Stamps Quartet News (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 1, 1961 Page: 6 of 16
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STAMPS QUARTET NEWS
Published Monthly By
Stamps Quartet Music Company, Inc.
Publication Office:
916-18 W. Jefferson—Dallas 8, Texas
P. 0. Box 4366
Frank H. Stamps..................Manager
Mrs. Frank Stamps...................Editor
C. C. Stafford, Henry G. Riser, O. A.
Parris, Curtis Boss, S. E. Clark, A1 Cravens,
A. B. Taylor, L. O. Womack, Helen and
Howard Rogers, Videt Polk, Hale Reeves, Rev.
W. L. (Bill) Hopper, Mrs. Hugh Bentley,
Rev. N. J. Thompson, Luther Craighead, C.
M. Lyles, Alfred Matthews, Jr., Barney
Barrow, Rip Collins, Harvey Lester, Mrs.
W. D. Powers, 6. L. Crutchfield, 'Mrs. James
W. Young, Burl Carter, Paul Flick, Irene
Shaffer.
Subscription Price............$1.00 Per Year
Ouachita County
Arkansas Singing
News
By G. L. Crutchfield
I would like to comment on a sub-
ject that might be touchy to some
singers. I do not
. want to offend
mmmmmmmm anyone, however,
“k- an(J wdl gay that
I have been guilty
of the same acts.
JBwl Sometimes sing-
ings, which, to me,
are no less a wor-
ship service than a
church service, are
too noisy due to
too much talking
and laughing. I
never expect a
singing to be a
long-faced affair
and as quiet and
solemn as a funeral. I do feel that
they should be dignified and that
singers and spectators should respect
the place as a House of God, even if
the singing is being held in a school
or elsewhere.
The second Sunday in June we
visited my mother in Fort Smith and
did not get to go to a singing. My
mother is almost 75 years old and in
poor health. We try to visit her as
often as possible.
The third Sunday was the annual
homecoming at Red Hill near Chide-
ster. Dr. W. E. Marsh was in charge
of the singing and it was really good.
The new books really got a good
workout.
The Tuesday Club met June 20 in
the Men’s Bible Class Room of the
First Methodist Church in Camden.
We had a large crowd and visitors
from Smackover, Magnolia, Prescott,
Gurdon and Minden. I. T. Urrey was
elected president for July, August
and September, and C. V. Arrington,
vice president. Oficers reelected were
Mrs. Pauline Primm, secretary-treas-
urer, and Mrs. Betty Smith, publicity
chairman.
The fourth Sunday was the an-
nual homecoming at Caney in Nevada
County. The singing in the afternoon
was * under the direction of Tom
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White. The rain kent the crowd small
but the singing was good.
The Ouachita County Convention
met July 1st and 2nd at the Assembly
of God Church on Center Street in
Camden, I have been active in this
convention for about four years and
this was one of the best sessions it
has been my privilege to attend. Dr.
W. E. Marsh did an excellent job of
presiding, assisted by Lucian Lipdsey,
vice president, and others. We had a
large number of visitors from many
places in Arkansas, Louisiana and
Texas. Specials by the Stamps Quar-
tet, Lindsey Quartet, Glen Rose Trio,
Tom White, Allen Trio, Ed Davis
Quartet, Wonder State Quartet, Bar-
nett Family and the Harmonettes,
with lots of good class singing round-
ed out the program. Visiting directors
included Lee 0. Chasteen and daugh-
ter Mary Lou of DeKalb, Texas;
Maywood Kelly of Lubbock, Texas;
Mrs. Vera Vaughan of Milan, Tenn-
essee; Garry Davis and Irma Duncan
of Monroe, Louisiana, and many oth-
ers from Arkansas. Lucian Lindsey
was elected president, Mrs. Thelma
Marsh, secretary, Irene Lindsey,
treasurer and, for some unknown rea-
son, I was elected vice president.
More next month.
Videt Polk Reports
Gospel Singers of America School
of Gospel Music is now in session and
will continue through this month,
closing with a singing and concert on
Friday night, July 28 in the West
Junior High School Auditorium in
Gulfport, Mississippi.
We have stu-
dents from many
parts of the Unit-
ed States * and
some wonderful
talent. Many
churches and sing-
ing conventions
are sending young
people and this is
encouraging. Peo-
ple are waking up
to the fact that
young people need
musical training and the response,
both to this school and others over
the country, is very gratifying.
We will have a winter session of
this school and it begins January 8,
1962. You can attend for three weeks
for $100.00 and that pays for voice,
piano, class work and room and
board. Write for details: Gospel Sing-
ers of America School of Gospel Mu-
sic, Pass Christian, Mississippi.
The Louisiana-Alabama-Mississippi
Tri-State Convention will meet in
Bogalusa, Louisiana Saturday night
and all day Sunday, September 2 and
3. This will be my 21st year as presi-
dent, so come and be with us. At 4
p.m. in the Bogalusa High School
Auditorium, Gospel Singers of Amer-
ica will hold its annual meeting and
all members are urged to attend. We
must elect board members and a pres-
ident, so be sure to attend. We are
expecting to have the Stamps Quartet
with us as one of the featured
groups.
CHAPEL CHIMES
(By Rev. N. J. Thompson)
Porterville, California
“That’s for the birds.”
Does this quip carry a modem
idea? Not at all. Like so many other
ideas, it has its roots in the Bible.
What is for the
birds? Andi , who
said so?
Open the Book
of Ezekiel. This
book was written
by the Israelite
prophet some
2,600 years ago. In
chapters 38 and
39, God is ordering
Ezekiel to proph-
esy against Gog.
“Thus saith the
-Lord God, Behold,
I am against thee,
O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech
and Tubal. I will turn back thine
army, horses and horsemen, all of
them clothed with all sorts of armour,
even a great company with bucklers
and shields, all of them handling
swords.”
Here God is foretelling an event
which will occur in “the last days.”
God is here predicting a great war,
involving armies of many nations.
The leader will be a wicked war-lord
or nation named Gog, commonly
thought to mean Russia.
These armies will invade Israel, to
despoil her of her wealth. Israel is
immensely rich in oil, and in salts
and minerals found in the Dead Sea
region. God names the aggressor na-
tions—Persia, Libya, Ethiopia, Ger-
many, and Russia
Gog (Russia) will batter at Jeru-
salem. But the Lord says that Gog
will go down in defeat. In guarantee-
ing defeat for Gog, the Lord uses
very picturesque language. He says,
“I will give thee unto the ravenous
birds of every sort, and to the beasts
of the field, to be devoured.”
Later in the 39th chapter of Eze-
kiel, God says: ’’Speak unto every
feathered fowl, Assemble yourselves
and come. Ye shall eat the flesh of
the mighty, and drink the blood of
the princes of the earth. Ye shall be
filled at my table with horses and
chariots, with mighty men, and with
all men of war, saith the Lord God.”
This great conflict that God is pre-
dicting is none other than the Battle
of Armageddon. Nothing like this
bloody battle has ever been fought.
Blood will flow, says the Bible, up to
the horses’ bridles.
God describes Gog as violent, de-
ceitful, and full of evil thoughts. The
ring-leader of this international con-
spiracy against Israel is a brilliant
but evil general, a cruel dictator
with a lust for conquest and glory, a
God-hating and God-defying madman.
With godless Russia today sweep-
ing the world with lies, hatred, vio-
lence, and terror, we may well take
heart from God’s promise to smash
Gog’s unholy ambitions.
Very clearly, the Lord is saying to
Gog, “You’re for the birds.”
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