IILE COpy NOT BY MIGHT, NOR BY POWER, BUT BY MY SPIRIT, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS

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Child Evangelism On his REVIVALTIt\1E broadcast of

f\.lay 15, C. l\1. Ward asked the question, "\Vhal IS the age of accountability?" His ;lIlswcr was, "At least by the age of twelve."

There can be no disputing of this posi-1L0n. It can even be contended that chil­dren arc responsible for their sins from the tllne they are conscious of them. f..lany of us know, from personal experi. ence and from observation of our own dllidren, that between the ages of four and six, little children can be defimlely converted. 111is implies theH accounta­blhty then. TIle Lord's conCern over clnldrcll who could not "discern between their right hand and their left hand" gl\'cs us a hint as to the ages of those innocents who are 11is special care.

But Ihis is not a question about which to split theological haIrS. It is an alarm-1118 truth that children after the age of accounbbility are either saved or lost. '11ley have ne\'er-dying souls that must be wooed and won for Christ. Ilere is the ripest and easiest of all evangelistic flelds-:md possibly the most neglec ted. If we use wisdom in choosing the most fertile area and stldtegy by which to pro­\ide for our church the best, the most, and that which advances the Kingdom farthest and fastest, we will concentrate IIpon C hild Evangelism.

A social and national by·product of Child E\'angelism is the contribution it makes toward eliminating the dangerous menace of jm'enile delinquency. Our whole social fabric and nat iona l founda­tions are imperiled by the revolt of a great elemen t of adolescen t youth against pmental :1.I1d civil authority. Standards of mOldlity, decency, and ethics :1re mocked, viola ted :1nd flaunted. TIlere is no per· manently effective answer to jU\'enile de­linquency other than the New Birth and th e heart transfomlation wrought by the power of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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Import.lIlt .u Child bangehsm I~ for the ~ke of the c!lIld's eternal desllny, for the church's sake and for the nation's sake, It will not suffice m Ibelf. To get a child or older pe~OI1 saved is but the beginning of the work of God m hiS heart and life. It is possible for the young plant to wither away because it has no root, or for thorns to spring up and dJOk.e It. There must be a culti\'ation of that seedling for it to bear fruit. \Ve mu'>t gather new-born babes III Christ together, feed them the slllcere "~Iilk of the \Vord, " and hring them up in the nurture and admollltion of the Lord. Th is teachlllg and trainlllg must be given "line upon line, line upon line, precept llpon precept, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little."

1ne best church institution for the spiritual culture of children is the Sun­day School. A Blhle-centered curriculum taught by Spirit-filled people inculcates the \Vord and Me of Cod into the hearts of those who hear, and sustams and nourishes that Me week after week. It is most important that children who are saved in a "Child Evangelism" effort shall be sheltered and tutored and tmilled in the th ings of God, and constantly fed the truth of Cod.

But the whole truth is not yet told. A child's gldsp of Bible truth as pre­sented onl}· in Sunday School is somc­tlilles sketchy and fragmentary-at the 1Il0st it is incomplete and insufficient in itself. It should be supplemented by Vacation Bible School and weekdav re­ligious instruction and Bible teachil~g in summer camps. All this certainly is not too much in the way of Bible-indoctnna­t ion and chaldcter-fonnation.

'nle fullest ;!nd best safeguard and pro\'ision for the tldining of a child in the way he should go is in the day-by­day Christian instruction, loving admoni­tion and godly example of the Christian

'llWU' too 40W1if m

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llOlIle. Sundar School teJching i ~ but for fJlle hour a week-really not more than J half-hour of actual classroom mstruction 1'0 thelte twenty-six hours (if Sunda\'

School is attended every Sunday) add h\enty-fi\e hours of Vacation Bible School and thirty hours of weekday reh­gious instrucllon, plus ten hours of sum­mer camp for the fortu nate ones, and ~ou ha\'e a maxunum total of ninety-one hours a year of church-provided Christian education. The public school claims 750 hours each year for secular teaching and training! Subtract all these from the total wakmg hours of a child at home, and ,'ou will see that the home has five times as much of the child's time as the school and church together. In addition to the time advantage, there is the tremendOllS cha racter-forming power of the love-in­fluence of godly parents and the happy association of Christian brothers and sis­ters! Therefore the fullest possible guaran­tee for godly upbringing is the Christian em'ironment of a godly home with famil ~. pldyers each day, and the faithful min­istry of a spiritual, live, Full Cospel Church.

Child Evangelism? Yes, we need it. But we also must have child train ing and culture by every possible age ncy. \Ve must not fail anywhere along the line . It is not only a challenge but a divine command. "Suffer the little ch ildren to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God."

"Feed My lambs" and "feed ~ly sheep!"

THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL

HOBERT C CUNNINGHAM. Editor

On' leERS OF T ilE GENERA L COUNCI L 01 the AS1emblies of Cod in USA.

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PII.I:-.T£O IS TH! U.S A.

One Million "Juvenile Criminals" by William Ward Ayer

1,000,000 American boys and girls on the prowl, seeking a thrill,

readily rob, maul and kill in their devilish pursuit

'1'111.11.\\ 10 IIn.en\'II\" I'OI~O" \ SIR''''I IS 10 POI I tTlI

ils source. The Evil One is effcctllely pollutlng thc Itfe of America 10d<lY h~' burglarizing the home~ <llld hearh of our )'ollth.

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Recen l news reports tl'll of liCIOUS 1',lIld.1i151l1 cOlllmitted OI'er the land by chIldren 8, 9 and up to I I) years of ,Ige­S500,OOO school property d<llll:\ge in Chicago, S:;OO.OOO railr();ld wreck by t\\'o boys 13 and 15 ~'ears of age.

.\\ Clm\tI.l11\ lIe h.ld hetter \\,I\..e I1p to the COlllC \lllul1l1l1 do 1101 ILke to wntc tlil\. but I tlunk Clcr..-onc Ill.1t h:!, 11\<­

C.IT of the puhlic ,llOUld g)\C \\,lnl11lg to "he p£'oJllc. (lUI le.lcler, ,11(> \\',Irning Il~ (If the terrihle dc,tructi\(~ P{)\\('f nE tilt' .\-bomb and II-bomb. ,11ld \I'e ,hull]d he prep.lfcd; Ill' ,lIould he a solemll people. ~1il1ions of doBMS worth of p<lrk property has been destroyed,

C hurches h:l.I'c not escaped. In ,1 southern city not long ago, a beauttful new Baptist church \\,<lS broken IIIto by young!oters ,,·ho ripped up the be,luldul pulpit Bible, tore to sh reds cushions in the pews, poured p<lint o\'er Ihe decorated wal1~, the hand-caned pulpit, floors, and woodwork. A satanic lust for destructJon seems 10 h<l\e demolllzed thotls<lnds of our ~'otl ng people.

"Cnme," S,ns J. Edg.n IIOOlcr of the I'BI. ",hre,ltem Ii) bre;lk :111 records 1111\ IcaT. \\hich thrc,IIC\1\ to he the n.t!lo!l" \\or~t cnmc IC.U:'

\\'e need to do sOlllctllJilg quic\..Iyl \\e need to \',ll..e lip the people! 'i11e,e Ilungs are de\lrO\ IIlg our 1l,lllnn '

In our cities young people from 9 years up hale been runni ng wild ill a deslructlle frenzy tha t is baffling the law enforcemeut

TllCre IS ,I nl.ljor cnme accolllpJi\hed e, en 1:; \cCOLuk There is ,I rape e\ ery 29 IIll1lules. a robben CI en Ij minulc\, ,\ brcell\- elcn z:; second~ .• m ,mlo theft elen 2 IlllllutC\

:\ l.lrge percent,lge of these crimcs are cIJIl\Illltted h~ \'olln~­offi cers of elerv comnHlIllt\'. For example, the city of C hicago suf­fers S-tOO,OOO yearly damage to school property aloue. C hildren break into schooh, lear lip text­books, destroy the desks, splatter ink ove r the walls, p<lin! salaciom signs over the p!:Jce, and some­times set firc to the building.

Iligh on the list of actililie\ among jUl enile dehnqllcnb i, ,·andalism. In AI!:Jllta, Ccorgl,l, four boys from wel1-to-do hOll1l'\ relc<lsed the brakes on twen tl' ca rs parked on hIlls "just to \C~ them crash. " In Ba ltimore young· s ters hale smashed 22,082 WIll dows.

"Somethll1g stl':1nge secms to have happe ned to Ollr children the last two or t hree years," said a law enforcement offi cer.

Of course, someth ing has h<lp­penedl America is becoming a pagan nation. ' nJirty-six million child ren are growing I1p ill AlIIer­iCI Wi th ou t religioll.~ inslruciloll of <lny sort! And there are 30,-000,000 tecn,agcrs in the \;tnd who h,wc ncvcr been in ,11\\' church . They hal'e never hear~l Cod's \ Vord expounded, ne\'er heard public prayer, never sung a Christian hymn , and ne\er known the atmosphere of wor­ship. They might as well be bru tes without souls. Of course,

YOUNG AMERICA NEEDS CHRIST! One million chIldren got onto trouble WIth the polIce IO~1

year. Reparts a re piling up evcry day on thc foslest growIng problem In Amenca-Juvenlle DellnQuency_

Over two ond a quarter m,lIton mOJor cnmes were re­ported In Ihe Unlled 5totes dUring 1954 Tne number of crImes comm'''ed-2,267,2S0-IIOS five per cent nl9ner than tne previous record set in 1953.

For Ine seventn consecu tive year a new record was estab­lished lor Crime In tnese Unrted 510les"':'ond once ogOln Ihe FBI reported on increase In Juv\.:nde Crime. There were 2.3 per cent more youngsters under 17 arrested for seriOUS of­fe nses thon a yeor ogo. Youth 17 ond under comprised 57.6 per cent of 011 Crlminols arres ted for cor theft, 49 .0 per cent of all arrested for burglorly, and 43 ,6 per cen t of ott those orrested for lorceny.

let Christians orrse and do somethIng before it is too lo te . There must be twenty mill ion Bible belIeving cnurch members in Americo_ There arc tnous::lnds of godly pos­tors. We must stand together 10 combo t, nol only ,uven.le and parental delInquency itself, but olso Ihe couse and the false cures tha t are being offered.

~!ers. 'iOllle of Ihe111 lIul \('1 111 their teell, \\ 1m I' 10 b1.UllC • • md 1\11.11 tolll lIe dn ,Ihollt ll~

r llc dllidren 111('111,elll'\ h1.III1C .1 hml of !Iull!;\. l11el \.1\ tI,('1 IC.1I1l to cmllllllt UllllC (HIll! 'l'C

Il\!~ lHOIle, <111<1 telCII\IOn ,110\1\

Other, h1.,ule l;,lllL;'icr l,l{ho pHI-1;1.11\1\.

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tlllue frol11 rc,ldl1lE; hllld Imok, Ltl1ed C()1I1IC\, I\hith Illir;hl 1.lthcl he c.l1led "lr,II;lc,." It 'I,

hlghh- 'l!;niftc,ml Ih,lt Ihc Irc 11lendllll\ lllcre,\\e 111 ln1elllle dc· 11llque'lIt1 cOllicide, ,!lIllO'! to\l1· pleteh ~\llh the .lppC.lr.l\ltc of tim I\e\\ forl\l uf JlllclIIlc CII· Icrt'II11111ent. \\'c ,HC lold Ih,\1 1II1IC 0111 of ten c\uldlcn re,ld "c()lllic~."

' I hey gil c ,I f,lhc \ icw of hft!, Life III the!lc comics 1\ ;1 night­mare, a conll1l\IOII\ comb"t wllh lI'icked Ileapom. The \\Olll;lnh form is e'\;tgger,tl ed fo r \ex ;It· tra ction. The se\ll ll\akedne~, of the \IOlllen sli11lu1nte~ thc ;lh­norm<ll and unhealthy 11\ thc IlHnd~ of those cOII'ling illto puberty. Th is I ~ :l d.lI1gc rom age <l lId needs e lery 111 01':11 control ,Illd el 'ery religious influcncc to keep Ihe duld from gOHU~ OIl soc!,11 and mom I rod, .

t\ generation ,lgO, cltildLclI (CQIII;IIII('(1 01/ /'<I!/I' dc, I'll)

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THE CHALLENGE OF CHILD EVANGELlSM-

Winning Boys and Girls STORY HOUR. CHILDREN'S REVIVAL. BIBLE CLUB . BOYS AND GIRLS CAMP

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The one hour out of 168 a week that is given to religious IIHtruction In our Sunday Schools is such a short time to teach om boys and girls the Wdy of eternal life! We l1eed to Increase our efforts by conducting additional phases of children's work.

111e two-week Vacation Bible School gives an additional thirty hours of religious training. It is an opportunity to win new children and even whole families to the Lord. It gives the church many more hours to teach the Word to its Sunday School children .

You can send your boys and girls to an Assemblies of Cod children's camp this summer. There they will be in a C hristian atmosphere for an entire week. Assemblies of God Boys and Girls camps have been richly blessed of the Lord in the past. Last year, 6,081 children were saved ,lIld 75'0 received the Baptism during summer camp.

TIle Story lIour or Bible C lub opens the way into the hearts and homes of children who might not be contacted through the regular church services. This is a children's meeting usually conducted once a week in a home or at the church, when the children gather to hear a Bible Hory, to si ng, and to memorize the Scriptures.

Children's Revival Services are an additional blessing to our boys and girls. Held early each evening, and directed especially to the children, these meetings can be the answer to your need for an uninterrupted decision time for the boys and girls.

In Illany communities it is possible to have Released Time cbsses during school hours. The public school re­leases the children to go to the church of their choice to receive religious education . This summer you might inquire into the possibilities in your community so as to be ready to start this phase of Child Evangelism when school opens again.

Opportunities present themselves on every hand for increasing the hours of Christian influence in the live~ of our children. Ch'e the boys and girls more than the one hour a week they get in Sunday School. Widen the Child Evangelism activity of your church and reap a more bountiful hJT\'est!

1. Children's Revival Services ond Vocotion Bible School wor­ship services not only offord opportunities to unite in song and other phases of worship, but also provide a time when children o re brought foce to face with the decision of occepting Christ.

2. Wholesome activities ond the learning of voluoble crofts orc port of the benefits afforded our children a t the Boys ond GirlS Camps.

3. The afternoon Story Hour or Bible Club makes it pOssible to toke the gospel into the hearts ond homes of children whom thc Sunday School moy not reach.

For odditional informotion on Child Evan­gelism oct;,dties, write to the Nationol Sun­day School Department, 434 West Pacific Street, Springfield 1, Miuouri. Edith Denton , Supervisor of Child Evongc1ism, Notionol Sundoy School Deportment, is shown ot right.

for Christ VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL • RELEASED TIME

Pastor and Sund"y School SUj}('rinlend"nt greet the Pon<:e fam,ly.

Family Won Throug h V.B. S.

" ( became a 'brand new ]ll.m' at Vaca­tion Bible School time! "

These are the words of R. A. Rieben, pastor of Central Assembly of G od in Muskegon, M ich iga n. li e says that some of the ha ppiest momen ts of his mm istry d uring the past 25 years have been those spent in teach ing the Vvord of Cod to boys and girls attendi ng bec;!lIse of V;lCit­'l1leir Sunday School has grown, and the church has many parents as well as boys and girls attending because of Vacl­tion Bible School. Pastor Rieben says that nothing ca n take the place of the three hou rs each day for fifteen days (two weeks ) of singing, teaching, p ray­ing, learning Bible verses, and doing hand· work, which is so en joyed in Vaca tion Bible School.

The average attendance in 19;4 was 342 . Over 100 children attended who d id not attend Central 's Sunday School, making it possible for the church to reach about 30 new families. More than 35 ch ildren were saved during the Vaca-

tion Dible School. Many of the new ch ild ren reached are now atte nd ing thei r Sunda y School.

In some cases whole families ha\e been brought in. Here is the story of one famil}' won through V BS.

About fOllr years ago, a Spanish-speak­ing Catbolic ma ll li ved with his family ill th e gO\'ernlHe nt housi ng projec t where Central Assembly's Sunday School hus was p icking up chi ldren. The},. along with othe r fa milies in the territor)', were contacted for vas. TIle Ponce fum il\'­was \·isited further and it was suggested they come just once to see what was done at the vas. ' Ille children attended and liked vas so well they kept attend­ing. M rs. Ponce then bega n to come to Sunday School regula rly on the bus.

Later the Ponces mo\'ed into a home of thei r own in a sect ion of the city \\ here the Suo day School b us d id not go. The mother and ch ildre n wa nted to con ti nue coming. Mrs. POllce persuaded her husband to help gct the ch ildren

re;ldy for SUlld'l}, School and then come along 011 the city bm to help care for the children.

Aftcr In ing as a baclshder for ne:lTl~ 1-1 }-ears, l\ l rs. Ponce came back to the Lord and W:lS wonderfully healed 11\

body, too. The twin boys and the five­~ ear-old boy werc also hea led in answer to prayer. Then i\lr. Ponce was S,1\'ed

On Palm Sunday, 1955, l\1r. and i\1r). Ponce became full members of Central Assembly of God. The se\en children cOllie :lIang with their paren ts ever. Sunday, nUll or shme. 'n lCY are look ing forward again th is yea r to VBS, the agency that was used to bring them to the Lord.

Pastor Rleben says there are dozens that h,l\e been brought into thei r church III Jllst the sa me way-the ch ildren OOl1ig WOI1 first, through the Vacation Bible School. One of the teachers stated that VIlS had p..l\·ed the way for him to deal with many of the parents of the children CllIldren from Vacation Bible School greet hUll on the streets and In the stores while the}' are With their parents, ,111 d II opens a way for comersation With the pare nts and the opportun ity to \\It· ness (or C hrist.

Vacation Bible School has pro\en to be a church-bui lder in Central Assembly of Cod III r.. l uskegoll, l\ i lchigan. It c.1n be that ill your church also. Don 't fail to ta ke advan tage of th ese unexcelled op­portun it ies to do Chi ld Evangelism work III your community this Slimmer.

Pastor Riebe n and Cent ra l Assembly of G od , M uskelon. Four Sunday School busel help to Iwell Ihe c rowd.

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IISave an old man and you save a soul .•..

Save a boy and you save a life!"

LIVES TO SJ)E~U FOR GOU!

Guy Davidson

Tilt.. C II UJI.<.;II NU.D!I 1110!!t.. WIIO WII.I.

give their lIVes to the Saviour! It has been said: "Sa\e an adult and you save a unit; :.d\'e <I c1uld and you £ave a multiplica­!Lon table !" The Church needs boys and gub who wdl grow mto ulIcful ChriStian workcr!!. 'Illis is aile Imperativc of Child E\'3ngeli~ml

A greater impcrati\e, of course, is the c.lllld 's own spiritual weif;ue. Today IS

the c1l1ld's day of sal\'atlon, before he lOins the crowd of hardened adults dis­IIlterested III !!)llfltual thlllgs. Tomorrow the child's heart may be closed to the gospel. This is his dayl

Ciliid Evangelism activity brings re­sults III the hearts and hves of boys and girls. I have seen them.

in Portland, Oregon, where I recently served as Director of Christian Education in the First Assembly, there 3re two fine workers (Miss Ackerman and Mrs. I"ord ) who conducted a Bible Club on the outsk irts of the city. In the past three years they have had over 600 boys aud girls enroll and attend their cl ub. Many of these cOllie from homes that offer little or nothing in the way of Christian influence. Some of the chil­dren formerly were known as problems to parents, teachers, and the police. Yet, mallY of these children ha\e been won to the Saviourl

It was a privilege for me to conduct their fnst ba1'ti)lIIal service. One back­slidden father altending the service broke into tears when his teen-age son gave a testimony to the savmg grace of Jesus.

These women arc highly respected and appreciated among the people of this area. They are welcome guests at com­lIIunity ga th erings. "ne boys and girls clamor to sit with them during school activities they attend . And th e devotion is mutual. The women spend seven nights a \\'eek with the boys and girlsl TIley conduct Bible studies on different age levels, provide activities and field trips, take the children to ch urch and Sunday School. They arc spcnding their li\'es for the boys and girls of their community .

IIerc is another example of their in­fluence: ,\ ce rhlin fJmily had forbidden

' nlC author is now Supc:TyiSOT of Publicity in Ihe Nal ional Sunda)' School Department of Ihe Aucmblid of God .

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their SOil to attend the Bible Club. It was not long before he was JIl voJved with a teen-age gang and was in se rious trouble. Then the parents Colme and asked the women to do their best to get their son to return to the Bible Club. "lie was never in trouble while he attended the club," they testIfied .

The Bible Club began in a living room, and it now has its own big "club house" o\'erflowing With children . As an out­growth of this work am ong the children, a new Assembly of Cod IS arising m the commumty!

Some ha\e questioned the \alue of cluldren's summer camps, but the results speak for themseh·es. 'I1le lives of many boys and girls 113\ e been changed at camp. \Ve have seen many of them re­ceive the Baptism in th e Iioly Spirit, others sa\'ed, and some receive a can into the ministry.

I shall never forget one httle fellow at our sectional camp last su mmer. \Ve nick­named him "Muscles" for he was almost as wide across the shoulders as he was tall. lie came from a non-Christian home,

BUILDERS A buitder buildcd a temple:

lie wrought with care and skill. Pi11ars and groins and arche$

Wert: fashioned at his will. )'Ien said, when they saw iu beauty :

" It shall ne\'t:r know decay. Great is thy ski11. 0 builder,

Thy fame sha11 endure for aye,"

A leacher builded a leml)I(': She wronght with skill and care,

Forming each pillar with l)3tience, Laying each slonc with prayer.

~onc saw the constant effort: None knew the marvelous plan ;

For the tempte thc teacher buitded \Vas hid from the eyes of man.

Gone is the builder's temple; Crumbled illlo the dust,

Pillars and groins and arches F~ for consuming rust;

But" the temple the teacher buitded Shall endure while ages rotl:

For that beautiful. ullseen temple \Vas a chi ld's immortal sout.

- Alllllor V,lh'O'WI!

,IUd had picked ~tr;\wberrie~ to ,I!tend camp.

"\111scles" roomed with several other ho~ s 111 the dormitory-by ,I strange coincidence, all were from broken home~.

After "lights out" one night I heard a great commotion III the dOtll1llory. In Ill\ mind I could see pillow feather, scattered over the camp ground! To m~ ~urprise, ho\\e\'er, when I opened the door to "i\ tuscles'" room I found a ]Ha}er meetmg! The Spmt of Cod had 1110\ cd on those boys' hearts and they were kneeling on the floor· and in their beds crying out to Cod. 'nle next morn­IIlg's testimony se T\'ice revealed the re­sult of their prayer meeting: five changed li\es.

These boys' lives were muddled not hy their own failures but the f<lilure of their parents. They were boys who need­ed help that only Cod can give-and they found Him at summer camp!

There are many other areas of Child E\'angelism where rich h<lT\'ests can be reaped for the ~ I aster: Vacation Bible School, Story I lour, Released Time Class­es, Junior Church, Sunday School, Chil­dren's Revivals ... others could be added. Not only do they result in the sakation of souls. They also result in' the tra ining of Il\es-young h\es who will build th e church of tomorrow and perpetu,lte the Assemblies of Cod.

When I see the boys and girls ;It summer camps, in Bible clubs, or in VacatIOn Bible School with their hand~ wised and their hearts lifted towards he<l\'en, singing songs such as, "Come Into ~Iy Heart, Lord Jesus," I realize how import<lnt it is that they be tr:ulled to live for Cod. But firs t we lII\1st reach them. \Ve IIlliSt be vig ilant to win every child, every parent, every family within our reach. The future of the Church lies in the children, and the future of the children lies in our hands.

\Vhat ha\'e we been doing to reach them? There are nearly four million new babies born in the United States each ) ear. 111ese are our challenge for today, our hope for tomorrow. Soon these babies will become the school children, the leen-agers, and then the homemakers of our land. TIley will be the leaders in our churches, our communities, our nation. The religious training they receive in the e;nliest years of their lives will detemline not only their own earthly and eternal destiny but also tha t of our entire country.

There are manv worke rs like Miss Ackerm'lI1 and Mrs. Ford who can start Bible Clubs if they will. l1lCre are mally boys like "Muscles" that can be snatched from the ranks of juvenile delinquency. \\le must reach them and teach them . \Ve must use every means, summer and winter, Sundays and weekdays, to sa\'e the children from sin and to train th em to be the soul-winners of tomorrow.

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IT WAS ON A TUESDAY !'..Vf..NINC J ....

April, and classes at the Assemblies of Cod Bible Institute located at Pleebo, Liberia, had just reconvened after a long Easter vacation. A number of slu­dents had already given rcports on thelT

vacation IIllnistnes. Samuel Jaffa, an or· dained minister and member of the staff, arose and beg~1Il to speak.

"\Vhen school closed for Easter vaca· han," Samuel began, " ) prayed for a chance to go somewhere, for 1 felt that time was going and what we

do for the Lord we must do now," In answer to his prayer, Samuel said,

the Lord led him and his wife LUCille to the town of Karloka, Ceddapo. The evening they arrived, they had a prayer service but few attended. On the fol · lowing morning they we re called to sec a sick boy whose left leg was swollen b.1dly. People h<ld lanced the leg in two places to let the pus run out. Samuel and Lucille preached to the boy :md pra}ed for 111m. L.1ter that day, and twice the next day, they ministered to h im. Cod answered pmyer, <lnd before th ey left the boy testified Ih<l~ the swell ing had gone down and he was able to sleep well. Before that he had often screamed out in pam throughout the night.

From Karloka, 5.1 11l1lel and h is wife \\ent to SlIW<lSII where they fou nd a church with a group of hungry people wil hout a pastor. [n the first service he held, Samuel told the people, "\Ve have come to visit yOll with a message from Cod. The next day one of the men sent word to the people to come in from their farms and attend the meetings.

111e service began at noon and did not close until 7: 30 in the evening . TIlen the people disbanded only long enough to bathe and eat before gat hering again at the church for another meeting .

reported Samuel. "'l1ley had only one leque!ot, 'Pray for us. \Ve never see the power of Cod. \Ve never be saved ~et. \Ve all come to church but we don't know what it means to be sa ... ed.'''

One head man of the town told how he had lived for the de\'il and had "planted plenty of med icine." lie ad­mitted that all of this had been of no use. lie told how he and the people had built a cllllrch and attended every day. l ie said, "We ha\·e a Bible here but there i ~ no one in the town to lead It. \Ve only come to sing and pray."

After Samuel had fini shed preaching to these people, he as!.cd for those who bad heen s;l\·ecl at any tJme to raise their hands. Only one girl responded, and she was now backslidden. \Vhen Samuel a~ked, "\Vho wishes to be s<l\ed?" all forty in attcndance rai~ed thei r hands and re~ponded to the altar call.

Joyfully our teacher reported how the power of Cod fell among them as the~' began to pray. One woman rose and began to tell the people that they were lost; she prophesied, crying out as the

1I01~· Spirit mo\ed her, "I am the Lord thy Cod and will save those who be­Ile\e!"

In the e\Clllng service which follO\vecl, opportunity was given for people who h.ld been saved ill the earlier meetmg to Ie.s:tify. (In reporting this, Samuel Infonned the school that he did not wa nt to merely count the people he h.ld. seen under the power as being .<.a\ed . lie wanted to hear personal testi­monies proving that actual salvation had taken place. ) Six women and a boy testi­fied how the Lord had saved them. Truly Cod had done a wonderful work. (And more wonderful yet, a few days later this same boy followed Samuel to OJ sectional fellowship meeting where he leceived the Baptism in the Holy Spinto lie was later baptized in water.)

Two nigh ts later, at the close of the Dible school chapel service, Samue1 picked up his Bible, and drawing a sheet of paper out of it he declared, '" ha\e ;l

special prayer request on my heart. Ever since I visited Suwasu, my hea rt has been hurdened for those people who are hun­gry for Cod bnt have no pastor. I havt! on this paper the names of those se\·en people who were saved and I pray for them e\·ery day. Sometimes I wish , could fly to their town every morning to pray with them, and return here ill the evening to teach my classes."

Such is the vision, burden and min­istry which Cod has given to one of our Bible school teachers. The 5.1me spirit is moving in and working through other members of the staff and student body. As one studen t sa id in giving his report, "The han·est tmly is great but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore the

\Vith eager hearts the people sang and SlIng. 111en many of them testified and brought thei r pr.tyer requests. "Not one person sa id, 'r am sick; pray for me: " Inadequate home of Assemblies of God Bible Inst itute, Pleebo, liberio.

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Lord of the hanes! to send forth lahore!) into the harvest."

Our Bible Sch ool has been established for th e purpose of meet ing the need for laborers. At present twent}' men and thirteen ' .... omen are attendmg classes reg­ularly, and Cod's blessing IS upon tho~e classes and chapel services. On week ends and during vacation periods, the students go out to apply the truths they have been learning. 11 lei r outside ministries include house-to-house visita tion, hospi tal I'islt;l­lion , Sunday Sch ool teaeilLng. preachm in th e Firestone Rubber camps and thc­towns in the interior.

TIle town of Suwasu is ani}' one among many where souls have turned from theLr idols to se rve th e living Cod . There are te n or twe lve othe r towns of which we have heard recen tly where there is no pas tor. In a year or two we shaH be send ing forth our firs t graduates; sOllie of them will no doubt e nter these need~ places. Cod grant that it may be so. Bllt

beh\een the present de\elopment of the school and the ultnllate goal of aeiuel'e­ment, there are man}" unsoh'ed problems. They are as foHows'

\. Next year another national teacher Ildl be needed on the staff At ple\ent the tuilion and other funds receLled barely meet the needs of the four 11.1-

tiona I teachers IIOW employed. 2. A missionary couple will be needed

to reliele mission;lrie:. now wort..ing III

the school. Brother and Sister CMI I hxenbaugh were planning all retlllllmg to help III the Bible School. at the end of their furlough. but recently Brother J hxenbaugh was promoted to glor\".

3. A Bible School buildmg With .Ie­COll1modalions for six classes. a chapel ,md office space is desperately needed. ' I he I lixenbaughs had planned to present the needs of the school. raise fllluh .lIld bring b.'1ct.. needed materials. \\'ho will step into this g,lp. take up the bllTden ,md help meet the!>e need~:'

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h ome of the Assem blies of G od Bible Institute located a t Pleebo, Liberi,1. T his inadequate build ing has sen·ed o,er a period of eight or n ine years. It was lISed h rs t as missiona ry dwelling for the Crabaugh family; next, as tool hom e Oll1d worksh op; later, as dormitory for annual convention guests; and fi nally, as home of the Bible School wh ich is only a little over a year old.

As each school term has opened , an­other wall has been torn down in orde r to make room for the el'er-cxpandlllg school. At the present t ime there are four classrooms and a bookstore under this small roof. A fifth class room is in anothe r build ing a few feet away. But there is need for yet more room . Since 110

more walls ca n be safely torn down , a temporary extension is now under con­struction.

Actually, instead of building an ex­tension with mud-stick walls and thatch roof, a building of cement blocks and alum inu m roofing should be erected. But due to lack of funds and materials, we are making the most of what we ha\'e .md praying that Cod will provide a pennallent building.

If you could see the old thatch roof, and the wa ter leak in g th rough onto the piazza, you would agree with us that we need a b uilding with a permanent roof. And if you could see how the tennites have eaten through the wood­work so that we cannot make a doonvay between two classrooms without the

whole wall collapsing, you wou ld agree that a new l}llllding was essen t ia l. Finally, if lOU could see how crowded we Me IIhen the entire st ude nt body is together for a chapel sen ice, and how there I!>

so Itttle room for uS to \\~dk among the st udents to pray Il ith thl!1ll whell the Spirit of Cod i~ 11\0\ lI1g, yOIl wO\lld be th orough ly cOllIince<i th at we ~h()lIkl be ena hled to "tear down ..... :llId build hetter. Imtead , \Ie hale to contLJIllalh "lengthen our cords and strengthen otlr stakes!"

\\' e arc not ungra teful for \\"h"t the· Lord has gi\en liS. \ Ve praise 'l im for provid ing a school ami ra i~ il1g li p flll e st udents and teache rs: but we expec t to grow, and growth requires 1'00111. T o provide th is room takes money and ma­terials. Now we know th:! ! our F;lther ii rich b'u t we are also well aware of the fact that J Ie has entrus ted a good am ount of I lis riches to ll is children. Perh:lps lie has put in yOllr h,mds that which li e I\ollid have YOli gi, 'c so that a better Bible School hUlldLllg may be erected for C od 's work in the Cape Pal mas sec tion of Liberia .

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NOEL PERKIN, SECRETARY

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DEPARTMEN~ i 434 W . PaCific SI ., Springfidd 1, Mo. i

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III the mOllth of December, EI.mgeh~t Oral Roberb held meetmgs m lohan­lIesburg III which thOUS3nds came to the Lord. \Ye contmued holding sen ice\ alilong the nJtlles; wlthont native help we launched forward in the name of the Lord. III the first sen'­Ice s fifteen souh came to the Lord; and ill all four serl'­ices tlllrty repented. lllC fanners IV ere more th,lIl happy o\er the changed lives III

tl lese mttives, as they witnessed the m gl\-Illg up their beer and J onn Riduord..

tobacco. ,\ nUlllber of nalt\ es rccel\ed heallllg

flam the Lord during these meetmg:.. l ~specl,lIly wonderful lIas the healing of our hos tess \\"ho !t,Ld been afflicted WIth (hrolllC Illa~titis. After )harpelli ng the axe of f,lIth III a precious !t It le pm)er mcetl1lg \\e rebuked the power of the e ne my and told the l.tdy to go and e\ <lUllne herself. She ca me out of her room I\l th tears of ioy st rCJlIll ng dOI\ 1l her bce; for the lum p, willch had beeu ,15 bLg as half .tTI ora nge, had comple teh' dis'lppe.lred and the p;tlll \\".IS gone. T ruly Cod IS good!

P,lstor D,I\'id i\ lzolo g,lIe a good report of the bles~lIlg of the Lord III the \l ort.. at Orlando. In gencn\ the wort.. h:u\ picked lip and the Sundar School e n­rollment had reached 200.

At one of the meellngs tllO blllld lIle n IIOt being ahle to get Ilito the he,i1mg hne begged Brother 1\1 7..010 to pra~ for the lli . l ie (hd so, .mel one of th e blmd men was healed. A fe w days la ter the lIlan who had he e n healed met 3 rother M7,OIo in a shop and th anked him for praying,. At the same t ime they brought a crippled man to Brother ~ l zol0. 'JlJe ma n was so badly crippled that he no t on ly had two crutches but was also assist ed by two othe r !lien. 11le Lord hell led this dear man so completely that he left his crutches lying on the groun d, ;md wal\:.e.d away aIol1c to the car that had brought him to Brother i\ l zolo. P raise the Lord!

In a recent rel' iva l at the chu rch 193 came to C hrist and 55 of these were healed of their sicknesses. It has been a great encouragement to everyone .

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Daily DEVOTIONS

. • . 'hey sea rched 'h e Scriptures daily

MONDAY, JUlie 6

DAVID ""1) (;011"111-1 Samuel 17 39-49

'''nell ~aid I)<I\id to the Philisllne, ... I cOille to thee III the name of the Lord" (v. 45).

"uce faclor~ ~taTld ou t vcry forcibly In this scripture : ( I) action; (2) indIviduality; (3) trust in the name of the Lord . These ~a l1lc factors can be found in sou l,wmning or .Iny form of Christian service.

Achon comc~ as a re~ll1t of lOVing conce rn. TIle realii",..3tion that someone is 111 need or difficulty motivates a Christian to acliOlI Tale Peter for an example (Acts 3). As IllS eyes fell lipan that poor lame man his heart was moved With com pas­~ion, and 1I11mcdiateiy his faith went into action-he prayed "the effectual fcnent prayer of a righteous m:m," and then JC~ Ll S did the rest!

Friend. Cod works the \ery same way today- th rough mdL\'iduals. If wc will only allow [lim to stir up Our faith , we will be dTl\cn to :Lct ion by the great needs all around us. \Vhat joy then \\111 be our~ as we yield our life, !LITle and talents into the hands of the Lord. A5 the Christian goes forward-not III his own wi~dom and strength, hut 1Il the name of the Lord-hi~ lIfc is hound to hecomc frllltful and blcssed.

Th,lIlk Cod for the revelation of the power in th;]t preciolLs 1I.lIne of "Je~m!" Cod will alw<L\,S honor th o~c \1 ho hon or [[i \ Son. Let liS determine in our'hearts today to honor Je\us Chri\!, our gloriom leader and soon comin g KlIlg!

..!...IIARRY ~1. ~h-J RS

TUESDAY, JUlie 7

'I'1L 1 D~1"IANCL 01' COI.IA11I-I S.lllluel 17 ;1- 11

"And the Plllli~til1e s<lid, I dcfy the annies of Israel thi~ day" (\. 10 ).

Cod\ childrell ,LTC often confronted with giants. In the per~on of ColL .. th, brael was threatened by an advers.'lry for which she was no match. The natural resources of Israel were insuffic ient to meet the challenge thrown out by the e lil Phili~tine. Saul himself was head and shoulders abo\'e all other me n 1Il Israel, )ct he was no match for this giant. Since Saul was accustomed to depe nding lipan natum l resources r.lther than on Cod, when he heard the words of Collath he was dismayed and greatly afraid, and all Israel With h im. \ Vhat a con trast we see in the lad, David, who went Ollt to meet the gian t, trusting not ill natural armor but ill the lIame of the Lord Cod.

\\'e are constantly challenged by ad\·ersarics and Cl rcum­st.U\ces too big for us. Cod conti nually allows us to meet giants in the way. \Ve should thank Cod when He places us ill circumstances so tIT beyond our natural resources that we are forced to look to lI im for deliverance. It is good to be "crowded to C h rist." As Paul declared , our strength is made

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l)('rfe<.·t J\l \\e.ll..ne,\. Ilow ,ne \\e ptLIIllmg to meet the gianh ;dong alIT ro..1(1 IOO,\\-b) trustmg In our own resources, or b~ rehing upon the Almighty?

-\I~.L\,IN L. Ilol)cJ.s

\n·:D.\ 'ESD.r\ Y, June 8

'1'111 COWARDICE::. O~· ISRALL-l Sdll1ucl 17.21-30

Would a child of Cod c\er ment the title '·cov.'3rd"? Mter all the Lord has done for us, could we be as guilty

;\\ hnwl when faced bv the foe? \\'ou ld fear grip our hearts? Lct m examine oursch es In the light of l lis \Vord .

I! was the Spin! nf Cod, resting upon Da,id, that gave hilll the courage to lace the enemy of the people of Cod. hrael was discourageJ to the point of cO .... '3rdice. because this \.llIle SPLTIt did not rest upon thclr lcader. Ki ng Saul. But theLr CO""'3rdice soon turned to courage and rejoicing as they witnessed the exhibition of David's faith in Cod-faith that diHeg:Hded the strcngth of the Philistine .

The Church of Jesus Christ TlIUst cver be engaged in Its hattIe to rescue the los t and to sta nd agaillst the kingdom of Satan. But we cannot face the enemy in am own strength

,we know we "can do nothing" of ourselves. \Ve must have the SPLTIt of Cod restmg upon liS. In the spiritual issues of lLfc. ,1\ well as moral and natural con fli cts. we are cowards \\ Ithout the Anoillting. But clothed with the power of Cod \Ie ca ll say. " I can do all things through Christ which strength­cllelh me."

-LoINE C. 11 01'101 RIC'-

f IlUHSDAY, JUlie 9

'1'111 COUR.\CL 01 DA\'ID-- I S,IIIH1el 17:31-3;

None can be ,I lC;Lder Without thc quality of COtlf.lgC. It is ~,Lld of Paul. "I Ie thanked Cod, and took courage" (Acts 28:15 J. Courage is based on thankful remembrnnce. There i\ plenh' to make olle til<lnkful. Vi~ it a mental institution, and

you come away thankful for sa nity. i\lo\e your arm freely and you are thankful that it is neither amputated nor in a cast. Look across the seas and you are thankful that you live in America and not behind the Iron Curtain.

David never forgot his deliverance hom the bear and the' lion. His spirit of ap­preciation lent itself to courage. Nothing is more inspiring than the testimony, "Hitherto hath the Lord helped us." A testimony like that reduces the future to a correct perspective. "David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philist ine" (v. 37). In the moment of courage the child of God commits himself into the divine strategy for his life.

-c. M. WARD

FRIDAY, June 10

THE VICTORY' OF DAVID--I Samuel 17: 50-58 "But there was no sword in the hand

of David" (v. 50). Conventional weapons were not em­

ployed against the Philistine, because David was a man of faith. He recognized that this was not a battle between two armies, but rather a conflict between righteousness and evil. God's glory and Israel's good were at stake. But man can't fight spiritual battles with carnal methods: "For the weapons of our war­fare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds."

Today's spiritual battles will be won by the same methods and with the same weapons. TIlere was no sword in the hand of David, but there was a strong dynamic faith in his heart-and this brought victory. The outcome of your battles and the Church's battles are related to God's glory iust as surely as Israel's conflict.

The absence of a sword was not to suggest weakness or incompetence. It accentuated strength because it brought into focus the source of true power-faith in God to meet and grant victory in the most difficult circumstances. What God has done for others He will do for you. Depend upon the Sword of the Spirit.

-JAMES \V. VAN METER

SATURDAY, fune 11

CHRISTIAN VICTORy-Romans 8:26-39

"The Spirit also helpeth ... " (v. 26). Are we as Christians enjoying the help

of the Holy Spirit as much as God in­tended? Are there not times when we fail to appropriate to ourselves the min­istry of the Holy Spirit? In the baptism of the Spirit we receive more than an experience or blessing from the Lord. The Third Person of the Trinity, Cod the

Iioly Spirit, come!> 10 \II.lke our boches Ilis tabernacle and to be our constant Companion.

Jesus used the word "Comforter" 111

describing the Spirit. The word means "One called alongside to help." The Spirit helps us in our prayer life :md in our infirmities. The Spirit intercedes for us with groa nings which cannot be ut· teredo Are you enjoying the help of the Spirit as you pray? If you let lIim, lie will come to your aid in the hOllr of perplexity and ·uncertainty. lIe will pray through you for God's will to be done in yom life and for lJ is help to be given in your hour of need.

The Holy Spirit will help LIS to under­stand Ilis \Vord: the Lord will make it light and life to liS as we read it with the anointing of His Spirit. The Spirit gives us power to witness for Christ. But lie can help us only as we let HlIll help us. \Ve must keep alIT lives yielded to the Spirit.

-VICTOR D. TRIMMER

Sunday Sdlool lelliln for June 12, 19')5-··Dal·id and Goli3lh" (1 Samud 17;39-49)

One Million "Juvenile Delinquents"

(CoIJlilZllCd {ro-m page tllrer)

lived and played with children. The sweet influence of normal su rroundings molded character and inculcated basic decency into their lives. Today, little minds and bodies carry too big a load. Radio, television, and motion pictures sad­dJe their little minds and emotions with situations in which even adults find dif­ficulty in dealing.

The comics are, perhaps, the greatest offenders in lifting little children out of the innocency and beauty of childhood into the problems of adulthood, and not normal adulthood but criminal and un­natural adulthood.

If we do not do something soon and if there is not a change. these things will wreck the foundations of am national life. \Ve must talk plainly about a cure for the terrible criminality and vandalism which is driving law enforcement author­ities to distraction.

* * * I write now to parents. Cod has made

parents responsible for the actions of their children. Certamly this generation of children needs some old-fashioned, BiblicaJ discipline. I do not think there is any solution of the juvenile delinquency problem until parents are held responsible for what the juveniles are doing.

Make the weak-willed, loose·living par­ents pay for the damage that is done and they will wake up and do some thing about their vandalistic youngsters, if only

to protect their 0\\ 11 pocketbook~. Lei 11\

hear \\hat the \Vord of God ~l)Y '!lIe Book of Pro\erbs IS filled \\ 1111

wisdom for p:lrents, and It ~ays: "Train up a chIld In the way he shollid go: and \\ hen he is old, he will not depart from It" (Pro\erbs ZZ 6).

"Chasten thy son while there is hope, :lIld let not thy soul sp..lre for his crying" (Proverbs 19:18).

"Foolishness is bound in the heart of " child: but the rod of correction shall dme It far from hun" (Pro\'erbs 22:15).

'"\Vithhold not correction from the c1l1ld for If tholl beatesl him with the rod, he shall not die. 11lOU shalt be.lt 10m With the rod, and shalt dell\er hi~ soul from hell" (Proverbs 23:13, H)

"'nle rod and reproof gl\'e wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth 1m mother 10 shame" (Proverbs 29 15).

"Correct thy son. and he shall gl\'e thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul" (Prove rbs 29:17).

Let me repeat, there IS no cure for this juvenile delinqllency problem until parents assume responsibility for their children. Thou5<lnds of parents complete­ly neglect their children-body, mind, soul, and spirit . Some look after their children's bodies and minds. 'nlelr teeth are well taken care of. TIley are give n nourishing food, but their spiritual needs are utterly neglected and the children are taught nothing of the Lord and Ilis \Vord!

The New Testament says: "Ye father~, provoke not YOllT children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and ad­monition of the Lord'" (Ephesians 6:4).

Parents, that does not mean that the children sha ll have no discipline. The grace of Cod does not pennit sin and lawlessness. You must hold a finn hand in love over your children; without prayer and Cod's leadership, these terrible days are imposs ible to the right upbringing of them. If we had godly homes, willi prayer, discipline and family altars, we would not have the criminality that we have today in the lives of mere babies.

This is solemn, and should be a warn· ing-there ;Ire many in alIT la nd (and some of them are city authorities) who are recom mend ing a return of the whip­ping post. They are boldly saying that if parents neglect their duty and fail to curb and discipline their children, then someone must do it or else conditions which are already terrible will become completely unbearable. Some officers of the law are just about ready to demand that the older ones among the youthful vandals must be punished in public be­fore they will have the fear of Cod and of the law in their hearts.

TIley are suggesting that parents be made to punish their chi ldren publicly for this destructive criminality. In this way, the careless parents will be brought

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BARGAIN MONTH 18 Weeks for 50 cell/S

lune 1\ hugam month on Gift Subscriptions to TilE PF"I"E­COSTAL l~VA"CEL. As an IIltroducto~' offer we will send the magazine amwhere III the U.SA. for 18 l\ieels (July 3 to October 30, ITItlnM\e) r OR ONLY 1<' 11 TY CEl\I1'S.

I'lea~e lIote, llOwe\'er, that this special offer applIes to new readers 0111\-, \Ve cannot accept renewals at thi~ ,'ery low rate.

' n le offer will expire June 30, 1955. After tha t date you lIl:ly ne\er he able to order the EVANGEL at such a low price ag:Jln, due to the fact that prin tmg costs are already up and rising Headily. r-.:ow IS your golden opportumty to share Cod's blessings With othe rs.

Pu t 18 differe nt issues of the EVANGE L in the mail boxes of )'Otlt loved ones, ne ighbors, and all th e friends on your pmyer lists at this amazingly small cost. JlIS t send two addresses and $1.00-or four :Idd resses and S2.00-and we will do the rest. \ Ve wil1 mail the EVANG F L to th em e\ery \\eek until the end of October. and the ~d it wll1 do 1Tl,ly be incalculable.

10 I he Pentecost"! F\~neel iH \\ est P~CI"C StlcCI Spnn,flcld I, ~hSloOun

I .... CLOSED l'U', \ St: 1' 1'\ 1) S _\ ..... 1) .\ LlS I O I-' \I)DllrSSI-S. 10 "' IHC II I' I. EASE SF'I) " 111 1-' PE .... T FCOST\I rV\ ..... CFI .. FOil 1'1 \\1 I t.:S BFC" ,\I,\C IlILY 3 \I Til E SPEC I.\! R \'1'1 0 1' SII U,'\TS 1\(.11

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to shame for the ir moral ind iffe rence ;I nd Illexc ll ~able carele~sness, and otli e r children III the communit y wil1 learn that they ca nnot get away with their lawlessncss.

It is strange tbat no one has ~eel1led to tlunk tb:lt there nllgh! ha ve been a conncction hetween this tremendom \-a n­dali~m on the part of children and the pictures that they see in " comics" and on TV- barroom fights where e\'e rythl11 g is brolen , the whole place sma~hed, while pe ople cheer. Youngsten ca nllot ra tiOIl ­alize as oldster'> can . 'nlere is a direct contact between their sen ~o~' system :md motor activities, and :15 soon a ~ the~ get an opportlllllh they recreate what they have seen . 'nlere is no escaprng the f:.l ct that at least the more hold and realistic of the youngs ten will never he s:ltisifled with toy guns and imitalr on gang warfare . The~ must h"I'e reality.

• • • Le t Christiall ~ everywhere gird for

action and do something before it is too krte! ' n lere must he 20,000,000 Bible­believing church members in America. Th ere are thousa nds of pastors who know the truth. \Ve must stand together and stand np to comba t not only the delin­quency itself, but also the causes and the false cures Ih ,lt are being offered.

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J' l1Ildallle nt al to ,Ill of the C;III\<ltr, e condit Ions i~ t il e tcrnblc fdct of si n. The re i ~ one cure for si n_ "The blood of lesm Christ, hi s Son, clea nse th us frolll all sin ."'

The re is one \\a\' to SJle this genera­t ion and Ihat i., to bri ng them to Christ in Cod. There i ~ an old adage wh ich s.;l},S, " It is better to bmld a fence at the top of a clIff tha n to build a hos pi tal at the bottom." \\'c are wa iting un til the ~oung~ ters plunge Ol er the cli ff into crime, into degr.l{ia tion. drunkenness, drug addiction and a I hol1 ~1 nd other form~ of sin; then wc \Ill! becomc ex­cited!

-nle quest ion i ~, \\ 'ha t are \\e doing to put an end to th ose ins titu t ion ~ and thme procedures which are dest roying the )'oung people , for wh om C hrist died?

-"C~I~~r" I'ulpr l," ,"c\\, Yor~ Citr.

HEALED OF RHEUMATIC FEVER

In February 1954 I was suddenly stricken with rheumatic fever , which I had contracted while in the amly. Soon I was unable to get out of bed . Ncarly 0111 of my joints were stiff and swollen , and I was in great- pain .

I had seen the Lord heal members of my own family and many others, and I

determined by lI is grace to trust lI im for my healing.

~ l y pastor, Brother Pollard. and the people of the church were faithful and negan to pray for mc. On the fifth n ight after I was stricken they gathered in our home and prayed the prayer of faith. TIle Lord healed me while they were praying. I was able to get out of bed, and as the lame man of old I leaped and praised Cod.

~ lore than a year has passed since my healing, and I am st ill strong and well . I give all th e praise to Jeslls.-Gel,e L. T horson, Seibert, Colo.

(Endorsed by Albert V. Pol/ard, Pas­tor, Cope, Colo.)

Home for the Homeless O f all the ins titu tions of Christendom,

the home is thc most important . Chil­<lren, exposed for hours each day to \'arying degrees of worldliness and god­lessness at school -and at pia y, find a 5pi ritual haven in the Christian home.

But what of the children wh o have no such h:lI"en? \Vhat of the boys and gIrls who have no parents to gi ve the III th e shelte r, food, clothing, and Chris tian care thev need ? Sin or sickness has swept .Iway th~ i r security and they are left at the mercy of any who might ca re e nough to help.

1I0w fortunate these h ttle ones are \\ hen an Assembl ies of C od pas lor or friend learns of their need and arranges for them to go to our Na tional Children\ Ilome. Scores of young lives have been led into the path of righteousness in this Il ome.

Next Sunda y, June 12, will be C hil­dren's Day. The Executive Presbyters of the Assemblies of God have designated this as an appropriate time for all Ollr

Assemblies to receive a special offering for the National Children's Home. Will \ au assume a share of responsibility for the Home? Share because you care for these homeless boys and girls who have come under the care of your church. (Offerings for the Home may be sent to the Department of Benevolences, 4 H \Vest Pacific Street, Springfield 1, ~fis­souri . )

Indian Missions • Wisconsin In Among Slod.bridge, ~lcnOlllll1ee and

Uneida Indian tribes III north central \\ isconsl1l, Brother Jnd Si~ter ~orm.1Il Relm mlel have labored for SIX and J

half )e',us. Before takmg full charge of the In·

dian ~ilssion at Creloham, \VisconslIl, Brother and Sisler RehWlnkel pioneered an Assembly at Wittenburg 23 llliles dis­tant. This work at \Vittenburg began 111

1947 and now the congregation has built a fine buildmg -+0 by 24 feet in size. In 1948, when the Lester Clevelands of Wausa u came to pastor the \Vittcnburg church, the Rehwmkcls turned thcir full attention to ministry among the Indians.

The work among the Catholic-domin­ated Menomillees has required much patience and waiting on God. Knowing that the Holy SPin! was able to open the hearts of the people to see their need of Christ, the Rehwinkels were faithful in visiting the Indians and dis­tributing clothing to the needy bmilies.

Services have been held in a one-room school. T1lese facilities have been crowd­ed to the limit with six Sunday School classes and an average attendance of fifty each Sunday.

Early this year an openi ng C"JllIe ;llllOlIg an outcast group of the ~ I e nominees \\·ho still follow the pagan customs. At their ceremonies they beat drums and dance all night. Il oUTS are spent in feasting and si tting in a circle while they pass out a drug caJ1ed "peyote." Strange to say, this ritual is cnlled "pra}'· cr." These Indians. in bondnge to dope, drink, and tobacco, despe rately need the message of C hrist, the Deliverer.

One man who !i\·ed in this paga n settlement argued with Brother Rehwink­el concerning th is drug. li e e\en quoted Bible verses in an effort to justify the

Chi ldren atTending YBS at the Assemblies of God Indian M,ssion, Gresham, Wisconsin. The Stockbridge, Oneida ond Menominee

tribes are represented in the picture.

me of "peyote." But fmalk, ,Ifter Ii~ten­IIlg to the message of Chmt man~· tlllle,. this man was stric1..en and while on hi' death bed C3lled upon God for IlIcrc~.

At the present tllne, an Oneid.1 couple. Brother and Sister Theodore Ooxt:ltor. are working faithfully ilt Zoor, the p.lg.11I settlement. Souls ha\e been s;Hcd and sick bodies healed III :lTlswer 10 pr,lyer.

There have been tlmes when the en­emy seemed to pre\';!i!. Dlscouragell1cnil. -and sometimes mdifferences on the part of the Indians-h;l\e 1.lken theIr toll. But these missioll:Hies, e,er holdlllg to the promises of Cod and claimlllg victory through Christ, ha\e relllamed steadfast in their ministry of the \\lord of God.

In J\larch, Brother and Sister Iteh­winkel reported that Cod had abunda nti), auswered pr:l}er and sent a re\"i\al among the Indians. One of their Sunday School teachers said that fOllr members of her class had accepted Christ. Another, With unnllStakable joy, sa id that three in her class had surrendered their hearts to Jesus. One mall testified to the jo)' of sah"ation and the Baptism of the Ii oly Spirit which he had just receil"ed.

\\ 'it h the \ 151011 of a pioneer, Brother Rehwinkel is ste pping out 111 f;lIth to establi5h all As~cmbly at Bowler, tell mlles west of the Gresham Indian .i\ l is­sion, and adjacent to the old Stockbridge Resen·;lIion. This work thus far is not primarily an incllall work, but was begull \\"Ith the intention of establishing an Assembly and enl.Hging the field for Indian missions.

Recently the Rehwinkeb \\ere cilled to a home near Bowler to pray for :1

seyen·month·old mfant whose head ;l!Id body were swollen one·third above normal size. A doctor had told them that if the baby li\-ed lIntil morning, they should take him to a specialist in Green Bay. After prayer the swelhng began to subside :lnd the child breathed normally. Two days later he was perfectly well, with no sign of the affl iction.

As a result of God's llIi[acJe·\\"orking powe r, four older brothers of this baby attended sen'ices in Bowler. ('rhe baby'!; tIther took his own life last year, and its mother is an alcoholic.)

Our missionaries to the Indians feel a divine compulsion in their work. \Vlth the urgency of the Spirit upon them, the lo\·e of God within thcm, and the good ne\'·s of sa lvation on their lips they are not relaxing their efforts. They refl1~e to yield ground to the enemy. As are· sult, the work of winning sOllls flmong the American Indians goes on with e\·er·

Brother and S,STer Narman Rehwlnkel, MIS~lanorce~ [0 The Ind.ans

incre.l~ing Interest ,mel gr,lllfying re~ulh. FrOIll e\ er) field of boor, reports of ren\·,11 hlessing are recei\ed. "nle tangible re~ulh of Indian r..lissions are heart-warm· ing.

As the mis~ion:Hles labor closely with the In(h,lIl~ and see the darlne~s of their lives, thelT hearts are mo\ ed \\lth compassion toward them. Each of our missionanes has a buming desire ill hi~ heart to see the names of precious IndiJIl souls recorded in hea\en.

They C3nnot enlarge the scope of their efforts, however, without IIlcreased fl· nances. Funds are elespemteiy needed to enlarge or rebuild in some places. willie workers in other places plead With us for help in getting their first bmldmg erected.

\Vill rOll help us to garner the preciom grain by designating an offering for "In· dmn ).Iissions"? Send your gifts to:

N.H."., H.m. Mini,", D' pl. ~

434 West Pocifie Street ~ D D 1 Sp,ir'lgfield 1, MiUOllri ~"'+jund':f

AMONG THE ASSEMBLIES IIA~ I LlN. ]'A -/\ goodly numbe, ... ·erc ~\'cd

during the mee[mg .... 1111 Evangelist Leon MOITOw of Dall.." T~ Some lIere hlled with the HoI)· Spill!. and others ""('Te marvelously delll·ered from thelT sicln('~s and i:lhrmille.5_-Ceorge \1{ Clement. P~[or, First Pentecosul Church.

CRt:E\'VILLE. TEX-EI"lngehsts LeslIe and Oleta Eldridge were ",·jtb us for 2Y/: weeks. Se,·cr;li were sned lnd a number filled I'ollh the 1I0ly Spirlt.-E. W. Hallcock. PaSlor

CRA1'.E, TEX.-E,·ange!isl Ken Ceors:e of Ilohbs. N. /l.lcx. \\~ wllh ut fOf ' ... ·0 wedn Cod blc~d )II every SC"It:e. Six "tiC !.aled. and we had an inClcase In the Sunday School. J It 5I<1s11((. Pastor.

AN URGENT NEED!

Good, used song books such as ·'SOI1I-: ~ of Prai~c, ·' "Assembly Songs;' or '·Full Go~pel Songs" are urgcllIiy I1l'edcd by the Indian missionarjcs. If you ha,·c ~ongbooks available for thi ~ purpose, kindly mark the p.1rcei '·Used Song · hooks·' and mail it to the Na1iOl1tl1 Homr Miss ions Drpnrlml'nl. 4,"\4 II/ r.d Pa~i/i( Street, Srriugficld I , Missouri.

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51- Y\lOUR.. 1TX - hanccli,t II\<! Mrs. Ronald I.. Hudson of New London, Conn. were wrlh us lor thrt1: weeks T .... 'o .,.crt laved and lll10e fIlled with the !lolr Ch~t. A number te'hhed that the Lord had healed them of v,tr;oll' affloc­t ions. 111C Sunday School JOilied to a month) ... IVl:I1IIC of SZ. J Rucl Ba~tef, PI,tor, F,nt A~· .cmbly of Cod

O P":LlKA, ALA -Clow: 10 II do,cn (:IlIlC to Ihe altar to Jeek God dunnf the mttlm& WIth EvanJChst T 0 Thorn:'" 0 I)orl Althur, 1 C(

We had an mat.ue of 70 In 01,11 Sunday ~hool for IIII'D succcu,vc Sundays_ TIIC ",leu:,! \\'as aood. and some nlihls we broll,ht In Cltrll chairs to lake carc of t he crowds. Sc\cTlIIl def­ini te healinp wcrc reported \Vc cmoted the slIl,m,. plarmJ, and preach"" of Brother I'horna~ -C E. Sunnu:, !'astor, "'est ":nd "(scmbl), 01 Cod

ALEXANDRI A, IA.-We are 1(loieml In the l..old 10f • "aclQU1 oulpoun ng of 1111 Sp,rit dUI Il1 /1: a Ihree .... eek IIleetml w, lh Evanleh~1 R \V W imberly of Bastlop, L:I The mceung eloscd on Eastel Sunday. Jo' ive wele $aved, K\'en leeel\'ed Ihe b~ptisrn of the lIoly SPlTl t, ~nd I ) or 2f) ""'C le rdilled. r ive were b~pllzed in wa ter. and scven jomed the church \Ve a,e Inltdul for the ~ lII cere, anointed prc.achilll of Brother \Vim· herlr. \Vill )'011 pnly WIth us tha t Ihe revival blessinl will conimue in our mldsl .-A l>- lIanks, P;!StOI, Fil~ t Assembly of Cod

Tftl.IPl.ETO". CALIF ··We Iha"k the Lord for the way the ehurrh hele has I'own llIIee AUll"t, 1950, when 'In lI"ker$On and I "'ere c;!lIed to be the pal'Ors hnt .... e added more $Cal'. but ~tlll OUI ~pace ..... u madequate. !.O .... e ~\ked the people 10 pray a1>out a buildinll pro· 1-1'3111 'n,e foil arc not .... ealthy, but they hale a ri,h rollhrr in ""ven and lie made It pou,ble f"l U1 to hu,ld an add,tlon 10 the church On Februu)' 21 thll additwm -.a, ded"~ ... lcd by J \\" Dol1int, our SectIOnal Pre.\byter \\'e bal'C m· crealed 100 per cenl 1!I1«: 19;0 and \lie ale ~1I1l lrowm, The churd, ... :u Kt in order and IIlrorporated in 19B.-Thomu III[kenon, P~'tur

\VALT ON. N Y.-Evangelist Levi L. Slorll1S of Sherburne. N Y .... ;1.) With us for a meellng in March. Tbe presen(e of Cod "as ,cry real as Brother Storms preached under the anomtme. of the Spiril Scvenll III'ere $.a"ed and ,nanv tedi· fled to 1)O(hl" hcahnl! One lad~ testified th .. t a tumor p:used hom her body.

The chureb «:Ieb",ted Its fn~t ann..-el"S:.L!), while Brother Stonns was wilh Uj. lie abo assISted wlllr our fllst baptismal sel'ice III ..... htch 18 "'cre ,m melscd in w~ t el. T he Sunday School had a Ic(old attendance of 70.

At the close: 01 lhe lIleeting. the ehurch w.a~ organi7.cd as a SO''erei!ll1 Anelllbly ... ·ith H charter me",hers Joseph R Flo .... er, our Di1trict Supelin· teodent , ronduetcd the business meeting.-Philip C. Cr~l\dall. Pa5tOr.

REVIVAlTlME MESSAGE HEARD ON 323 STATIONS EACH WEEK!

The report below is from a few of the Districts that more than met their R£­VIVALTIME budget for Apnl. TIley (and others like them ) help to take REVIVAL TIME into weak Home Mis· sionary fields, and carry the financial load of the foreign st3tions now carrying the broadc.1st. TIley are helping to make REVIVALTIME a powerful agency for gospel missionary work .

EASTERN DISTRICT

7Z churches gave ........................ $ 84 1.87 Personal offerings ...................... $1.450.69 Total giving for month ............ $2,292.56 Total cost of rad io in Eastern

District .................................. $2,143.01 30.9% of the churches co-opera led .

LOUISIANA DISTRICT

29 churches gave ........................ $572.03 Personal offerings ........................ $111.50 Total giving ................. ................. $683.53 Total cost of radio in Louisiana

District ....... ............... ....... ......... $366.56 25% of the churches co-operated.

MINNESOTA DISTRICT

28 churches gave ........ ................ $175.31

Personal offe rings ........................ $446.05 T otal giving ......... . ................ $621 .36 T otal cost of radio in Min nesota

District ............................. 5299.56 20.7% of the churches co-operated.

NORTHWEST DISTRICT

76 churches gave .................... $ 558.44 Persoll<li offerings .................... $1,488.97 T otal giving ............. ................... $2,047.41 T otal cost of radio in Northwest

District ........... ......................... $ 823. 12 28.9% of the churches co·operated.

REVIVAL TIME is now released on 323 stations. Fifteen of these are outside the United States. A phenomenal growth is laki ng place in the Assemblies work in British Guiana. South America, under the Chows' ministry. TIle work is being spearheaded by REVIVAL TIME. Sim· i1ar reports come from other fie lds. Many home miSSionary efforts are being strengthened by the release of REVIV­ALTIM E with its pungent evangelistic ministry each Sunday evening. The min­istry of REVIVAL TIME still shows a strong, steady growth after eighteen months on the network.

CONFORMED OR TRANSFORMED? (Romoft.

SERMON SUBJECT fOR JUNE S

SUNDAY 10:30 P.M. ABC NETWORK '?: Il'--'" )

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\kCO\lB, \lISS _. \fter ftCl'.-III& a, pastor here for some tIme, ... e r~li"cd as 01 April H to ellier evaolelut,( .. ode 01 to do whate.er Ihe Lord leads us to do. \\'c thank God for the continuous gro"th of Ihe church Silice ""e r;:IlIle tn \kComb \\'e remodeled the chUfeh bmldin&. Ilrmhed the outside "'th brick ,'eoccr, and re· dc<:ol~!ed the ,"SIde (ompletcly The oon&re· 1~1I')n now h3s one of the most attract"e build· 1110 'n the \h~"mppi D,)trict. (Our new address " Roule 6. Box 66"), Pen\Oloola, T-1orid3.}-O II STIllman

I'.-\RKERSBURC, W V/I..-llle Assembly here " )oung, only 2111 )urs old. and "e .... ere huni\l) for an OUtPOUllng of I-'cnteco~tal powel III 01.11

midst. E'~1\gelist I. C. Robie ollie for a lt1~tm~ and Cod helan to poUI out il lS mighly powel In'!)' night souh found Christ as thell personal S~'io"I···n m~nr II SIlL' in a single niaht The I t)ld h,p!L7ed people ""Ih the lIoly Sllill t Jlld ddr,eled thellL Irom ph)$lol ailments. Good sil-hl "2~ re,tored to peoille "Ith poor VIS'OIl. and hUllnl to Ihe deaf

The e\'~rllr:elist is gOlle. but the levI'lal Sll"it tontlllues T he church IS great ly bleS:icd. and the attendance IS lI1ereasini\. The people 01 our elty now know th~t Pentecost is re~ 1. \ Vc ap' preciated Brother Roblc's minislry.-Joseph C~ct· tao Pastor, F'll'5 t ,\»cmbly of Cod.

JA \ tAI CA, NY-In ~blch ..... e had a f'vc­nrght Ineet",& wllh E'"1Ingeli1t Richard R Vin· \';Ild. \ \ 'e had been praying fOI an outpouring of the Ilolv Spllit and Cod met us in a wonder· ful way. Sixty. th ree respOnded 10 tbc a1t~r call­$Ollie lor ..... lvation and ot hers for a d~pc l life '11 Cod . Two were fd led wilh the lIoly Spilit. \l anv wele healed 01 va r iou~ affl ictions including tumors. hernias, blindness and deafness. A man "ho had been bound by smoking for 25 years \\"1IS instan tly del"·ered .

Our church had a mort &ale of S27.000 includ· in&SII.500 in private lo~ns. \Ve p"'l'cd oon· cenTlng tbu and in 1 .... 0 weeh' time God gave liS S 11,500 in a miraculous way to payoff all our pri"ale loans. \ Ve praise Cod for the liberty of the Spiri t ill onr midst.-C. D. Monic110, P~stor. Bethlehem Chureh.

COMING MEETINGS Notices should rearh us three ,,'eeh ill ad,·allce.

due to the ' acl t ha t the Ev~ngeJ ,s lIIade up 19 l1a)'s before IIle dale whIch appears IlpOn It .

STAPLET ON, NEBR.-Assembly of God. be· ~ills May 31; I~\'ange l ist and Mrs. Il arry \Vall:.er. Coeur d·Alene. Id~ho (E. L. :-'I cNaughton is I'astol .)

05I1A\\,A. 01\T . CANADA-\l:tl' 3D-rune 12; Busse E'angelistie T eam. ( R. A. Bombay is Pa~t OI.)

W EST PLAINS, :-' IO.-Moll th of June; Evan· gelis t Derrc! "" ,,end.-by E , L. H alltt. I'a)tor.

SUTllERI.IN. O REG ,-Assembi)' of God , JUlie li-19; chlldren's rel'II'al WI th Evangelis ts Virgil and Edythe \\' arens. ( Ikrbert Bra" " 15 Pastor.)

AR,\ ,",5A5 PASS. T Jo: X.-F'irst Assembly of God. June 12-26; E'"1Ingdist ~nd l\lrs. Bob Aisup. OklahOl1la C it)', Olla. (II. L. \\'all:.er is Pastor)

CI 11C i\CO. ILL.-Mont Clare Gospel Church, Cor. Neenah and B~rry Al'cs., hcSilis May 31; Evangelist John C. Potcc t.- by M. J. C ebhalt, Pastor.

W ELLS, ~II :"\,N.-Tent meeting. l\1a) 29- Ju lic 19; E'"1Ingelist One lIosmer and " aTty.-by Edwin C underson, Pa~ to r .

Ct\RTHAC l>:. l\ IO.-Assembly of God. 10lh and L)·on • .\by 29-June 12; E\'angeli~t JunnHe Brown.-by C . C . TrUitt, Pas tor.

MONTROSE, COLO.-June 5---'-26; E,'allge· lil ts O. E . and !lallie Gaddis. Arkamas Citr, Kans. {E"eret! Schoneman is Pastor.)

VIRGINIA. ILL.-June 5- 19; Evangelist C L. \jcKinnC)', Siloam SprinES, ,\rk.-by lIelen COllO and M~bcl Bro .... n. Pasion,

Q UINLAN. TEX-Cam'~ Chal>c1 .... u e mbl)· of C Od began May 29; Evangehsl ~nd Mrs. LeRo~ Fleck. Houston. Tex.-by CIJud E. Johnson, l' a5tor.

R \Plll crTY S D \K -Cil. \"d,tnrm" 11 Inl!: 2~OO). June: ~ -IS. l :v;m"ell~1 I(lui~ :\.Inl, lell. Ch,,::a.l;:o, 111 . -b,· Bernard B R,dln&S, l)a\lor

CLF. .. \RW ,.,:IFR. FL-\-Fml \~-embl} of Cod. \lay 29-··JUI~ 12. ":\"an.Ii:Cli~t Don C;moll, Colli" bus, Ca -b}· A L. Shell Ir Pallor

KEY W}o:ST, FIA-Cbd Tidll1gs T:abc:I!I~de. Sal Ceorilia 51., Inne 1Z-26: FI·anl!:eh~t lI~roM ( Bo ) Daniels, Atlanta, G~-hy L. Wa,ne P,lI •• Pastor

MA'l"IIA'1 rAN. K .... ~S.-:\ssembly of Goo. , m'e 12.-26; Palser F,angelistic Partv, Bi l: Sprillg~, Nebr -by Eruie Came~, Pastor

LI:-.IEVIIIF: . 10\\"·-\- lunc 7-19: r\'l"geli~t and \Irs, Carl \\' Onev, rlea~nt 11111. \10 j E. E. Templeton ,s Pastor )

HARRO DSBURG. IXD -A"ernhh of God. June "-19; Evangelist and \Irs. \\' il1il'lI \1001· Illan. Bcdfold, Ohio,-by Iloward C $ll1l"el, Pastor

HOWEI.L, ;'l1CII.- Assembh' of Cod. be,l!Jn ~Iay 29; EvangeliSls Ll'l1IJn and lIelen lollaJ -hy Stanley C. I licks. Pastor

DEADWOOD. S I)AK .-\Ia,· 29- - June 12: IlardI' Steinl)CIg of Cenlral BIble IIl~ljl\1le.-b) Remo Tllus, Paslor,

ELl\l CONFERE'\CE-Cedar Be;1ch on J.OILe Si'llooc near lJe:I\erton, Onl. Canada, June 30 -$cpt 5. Speakeu: Fred" Parltt. 1IafT' Fnll:hl. \\'. C \lePhcrson. Charles Ratz, C. 11 Bronsdnll. r ot fmther information or reservatIons wule F.hn! Conference. Bo~ 186. Beaverton. Onl, Canad~

~1F,\lPl1fS , TE'\'N -Thi,d Ammef"Ury anrl Homecoming of "Ionnal As~embly. lune S; BClt \Vebb. $ llC~lcr, 1 011e~ Quintet from Cad~del1, Tenn. ~illgi"g Scr~ icci in the morTlIng. afternoon. and e'·cmng; dmner on thc gronnds at Ilooll.-b}· FIord II Jones. PaSlor.

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I' \ ITRSO' . , J -8ethaol Chu1{it, Cor BrOld"Ol" and Summe~ St, lune H ·Jlll. ~. ]"JIU:e1istl Lee and iJ<>n111C l e~n J..: mpllldr., Tuls ... OUa -b) F. V ikrq,mt. P.utor

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STICLFR, 0 1o.:L.-\ First ",qemhl, of God. be· I/:Ill$ June 5: E":I1Lj!eh~t and \" s, Charles OdgQn, \ll1ldro". Oll~ b~ Dale O. Starlinl;, Pa\tor

'\" \I'l.ES, Fl. \ -." <\ClUbh of God, June :; 19. r'~l1~di\1 Olud \I n. ' clson F. \\·Iute, Ft \hero;, l'1~ (\nton Jen!.Cn 1$ P3)tor)

RI C IIL \ 'D, \\ \ ')11 Fllst \ 1!.Cmbl)' of Cod, I,,"t 819. F'':l1lgcl,sl and \h< POlul lI ild. \lin· IIC.lllOhs, \"n" -by \\' A Buel.- . Pastor

\ 51 11 \"11), Io.:Y - T ell t mcet ing. bc:gan Ma} 29, I.,angclilt lIam" Hampel, Iknl'cr, Colo.-by C C. Giant, Pa.\lol.

'\I'.\'EE. 0:'\ '1', C \, \1) \ E'angcl T em pic, SO Richard SI. June 12·26; E, ~m::c1l$t and \ h< \\' F Voodre, Durant. Via (E L. Rlple, IS l'i510r.1

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PASSING and PERMANENT NEWS BRIEFS FROM THE CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE

Security in the Atomic Age '11c 1ron Mountain Atomic Storage

Corporation oHcrs to store records and other \'CIluablcs In sealed metal cyh nc.1er\ III Its bomb-proof unde rground v3ull nCaT Iludson, New York. Some corporatlom have already transferred records there.

Such is life III the atomic age. But the security that C hrist offers is betler ' Me that is indestructible. a body th<lt \\/111 be redeemed from the gra\c, and an eternal IIlhcrit:lIIce "incorruptible. aud undefiled ... reserved in heaven for you." \Ve are kepi by the power of Cod, bomb or no bomb. Il ave you pili yom f;lith III Ilim?

W eekly Proyers for Peace A news story from Miami, Florida, IS

a commentary on the limes. It telb u:. that the civil ;lir defense siren blows at I p.m. e\'cry Satnrday afternoon, at which tlille all the ci tizens of !\1ialll i are ex­pected to pause a minute to pray for \\orld peace. The city commission issued a proclamation urglllg all to j);Hticipiite in the observance.

'111:tt's all right as f<n as it goes, but it's a poor substitute for the old days when people listened for the church bell, not for the air mid sire n, to call them to worship. And when they prayed, it .... 'tIS not for one minute only. People need to repent be fore they C'Jn expect their pra)crs for world peace to lIlo\e the Lord; and it is seldom that a work of repentance call be wrought III just a fcw seconds.

Bible Balloons Lounched Some 10,000 b:llloons carrying Bible

portions and gospel tracts were released III eastern Europe th is spring. Officials of the International Council of Christiall Churches, sponsor of the projec t, expect to launch another 90,000 \).'11100n5 by the end of summer.

Each balloon carries an assortment of gospel literature printed in Czech, Slo­vak, Polish, Russian, and Genmll . 'nle balloons, launched from a spot in \Vest­ern Gennany on the Czechoslovakian

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horder, are horne beyond the Iron Cur· tam on the wings of the wllld. The Com­mUlllsts, who take many pains to keep hum;lIl 1lli ~Slonaries out of their lands, cannot keep God's winds from blowing, nor can they keep Ilts truth from shin. ing lIIto the hearts of mCII.

Preaching to Russians Give the Russian people half a cha nce

and they quickly respond to the gospel. DUTlllg the \Vorld Congress on Evan . gehsm this spring, special rallies were hcld in Sao Paulo in various languages - Japancse, German, Engli~h, Yiddish, <lnd Russian, besides Portuguese. The rally in the Russian language drew an overflow crowd of marc than 1,500 to a downtown theater, where Peter Dey­Ileb did the preaching. \Vhen he asked for deciSions, scores responded to accept Christ as the ir persolla l Saviour.

It was reported that the entire Con­gress was a success. Some 1,200 delegates registered, and crowds of as many as 15,000 gathered to hear the gospel preach­ing of Bob Cook, president of Youth for Christ International. The delegates held 48 evangelistic crusades in Sao Paulo ch urches, then fanned out into 47 other Brazilian cities for 55 more gos· pel campaigns, \\ ith glorious results.

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not wakc us up, what will?

L..'1st month a handsome boy was shot to deat h in cold blood, while walki11g up the street in the Bronx, New York. There wa~ no e\'ident reason for the murder. The teen-age killer had nothing against the other boy. In fJct, he did not know him; but something made him point the gu n at his chest and pull the trigger. 1113t something was Sill. TIle youthful murderer belonged to one of th e gangs that are terrorizing New York and other cities throughou t the country.

Police Commissioner Adams of New York is following a policy of candor in revealing crime statist ics, hoping that the public will be jarred out of its com·

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pl<lcency. lie sa id that majo r crimes in New York duri ng 1954 set a record high of 111 ,274 felonies. TIle amazing feature of the situation is the age grouping of the lawbreakers. Increasingly, they be­long to the younger ages. 11le largest group \\,<IS 12; *70 arrests in the I 6-to-2 1-)ear-old group for offenses of all kinds, an increase over the previous year of 15.8 per cent. Arrests of boys and girls under sixteen rose 25 per cent.

Evangelism among both children and parents is the only remedy for this jllveni le delinquency.