Know Christ, have fellowship with Him and make Him known essenger eM ental atleg ante he toes Lpltcad” TTREMONT — On April 3, many gathered here to witness the testimonies and baptisms of Reeky Stuber and Lynda Huber. Of the many young people who made @ecisions last summer to follow Christ, Becky and Lynda are the first to prove that thelr decisions were not just emotional experiences to be forgotten when Christian fellowship at Camp ended. Both girls know that being a true Christian is more than a parttime job and have surrendered their lives completely into His service. Becky said that she felt God's call several years ago but that she had always VOLUME 20 MAY — 1966 ISSUE 5 Peace, Wonderful Peace ‘TREMONT — We are thankful to the Lord for granting peace to two more souls, Linda Stuber and Peggy Stuber. Both girls found truth in the words of the Lord: “Ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall seareh for Me with ALL YOUR HEART. PORTLAND — We are happy to an- pounce that Brian Donals, the son of contrive an excuse to cothe her conscience and temporarily satisfy her heart's desire. However, when she heard of all the youth who had made decisions at Mid- Western Camp, her feeble, artificial excuse: collapsed, and at Western Camp she committed her life to the Lord and took definite steps to repent and follow Him. ‘Lynda, too, was convicted when the inspired youth retuned from Mid-West- em Camp, among whom were her closest friends. She knew immediately that thi \ is what she wanted and that there was no reason to postpone it for another day. ‘When she realized that she alone would break her family cirele in heaven if she id not repent, she gave her life wholly to the Lord. ‘May God grant that the baptism of these two dear ones are but the beginning of faithful service to Him. ‘TILIBA, NEW GUINEA — March 20, was another blesced occasion for the small congregation here at Tiiba. Four more souls were baptized into the death of Crist, making our native church total 45 members. The baptism was held at Pem, ‘station about 10 miles from the mission. The new converts gave their testimonies fat Tiliba with the previous group baptized here. As usual, we had a large turnout to witness this Joyous ceremony, We are grateful to see the Spirit work so mightly among these primitive people, Surely each one is precious indeed in His sight! PICO RIVERA — A new: soul was added to our congregation and to the Body of Chri-t Diana Delp found peace with the Lord and was baptized. Present with tus were Elder Bro. Phillip Braun and many visitors who rejoiced with us in seeing the frults of the Lord's work. Diana's parents are Je:se and Sophie Delph, formerly Rosalie Donais, past Messenger Editor, hhas found Peace with God and we wel- ‘come him into the fold To Our Mothers: “The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: ‘The LORD lift up his countenance uupon thee, and give thee peace.” Numbers 6:24.25 * Thou hast given so much to us, dear Lord, give one thing more — a grate. ful heart. fof Union City, Pa, PSALM 95 © COME, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our Salvation. Let us come before His presence with thankcgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms, For the LORD is 2 great God, fand a great King above all gods. Ia His hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is His flso, The sea is His, and He made it: and His hands formed the dry land. O come, let us worship and bow down: Tet us kneel before the LORD our MAK- ER. For He is our God; and we are the Special Thanks NORTH AKRON — We are very thankful for the many answered prager in behalf of Bro. Joe Murphy. The grand jury refused to indict him. They dis. ‘missed all charges. ".. . But let all those that put their trust in Thee rejoice: Let them ever shout for Joy, because Thou efendest them: Let them also that love ‘Thy name be joyful in Thee.” people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand “To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the oll thet I aight bien ives unto the truth.” ‘This ‘ense of Divine mission and com- mission was woven into the whole fab- te of our Lord's ministry on earth. His entire Tife was locked upon one com. pelling course, carried forward on the fide of an arsured and certain reason for being... “other sheep... T MUST bring; I MUST work... while it is day.” There was no drifting with Him Of old it was written of Him, “T come ‘TO DO THY WILL, 0 GOD,lass-room Revelations Knowledge that is offered to us in school is usually for our everyday life, ‘but when one is near to God, He points ‘out to us @ spiritual application to our Tessons. ‘While sitting in class one day, we heard how some insects are color blind ‘They cannot see the beautiful, bright colors of the flowers, but these hues are received through different wave lengths ‘nly in this manner do the insects re- cognize the beauty of the flowers’ colors Applied in different manner, this same theory is very useful to every be- liever in Christ. As the unconverted are around us every day, do they see the lory of Christ in us? They are “blind” to the inner beauty of our Lord ruling four lives. In tur, what do our lives in the Lord reflect?’ By our being contin ually tuned in to His “wave length” of love, patience, humblenes:, brotherly Jove and charity the unconverted will bbe exposed to the beauty of our Lord ‘working through us. Each day my prayer is that we who know the ‘Truth may stand for it and obey His command: “Let your light 50 shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Fath- fer which is in heaven.” (Matt. 5:16) KD.P, WINDSOR — “A prudent wife is ‘rom the Lord.” (Prov. 19:14) The mar- ‘lage of Suzie Djarmocky to John Pte fer of Mansfield took place April Sr Elder Steve Azlen officiated. The new. lyweds are making their home in Mans- field and are wished God’ grestes' blessings in their walk together along the Chistian way. ‘The (Christian Friendship Messenger 907 W. Tuscarawas Barberton, Ohio 44203 Published monthly by the APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH In the Interests Of the International ‘Dorothy and John Be Dorothy, Joyee_and Sue Relin PAGE2 Greetings from North Haven, Conn! Due to the recent passing of Bro. Jacob Haag into his eternal home, hhis absence will be felt here in our small congregation. ‘An appeal is, therefore, made for additional help in the ministry of the Word. Dedicated mini-ters, in the English Tanguage, who wish to re- Tecate will be welcome, as well as ther families or members who look to the Lord's guidance for any poss- ible move. They can help to. make our group more complete and keep i* from being only a “family affair” eonomic condition: are good now and Connecticut is a pleasant state in which to live. If interested, please contact Bro. Christian ref or Bro, Paul Haag, 4% 208 Quinnipiac Ave, North Haven, Conn, 06473 Notice Please, subscribers, when you are mov- ing, let us know of your change of ad- ‘dress so we can make the arrangements necessary for your Messenger to con tinue to arrive at your home without un- necessary delay. Bach month we receive by return mail from your past post of- floes a number of Messengers with new addresses, “moved, address unknow ‘or “moved, left no forwarding address” printed on them which adds to the op erating cost of our newspaper. Won't yyou please drop a short notice of you address change to our staff? ‘Thank you, ‘Your Messenger Staff. “And He said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while” PLAN TO ATTEND THE RETREAT ON THE WEEK-END OF JULY 2 AND 3 IN THE HEART OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES AT BANFF, ALBERTA. (JOHNSON’S CANYON BUNGALOWS) Miss Josephine Sabo 10631 76 Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Registrar: From Our Mailbox -As we all came together at_noon for our last meal a the retreat (Yucaipa), the director of Pilgrim Pines (this is his “= full-time job) arose and came to the ‘microphone and said: T see some 140 groups of people come to this camp throughout the year. I must tell you T don't know what you do to your young people but T am pleased to say that this fs one of the nicest and best behaved sgroups that has ever used “this facility. Tt has indeed been a pleasure to. be ‘your host? With that beautiful compli- ment we departed, each for their own place of abode — deeply thankful to God — for truly He-is the One Who blesses. As T reflected in the days that followed on the group of fine teen-agers at the retreat I wondered if the little songs they had sung during their earlier years in the Sunday School Class — ‘esus Wants Me For A Sunbeam’ and “This Little Light Of Mine, Tm Going To Let It Shine’ wasn't exactly what ‘they had done.” “T often think of Camp experiences and of those with whom T had Christian fellowship. The influence of Camp week lingers through the year.” ‘And from Vietnam ing thoughts: =. Our company has been out in the jungle for six days... . but now we are taking a short break... . We're sup- posed to go back out tomorrow morn- ing for 3-7 days, depending on what we find... 1 finally received s package. It was full of goodies and they sure tasted good out here. Tt had gone to Korea first but it was all in one plete and everything was sti-good . . . Our platoon is set-up in some Frenchman's yard. He's Tong gone so T guess he does- care about all the foxholes we've ug in his flower beds and lawn... T bought some garlic and red peppers to flavor the C-rations when we're out in the field. .< T haven't gotten a Mess- for a. while. T don't know wheter fF not the subscription ran out oF what ‘They just stopped coming . . . Tl try to answer all mail that I get” some sober- PRC John E. Zeigler RA 19823758 Co, A 2nd Bn, 18th INF. APO San Francisco, Calif. 96345 Eaitor's note: Servicemen receive com: plimentary copies of the Messenger ‘monthly but due to frequent address changes their arrival may be delayed until forwarded by our statt. CHRISTIAN FRIENDSHIP. MESSENGERDear Mom, Even if there were no “Mother's Day” I would still thank the Lord for mothers like you. T am thankful that you and Dad did not depart from the nurture and admonition of ‘your childhood training but rather sought first God's King- ‘dom and its righteousness. The effects of His promises to bless generation after generation have reached not only me Dut also my children through His same goodness. Thank you for providing a happy, loving, Christian hhome — one which revealed to me the shared love a family. ‘experiences and taught me the principles of unity with and love for one another. My exposure to gracious, Christian living has increased my own interest in the Greatest Book and its perfect example. ‘Thank you for your patience and love in caring for me throughout the years; as a squalling infant, an insecure — fand dependent adolescent, and a rebellious, belligerent teen- ager. Lam sure I drove you and Dad to your knees many times Thank you for being both mother and father to us all, since the Lord called Dad home. Forgive me for so often being occupied with my own cares that 1 fail to notice the depth of your loneliness. Thank you for helping me so many times when I was ready to accept defeat. You will never know how often your encouragement carried me, and today T would not change the experiences through which the Lord led me. Though at time: I complain and am irritat- ‘ed, your loving patience and “crying shoulder” has never ‘been too high for me to reach — thank you again! For having taught me the once unappreciated basic principles of homemaking, and for showing me that God sometimes needs my own hands to an:wer my prayer for ‘my neighbor, my sincere thanks to you. For all the innumerable things you have taught me in ‘word, by example, and through your unshaken faith in God ‘and prayer, the most sincere thanks T ean offer is simply, “May God ever bless you for being just you.” Your loving daughter, PRESENT DAY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE, (1 wish this young woman in New Guinea, who has put her faith in Christ, could write her own story, but since she is not yet literate, I will relate what she told me.) “Twas on my way home from ‘seeing the paper’ (li racy class) at Tiliba, I was all alone with my baby (carried in a string net bag on her back). I started to cross the river and there was no bridge, Before I began to cross, I prayed to God and asked Him to help me.I was crossing all right when I stepped in a deep hole and went down in the water. ‘The water carried me... my spirit left me (uncon’cious) don't know what happened. Later my spirit came back was on the bank. My baby was not hurt. My body hurt from the large rocks in the water hitting me and my chest hurt but I was not dead. God had taken us in His Hands and ppt us on the bank because I trusted in Him.” Pray for our brethren here in New Guinea who are just coming to know that “God is a very present help in ‘ime of trouble.” Elsie Schlatter MAY — 1966 “You Can‘t Bury The Truth or Kill God.” Because the Jews refused to face reality, they did all they could to secure the tomb so that no one would ever hnave reason to think that the claims of Jesus and His dis. ciples were true. In Easter Sunday's afternoon sermon. by Bro, Bob Staudt, we were reminded that in spite of the Jews extreme measures, their efforts were hopelessly in vain; rot only the people of Jerusalem found out, but today the whole world knows about Jesus. ‘There are many examples. today of people running away from reality. We dislike to face the truth and the Will, fof God because honesty often causes trouble in our lives for a vasa, when wrong doing is exposed. Not facing reality of truth ean give a false sense of complacency, hence we may feel no need for living @ life in conformity to God's principles. How true this was of the Pharisees. PPilate also ran away. He asked “What is truth” but ‘could not know, becaure he was not willing to pursue it any further when his prestige with Caesa" was threatened. Once again, here was an example of truth causing trouble. Ever when his wife told him of her dream causing uneasiness in hhis mind ‘and even when he realized Jesus had done no wrong, he refused to face the facts and do something about it So Pilate and the Pharisees retained thelr prestige, but lott thelr peace of mind, So also with us, we may be living in happy oblivion now, but eventually we will have to face the facts when Jesus comes again, and the consequences will, have to be faced. Even in this life, no man can escape a nagging conscience completely. 4% Rvery life we touch is a fleld; every. thing we do and all the words we speak, are seed. What will the har- vest be? © How Lovely Is The Morning (© how lovey is the morning, IF with God it hay is start When thankssiving i adorning. Each bal ‘Aue after peaceful sleep, While his Mal Without care and without sorrow, Wakes to me * (On the hills and valleys sowing, And on me Bloor then te san dah ing, Beare or Sears peace, truth grace, and favor, Shine in learners here forever Evan as the springtime flowers Grow beneath the sun’ warm ray, So the Lord, by His own powers, Makes us garlands for His pr He invites most lovingly: “Little children, come to Mel All shall truly know Him ever, Call Him Brother, Lard and Savior! ‘And today He would atterd us, tn our work walk at our side Falthflly He will defend us And our hearts to wisdom guide, So that rothing on this day May Til af longth He peace poses ‘As He for the path of duty Kindy gi (© how blest that child alway, Who with Christ begins the day, Spirit, mind, and every mation Hallows through the Lord's Come, then, Lord of life unending, J Lat ut, Thine assistance lending, Ni Lord, and all Thy children bles: ure, And in us Thow cant find pleasure! ZH. 166 PAGE3