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CJI Rev. J ohn Kemnitz of Mt. Sterling, Mo., res igned some time ago as pastor of t he Baptist Church of Mt. Sterling and brought his ministi·y to a close on December 31, 1940. He served formerly as pastor of the Second Church of Baltimore, Md., and was later employed with the Y. M. C. A. of St. Loui.s, Mo. He does not have any charge at present. CJI Mr. E mil Riemer of Onoway, Alta., Canada, brought his ministry as pastor of the Glory Hill and Onoway churches of Alberta to a close on December 31 1940. During his pastorate of two ye~rs in these churches Mr. Riemer was privileged to win about 25 persons to Christ who were added to the chur ches through baptism. He is a student at present in the Christian Training Institute of Edmonton and is hoping to be ordained after sufficient preparation. CJI Evangelistic meetings were held in the Central Church of Edmonton, Alta., Canada, for two weeks f r om November 10 to 24. The Rev. E. P . Wahl, pastor of the church, served as evangelist. On Sunday, December 22, Mr. Wah! was happy to hold t he first ba ptismal service since the beginning of his work on the field on September 1, 1940. Six persons were baptized on confession of their faith in Christ. One yonng man was absent through .illness and will be baptized at a later date. Mr. Dan Kirsch, church clerk, sent the report to "The Baptist Herald."

CJI The Grace Baptist Church of R acine, Wis., was the first church to send an offering for the new Gypsy church hymnal requested by the Rev. Georgi Stefan~ff in t he last issue of "The Baptist Herald." The offering of $7.33 was received on Tuesday evening, J anua1·y 7, after missionary pictures had been shown by Mr. M. L. Leuschner. On Sunday, J anuary 5, Dr. William Kuhn of Forest Park, Ill., preached at both of the services of the church. Other recent guest speakers in January were the Revs. C. F. Lehr of Aplington, Ia., and T. W. Bender of Cleveland, Ohio. (J The Rev. F. W. Benke of Alberta, C'anada, brought his ministry in the German Baptist Churches of Wetaskiwin and Wiesental to a close at the end of November 1940. In December he visited the churches in Innisfree, Alberta; Lash burn, Saskatchewan; and Prince George, British Columbia, as the new district missionary of the Northern Conference. In the Prince George meetings there were 6 young people who were converted. In Lashburn and Innisfree Mr. Benke will make monthly visits and in June of this year he will lead both c.hurches in the dedication of their new churches.

CJ! The Temple Ba ptist Church of Pittsburgh, Pa., held t wo fine Christmas programs on Sunday, December 22. At the morning service the church chorus with soloists r endered the cantata, "Holy Night" by E. L. Ashford. The Christmas program in the evening service featured the play, "A Legend of Christmas," presented by members of the Temple Youth Groups and the Church School. The play was directed by Miss Florence E vans. Exercises by the Beginners' Department and by the Primary Department were directed by Mrs. Caroline Yung and Ida Zeiler, respectively. Five young people, who are students in colleges, were welcomed home for the · holidays by the pastor, the Rev. L. B. Holzer.

CJ! The Rev. George A. Lang, pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church of Detr oit, Mich., baptized 6 converts at the Watch Night ser vice on December 31st. The blessings of God at the Thanksgiving service in November ar e still being recounted by the church. Dr. Chas. W. Koller of Chicago, Ill., was the

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special speaker. The missionary goal of $3000 was exceeded in the magnificent offering of $3650. This money was divided as follows: 25 percent for the gener a l missionary treasury of the denomination, 25 percent for the church 's new building fund, 25 per cent for the church debt, and 25 per cent f or the Centenary Fund of t he denomination. Mrs. Ann Leypoldt Koppin is now serving as the new church clerk and r epor ter for "The Baptist Herald."

(]J The Christmas sermon by the Rev. Milton R. Schr oeder, pastor of the F leischmann Memorial Church of Philadelphia, Pa ., on December 22 was "Th~ Light Still Shines," and o~ the closmg Sunday of t he year he preached on the t heme, "Time Marches On." The S?nday School Christmas program was given on Sunday afternoon December 22, which featured the p~geant en~itled, "One Starlit Night ," by the Juniors and Intermediates. Mr. Gustav 1::;tr aub, superintendent, was i n cha1·ge. At 11 P. M. on Christmas Eve the Senior B. Y. P. U. of the church ~ponsored an unusual service which was w:n attended by young people and their friends. During the first week in J anuary the church observed "the Week of Pray~r" with two cottage meetings in homes and another service in the church.

CJ! On Sunday evening, J anuary 5, the Sunday School teachers and officer s of the Zion Baptist Church, Okeene, Okla.,

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were installed in an impressive service conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Henry Pfeiffer. About 275 people packed the Okeene Church on Wednesday evening, December 25, for the fine Christmas program which included exercises by the children under t he direction of Mrs. 0 . G. Graalman and the pageant, "The House of Christmas." The offering for the Children's Home in St. J oseph, Mich., amounted to $20.-75. The Sunday School has enlisted in the "Baptist Church School Advance" and will begin its active part therein on F ebruary 1, 1941. Members of the church are contributing $200 for a new typewriter, mimeograph machine and material to be used for church bulletins, announcements and promotional letters. f]J On Sunday, December 22, the young people of our two Baptist churches and the two Methodist churches of Washburn and Underwood, No. Dak. , rendered the Christmas cantata, " Yuletide Memories," before two very attentive audiences. In the morning the choir sang in the high school of Underwood and in the evening in the high school of Washburn. About 900 people listened to the inspirational singing. A part of the offerings taken were sent to Dr. Kuhn for general missionary work. Ser vices were held in both Under wood and Washburn on New Year's Eve. Mr. Arthur Schulz, a member of t he senior class at our seminary, spoke at Washburn, giving splendid messages in German and English.. Rev. Rudolph W oyke, pastor, wrote : "We a r e busy soliciting new subscr ibers to THE BAP TIST HERALD. We have gained a lmost 20 new ones in Washburn and five in Underwood. The Underwood Church has adopted the Club Plan."

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EDITORIAL ~~~EARNING h ow to become mor e faithful

and more fruitful "denominationalists" is one of the most important tasks con

frontmg our churches during the next three years. This objective also implies the need for a

Ten Denominational Goals " Think on These T hings"

marked growth in the Christian life and an incr easing likeness to Jes us

Christ. But as we appr oach the Centenary Jubilee of our General Conference in Phila delphia in 1943, the emphasis is to be placed upon those t ies which unite us as disciples of Christ in our enriching fellowship which we are wont to call "our beloved denomination."

W e shall be able to test ourselves in 1943 as to how well w e have earned t h is lesson in achieving certain denominational goals which the r ecent General Conference in Burlington adopted. It ought to make a pronounced difference in our church and denominational life, if each one of us takes t h ese goals seriously to h eart. The beginning of our second century of history in the years fo llowing 1943 ought to b e a spir itual springtime of luxuriant gr owth if the challenge of these goals can secure firm rootage in the soil of our lives.

Dr. William Kuhn , executive secreta ry of the General Council, presented these goals to the assembled Burlington conference as our denominational program for the coming triennium. Thousands of copies of t he illustrated brochure entitled, "For Christ and Our Churches," were distributed by our ministers to their churches during the Fall months of 1940, which interpreted these goals more in detail. The conferences and young people's assemblies to be held during next summer are to continue to present some ph ases of this program to thousands of our people.

With the next issue of "The Herald," a half

page will be devoted to a brief synopsis of the fir st of these goals. Each successive issue will pr esent another similar message unt il all ten denominational goals have been interpreted. Watch for these announcements and give them your undivided a ttention. Make them the burden of your prayers and the object of yo ur affections. In t he words of the Apostle P aul, "Think on these things!"

These goals touch a lmost every important phase of our denominational enterprise. They are concerned with the spiritual state of every church member . Rightfully they put "fir st things first." The imperative task of evangelism for ever y church and Christian is stressed. The need for earnest "pr ayer helpers" is recognized. The training of our young people and the strengthening of our Sunday School work are goals that concern themselves with the leadership of the tomorrow. Our support of the missionary ent erprise is indispensable if we are to go into all the world and pr each the gospel to ever y creature. We are eager to inter est more of our churches in "the club plan" of our publication society. The centenary fund of $100,000 is another goal, in w hich every "denominational loyalist" ought to have a definite par t.

In order to achieve these goals each one of us must b e filled with a holy passion for Christ and m ust become zealots in the cause of his Kingdom. Dr. Kuhn has called this "the taking of the Kingdom by force ." "Only those souls inspired with a violent passion, whose eyes have beheld the glory of these goals, will ever find themselves among the victors."

Consider now these denominational goals, on e by one! Open your heart to the challenge which each goal presents! Join your fellow-Baptists in this paramount period of preparations for our Centenary celebration in 1943 ! Without fail "think on these things!" '

Question and quiz programs are very popular in our day, because they afford us an opportunity to learn while being entertained. A few years ago, when these programs were at the height of t heir popularity, one of the programs c a p ti one d, "What 's My Name?", struck my fancy. The questioner on this particular program would suggest certain things, from which the participants were to guess the name of a famous person.

Each time I heard the program, the title seemed most familiar. After turning this particular title over and over in my mind, the answer to my query, "Where have I heard that question before?," came as a revelation. A friend of mine, whom I prefer to know as my Lord and Savior , Jesus Christ, uttered these same words when he said: "Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?" (Matt. 16:13.)

Primitive Answers

From the time of creation to this very day men have been answering this question in countless different ways. In the early or primitive period, men and women said by t heir actions that God is a selfish spirit which must be appeased from time to time. With this conception of God in mind, Indian women gladly threw their children into the Ganges River and widows willingly suffered a cruel death on the funeral pyre of their deceased husbands.

Manasseh tried to appease his god by making his own son go through the fire as a burnt offering (2. Kings 21:6). Peoples of Africa and other countries subjected themselves to painful tortures in order to satisfy the whims of the god they knew. The Romans a nd Greeks had their gods, and if t he question, "What's my name?," had been asked them, they would have immediately replied, "Zeus, Jupi ter, Mars," or some other such name.

The Son of God

At the time of Chris t, notwithstanding the fact that God was revealed in person by his own Son, who said, "I and my Father are one" and a lso, " He that sees me hath seen the Father," people still r efused to open their eyes, choosing rather to continue walking in darkness. After driving out t he demons as recorded in Matt. 12:24, J esus was named "Beelzebub." When J esus said that he would desti·oy the temple and rebuild it in three days, he was called a blasphemer.

The t itle , "false prophet," was used so commonly that even Jolm the Baptist, who just a short time before had baptized J es us, sent word from prison

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asking whether J esus was the Mess iah or not (Luke 7:18ff). A very few recognized J esus as the only begotten Son of God, and because of their socalled foolish faith in this upstart from Nazar eth, they were persecuted beyond measure. Praise be unto God, however, that these very few led by the former weak-kneed Peter r emained steadfast and said, "Thou art the Christ, the son of the living God!"

A Pointed and Persona l Question

Since we a re living in the present and not in t he past, we are justified in asking the question, "Whom do the men and women of the twentieth century say that I am?" Here again we have many and varied replies. One group says t hat there is no God; another says : "Who knows or cares whether t here is a God or not!" Some go a step farther and say he was a g reat teacher and, surely, a prophet.

After hearing all these replies we are sti ll facing the pointed ques ti;ning of J esus which brings the matter down to an individual responsibility. "Whom do you say that I, the Son of man, am?" 1:0 this more pointed and personal question we a lso find many replies depend-

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ing upon the circumstances and past experiences of the person replying. A more than casual family acquaintance of mine made t he tragic experience of having the father of the fainily commit suicide the day after his s ixth child was born. Immediately the wife and relatives asked the question, " Why must this happen to us?" Just a few weeks ago we received word that the mot her of t hese six orphaned children suddenly passed away at the age of thirty-four years, just twen t y-six months after the father's death had occurred. Once more the question is being asked, "Why s ingle us out again?" This fam ily is souring more than ever on the idea of a loving Fat her who seeks to protect hi s own.

Huma n Rea ction s

If in the home of a young couple the only child is snatched from their midst, the parents usuallyi r eact by saying, "I 'm through with Goel if this is t he way ~e deals with his people !" These reactions, mentioned above are human reactions coming from tl;e hearts of people. w~o have not experienced the most intimate r elationship with the lovin~, heavenly Father. Job, although h~ did not understand the reason for his suffering and losses, relied complet~ly upon the wisdom of God, statrng m essence, "Who am I to question the wisdom of God?" As a rule God means only to us as much as we, a selfcentered people, receive from h im. If we prosper, he is a loving Father; if, on the .other hand, we are in distress econ?m1cally or physically we feel l ike cursing God and dying.

Had Jes us asked Peter a short time before, "Whom do you say I am?" he would have h d ' 1 . eape a number of super-ative yet 111 • 1 · eamng ess words of praise upon the Christ he then knew His words were s impler and fewe~ now, ?ut they were charged with the meaning ~nd loyalty of a man who was sure 0~ his ground. "Thou art the Christ, t e Son of the living God!,,

"Whom Do You Sa y?"

1:~e 'k"~ as a group of Christian peoPCh . oto mg to Calvary and accepting

rts as our s · b . . av1or y denymg our-selves and subJecting our wills to his, ~r a.re we crucifying Christ anew by · earing the name of Christ yet deny-ing him in ' m tt our everyday living? It Ch . er s not what the world says about

h rist, not what the nation your c urch or y ' t Ch .· t " our pastor says abou I ~s ' for whom do YOU say that ' e Son of man, am?"

. Wi~h the words of E W Shurtleff 111 m I "L · · th dine : . ead on, 0 King Eternal,

e ay of march has come " maY our · · ., b . response to the question of Jesus e 1m d . t · " Th me 1a e, smcere and unanimous:

1. . ou a rt the Christ, the Son of the 1v1ng God!"

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The Second of a Ser ies of Articles on " Great Revivals of History" by the REV. F . W. BART EL of A von, South Da kota

The Puritan movement of England <luring the sixteenth century originated in and resulted from one of the greatest and most far-reaching spiritual awakenings of history. This revival, occurring a lmost contemporaneously with the Reformation led by Martin Luther in Germa ny, vitally affected the life of all England. It produced that great uncrowned king, Oliver Cromwell, changed the course of t he nation's history and destiny, and led directly to the founding of our American nat ion. Eventually, it gave to the world a practical and successful example of p oli tica l and religious liberty.

In vention of Printin g Foremost among the important fac

tors used of God to bring in this mighty spiri tual awakening was the invention of the art of printing by Gutenberg in 1434 and the translation of the New Test~ment from the original Greek into the English language by William Tyndale in 1525. The beginnings of the revival are seen in London, when, as the fruit of the sacrificial labors of Tyndale and his brethren, the Word of God was at last given to the people in their own tongue.

Quiely but surely, the Bible did its divine work in the hearts of the people. Everywhere men and women, as they read, were awakened and converted. It is, indeed, remarkable that God send this g racious revival under such desperate and a lmost unbelievable conditions.

Bishop Hooper, the martyr, has given 1:1s a vivid g limpse of conditions in the s ixteenth century. The clergy of the state church of that day, before the Puritan fire reached t he pulpit, were ignorant, worldly and faithless shepherds. In the diocese of Gloucester, where Tyndale was born, there were 311 clergy. Of these, 168 wer e unable to repeat the Ten Commandments, and 31 did not know where the Ten Commandments came from. Forty could not recite the Lord's Prayer, and about the same number were unaware who was the author of "Our Father ." With such condi tions among the r eligious leaders of the time, it is no wonder t hat the people were totally ignorant of God's Word, and that drunkenness, vice and fighting were rampant, a nd that Sunday was a day of r evelry.

Tyndale's Translation It was in such spiritual darkness

that Tyndale formed the r esolutioi: to t ranslate the Scriptures. But th: idea of giving the Bib~e to t he people m the vernacular was bitterly oppo~ed b.Y the eccleasiastics. To one erudite d1sput-

ant, the scholarly t ranslator retorted, "If God spare my life, ere many years I shall cause a boy tha t driveth the plough to know more of the Scriptures t han thou doest." H e was compelled to flee to the continent for safety. Whether he spent the year, May, 1524, to April, 1525, entirely at Hamburg or visited Luther at Wittenberg, is a matter of discussion. However, Tynda le's contemporaries appear to be unanimous that the t ranslation of the New Testament proceeded at Wittenberg, when Tyndale was in the very company of Luther.

they do if they burn me a lso; if it be God's will, it shall be so.

Fire From Heaven Betrayed by a false friend, he was

seized and imprisoned. Every effort to save him failed, and on October 6, 1536, he was strangled and burned at the stake near Brussels, Belgium. His last words were, "0 Lord, open the King of England's eyes." At the time nothing could have seemed more unlikely, yet within three years his prayer was answered, when King Henry VIII in 1539 commanded the Bible,

THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM- COVERDALE BIBLE Note that Coverdale followed the Septuagint Greek Version, in

which this well-known osa1m was numbered XXII -Cou~te,.y of the A m e r lcnu Bible Soelet~-

Be that as it may, after completing the work of tr anslation, he still h ad many and almost insuperable difficulties to overcome, before his New Testament could be printed. Copies had to be smuggled into England, where t hey at once found a r eady market. Whereupon, the English bishops at once took stern measures to capture and to destroy Tyndale's unau t horized New Testament.

On February 11, 1526, which fell on a Shrove Tuesday, there was a solemn bonfir e of heretical books before the gate of St. Paul's Cathedral. "And no burnt offering"-so wrote Cardinal Campeggio, Papal legate, to Wolsey"could be better pleasing to God." It almost seems as if this warm reception of his translation gave Tyndale a premonition of his own impending fate, for he wrote in 1527, "In burnb1g the New Testament they did none other thing than I looked for; no more shall

which was known as the Coverdale translation, to be read in the churches of the realm. The fi r st six Bible were set up in th e nave of St. Paul's, and day after day crowds flocked to the edihce to drink from the living stream. And as t hey listened for the first time to t he wonderful story of God's r edemptive love, the fire from heaven fell!

Good reader s were in great demand, and one of these stands ou t vividly in the pages of the historian, John Porter. He was a young ma n , big of stature, to whom the multitude resorted, "becau:;e he could read well and had an audible voice." And soon that glad a nd solemn scene was repeated throuo·hout the land, for in every parish church t he Bible was displayed. chained in the por ch, and as in the days of Nehemiah men and women listened with meltin~

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Reported by the Children of the Home and the Superintendent, REV. HANS STEIGER of St. Joseph, Michigan

Many ef us like to t hink of Christmas in a setting of cold, clear weather, large flakes of snow and a brightly burning fire-place. This year , however, we were somewhat disappointed when we awoke on Christmas mor ning and found gr ey skies and drizzling rain which gave promise of continuing all day.

Our disappointment did not last, however , for the r eal ChriEtmas spirit, which again pervaded our Home this year minimized the setting and emphasized the things which r eally belong to Christmas and which make it our best loved holiday of the year . Al though some of us wer e too small to r ealize it, others of us knew that we were very fortunate to be able to celebrate Christmas in a land of peace and to have good friends within the bounds of our great count ry who s till have time to concern themselves about us and who provide, by means of gifts and money, those t hings which will help us grow up into healthy, useful men and women.

Each year, and, of cour se, again this year, these friends have expressed the Christmas spirit in t heir hearts by remember ing us in so many nice ways. Some of our friends sent us a variety of good things to eat, including chicken, other meats, fruit, nuts, cookies, candy and r a isins. Other friends fill ed Santa's bag with toys, articles of clothing and lots of fine thi ngs which we a lways save during the year to put on our Christmas lists. May we pause here to say a very sincere "T hank you" to all of them?

Rev. Hans Steiger, Superintendent of the Children's Home, Known Affection

ately as "Pa" Steiger

af ter noon when our celebration begins. This year, unfor tunately, we were unable to celebrate together as an entir e family, for two of our little boys, "Snooky" and "Reel," became sick j us t before Chr istmas and had to be isolated from the rest of us. " Mom" put a t ree

Children of the Home in the Dining Room, Enjoying Their P lay and Reading Hour in the Evening

C~ristmas ~ay is always ~lled with with lights in t hei r room and took their a nice confusion. for us children al- presents to t hem but we know the though we know it means lots of work missed being with us "M " -~ and plann ing for "Mom" and "Pa" that they had a good t" om s~i Ste' d th · h I W , 1me unwrappmg 1gcr an e1r e pers. e re a l- their gifts and w· 11 fi d 't h ways restless and noisy and most of us easier to sta . I n I a w ole lot can hardly wait for four o'clock in the h Y m bed now that t hey

ave so many new toys.

Twelve of our "alumn i" celebra ted with us. "Mom" and " Pa " r eceived greet ings from for ty-seven others who could not come. (One card was sent all the way from Los Angeles.) We also had twelve guests from St. J oseph and Benton Har bor. E ach of t hem addr essed a few short r emarks to us and expressed Chris tmas gr eetings.

Our program, as usual, was held in the living room. The lar ge t r ee trimmed with icicles and blue lights lent a festive atmosphere. We sang our favorite carols, heard the Ch1·istmas story, were led in pr ayer by the husband of an "alumna" and th en most of us took part in a bea utiful pageant called, "The Holy Gr ail."

We had been pract icing our par ts for some time under t he direction of Mrs. Cyrcna von Mer wald. We wore costumes and tried our best to carry out t he meaning of t he pagean t through pantomine. Our guests were kind enough to say t hey enjoyed it , and we sincerely hope they did. W·hen " P a" announced our las t song, "J ingle Bells," we knew it would soon be time for u s

CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS Many churches and church or

ganiza t ions r emember ed t he Children's Home at St. J oseph, Mich., by designating t heir Christmas offer ings for t he Home. Sever a l repor ts from churches in th is issue of " The Bapt ist Her a ld" concer ning t heir Christmas programs make mention of t his fact. This is a lovely custom. - E DITOR.

to see the g ifts which Santa Claus had left us th rough the thoughtfulness of our friends from so many differen t ci t ies.

Did we enjoy them? Well, we wish you could have been here to see for yourselves ! In our excitement we made enough noise to be heard a block away, but it was such fun to open all t he myster ious, attractively wrapped packages and to be surpr ised by t hei r contents.

We want you a ll to know how much we appreciated our wonderf ul Christmas. The tags with names and addresses have been saved and persona l notes ?f t hanks will be written. H owever , if some of us do not wTi te to you it may be t hat the tags were lost in the t~ngle of r ibbon, t issue paper and excitement and we hope you will pardon us.

Again, "Thank you ver y much !" In ~~e words of Tiny Tim, we wish to say,

od bless us everyone"-every one of our good Ger man Baptist friends who made such I . a P easant day possible for us.

February 1, 1941

Sunday, March 2, 1941

IS ANY RACE SUPERIOR? Scripture : J ohn 5 :21-23; 12:32; Acts

17 :22-26.

1. Race Prejudice Race superiority takes many famil

iar guises in the r elationships of life. Almost always t hey r esult in un-Chr ist ion prejudice and discriminations. You will recognize them in the following paragr aph as "evils" against which we have to be on the aler t at a ll times.

Our speech often abounds in nicknames such as Dago, Wop, Chink and Nigger, by which we look down on others with super ior scorn. Entir e nations a re sometimes afflicted with the superiorit y complex as they think of t hemselves as God's select group. Germany has her Aryan complex; t he Anglo-Saxons think they ar e destined to r ule t he world; the J apanesc consider t hemselves to have descended from heaven. The inability of Negroes to fb d employment in many professions in t he North , and the continuance of "Jim Crow Car s," etc. in the South ar e fur ther illustrations of t his hard fact of racial prejudice. E ven a:ntiSemit ism is r apidly becoming a scour ge in so-called Christian America.

2. The Answer of Science E mim.nt scientists ar e agr eed t hat

no r ace can assume the right to claim super ior ity over other races. Any attai nment of a higher civilization is lar gely due to t he factors in the environment and development of the r ace. There are always greater individual differences among people of the same r ace t han there a re differences among the r aces themselves. These scientific conclusions can be found in any r eputable book on the subject by those who have devoted a lifet ime of arduous and car efu l study to the subject. It ver ifies the truth as utter ed by the apostle P a ul : "For God hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on t he face of t he earth." (Acts 17 :26)

3. The Christian Answer In the sight of God all men are equal.

We are a ll children of God through faith in J esus Christ. Humility before God rather than superiority over other s is the Christian's first concern.

T he following excer pt is taken from TOPI C, the Northern Baptist B. Y. P. U. Quarterly : Madame Chiang Kai-shek's article, "My Religion," shows the spiritual depth of her mother, Madame Soong, the Chinese lady who had a prayer-r oom built in he1· home, to which she went daily for long periods of pr ayer :

" One day I was talking with my mother (she was already ill and confined to her bed) about the imminent J apanese menace and I suddenly cried

out in ir resistible intensity of f eeling : " 'Mother, you'r e so powerful in

prayer. W hy don't you pray that God will annihi late J apan- by an earthquake or something?'

"She tu rned her face away for a time. Then, looking gravely a t me, she sa id, ''Vhen you pray, or expect me to pray, don't insul t God's intelligence by asking him to do something which would be unworthy even of you as a mortal! ' "

Sunday, March 9, 1941

THE CHURCH-HOW DID IT START?

Scripture : Matt. 4: 23f; 9 :35f; 16: 15ff ; Luke 24 : 48f ; Acts 2 : l ff; 42ff; 1. Cor. 12 :12-27. 1. Christ, the Head of the

Church Christ did not found the Church as

an organization. And yet the Christian Chur ch t races its beginning back to Christ. With the apostle P a ul we believe him to be the H ead of the Chur ch. He revealed God to his disciples and commissioned them to go forth and preach the gospel and ther eby to build h is Church.

In TOPIC Dr. Wm. W. Adams writes : "J esus did not minister to men primarily in order to build a chur ch. He ministered r ather because h is hear t, out of Jove and compassion for men prompted him to meet their needs. ( Se~ Matt. 9 :36 ; Mark 6 :34. ) His one desir e and delight was to br ing life and health to the broken hea rts, minds, and bodies of men. By his life Jes us showed men how to live. By his teachings h e i·evealed God's will and God's love to them. By h is divine natur e he empowered men to live in accor dance with his example and teachings."

2. The Disciples at Pentecost When the disciples were "endued

with power from on high" the Chr ist ian Church h ad its beguming. At Pentecost the Church was "launched out upon her great mission of world redemption." The disciples preached the Word with great power. The Holy S~irit added thousands to the Church. Miracles and wonders accompanied the witness of these disciples. The Church as_ ~ divine org~ni~ation then began i ts m1111stry and m1ss1onary service of spiritual healing for all the nations.

All of this was init iated at P entecost as the disciples tarried in Jerusalem in keeping with the instructions of J cs?s .. The ~t?ry of that experience of their s is farn1har to a ll of us. Not only were they all filled with the Holy Ghost. but God began the work of his church through Christ, which neither men nor the devil can check.

"Lllte a mighty armv i\lovcs the Church of God."

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3. The New Testament Church The church of New Testament times

times has always served as a model church for us. I n it we have seen what our churches ought to be.

The traits of t he church as described in Acts can be briefly summed up as follows : they spoke the Word of God with boldness; they were of one hea1t and of one soul; they had all things in common ; with great power they gave witness of the resur r ection of the Lor d Jesus; great grace was upon them all. (Acts 4:31-33.)

Sunday, Mar ch 16, 1941

WHAT CAN WE K NOW ABOUT GOD?

Scripture : Heb. 11: 1-6; Acts 17: 22 to 29 ; Deut. 30 :11-16.

The mystery of God has always baffled some minds. But for these who read the Bible, who open their hearts to the truths of divine r evelat ion, God can be known definitely, intimately , pr ofoundly.

(The following is a brief resume of the treatment on this subject to be found in TOPI C) : 1. God is a Person

J esus always addressed God as a Per son. When he spoke to the Samaritan woman : "God is a Spirit : and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth," (John 4 :24) he was employing this truth. The spirit is what makes us persons. When we speak of persons we refer to living people-people with the spirit. in them. Therefore the verse quoted is one of our best ~roofs that God is a per son.

2. Our Heavenly Father Jesus taught his disciples to pray :

"Our F ather which art in heaven." Always he addressed him in the in timate terms of filial love. He illustrated the greatest truths of grace and redemption in the love of a fa ther for his son. " If ye then, (earthly fath~rs) being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your Father ~vhich is in heaven give good gifts to them that ask him." (Matt. 7 :11.) 3. God is Like Christ

The disciples came to Jesus and asked for some e:ridence reg:nding God. " What is He like? Show Him to us!" Jesus was surprised at their lack of understanding and insight and said to them : "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father." (~ ohn 14 : 9.) Jesus Christ is the revelat10n of the invisible unseen Cod. "No man hath seen Goct at any time; the only begotten Son which is in the bosom of the Father' he hath declared him." J ohn 1:18.) w~ have seen God in the face of J esu Christ. s

THE BAPTIST HERALD

Edited by MISS DOROTHY WOBIG of the Plum Creek Baptist Church Near Emery, South Dakota

Jesus, Our Friend Dy Jllnhe l G D ettcnh n u scn

of 'Vh•hek, North Dnkotn

When J esus was a baby boy, He slept upon the hay ; And then he grew and worked and

played Each glad and happy day.

He helped his mother in the home; He played like you and me, And every day he did obey A happy boy was he.

When J esus grew to be a man, He made the sick grow well; He made folk good and loving By the s tories he would tell.

Jesus is the children's friend; He held them on his knee; He took them in his arms and said: "Let children come to me!"

which Billy had r ead in class the previous Sunday. Mrs. Smith thought that the boys should tell of their experiences with this verse. E ach told their story, but the most touching story was told hy Billy, the youngest boy in the class.

"My story begins on the last shopping day before Christmas," began Billy. "Some friends and I had been playing and making a snowman, when I saw an aged woman walking along the icy s idewalks with her bundles under her arm. The day was very cold, and the wind was blowing.

"At this moment my thoughts were on the verse I had read in class on Sunday. I said to myself t hat it was my duty to help her, whether the others did or not, because if it was my mother, I would want someone to help her. I left the boys, carried her bundles and walkEcl home with her.

Billy and His Christmas Sled With "Puppy" About Ready for a Ride

~omethitt9 to Read attd Do

The Junior boys Sunday School class had just finished its lesson and the boys were discussing what they were going to do to help others during the coming week. After paging through his Bible lhe eyes of li ttle ten year old Billy fell upon the verse : "Ther efore all things whatcoever ye would t hat men should do lo you, do ye even so to them; for t his is the law and the prophets." (Matthew 7:12.) He read it to the class and Mrs. Smith, the teacher , said Lhat Lhat would be t he verse for the week and every one should keep the verse in mind.

Next Sunday in that beautiful little chapel, t he discussion in the Junior boys' class was centered on the ver se

"I n our conversation she mentioned the Christmas program in our church the coming evening and wished she could be there. Immediately I told her t hat I would call for her and take her to the program. This made her very happy but she will never know how ha ppy I was to help her."

When he had fini shed his s tory each boy had a better and bigger determinat ion in his hear t for the coming week.

The next evening was the Christmas program and there, s itting in the front pew, was the dear old lady Mrs. Anna Dumple, whom Billy had brought. She listened intentively to the pieces and recitations given and the songs sung by t he children. She heard the Christmas s.tory to ld clearly and sweetly by the li ttle boy who had been so kind to her She co~Jdn't help but think to herself why th is boy was different from other boys. It was because he had the lov of J esus in his hear t. He a lways ha~

a smile on his face and that was the r eason for it. As Billy cont inued with t he s tory of the baby, Jes us, he decided that living without Chri s t was useless.

When Billy was walking home with Mrs. Dumple, she asked him to tell her the story about the love of J esus Christ, for she would like to know h im, too. He told her in his sweet way the story of J esus and the well known verse given in the Bible in John 3 :16. " F or God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on him shall not perish but have everlasting life." Together they recited the verse and prayed to God. You cou ld never except to see happier people than these.

Make your New Yea r's r esolut ion for this year that you wi ll read your Bible every clay and serve Christ your Lor d and Savior , with g reater love th is year than ever before !

Bible Day, March Ninth

n y R E Y. TIIEO , V. DONS of .Fo r e'4t Pnrk1 Illluols

"The P raying Church" Acts 12 :11-17.

"Many were together pr aying." (Verse 12.) Prayer is power. J esus prayed, and he r ecommended it to his disciples. Prayer changes things in heaven and on ear th. I n prayer we must not attempt to win God over to our views but rather s tep over to h is s ide and learn to know his will.

In praying we a rc not tr ying to bring him down to us but we are ascending in to his presence. P r ayer is our ladder into heaven by which we escape from the lowlands of sinful environment and from t he "forta morgana" of false hopes a nd super st it ions. Through praye1· we want to reach the p!ace where we can say with Christ : "Hallowed be t hy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven."

The prayer li fe of t he ear ly church moved in this direction, and God answered pr ayer . There is no difficulty on earth which prayer does not combat, and in t he greatest need prayer is t he only ref uge. Prayer of faith is the royal privilege of the Christian.

_He ~v~o knows how to pray works with d1vme power. Prayer is the power which moves the arm of Almighty God .

February 1. 1941

SYNOPSIS One cold and stormy nigh t Jimmy

and his dog, Toby, r an away from "Hogan's Alley." Because of a des~erate hunger gnawing within him, J immy and his dog entered a house and helped themselves to a hot dinner on the table. They were caught in the act by the master of the house, Mr. Howard Ormsby, who took a strange fancy to the boy. He gave him plenty to eat, ~ad him take a bath and decided to give him a chance in life. James grew up in t he Ormsby home, learning about God from the cook, Mrs. Bartholom~w, who became a real "Mother" for !nm. When he became older, he even brought new joy into t he home by teaching the invalid Mrs. Ormsby some of the tru~hs of t he Christian r eligion. Her last illness found her at peace with God and h appy over the blessings of Go~ th:! had come into her home. She died one who was "more t han a conqueror" in Christ J esus.

CONCLUDIN G CHAPTER

It was not death to Julia Orms?Y· It was simply stepping across t he. lme of worlds into a r icher, fuller hfeinto the glorious beauty of eternal day.

For weeks she had looked forward · She to it--had known it was commg.

had lain white and spent, too weak hto even fe~cl herself, viewing ahead t e t ime of her departure with a g reat long ing for i t in her heart.

She had listened with her eyes clo~e~ while J amcs r e-ad to her from eI precious Testament after she bccnm~ too weak to read it for herself, a swee smile upon her face. Ther e was always a smile there now. One by one the fretful lines had gone, and the peace which had taken possession of her en-

. ·t ft t races tir e being was leavrng t s so there instead.

She warned t hem all that she was slipping away but when Howard had wanted to send for J ean to come home she had objected. ar

"Let her stay and finish her ye. out" she said. "She could not help me

' Id I worry in t he least, and I wou on Y her because she was being kept fro~ .

11 studies If it becomes necessary, wi · b I d not ask you to send for her, ut . 0 •

think it will be. I t hink I will tany until the school is out ." b

She was right, for Jean had eeii

home two weeks when the end ca~1e. th "Good-night . I will see you all in . e

Morning," she whispered, a sweetl~mtl~ light ing up her face as they a sa about her bed one night. She had not

meant the morning, which was only a few hours away, but that great Morning, when " the day breaks, anrl_ the shadows flee away," a ncl a rc bamshecl forever.

J ames seemingly had mour ned harder for her than the others. H ad he not been instrumental in helping her to sec that Great Light- in giving to her that Great Hope? Besides, they had had such sweet companionship, and he was going to miss it.

Yet he had been able to comfort J ean. She had thrown herself, weeping into his arms when they had r etur~ed from laying away the beloved form.

" Oh, James!" she sobbed. "It might be easier if th er e was some home for -for- us! Life wouldn't look so lonely ! But when I look forward into the years, with only a hopeless longing before me, it almost overcomes me !"

"I know,'' he said huskily. "But maybe there might be a hope. I was talking to your father one day-of course, he doesn't know about us, though-and he said sometin1e he intended t rying to find out, if possible, who my people were. I don't know just what he intends to do, but maybe--"

He didn't da re let himself say what was beyond that "maybe." It was well that he did not know of Howard's a t tempted investigation, and the failure it had brought. Howar d had never had the courage to tell him, either, and wisely avoided the subject. James did 110t tell J ean that he had attempted a little investigation of his own in t he way of wl'iting two lett ers to Hank Skoogc, and that both ~imes the letters had been returned to hnn. He had also searched both an old and new city di rectory, but no such name as Skooge was listed in either of them. Could it be that Hank and Barb were dead?

"Mrs. Bartholomew, you have been with us a long time now," said Howard Ormsby, as his faithful housekeeper set his toast before him one morning.

J ames looked up anxiously. Oh, was Howard Ormsby paving the way for an announcement that Mom's services were no longer needed because of her age and that she must leave? A gr eat lun;p a rose in his thr oat. Why, what would he do without Mom ?

"Yes," answered Mrs. Bartholomew, "and I suppose you can see I am gett ing pretty slow.". They _had had to wait quite a few times durmg the past year for their breakfast, clue to Mom's rheumatism.

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" That wasn't what I \Vas t rying to get at," said Howard. " I'll own y ou a re a little slow at times, but how about a little help? You'r e indispensable to this household, Mrs. Bar tholomew. You know just what I want to eat, and when I want to eat it. You know just where I want everything kept, and you see t hat it is kept there. If I lose a collar button, there is always one h an dy to take its place, and the lost one is always found and waiting for me when I cll:ess the ne>.'t time. If I forget to mail a letter it is always mailed for me or if I misplace an impor tant businc;s paper you always know where to find it.

"But you need some younger person to do the running about , and take the harder work off of your shoulders. As long as you're able at all to go, and even when you aren't, I want you h ere. This is always to be your home, even if I have to hire a nurse to care for you when you are past doing for your self. But I've put in an application with the E mployment Bureau to find me a competent maid. I have ma~e some special requirements, the mam one bemg that she must be religious. I knew you would not enjoy having one about who was not. Probably by tomorrow, at least, you will begin having applicants for the position call upon you: You a re to be the sole judge of who lS to be h ired, and you are to have full authority to discharge anyone whom you have hired and who does not please you."

"M'r. Ormsby, you are kind, indeed," said Mrs. Bartholomew. "I'll confess the work has been getting a little hard for me and I had thought of going to live a1~ong my sons, bu~but I like to be independent, and earnmg my own way. They have lovely wives, but t hey'r e happier without a mother-inlaw about."

The result of Howard Ormsby's plan was that within a week a maid entirely to Mrs. Bar tholomew's liking had been selected, and things were being made much easier for her.

. ··· ····· ......... . . "Come, Toby, t ime for your break

fast." James stood at the top of the garage

basement steps, but for the first time in his life Toby failed to respond. J ames bounded down the steps, a tiny fear clutching at his heart. True to his fears old Toby was no more. He had gone' to sleep on his pallet \vith h is head between his paws, and his faithful heart had made its last beat while he slept. Strong young man that he was James could not refrain from

dropping a few tears on the soft dir t at his feet as he dug a sma ll grave in the shade of a large li lac bush in the back yard where Howard had told him he might bury his pet. Toby had been a faithful friend through all the year s, and J ames could not help being g lad h e had not had to give him up when he was younger, and when t he parting would have been keener.

He put the garden tools away and went into the house to inspect his gr aduating cap and gown, which had arrived while he had been digging, for tomorrow he would gr aduate from college.

Jean arrived from school that night, and she and her father and J ames spent the evening together in the library. J ean tried to see James alone, but he purposely avoided her. He knew it would only make the hurt go deeper, and he fe lt that he could endure no more heartache than he was already enduring at t he sight of her.

"James, I wi sh you would b ring the car down a nd drive me out to t he new college s ite when you come from lunch today," said Howard Ormsby one day short ly after James' graduation. They were busy in the office, and as Howard was out to lunch with another business man James would be obliged to go home to lunch alone. The greater part of the t ime Howard pr eferred to go home to lunch so that J ea n would not be so lonely alone all day, and quite often they rnde the street cars instead of taking the automobile out where it would h ave to stand exposed to t he weather while they were in t he office.

As soon a s Howard returned after lunch they started out . The dr ive took them through the most congested part of the city, and today the traffic was unusually h eavy. James def tly steered t he car tlu:ough the t raffic. Howard had been g lad when he had learned t o manage the mach ine so well. He did not like driving, so it was a relief to him to have a competent man a t the wheel.

They were i n no hurry, but there were others who were. Automobile horns sounded on every s ide as some, who were evidently in need of gett ing some pla ce very soon, swung out and went around those who were ahead of them.

P edestrians paused uneasily on t he edge of t he s idewalk, then scurri ed across when t he g reen light flashed on for them. Most of them started as soon as the yellow light swung into pla ce.

James drove s lowly along, and back of t he line of ca rs behind him a shrill horn sounded above the others. The light flashed yellow, a nd J ames slowed down to a stop. He knew in a nother instant t he r ed light would appear.

Instantly t he pedest rians star ted across in front of h im, a nd at t he same t ime there was a loud sound from t he shrill horn he had heard a moment before, and a rattle-trap of an old F ord came dashin g up bes ide him.

Th~ dr iver did .not stop for the pedestrians. Honkmg the horn vigorously. he headed toward the people crossmg the street, r ight in the face of t he red light.

~everal people jumped back, seeing their danger , and thus avoided being hit, but one man was too slow. T he f~nder of the car struck him, t hrowing h~m several feet to one side, where he hit the pavement with a terrible thud.

Inst.antly confusion reigned, and even a policeman standing on t he corner \~as surrounded by people, thus shuttmg off his view of t he fleeing car so he could not get the license number. Oth~rs crowded about t he victim and c~rned the unconscious form to the s idewalk.

"D raw up to the curb James " ·c1 H cl "M b ' ' sa1 o~var . ay e we can be of some assistance here."

James obeyed, and Howard jumped out. The policeman forced his way through. the crowd to the unconscious man's side.

"Who'll volunteer to take th. to h 't !?" I is man a. osp1 ~ . 1e cried, seeing t he need for immediate medical attention

" I wi!~," said I;Iow~rd, steppi;1g for-ward. My car is nght at t he curb "

Tw? ~e". helped the policeman p~t t he v1ctun U1 the back saat t l ffi h Id h ' · ~ ' 1e o cer e im up as well as h Id directed them where to goc coTu , a;id ute l t th · en mms . a er ey were following the un c?nsc1ous for m down the hospital corridor to t he ex~mining room. -

They were Just t urning i examining room door when Jn at the his firs t full view of th . fai;ies got Turning to Howard h~ v1c im s face. a rm in an iron gr1'p "M" goraspbed his

. · .. rms y" h whispered hoar sely "It-'t' 1' e Skooge ! " ' 1 s ·lank

Howard Ormsby wheeled and f d J ames. "Hank Skoo e ' " l .ace excitedly "Ja g · 1e exclaimed

" : ' mes, are you sure?" Yes, it s Hank ' Wh I'd 1 if I met h ' · E. y, mow him

im m ' urope ' Do Y th' I'd ever forget ?" · ou mk

Howard bolted into the . . room j ust as t he doctor wa~x~~:1~t~ng to close the door. l mg

"Doctor!" he exclaimed earnest! . a subdued voice "I h . Y Ill that th' · · · ave Just learned

is ll1Jured man is a f ll have been searching for a l e o_w I ?h, I hop_e he isn't dead! If ~:g i t ime ! a nd r egams consciousness I s not, him a nd talk to him ' " ' mus t see

"Well," said the· 1 t . "that a ll cl cl c oc or decidedl y Wh epen s upon his condi t' '

o are you, anyway ?" ion. Howard handed hi~ h. .

card. T he doctor's f is . busmess change at once. a ce reg is tered a

" Oh, oh, yes, Mr Or I I . know you o·f co · Wms Jy, ti id not ' urse II ·r . . all possible you may e h. 1 it 1s a t can you state brief! see im. Cana re they of such a n~t Y?ur r easons, or not divulge them? y llle that you cant hese nm·ses are · . ou know some of at times and . qu ite ha rd to deal with

' 111 case I h ld her e you might fin d 't !'~OU not be admittance." 1 c 1 cu lt t o gain

"This man knows th l . t · e 11 s ory of a

THE BAPTIST HERALD

boy I have raised, and l wish to find ~ut \\'ho his people are," said Howard. I must fi nd who they are! Doctor, do

a ll you can for the man ! I 'll pay a ny bill you a sk- only get him so he can talk, if possible !"

" I 'll do my best. You must go now. We have a lready wasted several precious minutes. Wai t in the r eception room at t he end of the ha ll."

The next hour Howard Ormsby put in was one of the longest he ever remembered having spent. He paced back a nd forth in the reception room, listening to every footfall. A t las t t he doctor a ppeared in t he door. Howard wheeled and faced him.

"How is he? I s he a live?" he asked eagerly.

"Yes," answered t he doctor "he lives, but it will be only for a s'110r t time. ?'here is an inj ury to his spine, and it 1s only a ques t ion of hours w ith him. I do not know that he will ever reg a in consciousness, but I have adminis t ered a restor ative, and am hoping for the best . I have a nurse with him, and have g iven orders for you to remain in the room. You may go in now."

Howard and James followed t he doctor to Hank's r oom. T hey went over to t he bed, and Howard turned to J ames. "Are you sti ll sure it is Hank Skooge?" he asked.

" "!es, it's H ank," said J ames, shuddering ·at fu ll s ight of the evil face on the white pi llow. " Oh I could never forget. h im!" And he t~nned away a lmost 111 fea r a s memories of t he pas t surged over h im.

The man on t he bed s tirred u neas ily, an,~ beg~n muttering something.

. I believe he is going to rega in consciousness," sa id the doctor hi s han d on the man's wrist. '

It was almost a ha lf hour before Hank Skooge's brain was really clear en~ugh to take in h is surroundings. t · Where a m I?" was his firs t quesion as his eyes roved over t he r oom. . The doctor , who was anxious to as

s is t Howard Ormsby in any way he ~ould, bei~t over the pat ien t . "You 'r e ~n . a hospital bed," he sa id . "You wer e lnJ_ured by a car striking you but we're domg the bes t we can for yo~1. H ow do YOU feel ?"

"I ?unno. I 'm numb all over, I guess. I can t move."

"That's all r ight. You don 't need to move. The1·e is some one her e who wants to ta lk to you." And he motioned to Howard to come to t he beds ide.

. Howard took J ames ' a r m a nd pushed ~ 1111 forward. "Speak to him, and oee if he k nows you," he said.

James stepped to the bed a n cl bent over t he man. "Hank do you know me?" he a sked. '

H a nk's eyes searched the man ly face above him. "No, I never seed ye before. w!~0 be ye?" he asked.

H ank, do you r eme1nber Jin1n1y?'' a sked J ames. . "Jimmy! Jimmy ! Ye don't mean the

li ttle de ·1 h ? " v1 w at run a\\·a y from me . he gasped.

"I'm Jimmy," said J ames.

February 1, 1941

Beads of perspiralion began lo !Jreak out on Hank's forehead, a nd he seemed a bout to s ink a\\'ay again, but t he nurse s tepped up, a nd putting a spoon to h!s lips dropped some medicine into his mouth. In a few minutes he had rall ied, and looked up at James again.

"Ye've g rowecl up ," he said hoarsely. " Where'd ye go to?"

" I r an a\\'ay because I didn't want H ogan to buy me. H ank, who am I ? Whe were my par ents?"

An express ion akin to a shadow passed over Hank's face. The doctor stepped forward.

"Hank," he said, "you've had a b~d injury. You'r e going to die. Tell t his young man who h is people are, so he can find t hem."

An expression of fear passed over Hank's face, and h is fin ger s plucked nervously at the spread over him. " I'm - I 'm-goin' ter d ie !" he whispered hoar sely.

"Yes, we can't save you. Tell this boy \vho he is, and make any requests you want to. You haven't m uch t ime."

Hank breathed heavily a moment, then sa id, " I might as well tell it a ll , then. It'll take a long time, t hough. It's a long story."

Howard Ormsby stepped forward a nd bent over the man. "Tell h im all there is to tell, and if you shou ld get well I 'll reward you handsomely," he sa id.

Hank looked a nxiously at Howard. "Who be ye?" he asked.

"I'm the man who raised J a mesJimmy," he answered.

"I'll t ell it all, but it goes back fer years," he began. "Back when I was a kid a n' I swore I'd get even. We lived r io·i1t here in the city-on River Street --°an' pappy worked in the mill. The guy that owned it was a n a r is tycrattoo o-ood t' treat his men decent. He I-ired 'em an' fi red 'em just ter please ]~i s fancy. So cussed good l_rn wot~ I.dn't hire a guy what touched licker if he knowed it. . .

"Pappy drunk a li ttle- Jus t. a lttl1,~a n' I reckon the boss susp1c1oned 1111 .

Pappy was a exper t '.''orkman',.but one t ime t he boss smelt hcke~'. on . ll~l . H e bawled 'im out, an' told m1 J f it ever happened agin he'd fire 'im. .

"Mammy got s ick purty soon. ~f~e• . t ha t, an' pappy had hard s_ledd11: ter keep things goin'. H e g~t disc~uiaged '. a n ' took a l itt le more licker Just te1 brace 'im up. Then one day he had just a little too much on 'im, a n' he bawled u p t he machi nery some way so that somethin' bus ted a n' knocked over a man an' ki lled ' irn. Of course t he boss fired 'im.

"It was then tha t mammy got wor se. With pappy ouLcr work the doctor wouldn't come no mor e. PaJ?PY. sent me t er see t he boss a n' a sk 'im if he could get on agin, but the boss . turnec~ me cold. T hat nigh t mammy died , mi swore I'd get r evenge !" .

He paused, his voice trem blrn.g, ancl seemed about to s ink a way agam, but a nother restor ative soon revivec~ him.

"Go on," said the doctor, anxious as

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the others to hear the story. "It took years, but I done it! " he

sa id exultantly, as his str ength seemed to come back." The boss had a son, an' he g rowed up. I growed up an' married Barb. The boss's son married, an' they had a baby.

"I'd been watch in '. Lord, I watched all t he time, an' I k nowed my chance 'ud come some ti.me, an' about the t ime the young feller's baby was born Barb's sis ter had a baby, too. An ' when her baby was three months old she up an' died, so it f ell t er Barb ter take the kid. Then about the same t ime a growed-up niece of Barb's come ter make u s a visit.

"Luck played r igh t inter my hand ! Ba rb 's n iece wanted a job, a n ' the young f eller wanted ter hire a maid. I. seed h is a d in the pa per, a n ' Barb's 111~cc got the job. My day had come, an I knowed i t !" he said a little louder, a wicked smile playing over his face.

Howard Ormsby moved nearer the bed, and his face tur ned a n a shy white, but the others were too intent on Hank's story to notice.

" Go on," said H oward eagerly. "It was easy," went on H a nk, tri

umph in his voice. "We made our plans together, me an' Mandy, Barb's niece. They left her alone at night a lot 0 •

times with the baby, and together we pla nned a kidnappin'."

Great beads of perspiration broke out on H oward's face and neck, h e clenched his fists , and it was wi th difficulty that he r efrained from dragging the man from the bed and tearing him in pieces. S lill t he ot her s did not notice him.

"They was out to a parLy when we done it," continued Hanle "Manely packed the k id's clothes, I met 'er at the back door, an' it was a walkou t ! The neighbor s was a ll gone, an' nobody ~eed us.

"I wrote t he fe ller a note the next da y an ' asked 'im fer five t housand dollars . I mi g·ht a s well a -asked 'im

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fer len, fer he'd a -payed iL Lcr gel Lhc kid back. I told 'im not ter ma ke i t publ ick. Then I \\'aited for his answer.

" Ye never seed kids so much er like a s Barb's nephew an' t he fe ller 's kid. They was a like as two peas in a pod. They even looked alike. An' t h ey 1\·eighed jus t the same. Nobody bul Barb could tell 'em apart, an' she done it by a little crooked toe, which you'd hardly not ice, on her nephew. Funny how babies']] look alike when they a in 't no relation. Just let me rest a minute."

The doctor took the dying man's \\' rist between h is thumb and finger. The nurse moved to get another r estorative, but the doctor shook his head. "He doesn't need it," he said. "He'll be a ll right in a minute."

Howard and J ames s tood tense and a lmost breathless. Would he hold out to complete the s tory? Howard wanted to shout to him to go on, but he knew that would hinder things. At la s t Hank spoke again .

"Kin I have a dr ink of water?" he asked.

T he doctor nodded, and the nurse drew some from a faucet above the lavatory, and placing a tube in t he g lass assisted him to take a few sw allows.

"There," he said, "that's better . My mouth was so dry. I got a Jetter from the kid's dad," he went on, " askin ' where he could meet me. It was all so easy, an' wrote 'im I'd meet 'im down by the mill.

"Gosh that was a night I'll never fergit ! ' It was raini1.1' an' snowin' together, an' was t errible dark. Barb was sick so me an' Mandy had ter do the trick. The babies was asleep together. Barb told me which was which. I went inter the room an' fe lt around. We only had on e lamp, an' it was in Barb's room.

"I found the kid all right, an ' we start ed out. It was slippery a n ' h ard walkin'. The kid woke up an' squalled. I covered 'im up t ight with my coat so's nobody could hear 'im. We got ter the mill a ll right, but there was some s teep steps we had ter go down ter get ter the place I'd told 'im. ~ ~lipped a1~' fell an' t he kid \\'ent rollm . He hit the' g round with a thud, an' h is squalli n' stopped. I seed he was ?ead when I p icked 'im up, but. I couldn t go back.

" I went on down rnter the yard back o' t he mill. I \\·his tled like I said I would. A f eller whistled back. W·e met in the shadders caused by a s treet lamp burnin' at the cor ner . I handed him t he kid. He handed me t he money. It was easy as the devil, but when I go t back, an· mornin' come, Barb found I'd made a mistake an' took t he wrong ba by. I'd t ook her nephew an' left t he feller's kid.

"There waSJ1't nothin' \\'e could do, though. The paper come out the next day with a big not ice as how the baby was took back dead, a n' t hat t he young fe ller 's wife, who had heart trouble, h ad died from t he shock. So all we could do was ter keep 'im, an' never sa y a word. We'd got our money. That

was a ll we wanted- me a n' Ma ndy. An ' I'd got my r evenge. I give Mandy a thousand an' she clea red out. Guess that's all."

"But my name--my people?" James asked eagerly, while Howaril Ormsby stood as though pa ralyzed. - "Oh, Ormsby- Howard Ormsby w:as

yer pappy. He owns the Ormsby silk an' woven mills," r eplied Hank.

With a cry James turned to Howard, who opened his arms and clasped his son to him. The nurse and doctor turned in surprise, and when they looked at the patient again he had fainted. It was some minutes before he regained consciousness once mor e. Before he did peace had settled down in the room. A few words of explanation to the doctor and nurse had made the story plain to t hem. Howard bent over Hank as he opened his eyes again.

"You're sur e you're correct about changing the babies ?" he asked a nxiously. "Is there any chance you are mistaken about that?"

"There's no mistake, mister. The baby with t he cr ooked little toe was gone the next mornin' . Barb was furious! Worse'n furiou s ! She mighty nigh left me! She threatened ter turn me over ter the police, but she knowed better. Knowed she'd be j a iled fer keepin' the kid in t he fus t place. I'm g ittin ' kinder t ired."

"Do you know who I am?" asked Howard.

"No" a nswered Hank. "I'~ Howard Ormsby. Jimmy came

to me by chance when he r an off from you and I raised my own son, not '. . ,, knowmg he was mme.

Hank's eyes grew big with fear, and his faced paled. Howard saw the change, and hastened to sp~~lc .

"Don't be afraid of me, he said. "You are going to a higher court than I could take you to."

J ames bent over h im. "Hank, where is Ba rb?" he asked.

"I dunno. She left me ' bout a year ago. Salvat ion Army huzzy kept comin' ter see her. Got her ter take up with r eligion. I couldn't s tand i t, so I drove her out . Haven't seed her s ince."

"Hank," said Jam es earnestly, "you're going to die. I sn't there something you want to say-some one you want to see? You' re not fit to die. Don 't you want to get r eady?"

"Don't go t alkin' religion ter me!" cried Hank with all the strength he had. "I don't want nothin' ter do with it!"

" You'd bet ter go," said the doctor, rising from t he chair he had taken. "No use to agitate him."

J ames t urned to follow Howard, t hen suddenly turned back to look once more at the dying man, and a ll at once he knew what he wanted to do with his life. It surged over him like the r ushing of many waters. It t ook possessioJJ of his entir e being. He must go to men a nd women like Hank and Barb and tell them there was a better way to live. He must go to the children of the

a lley-world and tell them about God. They must not grow up in ignorance as he bad started to grow. He would go to them as Jean was going, and tell them the story of a Great Light.

Jea n! Her face came to h im in a sort of a haze as he followed Howard- his father- down the hospital steps to the waiting car. J ean ! Jean! Why, Jean was his sister-at leasl;-his half-sister. Julia had told him one t ime that Howard Or msby had been married before and that his wife had died, but sh~ had not told him the tragic story connected with her death.

Jean was h is sister- his sister! And he loved her! His mind was in too much of a daze to fully comprehend wh~t Howard-no, his father, was saymg.

. .. . .... . .. . ........ Jean stood facing Howard Ormsby

her eyes wide with wonderment at h i~ s tory.

"Then-then-James is my brother - that is-my half-brother ," she faltered as he paused.

"No, Jean, James is no relation whatever to you," answered Howard gravely

"No relation! What do you mean; If he is your son by your first marriag~ wouldn't that make-?" She stopped ~hort, her th~ughts too confused to finish her question.

"There is another story I will ha to tell you," answered Howard. ~~ never meant to tell you, but circumstances have altered the case. J ean dear, you are not my own daughter'. Thus, you are no relation to J ames"

"Then- then- who am !?" she k d. . 1 d f . . as e ~mng e eehngs of joy and fea 11'

•th· h r we -mg up w1 m er. J oy, that the bar rier between h er self and J ames wo Id no longer stand between t heir hap~iness, now that he knew wh h

d t l t h o e was, an la s e was no relation t h. yet a fear lest she might be of 0k im, Par t l.k l un nown en age i e ie had supposed h. self to be. And now that he h d im-. t h. a come in o 1s own, if she fou nd she . b i. eath h. · b. we1e e-1. nn m nt h she could t II hun t ·fi · no a ow o ~acri ce himself, and his famil

honor, Jus t because of his love fo h y "Sit <low d . r er.

" n, ear , and compose your-self, she heard Howard say and h thrust her own thoughts as ide' t 1. st e to h · "A I o 1s en im. s told you " h " ·f d. • e went on ~Y w1 e ied from the shock wh ' discovered the baby was d . en we three years after I met a dead, ~nd

I l n married my Je oved Julia, and a year and h If later a baby gi rl was born to us a s~ was a beautifu l baby, but h . · h e was weak M . ·f e1 eart

d · Y wi e was critically ill an as you know was a n . . , r est of her life. mvalid a ll the

. "She was too il l to see th b b it was firs t born and wh e ~ Y when dMa y ol~, before e~er she sa~; i~t i~~~ da

Y grief knew no b , 1e . one wife from the s~~~~s. I ·h.ad lost prived of her child J r ~f being deso for the advent · of ~ ia b a~ planned feared the knowled er .a Y, and I would ki ll 1 • 1 ge that. 1t had died

1er a so. I did not know what to do, but good old Dr H came to t he rescue. · untley

THE BAPTIST HERALD

'' In a small hospital, of which Dr. Huntley was t he head, was t he widow of a young minis ter who had died only two months before. She had come to the hospi tal, where h er baby was bor n the same night our baby was born, and only a few hours after the birth of her child she died.

"The only living r elative she had was a dis tant cousin here in the city, who was a poor, but very r esp ectable man. And . he was terribly worried about burymg the young woman, and the care of the infant, because the widow had only j ust enough money to pay her hospital bill.

"It was a r isky thing to do, but Dr. Huntley thought of it, and I was only too glad to fall in with his plan. We went to interview the man, and asked that I might take the baby for my own, and bury t he woman at my expense. He g ladly consented, as he knew Dr. Huntley well, and the doctor assured him I would give the child a good home and every chance in life. And that baby, Jean, was you.

"We had a private burial for my baby, and I bur ied the young wife beside her husband, then when my Julia xeturned to consciousness a·nd was able to see the baby we took you in to h ex. She loved you for her own, and never knew you wer e not. J ean, dear, have I wronged you by doing what I did ? I took you and loved you for my own, and-''

J ean flung h erself into his arms. "Daddy!" she cried, "I have loved

You for my own father , too! I sha ll always love you for such. You shall always be my own true daddy! But t ell me-does James know about t his ?"

"Yes, James knows and he is waiting for you in the library. And," ~e added soft ly taking her face in his h ' " ands and tenderly kissing her, you both have my blessing." " -She looked at him in astonishmen.~

Do- do-you know abou t us? Di J ames tell you?"

"He did not n eed to t ell me. I .al~eady knew. Go on now. H e is gettmg impatient, r know." .

He s tood in the door a moment, hstening to her swift footsteps a s 5~~ fled down the stairs t hen closed 1 s~ftly a nd turned and' looked out of t he wmdow

H . t Jis-. e stood in t he door a momen ' she

tenmg to her swift footsteps ~s oftfled down the s tairs, t hen closed it s the ly_ a nd turned and looked out of window.

Th . · g its . e afternoon sun was rad1atm . g lorious brightness in a sky of azu~e, ~ut Howard Ormsby was not seein~ it~ hght. Ins tead, he was seeing a Ligh that far exceeded the brightness of t~e su~. H e was seeing a L ight, beioi e which lif e's sh adows fade, and are swa llowed up in Eternity's brightness. He was seeing a Light that once more Was his , and would r ema in so "Until the day break, a nd the shadows flee away."

THE END

February 1, 1941

Northern Conference Christmas and New Year's Eve Programs o f the W est Ebenezer

Church The year of 1940 has been a very

successfu l one for our B. Y. P. U. of the West Ebenezer German Baptist Church in Saskatchewan, Canada. We thank God for the many blessings we have received, and we look into the future wit h great hopes.

We are happy that we were ab~e t o welcome the Rev. a nd Mrs. A. J. M1In:r a nd their family into our church m September, 1940. They are alw~ys ready to help us in our work for which we are very thankful. May Go~ bless them for t he work they ar e domg on our field.

We as young people rendered our Christmas program on December 22, which consist ed of recitations, duets, choir songs and quartet num_ber s. ~r. Milner gave a very encouragmg talk.

On Tuesday December 31, we had our New Y ear :s Eve ser vice. The program consisted of solos, duet and quart et number s recitations and messages. A pantomi~e , "Ne~rer My .~od .

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Thee," was ably g iven by six gi .s. This progTam was under the leadership of l\fr . Milner .

SYLVIA GABERT, Reporter.

Annua l Report of the B. Y. ~· U. o f Leduc's First Chur c

.. To sc1·ve the p1·cs ent ag o OUJ· ca lli n g to fu l fi ll . • ·s e i,.~a ;.;-" Oh . m a .'· it a ll our po~ e1,, " • T o d o o u r :\Ias te1"s will. .

I b t i desire and t has always een 1e . . . pie's society

s tfr1vmg .of the youngf pLeod c Alberta -<> the First Church o e u • '

t r ve our Ca nada, in the pas t year 0 sKe . 1 Master a nd to set forth his ingc om

here on ear t h. t Althoug·h our meetings in the pbas

· num er Year were not too numerous 111 b ' t hey were such that proved to e ta bl · r e 12 mee -. ess 1ng . to a ll .. Thderfe 2wqeuiz contests, ings which cons1ste o . 1 ded 4 . . . ,,,hich inc u miss ionary evemngs, E p a lan tern s lide lecture by Re~. l~o ~ W ahl on our African fields a n ~

3 vis it by t he McE lher sons of Africba, . I . . t h ich me!ll el s

c evotional meetings a '." . . f riends of our society and v1sitmg . i. • . . ges one p1 0-urought 1nspir111g messa • . . I g ram about om· Christ ian Tra1~11 ~g t~~ stitut e in Edmonton, one spen 1dn

L e" an one s t udy of " H ymns We ov • evening 's prog-ram about prayer.d t•

W · a g ran 1me e were ha ppy to have of f ellowship dt;ring a Christma

1s soa-

. 1 I l and a so , <: ra, a picnic at a ace d. · ·11g· "G E · g " a J Oll11 et Acquainted 'vemn . During our a nnual business meet mg . . . the pa s.t yea r 21 new member s wer e r eceived into th e society, g iving us a

. f 59 1embers. membership total o 11 for t he The newly e lected officers

Students and Teachers of the Bible School at Minitonas, Manitoba

(Front Row-Left to Right: Rev. W. Stein, Ebenezer Sask.; Rev. and Mrs. R. Schilke, Minitona~ ; and Rev. Phil. Daum, Winnipeg,

Manitoba)

coming year are president, Fred Sonnenberg; vice-president, Myrtle Hein; secretar y, Agnes P r iebe; treasurer , Helen Grunwald; pian is t , Elmer Roth ; and librarian, Violet Sonnenberg.

We concluded our year's activities with a program based on " The Ninety and Nine." Various musical selections were rendered by our orches tra, several r eadings and two plays entitled, "Life's Cross-roads" a nd " The Great American Home," both of which were a great blessing. Our pastor, Rev. J. Kornalewski, then gave a n inspiring talk in closing. AGNES PRIEBE, Reporter.

Minitonas Young People Hold a Successful Bible School

The young people of the First Bapt ist Church of Minitonas, Ma nitoba, Canada, had the privilege of attending a Bible School at our church from November 12 to 22. There was an attendance of about 34 regular s tudents and 9 irregular attendants.

The studies presented by t he teach-

BE N D E R In the Cameroons

By Carl F . H. Henry This valuable biography of a man

greatly beloved in Cameroon and _A~erica has come from the press m its second and revised edition.

The Publication H ouse is again able to fi ll the orders of our Young People's Societies who have been sponsoring its sale.

I n d i v i d u a 1 orders are likewise solicited.

An attractive ninety page pamphlet for

40 cts. Ne t German Baptist Publication

Society, 3734 Payne Ave., Cleveland, 0 .

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ers wer e very interesting and of great help to us in understanding the Word of God. The courses consisted of " The Life of Jesus" and "Christian Exper ience" taught by the Rev. P. Daum of Winnipeg, "Personal Soul Winning" by Rev. W. Stein of the East Ebenezer Chur ch Saskatchewan , and "B iblical Geogra~hy" and "The Life of Paul" by our beloved minist er , Rev. R. Schilke of Minitonas.

The mor ning devotional services were led by t he students themselves. This helped the students a great deal in witnessing for Christ. Revival meetings, conducted by Rev. W. Stein, wer.e held each n ight during the school penods. During t hese evenings 21 persons were conver ted and became followers of the Lord Jesus Ch1·ist.

With the aid of various organizations the meetings were made very inter esting. The ser vices wer e closed each night with a short testimoni~l per iod at which rnai:y ex~ressed t heir thanks to J esus, their Savior, for saving them from the burdens of sin.

Friday, November 22, brought us to the close of our Bible School and revival meet ings. At t his time we want to express our s incere ~hanks to t~e t each ers for the interestmg manner m which t hey presented their courses to us.

The Rev. M. L. Leusch ner, editor of "The Baptist Herald," made a tour of some of t he Manitoba churches soon ther eafter a nd we had th e privilege of calli ng on' him to pay a visit to our church for three days from Decembel' 2 to 4. Dur ing t his time we bad another 3 days of Bible School. The courses were conducted by Mr. Leusch n er , Mr. J. P oh l and Mr: Schilke. The subjects s tudied in this term were "For Christ and Our Churches" by Mr. Leuschner, and on "Music" by Mr. P ohl choir director of our church. Mr. Schiike continued his st udies from t he previous period.

Mr. Leuschner a lso conducted even in"' services in these 3 days. H e spoke of the g reat work t hat is being done by our missionaries in the Danubian la n ds of Europe. He under scored the point that God sti ll needs worker s to undertake t he g-reat harves t which he is r eaping. December 4th was the closing da y for t h is term. In t he evening Mr. Leuschner showed us interesting s till pictures of our work ca rr ied on by our m iss ionaries in the Cameroon s of Africa . The pic tures were ver y b1terest ing a nd helped us to r ealize t he work that ther e is sti ll to do in t he Cameroons.

This brought us to the close of our Bible School , a nd I ca n speak for t he other st udents that we appreciated the gTeat work clone by t hese men.

EDDIE GINTER, Reporter .

Pacific Conference Enlarged Church Edifice for the

Stafford Baptist Church of Ore gon is Rapidly Nearing

Comple tion When Mrs. Friesen and I came t o

Sher wood, Ore., about 18 months ago to look over t his fie ld of t he Stafford Baptist Church , we felt ver y difinitely that ther e was not only a r eal need for cont inuance of a local enterprise for God, but t hat ther e wer e a lso possibilities for some expansion.

As we knelt in the little chur ch t hat was only 22 by 32 feet with an entrance an.nex, 8 by 16 feet, and as we earnestly asked God for guidance, we felt led to pr ay for t he extension of his Kingdom here, both spiritually and outwardly.

"This is t he Lord 's doing," as we can humbly but a lso joyfully quote. The Lord granted peacef ul and sacr ificia l cooperation on the pa r t of our members as well as on t he par t of kindly disposed neighbors, so t hat t he need for more r oom was soon imperative. The cha ir ma n of the Paci fic Confer ence Mission Committee, Rev. J . F . Ol thoff, was quite r eady to encour age immediate steps toward meeting an acknowledged need. The committee was unanimous in its approval and with the hearty collaborat ion of our energetic general secretary, Rev. Wm. Kuhn, the

F ron t View of the Stafford Baptist Church in Oregon

Before I ts Enlargement

on:• To be sure, the new church was not r eady nor is it quite finished as yet. But we "moved in" and sa t around on lumber piles until we found t ime and means to distribute the lumber to proper places. A few more days of labor will complete the main auditorium, choir loft, dressing r ooms and ba pt is try. Then af ter the interior painting is completed, we hope to be able to publish t he report of our dedicatory services.

Thr ough ba ptism we were privileged to add four new members and through

person al t estimony four mor e to our

The Stafford Baptist Church of Oregon Nearing Completion AftEr An Extensive Enlargement Program

possibil ity of adding 32 by 38 f eet to our present floor space and building a basement under both the old and new structures was so suddenly and generously presented that I could hardly find words to expres my gr a titude and joy.

H may not be amiss at t his point to try to convey what words can only inadequa tely do, how much we have valued the kindly interest shown by our confcrtnce churches in gener al, our neighboring chur ches in pa r t icular , and pastors and leadEr s individually. All this, together with the youthful enthusiasm, brotherly interest and sound advice of our congenia l general secretary, Dr . Kuhn, is a great encouragemert to us when the r oad a t times is difficult and the burdens a re heavy.

Before our first year was over, we had increased facilities for "carrying

church. A large class is waiting for bapt ism. These had accepted the Lord one by one. Our Sunday School has increased to nearly the 100 mark in the summer months. At tendance at t he church services mor e than doubled.

Pray with us for a God sent revival that many souls may be saved from a life of self and s in to the life of service for God.

B. J. F RIESEN, Pastor.

Showe rs of Ble ssing for th e Beth e l Church o_f Salem, Or e gon

The Bethel Bapt ist Church of Salem Ore., was privileged to have the Rev '. Gustav G. Rausu of F ranklin, Calif ., as g uest speaker for two weeks of evangelistic meetings from November 17 to 29. We thank God that Mr. Rauser could be with us for these services. The member s of t he church have been

THE BAPTIST HERALD

strengthened in their faith in God and filled with a g reater passion for the salvation of the lost .

We are, indeed, t hankful for the way the work of our chur ch has been progressing. On Th anksgiving evening t he church had a fellowship dinner, which was well attended. After dinner a fine program was given in t he a uditorium, with the Rev. G. G. Rauser, our g uest speaker, bril1ging a ver y appropriate message. T he Thanksgiving offering amounted to $194.77. The member s of the Women's .Missiona r y Society r esponded to t he r oll call with a Bible verse a nd brought t heir mite boxes which contained $86.52. It will also be sent to t he .Missior.a ry and Benevolent fu nd of our denomination.

The young people have installed t he Accousticon hear ing a ids in our church at a cost of $162.50. Our elder ly members, who are hard of hearing, expr ess their joy and appreciat ion over and over aga in for wha t t he young people have done for t hem.

CLARA ISAAK, Repor ter.

Dakota Conference Memorable Highlights in the

Program of the Goodrich Baptist Church

Shor tly before Christmas Mrs. Reeh and I wer e very pleasantly surpr ised by our church, t he Bap tis t Church of Goodrich, No. Dak. Under the capable leadership of the deacons, t he members and f riends of t he congregation had secretly planned and then staged a wonder fu l program in the basemen t of our chur ch commemorating the beginning of our fourth year in the minis t ry of the church. The final climax was r eached when we were asked to accept t he very generous pantr y shower which was spr ead out befor e our eyes.

The entire Sunday School under t he leadership of the super in tendent , Mr. E d. Brodeh l, obser ved its annua l Christm?s f estival on Tuesday, December 24, 111 the large a ud itorium of our church. Every available room in t h e aud~torium and in the foyers was occupied by the large throng. A s pecial prog ram was pr epar ed in which most of t_he teacher s with t heir classes of t he vanous depar tments had a defini te part. An unusually fi ne spirit per mea ted the _whole program, t hat was greatly appreciated by a ll who a ttended.

A la rge Chr is tmas choi r under t he excellent leadership of its dir ector Mr . R. __ E. Mar tin , r ender ed fi tting' and spmtually uplifting selections. At t he end of t he progr am specia l a t t en t ion was called to our Children 's Home in St . ~oseph, Mich ., and the generous ?ffenng of $27 was sent to the super~~~enden t, t he Rev. Ha ns Steiger . I n

18 yea_r, 1941, we arc determined to r each higher goals in t he service for our Lord and Master.

We are also happy to r epor t that the~e are 46 "Baptist Herald" sub~cnbers and 22 " Sendbote" subscribers m our church territory.- A. E . REEH.

F ebruar y 1, 1941

Nort h west ern Con feren ce Achievem ents a nd Ambit ions of

the W atertown Girls, Guild Although we as a Bapt ist Girls' Guild

of Wate~t~wn, W is., _a re a small group, our amb1t1ons are high. We just finished making a quilt, which we sent to the Childr en's Home in St. J oseph Mich. F or Christmas we sent fiftee~ candy-filled s tockings to nor ther n Wisconsin for our poor neighbor s. On December 29 we gave a devotional service using as our theme, "America 's Need for God."

This year we have a big program ahead of us. We intend to make clothes to send to P ueblo Mission Center, Colo., and a lso to nor thern Wisconsin. In addi tion to t his, we will keep up our r olling of bandages, etc., for the missionaries of China.

At our J anua ry meet ing we elected new officers for the year. ~hey are president , Elayne Bender; vice-president, Bet ty Krueger; secretar y, Lor -1·a ine Rabenhor st; t reasurer, Marlys F r alich; and Red Cross Chainnan, P hyll is Krueger.

We hope and pray that God's r ichest bless ing will r est upon our effor ts for t his coming year.

BETTY KRUEGER, Repor ter.

New Pipe Organ Dedicate d by the North Ave nue Church of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Sunday evening, October 27, member s a nd fri ends of t he Nor th Avenue Baptist Church met for the dedication of a new pipe organ. Member s of the

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Choir of tl:e Grace Baptist Church, Racine, Wisconsin, W ith Mr. Alfred R . Hilker, Director and Organist, (F ront Row- Center)

Revs. H. Wedel, H. H iller, Geo. H ensel, Soloists for the progr am were Clara Fred Erion, and R. Knudson brought Hilker, sopr ano ; Augie Jensen. tenor ; messages of congr atula tion. Mrs. Otto Boss, contralto ; and Dorothy

It was, indeed, a ha ppy evening and Wiecher s and Mrs. Robert Schacht, provided a fi tting climax to t he cam- sopr anos. An audience of about 200 pa ign started about eight months ago persons enjoyed the program as follows : to raise funds for a new pipe organ. " F antasie on Old Car ols" (Lester) North Avenue Baptist Church r ejoices by instrumental ensemble ; processionin the beaut iful quality of the new inal hymn, " O Come All Ye F aithful" ; strument, is happy that the organ is "Comfor t Ye" from the "Messiah" paid for and has dedicated this new (Handel) by Augie J ensen ; "And the addi tion to t he " House of Worship" Glory of the Lord" from the " Messiah," for the pur pose of glor ifying God a nd by the choir; scriptur e; " The Birth of serving his cause. Christ" ; "There Were Shepherds"

E. J. BAUMGARTNER, Pastor . (Handel), by Clar a H ilker , soprano; "Glory to God in the Highest" (Per-golesi) .

"Chr istmas Chimes" (Otis), instr umental ensemb!e; scr ipture ; "Angels and Shepherds" ; "Angels O'er the Field," F rench carol (Nevin), male voices ; "As L1tely We W atched." Austrian carol (Black), solos by Dorothy Wiechcr s and Mrs. Robert Schacht · r eading, "The Visit of the Wise Men/•

" No Candle Was There" (Lehman) Clara H ilker; "O Bethlehem," Spanish carol (Dickinson), solo by Mrs. Otto Boss, contr alto ; "Glor y to t h e King of Kings" (Thomson) ; benediction ; r ecessional hymn; "Silent Night," echo chorus (Gruber) .

Chorus Choir of 67 Voices from the Three Milwaukee Churches That Sang at t he Dedication of the New P ipe Orgai:' in t?e North Avenue Church,

Milwaukee, W isconsin

An offering was received for the choir fund. Mr. Hilker has served as choir director and organist for more than 30 years. T he ·officers of the choi1•

include Mr. Henry Binder, Jr .. pr esident; and Mrs. Otto Boss, secretary and treasurer. Reporter .

Southwestern C o nferen ce R evival Meet ings and Christm as Festivities in the Baptist Church

Immanuel and Bethany Chur ches of our city wer e present in large numbers. 'I'hc church building was packed to the ":tmost capacity for th is happy occasion.

Mr. Oliver Wallace and Miss Gert rude J csk e served as organists, demonstr ating t he possibili ties of· t he ned~v or · d r the 1-gan. A chor us choll' un e d l'ection of Mrs. K. Miller and compokse of 6? . Milwau ee Ch voices from the thr ee d"ence

. urches thrilled t he l ar ge au 1 The "'1th sever al s tirring number s.

Christmas Candle light Ser v!ce at the Grace .Churc;h of Racine,

W 1scons1n The Grace Baptist Church of Raci~1e,

w· held a candlelight vesper service

f isChristmas music on Sund~y afti:r.

o December 22. The se~101· chon:, noon, ed of 24 voices and dll"ected ~y compos red R. Hilker, sang. The choir Mr. Alf. eel by an instn1mental e_nwas assist . t i11g of Elmer Slama, v 10-

scmble conBs1~ cci cello . Alice Slama, li11; J ules anu ' ' pianist.

of La Salle , Colorado During the last week in N ovembe1•

revival services wer e held in the First Baptist Church of La Salle, Colorado These meetings were conducted in tl · German language with the R ev. Jo~~ Weinbender from Scottsbluff, N eb bringing the sermons. The meetin .~ were well atte~ded and every one wg spiritually uplifted. as

The meetings wer e continued during the first t wo weeks in December in t he English language, with t he Rev. P a ul Ford from J a ma ica bringing the evangelistic messages. Several souls decided for Christ a nd others reconsecr ated their lives to Christ .

After hearing the messages a nd seeing s lides of their work on the isla nds of the sea, it gave us a str onger desire to help build God's Kingdom. These days of blessing came to a close all too soon.

On Christmas Eve, December 24, a progra m cons isting of sing ing, speaking, and a play, " The I nn at Bethlehem," was r endered to a large audience in our chur ch. On Friday evening, December 27, our B. Y. P. U . had a pleasant social evening in the natur e of a " t affy pull" in the basement of the church.

CHARLOTTE MEYE~, Reporter .

t he Lor d crowns simple efforts wit h unexpected joy. We look for many other s to unite with Christ and his Church within the next few months.

In a ll these moments of enjoyment our P ublication Society was not forgotten. Mr . H. P. Donner of Cleveland, Ohio, supplied us with sample copies of "The Baptist Hera ld" which wer e put on display, and many copies found their way into the var ious homes.

On December 15 a new Sunday School was organized in connection with our mission in E llinwood. We have great faith in th is new wor k and trust that it will bring j oy to the mother church. Another r evival is t o be conducted in J anuary with Mr. P at Malone paying us a return vis it. We tr ust to r eap a gr eat harvest of souls during that time.

w. HELWIG, Pastor.

Nine New Members Recently Received Into the Baptist Church of Ellinwood, Kans., by Rev. W . H elwig (Center Row)

The Ellinwood Church of 18th A nniver sar y P rogram of Ka nsas is Going " Forward With the Kin g's Da u ghter s Socie ty of

C h rist" Oke en e, Oklah oma The Baptist Church at Ellinwood,

Kans., has definitely accepted the slogan of the denomination, and we a1·e determined to move ever " Forward With Christ." In r ecent months no effort was spared in pressing for ward in this vast expans ion program which was r ecently adopted and r eported in "The Baptist Her a ld." P rayer groups meet three times a week. a nd t he work of God's Kingdom is pr esented to God in prayer, and t he Lor d is g iving t he increase.

Sunday, December 8 , was a gr eat day for us. Eight precious souls fo llowed their Lord in baptism in t he morning service. while one other joined us by letter. Most of these were the fruits of Mr. Malone's work in our midst. Among th is group was a man of 64 years of age, three mothers of families, and four boys and girls of t he Sunday School. The hand of fellowship was extended to them during· the Lord's Supper following bapti sm.

The evening of the same Sunday showed a con ii nu a lion of our evangelistic efforls. Dur ing the singing of the closing hymn another mother of four children marched to t he a ltar and made her peace with her Lord . Thus.

The King's Da ughter s S:iciety of the Ba pt ist Church of Okeene, Okla., held its 18th annual progr a m in t he church auditorium on Wed nesday evening, Dec·ember 4.

During the past yea r we held 12 evening meetings and 11 af ternoon meetings. Our evening meet ings usually cons ist of a devotiona l per iod a nd pra yer, a missionary study, special ar ticles a nd music. The af ternoo n meetings consist of a devotional period, and handwork. We ma de ba ndages and packs from old sheets and clean white materia ls, 3 rag rugs and one qui lt . We g·ave the ba ndages to t he Rev. a nd Mrs. P a ul Ford, missionaries on the Is land of J amaica, who wer e w ith us for two weeks in October holding miss ionary and reviva l services. The r ugs a nd qu ilts wer e sold at our bazaar held in August in connection with our Sunday School p icnic.

We have sent cheer to the s ick by remembering them with nower s aid to Lhe Old P eople's Home in Chicago by sending handwork to their bazaar , and

Don't Forget Bible Day

THE BAPTIST HERALD

ha ppiness to t he children in our Children's Home in St. J oseph, Mich., by remembering each child wit h a g ift a t Christmas t ime.

We bought 50 glasses and 50 cups for t he church k it chen, made and paid for t he d rapes and curtains for t he pulpit, boug ht linoleum for t he parsonage and stocked the pa ntry of t he par son age on the arrival of our new pastor in February.

We held our a n nual p icnic in August and supper in November. Probably the high light of our year was t he Mother 's a nd Da ughter's banquet held in Ma y, which was r epor ted in " The Baptist Hera ld." We have made pledges totaling $150 for our Denominat ional CenLenary Offering of which $70 has a lready been pa id.

Our progr am for the a nniver sa ry evening included a welcome by t he pres ident , Mr s. 0. G. Graalman, r epor t s by the secretary and treasurer , a vocal solo by Esther Weber , a talk by R ev. Henry Pfeifer, a t rio com posed by Maxine Geis , Velma W·eber a nd Mildred Lorenz, a musical r eading by Mrs. Harry Geis, a story by Mrs. A. Priebe, a cello solo by Betty Louise Geis a nd a dialogue, "A Greater Vision," dir ected by Mrs. P feifer.

We are gr ateful t o God for his blessings a nd are confident that if we follow his guidance, he will lead us on to grea ter work.

MRS. HARRY GEIS, Secr etary.

Central Con fer ence T he Forest P ark Sunday School Observe s a " White Christmas"

"A Whi te Christmas" by E t hel Cloyd, a pageant on giving, was beau t ifu lly render ed by various groups of the F orest Pa rk Bapt ist Sunda y School of Forest Park, Ill., in a Vesper Service on Sunday, December 22 under t he direction of our missiona~·y , Miss Victoria Orthner. T his pageant por t rayed the fu lfi.Ilment of the prophecies of the coming Christ in scene dia logue and t ableau, with beautifu l :riusic.

The "family" consisted of a f a t her' mother , a grown son, a da ughter a nd a smaller child. They wer e gather ed at the fireplace, built on one s ide of the plat:or m. The childr en asked to ha ve the meaning of Chr istmas expla ined. W~ile the mother took t he Bible a nd poin ted out t he prophecies, such char acters from t he Old Testament as Moses. David, Isaiah, J e remiah, E zekiel, Micah a nd Zecha ri ah, and from the New Testament the three Wise Men H erod and his Cou~·t, scri bes, shephe~·ds, angels Mar y wit h the manger and small a •' gels appeared in succession. Th~ ch~rch choir had a conspicuous

par t m this presentation by s ingi ng the accompanying Christmas carols with descants, Miss L ydia Mihm s inging the desca nt parts.

The pla tform was magnificenlly dccor~ted with poinsett ias, arranged by Miss F lorence Zuegel and t here was i>

ta ll Christmas tree ~bedding its mellow light on the scene.

T he program began wit h soft Christ-

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Summer P icture of the King's Daughters Class of the Clay Street Baptist Church, Benton Harbor, M!chigan

mas music p layed on t he organ by our organist, Mr . Wm. J. Krogman . Our super in tendent, Mr. Harold B. J ohns, gave a synopsis of the pageant and informat ion concern ing g ifts for t he needy which wer e to be presented by everyone at the close of the pageant. Our pastor, t he Rev. Theo. W. Dons, made some a ppropriate remarks, and Mr. Wa lt er W. Grosser, our former super intendent , r ead t he introductor y Scriptu r e passage. Roy Anderson, B. Y. P. U. presiden t, led in prayer .

Ha ving t he most joyous event of all t imes the bir th of our Lord and Savior J esus' Chr ist, so splendidly dramatized before their eyes, t he hearts ?f t hose Present were touched a nd inspired. In the mellow lig ht shining from the Christma s t r ee, they came forwar d ~nd brought t heir gifts, wrapped in white, While t he ca rolers chanted : "J oy to the World! t he Lord is come." E nough. was contr ibuted to make a happy Christmas for more than twenty families.

On Chr istmas Day we had a nother Chr istmas progr a m render ed by the childr en 's departme;1ts of our Su11day School, t he Nurser y Depar tment under ; he dir ect ion of Mrs. Herman. He.rz-eldt, the Beginner s under the directio~

of Mrs. Arthur Schoff and the Pri-111ar y children under Miss Elizabeth llemus.

T his progr am was begun by a can(lle-Iigh t procession of the J unior ai:d ~ntermed iate girls . As a r obed choir, dhey mar ched from the back of th~ ~rkened auditorium along the ceii ter

a1s1 ' · · . " Oh e to the platfor m, s rngmg · . Co~ne All Y e F a it hful." T hey r ecited in

~~ison t he Christmas story from L uke e~~-20. This prog r am, too, was greatly

Joyed by old and young. . A.s a conclus ion to these festivities,

~n t he last Sunday morning of the ~ai· 1940 a missionary program was

&'lven ' · t recent 1 . • at which we saw the mos . ~otion pict ures of our Cameroou n~is~ ~~on field. Among other interestmg in a tures, we saw Daphne D unger wal\c\vg and playing wit h African you~ 1·

t e a lso saw p or tr ayed in colored pic"~l'es our Children's H ome in St . Jo""llh a d . Ch " go Home :foi: ' n pictures of the 1ca f

t he Aged. The presentation °

these pictures was accompanied by a missionary talk from Rev. Mar tin L. Leuschner. Daphne Dunger mission banks, which some time ago were dis tr ibuted among our Sunday School scholars, were returned and yielded the amount of $42. Our treasur er, Miss Dora H. Granzow, was able to send a check in the amount of $246 to missionary headquarters, remembering our Missionar y and Benevolent Offer ing, Cameroon Mission, Danubian Mission, Y. P. and S. S. W. U nion, Children's Home a nd Chicago Home for the Aged.

At the Watchnight service one of our Sunday School scholars followed the Lord in baptism.

We are very g rateful to God for the privilege which we have of serving h im in our Sunday School. He has been very gracious to us throughout the past year . w ·e a re praying, however, that the attendance in our regular Sunday morning sessions might improve.

GRETCHEN REMMLER, Reporter.

BIBLE DAY T he Publication Society has pre

pared and sent out to the Sunday schools the material fo r use on Bible Day. I t is hoped that the observance of this denominational day will be very general, that it will bring new inspiration t o our people and that a new interest will be created for the distribution of the Bible and much other supplemental literature through our Colportage Department.

T his material is furnished free but it is expected that an offerin g will be taken for the Bible and Colportage Fund. This is the only source of replenishment and since this treasury is now depleted the Society will welcome generous and numerous gifts all of which are to be forwarded to our Missionary H eadquar ters at Forest Park, Ill.

T his announcement is made in the name of our common Lord because it is a Kingdom project.

H. P. D ONNE R, Business Manager.

Recen t Act ivities of the King's. Da u ghte r s Class of Benton

Harbor, Michigan The King's Daughters of the Clay.

Street Baptist Church, Benton Harbor, Mich., are happy to report about their activities occasionally. With the Lord's help we have finished another year, during which his blessings were visibly upon us.

The class meets every third Tuesday evening of ea ch month for a r egular meeting. The member s r otate in inviting the class into their homes. After the devotional and business part of each meet ing our pastor , the Rev. E. Gutsche, conducts a very inter esting Bible study. We have some social meetings as well.

On November 5, we entertained the " May Tomkins Guild" of the First English Baptist Chur ch of Benton Harbor, and on December 17 we entertain ed our husbands at our annual Christmas par ty. At both meetings we had very interesting programs of music, songs, and readings. Mrs. Erich Gutsche is the teacher of the class, and at Christmas time, the class remembered her with a beautiful gift.

T he following officers have been elected for the coming year : pr esident, Frieda Borchert; vice-president, Dena Ackerman; secretary, H annah K lahm ; treasur er , Cornelia Rode; publicity manager; Minnie Bittner ; pianist, Viola Olson ; and pr ogram committee, Mrs. E. Gutsche, Sadie Van Osdalc, Mrs. Henschke.

The ladies enjoy their class meetings ver y much and we have received many blessings. May God continue to bless us, and may we be of service in the Year 1941.

TENA BLUSCHKE, Secretary.

H oliday Services of the Immanuel Church, Kanka k e e ,

Illinois The Immanuel Baptist Church of

Kankakee, Ill., held two fine Christmas programs in December. The first one was presented on Sunday evening, December 22, by the P r imary and Junior departments of the Church School. It consisted of recitations and musical

numbers followed by a Christmas cantata by the robed Junior Choir. T he name of the cantata was "The Child J esus." Mrs. Harold Seedorf directed the choir.

On Chris tmas night the young people of our Church School gave a Christmas play by Dorothy C. Allen, entitled, "Christmas Is For Children." Preceding the play we had several musical numbers, namely, a vocal t r io by the Stewig s isters, and violin music by Mr. Berg Berberian, a Syrian of J erusalem who is studying at the Nazarene College near Kankakee. A white-gif t offering was received which, with the offering taken at the ot her service, was divided between our Children's Home in St. Joseph and World Relief.

On Sunday evening , December 29, we had a baptismal service at which time four adults were baptized. They were the results of our evangelistic crusade conducted by the churches of Kankakee from November 17 to December 1. The evangelist was Dr. P eter Philpott of Toronto, Canada.

Our church observed the Watch Night service from 9-12 o'clock with a special message by the past or, a social hour and devotions, testimonies and prayers to close the old year. On New Year's Da y we had our annual church supper a nd bus iness session. These services wer e well a ttended. We also observed t he Universal Prayer Week.

GEORGE HENSEL, P astor.

Mr. and Mrs. Siemund Are Honored by the Grace Baptist

Church of Chicago Since November 10th f ell on Sunday

and was a lso the 40t h a nniver sary of t he marr iage of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Siemund, the Sunday School offi-

Mr. and Mrs. H erman Siemund of Chicago, Ill., Who Recently

Celebrated Their 40th Wedding Anniversary

cers and teachns of the Grace Bapt ist Church of Chicago, III., planned a plea sant surprise for them. It almost worked, but our alert superintendent intercepted delivery of the bouquet of beautiful chrysanthemums, which was later presented more formally t o him a nd Mrs. Siemund in an address by the pastor, Rev. John E. Knechtel.

Mr. Siemund united with the church on March 31, 1896, when he was bapt ized by Rev. C. Dippel. He has had a large and useful part in the work of our Chicago churches, taking par t in the large chorus choirs and in the J ugendbund in the past, and since then in the L ehrerbund, of which he has been pres ident for 15 years .

Of our own Sunday School he has been superintendent for more than 30 years, and has made himself well nigh indispensable in t he work of the church, in spite of the st ra in of business and other active interests, notably

Members of the P lay Cast T hat P resented t he Gypsy Drama, " Better Than Gold," a t the Second Church of Brooklyn, New York

(Mr. Edwin Marklein. Director. is to be F ound in t he Second Row, Center )

THE BAPTIST HERALD

through the local Kiwanis. Club. For this year he has been r elieved of t he super intendency but he r emains as tea cher. He has also been elect ed moder ator of our church, where his executive ability will ?e most useful. We also bespeak for him. a happy and helpful interest in our Children's H ome in St. Joseph , to whose board he was recent ly elected.

It is said that every man should have a hobby. Mr. Siemund seems to have three: love of childr en, love of fbwers, and Jove of photography, and he works them well not for his own pleasure only, but for the ben.efi t of . a l~rge h ost of those who call him their friend.

(Editor's Note-Mr. Siemund was officia l photog rapher of t he General Conference in Burlington, Iowa. His colored pictures of the conference are delighting our churches wherever they are being shown. Mr. Siemund presented t he films costing m ore t han $100, to the denomination as his gener ous g ift .)

Mrs. Siemund has been equally helpful in ma ny capacit ies in our own church, where she is s t ill an honored member of the choir, and in the larger Chicago cir cle. She is a worthy companion and helpmate fo r her husband. She was born in a parsonage, h er father having been pastor of the Baptist Chur ch in Oldenburg for forty years.

We wish for them many more years of happy married life and of con tinued usefulness in Christ's Kingdom.

JOHN E. JCNECHTEL, P a stor .

Don't Forget Bible Day

Atlantic Conference Gypsy P lay, "Better Than

Gold," is Presented by Second Church Young People of

Brooklyn, N. Y. The play, "Better Tha n Gold," was

presented to a large audien ce of 200 per sons in the Second German Ba pt ist Church of Brooklyn, N. Y., on Wednesday evening , N ovember 27. It was ably coached by Mr . Edwin H . Marklein.

This play a bout our Gypsy mission field in Bulgaria was enthusiast ically r eceived by the a udience. Plans a r e under cons ider ation to r epeat the presentation at the Atlant ic Confer ence t o be held in t he Second Church next summer. The r eceip ts for the evening were $80, of which approximately one-half went toward the Centenary Fund of t he denomination.

A picture of t he cast of char a cters a ppear s on t his page of "The Bapt ist Herald." The following people wer e in the pla y: Char lotte Drews, Elizabeth Ba ines, Florence Kaa ser , E velyn Kaaser, Lillia n H au ck, Margar et Kaiser , Rev. W. J. Appel, Walter Marklein, Sr., Arnold Veninga, Kenneth Wilfer t , William Appeldorn, J oseph Sturman , and F rancis Ehrhardt .

ARTHUR MACOSKEY, Report er.

February 1, 1941

Christmas Program of the German Baptist Church in

Bethlehem, the Christmas City of America

On Christ mas evening t he Sunday School of t he Ger man Baptist Church of Bet hleh em, P a ., held its annual Chris tmas progr am. It was in charge of the Sunday School superintendent , Mr. Bruno Schreiber .

The Beginners render ed their recita tions. A d ialogue entit led, "The Chr ist for Everyone," under the supervis ion of Mr. Sta ngl, wa s presented by a g roup of boys. A Christmas play entitled , "Miss Grumble Ma de H appy," wa s g iven by a g roup of young people. The char a cters were t he Misses Ruth Laube, Hilda Wilhelm, Esther Wamser, Clara Raab, a nd Messrs. Helmuth Schreiber and Alber t Arthofer.

Music was supplied by the orchestr a. T.he newly orga nized octett e under _the direct ion of Mr. H elmuth Schreiber rendered the h ym n, "Hail, 0 Morn .of a King." A trio, composed of Miss Hilda Wilhelm Miss Flora P erveroff, a nd Mrs. Per~eroff, sang "0 Little Town of Bethlehem." A bass trio, composed of William Stang l, Henry and Paul L aube, played "We Three Kings of the Orient Ar e." A pia no a nd org.an duet was given by Mrs. Rut h Krier a nd Miss Erma Lehman.

Miss A lvena W iedner sang " Oh Holy Nigh t ," and Misses L ucille and ~arlene Doug herty sang "Oh Beautiful Christmas Garden." A shor t message Was given by the pastor, t he Rev. R. E. Reschke.

OBITUARY M~ GEOR GE ~ GOEPFERT

of Pitt,.burg h , Pcnnsylvonlo G . f ·t was born eorge F reder ich Goep ~1 Baden,

on Apri l 17, 1868, in Irn ngen, he was Germany. On Janu ary 6, 189S, Graf. United in mar r ia ge to Magdalene untrY ln 1905 the family came to this co came ~n ~ set tled in P ittsburg h. Ije~~r~:uonal 'Sty. er the Influence of . the n t lzed bY p lblo Studen ts a nd was baPlted with ,astor Russell In 1920 he un rega-

1.emple Bap tis t Church. 'l'~e c~~g Jesus t,10 n, cognizant of h is devotion hi rn a <..: hri st, s.oon t hereafter elected ns Jn ~~rnber of the Board o.r D1~~~~h faithr 1 s ea paci ty he served J11s c li lly . d no waY

t No ta sk was too a rdent an vho were 0 o loni; to Jool' after those ' se who

lnd!frerent a nd t o see!' out th ~ t offer "'e.re iJJ in' order that he mli> 1 He ~f.> lr itu aJ counsel and lnsp l rau,~~0111 he 1

1d not leave wealth to tho5~1tage tha t oved but left to them a hetfaithful In 1110ney cann ot buy. He was is church ~t tendance at the services of 1a through th long as health permitted a~ncern was t e days of illness his 01~ e c rcl1. Wi th ~l e SPir ilua! welfa re of h is chuto su n:er . 1),1,"ls t In iJJness he was a b!Jeful servant c ... he summons to the fa!t 1 urs of Dea me In the early morning hO 10 ved bY ~emh bcr 15th. 'l'hat he wa~ ~{ea at the

Qs t of friends was manl e December ~~rvices held on Wednesda~ ·al pieces b · The large nu mber of r hiS manY r ~.sPoke the thoughtfulness 0 to mourn 1111ends. Our brother leave~ Madeline

cs Wife. two daughters, ~115·111art e Pet orfee of Clevela nd, and l\ rs. son. " r11 -1frso n of P ittsburgh. a nd 0 d_0 o Schuh, 1 am Fred. The Rev. Fre Lutheran ~~stor of the Bethlehem ed a.sslst E- Urch, a fr iend of the deceasMaY God's 1,d the Pas tor a t t he services. d ones as thesence be with these Jove ·reey journey onward!

IJ1Ple Baptist Church, lt tsbu rg h, Pa pastor.

Lou is B. Holier,

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hear ts and st r eaming eyes t o the wonder of God's a toneme£1t fo r sin.

"Puritan," A Nickname But the book did not r emain in the

porch. I n the for m of t he small Genevan version i t enter ed the homes of the people, and there it was deeply and pra yer fully pondered, a nd everywhere men and women, as t hey r ea d, were awakened and converted. These conver ts of the pure Word were marked a t once as a peculiar people." The awful purity and holiness of God contrasted with t he foul world ; round t hem, a lmost over whelmed their spi-1·its, and filled them with a t remendous earnestness of moral purpose. T heir nickn ame, " Puritan " stuck, because it wa s so fitting. All England f elt t he vitalizing power of a living fai th and consistent godly living.

The P uritan r evival was a farreaching outpour ing of divine gra ce, which not only vitalized spiritual r eligion throughout the land, but also led directly to t he civil war , which r esulted in political and r eligious liber ty for

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England. A wonderful t ime followed the t r iumph of Cromwell and t he P ur itan host. By t he Solemn League and Covenant the na t ion bound itself t o Goel in holy obedience. T he Bible w a s placed on the t able of t he House of Commons and r ecognized a s the fount of its laws, t he inspirat ion of it s life. Vital godliness became the ind ispensable qualificat ion for public office. Swear ing, drunkenness and impurity were crim inal offenses. E very t heater in the land was closed. E ng land became a r efuge of the oppressed, t he tower and str ei1g th of Protestant ism in E urope.

As Far As America! The Puritans wer e a quiet and pea ce

ful people. T hey suffered long and patiently under t he cruel tyranny of the Stuarts. Rather than lift t he swor d against t heir unworthy ruler s, a multitude sought r efuge in the New W or ld, a nd t he g reat Amer ican Commonwealth is t he direct ou tcome of t he P ur itan awake ning. And from the days of the Pilg rim Fat hers Amer ica has been " the H ome of Revival," and ther e the fi r e has fallen again and again to d iffuse blessings to all the world.

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I t is our sad duty to report herewith the sudden homegoing of one of God's faithful servants, the Rev. C. E. Cr amer, t he pastor of t he Arnold Bap tist Church, Arnold, Pa.

Brother Cramer was born on March 30, 1881, in Duesseldorf, in t he beau· t iful Rhinelands, Germa ny. Corning as he did from a Christian home he quite early gave his life to the Lord, and being a Luthera n, he prepared himself both in t he Gymnasium and at several German higher ~ehools for the gospel minis try.

In 1913 Brother Cramer came to the Uni ted States for a vis it, but soon found the United States to his liking, and thus he remained and became a cit izen. Due to the tensions which World War No. 1 caused in the life of t his nation, Mr. Cramer temporarily was active in business, but after being ordained to t he Baptist ministry on September 12, 1921, he again gave himself to fu ll time work of t he gospel.

Around Christmas of the same year we find him taking up the task of minister ing to a little flock of believers in Arnold, P a. All in all, he served t he Arnold Church ten full years, the fast ter m running from 1921-1927 and the second term from 1936-1040. In t he interva l between 1927 and 1936 Mr. Cramer was the pastor of the Spruce Str eet Baptis t Church, now mergecl with the Temple Baptist Church, of Buffa lo, N . Y.

It was on the day after Christmas 1940, that is , December 26, that Broth· er Cramer was stricken down by a hear t attack. To a ll who knew a nd loved him this was a great surpr ise that he, who apparently had been so strong and well should so suddenly depart from our ~idst. But God's way is perfect and holy. In a few months Mr. Cramer would have been 60 year s old. He has wrought well , a nd now he is wit h the Master he has served so faithfully. .

The funeral ser vice took place m the Arnold Church on Sunday, December 29. It was fitt ing that the body of our brother should lie in state in the ve.ry church which he had helped to bml<l a nd that he should be surrounded by a host of his parishioners, hoth f r.om Arnold and Buffa lo. The Rev. D. Z1m· mermann, a former pastor of tl~e A.r· nold Church ably Jed the service 111

which seven 'other ministers took part. Among them were Rev. C. K. Graham of Detroit, Dr. A. J . Meek of Arnold, Dr. L. W. Bumpus, executive sec~·et~1·y of the Pittsburgh Ba pt ist City M1ss1on, Rev. L. B. Holzer of the Temple Chur~h in Pittsburgh, Rev. Wm. C. Marquis, pastor of the Arnold Methodis~ ~hu~'.c~ and pr esident of t he Arnold Milllstena Association, the undersigned, and Messrs. Hoyle and Hoover, also from Pittsburgh.

Brother Cramer was a gifted and

constructive preacher, a true shepherd of his flock, and a pastor-evangelist of depth and conviction. He was a lover of God's Word, and he loved to expound its redemptive truths to a ll who cared to hear. He was also an eager student of prophecy, yet never did he indulge in erratic interpretations. As a brother minister he proved himself often "as a friend that sticketh closer than a brother." He ser ved his denomination loyally, although it is the writer 's opinion that his talents and abilities might at times have received better recognition from his brethren. To be sure, Brother Cramer had an accent in hi~ English, but his messages rang also with t he accents of divine compuls ion a n..: conviction.

We pray that God might raise u p such who will take the place of our depar ted friend and brother. Brother Cramer, as many can testify, had a pass ion for lost souls , and in t he cour se of the years many wer e led to accept Christ through his testimony.

May God bless the loved one_s of our now glorified brother, comfort and sustain them , and send to the brethren a t Arnold a new minister of equal stur diness of fa it h and practice.

THE BAPTIST HERALD

«JI Mr. Raymond Ka hle of Dallas, Tex. , has accepted a call from the Oak Lawn Bible Church of Dallas to become it s pastor beginning with April 1st. Mr. Kahle will continue his ser vice as a field worker of the Biblical Resea rch Society. H e is spending 4 months at the Northern Baptist Seminary in Chicago, Ill., studying in the school's libr ary in prepar ing his Master 's thesis on " Israel's Nationa l Conversion." Mr . Ka hle was the author of two articles on the Holy Land which appeared lasl summer in "The Baptist H erald."

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