Stamps Quartet News (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 7, Ed. 1 Monday, July 1, 1963 Page: 3 of 16
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Thankfulness To
God Can Mean Your
Happiness
by Henry G. Riser '
THANKFULNESS for the obvious-
ly good things of life comes easy.
But what of the difficulties ? Can
you indeed be thankful when the will
of God for your life leads toward
sorrow, loneliness or dissapointment ?
Perhaps there has been a position
or place of service
which you had
hoped to fill, but
now the door has
closed. Or a seem-
ingly casual inci-
dent such as a
drive to the next
town has ended
with the sudden
screech of tires on
the pavement, a
crash and the wail of an ambulance
siren. Later you awake to face the
(probability of long months of pain
and inactivity or the prospect of life
without a loved one. Or perhaps in
some other way you face the bitter
prospect of doing the thing you once
said you would not or could not do.
How can you be thankful in such a
time? Is it any use even to try? In
moments like these it is not enough
merely to accept the will of God as
something which cannot be changed.
The Lord Jesus Christ Himself pro-
vided the answer to this question ...
not with precept or parable, but, sur-
prisingly, by His owrn steadfast thank-
fulness on the way to His crucifixion.
With the disciples He was observ-
ing the Feast of the Passover. They
were unaware that the hour of His
suffering was upon Him. But His eyes
were upon the cross. In the course of
the meal Jesus took bread and blessed
it Then, breaking it, He gave it to
the disciples. “Take, eat,” He said.
“This is my body.”
Matthew then goes on to record a
statement full of meaning for every
Christian who faces hardship and dif-
ficulty in the will of God. “And He
took the Cup, and gave thanks” (Matt.
26: 27).
It is one thing to understand what
God expects; it is something else en-
tirely to go through with it at all
costs. This Jesus did. In giving thanks
for the cup and all that it meant, He
deliberately consecrated Himself a-
fresh to the death of the cross.
We will never face suffering as
He faced it. Yet if we are willing
thankfully, from a full heart, to con-
secrate ourselves to God’s will we
will face great testing.
Do we have this kind of certainty
as to the goodness of God’s will for
July, 1963
our lives? Or are there areas of res-
ervation, secret misgivings, half-for-
med fears that somehow God’s will is
not perfect or good or acceptable?
Blessed is the child of God who can
in sublime confidence in God’s will
say, “Thy will be done,” and in the
strength of this confidence give
thanks for the cup which God has set
before us, understanding His will and
consecrating ourselves to its fulfill-
ment. -
-o-
Fort Worth and
Vicinity
by The Wiggins Family
The first Saturday night in June
we attended an all night Indian Sing-
ing near Ardmore, Oklahoma and en-
joyed it very much. Mr. Wedes Rasha
is President.
The third Sunday of June The Wig-
gins Family and the McGinty Family
met at the Towash Baptist Church
near Wlhitney, Texas for a good sing-
ing It was raining and the crowd was
small but we had a good singing any-
way. Our daughter, Connie, led our
favorite song in GOLDEN HARV-
EST, No. 10, “I’ll Be All Right Some
Day,” written by J. D. Sumner. We
appreciate the singing McGinty Fam-
ily very much. Our thanks to Mr. W.
0. Tidwell, President of the Conven-
tion, for a warm welcome.
The fourth Saturday night in June
we attended the annual all night sing-
ing at St. Matthew Presbyterian
Church near Broken Bow, Oklahoma
and it was a “ringer.” We were glad
to be with the Southemaires Quartet
of Paris, Texas and always enjoy
their singing. If you plan to attend
this convention next year, go before
dark so you can see the beautiful tall
trees and the beautiful country as
you drive through. Mr. Ed Brown is
President and our thanks to him and
the others for being so nice to us. We
will see you folk next year, the good
Lord willing.
Saturday night, June 29th was the
closing of the great Stamps Quartet
School in Dallas. The All Night Sing-
ing and Broadcast in the Dallas Mem-
orial Auditorium was great; it could-
n’t miss with such groups as the
Black wood Brothers, Statesmen,
Stamps Quartet, Speer Family and
others. It was good to see Mr. Arthur
Watson again...we still miss Arthur
out Texas way but he is doing a great
job for the Stamps Quartet Music
Company down in Alabama.
Don’t forget the big All Indian
Ringing at Overbrook, Oklahoma on
August 10th. Mr. A. C. Shoemaker is
President. When we say they sing
all night we mean just that... until
5:00 a.m, Sunday morning.
Page (3)
Until next month, sing a new song
- and smile. God bless you all.
-o-
Disappointments
by Mrs. W. D. Powers
Forgetfulness really gets one into
a lot of unpleasantness sometimes. I
went down to Dallas on Tuesday with
the idea of finishing off the School
and Broadcast with a flourish. But I
forgot my medicine (high blood pres-
sure and other ailments) and plunged
right in to going day and night and
couldn’t make it.
That was a disa-
ppointment. O n
Friday I went to
see two doctors,
got a bit fixed up
and ordered home!
One of them told
me never to come
back to Dallas a-
gain. It was he
who ordered m e
home in January
of 1949 and told me never to come
back. I left Dallas on Saturday morn-
ing without a qualm of missing the
Broadcast that night. I was so sick
that all I could see was home and my
bed.
But I got to see enough of the
school to know it was one of the best
yet. It was good to see so many I
knew.. .teachers, some former pupils,
and learned some new ones. It was
good to see former pupils at work as
teachers, to name some: A. J. Morris,
Pete Kendrick, Linda Robinson and
Irma Duncan. It was good to see Mr.
& Mrs. Austell of Houston, whom I
met at the school last year. And good
old Arthur Watson came in on Thurs-
day, seemingly, just as good as ever.
Arthur has a good influence over peo-
ple wherever he goes. And Judy Mose-
ly.. .1 wish that girl would write to
me. She is my kind and I fell in love
with her. Tom and Pauline Pate look-
ed good. They have a wonderful song
in No. 103 and Tom really put it over.
I wouldn’t leave out Alfred Matthews.
He is a good singer and his No. 56
proves him to be a good song writer.
Seeing the Staff and Uncle Huff was
just like meeting with some of the
family. They are the same true blue,
even though another year has been
added on. I was convinced that Dor-
sey C. Yarbrough is a wonderful
teacher as well as a man. His perso-
nality is indeed impressionable. I
missed seeing Mrs. Stamps, which I
hate very much. But Mr. Stamps was
around and it just couldn’t be right
without him. Hope somebody gives a
good writeup of the Broacteast.
STAMPS QUARTET NEWS
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