Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 29, 1945 Page: 7 of 8
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bout 43. The brethren worked to-
gether and sacrificed admirably so
that the endeavor readbed a peak
of success we had not anticipated.
The community also was very co-
operative and many who were .
not members of the church sacri-
ficed to enable their children to
come.
My plans for the summer called
for spending the three * months
working with the brethren in
Rlstrrhfran, Alaska. When Brother
McCoy wrote that Brother and
Sister Don Wilson had moved
there and the church there could
not arrange for me to come, too,
the Harper church requested that
I stay for the summer to which I
agreed.
ed to extinction within a genera- j
tion or so.. A message from here
occasionally- would afford great
encouragement, and would show
afford _____
__________________ ____ would show
them that God has reserved for J
himself a great host of people
who have not bowed the knee to
Baa) There are people in Tas-
mania who have in the past oc-
cupied positions of distinction in
various conferences and commit-
tees. but who are now beginning
to see that such aids are a fail-
ure. And they are a failure. If
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We now have our two services
on the Lord’s Day with Wednes-
day night devoted to a class for
the Young People of the congrega-
tion and for their work on the
bulletin. We should be happy to
exchange bulletins with any con-
gregation anywhere.
The church has requested that
I write in the interest of obtain-
ing the services of a minister af-
ter I leave in September. In case
anyone should be intersted In
working with a good little congre-
gation in a beautiful section of
the Northwest he should write
immediately to me or to Brother
Earl Hock, Harper, Oregon. '
Brethren, the call is urgent.
Vast stretches of Oregon county
lie awaiting the coming of evan-
gelists to help people who do not
even have a denominational
preacher to give them religious ex-
pression.
And people here will obey the
gospel as attested by the fact that
more than 25 have been baptised
between Harper and Vale, two
small congregations both without
preachers most of the time, since
last September.
The local schools offer good sal-
aries to the man who can qualify
and the church pleads for such a
one who can preach also for the
church since they are unable
BY JOHN F. WOLFE
every attempt, his wisdom put
them to silence, they resorted to
violence and had him put to
death. The world now holds them
in (wmtend.
Catholicism is still strongly en-
trenched in Mexico, but it is a
decadent religion, propped up by
social customs and traditions.
Could these social props be re-
moved, it would fall like a house
of cards. With every generation,
the on-moving tide of progressive
liberalism weakens the reaction-
ary pillars of the Catholic church.
The mddern democratic spirit
is in strong opposition to the
class distinctions and social shims
which Catholicism recognizes as
its cheif allies. Is It any wonder
that as Liberalism and Demo-
cracy have become the rallying
cries of free peoples the world ov-
er that the Pope of Rome gives
every indication of one who fights
with his back to the wall? Let
us multiply our labors until the
church of the living God is a light
and * glory in all the world. •
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inaugurated last year against the
various groups of non-Catholics in
Mexico continues to make itself
felt. Our own labors down there
have not wholly escaped.
While noi|e of our brethren
have been killed or suffered phy-
sical Injury, as has happened to
Protestants In some parts of Mex-
ico, the Oatholics in Durange
succeeded in frustrating a deal
for buying a lot on which the
brethren planned to build a house
of worship there. Another lot will
be found and the house will be
built, but we may be sure that the
opposition will continue.
Since the Archbishop
Roman Church in Mexico,
Luis Malria Martinez, issued
Pastoral Letter in which he called
on the Catholics - of Mexico to
make war on Protestantism until
It was exterminated in the coun-
try, acts of violence by Catholics
especially In the more obscure
mountainous sections of the south,
have from time to time been re-
ported.
As is always the case, however,
this fanatical persecution Is mere-
ly serving to strengthen the ro-
sojve and determination of those
against whom it is directed.
Certainly there Is no cause for
alarm for the safety of our oreth- i
ren in Mexico, or any cause for'
changing our plans for evangeliz-
ing that country as speedily as
possible. On the contrary, we may
see in this effort by the Catholig
clergy to fan the fires of fanati-
cism among their people a fear
of what the future holds for
them. Physical persecution has ev-
er been the final recourse of
those who realize that their cause
stands in mortal danger of being
overthrown.
It is the frantic course of bi-
gots driven to desperation by the
rising tide of opposition. Jesus
was first ridiculed by his enemies.
When they saw that this availed
them nothing, they tried to up-
set him with questions. When, at
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When I returned home on tny
vacation from college last Decem-
ber I came to Harper, Oregon, two
Lord’s Days to preach. The breth-
ren urgently requested me to stay
and work with them and I finally
consented to return at the close
of the winter quarter of school.
Arriving the 23rd of March, I
found the congregation badly dis-
couraged and tom bv Inward mis-
understandings. The horizon was
black for the first two months
but gradually interest began to
mount and enthusiasm for the
Lord’s wrok replaced strife until
now the situation looks much dif-
ferent.
A Bible school was held In May
with an average attendance of a-
ere. but
• be easy
rs of di-
is firmly
lan peo-
d largely
matters.
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;art with
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xxiy of
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churches.
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Australia
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establish
in that
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end our
ably we
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can re-
elp with
where
Sydney probably affords the
greatest opportunity because it is
the largest city; but similar op-
portunities exist in many other
cities. Melbourne is almost as
large as Sydney; it is the religi-
ous center of Australia, and its
inhabitants have a greater interest
in religion than do those of Syd-
ney. But it has been the center
ffbm which the seed .of digres-
sion has been sown. Tares there
are getting' so thick that the
wheat has been choked out. I do
not know if there is a single “Old
Path” congregation in Victoria,
the state of which Melbourne Is
the capital.
Tasmania Calling for ,‘Help’
Tasmania, the island state, like
the others, presents plenty of op-
portunities. There needs to be
work done there but as you will
see If you look at the map it is
not centrally located. The history
of the restoration movement there
has been glorious in the past, but
with a departure from the Bible
as an absolute authority in faith
and practice, a decline followed,
and over the doors of many of
the buildings could be written
“Ichabod”, for the glory had de-
parted.
However, Tasmania is nbt
far from Sydney that
not be visited sometimes. In the
state there are two or three small
groups that are loyal. Two of
these are In country districts, the
other is in a city about the size
of Abilene. Texas. These people
are beginning to think that th?y
are the only ones left, or did so
before Brother Smith went back.
If onlv through the years we had
been making some contacts with
the small body of Christians
there, they would have felt less
discouraged The people there be-
lieved that here too. the people
with instrumental music and con-
ferences were making all the pro-
gress. and that the conservative:
section was almost certainly doom- '
better work could be done by
means of conferences etc, God
would have included them in hi*
plan. The modern method is to
add a few more conferences,
committee* to help preach the
gospel, and a few mechanical in-
struments to aid with the sing-
ing. So ineffectively do such
things “aid” the church in her
work and wdrshlp, that group*
of Christians onde weMed toge-
ther by the faithful preaching of
sotne good man, have nothing
for which to live, and we see the
spectacle of churches closing their
doors! -«« •
Similar things have happened
in each of the six states. A few
small churches struggling against
almost overwhelming odds, and
discouraged by all sorts of inaccu-
rate reports from this land. New
Zealand too, is in a similar plight.
Perhaps if we had given some
men an opportunity to study as
well as to preach, innovations
would have been more difficult
to Introduce. In fact such things
gained an Ingress because the
preachers sent from this country
were more highly educated than
the unpaid preachers In the Aus-
tralian churches. Then realizing
the influence that educated and
trained preachers could have,
many promising young men were
brought over to attend such col-
leges as Bethany, and Butler and
T. C. U. These men on their re-
turn to Australia naturally be-
came leaders In the movement,
and for forty years have watch-
ed their ideas take root and
grow. Truth and error cannot ex-
ist together, a*d the growth
one results in the suppression
the other.
We need now a succession
men who will work to uproot the
errors that have got a foothold
in, and ultimately taken control
of the church in Australia. Am-
erican preachers are well receiv-
ed by Australian audiences. Gov.
rrnment restrictions would cause
no insurmountable troubles now.
When shall we start this great
and grand task? " * - •
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