DR. WILL H . HOUGHTON PRESIDENT OF THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE

July 1, 1935

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What's Happening The Rev. Thomas Stoeri of the S t.

Louis Park Church in St. Louis, Mo., bap-tized G conver ts on Sunday evening, May 26. The church has begun to remodel the basement in order to provide for mor e room for the growing Sunday School.

On Sunday evening, May 19, the R ev. J . A. H. Wuttke, past.or of the First Ger -man Baptist Church of Los Angeles, Calif., had the joy of baptizing 3 Sunday School £cholars. The Sunda y School un-der the leadership of Mr. Paul Leusch-ner as super;ntendent is doing a splendid work in the church.

Mr. Harold Gieseke, the former presi-dent of the Young People's and Sunday School Workers' Union of Southern Illi-no:s, graduated with second h ighest hon-ors from McKendree College in Lebanon, Ill., in J une. B e has been a member of the Glee Club and active in many Chiris-tian activities on the campus.

The Rev. August F. Runtz, pasto r of the State Park Baptist Chwrch in l'e-or.a, Ill., was r ecently elected vice-presi-dent of the P eoria Ministerial Associa-tion for the coming year . H e h as been secretary and treasu rer. As v:ce-presi-dent he will be chairman of the progra m committee. On May 24 the installation of officers was held. •

The Rev. William Kuhn hclds an agency for t he sale of steamship ticket3 on all of the Atlantic Steamship Lines. Those who are contemplating traveling to Europe are urged to secure their tick-ets t hrough Rev. W illiam Kuhn, Box 6, Forest P ark, Ill. T he profit for the sale of tickets accrues to the Genera) Mission-ary Society.

The Rev. G. W. Rutsch, formerly pas-bor of our church in Sa lem, Oregon, has moved with his f amily t.o t he Glory Hills church in Alber ta, Canada, beginning hi.s ministry there on June 16. B e will also S?rve the mission station Onoway. Bis new address is P. O. Stony Plain, Al-berta, Ca nada. May God bless the new pastor and these churches in t heir united service for his Kingdom!

The Ontario Convention of our Baptist churches was held in L yndock, Onta.rio, Canada, from June 13 to 16. The theme of the convention was " F oreign Missiona and Our Denomination." Several ad-dresses w~re brought by the Rev. A. E . Jaster of Arnprior a nd the Rev. George Zinz of Neustadt . On Frida y evening the young people had charge of the pro-gram and on Sunday afternoon t he L a-dies Aid Society of the Lyndock church. The conference was well attended and very inspirational.

. The Rev. H. G. Bens, now residing in Bismarck, N. Dak., had the privilege of preaching th.e baccalaureate sermon for

t he graduation class of the high school in H erreid, S. Dak., on Sunday evening, May 19. The auditor:um was filled to its capacit y by the people of the com-munity. Mr. Bens wrote of the occasion as follows : "It wns n great honor to speak to an audience whom I had served so many times during my stay there of Hi years." The Rev. E . S. Fenske assisted iii the serv ice by pronouncing the bene-diction.

T he Rev. Samuel Blum, editor of " Der Sendbote," is making an extended summer tour of our churches in the Dakota, Pa-cific and Northern conferences. From June 12 to 16 he par ticipated in the Nor thern North Dakota Association he'.d in the Pleasant VaJley church near Car -ri ngton, from June 18 to 23 the Dakota Conference at Ashley, N. Dak., and from June 26 to 30 the Pacific Conference at Vancouver, British Columbia. From July 3 to 7 he will be in Winnipeg, Canada, attending the sessions of the Nor thern Conference.

T he Union of the W omen's Mission-ary Societies of our churches of Chicago a nd vicinity held its annual business meeting and pro.gram on Thursday moo-n-il:g and afternoon, May 23, in the H um-boldt P ark Church. The following offi-cers elected last year, will serve until 1936

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: Mrs. A. P . Mihm, pre5:dent; and Mrs. Julia Deutschmnnn, secretary. The other officers who were elected for two years, are : M ss Anna Bdnkmann, first vice-presiden t; Mrs. Albert Johns, sec-ond vice-president ; Mrs. F . C. Baumann, treasurer . The Rev. M. L. L euschner addressed the afternoon meeting.

The baccalaureate service of the Ap-lington High School was held on Sunday evening, May 19, at Aplin~on, Iowa, with t he Rev. C. F. Lehr brtng in.g the baccalaureate addr ess before a large au-dience of a lmost 500 p : ople. On the fol-lowing evening Mr. and Mrs. Lehr en-tertained the eight high school gradu ates from the German Baptist Church and the 1lormer pastor, the Rev. H. Lohr, at din-ner . On Decor ation Da y Mr. Lehr gave the a ddress at the patriot ic exerc ses he lort alYPearing in " The Baptist H erald" t he .visit and presentation CYf a program dur1ng the Christmas week by t he I m-manuel young people in t he chur ches of Gotebo and Bessie for the benefit of t he ne\v church building was inadvertentlY omi tted.

Evangelis tic services were held for two wee.ks preceding Easter in our church at Indianapolis, I nd. Mr. Lindstrom af Sout hport, Ind ., a nd th e Rev. Adolf Bt·edy, pasiot· of the ch urch, conducted the services with f ruitful r esults. As the result of t hese meetings a young wo-man and s ix young men followed Christ in baptism and the young woman's

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Volume Thirteen CLEVELAND, OHIO, JULY 1, 1935 Number Thir teen

EDITORIAL The Most Eager Question of Youth

' 'HOW can I get more of a t hrill out of my re-ligion?" That question seems to be asked

today with greater freq uency and more eager in-sistency th an any other by the young people of our churches. Such is t he statement of Dr . Studer , the exiecutive secretary of the Detroit Y. M. C. A ., as th e resu lt of a recent questionnaire sent to young people in that city. Mr. Hoiland of the American Baptist P ublication Society reports that in a recent tabula-tion of youth interests the item " how to make young people's meetings more interesting" was most often checked. That question couched in similar words has fou nd repeated utterance in our young people's conventions and institutes during the early summer days.

W henever the Christian religion applies itself directly to the problems of yo ung people, as th ey face them in the intricate relationships of our day, it becomes a glowing, purposeful, attractive power . W here the r eligious faith of a young person enables him or her to fu lfill' school assignments with honors to overcome temptations and t? break the grip of evil habits, to lead one to the right person as one's life companion and to solve the many problems of sex, to become a finer friend to others and to imbue life with a radiant cheerfulness and a sense of con-quering power , the experiences of the Christian life will be the most highly desirable things in life The church needs to study the intimate problems· of •t yo uth and to adapt its message in such a way th

1 ~ its .words and approach will be of vital significan:e to its young people.

In some r espects the church has been to h d 'th th . o muc concerne w1 e way m whlch to make the call

of Christ easy and comfor table for young people. Youth responds most whole-heartedly to the adven-t ures which make heavy demands of it. The greater the cost in any particular endeavor, the greater will be the thr ill in participating therein. Youth need~ to reread the gospel record in which Jesus' call r e-sounds with compelling urgency and to catch the note of self-denial involving unreserved devotion to his cause and suffering in his name. Our young peo-ple will find their religious life a thrilling under tak-ing as their discipleship with Christ makes heavy and costly demands of them to which they respond with spiritual abandonment.

Youth is a t ime of action. Young people exper-ience their deepest joys in purposeful activity. They love to be engaged with others in those undertak-ings which have wider significance than their own lives. The Christian church which will lead it~ youth on spiritual crusades leading to adventures of brotherhood with the Negro, Mexican or Oriental races of the immediate neighborhood or to a study of world peace and of a ll agencies for international amity or to practical demonstrations in economic justice and righteousness will have a wide-awake. enthusiastic and growing group of Christian young people in it:s halls.

Our religion should be the most thrilling continued experience which life can possibly offer. It will be that when our discipleship is an unreserved surren-der to J esus Christ and a fearless battling for the righteousness of the Kingdom of God. It is the will of God that every young Christian might get a thrill out of hls religion and know "th e abundant life" through an unbounded faith in Jesus Christ.

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Meet the President !

By MARTIN L. LEUSCHNER

A RECORD BREAKING, colorful crowd o_f Christian men and women of Chicago and vi-cinity greeted the brightness of last Easter morning with the resurrection hymns of praise in the re-nowned Soldier's Field. More than 35,000 persons were enthralled· by the inspiration of the. o_ccasio~ ~s they commemorated with reverent s~mt. Chnst s resurrection from the dead. Equally inspired was one of the speakers, Dr. Will H . Houghton, the n.ew president of the Moody Bible Institute of the c1.ty, as he addressed •the largest visibl.e audience. to wh1_ch he had ever spoken and challenged his auditors with the message of t he risen Lord.

The Radiant Personality of Dr. Houghton

In whatever way one happens to come into c01:-tact with Dr. Houghton, one is certain ~o be. cap_t~vated by the personality of the man. His bnef hf_e has been crowded with unusua l adventure~. H~s rise to fame in the Baptist ministry was rapid. His election as president of the great religious insti-tution the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, was receiv~d with widespread favorab le acclaim. Young people listen with rapt att~ntion to .ev~ry W1~rd which falls from his lips. His ev.angehstic ~ass1on has brought him t he joy ~f lead~ng .many lives .to the Savior of mankind. His poetic g1f~s. are beg1~~ ning ito receive a well d eser ved r ecogmt1on . But if you list en to Dr. Houghton's own word~, the focus of attention and t he object of all glorying are not himself, but "Jesus Christ, whose he is and whom he serves."

It is a unique experience to meet Dr. ~ought~n persona lly. Whether a~ter a church service or m an interview in his spacious office, on.e find~ a man with a large, friendy handclas~ and a si:nile tha~ d ne to him with eager JOY. He is t all of raws o . · f h · l stature and gives one the impression o p y~1ca

d and marvelous health . Dark-ha1r.ed, rugge ness . . with clean,..cut facia l f eatures, spe~kmg with a d ~ep and clear r esonant voice, dressetd.k1~maculdat_ely ?ut

t Sl·vely he ma kes a s n mg an 1mp1 es-no expen , f 1 sive appearance before any group o peop e.

H ted t he au thor a gener ous share of his e gran · " Th B t· t H · time for a specia l article for e ap 1s . . e1-

ald." His Ba ptist backgro~nd an~ present mm1stry as president of an institu t10n which h~s end ear ed itself to many Ger man Bapt ists ~er~ g1v~n as re~sons for the inter view. He sat m his swivel chair and after some reflection , in whic~ the panorama of the past seemed to pass by in review, he sketched his life in brief out line.

"The Baptist Herald" is happy _to present this article about Dr. Houghton to its reade~s, not only because of hi~ frequent app~arance in German Baptist gatherings and of his new :e-sponsibility as president of an institution which is well known to many persons of our churches, but also because of the . outstanding and dyd namic personality of this man of God an leader of people.

From the Stage to the Pulpit Dr. Houghton was born and educated in Boston,

Massachusetts. He was an ambitious lad, who was confident of himse'1f and of a successfu l fu ture. He entered the theatrical profiession as a young man and spent almost four years in varied playing and singing part s in stage productions and musical com-edies. He h aid been an attendant at a Methodist church of his community but its worldly spiri t pre-vented it from imparting any message to his heart.

While in Brooklyn, New York, on one of the tours of this dramatic group in which he was rising r a p-idly into fame and acc umulating lots of money for himself, he was led by the spirit of God to attend a number of evangelistic services in a nearby church. He does not remember the s ermons nor the evangel-ist's name, but t he final outcome was that he was Jed to a personal r ecognition of his own waywardness before God and of his need of a Savior. In an inner struggle he was led by the prayers of his Christia n mother and the convincing power of the word of God to surrender his life to J es us Christ in w,hom he found forgiveness of sin and the divin~ purposes of a new life.

His break with the habits and practices of the past was complete. It was a time of bitter wrestling as. he found himself no longer in luxurious hote ls with the a~claim of people at his beckon ca ll and money rolhng into his pockets but rather trying to ~ke out a meag,er living by working in a canvassing Job and roo~i~g in any r easonably priced hotel.

But the spmt of eager ambition had not left him. 1?-s a young Christian lad with new purposes in his ~if~h~ to;.k advantage of every opportunity to learn. ~ Garn imself and to be of service in the Kingdom

0 . od. He participated with others in open-ail'

services and e 1. . . s ond vange 1stic street meetmgs. H e re-t~lenr..:d t~ ehvery call in which he might use the

w ic God had given him.

Divine Guidance Into the Ministry His me lodio · d the d us voice was t he sesame which opene

e oors .0 f_ opportunity for him. He spent severa l

Y ars assisting leader 0 . a number of evangelists as song h . · . ccasionally he wo uld testify concerning is experience a Ch . . that God · h s a n.sb an. He fe lt an inner' ur~e ministr b mig t be c~lhng him into a n evangelistic At l eas~ eecea~e of his great de light in that service. tion unt il ~o~ ~eemed t? be leading in that dir ec-

The pasto . ; owed him otherwise. Pennsylvani~ ~ a _sma ll Baptist church in Canton~ is well kno~ as the Rev. A. Stillma n, whose name Will Take C n as the author of the hymn, "God

are of You." Mr . Houghton and he had

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been together on several occasions and a close friendship had been estab lished. One day an invi-tation came to Mr. Houghton to lead the services on a particular Sunday during Mr. Stillman's ab-sence. He did not know that on the fo llowing Sun-day the pastor wou ld r esign because of conditior:is of health and that his sermons on that day were m the nature of candidating messages. Mr. Houghton became pastor of that church, was t here ordained into t he gospel ministry and spent three happy years .on that field.

For many years fo llowing he was pastor of t~e First Baptist Church of Norristown,. Penns~lvam~. He commanded1 nation-wide attentwn durmg his four year pastorate in the Tabernacle Chur ch of Atlanta, Georgia, where more than 2000 members were added to the rolls of the church. In 1930 he enter ed upon his auspicious ministry as ,_vastor of the Calvary Baptist Church of New York City and as the succ·essor to Dr. John Roach Straton. He was not on ly the 0 pastor of a large metropolitan church but the president of a hotel operating co.mpany as well, when the Calvary Church moved to its new church-apartment h oterl proj ect. Dr. Houghton preach~d tirelessly and fearl essly from the Calvary pulpit. H e helped to make the church the N~w York cen-ter for fundam entalist church operations. H e be-came a widely recognized religious leader of youth.

His Election as President of the Bible Institute Last fall the r eligious world was deligh ted _to

receive the news that this man of God, Bapt ist preacher and re1ligious t eacher of youth wa~ to suc-ceed Dr. James M. Gray, the b ~loved president of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago and to fo llow in the footsteps of Dwight L. Moody, the foun.der of t he institute and R. A. Torrey. He began his new ministry on' November first of l_ast year and has a lready won the hearts of affection and esteem of

. a lumni, student body, and friends of t he Moody Bible Institute. .

Dr. Houghton was asked several questions about his new field of laboi·s. He has a lways had a pas-tor's heart and still has a warm place for the inti-mate responsibiliti'es of a pastor. To some ex~ent he feels the loss of such former pastoral r elat10n-ship~, but on rthe other hand he ~as entere~ a ~argier service in which he ministers_ dire~tly or rndirectly to thousands of pastors, missionaries,. students and young people through the Mood y Bible Institute. That school allieady has a great host of more than one hundred thousand people who have gra?uated from the institution or have spent some time ot study in its halls. He is bu~ily engage~ in Bible conferences and youth gatherings, traveling a lmost constantly from one end of t~e country t_o th_e oth e!·· Althoug.h he is profoundly mterdenommat10nal m the best sense of the word,. he has m a de public utterance of the fact that he is personally a Baptist in his convictions and expects to r eta in his m ember-ship wit h that great branch of the Christian church.

Dr. Houghton's Faith in Christian Youth H e is a fi r m believer in the limitless possibilities

of Christian youth in our day. H e can be_ drastically r ealistic a bout the temptations that lurk m the path-

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way of modern youth, but his optimism concerning the young people of our churches is a lmost un-bounded. "The most hopeful thing in a church is its favorab le attitude toward its young people," h e said. "The youth in our churches r.esponds better to a militant challenge in our day than ever be-fore. They are fed up on t he frivo lities and philoso-phies of life- disillusionment has reached its satur-ation point-and they are looking for r eality. The Christian church must be exceedingly careful that what they give the young people ·Of today is vital and challenging !"

He has a profound faith in the program of evan-gelism when it is conducted with passionate zieal for individual lives and with sincere eagerness to im-part the gospel of Christ unto salvation to a ll peo-ples. If Dr. Houghton had his way every member of the facu lty at t he Moody Bible Institute would be asked to conduct a t least one series of evangel-istic services in some church ann ually. "Evangel-ism," according to Dr. Houghton, "is and a lways must be at the h eart of the Christian church ." He is g iving a practical demonstration of this theory in the generous use of his time in conducting evangel-istic services throughout t he country.

The Power of Dr . Houghton's Preaching

His preaching is a lways profusely illustrated with personal incidents drawn from the storehouse of his varied, adventurous experiences, which seems to give his sermons a gripping and persuasive per-sonal appea l. He is not overly emot ional in his p1ieaching but always warm and direct in his ap-proach to the congregation. The work of God in the power of r edeeming a human life from sin is always in the foreground of his message. As he said with ou tspoken forcefulness in a recent service : " You don' t have to go to heaven, if you don' t want to, but if you do go , you are going in God's way! You don 't have to be saved, but if you are saved you must be saved in God's way!"

Dr. Houghton has a vivid consciousness of God's guidance in his lif e. His addiiess at t he time of his installation as president of t he Moody Bible Insti-tute bears out this thought t{) a remarkable degree. "In connection with this recognit ion service, there is borne on my mind the memory of a mother who held her boy to her heart and talked about the work of D. L. Moody, and ga ve me the impression that she had the conviction that I, sometime, somewhere, wou ld bear some kind of 1ielationship to Mr. Moody's work. Later , as a young minister, it was my pri"."-ilege to have f ellowship with Dr. Torrey; and it was my sad duty to preach h is f uneral sermon."

Dr. Will H. Houghton is an ambas~ador of ~esus Christ , wh ose a drventurous life lends itself easily t o a fascinating iiecord for the r eader, but whose min-istry in the Kingdom of God will be t he only memo-rial in which h e will ever r ejoice. As t he new presi-dent of th e Moody Bible Instit ute he is r endering a r emarkable ser vice in the interest of a great insti-tution . As a Ch r istian leader of stalwar t propor-tions and Christ-like spirit he is extending his in -fluence for the Kingdom of God to t he uttermost parts of the earth .

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From the Pen of Dr. Houghton The rpoems on this page of "The Bap-

tist Her ald" were written by Dr. Will H. Houghton in r esponse to definite situa-tions. "The 'Christi ain and Jew" was in-spired by a ti; p to Germany a year ago and which first appeared in the "Sunday School T imes" at the close of an all'ticle on "The Truth About Germany and the J ews." The hymn, "I Will Trust Him," is being sung widely by Christian young people througihout the country. The poems "By Life or Dea th'' and "The Place of Prayer," which have appeared in rpublicat ions of t he Moody Bible In-stitute, were inspired by the martyrdom of the Rev. and Mrs. J ohn Stam, mis-sionaries in China, and by the spirit ual ministr y of radio station WMBI, which is "dedicated wholly to the service of our Lord and Savior, J esus Christ." All of these poems are copyrighted by Dr. Houghton and may not be reprinted without t he permiss;on of the author. "The Decla ration of Faith" is a portion of Dr. Houghton's s tatement of belief which he made publ icly at the t'me of his installation as president of the Moody Bible Institute.

I Will Trust Him I will tru st Him in t he shadow, I will t rust Him in the light, I will ca;st on Him my burdens, Walk by faith and not by sight . He invites my full surrender, He my guide and str ength wi ll be, I can trust in Him to keep His own Through all time and eternity.

The Place of Prayer Tune-"The B ells of S t. Ma;rys"

Meet Chris t in the morning When new days are dawning . Meet Chirist in the evening, He values your prayer. The world will a larm you, But Jesus will calm you. Spend much t ime in the secret place He'll meet you ther e.

Two Worlds God made a world,

And in it t here ar e mountains, Sunbeams and roses,

And towering pines above Cascades and falls,

And rippling brooks and fountains. All of them telling of God,

His power an d love.

Man made a world And it was dark 'and smoky,

Crowded with p overty, Greed and soul despair-

Mankind enslaving man, And all his day-dreams wrecking-

Piling his back and hear t With burdens hard to bear.

God made a world All full of fruit and flowers,

Crystalline moonbeams, And a baby's smile.

Man made a world Uncleain, corrupt , and fet'd-

With s limy wiles To make that baby vile.

God's world is good And only man is evil.

God's Word is true And man alone can lie.

Shall God be blamed Because man is a fai lure?

Who shall accuse When man makes choice to die?

Christian and J ew Saiy not a Christian ere would persecute

a J ew; A Gentile might, but not a Christian

true. Pi late and Roman guard that folly tried And with that great Jew's death an em~

pire died.

You r ead a Bible passed to you with age A Jew wrote this, and that, and each

succeeding page. T he Book where Moses had so much to

say, That law he gave, makes statute books

today.

The poet sang of shepherd's care so kind Your mother .found that Psalm a solac~

to her nund. Ah, David write fur her far better than

he knew, "The Lord my Shepherd"- written by a

J ew.

When Christians ga ther in cathedral church, or hall, '

Hearts tu1·n toward One-the name of J esus call.

You cannot persecute--whatever else 'YOU do-

The race who gave Him-Jesus w J 1

a s a ew .

By Life or Death .J ohn a n.d Betty Stam, two Mood

B·ble Instit ute gradua tes, were y d . 01 . D b mar-tyre in 1ma, ecem er 8, 1934. 0 December 6, J ohn Stam wrote "M . n

baby, and myself are today i~ t h yhwife, · t Al e ands of communis s. I our possessions

stor es they have takeni, but we 8 .nd God for rpeace in our hearts and praise tonight . God g rant you wisdom

1. a mhea!

d d f . n w at you o an u.s ort1tude, coura e peace ofl heart. He is able and g; ' and derful Friend in such a ti~e,, ~ wo~closing, he said, "The Lord · bi nct 1n g uide you, and as for us ma e~s and glovified, whether by life 0~ de?th.''od be

So this is life, this world with all its pleasures,

Struggles and tears , a smile, a frown, a s igh,

Friendshirp so true, and love of kin and neighbor?

Sometimes 'tis hard to live--always, to die !

The world moves on, so rapid ly the liv-ing

The forms of those who disappear re-place,

And each one dreams that he will be enduring-

How soon that one becomes the missing face !

In life or deat~and life is surely flying, The crib and coffin carvedi from the

seifsame tree. In life or death-and dea.t h so soon is

coming-Escape I cannot ther e's no place to

flee- '

But Tho~, o God, has t lif e that is eterna l; That hfe is mine, a g ift through ThY

dear Son. Help me to feel its flu sh and pulse super-

na l, Assura nce of the morn when life is

done.

Help me to know the va lue of these hours, H ~e'p me the folly ofl all waste to see ;

e P rne to t rus t the Christ who bore mY son·ows,

And thus to yield for life or death to Thee.

IntU my days be glorified Lord Jesus, n a ll my ways ~uide ;11e with Thine

own eye· Just when and' Th . d

J a s ou wilt use ·me, Lor

esus ' And t.hen 'for me 'ti's Cl 'st t l' or 1r1 , o 1ve die.

A Declaration of Faith · tr ~ BELIEVE. in the triune God who is C ~ t~en while He is one . that J esus r1s t 1s H ' ' is only begotten Son co-r oual a d · ' and n . co-exist ent with the Father,

t tha t 10 the fu llnes of time He came

0 eairth · th t H · · I. ' a e was born of a v1rg111, l\'ed a · I · · sin ess hfe, uttered words wb; ch can never d · I and h . ie, P'e rformed miracles of he P H ' /ahng, and in due time surrendered t~ s lfe to t he cross as t he s inner 's sub-

s itute and Savior.

cl !Id BELIEVE it is t he duty of every ll of God to carry the gpsp el of the

~~ucified Savio1· to t he ends ~f the ea:rth i b erefor e I believe every Christia n should

1 ° separated in life, mission a ry in o~t. ook, prayerful in habit unselfish in giv-ing, fervent in spirit, se

1

rving the Lord·

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Commencement at the School of the Prophets / By PROFESSOR ARTHUR A- SCHADE

,_ ____ _ Nature was at its best during the s tir-

r ing commencement exercises in Roches-ter , May 19 to 20. The warm sunshine a nd t he cool breezes wer~ a pleasant change from the gloomy days with cease-less rain that had g.one before. Mag-nolias and fruit trees were dressed in their colorful garb of spring. This friend-liness of nature was reflected in the cheery countenances of the throngs who had gaither ed to share in the annual fes-tivities. These included not only Roches-terians but la rge delegat!ons from Buf-falo, headed by the Rev. Peter Geissler of the Bethel Church, a group from F ol-somdale, led by the minis ter, Mrs. Grace Domes, a nd a few guests from afar, the Rev. F . A. Bloedow from Winnipeg, Mani toba, missionary preacher of t he occasion, and the Rev. C. A. Daniel from Detroit, representing the school board.

But t he celebration was not all sun-shine. A somber thread was woven through the entire program. It was not a usual commncement but rather one t hat will go down in the annals as ai distinct turning point in t he course of t he insti -t ution. Associations of long s tancling were sever ed. W·e wer e ca lled upon to witness the exit of our beloved Dean, Professor A. J. Ramaker , for forty-six years professor of Church History, Pa u-line Epistles, History of Philosophy, Astronomy and Physical Geogr aphy. We a

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Life Supreme THE STORY OF A GIRL WHO FOUND THE SECRET TO THE J OY OF LIVING IN HER HOME-TOWN

SYNOPSIS

(Margaret W orthing ton g raduated from college and returned to her home in the little t own of Forestville. She felt un-comfortable and ill at ease in that home with the many members of the family getting on her nerves and the joy of her fa ther as a minist er of the gospel among these country people a g reat mystery to her. On the occasion of a party on her birthday, her brother, Bob, surprised everyone by relating the latest news that Forestville was to have a hospital. Soon thereafter Margaret heard that she had been picked up as a forelorn waif from the street s of New York City by those whom she now called Daddy and Mother W orthingt on. A noticeable change came over Margaret. She began to think ot helping people, planning for the hospital, and most recently attempting to or gan-ize "a Home Making Club" for the girls and women of Forestville. Mother W orth-ington wa-s in h earty agreement with Margaret's latest dream.)

CHAPTER THREE

"I s'nt it queer , Mother," asked Mar-garet, as she gazed thoughtfully before her, "how these people, living here, sort of away or cut off from the r est of the world, are so anxious to learn new things, the finer t hings of life, like music and beautifying their homes and things like that?"

"Well," Mother answered, j ust as thoughtfully, "I don't believe it is so queer after all. All human beings were meant to love the beautiful and t he good t hings of life. I 'm sure a ll do, unless t hey have become hardened to the finer things :if life because t hey ha ve n ever had a nyone show them how to obtain them a nd ~o have concluded that the beautifu l and good was not meant for them. Or maybe some great sorrow or misunderstanding in t heir lives had dulled them to the love of t hese t hings. I don't believe there is any human being a live anywhere who is not sensitive to something beautiful or firie in the world. They wou ldn't be hu-man if they were otherwise."

"Then, I suppose Granny Spikes isn't h.uman, is she? She certainl y isn't sensi-tive to anything beautifu l or fine. That house she lives in is positively filthy and ev~ryone ~ows she steals, and he~- old corncob pipe is the J0 oke of t he town "

"Do 't . d . Mothen J~lige too harshly, dear," said

r, snu ng "Wh t . t ail! right b t · a you say 1s rue brought the u wd~ . do not know wha.t

se con itions ab t B t tl fr still a spark f h .ou . u 1ere 0 urnanity left · h Anyone who loves, a& she loves he1n l't~r cripple grandchild is not to be con~m~ede I 'm sure Granny wouldn't hesitate t~

g ive her life for Jimm.y if she thought it necessary."

"If she loves him so much, why won't she consent to have Jimmy given medi-cal attention? Even the Old Doc says J immy could be made to walk again if car.ed for right away, but Granny won't lis ten to him. She insists if the Good Lord decided that J immy should be a cripple, she would be t he last to inter -fere with his plans. What do you say to that?"

" I would say that she is even more h uman than I had g iven her credit for being," answered her mother . "She even b

"Yes, Mother, I see now. I've never ~oroked at it that way, though. But there

e some who won't respond mother aGren't there? You've shown' me that

ranny S 'k · h the .P1 es is umari, but what about . old miser, Mr. Walters ? I s there any teasonable excuse why a ma n shoul d h~ard. money when he could be doing good with it or at least enjoying himself if he was too selfish to share it'!"

"You are right again, Margaret. T here are many who will never respond to those. who seek only their good and their happiness. But t he artist's p:cture does not always win fame nor the musician's composition become a masterpiece. I can give you no reason why a wealthy man should hoard his money a nd shun t he com-panionship of society. But there are ofte11 reasons for many things which we are never to find out, so I think we wou ld be wise if we wouldn't judge too harshly in the miser's case, either If you ever happen to walk through the Hollow, be sur e you pass his house a nd You'll see the loveliest flower garden in this part of t he country."

"Do you mean to tell me t hat the old miser raises flowers ?" asked Margaret, aghast.

" I do~" she answer~d sim~ly. "It's on Jy a small garden and it's- quite hidden by

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the house, but it certainly is beautif ul. Sc; you see Mr. Wa lters is human too."

" Mother , you seem to find something in eve ryone. Accor ding to you, t hen, t here is no one in the world who hasn't something nice about them."

"That is exactly what I like to t hink. No God-created man would be other wisl!. It is only natural for humanity to crave all the good and the beautiful in life and it is usually only cer tain circum-stances in t he lives of people that k ill t his craving or dull it, ancL t he r est nf mankind ousts them from society and makes them still worse instead of t ry ing' to help them."

" L ike you and Daddy who are t rying. I shall try to help, too, from now on !"

A nd Margaret did try She put her heart and soul her talents her knowl-edge, a ll her st~ength into h~r work, and even enjoyed it since she knew she was the mer e pleasure of doing it, but she was helpin g other s to be happy too. She might even have ienjoyed a ll she did for she was makng her parents happy, a nd living t he life of a Worthington, that never stopped to th ink of it in that waY·

Her club was quite a success and it kept her busy much of the time. T he p iano lessons which she gave, her work i11 the church, helping her fa ther a nd her mother in the h ome, a s t hey had too much outside wor k to take up t heir time, kept her busy every day.

By midsummer the rumor of a hospi· tal was a reality. The Old Doc's son had. come to Forestvi lle, a long with his bus iness manager, a shrewd wor ldly-wise young chap, whose name w~s J ack White. The small brick structure was well under ~vay, a nd a few lar.gie boxes of' furnish· mg.s ;-vere s tored in the back room of Mr. J ohn s grocer y store unti l t he building sl~ou.ld be ready for t hem. But more f ur-n ishings and other necess · badly aries were needed, and "the Young Doc" as everf· ~~e c~lled him, spent most ~f h is spare

me I in an effort to raise more funds to ~upp y these. Daddy and M th Worth· 111 g' on M o er

' _: . ar garet, Bob, Stanley a ll found or.p )t.umty to help Th ' the ack 1owled d 1 · ese were a nd th ge eaders of the community, way a% we~e glad to help in whatever H w 1enever t hey could The omemaking 1 F · d dT anc •armers• Clubs worke h~;:~~t~beto r~ise fund s. But more than looked r esidents of the county merely gaTded ot~ a~d r~fused to help. T hey re· som e Ospital a s an intrusion and

e even pr . ' If th ·. onounced 1t a curse. .en age old would t - cures a nd superstitions their hno help them, then they nodded was 111 ea~s w1se.ly and said the suffere1· wrong~: yhbearmg P.unishment for some cure him ad committed and to try to

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would be crossing the will of the Al-1n.ighty.

It was with t hese people that the lead-ers spent much of their time. The task was often unpleasant and t iresome and sometimes even discouraging. If on ly a few of the ·people were going to seek help at the hopsital, the income would hardly br: enough to make ends meet. The junior Dr. Jeffers had put all his money into the hospital and in to a beautiful little home bes ide it. He now had no money or an income salary to d raw from to pa.y the r unning expenses of the hos-pi tal. But regard less of t his the faith-fu l ha lf dozen refused to be daun ted.

At last t he hospita l was complet~d. and t he little group gathered at the par-sonage to discuss ways and means of one last, g reat effort of stressing the im-por tance of the hospital. Exercises were planned to celebrate the opening. T here would be speakers from the outside but mostly from a mong the cit izens, for it was these to whom t he other cit izens paid most respect. For how could t hey be-lieve what outsiders told them! They a lso decided to make on:! more gr eat drive for funds a nd t hen trust t heir God to rpr ovide for t he rest. Whi le they were discussin.g this, Mar garet's foe!! suddenly lighted up and she said, " I 've just t hough t of something!"

"If it's any good, for pity sakes pass it on, and if it isn't, don't bother," Bob suggested.

Margaret hesitated, for she had a fai rly good idea of how her idea would be met. "I believe we have visited every home in t he county except one and that is j ust t he home we should vis it. Why, one healt hy contribu tion from t here would •banish a ll our worries immed-iately!"

" Don't tell us we have a milliona ire in disguise somewhere in t hese forests," offered Stanley.

" You don 't by any chance mean, ah-er, my business manager, do you?" asked t he Young Doc. Everyone laughed for t hey all knew that Jack White h ad no sympathy for t heir under taking. T hey wer e a lways g lad when he was not pres-ent at t heir meetings, for he only laughed at them or else offered imposs'b1e a dvice. He considered them all fools and plainly told them so, t hat is , a ll except Ma rgaret .

Ma11garet disregarded the Young Doc's g uess a nd said s lowly, " We've forgotten to call on Mr. Walters. "

Eve1'Yone was too astounded to speak ~ntil Daddy said, "I'm afraid that that is only another bubble bursted. You know Mr. Walt ers does not spend his money even on himself let alone on others." ' . "Yo~ don 't mean that old fellow who

hves in that shanty in the Hollow?" asked Youn D h · g oc.' w o as yet was not tho~oughly acquainted with a ll the in-hab1tlants of Forestvi lle and ti ._ _,,. . . . 1e SUI r ounumg VJcm 1ty. "Does he have a n ' money?" )

"Sure thing," sa id Stanley. "He's gol ~lenty of it. Mr. Williams , the bank pres-ident, told me all about it. He said the

old g en t came here about twenty years ago and he had all his money moved to W·ill iams's bank and when it was a ll there he drew it ou t and took it home with him. H e's probably buried it somewhere around his house or on his land."

"How much does he have?" a sked Pe-ter, who had been permitted to J'sten in and until now had been a quiet observer.

"William said he drew out over a half million, and of cour se he has made more money in the last twenty years, I sup-pose."

"Aw, gee," said Peter disa.ppointedly, "he isn't even a millionaire, then! "

T hey laughed at him, good naturedly, and the Young Doc sa id, "Don't you fret about that, sonny. If we had that much now, we'd adjourn immediately."

"And even if we don 't have it I sug-gest that we adjourn anyway and talk about something pleas ant the rest of the evening while we sample my cookies and mother's tea."

This suggestion was met with instant approval, and t he rest of that evening was spent very pleasantly, even when J ack White decided to drop in on them.

T he next morning, as soon as her household dut ies were done, Margaret prepared to leave.

"Whither bound?'" a sked her father wonder ing a t her haste to leave a nd at the earnest expression on her face.

"I'm bound for the Hollow and for 1\1r. Vvaltcrs, if you please, good s ir!" s he answered him gaily in an effort to hide her nervousness. She had made up her mind to call on the old gentleman re-gardless of what anyone said t01 h er. Hadn't her mother proved to her that h e was a human being? Surely if this was so t here might be a "Possibili ty that he would loosen h is hold on his purse and contribute something to their cause.

"But Margaret, that's foolishness,'' her father answered her. "It will only be a was te of time and energy to go there, and besides you are only in for a b'g disappointment, I'm afraid. You'd better not try it, dear."

Marga ret felt disappointed a lready. T he undertaking in itself wou ld be un-pleasant enough without being reminded of it a nd especially by one from whom encouragement was expected. H owever, she was one who having made up her mind, would' not easily change it by merely being told that disappcYintmcnt awaited her . There must be a better r ea son than that to make her do so. She a nswered he father calmly, "No:w, Daddy," she said, " where is that faith that removes mountains, or haven't you it?"

"Well, my dear. There are some things we don't understand exactly and in this case I must confess my faith is small. I only wanted to save you from humilia-tion and embarrassment. but if you in-sist, run along, and God bless vou !"

Margaret ran along-, until she near ed the H ollow and then her step s bega11 to lag. Sh.e s ig hted the small hut., a nd as she came closer she noticed that the door and \dndows were tightly closed and no

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one seemed in s ight. She glanced to-war d the sheds which served a s barns a nd seeing t~ horses stand ing close by: concluded t heir owner was not sp ending the day in h is fields. A few fat hens eyed her suspiciously a nd hastened to t he she lter of the barn . H er heart beat fast, a lthough she could think of n o rea-son to fear the interview. Certainly the old gentleman cou ld do no more than re-f~se to help. B ut when she remembered his bow:ed head, his cold, blankly staring eyes, h is la rge bony finger s, she shud-der ed inwardly. She a dvanced toward tl~e door and . began to knock t imidly. W h~n she received no answer she knocked again, louder t his t;me. What if he sh~uldn't be home? Would she ever again gam enough courage to attempt this trip? Where could he possibly be? He very seldom went any 'Place, and folks said he had never been hrnrd to visit any-one. As she knocked again she won-dered vaguely whait had caused this man to become thus. H ad he ever been an innocent babe and. a hap py little boy? What had made hun change? Suddenly she was interrupted in her thoughts by the appearance of the old man. H e had come so quietly that she had not even been awar e of his arrival unt il she felt someone star ing at her. For a moment she mer ely stared back, too startled to speak. But she couldn't stand ther e s tar-ing at him a ll day. and evidently he had no intention of s tarting a conversation with her. So she advanced s lowly to-waTd him and held out her h and a nd said, "How do you do, Mr. Walters? I was afraid I wasn't going to find you at home."

Mr . Walters did not take the proffered hand nor d id he a nswer her . For a mo-ment Mal1g'aret felt slightly embarrass~d not knowing how to begin. She wa~ there now and she had to say some-thing. So she bravely attempted to speak. "You see. Mr. Walter s," she said, "I came to see you on a matter of some im-portance. I won't keep you long, though," a n d she told h im t he s tory of the hos. pita! and the diffcult ies they wer e en-counter ing in raising t he necessary f unds to run it. She finished by su ggesting that all contributions were welcomed.

The old miser stared unseeing ly ahead of him and seemed not to have heard. Margaret waited a minute for him to a nswer but he said nothlng , so she turned to lea ve. She thought of one more thing-she wished to say and before she reached the gate she called back to him. "To-morrow evening we're gi:>ing to celebrate t he opening of t he hospital. T he staff will be present and there will be an inte1·cst-ing program. We'd be g lad to have you present."

Mr. Wa lters lifted his head s lightly and glanced toward her. Margaret en-couraged at this s ign of life, left 'him feeling somewhat better than she had ~ f ew minutes before. She r C"alized that her visit had been in vain, and she hated t& go back and admit defea t to those who had warned her what to expect.

(To Be Continued)

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Beginning the Day A Scripture Passage and Meditation for Spiritual Progress

By the REV. C. H. EDINGER OF KYLE, T EXAS

Monday, July 8

Blessings in Disguise Friday, July 5

Grace and Peace "G,.ace be unto, and peace, front God

owr Father, and from the L ord Jesus Clvrist." Phil. I: 2.

(Read P hilip,pians 1 : 1. 2) ''Dhis is a fitting benediction for the

beginn ing of th 's wonderf~I le~ter ?f Patil. He is writing from ~1s. prison a~~ Rome The future at best is very d .

"Biit I wou!d that ye shotild u11der-s tand, brethren, that the things w hich happened unt-0 me lw11e fallen oiil rather unto the furtherance of the gospel." Phil. 1 :12.

of persecution? Why do we suffer s~ little persecution in our day and land· Is it because we have become so much like the wor ld about us?

1 "Lord make us worthy of thy ove that we

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may be t rue to thee and not com-promise with the world and sin.''

d . rta' The otherwise active an unce m. . J'f man is now compelled to spen d .his i ~ in confinement instead of trave~ing an PTeaching the gospel. But he is chee~fu! for he trusts th:e Lord. H e has 1~ h. heart "the grace and peace ~ is own Ch · t" This God a nd of llhe L ord J esus r is · . is the secret of his inward joy. .If '~e

. of mind rn long for this s-erene peace 1 t a ll earthly trials, then we also mus t e the grace o>f God fi ll our hearts. The re-sult will be "peace that passeth u nder -

standing." . ,,, " O, Lord, give us this p eace today.

(Read Philippians 1 :12-20) Paul had the satisfaction to know that

thTough h 's own steadfastness others, who were by nature more t imid, were made bold confessors of Christ. Many of the soldiers of the guard were com-pelled to hear the preaching of th~ gps-pel since Paul was constantly ta!k1ng to t hdse who came to visit him in prison. Undoubtedly Paul caused a stir among the soldiers, as they related their im-pr essions one t o an.other about the strange prisoner. All this helped to make the gospel of Christ better known. The enemy of t he cross wanted to s ' lence the preacher of righteousness but many oth-ers rose up and preached Chr ist .

Thursday, J uly 11

Meekness and Unity "Fulfill y e my joy, that y e b~ like-

minded, ha11ing the sam e /011e , being of one accord, of one 1nind." P hil. 2:2.

(Read Philippians 2 :1-4) . Personal ambitions m ust be put aside,

and the need and bur den of the brother must be made our own, if we wish to si.:cceed as followers of Ch1·ist. T11~ lit tle petty s t rifes that sometime~ s.P01! the best work of many young Christian and cause heartache and d isappointment could be avoided, if we only heeded th~ admonit ion in our text. Are w e ycke t th 'th th h ·d· "I am oge er w1 e one w o sa1 ·

11 meek and lowly in heart : and ye sha fi nd rest unto your souls" ? (Matt . 11 :29. )

Saturday, July 6

"Forgive us our spiritual blindness, Lord a nd help us to see thy gu:iding hand

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in a ll t he experiences of life.'• "Lord gr ant us the meekness of thy Spir it ~nd unity of hea r t in the work of thy kingdom." God Working in U s .

" He which hath begim ct good w ork in you will perform it until the day of JeBUs CfvriB l." Phil. 1 :6.

(Read Philippians 1:3-7) What a joy to know that God is work-

ing in our hearts and lives ~~ro~~~t t~~ Holy Spirit. We can trus \h::ugh f~ith h E: has seen fit to sa'Ve us . . and . J Ch . t he is a lso w1lhng 1n esu9 n s , .11 rform llhe able to keep us. H e Wl P\1 the day work of grace in our hearts un · of J esus Christ. . d lea nse us

"Lord keep us from sm an c t d ' k fi t to s an

more and more and ma e us d J e"us before thee on the da y of our Lor -Christ !"

Sunday, July 7

Love Abounding "And this I pray, that y our ~ove .ntaY

abound yet nwre ri,rul niore." Phil. 1 ·9· (Read Philippians 1 :8-11) . · h Christians a t Paul is praying fO'I' t e d

Philippi that their Jove may abound a n grow stronger that the' r knowledge n:aY increase, th.at their jud~ent ~ay ~~ clearer in all the perplex1t1es of life .. rr.ust have been a wonderfu l satisfact1?n f or the Aipostle t hat, although impris-011ed, he could r each his dearly beloved fi>llow .Christian s through prayer. The Roman guard could not block the way to t he throne of g race. H e wrote that the~ not only should love t he Lord but tha their love should abound. In love th.ey shou.Jd not be poor but rich in Chnst

J esus. " ' "Lord, fill our hea rts with t hy love ·

Tuesday, July 9 The Highest Ideal

" For nie to li11e is Christ, a1ul to die is ga·in-" Phil. 1 :21.

Friday, July 12 ·

Christ Humbled Himself (Read Philippians 1:20 26)

We must have high ideals and high aims in lif e. What a re some of the ideals that fill the imagination of you~h "! Pleasure? Honor? Material gain? But what does it profit a man to gain. the whole world and thereby to l0se his soul? Paul ha.cl only one aim, one pur-pose in life, a nd t hat was to live for Christ, to honor Christ by walking faith-f ully in his tpresence. That was the r ea -son why death had no honor for him, s ince it was the gateway to a fuller fel-lowship with Christ. He had counted all materia.l gain as loss. Therefore he was made rich in Chr 'st Jesus.

"And being found in fashion a.s mci~i,, he humbled himself, an d becam e obe -ient unto death, e11en the decilh of the cross.'' Phi I. 2 : 8.

"Forgive u5, Lord! our low ideals and help us to have Christ as our g uide and goaL"

Wednesday, July 10 Suffering for Christ

"For u11 to you it i s gi11en in the be-half of Christ, not cmtv, to bel'e'Ve on him, bu t to suff er for Ins sal.:e." Phil. 1 :29.

(Read Philippians 1 :27-30) Two things a re here said> ab~ut the

Christian. H e is a believer in Ch1;st, and he is willing to suffer for his sake. Yes being willing to suffer for Christ and his cause marks the true Christian Would youll' fai th stand this test? I~ our faith only for days of sunshine an d pleasure, or will it also stand the t est

(Read Philippians 2: 5-8) Our proud hearts revolt at the ver Y

~dea of meekness. But what are we gof m g to do with the wonderful example 0 ? Christ? Does it not put us to shame· Oi his own free will he gave up his heav-

1 He en Y glory and became a servant . . voluntarily stripped himself of the insigr nia of his majesty. lle even went to th~ cross in or der that he might save you an me. He was cruc'fied not for his own sake bu t to save the s inner. W hat a won?erful Savior we have in hind go~ foohsh all our l)'r ide looks if we wi bring it to the Cross! d

"Lord, help us to under stand more a~ m?re t his great mystery and give us t mind of J esus Christ ."

Saturday, July 13

Christ Exalted "Wherefore God also hat h highly ~~

~lted hirn, and gi11en him a na11ie w h 1C i is abO'Ve ~e1·y name.'' Phil. 2: 9.

(Read Philippians 2:9-11) a God exalted him when he called J esu

from t he grave on that gloriou s East~~ morning. H e ascended to heaven a nd ?

1 at the 1; ght ha nd of the Father . H e w il come again , not meek a nd lowly, but es t he Kin;g of Ki ngs and Lrd of L ords.

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Then will every knee bow and every tongue confess "that Jesus Chris t is the Lord, to the glory of God the Father ." Does it not thrill your hearts to know and to love such a Lord? Sha ll we not ~!so. ex; alt. him through our daily walk 111 hfe ·

let us a cquaint ou rselves more with the spiri t ual things. .

" L ord, help me to be a joyfu l Chns-tian !"

Wednesday, July 17 To Know H im "O God, help us to bow in rever ence

and worship before thee, and con~ess be-fore the world our Lord and Savior, Je-sus Chr:st."

"T hal I may know him, a1ul t he power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his su/Jerings, being made conf or ni-able w1to his death.'' Phil. 3: 10.

Sunday, July 14

The Christian, a Light in the World

"That y e may be bla11~elcss and h~rn~ less the sons of God, withotil ?·eb11ke, in the 'midst of a crooked cmd per11~rse n~tion, among w hom ye shine as ltghts in the world." Phil. 2 : 15.

(Read Philippians 2:2-~8 ) . T he Christian who is working ou t 111

h is daily walk the salvation which G~d through his H oly Spirit has wo~ked m him will indeed be a light in this d'ark world. By a faithful life in the blessed fe llowship of Christ and his revealed will as laid down in our New Testa-me;t, we will be able to be a blessing to others. " In t his world is darkness, so we must shine, you in your small corner and I in mine.''

"Lord, make me a blessing to someone today!"

Monday, July 15

Hero of Faith in Service. "Because for the wo,.k of Christ l~c

was nigh m ito death, 11ot rega7·di~ig h~s life, to supply your lack of ser111ce t -ward me." Phil. 2:30.

(Rea d Phi lippians 2:19-30) It seems tha t Epaphrodi tus wa s the

messenger that car ried th' s letter t.o t~1e sa>ints a t Philippi. H e had ri~ked 111s hf e to be of some service to his beloved teacher, Paul. He proved to be a. r~al hel"o of fait h . U nselfishly he was w11l111g to lay down his life fo r " t he work of Christ.'' Even the most humble servant of Christ can be unselfish and de pendable. He must be trtic to his call in.g. Our work in our chur ch or young people 's soc'ety may be very insignifican t indeed. But all of us ca n •be true and dependable. Let us look at o.ur tasks and meet them a~ her oes of fruth. . . .

· "God make us heroic m the daily I l'f f JJ drudgery of our I e.

Tuesday, July 16

(Read P hilippians 3 :4-11) Many people know of Jesus Cht;st from

hearsay. Other s know the s tory of J esus, at least in part, as r ecorded in the gos-pels. Many claim to know him as their Sav ir. But very few can say that t~ey r eally know Jesus as Paul knew him. St ill he had only one wish in life, nam~ly "to know him." How may we know him better? For P aul it meant tha t all 1:na-terial advantages had to be put as~de. Chr:s t had to have first place in his hfe. So we must make a r eal effort to know Christ better, for "to know him is eter-nal life.'' (John 17 :3.)

" Lor d, grant us this fellowship with thee, tha t we may know thee and have eternal life!"

Thursdiay, July 18 Christian Perfection

"Let us therefor e, as m any as be per-fect , be thiis minded.'' Phil. 3:15.

(Read Philippians 3:12-16) T he great Apostle does not boas~ of

perfection as some mode1:n "Perfection-ists" do. " Not a s t hough I had alread~, a ttained, either wer e a lready perfect. He is s triving toward the goal. Th~ ma.n or woman who has seen Christ m his holiness and purity and has also had . a convict ion o.tl his or her sinfulness, w~ll not boastfully claim perfect ion but will strive to be mor e like t he Master . yYe must also guard ourselves against be~ng content wi th our state of imperfection. We must put our will to work. We m~t want t o be better a nd t o be more like our Lord.

"Who ca n Cleanse t hou P s. 19:12.

understand h is errors? me from secret f aults."

Friday, July 19 Ene mie s of the Cross

"F o1· many walk, of whom I ha11c told 11ou of ten, a?ul now toll 1101i even wcep-i1,g, that they are enemies of the cross of Chr ist-" Phil. 3 : 18.

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PRAYER HELPERS "Take it to the Lord in Prayer "

Expect and P ray "Expect great things from Go~; . a t -

t P.mpt grea t things far God," was Wilha m Carey's watchword. Only as we r ever-ently r ea lize our absolute dependence upon God and in filial love give oursel~es to coo'Peration with him for the salvatt?n of t he world will we be able to wn te heroic cha pters in the story of t he wor ld's redempt ion.

Our vast ent erprise of winnin g the world for Christ halts and f alters for need of t he one thing that will speed it forw ard, conquering antl co conquer-the spirit of believing prayer.

Doctor Emilie Bretthauer Years ago a young girl wac: won for

Christ thr ough the Sunda y School of the Second German Bapt i3t Church :if P hila-delphia- I mmed!ately a.::H r her conver-sion !>he became in ter l.!strd in anission work among the Chinese or Philnrielphia.. Aft er overcoming ma ny ob:..tacles shf: at last succeeded in getting the necessary training to go as a medical missionary to Ch.ina. She has now ma.de the enviabie record of having been pr vileged • o spentl more than thirty years as a medical mis.-sionary in China. F or many year'I she has been in charge of the Amer ican B hP-tist Hosp ital for W omen a nd Childr en at Suifu. She has never lost her inter-est in our own German Baptist wor k. Only r ecent ly she r eg'stcred as one of our Prayer-Helpers. In a r ecent letter she writes :

" I a.m expecting to leave Shanghai on May 28 on the SS. President Grant (Dol-lar Line) to Seattle, arriving in the latt er city JU/Ile 11. The 'Red' scare is not over yet, thoug h i;ght at this time the danger is not close by. The scene shif ts from one place to another with surpris ing qu 'ckness. The government is rushing t roops to certain aras a s quickly as pos-sible. On ly this morn ing an entir e bri-gade passed through Suifu. Chtina's gr eatest need isJesus. Do p rayfor her.

The Secret of Joy . . "For we worship God in the spirit,

d . . in Chris t Jesus, and ha11e no

an t:r_,e101ce . tl•e flesh.'' Phil. 3 :3. CC1t1«.061tCe in °

(Read Philippi~n~ 3:l-3>. . Ch,. t' ' t ·s a r ehg.on of t eal Joy.

I IS iam Y 1 . f J? We a re told " to How can we be JOY u · . .

. . . t h Lord"' a nd to worship 111 r e301ce m e l ' th S . ' t T o do that we must r ea 1ze e pin. d "I a the r eal presence of the L~r : 111 with you ." T oo many Chl'lstia~s have too much confidence "in the flesh . They trust ma ter ial things a nd do not ti-ust Christ. Instead of looking for joy and sa t isfact ion in t he things of t he flesh,

( Read Philippians 3 :17-19) One thing which broke the heart of the

gr eat Apostle and has caused man~ true Christians to shed tea.r s of sorro~,. 15 the fac t that some pretend to be friends of Christ bu t in reali ty they a re enemies of the cross beca use they Jive unt o the flesh. We speak of them as "worldly Chr istians." The Cross cannot to!~rate sin. Sin must be for given. The smner must t urn away from sin and follow Christ. If we love Christ, we must hate

"Now t hat the time has come for my going home on furlough I think back over t he years of this term of ser vice. In g ratitude to the Master I look upon the privilege he has given me of ser ving t he Chinese people of Suifu distr ict. During this period of six a nd th ree-quar-ter years by t he grace of God I have. h ad the fe llowship of t he Master in such an unmistak able way t hat my desire is to proclaim h im to others by my l ife, by my deeds, a nd by my words. Dur 'ng these six year s it has been possible for me to have personal contact with abou t 23 900 people.

Yours cordially. EMILIE BRETTHAUER.

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Eastern Conference THE R. A. CLASS IN THE TEMPLE

S. S., P ITTSBURGH, P A.

T.he R. A. Class is one of the most ac-tive ones in the Temple Baptist Sunday School of Pittsburgh, Pa. I t is an organ-ized class composed of twenty girls , whose ages range from eighteen to twenty-one years, with an average at-tenda.nce of fifteen girls. The class has five officers inclusive of t he one whose duty it is to gather mementoes of event_;s and interesting items for the R. A. scrap-book for future reference. Each girl wears a gold pin in t he shape of a basket of flowers with the letters R. A. in-scribed. Before a new member is g iven a pin, she is init iated at a solemn ritual service. A bus iness meeting and social

education : Edith Krueger at the Unive r-s ity of Pittsburgh, Martha Skyrms at the P ennsylvania College for Women, Grace Sayenga at Frick T raining School and Mar ion Long at Bucknell Univers ity. Two of the girls, Ruth B!urnentritt and Florence Evans, teach classes of their own at Sunday School. Virginia H amel is assistant-pianist in Sunday School and a B. Y. P. U . officer along with three other s who are J anet Colteryahn, Velma Weiss, and Alma Utters. Vera Hilberer prepares the church bulletin. Two of the girls, Betty Klingler Miller and Martha Botz Heinecke, are married.

The teacher of the class is a young woman, Mrs. E dward Buente, who is justly proud of her girls' achievements. A picture of the R. A. Class is produced on this page of "The Baptist Herald" for t he benefit of the reader.

The R A. Sunday School Class in the Temple Baptis t Church, Pittsburgh, P a.

activity are held once each month throughout the entire year.

The social events assume many forms. We have had soc·a 1 gatherings, ho~se p2 rties a hamlburg fry' r oller-skating

' h t · 1 a tr·p to a parties, a doug nu ;S0 c.ia • radio studio indoor picnics, pot-luck sup-

' · · party pers a kiddie party, a swim.mmg ' wie;er and corn roast and many other s. Not all t he activities are confined. to

· th rl self-entertainment. At one t ime e gi s made scrap:-books for the children a~ the orphanaige and made a per s?nal v sit to distribute t hem. At C~ri.stmas they dressed dolls fo r t he toy missi o~.

One of the most decent functions was a "Mother and Daughter Tea," held at 4 :30 on the afternoon of Mother·s Day. A ,perh sonal invitation was mailed to ~c mother. A short progr am by the iprls included a.n effective pl ayl~t, entitled "The Great Reward." Following t he play a rose was given to each mother to sym-

h. h "Mother-bolize t he great reward w JC . 0 hood" deserves. Tea , sandwiches, . a n

tea icakes were served. There were thirty-Th girls are now s·x persons present. e t p rk

planning to go to South Coun Y a · · June and early on a Sunday mornrn gi 111 '

conduct t heir class out in the op~n. t h . · en· The girls are not only active 111

Sunday School class, bu t t hey are a lso kept quite busy with ot her interest~. Four of tha girls are continuing thell"

Dakota Conference B. Y. P . U. ACTIVITIES IN CORONA

S. DAK. '

We have many r easons for whicl t praise God s ince he has so gracio~

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remem bered us with many blessings. ~y have 40 merr!bers at present in our B ye P. U. A number of our group have. '

d Ch . th . S ac-cep te nst as e1r avior a nd . h • we are praying t a.it others may follow t '

call of the Master. We are a lso th ·~e ful that t he l.iord has sent the R a;-Lohr and his family to our chu::h . · Corona, S. Dak in

Our meetings have cons isted of t ion box and patriotic programs a qB~ebs-b I h . ' I I!: a I gan:e on t .e hfe of David and era! socia l cvenmgs. We have a P'r sev-service on every other Sunday ev a~er befre our gospel service. Until J ~ning shall study t he Epist le to the liebru y " e our meetings, a nd t his study is bei~81 in by our pastor, Brother Lohr. g ed

On May 7 a mission program w h consistmg of two dialogues, "St:~d .el ct By" and "The Greatest of These is L ing choir selection, recitation and nu 0;:,'' by a mens quartet, soloist 111ld m. rs

t Th ff · mixect quarte . e o errng was dE:voted t Cameroon mission:. 0 our

MISS ELIZABETH BLOCK, Reporter

THE BAPTIST HERALD

Central Conference PROGRAM

OF THE LINWOOD ASSEMBLY, at

LINWOOD PARK, VERMILION, OHIO J uly 29-August 4, 1935

Rev. Wm. L. Schocffel, Dean Cleve'and, Ohio

Theme: "I W ill Be Chrislicin" 8: 15 A. M. Breakfast. 9:00 A. M. Morning Devotion, led by

t he Dean. 9.15 A. M. Bible Study Class ·

Dr. Chas. W. KoJ.ler What J esus caught his own generation

about: (1) Making a Living. (2) Keeping Well. (3) Getting Along with People. (4) Conforming to Civi l Authority. (5) Keep ing the Law of God.

10.CO A. M. Class. Rev. Martin L . Leuschner.

(1) The Christian in t he H orne. (2) The Christi an at W ork. (3) The Christian in Amusements . ( 4) The Christian a nd His Compan-

ions. (5) The Ch·ristian in Church.

10.45 A. M. Recess and Refreshments. Recr eation Commit tee.

11.0o A. M. Class. Dr. Paul J. Trudel. (1) God's Hand in Nature. (2) God·s Hand in Med c\ne. (3) God's Hand in the Human BodY·. (4) God's Hand Seen Through t he Mi-

croscope. (5) A Lecture Room Wit hout God.

ll .45 A. M. Dismissal. 12.00. Luncheon. LOO to 2.30 P. M. 2.30 to 5.00 P. l'vl.

Res t P eriod. Planned R ecreation. Recreation Committee.

Swimming, horseshoe:;, t enni &, g.ames, golf, Baseball, shuffleboard, etc.

G.OO P. M. Dinner 7.oo P. M. Sunset. Service.

Rev. Marti11 L . L euschner. ( 1) A Cheap Bargain. (2) A Secret Confess ion. (3) A Conditional Pledge. (4) A Boastful Promise. (5) An Unreserved Surrender. t Special Projects wi ll follow the sunse

Services ea-chi evening.

IN MEMORY OF EMMA KATHERINE MOEHLMANN

"R · har· .t e is truly great who has great c 1 ~·" were the words of T.hQmas a J{~tnp1s M· M . -.K1cl1., · iss oehlmann of Detroit. JJ~ I a member Of t he Bethel Baptist c11urc 1' sure! E rY· whe Y possessed t hat g reatness. veher

re ar e t hose who ca n witness to d unassuming helpfulness. The world neeto not be h ·k un D a s arned of such women 11 e e orca · ·rtu s, s ince hue "charity is a "1 of ~~e heart and not of the hands."

115 185 Emma Katherine Moeh!Jnann "'111. ~l~aughter of the late Rev. J. H . Mo:ers nn, one of ou r denominat·onal Jea ·o

~e ~ generation ago. She was born a~s rlden, Connecticut. At eleven ye

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of age she was baptized by her father, and the Lord, to whom she then. surre11-dered, shone through the many deeds of !eve in her life.

Miss Moehlmann died on May 5, eleven years after the death of her mother. Her earthly tabernacle was laid to r e.st i11 the beautiful E lmwood Cemetery m Detroit. REV. PAUL W ENGEL.

Northwestern Conference WELCOME FOR THE RE~ AND

MRS. P. ZOSCHKE AT E LGIN,

IOWA

On Easter Sunday, April 21, the Rev. Pa ul F. Zoschke took h is p'lace in the pulpit of t he E lgin Baptist church aml was given a hearty wel~0111e. ~t the morning service he spoke 1n Eng lish and German, bas ing his messages on t l~ese subjects, " The Necessity of . a Rise~ Christ" and "Er ist wahrhaftig aufeI-standen." The conununion serv:ci: was a fitt ing close to the forenoon service.s ..

After dinner in the church dmmg r oom the afternoon service began as .a

· · ster ai1d his recfption for t he new mmi . fami ly. The program was under the d1-n ction of Mr. J. F. Miller, who gave a

. dd . behalf of the welcom:ng a iess on . 1

d h . I Mrs Hans KeJSer we come c UI C 1. • ' M" .

them on behalf of the Women s . iss1on S . t Edna Miller for the Tabitha So· oc1e y, 1 y P eo ciet E li Habeger for tie oung ·

Y, . d G H Hacl-rrnann for pie's Society an · · ti S nda School. These speech~s were . ie u Y . h ·cal selections by 111tersper sed wit musi · d the orchestra individual members an

' h · J sang- a song the Primary Class w ic 1 • for which words h~d been written espe-cia lly for the occas ·on.

1.'he Rev. and Mrs. Z:>schke resp'Onde?, h . d light and pleasure 111 expressing t en: e "th God's help

being in our midst and ~v1 . . II · t heir p ower to pl O· promis ing to do a 1n . d

h 'fare of God's Kmg om. mote t e we. . h · rendered a In the evemng the c oir R v P aul

be:a u ti ful cantata and dl:~~ on ethe text: Zoschke gave a short ad Lord a nd I "They have taken away my

1 d h. "

know not where they have Pace 1111• All . h him a successful and happy pos-

wis . ay rest upon torate that God 's blessing 111

h :s w~rk. t G. H. HACKMANN, Repor er.

Northern Conference B. Y. P . U. REPORT FROM NEW-

BURG, SASKATCHEWAN W . the Lord for his guiding

e can p11!11se . and a lso for hand during t he past yeai W t he many blessings received. b e ass a

· New urg a s-young people's society 111 . • t' b k d str vmg o e-a tchewa n, Cana a, are . · ard of t he come more active in t he vmey Lord even though we are a small group.

Th'e B. Y. P. U. is holding its regular meeting:s on Sunday evenings. On every fourth Sunday in the month we r ender a special ,program and )lave our beloved pastor and his wif e, the Rev. and Mrs. Otto Fiesel, in our midst. On Easter

Sunday we rendered a program consisting of a dialogue, " The F lower Garden," reci-tations, duets, readings, a nd quartet se-lections. The church was filled to capac-ity for this occasion.

We thank God for his guidance and in the same spirit we look hopeful toward future blessings.

F RIEDA FRANK, Secretary.

GREETINGS FROM B. Y. P. U . FRIENDS I N EBENEZER,

SASKATCHEWAN

This is the first report from your fel-low-workers in the Canadian far north , but we are nevertheless wi lling worker s in Christ's service. Our regular yoU111g people·s meetings are held every two weeks. On these occasions we hold liter-a ry programs, debates, B :ble contests , discussions and ta.Jks on Bible characters . Missionary progi·ams are also in teresting ,

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has an enr ollment of 525 members and a staff of teacher s a nd officers of approx-imately 45. The smaller departments, namely the Cradle Roll, Beginners' and Primary Departments have their own worship services and superintendents.

Each teacher has a substitute who takes the class Qne Sunday a month , th.u~ permi tting t he regu '.ar teacher to attend a class from t ime to time. A number of the teachers have attended evenjng clas-ses at the Western Bapt ist Theological Seminary where special courses are con-ducted for Sunday School workers and young 11Yeople's leaders.

The majority of the classes use the graded lessons and have their own class 1·ooms, but several of the adult classes find t he International Lessons better adapted for t heir use. A p icture of the teachers of the school is r eproduced on t his page, including Mr. W:lliam Glaske, superintendent of the Sunday School.

Teachers and Officers of the Sunday School in the First German Baptist Church, Portland, Oregon

and we find it helip.ful to distribute r e-ligious t racts. Our prayer meetings are a SOl.l'rce of rea l joy to us, giving us s trength and courage. Often when t he clouds of difficulty look darkest, the iiays of sunshine break through to encourage U!' in the wo1·k. It was a lso t he r ecent privilege of some of the young people to attend a helpful three tenn Bible course.

There are two German Baptist congre-gations in E benezer, one being called the West Ebenezer church and t he other the East Ebenezer . Recently the young peo-ple of the West Ebenezer society pre-sented a literary program for the benefit of t he East Ebenezer society. Jn. this way we cooperate together and 'PTactise Chris tian fe llowship. The Rev. August Rosner is the pastor at the Eas t Eben-ezer congregation, while the Rev. Wil-liam Hoover is minis ter at West Eben-ezer. The young people are greatly bene-fitted through the services of these g ifted men. JULIA GABERT, Reporter.

Pacific Conference SUNDAY SCHOOL OF FIRST

CHURCH, PORTLAND, OREGON The Sunday School of t he First Ger-

mru1 Baptist Church, Portland, Oregon,

WHAT'S HAPPENING (Continued from Page 194)

mother was received into t he church on t he confession of her faith. The young men were a ll members of Mr. C: Hoff-man 's Sunday School class, which speak:> well for the teaching ministry of this tE":acher. The choir, composed of 18 to 20 per sons, most of whom are high school puipils , was faithful in its ministry of song during the special services.

On Sunday and Monday, June 9 and 10, the customary P entecostal Festival was held in our church at Marion , Kan-sas, of which the Rev. Otto Roth is pas-tor. Services were .held in the morning, afternoon and evemng on both days be-fore large and attentive audienees. The following minister s participated in t he services by bringing stirrin g messages: the Rev 's. Thomas Stoeri of St. LO'Uis Mo.; R. Kornelsen of Stafford Kansa s'. A. R Sandow of Elmo, Kansas;' L. Hoeff: ner of Durham, Kansas; G. M. Pankratz 01·. Herington, Kansas; Stanley Geis of D1ll? n, Kansas; a nd Mr. Nichol , a Men-nomte preacher from a nearby church. On the following Sunday evening, June 16, Rev . Otto Roth baptized ten converts.

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Golden Anniversary of Our Church in Minneapolis

By 1883 the city of Minneapolis, Minn., on the banks of t he gr eat Mississippi River had grown to a considerable size. The nort hwest had its sp ecial attractions and challenges to men of colll·age. P eople Cl:l.me from all over the world and settled her e. Among these were a number of sturdy German stock. Here was enough work for tihose who wanted to labor. To be sure, wages were not very lucrative, but every honest worker could make a fair living with his family.

depths. But the Lord, who is t he great and efficient pilot watched over his people. Concerning his faithfulness we are tesi-fying t oday.

spick-and-span for the occas:on. The dec-oration committee had don e its work well. F lowers were in great profus ion every-wher e. Perhaps the most at t r a ctive feat-ure was the picture-gallery, an exhibit from the charter members down to the present day cradle-roll. Surely t his ex-h ibit more than any other physica l fea t--ure helped t o create an atmospher e and mood for our celebra tion!

"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that iproceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord." The hunger and thirst after God cannot be satisfied by material things. About this time the Rev. Henry Schulz, pastor of the First Baptist Church of St. Paul, Minn., came

During the fifty years of the church's history the following ministers have served the congregat ion: F. Pete1·ei t, 1884-1886; J. Al•bert, 1886-1893; H. Kaaz, 1894-1898; F. Goergens, 1898-1901; A. Boelter, 1902-1911; A. W. Lang, 1912-1918 ; F. L. Hahn, 1919-1925; W. J. Appel, 1925-1930; H. Hirsch, 1930 to the present day. During. t he interims state missionaries served t he church and also baptized 26 members. During the fifty years 273 people were baptized and 331 were received by letter. Three men have

to Minneapolis to visit his members who w er e living there, and with them he held cottage prayer-meetings. The ni,nnber of attendants increased. so rap:dly that a la rger place of worshiip had to be secuo.-ed. The Fourth Baptist Church gracious ly opened t he doors of their chaipel on Lyn-da ll and T ent h Streets to them. The L ord might ily moved the hearts of his people, a nd soon a number 'Of converts were con · ver ted and !baptized. The field was prom-is ing, and it was f elt that a man should give his full time service to the work at this stat!on.

Therefore, the Minneapolis group in conjunction with the Firs t Church in St . Paul and the General Miss ionary Society called t he Rev. F. Petereit a s its first minis ter. In 1885 t hrough God's provi-dence and gracious guidance the First Germa n Baptist Church of Minneapolis was organized with 35 member s . Immed-iately t he newly org1anized group took steps to secure •a house of wor ship of their own. Through t he generous h elp1 of the Minneapolis Bapt ist Union a frame buald-ing was bought on Broadway near Lyn-dall A venue North. Though the organizers of the church were poor in the m~terial t hings of the world, nevert heless ,. they were rich in the gnce of ~d a nd m the a rt of giving . Willingly they g>a ve accor~ing to their power and e ven beyond th~1r means. No sacrifice was. too gr eat. W~th s inging t hey brought t heir gifts and w1th rejoicing they placed them on the a lta.r of the Lord.

Rev. Henry Hirsch Pastor of the German Baptist Church

Minneapolis, Minn. '

gone into the ministry from this church namely tlhe Rev. G. C. Schwandt, the Rev'. F r ank Woyke and the Rev. Vern Brace

Who may measwre the blessing that Goct has . wrought in and through this church durmg t he fifty years? The influence of this church has not been, confined wi tlh in the narrow circle, but it has been and ·5 still being f elt beyond the borders of t~ church, of the city a·nd of the state y : even unt o the uttermost parts of t~~ earth. As long as t he Lord still ha mission for us, it will be our duty

5 ~ privilege to let our light so shine be:O:e men, tha t t hey may see our "good wo k and glorify our F ather, which is r. 5

heaven." in

The Sunday School under t he efficient leadership of the superintendent pre-sented a beaut iful program. Two charter members of the church and another mem-ber , who had been superintendent for many years, sp :>ke to the school. Interes t -ing exper:ences of former days. were re-lated.

The morning worship service was in the German language. Our General Mis-sion Secretary, Dr. W. Kuh1J1, was t he jubilee speaker . The messages, both in the morning •and evening, were timely, ~eart searching, challenging and inspir -ing. Cer tainly many renewed t heir vow t o t he Lord and have or will become "Pledged-Partner s" wit h him. In the af ter noon the Rev. A. G. Sch!esinger spoke in German and th e Rev. E. H. Ras-mussen, Execu tive Secret ary of the S t ate ~ :mvention of Minnesot a, spoke in Eng-lish. Both messages wer e well r eceived. Our Germa n churches in the T win Cities and neighbrohood and their pastors came for t he afternoon and evening services and brought t heir Christian gr eet ings.

On Monday evening t he Rev. C. F· Stoeckmann preached in German and the Rev .. V. I. Olson, pastor of the Four~h St reet Baptist Church Minneapol:s, preached in English. En

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couraging mes-sages were given by these brethren . Tues-d~y was "Church Family Night . .'' At s i::< 0 ?!ock a delicious supper was serv~d Wlth t he member s and their friends in attendance. The program of the evening consisted of short t a lks by three charter members of the chuTch an address by the s . ' h emo~ deacon, a r.eading wr itten for t e occasion and given by E s ther Adam, th~ reading of numerous letters from absen tnember s, from other churches a nd froJ1'1 al! fo1·mer pastors of t he chuirch who are st ill living. The R ev. A. W. L a ng, a lso a for mer pastor of t he church, now . a.t Buffa lo Cen ter, I owa, broug h t the c!osing messa ge. The first house of worship served its

purpose for twenty year s . Th1e .church

increased gr eatly, and it was decided : 0 build a new struct ure. T oday w.e a t e wor shipi ng in the buildi ng which was erected at that t ime. On Novem~er 5, 1905 t he new church edifice was dedicated with

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the Rev. F . W. C. Meyer, ~t that time pastor in Milwaukee, bring.ng the dedication sermon. The church has gl"own steadily since those days. Thei·e have been high t ides and floods a~ "'.e~l as storms. As in the life of t he md1v1dual so in the life l()f the church there are t imes of spiritual heights as well as of

May 26, the first da y of Ur G Id Anniversary, was usher ed! in with

0d .en

zling ra in, and our spiritual ternpea· tt z. began to sink rather low. The do"~a Ure . t h h nnpour m na ure, owever, s ould have bee indicative of what the Lord had i n only for us spir itua lly . n store

Young and old alike wer e pointed' to the source of power which i s a ll sufficient fo1· spirit ual g rowth. During t hese da.Y5

t he Senior and Junior choirs, the Ma~~ ~orus, the Junior Quar tet and 0

f riend, Mr. Aspinwall served u s verY accept ably with music. ' These wer e greet and Unfor gettable days. In all addresse.~ the emphas is was made tha t t he g reate work of t he ~hurch s till lies in the< f u-t ure. The pr ivilege as well a s t he re-sponsibility belongs t o the present ~nreration. It belongs to th e yout h of todaY·

'Dhe church edifice had been 1 · ted d · h c eaned pam a n varnis ed. Everythi 1

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A CHAT ABOUT BOOKS BY THE EDITOR Missionary books ar e in great demand.

The widespread interest in missionary study courses in our churches is an indi-cat ion of t hi s f act . T he increasing, num-ber of publications on t he lives of mis-sionary heroes and the present day chal-lenge of Christian missions are p ro-foundly significant t o the leaders. of r e-lig ion. The frequent inquiries wh:ch ar e r eceive

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141 O PAYNE AVE ST PAUL M l :-JN

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OUR ROCHESTER SEMINARY In Its Widespread Ministry to Our Churches

Our seminary in Rochester, N. Y., is one of the oldest and most honored institutions of our denomination. I ts ser vice in the Kingdom of God by providing our churches with trained ministers of the gospel can never be measured by statistics. Most of our churches ar e being shepherded and souls are being led to J esus Christ by men of God, who are graduates of our seminary.

A notable feature of the seminary's cont ri-bution to the life of our churches this summer is the unusual number of young men, who are serving the churches in the U. S. and Canada during the summer vacation. The churches by opening their doors to the students are provid-

Seminary Students Serving

ing an invaluab le l a~)Qratory for prac_ti~al ~xperi ence. The sem1_narr, as a part1~1pat1!1g agency in the denominational budget, is an in-tegral part of the extended work of our be-nevolent and missionary endeavors.

The Seminary Quartet, composed of A. E. Kannwischer and Arthur Kannwischer of the graduating class and Willia m Sturhahn and Robert Sch ad e, ar e liter a lly singing their way across the continent in an itiner ary which will take t hem into a lmost one hundred churches. Every program r endered before a r esponsive audience is a living witness to the redeeming power of the gospel of J esus Christ.

t he Rev. 0. E. Krueger , while he, as moder-ator of the Genera l Confer ence, visits the churches of our d·enomination in promotional 'Nork. Edward Kary of the Senior Class is ser ving the Shaker Square Church, Cleveland, Ohio, during t he summer months.

Otto Patzia is working with a group of Ger-man Baptist s in Elber ta, Alabama, in a promis-ing pioneer service. This field was opened to German Baptist s by the Rev. Gustav Schmidt of Baltimo1'e, Md., several years ago . Jacob Gunst is serving our church at Eureka, S. Dak. John Kuehn is r endering commendable ser v-ice in Montana in th e churches at Lambert and Vida. Several promising young men are serv-

Our Churches This Summer

ing our Canadia n churches. Rudolph Mil-bra ndt is in Lember g, Saskatchewan, Helmut Waltereit in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and Richard Schilke in Esk, Saskatchewan, engaged in a ministr y which is supported by t he com-bined aid of the churches and the Gener al Missiona ry Society. .

Other students have returned to th ell" homes where they are using their talents in t he lo c~l churches. Daniel Mayhoefer , a member of this year's graduating class, is open f~r an invita-tion to invest his life and service 111 the cause of Ch rist, whom he loves. Besides th ese stu-dents who a re engaged in these summer pas-torates several of the seminary professors are

Theodore Koester of t he Senior Class is sup- visiting conferences a nd you ng people's assem-plying the pulpit of the Temple Church, Pitts- blies, where t heir influence for J esus Christ is burgh, Pa., during t he absence of the pastor, making itself d efinite ly felt.

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