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8-1-1959
Preacher's Magazine Volume 34 Number 08

Lauriston J. Du Bois (Editor)
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AUGUST
1959
D L P r ,a c U ’, W .c i a u z i n e
Volume 34 August, 1959 Number 8
C O N TE N T S
C o v e r — T . D e W i t t T a lm a g e (See page 5)
Photo: B aker B ook H ouse
Professionalism : Bane or Blessing, D. R. G i s h .................................... 1

Editorial, The W orks of John W esley ..................................................... 2
From the Desk of A1 Ramquist, A l R a m q u is t ...................................... 4
The Preaching of T. D e W itt Talm age, James M c G r a w ..................... 5
That Im pulse from C alvary, Hal G l o v e r ................................................. 8
The R om ance of the M inistry, W. S. M u i r ............................................... 12
The Man W h o Claim ed to B e Elijah, M aynard J a m e s ....................... 13
The P reach er’s Vacation, E. E. W ord sw orth ........................................ 16
The M inister and the Psychiatrist ( V I I I ) , Edwin F a i r ..................... 17
The A rm inian V iew of Inspiration ( V I I I ) , Ralph E a r l e ................... 21
Preaching W ithout Notes, Jam es H. W h itw orth ................................ 23
Evangelism, V. H. L ew is ............................................................................... 26
Should W e A llo w Irreverence? Eleanore R e a s o n e r ............................ 28
Q ueen of the Parsonage, Ruth V a u g h n ................................................... 29
M usic in the Church ( I ) , A n drew F. C o n e ............................................. 32
Serm on W orkshop, N elson G. M i n k ......................................................... 35
The Preaching of John the Baptist, Ira E. F o w l e r ................................ 36
Serm on Starters ................................................................................................ 37
Preaching Program ......................................................................................... 39
B ook Briefs ........................................................................................................ 47
L A U R IS T O N J. D U B O I S , Editor
Contributing Editors
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Professionalism: Bane or Blessing

By D. R. G ish*
T i k e o t h e r terms in our language, tification o f the p reach er’s interests

professionalism has acquired at w ith theirs.
least one m eaning in practice that dif B u t note that w e are already con
fers from its p rim ary m eaning. So sidering the basic and constructive
m uch is said o f this acquired m ean aspect of professionalism . It means,
ing that sight is alm ost lost o f the as opposed to amateurism, to do things
initial and basic m eaning o f the w ord. in an efficien t and exp ert manner, in
E specially in the profession o f the the best possible way. One m ust not
m inistry there is good reason to fear blu n der in his w o rk o r he m ay do
the consequences o f a perfu n ctory great damage. H e is p rop erly profes
perform an ce o f o n e ’s duties, follow in g sional if he seeks to k n ow every
out the routines, establishing habit means, every sound advice, every
patterns from w h ich one does not vary secret that w ill m ake him a m ore
and in w h ich he is quite exp ert and efficient pastor. There is no reason
self-assured. H abit is a m arvelous to neglect— nay, rather, there is every
tim esaving m echanism in various good reason to cultivate— the arts of
areas o f ou r lives. Y e t the minister, the successful m inister. B ut the great
p rob ab ly m ore than others, needs to om ission w hich ban eful professional
w atch his habits. M echanical p er ism suffers is o f that w arm and loving
form an ce o f his m inistrations to the spirit w hich identifies the minister
people, isolated from any existential, with those to w hom he ministers. This
em otional, thou gh tfu l participation in is least easy to acquire, almost, if
their individual joy s and sorrow s, is not, im possible, to reduce to habit,
a typ e o f professionalism w hich w ill and consequently is the first com
destroy o r at least m in ify his use m odity to go w hen the m inister’s ac
fulness. tivities b ecom e m erely perform ances
o f habit.
The antidote fo r this poison of p ro
fessionalism is, of course, a purposefu l Professionalism that is to be a bless
and thoughtful identification of one ing involves a code of fair play and
self w ith persons in on e’s parish. “ Thy loyalty to on e’s associates or fellow
people shall b e m y p eop le,” m ust be ministers. This code, in the last analy
the pastor’s w ord to G od, to the com sis, is sim ply an expression o f the
m unity, to the church. There is a B iblical exhortations to right conduct
great differen ce betw een just “ p eo am ong m en, with special reference to
p le ” and “ m y p eop le.” A distinct on e’s ow n profession. It is n ever right
change o f attitude is involved in the to deal with any fellow m inister in
m ovem ent from im personal recogn i such a w ay that his influence for good
tion o f others to alerted, positive iden- is hindered, so that he is looked on as
suspect, w ithout his having the chance
♦Professor, Nazarene T heological Seminary. to defend him self. It cannot be right
1
to create or do anything w hich might These m atters have b een discussed
create rifts and dissensions among frequen tly, b u t as long as the problem s
o n e’s fe llow w orkm en b y bearing tales, rem ain they should continue to be put
b y m aking im plicative rem arks detri b efore us. T ru e professionalism calls
m ental to the dignity or the happiness fo r us to lo o k out after ou r n eig h b or’s
o f those w hose tasks are sim ilar to interest as w e ll as ou r ow n — to be
on e’s own. H ere, too, the true p ro m ore am bitious fo r the com m on cause
fessionalism is identification of on e’s than fo r ou r ow n personal rise to the
ow n task and calling with that of his top— in short, in the realm o f the spirit,
brethren. “ W e are all in this together.” to act like professionals.
FROM the EDITOR
The Works of John Wesley
T n terest in th e th ou g h t and w o r k but there is too m u ch quotation of

of John W esley is grow ing w ith the quotation from him. Serious scholars
passing years. O n the current th eo need to go to W esley him self.”
logical and ecclesiastical scene there Dr. Sam uel Y ou n g, general superin
is an increasing appreciation for him tendent o f the C hurch o f the Naza
and fo r the great contribution w hich rene, him self a recogn ized student of
he m ade to Protestant theology and W esley, says in effect, “ I have seen
to the m ood of the Protestant m ove the grow ing sets on a great num ber
ment. of library shelves but I have not seen
One of the very significant m oves too m any evidences that they are be
in the publishing field w hich re ing read.”
flects this interest in W esley was the The great value, o f course, o f any
publishing of the fu ll set o f The such publication as this is not that
W o rk s of John W e sley b y the Zonder- it should m erely b e printed to grace
van Publishing H ouse with the co the libraries of m inisters across the
operation of the Nazarene Publishing country. It is a handsom e set and its
House. This is the first publication of v e ry appearance w ill give an impres
the com plete and unabridged edition sion that its ow n er is a follow er of
(originally authorized b y the W es W esley. B u t this is not enough. It
leyan C on ference O ffice in L ondon, is the hope o f the publishers that the
England, in 1872) in nearly one hun b ooks w ill open the d oor to W esley’s
dred years. B y the time that this is thought and spirit to m any thousands
read, the last of the fourteen volum es o f m inisters w h o have not in the re
w ill be in the hands o f those w ho cent past had ready access to these
ordered the set, prepublication. originals. In short, the volum es must
Dr. W. E. Sangster, o f the M ethodist be used to be of benefit.
Church H om e M ission D epartm ent in Y o u r editor received a letter from
London, says: “ John W esley grow s A1 Ram quist, sales m anager of the
in stature with every passing decade, Nazarene Publishing H ouse, (see the
2 (338) The P reach er's M agazine
reprodu ction ) in w hich just this con John W esley.” W e want these quotes
cern is registered. It is ou r judgm ent to com e from those w ho are currently
that som ething ought to be done to reading W orks. W e w ill also pay (on
encourage preachers to read W esley’s publication) one dollar fo r each p u b
W orks and to glean from them those lished quotation. The quotation should
quotations w hich they can profitably not be less than six lines and not
incorporate into their ow n m inistry. m ore than fifteen, should carry a topic
H ence w e w ant in the im m ediate heading, and should b e docum ented,
future to have short contributions exact volum e, page on w hich it ap
from the users o f this set, telling how pears, as w ell as the occasion, year,
you are going about gleaning what you etc. in w hich it was given. The name
want from the w ealth o f m aterial and address o f the contributor should
w hich is given. F or each published accom pany it also. W e invite ou r
contribution o f not less than fifty and readers to take part in this. The p u r
not m ore than one hundred w ords w e pose is not to receive sheafs of W esley
will pay (on publication) one dollar. (w e have a set here also) but to re
This w ill com e u nder the heading ceive those “ ch oice” quotations w hich
“ H ow I Use W esley’s W o rk s.” y ou have foun d and have used in one
In addition w e w ant to inaugurate w ay or another in y o u r ministry.
another feature in the P rea ch er’s B elow is an exam ple of the type of
M agazine, w hich w ill run indefinitely, thing w e have in mind for the quota
w hich w ill be headed “ M y Best from tions.
j d 3 S /I Y B E S T F F L O IS K J O H N "W E S L E ~ 5 T
Witness of the Spirit
“ B y the testim ony of the Spirit, I mean, an inw ard impression

o f the soul, w h ereby, the Spirit o f G od im m ediately and directly
witnesses to m y spirit, that I am a child of G od; that Jesus Christ
hath loved m e, and given him self *for me; that all m y sins are blotted
out, and I, even I, am recon ciled to God. . . . I do not mean hereby,
that the Spirit of G od testifies this b y any outw ard voice; no, nor
alw ays b y an inw ard voice, although he m ay do this sometimes.
N either do I suppose, that he always applies to the heart (though
he often m ay) one or m ore texts of Scripture. B ut he so w orks upon
the soul b y his im m ediate influence, and b y a strong, though in
exp licable operation, that the storm y w ind and troubled w aves sub
side, and there is a sw eet calm; the heart resting as in the arms of
Jesus, and the sinner being clearly satisfied that G od is reconciled,
that all his ‘iniquities are forgiven, and his sins cov ered .’ ”
John W esley, W o rk s (Kansas C ity: N azarene Publishing House,
1958), V ol. V , Serm on X I, “ The W itness of the Spirit” (D iscourse I I ) ,
pp. 124-25. C ontributed b y L. J. D u Bois, Kansas City, M issouri.
August, 1959 (339) 3

3 ■out l i e Jc.Ji o.
\ a in q u iil
Dear Dr. Du Bois:
A n idea just hit me! First, let me say

that the clergy of our church should be con
gratulated upon the purchase of over 1,000
sets of the WORKS OF JOHN WESLEY. But the
thought struck me that selling these classic
sets does not really complete our job.
In order to emphasize the unique and

practical features of John Wesley's works in
sermon building, why don't you invite actual
users to send in to you "How I Use" statements
suggesting portions and methods drawn from
Wesley which have proved especially helpful?
Other ministers might then profit b y these
suggestions.
Then print these statements, not over

100 words each, in the PREACHER'S MAGAZINE
from time to time. Does the idea have any
merit?
Yours in HIM
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N ational C hurch M usicians Institute

Indian Lake Campground, Vicksburg, M ichigan July 7 -1 0, 1959
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The Preaching of T. De Witt Talmage
By Jam es M cG raw *
W 7 h e n th e m u ltitu d e s flo c k e d to his tainly have been a god ly citizen of

” great tabernacle Sunday after this time, and fitting com panion for
Sunday, they w ere not served with Talm age’s m other, w h o is described
com m onplace, insipid pablum , b u t al as being characterized b y an aura o f
ways with som ething v i r i l e and “ benignity, kindness, keen hum or,
courageous.” broad com m on sense, and industry” !
This w as the observation o f C. F. W ith such parents D e W itt relates
W im berly, in his b ook M od ern A p o s that “ every day began and closed with
tles of Faith, con cerning the secret of fam ily w orship, led b y m y father, or,
the success o f one o f A m erica ’s great in case o f his absence, b y m other.”
pulpiteers, Thom as D e W itt Talm age, S uch was the atm osphere in the
whose preaching in the B rook ly n T ab Talm age home.
ernacle attracted the largest protestant C onverted at an early age, called
congregation of his tim e in the entire to preach b efo re he had ever seriously
nation. planned any other vocation, D e W itt
“ N ot pablum b u t . . . som ething Talm age prepared him self for his
virile.” A study o f the life and m in lifew ork at the sacrifice o f his de
istry o f this saintly pastor supports voted parents and e v e n of his
W im berly’s assertion as bein g as ac brothers and sisters. The fam ily de
curate an estimate o f T alm age’s ap nied them selves o f m any luxuries to
peal as any description o f his m inistry see their preacher son and brother
could be. T h ere is indeed nothing of through college. Talm age describes
the insipid, the w eak, w atered-dow n, his fath er’s intensive devotion to the
softhearted, com prom ised version of cause, and his vision o f the value of
the gospel in the serm ons w hich w ere having adequate preparation, in these
heard b y those great crow d s w ho at graphic w ords: “ Father sw ung the
tended B rook lyn Tabernacle. Th ey heavy cradle through the wheat, the
w ere m eaningful, they w ere scriptur sweat rolling from his chin, bedew ing
al, they w ere doctrinal, they w ere every step o f the w ay, and then sit
scholarly; and they w ere imaginative, ting dow n under the ch erry tree at
interesting— and d ow n to earth! n oon thinking to him self: ‘I am fear
fu lly tired, but it w ill pay if I can
The you ngest o f a fam ily o f tw elve
once see that b o y through college, and
children, Thom as D e W itt Talm age
if I can k n ow that he w ill b e preach
was b orn in B ou n d B rook , N ew
ing the gospel after I am dead.’ ”
Jersey, January 7, 1832. H e said of
his father that he w as “ a religious, His education included som e study
hard-w orking, honest m an.” E loquent in N ew Y o r k C ity U niversity and a
description o f a m an w h o m ust cer- degree from N ew B ru n sw ick Sem i
nary. T h e form er con ferred an h on or
* Professor, Nazarene T heological Seminary. ary M .A . upon its distinguished form er
August, 1959 (341) 5
student, and the U niversity o f Tennes zine, he also m anaged to contribute
see con ferred the d octor of divinity regu larly and frequ en tly for m any
degree u pon him in 1874. years his tim ely articles in Christian
Ordained in the D utch R eform ed H erald magazine. One w on ders w hen
church, he began his first pastorate in he fou n d the tim e to do it all, but
Syracuse at the age of tw enty-seven. it m ust be added that besides all this,
His n ext term of pastoral service, in at least fiv e hundred o f his serm ons
Philadelphia, was shortened b y his fou n d their w ay into publication dur
entry into the U nion A rm y as a ing his pastoral m inistry! A n d after
chaplain. C. F. W im berly points out seven ty-five years have passed, they
that his real career began in 1869 are still in print and in demand.
w hen he was called to the Central There m ust be som e explanation for
Presbyterian C hurch in B rook lyn, the popularity o f such a preach er of
N ew Y ork . B y the time he had served the gospel o f Jesus Christ. D aniel A.
this great ch u rch one year the build Poling, in A B o o k of Serm on s— G reat
ing had to be enlarged into a sem i Pulpit M asters, observes that the crit
circular, tabernacle-style edifice to ics “ foun d fault w ith his m ethods, but
accom m odate the large crow ds w hich they cou ld not deny his m astery, nor
cam e to hear him preach. This build cou ld they su ccessfully indict his
ing had a seating capacity of thirty- crystal-clear loyalty to Jesus Christ as
fou r hundred, but within a year it Saviou r and L o rd .” Perhaps this is
had to be enlarged to take care of the secret: loyalty none cou ld deny,
an additional five hundred people. loyalty in and out of the pulpit, loyalty
“ This institution,” writes W im berly, from the first to the last— loyalty to
“ becam e kn ow n as the B rook lyn Jesus Christ as the Son o f G od, the
Tabernacle, and was A m erica ’s b ig R edeem er of A d a m ’s race.
gest religious forum . The nam e of His m ethod o f preparing serm ons is
T. D e W itt Talm age was broadcast, unique am ong preachers, although a
as it w ere, nation-w ide and w orld few have been fortunate enough to be
w id e.” able to use it. One rem em bers that
This building burned to the ground Charles H addon Spurgeon follow ed a
just a year after it was com pleted, similar plan in preparing sermons.
but another sprang up to take its Talm age retained exp ert librarians
place. Just tw o years later it burned, w ho gathered fo r him detailed data
and a third, larger and m ore com and scientific treatm ent of any par
m odious, took its place. ticular su bject he w ished to know
W hile pastor at B rook lyn T aber about. This im pressed his m illions of
nacle, D e W itt Talm age foun ded L ay readers and thousands o f listeners
College, a training school fo r Christian with the idea that his k n ow led ge of
w orkers, and lectu red to this group alm ost any su bject must virtually be
at least once each w eek. His lectures unlimited. B ut this in itself would
also included Chautauqua tours w hich not have been sufficient; the genius
took him all over A m erica. of the man is pointed out b y one of
In addition to his pastoral w ork and his biographers as being the fact that
lectures to the students in L ay C ol he could so assimilate the facts gath
lege and the other speaking engage ered b y others “ and run them through
ments, he was a prolific writer. E ditor his gristm ill in such a m anner as
o f Christian at W ork and the A d va n ce, to com e forth w ith the insignia of
and for ten years head of the editorial ‘T. D e W itt Talm age.’ ”
staff o f Frank L eslie’s Sunday M aga A tireless and energetic man, his
study habits w ere so regular his topical preacher. H e took subjects
friends often rem arked they could tell that he considered to be interesting
the tim e of day b y his activities. He to the people around him, and jotted
had breakfast at seven-thirty, and it d ow n notes in a little b o o k he always
was exactly one o ’clock w h en he sat carried with him. H e is quoted as
dow n to dinner. His supper was b e saying, “ I suppose I have preached
fore him at exactly six-thirty. E very m ore sermons than anyone living on
day o f his life excep t on w eek ends he texts that are o verlook ed b y other
w alked five miles. “ In bad w eather
preachers . . . I’ve fou n d m y subjects
he w ent out m u ffled and b ooted like a
in ou t-of-th e-w ay places, in a lo co
sailor on a storm y sea,” his w idow
m otive train, on a hotel piazza, in a
declares. Fridays and Saturdays he
patent office report, in a rainstorm .”
dictated his serm ons, w alking back
A vivid exam ple o f this style of
and forth the length of his study, com
posing and expou n din g the serm on of topical preaching is his serm on “ The
the w eek, som etim es in a loud voice. G od of Pleiades and O rion ,” in w hich
he draws from a com parison o f these
His exactness o f habit is illustrated
tw o constellations of stars the simple
by an incident concern ing one o f his
lessons that G od is a G od o f order,
articles in a N ew Y o rk newspaper. He
a G od o f light, that H e is a G od of
w ired the publisher from Cincinnati
b oth m ercy and wrath, and that H e
to change a com m a to a sem icolon! He
is eternally unchanging.
had d iscovered the error w hile p roof
reading the galley on the train. Talm age preached w ithout notes, or
A s to his style of delivery, Louis with v ery sparse notes. U sually a
A lb e rt B anks describes him as com sketch of the serm on outline, to w hich
bining the daring of you th with “ his he v ery seldom actually referred, was
ow n original and brilliant and often pinned to the page of his B ible as he
exuberant language. It was all n ovel delivered his message.
and unique; the people n ever heard R aym ond Hantla observes that Tal-
anything lik e it . . . it was fresh and m age’s success is fou n d perhaps in his
u nhackneyed, it was picturesque; it ability as an orator. U nbounded
challenged attention; n ob od y w ent to energy, unusual originality com bined
sleep, and hearing him once, the with an earnestness and p ow er of
listener w anted to hear him again.” eloqu en ce carried everything before
John Rush, another o f his biogra him. In his serm on on “ The S n ow ”
phers, says of his d elivery : “ W hen from the text, “ Hast thou entered into
at his best he cou ld be likened to the treasures of the s n o w ?” (J o b 38:
nothing else as w ell as a locom otive of 22) he uses such expressions as “ fall
flesh and blood, nerves and sinews . . . ing blossom s,” “ frozen vails o f vapor,”
From text to peroration he was always “ the white angels o f the atm osphere,”
m aster o f his audience . . . vigorous and “ the poem s of the storm .” He
if not startling in m anner and gesture, eloquen tly introduces his su bject in
and, like the skillfu l playw right, pos this serm on b y declaring: “ W hether
sessed the p ow er o f leading his hearers through m agnifying instrum ent or
step b y step to tableaux of crucial with unaided eye, I cannot say, but
intensity.” Talm age him self on ce said I am sure Job som ehow w ent through
o f his delivery, “ M y positive m ode of the galleries of the snow flake and
preaching seems to stir the hostilities counted its pillars and foun d wonders,
of all earth and h ell.” raptures, m ysteries, theologies, m aj
D e W itt Talm age was prim arily a esties, infinities w alking up and dow n
A ugust, 1959 (343) 7
its corridors, as a result of the ques shadows and the encouragem ents that
tion the L ord had asked him — ‘Hast m en meet. His was a nineteenth cen
thou entered into the treasures of the tu ry foreru n n er o f w hat m en today
sn ow ? . . ” His three divisions in call “ life situation preach in g,” and al
this serm on are: though he was no B ible exp ositor as
1. The snow flake reveals G o d ’s one rem em bers G. C am pbell M organ
concern for man. o r F. B. M eyer, he k n ew h ow to ap
2. The snow flake reveals the pow er peal to his listeners b y m eans of
o f God. sim ply preaching w ith their needs and
3. Man, like the snow, is valuable their interests in mind. A b o v e all, it
to the plan o f God. must be added, he preached, as Daniel
His was indeed an everyday re A . Poling observes, “ against sin, but
ligion, fu ll o f the sunshine and the w ith tender regard and yearning for
flow ers, the m usic and the hope, the the sinner. H e exalted Jesus Christ.”
That Impulse from Calvary
By Hal G lover*
S c r ip t u r e : Daniel 2:1-5, 16-19, 25-35 at a sym b olic thought against the

T ex t: . . . F or this p urpose the Son b ackgrou n d o f the dream.
of G od was m anifested, that he might
d estroy the w orks of th e devil (I John I. L e t ’ s I d e n t if y t h e S y m b o l is m .
3 :8 ).
The sym bolism o f the giant is the
In his dream, K in g N ebuchadnezzar sin o f the w orld. S in ’s approach is
saw a terrifying sight. A great, fearfu l outlined b y the order of the elements
giant stood before him. His m onstrous named. It begins with the lure, the
head was of glittering gold. The chest appearance of “ pure g old .” In ad
and arms w ere o f bright silver, with dition, sin’s progress is charted by the
m id-section and thighs o f glinting ord er in w hich the elem ents w ere
brass. P ow erfu lly m uscled legs of listed. Starting with the appearance
iron tapered to feet described as m iry of som ething w orthw hile, there is a
clay. His baleful and sinister counte constant decrease from gold to silver,
nance struck terror into the supersti from silver to brass, from brass to iron,
tious heart of the heathen king. W ho and eventually— m iry clay. The pros
was this m ysterious figure, and what pects of a life o f sin dim inish steadily.
did it m ean? A rou n d the “ stone” gathers the
D aniel’s explanation revealed that fascination of m ystery. A bsolutely
N ebuchadnezzar’s great domain w ould unique, with nothing like it in all
divide into various kingdom s, w hich G o d ’s creation— what does it sym bol
w ere represented b y the different ele ize? The G ospels reveal the story of
ments com posing the image. Leaving a virgin w ho gave birth to a Son, who
the prophetic interpretation, let’s look becam e the S aviour o f the w orld. His
birth was unique in that H e was be
* Pastor, Altadena, California. gotten b y the H oly Spirit b efore His
mother had know n the touch of a hus the Son of G od defeated Satan so
band. Jesus is the Stone cut out w ith com pletely that his kingdom was de
out hands! stroyed and his captives w ere liber
A t another point in the sequence of ated! It was the impact of infinite love
events, the sym bolism o f the “ stone” against evil, the pow er of absolute
represents the C hurch. This is indi light to destroy darkness, G o d ’s up
cated by the grow th of the “ stone” lifting stream reversing the dow ndraft
after the giant was destroyed. In the of the devil! It shook the w orld from
light of this background, let’s see just the beginning of time to its end.
what we are taught by all this.
Its shock w ave vibrated back to
II. H e r e A r e R e v e a le d G o d 's U t t e r A b el and confirm ed his faith. It rolled
W r a t h a n d A n t a g o n is m A g a i n s t back to A brah am ’s dust with the ful
S in . fillm ent of the prom ises m ade to him.
Satan struck first by luring A dam It shook Paul from his Phariseeism,
and E ve into disobedience. He struck and set him to blazing a bright gospel
hard, and the force of his b low set the path across the w orld of his day. It
entire chain of hum anity— generation shook M artin Luther from his monas
after generation— reeling dow n the tery; his w riting and preaching set
road to destruction. But G od struck E urope so on fire that she burned
back with the m easureless p ow er of herself out of the D ark Ages! It shook
the everlasting arms and the matchless John W esley from his high church
grace of a universal atonement, p ro pulpit, and “ G o d ’s horsem an” began
viding a w ay for “ w h osoever w ill” to a fifty-th ree-year gallop with the m es
recover from sin’s direction and p ol sage of holiness!
lution. The shock w a v e s reached our
N ebuchadnezzar saw this m ighty shores, and J o n a t h a n Edwards,
arm in action as he w atched the D w ight L. M oody, B illy Sunday, and
‘‘stone” flatten the giant. W hat an others w ere stirred into action. P. F.
impact! There was no resisting such B resee responded— and the Church of
pow er! the Nazarene was born. This impulse
Som e time ago w hile I was visiting from C alvary caught my life and yours
a m eteor crater in A rizona, the curator and w e w ere brought face to face with
of the m useum told me the fascinating the One w ho can break sin’s fetters
story of the great m eteor. M any cen and set men free.
turies ago this great 8.7 m illion ton C alva ry’s im pulse rolls on today.
missile of b oiler plate steel whistled Radiating from thousands of pulpits,
its w ay into our atm osphere from the it tingles in the message of the m is
northw estern sky and struck with an sionary and vibrates in the testim ony
impact that shook the earth. It dug o f every Christian layman. Its note is
its w ay 1,500 feet underground, leav heard in ou r gospel hym ns, and its
ing a crater 600 feet deep and 3 miles tone is in our prayers as they ascend
in circu m feren ce. W hat a jar that to God. It is not lessening in intensity,
must have been! for it is still the pow er of G od unto
B ut I kn ow of a greater impact than salvation. The sw ord of the L ord re
that, for 2,000 years ago the Stone cut mains unsheathed against sin. He is
out w ithout hands flew with deliberate ready to strike at its pollution, strike
aim from the throne of G od to deal a at its guilt, strike at its roots, strike at
deathblow to the giant of sin. The its tyranny and bondage. A nd no mat
point of collision was C alvary. There ter how w ell intrenched the strong
August, 1959 (345) 9
hold of Satan m ay be, G o d ’s shock L a m b ’s B ook of L ife! Even so, Christ
w ave can hurl it down. wants to lead you deeper into His
grace. The B ible teaches a second
III. H ere A re I l l u s t r a t e d t h e crisis experien ce of grace, in w hich
P o w e r and P urpose of G od to the sin principle is “ carried a w a y” by
C o m p le te l y D estroy S i n . the infilling of the H oly Spirit, so that
This is indicated by the sym bolism “ N o p la ce” is found for it in you r
o f the destroyed giant in the light of heart.
the text: O nce I w atched the brightness of
the sunrise destroy the night. A
. . F o r th is p u rp o s e th e S o n o f G o d
w a s m a n ife s te d , th a t h e m ig h t d e s tro y
shadow lingered in the canyon, but
th e w o r k s o f th e d e v il” (I J o h n 3 : 8 ) . the sun filled the deep recesses with
its glorious, penetrating brilliance, and
The W ord says “ d estroy” — not sup
elim inated every vestige of darkness.
press, nor counteract, but “ d estroy”
L ike this, w hen the H oly Spirit com es
Satan’s w orks! His “ w ork s” are that
into a heart and it is filled with His
he has m ade every man a sinner.
presence, purity, and love— “ no p la ce ”
C hrist’s w ork is to m ake every man
rem ains for the sin that has dwelt
a saint by “ destroyin g” the damaging
there. It is destroyed by being thrust
force w hich Satan has injected into
out!
his soul, and infusing life into his
spiritual being. Again, let’s look IV. H e r e A r e S y m b o liz e d t h e F o u n
through the mind of Daniel and see d a tio n an d G r o w t h o f th e
what he saw. C h u rch .
“Then w as th e iron , th e c la y , th e W ith the overth row and com plete
b r a ss, th e s ilv e r, an d th e g o ld , b r o k e n destruction of the pow er o f sin, the
to p ie c e s to g e th e r , an d b e c a m e lik e Stone occu pies the place once occupied
th e c h a ff o f th e s u m m e r t h r e s h in g -
by the giant. A s such, it represents
flo o r s ; and th e w in d c a rr ie d th e m
the Foundation Stone of the Church
aw ay, th a t n o p la ce w as fo u n d for
as indicated by Isaiah:
th em : . . .” (D a n ie l 2 : 3 5 ) .
“ . . . th u s saith th e L o r d G o d , B e h o ld ,
W hat m ore graphic picture of com
I la y in Z io n fo r a fo u n d a tio n a ston e,
plete destruction and utter dem olition a trie d sto n e , a p re c io u s c o r n e r sto n e,
can be im agined? M ore than knocked a s u r e fo u n d a tio n : . . .” (Is a ia h 28:
d ow n and broken to pieces; instead, 1 6 ).
actually ground to particles so fine T h e w o r d s o f C h r is t in d ic a te th e sa m e .
that they could not revive and com e “ . . . w h o s o e v e r h e a r e th th e se say in gs
together again. Can w ords express o f m in e , an d d o e th th e m , I w ill lik en
any stronger than this the total break h im u n to a w ise m an, w h ic h built
ing of sin’s p ow er? Further, the com h is h o u se u p o n a r o c k ” ( M a tth e w 7:
plete rem oval of sin is indicated by 2 4 ).
the w ords, “ . . . and the w ind carried Then Paul speaks up, to inform all
them away . . .” D oesn ’t carried away m ankind that this is the on ly solid
mean rem oval? N ot only w ere the place in all the w orld u pon w hich to
particles rem oved— they ceased to build. H e says:
exist, for the W ord says, “ . . . no place . . o th e r fo u n d a tio n ca n n o m an
was found for them . . .” la y th a n th a t is la id , w h ic h is Jesus
Friend, have you know n the sw eet C h r is t ” (I C o r in th ia n s 3 : 1 1 ) .
ness of an hour w hen Christ called and N ext in his dream, N ebuchadnezzar
you answ ered? W hat a day— when saw the “ stone” becom e a great moun
you r name is written dow n in the tain and fill the w hole earth. Progress
has been m ade tow ard the fulfillm ent “ . . . if any man have not the Spirit
of this prop h ecy, but w e haven ’t of Christ, he is none of his” (Romans
reached it yet. W e must continue to 8:9).
build on this foundation— but h ow ? Sim on Peter further substantiates this
Jesus set the pattern by taking a rude b y saying:
fisherm an and forgiving his sins. Then “ Ye also, as lively stones, are built
at Pentecost H e sanctified him en up a spiritual house . . . ” (I Peter
2:5).
tirely, with the result that his unstable
Those whom G od has transform ed
character was m ade steady as a rock.
are lively stones. They have life and
To this gru ff fisherm an H e said:
spark and react to the things of the
. . Thou are Simon the son of Jona:
thou shalt be called Cephas, which Spirit, for the im pulse from Calvary
is by interpretation, A stone” (John is stirring in their souls. In such a
1:42). crow d, som ething is usually going on!
So also H e looks at every man. Oh, S erving G od is not a boring thing but
m arvelous truth— that Jesus can wash an exciting adventure.
away sins and transform the w icked Further, they are described as
into sons of G od! building stones. G o d ’s kingdom can
A s this fisherm an was added to the be built on such people. Tell me, can
foundation, the “ stone” grew ! A s other the C hurch be built on y o u ? If e very
disciples w ere con verted — the “ stone” one prays for the lost as you do, will
grew! On the D ay of Pentecost— anyone ever be saved? If everyone
“ . . . they that gladly received his tithes and gives as you do, can the
word were baptized: and the same Church meet its financial obligations?
day there were added unto them W ould there be a prayer meeting if
about three thousand souls” (Acts everyon e should attend it as you do?
2:41). W ou ld there be a ch oir? A mission
A n d the “ stone” grew ! A n d again, ary society?
“ . . . the Lord added to the church
G o d ’s w ill is that the K ingdom shall
daily such as should be saved” (Acts
fill the w h ole earth. The great com
2:47).
m ission resounds at this point.
M eanw hile the “ stone” grew ! The
“ . . . ye shall receive power, after that
“ stone” grow s b y personal evangelism
the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and soul winning, and it is ou r prim e
and ye shall be witnesses unto me
responsibility to expand the K ingdom both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea,
into every land, every hom e, and and in Samaria, and unto the utter
every life. most part of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
Q uality should be m entioned. The Oh, for the spirit of a Schm elzen-
“ stone” only grow s b y adding others bach, or a Sidney K n ox! D ear Lord,
of exactly the same quality on the let a double portion of their spirit so
foundation. The Scriptures make it fall upon us that w e shall be fired
clear that if w e are not Christlike with the glow and passion and burn
w e are not Christian. ing desire to win lost m en to God.
O ld A ge
I am fully aware that m y youth has been spent, that my get up

and go has got up and w ent. But I really don ’t mind when I think,
with a grin, of all the grand places m y get up has been.— SiLnfshine.
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The Romance of the Ministry
By W. S. Muir*
h e n in college a few years ago call! There w ill com e times w hen that
W I was jolted b y the w ords of m y w ill be all one w ill have to rely on,
professor as he said, “ Som e men enter when the bottom has dropped out of
the m inistry because of the rom ance all on e’s plans or the best m em bers
of the m inistry.” I have never fo r have let one dow n. B ut there is still
gotten that phrase till this day. the call, no mistaking that. The call
A ccord in g to W ebster the w ord ro indeed is a must in the m inistry.
m ance means “ picturesque, a dream y A n education is also necessary— if
imaginative habit of mind tending to at the v ery least, the H om e Study
dw ell on the picturesquely unusual.” C ourse in ord er that you m ay meet
Can this be related to the m inistry? the requirem ents for ordination. It
Y es, the m inistry does indeed have w ill perhaps mean going to college and
these qualifications. Let us be honest! on to seminary. In addition, there m ay
W hat pastor does not like to en joy the be m any hours of study along with
pacturesque that is in the m inistry? the hard hours of w ork that you may
W hat pastor does not en joy the honor have to put in to finance that ed u
o f being called “ R everen d ” ? (B eing cation.
careful, h ow ever, never to bestow it Then in that first ch u rch som e
upon him self!) W hat a thrill it is to where, no doubt a small one, you may
be in front o f people continually by have to continue to w ork to supple
means of public speaking; the honor ment the salary. The long hours of
received b y being invited into the w orking, studying, calling, and the
hom es of the fam ilies in the con g re many duties that a pastor has to at
gation, receiving the place of honor tend to, w ill m ake the w ord rom ance
at the table, partaking of the best m eal seem rather out of place. In that first
that they can produ ce; the happiness church the salary w ill be small (if you
recevied b y being able to join a young get i t ) .
couple in the state of m atrim ony; the There will be m any long hours, yes,
jo y of dedicating or baptizing that at all hours, to be put in. That hos
precious baby; even the privilege of pital call late at night, that one that
com forting the relatives of a departed wants y ou r prayers right aw ay— yes,
loved one! Y es, indeed, there is a ro all this, too, is part of the “ rom ance
m ance in the ministry! of the m inistry.”
B ut wait a minute, prospective B eyon d all o f this is that w hich is
preacher. There is another side to this still m ore important. There is the
story. It is not all picturesque. There thrill of seeing men and wom en, boys
w ill be lots of hard w ork ahead, and and girls, bow in g at an altar of prayer
problem s that m ay never rise to the seeking and finding G od. There is a
glam our of the visible. jo y in seeing their lives change, and
in watching you n g m en and women
First of all, there must be that defi
dedicating their lives to the service
nite call to be G o d ’s man. No half
of the M aster. Y es, there is a “ ro
w ay, perhaps, or m aybe, but a definite
m ance of the m inistry” everyw here
♦Pastor, West Lebanon, Indiana. w e look.
The Man Who Claimed to Be Elijah
The M ystery of John Alexander Doivie
By M aynard Jam es*
T o h n A l e x a n d e r D o w ie was know n there cam e to him the burning con

J to m illions of people throughout the viction that the Christ of A cts 10:38
w orld at the beginning o f this century. still lived to “ heal all who w ere op
T oday he is almost a forgotten figure. pressed of the devil.”
M y friend, the late G eorge Holmes, The plague then raging in Sydney
of G oole, told m e that he saw Dr. was the w ork of Satan; but what
D ow ie w hen he cam e to Leeds and m edical science was unable to do, the
aroused the fury of the m edical stu risen Christ could accom plish. B orne
dents in that city. R ecen tly I read along b y this conviction, Dr. D ow ie
G ordon L in d sey’s b ook about this re w ent to see a you n g lady w ho was
m arkable man w ho, by his m iraculous dying of the plague. The agony of her
and controversial m inistry in A u s conflict with death was terrible to
tralia and the U .S.A ., made religious behold.
history. Sw eeping aside the pious sentiments
John A lex an d er D ow ie was a Scots of the doctor in attendance (a good
man, born in E dinburgh in 1847. W hen man, w ho regarded the plague as the
thirteen years old he em igrated with m ysterious ordering of G o d ) , D ow ie
his parents to Australia. In his early laid hold of the throne of grace in
twenties he returned to Scotland and im portunate prayer. Pleading the
studied for three years at E dinburgh prom ises of scripture, he claim ed de
U niversity. liverance for the dying girl. In answer
A cablegram from his father re to his p rayer a m iracle was w rought
called him to Australia, and it was in and the girl was instantly healed.
that country that he com m enced his C om m enting on this striking inci
m inistry as a C ongregational minister. dent, Dr. D ow ie w rote: “ This is how
W hen he was in charge o f a church I cam e to preach the G ospel of healing
in N ew ton, a suburb of Sydney, a through faith in Jesus.”
terrible plague sw ept that part of In due course, in spite of fierce
Australia. People died in such num opposition, Dr. D ow ie built and or
bers that the you n g m inister officiated ganized an independent church in the
at m ore than forty funerals in a few city of M elbourne. There his m inistry
weeks. of healing gave the w ork a phenom e
A ppalled by such tragedy, Dr. nal growth. The m iraculous cure of
D ow ie w ept b efore G od on behalf of a totally blind lady, Mrs. L u cy Parker,
the stricken people. A s he did so, and the instant deliverance of a b oy
w ho was dying of tuberculosis of the
* Evangelist, Oldham, Lane., England. bones and could not walk— these
August, 1959 (349) 13
miracles w ere the forerunners of a C o d y ) , was m iraculously raised up
series o f w onders that astonished M el from the bed on w h ich she lay, a h elp
bourne and other parts of Australia. less cripple.
It w ould seem that in 1886 John Even R obert G. Ingersoll, the n o
A lexan der D ow ie entered into a deep torious infidel, fled from C hicago
er spiritual experience, possibly the rather than accept D o w ie ’s challenge
blessing of entire sanctification. W ith to a debate on In gersoll’s blasphem ous
this further enduem ent of grace there charge that “ G od m ust perish, because
came the vision of a m uch w ider H e is useless and n ever answers
ministry. Thus, in June, 1888, Dr. p ra yer.”
D ow ie and his fam ily set foot in San In John A lex an d er D ow ie had
Francisco, U .S.A. Soon the carriages arisen a man w ho, b y his irrefutable
of the w ealthy rolled up to the hotel evidence that G od answers prayer,
of the n ew com er in M arket Street. called the atheist’s bluff.
They cam e seeking healing of the In 1896 Dr. D ow ie organized what
b ody; but A lexan d er D ow ie, with the was k n ow n as the Christian Catholic
hum ility and boldness o f a Spirit- church. (This, of course, had nothing
filled man, rebuked them for their sins to do with R om an C atholicism .) He
and told them to get salvation before secured a building k n ow n as St.
seeking for bod ily healing. A series P au l’s, on M ichigan A ven u e, Chicago,
o f healing campaigns in various parts and com pletely renovated and refitted
o f the States attracted large crow ds it so that it w ou ld seat o v e r 3,000
and great enthusiasm. M iracles of persons. B ranch churches w ere started
healing w ere w rought and lives w ere in other parts of the city and also in
transform ed through Dr. D ow ie’s m in m any other cities and tow ns o f the
istry. O f course he did not escape U .S.A. In fact, this organization
the envy o f ecclesiastical authorities spread to E urope, Australia, South
nor the persecution of the doctors and A frica, England, and Scotland.
brew ers. B ut undaunted b y opposi
A n outstanding feature of D ow ie's
tion, D ow ie w ent from one triumph
w ork in C hicago was the sending out
to another.
o f the “ Z ion S eventies.” Th ey con
In 1890 he made his hom e in Evans sisted of various groups of devoted
ton, Chicago, and it was during his Christian w orkers, seventy m em bers
sojou rn in that city that he was ar in each group, w h o w ent forth into
rested one hundred times in a single the hom es of C hicago. The city was
year for preaching the message of divided into districts, and m illions of
divine healing through faith in Jesus tracts w ere distributed by the “ Sev
Christ! enties,” w ho grew to a force of 3,000
Dr. D ow ie presented to the superior m en and wom en.
court one hundred affidavits to heal T o these devoted bands of workers
ing, am ong w hich w ere testimonies of Dr. D ow ie gave a solem n charge. It
the cures of prom inent citizens like was “ to lead those w ho are unsaved
A m anda H icks, a first cousin of A b ra to repentance through faith, to hope,
ham Lincoln, and Miss Jean Harrison, to love, b y the grace o f G od, to their
a niece o f President Harrison. These Father, that they m ay receive the
affidavits w ere a revelation to the blessing of eternal life . . . to carry
people of C hicago and a bom bshell to to the sick the message: ‘I am the
the opposition parties. L ord that healeth th ee’ . . . to carry
Later, Sadie C ody, niece o f the the message of Him w ho is the Resur
fam ous “ B u ffalo B ill” (C olon el W. F. rection and the Life, and to bid men
to kn ow that in H im there is salvation, M ichigan, some forty m iles north of
healing, and holiness and everlasting Chicago. There he launched his fabu
life.” lous p roject of Zion City. His scheme
Dr. D ow ie also published a w eek ly was to build a city in w hich only
periodical called the L ea v es of H eal Christians w ou ld live, and in w hich
ing, through w hich his sermons and no tobacco, liquor, and sw ine’s flesh
w ritings contacted readers all over w ould be used. No gam bling dens,
the w orld. theaters, or dance halls w ere ever to
It seems clear that up to 1896 John receive license to operate within that
A lex a n d er D ow ie was a hum ble, holy com m unity. A n d no drugstore or
man of God. W hen, on F ebruary 5, d octor’s surgery was to be located
1896, a certain Mr. C alverly, at a there!
G eneral C onference, referred to Dr. P eople from various parts of the
D ow ie as the chief of m odern apostles, w orld flock ed to be enrolled as citizens
Dr. D ow ie replied. “ I am less than the of Zion City, and tens o f thousands
least of all the saints, and not w orthy of dollars poured into Zion bank by
to be called an apostle. B ut if m y investors w ho b elieved in D ow ie. U n
good L ord should ever get m e low der the specious argum ent that “ Zion
enough, and deep enough in self- is to be a theocracy, not a dem ocracy,”
abasement and self-effacem ent to be Dr. D ow ie assumed personal control
truly what I want to be, and hope in over the smallest details of the city ’s
a m easure I am, ‘a servant o f the existence. N ot content with one Zion
servants of the L o r d ,’ w h y then I C ity on Lake M ichigan, he planned
should becom e an apostle by really b e to establish other Zions in different
com ing a servant of all.” On another parts of the w orld!
occasion certain unnam ed persons told His grandiose schem es and his dic
him, in confidence, that they had re tatorial m ethods brought him dow n
ceived a direct revelation from G od to ruin. A t last his ow n people turned
that John A lex an d er D ow ie was none against him, and he was deposed from
other than Elijah the R estorer, whose his office as general overseer. The
return to earth b efore the second ad deeds of the property of Zion City
vent of Christ was prophesied in the w ere taken out of his hands.
B ook of M alachi.
On M arch 9, 1907, John A lexan der
D r. D ow ie im m ediately rebuked in
D ow ie died, a brok en and a disap
stern m easure these self-appointed
pointed man, his mind clou ded by
prophets, and abruptly dismissed them
disease and his ow n w ife estranged
from his presence. Y e t b y 1901 Dr.
from him.
D ow ie was obsessed with the notion
that he was verily Elijah, the prophet, In this interesting and factual docu
and that his task was to “ restore all ment, The L ife of John A lexa n d er
things” b efore the great day of the D ow ie, G ordon Lindsey seems to have
L ord came. T o the astonishment of put his finger on the causes of D o w ie ’s
the Christian w orld and the misgivings downfall.
of m any of his devoted follow ers, he The man w ho in the hour of ad
p u blicly announced that he was the versity depended absolutely upon G od
prom ised Elijah. H e w ent even fu r was lifted up with pride w hen dazzling
ther in his delusion by claim ing to be success was his, and the adulation of
“ the m essenger of the coven an t” and thousands of people savored almost
the prophet foretold by Moses. of idolatry. C arried away b y the m ul
S ecretly he purchased over 6,000 tifarious duties of a large organization,
acres of land on the shores of Lake he becam e too busy and neglected the
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secret place of prayer. A detailed execu tive m ansion, he becam e an easy
picture of his activities during the lat prey to seducing spirits.
ter phase of his m inistry show him H ad he retained his form er sim
as a man driven b y ceaseless toil. plicity of life and his habits of secret
“ Often he laboured all night to finish prayer; had he been w illing to d ele
w ork he had laid out for himself. W e gate m any of the onerous tasks in a
search in vain for scenes such as had rapidly m ultiplying organization, to
occu rred in Australia, w hen he spent m en of integrity and ability, then John
those hours alone with G od under the A lex an d er D ow ie m ight have gone
starry canopy of the heavens.” dow n in religious history as a m odern
A s long as John A lexan d er D ow ie apostle. C ertainly w e must pay him
lived the life of a true prayer warrior, the hom age of being a man whose
the hosts of hell w ere pow erless to faith in the prom ises o f G od brought
thwart his amazing exploits for the back to the C hurch in no little
kingdom of God. But w hen he becam e m easure, the message of Jesus Christ
a despot, self-confident and exclusive, as “ Jehovah -R apha” — the L ord w ho
and living luxuriously in a costly healeth.
Pulpit a n d Parish Tips
The Preacher's Vacation
By E. E. Wordsworth*
The Master w isely said to His b e meditation, reading, serm onizing, and
loved disciples, “ C om e . . . apart . . . visitation are exhaustive em ploy
and rest a w h ile.” The old adage, “ A ll ment. The B ook says, “ M uch study
w ork and no play makes Jack a dull is a weariness to the flesh.” A n d
b o y ,” is applicable to the minister. A dam C larke said he k n ew the ac
W esley, the M ethodist, the m ethodical cu racy of this B ible truth.
man if you please, declared, “ I have The w ise preach er w ill find suitable
m ore leisure than any man in Eng recreation and an avocation. A n an
land.” He also said, “ N ever be unem nual vacation o f at least tw o w eeks is
ployed; never be triflingly em ployed.” indispensable, and a clay each w eek for
It must be recalled that the great W es rest, relaxation, and change is neces
ley spent hours daily in the saddle sary for the h ard-w ork in g minister.
or his chaise riding to his appoint B y religiou sly taking time for w h ole
ments. A n d he was an open-air some, re-creating pleasure in fishing,
preacher for the most part. T herefore, hunting, golfing, or other athletic
he was relaxed from riding and sports he w ill return to his great task
preaching in G od ’s great outdoors. and com m ission with m ore zest and
M any a minister becom es physical vitality. Dr. H. V. M iller took Satur
ly exhausted because o f strain and the day as his rest day. Som e take M on
grinding m onotony of w eek -by-w eek days. A n d I k n ow a Presbyterian
church life and demands. Even prayer, pastor w ho takes Thursdays. H e told
m e the m iddle of the w eek suited him
♦Evangelist, Redmond, Washington. best.
The Minister a n d the Psychiatrist
VIII. The Present Status of
Psychological Medicine (contd.)**
By Edwin Fair*
\ s t h e various m edical men becam e oped and psych ological motivations

m ore sophisticated a b o u t the related with human behavior were
causes of m ental illness, vehem ent discovered. The concept of disease as
argum ents arose among the various a chapter in biological evolution and
psychiatrists about this problem . In the integration of environm ent into
A m erica the psychiatrists w ere of the the study of m ental disease w ere
opinion, predom inantly, that mental brought about. A lso the extension of
illness was som ehow based on organic psychiatry to the study of normal in
brain disease, and m any presum ed it dividuals was introduced.
to be hereditary illness. This heredi H ow ever, few of these revolu tion
tary concept prevailed for m any years, ary ideas penetrated the state hos
and with it m ental illness was looked pitals in the United States at this time.
upon with a m arked degree of pessi M ore buildings w ere built, and exist
mism. Th ere w ere a few w h o thought ing buildings w ere enlarged to house
m uch could be done for the vast ma the increasing num ber o f patients.
jority w ho suffered from illness of The state hospital system becam e the
this type. whim of politicians; patients w ere e x
Perhaps the most creative period in ploited and staffs w ere destroyed by
the history of psychiatry w ere the political pressures. Treatm ent p ro
years 1849 to 1926. D uring these years grams w ere constricted b y a lack of
the advancing psychiatric revolution finance. Hospitals becam e the forgot
was pion eered b y the w ork of K ajal, ten child of A m erican m edicine. This
Pavlov, Sherrington, K raepelin, B leu- condition existed essentially until the
ler, Freud, A dler, Jung, M eyer, and beginning of W orld W ar II.
Charchot. These w ere the m en w ho D uring the second w orld war, be
did physiological and anatom ic studies, cause state hospitals w ere under
relating the tw o to hum an behavior. staffed, a num ber of conscientious
It was also during this period that objectors— those m en w ho w ere m em
there was a system atized description bers of the historic peace churches,
of psychiatric illness. A psych ological such as the M ennonites and Q uakers—
analysis of mental illness was devel- w ere assigned as hospital attendants.
M any of these m en w ere observant.
T h ey began to describe to the public
♦Psychiatric Clinic, Ponca City, Oklahoma. some of their experiences. They told
**From Lecture Series, Nazarene Theological
Seminary. of the patients in the hospitals w ho
August, 1959 (353) 17
w ere naked m ost of the days because behavior. There is an increasingly
there w ere not enough clothes, of close w orkin g relationship betw een the
patients w ho w ere chained to the bed psychiatrist and the anthropologist.
because there w ere not enough people
Likew ise, there is an increasing
or a treatment program geared to
interchange o f ideas betw een the soci
treat them in another m ethod to ease
ologist and the psychiatrist; w hile the
their disturbance. Th ey told of pa
studies are m ade from different points
tients w hose food was unfit for human
consum ption, of patients w ho had had of view , the interest of the tw o are the
no visitors for many years, patients same. S ociology regards the institu
for w hom there was no hope. N ew s tion as establishing the statutes and
papers began to take up the com plaints regulating the relations o f the persons
of som e of the conscientious objectors. to one another. Psychiatry, how ever,
In 1946, L ife magazine did a story on regards the institution as a creation of
the state hospital system. Other maga the individual to satisfy his particular
zines did likewise. A s the public be needs. So while sociology is inter
came inform ed, they began to prevail ested in groups of people, psychiatry
upon state governm ent to do som e is interested in the individual, but
thing about the problem . In this m ore both are vitally con cern ed w ith the
enlightened age, with the psychiatric social problem s in w hich hum an b e
revolution and increased attention to ings live.
the confined patients, w e are now
R egardless of the b elief that the
living in the third revolu tion o f p sy
chiatry. The patient is studied as a person holds, the psychiatrist must
human being w ho lives u ncom fortably deal with the religious exp erien ce as
in his environm ent. a significant part of the life of man.
A n d its role in on e’s life must be
A s Dr. W illiam C. M enninger1 has
considered b y the psychiatrist in the
pointed out, present-day psychiatry is
treatm ent o f the patient. There have
concern ed with the social relationships
been som e religious leaders w h o have
w hich influence the personality. C on
tried to show that psychiatry is anti-
sequently the field of influence ex
religious and seeks to destroy religious
tends and in som e cases overlaps to
faith. W hile it is true that some p sy
the fields of various social sciences,
chiatrists are atheists, there are others
such as sociology and anthropology,
w ho are strongly religious, just as are
as w ell as those of law, religion, and
other doctors, lawyers, business peo
education. The cultural anthropologist
ple, skilled laborers, and unskilled
and the present-day dynam ic psych i
laborers. One cannot single out the
atrist believe that the personality and
rem arks of individuals within psy
culture are derived from the interplay
chiatry and consider them to be the
betw een the needs of the human b e
generally accepted idea of all psychi
ing and the environm ent in w hich he
atry. It was prim arily because of this
lives. A s the anthropologists have
m isunderstanding that a group of
studied ancient cultures and prim itive
psychiatrists, approxim ately ten years
societies, they help the psychiatrist
ago, m ade a statement w hich was
to understand the im m ensely im por
unique in the history of psychiatry. It
tant roles of culturally conditioned
is significant that many psychiatrists
agreed to release this statement in
ord er to clarify the thinking o f people
W illia m C. Menninger, Psychiatry, Its Evolu
tion and Present Status (Ithaca, New Y ork : Cor concerning the relationship between
nell University Press, 1948), pp. 34-47. Used by
permission. these tw o disciplines. This statement
of the G rou p for the A dvan cem en t of is a m em ber of the psychiatric team.
Psychiatry was as fo llo w s :2 In our hospitals in Topeka the chap
“ For centuries religion and medi lain has regular ward duties with the
cine have been closely related. Psy patient, sits in on our conferences,
chiatry as a branch of medicine has and tells us h ow he sees the patient.
been so closely related to religion H e makes recom m endations con cern
that at times the two were almost
ing the religious life o f the patient. He
inseparable. As science developed
however, medicine and religion as has other duties also, and in the M en-
sumed distinctive roles in society, but ninger Foundation S chool of Psych i
they continued to share the common atry there is a course in religion in
aim of human betterment. This also w hich the psychiatrists and the m in
holds true for that method of psy isters sit dow n and discuss com m on
chiatry known as psychoanalysis. problem s. There is a course of p sy
“ We, as members of the group for chiatry taught at the C atholic U ni
the advancement of psychiatry, be
versity of A m erica, and the Federal
lieve in the dignity and integrity of
C ouncil of C hurches has taken an
the individual. We believe that a
major goal of treatment is the pro active leadership in helping the clerg y
gressive attainment of social responsi men understand mental illness. R e
bility. We recognize as of crucial cently there has been established an
significance, the influence of the home A ca dem y of R eligion and Mental
upon the individual and the impor Health, w hich includes in its founders
tance of ethical training in the home. a group of outstanding m en of these
We also recognize the important role tw o fields.
religion can play in bringing about
an improved emotional and moral W e should make a b rief statement
state. concerning the relationship of psychi
“The methods of psychiatry aimed atry to crim inology and law. The p sy
to help patients achieve health in their chiatrist frequen tly encounters types
emotional lives so that they may live of m isbehavior. Oftentim es they are
in harmony with society and with its classified legally as crim e, m isde
standards. We believe that there is m eanors, or delinquency, w hile m edi
no conflict between psychiatry and
cally they are spoken o f as neurotic,
religion. In the practice of his pro
psychopathic, or psychotic behavior.
fession, the competent psychiatrist
will therefore always be guided by Regardless of the caption given, the
this belief.” law yer and physician find their com
m on interest in hum an beings over
B oth psychiatry and religion recog
lapping. A s the law yer or judge
nize the w orth of the individual; they
becom es interested in justice and fair
are con cern ed with the solution of
treatment, there is increasing interest
conflicts w hich he encounters as he
in rehabilitation instead of punish
lives in society. Their goals are simi
ment. The A m e r i c a n Psychiatric
lar and in m any areas overlap. There
A ssociation has a m edical-legal com
are increasing num bers of theological
mittee charged with the responsibility
students in clinical pastoral training
of w orking in a closer co-operative
in various state hospitals, and m ore
effort w ith the lawyers. I believe at
schools of theology are establishing de
this time it w ill be sufficient to say
partm ents of pastoral care w hich w ork
that these tw o disciplines are becom
closely with the discipline o f psych i
ing increasingly aware o f the need for
atry. In m ental hospitals the chaplain
closer co-operative effort. A lthough
seem ingly slow in com ing about, there
-Ibid., p. 42. Used by permission. is progress in this relationship.
August, 1959 (355) 19
In considering the present status to x ic e ffe c t. They d im in ish te n sio n
of psychological m edicine, one must an d a n x ie ty an d m a k e th e in d iv id u a l
m ake some com m ent on the present m ore tr a n q u il. T h e y do n ot change
th e b a s ic p e r s o n a lity p a tte r n . W h ile
status of drugs and the treatm ent of
th e p a tie n t is m ade m ore tr a n q u il,
em otional disorders. There are some
h e n c e m o r e a m e n a b le to o th e r fo r m s
w ho w ould say this may be the fourth
of tr e a tm e n t, th e d iso r d e r w h ic h
revolu tion in psychiatry. This has re c a u s e d th e illn e s s in th e first p la c e is
created an interest in the organistic not changed. C lin ic a lly it h as b e e n
approach to mental illness, and as the o b s e r v e d th a t s y m p t o m s re c u r w h e n
psychiatrists m arch in com pany with th e d ru g is d isc o n tin u e d in m any
the biologists and biochem ists, there in stan ce s.
are those w ho believe we are m oving “ E v e n so th e se d ru g s h a v e b e e n of
dow n a new road w hich m ay lead to great h e lp . In th e h o sp ita l it has
a golden age of psychiatry. M ost of re d u c e d g r e a tly th e n e e d to re str a in
the biological research being done th e a c u te ly d is tu r b e d p a tie n t a n d th e
d is c h a rg e ra te h a s in c r e a se d r e m a r k
concerns itself with the chem istry of
a b ly .”
the brain and nervous tissue and the
action o f the various tranquilizing
drugs. There is also a considerable G enerally speaking, the best results
amount of experim ental w ork done of each of these drugs has been o b
on drugs that prod u ce hallucinations tained in the m ore disturbed patients.
and self-induced psychotic reactions. M any w ho w ere serious ward p ro b
The basic theory in this biochem ical lems for years have been able to inte
approach to m ental disease is that grate into the hospital routine. The
there is some substance (or sub patients have been able to com m uni
stances) in the b od y w hich disrupts cate better with the psychiatrist. It
com m unication within the central seems that w hile the population of
nervous system, that is, the brain, and m ental hospitals m ay decline with the
the responses of the human being in use of drugs, there w ill be a need for
behavior and thinking. increased outpatient services. It also
seems that it w ill challenge us to more
Perhaps the important key to the
effective m ethods of psychotherapy.
present-day research is the action of
Since there is no alteration of basic
the various tranquilizing drugs and
personality patterns, w e must utilize
patients w ho suffer from psychotic
the means that w e have at ou r dis
illness. W hile the actions are not yet
posal, psychotherapy, to bring about
clearly established clinically, there
an understanding and a change in per
have been some rem arkable responses.
sonality patterns. It seems that in the
A lthough these are not consistent,
present-day approach of psychiatry
perhaps the prevailing feeling of the
there are prim arily three goals. One
effect of these tranquilizing drugs can
is to redu ce the severity o f symptoms
be summarized as stated b y Dr. Paul
through the use of drugs or any other
Feldm an of Topeka State H osp ital:3
therapeutic m ethod. Second is to es
“ N o n e o f th e se d ru g s is in e rt an d tablish com m unication betw een the
w h ile w e d o n o t k n o w th e ir m o d e o f psychiatrist and the patient across the
o p e ra tio n or even th e ir fa te in th e barrier that exists betw een the patient
body, we m u st be aw are of th eir and the w orld about him in mental
illness. Third: increased research into
the p hysiologic and biochem ical fac
tors that m ay cause or affect the symp
Personal comm unication, Dr. Paul Feldman,
Topeka State Hospital. Topeka, Kansas. toms that a patient has.
The Arminian View of Inspiration
V II!. The True Arminian View
By Ralph Earle*
years it has been our con-

T^O R s o m e k ey to understanding the correct W es
viction that the theory o f verbal leyan theory of inspiration.
inspiration as held by the Calvinistic That plenary, not verbal, inspiration
fundam entalists of our day is not the is the true A rm inian view is indicated
true A rm inian view. R ecen tly we by the quotations already given from
found som e support for this in a little the outstanding A rm inian theologians.
booklet on V erba l Inspiration, by Dr. It is also supported by A dam Clarke,
G ordon H. Clark, of B utler U niversity. w ho is universally recognized as the
In it he makes this very significant leading W esleyan com m entator on the
statement: Scriptures. He writes:
“Verbal inspiration is integral with “I contend only for such an inspira
the doctrines of providence and pre tion, or Divine assistance of the sacred
destination. When the liberals sur writers of the New Testament, as will
reptitiously deny predestination in assure us of the truth of what they
picturing God as dictating to stenog wrote, whether by inspiration of sug
raphers, they so misrepresent verbal gestion, or direction only; but not for
inspiration that their objections do such an inspiration as implies that
not apply to the Calvinistic view even their words were dictated, or
point."1 their phrases suggested to them by
The main distinctive d ifferen ce b e the Holy Ghost.” -
tween Calvinism and A rm inianism is It w ill be noted that A dam Clarke
that the form er holds to m onergistic definitely rejects the idea that the
grace, w hile the latter believes in H oly Spirit suggested to the sacred
synergistic grace. It is ou r feeling that w riters the actual w ords or phrases
the th eory of verbal inspiration fits w hich they wrote. Rather, H e in
into the C alvinistic doctrine of the spired their minds with divine truth,
m onergistic activity o f G od, while and they chose the w ords with which
the true A rm inian view holds that the to express it.
inspiration of the Scriptures was a A. H. Strong, the noted Baptist
synergistic process— G od and men co theologian, has given an excellent
operating together to p rod u ce a divine- definition o f inspiration. H e says:
hum an B ook that is truly the W ord “Inspiration is that influence of the
of G od. This w e believe to be the Spirit of God upon the minds of the
Scripture writers which made their
* Professor, Nazarene Theological Seminary.

'G ordon H. Clark, “ Verbal Inspiration: Yester -Adam Clarke, The New Testament o f Our Lord
day and T oday.” Reprint o f article published in and Saviour Christ . . . with Comm entary and
the Septem ber 12, 1956, issue o f the Southern Critical Notes (New Y ork: Methodist B ook’ Con
Presbyterian Journal. Used by permission. cern, n.d.), I, 10.
August, 1959 (357) 21

writings the record of a progressive salvation and god ly living. M ore than
divine revelation, sufficient, when that is not required.
taken together and interpreted by
In the first issue of Christianity
the same Spirit who inspired them,
Today the lead editorial expressed the
to lead every honest inquirer to Christ
and to salvation. point of view of the editors o f this
new, significant, conservative journal.
Strong also goes on to point out H ere is what it says: “ It is their con
that for som e parts of scripture in viction that the Scriptures teach the
spiration involved “ the direct com doctrine o f plenary inspiration.” 7 The
m unication from G od of truth to which editor also says: “ T o state the biblical
man could not attain by his unaided concept of inspiration w ill be one of
pow ers.” 4 Som etim es it just included the aims of this m agazine.” N Later on
illum ination, or the quickening of the another reference is m ade to “ the
w riter’s natural faculties. A t other plenary inspiration of the B ib le .” 1’
times it involved nothing m ore than But now here do we find the phrase
superintendence in the recording of “ verbal inspiration.” In the first fo u r
data or reporting of what the w riter teen issues of Christianity Today we
had seen or heard. In other words, have not discovered any defense of
som e parts of the B ible are verbally verbal inspiration. W e happily take
inspired, w hen G od spoke definite our stand with Dr. C arl H enry and
w ords to a prophet or apostle. In other his associates in their assertion o f a
cases there was a great illum ination b elief in plenary inspiration. W e be
of his mental faculties to understand lieve that that w ou ld be the com m on
profound spiritual truths. But som e ground of all true conservatives and
times the writers w ere sim ply guided that the term “ v erb a l” should be
to record m aterial w hich was available avoided. In spite of all denials, the
to their natural resources. w ord suggests som ething m echanical.
This point of view is expressed very
clearly in Samuel C artledge’s C on C o n c l u s io n
servative Introduction to the N ew
Testam ent. H e also makes this obser This last chapter of ou r study has
vation: “ A ll Conservatives should already grow n to undue proportions.
realize that a belief in verbal in B ut so m uch m ore m aterial clamors
errancy is not essential to a high view fo r expression that it is difficu lt to
o f inspiration.” '1 H e sums up the cor close. Perhaps it w ou ld be safest to
rect C onservative view on infallibility lim it ourselves to one inquiry in con
in these w ords: “ The C onservative clusion.
believes that inspiration guarantees H ow can w e k n ow that the B ible is
the infallible accuracy of the Scrip inspired? That is a very relevant and
tures in matters of faith and practice.” " a v ery crucial question. W ithout a
That is, the B ible fulfills p erfectly belief in the inspiration of an authori
the purpose for w hich it was w ritten— tative Scripture w e have no certain
to provide man with the plain w ay of foundation for ou r faith. W e began
our study with this assertion and we
com e back to it in closing.
:!Augustus Hopkins Strong, System atic Theol

ogy (Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1907), I, 196.
4Ibid.
r,Samuel A. Cartledge, A Conservative Intro
• 7Christianity Today, I, 1 (O ctober 15, 1956),
duction to the New Testament (Grand Rapids: p. 20. Used by permission.
Zondervan Publishing House, 1938), p. 191. HIbid.
"Ibid., p. 193. 'JIbid., p. 23.

Perhaps the best answer that can O nly the H oly Spirit can certify to
be given to that question is the one us by an inner conviction that the
found in the W estm inster C onfession B ible is truly the W ord of G od, and
of Faith: “ O ur full persuasion and only H e can help us rightly to under
assurance o f the infallible truth, and stand it. M ay w e always seek His
divine authority thereof, is from the guidance and illum ination.
inward w ork of the H oly Spirit, bear
ing witness by and with the w ord in
our hearts.” 1" ’"Schaff, Creeds of Christendom, III, 603.
Preaching Without Notes
By Jam es H. W hitworth*
'T effective preaching is done

h e m ost ficulty in retaining the outline. Visual
w ithout notes. T o say this does and psych ological aids contribute a
not im ply ram bling extem porization little to facilitate m em ory, but they
that betrays failure to m ake adequate cannot com pare with the advantage of
preparation, for true eloqu en ce is in being full of the su bject and having a
spired b y the occasion of delivery only logical sequence of thought.
w hen a thorough grou n d w ork has A fter I have done all that I can to
been laid. First the preacher makes prepare G o d ’s message, I must release
him self ready, and then he lets him m y personality to the influence of the
self go. Spirit. The best place for the prepared
Dr. Charles W illiam K oller ventures outline is in a convenient pock et or
to suggest the prop ortion of ingredi in another part of the Bible. W hen it
ents in preaching w ithout notes. In lies before me, I am tem pted to use
his classroom lectures he estimates it. In preaching expository sermons,
that 50 per cent is saturation of the frequently I have important details
m ind w ith the subject, 40 p er cent is that I want to m ention at specific
organization o f the outline, and only points in the sermon. To get the se
10 per cent is m em orization. W hile quence of scriptural quotation correct,
I have no w ay to confirm his exact I sometimes place the num erical order
estimate, I do k n ow that his idea is of m y outline in the m argin of my
correct. W hen m y preparation is Bible. H ow ever, w henever I have to
som ew here near perfect, I find com resort to helps for m em ory, I feel that
paratively little d ifficu lty in m em oriz m y preparation is inadequate or m y
ing the essential points. If, how ever, serm on is too weighty. Even though
there rem ain flaws in the logic of the I find it hard to take the chance of
serm on structure, m y mind finds d if om itting choice bits o f truth, I enjoy
the greatest liberty w hen I part com
"■Pastor, Normal, Illinois. pany with my notes.
August, 1959 (359) 23
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August, 1959 (361) 25

Visitation Evangelism—
P a r a p h r a s e of H ebrew s 13:1 -1 6 talking and w atching T V , w hich

scarcely profit v ery m uch.
1. Let visitation evangelism con
tinue. 10. W e have a visitation program
w h ereof they have no right to
2. B e not forgetfu l to call on the
criticize w h ich do not participate
visitor: for thereby som e have
therein.
gained new members.
11. F or the person of this kind, who
3. R em em ber to call upon them that
com es to church only to escape
are bound by sin, as once you
hell, and not to help som eone else,
were; and them w hich are having
ought to be punished with ex-
troubles, as you som etim es have
com m unication.
them.
12. W h erefore Jesus also, that He
4. V isitation evangelism is h onor
might w in souls, carried out a
able in all churches, and the
visitation program of His own,
visitor is blessed; but those w ho
and witnessed to m any people.
fail to visit, G od w ill judge.
13. L et us go forth th erefore and do
5. Let you r visitation be without
visitation w ork, striving to win
argument, and be content with
souls.
w hatever results y ou obtain; for
He hath said, I w ill n ever leave 14. F or here w e have no guarantee of
thee, n or forsake thee. a full house, but w e must seek
one through visitation evangelism .
6. So that w e m ay b old ly say, The
L ord is m y helper, and I w ill carry 15. B y this m ethod, then, let us bring
on the visitation program in spite m en to G od continually, the fruit
of what m en shall do unto me. o f our labors, being thankful that
w e have w on them.
7. R em em ber also them w hich vis
16. B u t the Crusade for Souls and
ited you , w ho spoke unto y ou of
visitation evangelism forget not,
the W ord of G od: whose exam ple
fo r with such program s G od is
follow , considering the fact that
w ell pleased.
you too might w in a soul.
— J a c k C. P i s c h e l
8. V isitation evangelism was a good Pastor, W apello, Iowa
tool yesterday, it is such a tool to
day, and w ill be forever.
9. B e not disappointed with excuses, Tears are lenses through w hich our
many and weak. B ut it is a good dim eyes see m ore d eeply into heaven
thing if you r visitation be carried and look m ore fu lly upon G o d ’s face
on after prayer, not with foolish than in any other w ay.— J. R. M i l l e r .
C o m m u n it y G reeting C a m p a ig n Mr. Davis received thirty-one m em
bers b y profession of faith last year,
H ow about an annual Christian
so his plan must have yielded results.
com m unity greeting campaign from
you r ch u rch ?
G reeting cards are used at special
Brain Washing— American Style
seasons of the year such as Christmas
and Easter. Th ey are also given to in Soviet Russia has taught R ed China,
dividuals for special occasions such as and R ed China has taught N orth
birthdays, etc. K orea, and N orth K orea has used it
O nce each year (and preferably on ou r boys, but the art of brain wash
some other season than a greeting ing is not new. A m erican brain wash
card time, the church could have spe ing, that is, is not new. It is at least
cial Christian greeting cards printed. tw en ty-five years old.
These cards cou ld carry a message
First w e taught the w om en that
to the com m unity as w ell as an in sm oking was all right if they didn’t
vitation. The card could offer the get caught at it. Then soon they
services of the ch u rch and pastor. could do it in public if they didn’t
This Christian greeting campaign mind the disgrace. Later the disgrace
could becom e an annual affair. It was elim inated and it becam e popular.
could tell the people that the church Today teen-age girls in ju n ior high and
was glad they lived in this com m unity. high school must sm oke to be popular.
The card cou ld be a witness for Christ. A n d they do.
Such a cam paign w ou ld prom ote good
L iq u or cam e the same way. Tw enty
w ill and offer an annual contact with
years ago W ashington society told the
the parish.
nation to learn to drink . . . in m od
The cards cou ld be m ailed, but it
eration . . . both m en and w om en . . .
w ould be so m uch better if they w ere
and you n g people. W e learned to
handed out personally b y the church
drink but w e forgot the m oderation
members.
part. The liquor and beer industry
feed it to us on every page and in
A P a s t o r ’s C la s s
every com m ercial until our brains are
R ev. H arold Davis is the fine pastor washed. B ut instead of washed clean
of A m arillo, Texas, First C hurch of they are washed dirty.
the Nazarene. Som e time ago he sent A lso cam e the divorce. It was dis
in the follow in g plan. W e pass it on graceful. N ow it is so ordinary that
to our readers in his w ords: even the d ivorce jok es are stale. O ur
brains have been m ade to accept it.
"In order to get some new couples to
coming with whom we had acquaint A lso came gam bling, prom iscuous sex
ance, I started a ‘pastor’s class’ on relationships, dope addiction, crim e on
Sunday mornings. None already en the teen-age level, and a flo o d of
rolled in our Sunday school could H ollyw ood filth and sorry literature.
come to the class. They had to be It makes old-fashioned decency
new to our church. It has been going look like the m odel T. O ur only hope
on only a few weeks but has averaged
is in going back . . . not to the m odel
fifteen per Sunday. Best of all, two
T, but to the Ten Com m andm ents and
of the new couples have already been
saved, one of the couples already in the Serm on on the M ount and First
the church and the other coming. This Corinthians 13.
has encouraged some of the other folk — F le t c h e r S p ru ce
to try harder.” Pastor, Canton, Ohio
A ugust, 1959 (363) 27
The Evangelist Speaks
Should We Allow Irreverence?
By Eleanore Reasoner*
T rreverence is a sin and it sh ou ld because they knew he was concern ed

not be allow ed in the services of about them they cam e to a revival
the church. It is unreasonable that we service. T ragedy struck that service
should pray, study, preach, and sing in the form of irreveren ce on the part
and then allow irreverence in the of a teen-age b o y seated behind this
form of talking, laughing, love making, new couple. Th ey n ever returned to
gum chewing, and running to defeat that church. Five m onths of labor
all that might be accom plished. I have on the part of the pastor was destroyed
never fully approved the cry, “ G ive in a m om ent of time because of that
us the good old days,” but certainly sin that is so infrequently m entioned—
that characteristic of the entire fam ily irreverence.
sitting together could w ell be captured A n oth er time, having prayed and
today. wept over souls in preparation for a
Som e parents pride them selves on revival service, w e w ere alarm ed at
having their children in church every the atm osphere during the altar serv
Sunday. B ut are they really? W hile ice. A n yon e w h o cou ld sense the
present in the flesh they may be ab Spirit kn ew there w ere legions of
sent as far as their attitudes w hile devils turned loose. W hat was taking
they are in church. place while the invitation hym n “ Pass
The testim ony of a parent can sound M e Not, O G entle S a viou r” was being
aw fully em pty in service if his chil sung? A group of teen-agers were
dren are irreverent even to the point dancing to the music.
that the congregation and those on The cry o f ou r hearts is for men
the platform have failed to get the and w om en in the pulpit w ith b old
message. ness enough to cry out against this
If w e could w rite a b ook on exp eri sin— and call it for what it is. Pastors
ences w e have had and things we say, “ I d on ’t want to offen d parents;
have seen because o f irreveren ce in they w o n ’t co-operate with us when
ou r church the past tw elve years, it w e m ention it.” The Scriptures say,
w ould be a large one. “ S erve G od with rev eren ce” and
A n Illinois pastor told us how he “ w ithout fear.” W e as leaders can
had prayed for a you n g cou ple and teach our people to serve in reverence
called on them many times. Finally and then fo llow the lesson for our
♦Evangelist, Norwood, Ohio. selves and serve “ w ithout fear.”
G reeting V isito rs
As an evangelist I have been recognizing visitors in the revival services
and giving them a cop y of the special issue of the Herald of H oliness. Visitors
seem to like this gesture.
A l v i n D. R ic h a r d s

J"QUEEN of the PARSONAGE”
M ay she w ho in the parsonage dw ells be radiant, poised, seren e;

And ev e r y moment of each dot/ be e v e r y inch a q u een !— R. V.
Contributed by Ruth V aughn*
P o r tr a it of a Q ueen was used of G od to bring about this

revival was D. I. Vanderpool.
Mrs. D. I. V anderpool, w ife o f one
of our general superintendents, was A n drew , unlike the one of Biblical
born H arriet Em m alyn W hittington in fame, had no brother, but he p er
a hum ble farm hom e in Phillips C oun suaded his sister to espouse the cause
ty, Kansas. H er only brother, A ndrew , of holiness; so she becam e a Nazarene.
was born eight years before. Em m alyn felt that the L ord was call
ing her to the mission field, but felt
E m m alyn’s m other passed away
that H e w ould not be pleased with
after m ajor surgery w hen Em m alyn
less than thorough preparation. She
was only five and one-half years of
applied for appointm ent and was ac
age. The you n g girl assumed house
cepted by the B oard of Foreign M is
hold responsibilities as soon as she
sions. A s a part of this preparation
was old enough. She cook ed her first
she attended Pasadena College.
meal, unassisted, w hen she was eight
years of age. The follow in g year A n d rew was
m arried, and Mr. W hittington and
A t the age of eighteen Em m alyn se
Em m alyn bought a small acreage near
cured teaching credentials and began
N orton, Kansas. Emm alyn taught in
teaching in a cou n try school with
the com m unity until her father de
tw enty-eight pupils and all grades e x
cided to rem arry. Then she returned
cept one. A fter teaching tw o years
to Pasadena C ollege, w here she o b
she w ent to W ashburn C ollege in
tained a bachelor of arts degree.
Topeka, Kansas, w here she w ork ed in
a hom e just across the street from the W hat about her call? A fter m uch
church pastored by Dr. Charles M. praying and applying these tests about
Sheldon, author of In His Steps. im pressions: (1) Is it right? (2) Is it
reasonable? (3) Is it scriptural? (4)
D uring this time a you n g evangelist
Is it providential? she decided she
came to hold a revival at the school-
house near the farm w here her father was not called as a m issionary. The
and broth er lived. W hen she came answer to the first three was “ yes”
hom e from college, Em m alyn noted a but the answer to the fourth was
“ n o.”
very gratifying change had com e over
the com m unity. There had been only In the m e a n t i m e the above-
a Sunday school, but n ow a church m entioned Evangelist D. I. V an der
had been organized with forty-seven pool, his w ife, and four children had
charter m em bers. The evangelist w ho located in D enver, C olorado, where
he had accepted the pastorate of First
* Pastor’s wife, Am arillo, Texas. Church. Mrs. V anderpool, in ill health
A ugust, 1959 (365) 29
for a num ber of years, had m ajor daughter has a Christian fam ily and
surgery, from w hich she never re is active in the church.
covered. A fter her death in 1928, D. I. T hrough life ’s situations, Emmalyn
V an derpool and the children went to cou ld see as life unfolded that some
Pasadena, California, w here he was of the rugged experien ces of ch ild
called as pastor of B resee A ven u e hood w ere preparations fo r the greater
Church. tasks ahead. T h rou gh ou t her life she
T w o years later the paths of D. I. has realized the unequaled privilege
and Em m alyn crossed again and he o f being a co-w ork er with G od. The
says he persuaded her to do tw o glow ing radiance of her life and her
things: “ to give up her position and com m itm ent to the idea that Chris
take a jo b and to exchange her good tians should be at their best are a
old English name of W hittington for shining exam ple for all of us to
a H olland-D utch nam e.” Th ey w ere follow .
m arried in 1932. T ru ly this is a portrait of a queen!
Then cam e E m m alyn’s first exp eri R oyal C ookbook
ences as a m other and as a pastor’s
wife. In those sw eltering days w e look
for c-o-o-1 cooking! M y m other-in-
There w ere new lessons to be
law gave this recipe to me, w hich is
learned; depression was on and many
the quickest, coolest, and best cook y
church m em bers w ere out of w ork;
recipe I have ever run across.
there w ere responsibilities in con n ec
tion with the college; and there was 3 cups quick l/i cup pecans
no parsonage. But G od was present oatm eal 2 cups white
and H e answered p rayer above all Vi cup cocon u t sugar
that one could ask or think. 3 tbsp. cocoa V2 cup m ilk
Later the V anderpools pastored at 1 stick o f butter 1 tsp. vanilla
W alla W alla, W ashington, w here they C om bine oatmeal, cocon u t, cocoa, and
had a rich and fruitful ministry. Dr. nuts in bow l. In saucepan, place sugar,
V an derpool was elected district super milk, butter, and vanilla. C ook to a
intendent of N orthw est D istrict and full rolling boil for one minute. Pour
later was elected to the office of gen into dry ingredients. Spoon onto
eral superintendent. greased pan. C ool for firmness.
T hroughout these varied exp eri
O ver T eacu ps
ences and responsibilities Em m alyn
gave unstintingly o f her energies and “ B efore w e entered the m inistry, I
talents to the w ork o f the church. lived an u p-and-dow n life. I wasn’t
E ver a faithful helpm ate to her hus really bad, but I just cou ld n ’t be con
band in his w ork, she foun d time to sistent in m y experien ce. N ow that
make an active contribution to the w e have entered the m inistry, this
church and the district. A s a teacher has stopped. B ut the d evil keeps
she kept her interest in you n g people hounding m e w ith the thought that
and was ever zealous— in the local I am not in a position to tell others
church, at youth camps, and in the h ow to be a Christian w hen I couldn’t
hom e— that those under her influence keep an exp erien ce before I entered
should learn to live n obly fo r Christ. the parsonage. H ow can I defeat the
The lives of the children have re devil on this point before he defeats
flected the true caliber and training m e?”
of Dr. and Mrs. V anderpool. A ll three I believe that the A postle Paul
o f the sons are ministers, and the answ ered the devil in the best possible
way w hen attacked on this point when 1. M ake G od first . . . always have
he said, “ B ut this one thing I do, fo r a time for fam ily devotions and make
getting those things w hich are behind, this an interesting time for children.
and reaching forth unto those things Let them participate in various ways.
which are b efore, I press tow ard the 2. B e a unit as a fam ily . . . w ork
mark for the prize o f the high calling together, pray together, play together,
of G od in Christ Jesus” (Philippians have fun as a family.
3:13-14). 3. The fam ily’s dress should be
B o o k s h e lf w ith L ace neat, but not extrem e, and above all,
A rth u r W entw orth H ew itt did the steer clear of anything that might
m inister’s w ife a great service w hen cause criticism or friction in the
he w rote the b ook entitled The Shep church.
herdess. H e delves into the various 4. N ever discuss problem s in front
phases of the life of a pastor’s w ife of the children.
such as helpm eet, a practical econ o 5. Let love and cheerfulness dom i
mist, a teacher, a presiding officer, a nate you r home.
hostess, etc. This w ill be one of the
6. K eep good reading m aterial in
most beneficial books in y ou r library.
a convenient place and keep abreast
($2.00, Nazarene Publishing H ouse)
of current events.
T h e K i n g ’s H o u s e 7. K eep within you r budget and
N eed som e b ook ends for y ou r m is avoid debts.
cellaneous b ook s? Flatirons m ake de 8. N ever divulge anything told you
lightful ones. Y o u can obtain the irons in confidence.
at any ju n k yard. Secure a pair the 9. See that the pastor has ample
same size and clean thoroughly. G ive time for study w ithout interruption
them three coats of flat paint. W hen from the fam ily and as far as possible
that is dry, add any color touches to from the telephone.
match y o u r color schem e, and a spray 10. K eep files of m aterial that will
of flow ers on the inset part w ill cor be helpful to the pastor . . . clippings,
respond nicely. illustrations, poem s . . . m aterial that
H ea rt T a lk m ight help to m ake a serm on appeal
W hen asked about suggestions for ing, interesting, and extol the One
guidance fo r the m inister’s w ife, Mrs. w ho said, “ A n d I, if I be lifted up
D. I. V an d erp ool subm itted those she from the earth, w ill draw all men
had w ritten as guideposts for herself. unto m e.”
J5
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Em r T R A IN -O -T H O ’T
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It is said that eight pounds of steel w ill make

an ax, but eight pounds o f steel is not an ax. It re
quires three things: shape, edge, and polish. This
is w hat training does fo r the Christian to prepare him
for service.
August, 1959 (367) 31

Music in the Church
I. The Importance of Musicians
By A ndrew F. Cone*
T h e C h r i s t i a n religion has always W e recognize, how ever, that in most

been a singing religion, although of our local situations w e have less
it is only fair to say that there has than the ideal. A p oor pianist, a lack
not always been perfect agreem ent of natural leadership, a fear of un
as to what constitutes allow able music con trolled im pulse, an excessive ad
for church services. herence to an ironclad program , or an
The holiness people especially have unwise ch oice on the part of leaders—
been noted for their enthusiastic, any of these can suppress or nullify
w holehearted, spontaneous singing. In the spontaneity of the singing.
fact, this has been so evident that W ith this thought in mind, and at
some, sensing a lack of the old-tim e the risk of contradicting m yself, allow
glory, have been guilty of putting the m e to say that there are certain prin
cart before the horse. They have at ciples which, observed in a general
tempted, by stepping up the tem po w ay, w ill stimulate interest and make
and volum e of the song service, to it possible for the spirituality which
com pensate for that lack. M ore ac exists already in the heart of the
curately probably, they have tried to w orshiper to express itself in a way
create a spiritual service b y the use m ore satisfactory to both preacher
of that w hich can only be a vehicle and people.
for the expression of an already exist A really com plete presentation of
ing spirituality, or else be a flat, taste the problem , of course, w ou ld not ig
less, imitation, or an exhausting nore the part played b y the acoustics
marathon. of the building, the arrangem ent of
Theoretically w e kn ow that it is furnishings, and the tem perature and
im possible to regulate the responses ventilation of the room , w hich can
of people b y a set of rules and to either m ake or break the service. In
m anipulate their em otions with a push these articles w e shall content our
button program . N evertheless, in selves with this b rief indication of
speaking of m usic in the church, we their im portance in ord er to concen
are in eminent danger of im plying trate upon the m ore immediate ele
that if you use m y m echanics and ments of personalities and program.
run b y m y rules you will be able to If you are fortunate enough to have
create the atm osphere you desire. A c a good, spiritual, co-operative song
tually, outside the classroom , p sych o leader, w hether hired or volunteer, by
logically planned services are seldom all means use him or her. However,
satisfactory. N othing can surpass m ake sure that he is in sym pathy with
spontaneity, directed b y the H oly y ou r general view s and is not run
Spirit. This represents the ideal. ning a separate and com peting church
*Pastor, Gardiner, Maine. service. In m any cases the pastor will
of necessity be his ow n song leader, has not discovered to his sorrow , along
and this is not always an unm itigated the checkered career of the pastorate
evil. There are advantages to having or evangelistic field, that these do not
one man at the helm of the service. necessarily constitute a good accom
In any case never be guilty o f riding panist for congregation or special
the load. If you sit on the platform singer?
as a spectator, you r exam ple w ill have
The first of these additional require
a cooling effect on the spirit of the
ments is spirituality, for no amount
service. On the other hand, even
of research, training, or p rojection can
though you have v ery little m usical
put an unsaved pianist into the proper
talent, you r w holehearted co-operation
w orshipful m ood w hich marks the
adds to the service. A n d rem em ber,
distinction betw een spiritual music
most m em bers of the congregation are
and just music.
far from being outstanding singers too.
Again, if y ou r voice range does not N ext com es what we might call
allow you to sing the m elody, you can flexibility, or the ability to follow the
still throw everything you have into lead of the song leader instead of as
singing a h arm ony part, and get suming that prerogative for them
blessed doing it. selves as if by divine right. Even
F or convenience, our su bject may w hen he is w rong, the leader must
be divided into three categories: first, receive the support of his accom panist
the congregational singing; second, to the full extent of her ability. If
special m usic, including instrum ental he is aw ay off the beam m usically,
music and special singing; and third, do as the wise p reach er’s w ife does.
the invitation, w hich, while prim arily T ell him about it— in a kind w ay—-
congregational, should have separate on Tuesday.
consideration. A s an introduction we There must be understanding and
shall briefly consider the roles of sym pathy betw een the leader and the
pianists and song leaders. pianist in order to obtain the best
Basic to all the m usic program of results from the team. The tem po and
the ch u rch is a good pianist. If you style of singing are the direct responsi
have one of those versatile, all-around, bility of the leader, although a good
w ell-trained, natural m usicians w ho pianist is quick to recognize w eak or
can carry a congregation, follow a hesitant leadership and w ill provide
soloist, support a group, and catch firm and definite assistance, in order
choruses on the fly, be thankful and that the congregation may know
pray for you r less fortunate brethren w here they are going and have a clear
— their nam e is legion. There is no idea of w hen they have arrived.
need, h ow ever, to give up in despair The goal of the church pianist
because you r pianist cannot m easure should be, not too little too late, nor
up to this high standard. If she recog too m uch too soon, but rather a “ feel-
nizes her lim itations and w ill co a ble” support and, if necessary, a
operate in com pensating for them, an gentle leadership. Let the singers lead
adequate and satisfactory m usic p ro but d on ’t leave them to flounder in
gram can still be maintained. im potent hesitancy. I have sung with
A great deal has been said about accom panists w hen I have been
the qualifications of a good pianist. tem pted to sit dow n and allow them
A nd certainly natural talent plus tech to finish their solos without hindrance
nical skill makes a pleasant con trib u from me. On the other hand, I have
tion to the service. N evertheless, w ho gripped the seat in agonized sym pathy
August, 1959 (369) 33
as some p oor singer blindly reached ber is being sung. Furtherm ore, it
for the “ bread ” of a distinct m elody is difficu lt to have a satisfactory serv
w hile the pianist handed him a “ stone” ice w ithout 100 per cent co-operation
o f beautiful, harm onizing chords. They in the singing. If as pastor, you
w ou ld have been perfect for a strong, do you r ow n announcing, use you r
experienced voice, but w ere as use preaching voice. If you must save
less to that poor, forsaken n ovice as you r voice, do it on the singing, never
a road map to a man w ho needs a on the announcing.
Seeing Eye dog. A safe guide for the It is not necessary nor even advis
accom panist is: Study you r singer; able that song leaders, any m ore than
then lead the follow ers and follow the preachers, should be cast in a rigid
leaders. m old of similarity. The leader must
N ext, in order to a good song be free and natural, but clow n ing and
service, is a leader. Strange to say, spectacular stunts should be avoided.
the ability to sing w ell is not the pri Seldom is it w ise for the song leader
m ary requisite of a song leader, al to tell stories or jok es as a prelim inary
though a degree of ability is m uch to to beginning the service. These are
be preferred. Since, how ever, the real useful to a preacher starting cold, as
purpose of a song leader is to get the a means o f establishing rapport with
people to sing, his over-all personality his crow d ; but the song leader has at
is of the utmost im portance. He must his com m and the best possible means
have a clear, understandable voice, for accom plishing this, sim ply b y do
loud enough to be heard b y all the ing his job. P eople w h o sing together
congregation. The people m ay as w ell w h oleheartedly are seldom reserved
have no books as not kn ow what num and distant from the leader.
L e a n C h r is t ia n s T h i n k T h e s e O ver
They own Bibles, but feed on news “ If you are a Christian, you can ex
papers. pect folk to criticize you. But you can
They sing about peace, but do not sur live so no one will believe them.
render to it. “If all would speak as kindly of the
living as they do of the dead, slander
They pray that the kingdom of Heaven
would disappear from the earth.
may come, but block the way by worldly
“Be careful what you say about your
living.
church, for remember that your church
They listen to sermons on unselfish is you !”
ness, but pamper themselves in food and — S elected
dress.
They wear crosses, but shrink from T h o u g h t s o n A d v e r s it y
bearing them.
“Much depends on the way we come
— S elected
into trouble. Paul and Jonah were both
in a storm, but the circumstances were
quite different.”
“ God is not only a ‘Present help in
“D o n ’ t i n s u l t t h e L o r d b y time of trouble’ but a great help in keep
D—R—A —G—G—I—N—G into church ing us out of trouble.”
services always late. If you just try a “There’s not enough darkness in the
little, you can be on time!” whole world to put out the light of a
— Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Bulletin single candle.”
34 (370) The P reacher's Magazine
SERMON WORKSHOP
Contributed by Nelson G . Mink*
Dr. H. F. Reynolds once said: “If we C h o ic e S a y i n g s

would consecrate like Grandfather did,
and pray like Grandfather did, and give “Happy is the man that renounces
like Grandfather did, and attend meet anything that places a strain upon his
ings as faithfully as Grandfather did, conscience.
we would get blessed like Grandfather “ Better to have clean hands and a
did.” pure heart than to have clever hands
and a smooth tongue.
— Copied from
“Man’s best Friend, Jesus, has con
Bunola, Pennsylvania, Bulletin quered man’s worst enemy, death!
“The straight road may sometimes be
a hard one, but nobody ever got lost
T he B ib l e
on it.”
“A book that exposes me to myself, —North Wildwood, New Jersey
that tells me all that is in my heart, that Baptist Bulletin
lays bare the very deepest moral springs
of my nature, that judges me thoroughly, S entence S erm on s
and at the same time reveals to me One
who meets my every need—such a book “Friendship is the art of overlooking
carries its own credentials with it. It the shortcomings of others.
craves not, and needs not, letters of “The man who does his best today
commendation from man. It stands in will be hard to best tomorrow.
no need of his favor, in no dread of his “How to say ‘no’ in eight words: ‘I’ll
wrath.” think it over and let you know.’
— A uthor U n k n o w n “It is when we forget ourselves that
we do things that are remembered.
“ Some folk remind us of blisters; they
T here I s N o G od never show up until the work is almost
done.
Nikita S. Krushchev has reaffirmed
his personal belief that “there is no God.”
Interviewed in Moscow just before he S h o w e r s o f B l e s s in g
was elected by the Supreme Soviet to be For seven long, dry years, the 15,000
premier of the U.S.S.R., he declared that inhabitants of suburban Westchester,
religious conviction is “a private matter Chicago, suffered a water shortage. Now
for each person.” He bluntly presented
they have plenty. Someone discovered
his own position in these words: “ I think at long last that three water main valves
that there is no God, and for a long time were partly closed. A few simple turns—
I have had such an idea. I am an ad and the water shortage was over.
herent of a scientific outlook. Science Commented one minister: “ Perhaps
and the belief in supernatural powers there is a good lesson here. Maybe we
cannot go together.”
have been asking God for showers of
— S elected blessing, when all we needed to do was
to turn a few valves in our own lives.”
■"Pastor, Connell, Washington. —“ Wiley Mission News” (N.J.)
August, 1959 (371) 35
The Preaching of John the Baptist
By Ira E. Fowler*
S c r ip t u r e :The voice of one crying him self is the Speaker through that
in the wilderness. P repare y e the way voice. It is always thus w ith every
of the L ord, m ake his paths straight true prophet. This preacher was no
(L u k e 3 :4 ). glory seeker. He had no selfish am
F or over three hundred years G od ’s bitions. His mission was not to seek
people had been w ithout a true prop h a name and a throne for him self. John
et. M alachi brought the last message was not seeking a kingdom over w hich
from God to Israel; and in John the to rule; rather he was preaching the
kingdom of G od. N o throne for John
Baptist, G od seems to have gathered
up three hundred years of burning, — he was seeking to enthrone Christ
searing truth, pent-up pow er and re in the hearts of men.
buke, and bestow ed them upon this John the Baptist was no "soft-
greatest prophet of all, the foreru n soaper.” H e had learned obedien ce to
ner of Christ, John the Baptist. G od; he was filled with the H oly
See the hum ble prophet, clothed in Ghost. He had a message that the
his cam el’s hair girdle and anointed w orld needed then and that it needs
b y the H oly Ghost. Yes, John was today. John declared w ar on sin. He
anointed to preach. John had no fear. had no cheap, fan cy little serm on-
His was no “ please the p eop le” d o c ettes and high brow ed lectures, served
trine of traditions. His was no w h ite with a dainty china cu p of w arm tea
washing prattle to please old H erod, and a w ell-bak ed cook y. No, for John
the king. No, John let the chips fall kn ew that these could n ever take the
place of a thundering, burning m es
w here they w ould. His was a m es
sage of repentance, of forsaking sin, sage of truth from G o d ’s W ord. This
of restitution, of clean and h oly liv S pirit-filled prophet made all-out war
ing. on sin. W orldliness, h ypocrisy, luke
warmness, spiritual deadness had to
The m ighty Baptist had a G od-given
go.
message. His message was not given
to please the people but to save them. John lost his head for preaching
His was no message o f reform ation but like that. The execu tion er’s ax stilled
his p ow erfu l voice, but his message
of salvation. John did not waste his
time prattling about “ little” details of thunders on. Som eh ow I feel that his
voice is still active today, for among
the law— he thundered repentance.
He had a mission, a calling, a duty, that B lood-w ash ed arm y of G od ’s re
deem ed, w ho stand before the Lamb
and with all o f his G od-given pow ers
upon the throne, blending with the
he sought to stir a sleeping nation
prophets Samuel, Isaiah, Jeremiah,
and awaken a slum bering conscience
and others in their praise to the risen
to the awful fact of sin.
Christ, is the voice of the great proph
Hear the prophet speak “ I am the
et John the Baptist, son o f Zacharias,
voice of one crying in the w ilderness,”
the priest.
— “ R epent y e .” Just a voice, but G od
O G od, let the mantle of John fall
upon me. Take away my small
* Pastor, Parkersburg, West Virginia. thoughts, desires, and ambitions.
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SEFtivnoisr s t a r t e r s Certainty of God’s Judgment
Text: Isaiah 30:8-17
I would introduce by showing justice
h a s been a call from som e
'^ T ' h e r e of final state of Lazarus and the rich man.
A of our readers for m ore “ sermon Next, God will reveal all unforgiven sin.
Our sins are as permanent as a tablet
starters,” b rief ideas or texts and
of stone and as public as a book. These
subjects w hich w ill be springboards Jews were rebellious, liars, and rejecters
for finished sermons. It is the feeling of seers and prophets. God shows that
of som e that this is the m ost valuable judgment is as a falling breach from
type of serm on outline m aterial that a wall, ready to shatter as a potter’s
we can give. L et us give it a try. But vessel, a total destruction. Yet God can
without the help o f m any it cannot be found (v. 15). Those saved shall stand
reach its full worth. Please send in out as a beacon and an ensign (v. 17).
you r idea or the “ serm on you w ould —P. F. W a n k e l
P a s t o r , D u p o , Illin ois
like to preach som etim e.” There is
no set pattern after w hich this must be
done. Perhaps you have a text and a God’s Family
subject with a them e w hich w ill com
II Corinthians 6:17— 7:1
S c r ip t u r e :
pose the b od y of the message; perhaps
Separation may be typified by Abra
you have a text and a thought that
ham as he came out from Ur of Chaldees
w ould logically com e from the text;
and was separated from its pantheism.
perhaps you have the skeleton of the God’s children are to touch not (dust
outline. W hatever it is, let us have it. always shows on white gloves); we are
For each one published w e will pay to be clean. God promises to receive
(on publication ) $1.00. B elow are His separated ones, as a weary child is
some suggestions as to what w e mean. received by a father at evening. He will
W atch for this feature each month adopt us, which gives to us all the privi
(as long as w e have m aterial to fill it.) leges of belonging. The prodigal re
— E d it o r . turned as a son and not as a servant.
This scripture challenges us to be clean
morally and spiritually. We have the
Salvation song “Washed in the Blood.” We are to
perfect holiness. Paul in II Timothy
Text: Romans 6:23 4:6-8 gives the end of a life lived in
a devotion without flaw.
1. Wages—remuneration for our ef —P. F. W a n k e l
forts or actions; taken payment for a P a s t o r , D u p o , Illin ois
portion of our life and physical potential.
2. Sin— any thought, word, or deed
that we know is contrary to God’s will: Christian Abilities
anything that robs us of our spiritual joy. Judges 20:16
S c r ip t u r e :
3. Death—separation from familiar This scripture shows a chosen band of
persons and things; a change in our men. We are God’s elect. We need the
status; an end of things as presently same qualities as demonstrated by these
known. left-handed men. They showed ability,
4. Gift—unmerited favor: given to us for they could sling stones; adaptability,
without consideration of just deserts. for they overcame handicap of back
5. Eternal—evei’lasting; without end. wardness and found a place of distinction
6. Life—spiritual reality in God’s in a right-handed world; dependability,
presence. for they could sling stones and not miss.
— P. F. W a n k e l —P. F. W a n k e l
P a s t o r , D u p o , Illin ois P a s t o r , D u p o , Illin ois
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Sermons That Sing About Jesus Things W e Should Do
1st Sunday: for One Another
“Jesus and His Love to Me” 1. “Pray one for another” (James 5:
“Jesus and My Love for Him” 16).
2nd Sunday: 2. “ Confess your faults one to an
“Jesus and His Call to Me” other . . .” (James 5:16).
“Jesus and My Obedience to Him” 3. “Exhort one another . . .” (Hebrews
3rd Sunday: 3:13).
“Jesus and My Salvation in Him” 4. “Love one another . . .” (I Peter
“Jesus and His Cross for Me” 1:22).
5. “ Bear one another’s burdens . .
4th Sunday:
(Galatians 6:2).
“Jesus and His Leadership for Me”
6. "Comfort one another . . .” (I Thes-
“Jesus and My Friendship with Him”
salonians 4:18).
5th Sunday: 7. Teach and admonish one another
“Jesus and His Presence with Me” (Colossians 3:16).
“Jesus and My Worship of Him”
— N elso n G . M in k
6th Sunday:
Pastor, C onnell, W ashington
“Jesus and His Atonement for Me”
(Communion)
“Jesus and My Peace in Him”
Gathering to the Center
7th Sunday:
“Jesus and His Care for Me” Text: “ They came to him from every
“Jesus and My Prayer to Him” quarter” (Mark 1:45). This was one of
8th Sunday: Spurgeon’s famous themes and outlines.
“Jesus and His Grace for Me” His divisions were as follows:
“Jesus and My Praise to Him” I. Christ at the center chronological
9th Sunday: ly-
“Jesus and His Return for Me” II. Christ at the center mediatorially.
“Jesus and My Work for Him” III. Christ at the center of needful
10th Sunday: man.
“Jesus and His Home for Me” I V . Christ in the “ midst” for worship
“Jesus and My Walk with Him” (when two or three are gathered).
V . Christ in the heart of the believer.
Jesus said, “And I, if I be lifted up
from the earth, will draw all men unto — N e l s o n G. M i n k
me” (John 12:32). Pastor, Connell, Washington
— F letch eh S pr u ce
Pastor, Canton, Ohio
A Pure Heart— Like unto a Pearl
Text: “ I . . . will give him a white
stone, and in the stone a new name”
Foreign Missions
(Revelation 2:17).
T ext: “ Come over into Macedonia, and I. A pearl is valuable— obtained at
help us” (Acts 16:9). great difficulty.
1. Come, for we want to hear the II. A pearl is formed within a living
message. creature.
III. A pearl is produced from great
2. Come, for the harvest is ripe—
grain is perishing. suffering.
IV. The pearl, emblem of purity of
3. Come away from the things of your heaven. Gateposts of pearl, etc.
own interest. V. The pearl and the “ new name.”
4. Come, accept the challenge of souls. (Name in scripture indicates character.)
5. Come, for the time is short. — N elson G. M in k
—N. G. M. Pastor, Connell, Washington
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AP R E A C H IN G P R O G R A M fo r A u g u st
III. A F e w S teps H e D id n ’ t T a k e
A. He didn’t attend to his soul’s
need—neglected the church.
Corruptible Treasures 1. “ Church good for women and
children.”
S c r ip t u r e : Luke 12:16-20
2. “Do just as good at home.”
There is nothing wrong
In t r o d u c t i o n : 3. “ Revivals are costly and a
in exploring new territory or under nuisance.”
taking new enterprises, nor is it B. He puts stress on the physical.
irreligious for a man to expand his His treasures b u 1 g i n g— soul
program. shriveling (I Timothy 6:9).
There are many people who have Spiritually he was bankrupt.
ventured into various fields of labors Soul very poor.
and enterprises and were fairly suc IV. A F e w J u d g m e n t s H e W o u l d S o o n
cessful and seldom stop to thank H a v e t o F ace
God. They say, “Why should I? A. To face a gospel and Christ,
All this has been achieved by my whom he had neglected (R o
own wisdom and ingenuity. There mans 2:16; Hebrews 2 :1).
fore it is needless to attribute praise B. To face the awful fact that his
where praise is not due.” insurance policy is invalid at the
Let us consider how foolish this judgment. All of his wealth
man was in this narrative and re could not redeem his soul in
ceive instruction. hell (Psalms 49:7).
C. To face a fire whose fires will
I. A F e w M i s t a k e s H e M ade
never be quenched.
A. He was self-confident and not D. To face the horribleness of
God-conscious. It is serious to eternity’s night.
plan without God. Couldn’t say,
If God’s will, I’ll do,” etc. His Turn from your sin and
C o n c l u s io n :
thoughts centered on personal selfish ambitions and let Christ be

security. (See I Timothy 6:10.) come your Saviour and Partner in
this life and the life to come.
B. He had an incurable disease— — H e n r y T . B e ye r , P astor
covetousness. Building earthly Baton Rouge, Louisiana
castles— for time and not for
eternity. He was a man of ex
treme wealth. Natural abilities.
Strong sense of ego. Notice sev The Saddest Words Ever Spoken
eral personal pronouns. S c r ip t u r e : Matthew 7:15-27
II. A F e w T h i n g s H e D i d n ’t D o
Text: Matthew 7:23
A. Failed to see the need of divine
assistance. No one likes to be made
I n t r o d u c t io n :
sad but we all like to be made glad.
B. Failed to m oth-proof his earthly How will it be when you meet the
treasures and burglar-proof his Lord? Sad or glad?
barns (Luke 12:33). I. T he W o rds , “ D epart from M e ,”
C. Failed to see needs of others. B rou g ht D is a p p o in t m e n t .
Lived for self and not for others A. They had expected to hear the
(I Timothy 6:17). words, “Well done.”
D. Failed to see that life consisted B. They had done many good
not merely in food and raiment works.
(Romans 14:17). C. They had looked forward to this
August, 1959 (375) 39
time that they might be with the The Modern-Day Esau
Lord. Genesis 25:29-34
S c r ip t u r e :
D. They failed in not being born
Esau was a man that
again and sanctified.
liked to hunt but did not take much
E. They thought they were perfect
thought about tomorrow. He did
ly ready for His coming.
not accept very much personal re
II. “ D ep a r t f r o m M e ,” W a s S p o k e n to sponsibility; he liked to be happy-
A c t iv e l y R e l ig io u s P e o p l e . go-lucky and easygoing.
A. Where will the idlers be? I. E sa u U n d u l y E xpo sed H im s e l f to
B. They had a zeal T e m p t a t io n s .
1. Cast out devils. A. Made no preparations for the
2. Preached or witnessed. essential things of life. '
C. Have we many works? 1. Food, shelter, and clothing.
1. Visited the jail, invited others 2. He was vulnerable because of
to church, brought t h e i r worn-out body.
tithes to the church, attended 3. We can become vulnerable
all services possible, and did by—
many other works. a. Having close friends in
2. Boosted after they got there. the world.
3. God have mercy on us or we b. Attending sinful places.
will hear these words, “ De c. Giving in to our appetites.
part from me.” B. Anything that will dull your
conscience is dangerous.
III. T he S ad dest W ords N eed N o t H av e
1. Could prove to be the ter
B een S poken.
mites that will destroy.
A. Jesus made provisions for sal
2. Anything that will glorify sin
vation from our sins.
and cheapen holy things is
1. The new birth (John 3:3).
wrong.
2. Sanctification (Hebrews 13:
3. Many modern-day Esaus sell
12).
out for success and popu
B. The Holy Spirit will convict if
larity.
we will give Him a chance.
II. E s a u S old O u t t h e M o s t I m p o r t a n t
1. When we do wrong do we
T h in g H e P o s s e s s e d .
feel bad about it?
A. Price, one meal.
2. Has He spoken to us either
1. Lost everything that had real
about some wrong or some
value.
thing good He wanted us to
2. When a person’s character is
do? Did we obey?
gone, not much is left.
To hear Him say, “Depart
C o n c l u s io n : 3. He got the pottage, but what
from me,” is saying it is eternal hell. a price!
Does He know you now? Are you B. Jacob knew these values. He
a child of the King? We must not won at this point.
become satisfied with our religious C. Esau did not put values where
lives. We must not let little or big they should have been.
things stand between us and God. D. Where are your values?
— C . M . R oby III. T he P rice for B e in g a M o d e r n - day
C la r k sd a le , M is siss ip p i E s a u C ould B e :
A. The soul eternally lost.
B. It could be life in prison.
C. It could be that all respect is
“ G ive B enjamin U p ” lost for you.
T e x t: “The m an d id s o le m n ly p ro te st D. Some folk think they are living
u n to u s, sa y in g , Y e sh a ll n o t see m y only for today.
fa c e , e x c e p t y o u r b r o th e r b e w ith y o u ” —C. M. R o b y
( G e n e s is 4 3 : 3 ) . P a s t o r , Clarksdale, Mississippi

The Purpose of the Comforter The Angel Blockade
S c r ip t u r e : John 14:12-31 S c r ip t u r e : Numbers 22:22
Text: John 14:16 This is the day of block
ades. The blockade of roads by
Everyone loves good com
police to apprehend criminals. The
panions. Jesus loved the companion
doctor blocks a nerve to prevent
ship of His disciples. But Jesus must
pain. The electrician blockades an
lead millions home, so He must go
by the way of the Cross. Therefore electrical circuit to work on lines.
the disciples must replace His earth I. G od B l o c k a d e s t h e R oad T h a t S i n
ly friendship by the abiding Com ners M ig h t B e S a v e d .
forter. Jesus would pray that the A. Elijah (I Kings 18); Samuel
Father would send this Comforter (I Samuel 13); Elisha (II Kings
to them. 5); crowing of the cock (Mat
thew 26); Paul sent to Felix and
I. T he C om forter as a C o m p a n io n
Agrippa (Acts 24— 26).
(John 14:16).
B. God tries to blockade the path
A. Love (15:12).
of all sinners.
B. Help (14:18).
C. Share burdens (14:18). II. A n A n g e l B l o c k a d e s th e P a t h of
D. Share joys (15:11). the W ayw ard B ala a m .
E. Give courage (Acts 2:19). A. The angel blocks the way.
F. Give strength (15:7). B. The animal speaks.
G. Give peace (14:27). C. The angel speaks.
II. T h e C o m f o r t e r Is t o T e s tify of III. B a l a a m C on fe sse s, R epents, an d Is
C h r is t (15:26). W il l i n g t o M in d G o d .
A. A witness must testify to the A. Balaam blesses Israel.
facts of the trial. B. Balaam fills the office of a good
B. Testifies that Jesus is the Son prophet.
of God. C. The angel blockade is successful
C. Testifies that sin has b e e n in saving Israel.
purged (Hebrews 13:12).
C o n c l u s io n : Let us mind the blockades
D. Testifies to the peace of God
of God.
(John 16:33).
— A . F. R aloff
E. Testifies to the experience (John
P asto r , Adrian, Michigan
14:17).
F. His testimony will be of Christ
(John 16:8).
III. H e R e p l a c e s t h e E a r t h l y M i n i s t r y
o f C h r is t. 4 E V E N I N G
A. The day of the Spirit (16:7).
B. They and we need the power Hints for Husbands
(Matthew 3:11).
S c r ip t u r e : I Peter 3:7
C. The Comforter is the Holy Ghost
(14:26). In t r o d u c t i o n :
D. The Comforter comes only to the Peter now speaks of the hus
born again (14:17). band’s courteous response to the
— C. M. R o b y wife’s courteous deference.
P a s t o r , C la r k sd a le , M is siss ip p i Each must honor the other and
neither should rob the other of due
respect. “Likewise, ye husbands ..
If I had read as much as other men, Peter himself seems to have lived
I should have known no more than other an exemplary life at this point.
men. The place to begin the practice
— T h o m a s H obbes of the precept of 2:17 ( “Honour all
A ugust, 1959 (377) 41
men” ) is in the home and toward 1. This makes her his equal in
one’s helpmate. the fundamental relation
So husband and wife are to live ships of life.
as: joint tenants of the domestic 2. Both are fellow believers
association, joint instruments of the and therefore fellow inheri
divine service, and joint heirs of tors.
divine salvation. B. Each may help the other to in
herit the promise.
I. L iv e C o n s id e r a t e l y w it h Y our
IV. B ew are of T hose F a il u r e s T hat
W iv e s .
H in d e r Y o u r P r a y e r s .
A. Apply Christian intelligence to A. Inconsiderateness of the wife
the marriage relationship. will hinder one’s access to God.
1. “ With an intelligent recog 1. Violations of the law of love,
nition of the nature of the especially toward those near
marriage relation.”—Vincent. est to and most dependent
2. Be thoughtful and reason upon us, has a chilling effect
able, having a real under on the fervency of one’s
standing of the principles of prayers.
Christian duty as they bear 2. God cannot hear the prayer
on the responsibilities of a of an oppressor, nor is ill
husband. His is the number will in the soul of the op
one responsibility in mar pressed conducive to sincere
riage. prayer.
B. A Christian husband invests his B. Dissensions p r e v e n t united
wife with dignity. prayer.
1. Contrast this with the hea 1. The two of you cannot agree
then attitude of Peter’s day. in your asking.
2.. Contrast this with the H e 2. Lack of love begets lack of
brew attitude of Peter’s day. confidence: and lack of con
3. The husband may be “head fidence, a lack of spontaneity
of the house” but he must in prayer; and lack of re
not be dictator or tyrant. spect for each other’s prayers
II. B e s t o w H onor o n the W eaker S e x . — the net result is failure to
pray at all.
A. Treat her as a “ weaker vessel”
among the furnishings of God’s The attitude of a true
C o n c l u s io n :
household. Christian husband will cause one to:
1. The comparison applies only Husband the wife’s well-being
to the physical realm. Hallow her femininity
2. The more delicate and fragile Honor her heirship, and
things require more careful Hate all prayer-hindering fail
treatment. ures
B. Assign to her more honor. Married life must be a means of
1. She may be physically weak grace to both parties.
er but she is not spiritually —Ross E. P rice
inferior. P a sa d en a , C aliforn ia
2. She too is a vessel of God’s
making.
C. Assign her the lighter tasks.
Carry the heavy end of the log
“The Battle of the Five Kings”
yourself.
Text: ‘A n d Joshua said . . . Come near,
III. R e c o g n iz e H er as J o in t H e ir of put your feet upon the necks of these
the G race o f L if e . kings. And they came near, and put
A. God’s gift of eternal life belongs their feet upon the necks of them”
to woman as well as man. (Joshua 10:24).
After Entire Sanctification sense of the word in its approach to
— What? life. After entire sanctification, let
us press toward the fullest realiza
S c r ip t u r e : Ephesians 3:13-21 tion of God’s holy purpose, in
Entire sanctification as a
In t r o d u c t i o n : growth in grace, in study of scrip
second definite work of grace, sub tural truth, in an increase of faith
sequent to regeneration, is our car by wholesome exercise of the faith
dinal doctrine. How essential that we have, in an enrichment of love,
every Christian be wholly sanctified! and in constant watchfulness for the
Every soul must avoid the danger coming of the Lord!
of settling down into complacency — R upert C raven s
with a theoretical belief that he has L a iv r e n c e b u r g , T e n n e s s e e
“ arrived,” and that life has no daily
challenge for him. God’s provision
makes the life of the sanctified to be
a full and rich life, proving its “ plus
God’s Work in Man’s Life
factor” until death.
I. G r o w t h i n G r ace (See II Peter 3: S c r ip t u r e : Hebrews 13:12-25
18.) Text: Hebrews 13:20-21
II. S t u d y o f S c r ip t u r a l T r u t h (See Only God can complete
II Timothy 2:15.) man’s nature and make him fit to
III. I n c r e a s e o f F a it h live in this world and in the next.
A. Barnabas sent to Antioch—his This text reveals His plan.
accomplishment as a result of his I. T here I s t h e P e a c e .
faith (Acts 11:24). A. The world has no peace.
B. We have . . access by faith 1. No international peace.
into this grace wherein we stand 2. No peace among men.
. . .” (Romans 5 :2). Standing in 3. No personal peace.
greater grace comes through an a. Sin involves all men.
increase of faith, just as we en b. Sin disturbs man.
ter into grace by faith. This is c. Sin separates from the
all possible in the life that has God of peace.
been made perfect in love by an B. Only Christ can give peace.
instantaneous act. 1. He is the Prince of Peace.
2. There can be peace among
C. Establishing faith for all emer
men.
gencies of life is the requirement
for the children of God (I Corin 3. There can be personal peace.
thians 16:13; II Timothy 4: 7). II. T here Is t h e P e r f e c t io n .
A. Not the perfection of the divine.
IV. E n r i c h m e n t o f L ove
There is only one God.
A. See scripture reading.
B. Not angelic perfection. The
B. I Corinthians 13:4-8.
angels were not involved in the
V. W a t c h f u l n e s s for t h e C o m i n g o f Fall.
t h e L ord (II Peter 3:10-12)
C. It is heart perfection.
Entire sanctification, which
C o n c l u s io n : 1. Bought at Calvary.
is a second definite work of grace, 2. The will of God.
which is received instantaneously, 3. The promise of the Father.
which frees from sin, which is at a. The promise of purity.
tainable in this life, which is simul b. The promise of power.
taneous with the baptism with the III. T here Is t h e P r o d u c t .
Holy Spirit, is a wonderful blessing! A. We are His work.
When known in actual heart experi B. We are to do His work.
ence it does not become passive and C. The work will be well pleasing.
inactive in mere theoretical expres — P a u l W. L e e , P a s t o r
sion, but becomes active in every M ount V ern on , Illin ois
A ugust, 1959 (379) 43

The Lost Sheep— the Lost Coin 2. The woman searched till she
found it.
S c r ip t u r e : Luke 15:1-10 a. Here the likeness may
end.
b. The coin has no will—you
A. Jesus has been called the Great have!
Contemporary. His teachings c. God searches. God calls.
are for the ages. C. Will you yield to the Master?
B. In these parables we have a pic Do it now!
ture of God’s treatment of the — V . C. M u l k i n
lost. Youngstown, Arizona
I. T h e L o s t S h eep
A. The value of the individual in
God’s sight.
1. Man’s view—man is expend
Saints in Unusual Places
able.
2. How different God’s view— Text: All the saints salute you, chiefly
here and hereafter! they that are of Caesar’s household
a. God loves lost men (John (Philippians 4:22).
3:16).
b. God goes to all limit to
save men—even to send A. Sainthood is not a matter of
His only Son to the Cross. place, but of condition.
c. Your name written on His B. Some places do interfere with
hands (Isaiah 49:16). sainthood.
d. Christian, keep burdened C. The more trying the place, the
—weep and pray. more “hardy” the sainthood.
B . Nothing can take the place of a
D. Saint: “A holy or sanctified
son. person. One eminent for piety
C. When is a man lost? and virtue”— Webster.
1. When he is in the grip of I. T he W id o w of Z a r eph ath
forces which eventually lead A. Lived between Tyre and Sidon.
him to destruction. B. No Christian background.
2. One does not need to be im II. T he S h u n a m m it e
moral to be lost. A. Shunem, five miles south of
3. One needs only to keep say Mount Tabor, south of the
ing, “ No,” to God. brook Kidron.
II. T h e L o s t C o in
B. Shunem means “ double resting
A. In this parable God is seeking place.”
a lost force or power. C. “I perceive that this is a man
1. God is a Kingdom builder. of God . . .”
He wants to use man. III. O b a d ia h
2. Man is lost and out of cir A. “ Servant of Jehovah.” Not a
culation. Man has great po prophet.
tential value to God. So also B. Strange he would be in Ahab’s
here tonight we have many household.
young people out of circula C. How could he keep victory
tion for God but in circula there?
tion for the devil. D. “ Feared the Lord from his
3. We are building with God or youth.”
Satan—which will it be? IV . S y r o p h o e n ic ia n W o m a n
B. Turning the house upside down. A. Phoenicians sunken in gross
1. God’s broom of conviction is idolatry.
continually sweeping t h e B. Worship of Baal and Ashtaroth
soul. prevailed.
C. She “ came out of her coasts.” B. The old life saw cursing; the
V. E l i j a h U nder t h e J u n ip e r T ree new life, praying. The old life
led our feet to the places of evil;
VI. J o n a h a t t h e B o t t o m o f t h e S ea
the new life to the house of the
VII. S a in t s in C a e sa r ’s H ousehold
Lord. In the old life our money
— N elso n G. M in k was used for the devil, but in
the new life it is used for the
glory of God, etc.
III. T he E x p e r ie n c e of R e g e n e r a t io n
W il l C hange O n e ’ s A t t it u d e T o
The W ork of Regeneration
ward H o l in e s s .
S c r ip t u r e : I John 1:7-10 A. The desire sooner or later will
be for the second work of grace.
Text: “If we confess our sins, he is B. Holiness people and the holi
faithful and just to forgive us our ness doctrine will be popular
sins, and to cleanse us from all un to us.
righteousness” (I John 1:9).
IV. T h is E x p e r ie n c e of R e g e n e r a t io n
I n t r o d u c t i o n : In the plan of salvation
W il l C h a n g e t h e H orrors o f H ell
there are two distinct works of in t o the H op e o f H e a v e n .
grace which God will perform in A. Before I was saved, the horrors
the hearts of men and women if of hell haunted me. To die in
they will allow Him to do so. The my lost condition would have
first work is called regeneration, meant hell forever.
and the second work is known as B. But no longer that feeling, b e
the work of sanctification. When cause when I was regenerated
one confesses his sins to God, and in heart I acquired the hope of
with simple faith takes Christ as heaven with all of its glories.
Saviour, he has entered into the C. As I walk in the beautiful light
experience of regeneration. He is of God, I keep this hope.
now saved. On the other hand, when
C o n c l u s i o n : Thank God for the day I
the forgiven one consecrates his life
was regenerated in heart. I will
to God with a final, eternal yes, it
never forget that first work of
is then his heart is cleansed from
inbred sin. Each of these experi grace. Everyone who has sins un
forgiven is eligible.
ences does something for an indi
vidual. We are concerned this morn — D o n a l d K. B a lla r d
ing with the thought of what the Pastor, Lanett, Alabama

experience of regeneration will do
for a person.
I. T he E x p e r ie n c e of R e g e n e r a t io n
W il l C h a n g e t h e H e a r t o f a n I n The Work of Sanctification
d iv id u a l .
S c r ip t u r e : I John 1:7-10
A. Since from out of the heart
come forth the issues of life, the T ext: “But if we walk in the light, as he
heart must be changed, and this is in the light, we have fellowship
experience does the work. one with another, and the blood of
B. A new heart replaces the old, Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us
cold, hard, and stony heart. from all sin” (I John 1:7).
II. T h is E x p e r ie n c e W il l A l s o B r in g John the Baptist, one of
A b o u t a C h a n g e i n O n e ’s H a b i t s . the greatest preachers of the ages,
A. “ Therefore if any man be in said one day, “I indeed baptize you
Christ, he is a new creature: with water unto repentance: but he
old things are passed away; be that cometh after me is mightier
hold, all things are become new” than I, whose shoes I am not worthy
(II Corinthians 5:17). to bear: he shall baptize you with
A ugust, 1959 (381) 45
the Holy Ghost, and with fire” B. Now having holy hearts, we
(Matthew 3:11). The main message are ready for a holy heaven.
of this man was that of repentanoc C o n c l u s i o n : Three years after I was
which led to the experience of re saved in the first work of grace
generation, the first work of grace. (in Seattle, Washington), I yielded
However he speaks of a second ex my all in a complete consecration
perience when he mentions being (in Newport News, Virginia) and I
baptized with the Holy Ghost and was sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
with fire. This is sanctification, the God has provided two definite
second work of grace. The first peo works of grace.
ple we read of being sanctified were — D o n a l d K. B a l l a r d
the 120 in the Upper Room. Since Pastor, Lanett, Alabavia
then, many, thank God, have been
sanctified by the Holy Spirit. T o
night we are concerned with what MIDWEEK
this experience will do for a person.
I. T he C arnal M in d W il l Be D e W hy Not Have Faith?
str o yed .
A. Carnality not physical. It is a Mark 4:40 (Moffatt’s trans-

S c r ip t u r e :
soul condition which affects lation)

motives, attitudes, and affec 1. Faith as an antidote to fear (Mark
tions. It is like a spot on the 5:36; 4:40)
lungs or an ulcer in the stomach, 2. Faith as the way through our prob
spiritually speaking. lems (Mark 5:34)
B. God wills that it be removed 3. Faith as a necessity to please God
from the heart. Not made over, (Hebrews 11:6)
but destroyed forever.
4. Faith as the means of our justifi
C. When the Holy Ghost comes in,
cation (Romans 5:1)
it is destroyed.
II. T h e H e a r t W il l B e P u r if ie d .
5. Faith as the means of our sancti
A. In the first work we were for fication (Acts 15:9)
— V e r n o n W il c o x
given of our sins; now the heart
is cleansed from inbred sin. P asto r, Portland, Oregon
B. The text says: “ . . . cleanseth us
from all sin.”
Do I Have a Right to Do Less
III. T h is E x p e r ie n c e W ill G iv e Us
than M y Best?
P o w e r t o W itn e s s f o r C h r is t.
A. “But ye shall receive power, S c r ip t u r e : Malachi 1; Isaiah 44:17
after that the Holy Ghost is 1. Do I have the right to give God
come upon you . . .” (Acts 1:8). what is left of my money when all
B. Power for many things: to live else is paid?
right, to sacrifice for God and
2. Do I have the right to give God
others; power in prayer, in tes
what is left of my time when I have
timony; power to control the
done all I want to do? Consider
tongue, to overcome temptation,
the flimsy excuses given for not
to be sweet and gentle under all
going to church!
circumstances; power to make
our words kind and our deeds 3. Do I have the right to give God
good. what is left of my talent, after I
IV. T he E x p e r ie n c e o f S a n c t if ic a t io n
have put my best into my business
W il l F it a P e r s o n for H e a v e n .
or profession?
A. We read of heaven— that no sin 4. Do I have the right to give God
shall enter in, but now sin is what is left of my heart’s'devotion?
gone and we are fit for the city — V e r n o n W il c o x
of God. P asto r, Portland, Oregon
Book of the Month Selection, June, 1959
H E A V E N ’S C U R E F O R E A R T H ’S C A R E
George Henderson (McCall Barbour, $1.75)

This is vacation time and your Book Man envisions you as being in
need of some splendid vacation reading. Hence I brought you this month
Heaven’s Cure for Earth’s Care.
This is decidedly reading for soul relaxation. You may find very few
sermon outlines but you will find a great deal of inner blessing.
George Henderson also writes under the name Henry Durbanville and
he has given us many, many delightful books on devotional themes. In
this month’s Book Club choice he considers the Christian’s past, the Chris
tian’s present, and the Christian’s prospect. The chapters are brief, beauti
fully illustrated with pungent illustrations, and the language is delightfully
readable. Nowhere is it tedious; there is no area of profound scholarship,
but many hours of soul delight.
The one statement on page 83 regarding eternal security could well
have been omitted, but if you will bypass its poor logic, the rest of the book
is what I like to term “reading for religious relaxation.”
Here is a man who likes the Book Club. If you do not already belong,
why not join today? A card requesting membership is all that is necessary.
“I must confess when I joined the Book Club I was skeptical as I could
be. In fact I believe that I sent several of the books back when I first
joined the club. But I must admit that some of the books I returned I
bought at the counter because I had missed it. May I congratulate you on
the caliber of books you have been sending out. Especially, Beyond Con
formity, which has changed my way of preaching— and sermon after sermon
has come from its pages and I still haven’t finished its pages. Another,
Living in Two Worlds, is a standout. I sent it to my mother in Iowa and
she shared it with Rev. Charles Powers, her pastor, and the last I heard
of it, it was making the rounds in the Burlington church. The books you
send out are not the type I would normally purchase but I have found it
a rich experience.”
L eo C h a n c e , P a s t o r , Wapakoneta, Ohio
(Taken from letter of April 12, 1959)
C O M M O N S E N S E IN M A R R IA G E
Herbert A. Streeter (Warner Press, $2.50)
Written by a pastor who has had extensive experience in counseling
married people and couples planning for marriage. Anyone reading the
book would realize that the author is fair, frank, and forthright.
But throughout the entire book there seems to be the premise that
sex is the dominant factor in every aspect of married happiness. Sex ad
justment is such a major part of the book that it becomes wearisome. One
is forcibly impressed with the fact that the author gives too little attention
to the grace of God.
A ugu st, 1959 (383) 47
G E T T IN G R E A D Y F O R T O M O R R O W
Charles M. Crowe (Abingdon, $2.75)

This author previously gave us the delightful book Getting Help from
the Bible, which was thoroughly enjoyed by a vast reading audience.
Those who read his earlier book will look with anticipation to the reading
of this new release, Getting Ready for Tomorrow.
The entire book is dedicated to those in the later years of life, at
least those who have crossed the pinnacle of life and are moving towards
its last few delightful decades.
The author takes into recognition the fact that because of good medical
care we have a rapidly expanding population in those rather frustrating
years of retirement, and in fourteen splendid chapters he deals with such
poignant themes as : “ Grow Up as You Grow Older,” “Learn to Loaf,”
“Act Your Age,” “Write Your Own Obituary.”
There is a wealth of sparkling quotes and illustrative material—one
of the decidedly superior books of recent months.
T W IX T TW E LV E A N D T W E N T Y
Pat Boone (Prentice-Hall, $2.95)

The singing sensation beloved of teen-agers gives us in this book a
lot of helpful advice, well directed to teen-agers and certainly written in
language they will appreciate and enjoy. His advice on home attitudes,
personal initiative, and appreciation are all sound and splendid.
However it is a typical Hollywood approach with movies and dancing
accepted as the normal pattern for teen-age living.
I N V IT A T IO N T O C O M M U N E
Charles Ray Godd (Abingdon, $1.75)

In eight well-written chapters the author presents messages preparatory
to the communion service. Each one of the messages is built around some
phase of the communion ritual. There is a vigorous note of evangelical
certainty in these messages, and while they are not as soundly Wesleyan
as they might be, there is no doctrinal position taken in opposition to
holiness. One reference on page 43 about "second blessing” could well
have been omitted, we all agree.
L IF E ’S H ID D E N P O W E R
Louis H. Evans (Revell, $2.50)

This book is subtitled “ The Gift of the Spirit” and on the whole it is
a decidedly casual treatment of the work of the Holy Spirit. Those of holiness
persuasion would look for much more definite, pointed experiential material
than they will find in this volume. The insight doctrinally and exposition-
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Volume 34 August, 1959 Number 8

Professionalism : Bane or Blessing, D. R. G i s h .................................... 1

Hardy C. Pow ers Sam uel Y oun g

General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene

Professionalism: Bane or Blessing

T i k e o t h e r terms in our language, tification o f the p reach er’s interests

FROM the EDITOR

The Works of John Wesley

T n terest in th e th ou g h t and w o r k but there is too m u ch quotation of

Witness of the Spirit

“ B y the testim ony of the Spirit, I mean, an inw ard impression

August, 1959 (339) 3

Dear Dr. Du Bois:

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4 (340) The P reach er's Magazine

W 7 h e n th e m u ltitu d e s flo c k e d to his tainly have been a god ly citizen of

That Impulse from Calvary

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I am fully aware that m y youth has been spent, that my get up

The M ystery of John Alexander Doivie

By M aynard Jam es*

T o h n A l e x a n d e r D o w ie was know n there cam e to him the burning con ­

Pulpit a n d Parish Tips

The Preacher's Vacation

VIII. The Present Status of

Psychological Medicine (contd.)**

\ s t h e various m edical men becam e oped and psych ological motivations

V II!. The True Arminian View

years it has been our con-

* Professor, Nazarene Theological Seminary.

August, 1959 (357) 21

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