took Him
back to the caravan headed for Gali-
lee (Luke 2:46-47). Sabbath wor-
shipers in the synagogue at Naza-
reth rose up in wrath at the usurped
testimony read from the Prophet
Isaiah (Luke 4:16). Scribes and
Pharisees maliciously communed to
plot the death of the One who
healed withered hands and opened
the eyes of the blind. Only to those
who received His testimony was He
the One full of grace and truth (John
1:15).

But the creation was ready to
recognize the Maker when self-
willed men rejected Him. The fish
obeyed the authority of the Last
Adam (Luke 5:6). The fig tree
withered at the command of the
Author of Life (Mark 11:14, 20).
Wind and water quieted at the voice
that could speak worlds into being
(Luke 8:24). The very stones of
earth lay ready to cry out if men
should fail to welcome the King
(Luke 19:40).

When followers denied Him and
wicked men railed on Him in the

By Evan M. Adams

Superintendent, Brethren Navajo
Mission

hour of His death, the earth shud-
dered, rended the rocks and dark-
ened the sky (Matt. 27:51; Luke
23:44). In its bondage earth could
not offer its original glory to the
visiting Creator. The desolated
creation could offer only a bed of
straw, a crown of thorns, and a tomb
of stone.

Today the earth awaits its re-
demption. Still anticipating the fur-
ther unfolding of God's completion
of His plan, it "groaneth and tra-
vaileth in pain together until now"
(Rom. 8:22). The renewing process
that began with the earthquake at
His resurrection will be finished at
the manifestation of the sons of
God, when He reappears in the
clouds of glory. Only with the res-
toration of the glory of man in the
intended image of His maker can
the subjected earth break forth in
new life and liberty. Redeemed men
and bondaged earth together plead:
"Even so, come. Lord Jesus."

The BRETHREN

HOME MISSION NUMBER

Final '57 Features

Palmyra (Pa.) church goes self-supporting Oct. 1

Cheyenne (Wyo.) dedicates new church Nov. 3

DECEMBER 28, 1957

What God Hath Wrought

By Mark E. Malles, Pastor

First Brethren Church

Fort Wayne, Ind.

(Ed. The following article by Rev. Mark
Malles, pastor of the First Brethren Church.
Fort Wayne, Ind., W£s held over from last
month due to shortage of space, but we be-
lieve this was of the Lord. Just this last
weelc we received the accompanying letter
from the Grace Brethren Church which is
a letter of "Thanksgiving" for "What God
Hath Wrought.")

The pastor was overloaded with
work, and his liealth was not very
good at the time, so the First Breth-
ren Church, of Fort Wayne, Ind.,
decided to call a part-time assistant
to the pastor. This was just two
years ago. Thomas Julien, then a
middler at Grace Seminary, accept-
ed a call to spend his weekends in
this work. The First Brethren
Church was Tom's home church by
"marriage." His wife, Doris (Briner),
had been a member of the church
for some years.

Brother Julien had previously ex-
pressed a concern for the city of
Fort Wayne, and for the establish-
ment of another testimony in the
city. It was natural that he and the
pastor began immediately to talk of
a branch Sunday school. God, in His

Christmas Greetings

The entire home-mission staff,
our missionaries, and churches wish
all of you a joyous Christmas sea-
son and the Lord's richest blessings
for this coming new year.

Grace College and Seminary Offering

The operational and building
needs of our school are being pre-
sented to us during this period.
Christian training of the fine caliber
offered at Grace is a necessity for
a growing church. The increase in
our population, particularly in the
next few years, provides a great
challenge and opportunity. We must
be able to provide educational fa-
cilities for our youth.

We urge the supporters of The
Brethren Home Missions Council
to pray that the operational needs of
our school will be met with a gener-
ous offering. Pray that the present
building campaign may be cared for
financially as construction proceeds.
— Lester E. Pifer.

providence, had led definitely to this
point, and saw to it that the rapid
development of another gospel testi-
mony followed.

Prayer meetings of interested
people of the First Church led to
plans for the opening of a branch
Sunday school. But the plans were
hardly formed until it became evi-
dent that this would not meet the
need. There must be a second Breth-
ren church with a full schedule of
services. Within three months the
newly-called assistant pastor of the
First Brethren Church resigned to
accept the pastorate of the newly-
organized Grace Brethren Church,
of Fort Wayne!

How we have rejoiced as some of
our dearly beloved people have
prayed and planned and worked
under the leadership of their con-
secrated pastor in the months that
followed, until now their beautiful
meeting place has been completed.
In the fastest growing section of
Fort Wayne, in a building that is a
credit to the community, the church

is now meeting regularly to worship
the Lord, study His Word, and pro-
claim the Gospel of His saving
grace! What God hath wrought! In
22 months we have gone from one
Brethren testimony in this city to
two fully established and equipped
churches!

Of course, no reader will fail to
realize that, from the human stand-
point, such progress would be ut-
terly impossible without the Breth-
ren Home Missions Council. For
the development and progress of
this great missionary agency we here
in Fort Wayne have ever-increasing
reason to praise the Lord. How dif-
ficult and slow would be the process
of providing suitable meeting places
for these new gospel testimonies if
it were not for the Brethren Invest-
ment Foundation!

As I stand in the pulpit week by
week, believe me it is a thrill to
realize that another Brethren pas-
tor is preaching the old-fashioned
Gospel in another Brethren church
in our city!

4619 Stellhorn Road

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Thanksgiving, 1957

Board of Directors

The Brethren Home Missions

Council, Inc.
Winona Lake, Indiana

Gentlemen:

"Thanks be unto God for His
unspeakable gift" (II Cor. 9:15).

As another Thanksgiving season
approaches, we, the members and
friends of the Grace Brethren
Church, rejoice in the multitude of
blessings which God has showered
upon us during the past year. These
blessings have been both spiritual
and material.

Among the greatest of these bless-
ings has been the completion of our
new church building. Thanksgiving
a year ago, the site of this church

was nothing but a vacant field. Our
services were being held in the home
of one of our faithful families. This
past year has witnessed the erection
of a beautiful new structure which
is not only a credit to the commu-
nity but most of all an adequate
house of worship for our congrega-
tion.

We realize that this structure has
been made possible through the
work of Brethren home-missions. It
is therefore fitting that Thanksgiv-
ing Sunday should be Home-Mis-
sions Day in our church. In view of
this, we wish to direct our thanks
not only to God, who is the Giver
of all things, but also to the Home
Missions Council, which He has
used as the instrument for allow-
ing this building to come to us.

We thank the Council, first, for
its financial support and guidance
during this past year. Secondly, we

THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD VOLUME 19, NUMBER 52

ARNOLD R. KRIEGBAUM, Executive Editor
Entered as second-class matter April 16. 1943 at the post office at Winona Lake. Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. Issued weekly by
the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Winona Lake. Ind. Subscription price, $3.00 a year: 100-percent churches, $2.50; foreign, $4.00. Board of
Directors: Robert Crees, president; Herman A. Hoyt, vice president: William Schaffer, secretary: True Hunt, assistant secretary: Ord Geh-
man, treasurer: Bryson Fetters, member-at-large to executive Committee: William Male, Mark Malles, Robert E. A. Miller, Thomas Ham-
mers: Arnold R. Kriegbaum, ex officio.

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thank the members of the construc-
tion crew for their excellent and
money-saving work in the erection
of tliis building. Finally, we thank
the many investors in the Brethren
Investment Foundation for their part
in causing the dreams of our peopb
to become a reality.

And so, along with our Thanks-
giving offering, we send this letter,
which is being r;ad publicly to the
congregation on Thanksgiving Sun-
day, and is being signed by thos;
members and friends who are in at-
tendance. May God's richest bless-
ings be upon the Home Missions
Council in the years to come until
our Lord returns.

On behalf of those for whom Hj
died,

The members and friends of the
Grace Brethren Church

Ralph D. Keller

Bill Snyder

Kathleen Andrews

Mark Jury and family

George B. Lord, Jr. and family

Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Ervin and

Leanore
Mrs. A. L. Igney
Mrs. B. L. Burch
Mr. Bert Leiter and family
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Lord, Sr.
Rev. Thomas Julien and family

FINAL '57 VICTORIES

The final edition of the Brethren
Missionary Herald for 1957 brings
news of two more home-mission vic-
tories. One, the dedication of the
new First Brethren Church, Chey-
enne, Wyo., and the other, the
Grace Brethren Church, Palmyra,
Pa., going self-supporting. These
bring to a total five new churches
dedicated and four churches going
self-supporting in the year of 1957.
Four more new churches are near-
ing completion and at least a half
dozen more will be going self-sup-
porting beginning January 1, 1958.

We give thanks to God for each
one of these victories. They have
been made possible through your
prayers, gifts, and investments. The
directors and entire home-missions
family take this means of sayiing
"Thank you," Brethren.

Should our Lord tarry, may 1958
see more victories, more dedicated
lives, more decisions for Christ, and
more cities with gospel testimonies
through the arm of Brethren Home
Missions. Will you pray to this end?
— Frank J. Poland.

New Church Dedicated

Russell L Wilhanii. p..bloi

Rev. Harold H. Etling, director of
the National Sunday School Board
of The Brethren Church, Winona
Lake, Ind., was the speaker, No-
vember 3, at the dedication of the
new edifice of the First Brethren
Church, Cheyenne, Wyo. Dr. L. L.
Grubb, represented The Brethren
Home Missions Council and Rev.
Thomas Inman, Denver, Colo., rep-
resented the Midwest District of
Churches. A number of local pas-
tors were present and had a part
in the dedication program.

When plans were being considered
for building a larger church building,
it was decided to relocate in the ea.,'::
part of town and six lots were pur-
chased on Walnut Drive. Th ;■
property is divided by Forrest Driv :
and extends to Highway 30.

Morris D. Kemper was chosen h\
the building committee as architrCL
in the fall of 1955. In August ■ '
1956 the construction crew, an arm
of the Brethren Home Mission pro-
gram for the building of new home-
mission-church buildings, moved to
Cheyenne to begin work on the
building. There were four members
in the crev/. Lated a fifth joined the
crew. While they were here they,
with their families, fitted into the

v/ork of the local church, and helped
spiritually in the church and in the
community. Part of the crew left in
May 1957 and the others joined
them in Lansing, Mich., in August.
There was stih a great amount of
finish work to be done by the local
people, and they have been faitliful
in coming out each week to com-
plete the building.

The two-story building is 66x72
feet. The basement includes a large
assembly room in the center. On the
north side is a large room which
will be divided by curtains and will
be used for Sunday-school depart-
ments and for our communion serv-
ice.

The main auditorium will seat ap-
proximately 250 people. There is
provision for overflow which would
make it possible to seat up to 500 if
necessary. The space along the
north side and under the balcony
will be separated from the main
auditorium by curtains and will be
used for Sunday-school classes. The
south side includes the pastor's
study, office and church library.
The balcony will be our nursery,
and we have located the control
room there.

Harold Etling, dedication spealter

December 28, 7957

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Personal Testimonies of Cheyenne Brethren

FIRST BRETHREN INTEREST
BEGAN IN WMC

When asked what the First Breth-
ren Church, of Cheyenne, has meant
to me, many thoughts come to mind
— the good times we have had at the
WMC work meetings and the fine
fellowship at the regular meetings.
This is one of my first memories, for
I was a member of the WMC for a
long time before I was a member of
the church. Another memory —
big, busy, well-organized vacation
Bible schools and my going home
exhausted after a morning with a
group of giggly, wiggly, noisy juniors
or junior highs. It has meant teach-
ing a class steadily for two and a
half years, first as a supply and
later as a regular teacher.

Through the last summer and
fall it has meant hard work to help
finish the church building, whenever
we could find time, and have it
ready for dedication. As dear as all
these are to me, they are only an
evidence of what the church has
really meant to me.

The First Brethren Church is a
church where my children are taught
the Bible from the two-three-year
class on up, and they are taught
Christian living — not compromise.
It is where I have been privileged
to serve my Lord, particularly in
teaching, and to fellowship with
some of the finest Christian people
I know. It is where I come away
from every service wanting to serve
my Lord better from that time forth.
Most important of all to me it is
the place where the Lord and I have
fought many battles with self and
the Devil, and by His grace He has
won. I do thank God for the First
Brethren Church, of Cheyenne, and
my own spiritual growth since com-
ing here. — (Mrs.) Shirley Lynn.

FIRST BRETHREN INFLUENCE
ON MY LIFE

The First Brethren Church has
had a lot to do with my life. As a
small girl I knew the Lord as my
Saviour, and that was all.

Then our family started going to
The Brethren Church. The first time
we went we felt like we were wanted,
and found the people of the church
friendly. We have been going now

for more than eight years, and in
that timi we have really gotten to
know our Lord and Saviour.

Through the Word I have learned
to know that a church can build or
crush a person's life. A church must
have sound doctrine. The Brethren
Church has built my life, and I am
proud to be a part of it and to know
the people here. The most important
thing is that I have gotten to know
and love my Lord and Saviour bet-
ter.— Miss Marilyn Gravelle.

FIRST BRETHREN TURNED
BLIGHT TO BLESSING

From the day our. baby was born
we knew something was wrong with
him. The doctor contacted a heart
surgeon in Denver and made an ap-
pointment for us to take the baby
there to be checked.

Our hopes were built up some as
we thought maybe through surgery
he would be all right. But when we
went back in three days we were
told he was a "mongoloid" baby and
had only three to four years at the
most to live. What a blow! Why did
my baby have to be like this? I grad-
ually grew more bitter. How could
God be so cruel to a poor little baby
to make him suffer so?

Although I had attended church
a few times after the baby's birth,
the day came when I decided I
wanted no part of church or any-
thing connected with it. I kept grow-
ing more nervous and bitter until
one day the doctor said I was on the
verge of a nervous breakdown and
had to have a rest. This really scared
me. At that time our baby, Sidney
Lee, was very sick again.

I will always thank God for the
day when my husband. Bill, insisted
that I go to The Brethren Church
with him. He had gone a few times
and taken the children, but I would
not go. This time he said: "Either
we all go or none of us go," and
I went. Here I learned to truly love
and trust my Lord. Here I found
peace.

The night my baby went to be
with the Lord I knew that God was
good to him to take Him. What more
could I ask, for my baby was at rest

for the first time since he was born.
I know I'll meet my precious baby
up there.

When I get to feeling blue, I stop
and think of all the blessings the
Lord has given us each day. What a
wonderful Lord! I know that what-
ever may come in life, I can face
it with the knowledge that the Lord
is with me and will give me the
strength to go on. I am glad that
through the church, the preaching
of the Word, and Christian friends
I now realize what I couldn't or
wouldn't let myself do before. Each
day the Lord provides us with
strength anew for that day, and no
good thing will He withhold from
those that love Him. — Mrs. William
Cloonan.

APPRECIATION

I am thankful today for what
a wonderful Saviour, and the First
Brethren Church, of Cheyenne, have
done for my family and myself.

I feel that not only having the
motto: "The Bible, the whole Bible
and nothing but the Bible" but also
the faitliful preaching of our pastors
has done much for my spiritual
growth. I would not forget the
prayers of our faithful people for me
also.

Before I started attending church
services here, I could not pray in
public. In this the Lord has blessed,
and I never miss the opportunity
now to speak a word of testimony
for Him. I have also enjoyed hav-
ing a part in watching the spiritual
growth of our people — young and
old.

It has been a joy also to have had
a part in the building of the new
building. I want to thank the Breth-
ren Home Missions Council, the
Brethren Construction Company,
the Brethren Investment Founda-
tion, and the Brethren people every-
where for making this possible.

I received special blessings from
our midweek prayer meetings, and
the way our Lord answers our pray-
ers. I feel that with our Saviour and
the people working together as they
have in the past, we will have even a
greater testimony in Cheyenne. —
Ralph B. Peterson, Sunday-school
superintendent.

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Another Home Mission Church Dedicated

M
f

Dedication Day — Cheyenne, Wyo.

Left to right seated: Rev. G. W.
Berglund, Rev. Russell L. WiUiams,
Rev. Leslie Deinstadt, president of
the Ministerial Association; Rev.
Harold Etling, Rev. Thomas Inman,
and Dr. George White, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, reading the
Scripture.

December 28, 7957

805

To God Be the Glory

By Robert Wm. Markley

"To God be the glory, great things
He hath done." Truly His work is
marvelous in our eyes as we behold
it through faith, and also through
visible substance when it is done.
There is none like unto our wonder-
ful Lord in all the earth, and He de-
serves all the praise and honor these
tongues of clay can render.

Some time ago a speaker referred
to the Grace Brethren Church, of
Palmyra, as a "miracle" church.
There is "more truth than politics"
in that statement, for it is only by
a miracle of God's matchless grace
that the Grace Brethren Church, of
Palmyra, is in existence. Our eyes
have beheld other miracles also.
There is the unbelievable miracle of
the transformed life of every man
and woman who comes to Christ for
salvation. Palmyra has these. There
is the miracle of an answer to our
prayers. How often we have stood
agape at the answer when God sends
it, as though it were a miracle. The
miracle is not in the answer, but
in the fact that a God of perfect
holiness hears us at all. Palmyra has
these. Then there is the miracle of
the human heart: how is it that it is
moved with compassion for the
needs of the work of Jesus Christ?
Palmyra has seen God's people
shoulder a debt of $44,000 and at
the same time begin a heavy pro-
gram of missionary giving. God has
opened the windows of heaven and
poured out a blessing that there is
not room to contain it. What
is this miracle of power that moves
some human hearts and at the same
time passes others by? To God be
the glory, for this is His work. Every
human heart can know of His work-
ing if it is willing to humble itself,
turn from its wicked ways, seek
God's face, and pray.

Just fifteen months old at the time
of its first steps to become independ-
ent of the Home Missions Council,
the Grace Brethren Church, of Pal-
myra, had a membership of 89. We
had 92 members, but two of them
have already been promoted to
heaven, and one has married an-
other home-mission pastor. Rev.
Emlyn Jones. This total membership
needs just an additional ten to be
double the number of members who

form;d the nucleus of the group
from Melrose Gardens Grace Breth-
ren Church. There are a few await-
ing baptism at the present time, for
which we praise the Lord. In the
current year, the mortgage principle
has been decreased by S3,000, and
there is yet to be another $1,000
paid. In addition to this, the college
and seminary, the Foreign Mission-
ary Society, and the Home Missions
Council cfiering goals have been
$1,000 each. The first two were sur-
passed and we are confident in the
Lord regarding the home-missions
offering. We are not boasting, save
in our wonderful Lord, for He it is
who opens hearts and pocketbooks.
There are no wealthy people in
Palmyra church; that is, in ih^ s^-^'^e
of being wealthy in this world's
goods, but they are all wealthy in
the bank of heaven. Everyons works
hard and give sacrific'aliy io vhe
work of the Lord. It is here that
we would like to pay tribute to
whom tribute is due: Without the
vision of the lost in the hearts of the
people, the church could mot have
been started. Without the vision of

the harvest field in the heart of
Pastor Conard Sandy, the people
would have lacked encouragement
to launch out on faith to begin a
new work. Without someone to put
up the money, the work would not
have been started. All three of these
"were necessary. How often some-
one has a vision and a burden for
the lost, but no one encourages or
finances the venture, and the vision
is lost. Home-mission points are :;n
need of help today. Someone has the
vision and there are those to en-
courage, but funds to do the task are
lacking. May God move the hearts
of His people that there may be
more "miracle" churches across the
nation. We praise God for the help
of the Atlantic District Mission
Board and for the help of the Breth-
ren Home Missions Council in the
first crucial months.

Now, let us tell you about one
specific miracle who stands as a
trophy of the grace of God because
Grace Brethren Church stands on
West Main Street, Palmyra, Pa.,

(Continued on page 808)

MORE CLASSROOMS NEEDED!

Left to right: Samuel Grubb, Faber Walters, Alva Saufley, and Clarence
Nye building a petition for more classrooms.

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A Self-Supporting Church in 15 Months

(Palmyra [Pa.] Brethren set this record)

Pastor Robert Markley and family

Left to right: Richard McCarthy, church secretary; Robert Markley, pastor;

and Harold Hoffsmith, financial secretary, present the recommendation to

become self-supporting.

First anniversary Sunday-school attendance. (Inset) Record VBS

December 28, 1957

807

God Is Good

By Allen F. Zook, Superintendent of Sunday School

Is the Lord partial when it comes
to handing out blessings? The way
He has blessed our Sunday school,
I sometimes think we have received
an extra share of blessing. On the
other hand, when I read about many
other Sunday schools who have re-
ceived rich blessings from the Lord,
I have to repeat over, and over
again, "The Lord is good."

July 8, 1956 was a real question
mark in the minds of the 51 mem-
bers of the Harrisburg church who
planned to begin a new work in Pal-
myra. It was Sunday morning, our
first Sunday morning. We had
scrubbed and painted and cleaned
to make the inside of the building
presentable. Besides the work and
sweat, there were many prayers for
courage and guidance. We had 78
present. The offering was $92.66.
It was a real answer to prayer. Rev.
Harold Etling taught the adult class
which included quite a number of
young people and some juniors.

The attendance increased until
we had 100. It wasn't long until the
record was 125. Our record to date
is 140. Our attendance dropped 20
percent during the flu epidemic, but
there isn't much sickness at the
present time, and we are asking
the Lord to continue an increase in
the Sunday-school attendance until
we can break another record. Our
first year's average is 101. We do
praise the Lord for this fine record.

Our Sunday-school sponsors the
Missionary Herald in every home.
It supplies the pastor with petty
cash for postage and office mate-
rials. It is giving S200 a year to the
young people's department to help
them with their expenses. One of-
fering each month goes toward the
indebtedness of our building and
another helps the current expense
fund of the church. It gave $56.44
to Grace Seminary, $200 to for-
eign missions, $63.60 to the Mis-
sionary Herald, and $33.26 to home
missions.

Another real thrill was our first
vacation Bible school. We had no
idea how many youngsters to ex-
pect. The guess was from 60 to 80,
so we ventured forth and bought ma-
terial for 100 pupils. The first day
we had 131. A hurried phone call

brought materials for 50 more pu-
pils. Our highest attendance was
162. Where they put them all is still
a mystery to me! The Lord blessed
again in giving 50 decisions.

Our cradle roll and nursery class
began with six children. Four
months later there were 18. We put
a partition in one of the large rooms
to make two extra classrooms, then
divided this group of children into
three classes. We began with three
classes and now we have eight. We
plan to start two more classes which
will meet in the parsonage base-
ment. Truly we have the finest
group of Sunday-school teachers and
officers you will find anywhere. As
their superintendent, I have never
had anyone refuse a job unless they
had a very good reason. We praise
the Lord, too, for a pastor who is
interested in the work of the Sun-
day school. He has been a real help
and blessing to me as the superin-
tendent, as well as to the entire
Sunday school. The Lord has no
trouble blessing a Sunday school
where all the workers know and
love the Lord, and are dedicated to
doing the will of the Lord.

TO GOD BE THE GLORY

(Continued from page 806)

USA. On the first cold Sunday night
in October the heat in the church
felt especially good to all as the
crowd gathered for the closing mes-
sage of an eight-day Bible confer-
ence with Brother R. I. Humberd.
Among those early comers was a
man of 75 years who sought not only
the warmth of the building, but the
warmth of the love of God as well.
Alone in the world, he had spent his
days traveling about with no one
to lead him, nowhere to go, and
nothing but emptiness in his heart.
He admitted being cold and wanted
to get inside, but also said that he
was afraid to go on, for the Spirit of
God was speaking to him regarding
his soul. When Brother Humberd
gave the invitation, the old man
cams forward and accepted Christ
as Saviour. Recently a card from
him read: "Dear Friends, I am still
saved. Please pray for me."

Spiritual Blessings
At Palmyra

By Jeremiah Kauffman, Deacon

"Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath
blessed us with all spiritual bless-
ings in heavenly places in Christ"
(Eph. 1:3).

Truly this has been our experi-
ence here at Palmyra Grace Breth-
ren Church since our beginning,
July 8, 1956. This congregation be-
gan with a membership of 51, and
16 months later the membership
totals 89. Eight of our young people
have gone to college and seminary
for Christian training. Three of these
are preparing for the ministry, one
is a home-missions pastor's wife,
one is a wife of a minister attend-
ing Grace Seminary, and one, who
has graduated from Grace Semi-
nary, is a medical student at Temple
University.

Approximately eight of our youth
presented their lives to the Lord for
full-time service at one of our serv-
ices sometime ago. We are praising
the Lord as we behold these young
lives growing in the grace of our
Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

During these 16 months we have
seen souls coming to Christ for sal-
vation, for rededication, for victory
in their lives, and for a greater pas-
sion for soul-winning. The attend-
ance at the morning services aver-
aged 1 10 for the third quarter 1957;
the evening services averaged 90;
and the midweek services averaged
49. The Lord has blessed us with
a pastor who has a passion for
souls, who loves his flock and
preaches the Gospel faithfully.

The congregation has voted
unanimously to go self-supporting
as of October 1, 1957. Neverthe-
less, we have not lost our mission-
ary vision. We are endeavoring by
the grace of God to help establish
more home-mission churches.

We are eternally grateful to the
Horns Missions Council for their
financial assistance, and for the min-
istry of Brother L. L. Grubb and
Brother Lester Pifer, and to all of
the brethren of the National Fel-
lowship of Brethren Churches. We
wish to take this opportunity to
thank you for your many prayers
in our behalf. The Lord bless you.

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IDLE WORDS

IXI^AEL CALL/!

By Bruce L. Button

"But I say unto you. That every
idle word that men shall speak, they
shall give account thereof in the day
of judgment. For by thy words thou
shalt be justified, and by thy words
shalt thou be condemned" (Matt.
12:36-37).

We live in an age of words!
"Words" occupy most of our con-
scious moments. Either we are lis-
tening to the words of someone or we
are speaking words to someone.
Words are very important. Through
words we convey our ideas and
ideals to other people. Without this
means of intelhgently expressing
ourselves we would be little better
than beasts. Perhaps this is the
reason the Lord attaches such im-
portance to the idle use of this gift
of words.

As I have said, we live in an age
of words. The radio, television,
theater, worldly books, and maga-
zines, as well as ordinary everyday
conversations, employ words. In the
final analysis most of the words
employed by these mediums are
used as "idle words," and some-
one will "give an account thereof"
for their idle use.

Idle words are the curse of the
Jewish evangelistic effort. Satan's
most efficient tool against this ef-
fort is "idle words." With the wreck-
ing bar of "idle words," Satan is
able to rip the attention of the Jew-
ish person away from the frame-
work of God's plan of salvation, or
he can seemingly knock apart the
logical structure which you are using
to point a lost soul to Christ. Two
contacts will suffice to illustrate
what I have in mind.

Mr. C — lives in an apartment dis-
trict. He is a Jewish man, about
forty years of age, intelligent and
energetic. I have dealt with him for
about two years. The contact was
established through literature which
I left at his home. He read the liter-
ature and requested a copy of the
free New Testament. I sent him the
New Testament via US mail. Two
weeks later I contacted him per-
sonally at his home. It was an eve-
ning call and Mr. C — was home.

Soon we were deep in a discussion

which centered around the reason
for Messiah's death and why Mes-
siah must have a divine nature if He
was to pay for the sin of men. I had
just pointed out that the Old Testa-
ment also taught this truth and had
cited several passages which had
bearing upon this. I opened my Bible
to the first of these pages. Before
I was able to read the passage Mr.
C — got up from his chair and went
over to the television set, turned it
on, and said, "Hold that for a few
minutes. Here is something you
shouldn't miss." And with that the
television set took over and for the
next thirty minutes the words of a
"big money" quiz program ripped
Mr. C — 's attention away from
God's plan of salvation. Certainly
you should be able to guess what
happened during the rest of that con-
tact. That's right; once the television
was turned on it stayed on. Any
talking which we did was done in
competition to the blaring of the
loudspeaker. Passages of Scripture
that were read were counteracted by
some giddy vocalist.

Shortly after the quiz program
was over, I took my leave of Mr.
C — . I was invited to come again.
I have been back. In the intervening
months we have had some wonderful
conversations concerning the Lord
and His Word. But many times the
idle words of Mr. C — , or his tele-
vision, or his children, or his wife,
or his friends will occupy his at-
tention rather than the Words of
God as found in His printed and
living Word. How sad it is to see
this man let Satan use idle words to
keep him from a full understanding
and acceptation of salvation.

The second contact I have in
mind usually occurs over the phone
or in our home. It involves a friend
of my wife. She is a dear Jewish
woman. She is intelligent. She is
logical. But Hke most of us she
likes to hear herself talk. Again, it
is a case of idle words. A contact
with her can involve a multitude of
words concerning her husband's
business, the children's grades in
school, how to prepare chopped
liver, the best way to roast a turkey,
how many servings she gets from

a five-pound beef roast, a book re-
view, and how she would operate
if she had enough money to play
the stock market. But always in the
background you sense the real rea-
son for her endless flow of words.
She does not want to consider any
spiritual problem wherein her pet
theological theories might be de-
stroyed. In other words, she does
not want to face the fact she is a
sinner without a sacrifice for her sin.

From time to time as we talk with
this Jewish lady the Messianic prob-
lem is discussed. On all other prob-
lems, she is willing to accept proved
authorities. On the problem of Mes-
siah she is her own authority. How
does she prove her points? It is by
using idle words, and using them in
such profusion that the very phys-
ical weight (if words can have phys-
ical weight) seems to crush any
logical structure you are building
to cause her to see Christ in all His
beauty. That which this lady lacks
in logic she more than makes up
in loudness. That which she lacks
in sense she more than makes up in
the quantity of words used. In fact,
there are many times when I would
like to say to her: "Be quiet! You
talk too much." Of course this can-
not be done. AU that we can do is
witness, and witness, and witness . . .

This is the point where dis-
couragement can take over if you
permit it to. However we have a
stronger weapon than Satan's idle
words. We have the Living Word of
God! God declares by the mouth of
Isaiah, the prophet: "So shall my
word be that goeth forth out of my
mouth: it shall not return unto me
void, but it shall accomplish that
which I please, and it shall prosper
in the thing whereto I sent it" (55:
11).

And so we can go out with joy,
and be led forth with peace, know-
ing the God of Israel will accom-
plish all that He sets His hand to do.

Will you not pray that your mis-
sionaries wiU be kept from entering
into discussions concerning vain
philosophies and be encouraged and
strengthened to present the living
Word about God's living Word, the
Lord Jesus Christ?

December 28, 1957

809

AKRON, OHIO. Mrs. Russell
Ogden, wife of Russell Ogden, pas-
tor of the First Brethren Church
here, was seriously injured in an
automobile accident on Dec. 11.
Mrs. Ogden was driving at the time
her car was hit from the rear. She
had nine ribs fractured, and a lung
punctured. Three blood transfusions
were administered.

DALLAS CENTER, IOWA. The
First Brethren Church was host to
the Iowa District youth rally Nov.
29-30. More than 150 were pres-
ent to hear Rev. Paul Unruh, of
Sioux City, present the Gospel
through the use of magic. "Angel in
Ebony," a Christian film, was
shown. Forrest Jackson was host
pastor.

SIOUX CITY, IOWA. Forrest
Jackson, pastor of the First Breth-
ren Church, of Dallas Center, was
guest speaker at the Sioux City
Youth for Christ on Dec. 14.

CHICAGO. To meet the rising
need for good, wholesome TV pro-
grams for children, a new series of
Bible and science adventure films
produced by Moody Bible Insti-
tute's film division. Moody Institute
of Science, is now being released to
television stations.

"This is our answer," said John
H. Raymond, director of MBI's
promotion department, "to the prob-
lems created by the gangster-type
westerns and crime shows which
create wrong impressions in the
minds of our youngsters."

This 13-program series of films
will be offered to TV stations on
a sustaining basis as the "Sermons
from Science" films were. That
series was used on more than 100
stations across the country and
reached a large percentage of the na-
tion's potential TV audience. Many
wrote to indicate that they had been
converted through seeing the "Ser-
mons from Science" films.

PHILADELPHIA, PA. The Free
Library of this city has acquired a
Bible inscribed by William Penn in
1705 for presentation to his son,
John.

C. Barton Brewster, president of
the library's board of trustees, an-
nounced the gift when the Friends
of the Library, a newly-formed
organization, met for the first time
last Oct. 26.

The Bible, which has black and
gilt binding, was acquired from the
family of the late Judge John M.

,Ne"BJ9])a§e

Patterson, of Philadelphia, who
bought it at auction in England in
1916. It measures s;ven-and-a-half
by ten-and-a-half inches. It was
given by Penn to the only one of his
13 children to be born in the new
world. John was five years old when
he received the gift.

WASHINGTON, D. C. President
Eisenhower told a New York pas-
tor that he was "astonished to find,
upon going to my own church at
8:30 that moming"(last Oct. 2), that
only a handful of people were pres-
ent." The nationwide ignoral of the
presidential proclamation had been
noted by many preachers and news-
paper editors, most of whom were
honest enough to place the blame
where it belongs — on their own
doorstep — since they had neglected
to provide adequate publicity.

The President's reaction came in
a personal letter to Pastor Henry
H. Heins of St. Paul's Lutheran
church. Liberty, N. Y., who re-
ported that only six persons came to
his church to pray. In answer to Mr.
Heins appeal that something be done
next year to make people more fully
aware of the observance, the Presi-
dent replied that things had not been
much better in Washington. As a re-
sult there will be wider publicity
given to the national day of prayer
next year.

DENVER, COLO. Directors of
the Denver Board of Realtors voted
unanimously to end the open-house
showing of homes on Sundays, ef-
fective Dec. 1. Norman La Selle,
secretary of the board, said: "From
the remarks I've heard from the

salespeople, cooperation will be
close to 100 percent. The action
was asked by the brokers themselves,
and if they request it, it stands to
reason that it will be followed."

The move was made without any
pressure from rehgious groups, he
said. "But many salesmen have told
me, 'Thank goodness we can finally
get to church on Sunday.' "

One Denver realtor, Max Moore,
said: "We plan to run pictures of
churches in the Sunday paper, say-
ing, 'This is our open house today.' "

CHICAGO. A well-known Scot-
tish preacher and evangelist, the
Rev. Walter J. Main, has joined the
staff of Moody Bible Institute's
extension department. He comes to
this position from the pastorate of
the New Prestwick Baptist Church,
Prestwick, Scotland.

ECUADOR. A graphic report of
the hostile spirit of the savage Auca
Indians of Ecuador, who killed five
missionaries last year and more re-
cently destroyed a new mission
building erected in a second attempt
to reach them, has been reported by
Hoby Lowrence, Missionary Avia-
tion Fellowship pilot.

Lowrence's report:

"Dr. Wilfred Tidmarsh has built
a little house down on the Curaray
River, just below the River Ogland.
He stays there most of the week
and returns to his mission base at
Arajuno each weekend. While
tramping the ugly trail leading to the
outpost near the Auca territory he
fell and dislocated his shoulder and
so returned home to Arajuno. No
doubt this was the Lord's doings.
For a few days later while he was
recovering word came that a group
of Aucas had attacked his house
on the Curaray. Dr. Tidmarsh went
to check the story. Here it is: A
group of Aucas, estimated to be
about 20 in number attacked the
house, storming it with all ferocity
from every direction. They broke the
doors, smashed everything in sight
except what they stole, and scat-
tered stuff all over the place. They
took machetes, axes, clothing, bed-
ding, pots, pans and all foodstuffs.
They left two lances in a crossed
position before the doorway and
one sticking in each window. The
lances they left were very old ones
— wrapped around them were pages
from an English Bible. No doubt
these were from a Bible they got
from the five fellows when they were
killed."

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THE NEED FOR

Personal Evangelism

By Evangelist Dean Fetterhoff

(Article I)

There has never been an hour in
the history of the world when there
has been a greater need for personal
evangelism than today. World con-
ditions cause the hearts of even the
most optimistic individuals to hang
heavy with gloom and dejection. The
launching of the Russian satellites
has shocked America to the real-
ization that the Russian scientists
aren't a bunch of "dumbbells" after
all, and that the doom of America
may be near. For the past few years
government officials have talked of
our leadership in the nuclear-science
race. Now we are told that more
money is needed for defense re-
search in order to "keep up" with
Russia in the race of the atoms.

Inside America the picture, too,
is very dark. At a recent meeting of
Christian economists in Pittsburgh,
a frantic plea was made to the Chris-
tian people of America as our only
hope of maintaining our nation's
system of free enterprise. Economic
conditions of America today were
pictured as paralleling those of
Rome immediately before her fall.
As we look into the Word of God
and as we look at world conditions,
only one conclusion can be drawn —
we stand at the very closing hours of
the history of the world. If ever there
was a need for every child of God
to sacrifice everything for the spread
of the Gospel, if ever there was a
need for every Christian to be a
Spirit-filled soul-winner, it is now!

Personal evangelism is God's
method of winning a lost world to
Christ; it is God's will for every
Christian to be a soul-winner. Today
Satan is using this very plan to
win the world to his atheistic, polit-
ical rehgion called "communism."
In less than fifty years, communism
has engulfed more of the globe than
have the people of God in nearly two
thousand years. What has been its
method? It has been the very method

by which our Lord Jesus Christ
aimed for a world to be won to him-
self— personal evangehsm! The
Communist party owns the very
soul of the individual who belongs
to the party. Every Communist is a
missionary! A former member of
the Communist central committee in
America (one of the top fifteen
Communists in the USA) said;
"Only when Jesus Christ means
more to Christian people than
houses, big cars, TV sets, or any-
thing else can we hope to stop
communism in America!" This in-
dividual once sacrificed everything
for communism and now realizes
that if this terrible plague is ever
to be stopped, it will be only when
God's people are ready to make
the same kind of sacrifice for Jesus
Christ.

The last plea Jesus ever made be-
fore His return to glory was for per-
sonal evangelism. He said: "But ye
shall receive power, after that the
Holy Ghost is come upon you: and
ye shall be witnesses unto me both
in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and
in Samaria, and unto the uttermost
part of the earth" (Acts 1:8). If
every Christian had sought to carry
out this command, the world would
have been evangelized long ago.

The greatest hindrance to the
spread of the Gospel is the attitude
on the part of many of God's people
that it is "the preacher's job to win
souls." Yes; it is the preacher's job
to win souls — the same as it is the
job of every other born-again child
of God! Dear reader, if you are a
Christian, God has saved you and
left you here in this world for one
reason — to win others to Jesus
Christ. Jesus said in John 17:24:
"Father, I will that they also, whom
thou hast given me, be with me
where I am." Child of God, Jesus
wants you in heaven with Him. He
is homesick for you, but He has left
you and me here for one reason^ — •
to be soul-winners and bring others

to himself. As long as God keeps
hfe in your body He aims for you
to be a soul-winner, and the moment
your soul-winning ministry is done.
He'll call you home to heaven.

Jesus said in John 15:16: "Ye
have not chosen me, but I have
chosen you, and ordained you, that
ye should go and bring forth fruit,
and that your fruit should remain."
These words were not spoken at a
missionary rally or pastor's con-
ference but to a group of His dis-
ciples— average men who had been
fishermen, tax collectors, doctors, et
cetera. Jesus Christ chose and or-
dained every one of us for one
primary work — soul-winning.

In closing let me ask you some-
thing. How long has it been since
you won a soul to Jesus Christ? How
long has it been since you tried —
a week, six months, ten years? Your
primary responsibiUty to God and
man is soul-winning. I have never
known a Christian, no matter what
the physical limitations or handi-
caps have been, to whom God has
not given some avenue of testimony.
Whether you are pastor, missionary,
farmer, businessman, or housewife,
if you are not seeking to win souls
you are out of God's will and sin-
ning against Him. 1 realize this is
strong language, but these are not
days for beating around the bush
and mincing words! The fate of
America hangs on the dedication of
God's people to lives of soul-win-
ning.

If you are not a soul-winner, you
have no reasons, only excuses. May
God help us to repent and give our
lives to God's plan for world evan-
gehzation — personal soul-wirming.
There are certain things which will
make your life one of success or fail-
ure in soul-wirming; these will be
pointed out next week. However, the
great need today is not better meth-
ods, but dedicated men. God make
us that kind of men and women for
Christ!

December 28, 7957

811

Youth Problems

By Russell Ogden, Pastor

First Brethren Church
Akron, Ohio

(Last of a series)

IV. The Problem of Security

Much of the restlessness of youth
today is attributed to the fact that
they are uncertain of the future, that
they lack a sense of security. Psy-
chologists have played heavily upon
this theme. The growing divorce rate
leaves countless children without the
comfort and assurance of a stable
home. The threat of global atomic
war makes survival itself a matter of
mere speculation. Our rapid scien-
tific advancement in technology, and
modes of travel, and communica-
tion, make any connection with the
past or with the future seem only
remote.

In a limited measure, some of this
explanation is found to be true.
There are young folks who, confused
by the flurry of change and un-
certainty, are liable to strike out in
any unconventional direction. Some
take the attitude of soldiers going
to war — that they may not come this
way again, so they will take their
pleasure now, and in any way they
can get it. Many, of course, merely
use this argument as an excuse for
becoming moral libertines. They
are not insecure at all but are glad
for a plausible reason to live as the
rascals they are.

What is their private opinion con-
cerning their security as expressed
in our "Youth Opinion Poll"?

Eighty-eight percent of the high-
school seniors polled confess to
worrying about the future. This
worry, though, is probably no more
than the same concern which is
shared with the rest of the human
race. Their concern has not hindered
their optimism in that 91 percent
of them feel that there are suffi-
cient opportunities for them to reach
their personal goals in life. There
could not be a very deep-seated in-
security in a group like this, where
nine out of ten fully expect to real-
ize their ambitions.

Two-thirds of the 661 students
feel that the world is getting steadily
better. The other third agree with
Christian theologians that it is get-
ting worse. Still, 92 percent of them

are planning to marry and raise a
family. Seventy-three percent are
planning a definite occupation. Only
19 percent feel it is useless to make
definite plans. Eighty-one percent
are going ahead with happy expec-
tations.

We asked: "Do you think that
your future happiness will be af-
fected by the way you live now?"
Eighty-three percent could see that
it would; 16 percent thought that
it would not. The latter group face
a moral problem if they do not
realize that the goal they reach de-
pends on the route that they take.

Some interesting speculations
were raised by the querry: "Do you
think we will have a third World
War? If so, how soon?" Sixty-three
thought that we would, and the
average guess as to the time was
nine years. One rabid 17-year-old
partisan declared: "As soon as the
democrats get into office!" Still,
87 percent expect to live to be 65,
and to collect on their old-age pen-
sions.

The most revealing question of
the entire poll was the last one. If the
majority of young people feel secure
for this life, they are certainly in-
secure about the life to come. The
final question was: "What do you
think will happen to you after
death?"

The following answers are sam-
ples of the type received from scores
of high-school boys:

"I will be buried [there is no fiery
hell] and forgotten after awhile."

"It beats me."

"Get cold."

"Don't have any idea, and don't
care what happens."

"I will be put in a coffin and then
lowered into the earth, and six feet
under the earth I will stay until I
rot."

"Slowly decompose. Nothing
supernatural like going to heaven,
hell, or reincarnation will happen."

"After death I think you will
answer to God, and if a good life has
been lived, you will live again."

"If I don't change my ways, I
think I can expect the worst."

"Shovel coal."

"I'm not sure — and measuring by
the Bible I hate to think."

"God, I wish I knew! I can lay
awake night after night thinking and
worrying about it, but it just does
no good! I wish I knew."

The answers of many of the girls
are very much the same. These stu-
dents range in age from 16 to 1&
years:

"I don't know, I don't usually
think about death."

"I don't think I'll go to hell, but
I'm not just sure if I'll get to heaven
either."

"My body is a shell, in which I
live and when I die, my body will be
buried, but my soul shall have
everlasting life."

"If there is a hell, that is where
I will be unless I change my way
of living."

"I don't know, and neither does
anyone else."

"I really don't know. I have often
wondered."

"I don't know. It's up to the good
Lord."

"I don't know, I'm not an angel,
but really not a Devil."

"Undecided. I wonder about it
off and on."

"Really don't know, wish I did."

"I can't say because I'm confused
on that situation. I wish I did know."

"I don't know — I don't think life
just ends — and yet — ."

Our hearts could not help but be
moved as we read these tragic in-
differences, and these pathetic
yearnings. Contrast with them these
ringing testimonies of those who
have a personal faith in Jesus
Christ:

"I believe that I will meet my
Saviour beyond the gates of heaven."

"I'll meet the Lord Jesus Christ
face to face."

"I'm on my way to the gloryland!"

"I'm going to heaven, Brother!"
The audacious joy of a Christian
faith contrasts with the gloom of
unbelief as the noonday sun con-
trasts with blackest midnight.

If our youth feel insecure about
the future, it is not because of
the uncertainties of this present life,
but because of their doubts about
the next. The best service we can
render them is not a world at peace,
nor education and job opportunities,
nor luxurious homes and money in
the bank. All of these things do
nothing to meet their most obvious
and basic need: they need to know

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Index of Volume 19 (1957) of the Brethren Missionary Herald

INDEX OF AUTHORS

Adams, Evan, 456, 663, 664, 800

Abel, Miss Bertha, 147, 211

Aeby, Miss Janet, 652

Aeby, John M.. 203

Altig, J. Keith, 131, 251, 275

A-shman, Charles H., Sr., 202, 335, 557, 604,

623, 638, 702, 798
Ashman, Kenneth, 18, 315
Ashman, Mrs. Kenneth. 226, 578
Auxt, Andrew, 492
Baker, Bruce, 655
Baker, Miss Linda, 650
Barnard, Russell D., 2, 8. 130. 146, 210, 338.

418, 482. 562. 626. 670. 690. 754
Baum. F. Archer. 328
Bauman, L. S.. 52. 462
Bauman. Paul R.. 50. 114. 179. 180. 402. 466.

530. 534. 594, 610, 674, 678, 738, 742, 786.

793
Beach, Richard. 510
Beal. J. C. 252

Bearinger. Ernest, 112. 413, 446, 700
Beatty. Charles A.. 735
Beaver, Mrs. Wayne. 279
Beery. Neil. 316. 733
Bettex. Prof. F., 381
Bowman, Edward, 140
Boyer, James L., 408
Bracker. Gordon. 205. 516
Brenneman. Maxwell. 26
Brenneman. Mrs. Maxwell, 88, 152, 227, 232,

296, 378. 440
Burdick. Mrs. Loraine. 506
Burk. Bill. 339. 420. 484. 566. 630. 696
Button, Bruce L., 35, 39. 105, 243, 601. 730
Button. Mrs. Leanore, 37, 169, 371, 457. 665
Cashman, A. D., 503, 583. 647, 711. 775
Carey, Mrs. Arthur, 23
Cawood, 13
Churchill. Jack. 70, 565
Clark, Blake, 765
Clark, Elizabeth S., 22
Clement. Frank G., 525
Cochran, Miss Rosella. 627. 694
Colburn. Ralph. 584
CoUitt. Flo. 494
Collins. Arthur F., 606

Cone. Mrs. George E.. 13. 212, 423, 564, 755
Cook, James S., 59
Craig, Mrs. Katie I., 671
Crees, Robert D.. 196
Cripe. George. 427, 445. 459
Cripe. Miss Mary, 136, 761
Crist. Lee. 329
Dalke, Henry, 64, 552
DeArmey, Richard P., 494. 788
Dick, Paul E., 608
Dick, Mrs. Paul E.. 706, 770
Dowdy, J. Paul. 19
Dowdy, Mrs, J. Paul, 228, 505
Dtjnning, Harold, 277
Dunning. Mrs. Harold, 277
Edmiston, Leandra, 627
Edmiston, Sibley, 69
Eiselstein, Paul, 94
Emmert. Miss Mary, 10, 24, 89, 153, 233, 297,

377. 441
Etling, Harold, 82, 624
Evans, John, 191
Fetterhoff, Dean. Ill, 811
Flowers, Mrs. Alice R., 220
Fogle. P. Fredrick. 485. 695. 757
Fogle, Mrs. P. Fredrick, 649, 713
Frazee-Bower, Helen, 253
Fraser. Kenneth S., 221
Eraser, Miss Isobel, 36, 229, 392, 520
Friesen. Miss Esther, 416
Gabelein. Frank E., 188
Garber. Miss Angie, 712, 778
Garber, Martin, 4
Garber, Mrs. Martin, 5
Gehman, Ord, 588
Gingrich. J. L., 333, 701
Gingrich, Mrs. J. L., 291
Gingrich. Raymond. 745
Gingrich. Ulysses L.. 110
Gnagey. A. D., 532
Grant. Richard. 323
Griffith. Robert. 246, 659
Grubb, L. L., 34, 162, 322. 450, 514, 658,

684, 722
Gustafson, "Wesley L., 158
Hall. Jesse, 174, 477, 765
Hall, Ralph, 63

Hamilton, Ben. 54. 117, 470, 613
Hamilton, Mrs. Ben, 370, 582, 773
Hammers. Mrs. Thomas. 434
Hansen. E. J. P.. 48
Harris, R. Laird, 467
Harris, Vernon, 128, 272
Hartwig, W. F.. 412
Hartzell, Wesley, 355

Haskins, Miss Dorothy C, 287, 303, 320. 336,

560, 772, 774
Hauser. Stanley F.. 688
Havergal. Frances Ridley, 460
Hawkins, Gilbert. 541
Henry. Carl F. H.. 360
Herdlicka, Joyce. 714
Hohenstein, Lewis C, 45
Horney. Sam. 99
Homey. Mrs. Sam, 104, 709
Hoyt, Herman A.. 56. 57. 404. 472. 573. 657,

739, 796
Humberd, R. 1., 141
Ironside, H. A., 381
Jenkins, Lee, 118
Jobson, O. D., 21. 213
Jobson. Mrs. O. D.. 10. 137, 213, 506. 584,

645, 648, 713. 777
Jones, Miss Gail, 504, 585
Jones. William J.. 269
Julien. Thomas, 244, 723
Kaufman, Jeremiah. 808
Kent. Homer A.. Jr.. 787
Kent. Homer A.. Sr., 116, 363, 611, 619
Key. Carl. 187

Keyser. Miss Mary Jane, 415
Kriegbaum, Arnold R., 92, 109, 195, 463, 496,

512. 522, 590, 686, 750
Lance, Forest, 731

Landrum, Clyde K., 486, 563, 627, 628, 644, 760
Landrum, Phil, 348, 792
Landrum, Sewell, 168
Leader. George M., 748
Lingenfelter, Galen, 599
Lingenfelter, Homer, 190
Lohrenz, Norman. 56
London. A. S.. 524
Lowery. Roy, 29. 93. 157, 237, 301, 382, 444,

654, 717, 781
Machlin. A. B., 38
Malles, Mark, 802
Markley, Robert W.. 134. 197, 284, 300, 318.

518. 806
Marshall, James, 133
Mayes, C. W.. 48. 171, 476, 635
McClain. A. J.. 11. 23. 184. 403. 667
McCurry, Mrs. Mack D., 358
McGuyer. Mrs. C. R.. 327
Messner. Richard. 55. 535, 744
Meyer, Nathan, 182, 740, 741
Miller. Edward D.. 631
Miller. Mrs. Edward D., 292
Miller, Robert E. A., 198
Miller, Mrs. Robert E. A., 20, 32, 96. 148,

294, 304, 373. 383. 448. 499, 708, 772. 784
Miller. R. Paul. 571, 622, 636
Miller, Ward, 85
Mishler, Miss Marie, 648
Morris. Rex, 30
Nasif, James G., 588
Ogden, Don, 270. 285. 498
Ogden. Russell. 189. 747. 766, 780, 812
Ogden, W. A., 51. 115. 178, 222, 258, 310
Ogden, Mrs. W. A.. 290
Peer. Earle E.. 554
Pifer. Lester E., 42, 98, 139, 242, 386, 455,

595. 727
Poyner. Randy, 533
Rea. John. 183, 612, 790
Rempel, Henry, 752
Risley. Clate, 526
Robinson. Miss Dorothy. 215
Rottler. Mrs. Carson, 14, 489, 776
Sackett, Miss Marie, 154, 232, 298, 378, 442.

585, 650. 776
Samarin, William, 487
Samarin, Mrs. WilUam, 6, 151. 231, 295, 375.

439. 691
Sandy. Conard, 549
Sandy, Rollin, 302
Sauffley. Miss Sonya. 350, 396
Schaffer. William H., 539, 699
Schaffer, Mrs. William H., 771
Schaffer. William L.. 472
Schneider. Bernard. 437, 620
Schnittjer. Miss Ava. 791. 793
Schrock. Lynn D., 758
Schauffele, Charles G.. 207
Schumacher. Miss Evelyn. 340
Sellers. Richard, 451

Showerman. Mrs. Geneva, 112, 254, 447, 505
Smith, Bill, 334
Smith, Mrs. Bill. 574
Smith. Oswald, J., 67
Snead. G. T., 93

Snider, Miss Alice (Koontz), 84
Snyder, Miss Ruth, 9, 343, 692, 693
Spangler, Don, 424, 717
Spangler, Mrs. Don, 424
Spurgeon, C. H., 816
Steffler. Alva, 120, 614
Stevenson, Samuel, 317
Stoner, Peter, 60
Stuber, J. Worl, 680

Taber, Charles, 756

Taber, Floyd, 633, 679

Taber. Miles. 126. 236, 429, 475, 603, 668,

683. 764. 795
Taber. Mrs. Miles. 710
Tewalt. Frank. 319
Tucker. Granville. 517
Turner. Miss Jeanette. 154. 376. 506
Uphouse. Norman. 471, 605
Wagner. Mrs. Ricardo, 344, 422
Ward, C. M.. 362
Ward. Russell. 166
Weaver. Scott, 31. 547
Webb. Bert. 268
Weber. Russell. 28. 125
Wedertz. Larry. 101

West, Mrs. Don. 25. 90, 154, 234, 296, 376, 440
Whitcomb, John, 309, 531. 789
Williams. Robert. 425
Williams. Mrs. Robert. 425
Winter. Charles, 414
Witzky. Gene. 387. 596
Woohnan, Lloyd. 660
Zimmerman. C. S.. 163
Zook. Allen F.. 808

INDEX OF ARTICLES

EDITORIALS

Barnard. Russell D.. 52. 66. 130. 210. 274.

338, 418, 482, 562, 626, 690, 754
Bauman, Paul R., 50, 114, 266, 402. 530. 594.

610. 675. 786
Grubb. L. L.. 34. 162, 322, 450, 514, 658. 722
Kriegbaum, Arnold R.. 92. 464
Landrum. Clyde K.. 274
Ogden. W. A.. 178. 258. 530
Pifer, Lester E., 98, 242, 386. 802

FOREIGN MISSIONARY

Africa Impressions (Mrs. Martin Garber),

All in the Day's Work (Mrs. Carson Rot-
tler). 489
Amazon Travelog (Bill Burk), 339, 420, 484.

566. 759
Argentine Coin. An (James Marshall), 133
Brazil Again! (J. Keith Altig), 131
Children's Page (Clyde K. Landrum), 3,

68, 132. 214. 278, 421, 486, 563. 760
DVBS and Foreign Missions (Robert W.

Markley). 134
Danish Brethren Visit French Brethren (P.

Fredrick Fogle). 757
Easter in Argentina (Miss Bertha Abel) 211
Eduardo Was a Year Old in October (Mrs.

Ricai-do Wagner). 344. 422
Estella Myers and Grace Seminary (Alva

J. McClain). 11
Evangelizing Argentina (Lynn D. Schrock),

758
Evangelizing the "United States" in France

(P. Fredrick Fogle), 695
Foreign Missions at National Conference

(Clyde K. Landrum), 628
Future Leaders in Brazil (J. Keith Altig),

275
God's Guiding Hand (Jack B. Churchill), 70
Greetings From the Other Side (Rev. and

Mrs. .Harold Dunning), 277
Greetings From Your Missionaries (Mr. and

Mrs. Don Spangler), 424
Greetings From Your Missionaries (Rev.

and Mrs. Robert Williams). 425
Iowa Girl Obeys (Russell D. Barnard), 8
I Saw Estella Myers Once (Mrs. George E.

Cone). 13
Let's Go to Mexico (Leandra Edmiston). 627
Let's Look at the French School (Mrs.

George E. Cone). 564
Letter From the Jobsons, 213
Light Upon Lyon (P. Fredrick Fogle). 485
Maiilde Prays to the Heavenly Father (Miss

Dorothy Robinson), 215
Meet Etienne (Rosella Cochran), 627, 694,

760
Mexico Needs the Gospel (Sibley Edmiston),

69
Missionaries on the Move, 419
More About the Storm (Miss Ruth Snyder),

693
Operation Dodge (Floyd Taber), 633
Our Gospel Women in Africa (Mrs. O. D.

Jobson). 137
Per Capita Giving of the Churches to For-
eign Missions for the Year 1956. 216
Poinsettia. The (Mrs. George E. Cone). 755
Power in the Blood (Mrs. Carson Rottler),

14
Prayer Goal Progress — 1957 Foreign Mission

Offering, 568

December 28, 7957

813

Report of Gifts. 73

Retirement of Semi-Faithful. The (Bill

Burk). 696
Return Trip to the Indians. A (Edward D.

Miller). 631
River Spirit, The (Mrs. William Samarin). G
Saved to the Uttermost (Miss Mary Cripe).

136
School Days Again i Charles Taber) . 756
Seven Years (Miss Ruth Snyder). 343
Shade of a Tree Called God's Grace. In vhe

(Mrs. William Samarin). 691
She Hath Done What She Could (Miss Ruth

Snyder). 9
She Yet Speaketh (Miss Mary Emmert), 10
"Shot Lady." The (Miss Mary Cripe). 761
Tidal Wave in Argentina (Jack Churchill).

565
Tribute. A (Mrs. O. D. Jobson). 10
Small Potatoes (Mrs. Wayne Beaver). 279
TrumpEt in the Dark (William Samarin). -187
Turning Black (Mrs. George E. Cone). 276
Vacation Witnessing by Mexican Students.

341
Variety (Martin Garber). 4
What's in a Name? (Mrs. George E. Cone).

212
What Would You Do If? (Mrs. George E.

Cone). 423
When God Taught Me To Give (Oswald J.

Smith). 67
Where Is Now Their God? (Miss Ruth Sny-
der). 692
Young People and Foreign Missions at Camp

(Miss Evelyn Schumacher). 340

HOME MISSIONS

Allegheny District Stakes a Claim. 598

Anaheim Breaks Ground September 29
(Forest Lance). 731

Another Success Story (Richard Grant). 323

Assignment VBS (Larry Wedertz). 101

Beginning at Jerusalem (A. B. Machlin). 33

Brethren Church Grows With Home Mis-
sions. The (Lester E. Pifer). 727

Changes in Home Missions Personn3l. 40

Colored Brethren Work Began in 1950. The
(Granville Tucker). 517

Dedication Day Arrived for Fort Wayne
Brethren (Thomas Julien). 723

Dedication Day in Grafton (Lee Crist I. 329

First Brethren Church of Grandview Dedi-
cated (Robert Griffith). 659

First Milestone. The (Robert Markley). 518

From Grandview to Grace (Lloyd Wool-
man ) . 660

Gifts Provide New Laundry Equipment
(Evan Adams). 663

God Is Good to Palmyra (Allen F. Zook).
808

God Spared the Clayhole Mission (Sewell
Landrum). 168

Grandview Brethren Break Ground (Robert
Griffith). 246

Ground Breaking — A Day of Blessing
(Thomas Julien). 244

Ground Breaking at Lansing (Richard Sel-
lers). 451

Ground Breaking at San Diego (Archer
Baum). 3^8

Home Missions Sunday School Wins Con-
test. 600

Israel Calls! (Bruce Button). 105. 243. 601.
730, 809

Israel Calls! (Mrs. Leanore Button), 169.
457. 665

Israel Calls! (Miss Isobel Fraser). 392, 520

■'I Wish I Had Started Sooner" (A Breth-
ren Pastor) . 726

Jew and I. The (Isobel Fraser), 36, 520

Key to a Locked Door, The (Mrs. Sam
Horney 1 . 104

Mansfield Brethren Remodels and Rededi-
cates (Lester E. Pifer). 42

Navajo Reading School Results (Evan
Adams). 45G

New Beginning in South Bend (Gene
Witzky). 593

Northwes. Fellowship Growing With Honie
Missions. 661

Our Brethren Work (Bruce L. Button). 35

Rains Came Down. The (Russell Ward), 166

Revival Blessings Continue in Elyria (Galen
Lingenf elter ) . 599

Sagebrush Pulpit (Evan Adams). 684

Showers of Blessings (Mrs. Leanore M. But-
ton) . 37

Spiritual Blessings at Palmyra (Jeremiah
Kaufman 1 . 8U8

Tips on Your Missionary Prayer Life ( Lester
E. Piter). 595

To God Be the Glory (Robert W. Markley),
806

Two New Missionaries Join Staff. 41

Taos WMC Ladies Absence Excused (Sam
I. Homey). 102

Thanksgiving Offering Comparative Report.
248

Value of a Local Missionary Program. The
(Gordon W. Bracker). 516

"VBS" Network Broadcast. A (Mrs. C. R.

McGuyer). 327
Virginia Beach. Va.. Begins Full Program

(Lester E. Pifer). 455
Wells Without Water (Sam I. Horney). 99
What God Hath Wrought ( Mark Malles ) . 802
Woodville Grace Brethren Dedicates New

Building (Gene Witzky). 387

GRACE SEMINARY AND COLLEGE

Alumni Plans (John C. Whitcomb). 309
African Student Visits Grace Seminary

(Floyd Taber). S79
Are We Indulging in a Luxury? (Richard

P. DeAnney). 788
Are You Holding Out on God? (William L.

Schaffer). 472
Athletics at Grace College (Richard Mess-

ner) . 55
Breaker. The (John Rea). 790
Break Ground on College Building (Paul H.

Baums^n). 179
Building Contracts Approved (James L.

Boyer). 408
Campus Activity (Miss Ava Schnittjer). 791
Cpmpus News (Alva Steffler) . 120
Choir Tour a Rich Blessing. 311
Christmas Crusade (Nathan Meyer). 741
Classroom Problems at Grace. The (Herman

A. Hoyt). 57
College Hosts Civic Leaders. 743
Did Abraham and Isaac Deal With Philis-
tines? (John Rea). 612
Directory of 1957 Graduates. 259
Doing Something About It (Paul R. Bau-

man). 678
First Seminary Pastor (Raymond Ging-
rich). 745
First Summer Conference. 262
Freshman Week (Alva Steffler). 614
Get -Acquainted Dinner (Paul R. Bauman).

7d.o
God's" Hnll of Fame (Paul R. Bauman). 793
God's Solemn Summons to The Brethren

Church (Louis S. Bauman). 52
Grace Bible Conference (John C. Whit-
comb). 789
Grace College ani Its Beginnings (Herman

A. Hovt). 739
Grace's Firs^ Summer Conference. 534
Grace Seminary and the Things Which

Happened (Alva J. McClain). 403
Grace Students Learn the "Fourth R" (Nor-
man Uphouse). 471
Ground Breaking Service. 263
Half-Million Dollar Robbery! (Nathan

Meyer). 740
In the Event of Enemy Attack (Herman A-

Hovt), 56
King of the Jews. The (Homer A. Kent, Jr.),

787
Importance of Bible Classes in Christian

Colleges. The (J. Worl Stuber). 680
Is American Youth Physically Fit (Richard

Messner). 744
I Saw Grace Grow (Herman A. Hoyt). 404
Ma Sunday's Funeral Was Different (Nathan

Meyer). 182
Perfect Knowledge. A (John Whitcomb). .531
Postage Stamps (Ben Hamilton). 613
PremiUennialism a Philosophy of History

(Alva J. McClain). 184
Preacher Under Criticism. The (A. D.

Gnagey). 532
Record Registration at Grace (Homer .A..

Kent. Sr.). 611
Relevance of Christ to the Men of Today.

The (R. Laird Harris). 467
Relief Pitcher (Phil Landrum). 792
Report and a Plea. A (W. A. Ogden). 115
Sandy Gift to Library. 407
Second Semester Off to a Good Start (Homer

A. Kent. Sr.). 116
Some Come by Surrey (Paul R. Bauman).

534
Some Words About Word Studies (Ben

Hamilton). 54
So You Are a Chaplain? (Lee Jenkins). 118
Story in Black and Red. A (W. A. Ogden).

310
Tidal Wave Enrollment (W. A. Ogden), 51
Top Grade Commentaries Edited by Ellicott

and Lange (Ben Hamilton). 117
Training Pastors in Nigeria (Norman Loh-

renz). 56
Turning Point in Our Lives. The. 675
Twentieth Anniversary Commencement

(Homer A. Kent. Sr.). 405
Twenty Years Ago This Month (Herman A.

Hoyt). 675
Two Jericho's? (John Rea), 183
Umpires Never Die They Just . . . (Rich-
ard Messner). 535
Understanding the Times (Ben Hamilton).

470
Wedding Bells (Miss Ava Schnittjer). 793
"You Don't Look So Good!" (Randy Poy-

ner). 533

WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL

Acid Test. The (Miss Dorothy C. Haskins),

772
Another WMC Missionary of the Year, 22
Appreciation, An (Mrs. Ben Hamilton), 582
Appreciation. In (Mrs. Ben Hamilton). 773
Christian Home and Marriage (Mrs. Robert

Miller). 20. 148. 293. 373. 499
Christian Mother, A (Mrs. W. A. Ogden).

290
Desire Plus Parents Equals Tragedy (Ken-
neth Ashman). 18
Don't Fence Me in (Bernard Schneider). 437
Enthusiastic Sunday School Helps Our Sun-
day School to Grow. An (Ward Miller).
85
Family Altar, The (Mrs. J. L. Gingrich).

291
Financial Report of WMC for 1956-57. 582
Grace of Christian Speech (Donald Ogden).

498
Greetings (Mrs. Paul Dick). 770
Home and Marriage (Mrs. Robert Miller),

708. 772
How of WMC Programs, The (Mrs. Thomas

Hammers). 434
Is It Needed? (Mrs. Sam Horney). 709
Jottings From Abroad (Mrs. O. D. Jobson).

645
Jottings From Abroad (Miss Gail Jones). S45
Lord's at Christmas. The (Mrs. William

Schaffer). 771
Mother's Letter. 86. 149. 294. 372. 438
National WMC Objectives and Recommen-
dations. 530
National Women's Missionary Council of

the Brethren Churches. 644
Office Secretary's Viewpoint. The (Alice

Snider Koon'z). 84
Our National Editor; Our WMC Editor. 581
Our WMC Herald (Mrs. Ben Hamilton). 370
Prayer Warriors (Mrs. Frank Lindower).

22, 148
Project Chaii-man Reports — 1956-57 (Mrs.

Miles Taber). 710
Pure and Undefiled (Miss Dorothy C. Has-
kins). 774
Reaching African Youth in Bangui (O. D.

Jobson). 21
Some Highlights (Mrs. Bruce Button). 371
Sunday School and the WMC (Harold Et-

ling). 82
Touring the States. 707
We Are the Lord's (Mrs. Kenneth Ashman).

578
We Are the Lord's (Mrs. Paul Dick i . 706
We Are the Lord's in Service; in Home

Missions. 642
What a Woman Did for Jesus (R. D. Bar-
nard). 146
WMC Displays. 643

Women in Argentina (Miss Bertha Abel) . 147
Women of Brazil (Mrs. Edward D. Miller).

292
Youth in Argentina (J. Paul Dowdy). 19

SISTERHOOD OF MARY AND MARTHA

African Hearts (Miss Marie Mishler). 648
African Funeral. An (Miss Mary Emmert).

Almighty Hands (A. D. Cashman). 647
Checkup (Mrs. Max Brenneman). 440
Christmas in France (Mrs. Fred Fogle). 713
Church (Mrs. Max Brenneman). 152
Conference and the Truck. The (Mrs. Wil-
liam Samarin). 151
Crocodiles and Spirits (Mrs. William Sam-
arin). 295
Divided Hearts Prohibited (A. D. Cashman).

775
Escape (Miss Joyce Herdlicka). 714
First African Christmas on the Bassai Sta-
tion (Mrs. O. D. Jobson). 713
Hand of God in Our Lives. The (Miss Gail

Jones). 504
Helping Hands (A. D. Cashman). 583
Hiding God's Word in Our Hearts (Miss Gail

Jones). 585
Jesus Is Coming (Miss Angle Garber). 712
King's Standards. The (Mrs. Arthur Carey).

Koly and Pondo Go to Work (Miss Mary

Emmert). 24
Koly Loses Faith in the Sorcerer (Miss Mary

Emmert). 153
Language (Mrs. Max Breiuieman). 26
Letter (Mrs. William Samarin). 439
Louise (Mrs. O. D. Jobson). 648
Merry Hearts and Busy Hands for Jesus

(Mrs. J. Paul Dowdy). 505
Mrs. Don West: Charlotte Jobson. 25; Mar-
guerite Dunning. 90; Evelyn Fuqua. 154;
Lois Kennedy. 296; Dortha Dowdy, 376;
Mrs. Alys Haag. 440
Natural Heart. The (A. D. Cashman). 711
New Family. A (Mrs. William Samarin). 87
Play (Mrs. Max Brenneman). 378

814

The Brethren Missionary Herald

Zeal That Inspires Others (Paul R. Bauman) .

180
Pondo Goes to School (Miss Mary Emmert),

297
Pondo's Eyes Are Opened (Miss Mary Em-
mert ) , 377
Pondo Sees the Light (Miss Mary Emmert).

441
Rachel and Roger (Mrs. O. D. Jobson), 584
Rachel and Victor 'Mrs. O. D. Jobson). 506
Right Under Our Hands (Ralph Colbum).

584
Salvation in Jesus (A. D. Cashman). 503
Saved to Serve (Mrs. Carson Rottler), 776
Servants (Miss Angle Garber) . 778
Sisterhood of Mary and Martha Goals for

1957-58, 586
Sunday School (Mrs. Max Brenneman) . 88
Testimony of Alice and Andrew (Mrs. O. D.

Jobson). 777
What I as a Christian Should Know (Mrs.

Fred Fogle), 649
With the New Rains (Mrs. William Samarin) .

375

GENERAL ARTICLES

Adventure in the Rockies (Paul Eiselstein) .

94
Almost Saved (Vernon Harris). 272
Ankenytown. Ohio, Breaks Ground. 39"i
Anointing With Oil for Healing (Miles

Taber). 429
Athlete-Policem.an-Pi-eacher (Arnold R.

Kriegbaum). 496
Batter Up (Miss Mary Jane Keyser), 415
Benefits of Church Membership (Stanley F.

Hauser). 688
Better Prayer. A (Ulysses L. Gingrich). 110
Bible Prophecies Are Coming True (Blake

Clark). 763
Bible Vitamins (Mrs. Katie I. Crais), 671
Board on Ministerial Relief, Inc.. The (Rus-
sell H. Weber), 28
Book of All Books, The, 359
Brethren Evangelistic Crusade and You.

The (Dean Fetterhoff). Ill
Call of the Bridegroom. The (Edward Bow-
man). 140
Can Revival Come to Your Church? (Bill

Smith). 334
Christ in the Home (William J. Jones). 269
Chris' ian Home. The (Wesley Gustafson).

158
Christians Ought To Live Together (Wil-
liam H. Schaffer). 699
Christmas Symbols (Charles H. Ashman.

Sr.). 798
Christ Retumeth (Gilbert Hawkins), 541
Church. The (Henry Dalke). 64
Church Dedicated (Arnold R. Kriegbaum).

686
"Clear for Takeoff" (Arnold R. Kriegbaum),

522
Community Conscious (Clate A. Risley).

526
Companion Pieces (Ernest Bearinger), 413
Cradle of Bethlehem (Herman A. Hoyt), 79S
Cross of Christ, The (J. C. Beal). 252
Deadline (C. M. Ward). 362
Demonology (Norman Uphouse). 605
Easter Garden. An (Helen Frazee-Bower) .

253
Easter Message (J. Keith Altig), 251
Eclipsed Christians (Miss Sonya Saufley),

350
Edifying the Body of Christ (Henry Dalke),

532
Elmer Visits Winona Lake (Phil Landrum) ,

348
Evangelism (Lester E. Pifer) , 139
Evangelistic Techniques (Kenneth Ashman).

315
Everybody Loves a Boy (Carl Key). 187
Facts About Israel (C. W. Mayes), 48
Faith (Charles A. Beatty). 735
Faith Is the Victory (Russell D. Barnard).

670
Family Faith (Bert Webb). 268
Fire vs. Wildfire (C. H. Ashman. Sr.). S04
Fruit of the Spirit. The (C. H. Ashman.

God's Delight (Neil Beery). 733

God's Plea for Evangelism (Scott Weaver).
31

Grace . . . Bringeth Salvation (John M.
Aeby). 203

Great Revival. The (Gordon Bracker) , 204

Grumblers (Bill Smith). 238

Heaven and Nature Sing (Evan Adams). 800

Holy Spirit and Evangelism. The (C. H. Ash-
man. Sr.). 557

Homecoming at Norwalk (Henry Rempel).
752

Home Sweet Home (Kenneth C. Eraser), 221

How Complete Is Your Home? (Mrs. Alice R.
Flowers). 220

Idleness (C. H. Spurgeon). 816

If Any Man Sin (Homer A. Kent. Sr.), 619

Impossible Into the Possible (George M.

Leader). 748
Inspiration of ;he Bible (Peter Stone). 60
Is It Necessary to Tithe? iRalph C. Hall). 62
Is Christ Greater? (Mrs. Bill Smith). 574
Is the Bible Reasonable? (Rex Morris). 30
Is Theology Changing? (Alva J. McClain).

123
Is Your Home Christian? (Charles G. Schauf-

fele). 207
Kitchen Kathedral (Miss Dorothy C. Has-

kins). 287. 303. 320. 336. 560
Laborers Together With God (Richard C.

Beach). 510
Letter From Denmark (E.J.P. Hansen). 48
Liberty (L. L. Grubb). 648
Lord's Supper. The (R.E.A. Miller). 198
Lord's Supper. The (Miles Taber). 668
Man Sent From God. A (Arnold R. Krieg-
baum). 464
Minister and His Salary. The (R. I. Hum-

berd). 141
Ministry of the Printed Page. The (Homer

A. Kent. Sr. ) . 333
"Miss Lucy" of Winchester (Arnold R.

Kriegbaum) . 108
Modern Trends (W. H. Schaffer). 539
Mountaintop Experiences (Vernon Harris).

128
Never Alone (Lewis Hoh-instein) . 45
1953 Missionary Herald Off3ring Report. 356
Nonconformity (Miles Taber I. 475
120 in the Shade (Arnold R. Kriegbaum).

512
One October Night (Andrew Auxt). 492
Oriental Customs (Esther Friesen). 416
Our Moderator (Miles Taber), 603, 683, 764,

795
Parable of the Leaven, The (John Evans) ,

191
Pastor's Work, The (L. S. Bauman), 462
Past Understanding (Robert W. Markley),

197
Peace Through His Cross (Ralph J. Col-
burn), 271
Personal Evangelism (Dean Fetterhoff). 811
Personality of Satan. The (R. William Mark-
ley). 284
Pike Brethren Church Dedicated Debt Free

(Arnold R. Kriegbaum). 750
Prayer in True Evangelism (R. Paul Miller).

622
Pray in the Spirit (Homer Lingenfelter) , 190
Power and Riches (C. H. Ashman. Sr. ) . 202
Power of Satan. The (R. William Mark-
ley). 300
Preacher and His Finances. The. 160
Preacher's Wife. The (R. Paul Miller). 636
Premillennialism (C. W. Mayes). 635
Present Mediocrity, The (Frank Gaebelein).

188
Prevailing Prayers (James S. Cook). 59
Proof of the Christian Faith (Ord Gehman) .

558
Pure Love (W. A. Ogden). 222
Purpose of Satan. The (R. William Mark-
ley). 318
Redeeming the Time (Conard Sandy), 549
Revealed in the Bible (Prof. F. Bettex). 381
Responsibility to the Nation (Frank G. Cle-
ment ) . 525
Responsibility to the Community (A. S. Lon-
don). 524
Reflections on a Free Press in a Flustered

World (Carl F. H. Henry). 360
Revive Us Again (Neil Beery). 316
Risen Christ and the Christian Life. The

(George Cripe). 427. 445. 459
Royalty of Refusal. The (J. L. Gingrich). 333
Sanctified Gossip for Intelligent Praying

(Richard P. DeArmey). 491
Satan (C. W. Mayes). 476
Scribes— and Us. The (H. A. Ironside), 381
See Him (Jesse Hall), 174
Should a Girl Go to College? (Janet Aeby),

652
Simon Peter (Miles Taber), 236
Singing Church, A (Donald Ogden), 270, 285
Sins Against the Holy Spirit (C. H. Ash-
man, Sr.), 702
Spirit-filled Life, The (C. H. Ashman, Sr.),

638
Superstition Abounds in These Days (Her-
man A. Hoyt), 472
Take Ye Away the Stone (Frank Tewalt),

They Pray . . . Before . . . They Play

(Bruce Baker), 655
Thought Provoking Pillars (Arnold R.

Kriegbaum). 200
Through the Fire (Ernest Bearinger). 112
True Love Revealed at Calvary (J. L. Ging-
rich). 701
Two Beggars (Robert D. Crees). 196
Two Chains (W. F. Hartwig), 412
Under the Parsonage Roof ( Mi-s. Robert Mil-
ler). 32, 96. 239. 304. 383. 448. 784
Unpardonable Sin? An (Alva J. McClain) .
667

Unspotted From the World (Paul E. Dick),

608
Until He Comes (Scott Weaver). 547
Virtuous Life. The (Arthur F. Collins). 606
Walk of a Believer. The (Bernard

Schneider). 620
Washington. Pa.. Dedicates New Building

(Mrs. Wilda Hoover). 590
Watermelon (Charles Winter). 414
Way of the Transgressor. The (R. Paul Mil-
ler). 332
We Need Literature (Mrs. Mack D. Mc-

Curry). 358
What About Your Magazine Rack?, 354
What Are You Reading? (Wesley Hartzell),

355
What Is Salvation? (Jesse Hall), 765
What-not (James G. Nasif). 588
What Purpose . . . What Method? (Rollin

Sandy). 302
What We Lack (Jesse Hall), 477
Whatsoever Ye Do (Miss Sonya Saufley).

What Will You Do With Jesus ( R. Paul Mil-
ler), 571

When a Christian Sins — ? (Herman A.
Hoyt), 573

Work of the Spirit, The (C. H. Ashman. Sr.).
623

Workers Together With Christ (Earle E.
Peer). 555

World Ruler (C. W. Mayes). 171

Youth and Religion (Russell Ogden. 747

Youth Problems (Russell Ogden). 766. 780.
812

Laymen's Page (Roy H. Lowerv). 29. 93,
157. 237. 301. 382. 444. 509. 591. 654. 717.
781

POETRY

Are You an Active Member?. 142

Being a Missionary (Author Unknown). 137

Calvai-y (Mrs. Geneva Showerman). 254

Come and Help (Cawood). 13

Dislocated Disciples (William R. Marshall),

Enemy (Flo CoUitt). 494

In Christ. 462

Morning Prayer. A (Ulysses L. Gingrich).

Mother's Work (Mrs. Geneva Showerman),
504

My Impression of Our WMC (Elizabeth S.
Clark), 22

My Mother and I (Sara Shier Van Auken) ,
304

My Plea (Mrs. Loraine Burdick). 506

Our Bible. 778

Our Home (Mrs. Geneva Showerman), 112

Our Secret Altar (Union Gospel Press Pub-
lication). 714

Prayer for the New Year. A (Union Gospel
Press Publication). 777

Remember the Tree (Miss Linda Baker), 650

Resolution (WRO). 189

Tell Someone About Jesus (G. T. Snead),
93

When I Forgot to Pray (Union Gospel Press
Publication). 649

Worker's Prayer (Frances Ridley Haver-
gal). 460

Where Is God's Power (Samuel Stevenson),
317

YOUTH

Reaching Our Youth for Christ (Ernest

Bearinger). 446
Youth Page (Ernest Bearinger). 461. 700

AIM FOR PERFECT RECORD

One of the conditions of member-
ship in this church is: To support
the work of this church by our pres-
ence at its regular services. No per-
son shouM expect to be a member in
good standing in this church, who
is not sufficiently interested to at-
tend its services, unless sickness, dis-
tance, or some such reason makes
his presence impossible.

December 28, 1957

815

C. H. Spurgeon on "IDLENESS'

A man who wastes his time and
his strength in sloth offers himself
to be a target for the Devil, who is
a wonderfully good rifleman, and
will riddle the idler with his shots:
in other words, idle men tempt the
Devil to tempt them . . .

If the Devil catch a man idle,
he will set him to work, find him
tools, and before long pay him
wages. Is not this where the drunk-
enness comes from which fills our
towns and villages with misery?
Idleness is the key to beggary, and
the root of all evil. Fellows have two
stomachs for eating and drinking
when they have no stomach for work
. . . We have God's Word for it,
that "the drunkard and the glutton
shall come to poverty."

Idle folks never know what leisure
means; they are always in a hurry
and a mess, and by neglecting to
work in the proper time, they always
have a lot to do . . .

However, it is not much ease that
lazy people get by all their schem-
ing, for they always take the most
pains in the end; they will not mend
the thatch, and so they have to build
a new cottage; they will not put the
horse in the cart, and so have to
drag it themselves. If they were

wise, they would do their work well,
so as to save doing it twice; and tug
hard while they are in harness, so
as to get the work out of the way.
My advice is, if you don't like hard
work, just pitch into it, settle it
off, and have your turn at rest . . .

I think a godly ploughman ought
to be the best man in the field, and
let no team beat him. When we are
at work, we ought to be at it, and
not stop the plough to talk, even
though the talk may be about re-
ligion; for then we not only rob our
employers of our own time, but of
the time of our horses too.

I used to hear people say, "Never
stop the plough to catch a mouse,"
and it's quite as silly to stop for idle
chat; besides, the man who loiters
when the master is away is an eye-
server, which, I take it, is the very
opposite of a Christian.

Every sluggard, when he finds
himself enlisted in the ragged regi-
ment, blames his luck; and some
churches have learned the same
wicked trick. I believe that when
Paul plants and Apollos waters, God
gives the increase, and I have no
patience with those who throw the
blame on God when it belongs on
themselves — Compass.

YOUTH PROBLEMS

(Continued from page 812)

Jesus Christ as the Saviour from
sin, and as the piver of everlasting
Ufe.

We may forget everything else
this poll has revealed, but we can
never forget the distressing pleas
of these high-school boys and .girls,
and wonder how many like them
across our land are saying as they
look beyond the grave: "I don't
know . . . I'm not sure ... I have
often wondered ... I think about
it off and on ... I can lay awake
night after night worrying about it
... I wish I knew."

Somebody must tell them!

RELIGIOUS SPOTLIGHT

HAKWET BBBCH'E.^ STOWE,
WHO WROTE THE ?KtAO\iS
UNCLE -TOM'$ (TABIN,

T?ELl5iOU6 HXMNS.

WOOSTER, OHIO

November 6 marked an important
anniversary for the First Brethren
Church. It was the beginning of the
1 1th year of continuous daily broad-
casting of "Your Daily Devotions"
from WWST AM, and FM, local
Wooster station. During the past
ten years over 3,650 broadcasts have
been presented. Not a single day
has been missed during that ten-
year period. Over 10,000 letters and
cards have been received and an-
swered since the broadcast was in-
augurated, Nov. 6, 1947. Pastor
Kenneth Ashman has presented "the
Gospel in Word and in song" per-
sonally each day. Recorded pro-
grams have only been used when
it was necessary for the pastor to be
out of the city. The broadcast is
for 15 minutes each week day and
30 minutes on Sunday. The First
Brethren Church, of Rittman, has
assisted in presenting each Thurs-
day's program. For a time, the First
Brethren Church, of Sterling, was
also represented with a weekly
broadcast. The West Homer Breth-
ren Church has assisted with a
monthly radio offering.

On November 3 the program as-
sumed a missionary aspect in that
daily broadcasts were inaugurated
over Station WIVV, 'Vieques,
Puerto Rico. This station in the
Caribbean, reaches into hundreds of
homes on the islands. The station
claims to have 250,000 daily listen-
ers. The regular daily programs are
tape recorded and presented one
month later from WIVV. Currently,
negotiations are under way to branch
out with the broadcast to a station
in the Hawaiian Islands.

During the past ten years the First
Brethren Church has expended over
$40,000 in presenting this daily
broadcast. Never has there been an
appeal over the air for funds. The
church has assumed full sponsor-
ship of the broadcast. Numerous
voluntary gifts have come from the
listening audience as expressions of
thankfulness for the consistent, fun-
damental testimony presented.

The First Brethren Church, of
Wooster, looks upon this daily radio
ministry as a missionary service at
home, and now abroad.

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