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The Pentecostal -- F .• " orv GEL PRICE 10 CENTS . . . Eskimo women ot POft Hope, Alaska. with pantul of muktwk (sliced whole find. NOT BY MIGHT, NOR BY POWER , BUT BY MY SPIRIT, SAITH THE LORD . . . September 27. 1959 THE EDITORIAL VIEWPOINT The Pentecostal Hope for the Heathen \Vhat hope is there for the heathen? If it is true that "he that believeth not shall be damned" (and it is, according to Christ's own statement, as recorded in Mark 16 :16) is there any hope for the heathen to be saved? Yes, there is hope provided the heathen hear and heed the message of Him who said. HI am the way, the truth, and the life; no Illall cometh unto the Father, but hy me" (John 14 :6). For God so loved the heathen that He gave His only begotten Son, that the heathen might believe in H im and nOt perish but have everlasting life. This is the wonderful hope that is held out to all men everywhere. But what if the heathen never have an opportunity to hear the gospel? Will they be eternally damned? Will their fate be no better than that of people in Christian lands who have heard the gospel many times and have rejected it ? The Bible emphatically teaches that salvation is through the Lord Jesus Christ and through Him alone; otherwise H e must have died needlessly. "Neither is there salvation in any other," the apostle said: "for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4: 12). Our heavenly Father loves every human being and He desires everyone to be saved. Howe"er, He sees that the heathen in their present state are lost sinners and not fit for heaven. That is why Christ gave His Church the Great Commission. If the heathen were not lost, why did He tell Hi s follmvers to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature? The first chapter of Romans explains very clearly the predicament in which the heathen find themselves and it places the blame where it belongs--on their own shoulders. It says the Creator's existence is made known to them by the land, sea , and stars that He created. It says the knowledge of right and wrong is writtell on every man's heart when he enters the world. It says the heathen know the judgment of God, and that they who commit vile sins are worthy of death, yet they not only do the same but take pleasure in those who do them. The heathen have seen the light and ha"e rejected it-that is the condemnation. "When they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful." They ga\'e God up, and so He gave them up to all manner of wickedness. But God never ignores a hungry heart. If the heathen would walk in the light they already have, God would give them more light; He would move heaven and earth to bring them into the light of the gospel. The difficulties they fa ce, however, are almost insurmountable. 1t is very seldom a pagan soul battles through the obstacles and comes to a missionary asking for the gospel. God therefo re asks H is missionaries to go to them. Is there hope for the heathen? Yes, there is, and it lies mainly in ou r response to the great missionary challenge of our Saviour who calls us to take the Word of Life to the "untold millions" who are "still untold." THE rr.NTECO!TAL EVANGr..L 10 \>Ubl,.h.d ...kl, by .be Go!l"'1 1'"bU.hin[ Uo.'n. 414 Welt Pacific Slue'. $prin.li.1d I. Mo.. U.5.A._Thot. F. Zirnm.mt.~. E...t~I'''' u.;...,.or 0( J'ublio<a.io,,.. .&DDRUSU IN TH E U.s. AND U. S. POSSESS IONS, SlI.... LE SUB$CR1P110S--P.5G ,.,. ..... ,.0<--$4.1$ Ioor . _ 1U''-Pro for . L... ,.un, SPECIAL INTROOt:CTO RY Of'f'ER- $1 ro ,.,. IWeft'1 w .. h . BUNDLE R,o\TE I"'ini""'''' of f,,,...II1»cn" •.",.. all maliN to lb. urn< add .... )-6Sc: lor U wW" U.U or a ' •••• "'" ue!t .~"."".pl;,,.,. CANADIAN ADDJlUSU, SINGLE SUBSCRI PTION-Pro 1<>< on. , .. r-$5.75 lor 'wo 2 EVANGEL SE PTEM BER 17, 1959 NUM BER 2 ] 6 8 EDITOR .. ROBERT C. CUNNINGHAM EX£CUT '\'E DlRECTOR LA VOUT £DITOR • EDITORIAL MiSISTANT • . J. R. FloWt' Ltslie W. Smith Elva M. Johnson EDITORIAL P OLICY BOA RD }. R. P'IoWtr (Chairmalll. Howard S. Bu.h. N. D. D... idoon. Roy H. Wud. "&ron A. Wiloon CONTENTS A Ticket to Hea ve n ............ Syu 5ekimoto 3 Japan', Greetest Need .... Leonord Nipper 4 Witnenin, i" the Wo,ld's Lo" elt City .................... Bill and Dee Sakwitz 5 Water Bopti,m at 40 Below Z.,o .......................... Paul Bills 8 Forei,n New, Digest ...................... 14 Family Altar .................... R. G. Chompion 19 Sunday School lesson ............ J. B. Bisnap 20 Time ................................ Mol Blokeney 21 Revivaltime News ............ Stan ley Michael 28 Me naSte of the Wi"d Herman G. Johnson 31 MISSIONARY FEATURES Forei,n Millions .... R. T. Brock, Editor 3-7 Home Minianl ........ Ruth lyon, Editor 8·13 B.G.M.e ........................... Paul Kienel 16.17 W.M.e ......... Mildred Smulcnd, Edito r 21-23 Mill,oftettes ...... Charlotte Schumitsch 24 Speed.the.LiStht ........ Verne MocKinney 18 O FF ICE RS OF TH E C ENE RAL COUNCIL OF TH E ASSEMBLIES O F COD Rali,h M. R;II'I'I (Gell. SUpl.). T. F. Zimmerman. G. }'. Lew". lien Webb. C. W. H. ScOtt. J . R. F]ower. fol. II Nelzel. Noel Perk,,,. H. S. l lulh, N. D. Davidian. A. A. Wilson , R. H . Wud . . . . We believe the Dihle to be the ,,,.p;,ed . IId o", y ",i~lhb]c Dlld authoritatIv e Word of God. "'£ BEU~: \'E lhat there,s ont God. tteruaHy e,,; nen l in three perlOnl: God tht F:lth tt. God the Son. and God the Ho]y Ghost. \\ E UEI.IEVE ;n the dcity of Our Lord 1uuI Christ. in Iii. vi'lin binh. in 1111 .Ul]ell lilt ;n iii. miraclc •• j!1 IIi . vic:I.ioUJ a"d atollilll death. in II i. bodily rnurreclio!1. in Ih. ute".ion 10 the riaht h:l"d of tht Father. and in Ilis personal future re· lurn 10 Ihi. urth in po"'cr and 1I10'y to r ule oVer the nation.. WE BELIEVE thll t t he only mUIII 0, I~'nl cleall.ed frolll sin il Ihrou,h repentance and bi\h III the precious bLoOC o f th r'SI. WE BU.IE".!:: thaI ,tIlCIICtI\'OIl by the lIo]y S~;rit i. :Ib$Oluldy eUtnl,al fOf persollal uh·allon. \\ E HELl EVE that the ,edemrtive work o f Christ on Ihe cron providc~ hulilll 0 Ihe human bod,. in an swer 10 believing pr:lyer. WI:: BEL IEVE Ih.1 Ihe Hapl'''" of the Ho]y Spirit. lI.«:ord illg to AtU 2:~. i. li"ell to believul who uk fo r il. W}; 111':I.lEVE In ,he s~"(\ifyin& power of the Holy Spiri t by ... llIue ;ndwelling Ihe Chriui~n ;. enabled to live a holy life. WE BELIEVE in Ihe ruu rr('Ct;on of bolh Ihe und and Ihe lOll. the one to e"u]an;" 1 life and t he other to c.,·u]a"in l damnnion. )< . . . -$&.50 10' tb ... y..... IIU"I) !.E RATE (mi"imum 01 tou' ,ub,,';p,>On• •11 .... ,Itd '0 .be "rn< ..td ... n)-7l!c 1M Il ",..,ki. 1J.7! 10• • y.... on ueh lub",;pl ion. FO REIGN LANDS (u«t.' ran.d. and J'UAS ..... nt.i•• · ) S ISCE.E SL' IlSCR1PTIOS_ f..I.lS 10. ""•. 1'''- $&.1$ '" , _ ,.an- $I1.n lor .h.... Ht:Sm.E nl.TE (minimum 0( I"" ••"b"".ip"on •••11 mail<d '0 .b. . .me add ....}-\I1c lor ,hi'l .. n w ..... U.SO la •• lU" .aeh .,,'*:rip....... ·PVAS-U. S . .. , .. appl,. .0 .11 <OlIn", ... ;" .be POOlal U..1on A",.ncu and Spa.... s... ,..... J'''III.. alt~. 10. a 10 .. of .!>eM. J'ru. ttd In tile U.S.A. Soooad d ... P"".'. pa;.! a. Sptin,litld, M'uou.L <In 0( .be TH": PENTECOSTAL EVANGEl FOREIGN MISSIONS I tc Bv SYU SEKIMOTO, Tokyo, Jopcn I A~f THRI L I.ED TO TELL YO\,; 1I0W God's lo\'e found me and sa\'ed me from a life of si n and heathen darkness. ~Iy mothcr died when I was a young boy so when 1 g raduated from middle school it was not possible for me to go to high school. This disappointed IllC. ] n Japan it is the ambition of every young person to pass entrance cxaminations into the best high schools and colleges, thus giving thcm bettcr opportunities for finding employment in thi s over-populated country. Though 1 had to go to work so you ng. still r had great hopes of continuing my education later. As the years went by I realized that th is would not bc possible and my dreams were sha ttered. AIy friends werc graduating from high school, finding good posit ions, and cntering collcgcs, while I was [orgotten. I soon developed a deep scnse of inferi ority and loneliness. T o forget my mi sery I began to drink heavily. While st ill a teen-ager I became a public 1111 isance, staggering about thc strects a t night. What would happen to me-where could I go fo r help? There seemed to be no alternativc but more drink. Often a policeman would p ick mc lip from the street and lead mc home. Afterward.o; 1 hated myself for acti ng li ke a foolish old man, but any purpose for living had di:;appeared and I only wished to die. 1\Iany times I considered suicide, but 1 was afraid to die. Over the years my eyes became \'ery bad as a result of drinking so mllch cheap whiskey. I could hardly sec to read a book. When it seemed that I could not bear such a life any longer somconc handed me a piecc of pape r. It invitcd me to attend an evangeli stic meeting- what fllaf was I had no idea! nut the prog ram sounded interesting and it was free. I t seemed some power drcw me to that auditoriu m. There, when J was twenty-four years old I heard for the September 27, 1959 first tillle ill Illy life of the one living God who lovcs us. r saw young p<.'ople happily singing choTll ses and wished that I could be so carefree. COllld it be true th:'It there was only one God? I had always belie\'ed that there were many gods for various needs, and that I must pray to my dead ancestors daily. Ilow much 1110rc simple if there was truly one God for all people o f all nations. Glorious news - but how could I kllOw if it were truc? The next night I heard of Jesus who willingly died 011 the cross to save lIIe from sin and to give me peacc and eternal lifc. 1 could understand nonc of this messngc, bUl I kncw I wanted my life to be differcllt. If this Christ was rcal, J did ~o want to kllOw 1I im! So I quickly walked forward to take Him as my Sa"iollr, /lot knowing wha t it would mean in the days to come. From that moment Illy life began to change. I becamc so busy seeking morc of this new truth that , forgot ahout drink and have nC\'er wantcd another drop to this day. I began attending nightly meeting,,> a t the missionary's church near my homc and Illy unrest and anxiety gradually di~'\ppcarcd. It W:lS as if I had ne\'cr had a problem at all. God seemed to walk beside me and J learfled to talk with Ilim as lie filled my heart with Hi~ I>cace and joy. \\'hen I heard the llIe~1k'lgc of divine healing. I belie\'cd and li e wonderfully healed my eyes so that now I can iopend hours at a time studying and re:ldlllg Ilis W ord. Hallelujah t \\'hat a Sav iou r ! I believc that before I cvcr heard of Jlilll one yea r ago, God had Il is eye on me. The piece of paper that fell ill\o Illy hands was truly Ill)' " ticket for heavcn!" :\o\\', instead of Ill:lking offerings to spirits of thc dead at our famil), shrine, I am seek ing fo r the mighty promise of Ilis 1101), Spirit. ,\t the .\sscmblics of God convention in Tokyo this year I con'>ecrated my life to God for lIi s !'e n ,ice ami I have a burning desire that lie will use me to bring Ili s light into lI1al1Y other darkened hearts. ... ... his Sundoy school closs of junior boys ond girls o t the Kichijoji Gospel Church In TokYO, Jopcn 3 It is in your power to supply Japan's Greatest Need By LEONARD NIPPER Choinlloll, Jopall Field Fellowship Ithe young people of lap.,n the wonder· F YOU IJ AD T HE JOY Of TEACHING ful truths of God's W ord and if you could see them develop into spiritual leaders as we have seen them develop, you would agree that Bible school is a great work. Seventy post-war graduates of OUT Japan Central Bible institute arc active in the full -gospel ministry today. Among them are the C. A. president of Japan, the editor of our monthly p.1.pcr, the editors of Oll r Sunday school papers, the speaker on our national radio program, and four parttime Bible school teachers. 1£ you were to sit in our e.xccutive presbyters' meeting of the Japan Assemblies of God and feel the burden of the whole field of Japan, feel the desperate need for qualified, trained workers to put into strategic areas that we want to open to the full gospel; or if you were to spend some twenty· four hours each week teaching those prospective workers as my wife and I do at the Bible school- you probably 4 would feel with us that the $400 needed each mont h to operate the Bible school is one of the most important needs in Japan today. But this is not Japan's greatest need. If you were working in the radio department of our Japan Assemblies of God, spending hours each week train· ing the choir and attending to the many details in volved-a nd then realized that every time you broadcast over the Tokyo station alone you have a respon· sibility of reaching 25,()(X),()(X) with the full gospel-you would feel with us that the need of more broadcasting time is imperati,'e. \Ve are now broad· casting over seven stations in Japan, reaching a potential audience of over 40,()(X),0Cl0 each week. \ Ve can reach another area with a potential audience of 9,OCXl,0CXl for another $50 per week. This is a real challenge, but again I do not feel that it is the greatest need in Japan today. If you were in the Sunday school work, teaching Japan's myriads of chi!· dren, you would feel that every eHort put forth to win these boys and girls to the Lord would be most important. Or if you were in the literature work you undoubtedly would feel that because of the high literacy rate in Japan (the highest in the world) you would want to publish more fuU·gospel liter· ature for the millions who do not know Christ as their Sa,'iour. If you were out pioneering a new work-if you had a good tent, a loudspeaker set, and the Speed-the· Light equipment you needed to hold an evan· gelistic campaign and then lacked only $100 for advertising, land rental, and other necessary expenses-you might feel that the greatest need would be that $100. If you had worked for several months after holding such evangelistic campaigns and had a group of new believers in a home or small rented hall; and if, after several months of wait· ing, a Bible school graduate came to pastor the new group and then you still could not find a suitable place for regular services; you would then feel as we feel right now- that the $4,()(X) to $5,000 needed for a church building is a very great need, Yet, again, this is not alIT greatest need. Do not misunderstand me, please. Our Bible school is second to none in producing qualified, trained workers here in Japan and we need monthly suppo rt for the operation in the schoo!. Our radio program-reaching over leonard Nipper (right) and K. Yumiyomo, superintendent of the Jopon Assemblies of God THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGE L Witnessing in the World's Largest City By BILL AND DEE SAKWITZ Tokyo, Jaf!(JI1 Kic.hijoji Gospe! Church in Tokyo, Japan K IClIl)O)t GOSPEL CIIVRCII WILL be two years old this momh. As we look Lack over the time since God so wonderfully opened the way for us to establi sh a church in this area all the outskirts of T okyo, we think of the many Japanese who have knelt in thi s building seek ing the truth, and of many others who have heard the gospel from OliT loudspeakers. H ow often have we wished that our eyes were fountains of tears that we might weep in behalf of tl~e multitude 4O,OC>O,OC>O with the full gospel ever)' week, broadcasting over se,'clI stations here in Japan- is "ery important and warrants your support. Our Sunday school and litcrature departlllcnts arc presenting not only the salvat ion message but also the truth of the fullgospel experience, and funds are needed to expand our publications. Right now, some of our Assemblies of Go<l mi!>sionaries arc limited becaU!:ie of the lack of funds to hold specia l evangelistic meetings. There are groups of believers meeting in a room six by nine feet because they can find no better place to meet. \Ve are very conscious of these conditions here today. But these are not the grc.:,test needs of Japan. The greatest need in Japan today is for you personally to pray for each one of your missionaries laboring in Japan. If you will pray for us, the Lord "fn speak to your hearts and all of our financial needs will be met. 1£ you will pray, we will be able to secure more and better radio time; we will be able to increase our literature and S unday school programs; our Christ's Ambassadors program will ad"aTlce; the Bible school needs will be md; our September 27, 1959 who were not willing to pay the price ~cn-c Chr i ~ 1 ill Japan. But joy overflows 3$ we see the preciou-; jewels that have been chosen for !lis kingdom and nrc bithfl1lly serv ing the Lord-all because this lighthou~e was built in obedience to Go<rs call. Although I)rotestant Chri!>tianity came to j apan one hundred years ago, respon se of the people to this great message is still ,'ery slow. Last slImmer it seemed that our spirits had MlIlk to the bottom of a deep well and only it takes to evangelistic campaigns will be riuauced and new church buildings will be provided. All of thi s is possible if you and I will sincerely pray for japan. The greatest IIl'rd in iap(1II toda)' is JOT prct'ailill[J prayer. Join us, and pray with us daily-,\ ill you? ........ j ( of the Kichi,oji ~pel Church with M,ssion - ones 8dl and Dee Sokwitl. by looking up\\unl to the Mcady sha ft of light shining" from ahO\e could we have courage to prc:->:-> forward III the work. Des1ring to reach out to the multitudes that pass by each day, we planned a short evangelistic mecting to he held in a beautiful public hall. As expenses were high. we wrote letlt'rs home asking for help. But whell the time came for the meetings not on(' offering had heen received . j u!>t eight days before the meetings began we l o~t our second baby boy and our heart:-> were hea\'y with grief and di~appo inlmcnt. We began to wonder if God were with us in ou r planning. But He was. During the three nights of OIlT re\·ival mceting ahol1t Ol1e hundred Japanese were dealt with for salyutiOll. The attendance for the three nights totaled 2,400. It is difficult to get these people interested enough to begin attending one of the local assemhlies. Only eternity will tell how many werc s..,ved but we know of fi,'e who were sayed in those meetings and have been bapti zed ill watcr. One of the young converts, ilfr. Syu Sekillloto, is now a Sunday school teacher. (Ilis testimony appears ill thi s issue of The Pell/t'costal EVOIlgei.) As we see Sekimoto San so eagerly teaching his class of boys and girls each week we realize that the meeting was not in vain. \\'e will not he afraid to bunch another such meeting. \\'e 111l1.!>t go to the people, and with your help we ca n do it more effectively. God's business is the greatest business in the world. This spring God answered prayer and pro\'ided a fine japanese cou ple who are gradl1ates of Central Bihle rllstilute in Tokyo to p..1stor the Kichijoji church. The small adult cong regation 5 had been paying on the church building each month, and now they have the added responsibility of supporting their pastor. They are still faced with a debt of almost $1,700 on the building. We feel that without this heavy debt the church will be able to go forward to greater victory and we arc trusting that many of you will be led to help us. As we celebrate the Protestant cen~ tennial in Japan this year we realize that millions have yet to hear the true message of s;dvation for the first time and that multitudes of others have not recognized it as the truth they need. Our hearts cry out to God as we hear the bells ringing before the shrines in the homes of our neighbors. We pray that He wilJ send a mighty 1110Ve of His Spi rit to open the closed hearts of 111il~ lions of Japanese so that every home will be touched by Ilis light before He returns. Pray with us that the Ki chi~ joji Gospel Church will be a bright lighthousc guiding many to the harbor of safety. Beyond the need of this one church arc the needs of Japan as a nation. Aft~ er one hundred years of Christian evangelism by Protestants, the born-again Christians in this country number less than 200,C(X). So it would seem to us missionaries here in the " land of mis~ sionary heartbreak" that millions of sou ls in this cou ntry, for whom Christ died, are bound for an eternal death. There has ne\'er been a general re· vival-a n outpouring of the Holy Spirit -in Japan and we believe that nothing less than united, travailing, prevailing prayer will bring it aoollt. W ill you pray? Rray in the Spirit. Pray for great and mighty things. Pray for the millions of per ishing souls in Japan, that this may truly become the land of "the rising SUIl of righteousness." Tokyo is said to be the largest city in the world (over 9,C(X),C(X) inhabitants) but at present there arc only two American Assemblies of God mission~ ary famil ies, two British Assemblies of God couples, and one Canadian Pellte~ costal couple stationed in this great city. In other parts of Japan there are four couples and four single ladies who arc members of the Japan field felJow~ ship of the Assemblies of God from the United States. With so few workers spread out so thinly, untold opportlln i ~ ties for gospel work and ministry must go unclaimed and unavailing. May God impress cvery reader \\'ith the urgency of the Japan situation and the need of ~. prayer. 6 ...--- . -~ Philip Molefe, Betheut Mofokeng, ond Vernon Pellcnger looking ot Germon .32 luger surrendered in gospel service ot Johonnesburg, South Africo They Gave Up Loot for Their Faith T liE "RAND D,\ILY :MAIL," JOIl AN~ nesburg, South Africa, published the following front-page story on May 27, 1959, "WELKOM, Tuesday Coshes, knives, and stolen goods arc among articles surrendered voluntarily by con· \rerts to the Assemblies of God faith following an evangelistic campaign in the Thabong Native Township here. Among items given up are a .32 Luger automatic pistol, wrist watches, c1oth~ ing. a pr imus stove, amulets, and witch doctor's horns. "The two African clergymen who have been receiving these 'offerings' are the He\'. P. F. Molefe and the Rev. 13ethllel Mofokeng. "M r. M ofok eng told me that con~ verts to the church in the gold fields now number hundreds. many of them former tsotsies and criminals. "'I was a tsotsi myself; said Mr. Mofokeng, 'before I became a COil vert and finally a minister of the Assembl ies of God. "'1 was proud of the blanket 1 worc as my badge of the notoriOl1 S Russian gang. r carried a stick and sometimes more dangerolls weapons, and knew how to use them.''' ''The stolen goods and weapons are handed over to the police. "Shots have been fir ed through the canvas of the tent the clergymen often use on evangelistic campaigns. On one occasion an attempt was made to soak their tent in petrol and set it on fire." The background of this front~page article is gi\'en by Vernon Pettenger, Assemblies of God missionary in South Africa. He writes: "On Sunday night, May 24, T f'e~ ceh'ed a phone call from Philip !\'lolefe that in \Velkom on Saturday night someone had COI11(, to the front with a revolver and handed it to our young preacher, Bethuel Mofokeng. 13rother i>.[ofokeng who was saved in Ve reenig~ ing when we were there, was afraid and did not know what to do. So carly i>.fonday morning we left for \Velkom and Philip 1'101efe came with me. \Vhen we arrived we found, in addition to the gun, a couple of boxes of stolen things that had been handed to the evangelist at the meeting. "The next morning we went to the Chief of the c.I.O. (the same as the American F.B.I.) at the advice of the police because any Afr ican caught with a gun in this country is arrested. What a thrill it was to testify to the ch ief detective of that whole area of the power of the gospel of Christ that would prompt an African in a crowded rcvival service to risk being arrested by walking to the altar and laying down a gun. The detective chief assured me that there would be no further in· vestigation of the case. "We praise God for Hi s miracle~ working power . News of the gun in~ cident has gone all over the townshi p and we believe it is going to advance our work." ...... THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL SPECIAL REPORT CAll TO ACTION .V School of Orientation Becomes Annual Event TIn ~1I0"O"ON' SIEC,IIIEH,,IIV FOII(ION o~ ... 'S ..... N. lO"'· D!~' J . Philip Hogan New Testament Strategy for Witnessing to T liE FIRST AXXl'AL Sc II 001. OF Orientation. sponsored by the Foreign ~Iisli i olls Department, was held all the campus of Central Bible Institute, July 14-24, 1959. f\'ocl Perkin. Executive Di rector of the Foreign )'lissions Dcpartment, sern'd as dean of the 5(.hoo\. A tota l of 115 missionaries was enrolled, including 72 new appointees and 43 returned missionaries. Sessions began each morning' :It 8: 15 with a devotional under the direction of E mil Ballicl, Foreign ~Iissions Dcpartment Administra ti\'e Assi:-,Iam. Special speakers included l{alph 1\1. Rig'g's, General Superintendent: J. Hohert Ashcroft. president of Ccntral Bible inst itute and Evangel College; Charles \ V. Den ton. sec retary o f the :\'atlonal Sunday School Department: and Arthm Ah lberg, missionary to the Philippines. Classes werc conducted each morning frolll 9:00 until II :jO. \·ari01lS phases of mi<;sionary responsibilities were discussed by mcmbcrs of the Foreign :\l1ssions l3o:.1.rd: :\'ocl Perkin. Emil Ballict, Robert T. ;\IcGlasson, )L L. Hodgcs, :\\. L. Ketcham. E. L. Phillips, J. Philip I logan, and R. T. BrOl:k. In the aftcrnoon the missionaries di\·ided illto area groups for studies and <li!'>cllssions with their respecti\·c field :,ecrct:"lries. This was the first of a !lew annual oricntation program spomored hy the Foreign )lission,> ])cpartmenl. The discussions were \"ital to the new appointcc'> ;'L1l1l n·tcrall mi" ... ionarie,.; alike_ Plans for the second annual School of Orientatioll to ht held next SllIlltller include extellclin.~ the kngth of the course to six weeks. .. .. a Lost Pagan World \ ·iewed frOIll c\·cry possible :lT1gle, the task to which our Lord committed the Church in the Great COll1mi:.sion is ("Olo,>,,;1.\. Evcn to attemJlt obedience to tlus dn·ine ~)rder would require an invcnton· of the be~t material and the finest ttd:lmiques. Ilappil)", the strategy is well defined in the Kew Te~tamelll. 1. "Look on the fields··-this world in which tired old sptt'lllS arc falling :l.part. leaving in their place a yawning\·:"ICIlIl111. The old j:!o<is ha\"C 1I0t yet becn repbced. hut Chri:-tians mllst step quirkly into thi .. ,·anmm ..... I\h the mes:-age of life in Christ .!eslls or it will hecol11e jU'ot another open door to morc pagan gods. Perhaps the new gods will he more refined ami \·oral than thei r antecedents hut they will be gods just the same-gods whose devotees will use ever\' mean-:; of modern rOIlHllunica tion to ;dvallce thcir claims. 2. '·Xo\\" is the accepted time." Some things cannot wait. and tll(' gospel is one of them: not because II is perishahle. bllt hecallse man is. \\"hen will we trllly reali;:e that. for the Church, . .. . lin'> gcneratlon IS a one-\\ay street. T he SHian lepers ..,tmrk the keynote when they said. '·If we sit here ull til morning, SO I11 C greater mi'ichicf may bc{;1.11 us." The gospel is not for reclin ing, btlt for proclaiming. 3. '·:\0 man cometh to the Father but by me.·' This is the di\·jne right of real Christian missions; this bea rs the imprimatu r of God himsel f. Ch rist is A L L or :\'OT II I:\'G AT ALL. T he missionary message lIlust be u napologet ic . .. yield no (juarte r to al ternatives . .. " Thus sa it h tile Lord " is the themc. The heathen Illay ragc, htlt let t he Chu rch's message ever be a posi ti ve one. "The earth is the Lord·s·'-Ilot the commun i!:.!'s. not the atheist's, not Satan's-but "T H E LORD·S." .... ~ First annua l School af Orientation, 1959 September 27, 1%9 7 (L \ I: .• If, #,.';0\ . .(§ . HOME MISSIONS Water Baptism at 40 Below Zero By PAUL E. BillS Barrow, AloJka JlAD BE E N MOVI NG IN AN unusual way among the people of some of the native villages in the "bush coulltry" of northern Alaska. In Stevens Village, located on the Yukon River some 100 mil es north of Fairbanks, a few converts had expressed the desire to go "all the way with God," whi ch meant they wcrc willing to be baptized-by immersion. Only those missionaries who have li ved and worked in these villages realize th e significance of this step, for when a persOIl li ves with the people he is able to observe the effects of their ancient cultures. It takes time to realize that years of tradition create a way of life that is hard to change. The people do not even think as we do. It becomes the work of the mi s· sionary to bridge the diffcrence in cultures-and bridge building is not done in a day. Concerning mi ssionary work Jesus said, "Go ... teach all nation s." And I saiah declares that " precept must be upon precept, linc upon linc, here a little, there a little .... " illany see only the glamorous side of missionary work- the victorious report s. l3ut missionary work in Alaska is often the most tedious and d ishearteni ng work in thc world. Notw ithstanding th is, the gospcl is still "the power of God unto salvation," and hecause of this the missionary does see precious fruit frOIll his ministry. J11 the villages, water baptism by im mCTsion is contrary to tradition. It would not have been difficult to sp rinkle or pour water on the head s of "collvert s," but it took a great deal of courage for them to obey the plain command of our Lord. \Ve bcgan to rea lize what Jesus meant when He sa id, " H c that believeth alld is bap ti::ed shall be savcd ." Indeed, we could read ily understand Ananias' command to "Arise, and be baptizcd. and wash away thy si ns" (Acts 22:16). On many mission fields , conversion and baptism are practi cally synonymous. .. 8 .;;1. • • Baptism not only takes 0 11 a new meaning to A laska missionaries, but it also prescnts a practical problem. No built;in baptistries grace most mission stations, nor do rivers or lakes with four fcct of ice afford vcry favorable accommodation s. Thcll how does one go about arranging a bapti smal service with the temperature well below zero ? I talked this over with B. P. Wilson, pastor of the Fairbanks Assembly which is hub for the many native works in the arca. "What shall we use for a baptistry?" I asked. l3rother Wilson outlined an idea for a portable baptistry. He explained that it could be made of heavy canvas, thorough ly waterproofed, measuring six feet long, three feet ,vide, and three feet deep. Loops around the r im through which poles could be inserted would be the stabiliz ing featllrc. This collapsible bapt istry could easily fit in hi s plane so that all villages could utilize it. The anticipated baptismal day ar· ri\'cd with the temperature fluctuating bel\vecn 30 and 40 degrees below zero. l3esides Pilot Wilson, the "sanctified" Piper Pacer plane winging over the vast Alaskan wilderness carried missionary Gordon Olson, myself, and the yet-untried baptistry . Donald Nelson, Stevens Village missionary, came running to the river landing strip to greet us. Almost immediately we began preparations for the service. A fire was built outdoors on which we placed a fifty-gallon drum. Somcone chopped a hole in the ice to get to the water. Then came the laborious work of "packing" the water up the hill to the drum. Soon after the drum was filled, complications arose. As the fire heated THE PENTECOSTAL EVANCEL supply postor of Borrow, the bottom, the Arc tic cold worked at the top. Our water was heating on the bottom but freezing on top! \\'e wondered which element would he the more potent. \Ve could not take time to find out. The drum was transferred to the quonset mission and a plumber's pot (the plane's heating dev ice in cold weather ) was placed undernea th . Pans of water were heated all every available stove. Eventually we had enough warm water to fill the baptistry. "\Ve baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen." It was a thrilling moment when Kilburne George, village chief and first conve rt, was bllficd in the waters of baptism. Other Indians followed as the amazed villagcrs looked on. \Ve were all very weary that night after service, but in our hearts wns an unspeakable joy-a mighty \'ictory had been won. The gospel had in vaded the native cu lture; tradition had bowed before truth and reality; light had. o,'ercome many years of darkness-and we were privileged to witness it. S ince then other baptismal se n 'ices hnve been conducted in Stevens ns well as other nati"e villages. \Ve plnnned such a service later for the Eskimo Assembly nt Barrow. God had been doing a wonderful work in the church. ~lr. nnd Mrs. Oscnr Butterfield, missionary-evangelists in Alnska. were COIl ducting a most successful re\'i"al campaign. Several of those who had responded to God's Word expressed a desire to follow the Lord in water bapti sm. It was important that we make the opportunity available immediately. The Barrow Assembly has a baptistry, one of the few in Alaska, but September 27, 1959 water IS a most difficult commodity to obtain ill Barrow during the winter. The lakes freeze to the bouom, To get water we have to hook up the dog team, mush five miles to the lake, scrape the snow away, chop off chunks of ice. return home and put the icc in a fifty-gallon drum located ncar the stove. 1t takes about five days for icc to melt! For the baptismal sen'ice we would need quite a supply to fill the "con"erted" water tank which measures 2.0 ft. deep, 2% ft. wide and 6 ft. long. (It is large enough to b..1.ptize most people, providing. of course, that the minister officiates from the outside.) We decided to ask for help from the nearby Dew Line. I went out to the base and found the officinl very co-operative. lie said he would send a fire truck dO\\,11 to fill the baptistry for us. This was sure to .5..we us a great deal of work. To appreciate what followed you would have to 1I11derstand that the baptistry is located in the furnace rOOI11 behind the church platform. For the baptismal service, a panel is removed from the wall exposing not only the candidate and the minister but also the environs of the furnace and stock room. A call of pumpkin. a bottlc of vinegar, or the pastor sho\'cling coal between immersions may catch the observe r's eye! The fire truck arrived at an inopportune time-during' the preaching at our Friday night services. J had no choice but to have the baptistry filled at this moment. The noise of the force of the water against the metal baptistry was most distracting. but what I sa\\" was more disturbing. I had never seen such rusty water. I was tempted to call a halt; hut then I realized that it was too late to melt ice. We filled the baptistry and two dr ums. Then we gave the signal for the fireIllan outdoors to stop the pumps, hut the water kept com ing. \Ve switched the hose frantically from one vessel to the other while crying for the man to stop the water. \Yhat we didn't realize was that the 30 degrees belowzero weather hnd frozen the pump open and the poor man was unable to close it for a time. Just as the water was about to overflow the baptistry and flood the auditorium, the fast-thinking fireman disconnec ted the hose nnd sa"ed us from all unscheduled "mass baptism." On the day of the baptismal service, if you had visited in some of the homes of our people you would have seen pots and tubs of all descriptions heating on the stoves. We too filled tubs and drums, heating the water with hlow torches and a plumher's pot. By service time the red, rusty water was quite warm. 1t was a t hrillin~ service to say the least. The church was packed. \Ve really did not know how many wcre going to be b..1.ptized. Approximately twenty had indicated their de ... ire but the number exceeded our expectation. I lo!.t COunt as the ~.tream of happy people continued to step into the baptistry. After the service I was told tllnt thirty-two had obeyed the Lord's command. \\'e were grateful for the extra dnml of water we had ready, because so much was carried away by the dripping ~arlllents that we had to add the extra fifty gnllons. Even so, it took a little longer to baptize the last few because I had to await the return ing wave so that the ··burial" might be complete. I could well understand John the Baptist's desire to baptize in Aellon "because there was much water there." It is difficult to baptize in shallQi.(' water. Other humorous incidents occurred. There was the mall who forgot to take off his mukluks (skin boots). He had to send for a dry p..1.ir to go home. A couple of the taller Eskimos humped their heads all the elld of the abbrevin ted baptistry. In spite of the complexities of the service, God's wonderful presence permeated the atmosphere. I cnn still hear the shouts of victory as the converts came up alit of the water. It is true thnt God's people are the snllle the world oyer, and there may be a similarity in the way services are conducted. But yOll may go th e world oyer and not find anythi ng' quite like a baptismal sen' icc-A la ska style. • • • The people of Alaska are becoming hungry for the Gospel. SO'w is the time for us to Sllppo rt Ollr ninety-four missionaries in the new stnte as they endea"or to reach people even in the remote villages. Life is rllgged and li ving costs are high in Alaska, but consec rated workers are willing to "rough" it as they mUSt in order to \\'in th e lost while there is time. Send your offer ing today designated for ALASKA :\I1SSrOI\'S to the )Jational ...... H ollle :\1 issions Department. 9 Journey HopI congregotion with Mrs, Herd (le ft ) ond Mr~ Hoffmo n (nghtl, 0 Visi ior to Second esa By Eugene and Marion Herd os S 0 Second Meso which serves meeting ploce ot present IN CE T HI S IS SIC II TSE II l'.'G :-'IOl'.'TIl for many pcoplc wc would like you to comc with us as we jOUfl1cy to thc 110pi rndian Reservation to minister. Although wc have a new lndian :-'I is· sian in 1laibrook, Aril. , wc still have services on the rcservation also. The 11I0fl1ing is beautiful (the dust storms and high wind s ha\'e stoppcd - for a whilc, anyway- and the S I111 is Shining ) and there is a gentle hreeze. La st night we Io."lded the pick up with thc used clothing and shoes that will be distributed today, plus the sewing kit with scissors. thrcad and rick-rack. There is just cnough room in the back for our three children to sq ueelc in a1ll0llg "the stuff"! The pOI of beans has bccn stowed away under thc scat and the water jug is in handy reach. Wc leavc H olbrook as early as possiLle for it is 100 miles to the Sccoml ro.lesa (or sc<:ond group of villagcs) where we hold sen·ices. \\le go in a northerly direction and as we leave Holbrook we can see the mesas in the distancc, towering high and dark. There is some vegetation and a few cattle are grazing (you wonder on This interesting story of the Herds' wetkly trip to the Hopi Resen'atioll was written ill July. The~ fine missionaries r«ently opened an Indian ~lission in Holbrook. Ariz., and they find the response very rewarding. 10 Holbrook, A ri=Olla what as you look closer) but the pasture gcts even thinner out ncar the liopi I{esen'ation. Thi s year it has bcen so dry. This road with its dips and ruts has bcen oiled now so it is much better than before. As we reach thc halfway mark on our trip we pass the Bita Ilochee Assemblies of God j\liss ion for the Kavajos. It is si tuatcd in a barren valley with high mcsas on each side and the dust docs lo\"e to roll down this valley cO\'ering e\'c rythi ng i1l its path. \Vhen we are twenty-fivc miles from Ollr destination we come to Keams Canyon where our children went to school when we mini stered out therc. \Ve descend into a stecp canyon and follow it until we come to a little more open country where the Second ~Iesa H opis live. All a long thi s road we notice peach orchards and smal1 corn fields. Now and then we see an Indian on a burro herding his sheep with his faithful dog beside him. At last we begin our climb tip the mesa. \\le are on dirt now and the ro."ld is more like a path. The children are jolted as we drive along. but they seem to enjoy it. Our "church" is a native Hopi house in which the owner li"es and as we draw ncar we can see the children outside playing. It is almost 10:30 a.m. and time for church so the people are waiting. After ullioading the accordion and opemng the ser vice with prayer we have a time of singing, for Indians love to sing. Our congregation is scated on bed, floor, benches, and chairs. The people listen attentively to the Word of God. Trouble has left its mark on some faces, but gradually the peace that only God can give is changing the sad eyes and bringing happy expressions. After the altar service we give out the clothing. Then the ladies begin to sew, using the two treadle machines and needles and thread. We visit with each one individually. inquiring about famil y and fri6nds. At noon our pot of beans is warmed up and set on the table with whate\'er the I ndians had to bring- perhaps dry bread, canned meat, boilcd cggs, or potatoes, and now and thcn a can of fruit. It is nearing 3 p.m. and we must start home. Good-byes are said with the promise ( the Lord willing ) of another service next week. If time permits we make calls on absentees before we go home. It is late and we arc tired upon arriving home bu t we thank God for thc privilege of ministering to a people who need the light of the gospel now! Pray for them, for you too ha\'c a responsibility to spread the gospel in the homeland as well as in foreign lands. • • • Funds are greatly needed at this time for the ever-exp<lnding mini stry to the American Indians. Church buildings, furni shings, and equi pment are urgent needs ill mall)' places. Congregations arc crowded out. Districts having large numbers of Indian people are unable to support the 1ndian work themselvcs. They mu st ha\'C ou tside assistance. Your offering for the I:-.JDTAN llUILD I:-JG FUND may he sent directly to the National I-l ome ~l i ss ions Department. ........ t\. 1;,::-' • oJ THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL BRANDT BYLINES Counseling Ministry Yields Dividends by R. L. Brandt, Notional Home Missions Sec'y " WE ARE LARGE ENOUGH" "\Ve aTC large enough." Few pastors or churches have ever made such a drastic statement. Yet the pastor of a thriving denominational church in the west uttered those vcry words to his board of deacons eighteen yeare: ago. At that time this particular church had an attendance of 300, but both the pastor and the deacons agreed the church was large enough. No, they hadn't lost the vision or even grown complacellt. In fact, the exac t opposite was true. The pastor, a devout man with a genuine burden for souls, had caught a vision for taking the city. li e had gone before his deacon board \vith an elltirely unselfish idea for ex lending the gospel witness in the area, and he had found hi s brethren ready to cooperate. Rather than planning for one gigantic central church, they planned to reach out into various strategic parts of the city and establish several new congregat ions. In that way they felt a more effective work could be done. Prayerfully the plan was de\'eloped. Half a dozen general locations were agreed upon, but at the $..'lme time it was determined that the program would be a long-range one. Six or more churches would not be opened suddenly. 1nstead, the beginning would be small. They would open one first. Then, ill due time, another, and another .. '1'0 be too hasty and over-ambitiOlls could spell defeat. To move slowly and deliberately would be more certain. In the eighteen years since the plan was first conceived, the vision has become a reality. Today, instead of JUS t one church of that particular denomination attempting to reach the city, seven are doing the job. Did the mother church lose by her unselfish concern? Ko. Today her attendance runs o\'er 1,(xx). Combined attendance of the mother church and the new ones she sponsored rUIlS up to almost 3,000. Does your church hal'e plans for taking the city or community for God? Why not follow this excellent example? September 27, 1959 By PASTOR STEVE DURASOFF Hempstead, IWouldn't you be if you had asked en WAS GLAD TO GET I:-';TO JAIL! trance for se\'cral years? It happencd ill i\assau Count}', Long Island, :-.J'. Y. , in January of 1958. I'm still there, and happy for the privilege. Happy, that is, to minister to the inmates e\'ery Friday afternoon in this Ilew jail which has no bars-not the \'ertical ones. at any rate. The windows are horizontally st reamlined with narrow awning-type openings. vVarden Edward J. O' Hara cou ld not grant my request to hold a monthly service because several groups were aircady filling this lime. When I suggested a weekly counseling service to Protestant inmates who felt a need for such, the warden quickly consentcd with warmth and enthusiasm. It took but a few weeks for me to feel my need of assistance. The time was simply too short to gi\'e ample time for each requested inter\'iew during my weekly \'i sits. l asked Samuel Roickle to join me in this effort to reach men for God. lie instituted Bible courses as an effective through-thewcek follow-up plan. These include the .:\ational Ilome :\fissions Depart- Pastor inmate rn .\'C'1.il Vork ment courses from Springfield. For the men who find thcse too difficult becnu:.e of educational limitations, we offe r a simpler course in the Gospel of John. Some inmates cxpress their appreciation. One wrOte, "1 thank you \"Cry kindly for ha\'ing gi\'cn me this Bible course which has drawn me closer to the Lord Jesus Christ." Another inlllate who wa s helped was inspired to write a poem, "Not Alone." lIere is a portion of it: "J/y thoughts no longer arc caged In a dCIl, I had lost Illy life, but found it agam; AI,d /'111 not alone in tltis unltoly place, For I talk to the Lord IIO'W, face to face ." Ilundreds of mcn ha\'c come to us for help, and a number of them ha\'e accepted Christ as their pe rsonal Saviour. :\Iany resort to the excuse as old as .\dam·s-p.."lssing the blame for their sin on to another. \\'e do lIot comfort these. \\'ith God's Word we try to help them see themselves as God sees them, and the 1101), Spiri t causes the drunkard, the check-forger, the thief, the scx crimi nal, the murdercr to find abundant pardon. \Ve have seen the Lord work and it is marvelous in our eyes. Another wonderful open door is our weekly ministry at the Nassau County Children's Shelter. Ilere we meet the ju\'enile delinquent under sixteen yea rs of age. In these informal serl'ices we were privileged to see 145 young people come forward and kneel in humble prayer during 1958. J lere also the boys and girls are given simple Bible courses in the Gospel of John. One teen-ager wrote: " J came home from the shelter last Thursday. I have made up my mind 11 •••• Nassau County Jail, long Island, N. Y. to go to church every Sunday and take your Bible course. 1 enjoy taking this course and 1 have learned very much. . .. I have my own Bible in my drawer :1.t home and I took it out for the first time in two years." Unfortunately we have met some young men in the coullty jail to whom we had previously ministered in the Shelter. Satan is subtle; he is an artist in deception. The devil has a long record of success in brain-washing since hi s triumph in Eden. But thanks be to God for the potential 'victory there is in the Person of Jesus Christ! N ever forget to pray for the gospel work that goes on behind locked doors. • • • Arvid Ohrnell, national prison chaplain, has written five Bible study courses for prisoners (mentioned in this article) which are suppl ied free of charge upon rC<luest. This great ministry of the Prison Division has been made possible only through the generous contributions of interested individuals and churches. Six books may be sent out for $5, or one book for $ 1. Your offering. clearly designated PJUSON DII3LE COURSES, may be sent directly to the National Home Alissions Department. <III <III • Vocation Bible school at Haines, Alaska hod a AM ERI CAN Vocotion Bible School Successful ,'acatiol1 Dible schools were held among the Indians this summer as follows: The Gerald Larsons at :K orris, S. Oak., had a total enrollment of 54 and an average attendance 01 36. ;\1 issionaries June Pearson and Bonnie \Vhite at \\,insiow, Ariz., were pleased with the results of the VBS conducted by Lois Carruthers. They were able to reach boys and girls who attend the Indian Boarding School before they were sent home for the summer. A number were saved. The Charles Lees in Shiprock, N. l\fex., had 100 enrolled for VBS and Sioux Indian c:hildren at Ihe vocal ion Bible school in Norris, S. Dok. 12 INDI ANS 10101 enrOlimenl of 70 an ayerage attendance of about SO. Sixty-five received perfect attendance cert ificates. Mildred Schultz, Sheldon, Wash .. conducted an evening VBS with 67 registered and an average attendance of 48. Five children were sa,red . A fine VBS was held in August at Sells, Ariz., on the Papago Reservation where the Don Binders minister. Whiteriver, Arill:ono The new education building at Whiteri,'er (on the Fort Apache Reservation) was dedicated June 23 at a fellowship meeting .. Pearl Foster and Ann Hoffman minister here. Guo dolu pe, A rill: o no !'If rs. Thelma Pritchard, who works Indian children who ottended the YBS ot the Winslow Indion Mission TUE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL faithfully with Mrs. ~[ary Booher, missionary to the Yaqui Indians, has ~n quite ill. Although she is somewhat improved we request prayer for her complete recovery. Notes of encouragement may be sent to her at 7-101 Shea Blvd., Phoenix, Ariz. New Appointee_ The Floyd J. Pappins, Madras, O reg., l\[rs. Anyce Ruth Hutchison. Fresno, Cali£., and Mrs. Lois L. Caruthers, Los Angeles, Calif., have recently ~n appointed as missionaries to the Indians. Polacca Village, Arizona The Indian congregation here, to which Jewell Barnett ministers, has moved into its new church building. More fund s are urgently needed to finish thi s building which houses the only A ssemblies of God congregation on the lIopi reservation. They also need an electric generator to replace Coleman gas lights. ALASKA MINISTRY New Appaintee 1\liss Delores Keats of Chicago, 111.. has recently been appointed to work in Alaska. A Deaf Lady Testifies . .. "How I Found Christ" By MRS. FRANCES CHURCH Gas/on, indiano C HRIST BECAME MY PERSO:-;AL Pe'enb"r, Edward Hughes, pastor at Petersburg, reports an average of 50 in attendance during the VBS there. • • • Your offering to help Assemblies of God ministers to the Deaf in their work may be clearly designated DEAF FUND and sent to the Nat ional Home Missions Department. ........ ne,woy On June 14 John Phillips baptized three persons during the first water baptismal service ever held in his church. One person received the baptism of the Holy Spirit recently. Offerings fo r any of the Special Ministries of the Home Missions De· partment should be mailed to : Assemblies of God HOME MISSIONS DEPARTMENT 434 West PacifiC Street Springfield, Missouri Sitka The Wesley Hansens had encouraging results from the vacation Bible school at S itka, which was conducted by Evelyn Petersen of the Juneau Assembly. The Sunday school gained seven new members from the VBS. September 27, 1959 SA- viour in the Assembly of God in Elkhart, Ind., on )'hy 6, 195-1-, during a wonderful revival . r had been baptized in water almost ten years before, but r had not understood then about salvation. 1 had no joy or peace or sense of si ns forgiven. 1 had been taught that we should be baptized first and then join the church; but now, of course, I realize that no church can save liS, but only Christ has that power. r attended the hearing church, although 1 was deaf and there was no one to interpret for me. r am Sllre that r did bel ieve and love God at the time I was baptized in water, but r was groping for the light of salvation-the born-again experience about which 1 knew nothing. After I was married , my husband and I went to several chu rches that were conducting revivals. Every time, when the services were about over, I would feci so peculiar and guilty in my soul. I did not realize that I was not really saved. \Vhen we were attending the revival in the Elkhart Assembly, I began to doubt that I was truly saved. A lady interpreted these meetings for the deaf. I talked with the evangelist after the service and told him I felt I was a sinner . He asked me whether I believed in Jesus and, of course, I said, "Yes." As he explained to me, I begall to understand that we must be S:lved first and then baptized. I was born again that night and all my doubts were dispelled. \Vhat a wonderful experience! Four months later, my husband and T were in a head-on auto colli sion and I was almost killed. I was so thankful that I was S:lved and was ready to meet the Lord should I not survive. I was baptized again in water at the Indiana Camp in 1956 and also received the b..."lptism of the Holy Spirit! The experience gave me "joy unspeakable and full of glory." Due to complications from injuries I had received in the accident, I had trouble walking. had pain in the right kidney and right side of the pelvic bone, and was troubled with extreme nervousness. I was prayed for in a revival at our church and knew I was healed. The next day I prep.."lred to wash the windows outside and Illy mother remonstrated, "Oh, no. you can' t do that and lift the heav)' stOrm windows." I n my heart I knew that I had the strength from the Lord. My parents were very surprised that I was able to do this; in fact, they could hardly believe it. T am still able to do heavy work, thank the Lord. r..'1years have not yet been opened, although I have bad prayer for my hearing. I know that it was most important for me to be saved fir st and receive the baptism of the H oly Spirit. I still believe that in God's own time He will heal my ears. I am serving the Lord, in His will, and trusting Him to use my life for I-iis glory. ~ray God use thi s testimony to help some deaf person who has not yet seen the light of the wonderful experience of salvat ion. Mrs. Frances Church 13 NEWS AND NOTES ON OUR TIMES TRIS PRESENT WORLD -diligence he studied God's Word and asked God to re\'e."ll to him the Truth, Upon find ing Christ as his Saviour, Brother DeLeon renounced his Catholic priesthood, remo,'ed his black robe, and began with fervor to preach the gospel of Jeslls Christ." Domillican Republic NATIONAL WORKER PIONEERS HEW CHURCH A few months ago a national worker in narahona began preaching in the village of San Rafael. There :l.rc now fift y cand ida tes for baptism and the entlm., ia::.tic congregation is building a new chapel, reports missionary Verne \'"3rller. Brother \Varner further r('I)Ofls, " In the southwest part of the cOllntry we are opening a new work in the pro"incial capital ci ly of Xciba. A house ha s been reTlted and benches arc being built. \Vc already havc a national worker in the town holding cottage prayer meetings and doing personal work. Pr:l.Y for this new evangeli stic cffort." 1'allgallyika HEW CHURCH COMPLETED ~lis5ionary Stephen VandCfmcrwc reports fr om Tanganyika, East Africa, that a lIew ChUfCh has heell built at I ringa, "We had Palll Ufuton fOf Ollr opening services and God set II is seal of approval on our efforts hy s;w ing souls in every sen·ice. To our happy Chilla EXPElLED FROM CHINESE MAINLAND Verne Worner greets new Christians at Son Rafael, Dominican Republic amazement, the hall was filled in each servIce. " Uruguay ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST CONVERTED ~Ii ssiolla ri es Anthony and Rita Gior. dano report the CO il version of a Roman Catholic priest in Uruguay. "Jose :\!anuel DeLeon was \"isited in his church at Rocha, t.:ruguay, by two Assemblies of God womell. They test ified and prayed and their prayers touched his heart. lie later acknowledged to them hi s bc:\ ief that confessions by the people to the priest was wrong, \Vith :\!iss Jlelen \\,illis, who operated the Christian n ook Hoom in S hanghai, China, until October 1958, has been expelled from Red China. lila talk before a missionary prayer group in JIotlg Kong, she told a heart·breaking story of the suffering and persecution being experienced by Chri stians on the mainland. She told how an Evangelical pastor had been ar rested a nd mercilessly brainwashed ulltil his 111ind gave way and he signed a confession. When he fir~t came out of prison he kept beating his hreast with the cry of, "I am J lIdas !" L,ter thi s changed to, "1 am Peter!" L,,\lcr, hi s mind restored, he saw the confession he had signed, went at once to the officials to dellY hi s gui lt, and voluntarily returned to prison rather than to let the confession stand. According to :\1i s5 Willis' account, this is typical of many incidents behind the l3amboo Curtain today, for many Chinese Christians arc willing to suffer and die if necessa ry for the cause of Chri st. El Salvador SUNDAY SCHOOLS REACH RECORD ATTENDANCE New Assembty at 14 Tangonyika, East Africa From £ 1 Salvador, mi ssionary Arthur Lind"all reports, ';S ince 1953, UIlti l Apri l of thi s year, our churches have increased 256 per ccnt; outstations, 302 per cent; members, 230 per cen t ; Sunday schools, 463 per cent . ;'1 n the capital city of San Salvador our work has grown from one church with 60 mcmLcrs and 100 in Sunday school in January, 1956, to 17 churches with 1.15-1 members and 5,90) in S unday school. There are 95 branch S unday schools. THE P ENTECOST AL EVANGEL "In the entire country our Sunday schools have grown in the last 18 months in average monthly attendance from 11,339 to 17,772. i\lembership in classes has increased from 697 to 1,187, and the members of branch Sunday schools from 146 to 466. It is probable we will average over 20,()(X) for the month of September." ~ T Nfl(1 l)l~l\l)I ..INl~ I~\1\£ J.... .. LATE NEW' AT PRm TIM. India REVIVAL AT JAMES HARVEY SCHOOL A revival has come to James Harvey Memorial School, our school for boys in India. )'1iss Rosslyn Robinson, missionary teacher at the school, writes, "We felt led to ask one of our national teachers of the Hardoi Bible School to come to us for special meetings. He asked us to spend the previous week in prayer, which we did. By the time Girga Dayal arrived God had already begun to work in our midst. Brother Dayal preached under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. All of the students either repented of their sins or made a new consecration during the first two or three days of the meetings. Then God began to pour out His Holy Spirit upon us-both old and young, regardless of denomination. By the end of the week, several had been sa\'ed and twenty-one had been filled with the Holy Spirit." South Africa APARTHEID FORCES SCHOOL TO MOVE The African Bib le Training Institute, located at Witbank, Transvaal, South Africa, will have to be relocated, according to a recent decision of the South African government. Missionary Fred Burke, princip<-1.1 of the school, writes, "For many months there has been uncertainty concerning the future of the school. This is due to the policy of the government in South Africa of separating the Africans from the white people and establishing 'African states.' "Now, in common with many other institutions all over this country, we have been given notice that we must move our school by June 1961. A place must be found where the students can stay in a native resen'e but white teachers must live across the boundary in t he 'white area ' and cross over daily to teach in the school. This, of course, means that we will have to close the school at Spring Valley." A possible site for relocation has been found at Potgietersrllst. Pray that God may supply the needs of the school. Septembe r 27, 1959 LATEST NEWS OF OUR WORLD-WIDE MISSIONARY PROGRAM speaks of self-sacrifice on the part of our American constituency as well as by our foreign missionaries. THE OFFERING RECEIVED FROM DELEGATES at San Antonio during the General Council Foreign Missions Rally amounted to more than $ 2 0,000 (including short-term pledges). W -E Da y offerings reported by telephone added up to approximately $56,000 and It was estimated that when all the offerings are reported the total W-E Day offering will pass the $100,000 mark. NOEL PERKIN ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT from the post of Foreign Mis sions director, after filling that off1ce for thirty-three years. J. PhllJp Hogan was elected to succeed him. OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AT SAN ANTONIO made this a historic General Council in that three of the most prominent leaders In the Assemblies of God are leaving office simultaneously. J. R. FLOWER RESIGNED from the position of General Secretary after serving as a General Council official for thirty-siX years. General Secretary will be Bartlett Peterson . The new T. F . ZIMMERMAN WAS ELECTED to be General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God . He wlll succeed Ralph M . Riggs who has headed the organization for the past sIx years . HOWARD S, BUSH, District Superintendent of the Assemblies In South Florida, was elected to the office of Assistant General Superintendent. DELEGATES TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL were told that Victor G. Grelsen is the new Field Secretary of the Assemblies of God for Europe, the Middle East, and Southern Asia . Before joining the faculty of the Assemblies of God t raining center in Denmark, Brother Greisen was superintendent of the Kansas District In the U. S . A MISSIONARY IN WEST AFRICA suffered a severe beating August 20. Mi ss Charlese Spencer, Assemblies of God missionary in Ghana, was beaten by members of the Bimoba tribe when she, with the national pastor, four African Christians, and two govemment policemen, attempted to release a Christian girl who was being held against her w ishes by worshipers of the Konsi fetish. Miss Spencer narrow ly escaped death . She was seized by the Africans and severely beaten with clubs and fists, but managed to break a way and take refuge in he r Speed-the-Light car. Later a la rger fo rce of policemen freed the girl from the fetish enclosu re. The govem ment has arrested the village chief and 22 of the assailants. SOME FIFTEEN BLIND AFRICANS received whole or partial sight during a revival in Bassarl , Togo. Min i ster at the ten-day re v ival campa Ign was Elvis Davis . 15 .' rt\'I\ ~- ' L ----I', .. ~ASs :~I TRACTS i.le II and 6u" Ii secretory, tells Fronces Foster, literature work in Italy. Queation: Brother Piraino. how has gospe l literature contributed to the slI ccess of your mini stry in Ital y? Answer: \Vithou t reservation, I can say that literature with the help o f the Lord ha s been the larges t single factor in O Uf success in It aly. Literature has been the key to ope ning the door for men and wOlllen to come to a saving knowledge o f Christ. After so me hard battl es in haly we ha\'c been able t o win som e mea sur e of religi ous liberty. \Vc are now permitt ed to distribute tract s and Gospels freely whereever we wi sh. \Ve thank God for this. \Vc arc al so free to print any lite rature we wish, whether books or materials for the Sunday school or for any pha se of our mini stry that need s the assistance of the printed page. Question: Was there a literature program in Ital y be~ fore BGMC came to your aid? Answer: When we landed in Italy in September of 1951 , the only publica tion we had wa s a monthly twelve~ page booklet which was the official organ of the As~ sell1blies of God o f Italy. Question: Brother Piraino, what was the amount of the first offering you received fr om nGi\IC in 1951, and what was it u sed for? Answer: We received $250 from the Boys and Girls Missionary Crusade. This was enough to print the very fir st Sunday school quarterly in Italy. Question: Would you give us a brief summary of the progress of the Assemblies of God in Italy over the past eight years? Answer: God has marvelously blessed the work in Italy, particularly in the pa st few years. There were about 260 churches in 1950; today there are over 525. This phenomenal growth ha s resulted in a shortage of workers. However, we feel the recent enlargement of our Bible school program and facilities will help to re~ lievc this situation. I might add that today the largest Protestant denomination by far in Italy is the Assell1~ 16 • blies of God. 1 feel that much of our progress is due to the excellent literature program which God has enabled us to advance. Question: What typ e of literature do you print? Answer: W e pr int gospel tract s of all kinds and sma ll booklets for evan ge lization purposes. We print four Sunday school quarterlies : the Adult Student, Junior Pupil, Primary Pupil, and Primary Toeacher. We al so print the Sunday School Counsellor. We produce vari~ OllS othe r Sunday school materials such as record books, etc. \Ve have publi shed hymnals and doctrinal books. l\ f y, we have just about run the gamut frOIll little oncpage tracts to books of four and five hundred pages. Question: \Vho handles your translation work? Answer: Our official translator is an ex-priest, Lawren ce Loranzo Ramacini. He has been translating now for about five years. As yo u can imagine, Loranzo Ramacini has a wonderful testimony. Even before his official ordination to the priesthood he had questions in his mind concerning certain inconsistencies of Catholic doctrine. The se questions remained llnan swered in his mind for many years until finally another ex-priest, Pietro Salvaggio, who nms our print shop, led him to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Both of these gentlemen have made a wonderful contribution to our work in Italy. Question: What facilities do you haye for printing? Answer: You have asked me something that is so close to my heart. In 1954 we started a little printing plant This beginning was made possible by the wonderful members of Camden Assembly of God in Camden, N. J., who sent us an offering of $8CXl With this money \ve purchased a sma ll press and hand-cutting machine. Later, as our work expanded, Speed-the-Light provided us with a larger press and a folding machine. Today I am happy to tell you that we have five high-speed presses and sufficient folding, stapling, and cutting machines to enable us to print millions of pieces of gospel THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL J privilege to meet ~ome of the'ie mis!oionaries. and as we talk I learn how happy they are for the help BG:\IC gives them. 1 remember talkmg to the head of the prinung department 1Il South Africa, li e told me of the great help, esperiall)' in Sunday .';cl1ool material. that he is receiving from B(;\IC. I ha\e also heard good report s from France. Germany. and many other parts of the world, We can say without question that BG:\lC has a world-wide mmistry, Question: Brother P ira ino. is there a message you would likc to give to th e boys and gi rl s of America? literature in Italy. All in all, today our printing plan t is worth $50,((() and we ha\'c over twenty full-lillie workers who o perate it. \\'c thank the many friends who have made this possi ble. Anawer: Boys and girls. I can only say one thing: The ll1is!oionarie:-; of Italy are \"Cry grateful for the wonderful way yotl havc helped us through IlG\lc. He<'ellll)' I recei\'ed a letter frOIll one of our Italian mi .. sionanes who told me of Th:.i. a twelve-year-old Catholic boy who recei\'cd a Sunday School paper from a hoy in th a t missionary's church. Thsi rcad th e pape r and God touched his heart. 50011 T h sl \\as sa\'l~cI, He weill to his family and testified to his mother and father. He brought them to church and ~oon the whole falllily was saved. The lIterature you pr ovide through nG~IC is Our most e ffective tool of evange li sm in Italy. You boys and girls arc doi ng a wonderful job. I bope th nt mall)' o thers in our Asse mblies of God consti tuenc\' will realize the wonderful re~lI1ts of gi\'ing through this great world-wide Boys a nd Girls ~Iissionary Cru sade, Question : Are t here other den ominations using your I talian literature? Question: What are your plans for futur e min i!ttry in Ital y? Answer : T am happy to say that mo ~t all o f t he· Protestant denominations in Italy arc using O Uf [iterature. And their comment is that the best S un day school literatu re in hal ), is produced by the Assemblies of God. Answer : The desire of my hea rt is to return to Italy a s quickly as possihle to cont inue in the ma ss evangelistic crusades we ha ve already started. God has gi\'en us manelous ~ uc cess. As man)' as 1,500 people ha\·e attended a single sen- ice, We arc gratefu l to the Lord fo r the many souls that have been saved, O ne phase of that mass c~allgc l istic \\'ork is litera tu re distributio n. I can ho ne stly sa y that wc would not have been able to a ccom pli sh a tb ird of the work we have done in Italy if it had no t been for the Boys and Girls Mi ss ionary Crusade. The Irue value of LUeralure work clearly seen in this graphic in(e rvie w tween BCl/le Director, Frances Fosler r Iialy field secrelary, Anlhony Pirain o Question : 0 0 yo u know o f other friends who ha \'e received help fro lll BG1lC? Answer: Yes, due to the fact that Rome is situated practically in th e vcry heart of Europe, it is a logi cal s topping place for many of o ur mi ssionarie s. It is my J " . . Protestant denominatio ns use our literature:' September 27, 1959 .. . . , BGMC certoinly has a wo rld -wide minis t ry." 17 Print shop and Speed-the-Light car in Abo, Nigeria Many attend outdoor meetings at Mbieri, Nigeria NIGERIANS TURN JUJUS TO JESUS FRO Speed-the-Light Equipment Helps ill Opelling New Church P ERIIAI'S IT COULD HAVE BEEN said Illore eloquently, but the dusty feet of the many who walked fifty miles each weekend to Aba (and fifty miles back again to :\Ibieri after the Sunday services were over) spoke with a sincerity and force that was easy to understand. \\'eek after week they came-always with the same appeal, " \Ve want a church at i\Jbieri." It all began back in February when Lorne Fox and Robert Smith were in the Assembly at Aba, !\igeria, for three weeks of evangelistic meetings. Some people from l\lbieri were among the crowds who attended the services. They had never seen anything like this at either of the two large denominationa l churches in their town. Here was reality, changed lives. blessing you could feel. e\'en miracles! And so, after the meetings were over . they kept coming back, Sunday after Sunday. Finally, the pastor a t Aba put the matter before his church . The church gave an offering to finance a week of meetings at i\lbieri. T wenty-two Christ's Ambassado rs volunteered to give up their trading for a week and to go along to help in any way they could. Andrew Hargrave, printer-miss.ionary in charge of the Assemblies of God P ress at Aba., was asked to go 18 each night as the spe<ial speaker. Hundreds of pounds of gospel tracts and l\'igcriOl[ Evangels from thc Speedthe-Light printing equipment at Aba were loaded into tbe Speed-the-Light station wagon and the im'3siQIl of illbieri was begun. The C.A.'s literally sowed the area down with gospel litera ture. From the first scnice it was evident that God was moving. II undreds came to the services every night. An evangelist also conducted day servIces. Alany were saved . healed, filled with the Spi rit. In one sen·ice Brother Hargrave counted twenty-four receiving the Baptism at one time. By the middle of the week the people were asking the C.A.'s to come and carry their jujus to be bu·rned. On F riday night the accumulation was set on fire-jujus of e"ery description, hand carved, costly, beautiflli. uglyall in a heap. The fire burned all night, and all through Sa turday and Sunday. T he week of meetings has con cluded but the evangelist has stayed on. T he people arc continuing to come for early-morning prayer meetings. Land has been donated and cleared for erection of a church building. The people have been taught to tithe, A Sunday school has been established with an enrollment of over l ,300 member s. After two months, during which the Speed-the-Light station wagon has made the lOO-mile round trip each weekend, the Sunday school continues to average o\'er 1,(xx). illoney is being raised through church pledges to erect a cement block church building . The con- CHECKUP OAY! S~PT27 Mail your Sunday school Checkup now! THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL gregation is also starting to build a house for a pastor. The people are learning to support the work. Through this new church it appears that an entire area will be opened to the Pentecostal message and ministry. The Speed-the-Light station wagon and Speed-the-Light printing equipment had a very real part in this work. Thank the Lord for the good work of the C.A.'s both in the USA and at Aba. Monday, September 28 SPEED-ulI!-LIGHT TOP TWENTY-TWO LEAD ING T HE NATION January 1-July 31 , 1959 TOTAL GIVING F. G. Tab., Bakersfield, Calif. $3,10$.00 1,51 5.00 1st A/G, ~lel11phis, Tenn. Calvary F. G. A/G, Inglewood, Calif. 1,358.57 1,055.00 Bethel Temple, Sacranlt:nto, Calif. 1st A IG, Binghamton, N. Y. J,046.59 Bethel A/G. Lincoln Park., :"Iich. 983.37 934.84 Central AIG, Baton Rouge, La. lst A/G, Topeka. Kans. 768.00 Bethany A/ G, Adrian, ~lich. 665.00 Bethel Tab.. Milwaukee. Wis. 63788 lst A/G, Russellville, Ark. 631.75 A/G, Coffeyville, Kans. 609.00 604.00 Christian A IG, Wausau, Wis. Immanuel Pent. Ch., Cleveland. Ohio (;)().OO lst A/G, Birmingham, Ala. 597.00 597.00 1st AIG, N. Little Rock, Ark. _ 565.57 1st A/G, Crowley, La, lst A/G, Pocatello, Idaho _____ ,. 559.06 A/G, Twin Falls, Idaho ,,_, 549.83 525,00 1st A/G, N. H ollywood, Calif. lst A/G. Vero Beach, Fla. __ 523.49 1st A IG, Denver, Colo. 521.00 PER CAPITA Per "apita ,iving i. ba.ed o n total oHerin, divided by number of C. A , member.. Number o r membe r. i. in parenthue •. F, G. Tab" Bakersfield, Calif. (45) $69 (15) 62 Central A/G, Baton Rouge, La, lst A/G. Pocatello, Idaho __ (9) 62 Oak Grove AIG, Malvern, Ark. (J) 48 lst A/G, Plain Dealing, La. ( 4) 40 (16) 37 lst A/G, Birmingham, Ala. ,_. A-G, Dermott, Ark. (6) 35 (30) J.I 1st AIG, Binghamton, N. y, AIG, Eads, Colo. _. (7) 32 A IG , Leslie. Ark (4) 31 AIG, Rifle, Colo, (5) 31 Christian A/G, Wausau, Wis, _ .. (2Q) 30 A IG, Collinston, La. (10) 29 A/G, ~rurfreesboro, Ark. __ . (10) 27 1st A/G, Russellville, Ark. __ ,. (23) 27 1st A/G, Topeka, Kans. __ _ (28) 27 A/G. Dove Creek. Colo. (10) 'l7 1st A-G, Vero Beach. Fla. (19) 27 A/G. Twin Falls, Idaho (20) 27 Faith Chapel, Franklin. Ala. _ (5) 24 Berea Tab., Detroit, Mich. (IS) 24 A/G, Cedaredge, Colo. _ ._ _ (5) 24 September 27, 1959 Read P~alm 45:1-6 Learn ' "Thy throne, 0 God. i~ for e,'er and ncr the scep tre of th,' kingdom is a right sceptre" (P~al m 45:6). F or the Parent From t!-is pa~~af:"e point out: (I) we TI1u~t be ready to tell othu~ what God has deme for u~, \" I; (2) it is only through God's gr;lce tl1"\t \\ e are saved from sin, v. 2; (3) our God is a great God who has all power, v\'. 3-5; (4) He is an eternal God who \\ill rule forever, \'. 6. Emphasil':e the great power of God in taking care of all who trust in Him, Quutio n Time: \\'hat doe~ "erse I mean to you? For how Ions;:- will God rule? (v, 6) How do we obtain God's b l es~ing? Thursday, October t Read Genesis 26 :12·25 Learn "Ble~~td are the fleact'maken' for the.v shall he called the children of God" (~Iatthe\\ 5 :9). F or the Parent (Additional material all "Isaac tilt' PuC"elllaker" \\ill he found on Sunda~"s Lt'sson page.) The life of baal', a~ it is hrre recorded. gh'es u~ a beautiful picture o f what God expec ts frOnl m as Chri-tian<;. There may bt' time~ "hen we can win an arJ/:umentbut lose the chance 10 w in a soul. Our influence UI)on others i~ gn'at; therefore, we must alwa)"5 try to be like Jesus. Quellio n Time ' \\'hy did haac become wealthy ' (v. 11) How is Isaac's example with tile wells a les~oTl to us today' Friday, October 2 Tuesday, September 29 Read : Psalm 45 :7-17 Learn ' "So shall the kin{! greatly de~ire thy beauty: fo r he is thy Lord; and wonhil) thou him" (Psalm 45:11), For the Parent : This passaJ/:c likens the Christian to the bride of a great king. This is ill keeping with the Xew Testament teaching that we are the bride of Christ. Stress the lo\'e of God for usonly through His lo\"e and mercy are we made ready to enter Ilis home. .-\I~o stress the idea of worship, \'. II. H e is our Lord. \Ve are to wor~hil) Him. Que.tion Time : To what does this passage compare t he Christian? (See abo\'e) \\'ith what New Testament teaching is this linked? (See above) Wednesday, September 30 Read : Psalm 46 Learn : "Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth" (P"alm 46 :10). For the Parent : From this psalm point out: (I) God is our refuge and strength: ( 2) we need not fear in difficult times: (3) the city--or the person-with whom God dwells has nothing to fear: (4) in our rushing and hUrrying we must take time to liste n to God's voice-to let lIim s peak to us and. to let Hi s name be exalted among all men: (5) we rejoice in the fact t hat God is with us; He is our refuge and strength, Que.tion Time : \Vhat benefit s does verse I bring to the Christian? (v. 2) What must we do to know God? (\'. 10) Read ' ~Iatthew 5:3: 181-4; 1 Kings 3: 5-10 (Sunday's Les~on for Juniors) Learn : "By humility and the fear of the Lord arc riches, and honor, <llld life" (Proverbs 22:4). For the Parent : Humility is a \irtue that every Christian should tr)" to attain. God hate~ pride (~ee Psalms 101 :5 ; 138 : 6). Discuss the hUlllility of Solomon in asking God for wisdom (I Kin~~ 3:5-10). Stress that we should recognile and use the talents God has gi\'en us-self-dt'precation is not humility; often it is a symptom of pride. But we must always remember t hat we succeed as we rely o n God. Que.tion Time . \\'hat do )·ou think humility is? Why docs God hate pridt'( Saturday, Odober 3 Read : Genesis 1 :1-25 (Sunday's Lesson fo r Primaries> Learn : "In the beginning God created the hea\'en and the earth" (Genesis 1 '1). For t he Parent : All child ren wonde r how the world got s tarted. Use thi s session as an opportuni t y to talk about creat ion and the grea t power o f God. Tht' question may arise, "Who made God?" In cxplaining that God ah'ays was, emphasize that there are some things whic h we cannot reason out but mus t accept by faith. T he human mind ca nnot comprehend somet hing or someollt' without a beginn ing, yet we accept God's existence by faith, Que.tion Time : \Vho crea ted the world? (\". I) How did God create it ? 19 for recognition. Again, we are hindered in prayer by physical weakness or illness. At times unseen spiritual adversaries oppose. In spite of them all, we may have continual answers to prayer and a continual stlpply of the Spirit for all our needs. Rom. 8:26; 2 Cor. 10:4. For three weeks Daniel kept praying. Then he discO\'ered he had been heard from the fir"t day! Dan. 10:2, 12. ISAAC TilE PEACEMAKER SUllday School LeSSOII GE~ESIS for October 4, 1959 26:12·25 Isaac ·has been dcscrihed as "the ordinary son of a great father, and the ordinary father of a g reat son." His life was quiet and uneventful. But should we really call him ordinary? For 1"'l3t, under pressure revealed qualities of character, which do not occur "ordinarily" in liS today when we are subjected to ~imibr circum!)lanCeS 1 I. The OfjnlSc of Bei"g Sucassjrll. 26:1-6, 12·16. Be· of a famine which had come to the land of Canaan, moved to Gcrar ill the land of the Philistines. There he was blessed of the Lo rd so that in time he became the prosperous possessor of great flocks, herds and servants. "And th e Phili st ines envied him," We forgi·... e people for being negligcnt, slothful, and mcaTl, but often refuse to forgive them for being successful. I f the spirit of Christ is in the ascendency in our heart s, we rej oice in the success of others. 1 Cor. 12:26; 13:4; Rom. 12 :15. C!lUSC r~nac 2. Tllc Way 10 Spirill/al £'llllrgclllclI/. 26:17·24. King Abimelech, too, was not happy about Isaac's prosperity, and fearing lest I SMc should become too powerful, asked him to leave the country. A'leekly Isaac complied, packed his goods, and moved. Twice he dug weBs and each time re· linquished them to the Phili stines who claimed the right to possess them . The third time Isaac digged a well, he was left alone and named the weH, "Rehoboth," which means enlargement. Observe that after this he received a new revelation of God. JeslIs said, "llIessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." The Christian often gains most by yielding. Isaac lived the Sermon on the l\lount 18OC) years before it was preached. \Vhat a rebuke to some of us today who have heard that sermon time and time again and for some reason fail to take the preaching of our Lord seriously! See Matt. 5:39·48; I Peter 2:19, 20. (3) Isaac found water in the time of trouble. Though opposed and oppressed by the Philistines, he found he was nevertheless able to continue his well digging and to con· tinue to find wnter. Christ has made possible for us to be victorious over all circum.~tances. "In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us." 4. Hcrw 10 Will Fricllds. Compare 26:16 with 26:26·31. Solomon said. "\\'hell a Illnn's ways please the Lord, he maketh e\'en his enemies to be at peace with him." Abimelech, Isa:tc's former enemy. bec:tme desirous of his fr iend· ship. \\'hy? "We certainly saw thnt the Lord was with thee." What a testimony, coming as it did from a former enemy nnd man of the world! But mind you. these words would never have heen spoken, nor the covenant of peace made. if Isaac had done the "natural" thing and returned evil for evil when he W:IS opposed! 5. Trill' Creatlless. In the beginning of the lesson we implied that Jsaac was a rather ordinary man. Perhaps we should retrad that statement. It is true that Isaac ne\'er became a conqueror of cities and armies. ns did hi s il· lustriOIlS descendnnt Dnvid; hut he conqllered something greater-his own spirit. For ';he that ruleth his spirit," is grenter "than he that taketh a city." Provo 16:32. - J. Bashford Bishop SECRET OF VICTORY I .. AND ISAAC -"-'''''....1JEIGGW~ AGAIN. GoENESIS 2b'IB • - ~~-:a ... ~.. ~~ J~,,",-~' • er, 3. Spiritual Wcll Diggillg. Since water and wells are used in the Bible to symbolize spiritual life (Isa.. 12:3; John 7:37·39), we nrc not out of order in using the story of Isaac's well digging to typify the Christian in search of spiritual things. ( I ) Isaac had to dig fo r water. While it is true that on occasions blessings from God come unsought, in general, spiritual blessings nnd results rC<luire definite co-operation on the part of man. Many Christians try to receive blessing only by "radiat ion, " that is. by getting under the overflow of blessing which comes from the life of another who has had to do the digg ing. (2) Isaac met with opposition. So do we. In prayer fo r ourseh'es and others, in seeking the fullness of the Spiri t, in quiet waiting on God, in united prayer, we meet opposition of one kind or another. Sometimes we are ns· sa iled by our own thoughts and cares wh ich come clamoring 20 T HE PENTECOSTAL EVAN GEL it is passed away. T ime future is not because it has not yet come. T ime present is the only time that is. "The past is a spent check; the futu re is a promissory note; the present is hard cash -spend it." The time that is yOUTS is given you by God 1Iimself. Therefore it is extremely important to Him what you do with it. \\'e lIlay appear to he ruled by a clock, but that does not mean that material, e"eryday things should control ou r actions a nd dictate our decisions. God not only wants your time- 1Ie wan ts YOU. T ime spent in I ri s service will payoff in eternity when time is not measured in hours and days. "For God so loved the world that he ga,-e hi s only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him Illight 110t perish, but have everlasting life" (John TIME BY MAL BLAKENEY T HE s rARE DROW !" I' IGt: RE CLAD l~ white homespun spoke accusi ng ly, "Your god is ti me. You Ame ricans let a little round crea tion of tin and glass with an houT and minute hand boss you all day. It rings; you get up. It moves a few black spaces a nd yOll run for the bus. If it has gone too many black spaces by the time you reach your work, it causes yOllr employer di spleasure. The clock tells you when to get hungry, when to go home. Every minute that passes, that clock is saying something. 'It' s time to work, it 's time to play, it's time to rest, it's time to pray.' You are the slaves of the clock." I n a way, that ph ilosophical llindu was right. Time has become a feti sh of the \Vestern world. Just glance again a t the top of this page and notice a few of the many expressions that have to do with time. Sound pointless ? Well , so does a lot of our ru shing around to save time in o rder to sit down and waste it. \Ve kill time: we mark time ; but never forget , we can't mak e lime. It is something that starts for YOIl the instant you aTe born, and keeps on moving until you die. I 'm talking now about the time that is given YOIl- it's yOllr time. Time is strange. Now you have it; now you don't. Augustine. who lived just after Christ, gave a lot of thought to the subject of time and came up wi th the following: ';\vhat then is time? If no one asks me , I know, bu t if I wish to explain it, I have to admit that I know not." He obsen'ed that time past is that which is not because September 27, 1959 3 :16). The only possible th ing that can keep you from enjoying fellowship with God in this life and in the world to come is your refusal to accept Il is offer of salvation. " If thou shah confess wi th thy mouth the Lord J esus. and shah believe in thine heart that God ha th raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved" ( Roman s 10 :9) . The Bi ble always emphasizes the urgency of acting now- "Behold 'l OW is the accepled time; behold ' lOW is the day of salvation" ( 2 Cori nthia ns 6:2) . •• •• •• •• •• •• • hen rake u •• •• •• • • ••• • • .1gatn nro them, · ,lng, I 1m LICrHT ( · of •~ \\ odd he 1• at foUc)\, cth ~ ••• •• •• •• •• •• sh a11 not alk tn d.lrk C:' hut ha ve the llg of life. •• •• •• •• • A Fable Two bro thers. cOllvicted o f stealing sheep, werc branded on the forehead with the !etters S.T .. mealling " S heep Thief." One of the brothers was unahle to bear the stigma , and tried to bury himself in a foreign land: but men asked him about the strange letters, so he kept wandering restlessly, and at length , full of bitterness, died and was buried far from home. The other brother said to himself , "I can't run away from the fa ct that T stote sheep. I will stay here and win back the respect of my neighbo rs and myself." As years passed he built a reputation for integrity. Decades later, a stranger one day saw the old man with the letters on his forehead. He asked a native what they signified. "It happened a great while ago, " said the villager. ''I've fo rgotten the particular s, but I think the letters are an abbreviation of 'Saint'." 21 EDITH WHIPPLE, Natio"al S40cr.tory WMC'S IN GHANA, WEST AFRICA By Missionary Ruby A. Johnson As WF. Tlllr."K OF \\',\lC GROt·!'!; among primitive women of Ghana it might be well to pause ami consider the African woman as a person. She has the s..'1me ha~ic human needs as her white neighhors across the sea, hut she is a part of .\frican culture which is vastly different from that of Ollr own country. The primili\·e .\frican woman is a slave and is treated as chattel propcrty. Shc may be onc of se\'cra l wives as polygamy is pre\·alent. She has nothing to say about wholll she marries; probably she was promised at birth or when very young to some man who is old enough to be her father or grandfather. While she is growing lip the intended husband pays dowry of grain, fowl, or animals to the g;rI"s father. African women cook and keep tbe hOnle. carry wood and wate r on their heads, rai"e a family. and may also work hard in the fields. They arc often beaten and mi stre."1ted by the husband. Many of Ihem welcome another Yoko:io 22 wife into the family to help with the work. Fortunate is the woman whose husband \)('comes a Christian and who becOllles a Christi an herself. Their lives and home are changed, although they are still part of a culture that is not founded on Chri~tian principles. This makes many problems for Christian missions. The WOlllell who cOllle to our churches are not all s..wed. but man)' of them are. They arc all illiterate; they have not had the opportunities our women in America ha\'e had. They do not even have a stove to cook on. In stead they ha"e two rocks and some wood they have gathered and carried from the bush. To us, their way of life is similar to li\'ing in a child's playhouse. T he Saboba Church \v11C was organized in August, 1958. with thirtynine women present. \Ve meet twice a month to sing. pray, have a Scripture lesson and a memory verse. Since these women arc all illiterate, we feel it is WMC group beside their unfinir;oshed church. Ruby Johnson ot right with occordion YokoziO ' corry dirt ond woter to moke o pounded mud floor in their church important to help them memorize some sc ripture. Each woman is encouraged to choose some need that she will take upon her heart and pray for every day. \\'c cut out the pictures of missionaries and give them out so that each one may have somebody especially to pray for. They also pray for other African villages, other tribes. and olher coun· tries. \;\,'c then have a work period. These women did not know how to sew, so we let them practise on old cloth. Then they began sewing handkerchiefs for the Dible school boys. )\cxt we shall teach them to sew on buttons and to patch, then cleanliness and health, cooking and lIutrition, infant and child carc. One of their projects waS to plaster the inside of the church, which they did with mud and cow manure. They carried the water from wells ill buckets on their heads. They had the church half plastered before we knew they were working. They have 110W whitewashed both inside and outside. The Yakazia outstation church is eighteen miles from Saboba, and we organized a W,MC there with forty-two women present. Seve ral men came too ; we told them it was all right to come if they would work. These women are a little more primitive than the Saboba women as they have not had the gospel as long. They need a great deal of teaching spiritually and otherwise. TIlE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL \Ve meet Ollce a month. and in addition they meet sometimes Oil their own for some of their work projects. Their church is not yet completed and their first work project was to make a pounded mud floor and rostrum for use until such time as they can get cement. They had to carry water on their heads for some distance. This project was completed by Thursday after the first W:\[C meeting all Saturday. They were determined to have it fini shed in time for the Christmas sen·Ices. The next time we met with the Yakazia group there were fifty WOmen, sixty children and five men present. It had been announced that their first sewing lesson would be givell, and they were most anxious to learn . \Ve did not believe the nat ive pastor when he said that none of the ladies knew how to thread a needle. but he was not joking. All we got done that day was threading the needle, tying a knot in the thread, and making a simple running stitch. We had not anticipated such a crowd and found ourselves with insufficient cloth with which to work. That made it necessa ry to go a short dist;\Ilce 10 the Yakaz ia clinic to get some of the wide bandage provided by the USA \Vomen·s :\Iissionary Councils and tear litt le strips of it to sew together. They were so proud of what they had donc that they all took their work home with them. Perhaps you wonder how we handled fifty illiterate women with sixty wiggling youngsters at large. Only the Lord knows. and He did help us. I shall never forget how pleased these women we re to receive the pictures of the missionaries for whom they were to pray. It is a real thrill to work with them and to see how grateful they are to be able to learn more of God and a better way of life. .. .. • • ~::;''t,~~~ WMC's and Sunday school of In Honnlbol, Mo, jom In shower of 9,fts for on Indian reservation :n~;,:';"::~""n 01 Coso Blanco Indian MISSion weormg !he,r WMC Chfl51mos clothmg Edna Gf'epp, mlSSlonOfy, lower left • gift oime IS ~ust Around the Corner To many people Christmas may seelll a long way off, but to \Y :\lCs it is "just arouna the comer.·· Already· their overseas Chri:.tlllas packages are in the mail, and IIOW their attention will be gin~n to bringing Chri..,tmas cheer to others nearer at hand. Children's hOllles in the States. including Alaska; Sunday school ('hildren on Indian re~er\'alions and in pioneer ch\\rches; COll\'alescent homcs and homes for the aged~these and many more will be remembered. \V:\IC's should ask the Lord to bring to their attention th05e who may not ha\'e anyone else to remember them. Thi5 i5 one way we can ..,how the love of Christ. Every year our home mi..,.~ioll;\ries arc able to give clotiullg. toys. 5choal supplies, etc" to the needy ahoUl them becau~e they are supplied hy \\,:\\C groups. It is time now to plan Christmas packages for h0111e mi ... ~ion..,. I'ersonal gifts for the mi ...... ionaries ..,hould he ~ent in J:hH.:kag"es separate from the gifts for di ... trihllliOIl. F:arly ill Octobe r. inform:ltion (ollcernill!.{ the needs will he sent to di:.trict \\':\IC pre ... idcllts. Packages should reach th eir destination lIot later than Deeemher 15 SO that the missionaries will ha\'e time to wrap the i(jeal gifts. ...-<11 Sobobo WMC president and vice president whitewashing the church September 27, 1959 23 slonettes AUXILIARY OF THE wOMtN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL " take two hands. I know it is only through God that I have been able to accomplish this." It was my privilege to visit ~lrs. Palenske in her home thi s summer, and her courage, determination, and trust in God for her compkte healing were a great inspiration to me. After all her work and planning for the special ~lissiol1ette program in June she was unable to attend the service, but her heart is full of gratitude to God for His goodness. In spite of her affliction she never utters a d iscouraging word. She is a blessing to the girls and the entire church. Says this Missionette Sponsor A months, UIIOUCII SliE liAS BEF.N CO~FINED Mrs. Uyrtle Palenske, TO A wnEEL ell AIR FOR MANY spon~or of the ).Iissionette Club at First Assembly of God in Oshkosh, \Vis., has accomplished more than many people .... ho aTC not handicapped. About a year and a half ago Mrs. Palenske became interested in the J.,lissionctte program and read everything she could find about its purpose and organization. As she read, her heart became burdened fOr the girls of her church, and last January she became their sponsor. Since it is impossible fo r her to go to the church basement, the Missionette meetings are conducted in her home at least once and sometimes tWice each lIIonth. To keep a dozen or more lively teen-agers occupied is not an casy task, but wilh the help of the Lord Mrs. Palenske has been able to do so. The fact that her right side is paralyzed does not keep her from planning activities and helping thc girls if they get stymied on a project. Shc has an amazing array of handwork materials in her home. Lovcly recipe books have been made, using plain white paper for the in~idc and discarded pieces of window shade lor the cover. Scr;IPS of felt are made into toys for children. Beautiful awards have been made from discarded greeting cards. At each meeting girls have some kind of shower. Once it was a baby shower; another time a school supp ly shower. The most interesting of all was a "surprise shower" when none of the girls told what they planned to bring. There was a wonderful variety of g ifts, including a set of embroidered dish towels which one of the girls took fr om her own hope chest. The girls love to give to missions in this wa y. Items for the ~hower~ are purrhased wi th their Oll"n earnings. An old trunk was papered on the illS ide and gilded on the outside to serve as a treasure che ~t. How thrilling it is to see !lew items :Idded to it each month! After jUH five and one-half months the chest was fi!1 ed to o\·crflo\\ing. Items from the chest wefe taken to the district camp meeting in July and placed with the WMC display so that missionaries could select the things they needed. J\ lovely program was presented by the Oshkosh Missionettes on Sunday, June 21. ~lrs Pakn,ke wrote the script and prepared the VI sual aid. S he has learned to use her left hand and does IlOt let her handicap hinder her work fo r the Lord. 1fuch prayer went into the 1>lanning so that the ent ire church would be made aware of what the M issiollettes stand fo r. t\t the end of the program the WMC officers were asked to stand, and the l\Iissionettes pinned on them white carllations which they had made. Tho: girls wore blue carnations, also of their own making. Saml>les of thdr handwork were displa)ed at the back of the church along with the open treasure chest. Mrs. Palenske writes, "I am limited as to getting around but isn·t it wonderful that God never limits our prayer life. He has marvelously helped me to do with one hand thil1gs which would o rdinarily Mrs. Myrtle Polenske, Missionette sponsor with the MISSIONETTES CERTIFICATES ISSUED IN JULY CHURCH AlO7.0na AIC Dripping Springs First AlC North Side AlC First AlC Bethel !)IC Ale Ale Piedmont A/ C Oal: Cliff AlC Ale Westside A/C Clad Tidings AlC Indi;n Minion Ale Ale Clad Tidings Ale Templo C;iI-;rio Shady AlC Plum Crove A/ C Ale Ale Ale Ale 24 LOCATION Phoeni~. Ariz. Judsoni3, All:. Cliffin, Ca. :\·Iuncie, Ind . New Albany, Ind. Louis\'ille, Ky . Menahga, t-.-iinn. lI.linatalc, Neb!. Dallas, Tex. D;llas. Tex. Stamford, Te~. C leburne, Tex. Sunn)'vale. Clllif. Creenville. Calif. Altulas, Calif. Thomaston ~ l e. Shawl1ee, Ol:la. Phoeni~, OreG. San Antonio, Te~. Houstol1, Tex. Cleveland, Tel:. Banning, Calif. Festus, Mo. Steele, Mo. Clenrock, \\')'0. SPONSOR Glenna Anders lI.\rs. Bobbie Louks Carolyn Neil ~ I rs. l\lal)' Belden Beatrice Chasteen Mrs. Althur Rupp Valo rie Arends lI.lrs. Joseph Raculi; Mrs. Roy J. Carter Mrs. E. O. H inkle :\lrs. Ch;rlene Johnson Ll,,·erle Bass Mrs. Lois l\·lcCrary lI.lrs. Nanna Cuthbertson I\ lu. Jimmie Lou Bly Mrs. l larry Krueger I\IIS. Margarita Rodriguez I\ lrs. Darlene Bordon Noml3 Burton Arbclle Floyd Mrs. Freda Vicl:1and I\lrs. OSC3r Whillington, 1r. Mrs. James E. Coli TH E P ENTECOSTA L E VANGEL CLIP SHEET- A Valuable N.Htlon for Your Missionary Scrapbook is located on the i ~ l and of Honshu and is the world's l arge~t city with some 9,(((),((() inhabitants. Japan's temperate climate makes it a popular tourist and commercial center in the Orient. Only sixteen per cent of the land in J apan is arable, but agriculture is an imlXlrtant occupation. Tea and rice are among the principal crops. THE PEOPLE Original inhabitants of the Jap.'l.nese islands are the Ainu, a pnmltlve people clustered in a remote area of lIokkaido. The Japanese as we know them migrated from ~Iala}'a and Polynesia. The history of :\' ippon is steeped III antiquity and it is often difficult to separate truth from legend. Observes Centennial of Protestant Missions Sun. " C HRISTIANITY - WA S INTRODUCED IN J apan by a Roman Catholic Jesuit missionary in 1549. It was soon outlawed, however, and the islands were closed to Christianity for nearly three centur ies. In 1859 Townsend Harri s, the fir st American consul in Japan, obtained permi ssion for Americans to reside in four port cities of the islands. Being an Episcopalian, Mr. Harris wrote to the Episcopa l missiOh board, urging them to send missionaries to the newlyopened Oriental country. John Liggins and C. W. Williams, then missionaries in China, were requested to transfer to Japan. Mr. Liggins arrived at Nagasaki on May 2, 1859, and Mr. Williams joined him five months later. In November of that same year Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Hepburn of the Presbyterian Mission and Guida Verbeck and Samuel Robbins Browll of the Dutch Reformed ~[ i ssion arrived to enlarge the missionary force. Persecution was severe. I t was illegal for a Japanese national to become a Christian and a strict spy system was maintained. The head man of each district was compelled to bring a statement signed by all of his residents: "Hitherto we have not been of the sect of Christ ians." The heads of five families, smallest unit of government, had to declare: "\,ye have not been September 27, 1959 negligent in sea rch for the sect of Christians." THE LAND Japan is a land of islands, mountain s, and volcanoes. Latest population figures show that 9 1,826, 160 people live. on the 142,644 square. miles of the Japanese islands. The four main islands are Hokkaido, Kyushu, H onshu, and Shikoku. Tokyo, the capital city , Komakura Buddo attracts youthful worshipers J apan ha s had a monarchy for gen· erations. Legend claims the emperor to be the son of the sun goddess. Emperor H irohito is the 124th ruler of the Imperial Dynasty. Religion and politics are in separable where such emperor worship is practiced. ANCIENT RELIGIONS Japanese Shintoist rubs prayer Shinto shrine beads at Japan is frequently known as " the museum of religions." It is difficult to compile statistics for Japan's religions because of the common custom of professing dual or multiple religious adherence. To further complicate the problem, Shinto stat istics often reflect the s,,'lle of amulets or charms rather than individua l membership. It is est imated, however, that there a rc approx imately 79,CXXl,CXXl Sh intoi sts in Jap...'ln today and the Buddh ists claim some 60,000,000 followers . 25 Shinto, "the Way of the Gods," is an indigenous, polytheistic ammlsm which indudcs ancestor worship. "It has no codified doctrine or creed of any kind other than worship offered to the imperial ancestors and the ance!)t ral spi rits." J3uddhi!)m came to Japan from China and Korea ahout A.D. 552. It has expressed its influence morc in the realm of the fine arts, social institutions, and cmtoms, and has long been the most influentia1 power in the religious life of Japan. \ CHRISTIANS IN JAPAN Professing Christians in Japan today numher approximately 600,000. Of these, abollt two-thirds are Protestant. The A$Semblics of God is one of the brg-c~t evangelical churches ill Japan today. Our work in japan dales back to 1913 when ~ I r. anel Mrs. C. F. Juergen~en and th eir daught('rs 1\larie and Agnes. opened a work in Tokyo. They wcrc followed in 1914 by ~tr. and 1\lrs. B. S. ).Ioore who established a church in Yokohama. It was in 1918 that the P('llIcco-.tal Olltpouring came and the following year scores of Japancse Christians were filled with the Holy Spirit. Mr. and 1\lrs. john Juergenscn and i\liss Je-.sie Wengler joined the missionary group ill 19 19. Three years later Miss l\ lae Straub opened a children's home at N'ishillol1liya, Kobe. Today there arc 23 Assemblies of God mi ssionaries appointed to J ap,-'111. That Christianity is exerting an in creasing influence in Japan today is evidenccd by the fac t that twelve per cent of the memhers of the japanese diplomatic corps arc professing Christians and five per cent of the ll1elll- r ~ "O?o I f ..-: I:~ ~ -I, •• ~ ., . . . . ,,~ • Rodio Pastor Yomodo, Tokyo bers of the Diet, japan's hi ghest legislative body, arc professing Christians. World \\'ar II forced the withdrawal of most missionaries from Japan, but our own .\Iiss Jcs~ie \\'engler remained in Japan under house arrest for four years. She was also th e first Assembl ies of God Illis:.ionary to return to japan after the war and became our rcpresentative to General i\lac:\rthur's headquarters. The Assemblies of God in Japan was organized in the spring of 1949 with sixteen national workers and seven missionaries from Great Britain, Canada, and the U.S. Superintenden t of the work is l\1t. Kiyoma YU1lliyama who is also principa l of Central I3ible I nstitutc in Tokyo. Brother YUllliyama has worked with Asscmhli es of God missionaries for more than thirty years. EVANGELtSTIC OPPORTUNITtES Train ing of national workers has been an important part of the work in Japan. Central J3ible Institute of Japan IJ .1. .... A typical shoe shop with loble of merchondlse out on the sidewolk to aUrOCI the posser-by. 26 :: was opened by the C. F. ] uergensens in 1931 in the Takinogawa church in Tokyo, With 98 per cent of the people literate, literature evangelism is extremely important in Japan. ~liss i\Iargaret Carlow is in charge of our literature program and has an excellent staff of national translators working with her, The importance of radio is being increasingly recognized throughout the islands, and a radio committee has been established to increase the effectiveness of radio e\'angelisl1l. A studio on the campus of Central Bible Institute in Tokyo serves as headquarters for thc broadcasting ministry. Tent meetings arc held throughout the coun try as a means of starting new churches. \Vhen the tent is taken down the congregation moves to rented quarters and another church is soon organized and built. 30th missionaries and nationals serve as evangelists. Japan presents a challenge to the Christian world. Loss of faith in the divinity of the emperor has left many inhabitan ts of the islands groping for a true religion. Jesus Christ is their answer and the Assemblies of God in Japan is endeavoring to reach the entire chain of islands with the full gospel. -R. T. Brock ~ lI SSIOKAR I ES-23 NATIONAL 11INISTERS- I08 CH URCHES AND OUTSTATIO NS-I07 CONVERTS-6,OOO IlIB LE SCHOOLS-I or J"~'''' N Y Spring comes to Japan Reoms of 0", poper spread over fields to prolecl Ihe ne w ptonts from irost. THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL • " A message to the Pastor: You take evcry precaution to shape the spiritual lives of your young people. but what consideration have you given to guiding them in their college education? To choose the wrong college may result in the forming of an all itude tha t is ru inOliS to their sp iritual life for all time-this would be t ragedy to say the least. 1111 September 27, 1959 To help your young (>Capie receive a college ed· ucation in a Pentecostal atmosphere, engage your church in the Church Scholarship Plan. This excell ent plan has been crcated to provide funds for developing the lives of yOlIT cOllege-age youth. W hy not include the Church Scho larshi p Plan in your church budget? No rt h Gl e n s t o n e A ve., Sp r i n gf ie ld , M isso u ri 27 DlPARTMINT J Lellcl"S Compiled by Stanley Michael "BROTHER \YARD, r WROTE YOU THE first of this ycar to pray for Ill)' loved ones to be saved, especially for my husband. I am happy to report that my husband was saved April IS, my mother was saved April 20. and my daughter was saved April 29." The abo,'c letter was from a Revi1'GltilJlc listener in \V. Durham, N. C. 1I1any thousands of prayer requests have been sent to the Revival/ill/r. staff containing names of unsaved !o\'cd ones. These prayer requests arc gi\'cn priority and the names are taken before the Lord in prayer. Every day's mail is a witness that God still hears and answers praye r as those sending in reql1ests write back to tell how their loved ones were saved. Here arc some of their testimonies: Husband Saved: "A few weeks ago T wrote you asking prayer for my unsaved husband and son. Praise the Lord, my husband went to church with me Sunday evening and when we came home he wanted to pray and get back to God. We also had a family altar together last night." -Mrs. L., San Francisco, Calif. SOli RetunlS to God: "I wrote to you about a year ago and asked prayer for my son that he would come back to God. \Vel1, God has answered prayer which we are very thankful for. Thank you and your prayer group."-:\[rs. D., Abbotsford . B.c., Ca nada Backslidden H !Isba/lei Reclaimed: " I requested prayer quite some time back for my backslidden husband. Now I am so happy to say that my prayers have been answered for he has come back to God."-~r rs . c., Sacramento, Calif. Son Changed; " L ast week I wrote and asked that 28 MANY LOVED ONES SAVED you pray for my sixteen-year-old son who had become indifferent and lukewarm toward God. ~[y heart was broken. r realized he was very slowly drifting away into the world. YOll wi11 ne\'er know the change that has taken place in my boy. Praise God !"-l\Irs. R., Paw Paw, ~Iich. Brother-ill-fatu Saved: "1 am writing to tell you the very good news. l\ry brother-in-law to whom you sent a tract was sa\'ed last week." -~rrs. W., Bruner, 1\[0. Brothcr Saved: "Thank you for praying for my brother. I am happy to tell you that now he is a Christian."-::-'Irs. L., Eureka Springs, Ark. Two SOliS Saved: ;'Two of my boys went to the altar this morning for salvation. This is a definite answer to your prayers and mine."-~frs. ::-'L, \Villiman tic, Conn. SO Il -ill-law Saved alld Bapti=ed : "I wrote you about this time last year and requested prayer for a SOIlin-law. Praise God, he is saved and filled with the Holy Ghost."-Mrs. \V., Willmar, " l inn . Fafher Saved: "1 sent in Illy re(Juests and among them was one that God would save a member of my unsa\'ed family. A miracle has been performed. for my father, who had cared 110t hin~ about his soul. was saved.'·-1\frs. N .. Curacao, \Vest I ndies A('(('(!ls Christ While Listcni'lg: "I have th is day confessed my Slll and in prayer accepted Christ as my personal Sav iour. r wi11 join myself to the church and fo11ow our Lord in water baptism. 1 will testify to others about my new ]ife."-),.liss M., La Plume, Pa. Accepts Christ: "Sir, through you and the help of others, I found Christ. Two weeks ago I was baptized with water. Last week I was accepted as a member of the church. Since I became a Christian, life has been different. Tt is such a joy to know Jesus is by my side in e\'eryth ing I do."-P. N., Hingham, Mass. • • • As the message of Revivaltime circles the globe, it is a joy to know that men and women arc finding Christ as their personal Saviour. Even as they listen, God 1110\'e5 Oil their hearts to accept Christ. Tbere arc mallY who are inspired to believe that God will reach t hei r loved olles through this ministry. And as they send their requests, aski ng the Revivalfhllc staff to join with them in prayer, the Holy Spirit begins to work on the hearts of those for whol11 prayer was requested and many yield their li\'es to Christ . Perhaps you have a fr iend, a son or daughter, or sOl11e member of the fam ily who is unsaved. Rcviz:altilllc's message may be the means of reaching your loved one next! ,",Vhy not encourage and invite them to listen to Revivaltime's next broadcast service? If your lo\'ed ones live in some other part of the country and you do not know where they might hear the broadcast, write for a radio log which you may have free upon request to send to them. \Ve want to help you reach your unsaved loycd oncs before it is too late. Send your requests and we will be happy to join \'lith you in prayer for their sa lvation. Send your letters and rC{!uests this week to R EVI VAL TH-IE, BOX 70, SPR IJ\GF IELD, MISSOU RI. gether we -will believe God harvest of Sallis. for T o- a great THE P E NTE COSTAL EVANGE L EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN CALENDAR PASTOR EVANGELIST ASSEMBLY DATE A/G Sept. 28·0ct. It w. O. Stephens &: .... ife Charles Mcleod B. Owcn Oslin Fi~t A/G ~pt Z-·Oct,4 W. E. (Gene) Scott Ark. Ii. G Hanks Gabtia A 'G Oct. 4·18; E. C. Lagma~· A/G Sept9·0ct.l1 Virgil &: Edythe \\'arens D. L Rhodes Calif. Ladi First Ale Sept, 29·Ckt. 12 Kenneth Roper &: puty Gene Forrest L. B Lewis Modesto Bethel Sept 27Cene ~brtin Wesley Stee1berg N Hollywood Fmt A/C Oel.4-10 Tommy Barnett Ibrold Pegg P~lmdale First A/C Sept 27·0et. II II Ralph Love R Dwight BlOWn PomOlla First AIC Sept.2i...... ,G.l-1all Fl1lnk Alexander Eads AlC Sepl. 29·0el. 11 Ear1cr·\IcCu1!~h Colo. J W. Jordan Plant City First AlC Sept. 28·0el. II J. R. Snow &: wife E.O Cordle C,. Alb~ny So. W. AlC Oet.4F. P. Baehman I- E. Hancock AlG Sept. 30·0ct. 11 W. F. Voodrc &: wife Folkston Cecil L. Crn,·er Alton Gospel Tab. Sept, 13·0el.) Sunshine Party 111. Ceo. J. Rut1ege BridgepOrt A/G Sept, 29Walter D. Lascel1e Robert Sandfort Carlinville A/G Oct. 6·18 Jimmie Pamle!: &: wife Gco. \V. Clark Rock Island Bethel I\lG Del. 4B. D. Bennctt &: part)" C«,] Enochs Kokomo First AIC Sept. 29).!laskell Wooldridge Ind. S. E. Carhen JCllcl AIC Oct. s.! I John French Iowa Ra)'mond Booth Oxford June. A/G Oct. 4·18 Bonnie M. Ruble D. L. Richards Sept. 22·0et. 4 I\lusieall\lath.:I.1l's Pratt First Ale Kans. t. A. Earl Sept 27-0el. II N. J. Sorensen &: wife Westlake First A/C u. B. "'I. SllC Jl yattsville AIC Scpt.29John Higginbotham Md. T. Christophel AIC Oct. 4C. R. Conrow • Maugansville TIlco. Ness Berea Tab. Oct. 4-18 B. R. ~hnton Detroit Mich. P. A. Oi"ll)sto Detroit Harper Wds. T. Sept. 29-0ct. II A. F. Oi:>11I5to &: party R. A Rielx:n Sept. 22-0et. 4 Garfield J. Unruh l\luskegon Centrnl A/G Edw:nd Raimer \\'~)'ne A/C Sept. 29·0ct. II E. A. "'bnler E, erell Lord Minn. Fmnington A/G Oct. 4·2) Bonella Rabe Milton Beckett Mo. K~n~s City Blenheim Sept. 28·0ct. 4 John French 1\13rl"il1 lIaley Oct. +Stout &: Elliott Nevada First AIC R. M. Cremhall' St. Louis Central AIC Oct. 6·18 Ken Gcorge \Villard LeISY Mont. A/G Oct. 6·18 Dick Stcvens Family , Hamilton Clarence Love N_Mex. C~r1sbad First A/C Oct. 4Clenn Shinn Gernld Glidden Carthage Fint A/G Oct. 6·18 W. Clifford Nelson N.Y. Sidnc)· White O reg. A/G Sept. 27:-'Iarvin r-,'Ioe "'Iyrtle Creek p, D. A. Berquist Alientown First A/C Sept. 22·0et . 4 jack Peters Chfton W,lkins Oct. 4·18 Paul & Dorothy Obon l\lercershurg First AIC Oran Cattcrson AIC Oct. 6-18 The Roland Hastics "'It. Union David Olshel"ski Sept. 20·2] ByrOn D. Jones Spring Clen Pent. F. Cosp. A. T. Hickman Georgetown First A/G S.C. Oct. 6·18 J. R. Palmer &: wife Earl l/arper S. Dak. Sept. 22Wm.llnisky Rapid City Bethel A/G Paul Radke :>l3gn·lia Pk. AIC Sept. 20·27 Paul Emerson Texas Beaumont V. E. Tipton Sara E. Sharp Carland Southside AIC Sept. 13-27 /.1\ 1 Dally AIC Oct. 4·18 Mell·in Boatright Golden Acres James McKeehan Iiouston Lindale AIC Oct. 4·18 J. B. Davis &: WIfe J S. i\Ic/llul1cn P~mpa First AlC Sept. 27·0el. II James "'!iller &: wife W. F. Blakle)" Jr. Waxahachie S. Parl.: A/G Sept. 27-Oct. 4 1". F. lIarrison N. E.Ilaupt Va. Pctc~burg First Pent. Tab. Sept. H-Oel. 4 Andrew G. Basel1 R. C. LYlllbumer W. Va. Keyser I\lC Sept. I ;-Ocl. 4 J. B. Woolums J~mc5 Bailey Tornah AIC Oct. 4·9 Bob Olson W is. E. R. 1\lnlloT)" Canada Quebec, "Iontreal Bethel Pent . Sept. 27·0ct. II Bm l\lcPhefson JI . A. Park H ong Ko ng ~ Kowloon First AIC Oct. 4·18 Watson Argue , Children's ReI·iva! • Union Campaign • Dedication Annou ncements should re~ch the Depattment of Evangelism 30 d3)·S in ~d,·an,e, due to the fact that 1'/1£ PEN"! ECOSTAL EV .... NCEL is IlIade up 24 cla)! before the date which ~jlpears UI)(In It. ST ATE Ala. CITY n~y I\linettc Ft Smith },'orfolk 1 Crc~ceHt City F" ANNOUNCEMENTS HO~IECOMING, Oct. 4 at Bartons Chape!, 1lufchi son, Tex. Former pastors and members urged to be present. G_ L. Grier is I)astor.-by Cora Voyie., church secretary. CA?-.IP ':\I EETI:\TG, Oct. 8· 18 at Pleasant Grove Camp Grounds at Durant, Fla. Mabel Willetts, Bible teacher; E. V. Berquist, evening speaker; J. Edward Blount, C. A. vesper serv ices: and David )[. \Vellard and wife in charge of early morning prayer hour and ehildrell'S work. For aecommodatiOlls write Uiss J essie Pierce, Durant, Fla.-by Charles C. Garrett, pa~tor. September 27, 1959 45TH ANNIVERSARY HOl\'I ECO~ I I NG, Oct. 4 at Assembly of God, Chappell, Nebr. Former pastors and members invited. Speakers: Dist rict Superimelldellt Lester Dickilbon, Floyd Woodworth, A. M. Alber, and ITI \Valker. \Vrite for accommodations. -by Pastor Floyd Garrett, Box 46J, Chappen, Nebr. HARRISBURG, PA.-The Eastern District will hold its first \V.~I.C.-M. f Convention Sept. 28 and 29 at the First Assembly of God, Green and Schuylkill Sts.. Harri sburg, Pa. Don Mailough, Katiollal Men's Fellowship Secretary, Springfield, 110., will Classified Ads RATES: lSc .. word minimum <>ba'r" 1500. Be_ rare aubrniuinr an ad. writt lor eomplUt Inlo r_ mal,on and ropy blank. AddtUI· ArI~t"j.j". Man· ~lrn. THE I'aeili.: St .• PF..~TECOSTAL EVANGEL, 4J4 W. Sprinllfictd I, Milloud.. 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David Bowen, District Me.n's fellowship Director 29 CHRISTMAS PLAYS, PAGEANTS, HANDBOOKS MINE EYES HAVE SEEN A three-act play by Joy Larson rcqmrlllg a cast of 6 young people and 1 adult. In addition several extras are needed as carolers. This is a play with enough unexpected evcnts to captivate interest throughout the entire story. The scenes are in modern setting so the props will not be difficult to acquire. Time for the play is one hour. 2 for $1.00 30 EV 9819 AND THERE THEY FOUND CHRIST A Christmas Play in three acts by Rega Krame r McCarty. A city fam ily wi th former farm connections retmns to the old place. Over Christmas, members of the family are lured to adopt the former ways, including receiving Christ into their Jives. The play promises to entertai n as well as bring out a real spiritual truth. Time: One hour. 2 for $1.00 30 EV 9824 THE FAITHFUL PIONEER A modern drama in three acts. The story tells of a pioneer family' s Christmas and the storm which kept them s nowbound . But there is more than this. It is a story of a woman's deep faith in God, faith which is instilled through her example to he r children. Simple stage setting, the play requires only a cast of 10 characters. Time: One hour. 2 for $1.00 30 EV 9808 LONGING FOR CHRISTMAS Centering around a family's plans to have a real old-fashioned Christmas, this three-act play by Rega Kramer McCarty will hold yo u spellbound. As the story progr('Sses you will see how interruptions in their plans help to teach them the true meaning of Chris tmas. The story of a little boy who longed for Chris tmas. Modern sell ing, requiring nine characters. 2 for $1.00 30 EV 9811 ,~ , . I . I / , 30 WHY CHRISTMAS A modren drama in four scenes by Elinor Brown. The continuity of the story is carried out by the use of an old man who is puzzled about Christmas and Christianity. The d rama stresses the influence of our actions upon others and the t rue meaning of Christmas. Seventeen characters are needed which include persons of all ages. Time: one hour. 30 EV 9821 2 for $1.OG BABE OF BETHLEHEM Portraying the events of the first Christmas in an intimate manner, bringing the events into present-day focus for modern audiences is the purpose of this three-act Christmas drama. Using a cast of 7 men and 4 women t he drama by Lucille R. Green will give you a new conception of the meaning of the first Christmas. Unusual and reverent. Time : One houl. 30 EV 98211 2 for $1.00 TO HEAR THE ANGELS SING A Christmas play in three scenes by Pearl 1\eilson, with a cast requirement of 5 adults and 15 young people betwee n the ages of ten to sixteen. The story of how a family prepares for Christmas without the help of a mother. All three scenes are in the living room of a modem family's homc. An unusual and striking play that is easy to perform. Time: One hour and fifteen minutes. 30 EV 9812 2 for $1.00 CAROL FINDS CHRISTMAS A present-day story that IS exccptionally easy to produce. One setting with minor changes is all that is required. Costuming presents no problem beca\lse ordinary street clothes arc used. An orphan child of missionary parents learns about the rcalllleaning of Christmas as she is introduced to the various customs of different famil ies. 2 l o r $1.00 30 E V 9809 THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE A modern human-interest drama in three acts. The story is about Melody, a polio victim whose faith in God leads her to believe that she will walk again. The play ends happily with Melody planning her wedding which is to occur on Christmas day. The cas t consists of eight dJaractcrs with additional members needed for carolers and the :\Iativity pantomime. 30 EV 9807 2 for $1.00 HIS WONDERS TO PERFORM This play will grip your attention from start to finish. It is full of dramatic situa tions illustrating great sl>irilual truths. The story is an outgrowth of an experience of one o f Ollf soldier boys just back from Korea. Simple stage settings, modern costullles make the play a very practical one to present. Time: One hour. . 30 EV 9810 2 for $1.00 TilE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL CHRISTMAS Plays, Pageants, Handbooks, Cont inued FOUR CH RISTMAS DRAMAS By Elsi~ Duncan Yale THE CHRISTMAS TREE-Wh~n two small girls investigate their presents at midnight, th e tree sllddenly lights UI) and talks to them. The legend of the Christmas Tree is then depicted in a series of scenes. A delightful play for children where any number of children may take part. THEY PR ESE~TED GIFTS-A one-act playlet with a cast of 12 characters and a Bethlehem stable sening. To the stahle come the shephuds and the townspeople, bringing gifts to the Christ Child. Those who give with love find even the poorest offering changed to riches, but those who gi\'c selfishly find Ihe opposite occurs. THE CH ANGED HEART-After sett ing 311 example of thoughtless giving to her daughte rs and being distracted by the Christmas rush, Mrs. \Vest tries to relax. She hears the lament of J udith, wife of the Bethlehem innkeeper who had no room fo r the Messiah ; then Mrs. \\'est rea l i~es that she too has rejected Christ. THE PERFECT GIFT-Griselda Ihinks Christmas festivities are foolishness. but she grudgingly allows her orphaned niece to attend the service in the village. Alone in the barn, Griselda sees a \·ision of the first Christmas. Her gift to the Christ Child is a contrite hea rt. ALL FOUR PLAYS IN ONE BOOK. NO CURTAI NS R E QUIR E D . 30 E V 9823 2 f o r $1.00 A GIFT FOR THE CHRIST CHILD An outstanding and modern Biblical a nd missionary drama employ ~ ing 20 charact ers. A busy father has no time for Christ or Christmas. After a series of exciting and painful events he is made to rea lize that most of his life has been spent in vain. He wonders if there is any salvation for him when a child shows him the way. A moving and touching drama with a warm heart-reaching message. 30 EV 9813 2 f or $1 .00 CHRISTMAS IN THE COBBLER SHOP A modern heart-warming drama that employs a cast of 10 persons plus. a group o . carolers. An old cobbler wonders what Christmas means 10 an old man. Finally he learns the answer when three times he helps someone in need. A ft er he ha s helped he is then made to reali ~e that th ree times he had helped Jesus the Christ Child. Martin the cobbler then realizes the tremendous truths of Quist and Christmas. 3G EV 9825 2 for $1.00 THE CHRISTMAS STORY H ere is a different way of presenting the Christmas story with no rehearsals necessary. All you need is a good narrator and a group of carolers. The service will supply the story far the na rrator and thr carolers provide the'background music. In addition to the group num_ bers th ere are two solos. It all adds up to a fine get-together and a unique way of Ilrese nting the Christma s story. 30 EV 982Z 3 (or 60c THE REASON FOR CHRISTMAS A se n·ice for Children's choirs written by Lois Bla nchard. choirs should be used if possible-Begi nner, Primary, J unior, and in termediate. in Ihis program you will fin d a purposeful ser vice tha t will give the real mean ing of Ch ristmas today. Carefully selected readings from Scriptures. comments, and songs add to the sacred and effecti\'e service. Easy to produce with very few rehearsals necessary. 30 EV 9&:1S 3 for .fSc Carols and Songs for Your Christmas Pleasure THE WORLD'S BEST CHRISTMA.S CAROLS Compiled by J. E. Sturgis. this edition is published to accommodate the numerous requests recei\'ed for Ch ristmas songs and caroh 1I0t found in most hymnals or collections of that kind. If you are looklllg for the best songs to work into your own Christmas program s, here you will find the cream of the centuries gleaned from every Christian nation. written and composed by world-renowned poets and musicians. You will find th is booklet indispensable for carol singing. 30 EV 991 2 .fOe CHRISTMA.S SOLOS AND DUETS Arranged and selected fo r publication by Griffith J. J ones. H ere is one of Ihe most outstanding books published con taining carols you love to sing. R,U1ging from nOI-too-wellknown songs to perennial fav orite sthi s songbook is sure to meet all o f your Christma s needs. Songs such as "Christ our King," "Hea\'enly Stratigtr," " 0 Star o f Bethlehem." and many other favo rites make Ihis book a favorite and invaluable to the musician's library. Prinled ill large easy- to- read type for your convenience. 30 EV 9915 $1.00 Gosp,el Publishing House SPRINGFIELD 1. MISSOURI 332 W. COLORADO BLVD .. PASADENA. CALLFORNIA No CO D or der.. Char ,e Orde... : Add S% September 27, 1959 for posta,e and h .."dlin ,.. W e pay pos la,,, on ..11 ~. .h orMrs. 31 "God heard their groaning :LC(~( 't5- BY HERMAN G. JOHNSON Mandan, NOrlh Ookolo I ,\WOKE from sleep. All was dark and still. Then my ears caught a sOllnd, faint at first, bnt gradually increasing in intensity and power. It was the ni ght wind-sweeping through the trees, around the buildings, and away I knew not where. I could not tel! from whence it came, nor where it went, but I heard the sound thereof, and it was like a deep moan or an endless sigh. ] listened carefully, and now the wind seemed to express the restlessness of souls who try in vain to find plea sure and sat isfaction in the things of this world . Outwardly they appear to be ca refree, but the night wind told me their story. Their hearts cry out for peace and rest. And these lost ones are all around us! As I listened st ill more carefu1iy T heard a deeper. sighing than before. ]t was more of a groan. and it seemed to come from afar, e,'en from across the waters. It was also the sound of restlessness but it was morc intense and full of sorrow. It was very dark. \;Vhat could this be ? 1t was the cry of milI T W,\S YET K1GlIT WilEN lions in heathen lands-moaning. yearn ing, dying, knowing not from whence they were come, nor where they were going-hut always moving on. Again 1 listened to the wind, and now there was a groan a thousand times more terrible-a wailing and crying and gnash ing of teeth. What could this be? Then I knew it was lost souls in hell-forever restless, wailing, re:norscful, hopeless. "\Vhere their worm dieth 11ot, and the fire is not quenched." ] t was night, and all wa s dark. Once more 1 listened to the wind. And my heart was conscious of another deep sigh and cry-an expression of unspeakable agony. It seemed to come from a broken heart. My own heart was stirred now, and I felt a deep and crushing uurden for these lost soul s who moaned and sighed and waited. Oh, that broken heart of God, groaning because of the fall of man-grieving over the prodigal son ! I\1a1l had sin ned, and a ransom was necessa ry to restore him. \\'here was the ransom? Jeslls stepped forth and gave Himsel f. There was grief in our Father's heart, but He loved us so much that H e gave Ilis best. "And God heard their groaning ... and God remembered." But what is this 1 hear? A cry comes from Calvary that makes the earth tremble. It is a cry fr om the broken heart of Jesus: "Father. fo r give thelll." It took His life to gain their fo rgiveness. But the prisoners can now be loosed! The moans can now be turned to shout s of joy! But still J heard the restless souls of lost men. Has God forgotten? No! But can it be that I h;n-e forgotten? ] las the Church forgotten? Has the vision been lost, the heart hardened, the prayer life neglected ? Thy brother's blood cricth-can you hear it? Do you care? Docs the cry from the broken heart of Jesus, "Father, forgive them," reach your heart and re-echo there? It was still night when I awoke from sleep. All was quiet and dark. Then God spoke. r-.ly heart was stir red. And J prayed, " Father, help l1Ie never to forget the message of the wind. r-.lay I never forget th e cry of the 10SI, neither the agony of Thy broken heart. For Jesus' sake. Amen," ...... THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL