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July 12, 1944
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ever you say, be sure to bear in
mind that we shall have little or
no help from the homes of those
we are distressed over.
Your borther,
Tice Elkins.
Also plans have been laid for
putting the Christian Chronicle
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attendance was excellent, and
members who had not atttended
services in years were reclaimed
to the cause of Christ,, and it is
the writers opinion that, with
proper leadership, the church
could regain its vision to serve.
CONVERTS LOST BECAUSE
OF ISOLATION
Twenty years ago Brother A.
R. Dalbeck, now in his eighty-
fifth year, founded this congrega-
tion, baptizing seventy-five peo-
ple at Lambert Lake. Brother
Dalbeck continued to work with
this group from time to time, also
traveling up and down the state
preaching wherever he could get
a hearing. Brother Dalbeck esti-
mates that he has baptized more
than four hundred people in
Maine.
This is perhaps more than any
other preacher in the Northeast.
Unfortunately, many of these con
verts live in isolated places and
therefore did not receive the ne-
aftl
serve!”
(I was reminded of the chal-
lenge hurled at the worshipers
of Baal by Elijah.) For a moment
the group waited, terrified that
the volcano goddness would rise
up in retaliation and destroy
them. Nothing happened and
they broke into gospel hymns.
Thus was broken forever the
spell which Pele for centuries had
exerted over the lives of the
Hawaiians. Thus we see a reli-
gious nature existing among those
people. ‘'
But there is another spell that
needs to be broken, which ex-
erts as much influence over the
people as did the goddess Pele,
and is just as dangerous to their
eternal welfare. I speak of the
spell of denominationalism. Ev- _____ w_.______________ „
erything has been taught but the -^Ivage the children, 'but what-
truth. I believe Hilo to be “ripe
unto harvest.” Who will send
another preacher to Honolulu and
one to Hilo?
Yours in Christ,
H. Osby Weaver.
WEAVER CALLS
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pointed hour we had about
smallest audience, and yet
most varied to which I have
preached. One soldier,
marine, one Japanese (the one
who had written me previously)
and an Episcopal priest compos
ed the audience.
Hilo is a city of 23,553 popula-
tion in normal times. It will fav-
orably compare to any city its
size on the mainland in many re-
spects, and will probably excell
in its morals. The nationality is
principally Japanese who are very
much Americanized in custom
and language. They are kind and
congenial. A simple, teachable
people, who are viewing the re-
ligious division now existing with
some degree of suspicion. They
have a religious back ground that
extends all the way back to
paganism. z
Centuries ago, Kilauea ,(a vpl-
cano) was but a hill down whose
grassy slopes Polynesian boys and
girls tobogganed on sleds of ti
leaves, as tradition puts it. One
day Pele (Pa-la) disguised as a
human maiden, visited it A
handsome young chief about to
launch his lef sled, refused her a
ride, because he did not like her
looks.-----
' Before reaching the bottom a
wave of thunder overtook him,
looking back he saw the maid
astride a torrent of molten lava
trying to overtake him. He escap-
ed into the ocean, but Pele never
forgot his rude manner. Whenever
she thinks about it her anger is
kindled so that her rage scorch-
es the earth and her hot breath
rises in clouds • of sulphurous
smoke through the cracks in her
house, which is the volvanic peak
of Kilauea.
Until 1825, carrying ohelo ber-
ries to Pele to appease her for
this outrage was an Hawaiian
custom. There were temples of
worship built for Pele and a staff,
of priests and priestesses main
tained fcr her. In 1825, Kapiolani
a high princess of the island and
a recent convert to Christianity
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termined ta break the spell of
Pele over the people, and -show
rived at the volcano one of Pole’s
priestesses met them and plead-
ed with them to turn back, pro-
phesying certain destruction for
any member of the group who
persisted in violating the old tabu,
but Kapiolani and her band, read-
ing from the Bible, moved on. It
was a custom upon reaching the
rim of the volcano, to pick of the
ohelo berries that grew there and
throw half of them in the steam-
ing hole, repeating: “Pele, here
are your ohelo berries; some I
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Rubber Heels Used. .
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Preacher Deplores
Loss of Yot
Due to War
Alamogordo, New Mexico,
July 5,1944.
Dear Brother Olan Hicks:
I am getting the Chonicle regu-
larly now, as are many of our
congregation here. As a religious
newspaper I do not believe it has
an equal. I believe it serves a
good purpose, in that the brother-
hood should be kept informed on
all activity on all fronts.
I could not contribute anything
of interest to the Chronicle as a
paper, but I do wish some one
with experience and a Christian
spirit would write me a letter and
give me some rules by which the
boys and girls who are members
of the church can be saved from
the ruin that is as certain as
death to nine out of ten, in fol-
lowing the “war-cry” that soldier
boys need entertainment so much.
Mi the USO with its evil influence
when | over youth, the dance, the sensual
music and the unholy hours kept
by them, their absence from all
church services, many never even
attending communion services on
Lord’s day or night, some spend-
ing their time in disgraceful
practices bringing reproach on the
Body and name of Christ.
The church in Alamogordo has
completely lost from all work and
class-programs almost every one
under eighteen years of age, (and
over twelve). They cannot be per-
suaded to stay away from the,
places of revelry even long en-
ough to have a Bible class. It is
so heart-breaking to see them go,
and so disgusting to hear their
parents and others defending
them and suggesting to them that
it is all right, and that preacher
and elders are just a bunch of
“out-of-dates.”
Publish this if you will, and
then give us advice on how to
in Maine. He wants brethren in
the South and West to know of
the great open door that awaits
one who will come and rally
these spiritual orphans together.
Indeed the field is wide open
and waiting for someone to heed
the call.
The Brookline church would
like to sponsor such a project in
Maine but is physically unable
to do so. We Are already involv-
ed in u mission program in (ivc
( ommunitier outside of Boston,
««nd with our limited man-power
we can extend ourselves no fur-
ther.
Is there not some church a:ui
feme wuthy preacher who can
set the true possibilities in this
section of northern Maine? Breth-
ren, these people are hungering
for the bread of life. Before you
lav aside the Christian Chonicle
determine to do something to
help them. Communicate with
Brother Thomas Wright at Lam-
bert Lake, Maine and tell him
that the call has been heard.
416 Washington Street, Brook-
line, Mass.
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’ Dallas Church to Use Chronicle in
Advertising Moser Meeting, July 16-23
The Lisbon Church of Christ I take the Gospel into this Hospi-
in Dallas, Texas has made plans! tai,’' they stated,
whereby the members are work-
ing this week using The Chris-
tian Chronicle and several good _ . ( , __
tracts along with personal Work,- of the Lisbon congregation week-
to advertise the meeting Brother
C. M. Moser, is to hold July 16-
23.
Though the length of this com-
paign is short, good results are
expected because of the personal
work being done in the interest
of spreading the gospel in the
Lisbon community, leaders said
today.
The leaders of this Dallas Con-
gregation have finally been al-
lowed permission to take a short
“chapel" service to the patients
of the U. S. Veterans Hospital on
the opening day of the Gospel
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thankful for the first chance to
going to be given a good scorching
and made respectable. They are
going to be consumed by fire.
Therefore, since the word means
that with reference to the works
in the earth, it follows that it
means the same thing with refer-
ence to the earth.
But when is this all to be? Peter
says it will be the “day of the
Lord.” In speaking of the second
coming of Christ Paul called it
the day of the Lord. (II Thess
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the Lord is the day he comeZthe
second time. Therefore the earth
and the works therein are to be
consumed by fire the day the
Lord comes again. How can there
bft, a reign of one thousand years
on this earth after the coming of
Christ if the earth and the works
therein are to be consumed by
fire the day he comes? Common
sense and scripture teacji us it
can not be.
From what we have learned a-
bout the last day, here is the
picture at a glance. The Lord
shall descend from heaven with
the trump of God; both the good
and the wicked are to be raised,
and the righteous living shall
join with the righteous dead and
go to meet the Lord; the judg-
ment is set, and all nations gath-
er before the Lord who divides
them the one from the other as
a shepherd seperates the sheep
from the goats: the righteous are
rewarded for their labors and suf-
fering by being sent away into
eternal life: the wicked are pun-
ished for their lack of obedience
to God by being sent away into
the eternal fire with the devil and
his angels; and all things material
will-melt with fevent heat and
be consumed by. fire.
Peter concludes the lesson with
this practical admonition: “See-
ing that these things are thus all
to be dissolved, what manner of
persons ought ye to be in all holy
living aryl godliness, looking for
any earnestly desiring the coming
of the day of God, by reason of
which the heavens being on fire
shall be dissolved, and the ele-
ments shall melt with fervent
heat? But, according to his
promise, we look for new heavens
and a new earth, wherein dwell-
eth righteousness.” (IJ Pet. 3:11-
13).
them that afflict the saints, and
he will give rest to the saints,
“at the revelation of the Lord
Jesus from heaven.” This was ad-
dressed to the saints of Thes-
salonica for their comfort in per-
secution. So the wicked who per-
secuted the saints there will be
afflicted in the day the Lord com-
es. This necessitates their resur-
rection as well as their judgment
on the day the Lord comes, which
is the last day.
Drawing a parallel between the
judgment scenes as given by Jes-
us and Paul, we have first, both
the good and wicked in the judg-
ment. Second, this judgment is
to be when Jesus comes the sec-
ond time. Third, the righteous are
to be rewarded for their labors
and suffering. This reward con-
sits of etrnal life. Jesus repres-
ents them as “going away into
eternal life." They go from the
judgment into their eternal state
of bliss and happiness; they are
not represented as staying here
with Jesus for a reign of one
thousand years. Fourth, the wick-
ed are said by both Paul and Jes-
us to be sentenced to eternal
punishment in that judgment
which is to be held on the day
the Lord comes, which is the last
day. Jesus says to them, “Depart
from me, ye cursed, into the eter-
nal fire which is prepared for the
devil and his angels." (Matt. 25:-
41) And Paul says they “shall
suffer punishment, even eternal
distraction from the face of the
Lord and from the glory of his
might, when he shall come to be
glorified in his saints," (II Thess.
l:9r10) This last expression tells
us in no uncertain terms when
those who afflictecKUie brethren
at Thessalonica are going to re-
ceive their punishment.
Now, if all the righteous are
going from the judgmehfc-iQtc^
eternal life, and if all the wicked’
are going away from the judg-
ment into the eternal fire to be
with the devil and his angels, how
can there be a reign of one thous-
and years on this earth? Who
will be here to do the reigning?
Christ and his saints Will be en-
joying eternal life in the presence
of God. The devil and all the
wicked will be buffering the tor-
tures of hell. How can it be?
Heavens and Earth Destroyed
The sixth thing to occur on the
last day is given us by Peter. “But
the day of the Lord will come as
a thief; in the which the heavens
shall pass away with a great
noise, and the elements shall be
dissolved with fervent heat, and
the earth and the works that are
therein shall be burned up.” (II-
Pet. 3:10) This looks like the de-
straction of all that is temporal;
the “removing of those things
that are shaken, as of things that
have been made, that those things
which are not shaken may re-
main.” (Heb. 12:27).
But one comes forward with
the explanation that as the world
was destroyed by water, yet re-
mained for people to live upon;
so it is to be destroyed this time
by fire, but will remain: it will be
purified, not destroyed. Peter
said the world (kosmos) was de-
stroyed by water. The word
“kosmos” does hot refer to this
earth. But Peter says this earth
(gee) is to be destroyed. The word
“destroyed” is from “katakaio,”
is used eleven times in the New
Testament, and means “to burn
up; to consume by fire.” (Thayer)
Matt. 3:12, will burn up the chaff.
Matt. 13:30,40, the tares are to be
burned. Acts 19:19, the books
were burned. Heb. 13:11, animals
were burned Avithout the camp.
These passages show the use of
" the word by inspired writers. The
earth is to be burned-up, consum-
ed by fire.
But notice too that the “works
that are therein” are to be burned
up. The verb "burned up” occurs
but once, but both the earth and
the works are to be burned up.
Whatever the word4 “katakaio”
(burned up) means with reference
to the works in the earth, it
means with reference to the
earth. What ar£ the works men-
tioned here? They can be nothing
but the works of men and the
•"devil. Certainly-/ they are not
Christ." (Phil. 2:16) So the day of five> he is sti11 alert and young in offer to you but some leat.”
It was a sort of primitive com-
munion service. But Kapiolani,
after gathering some of the
sacred fruit, ate it herself, and
---- —r--threw stones into the fiery hole
a at mfluence for good Then she. addressed Pete:
“Jehovah is my God!
He kindled these fires!
I fear thee not, Pele!
If I perish by the anger of Pele,
Then Pele may all men fear!
But if I trust in Jehovah, who is
my God,
he preserves me ____
violating the tabus of Pele-
Him alone must you fear and
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cessary encouragement to carry
on the Lord's work. There are
many today who would rally to
the cause of Christ again if only
they had someone to help them
establish the work.
Brother Dalbeck is a fine old
soldier of the Cross, oiie who has
labored wtfll and has preached
with great effect. He is now phy-
sically unable to carry on his
work. He deserves a great tribute
of praise for his years of sacri-
ficial service. And though eighty-
mind and possesses the happy
faculty of being cheerful in spite
of his afflictions.
He is anxious to see the work
which he has started prosper and
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Hicks, Olan L. Christian Chronicle (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 12, 1944, newspaper, July 12, 1944; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1305824/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.