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NOVEMBER In the year of our Saviour
Vol. 48, No. 11
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ARTICLES FOR MEN ONLY — The Fall Hunt ....................... .................................. 11 TRY PRAYING OUT LOUD — Robert Sherer Wilson .......................... 12 SEGREGATION: SPIRITUAL FRONTIER — Robert Janies St. Clair .. 13 ONE JUNGLE NIGHT — Amy W. Carmichael .................................... 16 HOW TO LISTEN TO A SERMON — Howard Hendricks ................... 17 WHEN IS THANKSGIVING? — Don Hillis .............................................. 32 BIBLIOGRAPHY ON COUNSELING (concluded) .................................... 36 FEATURES THE PROBLEM OF SEGREGATION AND THE CHRISTIAN .............. 6 HYMNS YOU LOVE — Phil Kerr ....................................... ............ 8 UNDER THE PARSONAGE ROOF — Althea S. Miller ............ 9 READER REACTION ...... .................................................. ...... ............... 10 WORDS FROM THE WORD — Charles L. Feinberg ........... ........ 20 THEOLOGICALLY THINKING — Gerald B. Stanton ............................. 21 JUNIOR KING'S BUSINESS ROUND-UP — Dear Lord, Bless the Potatoes — Margaret Beck .............. 22 — Things I Can Be Glad About— Poem — Esther Thom .... 23 WORLD NEWSGRAMS — James O. Henry ............................................ 24 SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES: 1 CORINTHIANS — Chester J. Padgett ........................................................ ............... 26 BOOK REVIEWS — Arnold D. Ehlert _______________ 28 DR. TALBOT'S QUESTION BOX ............... ....................... .......................... 40 TALKING IT OVER — A psychologist answers — Clyde Narramore 41 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OBJECT LESSONS'— Elmer L. Wilder ........... ........... ............... 38 COVER For many, autumn is the favorite season. Country, mountain or seashore, each holds its own charm. For our cover scene we chose an isolated spot along the California coast. The giant cypress, twisted by wind and bleached by sun, towers majestically above the small figure of a girl as she faces the vast Pacific. Photo : Harold M. Lambert
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The problem of/ SEGREGATION/^ ^ e Christian W hen the segregation issue flamed out of control this fall in Little Rock Christians across America were faced with a blunt, flint-hard problem: What should the Christian’s stand be on integration? No believer could escape the fact that the eyes of the world were upon so-called Christian America. With biting sarcasm Russia’s Pravda, noting that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had said U.S. foreign policy was based on moral and religious principles, commented: “ The reports and pictures from Little Rock show graphically that Dulles’s precious morals are in fact bespattered with innocent blood.” And the London Daily Herald grimly reported: “ There’s something rotten in the state of Arkansas . . . rotten through and through . . . white-skinned rottenness that oozes from a black and evilish unseen pigment in their souls.” The ironic part about this ominous propaganda fodder was that it was provided for the world by a tiny minority of U.S. citizens whose lawless ness was nothing short of treason. A mis-guided, politically ambitious Governor Faubus had encouraged 1% of the people of Little Rock to become a senseless mob while the other 99% of decent, law-abiding citizens were compelled to stand hope lessly by. Many good people in the South who deplore mob violence have never theless equally deplored President Eisenhower’s decision to send federal troops to Little Rock. There were dark comments of dictatorship and storm troopers. Actually had the President failed to act when he did he would have been misusing his high office. What he did was both legally and morally correct. Many Christians may not know that both the President and Mr. Nixon were in close touch with Rilly Graham dining the hours of crisis. North Carolinian Graham publicly said: “ The violence, the hatred, the intolerance come from man’s rebellion against the moral laws of God. W e must love our fellow man . . . we must love him without ever think ing about his race or color of his skin.” Graham was only proclaiming what the Bible plainly teaches. A good many white men around the world (not just in the Deep South) have been conditioned by background and society to consider the Negro inferior. These white men are often God-fearing Christians. They sincerely be lieve that desegregation would bring all kinds of evils. A few of these fine folks even believe segregation is God’s will. Peter, as recorded in Acts 10, was such a man. God had to take him through a thrice-repeated vision before he became Spirit controlled and humbly obedient to the will of God. Then Peter could say, “ Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.” H ere is the answer to today’s race problems in America. No Spirit-controlled Christian can escape the solid fact that all men are equal in God’s sight. Integration is not only the law of our nation, it is also the plain teaching of the Bible. (For an important article on the race problem see page 13.) — L.H.
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PRAYING GROUND T he long, arduous day was coming to a screeching close. Mother was in the process of bedding down the babies. When three-year-old Mark lay on the floor kicking up his heels because he didn’t want to go to bed, that was the last straw. With what little strength she could muster, Mother laid the switch across his legs. The howl was deafening but the kicking stopped and Mark was bathed. With a sudden and swift determina tion, Mark ran from Mother and climbed into his bed. “ It’s time to pray, honey. Did you forget?” Mother lifted a reluctant son onto her lap and attempted to soothe him. She was not in the dark as to why he was perturbed. “ Let’s get down on our knees and pray to Jesus the way we always do. You know the Lord Jesus loves you and so does Mommie.” “No, I don’t wanna pray.” “Mark, Mommie can’t be proud of you when you are being naughty. Show me that you’ll be a sweet little boy again by praying. The Lord will feel so bad if you don’t pray.” Almost quicker than she realized what was happening, Mother’s ninth child was off her lap and back into his bed as he defiantly answered, “Let Him feel bad. I’m goin’ to sleep.” With this he closed his big blue eyes and lay as still as death. A rather shaken Mother stood for a moment wondering what, if any thing, she should do now. This pint- sized piece of humanity had issued an ultimatum and Mother knew it. With eight other children, nothing quite like this had ever happened. Now her heart told her to leave the room. Her baby was very tired and reasoning would be out of the ques tion. Furthermore, in such a state, what could his prayer accomplish? The words of the Psalmist came to her: “ If I regard iniquity in my heart the L ord will not hear me” (66:18). “Dear Lord,” she prayed, “don’t ever allow me to forget that sin will keep my prayers from being heard and prayerlessness will make me barren and unfruitful. Don’t let me delude myself into thinking that sin can be eliminated by sleep. Keep me on praying ground.” “ I don’t wanna pray.” “Yes, you do, Mark.”
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The Fall Hunt Fall air has a tang to it that no other season can duplicate. It’s a combination of woodsmoke and damp ground and leaves that have been frost-bitten. It’s a man’s smell. And it makes him want to wander through woods and mountains. I grew up in the hills of Idaho. I think fall was always my favorite time of year. Sometimes I’d just walk aimlessly by myself and smell the pungent odors. Sometimes I’d take my gun or rifle and hunt pheasants or deer. I recall the first deer I ever shot. I was 10 and hunting with dad high in the primitive area of the Seven Devils. Dad had bought me m y first rifle the year before and he had coached me well. He had taught me that a rifle is a deadly weapon and that the owner of one had a great responsibility. Long before I got my first rifle I respected a gun so much that I wouldn’t even point a toy pistol at one of my playmates. Now was my first chance at big game. The wind was gentle in our faces. W e were on the shadow side of the mountain and the morning frost still covered the ground. Then it was there. About 200 yards ahead of us a big, four- point buck walked slowly out from under a pinon tree. “ Okay, son.” Dad spoke the words softly and watched as I threw the bolt up and back and forward and finally back down. I swung the gun up, took a deep breath, let it partly out and squeezed gently on the trigger. I hardly heard the deafening roar or felt the bruising kick. The deer was down and dead. And I was a man outwardly and a small, excited boy inwardly. In the 24 years since that fall day in Idaho I’ve often thought about the way dad trained me to use a rifle. If I hadn’t learned to respect the power of a rifle I could have easily destroyed myself. I think it’s the same in spiritual matters. It’ s the unin formed, cock-sure man vvho is in spiritual danger. Like an untrained child with a high powered rifle. You take the man who has never even taken time to read the Bible for himself and you have a dangerous man. He’s probably a splendid chap to know. A good business man. A good husband. A good father. An honest, law-abiding citizen. But uninformed spiritually. Every man owes it to himself to read first-hand what the Bible says is the way of salvation. Jesus Christ said: “ Lam the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” To know this and to believe it is eternal life.
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the Lord that was what he wanted to pray and with an “ Amen” he could be under the covers in a very short time. Praying out loud might have helped this young man. Oswald J. Smith, pastor of the Peoples Church of Toronto, Can., known as a man of prayer, confesses that he had difficulty in praying silently. He wanted to spend considerable time in prayer, yet he was faced with problems as he tried to pray. At times he would get drowsy or his mind would wander. He then de veloped the plan of praying aloud, and instead of kneeling he started to pace the floor of his study. Dr. Smith says this helps him, for he can concentrate on what he is doing and get somewhere in his praying. There is no law against pacing the floor as you pray in the privacy of your home. The Bible tells of some who prayed while standing, others while kneeling and some who were even prostrate before God. However we pray, it must be more than a repetition of words— it must mean something. If praying aloud will help our prayers to have real meaning, then we ought to try it. A by-product of this might be seen in our public services. In too many churches the public praying is limited to the pastor or his wife or some of the old saints of the church. In too many congregations — good evangelical congregations — the praying is limited to a few. Can’t Others pray? They are afraid — afraid they will say the wrong thing, afraid of their own voices. There would be more Christians ready to pray publicly and more in prayer meeting if they, would pray aloud whenever they have the opportunity. I recall one church which I at tended. The entire congregation was expected to be at the prayer service and more than that they were expected to pray. The leader would call upon several persons to pray at the same time. It was rath er confusing to a human listener and would not be too satisfactory in some churches, but the people of that church learned how to pray. If such an opportunity is not given you in your prayer meetings, then try praying aloud in your home. It could bring results. END.
Try Praying Out Loud
by Robert Sherer Wilson
T ry praying out loud in your private devotions if you have difficulty in praying silently. Perhaps your mind tends to move so fast that you cover a lot of pray ing ground in too short a time. Per haps you try to pray at the end of the day and get sleepy during the prayer time. Of course it is not always pos sible to pray out loud when you are having private devotions. It is not the recommended thing for a soldier living in a barracks with a squad of other men. It is not prac tical with some college roommates. However, if you have a room by yourself or some quiet secluded spot where you can be undisturbed, your private devotions may take on new value if you pray out loud. A medical doctor tried it when he was driving along the road. He happened to be a Roman Catholic and was used to praying the mem orized prayers of his church. To occupy the time while in his car he one day decided to pray aloud. He started with the prayer familiar to many creeds and it sounded some thing like this, “ Aha Fahr whart innevin hollow beety name.” He discovered that he was accustomed to praying so r a p i d l y t h a t his prayers did not sound intelligible. He was merely praying sounds. He started over again and this time tried to pray distinctly and slowly. He also prayed in this way in his home because he believed it was a distinct help to his prayer life. He later reported in one of his church publications that a number of things happened to his praying
after he learned to pray aloud. He claimed that by enunciating each word of his prayers, the added sense of hearing became a partner in his prayers. Listening to them, he found new appreciation of his prayers. Also he discovered that it was easier for him to keep his mind on what he was praying when he prayed aloud. As he became more proficient in this, he found that he could put special emphasis on cer tain phrases of his prayers and thus make them mean more. The doctor also admitted that his praying out loud improved his ability to speak with men. Even though his praying was limited to set prayers, some of the things he learned can be of value to spontaneous as well as memorized prayers. Too often, the private prayer life of the average person becomes a routine matter — so much of a routine that its value is not always appreciated. Some of us are like the tired young fellow who believed that he should pray before he went to bed each night but he was rather lazy about how he did it. He was smart enough to realize that he was pray ing the same thing each night. W hy not write out his prayer? The written prater was mounted on cardboard and fastened to the wall near his bed. When he was ready to retire, he would read the prayer so as to be sure he did not miss anything for which he desired to pray. This became a habit with him, so much so that he finally de cided that all that was necessary was to point to the prayer and tell
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What can you as a Christian do about the race problem?
Segregation : Spiritual Frontier
by Robert James St. Clair
Bible seems to have authority in spiritual matters but apparently the relationship between various kinds of people is r e g a r d e d as naturalistic, not spiritual. It is a shame for Bible-believers to stay in the realm of naturalistic theory in discussing the question. I have two documents on my desk right now. One is The Citi zens’ Council, a paper published by the White Citizens’ Councils in Jackson, Miss. The other is The Kingdom Beyond Caste by Dr. L i s t o n P o p e (Friendship Press, 1957). One by one you can find natural istic theories of segregation in the Council paper: you find the talk about the desire of Negroes to inter marry, about maintaining the pu rity of the races, keeping our way of life safe, and all the rest. Whatever you may think of the theology of Dr. Pope, dean o f the Yale University Divinity School, he takes these popular theories and tears them to shreds. For example, you hear that the Jim Crow system always existed as a foundation stone of the South. States Dr. Pope, “ The Jim Crow system in the South —• and in particular respects in some sections of the nation — was instituted by law and custom at the turn of the twentieth century.” He shows how the Populist movement, the Supreme Court decision of 1896 { “ separate but equal” ), the gradual disfranchisement of the Negro and other notable factors led to., the
Roman Catholic Church! Now if you speak to a Christian you know he accepts the infallible authority of the whole Rible, the Word of God. He knows the Bible is the Holy Spirit-revealed guide for faith and practice. He makes it known to unsaved neighbors that when the Bible speaks it carries the authority of God. But ask him about the race question and he says, “ As far as I’m concerned, it seems to me . . . .” Some Christians have much to say about the biblical point of view. God the Original Segrega tionist by Rev. Carey Daniel, pastor of the First Baptist Church of West Dallas, has already sold more than 20,000 copies. And as a whole, the churches are leaders in the segrega tion of the races. Though in most cases they exist in segregated areas of the city and just never think of the problem, yet in numerous other instances t h e y h a v e naturalistic ideas as to why it is bad to admit Negroes, whites, Mexicans, Japa nese, Chinese and Indians into each other’s churches. For them the
W h a t are your views on the inte gration of races in the churches? Give yourself a minute and state them in about 10 sentences. Finished? Think about what you said. The particular ideas do not concern us for the moment — just the language. What determined your authority? Was your language naturalistic? That is, did you recite popular t h e o r i e s , saying, “ Yes, integration would be fine because America guarantees equal status under the law and the churches must uphold America’s freedoms” ? Or did you say, “Mixing races leads to intermarriage and that weakens the white race” ? These are natu ralistic viewpoints. If you quoted Scripture and talked of God’s de sires as you understood them, then your views were spiritual, not naturalistic. We see certain trends in Ameri can life now, and 50 years from now, there are going to be many more changes in the relationship of the Negro and white races. Who should accomplish these changes? What authority should they use? In August an a s s o c i a t i o n of Roman Catholic laymen in Louisi ana disagreed with their bishop’s ruling that integration must take place in Catholic churches. They wrote directly to the Pope and said, “ W e will do whatever you say with no further comment.” The Pope backed up his bishop. Think how much that advertised to every o n e a b o u t t h e authority of the
About the Author Robert St. Clair is minister of North Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati. He attended Biblical Seminary and the University of Cincinnati where he majored in psychology.
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Segregation: Spiritual Frontier continued present system of segregation. Tra dition and legislation combined to enforce third-rate lives. A system of inferior people living near you can serve a purpose. It can become a convenient scapegoat. I remember from college days a fascinating study showing that lynchings in creased with cotton crop failures. In the Council paper the point was made that when the races are permitted to mix there is an on rush of intermarriage at a rate that is threatening and overwhelming. So I got on the telephone and called several authorities to get reliable statistics. I found that here in Ohio Negroes and whites are rubbing shoulders just about everywhere (except in church, of course). In one study of marriages in Ohio it was found that less than % were
Those who are cleansed by the blood of Christ stand on the border separating the Church from the world and stand up to the evil of the world. The Bible says that the Church carries on a perpetual war fare with the god of this world, the devil, “ against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Eph. 6:12). Other false religions could compromise with Rome. The members of Christ could not compromise. They de feated Rome and its evil spirit. A Christian is first, last and al ways joined with other Christians to Christ, the head. His primary mission in life is the function of the Church. That function is re vealed through the Word of God and by the Holy Spirit. Let’s say it again: if you try to direct the Church yourself or if your guid ance comes from a source other than the Bible, you will get into error and injure the Body of Christ. If you want to study the func tion of the Church, look first at Ephesians. B a r r i e r s existed be tween Jew and Gentile. The blood of Christ washed these barriers away. When any soul is bom again through acceptance of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, as Saviour and Lord, then he is justified and sanctified. It doesn’t matter who or what he is or was. He is baptized by the Holy Spirit into the Body of Christ, the Church. A ll blood-washed souls are to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. The Church is our earthly microheaven. The Church is the forerunner, here and now, of the time when the sov ereignty of God will be vindicated and all men will be forced to con fess that Jesus is Lord to the glory of God the Father. You are seeing (supposedly) in the Church what God desires for all mankind: unity in Christ. The Church is not ours at all. It belongs completely to Christ to be used as His witness of holiness in an evil world. Now and then you hear some
Christian say, “ I don’t want any N e g r o e s o r M e x i c a n s i n m y church.” In whose church? Christ paid for the Church with His pre cious blood and some saints seem to think because they put an offer ing in the plate on Sunday they have bought the Church back. If Christ died to save a Negro soul and that soul is now a child of God through the grace of Jesus, we have no more right to say he can or cannot meet for worship with God’s people than I have the right to tell you who you can bring into your home. You will hear people say that it is not the business of the Church to tell an unregenerated world how to change its face. Perhaps not but a pure Church is a living witness. Sin caused segregation. Read this from The Citizens’ Council, (July, 1957): “ In America the Negro has learned many of the white man’s habits, and the white man some times copies the Negro. But if the races did not live around each other, their habits would be pure. The white man is very civilized, while the pure Negro in Africa is still living as a savage.” Even a child can detect the sin that poisoned that pen. Take an unsaved white man in America and compare him with a Negro Chris tian in Africa who is growing in grace and tell me which is the sav age and which one is “ civilized.” Look at Paul’s statement that “ ye are all one in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:28 ), and “ For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God” (Rom. 8:14). If the Church took that seriously and people of all races were invited in love to worship Christ together, then that unity in love would wit ness with terrific impact against a sin-divided world. The Church could say, “Here is Christ. He is the answer. You are struggling to overcome hate caused by racial tensions. Court battles and congressional s t r u g g l e s are
interracial. I contacted the West Cincinnati St. Barnabas Church that has had integration for some time and there has never been any courtship or intermarriage of those attending the worship and social functions. I asked if Negroes rushed into the church once restrictions w e r e r e m o v e d . Of course they hadn’t. Far from it. Anyone can explode the race fables just by read in g i n t e l l i g e n t a n d scientific studies. Read Sense and Nonsense About Race by Ethel J. Alpenfels. It is only 50c and is published by Friendship Press. You’ll find popu lar theories can be dangerous. Whenever you draw your final authority about human relation ships from a source other than the Bible, you are bound to get into more error than you can handle. One time a high school student asked her teacher why the Chris tians were persecuted in Rome when there were so many other small religions. The answer is be cause the Church of Jesus was cre ated to thrive on the spiritual fron tiers of the world. The Church is an army. Christ came to bring a sword. And the powers o f hell tremble before this army.
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tant feelings become wildly en raged until common sense is lost. But in the name of God, the churches must face reality or bear the vile stigma of cowardice. We mourn that the early Church had a glorious opportunity to suffer persecution for Christ’s sake and think that in these high and easy days persecution is a thing of the past. How absurd! As long as the Church lives in an evil world there will always be persecution. There will always be adversity as long as there is an adversary outside of hell. There will always be hardship as long as there is ah area in life where the cross is not honored. There will always be rebellion as long as Christ is not regnant in every heart. The Church stands on the spirit ual frontiers of society. If there is to be a crusade for lasting right eousness it is God’s will that the Church lead the way. It is true that conquering racial tensions by the love and power of Christ will not bring in the millenium. However, today that is one of many chal lenges to the Church. Tomorrow there will be others, and tomorrow and tomorrow, until He returns from on high. But there will be no victories of tomorrow if the battles of today are lost. If we empty self of pride and follow God with comage nothing will be lost. It is the same struggle and the victory is as sweet as al ways. It is winning others to the only Saviour of men, joining hands and hearts with new men, and go ing on for others yet to be won. The devil wants us to think this is some new and strange problem. It is not. Our need for love is the same, our equipment is the same, our goal is the same, and be those souls colored or white, rich or poor, brilliant or stupid, our oneness with them in Christ is as glorious as it ever was, and the hope we share together in Him shines as brightly as ever before. END.
them to do. God vindicates by giv ing souls and signs and wonders. The Church goes forward and new opportunities and new crises arise. Very well. When the evange listic task is momentarily hindered by race prejudice, there is no use in preaching- sermon after sermon on the subject. There is no use in making a big issue out of it. Talk doesn’t dissolve prejudice. Science bears this out. A Manual of Inter group Relations by Dean and Rosen ( U n i v e r s i t y o f Chicago Press, 1955) states: “ Within wide limits, prejudiced persons will accept and participate in a thoroughly mixed and integrated setting if integrated patterns are established and accept ed as appropriate by other partici pants in that situation.” This means that when a soul is reborn he is brought to the local congregation, baptized if necessary, introduced to the official board along with others and received in a Sunday morning service of wor ship. Some members inevitably threaten to leave the church. In a congregation of 400 you can expect one or two to leave, but not neces sarily. Their threats are usually empty. In a scientific study, 26 out of 237,476 left the church. If a minister is bullied by the Pharisees and influential members of the i flock, then he had better study the lives of John the Baptist, Paul and Peter to learn the mean ing of comage. Let him do God’s will. When the people see that “ in tegrated patterns are established and accepted as appropriate by other participants in that situation” then they will step in line. I know about feelings surround ing a minister. I know the feelings in the South. It is illegal for a Negro to sleep overnight in my wife’s home county of Comanche, Tex. I come from New York City and I have sensed how some white Protestant c h u r c h e s f e e l about Puerto Ricans in their neighbor hoods. Few of us realize how mili
causing bitterness. But there is unity in Christ. When He is lifted up He draws all men unto Himself. Here, look at the Church. Do you see the fruit of the Spirit? The world could look like that if it ac cepted Christ as the final solution to its human problems.” But if the world sees that hatred and suspicion among races are prac ticed by churches too, then the Church will not be heard when it talks about anything else. A holy Church is a Church of power but holiness does not consist of saying one thing and doing another. What is the difference what the Church shouts about sin and hypocrisy? The world has eyes to see. It may not want holiness but it can recog nize it. The challenge to many Bible- believing churches is immediate. Areas turn from white to Negro almost overnight. Churches have a choice. They can forget those souls for whom Christ died until all- Negro churches or non-Christian sects take hold. Or they can bring Christ to them and build them up in the faith right in the local con gregation. Some congregations may think that is a difficult decision. Read Acts 15 and remember that few Negroes and whites have ever hated each other as much as the Jews despised the Gentiles. Just where do you think the Church would be today if the courageous decisions in Acts 15 were not made? Where do you think the Church will be 50 years hence in America and South Africa if equally coura geous decisions are not soon forth coming? How to proceed is the question. The Book of Acts tells us. The pattern of Acts is as follows: crisis and opportunity met by faithful ness. God v i n d i c a t e s an d the Church flourishes. This is followed by new opportunity. That is, there is some opportunity or challenge to the Church. One or more disciples do what they know God wants
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