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"oTr"Cviirpre^ch ihat day and will speak 

each evenmg d'jrung the following week. 

He may ask those who uill do so to 

read a book on mission work in Africa 

but thai can be amiounced later. Wc 

are sure he will bring m.uch informiilion 

about his work in Africa and he is 

a dynamic speaker who conrmiands the 

attention of his hearers and gives lhem 

something worth listening to. 

Make your plans lohear him Simday, 

Ociober 31, and each evening, Monday 

through Friday, at 7:30 p.m. He will 

meet the boys and giris of the Junior 

and. Intermediate ages in the afternoon 

as they come from school. Daj^s and 

hours for such aftemoon meetings will 

be announced later. 

2^1AEK YOVn CALENDAR OCTO 

BER'S! TO NO\T:MBER 5. 

Coming Events for Our 

Training Union 

^The directors, along with the members 

of the Executive Council are planning 

big things for Training Union 

members these coming months. For 

October, we > are planning-two things: 

an "imusually well^-planned All-Union 

Planning Meeting to be held Monday 

evening. October 25, beginning at 7:30, 

Every union is. expected to have at 

lease five members present. Then, at 

th close of tliis same week, on Friday 

evening, October' 29, we will have an 

All-Training Union Hallowe'en Party 

with ghosts and everything. Everyone 

is urged to come costumed, so be getting 

out those **spooky" things and plan on 

being here for the fun. 

Our Training Union 

Directors 

We are happy to print the names of 

oiir^ Training ' Union Directors. They 

are a splendid group of leaders and we 

are proud to have them in such places 

of responsibility. 

Mr. John Camy Adult 2 

Miss Jewell Kirkpatrick Adult 1 

Mrs. Wayman Hiner Young People 

Mr. John Lang Senior 

Mr. Ted Fox Intermediate 

Mr."*BiIl Cox l._- Junior 2 

Mrj C. C. Long ' Junior 1 

Mrs. Leonard E, Wedel — Story Hour 

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Dr. William Carson ^ 

Annual.Sunday Schoo. 

: Banquet A Success 

The annual Sunday school banquet 

which was held in Fellowship Hall last; 

Friday evening, and attended by appro.ximately 

250 people, wias one of the 

best from everj- angle. • 

• The food was delicious land well-prepared 

(wasn't that dressing *'larrapin;'?K 

the decorations were very beautiful—yellow 

candles, real pumpkins, 

autumn leaves, etc.—and the programs 

were pieces bf art. The program was 

especially well planned,. clniaxed by a 

timely and dynamic message brought ^,o 

us by Dr. Harold K, Graves of Chickasha. 

All in all, we had a good time together 

and we A\'ish to thank agoin 

those committees which functioned so 

well in getting this * unusually wellplanned 

and attractivei banquet ready. 

We wish also to thank all those young 

ladies who did such a splendid job of 

serving the banquet, tables. 

Get in Tune 

It was rather an interesting letter 

that a radio broadcaster received some 

lime ago. Il was from a sheepherder— 

or "should we call him* a shepherd?— 

on a loneh' ranch in the far west. The 

letter ran, in. part: I 

'*Will you please strike 'A' on your 

broadcast? I'm far away from a piano, 

and the only conifort I have is my old 

fiddle. It's all out iof tune. Will you 

strike 'A' so thai I; can gel il in tune 

again." ! 

The radio man granted the simple but 

unusual request, and some days later 

received a letter of appreciation from 

the man saying. **Now I'm in tune 

again." 

And we are reminded that there may 

be I some lives that need tuning, tl 

need to hear the clear pitch of 

One does not halve to be on a loneiiy 

ranch in an isolated place in ordfer Ito 

be put of tune. And to be in a position 

to sound the chord for those who have 

lost it and are groping for it, is a 

grand privilege. It is a blessed service^ 

in a discordant world. It may be 

that multitudes are out of tune, anddon't 

know it.—Religious Telescope. 

Budget 

(Continued from Pa^ê A) 

Chinese Relief, Hundred Tnousand Club 

Slate Missions. Baptist Home. etc. 

Second, we must liquidrae our church 

debt by December 1. 19-i4. in order that 

we might then be ready to ô fonvard 

and go forward in a greats and outstanding 

Mission prograni in Oklahoma 

Cily and throughout the world. 

An analysis of our Building Debt re- 

Veals the following" situation and possibilities: 

Preseni indebtedness* A> 

of September 22. 1913) _.$57,795.50 

Extra payment authorized 

in September S2.CH>0 

iSIonthly payinents of October, 

November 

f regular) 1.750 

Possible payments from 

Oct.-Nov. 

receipts AJylO 

7.750.00 

Balance of debt Dec. 1. 1943 S50,045.50 

Amcunt in budget for 1914 __ 10,500.00 

Balance to be raised in 1944__S39,545.50 

Plans are being formulated lo raise this 

amount in 1944. 

In a few weeks eacli niember of our 

church will be given an opporlunit>' to 

help underwTile our financial program 

for 1944. We trust lhat you wiW make 

this a matter qi prayer in order that 

you might do tnat which the Lord expects 

you to do. 

Executive Council of S. S. 

Intermediate I Meets 

All but cne of the teachers and officers 

of the Interniediate I Departinent 

of the Sunday school, of which Jlr. 

Hill- Hodges is superintendent, met at 

the home of Mr. Hodges last Thursday 

evening for a supper gei-together and 

department planning meeting. 

Assembly program responsibilities for 

the quarter were assigned to the teachers 

and officers of the department. Lesson 

themes were emphasized and problems 

of teaching and ministeruig to 

these 13-14 year-old boys and girls were 

discussed. ,, 

Such meetings as these are valuaoi 

indeed in that every teacher feels tie i^ 

an integral and indcspcnsible part o 

the whole department and the succe. 

of others rests upon his personal cantribution. 

We encourage our supen - , 

tendents to have these meetings as one 

as is-necessar>' and advisable. 

Ifs safer to label all rumors *BaW 

In time of war they're mostly phoney- 

And even if they're partly true, _ 

Think of the harm the 'telleK ao. . 

The only repeater's that's worth a in^ ,= 

Is in the Army. And that's a rlfie. •, 

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''Expect Gireat Things fvom Godi Attempt Great Thmgs for God' 

Napoleon had just a handful of men at the 

battle of Lodi. It was his first great victory that 

made history. When they celebrated the victory, he 

Iiad a little bronze medal made for his men with 

these simple words, "I was there." The young commander 

called his small army before him and pinned 

over the heart of every soldier that little bronze 

medal with the words, "I was there." 

Oklahoma Baptists are many. They have an 

opportunit}^ to win a great victoiy that will make 

history in 1943, in raising the goal of $300,000.00 for 

the Unified Budget. This is the first year for many 

years that Oklahoma Baptists have been completely 

October 21, 1943 

I w as There 

Auguie Henry, President; 

Baptist General Convention 

free of debt. What will be our record in 1943? 

We can reach the goal of ^300,000.00 if we raise 

$25,000.00 on October 24; but we cannot stop with 

that special offering. It will be necessary for us to 

keep our regular contributions to the Unified Budget 

during the months of November and December. We 

believe that Oklahoma Baptists will make historv 

in 1943. 

When the stai*s have ceased to shine, and the 

sun rises to set no more; ahd then the angel of 

God shall say that time shall be no longer; out in 

the eternity of eternities, I want to be one of those 

who can say, "I had some part in it"; I want to say, 

"I was there," 

Meeting of S.B. C. in 1944 

A t a meeting of the Administrative Committee of 

tist rnt.. f "*'-''\?°'?^^"^^ °^ the Southern Baptist 

Convention in Nashville on October 12, 1943. the 

vention TJ^'V^r S^n*^". ""^^ "^^^^^"^ °f the Convention 

made the following recommendations: 

ti.f kJ^^V*^'® l^'^'t rneeting of the Southem Bap- 

TuesSv Iff*'"'' ^' \f^ ^" ^t^^^ta, Ga., beginning 

iuesday aftenioon, May 16, and adjourning Thursday 

evemng May^lS. This'action i taff in v"ew 

letter of n fY * o^ Memphis Hotel Association by 

lettei of October 9 reduced by half the guarantee 

on oS^'tlT^- ^«.,f»bmitted to the d>mm^ttee 

the la It ^- ^l^ invitation of Atlanta, Ga., offered 

of the rom ""^her of rooms for the entertainment 

9 Convention of any city. 

pres^nt^nf * °''''"^ i° the impossibility under the 

S at Sf ^^""^^^ providing adequate accommodathe 

wlni ^^ f^ for both the Convention and 

that fVI \Vr\T T?"^^ "^^^ting, we regretfully suggest 

£1944' ^- '^'^^* ^"°t^^^ t^ ^°^ its meeting 

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3. That in view of the limited accommodations, 

the hotel space available be allotted to the several 

states of the Southem Baptist Convention on a percentage 

basis in proportion to their representation as 

provided by the Constitution of the Convention. Further, 

that each state be advised that the number 

of allocations made for such state will be held open 

only until April 1, After April 1 reservations not 

claimed by Baptists from a given state wiU be released 

to others. 

4. That the Executive Committee request that 

all banquets,, lunches, and special breakfasts be discontinued 

at this Convention on account of the food 

situation. 

5. That no. requests for complimentary hotel 

entertainment be made of the host city for the meeting 

in 1944. ' 

Signed by John H. Buchanan, Chairman, Louie 

D. Newton and George Ragland, Special Committee 

on Time and Place of 1944 Convention. 

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Editorial Page 

Vol 32 THE BAPTIST MESSENGER No. 42 

Washington for Christ ^ 

Thirty-three Baptist churches in the Capitol 

City are having a United Evangelistic campaign 

w'hich began October 17, to continue till October 31. 

Ministers from all sections of the United States 

are assisting in the campaign which is under, the 

leadership of Dr. Roland Q. Leavell, Tampa, Florida, 

foiTOer director of evangelism for the Home Mission 

Board. 

Anything which will add to the spiritual life 

of Washington is of interest to Oklahomans. Many 

Oklahomans are now working in Washington. If 

you know of any young people from your church 

who ought to be enlisted in church activity in Washington, 

send their names and addresses to Gaye L. 

McGlothlen, 715 Eighth Street, N.W., Washington, 

D. C. 

Planning the Peace 

According to the latest count, more than 200 

agencies, public or private, are engaged in soma 

type of post war planning. Many of these plans have 

to do with working out the details of a peiTnanent 

peace. 

It is interesting to note that the majority of 

these plans are based on a total materialistic concept 

of mankind. If eveiy man could only eat buttered 

bread with one hand and count his money with the 

other, the problems of the world would be solved and 

the millenium of peace would be upon us. Some 

men, wiio profess to be leaders in religious realms, 

have added their signatures to such pronouncements. 

To look about in this world and say that' there 

are no social and economic injustices is to play the 

part of the ostrich, but on the other hand, it is 

just as foolish to say the rotten core in the apple 

will disappear if the peeling is plated with gold. 

There must a realistic approach based on the true 

nature of man. 

In the October Atlantic Monthly, M. H.' Hedges, 

writes, **Hitlerism poses to the modern world the 

old, old problem of evil. The moral contained in the 

present world drama engulfs all other issues, 

Economic detenninism offers little or no explanation 

for the rape of Poland,* for the butchering of the 

Czechs, the assassination of. Holland, the humiliation 

of Denmark and France, and the' slow torturing 

of Norway. When frantic women and children, refugees 

on familiar roads of home, looked up at troubled 

skies, to be gi*eeted by a rain of machine-gun bullets 

from well-protected, indomitable supennen in airplanes, 

there were human beings in those planes, 

organisms in human fonn, gleefully pressing automatic 

triggers and spraying wholesale death on detenseless 

fellows. On defenseless fellows! On other 

human beings, thereby denying their own humanity, 

their blood relationship to other members of the 

human family. 

Ts this not, evil? Is there anything else that 

can be called evil? And is-there any other explanation 

than that there is a hard, cruel core to human na- 

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ture itself that must be curbed or this propensity 

for cruelty will flare out at any time, at any place 

on this globe? When the mind and the sensibilities 

hold this basic fact up against the dim light of history, 

all other issues are dwarfed in magnitude, and 

seem poor and trivial." 

Mr. Hedges is not particularly concerned with 

spiritual realities and frankly admits that he is groping 

in the dark for a solution. He may not have 

the solutions, but he had put his finger on a basic 

fact when he recognizes that man is evil. 

Robert Beach Cunningham, a Piêsbyterian leader, 

puts the same thought in different language w^hen 

he writes, There can be no just and lasting peace 

in the world till men recognize the true, state of 

human nature, and this human nature as wholly 

responsible for the desires, motives, impulses and 

prejudices that go to foster war. Just so long as 

men continue to view human nature as essentially 

and basically good, just so long will there be no 

hope for a remedy of the curse. After all, the first 

task in helping a sick man is a careful and accurate 

diagnosis. Without this all hope of cure is forever 

banished. Jesus has carefully and accurately diagnosed 

man's sickness: It is the disease of sin; it is 

the warp and woof and man's being, lodged in the 

depth of his soul. Many causes have been adduced 

by human minds as provoking war, but. strangely 

enough, the sin of man and his essentially evil nature 

have been ignored or never taken seriously . . . 

Ony God can remove the. seeds of war which lie 

deeply imbedded in the human soul." 

Calvinism? Perhaps in the opposite direction 

from the trend of much of the preaching for the last 

centuiy, but nevertheless a needed emphasis in the 

understanding of the world today. Jeremiah was a 

prophet of God indeed when he dressed the truth 

in these words, "The heart is deceitful above all 

things, and desperately wicked." Jesus did not sugar 

coat his words with social philosophy when he said, 

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be 

born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God." 

Paul phrased it correctly in his letter to the Corinthians. 

"If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; 

old things are passed away; behold, all things are 

become new." , 

When this message is delivered by the churches 

to the entire world, more permanent plans for peace 

can be madie.- 

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Looking Toward the Convention 

In next week's Baptist Messenger, we hope to 

publish the program for the Baptist General Convention 

of Oklahoma to be held at the First Baptist 

Church in Oklahoma City, November 16-18. The 

W.M.U. meeting and the Brotherhood Convention will 

be held November 15-16. 

This Convention this year will mark the 

close of a successful decade under the leadership of 

Dr. Andrew Potter. All of the debts have been paid. 

Great numbers have been added to the churches. 

The future is as bright as God's promises. 

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- Cable was receved Friday, October 

15, advising of the safe arri^'al in Lisbon: 

of-ê foUowing missionaries: 3Iiss 

Rrrrtr Walden. Miss Mvian NowelL Mr. 

and Mrs, W. H. Congdon. and Dr. J. C. 

PooL' returning: to Africa; and Miss 

WUma, Weeks. Miss Lucy Wright, Miss 

Jessie Green, and Mise Lorene Tilford, 

returning: to Cliina. They may be delayed 

at Lisbon for one month. Their 

address in Lisbon is Hotel TivoU. The 

air mail rate to Lisbon is thirty cents 

for each^ h^Tf ounce. 

iMissions 

Paster and Mrs. W. P„ Kmg of Pond 

Creek' anroonce uie arrival of Caroline 

PjirJci cn'October 7. 

Love Offering 

Tr^ wedding of Pastor G. H. Critlendon 

of Hastmss and 'Miss Kazel Phillips 

of Nirirekah has been anjiounced. 

October 24 

Evangelist Maurice Cook is assistLng 

the New Hope Baptist Church in a re- 

\ival rneeting. Delbert Kelso is lead- 

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AVhy I Am A Baptist 

I Peier 3:15: "Be ready always to give answer to 

every znzzi ihat asketh you a reason of the hope that 

is "in yx;.!! with meekness and fear.'' 

My pe-ople were Baptists before me. My back? 

groimd is Baptist. I have never attended any other 

servic-es very much. But after careful ând thorough 

comparison and study I' will stake mV life on the 

Baptist position as being correct. Therefore, I "wish 

to submit to you seven reasons why I am a Baptist. 

Anson Justice, Atoka 

Because Baptists Slake Jesus SUPREME 

in Everything 

Jesus is all to Baptists. He is God incarnate. 

He is divine. He is God come in the flesh, He is 

our la,w-giver, our King, *our living, reigning Savior. 

His death for our sins is the basis for our faith 

and church relationship. He is altogether perfect in 

life, in death, in love, and in requirements for sen'ice. 

'"He is head of the church, and He is the Savior 

of the body." 'Te call me blaster and Lord, and so I 

am." Girist is all. Ye are complete in Him. I am a 

Baptist because of the place that Baptists give 

Jesus. , 

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Because of the Baptist BeUef in the SUFFICIENCY 

Of the Gospel for Our Salvation 

There is but one Gospel. It is the death of 

Jesiis for our sins according to the ,Scriptures; that 

He was buried, and that he arose again the third 

day. This Gospel is God's way of salvation for sinful 

men. It was taught in the Old Testament in the 

types, and shadows and the law was a schoolriiaster 

to bring men to understand it. This Gospel is God's 

way of^sa\ing sinful men. There is no other way 

and no other plan. Paul specifically says that anyone 

trjing to be saved by works is fallen from giâce 

(Gal. 5:4). This Gospel is effective only on the tenns 

of repentance and faith (Acts 20:20-21). I am a 

Baptist ^because they believe that the Gospel is sufficient 

to save our lost race. 

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Luse Baptists BeUeve in the SECURITY of the 

BeUever 

Baptists believe that Jesus died for all oui* sins, 

past, -present, and* future, and that His death for 

our sins is sufficient to pay the full debt of sin. 

This is not a mattW of human opinion but a question 

of the veracity of our Lord. [He said, "I give 

unto them eteraaJ life and they shall never perish." 

Either that is true or our- Lord is a falsifier. If He 

is thai then He is not a good man and is not the 

Son of God and om- Sa\aor. Tlie proof of our setnrity 

is that we do follow Him, ":MV sheep hear my 

voice a,nd they follow me." The test'is in the following 

of Jesus. 

IV. 

Because Baptists BeUeve in the SUPERIORITY 

Of the Scriptures in AU Things 

We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word 

of God, that it is infallible and is verily the Word 

of God. Wc believe that it is the only rule of faith 

and practice. For Baptists it is the book of laws 

and preecpts. Baptists beUeve that it does not contain 

the Word of God but is the Word of God to 

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man. I am a Baptist because they ]>elieve, '^Tliat all 

Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is 

profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction 

for instruction in righteousness: that the man of 

God,may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all 

good works." We believe that the Bible is sufficient 

and that all other* reUgious vtTitings are unnecessan^ 

for instruction from God. 

Because of the STEADFASTNESS of the Church 

Through the Ages 

Our Lord, said, 'TJpon this rock I ^îll build my 

church and the gates of hell shaU not prevail against 

it." Again his veracity is involved. He presen-ed it 

or He didn't. Baptists beUeve that He built the 

church Uke He said during His personal ministry 

and that it has been here ever since. Baptists were 

not bom in the .Reformation, are not Protestants, 

and have never been affiUated with the Roman hierarchy. 

Baptists beUeve that Jesus is the founder 

of the church, that He has kept His word and His 

church and will keep it tiU He comes again. Baptists 

beUeve in the sovereignty, supremacy, independence 

and autonomy of each Baptist church—yet recognize 

the interdependence with other Baptist churches 

for building and missions. 

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Because Baptists BeUeve in the SEPARATION 

Of Church ahd State 

'Baptists beUeve;in real democracy both in the 

church and in govemment. Our Lord taught us, 

•"Render therefore, unto Caesar the things which 

be Caesai-'s and unto God the things which be (k>dV 

This is real democracy. Real democracy protects the 

right of the individual. This means free churches 

in a free state. Baptists beUeve every citizen has 

duties to his govemment but that his first dut}* is 

to God. Baptists beUeve that taxes should be paid 

to the govemment. but that the tithes should go to 

the church. We beUeve that it is a sin for tax money 

to be used for the support of reUgious institutions. 

Baptists beUeve if a church or school is worth having 

it is worth paying for. 

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Because of the STIPULATED Business ^ 

Ofi a Church \ ,^ 

Baptists have but one business in this world. 

It is found in the commission that he gave them to 

make, baptise, and teach disciples. He did not commission 

the church to refonn the world, not to entertain, 

ri^r amuse, nor; even to make the world safe 

for democracy. Our one business is to cany out this 

divine commission. A converted man will reform. 

A church composed of regenerated, baptized, and 

taught individuals will change the community. Ay 

are not in the cafe business. We aiê not in the oldclothes 

business, we are in the Lord's business oi 

evangeUsm, baptism, and instruction in God's Xîm- 

Because of these seven reasons, I am a Baptist. 

i could give you a dozen others, but these precepts 

have won my heart arid mv allegiance. R^ff'^^^ 

right, wTong is wrong, i* Let's look to Jesus, lers 

search the Scriptures and be always ready to give a 

reason for the hope that is in us. 

i BAPTIST MESSENGEB 

The Unified Budget, a Plan for Today 

The Unified Budget fits weU into the:temper 

of today. It is considerate of all the causes and all 

the emergencies. It allows for both the work and the 

churches." The Unified Budget is an expression of 

conviction, vision and co-operation. It is a sane mission 

progi-am, substantially built on the Scriptures 

and adjusted to the modem.world. It is adventurous, 

setting ajar new doors and. pushing old ones 

wider, but it is not hasty, having long experience as 

its guide and the Holy Spirit as. its power. Here two 

thoughts beckon our interest: 

Albert McCleUan, Waurika 

The Unified Budget helps the churches detain a 

vigorous faith in their message. FideUty to truth 

demands declaration of the whole Gospel affirming 

that part which gays, "Into all the world," "AU the 

nations," "AU men" and "AU men, everywhere." This 

is what could be termed the "One world" aspect of 

the Gospel. From Paul we read'^ "There is no difference" 

and "God is no respector of persons." And 

sometimes churches, with great ado, declare this 

Gospel for all men, beginning at home and going on 

to include everyone else's home, yet all the while 

tend to exist solely for themselves. Perhaps along 

with other churches they contribute to one very popular 

mission in the Figi Islands or the Asiatic highlands, 

and alongl with those same churches forget 

that thei whole world, every quarter of it, is crying 

for help from the Savior. Maybe they give unstintingly 

to these particular missions, but even this does 

not relieve them of their "All the world" responsibility. 

In thinking so narrowly of need it would appear 

that these churches have substituted a little commission, 

including just one comer of the world for 

the Great Commission including all the world. The 

truth is, that when churches realize' the tremendous 

depth of the love of Christ and the also tremendous 

breadth of the command of Christ, they will respond 

vvith a likewise tremendous effort for Christ or they 

will lose all vigor in defending their faith. The Unified 

Budget helps every church taking part, however 

small, to retain vigorous faith in the message 

they declare, for through it they make headway in 

a great "All the world" effort for Christ's Kingdom. 

The Unified Budget represents all the work, 

every phase according to the needs. It is the tool and 

the sei-vant of the churches. Through it they accorriplish 

their puii)ose. 

The Unified Budget suppUes benefit of decisive 

attack. Witli world conditions changing so rapidly and 

the competition of wrong so fierce, very frequently 

mission attack is instantly needed. .The cause, in 

nature of an emergency, cannot wait but must have 

action at ojice, decisive action. If the work is unorganized 

'and if there is no Unified Budget or corresponding 

mission program the attack is too slow, 

the forging cools while the blacksmith hunts the 

hammer. It happens, that first the cause must be' 

rnade kno\vn, then the people educated to give, then 

*"^ gifts sent on their way, and finally administered. 

And on nearly every page of the history of missions 

there is the sad story, "Too little, too late." 

Unorganized missioh work cannot possibly have that 

element of planning which meets unfor«een opportumties 

with that powerfullji, aggressive instrument, 

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decisive attack; but our Unified Budget in the hands 

of serious and consecrated leadership and supported 

by sensible Christians is able to move out decisively 

against many of these quickly revealed emergencies. 

As an example. Southern cities with the coming 

of defense industries overflowed with people. Aggressive 

evangelical action beyond that already being 

done by the churches was at once necessary. So 

armed with the hacking of an established "into all 

the world" mission income the Home Board set forth 

immediately upon a mighty city mission program. 

This was possible because our co-operative program 

gave us benefit of decisive attack. What is true in 

this case is just as true of our state work in Oklahoma 

and of our foreign work in Chile or China. 

This kind of program appeals to the good sense and 

good religion of the people and that is why they 

support the Unified Budget. 

Manifesting Our Faith 

RusseU TrammeU, Marlow 

It is fitting today that we as Christians take 

heed anew as the great Missionary Apostle says to 

us in 1 Corinthians 4:1, "Make it possible for a man 

to deliberately reason about us that we are the under-oarsmen, 

demonstrating obedient, submissive love 

to Christ, as we seek to accompUsh His work and 

reveal the purpose and plan of God to those not 

possessing spiritual insight." 

As we look upon our world we see a need that 

can only be met as men tum to Christ. He is the 

only hope, and we know Him to be all-sufficient. His 

love and grace are ready to heal every wound, restore 

hope in every breast, forgive every sin, and 

become the Ught of life to every man in the whole 

world. And how the world needs now^ to know Him! 

The shadows hanging so low and heavy over the 

whole, world give Christians a^ superb opportunity t/) 

show forth the Resplendent glories of the riches of 

grace we have in Christ Jesus. Because of the need, 

now is the time for an unreserved manifestation of 

our loyalty in stewardship. 

We are living these days under the watchful 

and expectant eyes of our Master. He expects us, 

now more than ever, to let our Ughts 'so shine before 

men.' He cares that the world is in sin, and he is 

waiting to manifest His care through- the services 

of His people. His heart bleeds at the sight of the 

world's unspeakable anguish, and His sympathy must 

be expressed by those who love to do His will. Men, 

cities, and lands must be rebuilt, and our Lord expects- 

us to bind up the broken hearts, preach His 

Gospel of righteousness, and undergird mankind \vith 

faith so that love and peace may reign upon the earth. 

We cannot be passive or unresponsive as we behold 

His compassionate concem for our world today. 

Let us rise up as members of the Body of Christ 

and let the world see that the cause of Christ comes 

first in our lives. This will move the world toward 

God. When the din of battle has faded into an echo 

of exhaustion, let us be ready to taike the Gospel of 

grace to every sihstained, despairing soul in all the 

world. On October 24, Baptists let us do our best! 

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Home Mission Board 

Trust The Lord And Tell The People 

J. B. LawTence, Executive S^c:T^tzi:ry'l^T^BsaTe^ Joe W. Bnrton, Secretary of Educatioi 

HelpiniT Our CounnrV' 

Churches 

Courts Redford 

A>îirtant Exetarive Secretary, 

Kome 3Iis*iioa Board 

T2ie ccuntTj' church has long been 

a hiiiVv-ark -i-i Baptisr fairh and docrrine. 

IT hu^ been the rcuhr^m head for a 

rcêam or Cîi'tlan leadership. I: has 

y.i^^y^ 3 T.isrhr^ fores in buildiim cind 

"ii-nr^-ninc: '-vhciesorrê cL'mjr.uni:y l!i'.f 

fcr Olir rural cc:rr:rr:i:.TLi::eb>^ Ir h;i< been 

:;::: rva::irj;:2;r:g i^^ncy "har has pcur^rd 

.-. •. -, , -.ijj;- .""""t^rch lif" '— micihr''' host ci r-^z-ir.e:"i".':rd. 

ccnstrcrrited and !Gya2 churci: 

rT-cinc cii*s. 

HUT "uie ^cuntry church reeds he\^ tofay. 

Therr arr: in The Southern Baprls* 

C::nv'rnT:cn about i:.500 c::urches tha: 

do nci have nerennlal Sunday schocls. 

.3.000 ^'ith no f:as:ors. o.OOO thar report 

nc ccnVersicns each year. c-.oCt] that 

. make no gifts to niissions and 17.500 

'.vith-'-niy nart-tinte preQciiine. r\Icsr 

01 these ire ccuntr]:' churches. 

. Tnesn churches neeil the ^nccurage- 

, ment and support of the denomination. 

They y.e^ri '.veil trained past-ors w\\o 

have a geniune Interest in the evange- 

Izzaiion and contmunin' v^'elfare of 

rural peopie. Sonne of these Baptist 

churches snould group together to form 

fields that ^îU support a pastor and 

make it possibie for him to live and 

ser.ê in tiiat community. 

ISIission Sunday schools and preacning 

points may be established in needy 

'• points. Evangelistic m.eetlngs and persistent 

perennial soul-winning efforts 

should be planned for each conimunity. 

Evangelism should be stressed, 

A, method of church nnance especialb^ 

Ited to countr\^ people must be 

Looptêd. Llissions should be included 

in their giving and rural people ishould 

be encouraged to support the Co-operative 

Program. Church buildings can 

be made m.ore atrractve and more usable. 

Many other means can be used to 

give rural churches a virile and vital 

place in kingdom activties. 

In making plans to help these country 

churches four fundamental postulates 

must be kept in mind. 

f'^ First, we must recognize the autonomy 

of Baptist churches. Every church 

large or smaH, is an independent unit 

and no other'agency has ecclesiastical 

authority over it. 

Second, our efforts to help are fraternal 

It is a part of the Baptist plan 

to take from our common reservoir 

. of funds- and forces and to give"" assistance 

where it - is most needed and 

where it wiU count most in kingdom 

biiilding: 

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Third, associational forces, state forces, 

the Home Mission Board ajid other 

groups that are interested in the wel- 

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Freeman Book Offers 

Help to Rural Churches 

Dr. John D. Freem.an is eminently 

fined to sound the call for counrry 

churches-which is given in his new book 

published by tlie "Home miission Board, 

Country' Church: Its Problems and 

Their Solution. 

Dr. * Freeman gives practical plans 

wiiich have been tested on numerous 

rural and village fields, the author 

states in his foreword, **aiways with sig-; 

nal success when directed by a capable;-* 

interested leader.'* . ^.• 

Dr. FreemanO now editor of the 

Western Recorder, was in his early 

ministry a niissionary in the Ozark 

mountains. Still more valuable experience 

for writing this present volumewas 

received in his nine years as executive 

secretary-treasui'er of the Baptist 

Convention in Tennessee, during which 

time, on numerous rural fields in the 

state, he evolved the proposed program 

now suggested in Country Church, 

The new volume will be a valuable 

guide for pastors, district missionaries, 

and others at work in rural fields. It 

will be on sale by November at Baptist 

book stores for forty cents. j 

fare of these country churches must cooperate 

in solving their problems and 

pronioting their welfare. 

Fourth, we cSnnot do for country 

cliurches ^what they must do for themselvfi& 

It is impossible for all of our 

boards and agencies comhinetf to fum.*ish 

sufficient workers to reach the needy 

rural fields. Such a program, would 

not be desirable if it were possible. 

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Seven New Missionaries 

Appoinred 

Seven new missionaries were appointed 

by the Hom.e l\-Iission Eofu^d October 

7, in a m.eeting in'Arlanta foiiow-ir.^ 

rhe treasurer's report which showed offering 

increases of sixty c*er cent in the 

oast m.onth. 

The Board's city mt'kion proâni,, under 

the supervision ofi Dr. Soiomon F 

Dowis. was exTended tb Ea:^t Sr. Louis. 

Illinois, with rhe apn-cinrmein of Dr. 

Blount F. Davidscn to be .•fuptiruti'.Tidenr 

oi c:ry missions there. 

Ln the aventy-rhree -ziiy-i '.vbore ihii 

program isi now under -A'ay Dr. Do\\i< 

stated that! some 150 missions? .'.vere be- 

:ng operated wirh 2.GOO voiujMêr vrorkers 

enlisted from over 31'!""; churches. 

Other new missionaries included Hev. 

Grady'Warson. appointed y-v deaf woriv 

in Louis^-llie. Kentucky; lur;. l^L 3. 

Stein among Cubans. Ky V.O-fbi; ilrs. 

Komer Grimmett. Indian I'ieid, A:iadarko, 

Okiaiicmia; Rev.- Frank Ramirez. 

Îe>dcan. Houston; R.ev. Paul Falcon. 

I>Iex:can, Sweer.varer. Te.xas: and Rev. 

C. iL iMcCuUough, Pantuna Canal Zone. 

Dr. J. 3. Lawrence, executive Secretary, 

staged that September's Gtierings 

totaled S3S.31T.62, an i^ncreaê of:S14,- 

3S8.94 over liie sam.e.monrh last year. 

Ln nine months this year the Boaijd rereceived 

S832,6S2.29. compared \\v\x'i 

8637,120.77 in the sam.e period last year. 

an mcrease of S194.561.52. cr thirty per 

cent, for the nine months. ' 

Indians Build Third 

Church 

Another new mission builduig, \ the 

third constructed on his field in recent 

months, will' be completed in ai few 

weeks, according to ^Missionary C. F. 

Frazier on the Indian field in Arizona. 

The Indians themselves have aireatr; 

made 3,000 adobes for 

ing at; Sells. 

this new build 

Ground was broken recently, witii 

ilrs. F.amon Macket the first member 

baptized, turning the first shovel ot 

dure With the help of Christian Indians 

from Sacaton and Casa Blanca, tUe 

work being supennsed by the n^^°^" 

ary, the foundation was. completed. 

Early m November a large gro^P 

will reram to Sells to complete tne 

building- | 

"The members at Sells are ready to go 

out by faith jand win their ^ ^ ^ 

to Christ," {writes Brother FrMj- 

-There are.many villages on therej 

vation that iiave no religious s«ôj. 

any Jand. Hundreds are lost »«?v«^ 

never heard, of Jesus. Tbey-wil^ 

iieve when they hear." •"O-J/JA^^V:^^ 

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Student Activities 

The. Baptist Student Union has begun 

the year with a balanced program of 

church-centered activity and of campus 

affairs. The first week was characterized 

by enthusiastic welcome of all newcomers 

through a tea and a big party. 

"Join the church day" was emphasized 

ion September 19 and financial pledges 

were taken on September 20. Orga.nization 

and vitalization for Sunday school 

and,Training Unions have successfully 

received emphasis and over a hundred 

subscriptions have been sold to 

the Baptist Student Magazine. Morning 

watch and noon-day prayer meeting 

are being attended by a larger 

number than usual this fall and the vmi 

organizations are prospering. Life 

Service Band, under the leadership of 

]\Irs. E. \V. Thornton, is having its regular 

meetings with a ^fine membership, 

and ^linisterial Alliance has started a 

vigorous year of activity under the 

sponsorship of Dr. J. W. Raley. Tlie 

Y.W.A. is sponsored by Mrs. John Hall 

Jones and has been accepted as a project 

of the faculty alliance, an organization 

of faculty members wives and 

of women faculty members with Mrs. 

Jones as president. The first Y.W.A. 

meeting of the year was ^ held on the 

estate of .Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Patrick, in 

the form of a sunrise breakfast, with 

the Brotherhood as their guests. Their 

second meeting was in the President's 

home with Mrs. Raley serving as hostess 

and Mrs. H. B. Wilhole, state W.M.U. 

president, as feattired speaker. Nell 

Smith of Mangum. is president of Y.W. 

A. and Jess - Kirkley of daremore is 

Brotherhood president. Dr. Yarbrough, 

the director of campus religious activ;^ 

ities and sponsor of state and local' R 

S. U. work, announced this week that 

there wbuld be a campus-wide Training 

Union study course under the leadership 

of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lambdin of 

Nashville. Tennessee. November 8 to 12. 

B.S.U. Convention 

The most important event in the 

program of the B.S.U- for the faU 

semester is the State B. S. U. Convention 

which meets in Shawnee, November 

5 to 7 with the O.RU. students serving 

as hosts and hostesses and Miss Anne 

Crittendon presiding, • The program will 

xÂ °"^t^nding speakers from Sta'te 

headquarters and one of the secretariy 

from, southwide departaerit of 

student work. Students will-be'eh- 

.tertained in the homes^^= 6f-' mÛsi 

c^ch members: in Shawriee^^hff-fiJlff :f 

school Seniors fiôni^ oV^ ^ '•"" 

being urged to come to^ 

.that time. 

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION 

A Page of News from Oklohomo Boptist University 

Social Clubs Active 

The conclusion of the fall rush season 

was celebrated the past week on 

the campus of O. B. U. by official pledgo 

riay. Wednesday, October 13. New members 

are to be initiated during the week 

of October 20, after a short period of 

probation. 

Service Men Visit Campus 

Dur.'.ng recent days, former students 

returning to O.B.U. for a visit'include: 

Sgt. John Pittman of the Army Air 

Force Technical Training Command, 

and Pfc.. Auguie Henry. Jr. of the sa.n\y, 

branch of service, Cpl. J. B. Crockett 

of the Field Artillery, and Lieutenant 

Bill Rooker of the Air Corps. Seaman 

Frank Lewis writes from Johnson City, 

Tennessee: '*Five nights per week wê 

have had twenty-minute prayer meetings 

on the post. After struggling 

along for several weeks with an average 

attendance of eight, our attendance has 

risen to an average of 18. . We have a 

lot of fine fellows in the V-12 program 

here and the former O.B.U. students 

are certanly outstanding." 

SArt DriscoU. O.B.U. Baptist Student 

Union president, 1942-43 is continuing 

his fine work in the Army Air Corps 

and is featiu*ed in this month's Baptist 

Student Magazine. The article is wTitpresident, 

bears the title of "Enlistten 

by Anne Crittendon, State B. S. U. 

ment Ace," and is good readinig. 

, O. B. U. on the Air 

; The following announcement has been 

released by Mrs. Rhetta MaeDarland, 

head of the Department of Speech and 

Dramatics. ' > - 

"From the Campus Studio of Oklahoma 

Baptist University, we bring you 

a program each day, Monday through 

Friday—4:15 to 4:30, by way of KGFF. 

The following programs will be heard; 

MONDAY, Oct. 18—News and Views 

from Bison Hill (Interviews from 

students and cadets.) 

TUESDAY, Oct. 19—Organ Music, Mary 

Lois Dick. 

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 20—B.S.U. Program 

(On Wednesday, the program will be 

presehted by Fine Arts Students, 

faculty, and organizations of tho 

school.) 

THURSDAY, Ocr. 21—::ongs by Scully. 

Grover Scales. 

FRIDAY, Oct. 22—Your Party. Elizabeth 

Herber. 

Listen in and be ready with your 

suggestions for better programs." 

Home Economics Club 

Three members of the Lorennie Berry 

Home Economics club at Oklahoma 

Baptist University attended the annual 

state home economics rally, which was 

held at the Skirvin hotel at Oklahoma 

City, Friday and Sattu*day. Included 

were Miss Juanita Brink, president of 

the local club; Miss Esther Rolf, \icppresident; 

and Miss Georgia Bailey, historian. 

The members of the association enjoyed 

a banquet- at the Skirvin Friday 

evening. The address was given by Dr. 

Waldo Stephens of Oklahoma City, 

formerly of Colimibia University. 

The college clubs held their departmental 

meeting Saturday moming with 

Mrs. Gladys Stone, of Oklahoma A. and 

M. College, presiding. Report of the 

nominating committe was read by Miss 

Juanita Brink, chairman of the committee. 

A panel discussion on *The 

College Cinh Builds for Lasting Peace'' 

was led by Bonnie Emerson of A. and 

M. College. 

The Lorennie Berry club is making 

arrangements for a Halloween party to 

be held October 19, in honor of prospective 

members. The club has also 

planned its work for the year. 

NOTICE SENIORS! 

High School Seniors of Oklahoma Baptist churches are Invited 

to the B. S. U. Convention as guests of Oklahoma Baptist University, 

Npvember o-7. It will be a great week-end and you 

should cpme! Write Dr. John W. Raley, President, and arrangements 

will be made for your entertainment at your future 

Alma Mater. 

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}yyyîr:'-ple were left, .at the mercy of the 

king. The indications are in the 

[pture that if thus cit>^had been com- 

»sed xOf BIG MEN, the king would 

have been defeated in his purpose to* 

: capture the to^vn. Christ's commands 

involve conquest. Let all of our men 

liv*e lip to the admonition of the Scrip- 

• .ture which says, 'They, were all mightv' 

men of valor.*' 

Nehemiah's Ni^ghtmare 

Perhaps the greatest feat of accomplishment 

ever recorded by men was in 

the city of Jerusalem long ago. The 

walls- of the town had been, by enemies, 

tom down. Desolate vvere those who 

lived inside without the protection of 

the walls of defense. At the behest of 

God Nehemiah was given the commission 

to rebuild these walls. The opposition 

was so strong, the deception and 

disloyalty so manifest, the prc^het could 

not sleep at night He was restless in 

his dreams. The beautiful —^ of the 

story is these walls were finished in 

fifty-two days, and the secret is given 

FAGE TEN , 

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in the following wordsi "All the men 

had a mind to work.'- 

Our Baptist men should support, in 

the same, fashion, their pastors, who 

are doing a .great job in carr>ir5[g - on 

in these tempestuous times. .. \r 

Frederick Is Faithfu 

Sunday. October 10. was a never-tobe-forgotten 

day in the county sea^ 

town of Frederick. Oklahoma. It was 

a time of consecration and dedication. 

Their beautiful new building, of only a 

few years, is now completely out of 

debt- The whole cit>' and county, it 

seemed, tumed out for the all-day celebration. 

Dr. LL F. Ewton, the brilliant 

pastor, has led his people in a mar\-elous 

fashion. Even before the debt was 

finally paid, this great church increased 

its gifts to missions. They will do more 

this year than in any two years of their 

histor\\ One of the secrets of their, success 

is a great group of CONSECRAT-r 

ED LAYMEN who have followed in the 

footsteps of their fine leaders and have 

STUDENT 

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seen the fruition of their olans and 

dreanas. * j 

Doctors Haskins and Stigler. also 

Rev. Leonard Stigler. and yo^jr secretarv- 

participaied m the celebration' of 

the defeat" of, debt... Th.e saints'in 

Frederick h^ve been laithful. 

On rhe Fielc. 

- The associational period throu=-hout 

the state viiil come to a close Oc'tober 

22. Your secretarv- has \is:ted every 

section of Oklahoma, and attended many 

of these meetings. They h^ve ^11 been 

grand. We never have seen such a 

spirit of co-operation, optimism and determination 

as we now have in this 

stale. The secretary, during the rie.xt 

few weeks, wUl fill engagements ior 

Brotherhoods in Pauls Valley, Bianchart|, 

Tulsa, Sayre, and other places. 

Tentative dates have been promised 

later on to many other sections where 

Brotherhood meetings are in full saving. 

Spread the News 

We would like to urge those in:our 

Brotherhoods throughout Oklahoma to 

make a special effort to spread the 

news of our denomination throughout 

the homes of those in their -churches. 

More th-an 26.000 Baptist Messeiigers 

rolled off the press this week.. If 

every Baptist layman.' in Oklahoma 

would take, and read ,the Messen^r,the 

greatest day our Baptists have 

ever known would dawn. We urge our 

men to lend every encouragement to 

place The Messenger in the budgets in 

their churches. Let this be one of the 

aims of your BROTHEFJiOOD; i 

A prayer in its simplest definition is 

merely a wish tumed God\\-ard.—PhUlips 

Brooks. 

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Unifoi-ms, Text-Books; Equipment and Full Maintenance 

furnished free; and each student is paid 

A Cash Stipend Monthly 

from the' beginning of her training. . 

No Government Obligation 

is involved, but each student is left free to decide 

what tvve of service she prefers to enter 

after graduation—Array, Navy, Red Cross, Civilian 

or other. Our graduates are eligible to serve 

anywhere. 

Application are being received now for the January Class 

SOUTHERN BAPTIST HOSPITAL 

New Orieans, Louisiana 

BAPHST MB^J 

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Mrs. Berta K. Spooner, Sec. 

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At Worh in the Wonian^s 

Ifiissionary Union 

Mrs. Bill Carden, Young Peoples Worker 

Love Offering for Missions, October 24 

Mrs. H. B. Wilhoyte 

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The desire to express love in a tangible way is an inherent characteristic 

of womanhood. Sinie the coming of Christ into the world 

bringing untold blessings to womankind she has sought opportunity to 

express her gratitude by an out-pouring of love in material gifts. 

In the years past she has demonstrated this sheer joy in giving 

oy the tremendous love offerings that have been.given each year to 

nissions. Sunday, October 24, another such opportunity will confront 

the members of Oklahomans Woman's Missionary Union, when we will 

be asked to bring a worthy offering to the Unified Budget of Oklahoma 

Baptists. We will want to do this because God has blessed us 

so abundantly in a material way. We will want to do this because of 

our love for missions to which this offering will go. We will want to 

do this because there is so much distress and suffering in the world 

to be alleviated. We will want to do this because Christ would have us 

share his compassions for a lost world. 

As members of Woman's Missionary Union will you not only make 

an of fering but will you also assume the responsibility of seeing that 

;he opportunity will be given for every member of your local church 

to make a worthy offering on that day ? 

Make October 24 a day to be remembered by Oklahoma Baptists 

i)y giving an offering to missions commensurate with our ability and 

our love. 

A Letter from Mrs. Abernathy 

"Go ye into all the world, and preach 

the gospel to every creature/' 

Dear Co-laborers: 

Has the above been declared void? 

lunched at the Nutrition School at 

Cornell. There was doubt as to. how 

the experiment would tum out, "But 

my first slice of bread and butter 

Does the Great Commission apply when - ^^^"ge^ ^y mind." "Fine bread/' I ex- 

the world is at war? Are we obligated 

to give the gospel to every creature of 

this age ? If so. we may expect some 

of the inconveniences which the great 

missionary Paul lists,—in perils of 

laimed. "Part soybean flour/' said the 

distinguished food chemist. " And your 

'butter' is soyoil margarine. Now try 

these soy sprouts/' he added, passing a 

plate of fried sprouted soybeans, nested 

in boiled rice. "Excellent/* "Now try 

water, in perils of robbers, , , . in perils the salad," chilled boiled soysprouts on 

by the heathen, in ^perils in the sea. lettuce..with chopped onions, green pep 

(to present day "Paul's" one might add per and French dressing. For dessert, 

in perils in the air" when forced to fly part soy flour spice cake. "The whole 

over the 29,000 feet Himalayas!) The meal was really delicious/' 

last price liet from Free China reads. This is something new for us; but 

Coffee $550. per lb. Sugar $43. per these with other .soy bean products have 

^^' Eggs $3. each/' (Excange was $20 been China's mainstay tor 5.000 years. 

^nmese for one American dollar, the 5.000 different varieties of soybean have 

last we heard.) 

been developed in China. They are rich 

V ^,^î^^^^^' I ê^d Zech. 7:6 "And when 

ye tiid eat. ajid when ye did drink, did 

not ye eat fo'r yourselves, and drink for 

yourselves?" I begaji examining my- 

^^ an could not say "guiltless/' Our 

0^ country warns us, "Less meat and 

in many of the vitamins, B-1, 5-2, E» 

K, C, and A. One pound of soy flour 

contains as. much protein as 31 eggs, 

6 quarts of milk, .or.2 potmdi of boneless 

meat.; Soybeans.^/are, "one. ilf^^^tgie 

most complete food-stuffs'known. ; .^ 

^^^ vegetables, as well as a scarcity. Yes, we .havef bieim are to 

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W. M. U. Is Grateful 

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Woman's Missionary Union is grateful 

to be able to better meet the aggravated 

problems of boys today by 

the appointment of a Royal Ambassador 

Secretary. Mr. J. L Bishop comes into 

this position with every qualification for 

successful leadership. He is a graduate 

of Howard College, Alabama with a 

Th.M. from Southem Baptist Theological 

Seminary. He has had eight summers' 

experience In Royal Ambassador 

camps, and for the past two years has 

been Royal Ambassador Field Worker 

for Alabama, Mississippi and South 

Carolina. Boys are devoted to Mr. Bishop, 

won by his sincere, ready friendliness, 

challenged by his consecration to 

Christ and His Kingdom. Counselors 

can safely trust his successful leadership 

and benefit by his plans in their 

own Royal Ambassador Chapter activities. 

Woman's Missionary Union bespeaks 

for Mr. Bishop the heartiest 

welcome by pastors and religious education 

directors as he strives to lead 

southem Baptist boys into larger participation 

in the work of our denomination 

aroimd the world. 

will be done by plane,—unless we have 

the good fortune to see the Burma 

Road re-opened before we get there. 

Fifty-five pounds of baggage is the 

linut.Jf we must travel by plane. Sometimes 

I find myself thinking, "Surely 

I must take this, because I wiU need 

it." (Since we can't get back to what 

was once our home, we shall need bedding, 

books, etc. in addition to summer 

and winter clothing.) Immediately He 

seems to say, "But my God shall supply 

all yours needs according to His riches 

in glory by Jesus Christ." 

All we can say is that we are happy 

at the prospects of returning to China. 

There is a possibility of om: going to a 

station in Free China which is within 

24 hours (by train) of our old field. One 

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TEACHING and TRAINING 

Sunday School - Training Union - Student IJnion 

E. W. TIEST3IORELAIND, Secretary 

Sundav, October 24, Is State Mission Day 

Ih Sunday School and Training Union 

Oklahoma Bapiists are looking forv.ard 

to another day.of victory on Sunday. 

October 24. when, we will bring 

o'-ir- lpve offering for State Missions. 

The cause of State ^Missions is dear 

lo the "hearts of our churches throughcut 

-Oklahoma. In addition to being 

the connecting link between the churches 

on* one hand and the Southwide and 

v.'orldv.'ide missionary agencies on the 

other—Slate missions has a : fourfold 

pro^gram within itself, one which includes 

education, enlistment, evangelism, 

and missions. Everj' phase of this 

work is im.portant and must be carried 

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Our goal for this offering js S25.- 

000.00. Sunday school superintendents, 

and Training Union directors—let's get 

behind this project and help it an to 

victory'I ^ 

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.Congratulations, Ada 

Last Sunday evening the First Baptist 

Church, Ada. had 374 in Training Union, 

as a result of the Training Union 

revival led by the State Training Union 

forces and Dr. Clay I. Hudson of the 

Simday School Board, Nashville. Stor\' 

Hour Work was under the direction of 

Mrs. Waller Crowder; Junior work, Mrs. 

J. W. Barron; the Intermediates were 

led by Mrs. George E. Sjtevens of the 

Exchange Avenue Baptist Church, Oklahoma 

City; and the Adult work was 

directed by Dr. Hudson. 

On the Sunday evening previous to 

the Training Union revival. Ada First 

Cihurch had 208 in Training Union. An 

effort was made to double the attendance 

ih one week, and no corps of 

workers ever had finer co-operation 

than we had from the pastor. Dr. Clyde 

Morris, who has* been the honored pastor 

of this great church for more than 

two decades, Mr. John Roy Harris, the 

princely educational director. Miss Ann 

Huber, office secretary, and Mrs. R. E, 

Cowling, the Training Union director. 

Mrs. Cowling gave of her time without 

measure to this revival. She worked by. 

day and by night. We were astounded 

at the efficiency grades made by the 

unions of the First Baptist Church, 

Ada. but after working with Dr. Morris, 

Mrs. Cowling, Miss Huber and Mr. Har^ 

ris/the efficiency of the First Church 

Training Union could be easily understood. 

PAGE TWELVE 

Dr. E. D- Head 

Dr. E. D. Head, president of the 

Southwestern Baptist Seminary; Fort 

Worth, Te.xas. will be one of our guest 

speakers at the B.S.U. Convention lo 

be held at the First Baptist Church, 

Shawnee, November 5-6-7. Another 

popular out-of-state speaker at the Con- ' 

venti6n will be' Mr. Robert Denny, 

student secretary of B?ylor University, 

Waco, Texas. 

The time is drawing ne3r! ôu won't 

want to miss it! Local B. S. U. organizations 

will see .that this Convention is 

well advertized on your campus. The 

program is timely and deals with our 

present day needs and problems. Watch 

for further announcements. 

Additional posters for advertizing the , 

Convention may be secured by wTitjng^ 

the State Office, 223^2 N\V First Street^- 

Oklahoma City. 

Attendance Report 

October 19, 1943 

Tulsa, First I 

Mufikoffee, First '.J- 

Including Mission - 

Tulsa. Nojrnles Avenue _I :__. 

Including Missions ' • 

Altus, First 

Ada, Oak .Avenue 

Chickasha, First 

Includinp Mission . 

Durant, Rrst ^ 

Bartlesville, First -. ^ 

Including Mission —^ 

Pryor, First L _ 

Elk City. First 

BlackweU, First 

Anadarko, First 

Drumrifrht. First 

Oklahoma City, Wilmont 

Claremore. First ._. 

1448 

687 

700 

6S5 

783 

607 

584 . 

521 

550 

482 

477 

510 

420 

280 

276 

271 

. 253 

255 

238 

270 

229. 

••Mi _ 

195 

^ 148 

86 

201 

^-^^ 

99 

202 

123 

97 

45 

93 

73 

136 

94 

Special to Associational 

Training Union Directors 

.Air. Henry C, Ko^êrs 

Have your depart menial directors 

been selected yet? Please select ihe.m 

at ance and bring them to Oklahoma 

City. November 2 for the STATE 

TRAINING :MEET1NG held especially 

for ' Training Union Associational officers. 

The Sunday School Board is sending 

sLx of their ver>' finest Training Union 

workers to Oklahoma for the State 

Training Meeting. This will be the veiy 

best associational planning meeting ever 

held in our state. The very latest associational 

promotional plans will be 

presented by people who are the last 

word in Training Union work. 

Mr. Associational Training Union Director,, 

will you please send our office 

a list of yotu- associational officers at 

once? Please do this as soon as possible 

as we have promotional materials 

ready to send out as soon as the lists 

reach us. 

Mr. Henry C. Rogers will lead the 

young people's conferences in Oklahoma 

City. November 2. 

Is Your School Standard? 

Mr. Superintendent, have you checked 

up to see if your Sunday school is 

standard? October is the beginning ol 

the new Sunday school' year and a m 

time to see where we stand. Adopt tne 

standard of Excellence as your guiQ« 

and goal. It is like a vitamin tablet m 

that it is highly concentrated and yei 

it contains a balanced diet for your Suj 

day school. In promoting the Stanoare, 

you are promoting at the same time a^ 

the essentials of good Sunday school 

work. Determine at once the poin 

that p.re lacking and gi^'^ât « „ 

priority in your planning ^^^^'^°^. 

for the next few weeks. A Dene ^^ 

day school in your church wui "^ 

result. , „„ -hart 

If you do not have the w^ ^ 

of the Standard, order yo^..^°f ^ 

your state Sunday School Utnce. 

NW First Street. Oklahoma City. 

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STUDYING the BIBLE • 

With 

Lesson for October 31, 1943 

BIBLE TEACHINGS ON 

ABSTINENCE 

(International Temperance Sunday) 

Read and Study Leviticus 10:1-2, 8-11; 

Proverbs 31:4-5; Luke 1:13-16 

Abstinence from strong drink is 

taught in the Bible: now by Moses, who 

in his Law required it of priests set 

apart and commissioned to minister in 

lhe house of God; now by Solomon, who 

in his Proverbs required it of princes 

who have the authority and obligation 

to administer justice to their subjects; 

and now by Luke, who in his Gospel recorded 

the angelic prohibition that the 

unborn Baptist "shall drink neither wine 

nor strong drink." 

1. Abstinence for Aaron and His Sons 

(Leviticus 10) 

THE LAW OF MOSES required abstinence 

on the part of Aaron and his 

sons. Religion revolts when ministers 

are intemperate. See the example before 

us: (1) ,The Penalty. Aaron and his 

sons were entering upon their duties as 

priests. The two oldest of the sons 

while in the act of offering incense were 

devoured by fire from the Lord, and died 

on the spot. They seemed to have gotten 

common fire and not that off the 

altar of atonement, or to have used the 

allar fire with improper incense, or to 

have brazenly entered the holy of holies; 

at any rate, they did not do what God 

commanded. And the reason for their 

sin as given by Jewish and many later 

scholars was their intoxication at that 

time. Hence, (2) the prohibition. No 

pnest on duty is allowed to drink wine 

or any strong drink lest he die before 

the very altar he desecrates. Whatever 

custom might allow the Hebrew priest 

to do m private and kocial life, he must 

totally abstain from strong drink In xhe 

performance bf his religious duties. Of 

course, that implies a temperate life 

Winch IS now the equivalent of a life of 

abstinence. Note therefore, (3) the 

purpose. The religious leadei^ must make 

rnmS'''''^''*'' between the holy and the 

common, and he must teach his people 

duLf K'1 ^^ God-two impeStive 

Junes which no drinker or drunkard can 

possibly perform. Abstain! 

2. Abstinence for Kings and Princes 

(Proverbs 31) 

ma?/ ,^^.0VERBS OF SOLOMON de- 

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when nff , Government trembles 

the wordr„t "'^ intemperate. From 

against cf \ ^ solemn warning 

nor^.^'°"^ '^'"^- (1) Intoxication is 

and their court, nor in princes who 

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are crazed with appetite and demand 

the choicest viands. r(2) Incapacity is 

stamped upon the brow of drinking officials 

for they "forget the law," becoming 

insensitive to its content and careless 

as to its observance and enforcement. 

(3) Injustice will certainly mar 

the official records of the drinking man 

in authority. As truly and as terribly 

now as in Lemuel's time, intemperate 

officials will "pervert the justice due 

to any that is afflicted" (ASV). 

3. Abstinence for the Messiah's 

Forerunner (Luke 1 

THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST anticipated 

abstinence on the part of the Messiah's 

forerunner. Christianity calls for 

full capacity and consecration in leading 

lost men to the Lord. Restudy the 

birth forecast of the Baptist. The first 

voice from heaven at the dawn of the 

Christian era was that of the angel 

Gabriel to the priest Zacharias then on 

duty in the Temple perhaps early 

autumn, 5 B.C. The angel first calmed 

the natural agitation of the aged official, 

actually calling him by name. 

Tlien he assured him that his prayer 

was answered. The angel went . on 

definitely to promise him and his wife 

a son, even giving him there arid then 

a family name, John or Johanan, which 

means ''Jehovah hath been gracious." He 

declared that John's coming would 

bring joy not aloine to the glad parents 

but to many others who would join 

them in rejoicing. He asserted that John 

would be great in his character; great, 

first of all, in the sight of the Lord; 

great in his abstinence and self-control, 

for he must drink no wine (Samson 

and Samuel being the only other Nazirites 

named in Scripture); and great 

in spiritual power, for he would be 

filled with the Holy Spirit. The mission 

of the Baptist was also forecast; 

he would turn many to the Lord; he 

would be the herald of the Messiah; 

and he would make ready the people 

to receive the Messiah. 

Gold in the Golden Text 

Beware, I pray thee, and drink not 

wine nor strong drink. Judges 13:4. 

There was a great duty. A mother 

in Israel was emerging from deep obscurity 

into the white and glorious light 

of holy publicity for her son and her 

country. 

There was a great danger. The sip of 

customary wine and the odor pf strong 

drink were likely to lure and ensnare 

and harm incalculably. She must know 

the danger and avoid it. 

There was a great destiny. To attain 

she must abstain. The niother of 

Samson was faithful to her trust and 

obedient to the Lord. Who can be great 

without being good? 

DAU.Y BEBLE READINGS 

Oct. 25—Duties of Religious Leaders. 

Leviticus 10:l-2,8-lL 

Oct. 2&-^Duties of Rulers, 

Proverbs 31:1-5. 

Oct. 27—The Nazirite Vow. _ 

Luke 1:13-16. 

Oct. 28—Paren tal. Influences. 

Judges 13:8-14. 

Oct. 29—Personal Efficiency. 

Daniel 1:8-20. 

Oct. 30—Self-Cqntrol. Romans 13:8-14, 

Oct. 31—Christ's Example. 1 Peter 4:1-6, 

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Urrcer trie leadership of Pastor Wade 

East, -i-ye Madili Bapusi Church has accec-te-^^tiie 

respcnsibillry of helping 

Linl''-3uckhcitz. Bethel. Lebanon, and 

CncvvTiins: as niission' points. • The lilad2I 

Cnurch plans :o spend .as much for 

associa rlcnai and local missions as they 

sr-enc for iheir pastor's salary'. 

rasror Ralph E. roweli of the Cal- 

'.*ar>' Baprlst Church. EllinwoocL Kansas, 

reocrts 11 acdiricr^ \îth five conversions 

in a meeting conducted by Evankeiist 

John Burrows. The Sunday 

schooi "shewed "a gro^^th of fortj- per 

cent durinjr tne meeting. ^The Baptist 

ilessenger goes to every home. 

Deacon- J. B. S-tewart reports that 

the First Baptist Church of Hobartceleorated 

the second anniversar\' cf 

Vemie Pipes as pastor on October 3. 

Din-ing the t^vo years, the church has 

given more than S2T.000 for ail causes 

îth S6.S2T going for missiori. There 

have been 216 additions reported. 

Dr. Alfred Carpenter. Home ^ Board 

superintendent of camp work, was in 

conference recently in Nashville with 

ofScials of the Sunday School Board in 

which, nlans were made for the publication 

of a series of tracts by the 

Sunda>^ School Board to be distributed 

among inen in the armed services. 

Two helpful gifts have recently been 

made- to help City Mission work in 

Oklahoma. Guy BeUamy. superintendent 

of City >kl2ssions in Oklahoma City, 

received Sl.OQO to build a portable mission 

house, and A, L. Lowther. superintegderit 

of City ZÎissions in Tulsa, rece^-ed 

S250 frcm a Jew to help in the 

woi^ there.. 

H.ecent engagementsof R^v. Le\vis W. 

ilafrin. Home Board superintendent of 

schools of missions, included schools in 

.tlanta and Knox\'iUe, Sve churches in 

•ach cit>' engaging in this study simultaneously 

imder his direction. In November 

he will direct a city-wide school 

of mi.gsions ih the churches in Durham, 

North Carolina. 

Dr. Noble Y. Beail, field secretary of 

the Home miission Board, was the 

Board's representative at the dedication 

of. the Foreign IVIission Board's new 

building in Pachm.ond. October 12. He 

extend^ greetings and congratulations 

to the Foreign Mission Board from the 

Hom.e Mission Bosird upon that occasiom.^ 

Tft-enty-eight churches will participate 

in a city-wide evangelistic campaign 

in Kansas City, October 31-November 

14, imder the direction of Rev 

Courts Redford, assistant executive 

secretary of the Home IVIission Board. 

Rev. • Alvin G. Hause, pastor of Bales 

Baptist Church, is chairman of the local 

committee. 

PAGE FOURTEEN 

Mrs. Gladys Dicken has completed 

her eighth year as head matron of the 

Baptist Orphans' Home.. These past 

eight years have been busy ones in the 

life of Mrs. Dicken. She arrived at 

the beginning of the rehabilitation work 

of the Home- There was so much to 

do that it seemed humanly impossible 

to get it all done. Following this came 

tie building of two new cottages and 

this called for many changes of routine 

under the head matron's supervision. 

Through it all >Irs. Dicken has found 

time to teach a class in tbe Immanuel 

Baptist Church. With a Christian home 

background, ex'perience as a public 

school teacher, training as a pastor's 

wife, and as a church educational director 

have admirably fitted Mrs. Dicken 

for her work.—^H. Truman 3Iaxey. 

There were 24 additions %vttb lo com. 

ing for baptism in a meeting at the Wa! 

mont Place Baptist Church in Okia" 

homa City with W. T. Cost of Sayre as 

the evangelist. Abe Hester.is the nas 

tor. ^" 

During the past year, the Baptist 

Church at Rosedale gave more than 

S6.G0 per capita to missions. Under 

the leadership of Pas:

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