The Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 25, 1953 Page: 3 of 8
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NOVEMBER 26, 1WJ
CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
NOVEMBER 25,1953
now beingheard
298
sta-
Procter
of Truth
combined programH,” stated James F. Fowl- in their own building for worship
constructed
Many
building
The
was
(Lusaka) of Du Mont tattoos
BUT . .
own
a
Soma, who
an
acres
should do something for homeless
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Former Buddist Now Conducts
Christian Home For Fatherless
with their own hands and theta* 1
own money, with the exception of I
a few small donations from other 4
places. They meet on Wednesday I
MrZr/ojt Plans Go Forward
Radio Stations To Be Added
they need for this work.
Brother and Bister Hardy hare
engaged In secular work in Au-
gusta to supplement the limited
support that helped them in the
work of the church. It is import-
ant that they be able to give their
full time to the new work in Kit-
tery.
eyes
1 on
each property. It
»e as etauroh prop-
Tmmedtotely adjacent to
Portsmouth, N. H„ where there is
mt naval
i not an
rto -
<
tigri. but it cannot be done with-
al more workers here.
Southern Churches
Support Maine Work
r each
Lw*
IMO
the Highland halls between now and that date.
----- -—i The Herald of Truth Radio Pro-
family visited in Texas with the dividuals and
primary object of reportii
can TV audience. An option was
taken on the offer with December be
18, 1953, set as contract date. and our young peoples’ class con- gregatlon
The church is now meeting in
a school building. It is easy to
By Logan J. Fox
Ibarakl Christian College
Omlka, KuJI-Machl
Ibarakl-Ken, Japan
the South Side
Worth and ascerl
-
Small Minnesota Group Builds
Up Chjurch By Hard Personal Toil '
By QUY SOUTHERN, JR.
No. 10 South Grotto St.
8t. Paul, Minnesota
We
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the i
established all over the
as it should be this
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This is what I mean by, “in I
the sweat of thy face** the church I
shall be established and strength- J
ened. This example can be multi- I
plied many times in this section, fl
This is our example, "written and I
engraven in the hearts" of those I
building the church “in the sweat I
of their faces.”
kten gf .the JEM
-14). The Spirit's knowledge
God is unlimited, for Paul
L, “But unto us God revealed
irit; for the Spirit searcheth
eep things of God. For who
i the things of a man, save
n, which is in him? even so
me knoweth, save the Spirit
names given to the Holy
ires, although not as many
Father and the Son. Some-
efered to as just the Spirit
I, or, the Spirit of the Lord,
my Spirit, and the Spirit of
>f these facts before us, we
onclusion which is inescap-
*it has all of the attributes
of a divine person. He is
of speaking, of knowing, of
ducing love.
Spirit is a divine person,
> Godhead there is a definite
crlbed to Him. In the over-
llrected toward the,salva<‘
n, God, Christ and the r
in close conjunction.
nnlng of time and read, “In
reated the heavens and the
h was waste and void; and
the face of the deep: and
loved upon the face of the
It is easily seen that the
lent and He participated in
universe. He was the or-
reated by God through the
Uk* '' * *f' '■ ''''•'Mr
r
of both the Father and the
bed to the Holy Spirit. It
Father and the Son th^n
ame thing Is said of IW
. God and Christ are lights
rlt (1 Cor. 2:9-12). Both
are love; and so also It
:3-5). As a matter of fact,
attribute which belongs to
on which Is not given In
It. The unity of the God-
and the manifestations of
i It.
* week the article adjudged
moat timely will bo published
on thio page.
SAMt
Clifton Rogers Speaks
On Marriage Problems
To Texas A&M Group
On November 8, Clifton Rogers
of Port Arthur, addressed the
young peoples’ meeting at the
A&M Church of Christ, College
Station, Texas. One hundred
twenty five young people* were
the Holy Spirit was calcu-
e more Godlike. The Spirit
» love each other, which Is
ibute. “Now I beseech you,
rd Jesus Christ and by the
hat ye * strive together with
o God for me” (Rom. 15:30).
the power to speak, as we
ut the Spirit salth expressly,
ime shall fall away from the
o seducing spirits and doc-
The Spirit bears witness of
le Comforter Is come, whom
i from the Father, even the
hlch proceedeth from the
ear witness of me" (John
had been sent forth from
i of Christ to reveal Christ
«w».
from a
thrilling picture, strong Buddhist family. Most of
the southern slope of his brothers, cousins and uncles
little hill is a house 15 by 21 are Buddhist priests. As his par-
• tlon their food to two meals
18
Brother Soma, who was not but nothing has been done to con* J
then a Christian, asked for and trol the present hunger as far aS '1
got three acres of woods on the I know. Brother Alegre saM that a
condition that he would clear a a place as large as the floor spec*
woul*wl
another he managed to keep alive.
When the war ended In 1945 he agricultural
was a young man with no home L— — -- - - „ ..
in Tokyo. He came back to Iba- Philippines." When crops
rakl, his home state, i 2 2 2
the government breaking up large than In the States,
land holdings and selling the land
cheap to people who wanted
farm.
ning the
option to buy the Astor Estate as and closet space
' the future meeting place for the This Is the home of Brother
church. Soma, his wife and six orphan
The estate is situated on a five-
, acre tract of land in a beautiful
section in the heart of Newport.
The main building in which the
. church will meet faces Belleview
Avenue, on which are located
several other beautiful estates.
i There are approximately thir-
. ty-five rooms in this building,
all of which are in excellent
condition. There is a large liv-
The total baptisms for the ing room which will easily seat
month for the Lusaka area were 200 to 250 people. The adjoining
as follows by congregations: Lu- rooms can be opened so as to
saka—Chilanje, 1; Burma Road 1; provide seating_space for four to
Chilanga ■ J. 2, “
Lakes, 2. Lilayi — 3. Kapopo — may serve
3. Total 12. i
out that, Is
is F " ‘ ______ ... _ X .XXVVO. ... voc XV .» __________ ~ _____ ____________ _____ .
launched until Ing the radio program on a total church in Port Arthur accompan- know that more apd more brethren is granted by the public schools
will be made avsZbto toTF’ ied Brother are understanding that It t_l_ ~ ~ ~~
view showing in open meeting
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65 Baptisms Result
flfcm Year’s Work
In Lusaka Area
By H. E. PIERCE
P. O. Box 1018
Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia
___ ” 21 2 .. __2. J2_/ The 30-mlnute television produc-
meetings and got help from the tlon will be shown by a number
brethren at Chilenje (Lusaka) Du Mont tattoos as a public
for Sundays. service between now and Febru
We first had Stephen Chiram- ary>
bo and Ralph Milinda, preaching ------------------
brethren from the Chilenje con- Astor Estate
gregation. I just turned the three
African services over to them (Continued from Page 1)
and sat back and enjoyed having ot“£r arrangements,
someone else do the preaching.
These men are both capable and
elders i
preliminary
tions with the Du Mont Television ther
officials who last week
IllUU
for thii
Emb 'tad i
mountains on my
(motor scooter) and saw with my Brother Soma comes
...w— wwv*. «..,v - o~n eyes a thrilling picture, strong Buddhist family.
well experienced and should be in understand that they have been Nestled
full time service but are forced hindered in advertising and a
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Some families have ha* to
day, and some only manag* «S1
Many toft >
their horaea to fln* work ta
congregations which normally MMIlJ
forty to fifty attendance arc W11
having only fifteen to twenty-
These brethren wanto* M |
visit them in thia attnattai anW*
the American brethren
’’’ry’ ana “• “ aexerminea uiac nis "ure SKyM
Richard and Jane are graduates wjf4 and the children shall also lers ’jfl
of David Lipscomb College and become Christiana. There are M
are known by members of the other homes in his little hamlet need
faculty and the student body of which are occupied by others, who reports. e They^ are n
that school as devoted Christians, like him. are trying to squeose a money
In the two years that they have living out of hm-elde fiurma that Although riee is toefr t_r,
connection with the sale are worked in Maine they have proved tiiey have cleared themselves. th*J i
The ohureh here In 1
ft"
> as
room space, and in the future,
housing boys who might be train-
The year ending with October ed to be preachers.
saw four congregations started — *--- ' *
including the one on Burma Road
in Lusaka, two at Chilanga and
one at Lilayi. Sixty-five were
baptized at Chilanga and Lilayi.
Nine members were located* at
Lilayi. Counting my family and
Shadrack we had a total mem-
bership at the two places of 80. Of
these 14 have moved away and 8
are mounted as unfaithful leav-
ing a total membership of 58.
The most discouraging thing in
working with these people is
their moving around so much.
They are in a stage of transition
from heathenism and ancient
times to civilized life and they
are very restless. If the church
was established all over
country
would I
Brethren (not evangelists)
the North Central
are establishing the church
ed 62 television stations which a happy and lasting Christian "in the sweat of their faces." This
reach 82.29 per cent of the Ameri- home. is literally true. For example: No-
We believe this experience will vember 15, I had the privilege of
a lasting influence for good, worshipping with the small con-
2 ^7 y: :z~ r in Pine City, Minne-
The Highland elders said the 8ider it a highlight' of this years sota. Three faithful families meet
response to the new <_ 21 2 , ...
The coming of October brought Radio TV effort has beenn “very er, local minister for the College each Lord’s Day.
L A XX O B M L 1 1 Mr 4 • •• W W —. _ X- u _ r, * • « « XW-I & X- 1111
2«11 .2..' » . *«■ HI hindered in advertising and
to**work at "other things" to "sup- reaching outsiders due to the fre- feet. Most of the house goes to ents died when he was young, he
*•**•*•***-«. *..*«-*- tjjereforei happy to announce foot room which is the living home and spent most of his teen-
ThrfolWinZSunday we had that after several weeks of plan- room, dining room and bedroom.
J. H. Chidothe who is also a very
good worker in the church. I
would like very much to have
him in the Chilanga work and it
could be done for $20 per month.
Having these visiting preachers
for two Sundays was very re-
freshing and encouraging to us.
It gave me the idea of letting
Shadrack do more of the preach-
ing in the native language so it
might be more interesting to his
people. On the 25th 3 more were1
^tized.
The total baptisms
This is the home
Soma, his
Richard Hardys
To New Work In
Kittery, Maine
By J. HAROLD THOMAS
516 Union Street
Bangor, Maine
The elders of (*__ 222.22 2
church in Abilene announced this
week that the pilot film of the gram is being continued with sta-
ll er aid of Truth Television Pro- tions being added weekly. From a
gram has been completed and is lineup of 105 stations in February,
re^L 8howlng- 1952, the network rodio program "Predetermining a Happy and last- but few there be that apply this teen-age
Pointed out that, Is now belngheard on 298 sta- jng Marriage.” About twenty young principle to doing the Lord’s work every Wednesday
u a \ P’y^ram is not tions. Present plana call for plac peOple from the Procter Street In the church. It is gratifying to Bible instruction,
scheduled to be }——»—• zz z 2c™
February, 1954, a number of prints of 431 stations tn 1954 in addition
pre- to the television program. .
The elders at Highland have hour of fellowship, and at 6:15 and strengthen churches through- is a member of the church. One I
completed, preliminary negotia- they heard the first part of Bro- out the world. We are finding that brother, only a year old in the 1
7:15 It becomes a joy to do the Lord’s church, is working very hard and |
etwork officials who last week (regular evening worship hour) work "In the sweat of thy face." Is learning to teach publicly. |
made an offer to place the Herald Brother Rogers concluded the Brethren (not evangelists) j
on network television, study, giving major attention to throughout the North Central Ine weeK or Novemoer », tnis
The Du Mont officials have offer- Christian virtues which make for States are establishing the church congregation received a contact
62 television stations which a happy and lasting Christian “in the sweat of their faces." This ™ei"”i;and“m from the Her\d
- — ... Truth radio program on a fami-
ly living 33 miles away in Wiscon-
sin. Two church families took off
from their work and drove over to
see this family and discussed the
Bible with them. The "contact” I
is good and there is a possibility ]
of converting the family-
The meeting place for this small
congregation doesn’t even have
lights in it yet; it isn’t finished
on the inside, but is painted on
the outside and is enclosed and
heated for the winter. Time must
pass and their contributions must
children. All eight of them sleep accumulate in order to finish the
on the floor of the one 12 by 12 building. BUT . . .
room. .But visiting them today I
did not pity them, because they
are proud of this home and the
Today 1 rode 15 miles back into three-acre hill-side farm in which
the mountains on my Rabbit it is built.
Brother
men brethren,
eent 8SJM. Bat ther
one him*** *M*M
wee*. Try HtalKl
thssl^worth* biUhran?
Kitteiy, to which they are go- ****** £? butl?n:
_ b— — no. x.____ lAAma Sa TslArta uilr Wlta w MElWClOl CKMIwtHMIwKfW wVKS
Money n
the end of my first year at Chil- encouraging.’’’ Many have ex- Station church,
anga. Shadrack had served me pressed desire to show the first —---
well and faithfully as interpre- television program, on film, to as
ter and general assistant so I many as ten or twelve groups In
gave him two weeks holiday with K®neral area-
pay. I dismissed all week-day /“* “
The Lord decreed: "In the sweat night In one of their homes for
present to hear two messages on of thy face shalt thou eat bread,” Bible study. A Bible class of seven
> school children meet |
for one hour
This privilege I
__. 'W~
at the time the option was se- effective workers tor the Lord. gospel preached to these other
e»uw ----
♦ J«T» Rllf BOBBA* ko 081000^01 W UUC K
$20,000 wili be due over a period
of 15 yean at 5 per cent interest.
The church all over the coun-
try has a mutual intrest in this
work as beys from nearly every
state have been stationed there.
Recently the Harold J. Thomas We are, therefore appealing to in- a
‘2_ 222.221__2_ __27 cdhgrecatiMis all «.
to over to assist us in this butidtaf w
__ mt program. All who are
aimb wwara its nfttion or appounmei
ith Side churph is send- must raise t
) annually tothe woXf -WIR-.
1J'fe, and Amity,-1;
r I
tians and to my opinion
ettaissta,*|
They are to ai
al and pormaa
matt W Hi
igor- ----
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2
al universe was formed, God
mage. The Scripture says,
us make man In our image,
. •” Gen. 1:26). The plural
ting the possibility of the
ty.
ament, as God contemplated
b bringing into the world of
I the establishment of the
cted the apostles in these
tore, and make disciples of
sing them into the name of
the Son and of the Hily
This is the sublime ac-
means by which the sins of
ed away. In the action of
goes down into the water,
forth, he is cleansed and
s. Moreover, his state huu
at he is no longer outiV
alation with the world; but
has arisen to walk In new-
iow in Christ, a member of
of God.
of baptism Is thus seen and
sus had the apostles call to
ke flem, aad the Ifoiy Spirit,
lent their authority to the
wMdbtl fife*
® w mcii OCCuTTBa. ID ID®
PMMl to congregations
■■■■si* . **.. ■*fe>4Bb’
ill •
few days on a trip among the
dering about the streets as he eno^h to eat- 8o mnch
port their families. Three were Quen* changes in location. We make up a twelve-foot by twelve- was shunted about from home to
baptized that day.
as a street urchin In
The building was construct-
ed at a cost of $l,Hd,$M to
1903. It has been maintained
in perfect condition through
the years. The appearance of
the building is like new. There
are two other buildings on the
estate. All of this property the
church has aeenred at a total
coot of $45,000. Some may . ask,
how is it pomiHeT Only be-
cause the tremendous taxes
preclude any normal person
from ownin
will be tax-I
erty.
The financial arrangements in
- . ---- <’ have cleared themselves-
these: $1,000 was to be paid down themselves to be consecrated and Brother Soma wants to see the *• cheaper.
■ a. _ a*___aU_ mmr*lrAe»m frmp Ohta T enan —0 ■!»■-* Alamaim suAtomaa
cured — this has been done; $1,-
takes In Pine City for credit in school
The group met at 5:15 for an "sweat In thy face” to establish work. Only one girl of this class
nogotla- they heard the first part of Bro- out the world. We are finding that brother, only a year old in the
.. ____ Rogers’ address. At ’
(regular evening
--------‘ Rogers
iMintr DumiH flohu uiuviuc rcaiuiK .->mow xm. xx/v.. w Brother and Sister 1 __ ______ x_______
— The Mine, 2; The five hundred. The other rooms Hardy, associated with the church planted over a hundred fruit trees flu a five-gallon container.
_ . __* * « ■ 4 Ati<rtiaia KAnivta vr\v“ rna nfkflt fl Till feTAAOR CD ICa ATlfl Ann fffkAiA
two years, are leaving the Augusta
work to serve in the planting of
a church in Kittery, Maine.
is
room
several .weeks of plan- room, dining room and bedroom, age years as a street urchin In p>1<lirtr.innK
church has secured an The rest of the house is kitchen Tokyo. Trying first one thing then ruuiPPulBb
(Continued from Page 1)
cultural district, in fact it to - ]
said to be the “grainary of the
LCK CO IDa- umppiuwi. nuv<« ; ,21
and found people are hard hit, much llta* '
Famine this year was caaaod ly '1
rats. The government is mektog j
some effort to control ti** J
not but nothing has been done to oota
half an acre a year. In four years of an ordinary house
time he deard two acres for fenced off and 100 to IM l*te
gardening and is keeping one acre could be killed. They e’ "**'
Richard in woods for firewood. He has how many dead rats, it
office and class- ,n Augusta, Maine, for the past and keeps chickens and goats.
But even before he was
Christian, Soma-sen (as he
The two are leaving within a *.n JaPa“®**) Jelt that he meal per day.
• - - , should do something for homeless <- -
tTobtata”'tbT'™pJ;rrt *"■■«*>■> g
had done. All on his own he start-
ed taking in children and when
he had six the State Welfare De-
pertinent accredited his home and
started giving him an allowance
to help care for the children.
Two years ago ho was baptised
and he is determine* that his
Brunswick, South own home.
J-TaSiS ST.’S si-XHE-.....
at least ana more a
his house so that al
wflf .pot bay* to
'mammfifem -’ * *- •*
room. • #1 ,
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