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PRICE: 50 CENTS
1952
Minutes
Of
The
47th Annual Assembly
THE CHURCH OF GOD
OF PROPHECY
September 9-15, 1952
World-Wide Assembly Tabernacle
Cleveland, Tennessee
REGULAR EDITION

MINUTES
47th Annual Assembly
of the
Church of God
Held in The World-Wide Annual Assembly Tabernacle
Cleveland, Tennessee, U. S. A.
September 9-15
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Table of Contents
A. B. M. and S. O. P. A. Program----------—-/■------------—------------------?
Adoption of Minutes------------------------- --------------------------------------—“
Advice to Members________________—------------------------------—------^
Assistant Publisher and Business Manager Selected--------------------------
Bible Training Camp Program.^..---------------------------------------------------^
Call of States and Provinces-—*,!--------------------------------------------- >
Closing of Assembly-------------------------------------------------—---------------
Committees Appointed ------------------------------------- ;
C. P. M. A. Program^—;-----__-------------------------&-------—?-------------~ j
Department oj>Ministerial Aid----------------------------------------------------—e
Duties of Disfiriet Overseer----------------------------------------------------------“
Duties of State Overseer-------------------------------------------------------
-Editor and Publisher Selected-----------—------------------------------------------J
financial System____________________________________=_________
Free Literature Offering_________________________________:— — J
Friday, September 12--------------------------------------------------------------IS
General Overseer’s Annual Address: k
1. Introductory-----------------------------------------------------------------S— '
2. The Church of God of Prophecy-----------------------------------------— -
3. Television ________—---------------------------------3--------------------
4. The Grace Dispensation_____________:------------------------------------>5
5. Our Evangelistic Work---------------------------------------------------*----»
6. Our Honor Stone Program--------------------------------------------------.a— '
7. The Broadcast Record Club----------------------------------------------------:
8. Our Children __________________________g— -------------------■
9. V. L. B. Youth Crusade________________________________1-----
10. Seek to Excel____________________________________________— :
11. Interesting Information:
(a) Data Gathered from Ministers’ Reports_____________________ <
(b) Tithes Received at Headquarters___________—- .--------------j
(c) Foreign Mission Drives ,—,------------------------------------------, ‘
(d) State Convention Missionary Offerings__________________ ■
(e) Missionary Money Each Year_____________________________-<
(f) State Convention Free Literature Offerings____________w -
(g) State Convention Orphanage Offerings_____________________ ■
(h) Attendance at State Conventions___________________________■
(i) Womens Missionary Band________________________________'
(j) Victory Leaders Band__9______________________________
(k) Sunday School_______________________________________, ‘
(l) Assembly Band Movement_______________________________!
12. Conclusion__________,_______,________________________—... '
Healing Service___________________________________________,___-
Instructions—Local Church Officers______________________________1
Introductory Services . ...... .________________________!________
List of Ministers:
Bishops_______________________________.______——________1
Deacons_________________.___________;_____,___________.____..1
Male Evangelists____________________________________________1
Female Evangelists_____________________________________.____1'
Management and Personnel______________________________________. '
Missionary Offering _j___________________________. ■____________ i
Missionary Program___________________._______________________ i
Monday, September 8_______________________________________I__,

Table of Contents (Con't.)
Monday, September 15__A--______________________
Obligation for Membership...______________________
Opening of Assembly_________ ______________________
Order of Business___________________________________
Ordination Service______________%_____|__________
Orphanage Offering_____________5__,_______________
Remember______________________ "A_____________
Report of A. B. M. and S. O. P. A. Secretary.__j_________
Report
of Adjustment Committee_____________________
Report of Assembly Expense Committee_______
Report
of Auxiliary Boosters Committee__________
Report of Auxiliary Designei'_________________________
Report of Bible Training Camp Superintendent__________
Report of Church of Prophecy Marker Association_______I
Report of C. P. M. A. Secretary_________________1______
Report of Field Secretary No. 1__:_____________________
Report
of Foreign Language Secretary_______________a__
Report of Foreign Missionary Committee________________
Report of Foreign Missionary Secretary.________________
Report of General Evangelist____.___________
Report of General Properties Committee_________
Report
of Ministerial Aid Committee___________
Report of Questions and Subjects Committee_____
Report of Sunday School Orphanage Committee_________
Report of Sunday School Secretary_________________
Report of Visual Department_______________ _______
Report of V. L. B. Secretary_______________________
Report of Watchmen Committee____________________
Report
of Ways and Means Committee______________
Report of White Wing Publishing House Representative.
Report of W. M. B. Secretary _____________________
Saturday, September 13_____________________.____
All
state Overseers, Missionaries, Secretaries and other Appointments.
Sunday, September 14____________________________________
Sunday
School Program___________________________________
Teachings______________________________________________
Thursday, September 11__________________________________
Treasurer’s Financial Report________________________________
Treasurer Selected___________________________;___________
Tuesday, September 9____________________________________
V. L. B. Program_______:_______________________________
Warranty Deed________________________________,_________
Wednesday, September 10_________________________________
White Wing Publishing House Time__________________________
"White Wing Publishing House and Press Financial Report_______
World Must Be Evangelized________________________________
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Prefatory Notes
The Forty-Seventh Annual Assembly is now Jiistory. It was a glorious
Assembly
and we were a happy group of people as we sang the praises
of God, testified to His great goodness, listened to the inspired messages,
watched the various demonstrations, carried on the necessary business,
waved handkerchiefs, clapped our handg, marched, and rejoiced in the
Lord.
The thousands who were in attendance returned to their homes and
fields of labor inspired and blessed, encouraged and filled with zeal tc
do service for God and His Church. 'No doubt, the many things that took
place in the Assembly are still jjfresh in their minds, and I feel they are
still feasting on the good messages and the rich blessings that were show
ered down from the Father,- above. I believe they are strengthened for
the battle that lies ahead-'and built up in their experience with the Lord
so they will be ahle-to move forward for God in the face of opposition.
The auxiliary»programs in charge of the General Secretaries were blessec
with the presence of the Lord. All who were on these programs were
minute'men and women. Everything seemed to move like clockwork
Many
good things were packed into each program, I say packed because
so much took place in all of them, and the approval of God was upon
everything that was done. The secretaries are due much commendation
for preparing and conducting these interesting and beneficial programs
and those who had part on them performed well.
The
speakers were anointed of the Holy Ghost and our souls were fed
as they brought us the words of life. We also feasted on the gospel in song
Many
times the presence of the Lord flooded our souls as the special and
congregational songs were sung. It was a joy to listen to that vast audience
join together in singing the old familiar hymns.
The
music by the bands filled a place in the Assembly that nothing else
could. We were glad to have with us the Louisville and Miami Bands, alsc
the Electric String Band. We also appreciate the services rendered by
those
who played the piano and the organ.
Numbers of people were saved, sanctified and baptized with the Holy
Ghost. We put forth a little extra effort to have a record made of thos»
who
received experiences, but with so many in the altar, and this par’
of the service lasting until long past midnight, I suppose it was almost
impossible
to keep an accurate count. We have given the number that was
counted each night along with the record of the altar service, but I am
sure many more prayed through to real experiences with the Lord.
God was with us from the beginning to the end. All who were present
know this to be true. A sweet spirit prevailed. The business was carried
on with good harmony. The fellowship was sweet the entire time. Evei
the weather seemed to favor us. It was not as hot as it usually is and
there was not a great deal of rain.
We are grateful for the untiring efforts of our clerks. Without thei-
assistance
it would not be possible for me to send forth this volume whicl
attempts to tell the story of the 47th Annual Assembly.
The registrars did splendid work in recording the names and addresse,
of the thousands in attendance. They are to be commended for their faith
ful service. It seems impossible to register everyone who attends thes«
gatherings; however, the registrars were able to get the names and ad
dresses of 13,264. Of this number, 9,215 were from a distance, and 4,04*
of our own people in and near the city. Among those who attended wer«
delegates
from Alaska, Saint Kitts, Aruba, Bahamas, Cuba, Cyprus, Ja
maica,
Mexico, Canada, Porto Rico, and Sierra Leone, British West Africa
We were happy to have these with us along with all the others who came
The time for the next great annual feast—the General Assembly of th«
Church of God of Prophecy, will be September 8-14, 1953.
M. A. TOMLINSON, General Overseer

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MINUSES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 5
MINUTES
OF
THE FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY
M.
A. Tomlinson, General Overseer
HELD
IN CLEVELAND, TENN., U. S: A., SEPT. 9-15, 1952
Management and Personnel of the Home^ajrid
Local Organization
M. A. Tomlinson, General Overseer
Private Secretary, Lillie Duggar
SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMITTEES—Reception, Entertainment, Reg
istrars, Ushers, Camp Ground—C. R. Payne.
CLERKS—Robert F. Wright, Ashel T. Wagar, Zella Creel, Jacqueline
Hawkins, Allan S. Keenan, Norman Grenz.
TREASURER—J. R. Kinser; Mattie Kinser, Pruddie Millsap, Eunice Goins,
Office
Secretaries.
PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT—C. T. Davidson, Business Manager; Robert
F.
Wright, Assistant Editor; M. M. Burt, Field Representative; M. B.
Chase, Press Superintendent; Buford M. Johnson, Press Editor; Mary
Sue Pruitt, Kathleen Thompson, Jenna Lee Spivey, Patsy North, Ruth
Duggar,
Esther Wagar, Ruth Pruitt, Polly Kinser, Jacqueline Hawkins,
Kathleen Pruett, Laura Rogers, Joyce Horner, Cora Belle Williams,
Pearle Davidson, Juanita Sample, Sue Gibson, Irene Calfee, Lunata
Wright,
Philip Wagar, Barney Beisly, Wayne Donaldson, Hugh Ed
wards, Gene Cannon, William Coile, Bert Wealthdale, Frank Bell,
Glenn Lawson, Charles Davidson, Jannie Sanders, Coleman Lamberson,
Juanita Mackey, Betty Johnson, Mattie Morris, Earlene Wagar, Euel
Nipper,
Paul Renner.
POST OFFICE—J. F. Anderson, Postmaster.
CAFETERIA—Will H. Brown.
PARCEL CHECK ROOM—L. R. Oppert.
JANITOR—Lloyd Rogers.
PUBLIC
ADDRESS SYSTEM—Loyal Washington, Roscoe Cannon, D. E.
Garr, Hugh Edwards, Gene Cannon.
ASSISTANT
MUSIC DIRECTOR and see that microphones were in place—
Harry Lee Moore.

6 MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL, ASSEMBLY
RECEPTION—Allen Davis, Amos Creel, Joe Crews, Henry Nix, Bill Porter,
J. C. Trammell, Charles Browning, Dorothy Creel, Betty Love, Emitt
Davis, Alta Davis, Grady Horner, Joe Martin, Maude Martin, A. B.
Woodruff,
Ima Jewell Woodruff, Clay Shelton, Mrs. Clay Shelton,
Fred Bird, Cora Bird, Malcolm Linkous, Eugene Black, Everett Hig
don, Grace Higdon, Edsel Hartman, Marvin Burt, Marie Burt, Eu
gene
Richardson, Lamar Parton, Bettye Parton, Rufus Nunnery, Har
old Beemer, Gabriel Montijo, D.'M. Deadrick, Dorothy Deadrick, Archie
M. Melvin, Lucy Scotton, Virgil Fowler, Z. R. Young, Eugene Weak
ley,
Paul Garrett, Delmar Spurling, J. C. Palmer, Ralph Bryant, Cor
dell Webb, Henry D„ennis, H. F. Matheny, Gene Tranthem, Gladys
Tranthem, G. IL. Griffin, G. E. Brackett.
ENTERTAINMENT —L. S. Rhodes, Omer C. Lawson, A. T. Wagar, S. E.
Gibbons, Eugene Rominger, Carl Lawson, C. A. Knowles, Ralph Scot-
ton^F. F. Gibbons, Cliff Lindner, Everett Atnip, Roy Cannon, Charlie
'•■'Smith, R. C. Cannon, Jr., Sherman Pruett, H. B. Campbell, Glen
Hutson,
Chester Sample, Herbert Green, Gabriel Montijo, Willie Scot
ton,
James Barrett, Herman Faulkner, John Melton, Roy Holder, Dal
las Ramsey, Loris Lawson, Homer Robinson, Homer Sample, Charlie
Odom, Hugh Edwards, Thomas Holcomb, H. P. Burns.
REGISTRARS—Jess F. Pruitt, Johnnie McGlothlin, M. M. Smith, C. W.
Collins, J. S. Taylor, Warren Roney, T. B. Harrington, J. R. Searcy,
J. E. Butler, Clarence Cox, Robert Ray, T. E. Bradley, Autie E. Cleaver,
Lawrence Heckert, O. R. Hogan, C. C. Furber, Charles Hill, Elijah
Shelton, Lloyd Horn, F. H. Bonham, R. L. Ledford, Oscar Gibson,
Paul Walters, Evert Miller, Nathan C. Nelson, J. E. Adams, Ralph
Smith,
Leon Leazenby, C. F. Reynolds, Idellie Moore, Annie Wixon,
Ruby Tilghman, Willean Lawson, Faye Pruitt, Doris Worthington,
Elinor McHaffey, Nellie Walker, Pearl Trafecanto, Jenevie Jones,
Anner Cox, Lillian Reiger, W. D. Smith, Thomas Douglas, Ray
mond
Pruitt, Nettie Lang, Polly Callahan, Evelyn Miller, Naomi Filer,
D. M. Deadrick, John Sands, Ruby Deadrick, Dorothy Deadrick, Emma
Reid, L. R. Oppert.
USHERS—E. H. Griffith, Charles Pennington, Dudley Lowman, Lonnie
Freeman, Zilvon R. Young, Roy Maddox, A. E. Davis, Wilce Litton,
Marvin Scotton, Leroy Scotton, James Manus, Everett Green, George
Parker, Walter Phillips, Clifford Haney, Robert Freeland, J. L. White,
Grady Horner, L. A. Fritts, Albert Linville, C. G. Miller, D. L. Welch,
Estes
Roberts, John W. Sands, Joel Cox, Sam E. Raney, Charles Kin
der,
C. Duncan, Mack Caldwell, J. T. Weathers, Charles Smithers,
Bill
Porter, W. D. Daugherty, J. B. Jones, Melvin Pittman, Joe C.
Crews, Wayne Alien, Charles Hawkins, Harvey Gardner, E. L. Bax
ter, Walter Willoughby, A. A. Callahan, George Beechman, Clayton
Endecott,
Edsel Hartman, A. Gilmore, John Wood, Charles Scotton,
Charles Palmore, Manning Crews, Delmar Spurling, David Tar-
rance, Cecil Holland, Lamar Parton, Orvie Braland, D. M. Shults,
M. A. Burt, R. L. Williams, C. E. Manning, Leon Hamilton, Junior
Guthrie, Guy Olmstead, Marvin Brown, G. A. Wilson, Donald Wells,
A. N. Brooks, Roy Day, Winston Gonia, Billy Murray, Neal Brown,
Gene
Douglas, Delbert Wilkerson, Tom Hart, Walter Daugherty, Har
old Beemer.
CAMP GROUND—Rube Whitlock, Bill Dooley, L. R. Oppert, Racy Gates,
James H. Graham.

MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 7
INTRODUCTORY SERVICES
Monday, September 8
Monday was a busy day for the Reception and Entertainment Commit
tees and the Registrars. The people came in cars, buses and trucks and
they were received and welcomed by the Reception Committee. The
Entertainment Committee assigned many of them to their rooms and the
Registrars worked faithfully in recording their names and addresses. The
Reception
Committee also had programs of music, songs, testimonies, short
talks and messages at intervals during the day. A large number of peo
ple were present for these programs and the blessings of the--Lord were
with them. ,Sr. .
7:00 p.m.—The preliminary service began with music in front of the
World
Capitol Building by the Electric Band in charge of M. S. Curry.
This was followed by organ music by Gay Linda Sample on the inside
of the building. Next the Miami Band marched inside the Tabernacle
led
by an usher. The large congregation cheered them as they came. As
the band played, the people clapped their hands and rejoiced in the Lord.
7:50 p.m.—Special songs by the Florida Quartet, Irene Calfee, New York
Singers, and accordion music by a trio.
8:05 p.m.—C. R. Payne, Chairman of Committees, made some announce
ments and then introduced the chairman of each committee. As they were
introduced they spoke briefly.
8:30 p.m.—Message by C. R. Payne on the subject, “Unity of the Faith,
United We Stand.” The speaker referred to the words of Paul where he
instructed the Ephesians to endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit in
the bond of peace. He then referred to the 120 gathered together in the
upper room in one accord. He stated that after the Holy Ghost came
those people went out in the unity of the faith to work for God and they
had wonderful results. He referred to the work of the pastors, evangelists
and teachers for the purpose of bringing all to the unity of the faith,
then he showed the worth of sound speech which cannot be condemned
in traveling together in unity. He also mentioned that loose talk will
destroy unity and bring about division and should be avoided. He en
couraged
all of that vast audience to stick together and stand for God
and His Church.
9:17 p.m.—The Chairman of the Ministerial Aid Committee spoke briefly
and then called for the secretary, A. T. Wagar, to read the names of the
ministers who had gone on to be with the Lord this year. The congre
gation stood in silence in memory of those who had gone on to their re
ward. The names read are as follows: Maria E. Armento, Mexico; Mary
A. Bafford, Mississippi; Exalus L. Charles, Haiti; Claud Childress, Okla
homa;
Innocent Cine, Haiti; Lafayette F. Dean, Virginia; Dorothea I. Eads,
Indiana; Ida R. Fuller, Missouri; Charlie Mackens, Tennessee; Royalance
Merkel,
Iowa; J. R. Moxley, Louisiana; Henrilus E. Norris, Haiti; Eugene
H. Stewart, Minnesota; Andrew J. Stockton, Mississippi; Julia W. Taylor,
North Carolina; Charlie Thompson, Georgia; Christine Thomas, Florida;
Custer Laws, Kentucky.
9:22 p.m.—The Superintendent of the Orphanage introduced the work
ers from each home and the children sang, “You Can Smile.” Then
Brother D. H. Queener introduced the foreign delegates and all gave them

8 MINUTES OF 47 TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
a warm welcome. Brother R. C. Scotton and the colored delegates sang,
“When We All Get to Heaven.” The blessings of the Lord were upon
the singers.
9:45 p.m.—Song by the Cleveland V. L. “B. Trio, “Bound for the King
dom.
” Song by Harold, Carolyn and Dorothy, “Cool Water.”
9:51 p.m.—Evangelistic message by ilarold Beemer. The speaker stated
that everyone has an appointment with death and he urged those who
were unprepared to make the necessary preparations. The Biblical Wonder
Trio sang while a number of people made their way to the altar.
Tuesday, September 9
The introductory service on Tuesday evening began on the outside
with the delegates from Kentucky and the Louisville Band gathered on
the walks of the World Capitol Building, and the delegates from Florida
and the Miami Brass Band gathered in front of the White Wing Publish
ing House. The bands played alternately until the time for them to march
inside the Tabernacle. The Louisville Band and delegates from Ken
tucky marched to the east double doors of the Tabernacle, with the overseer
in the lead. The Miami Band and delegates from Florida marched to the
west double doors, following the overseer. The bands continued to play
until they reached their respective places inside the building. As the bands
played on the outside, the organ was played in the Tabernacle by Gay
Linda Sample while the people were being seated.
6:30 p.m.—A concert prayer was prayed in behalf of those for whom re
quests had been made. This was a mighty prayer.
6:38 p.m.—Program by the Ridgedale, Tennessee church, in charge of the
pastor, Allen Davis. The was a demonstration of “Working on the Build
ing.
” As the auxiliary leaders spoke briefly concerning their work, the
workers nailed together the walls and put the roof on the building, each
section representing an auxiliary. When the building was finished, all
the workers sang “Working on the Building.” Then a mixed quartet sang
two numbers and Shirley Forrester sang a solo.
7:05 p.m.—The song service was led by Liston Pritchard, with Joyce
Womack
at the piano and Dewitt Pritchard at the organ. Prayer by
Quentin Neal at the pulpit while the congregation stood with bowed heads
in sacred quietness and holy reverence before the Lord.
7:15 p.m.—Songs by the Biblical Wonder Trio, “Journey to the Skies”-
Georgia
Trio, “I’m in His Care” and “Running for my Life.”
7:35 p.m.—While the Whirlwind Evangelists sang, “Hit Like an Atom
Bomb
” and the bands played two numbers, an offering was received by
the ushers which amounted to $364.56. Brother T. W. Bradley prayed,
consecrating the offering to the service of the Lord.
7:45 p.m.—The introductory and welcome address was given by Omer
C. Lawson, pastor of Wildwood Avenue church. Brother Lawson gave
everyone a welcome to the Assembly. He stated that there was a feast of
fat things prepared by the Master for this Assembly and he wanted all
to feel at home and enjoy the good blessings from the Lord.
7:55 p.m.—The First Street church welcomed the delegates with sing
ing two songs, led by the pastor, Brother C. A. Knowles.

MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 9
8:05 p.m.—The Eastview church welcomed the delegates through its pas
tor, Brother A. T. Wagar. He expressed his pleasure in having people in
attendance from so many of the states and the various foreign countries.
He extended to all a warm and hearty welcome.
8:13 p.m.—Songs by the Nunnery sisters, “He Bought my Soul at Cal
vary”; Kelly brothers, “Flying Saucers” and “All of God’s Children Are
Coming
Home.”
8:26 p.m.—The city of Cleveland welcomed the delegates through its
Mayor,
Willard J. Parks, George W. Thorogood, Executive Vice President
of Merchants Bank; S. I. Bryant, President of Chamber of Commerce;
Mark Fullbright, County Judge. Also Wayne Oliver, Circuit Judge; Daniel
Duke and Virgil Carmichael, attorneys for the Chur&h, spoke briefly. Each
of these expressed pleasure in having the privilege of speaking to the
vast audience and they extended good wishes for an enjoyable and prof
itable Assembly.
8:56 p.m.—While the Miami Band played “I Love My Saviour Too,'” -the
congregation stood, clapped hands, waved handkerchiefs and rejoiced in
the Lord.
9:00 p.m.—Adolph Flemmer, North Dakota; R. L. Puckett, District of
Columbia;
Lonnie Freeman, Mississippi; and Dewey Foster, California,
spoke a few minutes each to represent our people in the North, East, South
and West.
9:25 p.m.—An Evangelistic Party in Action, Amos Creel, Evangelist.
The recording used in Biblical Wonder evangelistic campaigns was played,
then the Biblical Wonder Trio sang, “Gonna Walk Them Golden Stairs.”
Following this Brother Creel delivered a powerful message. He used for
a text, Romans 6:16, and showed the danger of yielding oneself as a
servant to the enemy of our souls. He urged the people to seek God for
the blessings they needsd and as the Trio sang, a number of people came
to the altar. The record showed one saved, two sanctified and four bap
tized
with the Holy Ghost.
Wednesday, September 10
6:05 a.m.—Sunrise prayer meeting in charge of W. W. Pettyjohn. The
Colorado String Band furnished the music. The service opened with
prayer. The song service followed, then Brother Pettyjohn spoke briefly
and gave opportunity for requests to be made for prayer. A concert
prayer at the altar was offered in behalf of those for whom requests were
made
and for the blessings of the Lord to be upon the Assembly. Special
songs were sung and Brother Pettyjohn read a Scripture and talked for
a short while. Brother Allan Keenan led the congregation in prayer, and
the service was closed with a song by the string band. The blessings of
the Lord were upon the people and they rejoiced in Him.
8:00 a.m.—Program of music by the Electric Band.
8:15 a.m.—Music by the Miami Band in front of the Tabernacle. They
continued
to play as they came inside the building.
8:30 a.m.—Song service led by G. C. Sloan, with Jean Coalter at the
piano
and A. J. Coalter at the organ. The General Overseer read some
requests for prayer. Brother Marvin Brown offered prayer while the con
gregation stood in silence, then all joined together in praying for those for
whom
requests were made.

10 MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
8:45 a.m.—The General Overseer opened the Assembly by reading 1 Peter
3:8-16 and praying earnestly for God to bless in all the sessions of the
Assembly. At the close of the prayer he declared the Assembly open for
business.
8:59 a.m.—Appointments of committees:
Questions
and Subjects—M. E. Wilson, Hermis Ferguson, Sidney A. Coo
ley,
L. V. Jones, Boyd Thornton, Earl Cowen, M. M. Burt.
Watchmen—W. A. Newsom, L. E. Silvers, T. J. Lowe, Paul Garrett, R. W.
Cowart,
J. V. Johnson, J. W. Deadrick.
Adjustment—C. L. Taylor, Adrian T. Griffin, Wynn Stockdale, D. M.
Cobb, Archie Melvin. „
Ways and Means—S. O. Gillaspie, G. C. Decker, W. M. Lowman, Alvin
S. Moss, Z. R. Young.
Assembly Expense—C. R .Payne, C. W. Risner, John A Stubbs, Don
Thoriias, Daniel Nairn.
Auxiliary Boosters—J. P. Sullivan, Joe Martin, D. M. Deadrick, M. S.
Curry,
Roy H. Phipps, R. Clement Lynch, F. E. Van Deventer, Sebastian
McGee.
As the names of the committees were called, they came to the plat
form.
While they were standing together, a special prayer was offered
in their behalf by B. B. Ketchum. At the close of the prayer, Galathia,
Augustine and Louise sang, “Puli Altogether.”
9:15 a.m.—A. B. M. and S. O. P. A. Program, in charge of E. H. Griffith,
Secretary.
The
Secretary stated that Brother E. H. Stewart, the A. B. M. and S. O.
P. A. secretary of Minnesota had passed away during the year and he
called
for his wife to stand. He then called for the audience to stand and
offer
a prayer for her.
9:20 a.m.—Song by the Western B. T. C. Trio, “Safe in His Arms.”
This
was a touching song and as it was sung, a spirit of weeping came
upon
the General Secretary and others. At the suggestion of the Sec
retary, the audience stood and prayed for those who were not serving
the Lord. The Holy Ghost spoke and the interpretation was given which
urged us to love one another as the Bible has instructed.
9:35 a.m.—The pastors stood and prayed in concert, then the band lead
ers prayed together, and last the entire congregation joined together in
prayer for every member of the Church. Following the prayer, the con
gregation offered praise and thanksgiving to God for all of His blessings,
and the Holy Ghost spoke again and the interpretation reminded us of
the fact that God cares for His chosen people.
9:50 a.m.—Song by Brother and Sister Adams, “Jesus and Me.”
9:54 a.m.—The Secretary expressed his appreciation of the state secre
taries and their work and called for them to give special honor and praise
to God. As each secretary stepped out to praise the Lord, those from his
respective state stood and all praised the Lord together. Then at the last
the entire audience gave honor and praise to God in concert.
10:16 a.m.—Song by Harper Hunter and Betty Hunter, Galathia, Augus
tine and Louise. As they sang the chorus, the congregation stood and shook
hands with those nearest to them. There was shouting and rejoicing.
10:29 a.m.—Instructions and comments by the General Secretary. The
speaker stated it will take work to accomplish that which God has out
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church at Wildwood Avenue in Cleveland had been able to get the ad
dress of each of the 226 members. He stated that it took work to do this.
He called for all the pastors to stand who had been able to get the ad
dresses of all of their members. Quite a number stood. He expressed
his appreciation of those who had been able to do this. He read Colos-
sians 4:10-12 and called attention to three points mentioned in these
verses—commandments, comfort, and perfect and complete in the will of
God. He said, “These brethren that the Apostle Paul referred to were
in the spirit of the work they were doing. Anybody can give command
ments, but only those who are in position to give commandments can get
in the spirit of giving them. In order to give comfort, one must be in
the spirit of giving comfort. To be perfect and complete in the will of
God, we must get in the spirit of it. To secure the address of every
member, the pastors had to get into the spirit of this work. There is a
spirit that goes with any particular work. There is a spirit that goes with
the A. B. M. work. There is a spirit that goes with the Emergency Fund.
There is a spirit that goes with the S. O. P. A. When people get into
the spirit of the work they are doing, you can’t stop them.
“When John was on the isle of Patmos he was in the Spirit. He was
in the proper attitude to receive what God had in store for him. We have
to get in the right attitude to receive the things God has for us. John
was ready for the revelation and it came to him. The Lord will show
us a lot of things when we get in the channel to receive them. I feel like
God has more for us in the A. B. M. work, but we have to get in the
proper channel before He will give them to us. He is not going to give
us something when we are not prepared to receive it. Our pastors have
to get in the spirit of the A. B. M. to work successfully in it. The same is
true with the band leaders.”
10:50 a.m.—Song by Bessie Cole, “The Call of Jesus.”
10:55 a.m.—“Displaying Emergency Zeal,” Louise Herring, Betty Love;
Billy
Murray, Dudley Lowman, Louise Robertson, and Melvin H. Pittman.
Each
of these showed they were interested in the Emergency Fund and
they displayed their zeal in short talks and demonstrations.
11:20 a.m.—Song by Lamar Gilmer, “Let the Spirit Descend.”
11:24 a.m.—S. O. P. A. Program in charge of the California delegates.
This
program emphasized the importance of supplying the overseer with
funds so he can carry on his work unhindered by a lack of finance.
11:55 a.m.—Song by Bill Porter and Warren Roney, “Only a Backslider
Now.”
12:00 m.—George A. Parker, P. G. Shroyer, R. L. Williams and Delmar
Spurling spoke briefly concerning the State Overseers Pay Association.
They
referred to the many sacrifices the state overseers make and the im
portant work they do and urged our people to give liberally for their
support.
12:11 p.m.—The General Overseer read some figures showing the num
ber of members accepted into the Church since 1929. The record showed
we had lost a great number and he urged the pastors and band leaders
to strive to save all that we get.
12:15 p.m.—Awarding of banners and prizes:
The
states were divided into four groups according to membership and
the leading state in each group was awarded.
A banner was presented to the secretary of the state which had the best
general report for the year in each group as follows:
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Group No. 2—East Texas, Wayne Allen.
Group
No. 3—Washington, R. L. Williams.
Group
No. 4—New York, Margaret Henry.
A banner was presented to the secretary of the state in each group which
had the largest love offering for the state overseer.
Group
No. 1—Florida, Lamar Gilmer—$4,744.16.
Group No. 2—Arkansas, Anna Thurston—$2,707.49.
Group No. 3—Iowa, Orvie Braland—$925.26.
Group No. 4—Nebraska, E. L. Baxter—$670.00
Awards of honor were presented to Billy Murray, North Carolina, for
having the largest number of churches on the Emergency Honor Roll;
Melvin
Pittman, Georgia, for. having the second largest number; and to
Lamar Gilmer, Florida, and J. D. Lowman, Virginia, for having the third
largest number.
Badges of honor were presented to the states and countries having the
Emergency
dollars paid in full. They were: Virginia, North Carolina,
Florida, East Texas, Indiana, Oklahoma, Ohio, North Dakota, Wyoming,
Oregon, Iowa, Nebraska, Delaware, Vermont, South Dakota, Connecticut,
Washington, British Columbia, Ontario, Michigan, Idaho.
Herman Lafosse, Haiti, was awarded a badge of honor for having the
best general report for the year in foreign fields.
James R. Cooper, Bahamas, was awarded a badge of honor for having
the second best general report for the year in foreign fields.
Aston Cooke, Jamaica, was awarded a badge of honor for having the
third best general report for the year in foreign fields.
12:30 p.m.—The closing prayer was prayed by a number of the state
secretaries as the congregation stood in sacred quietness.
1:15 p.m.—Program of music by the Louisville Band.
1:30 p.m.—The song service was led by Clayton Sherrill, with Louise
Hartman at the piano and Mildred Davis at the organ. Prayer by J. • H.
Looper
while the congregation stood in holy reverence before the Lord.
1:43 p.m.—Songs by Wilburn Curtis, “Let Me Walk with You Jesus”
and “I’m in His Care.” Song by John and Betty Byrd, “What Could I Do.”
1:50
p.m.—“Our Responsibility as a Member in God’s Great Church,”
message
by W. C. Holcombe, Florida. The speaker stated that he knew
without the shadow of a doubt that this is God’s great Church. He said
that too many times we neglect our responsibility, but it was time for
everyone of us to realize that we have a responsibility in God’s great
Church. He stated that our General Overseer, state overseers, secretaries
pastors, evangelists and every lay member have a responsibility and he
showed
that the higher the position the greater the necessity for humil
ity. To the state overseers he said, “We pastors are waiting with our
mouths open like young birds in a nest; we are waiting for anything you
may give us. Please give us wholesome food that we might pass, it on
to someone else. When you hand down something, please give it to us
with the Spirit of God. You have the responsibility of feeding the flock
over which the Holy Ghost has made you overseers, and the true people
are going to do the things you tell them to do.”
To the pastors he said, “It is your responsibility to get rid of your own
ideas.
You don’t have the anointing the overseer has; you have the anoint-
lng of a pastor. It is your responsibility to preach the teachings of the
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To the members he said, “The Bible tells us that the pastors, evangelists
and teachers are for the perfecting of the saints, so God expects those
over you to lead you on to perfection. If your pastor has the anointing
to be pastor, he knows what you need better than you know yourself. It
is your responsibility as members to accept what he gives you.” He stated
it is the responsibility of every minister and member to prove to the
world that this is God’s great Church, and it is also our responsibility to
make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery.
2:20 p.m.—Music by the Miami Brass Band. The audience stood and re
joiced in the Lord as the band played.
2:30 p.m.—Church of Prophecy Marker Association Program, in charge
of Grady R. Kent, Secretary.
The program began with the sounding of the trumpets from the moun
tains, the isles of the sea and the Holy Land. Following this Wilburn
Curtis sang, “The Church of God, the Church of Prophecy.” There was
shouting and rejoicing as the song was sung.
2:42 p.m.—The Secretary called for the secretaries of the ten leading
states in council membership and those boosting the drive for 10,000 mem
bers to walk about over the Tabernacle with their banners. While they
displayed their banners, the Biblical Wonder Trio sang, “Out of Bondage,”
“David and Goliath” and “Glory Special.”
2:55
p.m.—The Seven-Star ministers were honored by presenting badges
to them. Thirty-seven received badges. The Secretary stated that he felt
that a minister who had put over the program for seven consecutive years
was due special honor. After the badges were presented to them, the
General Overseer offered a prayer in their behalf.
3:10 p.m.—“The Vision in Song” was sung by the Florida Quartet.
3:15 p.m.—“The Church of God of Prophecy Keeping Pace with Proph
ecy,
” message by the Secretary. A portion of his message follows:
“I remember several years ago when the General Overseer and others
were using picks and shovels digging out trails in Fields of the Wood. A
lot of people thought the program was a waste of time and money. The
program was on at that time to reveal to the world the true Church
and to do it through prophecy. Some people were skeptical and they didn’t
realize it would come to pass through a program of this kind, but God
in His wisdom knew that the people of the world would do a lot of trav
eling and sightseeing. Since the beginning of the world, He outlined in
His Word a program that would be right among the people anywhere
they might go. If they went sight-seeing He would give it to them. If
they got motion-picture-minded, He would run to head them off. If they
become air-minded, He has them meeting at the airport. God knows how
to work. Sometimes we don’t understand all about it, but He understands
and all we need to do is to move with God’s program.
“It has always been the prophetic program that identified God’s pro
gram from others that were so near like us. For example, when they
sent the servant after Isaac’s wife, he went over to this country looking
for her. No doubt, while he was standing around that well, there were
other girls coming to get water, and probably when a nice looking girl
came, the servant said, ‘She is a pretty girl, I don’t see why Isaac couldn’t
have her.’ But there had been a prophecy gone forth and the girl came
with the water pot. The servant didn’t go according to the way she looked.
He didn’t go according to the way she acted. When she saw the camels
she said to the servant, ‘May I water your camels’? When she said that’
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looking for. The Lord is coming back after the Church referred to in
prophecy.
We are the true Church and the world is just now beginning
to wake up to the fact that we are the Church of God of Prophecy. We
want the people to hear about us and know that we are different and that
we
are fulfilling prophecy.
“The purpose of the C. P. M. A. is to mark and single out the divine
Church,
the Church of prophecy from all others. We are preparing to
get
the message to every people in every walk of life, and we are not
partaking of their sins. The only people in the world that has made their
message visible is us. If people go to church, we will get them. If they
go sight-seeing, we will find them. If they go to the moving pictures, they
will see us. If they go to the airport, we will be there. If they stay at
home, we will find them. Where could you go to find another' group of
people
that can carry the program of God to every walk of life? Why
don
’t other people find this in the Bible? There are other people that are
as good Christians as you and I, but they don’t know what we know.
The time has come when we must move on their territory and tell them
who we are. The prophet said to write the vision and make it plain. Our
job
is to go to every creature and reveal the Church. They must know
the Church.”
The latter part of the Secretary’s message was demonstrated. Signs were
carried to the front of the platform as he referred to the rise of the Church,
the ensign, the Fields of the Wood, the prophetic program, the visual de
partment, Wings of Prophecy, and the Biblical Wonder evangelistic cam
paigns.
4:05 p.m.—K. W. Bancroft, Visual Department Director, spoke briefly
to thank the people for their co-operation in this department, and re
lated a few incidents where the films have been shown in theaters and
other places. He then called on H. M. Biggers, Lewis Pollard, J. D. Low-
man and Posey A. Shupe to speak concerning the use of films in their
states. They gave interesting accounts of the good that was accomplished
by the use of the films.
4:30 p.m.—“A Biblical Wonder Campaign Needed in Every State to As
sist in Getting the Other Sheep,” message by Virgil R. Fowler. A portion
of his message follows:
“
The thought expressed here is that a Biblical Wonder Campaign is need
ed in every state to assist in gathering in the other sheep. We have been
preaching for years that we are the Church of the last days. We have been
preaching for years that there are other people that are children of God
that don’t belong to the Church. Jesus said, ‘Other sheep I have, which
are not of this fold: them also I must bring.’ The point is this, before any
thing can take place somebody has to do something to cause it to take
place.
If we sit down and just wait for the other sheep to come, they
will never come. We have to do something about it. There is a spirit
that goes with everything that God wants done. The Church has got to get
to the place that it actually has a burden for the other sheep that are not
of this fold. We must get to the place we will have a heavy burden and
a burning desire to see every child of God become a member of the
Church of God. When the Church gets this burning passion to get the
other sheep, you will see more begin to obey the things that God has given
us
to obey and that will cause them to come.
“
While the bridegroom tarried some people slumbered and slept. The
Church is facing a people that don’t know the day and the hour in which
they live. They don’t know us because they don’t know the time and
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are. They are asleep near the coming of the Lord. They are not the
children of darkness as far as sin is concerned, but they are in dark
ness in regard to the day they are living in. At midnight a cry was made.
Somebody
was awake. The question is, who made the cry. It wasn’t
the angels. That is not their job. Who would be the most likely person
to be awake the day of the wedding? The bride. We are living in the
last days and it is time for the Church to make a cry that will awaken
this old world. We have kept still about this message long enough and
now it is time for us to preach it.
“Some people wonder why we are not performing a lot of miracles. They
would take that as proof that we are the Church, but God doesn’t want it
proved that way. He wants it proved from the Bible. If you will preacH
it, God will testify to it and people will be healed. That is why we need
Biblical Wonder Campaigns in every state. We can’t do like other people.
We can’t use their methods. We have got to use Bible methods in every
thing we do.”
4:45 p.m.—Tommy Sample and Emma Pittman spoke for a few minutes
concerning their zeal for the C. P. M. A. Each of them expressed a de
sire to do more in this department another year. .
4:50 p.m.—Awards of honor presented:
Badges of honor were presented to the secretaries of the ten leading
states in council membership in the C. P. M. A. They were: North Carolina,
Georgia,
Tennessee, Virginia, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, East Texas,
Kentucky, South Carolina.
A silk banner was presented to the champion soul winner—G. A. Hamby,
Jr. A silk banner was also presented to John C. Lyles for winning the
second
largest number of souls. The secretary stated they could hang
these banners up in their evangelistic campaigns.
Alabama had the largest state convention offering and a banner was
presented to the state secretary and state overseer.
Indiana had the second largest offering. A banner was presented to
the state secretary and state overseer.
A banner was presented to the secretary and overseer of North Carolina
for having the largest number of council members.
A
banner was presented to the secretary and overseer of Tennessee for
having the largest number of honor stones.
A banner was presented to the church at Cordele, Georgia for having
the largest number of council members.
5:19 p.m.—The huge audience moved outside for the outdoor program.
The secretary called attention to a sign which read, “Back to the Holy
Land to make known the vision from Mount Hattin. 10,000 council mem
bership drive.” He stated that we must prove to the world that the
Church did not begin at Pentecost but that it was organized by Jesus on
Mount
Hattin. The ten thousand members are needed in the C. P. M. A.
in order to go to Mount Hattin and erect a marker there.
Brother Amos Creel spoke a few words about the need of making known
the Church. Following this the airplanes could be seen flying in forma
tion. As they flew overhead, Scriptures were read and Brother Kent ex
plained them. He referred to the twin-engine plane which was flying over
head as the “Flying Roll.” He stated that we must fly to the Holy Land.
The
Biblical Wonder Trio sang “Going Up When I Die.”
6:05 p.m.—The service was adjourned with all joining together in con
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6:10 p.m.—Music by the Miami and Electric bands.
6:30 p.m.—Wilburn Curtis sang, “Take My Hand Precious Lord”; the
Georgia
Trio sang, “Checking up on my Payments to the Lord”; the Florida
Quartet sang, “Echoes from the Burning Bush.”
6:44 p.m.—The congregation joined together in praying for those for
whom requests had been made and for the Assembly.
6:49 p.m.—All A. B. M. workers marched to the church on Wildwood
Avenue for a service in charge of E. H. Griffith.
6:55 p.m.—“The Every Creature Message in All Languages of the World,”
message
by Jess F. Pruitt, Foreign Language Secretary.
The speaker referred to Mark 16:15 and said: “I believe this Scripture
means just what it says. I believe it applies to us today. The last days
message
has never been preached to every creature and until it has been
preached in all the world, it is our responsibility to go and preach and
teach and publish the gospel in every language.
“We find in the eleventh chapter of Genesis that all the earth was of
one language and one speech. The people decided to do some things that
were contrary to God’s plan. They were building a city and a tower that
would
reach to heaven and God came down to see their work. He con
founded
their language so they could not understand one another and
they were scattered upon the face of the earth.
“We find in the twelfth chapter of Genesis that God began to gather
His
people together again. He spoke to Abraham and told him to get out
of his country and away from his kindred and he would make of him a
great nation. Abraham obeyed God. He traveled with God and did the
tilings
that were commanded of him. Later on we find Isaiah saying
‘Thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not
thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy
One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.’ Jesus told the Jews that the
kingdom
of God would be taken from them and given to a nation bring
ing
forth the fruits thereof. Peter said the Church was that nation. The
Church is the nation that God promised to Abraham. The Church is the
nation that He took away from the Jews and gave to a people bringing
forth the fruit.
“John showed that all men would eventually believe on Christ. The
high priest prophesied that one would die for that nation and not only
for that nation, but that He might gather together all of the children of
God.
“People of many languages are scattered around the world. All must
be gathered into the holy nation. We can’t confine our work to one lan
guage. We must go into all the world and teach, preach and publish the
gospel in every language. There are more than 2,700 languages and dialects
spoken by the people of the world. This gospel message must be printed
in all of them. That is a big job, but the Head of the Church said to
do it and I don’t believe He would tell us to do something that is im
possible. It is God’s plan and His will and we are attempting to do the
work. The time will come when all of our literature, our periodicals,
our songs books and all that we have in English will be printed in the
other languages of the world. We must know the doctrine is the same in
every language. We must all speak the same thing in every language of
the world. My soul is stirred as I think of the great work that we have
to do in publishing the message in every language. We must get the mes
sage
to every creature in the world in his own language. We must go hand
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7:30 p.ra.—The Back to the Bible Trio sang, “Where Living Waters
Flow.” G. A. Hamby, Jr. sang, “It is No Secret What God Can Do.” The
Trio sang two more numbers. An expense offering was received while
the songs were sung which amounted to $184.05.
7:45 p.m.—Program in charge of E. C. Scotton, Field Secretary.
The song service was led by Brother Samuel B. Moss. During the sing
ing the congregation stood and rejoiced in the Lord. G. M. Scotton, Gen
eral Cook and L. W. Brown led the audience in prayer.
8:02 p.m.—The Sons of Harmony sang two numbers.
8:14 p.m.—Awarding of banners and badges:
Badges of honor were presented to the workers who had organized new
churches this year. These churches were organized in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia,
Louisiana, District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. A banner was presented to Brother
Daniel Nairn for reporting the largest number of additions to the Church.
He
in turn presented the banner to Sister Mary Cox who assisted him in
the revival.
8:22 p.m.—The Philadelphia Singers sang, “Walk in the Sunlight of His
Love.
”
8:25 p.m.—The North Carolina wrokers were next on the program. They
sang a fiery song and the state secretary, Brother Archie Melvin, delivered
a short message on the subject, “Putting in Practice What We Know.”
He stated that there were many people in the world who did not know
the things we know, but it is our duty to make them see. He said that
numbers of people were moved about with every wind of doctrine, but
there are some people who could not be moved because they know they
are right and they are putting in practice the things they know. He showed
that if we would stick to the doctrine as we know it, we could have
Jesus with us all the way because He promised to be with us to the end.
8:37 p.m.—Song by the Adderly Singers of Brooklyn, New York, “Oh
My Lord What a Time.”
8:48 p.m.—The Tennessee workers showed their zeal for the Church.
C. A. Knowles, state secretary, spoke briefly to show that Tennessee is
standing for God and His Church. He said that everybody in the state
don’t know who Jesus is, but that we are determined to fight the battle
until the people have the knowledge of God and His Church. The Ten
nessee
delegates sang, “Everybody Don’t Know Who Jesus Is.”
9:00 p.m.—The workers from East Texas showed they were on the fir
ing line. The state secretary, J. W. Deadrick, talked briefly. He said
a firing line was a place where two powers met in battle. He said that
they were striving to fight the good fight of faith and they expected to
continue until the battle is won. He called on a few others to speak and
at the last the group sang, “The Old Ship of Zion.”
9:18 p.m.—Brother T. Hunter delivered a good message on the subject,
“Joy of Reaping the Harvest.” He showed how it was necessary to sow
good seed in well prepared soil in order to reap a harvest. He stated
that it took hard work to prepare the soil, sow the seed and cultivate the
plants, but there was joy in reaping a bountiful harvest. He made it clear
the same is true in working in the harvest field of the Lord, for they that
sow in tears shall reap in joy. He encouraged the people to look on the
fields that are ripe to harvest, and he stated that if we labored in the
Lord’s harvest fields, we will sometime hear His “Well done.”
9:42 p.m.—Song by Charles Scotton, Pecolia Headen and Dorothy Headen,
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9:45 p.m.—Message by Ralph C. Scotton, “A Future Outlook.”
Haggai 2:7 was read and the Secretary said: “I believe the shaking time
is on. God said He would fill this house with glory. God is still on the
throne. We are heading for something. The vision is getting brighter and
brighter. We are on our way to every creature with the last days mes
sage. Do you have a future outlook? Do you believe we are going to ac
complish this work? It will not be long until the crowds will be flowing
into the Church. We are getting ready for them.
“
God told Noah to build an ark. He climbed up to a high peak and
started building. It is going to rain some of these days and people had
better get into the ark. It never had rained but Noah knew it was go
ing to rain because God said it would, so he worked faithfully to build
the ark. I am satisfied we are going to get the work done and be ready
for the coming of the Lord. The lion was going on about his business,
not giving any attention to Noah’s work, but that didn’t disturb him. When
the ark was finished Noah stepped inside and God began dealing with
the animals and in due time all were in their places in the ark.
“It is the Father’s good pleasure to give us the kingdom. A lot of peo
ple
are asleep as were the foolish virgins. They cannot see because they
are asleep. We are not to sleep as others. We must make the people
know
the Church. The doors are open for them to come in. We are look
ing for great things. We are getting ready for the multitudes to come.
When the work is all done the Lord is coming. The dead in Christ shall
rise first and we shall all go to meet Him in the air.”
10:26 p.m.—The altar call was made by Gordon Rolle, Charles M. Scot
ton and Edward Jones. Many came to the altar and the record was made
of two being saved, three sanctified and eight baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Thursday, September 11
6:05 a.m.—Sunrise prayer meeting in charge of Jerald Fox. Following
a fiery song service, all gathered at the altar and prayed for the sick and
others for whom requests had been made, and for the work of the As
sembly
that day. All stood and praised the Lord together, then Brother
Fox read a Scripture and spoke briefly. The colored delegates sang, “Get
ting Ready to Leave This World,” and the blessings of the Lord were
poured out upon His people. They marched and glorified God. The serv
ice was dismissed at 6:50 a.m. by all standing and praising the Lord
together.
7:30 a.m.—Song service led by Roy Day, with Edna Day at the piano.
After the reading of requests for prayer, Brother C. F. Reynolds prayed,
then the congregation prayed in concert in behalf of those for whom re
quests
were made.
7:47 a.m.—Call of states and provinces and their response with their
music, songs, marches, display of flags and banners, short talks by the
overseers and their reports. A sharp trumpet blast was made by Glen
Marlow
as a signal for all to be ready.
7:48 a.m.—Alabama, Roy H. Phipps, Overseer. 238 marched. They carried
23 banners, 21 flags and two musical instruments. The delegation sang,
“Just a Little Talk with Jesus.” After some special songs were sung, the
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state, 130 ministers and approximately 2,086 members. Thirty churches
have honor stones in Fields of the Wood.
8:10 a.m.—Arizona, L. E. Silvers, Overseer. Ten marched and they car
ried one banner and two musical instruments. Songs by the delegates.
The overseer gave his report which showed there are 4 churches, nine
ministers and 113 members in the state.
8:25 a.m.—Arkansas, James Staggs, Overseer. 120 marched with 63 ban
ners, nine flags and three musical instruments. The delegation sang, “Glory
to His Name,” and two or three special songs were sung. The report of
the overseer showed 27 churches, 43 ministers, 698 members, and 12
churches have honor stones in Fields of the Wood.
8:40 a.m.—Aruba, Walter C. Bates, Overseer. Ten marched, carrying one
banner and one musical instrument. The overseer’s daughter sang, “Land
of Rest.” The Foreign Missionary Secretary talked briefly and the over
seer read his report, showing one church with 17 members, one min
ister and a new church building.
8:52 a.m.—Bahamas, Alvin S. Moss, Overseer. 34 marched, carrying seven
banners and 24 musical instruments. The overseer read his report and
the delegation sang, “I’m to the Highlands Bound.” The report showed
there are 59 churches, 80 ministers and 3,053 members.
9:02 a.m.—California and Alaska, Adrian T. Griffin, Overseer. 94
marched. They carried 35 banners, four flags and four instruments. Songs
by the delegation and specials. The overseer read his report of the work.
The report showed California had 24 churches, 88 ministers and 583
members. Andrew Makar represented Alaska with one church and 17
members.
9:25 a.m.—Colorado, W. T. Pettyjohn, Overseer. 36 marched with 12
banners, three flags and four instruments. The delegation sang, “Just a
Little Talk with Jesus,” also special songs were sung. The overseer read
his report, showing five churches in the state, 14 ministers and 125 mem
bers. Three churches have honor stones in Fields of the Wood.
9:51 a.m.—New England States, William A. Grant, Overseer. Twelve
marched with four banners. Songs by the delegates. The overseer read
his
report which showed there are three churches, five ministers and 42
members. Connecticut and Vermont are paid in full in the Emergency
Fund.
10:30 a.m.—Cuba, Carlos Colon, Overseer. Eleven marched with one
banner, three flags and one musical instrument. The delegation sang a
song
in Spanish and a brother sang a solo. The overseer gave his report.
This
showed there are six churches in Cuba, five ministers and 37 members.
10:15 a.m.—Cyprus, Kyriados Kounnas, son of the overseer, Repre
sentative. Three marched with one banner and one flag. Brother Kounnas
gave
a report of the work in Cyprus. Brother Ada McGehee and Brother
D. H. Queener spoke briefly concerning the work in Cyprus, also Germany.
10:37 a.m.—Delaware, M. P. Price, Overseer. Seventeen marched. They car
ried two banners and two flags. After a song by a Trio, the overseer
read his report which showed there are two churches in the states, three
ministers and 31 members. The delegation sang, “Down on my Knees.”
The state is paid in full in the Emergency Fund.
10:55 a.m.—East Texas, John A. Stubbs, Overseer. 156 marched, carry
ing 43 banners, five flags and two musical instruments. Wilburn Curtis
sang “It is no Secret.” The overseer gave his report. This showed 33
churches in the state, 71 ministers and 775 members. There are 25 churches
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per cent in the Emergency Fund. The colored delegates sang a song.
11:09 a.m.—Florida, M. S. Curry, Overseer. 380 marched with 197 ban
ners, nine flags and 25 musical instruments. After a song by the delega
tion,
the overseer talked briefly and read his report of the work. This
showed
72 churches in the state, 187 ministers and 1,670 members. Thirty-
two churches have honor stones in Fields of the Wood, and the state has
paid the Emergency dollars in full. The daughter of the overseer sang a
solo.
11:33 a.m.—Georgia, M. E. Wilson, Overseer. 433 marched, carrying 67
banners, 95 flags and two musical instruments. Several songs were sung
and the overseer made a short talk and read his report. The report showed
88 churches, 210 ministers and 2,800 members. Thirty-seven churches have
honor stones in Fields of the Wood.
12:04 p.m.—Idaho, Harrison E. Price, Overseer. Thirty marched with
27 banners, one flag and two musical instruments. The delegation sang
two
numbers and the overseer gave his report. This report showed three
churches
in the state, with four ministers and 98 members. Two churches
have honor stones in Fields of the Wood. The state has paid the Emergency
dollars in full.
12:20 p.m.—Illinois, John W. Miracle, Overseer. 74 marched with 30
banners. Many of the delegates were wearing work clothes, the men,
carrying paint buckets, rakes, hoes and so on. The women carried kitchen
utensils, work baskets, crochet and embroidery. They sang, “Work for
the Night is Coming.” The overseer read his report showing there are
14 churches in the state, 28 ministers and 358 members. Six churches have
honor stones in Fields of the Wood. Following the report, the delegates
sang,
“Working the Road.”
12:30 p.m.—Indiana, Joe Martin, Overseer. 122 marched. They carried
34 banners and 12 flags. After a song by the delegates, the overseer read
his
report, showing 15 churches in the state, 32 ministers and 413 mem
bers. Eight churches have honor stones in Fields of the Wood. The state
has paid the Emergency dollars in full.
12:50 p.m.—Iowa, Howard W. Thomas, Overseer. 45 marched, carrying
eleven
banners, seven flags and one musical instrument. Songs were sung
and the overseer read his report. This report showed ten churches in
the state, nine ministers and 195 members. Seven churches have honor
stones
in Fields of the Wood and the state is paid in full in the Emergency
Fund.
1:03 p.m.—Jamaica, R. C. Smith, Overseer. Fourteen marched with one
banner and one flag. The delegates sang, “He Set Me Free.” The over
seer talked briefly and read his report. Then he sang, “The Church is
Moving on.” His report showed 157 churches, 134 ministers and 9,400
members.
1:15 p.m.—Kansas, Cecil J. Cunningham, Overseer. 74 marched with 32
banners, eight flags and two musical instruments. The overseer talked
briefly and the delegates sang, “Getting Ready to Leave This World.”
Solo by LeRoy Fields. The overseer read his Report which showed twelve
churches, 33 ministers and 323 members in the state. Six churches have
honor stones in Fields of the Wood.
1:29 p.m.—Kentucky, Harper Hunter, Jr., Overseer. 263 marched with
38 banners, eleven flags and eighteen musical instruments. After two
songs were sung, the overseer gave his report. This report showed 59
churches,
124 ministers and 2,262 members in the state. Twenty-eight
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1:49 p.m.—Louisiana, Earl Cowen, Overseer. 73 marched with 36 ban
ners, nine flags and six musical instruments. After a song by the delegates,
the overseer read his report and talked briefly. The report showed eleven
churches, eighteen ministers and 228 members in the state. Seven churches
have honor stones in Fields of the Wood and the overseer reported they
did not have one stray in the state.
2:01 p.m.—Maryland and District of Columbia, Posey A. Shupe, Over
seer. Ninety-six marched with 37 banners, twelve flags and one instru
ment. Two young men dressed in derby hats and frock coats, one carry
ing a large Church flag and the other a large United States flag, walked
directly behind the overseer. After the delegates sang three songs, the
overseer read his report and talked briefly. His report showed there
are 15 churches in the state, 34 ministers and 323 members. Six churches
have honor stones in Fields of the Wood. Five new churches were repre
sented in the march.
2:23 p.m.—Mexico, J. A. Jimenez, Overseer. Ten marched with one
banner, one flag and one instrument. The delegates sang songs and choruses
in Spanish and the overseer made a short talk which was interpreted
by Brother Gabriel Monti jo. He then read his report which showed there
are 26 churches, 33 ministers and 1,004 members in Mexico. Twenty-six
churches are operating the auxiliaries and one has an honor stone in
Fields of the Wood.
2:40 p.m.—Michigan, John L. Sullivan, Overseer. Ill marched with 25
banners, 13 flags and one musical instrument. Several songs were sung
and the overseer introduced the state secretaries and read his report. This
showed
14 churches, 36 ministers and 433 members in the state. Ten
churches have honor stones in Fields of the Wood and the state is one
hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund.
3:02 p.m.—Minnesota, Paul H. Thompson, Overseer. 22 marched, car
rying ten banners, live flags and two musical instruments. The delegates
sang “Working the Road.” Richard Goins sang, “I Traded My Sins for
Salvation.” The overseer read his report. Sister Thompson sang, “Trouble
some Waters.” The report showed five churches in the state, six min
isters and 87 members. Three churches have honor stones in Fields of the
Wood and the state is one hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund.
3:16 p.m.—Mississippi, H. M. Biggers, Overseer. 145 marched with 54
banners, three flags and one instrument. As the delegation sang, “Power
in the Blood,” there was shouting and rejoicing. The overseer read his
report and introduced the state secretaries and state treasurer. He also
introduced the wife of the former overseer, E. C. Rider, and the former
overseer, B. O. Funderburk. His report gave 51 churches in the state, 67
ministers and 1,675 members. Eighteen churches have honor stones in
Fields of the Wood.
3:34 p.m.—Missouri, Boyd Thornton, Overseer. 127 marched with 40
banners, five flags and four instruments. Several songs were sung and
the delegates rejoiced in the Lord. The overseer introduced the former
overseer, Brother D. R. Holcomb, who spoke a few words. Brother Amos
Creel
spoke briefly concerning the two revivals he conducted in Missouri.
The
overseer read his report, showing there are 29 churches, 69 ministers
and 819 members in the state. Eight churches have honor stones in Fields
of the Wood, and a Youth Camp was held during the summer.
3:58 p.m.—Montana and Alberta, Canada, W. A. Newsom, Overseer. 21
marched, with 13 banners, two flags and two instruments. The delegates
sang their theme song and the Indian delegates sang a song in their lan
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the work on the Indian Reservation. The report gave six churches, eight
ministers and 83 members. Alberta has one church with 21 members.
4:15 p.m. — Montserrat, Saint Kitts, Antigua and Anguilla, James A.
Ottley,
Overseer. Ten marched, carrying one banner and one flag. The
overseer talked briefly and the delegates sang, “In the Sweet By and By.”
Brother Walter Bates made a short talk in regard to the work in these
countries and the overseer gave his report. This report showed ten
churches, nine ministers and 357 members. Seven of the churches are
operating the auxiliaries.
4:29 p.m.—Nebraska, Don B. Thomas, Overseer. 25 marched, with 11
banners, .three flags and one instrument. Three songs were sung and
the overseer spoke briefly and read his report which showed five churches
in the state, seven ministers and 49 members. Three churches have honor
stones
in Fields of the Wood and the state has paid the Emergency dol
lars in full.
4:41 p.m.—Nevada, George D. Herron, Overseer. Five marched with
one banner, one flag and two instruments. Several songs were sung and
the overseer read his report. This report showed there is one church, four
ministers and 20 members in the state.
4:56 p.m.—New Jersey, Walter L. Harvey, Overseer. 19 marched, with
two banners, one flag and one musical instrument. A quartet sang, “ ’Tis
Stamped Upon My Soul.” The overseer talked briefly and read his re
port. His two small daughters sang, “In My Heart, There Rings a Melody.”
The report showed three churches, nine ministers and thirty members in
the state.
5:09 p.m.—New Mexico, T. J. Lowe, Overseer. 45 marched, with ten
banners, five flags and three instruments. The delegates sang “Getting
Ready to Leave this World.” Brother and Sister Lamb sang, “To Far
Upon My Journey.” The overseer read his report which showed 12 churches,
17 ministers and 189 members in the state. Seven churches have honor
stones
in Fields of the Wood.
5:22 p.m.—New York, J. F. Aites, Overseer. 41 marched, with 16 ban
ners, seven flags and one instrument. Following a song by the delegation,
the overseer introduced Sister Maude Haycraft, 87 years of age, the old
est member in the -state. He then read his report and made a short talk.
The colored delegates sang, “Soul of Mine.” The report showed eight
churches, 19 ministers and 130 members. Four churches have honor stones
in Fields of the Wood.
5:39 p.m.—North Carolina, R. Clement Lynch, Overseer. 382 marched,
with 81 banners, 12 flags and three instruments. After two songs were
sung,
the overseer read his report. Following this, the Sons of Harmony
sang,
“Jesus My Rock.” The report showed 79 churches, 154 ministers
and 2,283 members. Forty-nine churches have honor stones in Fields of
the Wood and the state is one hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund.
6:04 p.m.—The V. L. Bs. marched to the church on Wildwood Avenue,
led by the Miami Band, for a special service in charge of the Secretary,
Harry Lee Moore.
6:09 p.m.—North Dakota and Manitoba, Canada, Nelson W. Johnson,
Overseer.
51 marched, carrying 18 banners, two flags and two musical
instruments. The delegates sang, “Firing Line.-” Adolph Flemmer spoke
in German. Paul Doroshuk, of Manitoba, spoke a few words. He received
the Holy Ghost on his way to the Assembly. The overseer stated they
had a revival for three days on the bus coming to the Assembly. James
Holding
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The overseer read his report which showed seven churches, eleven min
isters and 150 members in the state. Three churches have honor stones
in Fields of the Wood and all have paid the Emergency dollars. Mani
toba has one church with 30 members.
6:26 p.m.—Ohio, W. W. Webb, Overseer. 104 marched with 31 ban
ners, four flags and two instruments. After three songs, the overseer
gave his report. This showed 16 churches, 39 ministers and 531 mem
bers. Fifteen churches have honor stones in Fields of the Wood and the
state is paid in full in the Emergency Fund.
6:41 p.m.—Oklahoma, D. F. Rowland, Overseer. 82 marched, carrying
34 banners, nine flags and four musical instruments. After some songs
were sung, the overseer talked briefly and gave his report. This report
showed
there are 22 churches in the state, 58 ministers and 668 mem
bers. Fifteen of the churches have honor stones in Fields of the Wood
and all are on the Emergency Honor Roll.
7:05 p.m.—Ontario, Canada, Horace Lafortune, Overseer. Five marched
with two banners and five flags. The overseer sang, “Saved.” _ He spoke
briefly and gave his report which showed there is one church in Ontario,
and his church is on the Emergency Honor Roll.
7:17 p.m.—Oregon, W. G. Hardin, Overseer. Thirteen marched with nine
banners and three flags. The delegation sang, “We Will Win the West
for Jesus.” A gift was presented to the General Overseer and wife. The
overseer made a short talk and read his report of the work. The report
showed
five churches in the state, ten ministers and 129 members. Three
churches have honor stones in Fields of the Wood and all are on the
Emergency Honor Roll.
7:31 p.m.—Pennsylvania, Paul J. Ion, Overseer. 100 marched, carrying
23 banners, 13 flags and two instruments. Several songs were sung, the
overseer introduced the state secretaries and talked briefly concerning
the work, then gave his report. The report showed 25 churches, 50 min
isters and 655 members. Five churches have honor stones in Fields of
the Wood.
7:55 p.m.—Porto Rico, Carlos de Leon Colon, Overseer. Twelve marched
with one banner, one flag and two instruments. A song was sung in Span
ish by the delegation and the overseer gave his report. This showed
eleven churches, eleven ministers and 237 members.
8:07 p.m.—Sierra Leone, B. W. A., Daniel Longstreth, Representative. 17
marched, carrying one banner and three flags. The Sons of Harmony sang
“Let Us Talk About Jesus.” Brother Longstreth spoke a few minutes and
the group sang, “Jesus Hold My Hand,” the congregation singing with them.
8:19 p.m.—South Carolina, E. A. McDonald, Overseer. 282 marched with
42 banners, nine flags and five musical instruments. Several songs were
sung,
the overseer made a short talk and read his report. This showed
there are 56 churches in the state, 104 ministers and 1,800 members. Twenty-
five chui'ches have honor stones in Fields of the Wood.
8:49 p.m.—South Dakota, F. E. Van Deventer, Overseer. 51 marched with
25 banners, four flags and two instruments. Several songs were sung and
the overseer read his report. The report showed eight churches in the
state, ten ministers and 165 members. Seven churches have honor stones
in Fields of the Wood and all are on the Emergency Honor Roll.
9:13 p.m.—Tennessee, L. V. Jones, Overseer. 598 marched, with 122
banners, 14 flags and two musical instruments. The delegation sang, “Keep
on
the Firing Line.” The colored delegates sang, “I’m One of Them.”
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state, 180 ministers and 3,630 members. Fifty-two churches have honor
stones
in Fields of the Wood.
9:42 p.m.—Utah, Harold Laster, Overseer. 19 marched, with four ban
ners and three musical instruments. The delegation sang, “I’ll Shout and
Shine.
” The Whirlwind Evangelists sang a number, also Lorna Wilson.
The
overseer read his report of the work which showed there are two
churches,
six ministers and 40 members in the state.
10:03 p.m.—Virginia, W. M. Lowman, Overseer. 378 marched with 119
banners, 21 flags and one musical instrument. The overseer gave praise
to God for His healing power which made it possible for him to be in
the Assembly. Several songs were sung and the power fell upon the
delegates
as Brother S. B. Moss led the colored workers in a song. The
overseer read his report which showed there are 73 churches in the
state, 125 ministers and 2,067 members. Forty-five churches have honor
stones in Fields of the Wood and the state is one hundred per cent in
the Emergency Fund.
10:35 p.m.—Washington and British Columbia, Canada, Sidney A. Cooley,
Overseer.
48 marched with eleven banners, five flags and one instru
ment. Songs were sung and the overseer read his report and gave a short
talk. The report showed there are nine churches in the state, 21 min
isters and 201 members. Seven churches have honor stones in Fields of
the Wood and the state is one hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund.
British Columbia has one church with 41 members, and the church is on
the Emergency Honor Roll.
10:54 p.m.—West Texas, Harry W. Grimes, Overseer. 58 marched, carry
ing 25 banners, ten flags and one instrument. The delegation sang, “Just
a Little Talk with Jesus.” The overseer spoke briefly and called on the
Spanish
delegates to speak. The overseer gave his report which showed
ten churches in the state, 16 ministers and 185 members. Seven churches
have honor stones in Fields of the Wood.
11:10 p.m.—West Virginia, V. R. Sherrill, Overseer. 92 marched, car
rying 37 banners, 16 flags and two instruments. A number of the delegates
were dressed in work clothes, the men in overalls and the women in
print dresses and bonnets. They recited a poem about the state work,
then sang, “Old Camp Meeting Days.” The overseer gave his report and
two
more songs were sung. There was shouting and rejoicing. The re
port gave 21 churches, 40 ministers and 484 members. Six churches have
honor stones in Fields of the Wood.
11:31 p.m.—Wisconsin, E. T. Fowler, Overseer. 33 marched with 27 ban
ners,
one flag and one musical instrument. The delegates sang, “I Love
My Saviour, Too.” Other songs were sung and the overseer gave his re
port. This report showed six churches, ten ministers and 128 members
in the state. Four churches have honor stones in Fields of the Wood.
11:45 p.m.—Wyoming, G. C. Decker, Overseer. 26 marched with seven
banners, four flags and one instrument. “Riding the Range for Jesus”
was sung and the overseer read his report. He also gave information con
cerning the V. L. B. Camp held in the state. The V. L. Bs. sang “Every
body
Ought to Know.” The overseer’s report showed eleven churches, ten
ministers and 142 members in the state. Five churches have honor stones
in Fields of the Wood and the state is paid in full in the Emergency Fund.
The
delegation left the platform at 12:13 a.m.
12:14 a.m.—The General Overseer read the names of the six countries
listed on the program which were not represented in the Assembly. The
congregation
stood and joined together in prayer for our people in these
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12:16 a.m.—Larry Smith sounded the trumpet to signify the end of the
call of states.
12:17 a.m.—Song service led by Leroy Fields, with Brad Dewberry at
the piano and Emma Lou Moore at the organ. Prayer by D. M. Wilkerson.
12:25 a.m.—Evangelistic message by Earl Lafever. He spoke for a short
time, urging the people to seek God for the blessings they needed. The
altar call was made while Donald Meadows sang the invitation song. Many
came forward and the record shows two saved, three sanctified and two
baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Friday, September 12
6:13 a.m.—Sunrise prayer meeting in charge of O. R. Hogan and P. T.
Weaver.
Brother Hogan led in the song service. Brother Weaver spoke
briefly on the need of prayer in behalf of the Assembly that day and
called for Brother Cecil J. Cunningham to lead the congregation in earnest
prayer. A fiery testimony service followed. The colored saints sang, “By
and By.” Brother Hogan delivered a short message which was inspira
tional and encouraging, then at his request the people gathered around
the altar and prayed. Brother Weaver spoke briefly about the good Holy
Ghost.
Those having requests for prayer made them known and all joined
together in a concert prayer. The service was dismissed at 7:01 a.m. by
all praising the Lord. After the service was dismissed, quite a number
were prayed for and anointed for the healing of their bodies.
9:17 a.m.—The song service was led by Marvin Burt, with Marie Burt
at the piano and Willystene Calfee at the organ. Prayer by Orvie Bra-
land as the congregation stood in holy reverence before the Lord. The
General Overseer read requests for prayer and all the congregation prayed
for those for whom requests had been made.
9:33 a.m.—Song by Harper Hunter, Jr., “I’m a Pilgrim.” ■
9:39 a.m.—“Becoming Better Acquainted with the Lord and His Church,”
message
by L. S. Rhodes. The speaker referred to Psalm 34:1-3 and gave
honor to God. Then he stated that he was going to talk about God’s
Church because he found His Church in the Bible. After the reading
of Psalm 22:28 he said: “He declares He is the Governor among the na
tions,
and He singles out a certain nation and pronounces a blessing upon
it. Just as sure as He has control of all nations in the world, He has
control of the Holy Nation. Since He is the Governor of the nations, I
want to take Him at His word. Simon hadn’t had much success in catch
ing fish until he let down the net at the word of the Master. When we
take Him at His word, then we declare He is the Governor,, the One
who
rules and controls the entire world.
“When He decides to do something, He doesn’t have to counsel with
anyone. He works all things after the counsel of His own will. By Him
were all things created. Nothing He has created has authority over Him
All nations before Him are as nothing. He looks at them and counts
them less than nothing. By Him all things consist. He will see to it that
everything is carried on according to His divine program. I want to know
Him
better, don’t you? We need to take Him at His word and follow Him.
“He is the head of the body, the Church. The body is subject to the
head. One time He was on a ship and there arose a great storm. The
waves
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ciples and asked them why they were afraid. He had given command for
the ship to go to the other side and He is the Governor of all things. The
Bible shows the ship landed on the other side. The waves and winds have
tried to sink the old ship of Zion, but He will see to it that it will reach
the other side. I know the ship has been rocking and we somtimes get
a little seasick, but Paul said ‘except these abide in the ship.’ It is no
time to jump overboard. Jesus is here to see that the ship lands on the
other side. He can calm the troubled seas. When we take Him at His
word,
there is nothing to be alarmed about. When another storm comes,
just sit steady in the boat and in due time we can rejoice and give honor
and
praise to Him because the marriage of the Lamb is come and His wife
has made herself ready.”
10:28 a.m.—Song by Texie Johnson, “The Church Victorious.”
10:33 a.m.—The General Overseer made a few brief remarks, then called
for the ushers to get in their places so they could pass out copies of the
songs to be sung in connection with the Annual Address. After this was
done, eight of the brethren came to the front of the platform and held
the Church, United States, Mexican and British flags. The citizens of the
United
States repeated after the General Overseer the United States flag
pledge. The British subjects repeated the British flag pledge. Brother
J. A. Jimenez and Brother Gabriel Montijo repeated the Mexican flag
pledge. Then all together the large audience repeated the flag pledge of
the Church. The General Overseer then asked all who could to kneel and
pray. Many earnest prayers ascended to the Father.
10:50 a.m.—The General Overseer’s Annual Address:
GENERAL OVERSEER ’S ANNUAL ADDRESS
BEFORE
THE FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
of
THE CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY
United States of America Flag Pledge
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to
the Republic for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
The British Flag Pledge
I pledge allegiance to our Queen, and Country, one flag, one throne,
one Empire.
La Bandera
jOh, Bandera Mexicana! iMi Bandera tricolor! Yo amo tus lindos colores;
con todo mi corazon. Quiero que siempre gloriosa, flotes libre y con honor.
iQue todos los Mexicanos, sepan mostrarte su amor!
The Church of God Flag Pledge
I pledge allegiance to our Church flag, and to the doctrine for which
it stands—one God, one Faith, one Mind, and one Church for all. Amen!

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INTRODUCTORY
This has been a great year in preparation for the coming of the Lord.
God has been with us and many souls have been saved, sanctified and
baptized with the Holy Ghost. The sick has been healed and the bless
ings of God have been with us so that much good has been accomplished.
New
fields have been entered and the message has been carried to num
bers of people who knew little or nothing about God’s Church. Quite a
number of new churches have been organized, and I believe this has been the
greatest convention year we have ever had. We are grateful to God for
all that has been accomplished. We know that it has been through His
help that we were able to accomplish as much as we did and we give Him
the glory and honor.
Our overseers are to be commended for their untiring service to God
and His Church. They have worked faithfully and they have been blessed
of the Lord so they were able to accomplish a great deal. Many of our
ministers have rendered such faithful service that words fail me when I
try to express how I feel. I thank God for everyone of them and I am
glad because I have such wonderful people to - associate with in the great
work that is ours to do in these last days. Not only our ministers have
done excellent work this year, but many of our members have done out
standing service, and without the faithful work of our members we could
not have done what has been done. When the time comes for rewards to be
given by our Lord, I am sure our people will come in for their share.
There
have been oppositions and difficulties in the way, but the Lord
has helped us so that in many instances very little attention was paid
to them. And this is the best way for us to meet them. When we allow
ourselves to get worried over the unpleasant things that we have to con--
tend with, we can’t do the best service for the Lord. But I am glad that
our people have the courage to ride over the oppositions and go on with
their work as though there were none. Because we can do this, we are
able to make advancements in the work from year to year.
It takes men and women of courage to work for God in the face of op
positions
and I am glad we have them in our ranks. Like Gideon of old,
they have the courage to meet the enemy even when the odds are against
them, knowing that God has chosen them for this special work and that
He
is leading the way. When Israel was oppressed by the Midianites, God
chose Gideon to deliver them. He sent an angel to speak with him about
the matter. Gideon felt unable to do so great a work, but when he was
convinced
that Gotd wanted to use him, he called his people together to
fight
the host of Midian. They were like grasshoppers for multitude, but
Gideon
had the courage to go out against this vast number of people even
though his army had been reduced to three hundred men equipped only
with trumpets, pitchers and lamps. He was moving in obedience to the
Word of God and he felt assured that the victory would be won for Israel
by the help of the Lord.
We know who we are and we know something about the work that is
to be done down here in these last days. We are not disturbed because
of difficulties and oppositions, but we are moving forward in obedience
to the Word of God and we are confident of victory. God is more than
a match for anything that may come our way. This is His business and
He
will see to it that the work is accomplished. We are not discouraged;
we
are not downhearted; we are not in despair, but we are rather full
of joy and victory as we press on in this great warfare. We are finding
happiness all along the way because we know God is with us and He
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is the head of the Church, has all power in heaven and in earth and His
promise has been given that He will be with us alway even to the end
of the world. We are certain of the fact that we can have His help to
carry out His Word in making the necessary preparations for the time
when He will take His Church that is holy and without blemish away
from this world and present it to Himself a glorious Church not having
spot or • wrinkle or any such thing. We believe the Bible so we work
on gladly and willingly. We know there is victory ahead. We are not
depending on our own strength but we are looking to the One who has
called
us and commanded us to go into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature. “Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit,
saith the Lord of hosts.” This work will be accomplished, the bride is
making herself ready, and in due time Jesus will make His appearance
in the skies. God will see to it that His Word is fulfilled.
THE CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY
This subject has been thought about, preached on and discussed many
times
in the past few months and there may be some here today who
are in a state of wonder. For this reason, probably it is necessary to make
some explanation of what has taken place.
Up until May 1, 1952, the Church had been operating as the Church of
God with the words “over which M. A. Tomlinson is General Overseer”
to distinguish it from other groups calling themselves the Church of God.
But as many of us know, we were brought into court for using the name
with this distinction. Everything possible was done in an effort to be
able to continue the case in court, even taking it to the supreme court
of the state of Tennessee, with 'the hope of being able to continue to use
the words we had used for years to distinguish us from others, but we
were denied this privilege; however, we were given the opportunity to
suggest
a suitable prefix or suffix to the name. But since the Assembly
had decided upon the words to use to distinguish us from others through
a resolution, no one had the authority to make a suggestion. The court
was
aware of this fact, and realizing the seriousness of imposing the
name that was on record with the court, and knowing that he had the
authority to propose a name under which the Church could hold its prop
erty, he gave us a name as alternate relief as far as property and busi
ness
affairs are concerned. He did this after it seemed that all effort
put forth to continue to hold property under the name of the Church of
God had come to an end and after listening to our attorneys explain our
petition.
There has been no change made in regard to the spiritual affairs of
the Church. We can still preach the Church of God from the Scriptures
as we always have. Our doctrine has not been changed and we can still
take members into the Church as we have in the past. We can use the
name Church of God in any manner we desire inside our church build
ings
as the court has made it clear that he did not want to interfere with
our religious worship. He showed that the courts can control property
rights and that the courts of the state of Tennessee had granted another
group the right to use the name Church of God in holding their property.
For this reason he felt it was necessary for him to decide how we should
hold
our property. He was interested in finding a name that would be
acceptable and yet distinguish us from others in business affairs. It seems
he had familiarized himself with the activities of the Church from the
writings of the former General Overseer and other information to the
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he decided upon the words “of prophecy” to distinguish the Church in
business affairs from other groups. He gave us until August 1 of this year
to file a report showing that the Church would use this name in our sec
ular affairs. This means we are to have our signs on the outside of our
buildings to read “The Church of God of Prophecy”, also we are to use
this name in our public utterances such as announcements over the radio,
in newspaper advertisements and stories, on our stationery and other
printed matter that concerns the public.
Our ministers were notified of this change and several hundred cards
and letters were received from them expressing their willingness to co
operate with the decision of the court, and I believe the majority of the
churches have already made the necessary changes. The fact is, the Church
did not change the name. We could not change the name. Since it is
recorded in the Bible as the Church of God, we do not have the authority
to make a change, but as stated before, the courts of the land have con
trol of property rights, and we were given a name to use in business
affairs. If we fail to abide by the decree, the court will take other steps.
I feel that our people want to be law-abiding citizens as much as lies
in their power, and we want to make every effort to comply with the
court decree in order to keep our property so we can have our places of
worship. We could have defied the court, but since the decree had been
made many years ago that we should distinguish ourselves from the other
group,
and we had done this with the use of the name of the General
Overseer, which did not prove satisfactory, it looked like all of our prop
erty was going to be swept away again. If there had been no property
involved, there would have been no lawsuit.
However, the addition of the words “of prophecy” does not affect our
preaching, since we have been stating in our messages that it is the Church
of prophecy and we are operating according to prophecy, and we will
continue to do this, and our people have been willing to co-operate, I
believe the work will continue to grow as it has in the past. We must
continue to operate according to prophecy until the true sheep of all na
tions
will find their way into the fold and the Church will be that glorious
Church without spot or wrinkle. All of the prophecies concerning the
Church will be fulfilled before the Lord returns and we want to be ready
for that time. I do not see any place to slow down in our work or be
come discouraged. The things that have taken place should give us a
greater determination to work harder and preach the Church stronger
and live and act in a way that others will see the body of Christ in oper
ation.
Our Christ came to this world according to prophecy; He was cruci
fied, laid in the tomb and rose again according to prophecy, and just as
the prophecies were fulfilled concerning Him, the prophecies will be ful
filled concerning the Church and we must be alert and ready to operate
according to prophecy and thus fill our place on God’s program.
The change over has been very expensive as far as printed matter is
concerned,
also the changing of deeds and the instruments that were filed
in the counties where we have churches, as well as the signs. Many of
our churches preferred leaving the signs down for the present, and that
is all right. I realize it is an expensive item to have a nice sign made.
It will be noticed that the headquarters signs have not been replaced en
tirely. It will take some time to comply with all requirements, but I
believe the court will be patient with us since we are making an effort.
We will not be bothered with so many court trials if we all comply with
the decree.
This
does not mean that we will not have any opposition. As long as
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might as well prepare ourselves for it. There will be many discouraging
moments,
hard places, trials and tests to go through, but we must not
allow
these things to discourage us, but let them rather be stepping stones
to
greater victories.
At this point I would like for all of us to stand and sing “The Great
Speckled
Bird.”
THE GREAT SPECKLED BIRD
What a beautiful thought I am thinking;
It’s concerning the great speckled bird.
Remember her name is recorded
On the pages of God’s Holy Word.
All the other birds flock around her,
And
she is despised by the squad,
So this great speckled bird of the Bible
Represents to you the great Church of God.
With all the other churches against her,
They envy her glory and fame;
They hate her because she is chosen
And has not denied His dear name.
Desiring to lower her standard,
They watch every move that she makes;
They try to find fault with her teachings,
But really they find no mistakes.
She is spreading her wings for a journey;
She is going to take by and by
For when the trumpet sounds in the morning,
She
will meet her dear Lord in the sky.
In the presence of all her despisers,
With
a song never uttered before,
She
will rise and be gone in a moment
Till the great tribulations are o’er.
I am glad I have learned of her meekness;
I am glad that my name is on her book,
For I want to be one never fearing
On the face of my Savior to look.
When He cometh descending from heaven
On
a cloud as is written in His Word,
I’ll be joyfully carried to meet Him
On the wings of the Great Speckled Bird.
TELEVISION
Many inquiries have been received this year concerning how the Church
stands in regard to television. Of course, my reply each time was that the
Church had made no ruling concerning our members purchasing television
sets and having them in their homes.
Television is a great invention and we know God has given men wis
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pictures through space, and the time may come when it will be worth
something in the spread of the gospel and can be used by the Church, but
now
it is out of our reach. We realize that the television industry is now
controlled by the people of the world and the majority of the things
shown is bound to be of a worldly nature. There are some worth-while
programs and news casts, and a few ministers are seen and heard on tele
vision,
but I have seen enough to know that nearly all of the programs
are taken from the moving picture industry of the world and we have
been taught against worldly moving pictures from the beginning. And to
me, looking at the worldly picture shows on television is no different to
looking at them on the screen in the theaters. It seems to me it is bring
ing the world right into our homes and taking our minds off of God,
His
work and His Church. I am afraid that some of our ministers and
members are going to lose their souls because they are giving their time
and attention to these worldly amusements instead of attending the reg
ular services, keeping up their prayers and living consecrated lives for
God. This is very sad, and especially so since the Apostle John said, “Love
not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love
the world, the love of the Father is not in Him.”
This Assembly would not be able to make a ruling which would deprive
our people of buying television sets, but I believe it can go on record
to show its disapproval of our people looking at the worldly picture shows
and other amusements that come over television. I think it is time for
us to cry out against sin in any form wherever it may be found. Anything
that will cause our people to lose their souls should be given our serious
consideration. We must do everything we can to keep our members spir
itual and going on with the Lord.
I know there are a number of people right here today who have tele
vision
sets in their homes, and if they had opportunity to testify they
would say there is too much of the world shown in the programs, and
if they would be honest with themselves and with God, they would also
state that it does affect their spirituality. For this reason, I would sug
gest
that those who do have television in their homes turn it off when
something worldly comes on. This is the way we do our radio. I have
been listening to good gospel singing or the news, and the next thing
would be jazz music. When that came on, I would turn it off or have it
done.
I am sure there are others here today that feel as I do about tele
vision
and radio.
I will ask the Questions and Subjects Committee to give this subject
their prayerful and thoughtful consideration and bring some recommenda
tion to this Assembly so we can go on record against that which is destroy
ing souls.
THE GRACE DISPENSATION
All of us acknowledge the fact that we are living in the grace dis
pensation. When the fulness of time came, God sent His Son to redeem
those
under the law, so we have the privilege of living under grace. Paul
said,
“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the
law, but under grace.” He said again, “For Christ is the end of the law
for righteousness to every one that believeth.” John said, “For the law
was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”
I am very happy for the change that was brought about by Jesus Christ
because the law could never make anything perfect. Year after year the
priests offered sacrifices for the sins of the people but our Christ was once
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priest, we can come boldly to the throne of grace and obtain mercy and
find grace to help us in time of need.
Under the law the people were commanded to do this and that and cer
tain punishments were meted out to them if they disobeyed. >- The writer
of Hebrews said, “He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under
two
or three witnesses.” Under grace we do not have people in our
ranks to enforce the teachings of the New Testament which we take as
our only rule of faith and practice. Instead of using force, we teach. This
is what Jesus said to do. “Teaching them to observe all things whatso
ever I have commanded you.” Yet with all of our teaching, we have those
in our midst who do not measure to the requirements of the New Testa
ment,
but we patiently continue our work of teaching knowing that these
people will sometime measure: up or something will take place which
will cause them to cease to be members. We have to go forward’ and
make improvements or we will go backward. We all know what will take
place
sooner or later if we fail to do what we know we ought to do.
The work of teaching is an important one. Those who find themselves
placed
in positions that call for teaching should be very careful about how
they teach and what they teach. They should also be careful to do all
the teaching that is necessary. That the apostles did carry out the instruc
tions
of Jesus to teach all the things that He had commanded them is
shown
by the fact that later on it was said, “And they continued sted-
fastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread,
and in prayers.” These people knew the doctrine because they had been
taught. Still later we find Paul “warning every man, and teaching every
man in all wisdom.” This is our work now and careful attention must
be given to it.
It is possible that many people obeyed the law because of a fear of pun
ishment, but our people should put in practice the teachings of the Book
because
of their love for God and His Church. Since Jesus paid the great
debt for us and we have accepted Him into our hearts, we should love
Him
so much that we would gladly obey all of His commandments. We
should
have a desire to do all that is required of us. And since the
Church is the body of Christ, surely we should love it so much that we
would
want to put in practice all of its teachings. Many do, but sorry
to say there are some who show by their actions that they love some
thing else better than they do God’s Church. They would rather follow
their own way than to obey its teachings. These people need to be warned
and if possible they need to be taught in a way so they will realize the
seriousness
of failing to obey the teachings of the Bible.
I believe if people love God and His Church enough they will want
to put in practice the things they are taught. Tithing and giving is one
of the teachings of the Church of God that numbers of people fail to
practice. Some feel they are not able to pay tithes and give offerings.
Others want to keep the money for themselves. To me this shows they
do not love the blessed Bible and its teachings as they should. They do
not
love the Church, the body of Christ, or they would want to support
it.
It is serious to think that people will love the dollar more than they
love God, but this must be true or they would pay their tithes and give
liberally to the support of the work. We don’t throw them away because
they don’t pay tithes, but we keep on teaching them. Sometime we ex
pect
to reach the place where every member will be a tithe payer.
Once in a while members will love a little ring better than they love
the Lord and His Church. Evidently they do because they will some
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they loved the Lord with all of their heart, soul, mind and strength, I
believe they would love the beautiful Church built by Jesus Christ enough
to obey its teachings without question. The Church teaches against mem
bers wearing gold for ornament or decoration such as finger rings, brace
lets, ear rings, lockets, etc. That is the teaching and thousands of peo
ple have willingly and even joyfully left off anything that appeared to
be a decoration. They gladly took off their rings and any other jewelry
they wore and laid them aside because they loved the Lord and His
Word more than they loved anything else. This is the way we want people
to do.
I have mentioned only two of the teachings of the Church which are
made prominent, but we want our members to have so much of the love
of God in their hearts that they will love the Church enough to desire
to practice every teaching. Enough love for the Church will certainly
cause them to want to put in practice the things they are taught. Love
will create within their hearts a burning desire to be faithful in every
thing. I believe this with all of my heart. Let’s be more diligent in our
teaching and as we teach, let’s pray earnestly for those being taught
and also pray that God will help us so our teaching will be effective.
OUR EVANGELISTIC WORK
Since our last Assembly our evangelistic effort has increased however,
it appears that this. year has been one of organizing and preparing for
greater work in the future. It is expected that the new year will show
much greater activities in this work. Several states have organized evan
gelistic groups and they have done a wonderful work. Our general evan
gelistic group has a good report for the first year. It took some time to
get these groups organized and operating in the channel that would prove
the greatest source of success but with the experience they have had this
year, we are expecting greater results another year.
I
believe another forward move in the evangelistic field would be to
have a general evangelistic group for the colored people and also one for
the Spanish people. I hope to be able to make these appointments, also
I desire to appoint evangelists for the states where we do not have estab
lished churches. Of course, these will be appointed as overseers and if
and when churches are organized, the overseers will already be appointed.
I feel it is time to appoint evangelists to countries where we do not have
organized work and when churches are established, they can serve as
overseers. However, these evangelists could not go to their respective
fields until the necessary arrangements can be made.
For an example of what I mean, we have a brother who has prepared
to return to the Philippine Islands and has been ready to go for a number
of years. I believe he is still ready, and there are a number of others
who
are ready to go to foreign fields when arrangements can be made
and funds are available. I will expect to make these appointments with
the regular appointments in this Assembly, but those appointed should
continue with their work here until the necessary arrangements can be
made for them to go to their respective fields.
If there are any volunteers for service in countries where we do not
have representatives, and it is known there is a possibility of work be
ing started, I will be glad to give consideration to the matter when it is
brought to me. We preach an every-creature message and we know the
gospel must go to every nation, and I believe it is time to make forward
moves
in this direction.
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this year through the evangelistic effort and for the new members that
have been added. It is hoped these new members have caught the vis
ion of the great work there is to do and will help us in our great cam
paign of winning souls and bringing them into the Church. Let’s get ready
for greater work to be accomplished in the evangelistic field another year.
OUR HONOR STONE PROGRAM
On visiting the Fields of the Wood it will be noticed that the honor
stones
have changed their appearance and the C. P. M. A. Committee be
lieves
the new stones will prove a great blessing. The smaller stones will
be easier to handle and we can get a larger number in the honor roll
we
now have. And since there are people visiting Fields of the Wood
in larger numbers, it is felt that the name and address of each local church
should
be given as many ask if we have churches in their cities or towns.
The large table in the center of the honor roll makes known the Church
which is sponsoring Fields of the Wood. By having the name of the
•church and the location on each stone, it is believed that it will not be
long
until new people will be finding their way to the local churches in
the places where they live. The stones have been placed in the honor
roll by states as much as possible and it is hoped the honor roll will be
more
attractive and a greater blessing than it has in the past.
We are very happy about the number of churches which have measured
to the requirements and received honor stones for the first time this year.
I am also glad for every church that has retained an honor stone. Each
year the C. P. M. A. Committee has tried to set a higher standard for
the churches to reach and the majority of them have been able to meet
the requirements. We are looking forward to the time when we can
have every member saved as a requirement, but we feel it is best to have
the churches fully • organized and operating every department properly
before we set this standard. There will be other requirements added the
coming year which we feel are essential. It seems that every pastor
should
be a council member of the C. P. M. A. so he can be an example
of
the flock, and especially so since all ministers are required to be ex
amples
of the believers. Surely there is no pastor who would want to
keep
his local church from receiving an honor stone.
I have received reports which show there are churches that have not
had a revival during the year, and one report showed a church had only
three revivals in five years. Since revivals are for the purpose of reviv
ing the churches, getting the lost saved and bringing them into the Church,
I suggest that one requirement of a local church would be to have at
least one revival during the year to be able to receive an honor stone. It
is good to have a revival spirit in all of our regular services, but there
should
be a time during the year when special revival services are held
for a period of two weeks or longer. If an evangelist is not available, the
pastor can conduct the revival. The more emphasis we can place on
the spiritual side of the Church, the sooner we will reach the standard
of spirituality that is outlined in the Scriptures.
The general A. B. M. secretary is well pleased with having the address
of every member added to the requirements for a church to receive or
retain an honor stone. The requirements are in line with what the Church
teaches and recommends, and by every church measuring to them will
aid us in moving forward to our goal. We are expecting the time to come
when every church will reach the mark and receive an honor stone. I
would
like to encourage every member to be a booster of the Honor Stone
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Our Auxiliary Designer has been assisting our C. P. M. A. secretary in
promoting the Honor Stone Program this year. More time needs to be
given to this work so it may be necessary for him to continue his as
sistance in this department. The C. P. M. A. department is growing and
arrangements have already been made by the Assembly for any additional
workers to be added when they are needed. Since our C. P. M. A. secre
tary is giving so much time to promoting and organizing the evangelistic
work, we feel the need of more help in the Honor Stone Program de
partment.
THE BROADCAST RECORD CLUB
For the past few months many of our members have been receiving
records made by our Church of God singers and musicians. Quite a
number have made expressions showing they are happy to have records
made by our own people. It is hoped we can continue making records
so those who want them will soon have a nice library of them.
The purpose of the Broadcast Record Club is to raise funds for radio
broadcasts, and already arrangements have been made to broadcast our
programs to a number of foreign countries, and as funds are available we
plan to use other channels. Tape recordings are made of the programs
and they can be mailed to any station in the world that will use them.
One station in Africa will broadcast our programs for thirty minutes at
the cost of $15.00, which is very reasonable. There are a number of larger
stations in various parts of the world that will charge $30.00 for thirty
minutes, and this is a reasonable price also.
Some of the brethren from headquarters and the local church at Ridge-
dale,
Chattanooga, Tennessee, have made several programs and when the
time comes to use them, they will be ready. The co-operation of those
who
have made the programs possible is greatly appreciated.
Much credit is due Brother Thomas Duncan and the church at Hazel
Park, Michigan for the promotion of this work, as they furnished the equip
ment and did much of the work that goes with preparing for these rec
ords.
Brother Duncan is connected with a large radio station in Detroit
and he has already made contact with a number of foreign stations. Since
there was no finance to purchase the equipment and the necessary sup
plies,
Brother Duncan took it upon himself to get the work started with
the hope that some day it will grow until the full-time service of some
of our church workers will be required. To be a booster of the Broad
cast Record Club is to be a member.
OUR CHILDREN
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will
not
depart from it.” These words are just as true now as they were
the day they were uttered, and as proof of this statement we have min
isters and members in our ranks who were trained in the homes of our
faithful members. They are following in the way they have been trained.
I wish to commend our people who have been loyal to the Church and
faithful in training their children in the nurture and admonition of the
Lord.
They have not only trained their children, but they have lived
the life before them and wielded a godly influence over them. When godli
ness is practiced by the parents, it is easier for them to teach it to their
children.
I have been in a number of homes the past year where I have found
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a source of pleasure to me. But on the other hand, it is a source of grief
when I see children who do not reverence their parents; however, I some
times wonder if the parents have trained the children properly and lived
godly
lives before them.
We have ministers on the field preaching the gospel and winning souls
to Christ while their own children are unsaved. During the ministry of
the former General Overseer, the salvation of his children became of
grave concern to him. He has stated that one time when he was on the
field preaching and laboring for God and His Church and getting souls
saved,
the thought came to him that he was trying to get other people’s
children saved and some of his children were not saved. He returned
home
and let the children know that he would not try to get others saved
until they were saved. He began to pray for his children and it was not
long
until those old enough were converted and became workers in the
Church with him. When his own family was serving God, he felt free
to give his full time to winning others who were lost. I know many of
our ministers are grieved because some of their children are in sin, but
I wonder if we actually feel the responsibility that is resting upon us as
parents.
When my father and mother had their family worship, all of the chil
dren were required to be present. They didn’t just tell me that I needed
to be saved, but I heard them ask the Lord to save me in our family
devotions each day. And no doubt, it is through their prayers and in
fluence that I was converted. Occasionally something would delay our
family worship, but it was not left off. My father felt it would be better
to be late for school or work than to fail to have family worship in the
morning and ask God to be with us and direct our steps all day.
I want to encourage all of our people to gather their children together
in family worship regularly each day and pray with and for them. Our
parents need to be careful to teach their children the good way and see
that they attend Sunday School and church services regularly so they can
get
the training the Church gives. If they will do this, surely we will not
lose so many of our children when they become of age.
When our young people marry sinners or those of another faith, it
grieves me because I am afraid for what the future may hold for them,
but I am always glad when our young men marry girls who are mem
bers of the Church. I would like to ask all of our young couples here
today who are members of the Church to stand. We are proud of these
young
men and young women and, no doubt, it is through the teaching
of their parents and the Church that these couples are in this Assembly
enjoying the blessings of the Lord together. We are doing this to encourage
our parents to teach and train their children so when they are grown
they will not depart from the teachings.
Mothers
and fathers, let’s live the life before our children and teach
them so the truths of the Book will be instilled in them to the extent
they will never think of leaving the Church when they are grown. This
has happened and I am sure it has grieved your heart the same as it has
mine.
I feel this Assembly will be glad to join me in saying, God bless
our children.
Some of our states have arranged for summer camps for our children.
Two have been held in Wyoming in which other states participated, and
one in Missouri. These camps proved a blessing to our young people, and
those in charge are to be commended for making it possible to have them.
They have been a spiritual help to those in attendance and they have
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as some recreation, then at night there were evangelistic services. We
have seen the need of something of this kind for a number of years, but
it seems we are just now getting to the place where we can give the neces
sary attention to these things.
I will be glad if the Questions and Subjects Committee will give this
matter careful and prayerful consideration and if in their wise judgment
they feel like this Assembly should go on record as being in favor of these
summer camps for our children, they may bring something to our at
tention which will be the means of boosting this work and encouraging
other states to conduct camps for the young people.
V. L. B. YOUTH CRUSADE
The Youth Crusade is a program being launched by our General V. L. B.
Secretary. This program is for the purpose of putting all of the talent of
our young people into action, thus creating a spiritual awakening among
them, and also attracting other young people and increasing the member
ship of the Victory Leaders Band. Since young people who are not con
verted may become members of the V. L. B., there is a vast territory
that can be covered in our local communities. Of course, these Crusade
campaigns will have to be made attractive and interesting and also have
the approval of God to accomplish what is desired. But if the young peo
ple can be attracted so they will attend the services and assist in the
work, there is a possibility of winning them for Christ and His Church.
I am very much interested in having the talent of our young people
put to use in every way possible. I imagine we would be amazed if all
of the talent that exists among our young people was uncovered and put
to use. God gives us the talent we possess and all of it needs to be used
in His service. When our young people are kept busy in the work of
the Lord, they have the victory. When they are neglected so they be
come idle, they will find something to entertain and amuse themselves.
We have been taught that an idle mind is the devil’s workshop, so we
are glad for the prospect of greater activities among our young people
through the launching of this Youth Crusade.
It has been said many times that the young people are the life of a
local church. This is true because they are full of energy, and when they
have the victory and bubbling over with the love of God, their service
to the Church is worth more than many realize. Since this is true, they
should
have the encouragement and assistance of the older people in their
work. I feel it is the duty of the ministers to attend the services of our
young people and assist them in any way they can. They appreciate the
presence of older people in their services. And after all, they are in train
ing now for greater responsibilities in the future, so it will be a blessing
to them to feel the older people are interested in them.
I would like to encourage everyone who can to co-operate in this
Crusade.
Plans are being made to promote this work through the radio
and by special campaigns in states, districts and local churches. We be
lieve our people will endorse any effort made for the advancement of
the work on any line and will lend their assistance with their prayers
and any other way they can. God bless our wonderful young people as
they endeavor to do more for the salvation of souls and the building up
of the Church.
SEEK TO EXCEL
In writing to the church at Corinth Paul said, “Even so ye, forasmuch
as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edify

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ing of the church.” To excel means to go beyond or surpass in good
qualities or deeds; to outdo. We can’t be satisfied without making some
advancements. We feel we must have increases in all departments of
our work every year, and this is in line with the Scripture. Paul in
structed those- people to seek to excel to the building up of the Church,
and these instructions apply to us now. Much good work has been done
this Assembly year but we can’t be satisfied with doing the same amount
of work another year. We feel we must do more from year to year.
We are thankful for the number of souls saved, sanctified and baptized
with the Holy Ghost, but we must do more in this work next year. And
with the assistance of those who have been won for God and His Church
this year, it should be no trouble to win more next year. In fact, it seems
we should be able to do a great deal more another year. The same
is true with new churches. God has blessed our efforts so that quite a
number of churches have been organized this year. We are thankful for
each
one, but surely we should be able to double the number next year.
Why not feel this way when the command still rings out, “Go ye into
all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Every creature
takes in those in our own cities, counties and states as well as other
countries and the islands of the sea. We must hurry, hurry with the
message and I feel confident of the fact that God will bless our efforts and
give us success.
That which has been done by our auxiliary workers in some of the
states and countries is amazing. Many of our people have worked un
tiringly and a great work has been done, but this Assembly year is com
ing to a close and another year is opening up before us, and surely every
one of us feels that' much more must be done for God and His Church.
Our Womens Missionary Bands have worked faithfully and one could
almost wonder how some of them could do more, but the work is so
great and there is so much that needs to be done now that we feel they
must. And I believe jhey feel the same way. They can’t be satisfied
without having an increase in their missionary offerings and I am sure
they will want to excel in their other duties as well. Our Victory Leaders
Bands
have done excellent work. In fact, I think we have the greatest
young
people in the world. In the coming year I am sure they will want
to go beyond what they did this year. And they are well able to excel.
They are full of energy and the blessings of God are with them.
Our Sunday Schools are so much a part of the Church that a live Sun
day School means a live local church, and a live church means a live
Sunday School. But there are thousands of people who do not attend
Sunday School, and I feel that each one should double in attendance the
coming
year. This is not too much to expect. I know it can be done if
our people will seek to excel. And with the addition of new scholars,
the offerings for the orphanage will increase. The C. P. M. A. is making
rapid advancements in all of its departments but until the work is all
done, there must be a steady increase. We must have a larger number
of council members and greater activities in the Wings of Prophecy Pro
gram and the Visual Department. And the Honor Stone Program is cer
tainly a good department in which to seek to excel, because that would
mean that our churches are climbing the road to perfection. We do need
to exceed anything we have done in striving for perfect organization and
deeper spirituality.
The Assembly Band Movement and State Overseers Pay Association are
not to be neglected in this effort to excel. There is great need for more
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pastors and band leaders need to strive to go far beyond our accomplish
ments in the past in this very important work. We labor hard to win
souls and we should work as hard or even harder, if necessary, to keep
them. Then the support of our state overseers should not be neglected.
They have to have means to carry on their work.
I would like to stir up our local churches so something will be done to
increase the membership in each one this coming year. In going to the
records I notice that the membership of a good number of the churches
stays about the same. One month an increase may be shown but in a
short time they seem to lose as many as they had gained. I feel that there
should be a steady increase of members in all of our local churches. I
do not mean by this that we should want to increase our membership
with just anybody that would join, but I mean that our local churches
should be winning souls and attracting the other sheep so there would
be an increase of membership from time to time. This is something worth
striving to excel in and I hope our pastors and members will give atten
tion to this. We are not living in a time when advancements can’t be
made; we are living in the time to gather in the lost and also the other
sheep.
To be able to excel on every line may require much prayer and even
fasting. But no doubt, nearly all of us, if not all, can give more time to
prayer than we have. We know it is through prayer that we get the
attention of God. When we get so in earnest that we feel we must have
the help of the Lord at any cost, then we will be willing and even glad
to fast in order to have His assistance. Jesus showed the importance of
fasting when He said, “This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.”
If we can’t excel by prayer, then surely it is time to do some fasting, be
cause we must go beyond anything we have ever done in the past.
When
I was a child I remember my father fasted a great deal. He didn’t
just do without food but he gave a lot of time to prayer. He would pray
until he must have reached the place described by Paul when he said,
“. . .the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which can
not be uttered.” He prayed until he would get beyond words and he would
then groan in the Spirit. I am sure it would be in order for prayers like
this to be prayed now. They would certainly attract the attention of God
so that we could make advancements on every line.
Our friendly rivalry which exists between some of our local churches
and states in raising funds for the various departments has created a great
deal of interest through the years. This way of doing has been criticized by
some, but I see no wrong in striving to go beyond what another is doing.
I believe it is all right to try to outdo another as long as it is done in
a good, sweet spirit, and I am glad because our people possess a good spirit.
Those
who succeed in going beyond others thank the Lord for helping them,
and those who are left behind are always glad to congratulate those who
succeed.
I trust this friendly rivalry will continue as long as it is the
means of creating interest and inspiring people to work for the advance
ment of the Church.
What do you say, let’s all strive to do more next year than we ever
have. Let’s draw nigh to God through prayer and fasting and work harder
than we ever have.
INTERESTING INFORMATION
Under the head of Interesting Information are several tables that show
increase or decrease to compare with the same department last year. The
decreases referred to do not mean an actual decrease in the department,

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but only that there was not as much accomplished as last year. The in
crease means there was more done this year than last year.
DATA GATHERED FROM MINISTERS’ REPORTS
Last Year This Year
Sermons___________ 157,593 147,522 Decrease 10,071
Converted___,________ 19,430 17,071 Decrease 2,359
Sanctified___________ • 10,670 9,697 Decrease 973
Holy Ghost___________ 7,291 5,999 Decrease 1,292
Water Baptism_______ 4,912 4,246 Decrease 666
Added to Church______ 5,837 5,195 Decrease 642
These figures show something of the work done by our ministers this
year. This information is taken from their reports sent to headquarters.
According
to these figures, our ministers have not preached as much this
year as they did last year, neither have they accomplished as much in
their work as they did last year. I do not feel that our ministers have
done
less work, neither do I feel they have accomplished less this year
than last year, but quite a number of them have not reported regularly
and
some not at all, and I believe the decreases are due to this fact. Since
some of our ministers have failed to report their work, this report does not
give accurate information.
I appreciate the good work done by our ministers and I am grateful
for every soul that has been won for the Master. I trust the Lord will
bless
our efforts so we can do more in the soul-saving business and I hope
our ministers will report their work so we can give a better report next
year.
The next table shows the number of ministers and treasurers that did
not report a single time the whole year and the number that reported
only part time.
Number of ministers that did not report a single time last year____213
Number of ministers that did not report a single time this year_____369
Number of ministers reporting only part time last year_______.___416
Number of ministers reporting only part time this year___________414
Number of churches that did not report a single time last year_._____161
Number of churches that did not report a single time this year...........159
Number of churches reporting part time last year_________________181
Number of churches reporting part time this year_________________180
So far it seems impossible to get all of our ministers to report regularly
as they should, but we still believe the time will come when everyone
will realize the importance of sending a report to headquarters each month.
Reporting is one of the duties of a minister just as much as preaching and
doing
the work of the ministry.
The work done by the faithful treasurers of our local churches is greatly
appreciated and I am sure the Lord will bless and reward each one of
them;
however, we have never been able to get all of them to report each
month. We still look forward to the time when we can have treasurers
who will do the work required of them. Their work is important and it
is a serious matter to accept a position and then not fill it faithfully.
Below is a table showing the number of ministers last year and this year:
Rank Last YearThis Year
Bishops ____ ___ ___411 439 Increase 28
Deacons ........... _______ . 285 295 Increase 10
Evangelists ...._____ .. ______........ 1,979 2,004 Increase 25
Total ........................ 2,675 2,738 Increase 63

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TITHES RECEIVED AT HEADQUARTERS
For a number of years information has been given concerning the amount
of
tithes received by the headquarters treasurer. The purpose of this is to en
courage our people to pay tithes and to show the increase from year to year.
We who pay tithes know it is a blessing to us. It is not only a blessing to
us,
but a blessing to the work. And when the time comes that ALL
tithes are brought into the storehouse, we can expect the windows of
heaven opened and blessings poured out according to the promises of
God. ALL TITHES, that is, all members paying tithes regularly on all
their income. We who pay tithes receive blessings, but we would receive
even greater blessings if all our members would pay tithes. Year after
year the amount of tithes received at headquarters has increased. The
amount this year has reached the sum of $300,464.44. This is an in
crease of $48,996.82. I want to urge our ministers and members to pay
tithes regularly according to the teachings of the Church as required by
our tithe system.
FOREIGN MISSION DRIVES
In the year 1929 the Assembly set apart October and March for special
drives to be made from headquarters to collect money for our foreign
missionary work. Those to participate in these drives as pointed out by
the Assembly are all ministers, Womens Missionary Bands, The White
Wing
Messenger and other ways that will insure large offerings. This
includes all of our people.
These drives have been made from headquarters every year since they
were ordered by the Assembly and I am giving the report that both drives
were made this year. I am very grateful for the interest shown by our
people
in these drives and I thank all who contributed to this worthy
cause.
STATE CONVENTION MISSIONARY OFFERINGS
I am again giving information in regard to the missionary offerings in
the state and foreign conventions. I am glad to be able to show a nice
increase in the offerings this year over last year. I appreciate all the good
work done by our Womens Missionary Bands and any others who assisted
in this good work. God bless and reward everyone who had a part in
these offerings. Our interest and zeal in the missionary work seems to
be on the increase, for which I am grateful.
The
table shows the amounts collected last year and this year by states
and countries, with the largest collection at the top and the next largest
second, and on down to the smallest.
Amount Amount
State Last YearThis Year
Tennessee ...................._$11,817.42$21,770.35Increase$ 9,952.93
Virginia ........................... 17,345.58 20,670.69 Increase 3,325.11
Florida ........................ 18,681.39 18,536.60 Decrease 144.79
Georgia ... ....................... 21,633.38 18,123.66Decrease 3,509.72
North Carolina . ___... 13,117.13 15,452.77 Increase 2,335.64
Kentucky ......................... 11,608.47 12,478.36 Increase 869.89
Bahamas ......................... 8,598.28 11,970.18 Increase 3,371.90
Alabama ................... 10,000.00 11,000.00 . Increase 1,000.00
South Carolina ______... 8,320.55 10,089.94 Increase 1,768.39
Indiana ............................. 5,000.39 7,155.99 Increase 2,155.60

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California ............ 6.625.29
East Texas __________ 4,561.69
Mississippi .......—_______ 4,667.75
Pennsylvania ___._____ 5,266.07
Oklahoma ___________ 4,570.78
Ohio __________I___ 4,829.05
North Dakota
and Manitoba_______ 4,292.05
South Dakota ________ 3.648.75
Missouri _________ 3,665.93
Arkansas __ 3,143.29
Kansas _____________ 3,142.19
Iowa ________________ 2,340.63
Wyoming ____________ 2.513.17
Illinois ______________ 2.245.62
Michigan ____________ 3.622.76
Maryland .....LL_____ 2.344.22
West Texas ........... 2.652.64
West Virginia_________ 2.204.14
Louisiana ____________ 1,832.60
Wisconsin . . -.....- - =____ 805.70
Arizona______________ 700.38
Washington __________ 1,721.03
New Mexico_________ 2.135.92
New York______.__ 1,301.09
Oregon ___1__________ 841.85
Minnesota ___________ 1,200.00
Delaware f____________ 900.53
Idaho __L,______ 1,061.90
Colorado_____________ 1,133.57
Montana____'________ 506.71
Nebraska _:._L___H__ 1,268.64
Dominican Republic —.... 693.82
Mexico _____________ 971.40
Haiti___________ 312.25
Porto Rico ___________ 293.52
Jamaica _____________ 305.00
Virgin Islands ......... 241.75
District of Columbia...... 382.14
New Jersey__________ 153.68
British Columbia___— 152.33
Utah_______________ 168.60
Nevada______ 60.00
Ontario __ 133.33
Turks Islands __._1____ 120.00
Saint Kitts 100.00
Panama ____________ 0.00
Cuba_____giiiKg!__|__ 121.25
Aruba ____:__—------’ 59.74
Costa Rica —---*--------- 40.00
Montserrat__gggj______ 22.06
Alberta_________ 0.00
New England __ 61.16
Barbados ___________... 16.00
Anguilla ___________ 12.00
6,630.00Increase 4.71
5,921.86Increase 1,360.17
5,533.36Increase 865.61
5,453.48Increase 187.41
5,305.14Increase 734.36
5,299.71Increase 470.66
4,611.53
Increase 319.50
4.386.30
Increase 737.55
3,790.51
Increase 124.58
3,696.22Increase 552.93
3,583.01
Increase 440.82
3,202.29
Increase 861.66
3,066.77Increase 553.60
3,041.49
Increase 795.87
2,929.65
Decrease 693.11
2.740.81
Increase 396.59
2,738.06
Increase 85.42
2.241.92
Increase 37.78
2,133.87
Increase 301.27
2,122.69
Increase 1,316.99
2,006.42Increase 1,306.04
1,925.93
Increase 204.90
1,918.49Decrease 217.43
1,527.31Increase 226.22
1,302.36
Increase 460.51
1,228.00
Increase 28.00
1,153.33Increase 252.80
1,124.47
Increase 62.57
1,054.38Decrease 79.19
923.89
Increase 417.18
883.87
Decrease 384.77
832.58
Increase 138.76
821.70Decrease 149.70
322.10Increase 9.85
313.24Increase 19.72
280.00Decrease 25.00
270.92Increase 29.17
270.54Decrease 111.60
233.95Increase 80.27
225.51Increase 73.18
201.97
Increase 33.37
165.00
Increase 105.00
150.30
Increase 16.97
147.00Increase 27.00
105.00
Increase 5.00
100.00
99.81
Decrease 21.44
85.00
Increase 25.26
83.50
Increase 43.50
58.48
Increase 36.42
54.95
38.05Decrease 23.11
25.00
Increase 9.00
15.00
Increase 3.00

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Antigua —--------------i_ 10.00 11.00 Increase 1.00
Alaska _____________ 100.00 0.00
Total----------------------$212,398.56 $245,635.26 Increase $33,236.70
In order to show the increases and amount ol missionary money sent to
headquarters each year, and keep this information before our people, we
have prepared the following table. Our Womens Missionary Bands are
due much commendation for their faithful service since the institution
of this auxiliary in 1928. The missionary funds increased year after year
for a long while, for which we praise the Lord; however, for a few years
we had to show decreases, but last year we had an increase and this year
there is an increase also.
1925 _____________$ 200.65
1926 ______________ 324.42
1927_____________ 426.52
1928 ______________ 832.36
1929 __________i___2,177.42
1930
_________:____. 3,681.78
1931 ______________ 4,093.12
1932 ______________ 3,423.67
1933 ______________ 3,598.01
1934 _______ 5,114.60
1935 ______________ 9,129.90
1936
______________ 8,512.29
1937 ______________ 10,791.18
1938 __ 10,355.98
STATE CONVENTION FREE
1939______ ___ ...$ 11,185.04
1940............................. 17,417.30
1941............................. 26,442.48
1942............................. 42,265.54
1943................. . .... 61,534.04
1944 ..... .................... 74,707.72
1945___ _____ __... 96,511.80
1946. ...................... 103,079.88
1947...
........................ 93,901.72
1948.....
........................ 87,978.04
1949............................. 83,348.81
1950............................. 80,209.38
1951..
......................... 100,104.97
1952 . .._ .............. 116,936.24
LITERATURE OFFERINGS
Information has been given for years concerning the Free Literature of
ferings in the conventions. It gives me much pleasure to be able to show
a nice increase over last year in the total amount of money raised in the
conventions in this department. The work done by our faithful Victory Lead
ers is greatly appreciated and I am sure the Lord will bless and reward each
one who had a part in this work.
The table shows the amounts collected last year and this year by states
and countries, with the largest offering at the top and the next largest
second, and on down to the smallest.
Amount
State Last Year
North
Carolina _______$10,495.95
Virginia_____________ 11,885.01
Tennessee___________ 7,000.00
Georgia______________ 10,666.71
Florida ______________ 6,952.78
Kentucky____________ 5,421.76
South Carolina________ 4,245.18
Alabama _____________ 4,374.20
Oklahoma ___________ 4,815.14
California____________ 3,562.04
Indiana______________ 2.376.72
East Texas __________ 2,396.56
Bahamas ____________ 2,700.26
Ohio ________________ 2,367.10
Missouri ______________ 2,571.63
Amount
This Year
$12,539.39Increase$ 2,043.44
11,528.72Decrease 356.29
10,013.99
Increase 3,013.99
8,902.72
Decrease 1,763.99
6,533.42
Decrease 419.36
5,538.80
Increase 117.04
4,949.86
Increase 704.68
4,619.20
Increase 245.00
4,400.62Decrease 414.52
4,124.86
Increase 562.82
3,368.22
Increase 991.50
3,282.24Increase 885.68
3,255.76
Increase 555.50
2,636.51
Increase 269.41
2,587.26
Increase 15.63

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Mississippi___________ 2,355.54
Pennsylvania__________ 2,047.10
Michigan ------------------- 2,568.86
North Dakota
and Manitoba_______ 1,318.48
South Dakota_____:___ 1,394.90
Arkansas_________ 1,304.10
Illinois --------- 1,101.32
Kansas ______________ 1,258.92
Maryland________,____ 922.35
Louisiana ____________ 1,114.28
West Texas__________ 1,100.89
Wyoming------------------- 1,192.12
Washington__________ 1,074.17
West Virginia_________ 1,075.46
Iowa---------------------------1,214.52
New Mexico__________ 1,138.41
Minnesota _____________714.87
Nebraska____________ 932.89
Wisconsin___________ 489.65
Colorado_____________ 576.24
Arizona______________ 160.12
Oregon____:_________ 212.57
New York___________ 290.56
Idaho________________ 483.05
Montana_____________ 250.72
Dominican Republic___ 266.71
District of Columbia___ 125.01
Porto Rico___________ 216.89
Mexico______________ 98.28
Virgin Islands________ 148.92
Delaware____________ 132.36
New Jersey__________ 98.68
Utah_______________„ 78.05
Ontario_____________ 102.28
Saint Kitts____:______ 88.00
British Columbia______ 118.75
Alberta______________ 0.00
Jamaica _____;________ 35.00
Nevada______________ 15.00
Haiti_________ ______ 28.33
New England_________ 45.43
Costa Rica__________ 7.00
Aruba___________________26.11
Montserrat_______________10.41
Turks Islands_________ 20.00
Panama_____________ 0.00
Cuba_______J________44.00
Anguilla_____________ 6.00
Antigua _____________ 0.00
Alaska____,__________ 21.00
Total_______________$109,855.36
<*2385 A&Increase 29.77
z^l41.02Increase 93.92
1,968.18
Decrease 600.68
1,801.77
Increase 483.29
1,786.00
Increase 391.10
1,731.38Increase 427.26
1,670.00Increase 568.68
1,661.50
Increase 402.58
1,570.45Increase 648.10
1,182.69
Increase 68.41
1,169.98Increase 69.09
1,166.03
Decrease 26.09
1,142.73
Increase 68.56
1,096.67Increase 21.21
939.26
Decrease 275.26
920.83Decrease 217.58
715.00Increase .13
668.82Decrease 264.07
601.76Increase 112.11
576.88Increase .64
452.29Increase 292.17
460.00Increase 247.43
411.31Increase 120.75
378.90Decrease 104.15
350.04Increase 99.32
255.62Decrease 11.09
227.25Increase 102.24
215.93
Decrease . .96
178.39Increase 80.11
160.00Increase 11.08
151.00
Increase 18.64
120.11Increase 21.43
126.87Increase 48.82
116.71Increase 14.43
100.00Increase 12.00
80.56Decrease 38.19
52.34
50.00
Increase 15.00
44.88Increase 29.88
40.14
Increase 11.81
32.45Decrease 12.98
32.00Increase 25.00
30.00
Increase 3.89
25.19
Increase 14.78
21.50Increase 1.50
20.00
17.62Decrease 26.38
7.00Increase 1.00
6.00
0.00
$119,341.93Increase$ 9,486.57

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STATE CONVENTION ORPHANAGE OFFERINGS
I am again giving information in regard to the orphanage offerings in
the conventions. The Sunday Schools are rendering faithful service in
raising funds for the care of our orphans. The good work done is com
mendable and I feel that all of us want to continue to give for the sup
port of those who need our care. The nice increase in the total amount
raised this year over last year shows that our interest in this department
of the work is growing, and this is as it should be.
The table shows the amounts collected last year and this year by states
and countries, with the largest offering at the top and the next largest
second,
and on down to the smallest.
Amount Amount
State Last YearThis Year
North
Carolina ................$ 6,150.09$ 7,571.63Increase$ 1,421.54
Virginia ........................... 6,725.54 6,882.30 Increase 156.76
Florida ......................... 5,782.38 6,574.68 Increase 792.30
Georgia ........................... 7,584.13 6,320.28 Decrease 1,263.85
Tennessee .............. 3,295.82 5,132.81Increase 1,836.99
Alabama........... 4,520.20 4,076.60 Decrease 443.60
Kentucky ....................... 3,001.35 3,327.04 Increase 325.69
South Carolina.......... 2,166.38 2,587.89 Increase 421.51
California ........................ 1,833.08 2,074.23 Increase 241.15
Ohio ................................. 1,459.29 1,790.73 Increase 331.44
Mississippi ..................... 1,605.85 1,764.71 Increase 158.86
East Texas ........................ 1,151.54 1,611.75 Increase 460.21
Pennsylvania............. 1,395.33 1,572.03 Increase 176.70
Oklahoma ___________. 1,429.37 1,532.76 Increase 103.39
West Virginia.................1,448.26 1,450.00 Increase 1.74
Kansas . ...............915.89 1,266.64 Increase 350.75
Indiana _____________1,245.91 1,246.75Increase .84
Missouri............. ....1,179.28 1,200.90 Increase 21.62
Michigan ....................... 1,269.18 1,158.17 Decrease 111.01
Illinois ............................888.24 1,100.67 Increase 212.43
West Texas..... ............750.00 1,056.70 Increase 306.70
Arkansas .......................804.37 1,052.08 Increase 247.71
Maryland .........................610.04 955.46Increase 345.42
Bahamas ........................614.26 898.15Increase 283.89
North Dakota
and Manitoba ............623.73 832.82 Increase 209.09
Washington...................677.58 753.90Increase 76.32
Iowa ................................715.45 723.51Increase 8.06
South Dakota . ____ 426.05 680.50 Increase 254.45
Nebraska .....................573.08 601.79 Increase 28.71
Wyoming.........................576.31 576.48Increase .17
Minnesota .......................571.82 573.00 Increase 1.18
New Mexico ...................505.23 522.69 Increase 17.46
Louisiana .........................457.88 415.60 Decrease 42.28
Oregon ________., _310.37 392.86 Increase 82.49
Arizona ...........................203.58 360.32 Increase 156.74
Colorado ...................... .432.01 326.03Decrease 105.98
Delaware .........................113.15 315.00Increase 201.85
Idaho ...............................260.27 262.77 Increase 2.50
Wisconsin......... 171.28 250.22Increase 78.94
Dominican Republic 158.60 224.00Increase 65.40
Utah ................................61.09 208.24 Increase 147.15

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Montana ..........................172.00 188.29Increase 16.29
New York .................126.53 137.86Increase 11.33
115.08 114.61
Decrease .47
68.81
76.92Increase 8.11
Haiti 112.73 70.52Decrease 42.21
Mexico 54.87 58.34 Increase 3.47
Nevada ________ ____ 15.00 54.48Increase 39.48
District of Columbia- __ 18.63 50.00Increase 31.37
British Columbia .........91.63 47.18Decrease 44.45
Virgin Islands ...............31.79 40.00Increase 8.21
20.00 35.50 Increase 15.50
6.00 24.00
Increase 18.00
New England ............—- 71.61 23.06Decrease 48.55
Alberta ..........................0.00 20.00
Costa Rica ......................3.00 18.00 Increase 15.00
Panama ..........................0.00 18.00
10.00 15.00
Increase 5.00
Montserrat......................5.00 13.88Increase 8.88
Aruba ____ ________ 13.06 9.60 Decrease 3.46
Porto Rico ...................7.01 5.60Decrease HE
Cuba ...............................17.00 5.10 Decrease 11.90
Anguilla .........................0.00 2.00
Alaska . _...................... 27.47 0.00
Total ................................$65,650.48$73,252.63 Increase$ 7,602.15
ATTENDANCE AT STATE CONVENTIONS
Our conventions have proved to be a blessing to the Church in many ways.
We know they are important to the growth of the work and we would
not want to do without them. The blessings of the Lord were upon the
conventions
again this year and nearly all of them were well attended.
The
faithful service of the registrars is appreciated. It is through their work
that we have this record.
The
table shows the number registered last year and this year by states
and countries, with the largest number at the top and the next largest
second, and on down to the smallest.
State Last Year■This Year
Haiti ................................................13,000 14,963Increase 1,963
Bahamas ....-......................................11,525 14,488 Increase 2,923
Jamaica .................... .......................... 8,751 8,760Increase 9
Florida ...................* 4,448 5,021Increase 573
Virginia ............. . 2,238 2,669 Increase 431
Arkansas H............... 2,500 2,603 Increase 103
Georgia .................. 2,100 2,250Increase 150
Dominican Republic___________ 1,900 2,107 Increase 207
Tennessee ______1....................... 1,616 2,017Increase 401
Mississippi ............■ ■................... 1,500 2,000Increase 500
Alabama.................. 2,056 1,812Decrease 244
South Carolina .......* .. __ 1,824 1,700 Decrease 124
North Carolina................................... 1,360 1,406Increase 46
Kentucky ................ 1,152 1,216Increase 64
Pennsylvania ___ .......................... 1,215 1,142Decrease 73
Costa Rica .............._____________ 315 1,073 Increase 758
Turks Islands ________ _____ 446 1,055Increase 609
California ________.......................... 754 1,029Increase 275

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Oklahoma ... 1,200 950Decrease 250
Saint Kitts ___ __ 390 895 Increase 505
Montserrat ..
AnguiUa ___
. . 550
00
800
785
Increase 250
Virein Islands __767 746Decrease 21
Louisiana___________________
Antieua ...
__837
00 718
700 ■ Decrease 119
Porto Rico______ .. . 750 680Decrease 70
Missouri__________ __ 725 640 Decrease 85
Barbados ______ __ 400 500 Increase 100
Michigan_____________________ 392 500Increase 108
Illinois ___ __________ 298 478Increase 180
East Texas __________________..... 431 474Increase 43
Mexico __ _____ .... 787 450Decrease 337
District of Columbia_______ 139 429Increase 290
Washington _______________ 348 401Increase 53
Kansas .............................................. 355 386 Increase 31
Ohio . „
Egypt - _ ............................
_ 312
00 361
345
Increase 49
West Virginia i __________ .... 342 332 Decrease 10
Indiana p I ____ ..... 273 325Increase 52
Iowa ... ___ _ __ _____ ■■■-- 268 312Increase 44
Utah ... ...............................-■■■ 282 300Increase 18
South Dakota __________________ 317 295 Decrease 22
North Dakota and Manitoba_____.... 291 274Decrease 17
Maryland...... ........................ . 269 274Increase 5
New York... ...........................93 227Increase 134
New Mexico ____ ________
West Texas ____ _______
. .. 217
..... 218
223
218Increase 6
Oregon .................................................. 175 206Increase 31
Arizona . #................................_ . 102 200Increase 98
Aruba............................... ................ 400 200 Decrease 200
British Columbia______ ...... 326 200 Decrease 126
Colorado _________________ 408 200Decrease 208
Cuba ........................................... . 275 200Decrease 75
Idaho ............................................... 200 178Decrease 22
Wyoming........................................... 243 172Decrease 71
Montana ___________________.. 156 167 Increase 11
Nebraska ............... .................. 177 165Decrease 12
Wisconsin .............................. 197 160Decrease 37
Minnesota ....
Panama _____________________
. . 149
00
150 150
Increase 1
Delaware ........................................... 135 147Increase 12
Ontario ................. ................_. 173 82 Decrease 91
Nevada_____________________ 27 80Increase 63
New Jersey ...................................32 60Increase 28
New England ..............................
Alberta ...........
Alaska .....................................
72
00
40
57
43
00
Decrease 15
Total ..............................................73,22884,146 Increase10,918
WOMENS MISSIONARY BAND
The Womens Missionary Band has done a splendid work this year. Every
local band is worthy of commendation for their faithful service. Large
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been raised through their efforts. We will never know how much has
been accomplished through the funds raised by our faithful sisters, but
each
one will be rewarded for the work she has done.
The following table shows the increase and decrease of the Womens
Missionary
Bands by states and countries. This information was taken
from the monthly reports sent to headquarters by the treasurers of our
local
churches. If the information given is not correct, it-is because the
treasurers did not fill out their reports accurately.
Bands Bands Total No.
State Last Year This Year Members
Alabama
—................. .........____ 44 48 602
Alaska _. 1 1 8
Alberta, Canada ____ 0 1 8
Anguilla_______________-—____ 1 1 23
Antigua ____________ _ - 1 1 23
Arizona ............. ................._ . 3 3 14
Arkansas . . . ............— 21 24 421
Aruba . — .. — ___ 0 1 8
Bahamas _.................... -......__ 32 32 1,130
British Columbia ■ . ................... 1 1 20
California _______________________ 21 22 255
Colorado......................................_____ 4 4 64
Connecticut . .............____ 1 1 12
Costa Rica________________:.____ 2 3 42
Cuba .... ...........2 3 94
Delaware ..... ....................___ 1 1 17
District of Columbia .................2 3 46
Dominican Republic_____________ 21 23 449
East Texas 27 31 367
Florida .............J.................... ... 56 59 774
Georgia . __ —_____60 59 940
Idaho___________________......... 2 2 33
.......... 12 13 147
Indiana .......— ..................11 13 183
Iowa .. .............................-......... 9 9 83
Jamaica .......................................... .. 67 55 1,473
Kansas ............................................. 10 11 94
Kentucky...................... 50 50 733
Louisiana ........................................ ..... 11 10 101
Manitoba, Canada . ... _ -------■ ..... 1 1 8
Maryland —............... — . — - .. 5 7 87
Mexico _......... ......................... 4 8 81
Michigan ........................................ 11 12 134
Minnesota ...... ....... ........................ 3 3 35
Mississippi .............. 39 38 463
Missouri..........-.......................—___ 23 21 261
Montana ....... ............ - ............ 6 5 25
Montserrat ............-....................___ 5 5 109
Nebraska . .. - --------------_____ 3 4 33
Nevada ___ —--- -------1 ....... 0 1 10
New Jersey .............................-■■ .. 1 2 2 57
New Mexico ____ - —.......... 10 11 89
New York . ...................._____ 5 5 109
North Carolina__________________ 62 67 875?-“
North Dakota .. —...........— . . 5 7 57
Ohio......................................—-.......... 14 14 233

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Oklahoma ___ . 20 21 290
Ontario _ _ 1 1 14
Oregon ......... 5 4 45
Pennsylvania . 21 25 458
Porto Rico ___ 9 10 125
Saint Kitts 1 3 74
South Carolina .................50 49 923
South Dakota .. 7 7 46
Tennessee..................... 73 81 1,458
Turks Islands .. 3 2 22
Utah ........ 2 2 8
Virginia 71 70 1,187
Virgin Islands —- - ____ 4 4 76
Washington . ... ......................7 8 75
West Texas__ 10 9 67
West Virginia _______ 15 19 209
Wisconsin Ml................................4 5 57
Wvoming _______ 8 7 45
Totals ........ . 979 1,023 16,009
Totals last year.— ____ 979 15,585
Increase __ _______ 44 424
VICTORY LEADERS BAND
Our Victory Leaders have accomplished much good work another year.
For a long while they have proved by their accomplishments that they
can be depended upon and also that they are fully able for the work given
to them. They are happy to have a part in the work of carrying the
message to every creature and they will be rewarded for all that they do.
The following table shows the number of bands last year, the number
this year and the number of members this year. These figures are taken
from the monthly reports sent in by the treasurers of our local churches.
It will be noticed that there is an increase in the number of bands and
a decrease in the number of members. I feel sure there is actually no
decrease in the membership, and I also feel sure that there is an increase
because of the nice increase of bands, but because some of the treasurers
failed to give the number of members in the V. L. B. on their reports,
we have to show this decrease. We are sorry about this, and it is hoped
the treasurers will be careful to give all the information called for on
the reports in the future.
Bands Bands Total No.
State Last Year This Year Members
Alabama . m ...................._.......__ 46 . 48 880
Alaska ................................. * ........... \y 1 12
Alberta, Canada...........................___ 0 1 11
Anguilla ..........._ ........................ ' 1 1 18
Antigua ............................................. 1 1 27
Arizona .......................................g .... 3 3 16
Arkansas ........................................ 21 25 528
Aruba _______ ________ ........ 0 1 23
Bahamas ................. — .../— ■........ 30 32 1,153
British Columbia ............. .................. 1 1 15
California ............................................ 18 22 311
Colorado ............._................. ........... 4 5 59
Connecticut _____________ ......... 1 1 13
Costa Rica ___ ______ . __ 2 3 62

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Cuba_____________________
Delaware ___________,_____
District of Columbia------------
Dominican Republic -----------
East Texas----i------:-------------
Florida______Z___________
Georgia______!------------------
Idaho___jaH_______________
Illinois
—--------------------—-—
Indiana-----------------------------
Iowa"---------------------------------
Jamaica, B. W. I____________
Kansas____________________
Kentucky--------------------------
Louisiana_________________
Manitoba______________:—
Maryland ------->—i— >-----------
Mexico___________________
Michigan__________________
Minnesota________________
Mississippi------------------------
Missouri__________________
Montana_________________
Montserrat------------------------
Nebraska _------------------------
Nevada
__________________
New Jersey_______________
New Mexico____________—
New York________________
North Carolina-------------------
North Dakota--------------------
Ohio_____________________
Oklahoma________________
Ontario________—------------
Oregon __________________
Pennsylvania--------------------
Porto Rico------------------------
Saint Kitts------------------------
South Carolina------------------
South Dakota_____________
Tennessee--------------------------
Turks Islands--------------------
Utah_______________,_____
Virginia---------------------------
Virgin Islands--------------------
Washington
—---,— ,------------
West Texas----------------------
West Virginia_____________
Wisconsin-------------------------
Wyoming-------------------------
Totals.................................—
Totals last year------------------
Increase --------
Decrease--------
...... 2 2 68
.. 1 1 10
. 2 2 ■ 33
21
24 333
... 29 32 421
57
58 898
61 60 1,192
. . 2 3 75
11 12 195
1 . 10 13 201
.... 8 9 72
. . 68 54 2,133
___ 9 11 97
52
51 1,152
.... 9 10 232
0 1 13
. 5 7 103
. . 4 8 84
... . 11 13 263
.. 3 3 31
... . 37 38 677
22
19 340
6 5 43
3 5 118
...... 3 3 26
...... 0 1 25
_ 3 2 43
.. 10 10 114
4 4 56
.._ 62 67 1,219
5 6 56
. 14 15 315
20 22
493
1 1 32
. . 5 4 70
21 25 493
..
. 10 10 181
1 2 78
48 50 1,155
7 7 69
71 76 1,567
3 2 46
....... 1 1 21
68 68 1,394
4 4 79
. . 7 8 93
9 9 124
15 18
299
... 4 5 97
_.. 8 7 55
965 1,013 19,320
965 20,195
48
875

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SUNDAY SCHOOL
Our Sunday Schools are assisting in the work of teaching every man
and making all men see. This work reaches all ages and, through the
Home
Class Department, even goes into the homes of shut-ins and those
deprived of attending the regular school. The babies are not left out; they
have their places in their own Cradle Roll. A live Sunday School is a gre’at
asset to any local church and we should all strive for an increase in all
departments of this auxiliary.
The table shows the number of schools last year and the number this
year, also the number in attendance this year. Then the increase over
last year in schools and attendance is given. These figures are taken from
the monthly reports sent by the treasurers of our local churches.
State
Alabama__________________
Alaska
.........................................
Alberta ......................................
Anguilla .....................................
Antigua ........................... .........
Arizona _ .. . „ _
Arkansas
Aruba .. _ ............................
Schools
Last Year
_____ 49
........... 1
........... 0
........... 1
1
_____ 3
_____ 23
........... 0
. 32
Schools
This
Year
49
1
1
1
1
3
25
1
32
Average
Attendance
1,955
13
26
40
60
50
1,039
17
1,928
30
British Columbia _______ .......... 1 1
California ........................................... . 21 • 22 875
Colorado .......................................... 4 5 154
Connecticut .............................. ........... 1 1 10
Costa Rica ..................................... 2 3 65
Cuba ......... .................__ ..... 2 4 135
Delaware_________________ 1 1 34
District of Columbia_________.......... 2 3 76
Dominican Republic .................._____ 21 25 776
East Texas__ ___________....... _ 30 32 1,026
Florida .. . _......... .......................... 58 63 1,962
Georgia ................................................ 62 61 2,580
Idaho ................................................... 2 3 113
Illinois ___ ________ __.......... 12 14 422
Indiana __ _______ ........... 11 13 493
Iowa _ ___ _______........ 9 9 211
Jamaica ............ ........................ 70 57 3,206
Kansas ... _............................ ii 12 325
Kentucky .......................................... 53 55 2,588
Louisiana ........................................... 9 10 297
Manitoba .............................................. 1 1 30
Maryland .............................................. 6 9 241
Mexico ................................................. 4 8 391
Michigan ... ______ ___ .......... 11 13 594
Minnesota . .. _________....... 3 3 65
Mississippi ....................„........._____ 43 41 1,239
Missouri . ................................ ■ 25 23 1,027
Montana ________________________ 6 5 42
Montserrat........................................... 5 5 143
Nebraska ...................................._____ 3 4 93
Nevada .................... ....................... 0 1 50
New Jersey_______________......_.. 2 3 107
New Mexico ......................................... 10 10 205
New York ..................................... . 5 5 117

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North Carolina __ ................. 63 69 2,786
North Dakota _ ■ 5 7 138
Ohio .......................______________ 15 15 846
Oklahoma...............1 . .22 22 1,032
Ontario ....................____ 1 1 18
Oregon ... B---- ----.... 5 4 157
Pennsylvania----------............... 21 24 971
Porto Rico . .................... . 11 10 342
Saint Kitts .............. 2 3 77
South Carolina ......................... 52 51 2,830
South Dakota ...................... 7 7 185
Tennessee ...................................... 79 80 3,797
Turks Islands ................................. 3 2 41
Utah ............. ~~ ............. 2 2 45
Virginia ............................................... 72 70 3,047
Virgin Islands .................................. 4 4 134
Washington ............................... 4 8 329
West Texas ................................. ..... 10 10 266
West Virginia ......................... 17 19 648
Wisconsin ............... 4 5 161
Wyoming .........— s 7 148
Totals........._............. 1,027 1,059 42,484
Totals last year........----------------- 1,027 41,724
Increase --------------- 32 1,124
ASSEMBLY BAND MOVEMENT
The work of the Assembly Band Movement is of utmost importance.
When
we think of the worth of precious souls, then we know it is im
portant that we keep those we win for Christ and His Church, and this
auxiliary is for this purpose. The Assembly Band Movement in perfect
operation will keep each true sheep so none will stray away. We have not
yet been able to organize our work so we can keep all of our members,
and I wish something could be done to cause our pastors and band leaders
to feel the responsibility that is resting upon them. Surely it is high time
to give the necessary attention to this very important work.
The
table shows the number of churches operating the Assembly. Band
Movement
last year and this year by states, also the increase this year over
last year. We hope to be able to report every church operating the Assem-
bly Band Movement another year.
Churches Churches
Having
BandsHaving Bands
State Last Year This Year
Alabama .................................................................... 42 47
___ 1 1
Alberta .............................. ..... .................. 0 1
Anquilla ....... >...............................1 1
0 1
2 3
Arkansas _ 22 . 23
‘v29 30
British Columbia .............................. . a,* 1
California . . ............................. —.. ■_______ 17 22
........................ 4 5
Connecticut _________________...... . . ............. i ■■

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Costa Rica________________________________ 2 3
Cuba________________________________*____2 2
Delaware_______________________-___h__„ 1. 3
District of Columbia___________ S 2 3
Dominican Republic________________________ 21 " 25
East Texas________________________________ '27 32
Florida_______ 54 62
Georgia______________ 56 v 57
Idaho __________________ ___________________ 2 __ 2
Illinois_________ 11 13
Indiana _____________ 10 13
Iowa ______________________i-____ ____._____ 9 9
Jamaica__________________________________ 62 54
Kansas_____________________________ 11 12
Kentucky _________________________________ 47 50
Louisiana ___ 9 10
Manitoba______ 1 1
Maryland_________________________________ 6 8
Mexico___________________________ — 3 6
Michigan__________________-_____________ 10 13
Minnesota___________,_____________________ 3 3
Mississippi-----------------:----------------------------.... 38 39
Missouri ____________________________ 23 20
Montana__________________________________ 6 4
Montserrat---------------------------.--------------------- 5 5
Nebraska_______________ 3 4
Nevada_______________ 0 1
New Jersey________________________—-----.— 0 1
New Mexico________________________ 10 10
New York_____-__________________________ 5 4
North Carolina-------------------------------------------- 58 64
North Dakota----------------------- 5 6
Ohio_________*________-_________________ 13 14
Oklahoma______—---------------------------------— 19 21
Oregon ___________________ 5 4
Pennsylvania_____-________________________ 21 24
Porto Rico________ 6 9
Saints Kitts __________ 2 3
South Carolina_________________________—— 42 49
South Dakota_____________________________ 7 7
Tennessee_______________________________ — 66 76
Turks Islands--------------------------------------------- 3 2
Utah__________ 1 1
Virginia ---------------- — 67 68
Virgin Islands____________._________________ 4 4
Washington_______—______________________ 7 8
West Texas ----------------- 9 10
West Virginia________________ 15 18
Wisconsin _________________________________ 3 5
Wyoming _______________________________._ 7 7
Total _____________________________________ 939 1,006
Total last year___________________________ 939
Increase 67

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CONCLUSION
God has been with us and blessed our efforts. The reports to this As
sembly show there have been nice increases in almost every department.
We are thankful for all that has been accomplished and we are grateful
for our faithful workers who have made the increases possible. They are
to be commended for the work they have accomplished. I do appreciate
my co-workers. I am glad for the privilege I have of being associated
with them in this great institution—the last days Church.
All
of the work that we do is for the advancement of the Church that
Jesus built and when advancements are made, we know that it means the
Church is being made known. We want people to know about the Church.
Thousands
of people believe they are members of the Church mentioned
in the Bible. They believe that ail Christians make up the Church. They
don
’t know what you and I know about the Church, but we must make
them know. We must make them understand that Jesus died to gather
together in one the children of God that are scattered abroad, and that
there is only one fold and one shepherd. Jesus acknowledged there were
other sheep that were not in this fold, but He showed they would be brought
into
it. It is up to us to make known the one Church to the other sheep
so they will come into it.
We must make people understand that Jesus did build His Church just
like He said He would. He said, “I will build my church.” He had the
authority to build His Church. That was a part of His work while He
was in this world. We find Him going about the business of building His
Church out on a mountain. Mark said, “And he goeth up into a mountain,
and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. And he
ordained twelve, that they should be with him,. and that he might send
them forth to preach, and to have power to heal sickness, and to cast
out devils.” Numbers of people believe the Church was organized on the
day of Pentecost when the Holy Ghost was poured out upon the hundred
and twenty in the Upper Room, but after Peter’s fiery message there
were three thousand souls added. This shows it was already organized
because
these people were added.
We have been working at the job of making known the one Church
for a number of years, but I feel that now we must do more than we ever
have.
We should be more capable of doing this work than we have been
in the past because we have had some experience. And I feel it is a part
of our work to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery
just as it was a part of Paul’s work. He said he was made a minister to
preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ “And to make
all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery.” He was so faithful
in this work that he taught the people publicly and from house to house.
He
worked at his job day and night. We must work as hard as he did
to make known the Church and we must work in every way we can to
win the people.
We have all been told that we must show ourselves friendly in order to
have friends. If we are not friendly, then people are not attracted to us
so we will not have many friends. I believe that showing ourselves friendly
to the other sheep and to the lost will be one way of winning them. We
can’t accept their doctrine or take up with the ways of the unsaved, but
we can show friendliness to them and that will give us an opportunity to
tell them about the Church. No doubt, some of us don’t know our next
door neighbors, but we should know them and we should know them well
enough that we can tell them about the beautiful Church that Jesus built.
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the other ministers of their respective localities so they could tell them
about the last days Church? We know they don’t believe like we believe,
and they don’t teach the Bible as we teach it, and we are not interested
in having them preach to us, but if they live long enough and continue
to follow the Lord, they will be in the one Church, so I believe it is better
to be friendly with them and show them love and courtesy than it is to
ignore or criticize them.
People don’t know that they will find themselves in the Church sometime,
but they are already making preparations for it. Occasibnally we learn
of two organizations joining together in one. Then the various organiza
tions have joined together in associations. Their doctrines are not the same,
but they feel more can be accomplished by joining together in this way.
This looks like the beginning of the fulfilment of the words of the prophet
Isaiah when he said, “Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all
these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live saith the Lord,
thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind
them on thee, as a bride doeth.” They are gathering themselves together
and in due time they will come, so let’s have a warm, friendly feeling for
them now, and make preparations to receive them a little later on.
Now let us stand and sing together our mighty Battle Hymn.
AT
THE BATTLE’S FRONT
I’ve enlisted for life in the army of the Lord,
Though the fight may be long and the struggle fierce and hard,
With the armour of God and the Spirit’s trusty sword
At the front of the battle you will find me.
Chorus:
Hear the tramp! tramp! tramping of the army
The triumph shouting, the foe we’re routing;
Hear the tramp! tramp! tramping of the army
Marching on to victory.
I’m in this army, this glorious army,
And
the God of the battles will defend me,
I’m in this army, this glorious army
At the front of the battle you will find me.
With the banner of love and of holiness unfurled
Full salvation proclaim to a sinful dying world;
Tho
’ the darts thick and fast from the enemy be hurled
At the front of the battle you will find me.
Is your name, friend, enrolled with the loyal ones and true?
Will you dare now to stand with the Saviour’s faithful few?
Will
you join with me now and the covenant renew?
At
the front of the battle you will find me.
The End
Note: At the close of the reading of the subject, “The Church of God of
Prophecy,” Brother Buford Johnson led the congregation in singing, “The
Great Speckled Bird.”
12:25 p.m.—The General Overseer concluded his address by having the
congregation to stand and sing “At the Battle’s Front.” The song has been
sung at the close of the Annual Address for many years. Brother J. R.
Kinser led the congregation in singing the song, with A. J. Coalter at the
organ.

56 MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
1:30 p.m.—The song service was led by Joe Crews, with Imogene Rad
ford at the piano and Wilma Gonia at the organ. Prayer by R. L. Radford
at the pulpit while the congregation stood in quietness. Following the
prayer, the congregation prayed in concert in behalf of those for whom
prayer had been requested.
1:48 p.m.—The Kelly brothers sang, “Flying Saucers.” This was fol
lowed
by a guitar duet, “Walk with Jesus.”
1:55 p.m.—“A City Set on a Hill Cannot Be Hid,” message by Jack
Decker. The speaker stated that we are on our way somewhere and we
know who we are. Then Mark 4:11 was read: “And he said unto them,
Unto
you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto
them that are without, all these things are done in parables.” He said:
“Jesus was talking to the group that was following Him. He had been
talking to people who did not believe in Him in parables. The parables
that are found in the Scriptures have mysteries in them, but the Church
is to understand the mysteries.
“One time when Jesus saw the multitude, He went out into a high moun
tain and His disciples came to Him. These were the same men who sat
around Him at the table. They were the men whose feet He had washed.
In His message to them on the mountain, He told them they were the
salt of the earth and the light of the world. Salt is a preserver but if it
loses its savour, it is not worth anything. Light makes it possible for us
to go forward without stopping or groping. ‘Ye are the light of the world.
A city set on an hill cannot be hid.’ Jesus said, ‘ye are.’ There is noth
ing you can do about it. This is that Church which the gates of hell shall
not prevail against. Church is government. A city must have government.”
The speaker referred to several Scriptures to show the “city set on an
hill” is the Church which Jesus built and that He is the chief corner
stone.
He also showed that the city is attracting attention and people are
coming
to it.
2:25 p.m.—Music by the Miami Brass Band as the audience stood and
rejoiced in the Lord.
2:32 p.m.—Treasurer’s Annual Report, J. R. Kinser.
The
report was accepted as read by the Assembly in regular order.
General Treasurer's Financial Report for the
year ending August 31, 1952
TITHES
Brought forward____________________$125,797.55
Received this year___________________ 300,464.44
Tithes total--------------------------------,--- $426,261.99
Paid out this year___,_______________ 241,170.82
Tithes balance, August 31, 1952________ $185,091.47
M 1SSION
Brought forward ...
Received
this year.
$ 67,693.94
. 116,936.24

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Mission total_______________________ $184,630.18
Paid out this year___________________ v 113,96.5.35
Mission balance, August 31, 1952_______ v $ 70,664.83
ASSEMBLY EXPENSE
Brought forward __________________$ 3,130.58
Received this year___________________ 5,326.09
Assembly Expense total
Paid out this year_____
Assembly Expense balance,
August 31, 1952 __________________ $ 2,782.52
$
8,456.67
5,674.15
EMERGENCY
Brought forward ___________________$ 25,696.93
Received this year__________________ 41,311.15
Emergency total____________________ $ 67,281.08
Paid out this year___________________ 56,745.32
Emergency balance, August 31, 1952____ $ 10,535.76
MINISTERIAL AID
Brought forward___________________$ 36,484.75
Received this year__________________ 63,196.54
Ministerial Aid total
Paid out this year_
Ministerial Aid balance,
August
31, 1952------------------------------ $ 42,572.44
$ 99,681.29
57,108.85
ORPHANAGE
Brought forward ___________________$ 33,199.60
Received this year__________________ 74,338.40
$107,538.00
50,488.54
Orphanage total___
Paid out this year__
Orphanage balance, August 31, 1952____ $ 57,049.46
FREE LITERATURE
Brought forward___________________$ 9,314.91
Received this year__________________ 98,154.63
Free Literature total
Paid out this year__
Free Literature balance,
August
31, 1952 ---------------------------- $ 62,471.93
B. T. C.
Brought forward___________________$ 2,306.17
Received this year__________________ 9,445.14
$107,469.54
44,997.61

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B. T. C. total---------------------------------- $ 11,751.31
Paid out this year_______:___-------------- 6,330.22
B. T. C. balance, August 31’, 1952---------- $ 5,421.09
C. P. M. A.
Brought forward ----------------------------$ 7,887.03
Received this yeab__________________ 49,378.54
C.
P. M. A. total____________________ $ 57,265.57
Paid out this year___________________ 40,713.63
C. P. M. A. balance, August 31, 1952____ $ 16,551.94
PUBLISHING HOUSE
Brought forward___________________$ 5,931.56
Received this year_______________,____ 208,423.96
Publishing House total
Paid out this year.___
Publishing House balance,
August 31, 1952 ___________________ $ 513.77
$214,355.52
213,841.75
ALL FUNDS
Brought forward_________________._$317,716.02
Received this year__________________ 966,975.13
All Funds total_____________________ 1,284,691.15
Paid out this year___________________ 831,035.94
All Funds balance, August 31, 1952_____ $453,655.21
Respectfully submitted,
J. R. KINSER, Treasurer
2:44 p.m.—Music by the Louisville Band as the congregation stood and
waved handkerchiefs. This was followed by a concert prayer in behalf of
the remaining sessions of the Assembly.
2:59 p.m.—Report of Ministerial Aid Committee—S. O. Gillaspie, M. A.
Tomlinson, C. R. Payne, A. T. Wagar.
The report was read by A. T. Wagar and accepted in regular order by
the Assembly.
Ministerial Aid Committee Report ,
To the 47th Annual Assembly—Greetings:
We, your Ministerial Aid Committee, respectfully submit the following
report.
1. At the present time we are making monthly allotments to fifty-eight
totally, permanently disabled ministers and fifty-one partially, permanently
disabled ministers. Our list of totally, permanently disabled ministers is
gradually increasing and we feel that these faithful soldiers should be
given
the best that the Church has in appreciation of their loyal services.

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IK.
From a financial standpoint, it is impossible at the present time to provide
for all of our disabled ministers in an adequate way. The greater need
lies in favor of those who are totally disabled and consequently are unable
to earn an ample living in the ministry. It is the Church’s moral obliga
tion to provide a source of livelihood for these^ faithful ministers, who
have known and given many years of toil and endured hardships in help
ing to build the Church of God of Prophecy. In view of this increasing,
but well deserved need, we recommend that the section uor parts of sec
tions that provide for assistance to partially, permanently disabled min
isters be discontinued and that in the future only applicants who are
totally, permanently disabled be considered for allotments from the Min
isterial Aid Fund. That those who are now on the partially, permanently
disabled list be reviewed by the Ministerial Aid Committee to determine
their eligibility to be reclassified as totally, permanently, disabled ministers.
2. We recommend that the sections, entitled; “Benefits for Ministers
Totally Disabled Permanently” and “Benefits for Ministers Partially Dis
abled Permanently” be discontinued and that the exact amount to be paid
each disabled minister, be determined by the Committee who will con
sider the faithful services and dependents of each minister.
3. We recommend that the present plan, as amended, be printed in the
Assembly
Minutes with this report.
DEPARTMENT OF MINISTERIAL AID
(1) That the purpose of this ministerial benefit is to aid the ministry in
case
of total permanent disability caused by sickness, old age, aecident
or otherwise, and to assist in the burial and other expenses in the
event of death, as funds are available.
(2)
It is understood that these words “total permanent disability” means
that the ministerial benefit does not apply to sickness or accident from
which there is a natural recovery.
(3) That this ministerial aid be limited only to licensed ministers in the
Church of God of Prophecy in good standing, including Bishops, Dea
cons (only deacons who are evangelizing or pastoring one or more
churches), Evangelists, male and female, and other ministerial work
ers,
if specified.
(4) That the Ministerial Aid Fund Committee cannot guarantee, in ad
vance, any certain amount of funds, nor is this committee of the Church
of God of Prophecy, responsible or obligated for any payments be
yond money available in said Ministerial Aid Fund.
(5) That the Ministerial Aid Committee, working under the appointment
and authority of the Annual Assembly of the Church of God • of
Prophecy, reserves the right to determine the worthiness of each ap
plicant for Ministerial Aid by examining their ministerial record. To
increase,
decrease, or discontinue payment of any death claims to
beneficiaries of part-time ministers and disability funds to disabled
ministers.
(6) That no funds will be paid the ministry for disability before applica
tion
is approved by the Ministerial Aid Committee. Benefits start after
approval of application by the Committee.
(7) No minister will be granted aid for permanent disability (except
for accident) until disabled for a period of three months prior to
making application for benefit. No application will be considered if
disability occurred more than five years prior to receipt of application
by the Committee. Benefits start upon approval of application by the
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(8) That before any minister, male or female, is entitled to the benefits
of the Ministerial Aid Fund he or she is required to have a good record
of faithfulness for a period of at least five (5) consecutive years, and
must measure up to th6 following standard:
(a)
Been loyal to all the teachings of the Church of God of Prophecy
as outlined by the General Assembly, for a period of at least five
(5)
consecutive years prior to making application for aid.
> (b) Devoted--full-time to the ministry for a period of not less than
five (5) consecutive years prior to- applying for disability bene
fits. (“Full-time to the ministry” means: That the minister’s only
job was the ministry. If the minister had another job outside of
the ministry that required one-half or a part of his time from
*■ the ministry, and from which he was receiving support, he is classed
as a part-time minister and not a full-time minister.)
(c) Have a record of faithfulness in paying the emergency dollar for
a period of (5) five consecutive years prior to making application
for aid.
(d) Paid tithes regularly for (5) five consecutive years on all of his
or her income, according to the rulings of the Assembly prior
to making application for benefits.
(9) That no minister who has an income of $150 or more per month, or
whose
wife or husband has an income of $150 or more per month,
be entitled to Ministerial Aid for total permanent disability. This
has no reference to death benefits payable to the beneficiary of a de
ceased
minister who has met the requirements listed above.
(10) That a minister, after being placed on the Ministerial Aid List to
receive assistance, will be expected to report regularly and to send his
or her tithes to the General Treasurer each month.
DEATH BENEFITS FOR FULL-TIME MINISTERS
(Said Benefits Apply Only to Full-Time Ministers in
the United States)
That in case of death of a loyal licensed minister in the Church of God
of Prophecy, serving as Evangelist, Pastor, State Auxiliary Worker, State
Overseer, Official or worker at Headquarters, (male or female) that had
devoted full time to the ministry for a period of three months prior to his
or her death, (“Full-time to the ministry,” means: That the minister’s only
job was the ministry. If the minister had another job outside of the ministry,
and from which he was receiving support, he is classed as a part-time
minister and not a full-time minister) and had signed the special form
provided by the Ministerial Aid Committee, which form, if approved and
accepted by the Ministerial Aid Committee three months before the death
of the minister, will entitle the widow, husband or beneficiary of the de
ceased
minister the following benefits:
Group M—That One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) be paid on the burial
and other expenses of the deceased minister, who may be of the
General Headquarters workers, General Auxiliary Secretary, State
Overseer, Evangelist, Pastor, State Auxiliary worker, male or fe
male.
Said $1,000.00 be paid after the establishment of death,
direct to the wife, husband or beneficiary of the deceased min
ister. (This benefit applies only to full-time ministers.)
The
above death benefits, for full-time ministers and officials, have been
made possible through the cooperation and guaranteed financial surety of
payment of these benefits, by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

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DEATH BENEFITS FOR PART-TIME MINISTERS
(Said Benefits Apply Only to Part-Time Ministers in
the United States)
In case of death of the loyal licensed minister in the Church of God of
Prophecy, with a good record of faithfulness, who at the time of his or her
death was devoting part-time to ministerial work (“Ministerial Work” is the
pastoring of one or more churches or evangelizing in the ministry, and
does not mean the duties of a regular church officer, such as: Deacon, Band
Leader, Clerk and Treasurer, V. L. B. Leader, Sunday School Superin
tendent, or other local church workers) which means that, (a) he or she
was a pastor of one or more churches, or, (b) had spent an average of
3 hours per week at ministerial work for a period of six (6) months, or
more, immediately prior to death, whose life and work definitely measure
up to the standard of, (1) Been loyal to all the teachings of the Church
of God as outlined by the General Assembly for a period of at least five
years. (2) Have a record of faithfulness in paying the emergency dollar
for a period of five years. (3) Paid tithes regularly for five years on all
his or her income according to the rulings of the Assembly, who at the
time of his or her death was not receiving aid from the Ministerial Aid
Fund. The state overseer of said deceased minister must assume the re
sponsibility of reporting the faithfulness of said minister, which report
(application) if approved by the Ministerial Aid Committee, will entitle
the widow, husband or beneficiary of the deceased minister to the following
benefits:
(1)
That Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) be paid on the burial and other
expenses of a deceased part-time minister whose record of faithful
ness
measures up to the above requirements, numbers 1, 2, and 3;
and renders required time to the ministry as described in (a). Said
$500.00 to be paid after the establishment of death direct to the wife,
husband or beneficiary of the deceased minister.
(2) That Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) be paid on the burial and
other expenses of a deceased part-time minister whose record of faith
fulness measures up to the above requirements, number 1, 2, and 3;
and renders the required time to the ministry as described in (b).
Said
$250.00 to be paid after the establishment of death direct to the
wife,
husband or beneficiary of the deceased minister.
DEATH BENEFITS FOR FOREIGN FULL-TIME MINISTERS
(Said Benefits Apply Only to Ministers Living Out
of the United States)
The following benefits apply only to ministers living out of the United
States with a good record of faithfulness that measures up to the standard,
a, b, c, and d given above. The territorial overseer of said deceased min
ister, may assume the responsibility of reporting the faithfulness of said
minister, which report (application) if approved by the Ministerial Aid
Committee
will entitle the widow, husband or beneficiary of the deceased
minister to the following benefits:
(1) That Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) be paid on the burial and other
expenses
of the minister who meets death while receiving aid from the
Ministerial Aid Fund. Said Five Hundred Dollars to be paid, after
the establishment of death, direct to the husband, wife or beneficiary
of the deceased minister.
(No endorsement by territorial overseer of minister’s faithfulness
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Ministerial Aid Fund, for total permanent disability.)
(2) Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) be paid on the burial and other ex
penses
of the deceased minister, who was not at the time of his or
her death receiving aid from the Ministerial Aid Fund. Said Three
Hundred Dollars be paid after the establishment of death, direct to
the wife, husband dr beneficiary of the deceased minister.
Respectfully submitted,
MINISTERIAL AID COMMITTEE
S. O. GILLASPIE, Chairman
M. A. TOMLINSON
C. R. PAYNE
A. T. WAGAR
The same committee was retained by the Assembly for another year.
3:15 p.m.—White Wing Publishing House Financial Report, C. T. David
son, Assistant Publisher and Business Manager.
The
report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of The White Wing Publishing House
and
Press
God
has been especially good to us this year. We have tried to work
together as best we could to do what we could in the promotion of the
printed message.
This has been another strenuous year on the Publishing Department as
well as the Church in general. Most of us are acquainted with the liti
gation
that has caused us much inconvenience and incumbered our pro
cedures to some extent this year. Nevertheless, the good work has to go
on and will go on until our proposed task has been accomplished.
Our business shows a loss this year instead of gain as was shown last
year. Different departments of the Church have suffered under the strain
that has been imposed upon us. Nevertheless, the work must survive the
complications
and strains and go forward for the Master.
We wish to commend the services of our Field Representative, Brother
M. M. Burt, whose tireless efforts expended in the promotion ■ of the
printed page and other religious articles distributed by the White Wing
Publishing House have reached many homes and many people, resulting
in a substantial increase in business this year. He has expressed to us
the good will of the people who have been so interested after having
a better knowledge of the activities of our publishing house.
We have kept the Bethel Book Club going and it has grown very nicely
this year. We are hoping to soon have 3,000 members of the club. We
have more than 2,000 members today. I sometimes wonder if we realize
what an asset the Bethel Book Club is to our homes as well as to the
publishing house. To have good, wholesome, Christian books in our homes
and to see our children and others reading this type literature instead
of the trashy kind that falls into the hands of many of our people makes
our hearts rejoice and we thank God. We hope that those who are not
members will soon become members and will supplement their libraries
with some of these good, wholesome Christian books. These books carry
the message in action. Characters live before you so you may see Christ
as He works out the problems in the lives of those who follow in His
steps.
I wonder if we realize what a blessing we miss by not having these
books
in our homes.

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We do not know just how it will be done nor how it can be done, but
we hope that the time is close at hand when we will be able to reach
into the foreign fields with our different types of literature besides our
tracts and regular periodicals. Not only should our books prove inspir
ing but they should serve to stimulate educational activities wherever
they are distributed if they are properly handled. This will require some
attention on the part of those who are able to instruct and proceed with
the literature. There is talent in every country besides the United States
and we feel that books properly written and slanted to picture life as
we know it on the scene of the mission fields would reveal to us as read
ers a deeper aspect of relationship to God and to each other. We had
hoped to reach the Bahamas this Assembly year but it seemed impossible.
We long to delve into the interest of literature and see what can be
done to help others.
We are ever conscious of the fact that we are in need of a good book
binding equipment that would be an asset to our publishing house. It
would prove of great commercial and financial benefit to us since we
publish many books. Yet these books are only a start to what will be done
if the Lord tarries.
Thousands and thousands of circulars are mailed out regularly. Some
day we hope that we will have an off-set press equipment and facilities
with which to handle the volume of our circular advertisement and not
only
that but will provide convenience on which to print some two and
three color work that could be produced at a lower cost. We don’t know
when this will be done but the business will grow as time goes on.
The Free Literature Department of the publishing house has done a
tremendous work this year. Thousands of pounds of free literature have
been sent to people throughout the United States and some portions of
the world. Our young people of the V. L. B. are to be commended for
the noble work they have done and are doing to promote the printed page.
We have been impressed with different things that we think might
become
a blessing to people through the publishing and commercial side
of the Church. After all we say or do, literature is still the most power
ful, single factor in our great work, .and every phase of the work calls
for the printed page in some form or other, as a rule. People will buy
it and use it. We have wondered if, sometime in the future, it would
be possible to have some retail stores scattered about in different cities
so that much of our published material would reach the homes of many
people
who have not as yet known anything about it. These stores would
not be run haphazardly, but they would be systematized and organized
in such a way that the places in which they were located would be
reached continuously by them. We are conscious of the fact that it would
be an adventure that might not pay the first year or two, but sooner or
later the stores would bring in a substantial sum that would help not
only to keep them operating but would supplement the funds with which
to open stores in other places. These stores would be tied directly to
the White Wing Publishing House at Cleveland, Tennessee, as their main
head. This is only a thought to which we may sometime get a chance to
work.
Some
few years have passed since we mentioned the fact that if we
could
sometime maintain a distribution center for our material in Cali
fornia it would be a great blessing to the people west of the Rocky Moun
tains especially. The thought may sound preposterous now. We are not
able to do- this at the present because it calls for work and concentrated
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our literature to certain localities west of the Rocky Mountains. Besides
this there is a requirement which we would have to meet and that is the
preparation of our own Sunday School outlines from which our Sunday
School literature could be prepared and printed far enough in advance
that it could be shipped to the distribution center and orders shipped
from there to our churches west of the Rockies. This brings in another
thought. Who would prepare the Sunday School outlines? The cycle
should
cover six years before being released. This could be done in a
way to promote the doctrine of the Church and certain principles and
fundamental practices of the Church that make us what we are. This
could
not be done over night. It would take work, prayer and concen
tration when such a thing is done because we have not only our people
but many, many other people who use our literature and attend our Sun
day Schools. This is no measure to suggest a committee, but merely to
mention some methods and measures to which our publishing department
aspires. This distribution center likewise would be a subsidiary of the
White
Wing Publishing House at Cleveland. We hope sometime later it will
be possible for us to reach this goal.
We
express our thanks and appreciation to our wonderful group of em
ployees of the White Wing Publishing House and Press. They have worked
hard to accomplish what we have this year. And although we sustain a
net loss of $9,379.23 we realize that without the efficient Work accom
plished it might have been much worse. Our Auditor has made this re
mark, “Operations for the current fiscal year resulted in a net loss of
$9,379.23. The loss sustained was due largely to a change in the Church
name resulting in an inventory loss on many items and an increase in
operating expense for additional printed supplies, etc. Depreciation re
served for the current year of $4,904.97 is included in the above men
tioned loss.”
This m . .reflects a slight improvement in your financial condition at the
close of the current year.”
FINANCIAL REPORT
Of The
White Wing Publishing House and Press
Bible Place, Cleveland, Tennessee
Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements
August 1, 1951 through July 31, 1952
Cash in Bank August 1, 1951______________________________$ 4,310.21
Total Cash Receipts from Sales, Subscriptions, Free
Literature,
Collections on Accounts, etc____.....__________ 211,946.34-
Total _j--------------------------------------------... __________$216,256.55
Paid Out for Merchandise, Operating Expenses, etc._______$212,220.71
Balance, Cash in Bank, July 31, 1952___________________$ 4,035.84
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash in Bank--------------------------------- ---------- $ 4,035.84
Petty Cash -----------------------------------*---------- 100.00

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Accounts receivable _________________._____$ 30,474.74
Less—Reserve for Past Due Accounts___1_____ 600.00 29,874.74
Inventories:
Merchandise ___________________$ 77,981.89.
Materials______________________ 24,961.52
Supplies______________________ 7,422.19. $110,365.60
Total Current Assets_____________
Fixed Assets:
Machinery and Equipment........... ......$ 81,834.72
Type ---------------,______J_______ 4,269.73
Furniture and Fixtures___________ 28,852.61
$144,376.18
Total _________________
Less—Reserve for
Depreciation_________
Periodical and Catalog
Electrotypes __________
English
and Foreign Tract
Electrotypes__________
___$114,957.06
___$ 28,917.25 $ 86,039.81
Sg__« 10,784.35
5,000.00
Net Fixed Assets $146,824.16
Total Assets $291,200.34
LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS
Liabilities:
Accounts Payable_________________________$ 37,579.26
Customers Credit Balances___________________ 568.98
Refund Vouchers __________________________ 999.89
Unpaid F.O.A.B., Withholding and
Sales
Taxes_________________ 817.55
Loan—Free Literature Department____________ 26,700.00
Accrued Salaries and Wages__________:_____ 562.94
Total Liabilities________________________ $ 67,228.62
Excess of Assets over Liabilities Represented by:
Capital Surplus __________________________$ 54,844.50
Donated Surplus (Press)___________________ 82,726.92
Donated Surplus (Current Year)_____________ 26,356.53
Earned Surplus—August 1, 1951______________ 69,423.00
Net Loss—Year Ended July 31, 1952__________$ 9,379.23
Total Surplus __________________________ $223,971.72
Respectfully submitted,
C. T. DAVIDSON, Business Manager
Report of While Wing Publishing House Field Representative, M. M. Burt.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.

66 MINUTES .OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
ANNUAL REPORT OF
The White Wing Publishing House and Press
Field Representative
TO THE 47th GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH
OF GOD OF PROPHECY
FROM SEPTEMBER 1951 TO SEPTEMBER 1952
-Ministers ’ Conventions Attended ------------------------------- 20
District Conventions Attended----------- 13
District Publishing House Rallies Conducted-------------------- 142
State Conventions Visited-----------------------------------— 6
Churches Visited______.-------------------------------------- 210
Miles traveled in 43 States, Mexico and Canada------%------ 54,000
Sermons preached------------------------------------------------- 205
Homes visited K9_____________________________________ 285
Tracts Distributed—10 Lbs.
White Wing Messenger, Joyful News Broadcast and
Happy
Harvester Distributed-----------------------------— 10,500
Total Sales of Bethel Book Club Books, Print Jobs,
Publications and other merchandise—-------------------$17,477.36
Conducted World-Wide subscription contest for all
three publications which resulted in our getting the
following number of subscriptions------------------------------ 4,726
The Eastern Air Lines donated fifty dollars to sup
port our advertising campaign for the World-Wide
subscription
contest. For this we are very grateful.
Number
Bethel Book Club Members I received------------- 1,260
Total Number Members In Bethel Book Club Last Year— 948
Total Number Members In Bethel Book Club This Year— 2,360
Number subscriptions I received to all three publications 1,360
Total number of subscriptions up to August 29, 1952:
White Wing Messenger------------------------------------------- 7,561
Increase from 1951_______________________________ 686
Joyful News Broadcast____________________________ 5,611
Increase from 1951__9------------------------------------------- 787
Happy Harvester---------------------.---------------------------- 2,298
Increase from 1951___BUs !—---------------—— ------- 459
M. M. BURT, Field Representative
3:32 p.m.—The McMahan Quartet sang, “I’m Free” and “I Want to
Know
More About My Lord.”
3:41
p.m.—Report of Bible Training Camp, J. B. Wright, Superintendent.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Bible Training Camp By the General
Superintendent, September 1, 1951
to September 1, 1952
This history of the work of Bible Training Camp for this year shows
some improvement and increases over the previous year. Three sessions
were conducted as before with classes in the English language added to
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total enrollment of 300: 42 at Nassau, Bahamas; 147 at Cleveland, Ten
nessee;
and 77 English-speaking and 34 Spanish-speaking at Fresno, Cali
fornia. This is an increase of 48 over last year. From among these 300,
workers have gone to nine different countries. Hearing statements from
B. T. C. officials, teachers and students makes one feel that much good
has been done.
It is with a deep and sincere feeling of gratitude that I acknowledge
the splendid co-operation of all who contributed in any manner to the
success
of the B. T. C. work. The state overseer of California and his
faithful people are worthy of double honor for their sacrifices rendered
in getting B. T. C. going on the west coast for the English-speaking peo
ple.
In addition, J. Vital Herne, Overseer of Haiti, has translated our First
Term lessons into French which is another forward step toward putting
B. T. C. into Haiti. We feel indebted to him for this good work.
REPORT OF THE CORRESPONDENCE DIVISION
Our records show that many of our people are taking advantage of
the “On-the-Job Training Home Study Course” which is proving very val
uable as a supplement to the regular B .T. C. Course. The following is
a brief report on the accomplishments of the department for this year.
Number
on roll September 1, 1951_______________193
Number enrolled during this year_______________227
Number graduated ________________________ 126
Number who dropped out________________________30
Number on roll August 31, 1952__________________264
We thank the Lord for the added interest which our people are show
ing in Bible Study. To those of you who wish to improve in your ability
to do your particular job better, allow us to suggest that you investigate
the possibilities for “On-the-Job Training” through our home study course.
DETAILED REPORT OF
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT ’S ACTIVITIES
Three four-week sessions of Bible Training: One in Nassau, Bahamas;
one in Cleveland, Tennessee; one two-language session, English and Spanish,
in Fresno, California.
Attended six district conventions: Five in Kentucky and one in Ohio.
Attended seven state conventions: California, Wyoming, Michigan, Iowa,
Indiana, New Jersey and Idaho. I was present during 53 full sessions in
these seven conventions.
Attended a V. L. B. Camp meeting for four days in Wyoming.
Visited 31 Churches: Bahamas, 5; Florida, 2; Oklahoma, 4; Missouri, 2;
Tennessee, 5; Ohio, 5; Virginia, 2; California, 4; Utah, 1 and North Carolina 1.
Conducted five revivals for approximately two weeks each: Bertrand,
Missouri; Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Norview and Radford, Virginia; and
Big Sandy, Tennessee.
Sermons preached__________________________ 154
B. T. C. Classes taught______________•________ 182
Number converted____._____________________18
Number sanctified ____ 8
Number baptised with the Holy Ghost_____9
Number of homes visited_____________________ 80
Miles Traveled_____________________________35,300
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES B. WRIGHT, Superintendent

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3:50 p.m.—Report of Orphanage Committee, R. O. Covey, Superintendent.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of the Sunday School Orphanage Committee
To the 47th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
It is with a deep sense of gratitude that we are able to report an ex
ceedingly
pleasant year in the work of the Sunday School Orphanage since
the last Assembly. God has helped us in every time of need, and we are
humbly grateful to Him for His guidance. We also appreciate the won
derful co-operation of our General Sunday School Secretary, Sister Edna
Rye, every State Secretary, every Sunday School and superintendent, e'very
pastor, and every Orphanage Booster, as well as every individual who in
any way helped to make the work successful. Without the faithful co
operation and prayers of all of these helpers our work could not possibly
progress.
We wish to express our heart-felt appreciation to our faithful and cap
able workers in the three homes during the past year. Brother Omer
Davis, who has been our farmer for approximately five years, is to be
highly commended for the splendid and efficient work done in that ca
pacity again this past year. His wife, Sister Golda Davis has been a
wonderful house-mother to ten of our smaller boys in the little cottage
on the farm. Sister Muriel Paden is worthy of much commendation for
her faithful and untiring service with the nine girls and five small boys
in our Wildwood Avenue Home here in Cleveland. Sister Golda Covey
is due much commendation for her faithful efforts expended as house
mother over the sixteen older boys at the Orphanage Farm. We also ap
preciate the valuable services rendered by Sisters Elayne Dougan, Lessie
Anderson, Mary Lee Johnson, and a number of short-time workers, as
cooks and maintenance workers in the different homes. According to State
requirements, we have added a Relief Worker to the Orphanage Staff
this year. This position has been filled by Sister Alice Wenger, who is to
be highly commended for the good help she has given our house-mothers
this past-summer.
We have forty children in our homes at present . . . thirty-one boys and
nine girls. We are proud of our children, and happy to report that they
are getting along Uwell in every way. They are good, obedient boys and
girls,
and seem to appreciate all that is being done for them. Several are
saved,
sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost and members of the
Church of God of Prophecy, and have a real interest in the things of
God. We are glad to report also that we have been successful in getting
all of our school-age children enrolled in the Cleveland City Schools this
year, and that they are doing extremely well in their school work. Sev
eral are taking music and preparing themselves in various ways for a use
ful and successful future.
In
the committee’s report to the 46th Annual Assembly, mention was
made of considerable effort being expended to meet State requirements
necessary in obtaining a license for the operation of our homes. We are
happy to announce that this year we have been granted our first Annual
License
by the State of Tennessee. We wish to thank all former super
intendents and committees who have worked so faithfully to help bring
the work up to the place it is today. We are glad we have been able to
improve our methods and equipment to the point of approval by tHe
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our children to be trained and cared for. As a result of this higher standard
of operation, we have received many expressions of commendation from
various sources . . . commendations which place our records alongside of
the best in the orphanage field.
We would like to make special mention of the Coupon Work the' past
year. We sincerely thank all who rallied to the advancement of this work.
We received approximately 189,000 coupons which were cashed in at
about $820. This is between two and three times as much as has been re
ceived from the coupons in any previous year. Though this is a' wonder
ful increase, we want to encourage more interest in the collection of coupons.
There are definite possibilities of receiving thousands where we are now
receiving hundreds of dollars from this source. We also want to thank
all the churches which co-operated in the April Clothing Drive, and for
other donations and poifndings during the year.
Though
our homes are filled practically to capacity at this time, we are
happy to announce that plans are already under way for the construc
tion of another cottage for small boys on our Wildwood Avenue property.
The need for this expansion is very urgent in order that we may offer
care to many needy children which we are now having to turn away.
We thank you for the confidence which you have entrusted in us dur
ing this past year, and beg that you will pray God’s blessing upon the in
coming
committee in all their deliberations concerning our orphanage work.
Respectfully submitted,
SUNDAY SCHOOL ORPHANAGE
COMMITTEE
R. O. COVEY, Secretary and Superintendent
C. T. DAVIDSON, Committeeman
C. R. PAYNE, Committeeman
The members of the Orphanage Committee selected to serve another
year are: R. O. Covey, M. A. Tomlinson, C. T. Davidson, J. R. Kinser, C. R.
Payne, Robert F. Wright, A. T. Wagar. This Committee will also serve as
Board
of Directors.
4:01 p.m.—M. A. Tomlinson was selected Editor and Publisher. C. T.
Davidson
was selected Assistant Publisher and Business Manager. J. R.
Kinser was selected General Treasurer.
4:04 p.m.—“The Doctrine of the Church of God of the Bible Is Well
Able
to Stand the Test in a Modern World,” message by M. E. Wilson. The
speaker stated that the doctrine is what the Church stands for and that
people
who mean business will stand for it. Mark 1:16-22 was read and
Brother Wilson said: “A lot of people are going to preach but they never
get
around to it. Why do people want license if they do not intend to
preach? Those fishermen forsook their nets at once and followed Jesus.
Something
unusual was happening around there. Jesus didn’t wait for
a long while to start preaching doctrine. He gave the people the doc
trine and they were astonished. The world needs the doctrine today.
“I am not ashamed of the doctrine of the Church. I am proud of it.
Some people won’t preach the doctrine because they are afraid it will
scare people away. But Paul instructed Timothy to take heed unto him
self
and to the doctrine. By doing this Paul said he would save himself
and
those that listened to him. We must be careful how we preach. We
can’t be saved unless we preach the doctrine, and we must prove what
we preach by the Bible. A lot of people are trying to save the Church, but
the Church will save them. Noah didn’t save the ark, but the ark saved
him.”

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Brother Wilson referred to holiness and the proper way for our people
to dress and conduct themselves. He warned against ' worldliness, forni
cation and adultery. He stated that we should be very careful to whom
we listened. He showed it was dangerous to listen to people who do
not preach the doctrine of the Church. He referred to the Church and
stated that we have the same doctrine we have always had. He men
tioned
the fact that the Philistines fought against Israel and carried the
ark away, but just because they took the ark was no sign it belonged
to them. It still belonged to Israel. He referred to the twenty-nine teach
ings of the Church which are made prominent and said, “These will stand
the test in a modern world.” At the close of the message the General
Overseer urged the people to live the doctrine of the Church on the field.
5:05 p.m.—The service was adjourned with all joining together in con
cert prayer.
5:15 p.m.—Ordination service: The General Overseer read the third chap
ter of First Timothy and gave a brief exhortation to those who were to
be ordained. He ordained the following by the laying on of hands and
prayer with the assistance of others: Bishops—Ronald Thompson, Ralph
W. Owen, Henry Mullins, D. M. Easter, Loyal Washington, Owen France,
Milford
J. Johnson, Floyd W. B. Smith, Arthur Woodruff, Charles Smithers,
James W. Nixon, Hubert C. Smith, A. H. Davis, M. O. Sweat, Oscar Pitt
man,
Daniel Nairn, T. J. Jared, Jr., Herman Humes, Richard Lee Puckett,
William Lee, C. A. Knowles, J. Lee Willis, C. O. Ray, Nathaniel Turner,
Arthur Thompson, W. M. Hubbard, Rufus M. Gilbert. Deacons—Walter
Willoughby, Taft M. Harris, Johnny Williams, Jr., Loyd Bean, Andy G.
Muse, Benny Lacks, William A. Mahoney, Herman Sluder, Liston Pritchard,
Fletcher Waden, Luther C. Brown, James T. Gilmer, Emerson Williams,
Frank Massingale, George M. Scotton, Guy H. Dean, Henry Mullins, Luther
C. Brown, Robert Scott, John H. Hadden, E. C. Musgrove.
6:00 p.m.—All C. P. M. A. workers marched to the church on Wildwood
Avenue for a service in charge of Grady R. Kent.
6:30 p.m.—Music by the Louisville Band.
6:45 p.m.—Song service led by Arthur B. Woodruff, with Ima Jewell
Woodruff
at the piano and A. J. Coalter at the organ. Prayer by A. A.
Callahan as the congregation stood in sacred quietness. Following the
prayer, the congregation joined together in concert prayer for those for
whom
requests had been made.
7:05 p.m.—Special songs: Kelly brothers, “Let the Spirit Descend”; Soul
Survivors, “God Is Wonderful”; Whirlwind Evangelists, “Something Got
Hold
of Me” and “Jonah”; Nunnery sisters, “I’ve Got Heaven on My
Mind
” and “There’s a God Somewhere.”
7:28 p.m.—Brother C. R. Payne came to the microphone and asked the
overseers to come to the lower platform. He stated that while the Gen
eral Overseer was in Guatemala during the summer, he traded his car
and he asked for an offering to pay the difference in the trade. He asked
the overseers to go out in the congregation and collect money for this
purpose and the one having the largest offering would be given a fifty-
dollar bill. The bands furnished music as the overseers gathered money
from their people.
7:50 p.m.—The audience stood and the General Overseer led in singing
“Where He Leads Me,” then everyone worshiped the Lord with hands
raised toward heaven.
7:55 p.m.—“Thy Faith Hath Made Thee Whole,” message by L. A. Mox-
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our midst and that just a little faith in Him will bring the works. He
used Mark 5:25-34 for a Scripture to start with, and said, “I want you
to notice that it was the faith of the woman that brought about her heal
ing.
It was not the faith of others, but it was her faith in the Man of
Galilee.
Please notice that this woman heard of Jesus. I don’t know
how she had heard of Him, but through some source she knew about Him.
Another thing that she did was to make personal contact with Him. When
that was done, that is when she was healed. She had faith to believe that
if she could touch the hem of His garment she would be healed, and the
very instant she did this she was made whole.
“I want you to get' in contact with the Man of Galilee tonight. I want
you to have faith in the One who broke up a funeral possession. With
Him
nothing is impossible. I pray that each of you will be able to have
enough faith to contact Him. When He went through this world, He found
suffering, He found heartaches, diseases and afflictions. When He passed
along
and touched these bodies, they were made whole. That Man who
touched bodies, He is the Christ; He can do what no other one can do.
That Man who was present when this world was made out of nothing
and hung upon nothing. He is the heir of all things, and we are joint
heirs with Him tonight. He atoned for our healing the same as for our
sins.
‘By his stripes we are healed.’ While they whipped Him, every time
they struck Him, every time He received a stripe, He suffered for your
healing. I want you to get your faith in Him.”
8:30 p.m.—Sister Margaret Moreland gave her testimony to the healing
power of God. She was in an automobile accident and 138 bones were
broken. She stated she was unconscious for three weeks and was pro
nounced dead twice. The doctors said she would never walk but she was
able to walk to the platform and testify for the glory of God.
8:38 p.m.—The audience stood and prayed a powerful prayer in con
cert in behalf of the healing service while the Louisville Band played
“Sweet Hour of Prayer.”
8:42 p.m.—Our Annual Healing Message by E. A. McDonald. The speak
er stated that when we refer to healing, we are not speaking of some
thing that is new in the Church, but that it is one of the teachings made
prominent and it was a teaching in the early Church. He referred to
Jesus before He came to the world, His birth in Bethlehem and the fact
that He was thought of as the Son of Mary and Joseph. He stated that
even after He grew to manhood and did the mighty miracles, some people
would
seem to forget who He was. He said: “For the world, to receive
what He has for them, they must believe that He is the Son of God.
He
was God in the flesh. He had to have a body to operate through while
He was in the world. He healed the sick, raised the dead and performed
many miracles. As many as believed on Him and put their faith in Him,
they were healed. God has to have a body to work through in order
to carry on His work in this world. Jesus is the Head and the Church
is His body. If you believe tonight that God can heal you, you can be
healed the same as the one who had the issue of blood.
“
When the man came to Jesus for the healing of His servant, he had
great faith. He believed if Jesus would just speak the word, his servant
would
be healed. There were two blind men who heard about Jesus
passing their way. They cried unto Him to'have mercy upon them. They
put their confidence in Jesus and they were healed. Tonight Jesus is
looking
this way. He knows all about your condition: He is full of sym
pathy and pity. The Scripture says He ‘took our infirmities, and bare our
sicknesses.
’ If you can accept Him as your healer you can be healed to
night.”

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8:20 p.m.—Brother W. W. Webb led in singing “Sweet Hour of Prayer”
as those who prayed for the sick took their places. They formed lines
on the main floor, the lower platform, the main platform, and speakers’
platform. The Bands played alternately as the people who needed heal
ing passed through the lines. The power of God was present to heal and
many rejoiced in the Lord as they were anointed with oil and hands
were laid on them. People of all ages passed through the lines. They con
tinued until 1,466 were prayed for and anointed. At the close, many testi
fied to being healed by raising their hands. There were 737 handkerchiefs
and one apron prayed over and anointed with oil for those who could not
be present in this service.
10:30 p.m.—Evangelistic message by Sister Willard Boyles. Her sub
ject was “The First Resurrection.” She stated there will be two resur
rections,
the first resurrection to life eternal and the second resurrection
to eternal damnation. She urged people who were not prepared for the
first resurrection to make the necessary preparations.
Brother
Elford N. Collins, Jr. exhorted the people to take heed to the
message they had just listened to and seek God for their soul’s salvation.
The organ was played by A. J. Coalter while the invitation was given for
people to come to the altar. A large number came forward and the
record showed eight saved, seven sanctified and eight baptized with the
Holy
Ghost.
Saturday, September 13
6:00 a.m.—Sunrise prayer meeting in charge of Charles Palmore and
Thomas
Hart. Brother Palmore spoke briefly and called for those who
were healed in the special healing service the night before to come to
the front and testify. Thirty-six people gave testimony to the healing
power of God. One sister stated her vision was almost gone and after she
was
prayed for, she could see clearly. A brother received his hearing,
another was able to throw away his crutches. While the colored saints
sang,
the people marched and praised the Lord. Many shouted, ran and
danced.
It was a blessed time of rejoicing in the Lord who is still in the
healing business.
7:17 a.m.—The service was dismissed by all standing and praying in
concert.
8:45 a.m.—Music by the Miami Band in front of the Tabernacle. The
band continued to play as they came inside the building.
9:00 a.m.—Song service led by Paul Garrett, with Emma Lou Moore
at the piano and Jenna Lee Spivey at the organ. Prayer was offered at
the pulpit by Brother P. G. Shroyer. A concert prayer followed in be
half of those for whom requests were made.
9:15 a.m.—Song by the Nunnery sisters, "I’m Satisfied.” The Kelly
brothers sang, “God Will Make a Change in Your Life All Around.”
9:25
a.m.—Harper Hunter, Jr. led the congregation in singing the Church
of
God Flag Song.
9:30 a.m.—“Thou Hast Given a Banner to Them that Fear Thee that It
May Be Displayed Because of the Truth,” message by C. E. Hyatt. This
was
a good message on the flag. The speaker referred to the Scripture
contained in the subject and another found in 1 Timothy 3:15. He said,
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to the Church as the pillar and ground of the truth. The Bible says the
Lord is a God of truth. Christ said, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the
life.’ When He was praying He said, “Sanctify them through thy truth:
thy word is truth.’ He said that He had given a banner to the people
that feared Him. Because of the truth it was given to the Church. It
was not given until God knew the Church was ready for it. He wanted
to be sure that we were going to stick to the truth. I don’t believe we
will ever leave the truth.”
The speaker referred to several Scriptures concerning the flag and he
told the story of an earthquake which was wrecking buildings and the
people were badly frightened. He said one old lady was going on about
her work apparently unconcerned. When asked why she wasn’t fright
ened,
she said it made her happy to know she was serving a God who was
able to shake the world. He said, “We are glad we are serving a God
who is able to do wonderful things for us.”
9:50 a.m.—Song by the Staggs family, “Come Under the Banner of Love.”
9:55 a.m.—The congregation stood and prayed in concert, asking God’s
blessings
upon the efforts put forth so that the Church flag will soon
be waving in more cities, counties, states and countries, signifying that
the Church has been established.
10:00 a.m.—White Wing Publishing House Time, C. T. Davidson, As
sistant Publisher and Business Manager, in charge. Brother Davidson
talked briefly concerning the worth of the published message and what
the publishing department of the Church is doing in publishing the gospel.
He
related a few incidents showing the good that has been accomplished.
He
called for Brother Buford Johnson, Press Editor, to speak concern
ing the Bethel Book Club. Brother Buford stated that the purpose of the
Book
Club is to prepare good books for those who liked to read. He
said the books are not for young people only but for older people as well.
He
showed that the Book Club was creating an interest in outsiders,
and he mentioned several Book Club selections that were coming in the
future.
10:30 a.m.—Brother Davidson presented Brother W. M. Lowman, over
seer of Virginia, with a. Bible. His state has the largest number of Bethel
Book Club members. He also presented Brother M. S. Curry with a Bible.
His
state has the second largest number of Bethel Book Club members.
J. D. Lowman, Virginia, and Lamar Gilmer, Florida, were presented with
Testaments for sending in the first and second largest number of members
to Bethel Book Club.
10:45 a.m.—Robert F. Wright, Assistant Editor, spoke for a few minutes
concerning the Church publications—White Wing Messenger, Joyful News
Broadcast and Happy Harvester. He encouraged the people to send in news
and articles and anything of interest. He also mentioned the evangelistic
calendar, and asked all evangelists to send in their revival dates to be
announced in this calendar. He made some mention of the cost of cuts
for pictures in the papers and asked the people to help with this expense,
and he referred to the lack of space to print everything that comes in
as soon as it is received.
11:00 a.m.—M. M. Burt, Publishing House Field Representative, spoke
to encourage the White Wing workers to feel their responsibility for their
work and urged them to serve in the position faithfully. He stated that
many of our White Wing workers did wonderfully well the past year and
he made them know they would be rewarded. He mentioned the num
ber of subscribers we have for our publications and showed how many
more
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all to subscribe or renew their subscriptions while attending the Assembly.
Brother Burt announced the winners in the world-wide subscription contest:
Dorothy Creel won the first prize, which is a trip to the 1953 Bahama
convention,
for getting the largest number of subscriptions to the Church
periodicals. Carolyn Beemer was presented with a nice Bible in appre
ciation of the work she had done in this contest. Several others were
presented with gifts for the good work they did in getting subscriptions to
the papers,
11:52 a.m.—The closing prayer was prayed by all White Wing workers
as they stood on the platform.
1:00 p.m.—Music by the Louisville Band.
1:30 p.m.—V. L. B. Program, directed by the General Secretary, Harry
Lee
Moore.
Brother Alva Wilson read the sixty-seventh Psalm and the congregation
stood in silent prayer and meditation while Emma Lou Moore played on
the organ, “Have Thine Own Way.” Then all together prayed a mighty
prayer in concert. The congregation joined in singing “Have Thine Own
Way.
”
1:40
p.m.—The song service was led by Edna Wells, with Jean Coalter
at the piano and Emma Lou at the organ. The state secretaries prayed
in concert, led by Euna Johnson.
1:51 p.m.—Song by Shirley Hawkins, “I’d Rather Live in a House by
the Side of the Road.” The Idaho Trio sang, “I’m in a New World.”
The
Ridgedale Quartet sang, “Land of Perfect Day.”
2:00 p.m.—Message by the Secretary, Harry Lee Moore.
After a few introductory remarks by the speaker, 2 Corinthians 10:12-15
was read and he said: “We are not to boast of other men’s labors. We
have our own work to do. We will have to have our own faith increased.
We must enlarge by our own doctrine. We will have to enlarge by our
own
rule. We are to do our own work and get our own young people.
We are to preach our own teachings.
“God spoke to Jeremiah and told him that he must go to all the peo
ple
to whom He would send him and He wanted him to speak what He
commanded
him. Probably a lot of us would have felt like running away
from God, but Jeremiah didn’t do that. God encouraged him by telling
him He would be with him. God has appointed angels to watch over us,
and He has given us a message to preach the same as He did Jeremiah.
Our preachers have the Word of God. This message we are preaching
will root out false doctrines and do away with false creeds. When you
preach the gospel you will do a certain amount of tearing down. This
is necessary to prepare the way for the sowing of seed. One planteth,
another watereth and it is God that gives the increase. We are not al
ways
going to be as small as we are now. We are not always going
to be just a thousand or fifteen hundred young people at the Assembly.
God is blessing and we are increasing. Some people say the Church is
going down, but we are growing bigger all the time.”
The speaker referred to the prophecy of Joel and he stated the latter
rain would fall on all flesh. He said that God is patiently waiting for
the precious fruit of the earth and that He is slow but never late. He
stated that everything that was destroyed in the dark ages will be re
stored and that there never has been a time in the history of the Church
when the outlook was brighter than now and we are on the verge of the
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_ 2^47 p,mw—The Secretary presented a notable warrior for God—Sister
Willard Boyles. A thundering applause greeted her as she walked to the
platform. Her subject was, “The Road that Pleaseth God.” She read John
8:29 and said, “If you walk the road that pleases God, He will always
walk by your side. He will go hand in hand with you every step of the
way.
As you drive along in your car, you are not alone. The young boy
Joseph was cast into prison, but he was not left alone. He pleased God
and the day dawned when he was brought out of prison and made ruler
over the Israelites. V. L. Bs., if we walk the road with Him, we will al
ways please Him. Jesus did not seek His own will but the will of the
Father that sent Him. Daniel walked the road with God. He wasn’t afraid
to be different. When the crowd went wrong, he went on alone. Jesus
said, ‘Remember Lot’s wife.’ This is one of the greatest sermons He ever
preached. We can’t walk with the Lord and look back.”
Sister Willard referred to Paul’s statement concerning himself and showed
that it is necessary for us to forget the things behind and reach forth to
the things before us in walking the road that pleases God. She men
tioned the marriage supper and stated that Jesus would come forth and
serve those who please Him. She said she didn’t know what was go
ing to be on that table, but she wanted to be present at that time. She
referred to the twelve manner of fruits, Joel’s mention of hills flowing
with milk and the statement in Job about brooks of honey and butter.
She stated there would be no lack of food at the marriage supper. She
called
for Emma Lou Moore to come to the platform and she used her
in demonstrating something of what it will mean to walk and talk with
our Christ over yonder. This was a wonderful message of encouragement
to the Victory Leaders.
3:10 p.m.—Song by Harper Hunter, Jr., “Death Will Not Destroy My
Comfort.” The Nunnery Sisters sang, “Something Within” and a V. L. B.
song.
3:25 p.m.—Free Literature Offering:
The
Secretary talked briefly to encourage the people to give as the Lord
directed. He started the offering with $100, then called the states in alpha
betical order. The state secretaries and state overseers took their places
in the line of march and those with offerings fell in line behind them.
Several songs were sung while the long line of marchers wound through
the aisles of the Tabernacle. When the secretaries returned to the plat
form,
they received the offerings from those following them. The amounts
by
states are as follows:
Assembly Free Literature Offering
Alabama _______
Alaska ........................
....$ 224.48
78.00 Florida (North)______246.53
112.82
842.17
Arizona .......................40.11
Arkansas .....................146.80
Aruba ........................2.50 Idaho ............ .......48^24
Bahamas ..................... 273.63 137 Qf*
California _________ 461.46 Indiana ..............363.95
Colorado ..................... 61.35 Iowa................. 58.72
Cuba ........................ 4.85 Jamaica............ 8.50
Delaware ...................40.00 Kansas _____ 195.60
Dominican Republic.... 8.95 Kentucky ........ 440.63
East Texas .................338.37 Louisiana ______ 93.05

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Maryland and District
of Columbia________ 105.50
Mexico_____________I 32.01
Michigan____________ 204.23
Minnesota______________195.34
Mississippi ;_.________ 330.86
Missouri_____I______ 298.82
Montana ___________:_ 45.37
Montserrat__________ 1.00
Nebraska_______________80.00
Nevada_______■___x_ 13.25
New England States___ 5.85
New Jersey_________ 25.00
New Mexico_________ 119.33
New York___________' 44.07
North Carolina_________1,601.14
North Dakota________ 300.27
Ohio_______.________ 267.40
Ontario, Canada_____ 13.30
Oregon _____________ 48.00
Pennsylvania_________ 137.00
Porto Rico____1;_____ 10.00
South Carolina _______ 401.18
South Dakota________ 326.33
Tennessee___________ 681.94
Utah________________ 14.30
Virginia ____________ 940.44
Virgin Islands ________ 20.76
Washington and
British Columbia__ 157.25
West Texas__________ 133.14
West Virginia________ 112.24
Wisconsin___________ 70.40
Wyoming ___________ 123.18
Total_____,_________$11,391.62
4:20 p.m.—Ruby Hughes was in charge of a program by the Gleaners.
She
spoke briefly in regard to the work of the Gleaner Band, then Dickie
and Elaine Thornton sang a song with their mother. Kenny Winckler sang,
“The Devil Is a Sly Old Fox.” Allyne Swaggerty sang, “When I Got
Saved.” Sharon Hughes gave a reading. Mildred and Vivian Harvey sang,
“We’ll Roll the Old Chariot Along.” Linda Keith sang, “Satisfied.”
4:50 p.m.—“Every Man,” play by the California V. L. Bs. This was a
demonstration of the need of preparing for the time when every man must
stand before God to be judged according to the deeds done in the body.
5:10 p.m.—Solo, “Far Above the Starry Skies,” Bobby Curry.
5:15 p.m.—Awarding of banners:
The champion banner for the largest state convention Free Literature of
fering went to North Carolina. The amount of the offering was $12,539.39.
The champion banner for the largest local church state convention of
fering was presented to Fries, Virginia. The amount of the offering was
$1,071.52.
The champion banner for the largest local church Assembly offering
went to Rolesville, North Carolina. The amount of the offering was $107.
The champion banner for the largest Assembly offering went to North
Carolina.
The offering was $1,601.14.
5:20 p.m.—-The Secretary expressed his appreciation for all who had
labored so faithfully this year. He stated that it was through the co
operation of all that the work was accomplished.
5:25 p.m.—The service was closed with prayer by Frances Allen.
6:00 p.m.—The Sunday School workers marched to the church on Wild
wood
Avenue for a service in charge of Edna Rhodes Rye.
6:00 p.m.—Program by all Spanish people, Gabriel Montijo in charge.
6:15 p.m.—Program of singing by the Adderly Singers, of New York.
6:30 p.m.—The song service was led by Julian Bennett, with Mildred
Bennett at the piano and Emma Lou Moore at the organ. Prayer by
J. C. Palmer while the congregation stood in holy reverence before God.
Following
this the congregation prayed in concert in behalf of those for
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6:45 p.m.—Songs by the Union Grove, Mississippi Quartet, “Hide Me
Rock
of Ages,” “Somebody Called My Name.”
6:55 p.m.—Brother C. R. Payne announced that Brother L. V. Jones,
overseer of Tennessee, had the largest offering on the General Overseer’s
car, and presented him with a fifty dollar bill.
7:00 p.m.—An expense offering was received by the ushers while the
Cowan
family sang, “Bound for the Kingdom.” The Anniston Trio sang,
“Journey to the Skies” and “I Want to Rest.”
7:10 p.m.—Annual Saturday Evening Testimony and Praise Service, in
charge of Jesse A. Griffin. Charles and Harper sang, “My God and I.”
The congregation praised the Lord by sections at the direction of Brother
Griffin. The blessings of the Lord were upon the people as they praised
him in testimony and in song. As the song “I Can’t Make This Journey by
Myself
” was sung, the people shouted and rejoiced in the Lord. At the
last, all stood and praised the Lord together.
7:33 p.m.—Bible Training Camp Program, J. B. Wright, Superintendent,
in charge.
After the Superintendent spoke a few words, M. S. Curry, led the students
in singing, “Alone in the Garden.” Brother Hermis Ferguson led in sing
ing, “Joy Unspeakable.” Brother Kenneth Cox led the students and congre
gation
in singing, “When the Saints Go Marching in.”
7:53 p.m.—The Vice Presidents, A. T. Griffin, Alvin S. Moss and J. A.
Jimenez, offered a prayer in concert. Then all students and everybody
prayed together.
8:00 p.m.—Song by the B. T. C. Quartqt, “I Want My Life to Count
for God.” The Westernairs sang, “Land of Rest.” The Bahama group sang,
“I’m Acquainted with the Author.”
8:10 p.m.—Message by the Superintendent, J. B. Wright. After a few
introductory remarks by the Superintendent, Romans 9:28 was read and
he said: “There is no guess work in that statement. He will finish the
work and cut it short in righteousness. That doesn’t mean He will take
a short cut to cut off some righteousness so we will get there quicker,
but we will have to reach the standard quicker. We all know we have
to speed up a little because at the rate we are going, we would never
make it. There are more children born every year than we are reach
ing. The Lord said He would finish it up and He further states that He
will make a short work on the earth. This verse is speaking specifically
about the work of faith. I want us to understand that faith works fast.
I remember before I was saved that I tried different methods to become
righteous. None of them worked, but one night at the altar I looked
up with faith and in a moment’s time something came into my life that
I had been trying to get for years. It don’t take long for one to be
saved,
sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost, and a million can get
these blessings as quickly as one. A quick work is a short work. I be
lieve it isn’t long until we are going to realize more and more the results
of this work by faith.
“There are some things that stand in our way. One is a lack of a com
plete knowledge of the plan of God. How many of you folk believe
that the Womens Missionary Band is one of God’s helps that He has set
in the Church? Do you know that it took years and years to get us to
believe it. I remember when I began to be overseer, I had churches
that I had to organize the missionary band every time I visited them. They
didn’t believe in it. They didn’t understand it. It hindered our progress.
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we can have that faith. We ail admit we have been slow in receiving
the things God has provided for us. We didn’t mean to be, we just didn’t
know they were of the Lord. When we fully believe in our program, fully
believe in it, the good Lord will begin to cut this work short because it
is a faith program.
“
I say it takes us a little too long to know these things. The Spirit of
the Lord is trying to reveal them, but the spirit of the world is trying
to defeat them. You know what I mean because many of us have staggered
over things for years and years before we could recognize them as com
ing directly from God. We have got to believe in our program. Some of us
preachers preach things sometimes and then later on we realize the scope
of what we preach and of how much territory it covers, and then we want
to back up on it. We have got to stick to what we preach.
“
When the storm was on and the disciples were rowing the little boat,
they didn’t know how far they were out. You don’t make much progress
if you don’t know where you are. We have got to believe in our program.
I think if all of our members knew fully about the things that have
been given to us of God and believed them, how fast we could go. Jesus
is a good fellow to see when you don’t know where you are going. He
got close to the disciples in the ship. Lots of people are scared for the
Lord to help them. X have seen God give us something in the Assembly,
but some didn’t know what it was all about. When the disciples re
ceived
Jesus into the boat, there was no more rowing. They didn’t say
they would take Him on board to save his life, they willingly took Him
in. Are we willingly accepting the things of the Church? How many of
you
have willingly taken on B. T. C.? If you would take it on, it would
help you reach the other side quicker. They were drifting and didn’t
know which way to go until Jesus came along, then immediately they
reached the place they had started to reach. Our delay in reaching the
world is not in getting the other folks to believe, it is getting us to be
lieve in our own program. You have got to know it and then you have
got
to believe in it. When the Church has faith as a grain of mustard
seed, you can tell the mountain to get out of our way and it shall be done.
Many
of us are praying for power, but God may not give you more power
than you have. He may just weaken the enemy. He didn’t make the
Israelites strong, he just weakened the enemy. God didn’t make those
men
strong enough to tear down the walls of Jericho. The walls got so
weak they couldn’t stand up when they believed in God’s program and
started marching. God did these things for the people who believed in His
program.
“People may say that Brother Wright is preaching the program because
he is at headquarters. That is not the reason for this. I believe in God’s
program. There are a number of things that I don’t quite understand
but I am doing my best. The victory is in believing in it. Faith does every
thing. It will do a quick work when the Church of God believes. It
is time for us to arise to our feet and put faith in God, believe in our
program and when we do, there is nothing that shall stop our progress.”
9:16 p.m.—Song by Sister Pecolia Headen.
9:23 p.m.—Message by Adrian T. Griffin—“B. T. C. Brought Many Bene
fits to the West.” Brother Griffin said he could not tell all of the bene
fits of the Camp held in California, but that it was a great blessing to
111 students from the western states, Alaska, Mexico and Guatemala. He
referred to B. T. C. as basic training in the Church, and he felt it was
necessary that all of our workers have this training in order to be able
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and stated it was a benefit to them to have the school in California, be
cause it would not have been possible for all of them to go a long dis
tance to attend B. T. C. He felt the Camp was a blessing to the people of
the West and also a wonderful success.
9:34 p.m.—The Superintendent gave some interesting information con
cerning the correspondence course. While he was speaking to boost this
department of Bible Training Camp, pamphlets were distributed among
the congregation. The Superintendent gave a short history of correspond
ence courses which have been operating for nearly a hundred years. Many
institutions of learning have correspondence divisions in addition to the
private correspondence schools. He showed that studying by correspond
ence is now in a stage of permanency and that it was proved to be a val
uable supplement to our other way of study. He stated that the corre
spondence course in general Bible knowledge and practical church work
is offered to everyone who would like to be a better preacher, leader or
teacher.
9:43 p.m.—Short programs were arranged and directed by the presidents
of the Camps at Headquarters, Bahamas and Western. The first was a
session
in court where charges were brought against M. S. Curry for
teaching students to slur, sing notes in a bar and to rest. Also Grady R.
Kent was charged with being the ring leader of the Wings of Prophecy
Program and trying to destroy discord and division in the world. He was
also charged with teaching people to stall and dive. They were both
acquitted when an explanation was made of the meaning of these words
in music and flying.
The next was a demonstration of 2 Timothy 2:15 by the Bahama group,
in which they urged ministers and members to study to show themselves
approved unto God.
The third was a scene of a midnight snack by the Western B. T. C.
While they were seated around the table, they discussed the benefits they
derived from B. T. C.
10:18
p.m.—Sister Willard Boyles was presented with a copy of the 1952
Torchbearer. This annual was dedicated to her.
A
banner was presented to the overseer of California for having the
largest number of students from his state in the Camp—60.
Virginia had the largest number of students enrolled in the correspond
ence course for 1951-1952, and a banner was presented to the overseer.
Alaska had the largest number of students to attend B. T. C. according
to membership. Seventeen members in Alaska and five attended the Camp.
A gift was prepared for each of the five. Andrew Makar received these
for the students.
10:30 p.m.—“Working the Road,” demonstration led by Hermis Ferguson
and Kenneth Cox, with all students taking part. As the song, “Working
the Road” was sung, students dressed in work clothes came to the plat
form and began working with many kinds of tools and machinery which
represented the auxiliaries and helps in the Church. The workers went
to the lower platform and continued their work, then marched through
the aisles of the tabernacle. All students joined in the march. The bless
ings of the Lord came down and there was great rejoicing. The people
waved handkerchiefs and glorified God. It was a wonderful sight to see
so many saints shouting, dancing and rejoicing in the Lord.
10:55 p.m.—Brother Aaron Waggett read a Scripture and urged sinners
to listen to the Spirit and bride saying “Come.” He called for all who
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singing “Where Could I Go” as the people- made their way to the altar.
The record showed six saved, eight sanctified and eleven baptized with
the Holy Ghost.
Sunday, September 14
6:05 a.m.—Sunrise prayer meeting in charge of W. O. Green and Ralph
Lance. The service was opened with prayer led by Brother Green. Broth
er B. M. Fouts led the song service, with Larry Smith at the piano. A
concert
prayed followed in behalf of the Assembly program that day,
also for those for whom requests had been made. Several special songs
were sung and Brother Green gave a short exhortation on prayer, then
the entire audience joined together in a mighty concert prayer. Brother
Green
gave opportunity for people to testify and praise the Lord for His
wonderful blessings. A number spoke for the honor and glory of God.
The New Mexico string band played and sang at intervals during the
praise service. The Lord poured out his blessings and the people marched,
danced, shouted and rejoiced in the Lord. Brother Lance and his family
sang, “The Holy Nation,” then he delivered a short message on the sub
ject,
“The Love of God.” All stood and sang, “ ’Tis so Sweet to Trust in
Jesus.” The service was dismissed with prayer by Brother Dewey Foster
at 7:10 a.m.
8:45 a.m.—The bands played, “My Jesus I Love Thee” and “Have Thine
Own Way.”
8:55 a.m.—As Emma Lou Moore played the organ, the state overseers
marched through the west door of the Tabernacle and on to their seats
on the east end of the platform. The W. M. B. state secretaries marched
through the east door and on to their seats on the west end of the plat
form.
The missionaries were seated with the overseers.
9:00 a.m.—W. M. B. Program, in charge of Sylvia Hardin, General Sec
retary.
After
a few introductory remarks by the Secretary, Brother M. S. Curry
led in singing, “Jesus Saves,” with Joyce Kendrick at the piano and Emma
Lou
at the organ. Then “Let the Lower Lights Be Burning” was sung.
Sister Flora Gillaspie prayed as the vast audience stood in sacred silence.
9:15 a.m.—The Secretary gave a welcome to all who were present. First,
she called on the foreign overseers and representatives to stand one at
a time and gave each one with the delegates from their respective fields
a welcome. Next, the leaders of the bands were welcomed, then the mem
bers, the pastors, the state secretaries, the state overseers, the General
Overseer, and last, everybody.
9:30 a.m.—The delegates from Vernon, B. C., Canada sang, “Joy in my
Heart.” The song was sung in English, then in Ukranian. The Washing
ton delegates sang, “Help Me Win Some Soul Through Thee.”
9:36 a.m.—The Secretary read some figures showing the result of home
mission
and foreign mission work, and expressed her appreciation of all
that had been done for the mission cause.
9:47 a.m.—The Indian, delegates from South Dakota sang “Precious Name”
in their language. The Spanish people sang a song in their language.
The
Bahama delegates sang “Throw Out the Life Line.” The German
delegates
sang, “The Love of Jesus Is Wonderful” in German and in
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10:30 a.m.—“My Trip East,” message by D. H. Queener. A portion of his
message follows:
“We praise the Lord for this wonderful missionary spirit. I am glad
that the Church believes in the missionary work. The reason we do is
because the Bible teaches it. We need to reach the people in other countries.
We are going to reach them. People here sometimes grunt and grumble
around, but you don’t have anything to grunt and grumble about. If you
would do more, you wouldn’t have so many aches and pains. We shouldn’t
be a selfish people. We should be a people ready to render service for
the Lord. Sometimes we think the going here gets hard. It is not hard
here. In some foreign fields, the people have to walk for miles and miles,
or they ride little donkeys. That is the only way they can reach their
people.
We can’t let people alone, we must reach them. It takes all of
us to do this great work that is outlined. If there ever was a time when
we need to get the doctrine of the Church to the people, it is today. We
need to understand the people of other countries and their problems. We
need
to be patient with them.
“The trip I made was a wonderful trip. It wasn’t a- pleasure trip I
went on. I went on business for God. I went to reach the people for the
Lord and we did reach some more people. I think we gained about ten
or twelve new ministers in the countries we visited. Year before last
Brother Ibrahim was here at the Assembly. When he returned home,
I went with him to New York City. I told him we were depending on
him doing something for God and His Church in Egypt. He said he would
do his best. I told him I would come to Egypt to see him and I went.
I found when I arrived that he had four or five churches. I visited with
these pastors, and they have to walk for miles to get to their people. They
are wonderful people. Their customs are different from ours, but you
have never seen so much hospitality. They killed a goat and prepared it
for me. One time one family would prepare the meal and the next time
another family would prepare the meal, and all would come together.
In these countries when the people get with you, they stay with you. They
were kind and good. I enjoyed being with them.
Wherever I went, they went with me. When it came time to retire,
as you call it, we went into a little place, walked through the barn and
there were the sheep, cattle and everything they owned. I walked into
a room where there was a cot and the people followed me. This floor
is clean compared to that bed, but I fell on it and they were still there
shouting and carrying on. I woke up in a few hours and those people
were piled on the floor. That morning at daylight a dozen pigeons flew
down
on my bed. We were sleeping with the chickens and other kinds
of animals. You ask if I enjoyed that. Yes, I feel like I am in debt to
those people. They are my brothers and sisters.
Some people don’t believe in foreign mission work. They want every
thing kept at home. You need somebody to build a fire under you. I
would be ashamed to keep anything from those precious people that would
help them know more about God. We need to launch out to the regions
beyond
and help the people find God. We are going to have to do some
thing about this work. This is only a drop in the bucket. I am looking
for big things. When we reach the place we can get old self crucified and
quit wanting so much for ourselves, we will do more for God and His
Church. This is God’s work and it is marvelous. I am so glad that God
let me be on His program in these last days to carry this message to
the world. It is time we were rolling up our sleeves and going into this
thing in a big way. I am not feeling sorry for anybody. We are going
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A wonderful missionary spirit was in the midst and at the close of the
message, the Koly Ghost moved in a special way and many wept. Mes
sages
in tongues and interpretations were given which encouraged the
Church to obey the command of the Lord and go to the people of other
nations with the message.
10:38 a.m.—Song by Horace Lafortune, “Out on the Fields the Sheep
Are Calling.”
10:45 a.m.—“The Land of Covered Faces,” program by the East 'Texas
colored
people, Dorothy Deadrick in charge. This was the story of a mis
sionary in Africa. She had worked long hours because the people were
so hungry to know more about God. She became ill from too much work
and as she lay on her bed with a fever, her clock seemed to be speak
ing to her. It scolded her for staying up late at night to help others and
urged her to go back to America where she could get well. Then when
she was able she could stir up the Womens Missionary Band to do more
for missions in order for more missionaries to be sent to the people
starving for the Word. This missionary decided to go home because she
was
unable to work, but soon a young woman came in and began asking
questions.
She wanted to know why missionaries had not been sent be
fore her grandmother and mother died. As she told the story of the sick
ness
and death of her grandmother, the scene was enacted. She stated
they did not look at their dead because they could not bear to see the
agony
on their faces. She stated they placed a piece of clean linen over
the face of each one and because of this, they called their country the
Land of Covered Faces. The young woman told the story of her life which
was
very touching and the scenes were enacted as she related them. Later
the missionary left that village, but instead of going home she went farther
on into the Land of Covered Faces to carry the message to others.
11:20 a.m.—Missionary offering:
The
Secretary encouraged all to give liberally for missions. She started
the offering with $100 and called for all others having this amount to
come to the platform. Thirty came forward with $100 each, then twenty-
nine had $50 and thirty-four had . $25. The Secretary called the states
alphabetically and the overseers led their states in a march offering. Those
with offerings fell in line behind their respective overseer. Several songs
were sung while the people marched through the aisles and back to the
platform where the overseers received the offerings. When the offerings
had been counted, each overseer passed before the microphone and an
nounced
the amount of his offerings. The offerings by states were as
follows:
Assembly Missionary Offering
Alabama
____________$ 501.32
Alaska _____________ 31.29
Arizona_______________ 300.05
Arkansas______________320.11
Aruba ______:________ 5.00
Bahamas______________ 585.09
California_____________ 885.04
Colorado___.____________109.90
Cuba ________:______ 30.06
Cyprus_________-____ 16.00
Delaware ______________260.00
Dominican Republic__ 22.80
East Texas____—----- 684.39
Florida _____________ 936.88
Georgia___\_________ 2,224.64
Greece______________ 14.00
Haiti_______ 103.00
Hawaii _____________ 2.00
Idaho _______________ 171.00
Illinois______________ 257.55
Indiana _____________ 2,005.78
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Jamaica_____________ 26.00
Kansas______________ 259.00
Kentucky___________ 1,040.48
Louisiana___________ 202.34
Maryland and District
of Columbia —______ 367.07
Mexico ----------IX____ 130.06
Michigan____________ 200.11
Minnesota___________ 415.73
Mississippi__________ 540.00
Missouri ____________ 313.41
Montana __________ 39.01
Nebraska ___________ 127.00
Nevada_____________ 22.63
New England States___ 20.00
New Jersey__________ 25.00
New Mexico _1_______' 125.61
New York___________ 303.02
North Carolina _______ 2,421.31
North Dakota____________500.69
Ohio |____________H 360.33
Oklahoma________!__ 319.50
Ontario, Canada ____ 15.18
Oregon--------|_______ 111.00
Pennsylvania ________ 374.88
Porto Rico__________ 17.00
Saint Kitts __________, 10.00
Sierra Leone, B. W. A._ 10.00
South Carolina_______ 834.99
South Dakota ________ 581.46
Tennessee ___________ 1,990.88
Utah __—5_______21.46
Virginia------------!___1,325.12
Virgin Islands________ 26.18
Washington _________ 272.49
West Texas _______ 272.50
West Virginia ________ 233.94
Wisconsin____*_______ 118.20
Wyoming _________■ 176.00
Total ____________ $23,767.21
12:40 p.m.—Brother Adrian T. Griffin spoke briefly on the subject, “Mis
sion
Sunday Service.” A portion of the message follows:
“A number of years ago the Assembly designated the second Sunday of
each month as mission Sunday. I believe that our responsibility of getting
this message into all the world and to every "creature is realized more
today than ever before. We are not only responsible for the immediate
vicinity surrounding our local churches; our responsibility goes out to all
parts of the world. In order for us to feel our responsibility, we are
going
to have to get into the spirit of the missionary work. The pastors
of the local churches are directly responsible for this particular day. I
feel the second Sunday in each month is a special day in which to carry
on our missionary program in order to get the spirit of the missionary
work upon our local churches so they will realize we are responsible to
get the message to all the world.
“A lot of times on the second Sunday, our people just merely take up
a missionary offering and that is all they do. This day should be more
than just a day to take an offering. The offering is necessary, and it
must be taken up, but it is also a day that must be given over to the
cause
of missions. We are responsible for getting the missionary spirit
working in our local churches. God is holding us responsible. Remem
ber, pastors, you are responsible to see that this mission Sunday is carried
out according to the rulings and practices of the Assembly.”
12:52 p.m.—“Mission Cry Paper,” short message by Sidney A. Cooley.
The speaker referred to the latest edition of Mission Cry and stated that
it gave him a lot of information concerning the work in the foreign fields
that he didn’t know anything about until he read the paper. He said
his
soul burned with zeal for the mission cause every time he read one
of these papers. He felt the paper was worth a great deal to missions and
told the people if they wanted the paper printed each month they would
have to ask for it to be done.
1:05 p.m.—“Mission Cry’s Birthday,” short program in charge of Jessie
Standeford. A small child represented Mission Cry. A birthday party was
given
for Mission Cry and those who came, instead of bringing gifts they
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the world, be a blessing throughout her life, and grow and be strong. At
the last the state overseers, state secretaries and others said, “We want
Mission Cry.” The ushers distributed copies of the paper through the con
gregation.
1:15 p.m.—Presentation of banners and awards:
L. V. Jones, overseer of Tennessee, was presented with the Champion
Banner. His state raised the largest amount of missionary money for the
state convention—$21,770.35.
W. M. Lowman, overseer of Virginia, was presented with the Honor
Banner. His state raised the second largest missionary offering for the
state convention—$20,670.69.
M. P. Price, overseer of Delaware, received the Record Banner. His state
raised the largest amount of missionary money for the state convention
according
to membership—$1,153.33.
Alvin S. Moss, overseer of Bahama Islands, was presented with the Lead
ing Mission Field Banner. The Bahama Islands raised the largest offer
ing
for the convention in foreign fields—$11,870.33.
A banner was presented to the church at East Street, Nassau, Bahamas
for raising the largest local church missionary offering for the convention—
$4,153.
Badges of honor were presented to the overseers of Arizona, Nevada,
Costa Rica, Montserrat, Panama and Wisconsin for having doubled their
state convention offerings over last year.
Badges of honor were presented to the overseer of Jamaica for having
gained the largest number of bands this year and the largest number of
members.
A communion set was presented to the local church at Rossville, Georgia
for having the largest Mission Sunday offering for the year—$2,000.
Sister Fortenbury, Rossville, Georgia, was presented with a nice Bible
for raising the largest personal offering for the state convention—$1,400.
A V. L. B. Bible was presented to Dina Chivers, Wisconsin, for raising
the largest personal offering for the state convention among our children
—$356.70.
A Bible case was presented to Lois Curry, Florida state secretary, for
having the largest number of one-houndred-dollar workers for the state
convention
—112. Mary Cox, state secretary for the colored people in Flor
ida, was presented with a gift in recognition of the number of one-hundred-
dollar workers for the state convention—38. Alice Potter, Tennessee state
secretary, was presented with a gift for having the second largest number of
one-hundred-dollar workers—103.
Gifts were presented to the secretaries of Georgia and Tennessee for
having the largest number of one-hundred-dollar, forty-nine and twenty-
five-dollar workers for the Assembly Missionary offering.
Purple, blue, red and yellow badges were presented to the four over
seers having the largest amounts in the Assembly missionary offering.
They were:
R. Clement Lynch, North Carolina________________$2,421.31
M. E. Wilson, Georgia___________________________ 2,224.64
Joe Martin, Indiana_____________________________ 2,005.78
L. V. Jones, Tennessee________________________:__ 1,990.88
The Secretary displayed a song book entitled “Missionary Selections,”
which
had been prepared to use in the missionary work. The ushers sold
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1:32 p.m.—Program by the Florida delegates in honor of the twenty-
fourth anniversary of the W. M. B., Lois Curry in charge. In this program
a number of races were represented, each one pleading for help. “To the
Regions Beyond” was sung by a trio.
1:40 p.m.—The service was closed with prayer by Elva D. Aites while
the audience stood in sacred quietness.
1:45 p.m.—Sunday School Program directed by Edna Rhodes Rye, Sec
retary.
The state secretaries, dressed in white with red sashes and caps, marched
through the east door of the Tabernacle and on to their places on the
east side of the platform. The orphan children and workers marched
through the west door of the Tabernacle and on to seats on the west end
of the platform.
1:50 p.m.—The song service was led by Harper Hunter, Jr., accompanied
by Charles Batson at the piano and Emma Lou Moore at the organ. The
state secretaries came to the center of the platform and prayed in con
cert, the congregation joining in with them.
2:05 p.m.—Song by Waves of Zion Quartet, “My Lord’s Been A Walking.”
Song by Kenny Winkler, “It Is No Secret.”
2:12
p.m.—Message by Dorothy Deadrick on the subject, “Teaching to
Bring Them in.” The speaker stated that this is not a sitting-down pro
gram, but a go-ye program. She said that we should get the teaching spirit
burning in our souls because there are so many who need to be taught.
She referred to Philip and stated that he would not have contacted the
eunuch if he had not gone where the Lord told him to go. She showed
that we need to get in the spirit of this work and teach people the things
they need to know because they can’t understand unless they are taught.
2:25 p.m.—Sunday School Workers in Action, demonstration in charge
of Curtis Knowles. As the Roger Trio sang, “Bring Them in to the Sun
day School,” the workers brought in various types of people to Sunday
School.
While these people were seated on the platform, Brother Buford Johnson
spoke
for a few minutes on the subject, “Teaching to Get Them Saved.”
He
stated that teaching people how to get saved is not done by accident.
He showed that it takes serious study and sincere effort on the part of
the teachers, as well as being a living example of what is taught.
A
demonstration of teaching the Word so that people will be saved
followed
the message. This was in charge of Augustine Sullivan. A large
replica of the Bible was placed,on the platform and those brought to the
Sunday School watched and listened attentively as the Scriptures were
pointed out, then they knelt around the Bible and prayed. A trio sang,
“Everybody Ought to Know Who Jesus Is.”
Brother Aaron Waggett delivered a short message on the subject, “Teach
ing to Send Them Forth.” He stated that it is not only the work of the
Sunday School to bring the people in and get them saved, but also to
equip them so they might go everywhere to teach all nations.
Sending
workers forth was demonstrated while a Trio sang, “Here Am
I Send Me.” Bibles and supplies were distributed to the group brought
in, converted and taught the Word, so that they might go with the mes
sage
to others. This demonstration was in charge of Ray Douglas.
2:52 p.m.—Song by Dorothy Swancey, “You Are No Longer Your Own.”
2:58 p.m.—“Consider the Cradle Roll,” message by Ruth Elliott. She
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sideration to the Cradle Roll, but she showed the work of the Cradle Roll
was important. She stated that the Cradle Roll now is the future member
ship of the Church.
3:05 p.m.—“Results of Our Home Class Work,” message by V. R. Fowler.
The
speaker stated that it took a lot of old-fashioned work to be suc
cessful
in the Home Class Department of the Sunday School. He said that
we
have to be genuinely interested in being a blessing to people to work
in the Home Class. He mentioned that the Sunday School in the local
church where he pastored didn’t get the Sunday School spirit until the
Home Class was functioning properly, then the attendance almost doubled.
3:10 p.m.—Songs by the Church of God of Prophecy Singers, “Jesus is
my Rock” and “Church of God of Prophecy.”
3:15 p.m.—State Secretaries Pow Wow. At the sound of the drum the
state secretaries gathered around the microphone. Some of the men sec
retaries danced around the group, making Indian whoops. One by one
they rushed to the mike and told of their Sunday School zeal. At the last
they sang a Sunday School song.
3:20 p.m.—“Wanted—A Daily Vacation Bible School,” message by Maxine
Bates.
She said that a Daily Vacation Bible School is a means of in
creasing the attendance in Sunday School and local church services. She
stated that a Daily Vacation Bible School is wanted in every local church,
not only in the states but in foreign fields as well.
3:25 p.m.—Song by Missouri Harmonettes, “Heaven Bound Train.” George
Moss sang, “My Time.”
3:35 p.m.—Sunday School Orphanage Program in charge of R .0. Covey,
Superintendent.
The Superintendent spoke briefly about the children, then introduced
the three house mothers who related interesting incidents which had oc
curred in the homes.
The younger children sang, “Oh Say But I’m Glad” with special words,
and at the proper time they showed the things for which they were glad_
biscuits, ham and other items of food, also articles of clothing.
Brother Covey thanked the people for their prayers for the children,
also for all assistance rendered the orphanage work. Then four smali
girls sang and demonstrated the song, “Far Over Jordan.” Following this
a quartet of the larger boys sang, “Hide Me Rock of Ages” and “Other
Side
of Jordan.”
“Glimpses from Life’s Darker Side,” play by the children. The first scene
was a happy home with a family altar. The second was the father and
children by the side of the grave of the mother who had been killed
by a drunken driver. The third showed the father had forgotten God,
married to one who was unkind to his children. He took to drinking and
found himself in prison where his children visited him to tell him of the
terrible condition they were in without a father and a home. In the
fourth scene the children dropped in at a church service and the oldest one
was saved. They told the church people that they had no home and
arrangements were made to send them to the Sunday School Orphanage.
The fifth scene found them in the orphanage and the children sing, “It’s All
Right Now.”
4:44 p.m.—Orphanage offering:
The Secretary called for those with large personal offerings to come to
the platform. Several came. She then called the states in alphabetical
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ings fell in behind their respective secretary. Several songs were sung
while the people marched through the aisles and back to the platform
where the secretaries received the offerings. The amounts by states are
as follows:
Orphanage Assembly Offering
Alabama _____________$ 249.36
Alaska ______________ 47.04
Arizona_____________ 35.25
Arkansas _________J_... 187.25
Bahamas ____________ 265.60
California___________ 271.01
Colorado ____________ 56.16
Cuba .________*._____ 1.88
Delaware ___________ 75.25
Dominican Republic .. 19.30
East Texas__________ 289.71
Florida _____________ 357.49
Georgia _____________ 729.22
Haiti ______ 1.00
Idaho _______ 39.00
Illinois _____________ 86.12
Indiana _____________ 192.24
Iowa _______________ 82.15
Jamaica ____________ 7.50
Kansas _____________ 94.04
Kentucky _______;___ 446.64
Louisiana___________ 61.32
Maryand and District
of Columbia™_____ 157.39
Mexico ______ 17.25
Michigan____________ 184.10
Minnesota __________ 173.48
Mississippi________ 176.00
Missouri .....- _-____ 115.04
Montana and Alberta ... 24.52
Nebraska __ 115.04
Nevada ______ .. 15.18
New England States..... 6.50
New Jersey_:_______ 11.91
New Mexico _________ 106.22
New York ______ 25.18
North Carolina _______ 1,150.50
North Dakota ___ 86.82
Ohio ________ 308.07
Oklahoma _____ 158.71
Ontario, Canada ........ 14.62
Oregon _______-_____ 61.50
Pennsylvania____ 96.67
Porto Rico ____ 4.50
South Carolina _______ 271.28
South Dakota_________ 162.08
Tennessee _______ 466.07
Utah ___________.... 31.02
Virginia________pjj|___ 606.31
Virgin Islands ________ 15.09
Washington _______..... 84.75
West Texas ________... 122.06
West Virginia ™.™____ 99.17
Wisconsin ___________ 30.75
Wyoming ___________ 57.75
Total ..._________1____$ 8,550.06
5:25 p.m.—Presentation of Awards:
North Carolina was awarded a banner for having the largest state con
vention orphanage offering.
Virginia was awarded a badge of honor for having the second largest
state convention offering.
Florida was awarded a badge of honor for having the third largest state
convention offering.
Minnesota
was awarded a banner for having the largest state conven
tion offering according to the number of churches.
Sanford,
Florida was awarded a banner for having the largest local Sun
day School orphanage offering for the state convention.
The
Bahama Islands was awarded the Champion banner for the largest
Sunday School attendance.
The Sunday School at East Street, Nassau, Bahamas,' was awarded the
World Champion Attendance Banner.
Haiti was awarded a pennant for having the largest number of Home
Classes organized. Also a pennant was presented to Haiti for having the
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Tennessee was awarded a banner for having the largest number of new
schools.
Charles Davis, Cordele, Georgia, was presented with a gift for having
raised the largest amount of orphanage money among the children.
Gay Linda Sample, eleven years old, was presented with a gift for hav
ing attended Sunday School every Sunday of her life.
North Carolina was presented with a banner for having the largest As
sembly
Orphanage offering. Georgia was awarded for having the second
largest Assembly offering.
5:45 p.m.—“The Sunday School Car,” demonstrated by Jack Decker. This
was a demonstration of the operation of a not-so-well organized school.
Brother Decker was endeavoring to get to the Assembly in time for the
Sunday School program. In order to do this he must have the Home
Class and Cradle Roll organized and operating. He must also have organ
ized classes and qualified officers. When he would think all was ready
and he would start, then a department would fail and the result was a
flat tire. He was kept busy fixing first one tire and then another until it
was too late for him to attend the Assembly.
5:52 p.m.—Brother Adolph Flemmer spoke briefly concerning the prison
work he had been doing in North Dakota. Two men had been won to
Christ and they are now members of the Church.
5:55 p.m.—Song by Bill Porter and Howard Serrat, “He Bought my Soul
at Calvary.”
6:00 p.m.—Prison play in charge of Ora Mae Campbell.
This
play consisted of scenes from the life of a man in death row for
murdering a friend while in a drunken stupor. He was the son of a drunk
ard, but his mother was a praying woman. He lost faith in God on the
battlefield when his friend was killed, then later his own life was saved
by a Testament in his pocket stopping a bullet. On arriving home from
the service of his country, he found his mother was dead and he went
into
sin, forgetting his promises to God. During the visit of a minister, he
was saved in death row. The story of the prisoner’s life was told in song
by Warren Roney as the scenes were enacted.
6:25 p.m.—The service was dismissed with prayer by Rebecca Harper.
6:30 p.m.—Songs by the New York Singers.
6:38 p.m.—Music by the Electric Band.
6:48 p.m.—The song service was led by Ernest Kinser, with Grace Kinser
at the piano and A. J. Coalter at the organ. Prayer by James Daniel, then
all joined together in concert prayer for those for whom requests were
made.
6:58 p.m.—Singing by the Broadcast Record Club singers, Harry Lee
Moore in charge. Those present who had recorded selections sang them.
“Death Shall Not Destroy My Comfort,” by Harper Hunter, Jr. The Nun
nery Sisters sang, “Bound for the Kingdom.” Charlotte Newsome sang
“Standing Outside.” William Porter sang, “In the Garden All Alone,” ac
companied
by Howard Serratt on the harmonica.
7:18 p.m.—The audience joined together in concert prayer as the Louis
ville Band played “Sweet Hour of Prayer.”
7:22 p.m.—The Louisville and Miami Bands played two numbers to
gether. The congregation waved handkerchiefs, shook hands with one an
other and praised the Lord. The Miami Band played another number
and the happy saints marched through the aisles and rejoiced in the Lord.
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trip to the foreign fields. He told of his visit to Germany where he and
Brother Queener conducted a revival, of his stay in London, and his
trip to the Holy Land. He visited Damascus, was on the street called
Straight, which looks today about as it did in Paul’s day. When he ar
rived at the Jordan River, he baptized Brother Queener, then Brother
Queener baptized him. He told of being on the Mount of Olives, in
Jericho, Bethany and Jerusalem. He stated that when he went to the
tomb in which Jesus was laid, he went inside and knelt there and prayed.
He
said that was the climax of his trip and he would never be the same
again.
He visited Golgotha, the garden of Gethsemane, Mount Zion, where
the Holy Ghost fell on the 120 in the Upper Room, Cana, Sea of Galilee,
Capernaum, Nazareth, and Mount Carmel.
8:40 p.m.—Songs by the Whirlwind Evangelists, “We Are Living in the
Last Days Now” and “Heaven Bound Train.”
8:46 p.m.—Program in charge of D. H. Queener, Foreign Missionary
Secretary.
All foreign delegates sang, “When We All Get to Heaven,” led by Hermis
Ferguson. The congregation stood and joined in the singing on the last
verse and chorus. A concert prayer followed. At the request of Brother
Queener, the congregation offered a prayer in behalf of the foreign delegates.
9:05 p.m.—Song by the Home Run Quartet, of Bahamas, “He Lives.”
9:15 p.m.—Song by the B. T. C. Quartet, “I’ve Got That Old Time Re
ligion
in My Heart” and “I’m Free Again.”
9:26 p.m.—“My Vision of the Work in Foreign Fields Greatly Enlarged,”
message
by D. H. Queener. A portion of the message follows:
“If there is anything that does my soul good, it is to talk about the
goodness of God and the great expansion of the work into all the world.
This
is a world-wide gospel and we are making preparations for it to
go to all the world. I praise the Lord for people who have a missionary
spirit. We are moving on with this great program for God. We are liv
ing
in the last days and there must be great things happen. They will
happen whether you believe it or not. There must be some things we hope
for that we can’t see. Tonight we are living by faith. We are going to
have to do more than we are doing. I am- not so narrow-minded as to
think the foreign mission work is all of it. I realize we have some home
mission
work. But the foreign end of this work needs to be boosted and
I am boosting it. It is my job to do it and I want to do it.
“We find in reading the Bible that the Apostle Paul was a mighty mis
sionary. He came to the place where they were stoning that great man,
Stephen. One day on the road to Damascus, God moved upon him and
he fell down and asked God what he wanted him to do. God was putting
him on the program. God told him it was hard for him to kick against
the pricks, then instructed him to go to a certain place on Straight Street
and it would be told him what he should do. Jesus could have told him
but He left it to the Church to do the telling. An angel came down and
told
Ananias about Paul and told told him to go to Straight Street where
he was. Paul couldn’t see anything, but when Aananias got over there
the scales fell off his eyes. Paul stayed around Damascus and he learned
to love the brethren and they loved him, but he couldn’t find any favor
with the brethren at Jerusalem. Barnabas, a man full of the Holy Ghost,
talked with the brethren at Jerusalem about Paul. There was something
in him but the Church didn’t detect it. But when he and Barnabas went
back to Jerusalem, they decided to send them on a missionary journey.
They
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anointed to bring light to the Gentiles. He said that God separated him
from his mother’s womb that he might take the gospel to the Gentiles.
“John Mark decided to leave Paul and Barnabas and go back home. Then
when they started on their second missionary journey, Barnabas wanted
to take John Mark again. Paul didn’t want to take him and the con
tention became so great that they separated; Barnabas took John Mark
and Paul took Silas with him. John Mark didn’t backslide but he was a
tender sort of fellow. We have a lot of John Marks today. They are
good fellows but they can’t stand much. When the going gets a little
rough and they don’t have a new car, they flicker out. This gospel must
be preached, car or no car. It has to go if we have to go on foot. If we
have to ride a donkey, it has to go. How do you know what God can
do if you don’t give Him a chance? How do you know the Lord can feed
you
if you don’t put Him to the test?
“Paul and Silas went on their journey. They got in jail for preaching
the gospel. Paul wasn’t discouraged. He never got discouraged. They
began to sing a song. It came time to pay off down there and the jail
was
shaken and the door flew open. God’s program was on. The jailer ran
out excited and was about to cut his throat. Paul told him they were
still there. When that man saw what had happened he wanted to know
what to do to be saved. I tell you, folks don’t know anything about us.
When
they are persecuting us, let them alone, treat them nice and pray
for them. We must teach them who we are. Paul was a mighty warrior
for God and His Church. He took the Scriptures and laid them down in
front of the kings and judges and rulers and everybody. He wasn’t
afraid to tell them. He told them exactly how it was. Finally he got so
bad until they had him before King Agrippa. He didn’t mind the hard
ships,
troubles and trials. He had his mind set on one thing—getting the
message
to the Gentiles.
“They took Paul to jail, a man who had done much work for God. One
day a young fellow was placed in prison and Paul asked him why he was
there. He told Paul he had stolen some money. Paul was in prison but
he didn’t let his missionary work cease. He preached right on and this
boy
was converted. I can see him as he went about in the prison bring
ing Paul what he needed. Paul picked up his pen and began to write. He
wrote to Timothy. This was the second book of Timothy. He told Tim
othy
he was leaving this world soon, that he would be killed for the gos
pel’s sake. He wrote another letter to Philemon. He called the boy in
and told him that he was going to be killed and asked him to deliver
the letter for him. I can see that boy as he took the letter from Paul’s
hand, put it in his clothing, caught the boat and sailed for home. When
he got off the boat, I can see him as he made his way to the door of
Philemon. He told him he had come home and gave him the letter from the
man he met in the prison who knew Philemon. I can see Philemon as
he began to read the letter. Paul was fixing to die, but he said in that let
ter that he would pay him what the young man owed. That man had a
forgiving spirit. That is the spirit we need in these last days. How could
Paul pay the bill of the young prisoner when he was soon to die? But
he said, ‘Philemon, charge it to me.’ When we get to glory the debt will
all be paid. Missionary workers, God bless you is my prayer. We must
get
this message to the people.”
10:48
p.m.—Brother Frank Cunningham spoke a few words and invited
people to the altar to seek God. He led in singing, “Where He Leads
Me,” while many made their way to the altar. Two were reported sancti
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Monday, September 15
6:04 a.m.—Sunrise prayer meeting in charge of T. W. Goins and C. O.
Hay.
The number of people present for this sunrise prayer meeting was
much smaller than usual, due to the fact that many had left for home.
Brother T. W. Goins led the song service, with Brother Ray playing the
guitar. This was followed by a mighty prayer at the altar in behalf of
people for whom requests had been made and for the business sessions
that day. A few who were sick were prayed for and anointed. Brother
Webb,
of Ohio, conducted a praise service. The people praised the Lord
for the many good things He had done for them. At the last, all stood
and praised the Lord together with hands lifted toward heaven. Brother
Goins
read a few verses of Scripture and delivered a short message. Then
those present shook hands and greeted one another. The service was dis
missed
at 6:55 a.m. with all praising the Lord together.
8:45 a.m.—Organ music by Emma Lou Moore. •
8:50 a.m.—Program by the Idaho delegation, in charge of Harrison E.
Price. This consisted of testimonies and a song.
9:10 a.m.—Song service led by Sampson Smith, with Mary Smith at the
piano and Emma Lou at the organ. Prayer by O. D. Smith while the audi
ence stood with bowed head.
9:25 a.m.—Songs by the Spanish group, led by J. A. Jimenez. They
sang, “At the Cross,” then a young girl from Cuba sang a solo. The group
sang,
“The Great Church of God.”
9:32
a.m.—Message by Alvin S. Moss, “The Isles Are Waiting for This
Gospel.
Let Us Hurry with the Message.”
Brother Moss read Isaiah 51:5 and said: “The isles are waiting for the
gospel. They are waiting for Christ. The gospel must be preached in
all the world and that is the reason the isles are waiting for it. When
God saw there was no one to help save mankind, He used His own arm.
The Bible is a divine instrument of mercy. When we take the gospel,
we take Christ. Only the gospel can do the job. The same gospel re
veals both the mercy and the wrath of God. Jesus commanded the
Church to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
The isles are waiting for the Church. No one else can take the mes
sage.
The gospel cannot go of itself. Although the gospel is always will
ing to go, the messengers are the ones who refuse to carry it.
“This gospel of power is ready to go. Paul said the gospel is the power
of
God unti salvation. The power is in it and we must hurry with the
message.
The Macedonian cry is pulling us and the command to go into
all the world is pushing us. We are ambassadors for Christ. God works
only through the official channel, the Church. This gospel is the mes
sage of the Church. People are waiting for the gospel. We must hurry
with the message.”
10:05 a.m.—Song by Wilburn Curtis, “Lead Me On/ Song by a quartet,
“Jesus, You Taught Me How to Smile.”
10:14 a.m.—Report of Field Secretary No. 1, C. R. Payne.
The
report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.

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Report of Field Secretary No. 1, From
September 1, 1951 to August 31, 1952
To the 47th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy—
Greetings:
Number of sermons preached___________________________125
Number of homes visited__I___________________________ 153
Number of ministers conventions attended________________ 20
(Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee,
South
Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland,
Delaware,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Iillinois, Wisconsin, Ken
tucky,
and Arkansas)
Number of state conventions attended___________________ 6
(North Carolina, Delaware, Kentucky, Illinois, Ala
bama,
and Arkansas)
Attended several district conventions.
Visited
several states assisting state overseers.
Directed
improvements and repairs of capitol build
ing, tabernacle, Tomlinson House, Orphanage build
ings,General
Overseer’s home, and General Treas
urer’s home.
Number of miles traveled____________|_________t______52,497
Respectfully submitted,
C. R. PAYNE
Field Secretary
10:16 a.m.—Report of Field Secretary No. 2, Ralph C. Scotton.
The
report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of Field Secretary No. 2, From
September 1, 1951 to August 31, 1952
To the 47th World-Wide Annual Assembly—Greetings:
I beg leave to submit the following report of my year’s work for the
Lord and His Church:
I thank God for this great Church that is fulfilling prophecy. I am
satisfied
we will reach our goal, because Jesus, who is the Head of the
Church, will see to it that His body will receive sufficient strength to finish
the work.
We are moving by faith and not by sight, according to the Scripture
found in 2 Corinthians 4:18: “While we look not at things which are seen;
but at things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are
temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”
I did field work in the following states: Georgia and Florida.
Attended
ministers conventions in the following states: Virginia and Dis
trict of Columbia.
Attended district conventions in the following states: Pennsylvania, Ala
bama,
Georgia, South Carolina.
State conventions attended: Bahamas, Washington, D. C., South Florida,
Connecticut,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia.
Moderated one convention in South Carolina and one in Alabama.

Number of sermons preached_________:______,_________ 213
Number of revivals conducted__________________________ 6
Number of souls converted____________________________ 49
Number of souls sanctified_______ 46
Number received the Holy Ghost_______________________ 12
Number added to the Church___________________________ 27
Number baptized in water.____________________________ 38
Number of homes visited________________„______________ 79
Number of churches visited____________________________ 45
Number of prayer meetings held_______________________... 35
Number of miles traveled______________________________22,254
Respectfully submitted,
R. C. SCOTTON
Field Secretary
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10:20 a.m.—Report of Missionary Committee to Dispense Foreign Mis
sion
Funds.
The
report was accepted as read in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of the Foreign Missionary Committee
to Dispense Foreign Mission Funds
To the 47th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy—Greetings:
Another year has slipped by and humanity is still marching unto their
eternal destiny. During the past year, uncounted millions have been
plunged into an eternal burning hell, lost forever without God. God help
us to speed this message swiftly to the ends of the earth.
Your Committee to Dispense Foreign Mission Funds has met, prayed,
discussed
and studied the need of the work, seeking unexplored sources
in an effort to expand the present work and open up new fields. We
are thankful for the accomplishments made this year. We have been
able to partially support a new mission field in Guatemala. This is a
very needy country, which has at least 18 churches. There is a mighty
reservoir of opportunities awaiting the Church in the Latin-American
countries and we have been unable to respond because of limited mission
funds. Also Macedonian calls are being received continuously from other
countries, but we know our God is able and in due time the needs will
be supplied. We are very thankful for the first church to be set in order
in Germany by our missionary, Brother Otto Koelz. We want to com
mend our faithful missionaries and workers for the many, many sacrifices
they have made. Theirs has been a toil of love for the cause of Christ
and His Church.
We feel that we should say something in regard to our General Foreign
Missionary Secretary, D. H. Queener. His life is fully given over to the
cause
of Christ and His Church. Time and again, he has gone without
complaining or murmuring, leaving his wife and children here, while he
makes long trips to our foreign fields in behalf of the work, seeking to
encourage our missionaries and studying their needs in order to under
stand their problems better. Brother Bates, our Caribbean Representative,
is also to be commended for his faithful services and his unflagging zeal
for the work.
Our Womens Missionary Bands have done a wonderful work in rais
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ter Hardin, has a love for lost souls. We have seen her many times with
tears streaming down her face, pleading passionately for help in order to
win the lost for Christ.
Listen to the cry of the man on the street. Listen to the cry of voices
everywhere; from the Bushman in the South Seas to the Eskimo in his
igloo in the North, from behind the Iron Curtain of Russia, the veiled
faces of Egypt and Arabia—everywhere. What are these voices saying?
You are in debt to us. You are in debt for you have the gospel. Bring
it to us. The man of Macedonia is crying to us as clearly as He called
to the apostle. It is a great privilege to have such a deposit, but oh, it is a
great responsibility! Debt is always dishonorable when it isn’t paid. A
man is pitied when he is bankrupt, but if he has money to pay and he
does not, he must be punished. We are not bankrupt. We have the gos
pel for the people of this age. If we keep it from this city, this land,
this world, we are dishonorably in debt. Suppose the Church fails to pay
this debt? No, let us close on a more personal note; suppose I fail to pay
this debt? What then? Have you ever asked yourself this question? Can
any sin be greater than that of withholding a supreme remedy from a
supreme need? If holding the truth in unrighteousness brings the wrath
of God, surely there is no sin so great as that of having the gospel and
not passing it on. The responsibility of the Church is marked in these
words.
She is in debt to man because the glorious message is hers for
everyone.
May God lay on us the burden of this duty and send us out
to discharge it. As the Church discharges' this debt, she fulfils her mis
sion
in the world.
Our mission funds for this Assembly year, 1951-1952, as authorized by
the Committee, were disbursed as follows:
Alaska _____________.___________________________$ 355.00
Bahamas_______________________________________ 6,660.00
Barbados, B. W. I________________________________ 2,769.00
British West Africa_______________________________ 3,277.36
B. T. C_________________________________ 8,434.31
Canada________________________ 3,784.33
Canal Zone___________________________ 600.00
Caribbean Islands and Aruba_______________________ 3,557.56
Central America_________________________________ 2,374.83
Cuba_________________________________._______- 4,329.87
Cyprus________________________________1_______ 4,320.00
Dominican Republic_____________.+<______________ 4,870.00
Egypt______________________________.___________ 2,346.67
Germany__________________________________... 1,700.00
Guatemala_____________________________________ 1,750.00
Greece______________________-__________________ 3,630.00
Haiti_________________________— ........................ 9,433.01
India_____________:____________________________ 900.00
Indian work in North Dakota
and
Canadian work___________,________________ 2,925.00
Indian work in South Dakota______________________ 1,800.00
Indian work in Montana and
Canadian
work_________... ..:____________________ 2,702.92
Jamaica, B. W. I.________-________________________ 7,408.43
Mexico_____________________________ 7,825.00
Miscellaneous_____________________________________4,163.98
Montserrat, Anguilla, Antigua,
Saint Kitts, B. W. I________________.___________ 3,920.00

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Porto Rico______________________________________ 4,100.00
Spanish work in New York_______________________ 210.00
Turks Islands______________________ 900.00
Virgin Islands___________________________________ 3,357.15
Total __________________________________________$104,404.42
Respectfully submitted,
FOREIGN MISSION COMMITTEE
M. A. TOMLINSON, Chairman
A. T. WAGAR, Secretary
D. H. QUEENER
L.
S. RHODES
S. O. G1LLASPIE
The same committee was retained by the Assembly with the understand
ing
that if a change is necessary, such change can be made by the General
Overseer. Since L. S. Rhodes will be on the field much of the time, it
was
thought best to have someone serve in his place and Gabriel Monti jo
was
appointed.
10:33 a.m.—Report of Committee No. 1, Questions and Subjects.
The
report was accepted as read by the Assembly in regular order after
two of the sections were discussed at some length.
Report of Questions and Subjects Committee
To the 47th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy—Greetings:
We, your Questions and subjects Committee, after prayer and careful
consideration deem it good to bring before this Assembly the following
recommendations:
Section 1
This committee is in harmony with the portion of the General Over
seer’s Annual Address entitled “Television”. We recommend this Assem
bly go on record as advising against the purchasing of television sets as long
as the trend of worldliness is as great as at the present time on television. We
do not feel under any circumstance that our ministers should have tele
vision
in their homes as this is a bad example to set before the local
churches. Also, that members who insist on viewing worldly pictures
on television be regarded as under question as much as those who might
attend worldly moving picture shows.
Section 2
We
appreciate the portion of the General Overseer’s Annual Address
under the heading “Our Children”. This committee heartily endorses his
recommendation that this Assembly go on record as being in favor of
these summer camps for our young people. We recommend that the
State Overseer submit the program of their summer camps to the General
Overseer for his approval on the studies and activities of the camp.
Section 3
We recommend this Annual General Assembly go on record as being
against anyone in double marriage teaching Sunday School classes, hold
ing auxiliary offices in the local churches or preaching in the pulpits of
our churches. We feel the pastor should be responsible to see that such
conditions
do not exist in the local churches. They should be classed as
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Section 4
We recommend that the membership of the Victory Leaders Band be
confined to all people from twelve to thirty-five years of age.
QUESTION: Do we teach that it is wrong to get permanents?
ANSWER: We refer to the answer given by our General Overseer in
the Minutes of the Thirty-ninth Annual Assembly, page 127, which is as
follows: “It seems to me that permanent waves would come under the
heading of pride, which the Bible speaks against. Then money used for
this purpose could be used for the salvation of lost souls.”
QUESTION: What about women cutting their hair?
ANSWER: We feel it would be good for this Assembly to go on record
advising against the cutting of the hair.
QUESTION: What about our dress?
ANSWER: This committee recommends this Assembly go on record
as being strictly against indecent exposure of our members in public. This
would include the wearing of shorts in view of the public. Also, our
brethren going without shirts in public and any of our members donning
bathing suits and bathing in public pools or at beaches.
QUESTION: What about sacred songs set to worldly tunes?
ANSWER: This committee would advise care in choosing the tunes for
sacred songs. We recognize the worth of good tunes but feel we should
refrain from tunes of songs that trend toward jazz music or vulgar sug
gestive worldly songs.
Section 5
We recommend the acceptance of the following resolution prepared
by the General Properties Committee and attorney, as follows:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS the 39th Annual Assembly held in 1944, authorized the selec
tion of five General Trustees who were “to succeed to and have all author
ity now vested in other trustees or custodians holding Church real estate”
of
the Church, and
WHEREAS the said General Trustees were authorized to prepare a
suitable deed form, which has been done, and a copy of same is attached
to this resolution for insertion in the Minutes; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by this 47th Annual Assembly of the Church of
God of Prophecy, held in Cleveland, Tennessee, September 9-15, 1952,
that, wherever possible under the existing laws of the state or country,
this uniform deed be used when having property conveyed to local trustees
to hold for the Church of God of Prophecy, and that in other cases where
another deed form must be used, the provision that local trustees may
not sell, convey or encumber the property without the written consent of
the General .Trustees at Cleveland, Tennessee, be incorporated in the deed
form used.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that trustees to hold title to local church
property for the Church of God of Prophecy be selected by the local
church in either a regular or a called business meeting, said trustees to
sell, convey or encumber such property only when authorized to do so by
the local church in a regular or called business meeting and consent of
the General Trustees secured.

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WARRANTY DEED
FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of_____________________
——------------------------------ Dollars ($-------------------) cash in hand paid and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby ac
knowledged, We, _________________________________________
have this day bargained and sold and by these presents do hereby bargain,
sell,
transfer and convey unto____________________________________
local Trustees for the Church of God of Prophecy, at _____________
-----------------------------------------, for the use and benefit of the Church of
God of Prophecy, with headquarters at Bible Place, Cleveland, Tennessee,
and their successors and assigns, the following described real estate, to-wit:
(Add description of real estate' here.)
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD said real estate unto the said
local Trustees, for the use and benefit of the Church of God of Prophecy,
with headquarters at Bible Place, Cleveland, Tennessee, and their suc
cessors
and assigns forever; provided, however, that neither they nor their
successors
in office as such local Trustees may sell, convey, or encum
ber the said real estate without the written consent of the General Trustees
of the said Church at Cleveland, Tennessee, which consent may be evi
denced by a separate writing or by the Chief Clerk of the said General
Trustees joining in the execution of a deed of the above named Trustees
or their successors in office for the purpose of certifying the consent of
the General Trustees to the execution of such conveyance.
WE COVENANT that we are lawfully seized and possessed of said real
estate; that we have a good and lawful right thus to sell and convey the
same;
that the title thereto is clear, free and unencumbered, and that we
will forever warrant and defend said title against the lawful claims of
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, witness our hands and names, this_______
day
of________________________, 19______

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((Add certificate of acknowledgement as prescribed by laws of State
where land is situated.)
Humbly
submitted,
M. E. WILSON
M. M. BURT
HERMIS
A. FERGUSON
L.
V. JONES
S. A. COOLEY
EARL
COWEN
BOYD THORNTON
11:38 a.m.—Report of Committee No. 3—Adjustment.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Adjustment Committee Report
To the 47th Annual Assembly—Greetings:
We, your Adjustment Committee, beg leave to submit the following
report:
We have met in regular order and with prayer and consideration we
have been able to take care of all that has come before us except that
which requires more time.
Your
committee wishes to express our appreciation for the love and
unity that has prevailed during this Assembly.
Respectfully submitted,
C. L. TAYLOR
ADRIAN T. GRIFFIN
R. W. STOCKDALE
D. M. COBB
ARCHIE
MELVIN
11:40 a.m.—Report of the A. B. M. and S. O. P. A. Secretary, E. H.
Griffith.
The
report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. Secretary's Report From
September 1, 1951 to August 31, 1952
Sermons preached_______,_________-_________________ 128
Homes visited___________________._.______-______—__ 66
Homes prayed in____________________________________ 54
Number converted_______,___________________________ 26
Number sanctified_____________________________,_____ 14
Number baptized with Holy Ghost______________________ 9
Local churches visited-_______________________________ 18
Ministers conventions attended_________________________ 19
Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming,
Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Ne
vada,
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana.
State conventions attended____________________________ 6

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California, Oregon, Washington, B. C., Canada, Utah
and Colorado.
District conventions attended__________________________, 7
Attended twelve A. B. M. rallies, and one District
Overseers meeting.
Conducted three meetings: Greenwood, Mississippi;
Canton, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana. Assisted Broth
er Rhodes in two meetings: Chattanooga (East),
Tennessee, and Adams Arbor, Mississippi.
I assisted the General Overseer in the Emergency
Fund Campaign. Corresponded with the State Sec
retaries, Pastors, Band Leaders and workers on the
field in the interest of the A. B. M. and S. O. P. A.
work. Taught in two sessions of Bible Training
Camp: one in Cleveland, Tennessee, and one in
Fresno, California.
Miles
traveled _________________________________...38,224
Respectfully submitted,
E. H. GRIFFITH
A. B. M. and S. O. P. A. Secretary
11:44 a.m.—Report of the Sunday School Secretary, Edna Rhodes Rye.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Sunday School Secretary's Annual Report From
September 1,1951 to August 31, 1952
Sermons preached_________________________________.... 142
Number converted______ 22
Number sanctified___________________________________ 16
Number received Holy Ghost________!__________________ 6
Homes visited____._________________________________ 106
Miles traveled______________________________________41,496
Ministers’ Conventions attended______________________ 1
District Conventions attended___________________________ 3
State Conventions attended____...____________________ 5
Ohio. South Dakota, Missouri, Kansas and Wis
consin.
Had 57 Sunday School Rallies in Louisiana, Ala
bama. Mississippi. Iowa, Nebraska. Wyoming, South
Dakota. Idaho. Utah. Colorado and Arizona.
Conducted orphanage drives in rallies. State Con
ventions and Assembly. Directed clothing drive for
orphanage children and boosted coupon drive.
Taught in Bible Training Camp in Cleveland and
California.
Took care of all correspondence in connection with
Sunday School, orphanage and prison work that
came
to the Sunday School Office.
I deeply appreciate the co-operation of all State
Secretaries, Pastors. Superintendents. Teachers and
Pupils who have labored so faithfully in the interest
of the Sunday School work.
Humbly submitted,
EDNA RHODES RYE
Sunday School Secretary

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11:46 a.m.—Report of the V. L. B. Secretary, Harry Lee Moore.
The
report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
V. L. B. Secretary's Report From
September 17, 1951 to August 31, 1952
To the 47th Annual Assembly of the Church of God
of Prophecy—Greetings. 1 beg leave to submit the
following
report:
Sermons preached_______________________________-__
Number converted ______________________.____________
Number sanctified________ __________________________
Number received the Holy Ghost_______________________
Number
added to the Church___________________________
Homes visited______________________________________
States
visited_______________________________________
(A number of these were visited more than
once.)
Churches visited ___>_._______________________.....____ 104
Foreign countries visited____________________._~_____ 1
Ministers conventions attended_____:__________________ 11
(Tennessee, Colorado, Utah, California, Arizona, Ne
vada,
West Texas, Oklahoma, East Texas, Louisi
ana.)
State conventions attended__________________________ 8
(California, East Texas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Ten
nessee, Idaho, Alabama, Georgia.)
Foreign conventions attended __________________________ 1
(Bahamas)
District conventions attended __________________________ 8
(Wyoming, Alabama, Florida, Missouri, South Car
olina,
Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky.)
Rallies conducted for V. L. B. work_____________________ 67
(Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia,
Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Tennessee,
East T§xas, Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, Cal
ifornia.)
Offerings
raised in these rallies (approximately)_________$5,000
Miles traveled______________._________________.____55,344
Prepared four quarterly program books for the bands. Wrote the lead
ers and state secretaries several times besides taking care of daily cor
respondence that came to the office. Revised the third term B. T. C. les
sons in the V. L. B. course. Assisted in four Biblical Wonder Campaigns.
Conducted seven radio broadcasts in different phases of the work. Con
ducted one Youth Crusade in which God greatly blessed with young
people
won to the Lord. Taught in B. T. C. at Cleveland; also taught the
subjects of C. P. M. A. and V. L. B. in B. T. C. in California. Prepared
a reporting system for the V. L. B. work among the leaders and state
secretaries. I have enjoyed the work among our young people this year
but feel very humble in view of the grave responsibility which is ours
to reach the world with our message.
“
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out
195
47
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26
3
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of my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall proph
esy, and your young men shall see visions. . Acts 2:17.
Respectfully submitted,
H. L. MOORE
V. L. B. Secretary
11:50 a.m.—Report of the W. M. B. Secretary, Sylvia Hardin.
The report was accepted as read by the Assembly in regular order.
W.
M. B. Secretary's Report From
September 1,1951 to August 31, 1952
Sermons____________________________________________ 103
Homes visited______________________________________ 220
Miles traveled______________________________________26,007
Programs attended in Fields of the Wood_________________ 3
Mission fields visited________________________________ 2
Vernon, B. C. and Ontario, Canada.
States visited_____>_________________________________ 22
Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Florida, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana,
Idaho,
Washington, Oregon, California, Alabama,
Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Louisiana.
Churches visited ____________________________________ 89
Alabama 1, California 3, Oregon 4, Washington 4,
Idaho 1, Montana 3, Wyoming 5, South Dakota 4,
Minnesota 2, Wisconsin 3, North Carolina 12, South
Carolina
8, Florida 14, Kentucky 2, Ohio 2, Vir
ginia 10, Tennessee 7.
Ministers’ conventions attended__________ 1
Tennessee
District conventions attended______________________________6
Tennessee 1, Florida 2, North Carolina 2, South Da
kota 1.
State conventions attended____________________________ 6
California, one session, Maryland, Michigan, On
tario, Canada, Mississippi, Louisiana.
Taught in B. T. C. in Tennessee and California.
WRITTEN WORK
Compiled the Year Book for 1952; prepared the report and Instruction
Booklet
to be reprinted. Compiled a song book for the W. M. B., entitled
“Missionary Selections.” Wrote letters to W. M. B. state secretaries and
leaders, also articles to the White Wing Messenger boosting the Foreign
Mission Drives. I also boosted the work of collecting clothing for our
mission
fields through correspondence. Wrote many letters and cards in
behalf of the missionary work.
I enjoyed my work and sincerely appreciated the cooperation of our
wonderful people and every contribution made to missions in any way.
Respectfully submitted,
SYLVIA HARDIN
General W. M. B. Secretary

102 MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
11:57 a.m.—Songs by the Curry Family, “I’m Going up Home” and “Rid
ing the Range for Jesus.”
12:04 p.m.—C. R. Reynolds led the congregation in singing, “In That
City
Where the Lamb Is the Light.”
12:15 p.m.—Appointment of overseers, missionaries, secretaries and oth
ers, by the General Overseer.
State Overseers, Missionaries, Secretaries
and Other Appointments
Alabama, Roy R. Phipps
Alaska,
Frederick P. Mahaffey
Alberta, Canada, William G. Lusch
Anguilla,
James A. Ottley
Antigua,
James A. Ottley
Arizona, L. E. Silvers
Arkansas, James Staggs
Aruba, Walter C. Bates
Bahamas,
Alvin S. Moss
Barbados,
C. A. Lewis
♦Belgium, Hubert R. Smith
British Columbia, Canada, T. E.
Branscum
California,
Adrian T. Griffin
Colorado, W. T. Pettyjohn
Connecticut,
J. W. Knight
Costa Rica, A. S. Anderson
Cuba, Carlos Colon
Cyprus,
M. K. Kounnas
Delaware, Charles G. Miller
Dominican Republic, J. H. Ladoo
East Texas, John A. Stubbs
Egypt, Ghaly Ibrahim
♦England, Homer Rye
Florida, M. S. Curry
♦France,
R. Chester Oost
Georgia, M. E. Wilson
Germany, Otto Koelz
Greece,
Paul P. Costas
Guatemala, Jorge Ruano
Haiti, J. Vital Herne
♦Hawaii, Raymond Pruitt
♦Honduras,
Ramon Ruano P.
Idaho, Harrison E. Price
Illinois,
John W. Miracle
Indiana, Joe Martin
Iowa,
Howard W. Thomas
Jamaica, R. C. Smith
♦Japan,
Robert Pruitt
Kansas, Cecil J. Cunningham
Kentucky, Harper Hunter, Jr.
Louisiana,
Earl Cowen
♦Liberia,
Daniel Longstreth
Maine, William A. Grant
Manitoba, Canada, Nelson Johnson
Maryland and District of Columbia,
Posey A. Shupe
Massachusetts, C. O. Ray
Mexico, J. A. Jimenez
Michigan, John L. Sullivan
Minnesota,
Paul H. Thompson
Mississippi, Henry M. Biggers
Missouri, Boyd Thornton
Montana,
W. A. Newsom
Montserrat, James A. Ottley
Nebraska, Don B. Thomas
Nevada, Jesse A. Griffin
New Hampshire, Charles E. Hanna
New
Jersey, Walter L. Harvey
New
Mexico, T. J. Lowe
New
York, J. F. Aites
♦New Zealand, Rebecca Sisco,
Missionary
North Carolina, R. Clement Lynch
North Dakota. Nelson W. Johnson
Ohio, W. W. Webb
Oklahoma,
D. F. Rowland
Ontario,
Canada, Horace Lafortune
Oregon, William G. Hardin
Panama, A. S .Anderson
Pennsylvania, Paul J. Ion
♦Philippine Islands, Lawrence G.
Edralin
Port Rico, Carlos de Leon Colon
Rhode
Island, H. L. Butts
Saint Kitts, James A. Ottley
Sierra Leone, David E. Longstreth
South Carolina, E. A. McDonald
South Dakota, Fred E. Van Deventer
♦Sweden, George Stenmark
Tennessee, L. V. Jones
Turks Islands, Simeon B. Handheld
Utah, Floyd E. Benton
Vermont,
Orville W. Trump
Virginia,
W. M. Lowman
Virgin
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Washington, Sidney A. Cooley
West
Texas, Harry W. Grimes
West
Virginia, V. R. Sherrill
Wisconsin, E. T. Fowler
Wyoming, G. C. Decker
Field Secretary No. 1, C. R. Payne
Field Secretary No. 2, D. M. Deadrick
A. B. M. and S. O. P. A. Secretary,
E. H. Griffith
S. S. Secretary, Edna Rhodes Rye
V. L. B. Secretary, Harry Lee Moore
W. M. B. Secretary, Sylvia Hardin
Foreign Missionary Secretary,
Dorian H. Queener
Foreign Language Secretary, J. F.
Pruitt
C. P. M. A. Secretary, Grady R. Kent
Honor Stone Department Director,
L. S. Rhodes
Visual
Department Director, K. W.
Bancroft
Assistant
Editor, Robert F. Wright
Fields of the Wood Manager, G. A.
Wilson
Bible Training Camp Superintendent,
J. B. Wright
Sunday School Orphanage Superin
tendent, R. O. Covey
Caribbean Islands Representative,
Walter C. Bates
Publishing Department Field Rep
resentative, M. M. Burt
General Evangelistic Group Leader,
Amos J. Creel
General Evangelistic Group Leader
No. 2, Ralph C. Scotton
* Appointments were made to the countries marked by the asterisk, but
we will not be able to send these workers to the places to which they were
appointed until the necessary arrangements can be made and the funds
are available. Those appointed are eager to go and the General Over
seer decided to make the appointments with the hope that the Lord would
make the way and supply the means for them to go. I will ask our peo
ple to pray earnestly for God to work in the way that is needed in
order for us to enter these countries with the message of the last days
Church. We must go in obedience to the command of our Lord to every
country of the world. May God help us to enter these countries before
this Assembly year closes.
The General Overseer requested those appointed to come to the plat
form as their names were read for the installation ceremony. They stood
facing him and with right hands raised they repeated words after him
pledging themselves to be true and loyal to the Church and its doctrine
and practices. They dedicated themselves and their all to the work and
promised to do all they can for the upbuilding of the Church and to co
operate with the General Overseer in all of the work. They prayed in
concert, then the General Overseer offered prayer for them.
12:45 p.m.—The service was adjourned with prayer by Brother C. V.
Creel.
1:05 p.m.—Program of singing by the Chicago church, Charles Quisen-
berry, pastor, in charge.
1:20 p.m.—The song service was led by H. G. Nix, with Jack Wilson
at the piano and Emma Lou Moore at the organ. Brother William Jolly
led the congregation in prayer in behalf of the service and for those for
whom
requests were made.
1:31 p.m.—Song by a quartet, “I’m Going Up There.” A trio sang, “In
His Care” and “Just a Closer Walk with Thee.”
1:43
p.m.—Report of Foreign Language Secretary, Jess F. Pruitt.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.

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Report of Foreign Language Secretary From
September 1,1951 to August 31,1952
To the 47th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy—
Greetings:
Sermons preached ___________________—-----------------------138
Homes visited__________—--------------------- ---------- ---------—179
Number converted __________________________—----------- 9
Number sanctified-----IS------------------------------------------------10
Number
received Holy Ghost_____________:______________—. 13
Number ministers’ conventions attended____________________19
Number district conventions attended_____________________ 1
Number state conventions attended_______________________ 6
(Nevade, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana,
N. Dakota, Arkansas)
Number of local churches visited----------------------------------- 25
Conducted five revivals; assisted in two terms of Bible Training Camp;
and assisted in three programs in the Fields of the Wood.
Edited Teachers Quarterly for the Sunday School department for the
year 1952.
I assisted in the registration of the Assembly Delegates for 1951 Assem
bly,
prepared some articles for the White Wing Messenger and Joyful News
Broadcast.
Directed the work of the Foreign Language Office; distributed Bibles,
song books, gospel tracts, literature, and church periodicals in 21 lan
guages. Wrote many cards and letters in the interest of the Foreign Lan
guage
work.
Traveled approximately 38,830 miles.
One
new language has been added this year—Korean, making a total
of
23 foreign languages translated. We have over three hundred transla
tions
ready for the press in the 23 languages mentioned above. We now
have gospel tracts, church publications and other literature, Bibles, etc.,
going
to over 16 foreign countries.
Respectfully
submitted,
JESS
F. PRUITT
Foreign Language Secretary
1:45 p.m.—Report of the General Properties Committee.
The report was read by the secretary, Robert F. Wright, and accepted
by the Assembly in regular order.
General Properties Committee Report
We, your General Properties Committee, desire to submit the following
report to this, the 47th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy.
During this Assembly year the Committee has:
1. Approved and effected the purchase of 18 acres of additional land in
Fields of the Wood.
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the purpose of erecting thereon a special marker in connection with
the airplane program.
3. In accordance with a recommendation of the Questions and Subjects
Committee adopted by the General Assembly in 1945 has effected the
purchase of a nice 100x250 foot lot for the erection of a home for the
General Overseer. It is our hope that construction of this home will
get underway in the near future.
4. Erected a new brooder house for the raising of chickens on our Orphan
age property on North Lee Highway.
5. Had plans drawn and taken preliminary steps toward erecting a new
orphanage building on Wildwood Avenue. The building is necessary
to provide housing for 16 small boys.
6. Authorized, for recording in the various county court houses, the issuance
of correction instruments in connection with the prior recording of a
resolution of the 39lh Annual Assembly appointing General Trustees
to hold all church property. These instruments were issued in compli
ance with the decree of the Bradley County Chancery Court on May 1.
1952.
7. In addition to the foregoing actions of the Committee the general prop
erties have been maintained in good condition. Properties now under
the care and supervision of the General Properties Committees are as
follows: Fields of the Wood, First Assembly Building, Assembly Tab
ernacle, White Wing Publishing House and Press, Bible Place Properties,
The Tomlinson House, the present home of the General Overseer, the
Orphanage property which includes the farm for boys and the Girls’
Home
on Wildwood Avenue.
8. Due to various matters concerning the Church flag which have come
before the Committee we wish to call our people’s attention to the rules
governing the reproduction of the Church flag. In that connection we
quote a portion of Section 2 of the Questions and Subjects Committee
report to the 43rd Annual Assembly in 1948: “That this Assembly pro
hibit any church, Sunday School or individual outside or inside the
Church attempting to draw or have drawn the likeness of this flag
unless
authorized by the General Overseer and the General Properties
Committee,
as our flag is the property of the Church.
“This is absolutely necessary in order to keep the flag standardized so
that every flag will be exactly alike in design and form.”
9. Since the greater burden of the actual maintenance of most of the gen
eral properties falls upon Brother C. R. Payne, the other members of
the Committee feel that the General Assembly should go on record as
giving
him a commendation for his good work.
Respectfully
submitted,
M. A. TOMLINSON, Chairman
ROBERT F. WRIGHT, Secretary
J. R. KINSER
C. R. PAYNE
C. T. DAVIDSON
1:53 p.m.—Report of the Auxiliary Boosters Committee.
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Auxiliary Boosters Committee Report
To the 47th Annual Assembly—Greetings:
We, your Auxiliary Boosters Committee, beg leave to submit the following
report:
After much prayer and careful consideration we have decided that we
will try to boost each auxiliary to our fullest capacity.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
There is no greater school than the Sunday School. It takes in all classes
of people and all ages. The Cradle Roll is of vital importance to the
Sunday School and should be stressed in every local church. One way
to reach the parents is through their children. Entire families have been
won to Christ as a result of enrolling their babies in the Cradle Roll.
The
Home Class Department has proved very helpful to the Sunday School.
This
department reaches the unreached and shut-ins.
Our prison work is bringing forth results. A number of prisoners who
were saved as a result of Happy Harvester are now in the free world,
saved,
sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost. The Happy Harvester
is serving a great purpose in helping men and women behind bars.
Daily Vacation Bible Schools are becoming more prominent in our
Sunday Schools. We would like to stress the importance of this work and
encourage all schools that can to arrange for Daily Vacation Bible Schools
in the future.
We are thankful to God for the way He has been with us in the orphan
age
work this year. The Sunday School Orphanage is a great asset to
the Church. We can see the need of more funds to help carry on our
orphanage work on a larger scale.
VICTORY LEADERS BAND
The V. L. B. is an important auxiliary in the Church. It attracts the
attention of young people. The gospel must be published in all the world
and the V. L. Bs. are making great strides in getting this done. Our adult
Sunday School leaflets and cards for beginners are now being printed
in the Arabic language in Egypt. The White Wing Messenger is published
in French and Spanish. The adult and primary quarterlies are being print
ed
in French and Spanish. We now publish the gospel in twenty-three
languages as a result of the efforts of our young people. The Happy
Harvester goes regularly to state and federal prisons in the United States,
Hawaii,
Alaska and parts of Canada. We sincerely commend the young
people
for their splendid work in raising funds to send the gospel into a
world of sin and darkness.
GLEANER BAND
We want to congratulate our young V. L. Bs., the Gleaners, for their
part in helping raise funds to send the printed message. Children trained
in the Gleaner Band make real workers. Let us have a Gleaner Band in
every local church. We need to encourage our children.
W. M. B.
The W. M. Bs. have made great progress in the past in their work of as
sisting in getting the gospel to every creature. But we feel a greater
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us.” To make greater advancement, we must have every band properly
organized with qualified leaders and before these standards can be reached,
every pastor must become concerned about missions, both home and abroad.
A. B. M. and S. O. P. A.
A. B. M. This is an auxiliary in the Church that really needs boosting.
Some
of our good band leaders think if they have a meeting, that is
all that is required of them. The A. B. M. was inaugurated in the year of
1916 with the intention of stopping the waste of souls. This auxiliary seems
to be hated of the devil more than any other and he has arrayed his forces
against it. There is a great waste when a soul backslides. Time is lost,
purpose lost, tears wasted, and most of all a soul has been snatched from
our ranks to grope in darkness and finally be doomed to hell where hope
is a stranger and mercy unknown. Band leaders, will God smile on us
and welcome us into heaven if we have allowed men to go to hell through
our negligence? We must not lose one soul this year. Jesus kept all
except Judas, and if he had been a sheep He would have kept him. We
must save all the sheep, and we will by the help of God.
S. O. P. A. This is an addition to the work of the A. B. M. for the pur
pose of supporting the state overseers so they can stay on the field. The
Assembly
wishes to put enough support in the hands of the overseers
so they can carry on their work and put over the program. May God
help our pastors and band leaders to see the need of doing all they can
for the support of the overseers.
. REPORTING
“A good report maketh the bones fat.” Proverbs 15:30. The Bible is a
book of records and reports and was inspired by the Holy Ghost. “For
the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of
God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” 2 Peter 1:21. We
see
by this that the Holy Ghost moved on men of God to make records
and reports. There is a wonderful record and report of the deliverance
of the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage. Also we have the beauti
ful records of how Gideon and his three hundred were able by God’s
help to drive the Midianites out of the land of Israel. We would have no
way of knowing about the establishment of the early Church if its first
members had not made records and reports.
We have the testimony in the Word of God of some who had good re
ports. Cornelius was of good report. Demetrius had a good report. A
bishop must have a good report. The early Church sought out men of
good report to perform certain duties. It was necessary for some records
and reports to be furnished to qualify for these honored positions. The
Church today has honored positions for those who have good reports and
have records available as proof of their work. It is also necessary that
our ministers and workers keep records and send in reports to give the
church and headquarters a record of the work on the field so a com
plete record can be maintained. Let every minister and worker heed the
earnest appeal of our General Overseer in behalf of making reports reg
ularly and faithfully.
PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT
It should thrill our souls when we realize the rapid strides now being
made
by our Publishing Department. Our workers in this department
should be highly commended for their good work of speeding up the
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homes here and in foreign countries. Subscriptions to Joyful News Broad
cast
and Happy Harvester are steadily on the increase. Along with our
Bethel Book Club selections are many things published such as Sunday
School literature, convention programs, revival advertisements, calling
cards for ministers, and many things too numerous, to mention.
C. P. M. A.
The Church of Prophecy Marker Association is an auxiliary for the
purpose of marking and making it plain to the world who we are. Many
have been attracted to the Church by the C. P. M. A. Many have been
saved,
sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost who have first been
awakened by the spirit of the C. P. M. A. Every pastor and C. P. M. A.
worker should start working on the council membership as soon as they
go back from this Assembly. Let’s reach the 10,000 members this year.
B. T. C.
The Bible Training Camp is indispensable to the Church. It does not
make preachers but does help to qualify them for the great work they
have to do. Every church should send its pastor or someone in their local
body each year. It would be good if each local V. L. B. could send one
of their members to B. T. C. each year. B. T. C. has done wonders in the
training of our young ministers.
The Correspondence Course is a wonderful supplement to B. T. C. Many
have studied this course in the privacy of their homes and found it to
be very beneficial. Let’s do our best to boost this course of home study
in our local churches.
Humbly submitted,
J. P. SULLIVAN
D. M. DEADRICK
SEBASTIAN McGEE
M. S. CURRY
JOE MARTIN
R. CLEMENT LYNCH
F. E. VAN DEVENTER
After the report was read, Brother J. P. Sullivan, Chairman of the Com
mittee, spoke for a few minutes to give the Church publications and the
work of the Gleaner Band an extra boost.
2:14 p.m.—“The Blessing of Tithe Paying, and What Is Counted as Ex
pense
in the Ministry,” message by R. Clement Lynch. A portion of the
message follows:
“
A lot of times when we preach on tithes, the people we would like to
be present for the message are not there. A person that is faithful in
tithe paying is faithful in everything. When service time comes, he is
there. The person who doesn’t pay tithes comes in late and misses the
message, or he doesn’t come at all. God has promised a blessing to us if
we pay our tithes. It is bad for a member of the Church not to pay tithes.
“Some people say they don’t see tithe paying. I wonder if they are
trying to see it? If the Church stands for something that I don’t see, I
have a right to be worried and concerned until I do see it. I believe the
man who wants to believe the Bible will pay his tithes. If for no other
reason, he will pay them simply because the Church teaches tithe pay
ing. If the Bible did not teach tithe paying, and it was only a financial
system
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tithes. The very fact that the .Assembly stands for a thing is reason
enough for us to believe in it and put it in practice.
“
There may be someone around here this afternoon who is failing to
pay tithes and you may feel you are getting along all right. I remem
ber Sister Clara T. Mabe, former W. M. B. Secretary, was strong on the
doctrine of tithe paying. A few years ago she said she would rather rob
a bank than to rob God. If you rob a bank you will be put in jail. It is
just as bad to rob God, but the Church has patience with us. A lot of
people feel .it is all right to hold up their tithes. We are not going to
make you pay tithes but we are going to keep on until all of our people
reach the place they will pay tithes because they want to.
“It is the duty of every pastor to preach on tithes just as he does any
thing else. It is as much a duty to preach tithe paying as it is sanctifi
cation. When a preacher fails to preach tithe paying, he is causing peo
ple to lose a blessing. The Lord has promised He would open the win
dows
of heaven and pour out a blessing we are not able to receive. One
time a preacher visited a man who owned a hog farm. Some of the hogs
were sick. The preacher asked him about his tithes. He had not been
paying them but he promised he would begin. The next time the preacher
visited him, the pigs were well. God will do just what He says He will do.
“That man who thinks he is getting along all right and is failing to
pay his tithes is on dangerous ground. Something is liable to happen to
him. I would be afraid. You can’t tell what is going to take place. It is
a serious thing for a man not to pay tithes.
“Many times people ask me what is counted expense in the ministry,
but nearly all of them know the answer to the question before they ask
it. That which is an expense to you in the ministry which you would not
have if you were not a minister,, that is counted expense. You wouldn’t
count your grocery bill expense, neither your clothing nor any other ex
pense that you would have if you were not a preacher. A man has to
eat whether he preaches or not. He has to wear clothes if he preaches
or if he doesn’t. Only that which you pay out as a direct result of your
work in the ministry should be counted expense. We want to be careful
that we will not take advantage of the Lord along this line. I believe
every minister in this building knows whether you are doing right about
this or not.”
2:55 p.m.—Report of Committee No. 5, Assembly Expense.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of The Assembly Expense Committee
To the 47th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy—Greetings:
1. We wish to commend the ministers, members and friends of the
Church for their faithfulness and co-operation in helping raise funds for
the expense of the Assembly this year.
2. We recommend that all Sunday Schools with an average attendance
of fifty or less contribute $1.00 per year; all Sunday Schools with an aver
age
attendance of over fifty and less than 100 contribute $1.50 per year;
and all Sunday Schools with an average attendance of 100 and over con
tribute $2.00 per year for the expense of the Assembly.
3. We further recommend that each Victory Leaders Band, each Womens
Missionary Band, and each minister pay $1.00 to the expense of the
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4. That the pastors be responsible for .collecting the Auxiliary Assem
bly Expense dollars and forward same to the state overseer, and the state
overseer be responsible to collect the dollars from each minister in his
state; these funds to be mailed to the General Treasurer as collected.
The final report of the Assembly Expense should be given by the over
seer with the state convention report to the General Treasurer. The State
Secretaries be responsible to the State Overseer to boost and assist in col
lecting these funds.
Humbly submitted,
C. R. PAYNE
C. W. RISNER
D. NAIRN
JOHN A. STUBBS
DON B. THOMAS
3:00 p.m.—Report of Foreign Missionary Secretary, D. H. Queener.
The report was accepted in regular order.
Report of Foreign Missionary Secretary From
September 1, 1951 to August 31, 1952
To the 47 th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy—Greetings:
We wish to give thanks to God for our missionary workers in the
mission fields, both at home and abroad. There has been a great mis
sionary spirit this year in our churches. The missionary spirit has in
creased from year to year and when our missionary workers increase
their work at home, then we are able to go into more foreign fields and
help to fulfil Mark 16:15. This gospel of this last days Church is an all
nations and an every creature message. I have been privileged this year
to visit twenty-one foreign countries and islands. I am sorry we don’t
have churches in all these countries, but we must reach them with this
gospel of the Church. Our work will not be complete until we reach
every creature.
This year at the program in the Fields of the Wood, we were able to
raise one more flag. This flag was for the country of Germany. We
cannot stop until we have a flag raised on the All Nations Cross for every
country of the world.
I have visited the following countries this year: Guatemala, Mexicp,
Dominican
Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Cuba, Canada,
France, Germany, England, Lebanon, Syria, Trans-Jordan H. K., Israel,
Cyprus,
Egypt, Greece, Italy.
I conducted two revivals, one in Kansas City, Missouri and one in
Roanoke, Virginia. I conducted two meetings of one week each in Bixby,
Oklahoma,
and Pittsburg, Kansas.
I attended 22 ministers conventions in the state, one in Guatemala and
one in Mexico.
I attended six foreign conventions: Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto
Rico, Virgin Islands and Cuba.
Churches visited in the states in behalf of mission work: Virginia 3,
Kentucky 7, Tennessee 3, California 1, Oklahoma 2, Missouri 3.
I set forth six applicants for the ministry in Guatemala, three in Egypt,
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I conducted six dedication services for infants.
I attended the World Conference in London, England.
Number of sermons_________________________i__
Number converted____________________________
Number sanctified____________________________
Number baptized with Holy Ghost_______________
Number added to Church_1____________________
Number baptized in water_____________________
Number homes visited_________________________
176
38
4
9
21
1
79
STATISTICALREPORTOF FOREIGNWORK
Countries Churches Members Ministerss.s.W.M.B.VXj.B.A.B.*
Alaska ~ ■ 1 17 5 2 1 2 1
Aruba . -... i 33 i 3 1 1 1
Alberta . . i 21 1 1 i 1 i
Anguilla ... i 23 1 2 i 1 i
Antigua 1 31 i 2 i 1 1
Bahamas ... 59 3,053 80 53 53 53 40
Barbados_________... 12 230 6 8 0 0 0
British Columbia___... 1 41 1 1 1 1 1
Costa Rica
and Panama_____ 5 59 5 5 5 4 3
Cuba .. 6 66 5 5 5 4 3
Cyprus 3 64 3 3 0 0 0
Dominican Republic ._ 23 517 20 22 22 20 20
Germany . .... 1 30 2 1 i 1 1
Greece_____________ 3 500 4 3 1 2 0
Guatemala . -------12 434 10 10 10 10 10
Haiti ... . .................188 9,963 196 206 188 188 188
Jamaica-------------------------...1579,400 134 130 149 150 150
Mexico ....................27 1,004 20 27 28 27 27
Manitoba ................................... 1 30 2 1 1 1 1
Montserrat . .... 6 252 5 6 3 3 0
Ontario .......... .. ._ 1 13 1 2 1 1 1
Porto Rico ........11 237 8 11 11 11 11
Saint Kitts .................. -... 3 51 2 2 2 2 2
Sierra Leone --------------.... 5 805 1 1 1 i 1
Turks Islands .........4 282 9 4 4 5 4
Virgin Islands .. ~ 4 89 8 8 4 4 4
S. Dakota—Indians ...._ 2 50 2 1. 1 1 1
N. Dakota—Indians .. 1 30 1 1 1 i 1
Total ..............................................540 27,325 534 521 495 494 472
Humbly submitted,
D. H. QUEENER
Foreign Missionary Secretary
3:07 p.m.—Report of the C. P. M. A. Secretary, Grady R. Kent.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.

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C. P. M. A. Secretary's Report From
September 1, 1951 to August 31, 1952
To the 47th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy—Greetings:
I feel like giving two verses of scripture in the beginning of my report.
“And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision, and make it plain
upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.” Habakkuk 2:2. “And to
make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the
beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by
Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 3:9.
Number of miles traveled (ground and air).______________53,000
Number of sermons preached___________________________ 215
Number saved______________________________________ 40
Number sanctified ____ 35
Number
received the Holy Ghost________________________ 30
Number added to the Church___________________________ 20
Number ministers conventions attended__________________ 19
Number state conventions attended______________________ 7
Attended several district conventions and district rallies.
Toured
Virginia and Georgia in raising funds for Wings of Prophecy and
helped in a number of Wing^ of Prophecy rallies.
Conducted several airport services in Biblical Wonder Campaigns and
distributed thousands of tracts.
Conducted four Biblical Wonder Campaigns (Tennessee, Ohio, Georgia,
Alabama). Visited several other evangelistic and Biblical Wonder Cam
paigns.
Conducted
several C. P. M. A. rallies in boosting the Visual Department
and council membership.
Taught during the month of April in B. T. C.
Spent much time in the photographic department.
Made several tours in behalf of the Honor Stone program.
There has been a large number of aircrafts added to the fleet this year
and this brings our number to 39. During the year four of these planes
have crashed but there were no injuries. We thank God for this. Some
of these planes are owned by states and individuals but they serve in the
activities of Wings of Prophecy. There have been a number of radio broad
casts
throughout the United States in connection with the C. P. M. A.
program.
The
C. P. M. A. department has also made it .possible for us to put the
Church before millions of people who perhaps had never heard of us. This
has been done through newspapers, magazines, films, and radio broadcasts.
New Developments:
I have prepared a Biblical Wonder Campaign instruction booklet and
several Prophetic Bulletins of Wings of Prophecy.
Raised
funds to purchase and prepare another flying marker which is
entitled, “The Flying Roll” for general purposes to carry people from Cleve
land to visit Fields of the Wood from the air.
We have also purchased a plot of ground on Highway 11 here in Cleve
land to erect a marker in order to get the gospel to thousands of tourists.
This marker will be entitled, “Ezekiel’s Cherubim”.
Respectfully submitted,
GRADY R. KENT
C. P. M. A. Secretary

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3:13 p.m.—Report of Auxiliary Designer, L. S. Rhodes.
The report was accepted as read by the Assembly.
Auxiliary Designer's Report From
September 1, 1951 to August 31, 1952
To the 47th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy—
Greetings:
Sermons preached ___._______________________________ 184
Number converted ____________________________________ 14
Number sanctified_____________________________.____.... 18
Number received Holy Ghost___________________________ 14
Homes visited ____________________________ 87
Ministers conventions attended___________________________ 20
(Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee,
South Carolina, North Carolina,. Virginia, Maryland,
Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ken
tucky and Arkansas)
District conventions attended_______________________..__ 7
Meetings conducted___________________________________ 4
(East Chattanooga, Tennessee; Rossville, Georgia;
Adams Arbor, Mississippi; and Sanford, Florida)
Taught in Bible Training Camp.
Made weekly trips to Fields of the Wood when I was
in Cleveland.
Assisted Brother Kent in the Honor Stone work.
Made
three state tours in behalf of the Honor Stone
work (Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana)
State conventions attended_____________________________ 7
(Florida, South Carolina, Connecticut, New York,
Pennsylvania, Alabama and Arkansas)
Miles traveled jjjfjgp_______________________________47,250
Respectfully submitted,
L. S. RHODES
Auxiliary Designer
3:16 p.m.—Report of the Director of the Visual Department, K. W. Ban
croft.
The
report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Visual Department Report
September I, 1951 to August 31, 1952
To the 47th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy—Greetings:
The wise man hath said, “The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a
good report maketh the bones fat.”
Another Assembly year has come to a close and I wish to humbly sub
mit the following report of the accomplishments and progress in this de
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First of all, let me commend you, as ministers and members, for your
faithful cooperation in helping to accomplish what this report will reveal.
It was taken from the records sent in by you. Thank you. Very few failed
to
send in their reports; if you have, the records lack that much being
complete.
You are to be commended for your patience in bearing with us when
you failed to receive the films to fill your scheduled appointments. Per
haps many reasons could be given, but we will shoulder this responsibility.
Please try us one more time.
I also wish to commend Brother Ashel Wagar who took care of shipping
the films in my absence from the office. Last, but not least, let me
commend Blanche Goodman and the other secretaries who assisted me
with the written work of this past year. God bless every one of you.
The development of the film work has made a substantial increase and
we
have been able to add some new equipment in order to improve our
films and bring them up to standard quality. We have not yet reached
perfection in this matter, however, the words of our General Overseer
are, “We must crawl before we can walk.” Our progress has been hindered
somewhat,
due to insufficient help and funds to advance more rapidly,
but we have made a noticeable improvement over last year.
Perhaps
it is in order to give this Assembly a word of explanation about
the film that was being prepared last year to be released for television. Due
to circumstances beyond our control, this matter was laid aside until a
short time ago. However, the channel is still open for release to over one
hundred television stations and another film is now being prepared for
this purpose. “And we know that all things work together for good to
them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
However,
there is good news along this line in which your Visual De
partment was instrumental. During the last Assembly Oscar Goodman,
of
Pathe World News, photographed Fields of the Wood. Since that time
it has been reported shown in almost every theatre, grade and high school
all over the United States and several foreign countries.
This year the department has produced sixteen new films. Thirteen
of these have been released and the other three will be ready for release
soon after the Assembly. We have endeavored to produce films that
would
boost every department in the church and have traveled extensive
ly,
both at home and abroad, in order to obtain additional material to
improve our films. As the work progresses we are made to realize there
is a definite need for more teaching and dramatic films, as well as the
ones we already have. This will be accomplished as God permits.
We now have eighteen silent titles and forty-seven sound titles for re
lease
from our film library.
FILM STATISTICAL REPORT
State
Alabama _________
Alaska
—_________
Arkansas -_______g
California_— ____
Canada -__________
Colorado _________
District
of Columbia.
Florida \' _________
Georgia ____...____
Attendance
m 7,468
175
.... 2,404
_ 5,950
120
85
345
.... 7,826
.... 15,011
Showings
69
2
33
99
2
5
7
124
57

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Idaho_______________„___________„_______ 1,125 20
Illinois___________________________________1,010 21
Indiana ______________________________,_L 2,160 15
Iowa___„_______________.________________ 1,221 23
Kansas_________________________________ 706 6
Kentucky ______________________________ 15,350 125
Louisiana ______________________________ 4,829 55
Maryland ______________________________ 1,737 60
Mexico_________________________________ 300 3
Michigan _______________________________ 1,505 20
Mississippi _____________________________ 12,488 171
Missouri _______________________________ 6,294 67
Montana________________________________ 896 24
Nebraska_______________________________ 503 14
New Mexico____________________________ 520 7
New York______________________________ 925 31
North Carolina _______ 4,630 67
North Dakota_________________,__________ 780 17
Ohio ___________________________________ 4,073 99
Oklahoma ______________________________ 3,260 38
Oregon_________________________________ 117 7
Pennsylvania ____________________________ 1,464 37
South Carolina __________________________ 6,835 61
South Dakota___________________________ 75 1
Tennessee ______________________________ 14,825 94
Texas __________________________________ 8,955 113
Utah_________________3_________________ 160 4
Virginia_________________________________12,151 144
Washington_____________________________ 455 6
West Virginia ________:__________________ 1,200 8
Wisconsin ______________________________ 1,440 31
37 states and 3 countries__________________152,915 1,787
LAST YEAR;
39 states and 3 countries ________________ 91,888 840
Increase__SBi...............---------------------------- 61,027 947
Several other states used films but no report was given.
PERSONAL REPORT
Sermons preached______________________________ 114
Number converted______________________m__;_-______ 77
Number sanctified ------...-------ill—~------------l----I——~. 7
Baptized with Holy Ghost-------------------------------------------_ 2
Baptized in water BBS—.------..— --------------------------------- 6
Number added to Church-------------------------------------------- 10
Miles traveled------------- 31,374
Churches visited in the states-------------------------------------- 20
Churches visited in the islands---------------------------*_____ 5
(Haiti, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic)
Foreign
state conventions visited------------------------------------ 5
(Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Cuba)
State conventions visited----------- 10
(South Carolina, North Carolina, Oklahoma, New
Mexico, Missouri, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
Georgia,
Arkansas)

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Ministers conventions visited________________________ l
(Tennessee)
Biblical
Wonder Campaigns_____________»___________1
(Gadsden, Alabama)
Biblical
Wonder Radio Broadcasts______________________ 13
Biblical Wonder Rallies_______________________________ 1
(Elizabethton, Tennessee)
Toured the state of Indiana and had five District Rallies in behalf of
Visual
Department work.
Had
one special rally at Charleston, West Virginia.
Visited two prison camps in North Carolina and Alabama.
Gave out fifty Happy Harvesters, twenty-five White Wing Messengers,
one
hundred Testaments and about fifty pounds of tracts.
Conducted four prayer meetings.
Conducted
one feet washing and Lord’s Supper service.
Photographed and assembled sixteen new films this Assembly year.
Took care of all Visual Department office work and correspondence.
Prepared film catalog now ready for release.
Made three business trips to Detroit and Kansas City in the promotion
of the department.
This has been a full year, but I thank the Lord for the strength He has
given
me and I have truly enjoyed serving you in this capacity.
Respectfully submitted,
K. W. BANCROFT
3:27 p.m.—Report of the General Evangelist, Amos J. Creel.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of General Evangelist From
September 16, 1951 to August 31, 1952
To the 47th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy—
Greetings:
Sermons preached_______________,___________________ 312
Number converted________________ 169
Number sanctified_____________1_____________________109
Number received the Holy Ghost_______________________ 124
Number baptized in water_____________________________ 90
Number added to the Church__________________________ 110
New churches organized_________ 2
Number homes visited________________________________ 206
Miles traveled (approximately)__________ 25,400
I attended one Ministers’ Convention in Tennessee, and two state con
ventions—Missouri and Arkansas.
Conducted
twelve revivals—Anthony Hill, Tenn.; Sioux Falls, S. Dak.;
Hazen,
N. Dak.; El Dorado, Kansas; assisted Brother Kent in a Biblical
Wonder
Campaign in Macon, Georgia, El Paso, Texas; Carlsbad, N. Mex.;
Post,
Texas; Dallas, Texas; CookviUe, Texas; Palacios, Texas; Charleston,
Missouri; Hayti, Missouri .
Visited the following churches enroute to revivals — Memphis, Tenn.;

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Pittsburg, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; Omaha, Neb.; Bismarck, N. Dak.;
Emporia, Kansas; Huntsville, Ala.; West Huntsville, Ala.; Union Grove,
Miss.; Pittsburg, Kansas, again; Ft. Scott, Kansas; Sikeston, Mo.; Columbus,
Ga.; Jackson, Miss.; Dallas, Texas; Ft. Worth, Texas; Sweetwater, Texas;
Roswell,
N. M.; Elida, N. M.; Portales, N. M.; Clovis, N. M.; Melrose,
N. M.; Sudan, Texas; Borger, Texas; Ranger, Texas; Maud, Texas; Bay
City,
Texas; Cloverleaf, Houston, Texas; Gladewater, Texas; Sikeston, Mo.,
again; Fredericktown, Mo.; Bertrand, Mo.
Conducted and assisted in radio broadcasts where states took a hand and
made such advertising possible. There were wonderful visible results where
the state overseers came to our rescue with money from the missionary
treasury to help in this type of advertising. We had radio programs, or
spot announcements in the following revivals: Sioux Falls, S. Dak.; El
Dorado,
Kansas; Macon, Ga.; El Paso, Texas; Charleston, Missouri.
In most of our revivals, we carried on full-scale Biblical Wonder Cam
paigns, showing three to four films in each revival, dropped literature
from the airplanes, and did anything we could to attract attention to
the revivals. We had two very successful air demonstration programs at
the airports of Caruthersville and Sikeston, Mo. In the one at Sikeston,
there was estimated to be 500 people in attendance. These programs cer
tainly arrested attention and caused people to see the Church.
In each of these revivals, I boosted each auxiliary of the Church, as
well as each of the Church publications.
Respectfully
submitted,
A. J. CREEL
General Evangelist
3:33 p.m.—Report of C. P. M. A. Membership and Finance, M. A. Tom
linson.
The report was accepted as read by the Assembly.
Church
of Prophecy Marker Association
Membership
and Financial Report
C. P. M. A. MEMBERSHIP BY STATES
State
Alabama_________
Arizona__________
Arkansas ________
Bahamas _________
California
________
Canada_________
Colorado _________
Connecticut .............
Cuba ___________
Delaware ________
District
of Columbia.
Dominican
Republic
East Texas ______
Florida __________
Council
Members
__248
__ 3
_ 118
__ 5
__129
__ 13
_ 6
__ 3
__ 1
__ 7
__ 25
__ 3
__ 211
__433
Monthly
Members
0
0
0
.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
13

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Georgia________________________________________665
Idaho ,________________________________________11
Illinois___________________________________,_____ 51
Indiana__________________________________________93
Iowa__________________________._______________33
Jamaica__________________________________ 2
Kansas _____!__________________________________45
Kentucky ____!__________________________________314
Louisiana________________________________________37
Maryland________________________________________52
Michigan_____________<_________________________86
Minnesota_______________________________________30
Mississippi______________.__:____________________241
Missouri _________._____________________________94
Montana_________________________________________20
Nebraska________________________________________16
New Jersey__________________________,__________ 7
New Mexico________ 63
New York__________,__________________________26
North Carolina___________________________________913
North Dakota_____________________________________57
Ohio____________________________________________107
Oklahoma_______________________________________179
Oregon__________________________________________27
Pennsylvania____________________________________101
South Carolina___________________________ 330
South Dakota ____________-___________________53
Tennessee_______________________________________650
Vermont_______________________________________ 2
Virginia________ 466
Virgin Islands___________________________________
Washington______________________________________42
West Texas___________________________________ 40
West Virginia____________________________________67
Wisconsin_____________________________________ 28
Wyoming _________:_____.______________j________54
Total____________________________;__________6,248
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
6
2
0
0
0
0
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
8
48
STATE CONVENTION C. P. M. A. OFFERINGS
Alabama__________,__________________________$1,815.20
30.82
________ 206.51
7.85
205.fiO
20.32
.................. 269.55
_______ 87.65
662.37
408.95
257.32
111.85
121.18
Minnesota __ 62.73

Missouri _____________________________________„ 456.01
Nebraska____________________________________ 61.83
New Mexico_______________;__________________78.76
New York_________________________________ 1.50
North Carolina____________________________,___ 427.13
North Dakota_________________________________ 254.10
Oklahoma____________________________________ 633.70
Oregon______________________________________ 185.00
Pennsylvania____________________________________145.56
South Carolina _______:________________________ 72.03
South Dakota_________________________________ 474.82
Tennessee__________________ 451.21
Virginia___________________________________!__ 311.04
Virgin Islands________________________________ 51.23
Washington__________________ 210.44
West Texas___________________________________ 296.68
West Virginia________________________________ 425.56
Wisconsin_____________________________________ 256.49
Wyoming_____________________________________ 122.13
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Total_____________________________________$9,183.12
C. P. M. A. FINANCIAL REPORT
Cash on hand August 31, 1951....................$ 7,887.03
Cash received this year_______________ 48,977.08
Total Cash__________________________ $56,864.11
Cash paid out this year_______________ 40,312.17
Cash on hand August 31, 1952__________ $16,551.94
The General Overseer stated that a number of the states failed to raise
C. P. M. A. offerings for their conventions. He said that he hoped every
state would have a state convention C. P. M. A. offering another year.
The same C. P. M. A. committee was retained for another year, and
two
members were added. The members of the committee are: M. A.
Tomlinson,
G. R. Kent, L. S. Rhodes, C. T. Davidson, J. R. Kinser.
3:42 p.m.—Report of Committee No. 2, Watchmen.
The
report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Watchmen Committee Report
We, your Watchmen Committee, after prayer and careful watching
throughout this great Assembly, wish to submit the following report:
We have been confronted with several problems among our own Church
people
and have been able to get some things worked out. We are sorry
to have to report that children of our own church people have caused
disturbance at different times in the balcony of the tabernacle. We would
like to have better co-operation from parents concerning these things,
as certain actions of our young people would lead to reproach to the
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Humbly submitted,
W. A. NEWSOM
J. V. JOHNSON
T. J. LOWE
L.
E. SILVERS
PAUL GARRETT
J. W. DEADRICK
R. W. COWART
3:44 p.m.—The General Overseer read the dates of the ministers con
ventions,
also the schedule for the headquarters workers attending these
conventions.
3:58 p.m.—Song by Brother and Sister Arthur Woodruff, “I’ve Just
Heard From Heaven.” Charles Batson sang, “Just Jesus and Me.” Brother
and Sister Everett Higdon sang, “Far Above the Starry Skies.”
4:12 p.m.—Brother Grady R. Kent spoke briefly concerning the evan
gelistic work. He stated that we want to get better organized and do
greater evangelistic work than ever. He said he believed we have min
isters and workers on the field who can put the program over. He urged
the people to have confidence in the program and expressed his willing
ness to assist in any way possible.
4:15 p.m.—Brother H. L. Butts and wife sang, “Daughters of Jerusalem.”
4:18 p.m.—Report of Committee No. 4, Ways and Means.
The report was read by Brother Moss and after some discussion con
cerning the expense of pastors of large churches, the report was amended
to include this proposed expense and it was accepted by the Assembly in
regular order.
Ways and Means Committee Report
To
the 47th Annual Assembly—Greetings:
We, your Ways and Means Committee, beg leave to report as follows:
1. We recommend that the Emergency Fund be continued and that each
member pay $1.00 to the fund each year; and that the present system of
collecting
these emergency dollars be continued as practiced last year.
2. We recommend that the plan of each member giving a love offering
each
month to increase the fourth Sunday offering for the State Overseer
be continued as practiced last year, and that the pastors and band lead
ers see to it that this plan be carried out in all churches one hundred per
cent.
3. We recommend that all V. L. B., S. S., Mission, C. P. M. A., White
Wing
Publishing House and B. T. C. tithes be placed in the General Tithes
Fund and that the allotments of the Editor and Publisher, Assistant Pub
lisher and Business Manager, Assistant Editor, the General Overseer’s
private secretary, the General Treasurer, Field Secretary No. 1, Field
Secretary No. 2, the General A. B. M. and S. O. P. A. Secretary, the Gen
eral Sunday School Secretary, the General V. L. B. Secretary, the Gen
eral W. M. B. Secretary, the General C. P. M. A. Secretary, the Foreign
Missionary
Secretary, the Foreign Language Secretary, the General B. T. C.
Superintendent, and the General Evangelistic Group Leaders be paid out
of this fund. The allotments are as follows:
We
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senger be paid $5,000 per year and incidental expenses; Assistant Pub
lisher and Business Manager, $325 per month; the General Overseer’s private
secretary, $300 per month; the General Treasurer, $325 per month and
incidental expenses; Assistant Editor, Field Secretary No. 1, Field Sec
retary No. 2, General A. B. M. and S. O. P. A. Secretary, General Sun
day School Secretary, General V. L. B. Secretary, General W. M. B. Sec
retary, General C. P. M. A. Secretary, Foreign Missionary Secretary,
Foreign Language Secretary, General B. T. C. Superintendent, the Super
intendent of the Orphanage, and the General Evangelistic Group Leaders
be paid $300 per month each and incidental expenses. All of the above
allotments are to be paid if the funds are available.
4. We give praise and thanks to God for the mighty annual address de
livered by our General Overseer on Friday of this Assembly.
5. We recommend that the overseers of states and territories receive a
substantial amount if funds are available for their service, said amount
not to exceed $300 per month and expenses. Any amount above $300
per month and expenses received each month by the state and territorial
overseers from the tithes of the local churches, we recommend that ten
per cent of the same be sent to the state treasurer each month to boost
the fund for the auxiliary secretaries; the remaining ninety per cent be
divided equally, sending half to the state treasurer to be placed in the
Home Mission Fund and half to Headquarters Treasurer monthly. This
does not include offerings and poundings received by the overseer.
6. In regard to the surplus tithes in the local churches, we recommend
that ten per cent be used to assist in paying the pastor’s expenses in the
ministry; this ten per cent to be taken from each month’s surplus tithes.
We further recommend that ten per cent of the amount of surplus tithes
left in the local church treasury at the end of the year be sent to the
state treasurer for the support of the state secretaries. The remaining
ninety per cent be divided equally, forty-five per cent to Headquarters
Treasurer and forty-five per cent to the state treasurer to be disbursed
by the State Overseer and Home Mission Board to help pastors of weaker
churches.
7. We recommend that ten per cent of the tithes received each month
by the local church treasurer be sent with his report to General Head
quarters Treasurer and that the same amount be sent to the state over
seer.
8. We recommend that the pastor receive an amount not to exceed $300
per month out of the tithes of the local church after headquarters and
the state overseer have received their portion, if funds are available.
This does not include offerings and poundings received by the pastor.
9. We recommend that all ministers and churches observe the ruling of
the Assembly with reference to the use of the tithe money which is: “The
tithes are for the support of the ministry only.”
10.
We recommend that all Sunday School offerings be tithed and this
be turned over to the local church treasurer to be sent with his report
to' headquarters on the last day of each month and that the same amount
be sent to the state treasurer for the support of the state auxiliary sec
retaries.
11. We recommend that each and every state overseer see to it that
all state convention offerings raised in his state be executed exactly as
set forth by the rulings of the Assembly, and to be treated only as author
ized by the Assembly.
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held for the state conventions and Assembly the same as the W. M. B.
and V. L. B. offerings; ten per cent of these offerings to be sent to head
quarters and the same amount to be sent to the state treasurer to assist
in
the support of the state auxiliary secretaries. (The local church is not
supposed
to take out the ten per cent for headquarters and the same
amount for the state treasurer. This is taken care of after the offerings
are turned in at the state convention and Assembly.)
13. We recommend that the Chairman of the Ministerial Aid Commit
tee be paid from the Ministerial Aid Fund and the Tithes Fund, the
amount to be decided by the Ministerial Aid Committee.
14. We recommend that convention offerings in foreign fields be divided
in the same manner that the convention offerings in this country are di
vided and that the Foreign Mission Committee be authorized to deduct
the amount belonging to headquarters from the overseer’s allotments.
15. We recommend that all give perfect co-operation to our faithful
General Overseer in putting into practice all the rulings of the Assembly.
Respectfully submitted,
S. O. GILLASPIE
W. M. LOWMAN
G. C. DECKER
Z. R. YOUNG
ALVIN S. MOSS
4:52 p.m.—Song by Brother and Sister Ray, “This Wonderful Gift From
Above.”
4:55 p.m.—The congregation stood and prayed in concert in behalf of
those
for whom requests were made.
5:00 p.m.—Adoption of Minutes and instructing local churches to con
sider,
endorse and ratify the business acts of the Assembly. The Assembly
agreed to accept the Minutes as prepared by the clerks.
5:02 p.m.—Charles Batson led the congregation in singing, “Jesus Hold
My Hand,” accompanied by the Louisville and Miami Bands. The audi
ence stood and clapped their hands, waved handkerchiefs and shook hands
with one another. All raised their hands at the close of the song and praised
the Lord.
5:05 p.m.—The General Overseer stated that the business part of the
Assembly
is closed.
5:07 p.m.—The service was adjourned by all praying in concert.
6:00 p.m.—Program of music, songs and testimonies by the Miami Band.
6:30 p.m.—The song service was led by Hubert Vickers, with Jenna Lee
Spivey
at the piano and Willystene Calfee at the organ. Brother C. G.
Herring offered prayer while the congregation stood in holy reverence be
fore the Lord.
6:40 p.m.—Song by one of the Soul Survivors, “I Know I’ve Been Con
verted.” The Florida Trio sang, “Take a Moment and Live.”
6:50 p.m.—“The World Must Be Evangelized,” message by James Staggs.
The
speaker stated that our Christ commanded that we go into all the
world and preach the gospel, and that His command must be obeyed. He
showed
how Jesus carried the message when He was on earth by going
to the next towns, and now it is necessary for us to go to the next city
and to the next town with the gospel. He made it clear that it will take
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necessary to have the power for service to do this work of witnessing to the
people about Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Following the message, special prayer was offered for Brother Staggs’
daughter who was sick.
7:30 p.m.—Testimony and praise service, in charge of Clara Reese and
Beulah Miracle. After each one had spoken a few words, they sang “Death
Shall Not Destroy My Comfort.” At the direction of Sister Clara, the
audience testified by sections. At intervals Sister Beulah sang choruses
and songs. The Holy Ghost came on the scene and Beulah played the
piano under the power and sang in other tongues. Everyone had the op
portunity of praising the Lord and giving Him honor for all of His blessings.
8:05 p.m.—Those who had been members of the Church for thirty years
or more were seated on the platform. Brother Emitt Davis spoke a few
words,
then one by one the others came by the microphone and gave
their names, told where they were from and how long they had been
members of the Church. A number of them expressed their love for the
Church and thanked the Lord for giving them the privilege of being mem
bers. There were forty-one who had been members of the Church from
thirty to forty-two years.
9:00 p.m.—Songs by Harper Hunter, Betty and the Rogers sisters, and
the Florida quartet.
9:10 p.m.—West Texas Program, assisted by Arizona and New Mexico
overseers and delegates. “We Can, Will and Must Do the Work Marked
out by the 1928 Big Business Program—Every County in our States, Every
State in the Union, Every Country in the World, and Every Island of
the Sea,” Harry Grimes in charge. A number of ministers from these
states came to the platform. Brother Grimes spoke concerning the great
need of doing the work that is outlined for these last days. He was
filled with fiery zeal to accomplish the work. Brother T. J. Lowe, over
seer of New Mexico, and Brother L. E. Silvers, overseer of Arizona, made
short talks in which they showed their interest in the work and their
determination to accomplish something for God and His Church in their
fields of labor. Brother J. E. Adams, Brother James V. Parker and Brother
B. M. Fouts spoke a few minutes each. As the group began singing, “Meet
ing in the Air,” West Texas, Arizona and New Mexico delegates rushed to the
platform from various parts of the building and joined in the singing. The
blessings
of the Lord were upon the entire group and they shouted and
rejoiced in the Lord. They formed a line and marched through the aisles
of the Tabernacle. Others joined in the march with them and the power
fell in various parts of the building. This continued until it seemed every
body
was rejoicing in. the Lord. The Miami Band broke in with fiery
music and the people clapped their hands and praised the Lord. The
Band came down to the main platform, then marched through the aisles.
This was a wonderful time of blessing from the Lord. His presence was
in the midst.
10:14 p.m.—The General Overseer spoke to thank all for their splendid
assistance and co-operation in making the 47th Annual Assembly the suc
cess that it was. He first thanked God, His Son, and the Holy Ghost. Then
the city of Cleveland, the press, the radio, clerks, registrars, ushers, com
mittees, overseers, secretaries, publishing department, speakers, musicians,
singers, camp ground attendants, altar workers, janitor, those who operated
the public address system, and everybody.
10:17 p.m.—Program by the Auxiliary Boosters Committee. This pro
gram was for the purpose of encouraging our ministers and workers to
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came greatly stirred during the Assembly. Each auxiliary program served
to stir his zeal a little more and by the time he was ready to return home,
he was filled with great zeal. When he stopped at a hotel the first night
on his way home, he began losing his zeal. By the time he made the next
stop
he was grumbling and complaining. When he arrived home his inter
est
was so low that he didn’t attend Sunday School. The pastor visited
him,
then others representing the Sunday School and various auxiliaries
visited him and worked with him until he was filled with zeal again.
10:30 p.m.—Ministers Consecration Service.
The
bishops, deacons and male evangelists were seated on the large plat
form.
The female evangelists occupied the lower platform. The Bible
Place Trio sang, “Heaven Will Be Worth It All.” At the close of the song
the female ministers prayed in concert, consecrating themselves anew to
the Lord for His service. Then the bishops, deacons and male evangelists
prayed, and at the last all joined together in a concert prayer. After
the prayers they shook hands and greeted each other. Then the entire
congregation stood and with uplifted hands they offered praise and thanks
to God for the glorious Assembly.
10:40 p.m.—Brother C. R. Payne led the congregation in singing, “God
Be with You Till We Meet Again,” accompanied by the bands.
10:50 p.m.—The closing prayers were prayed by R. C. Smith, Jamaica,
and John L. Sullivan, Michigan. Handshakes and goodbyes followed. Thus
closed the glorious 47th Annual Assembly.
M. A. TOMLINSON, General Overseer
LILLIE DUGGAR, Private Secretary
ROBERT F. WRIGHT, Chief Clerk
ASHEL
T. WAGAR, Assistant Clerk
ZELLA
CREEL, Assistant Clerk
JACQUELINE
HAWKINS, Assistant Clerk
ALLAN S. KEENAN, Assistant Clerk
NORMAN GRENZ, Assistant Clerk
The
Present Financial System of the
Church of God of Prophecy
(NOTE
TO MINISTERS AND TREASURERS. Please fill out all reports
accurately, giving names and addresses where called for and any other
information needed. Write or print plainly so it can be easily read. Be
sure all amounts shown are correct. If any further assistance in filling
out reports is needed, write J. R. Kinser, Treasurer, Box 658, Cleveland,
Tennessee.)
1. TITHES. All members should pay their tithes into the treasury of
the local church where they belong. All ministers should send the tithes
of income from the ministry with their monthly reports to headquarters,
and tithes on income outside the ministry, should be paid into the treas
ury of the local churches where they belong. The treasurer of the local
church is to send ten per cent of tithes received each month with the
treasurer’s report to J. R. Kinser, Treasurer, Box 658, Cleveland, Tennessee,
and the same amount to the State Overseer. The balance of the tithes is in
the hands of the local church and treasurer to pay the pastor for his services.
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from the tithes, if funds are available. If there is a surplus, ten per cent
is to be used to assist in paying the pastor’s expenses in the ministry, this
ten per cent to be taken from each month’s surplus tithes. Ten per cent
of the surplus tithes left in the local church treasury at the end of the
Assembly year is to be sent to the state treasurer for the support of the
state secretaries. The remaining ninety per cent to be divided equally,
forty-five per cent to headquarters treasurer and forty-five per cent to
the state treasurer to be disbursed by the state overseer and home mis
sion
board to help pastors of weak churches. State overseers are to re
ceive no more than $300 per month and expenses from the tithes of the
local churches. This does not include offerings and poundings received
by the overseer. Any amount above $300 and expenses, ten per cent of
the same is to be sent to the state treasurer each month to be placed in
the fund for the auxiliary secretaries; the remaining ninety per cent is
to be divided equally, send half to the state treasurer to be placed in the
home mission fund, and half to Headquarters Treasurer monthly. The
Assembly
has ruled that tithes are for the support of the ministry only.
Surplus tithes received by headquarters are in the hands of the General
Overseer and General Treasurer to aid overseers in states not self-support
ing.
Ten per cent of all tithes received at headquarters is to be placed
in the Ministerial Aid Fund.
2. SUNDAY SCHOOL. Ten per cent of all Sunday School offerings
should be given to the local church treasurer to send to headquarters with
his monthly report and the same amount sent to the state treasurer for the
support of the state auxiliary secretaries.
3. ORPHANAGE. All Sunday School Orphanage offerings are to be held
by the Sunday Schools and turned in at the state convention and Assembly.
Ten
per cent of the state convention orphanage offerings is to be sent
to the General Treasurer and an equal amount to the state treasurer. The
balance is sent to the General Treasurer for the support of the orphan
age. Ten per cent of the Assembly offering from each state is to be sent
to the respective state treasurer for the state secretary pool fund by the
General Treasurer.
4. EMERGENCY FUND. All ministers and members are to pay one
dollar per year into the treasury of the local churches where their mem
bership is, and the treasurer should send with his monthly report all emer
gency
dollars turned in to him that month. Ten per cent of all emergency
money
received at headquarters is to be placed in the Ministerial Aid Fund.
5. MISSION MONEY. The second Sunday Missionary offerings and
money
raised by other means are to be held in the local W. M. B. treasury
and turned in at the State Convention and Assembly. Ten per cent of the
State Convention Missionary offering is to be sent to the General Treas
urer and an equal amount to the State Treasurer. Half of the remainder
is left in the state as Home Mission money and half sent to the General
Treasurer as Foreign Mission money. All mission money collected in the
special
March and October drive is to be sent to the General Treasurer
as Foreign Mission money. All missionary offerings at the Assembly are
turned in to the General Treasurer as Foreign Mission money. Ten per
cent of the Assembly offering from each state is to be sent to the re
spective state treasurer for the state secretary pool fund by the General
Treasurer. Ten per cent of the mission money received at headquarters
is to be placed in the Ministerial Aid Fund. Ten per cent of the home
mission
money left in the state from the state convention offerings is to be
sent to headquarters to be placed in the emergency fund to assist min
isters in times of emergencies.

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6. FOURTH SUNDAY OFFERING. The fourth Sunday has been set
apart by the Assembly for every local church to take up a special of
fering for the State Overseer. This should not be overlooked or neglected.
This is also the time for the pastor or other selected person to turn over
to the treasurer the money which has been collected by the A. B. M.
leaders. After the treasurer has taken out ten per cent of these offerings
to be sent to the State Treasurer, the balance should be sent to the State
Overseer.
Do NOT send any of this fund to headquarters. In addition to
this offering every month, each local church is instructed to take a
pounding for the State Overseer once or twice a year.
7. V. L. B. OFFERINGS. Fifty-five per cent of the regular weekly
offerings is to be turned in at the state convention along with any other
Free Literature money raised in any manner. After the state convention,
these offerings should be kept in the local V. L. B. treasury until time to
send
them in for the Assembly Free Literature Offering. The remaining
forty-five per cent of the weeldy offering may be kept in the local band
for expenses. Ten per cent of all Free Literature money turned in at the
state convention should be sent to the General Treasurer and an equal
amount sent to the State Treasurer. The remaining eighty per cent is to
be sent to the General Treasurer, who was appointed Free Literature Fund
Treasurer at the 40th Annual Assembly. All Free Literature money raised
at the Assembly is to be turned over to the General Treasurer. Ten per
cent of the Assembly offering from each state is to be sent to the re
spective state treasurer for the state secretary pool fund by the General
Treasurer. Ten per cent of all Free Literature money received at head
quarters is to be placed in the Ministerial Aid Fund and the balance may
be
disbursed under the direction of the V. L. B. Free Literature Offering
Disbursement Committee appointed by the 39th Annual Assembly.
8. ASSEMBLY EXPENSE. In order to assist in taking care of the ex
pense
of the Annual Assemblies, the State Overseers are asked each year
to collect funds as noted below, and send same to the General Treasurer.
(a)
$1.00 from each minister.
(b) $1.00 from each Victory Leaders Band.
(c)
$1.00 from each Womens Missionary Band.
(d) $1.00 from each Sunday School with an average attendance of fifty
or less.
(e) $1.50 from each Sunday School with an average attendance of over
fifty but less than 100.
(f) $2.00 from each Sunday School with an average attendance of 100
or over.
9. THE CHURCH OF PROPHECY MARKER ASSOCIATION. To be
come a council member of this association will require the payment of
ten dollars at any time, which will count for the balance of that calendar
year and the next full year. After that it will require the payment of ten
dollars between the first and tenth of January of every calendar year
thereafter. To fail to pay the ten dollars as required will be cause for the
forfeiture of the position as council member.
To become a council member for six months will require the payment
of five dollars at any time which will count for the balance of that six
months and the one immediately following. The six months always count
from January to July or from July to January. After that it will require
the payment of five dollars from the first to the tenth of January and July.
To fail to pay the five dollars as required, any one will forfeit the position
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A person may become a member one month at a time by paying one
dollar. Any one paying one dollar each of ten consecutive months will be
entitled to two or more months free. Those paying in this way are counted
council members for the rest of that fiscal year after the payment of the
tenth dollar. If the first payment is made between the first and tenth of
any month it shall count only for that present month. If the first payment
is made after the tenth it will count for the balance of that month and
the one immediately following, then after that the dollar must be paid
between the first and tenth of each month thereafter. A failure to pay at
any time forfeits membership.
Send all C. P. M. A. payments to M. A. Tomlinson, General Overseer,
Bible
Place, Cleveland, Tennessee.
Ten
per cent of all C. P. M. A. funds received is sent to the treasurer of
the state and the same amount is turned over to the General Treasurer.
World Must Be Evangelized
It will take good organization and systematic methods to accomplish this
task.
God’s power is demonstrated in proportion to the unity and oneness of
His people.
The members of the early Church were all of one accord, steadfast in
the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and the multitude that believed were
of one heart and one soul, and great grace was upon them all, and mighty
results followed as a consequence of their perfect unity and careful organ
ization.
We must banish from our minds the thoughts of individual or local inde
pendence and haphazard spasmodic efforts.
Pull together, pull at once, pull steadily all the time is the road to success.
All
members should be ready to center their minds and prayers on the
one
thing as a unit when calls for special prayer are made. Each one
should
feel his or her part of the responsibility, remembering that when
one member fails it cripples or dwarfs the body until the matter pending
may fail.
Instructions—Local Church Officers
1. Pastor when possible. It is necessary always to have some one select
ed as leader of the flock. It is the duty of the overseer of the state or
province to see that every local church in his territory has a pastor or
leader.
2. Clerk for every local church. It is the duty of the clerk to keep a
close and careful record of the business and work of the Church, make a
record and give date of organization, record the name and date of every
one
that joins, the name and date of every one excluded and for what
cause. Keep a record of deaths, giving date of same.
Clerks should be selected at the last business meeting before each An
nual Assembly to serve one year. Same one may be continued from year
to year if desired. A man or woman can serve in this capacity. Care should
be taken to select one that can write and compose well.

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The selection should be made by mutual agreement. Talk the matter
over lovingly and carefully and finally all agree upon one who is able and
willing to serve.
3. Treasurer for every local church. If the church has more than one
deacon
it is their duty to select one of their number to act as treasurer,
and if there is only one deacon, he is treasurer by virtue of his office. If
there are no deacons, a treasurer can be selected in like manner as the clerk.
NOTE—This is not meant for an ironclad rule. A man not a deacon, or
a woman may serve as treasurer.
It is advised that one person serve as both clerk and treasurer when it
is convenient and satisfactory to the local church.
Each pastor, with the assistance of the deacons, if the church has dea
cons, should divide his members into bands of ten or twelve in each band
and a leader over each band selected. The bands might be called prayer
bands and each leader should keep in close touch with every member of
his band like a Sunday School teacher her pupils. If any should move,
the band leaders should keep in touch with them in person, then communi
cation
should be kept up by correspondence. All of this is for the mutual
spiritual, temporal and social benefit of the members. The pastor should
keep in close touch with the band leaders and all the work.
Meetings for business should be held regularly every three months, or
four each year. In case of special demand for it a meeting may be called
any time by the pastor, leader or overseer of the state. If necessary a short
business session can be held at the beginning or close of a meeting for
worship.
It is suggested that where practicable in a locality the first Monday
night in January, April, July and October, be observed by all local churches
for their regular quarterly meetings, so as to conserve uniformity and con
certed action.
The pastor should act as a moderator of all business meetings. In case
there is no pastor the overseer of the state has authority to act or appoint
some one to preside. The leader should never act as moderator except
authorized specifically by the overseer of the state. Where one pastor
has the care of several churches he can arrange the time for his business
meetings
to suit his convenience.
Attendance
Every member, both men and women, should take an interest in and
make it a point to attend every business session if possible.
Arrangement
Moderator, Clerk and Treasurer should occupy seats on the platform.
Deacons and other ministers near by on either side or close in front of the
platform.
Order of Business
(This order is only a suggestion and not meant for an ironclad rule.) ‘
Song service by all. Prayer by some one whom the moderator may call.
Short Scripture lesson, and prayer by the moderator, asking for wisdom
and
direction. Song.

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Clerk read minutes of last regular meeting, also of call meetings, if there
have been any held.
Correction of minutes if any.
Treasurer give his report of finances. He should always give an itemized
statement of receipts and disbursements and remainder in treasury.
Leader
of W, M. B. give her report of the work of the band, including
finances
—receipts and disbursements.
Superintendent of the V. L. B. give report of the work and progress of
the band including finances—receipts and disbursements.
Pastor give report of the A. B. M. and S. O. P..A. work done, amount of
money raised each month, number of strays found and brought back (Luke
15:4-6) and give account of every member of his flock. (Heb. 13:17.)
Report of C. P. M. A. representative or pastor—number of members
and receipts.
Report of White Wing Worker.
Reception
of transferred members.
Members
to transfer if any.
Unfinished business left over from last meeting.
New
business.
Miscellaneous
business.
Adjournment by prayer.
In
these meetings matters should be discussed with love, humility and
meekness. No votes should be taken to decide questions. Everything
should be done with one accord and questions settled by mutual agree
ment. If there is division on a matter hold it over until all can agree. If
one
should seem obstinate and contrary, don’t run the matter over him, but
take up his case and investigate the cause of his obstinacy and if he shows
the good spirit so that he should be heard, then show him courtesy. But if
he proves to be wrong then deal with him as the Bible directs. After this
is all done take up the original subject and dispose of it in harmony and
love.
In case of matters that the local church cannot settle satisfactorily they
should
call the assistance of the state overseer; if they are still not able
to reach a satisfactory conclusion, it should be referred to the General
Overseer.
In these business meetings women are to take no open active part in
discussing
or deciding questions, but should always be there and silently
pray God to give wisdom and direct the men and show forth God’s glory in
being the glory of the men.
No one should give a message in tongues to the Church unless there is
an interpreter present and then only one at a time and not more than three
in a whole session.
Advice to Members
As a member you count one and should attend every regular service
as far as possible. Remember no one can fill your place and the service
will be that much dwarfed and crippled without your presence.
Show your love and fellowship to every one without partiality. Don’t
wait for others to greet you, but you greet them.
Show special courtesy to strangers who may chance to fall in with you
in your meetings.

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As a rule take part in the singing.
Be ready for vocal prayer when called on or prompted by the Spirit.
Be ready for testimony when such is in order.
Stand by your pastor or appointed leader and assist him in every way
you can.
Always pray silently for the preacher while he delivers the message.
Always live a good straight life at home and abroad so no one can
justly think or speak of you as a hypocrite.
Guard your conversation. Be careful what you say about a brother, sis
ter or anyone.
Don’t be a critic and try to find something in others to criticize.
Examine yourself occasionally and see if you are in the faith.
Don’t yield to discouragement or despondency.
Be
cheerful and happy and try to make others the same.
Spend as much time as you can in secret prayer. Give yourself all you
can
to intercessory prayer.
Your dress should be with moderation, neat and clean, but not for show.
You should never wear gold for ornament, or decoration. Finger .rings,
bracelets, ear-rings, necklaces, lockets, and large showy pins are unbecom
ing
for a saint of God.
Always tithe your income and put it in the church treasury. Make free
will offerings besides your tithes.
Younger members should not keep company or associate too intimately
with worldly outsiders.
Members
should never marry sinners. Great care should be taken, with
much
prayer and careful consideration, regarding matrimony.
A member who may have a living companion should not marry another
under any circumstances even if divorced. Neither should a member marry
anyone who has a living companion although such person may be divorced.
Remember
These are the last days and perilous times have come so it will require
much watchfulness and humble prayer on your part to so live and act
that you will never bring reproach on the worthy name of Christ and his
Church that you so much love.
Never form too close an intimacy with the opposite sex even if they are
brothers and sisters in the Lord. Give no place to the adversary. Abstain
from
the very appearance of evil.
These
kindly instructions and advices are given by those who are watch
ing for your soul as they that must give an account, (Heb. 13:17) and
it is hoped they will be received with the same meek gentle spirit in which
they are given.
That every member and especially every minister, should be a “paid up”
subscriber and an earnest worker for our church paper—The White Wing
Messenger.
Duties of State Overseer
Each overseer is to have the oversight of his state or territory and as
much as possible conduct or order a general evangelistic campaign over
his
state during the year. To see that every church is supplied with a
pastor as much as lies in his power.

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To divide his state or territory into districts and place over each dis
trict an overseer as previously instructed and practiced. This is not an
ironclad rule, but it is considered best when there are sufficient churches
in the state to make it practicable.
To order or conduct district meetings at intervals during the year for
the mutual benefit and help of all. Special instructions concerning the
Church work should be given at these district meetings.
To hold one state convention each year in some part of the state most
convenient for members from all the churches to attend.
To secure the names and addresses of every Bishop, Deacon and Evan
gelist located in his state and keep record of same, so he can report to the
General Overseer, if needed.
To
secure the location of every church in the state and keep a record
of same, so as to report this also to the General Overseer, if needed.
To visit every district and church if possible and look after the interests
in every way as a pastor over a large circuit.
When a new organization is effected anywhere in the state information
should
be sent to the Overseer of that state, who should make a record of
the same, giving date of same, names of officers, etc.
Each Overseer should be able to know at any time the name and ad
dress of every minister located in his state. He should also know the
number of members in his state, keeping a record of the increase as well
as the decrease, so information can be obtained each year as to the total
membership. This can be done by keeping in touch with the clerks of the
churches.
Every minister and every clerk should take an interest in imparting this
information to the overseer of their state.
In co-operation with the General Overseer they will form the Presbytery
in their respective states.
Duties of District Overseer
To moderate business conferences for women preachers who may be
acting as pastors, and men who may not be licensed if they are taking care
of
churches in his district.
To do evangelistic work in his district if he has time. If he has a dis
trict with no churches it is his duty to evangelize and organize churches.
For convenience it is often thought best for a pastor of a strong church
in the district to be selected as district overseer so the church can serve
as
a means of his support.
The
district overseers are to be appointed by the state overseers, there
fore, they are subject to the state overseers.
Obligation For Membership In The
Church of God of Prophecy
Will you sincerely promise in the presence of God and these witnesses
that you will accept this Bible as the Word of God—believe and practice
its teachings rightly divided—the New Testament as your rule of faith
and practice, government and discipline, and walk in the light to the best
of your knowledge and ability?

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The minister who administers this obligation should see that every ap
plicant replies in the affirmative. In taking the obligation, applicants
should
think of it as being “a perpetual covenant that shall not be for
gotten.
”
Teachings of The Church of God
of Prophecy
The Church of God of Prophecy stands for the whole Bible rightly di
vided—The New Testament is the only rule for government and discipline
Below is given some of the teachings that are made prominent:
If Repentance—Mark 1:15; Luke 13:3; Acts 3:19.
2. Justification—Rom. 5:1-9; Titus 3:7.
3. Regeneration—Matt. 19:28; Titus 3:5.
4. Born Again—John 3:3; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 John 3:9.
5.
Sanctification Subsequent to Justification — Rom. 5:2; 1 Cor. 1:30
1 Thess. 4:3; Heb. 13:12; 1 John 1:9.
6. Holiness—Luke 1:74, 75; 1 Thess. 4:7; Heb. 12:14.
7. Water Baptism—Matt. 28:19; Mark 1:8-10; John 3:22, 23; Acts 8:12,
36-38; 10:47, 48; 16:33; 19:3-5.
8. - Baptism with the Holy Ghost Subsequent to Cleansing, the Endue-
ment of Power for Service—Matt. 3:11; Luke 24:49-53; Acts 1:4-8.
9. The Speaking in Tongues as the evidence of the Baptism with the
Holy Ghost—John 15:26; Acts 2:4; 10:44-46; 19:6.
10. The Full Restoration of the Gifts to the Church—1 Cor. 12:1, 7-10, 28,
31; 1 Cor. 14:1.
11.
Signs following Believers—Mark 16:17-20; Rom. 15:18, 19; Heb. 2:4.
12. Fruit of the Spirit—Rom. 6:22; Gal. 5:22, 23; Eph. 5:9; Phil. 1:11.
13. Divine Healing Provided for All in the Atonement—Psa. 103:3; Isa.
53:4, 5; Matt. 8:17; James 5:14-16; 1 Peter 2:24.
14. The Lord’s Supper—Luke 22:17-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-33.
15. Washing the Saints’ Feet—John 13:4-17; 1 Tim. 5:10.
16. Tithing and Giving—Gen. 14:18-20; 28:20-22; Mai. 3:10; Matt. 23:23;
Luke 11:42; 1 Cor. 16:2; 2 Cor. 9:6-9; Heb. 7:1-21.
17. Restitution Where Possible—Matt. 3:8; Luke 19:8, 9; Rom. 13:8.
18. Premillennial Second Coming of Jesus:
First: To resurrect the dead saints and to catch away the living saints
to meet Him in the air—Matt. 24:27, 28; 1 Cor. 15:51, 52; 1 Thess. 4:15-17.
Second: To reign on earth a thousand years—Zech. 14:4, 5; Luke 1:32;
1 Thess. 4:14; 2 Thess. 1:7-10; Jude 14, 15; Rev. 5:10; 19:11-21; 20:4-6.
19. Resurrection—Isa. 26:19; Dan. 12:2; John 5:28, 29; Acts 24:15; Rev.
20:5, 6.
20. Eternal Life for the Righteous—Matt. 25:46; Luke 18:30; John 10:28;
Rom. 6:22; 1 John 5:11-13.
21. Eternal Punishment for the Wicked. No Liberation nor Annihilation
—Matt. 25:41-46; Mark 3:29; 2 Thess. 1:8, 9; Rev. 20:10-15; 21:8.
22. Total Abstinence from All Liquor or Strong Drinks—Prov. 20:1;

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7,3:29-32; Isa. 28:7; 1 Cor. 5:11; 6:10; Gal. 5:21.
23. Against the Use of Tobacco in Any Form, Opium, Morphine, etc.—
Isa. 55:2; 1 Cor. 10:31, 32; 2 Cor. 7:1; Eph. 5:3-8; James 1:21.
24. Meats and drinks—Rom. 14:2, 3, 17; 1 Cor. 8:8; 1 Tim. 4:1-5.
25. The Sabbath—Hosea 2:11; Rom. 13:1, 2; Rom. 14:5, 6; Col. 2:16, 17.
26. Against members wearing gold for ornament or decoration such as
Tnger
rings, bracelets, earrings, lockets, etc.—Isa. 55:2; 1 Peter 3:3; 1 John
2:16.
27. Against members belonging to lodges—Matt. 5:34; John 18:20; 2 Cor.
5:14-17; James 5:12.
28. Against members swearing—Matt. 5:34; James 5:12.
29. Against the Divorce and Remarriage Evil—Matt. 5:32; Matt. 19:3-
12; Mark 10:12; Luke 16:18; Rom. 7:2, 3; 1 Cor. 5:1-5, 13; 1 Cor. 6:9, 13,
16-18; 1 Cor. 7:2, 10, 11; Rev. 2:20-22; Acts 15:28, 29; Matt. 14:3, 4.
List of Ministers
BISHOPS
Adams, James E.
Adams,
Reuben A.
Adams,
T. E.
Aites, J. F.
Akers, J. L.
Akers, William
Aldridge, W. W.
Allen,
Marvin R.
Ammons,
Edwin L.
Anderson, Albert S.
Anderson, Stafford B.
Andrews, Thomas B.
Arnold, G. E.
Atkins, George E.
Axley,
Richard L.
Baggett, Daniel O.
Bancroft, Kurtis W.
Bates,
Walter C.
Batson,
Charles W.
Beasley,
Pearlie A.
Beck,
Grover C.
Beneby,
Fred
Bennett, G. Julian
Benton, Floyd E.
Bethea, John H.
Biggers, Henry M.
Blumenthall, H. H.
Bonham,
Floyd H.
Bottorff, Fred E.
Bowser,
Hulbert O.
Boyd, Terah S.
Bradley, Thomas W.
Bradley, Trosia E.
Brewer, Joseph
Brooks,
Charles S.
Brooks,
William R.
Brown,
Joseph M.
Brown, Lebert A.
Brown, Lewis W.
Burke, Austin A.
Burns, Ii. Pierce
Burt, Martin M.
Busby, John W.
Butts, Huey Lee
Caldwell,
D. Talmadge
Caldwell,
E. Glaidwell
Caldwell,
Mack
Callahan, Aaron A.
Camacho, Juan
Campbell,
W. I.
Cantrell, Ralph G.
Cardwell,
J. E.
Carter, Jack O .
Carver, Tom R.
Chapman* Herbert Clyde
Chapman,
J. W.
Chastain, Mathie
Chatham, Jesse F.
Cobb,
Dolphus M.
Cobb, Roland
Coker, Bryce H.
Collins, Clarence W.
Colon, Carlos de Leon
Conner,
Henry Lewis
Cook, General
Cooke, Alston L.

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Cooke, Cyril S.
Cooley, Sidney A.
Cooper, Erie P.
Cooper, James R.
Costas, Paul P.
Couch, Aaron
Covey, Rudolph O.
Cowart, R. W.
Cowen, Earl
Cox, Joel
Crader, Leman
Creasy,
Donald D.
Creel,
Amos J.
Creel, Chester V.
Crenshaw, C. Louis
Crews,
Joe C.
Crossfield, Edward A.
Crowder, James H.
Cunningham, Cecil J.
Curry, Maurice S.
Curtis,
Emmanuel
Curtis, Henry
Cypret,
Cecil A.
Dalton,
George
Daniel,
James M.
Daugherty, Walter G.
Davidson,
Charles T.
Davidson, Leon
Davis
Anderson H.
Davis, Andrew W.
Davis, Emitt
Davis, Jones M.
Davis, Lew Allen
Davis,
Peter E.
Daxon, Thomas A.
Day, Roy F., Jr.
Deadrick,
D. M.
Deadrick,
Jim Willie
Dean, Thomas E.
Decker,
G. C.
Decker, Jack C.
Decker,
Tracy H.
Deleveaux,
Wilbur
Dennard, W. Cobb
Dennis, Henry H.
Dixon, Jack V.
Doss, James C.
Duggan,
Noley A.
Dunkin, Albin H.
Durham, G. W.
Durr, Charles W.
Earp, John M.
Easter, Edward M.
Edralin, Lawrence G.
Emmett,
Verlie E.
Eubanks, Cyril S.
Ferguson, Alfred E.
Ferguson, Hermis A.
Ferguson, Samuel M.
Fleming, Carroll P.
Flowers, Dewey A.
Flowers, Edgar E.
Foster, G. Dewey
Fouts, Blair M.
Fowler, E. T.
Fowler, Virgil R.
Fox, William Jerald
France, Owen W.
Freeman, Lonnie
Fritts, Lawrence A.
Fuller, Floyd F.
Funderburk, B. O.
Funk, Carl D.
Galloway,
J. Vernon
Garcia,
Victor E.
Gardner, Harvey A.
Gardner, Howard T.
Garr, D. Ernest
Garrett, R. Paul
Gentry, George M.
Gibson, Oscar
Gilbert, Elmer
Gilbert, R. M.
Gillaspie,
S. O.
Gilmore,
Alexander
Going, Albert E.
Golden, Alvin
Goins, T. W.
Goss,
Cleveland T.
Graham, Percival N.
Graham, Thophilus L.
Grant, William A.
Greenawalt, Alfred H.
Griffin, Adrian T.
Griffin, Jesse A.
Griffith, Eddie H.
Grimes,
Harry W.
Grubbs, George W.
Gullett, Med V.
Hall, James T.
Hall, Valentine E.
Hamilton,
Abraham C.
Hampton,
Ira H.
Handfield,
Simeon B.
Haney,
Adril D.
Hanna, Charles E.
Hardin, William G.
Harvey, Walter L.
Hayes, Sine
Henderson,
Jessie R.
Henderson,
Willard C.
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Herring, Charles G.
Herron, Edwin D.
Higdon,
Everett L.
Hires, J. H.
Hogan, Oluf Robb
Holcomb, D. R.
Holcomb, William C.
Holland, W. T.
Holloway,
Dewey E.
Hooker, Claudius D.
Hubbard, William M.
Hughes,
Dewey M.
Humes,
Herman
Hunter, Harper, Jr.
Hunter, Theophilus
Hutchinson, Isaac A.
Ibrahim, Ghaly
Ion,
Paul J.
Jared, T. J., Jr.
Jared, Thomas J.
Jeffrey, Roy
Jimenez, Jose Amando
Johns, D. C.
Johns, Emery S.
Johnson, Buford M.
Johnson, Jack R.
Johnson, James A.
Johnson, James V.
Johnson, Michael
Johnson, Milford J.
Johnson, Nelson W.
Johnson, Wiley A.
Jones, E. L.
Jones, L. V.
Judd, John M.
Kemp, Joseph R.
Kent, Grady R.
Ketchum, B. B.
Kinder, Charles M.
Kirkland, J. D.
Knight, Johnie W.
Knowles,
Charlie A.
Knowles,
Joseph W.
Kounnas, M. K.
Ladoo,
Joseph H.
Lafever, J. Earl
Laird, Willie P.
Lane, J. W.
Lane, L. Russell
Lawrence, John H.
Lawrence, O. N.
Lawson,
Omer C.
Lawson,
Samuel H.
Leazenby,
Leon S.
Lee, William M.
Lewis, Charles A.
Linkous, Malcolm T.
Linville, Albert J.
Linville, Kendrick
Longstreth, David E.
Looper,
John H.
Lord, Cleason D.
Louk,
Vern E.
Lowe, T. J.
Lowman, W. M.
Lynch, R. Clement
Maddox,
Thomas Roy
Malone, Sidney W.
Manning,
Chesley E.
Martin, Joe, Jr.
Martin, William E.
Matheny, Hubert F.
Mathis,
Buck
Mathis,
C. F.
Matthews, David G.
Mayhall,
Grady
McClure,
William L.
McCoy, John G.
McDearis, C. C.
McDill, James W.
McDonald, E. A.
McGee, Sebastion
McGehee, Ada
McGlothlin,
Johnnie
McKeown, A. C.
McKoy, L. N.
McLeod, Kenneth B.
McRae, James
Melvin, Archie
Miller,
Elias A.
Miracle,
John W.
Mitchell,
Arthur L.
Mixon, James W.
Moore, George W.
Morris,
Luther R.
Moss, Alvin S.
Moss, Arthur A.
Moss, Samuel B.
Moxley, H. M.
Moxley, L. A.
Mudd, Cicero
Myers, Peter W.
Naim, Daniel
Nelson, Clyde W.
Nelson, Nathan C.
Newsom, W. A.
Nichols, Ira C.
Nix, Henry G.
Ortiz, Frank
Overstreet, J. Clyde
Owen, Ralph W.
Owenby,
Lum
P.,
Jorge Ruano
P., Ramon Ruano

136 MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Palmer, James C.
Palmore, Charles P., Jr.
Parker, Thomas C.
Payne, Connie Lee
Payne, C. R.
Pearce, John
Peninger, Lee Roy
Pennington, Charles S.
Pentecost, Tom
Petty, Benjamin H.
Phillips, Walter
Phipps, Roy H.
Pinder, Sonnie O.
Pittman, Oscar
Pittman, S. Melvin
Poloski, Frank
Potts, Allen
Pressley, Peter
Price, J. D.
Price, Marion P.
Priest, J. T.
Pruitt, Jess F.
Pruitt, Raymond M.
Puckett, Richard Lee
Pulliam, E. R.
Queen, R. Wayne
Queener,
Dorian H.
Radford, Robert L.
Rains, M. Claud
Rawls,
William J.
Ray, Clifford O.
Reece, Bradley A.
Reeves, Roy
Reynolds,
Jerome D.
Rhodes, L. S.
Rich, Lawrence V.
Richardson, Eugene B.
Riley,
Jonathan A.
Robinson, Guy
Rodman, Shannon T.
Roney, Warren E.
Rowland,
Delmar F.
Roy, Dewey
Rye, Homer
Samuels,
Adonijah M.
Sartin, Clarence H.
Saunders, Randall E.
Savage,
Stewart S.
Schwandt, Roy E.
Scott, David
Scott,
Guy T.
Scotton, Ralph
Searcy, James R.
Shelton,
Clay
Shelton,
James G.
Sherrill, V. R.
Shores, Elton
Shroyer, Orlies F.
Shroyer, Owen E.
Shults, D. M.
Shupe, Posey A.
Sikes,
Lodie B.
Silvers, L. E.
Slaughter, Mikle E.
Smith,
Floyd W. B.
Smith, George P.
Smith, Hubert C.
Smith,
Obie D.
Smith, R. C.
Smith, Sampson
Smith, William B.
Smith, William J.
Smither, Charles T.
Solomon, Luther
Sowers,
Kenley M.
Spence,
J. Corbett
Stafford, Virdel B.
Staggs, James
Stanford, William R.
Stargel, G. T.
Stephens, Moses
Stockdale,
R. Wynn
Stone,
Leslie E.
Stover, Woodrow
Stubbs, John A.
Suggs, William P.
Sullins,
Alex W.
Sullivan, Evan G.
Sullivan, John L.
Summerville, A. D.
Swain, Frank R.
Sweat, Milton O.
Sweat, Rhubin D.
Talbott, Richard P.
Taylor, C. L.
Taylor, Hosea M.
Taylor, Jennings S.
Taylor,
Norman C.
Thane, Charles A.
Thomas, Don Burton
Thomas, Howard W.
Thomas,
James A.
Thomas, J. Roy
Thompson, Arthur
Thompson, J. T.
Thompson, Paul H.
Thompson, Ronald G.
Thompson, Willie R.
Thorn,
James A.
Thornton, Boyd W.
Tomlinson, M. A.
Trump, Orville W.

MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 137
Turner, Nathaniel A.
Vickers,
Hubert J.
Vines, Willie
Voss, Charles T.
Van Deventer, Fred E.
Wagar, Ashel T., Jr.
Waggett,
Aaron R.
Wallor,
George A.
Washington,
Loyal C.
Watson,
Egbert A.
Weaver, Phillip T.
Webb, Cordell C.
Webb, Wiseman W.
White,
Isaac E.
White, James L.
White,
William E.
Williams,
Alexander
Williams,
Don
Williams, George M. T.
Williams,
J. D.
Williams,
Johnnie
Williams,
John W.
Williams,
Lemuel J.
Williams,
Leo T.
Williams,
Robert L.
Willis, J. Lee
Wilson, C. A.
Wilson, George Albert
Wilson, M. E.
Wood, John W.
Woodruff,
Arthur B.
Woods, Roy D.
Worrell, George W.
Wright, J. B.
Young, Foster
Young, Zilvon R.
DEACONS
Abernathy, Ernest D.
Adams,
William T.
Alderson, W. Arlie
Allen,
Daniel
Allen,
Sam T.
Anderson, Harvin H.
Anderson, Robert S.
Anderson, Rufus A.
Ashworth, Charles E.
Austin, Charlie C.
Austin, James R.
Baccas, James
Bafford, Green
Bain,
Alfred R.
Baker, Fred O.
Baker, Hubert H.
Baptiste, Vilme Jn.
Barnette, J. Oland
Barrett, Richard M.
Baxter, John L.
Beach, John W.
Bean, Walter L.
Beasley,
J. Wilbert
Beauchamp,
Dewey L.
Bennett, Cecil S.
Bennett, William H.
Biggs, Caleb S.
Bird, Fred P.
Black,
Curtis
Blackwell,
James S.
Blake,
Phillip
Bowling, Fred E.
Briggs, Ernest
Brown,
Dexton
Brown,
Harvey E.
Brown, Luther C.
Brown, Luther E.
Brown, Marvin
Brown, Obie C.
Brown, Whit
Bryan, E. Heyward
Bryant, Alexander
Buchanan, Augustus A.
Buckley,
J. W.
Burke, Dolphus
Burris, Thomas A.
Butler, Henry A.
Butler, Johnie E.
Bynum, Calvin M.
Cabales,
Santos A.
Cargill, Henry T.
Cassell, Madison W.
Charles, John M.
Charles, Letoir Jean
Charles, Monlouis J.
Chastain, George D.
Clark, John
Clements,
S. Grady
Cobb, C. E.
Codrington, Wilfred H.
Coen, Samuel A.
Coker, James W.
Cole, Asher M.
Cook, Thomas A.
Cooper, John H.
Coquillo, Louis
Cowger, R. N.
Cox, Wesley Grady

138 MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Crews, H. M.
Crews, W. H.
Culmer, M. R.
Dames, Charles A.
Davis,
Jim
Davis, Omer F.
Davis,
Orbie
Davis, Randolph B.
Davis, Thomas L.
Daxon,
Thomas A., Jr.
Dean,
Guy H.
Dean, James A.
Dirlam, Claude S.
Donahue, William V.
Dorsett, Curtis R.
Dozier, James S.
Drummonds,
Grover C.
Duncan, Clarence E.
Duty,
Robert
Earls, Horace, Jr.
Edgecombe, George C.
Elston,
Conner J.
Engle, Hubert L.
Englebert, George W.
Evans,
J. R.
Evans, Samuel W.
Falk, Ervin A.
Fendley, William C.
Ferguson, Herbert A.
Ferguson,
Marion N.
Fisher, Gabriel
Fisher, Wilfred W.
Fitts, Arthur L.
Fleming,
Ernest L.
Fleming,
Frederic P.
Francis, Nathaniel
Franklin, Wilburn T.
Frederick, Grover C.
Frey, Albert E., Jr.
Gardner, M. Gray
Garner, Claud A.
Gass, Arthur C.
Gibbons, Fain F.
Giles, Thomas H.
Gillmer,
James T.
Goforth,
Andrew H.
Gonia, I. B.
Grant, Bernard B.
Gray, T. E. Kerr
Green,
Chester Lee
Haase,
Ernest E.
Hadden,
John Henry
Haddock,
James H.
Hagan,
William L.
Hall,
Thomas S.
Hall, Wilson B.
Hamby, Curtis
Hanson, Israel E.
Harris, Reginald A.
Harris, Taft M.
Hartless, Robert J.
Hatley, John W.
Hatton, Melvin
Hayes,
Gordon E.
Helms,
Chesley B.
Henry, Uriah
Heslop, George E.
Hill, J. Clyde
Hopkins,
Chester M.
Hoskins,
James P.
Howard, Jimmie
Hughes,
Huntley H.
Hughes,
Oscar H.
Hunter, E. Roy
Ingram, U. Leonard
James, George W.
Jared, T. J., Jr.
Jenkins Carlie Braley
JerreU, Paul L.
Johnson, Fred M.
Johnson, Herbert E.
Johnson, Kedrick L.
Johnson, Lee Pharries
Jordan, James R.
Joseph, Beniah E.
Jure, Raphael
Keeney,
C. B.
Kelley, Haley J.
Kinard, T. B.
King, Carl R.
King, George
King,
George S.
King, J. H.
Lacks, Benny L.
Lafleur, Cyrius
Lassiter, Robert L.
Latham, Joseph M.
Lavender, Walter E.
Lawson,
Raymond D.
Ledford, Robert H.
Lewin,
James
Lewis,
Reuben T.
Lord,
Harold L.
Lovell,
J. D.
Loworn, Frank
Lyle,
W. Troy
Mahaffy,
Lewis H.
Mahoney,
William A.
Malone, Roy
Massengill, Frank
Mazanec, James

MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 139
McCalla, Samuel A.
McCoubrey, James H.
McCoy, Emmitt T.
McDaniel, James I.
McElrath, John H.
McKee, J. C.
McKenzie, James A.
McLean,
Robert S.
McLeod, Allie B.
Melvin,
Thomas G.
Minns, Herbert L.
Minter, Sherman H.
Mixon, Horace L.
Moore, J. Walker
Moss, John W.
Moss, Wilfred G.
Mullins,
Henry R.
Murray, Henry E.
Muse, Andy G.
Musgrove, E. C., Jr.
Nabors,
Clymer H.
Nabors,
Harvey E.
Norris, Justin
Oglesby, Thomas
Owens,
Bunk
Owens, Edgar
Page, Jack
Parker, Bill
Parton, Thomas H.
Paschall, Ollie
Pate, J. B.
Patrick, Andy J.
Peavy, Elvie A.
Penant, Hedley
Peterson, Preston C.
Phillips, Chester R.
Pollard, Charles L.
Ponder, Raymond E.
Power, C. Hugh
Price, Bassil N.
Price, Elisha Green
Price, Maxie Lee
Pritchard, Liston D.
Proffitt, Clarence A.
Rainwater, Allen C.
Rampley, William T.
Ramsey,
Edward J.
Ray,
G. Scott
Reed, D. Homer
Reid, Ferdinand R.
Renfrow, Leslie
Revolus,
Fortune
Reynolds,
W. L.
Rhorer, Henry R.
Ricketts, Harold J.
Robbins,
Herbert V.
Roberts, Bertie C.
Roberts, Stephen
Rorrer, Guy
Rowe, Walter S.
Rowell, Barney W.
Saint Cyr, Bovil
Scott,
Robert A.
Scotton, George M.
Scotton,
Norman J.
Seratt, Jesse D.
Shannon, John
Sharrar, Robert C.
Shirley, Lewis C.
Sigler, Thomas G.
Silas, Wesley
Slay,
Sheldon M.
Sluder, Herman
Smith, L. K.
Solomon, Edgar N.
Sprinkel, William H.
Stanley, Horace B.
Stearman, Marion B.
Stockwell,
William L.
Story, Frank E.
Taylor, Nathaniel
Thomas, Cecil G.
Thomas, Leonard S.
Thomas, Richard C.
Thompson,
Wilbur B.
Trimble, John F.
Trogdon, Alexander
Tucker, John W.
Turin, Celestin
Turner, L. L.
Waden, Fletcher
Wall, Early G.
Watson, J. W.
Watts, Herbert C.
Weakley,
M. E.
Whitaker, John R.
White, Rufus L.
Wilkins, Mortimer I.
Williams, Clarence E.
Williams, Emerson
Williams, John F.
Williams,
Johnny, Jr.
Williamson,
W. Raymond
Willis, Frank R.
Willoughby,
Walter
Wilson, J. Howard
Wilson, Joseph C.
Wilson, Wavie C.
Wolfe, Raphael O.
Wood, Claud
Wooten, Chester L.
Word, Timothy

140 MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Wright, Cecil
Wright, Robert F.
Wright, Wib
Wyant, Ray M.
Wynns,
Isaiah
Young, Zane L.
MALE EVANGELISTS
Abbott, Lanzo R.
Abercrombie, William A.
Abernathy, Johnie E.
Abreu, Theodore
Acosta, Ignacio
Adams,
George D.
Adams, Rabon
Adderly,
Boston
Adeir, John T.
Adkins, Calvin R.
Adorno,
Juan P.
Aiken, Johnie E.
Aites, E. Carl
Alexander, Ernest D.
Allaway, Frank G.
Allen, Arthur, Jr.
Allen, James E.
Allen, R. Wayne
Allen,
Samuel N.
Allison, William H.
Allred, Ben C.
Altus, Cheriza
Alyse, Arnold
Anderson,
James Edward
Anderson,
Maurice H.
Anderson,
Pickney C.
Anthony, Elmer B.
Antilus, Ulysse
Antonio,
Juan
Arias,
Luis
Armenta, Ruben
Arnold,
William
Atnip,
W. Everett
Austin, Jacob L.
Ayers, Robey W.
B., Juan Hernandez
B., Martin Medina
Bafford, Joe Lean
Bailey,
Alma C.
Bailey, L. Dean
Bailey,
Ottis P.
Baker, Alexander
Baker, Gayford D.
Baker, Paul
Baldozier,
Clark H.
Baldwin, Arch J.
Ball, Walter W.
Ballard, Jay O.
Banks, Frank J.
Banton, Ben T.
Barnes, Bonnie
Barnes, Caleb M.
Barnes, Leonard E.
Barnhart, Thomas W.
Barrett, Perry
Barrios, Samuel Galindo
Barton, William G.
Bathe, Oscar A.
Baxter, Everett L.
Bazzrea,
Cleve A.
Beale, Henry J.
Bear, Richard W.
Beasley,
C. Elbert
Beasley,
Robert D.
Beaucicot,
Absalon
Beckwith, J. B.
Beecham, George W.
Beecham,
James S.
Beemer,
Harold A.
Beemer,
Vincent E.
Bell, Lloyd C.
Beneby, Israel
Bennett, U. G.
Bentley, John D.
Bethel, Daniel
Bines, Franklin
Bivens,
L. Milton
Black, Eugene P.
Black, Horace R.
Black, Owen
Blauser, James P.
Blythe, Clarence L.
Bolton,
Arthur H., Jr.
Bonaventure, Metrius
Bonds, Vernie W.
Bonham,
Amzia W.
Boone, James W.
Bounds, James W.
Bowerman,
Dewey R., Jr.
Bowser, George B.
Bowser, Robert H.
Boyce, John S.
Brackett, Bobbie E.
Brackett, C. Samuel
Brackett, John
Bradford, Sewell E.

MINUTES OF 47TH AN.NUAL ASSEMBLY 141
Bragg, Johnny H.
Braland, Orvie A.
Brammer, Thomas T.
Branscum, Thurman E.
Brantley, Alvin
Briles, Theodore R.
Brisson, Marvin C.
Brittingham, Edward C.
Broach, Oscar R.
Broadhurst, Joseph A.
Brock,
M. Earl
Brock,
Z. B.
Brome, Arindale R.
Brooks,
Atlee N.
Brooks, Kenneth W.
Brooks,
Royce Dee
Brooks,
William H.
Brown,
Martin L.
Brown, Vivian Alanda
Brown,
Will H.
Brown, Willesley
Browning, Charles E.
Browning, Charlie M.
Brumley, William
Brummitt, George W.
Bryant, Henry L.
Bryant, Jack
Bryant, Ralph E.
Buckner, Carl R.
Bullard, Andrew
Bunce,
Lawrence O.
Burdette, Marvin A., Jr.
Burdine, Archie M.
Burke, Phillip U.
Burrese, William E.
Burt, Marvin
Burton, Dock C.
Busby, Arthur B.
Bush, John B.
Butler, Marion S.
Buttram, Lee A.
Byrd, Clyde D.
Byrd, Vivian E.
Cagle, Jessie C.
Cameron,
John N.
Camilus,
Anaise
Camp, Floyd M.
Campbell,
J. Daniel
Campbell,
Sidney
Campbell,
William B.
Cannon, N. Fritz
Captain, Nicholas D.
Carpenter, Eugene L.
Carpenter, Raymond A.
Carrasco,
Porfirio
Carroll,
Frank G.
Carroll, Lee C., Jr.
Carter, Calvin
Carter, Ernest S.
Carter, Roy W.
Carver, Onas R.
Casasola,
Lauro
Castro,
Gaspar
Caudill,
Hubert
Cazil, Elvelus Jh
Chambers, Foster G.
Chapman, Millard A.
Chapman, William H.
Charles, Exavier Louis
Charles,
Merius
Chase, Walter W.
Chavis,
Freeman L.
Chavis,
William A.
Cheatham, George J.
Cheshire,
Josephus, Jr.
Clark, Arch G.
Clark, Clyde H.
Clark, E. Luther
Clark, Fred W.
Clarke, Hugh A.
Clawson, Clare L.
Clayton,
Sherman J.
Cleaver,
Autie E.
Clements,
William S.
Cline, A Lavaughn
Coalter,
Ambrose J.
Cobb, E. Vernell
Cobos, Angel J.
Cole, Robert H.
Colinet, Letellier
Colley, James F.
Collie,
Alfred L.
Collins, Charles E.
Collins, Clarence O.
Collins, Elford N., Jr.
Collins, Harold O.
Colon, Carlos
Colquitt,
John S.
Colvard,
Donald E.
Conner,
Perry E.
Connor, George
Connor, Henry L.
Constantin, Delva
Cook, David C.
Cooke, Luther L.
Cooley, Donald S.
Corbin,
Charlie U. L.
Cornett, Sam I.
Cousins, Nathan L.
Cowen, Leo
Cox, Clarence
Cox, Hudon R.

142 MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Cox, Hudson
Cox, James A.
Cox, Julias
Cox, Kenneth O.
Cox, William H.
Craig, Alpheus U.
Cranmore, R. Dwane
Craver, Edgar L.
Cravey, Kaiser
Crawford, Bernard A.
Creel,
Homer C.
Crews, Thomas
Criddle, Clayton E.
Croyle,
Raymond S.
Crutchfield,
John E.
Cummings,
Luther
Cunningham, Frank
Cunningham, Leonard E.
Curry, James S.
Curtis, Dovard B.
Daley, Chas. A.
Dames, Cleveland W.
Daugherty, John F.
Daugherty, W. Delvin
Davis, Albert E.
Davis, Alva L.
Davis, Cecil
Davis, Doffie H.
Davis, Elisha A.
Davis, H. Lee
Davis, James E.
Davis, Leonard F.
Davis, Lloyd D.
Davis, Roy L.
Davis, Wiley C.
Daw, Walter Lee
Daxon,
David
Deal, Asa C.
Dean, Hermon E.
Dean, Lucius E.
Decker, Lester T.
DeLay, Ralph C.
Demeritte, Arnold
Dennard, George M.
Deristil, Laurentil
Deromel, Romain
Desantil,
Joseph
Desir, Cadous
Dezormeau, Aspenard
Dickens, W. Morris
Diogene, Levasseur
Doran,
Verne J.
Doroshuk,
Harold
Dorvilier,
Saidel
Douglas, Charles M.
Douglas, Charles Ray
Douglas, R. Gene
Douglas, Thomas J.
Dover,
Charles R.
Downs, Robert E.
Drake, Howard E.
Drury, Homer C.
Dubois, James B.
Duclair,.
Pascal
Dudding,
O. A.
Duncan,
J. Roy
Dunford, Fred R.
Dunn,
Billy G.
Dunning,
Noah F.
Dycus, Charles W.
Eagle, James Holding
Earp, James C.
Edens, Demcy
Edgil, Thomas Jessie
Edmondson,
Donald K.
Edwards, Homer F.
Ellis,
James O.
Ellis, M. Frank
Ellis, Stephen
Elmore,
Loyd E.
Endecott,
Clayton E.
Esmond, William Cecil
Espinoza, Ponciano F.
Estep,
Dewey
Estep, Granville
Estes, J. W. Marlin
Estes, William W.
Estira, Pierre
Estrada, Fidel
Evans,
C. T. Houston
Evans,
John E.
Evans, R. Travis
Ezell, David A.
Fanbert, Septimus
Farabee, John N.
Farless, J. D.
Farmer, J. Glenn
Ferguson, Daniel
Ferguson,
Herbert E.
Ferguson,
James R.
Ferguson, Laban J.
Ferguson, Orie J.
Ferguson, Pembroke E.
Ferguson,
Thomas
Fernandez, Salvador C.
Field,
Leroy W.
Fields, Arthur E.
Fils, Chery Dennean
Finch,
Robert Lee
Finley, Rollie J.
Fisher,
Fred S.
Fiveash, Olen C.

MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Fleming, Everet
Flemmer, Adolph
Flick, Harry R.
Flippo, George C.
Flores, Leocadia Lubices
Flores, Rodolfo Casasola
Flowers, Allord S.
Flowers, Grady G.
Floyd, Cole B.
Floyd, Dannie
Forbes, Leon B.
Ford, Norris E.
Foster, Cecil A. L.
Foster, Clarence F.
Foster, Harry U.
Foster, Robert J.
Fragoza, Moncerrate Rias
Francis, Caselle A.
Francis, Harold M.
Francis, Marvin L.
Franco, Juan Antonio Ramos
Francois, Alfred
Franks, Jessie B.
Frederick, Francois
Frederick, Maxi
Frost, Barnette P.
Fuchu, Federico
Fulmer, Everett L.
Fulton, Rogers
Furber, Caroles C.
G., Jose Ma. Dominguez
Gabriel, Lereque
Gaddis,
Millard E.
Gaddy, Willie
Gaither, Grover C.
Galaviz, Antonio
Ganz,
Johnny
Garcia,
Alberto G.
Garcia, Manuel
Garcia,
R. Fernando
Gardner, Joshua V.
Gardner, Woodie S.
Gardner, Morris D.
Garr, William J. W.
Garrett, Marvin W.
Gates, Willard D.
Gaylor, Hank V.
Geneus, Rezius
George, James W.
Georges, Reginald C.
Gibson, Bruce
Gibson, Sanford F.
Gibson, W. K.
Gilileo, Carl D.
Gillis, Leon
Gilmer,
J. Lamar
Giordoni, Emilio
Giraud, Ozias
Glass, Eddie J.
Glass, Noah Bell
Goins, Lloyd P.
Goins, Paul D.
Goins, William L.
Gomez,
Otero
Gonia,
A. Winston
Gonzalez, Lucas Hernandez
Gonzalez, Senen
Gooden, Sam B.
Goodman, Ernest D.
Goodwin, Bennie F.
Gosnell, Bennie H.
Gosnell, William A.
Goss, Douglas A.
Graham, James Hardy
Graham, Newton
Graves, Oather B.
Gray, Johnnie
Gray, Truman
Gray, Willard H.
Gray, Willie
Greaves,
Simeon G.
Green, Ben M.
Green, Curtis
Green, Everett E.
Green, Walter O.
Gregory, Colie B.
Gregory, Constantine L.
Grier, Earl T.
Griffin, Bluford B.
Griffin, George H.
Griffith, Dexter W.
Grubbs, James C.
Guerrier, Dieudunord
Guillaume,
Carrie
Gumbs, Alfred W.
Gunn, Rayford
Gustove, Joseph
Guthrie, Henry H., Jr.
Guthrie, Robert L.
Guy, Morris L.
Guzman, Refugio
Hackett, Julian T.
Hagood,
Freddie W.
Ha ire, Lister H.
Hale, Milton B.
Hale, Thomas F., Jr.
Hall, A. John
Hall,
Emanuel O.
Hall, James P.
Hall,
Martin T.
Hall, Moses A.
Hall, Robert J.

144 MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Halonen, Armas I.
Halpain, Lee Roy
Hamby, George A., Jr.
Hamilton, Alex E.
Hammond,
Roy M.
Hampton, John H.
Hampton, Oliver J.
Hariey, Clifford A.
Hanna, Hurvis
Hardin, Thomas O.
Hardy, Earl H.
Hargraves, J. Marvin
Harkey, Ellison C.
Harper, John
Harriett, William B.
Harrington, Theodore B.
Harrington, Theodore B., Jr.
Harris, Arthur C.
Harris, Willie C.
Harrison, Edward H.
Hart, Bennie
Hart, Tom D.
Hartley, Prince A.
Hartman, Henry Edsel
Hartness, James W.
Hatfield, Edward
Haulbrooks, Otis J.
Hawkins, Charles G.
Hawkins, James H.
Haynes, Albert
Haywood, Floyd B«-
Hazen,
Thomas H., Jr.
Heckert, Lawrence D.
Heckert, William D.
Heflin, Fred L.
Hembree, Walter D.
Henderson,
Neais G.
Henderson,
W. T.
Henriquez,
Alberto Enrique
Henry, Delwin P.
Henry, James A.
Henry, William
Henry, Younis W.
Hensley, Kenneth P.
Henson, Charles H.
Hepburn, Joseph
Herring, William E.
Herron, George R.
Hersey, Gerald H.
Hicks, Thomas V.
Highbaugh,
Charles E.
Hodge, Joseph
Holcomb, David R.
Holcomb, J. Willie
Holden, Jesse S.
Holland, Cecil R.
Holland, J. F.
Holland, John C.
Holland, Mack
Hollaway, Theodore R.
Hollis, Willard A.
Holm, Carwin E.
Hooker, Eugene R.
Horn, Lloyd V.
Horne, Albert B.
Horne, Clarence L.
Horner, Grady V.
Horton, William H., Jr.
Hoskins,
Eddie M.
Howard, William A.
Howell,
Roland E.
Howton,
Lewis C.
Huffman, William
Hughes,
Alton J.
Hull, Dan E.
Humes, Emanuel I.
Humes,
Zack
Humphrey, Clinton O.
Hutchens, Willie
Hutchinson,
Ferdinand A.
Hutchinson, Jonathan G.
Hutchinson, John W.
Hutson,
Frank E.
Hyatt, Clifton E.
Ingraham, John C.
Jackson, Carson M.
Jackson, Thomas
Jamieson, Astley S.
Jared, Clive E.
Jefferson, Monroe
Jenkins, Jack O.
Jernigan, Allen M.
Jerome, Richard
Jeune, Ramean
Johnson, Daniel W.
Johnson, Dolly L.
Johnson, Edgar
Johnson, E. Eugene
Johnson, Jacobo
Johnson, Luther O.
Johnson, Milton
Johnson, Thomas Lee
Johnson,
Uhijah
Jolly, William E., Sr.
Jones,
Edward A.
Jones, Eugene
Jones, Grover C.
J ones, Isaac W.
Jones, J. Thurmon
Jones, Levi H.
Jones, Luther C.

MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 145
Jones, M. Corbie
Jones, Marceline N.
Jones, Melbern J.
Jones, Oscar
Jordan, John
Josa, Cledon
Joseph, Chery
Joseph, George
Joseph, Hacule
Joseph, Prudent
Jourden, James A.
Jubisson, Thermonfils
Judd, Emmett O.
Judd, Henry M.
Kay, John Lemuel
Keenan, Allan S.
Keller, Edgar C.
Kelley, William H.
Kelly,
Brazil
Kemp,
Thomas J.
Killingsworth, J. K.
Kimsey,
Don
Kinard, John H.
King, Albert
King,
John E.
King, Leslie
Kirby, Marshall D.
Kirkland, Benton L.
Klapp, Guy F.
Knowles,
Curtis M.
Koelz, Otto
Kroon,
John A.
Lafortune, Horace
Lafosse, Hermann
Lagerson,
Raymond W.
Lamb, Earl E.
Lamb, Henry J.
Lamb, Raymond E.
Lamb, William L.
Lambert, Willie B.
Lance, Ralph W.
Land, David F., Jr.
Lane, Wallace C.
Larson, Mervin N.
LaRue,
Clarence R.
Lashley, George
Laster, Harold W.
Lawley, Grady C.
Lawson,
Vernon M.
Leach,
Bobby H.
Leal, Rene Fraquiz
Ledford, Millard Lee
Lee, Albert E.
Lee, James E.
Lewin, John A.
Lewis, John M.
Lewis, Robert M.
Lewis, William H.
Lindner, Clifford C.
Lindsey,
W. L. Alexander
Llaneza, George S.
Long, Orval R.
Longin, Septimus A.
Longstreth, Daniel S.
Lopez, Charles G.
Lord, E. Homer
Louis, Jules Jean
Louis, Oldman Pierre
Lowe, Theodore J.
Lowery, Wade C.
Lowman,
J. Dudley
Lowman,
W. Elroy
Loyed, Jim Oscar
Lusch,
William O.
Lyle, Joseph E.
Lyles, John C.
Mackey, Charles I.
Magaha,
Joseph A.
Mahaffy,
Frederick P.
Majors,
Frank H.
Makar, Andrew A.
Manley,
Marvin C.
Mannon, Tilford
Manus,
James E.
Marcellus,
Fanor
Marlow, Houston
Marlowe,
Grady
Marr, Frank
Martin, Charles L.
Martin, Gladdus
Martin, Herbert D.
Martin, Leonard C.
Martin, William L.
Massey, George H.
Massingale, William D.
Mathews,
Gerald S.
May, Ernell A.
Mays, Kyle
McAllister,
Daniel R.
McBride, William B.
McCarley, William R.
McClendon, Jim
McClure, Kermet
McCoy, Lige
McCoy, Robert C.
McCullen, David H.
McDaniel, Willie P.
McDonald, Lewis
McFall, Charles

146 MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
McGee, Damous E.
McGee, George E.
McGill, Phillip E.
McGough, Mack E.
McGovern,
Henry E.
McGreger,
Aaron OB
McIntyre, J. W.
Mclver, Floyd
McKemie, Willie W.
McKenzie, Clarence C.
McKinney,
Dossie H.
McKinney,
Floyd R.
McLish, Frederick A.
McMahan,
W. L.
McMillan, Milan F.
McNabb, Jeff D.
McNally, Russell R.
McNeely, Cecil C., Jr.
Meade, Gatewood A.
Meade, Raney H.
Meador,
Alton, Jr.
Meador,
Joe A.
Meadows, Donald E.
Medders, James W., Jr.
Medlin, George E.
Messer, James H.
Michel, Joseph
Michel, Surin
Michel, Theodore
Miles, Edward C.
Miller, Charlie G.
Miller, Evert
Miller,
John F.
Miller, Joseph J.
Miller, Milton A.
Miller, Willie F.
Mills,
James W.
Mixon, John Q.
Mixon, Roy D.
Mock, Levy C.
Monace, Jules
Moncrief, George T.
Monplaisir,
Denoiis
Monroe, Charlie L.
Montgomery, Alma E.
Moon, Ben R.
Moore, Alvin
Moore, Andrew M.
Moore, Donald E.
Moore, Harry Lee
Moore, Thomas S.
Moore, William L.
Moreland,
Charles B.
Morgan, Frank N.
Morgan, James L.
Morrell,
James C.
Morrell, Melvin L.
Morris,
Carlie D.
Morris,
James V.
Morris,
Orville L. T.
Morrison,
John W.
Morvan, Dorcima
Murphree, Clyde E.
Murphy, John B.
Murphy, Kenneth P.
Murray, Arthur C.
Murray, Billy D.
Murray, Elbert L.
Murray, William J.
Muscadin,
Julien
Musial,
Martin
Myles, Charles M.
Neal,
Quentin
Nelson, Destin
Nembhard, Joscelyn A,
Neumans,
Clarence H.
New, Paul S.
Newberry, Aaron B.
Newbold,
Zach J.
Newdiger,
Oscar
Newdiger,
Oscar, Jr.
Newmans,
G. Paul
Newton,
Tommy
Nichols, Alfred R.
Nix, E. Edward
Nixon,
Ernest C.
Noe, Asa E.
Noe, R. Eugene
Noe, Pearl B.
Nunnery, William R.
O’Conner, Robert H.
Ocville, Telville
O’Dell, David W.
Oliver,
George D .
Olmstead,
Guy O.
O’Neal, Richard C.
Oost, Reubin C.
Oppert, Lawrence R.
Orr, Troy E.
Ortiz, Ramon
Orvilus,
Anastal
Osborne, John W.
Ottley, James A.
Overstreet, Judson E.
Owen, Haweda B.
Pace, Charlie A.
Padgett, William R.
Padilla, Juan B.
Page, Alton M.
Paramore, William A.
Parker, Allard
Parker, Brown D.

MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Parker, Chester L.
Parker, George
Parker, J. M.
Parker, James V.
Parr, Allston E.
Parton, Lamar
Pascua, Justino N.
Patterson, Billy
Patterson, Henry H.
Patterson, Joe
Patterson, John W.
Patterson, Minor M.
Patterson, Robert W., Jr.
Patton, James
Paul, Frederick
Paynter, Willie T.
Payton, Herman
Peak, Leroy
Pearce, James S.
Pearson, John A.
Peavy, Leumoin A.
Peek, Henry K.
Pennant, Ferdinand
Pennel, George
Pennington, Loyd I.
Pense, Vernon
Pentecost, James D.
Perez, Joe C.
Perez, Urbano Diaz
Perry, Harold L.
Peterson, Charles R.
Petty, A. Joe
Pettyjohn, William T.
Pettyjohn Woodrow W.
Phibbs, Hurley H.
Phillips, J. Frank
Phillips, Ralph R.
Phillips, William O.
Pierre, Celestin
Pierre, Lexius
Pierre, Michel
Pittman, Horace
Pittman, Leonard J.
Pitts, Ralph W.
Pless, Perry J.
Plummer, Everett L.
Pogue,
William P.
Polete, Herman E.
Pollard, L. Lewis
Pond, George B.
Poole, Aubrey L.
Pope, Arthur C.
Porter, Monte V.
Porter, William R.
Porter, William V., Jr.
Posey,
W. D.
Powell, B. H.
Powell, Thadis M.
Powers, Raymond L.
Prather, Roy L.
Pratt, Emanuel
Pratt, R. V. Lee
Pratt, Samuel A.
Pressley, Bert L.
Price, Andre
Price, Harrison E.
Priest, Herbert H.
Pruitt, Elmer C.
Puckett, W. Weems
Pulido, Martiniano Cuebas
Pursell, Henry
Purvis, Samuel S.
Puryear, Cecil H.
Pyburn, Leslie E.
Quick, William Alonzo
Quisenberry, Charles M.
R., Gustavo Rosales
Rabsatt, William E.
Raburn, Nelson W. D.
Rahming, George
Rainwater, J. R.
Ramey, Carl D.
Ramirez, Antonio M.
Ramirez, Pedro J.
Rampey, Ted
Ramsey,
Francis M.
Raney, Sam E.
Ratcliff, Douthat F.
Ravencraft, J. F.
Rector,
James R.
Redden, Charnel Don
Reid,
Archibald E.
Reid, David J.
Reid, Hezekiah
Reid, Marshall T.
Reid, W. Oma
Rejoni,
Faber
Resto, Anastio Diaz
Reyes, Ernesto C.
Reynolds,
C. F.
Reynolds,
Cyril R.
Reynolds, John B.
Rhoads, O. Burk
Rice, Paul
Rich, David D.
Richard, Carius
Richard, Theogane
Ricketson,
Leonard B.
Riggs, Charley E.
Rhinehammer, N. Ales

148 MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Risner, C. W.
Rivenbark, Bailey
Rivera, Elias Lopez
Roach, Alonzo F.
Roach, Obadiah
Roberts, Estes M.
Roberts, John E.
Roberts, Paul J.
Roberts, Richard M.
Robertson, Willis E.
Robinson,
Guy T.
Robinson, Kenneth J.
Robinson, Otto
Rogers,
James Davis
Rolle, Alphaes
Rolle, Samuel J.
Rolle, Timothy
Rose, Vincent A.
Royster, Thomas
Runnels, W. Edgar
Russell,
Henry
Russell,
William L.
Rutherford, Arvol A.
Sailem,
Sandy
Saint Cyr, Hercule
Saint Louis, Emile
Sample,
T. Franklin
Samuels,
Joseph L.
Sanders, Sanford S.
Sands,
John M.
Sanner, G. A.
Sapp, Robert C.
Satterfield, Curry
Satterfield, Harley B.
Saunders, Alaric W. U.
Saunders, Randolph
Schaad,
Earl
Scott, Harry E.
Scott, Lawrence D.
Scotton, Charles M.
Scotton,
Lee Roy
Scotton,
Marvin T.
Sedwick,
B. F.
Seratt, Otis A.
Settles, Carl C.
Sexton, W. R.
Shaw, Donald D.
Sheely,
Floyd E.
Shelton.
Elijah
Shelton,
George R.
Shepard, Willie M.
Shepherd, L. D. Verrow
Sherrill, Clayton C.
Shinn,
Alva H.
Shipley, Claude A.
Shook, Robert E.
Short, Alonzo M.
Shorts, John W.
Shroyer, Pleonard G.
Shults, Floyd D.
Sidebottom,
Warner F.
Sides, Vernil H.
Silencieux, Joseph
Siley,
Fitz Albert
Simmons,
Jake
Simons, Robert L.
Simpson,
Elihue
Simpson, John Paul
Sims, Mr. Jessie G.
Singleterry, James E.
Sisler, Robert L.
Sisum, Boone C.
Sloan, Gladios C.
Sluder, Charlie
Smith,
Bobby R.
Smith, David E.
Smith, Fitz Roye O.
Smith,
Frank W.
Smith, H. E., Jr.
Smith, Henry J.
Smith,
Hubert R.
Smith, J. Harrison
Smith, James
Smith,
Louis O.
Smith, Luther C.
Smith,
Marvin M.
Smith,
Noah B.
Smith, Sam
Smith, Sam A.
Smith,~
Sandy
Smith,
W. A.
Smith, Walter S.
Smith, William L.
Smith,
William N.
Snow, Coy W.
Snow, Hobert Lee
Snyder, Clarence S.
Soto, Antonio Ledezma
Sowell, Lewis Frank
Spainhower, John W.
Sparks, William
Speed, Frank F.
Spell, Lowron M.
Spencer, Garland H.
Spencer,
Scott A.
Spurling, Delmar L.
Stacy,
M. Lawson
Stanley, Mosko R.
Starling, Norman
Staton, Horace

MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 149
Stenmark, A. George
Stephens, Nathaniel
Stephens, Walter D.
Sterling, J. P. McCoy
Stevens, Adolpha
Stevens, Alfredo
Stevens, George, Jr.
Stevens, John L.
Stevens, Marcus
Steward,'
James J.
Stewart, Carl H.
Stewart, Hughie M.
Stone,
Clifford M.
Stone, Dallas R.
Stone, Julian L.
Stonell, John Willie
Strecheniuk, Sergie U.
Strickland, H. F.
Strickland, James W.
Strickland, Robert L., Jr.
Strilec, John E.
Stump, Robert L.
Sturgeon, James D., Sr.
Sullivan, Avery L.
Sullivan, J. P.
Sullivan, J. Russell
Sullivan, Lee J.
Sullivan, William A.
Summerall, Clifton L.
Summerville, Clyde W.
Sweat, James W.
Switzer, Wilbur F.
Sykes, Virgil J.
Symonette, Douglas E.
Tackett, Louis M.
Tarin, Pablo G.
Tarrance, David A.
Taylor, Hiram M.
Taylor, J. W.
Teal, Melvin
Tedford,
H. Wade
Tellado,
Domingo Ramos
Tew, James W.
Thomas, Jack E.
Thomas, O. Carrol
Thompson,
Arthur F.
Thompson, Ernest W.
Thompson. Jesse A.
Thompson, Warren F.
Thurston, Sam
Tijera, Ulises
Tillman, Thomas
Tittsworth, C. Allen
Torres, Jose Garcia
Totherow, Manuel M.
Townsend, Lonnie
Trammell, Edgar M.
Trammell, James C.
Trammell, James W.
Tranthem, R. Eugene
Tsma, Eristal
Tuggle, Alvin
Tugman,
Wade F.
Turner, Charles W.
Turner, Linford A.
Tynes, William A.
Uheband, Paul
Upole, Charles C.
Uris, Melchor Agundez
Urseth, Loren H.
Valentine, Johnie
Van
Deventer, E. Ellsworth
Vandever, Alvin M.
Vaughn,
Elmer L.
Vaughn, Robert J.
Vega, Ignacio
Velazquez, Anacleto
Vernon,
Horace E.
Via, Calvin H.
Vilcin, Olinma
Villard, Voltair
Vinson, R. Hardy
Volmar,
Paulmont
Waddell, Sidney P .
Wadlington,
David B.
Walker, Elmer G.
Wallace, Carl A.
Wallace, Raymond
Wallace,
S. Raeford
Wallace,
Millard T.
Wallen, Kemp W. '
Walpole, Joseph R.
Walters, Henry L.
Ward, Willie R.
Warren, William C.
Watson, James C.
Watts, Grayer H.
Waugh, Robert L.
Weakley, Eugene
Weatherford, Jadean
Weathers,
Joseph T.
Weathers,
Joseph T., Jr.
Webb, Arwood
Webb, Francis J.
Webb, John W.
Webbe, James N.
Weber, Bert R., Sr.
Weikel, Wilbert J.
Welch, Bobby G.
Welch, D. L.
Welch,
Sylvia A.

MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Weldon, William W.
Wells, Donald W.
Wells, John E.
Wells, Ralph V.
Wentz, James H.
West, Aaron W.
West, Furman F.
West, Melvin L.
Wheeler, Dewey L.
White, Henry L.
White, Olen
White, Walter F.
White, William C.
Whitman, J. Edward
Whittington, Ray
Wickline,
C. Russell
Wiggins, Everett H.
Wilkerson,
Delbert M.
Wilkerson,
Ruben N.
Williams,
Alexander, Jr.
Williams, Alphaeus
Williams,
Alton T.
Williams, C. David
Williams,
Cecil U.
Williams, Chester A.
Williams, Forrest E.'
Williams, Fred D.
Williams, John R.
Williams,
Joseph
Williams, Timothy
Williamson, Cleveland N.
Williford, Clarence B.
Willingham,
Wallace E.
Willis, Clifford
Willis, Henry L.
Wilson, C. C.
Wilson, Elson G.
Wilson, James
Wilson, M. Alva
Wimpey, Dewey C.
Winckler, Helmuth K.
Windham, Riley H.
Winfree, Elvis B.
Witter, Easton M.
Wolfgong, Lester J.
Womack,
B. Lloyd
Wood, John C.
Wood, Joe S.
Woodruff, Judson T.
Woods, Homer W.
Wright, Posey J.
Wright, T. O.
Wyant, Nelson E.
Yagar, James A.
Yelverton, Wyartt
Yoder,
Eli
York,
Nathan
Young, David E.
Zamor, Laheus
Zidor,
Josa
Zidor,
Pierre
Zink,
Robert E.
FEMALE EVANGELISTS
Adams, Mrs. Ada B.
Adams, Mrs. Doris A.
Adams, Mrs. Goldie
Adams,
Mrs. Jennie
Adams, Mrs. Opal D.
Akin, Mrs. Irene O.
Allaway,
Mrs. Lillian M.
Allen,
Miss E. Lucile
Allen,
Mrs. Jeanettie M.
Allen,
Mrs. Odessa L.
Allen, Mrs. Odessa Mae
Allen, Mrs. Silla
Ammons, Mrs. Dorothy C.
Anderson,
Miss Julia M.
Anderson,
Mrs. Loretta A.
Anderson,
Mrs. Thelma C.
Aprazin,
Miss Cecile
Aschbacher,
Mrs. Mayme L.
Bailes, Miss M. Christine
Bailes,
Mrs. Rose A.
Bailey, Mrs. Ellen Lee
Bailey,
Mrs. Rubie O.
Bain, Mrs. Idella
Bain,
Mrs. Therephine
Baker, Mrs. E. Marie
Baker, Mrs. Mary Lou
Baldwin, Mrs. Alice
Ballew,
Mrs. Grace
Banister, Mrs. Meddie P.
Barker, Mrs. Grace E.
Barnett, Mrs. Johnnie Kate
Barrett, Miss Leanora V.
Bartley, Mrs. Dona
Bates,
Mrs. Maxine L.
Baxter, Mrs. Martha Jane
Beard, Mrs. Amanda Irene
Beasley, Mrs. Geneva
Beasley, Mrs. Judith M.
Beck, Mrs. Rowena M.
Bedell,
Mrs. Effie Mae

MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 151
Beecham, Mrs. Lottie B.
Beemer, Mrs. Carolyn F.
Beers, Mrs. Goldie G.
Bell, Mrs. Yvonia J.
Beneby, Mrs. Equilla
Bennett, Mrs. Mildred C.
Bethel, Mrs. Evelyn
Bivens,
Mrs. Wilma P.
Blackerby, Mrs. Ida S.
Blanton, Mrs. Minnie E.
Bohannon, Mrs. Alga
Boone, Mrs. Allene L.
Bottorff, Mrs. A. Yvonne
Bougie,
Mrs. Emeline A.
Bowden,
Mrs. Euna
Bowden,
Mrs. Rosetta McRae
Bowman, Mrs. Ernie J.
Boyer,
Mrs. Denis
Boyles, Miss Willard H.
Brackett, Mrs. Damie M.
Bradford, Mrs. Elizabeth
Bradshaw, Mrs. Louie V.
Brassard; Mrs. Iris May
Brewer, Mrs. Lillie E.
Briles, Mrs. Carlyn E.
Brittingham, Mrs. Helen V.
Brock, Mrs. Amy Chloe
Brock, Mrs. Ruby L.
Brooks, Mrs. Arminda
Brooks,
Mrs. Hattie L.
Brooks,
Mrs. Nellie C.
Brown, Mrs. Enid E.
Brown, Mrs. Hannah E.
Brown, Mrs. Iris May
Brown, Mrs. Kathryn J.
Brown, Mrs. Laura Francis
Brown,
Mrs. Leatha L.
Brown, Mrs. Lela
Brown,
Mrs. Ruby O.
Brown, Mrs. Sofira V.
Brownlee, Mrs. Louise H.
Brumley, Mrs. Estrianna
Bryan, Mrs. Cynthia M.
Buchannon, Mrs. Miriam S.
Buie, Mrs. M. Kate
Burchett, Mrs. Leona
Burnett, Mrs. Roberta
Burris, Mrs. Irene M.
Burruss, Mrs. Carrie B.
Burt, Mrs. Marie
Butler, Miss Elsie L.
Butler, Mrs. Estelle L.
Butler, Mrs. Gladys E.
Butterfield, Mrs. Aurelia B.
Butts, Mrs. Louise
Byfield, Miss Mandeleto O.
Cabler, Mrs. Lessie
Callahan, Mrs. Polly G.
Cameron,
Miss Ethel M.
Camink, Miss Verda
Campbell,
Mrs. Harriett E.
Campbell,
Mrs. Ora Mae
Campbell,
Mrs. Vera Nell
Carpenter, Mrs. M. Beatrice
Carpenter, Mrs. Pauline N.
Carr, Mrs. Hallie H.
Carter, Mrs. Mertella C.
Carver, Mrs. Eva
Cason, Mrs. Mamie
Cates,
Mrs. Pearl
Chandler, Mrs. Mabel J.
Charles, Mrs. Alicia
Clark, Mrs. Allie
Clark, Mrs. Bertha
Clark, Mrs. Geneva B.
Clark, Mrs. Mary L.
Clark, Mrs. Roberta
Clark, Mrs. Sylvia
Clark, Mrs. Veda M.
Clay, Mrs. Gladys M.
Cleland,
Mrs. Beulah J.
Clouse, Miss E. Pauline
Codrington,
Miss Jane
Cole, Mrs. Bessie B.
Collie, Mrs. Drusilla L.
Collins, Mrs. Bettie Lee
Cook, Mrs. Lucy
Cook, Mrs. Mamie
Cooke, Mrs. Ena V.
Cooley, Mrs. Eula M.
Cooper, Mrs. Annie L.
Cooper, Mrs. Flora B.
Corlew, Mrs. Mattie
Couch, Mrs. Birtha D.
Covey, Mrs. Golda E.
Cowart,
Mrs. Mary Lou
Cowart,
Mrs. Nettie Lee
Cox, Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Cox, Mrs. Ellen
Cox, Mrs. Mary
Cox, Miss V. Fayrene
Craft, Mrs. B. Elizabeth
Crandell,
Miss Caroline L.
Craver, Mrs. Bernice I.
Craver, Mrs. Era Bee
Crawford, Mrs. Estella M.
Crenshaw,
Mrs. Nell M.
Crews,
Mrs. Rener
Crooks, Mrs. Inah
Culbertson,
Mrs. Beulah
Culmer,
Mrs. Rosanna

MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Cummings, Mrs. Hilda
Cupit,
Mrs. Mable
Cureton, Mrs. Carrie
Currithers, Miss Louise A.
Curry, Mrs. Elsie
Curry, Mrs. Lois
Curtis, Mrs. Letha
Curtis, Mrs. Miriam
Custer, Miss V. Irene
Daniels,
Miss Vivian L.
Darnell, Mrs. Eula Mae
Darnell, Mrs. Louise A.
Darty, Mrs. Mary Lorene
Daugherty, Mrs. M. Bernice
Davidson,
Mrs. Annie
Davis,
Mrs. C. Evelyn
Davis, Mrs. Daisy
Davis, Mrs. Dulcenia
Davis, Mrs. Fannie
Davis, Mrs. Ludie
Davis, Mrs. Margaret M.
Davis, Mrs. Nannie
Davis, Mrs. Rachel E.
Davis, Mrs. Sarah
Daxon,
Mrs. Ophelia E.
Deadrick,
Mrs. Dorothy
de Balbachano, Mrs. F. Lilia F.
de
Enrique, Mrs. Eulalia Diaz
de
Mendoza, Mrs. Guadalupe C.
Denegal, Mrs. Mary
de Rogue, Mrs. Anada Leal L.
Deveaux,
Mrs. Tereseta
Dillon, Mrs. Icylin S.
Dingier, Mrs. Gertrude M.
Dishman,
Mrs. Leva
Dison, Miss Mabel
Dorsett,
Mrs. Cora L.
Dorsey, Mrs. Eunice L.
Doss, Mrs. Geneva
Douglas, Mrs. Ella Mae
Douglas, Mrs. Hazel M.
Dubique,
Mrs. Anesta
Duggan, Mrs. Fannie
Duncan,
Mrs. Rosa Lee
Dunlop, Mrs. Regina King
Duvoll, Mrs. L. Della
Dwire,
Mrs. Bessie C.
Dyer, Mrs. Hazel L.
Earls, Mrs. Faye Marie
Easley,
Mrs. Velma M.
Easterling, Mrs. Edith F.
Eatherton, Mrs. Mabel M.
Edralin, Mrs. Dorothy E.
Edwards,
Miss Ivy Mae
Elliott,
Mrs. Ruth E.
Ellis, Mrs. Ova L.
Ellis, Mrs. Reecie Lee
Ellis, Mrs. Rosetta L.
Endecott, Mrs. Edythe
English,
Mrs. Ruby
Enoch, Mrs. Settie J.
Evans, Mrs. Ellen
Evans,
Mrs. L. Inez
Ferguson, Mrs. Addie A.
Ferguson, Mrs. Lillie E.
Ferguson, Mrs. Marrie E.
Ferguson, Mrs. Mary E.
Fernandez, Mrs. Otilia Ortezde
Fields, Mrs. Pearl
Filer, Mrs. Naomi
Finch, Mrs. N. Evelyn
Finley, Mrs. Estell P.
Fitts, Mrs. Dessie F.
Fleming, Mrs. A. E. Bertie
Fleming, Mrs. Julia
Flick, Mrs. Catherine M.
Flippo, Mrs. Margie
Flippo,
Mrs. Willie Lee
Flocker, Mrs. Blanche
Foreman, Mrs. Thelma L.
Forrester, Mrs. Anna Bell
Fowler,
Mrs. Evelyn
Fowler, Mrs. Mary A.
Fox, Mrs. Medora M.
Fox, Mrs. Nettie M.
Francis, Mrs. Julia D.
Franklin, Mrs. Elsie E.
Franklin, Mrs. Erma L.
Freeland, Mrs. M. Laverne
Freeman, Mrs. V. Marie
Fritts, Mrs. Edna Mae
Fyne,
Mrs. Sarah
Gafford,
Miss Alma R.
Garcia, Miss Bertha S.
Gardner, Mrs. Lillian E.
Gathers, Miss Opal A.
Gentry, Miss Ina Mae
Gentry, Mrs. Pearl M.
Gibson, Mrs. Althea E.
Gibson, Mrs. Mary L.
Gibson, Mrs. Mattie B.
Gibson, Mrs. Pearl
Gibson, Mrs. Rosa P.
Giles,
Mrs. Josie
Gillaspie, Mrs. Flora M.
Gilmer,
Mrs. Dessie G.
Giordain,
Mrs. Brigitte
Gladney,
Mrs. Clemmie P.
Glass, Mrs. Nettie E.
Goin, Mrs. Mary M.
Gohn, Mrs. Jettie L.

MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 153
Goodnight, Mrs. Rebecca J.
Goodwin,
Mrs. Neta Pearl
Gosnell,
Mrs. Bertie Pauline
Gossett,
Mrs. May
Goza, Mrs. Bertha
Graham, Mrs. Christine E.
Graham, Mrs. Lydia M.
Grant, Miss Ivy Caroline
Grant, Miss Vashti E.
Grant, Miss Zerepha A.
Grantham, Mrs. Stella
Grassi, Miss Ruby M.
Gray, Mrs. Christene B.
Green, Mrs. Julia E.
Greene, Mrs. Lula
Griffin, Mrs. M. Louise
Guin,
Mrs. Zena M.
Guire, Mrs. Lois
Gusman, Mrs. Maria R.
Guthrie, Miss M. Blanche
Hadden, Mrs. Susie M.
Hagan, Mrs. Elsie
Hall,
Mrs. Dolly L.
Hall, Mrs. Sadie Mae
Hall,
Mrs. Treatha J.
Halpain, Mrs. Shirley L.
Hamilton, Miss Thomazina
Hampton, Mrs. Mary Lou
Hancock,
Mrs. Nellie Rae
Handheld, Mrs. Ethel R.
Handheld, Mrs. Josephine
Haney, Mrs. Ionee L.
Hardin, Mrs. Dora Maye
Hardin, Mrs. Sylvia
Hardy, Mrs. Betty Ruth
Haren, Mrs. Jean
Harmon,
Mrs. Alice P.
Harper, Mrs. Floyd
Harper, Mrs. Rebecca
Harrington, Mrs. Winifred V.
Harris, Mrs. Ila Lee
Harris, Mrs. Ruby May
Harvey, Mrs. Bessie Rae
Harvey, Mrs. Flonnie
Hatheld, Mrs. Maggie M.
Haughton,
Mrs. Emeline
Hawkins, Mrs. Clara M.
Hawkins, Mrs. Shirley E.
Haycraft, Maude M.
Hayes, Mrs. Minnie E.
Haynes,
Mrs. Avie W.
Headen,
Mrs. Pecolia C.
Heath, Miss Minnie M.
Helms,
Mrs. Verla M.
Henderson,
Mrs. Barbara J,
Henderson, Mrs. Willie
Hendricks, Mrs. Esther
Hendrickson, Miss Adela
Henry, Mrs. A. Lois
Henry, Mrs. Gladys
Henry, Miss Margaret L.
Henry, Mrs. Maud
Herne, Mrs. Lurina
Herring, Mrs. Claudie E.
Herron, Mrs. Mary Lou
Heskett, Mrs. Fannie S.
Heslop, Miss Grace E.
Hester, Mrs. Sarah Ellen
Hibbitts, Mrs. Cora
Hicks, Mrs. Chloe M.
Higdon,
Mrs. Grace
Higgins, Mrs. Ketureh
Hill,
Mrs. Eva
Hill, Mrs. Fannie Mae
Hill,
Mrs. Orpha
Hill, Mrs. Princie Ella
Hindman, Mrs. Gladys G.
Hodge, Mrs. Nettie Mae
Hoffner, Mrs, Ethel A.
Holcomb, Mrs. Bertha
Holcomb, Mi's. Mamie A.
Holland,
Mrs. Berta V.
Hollingsworth, Mrs. Ella
Holmes, Mrs. Wedia
Hope, Mrs. Mildred D.
Hopkins,
Mrs. Iola E.
Hopkins,
Mrs. Ollie
Hopper, Mrs. Lydia
Horton, Mrs. Evadna H.
Howard, Mrs. Elva
Howard,
Mrs. Eula Mae
Howard, Mrs. Fidelia
Howell, Mrs. Mittie H.
Hoyte,
Mrs. Mary
Hudson, Mrs. Floy A.
Hughes, Mrs. Clyde M.
Hughes,
Mrs. Elizabeth
Hughes, Mrs. Ruby
Humes, Mrs. Eliza J.
Humphrey, Mrs. Carrie Mae
Hunter, Mrs. Letilia
Huskins,
Mrs. Rosie L.
Icalia, Mrs. Juanita
Ingram, Mrs. Maude C.
Jackson, Mrs. Jannie
Jackson, Mrs. Kathrine
Jackson, Mrs. Sula
Jacobs,
Mrs. Beulah M.
Jarrard, Mrs. Eula S.
Jenkins, Mrs. Etta Mae
Jenkins, Mrs. Nettie
Jennings, Mrs. Eula

154 MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Jennings, Mrs. F. Ursula
Jennings, Mrs. Pallie
Jernigan, Mrs. M. Jewel
Jeune, Mrs. Maxtinell
Johns, Mrs. Gladys C.
Johnson, Mrs. Emily P.
Johnson, Mrs. Euna V.
Johnson, Mrs. Florence M.
Johnson, Mrs. Geneva M.
Johnson, Mrs. Georgia D.
Johnson, Mrs. Gwendolyn V.
Johnson, Miss Helen L.
Johnson, Mrs. Laura M.
Johnson, Mrs. Mary Lou
Johnson, Mrs. Mertella
Johnson, Mrs. Mollie
Johnson, Mrs. Nannie Lou
Johnson;
Mrs. Rosie
Jones,
Mrs. Anna Bell
Jones,
Mrs. Della M.
Jones, Mrs. Hannah
Jones,
Mrs. Lizzie M.
Jones, Mrs. Mildred F.
Jones, Mrs. Treava
Jordan, Mrs. Jennie L.
Joseph,
Mrs. Christane
Joseph, Mrs. Liliane
Joyce,
Mrs. Victoria
Jubuisson, Mrs. Thermonfils
Julian, Mrs. Lucinda De
Keadle,
Miss Cora M.
Keller, Mrs. Cora
Kelley, Mrs. Pearlie
Kelly, Mrs. Anabel H.
Kendrick, Mrs. Mary E.
Key, Mrs. Pauline
Kight, Miss D. Virginia
Kinard, Mrs. Myrtle
Kinder, Mrs. Annie M.
King, Mrs. Dora
King,
Mrs. Mary M.
Knight, Miss Eunice
Knight,
Miss Margaret
Knowles,
M*s. Albertha
Kullman, Miss Audrey E.
Kyle,
Mrs. Gladys L.
Lackey, Mrs. Mattie
Ladoo, Mrs. Mariana J.
Lambert, Mrs. Mildred A.
Lance,
Mrs. Daisy D.
Lance, Mrs. T. Lois
Lane,
Mrs. Flora A.
Lane, Mrs. Maisie Orleta
Lanter, Mrs. Ann Louise
Lawrence, Mrs. Malvina
Lawson,
Mrs. Grace V.
Lawson, Miss Ruth H.
Lawton, Mrs. Jeanette W.
Lay,
Mrs. Ina A.
Leazenby, Mrs. Ellen
Ledford, Mrs. Carrie L.
Lee, Mrs. Gertrude M.
Lesniak, Mrs. B. Clara
Lester, Mrs. Goldia
Letsinger, Mrs. Alma E.
Lewin,
Mrs. Amy Elizabeth
Lewis,
Mrs. Myerle
Lewis,
Mrs. Olevia
Linam, Mrs. Ollie
Linderman, Mrs. Mae
Linkous, Mrs. Loula L.
Little, Mrs. Sallie Mae
Liwanag, Mrs. Loretta
Logsdon, Mrs. Mae
Longstreth, Mrs. Sophia H.
Looper, Mrs. Martha O.
Louk,
Mrs. Anna
Love, Mrs. Betty Lou
Lovell,
Miss Jimmye E.
Lowe, Mrs. Lela
Lowery,
Mrs. Pauline M.
Lowman,
Mrs. Buna
Loy, Mrs. Webie V.
Luck, Mrs. Rettie E.
Luster, Mrs. Julia
Mack, Mrs. Pearl P.
Mahaffey,
Mrs. Minnie C.
Mallory,
Mrs. Clemencia J.
Maney,
Mrs. Savannah G.
Manning,
Mrs. Norma L.
March,
Mrs. Princess A.
Marshall, Mrs. Daisimena
Martin, Mrs. Fannie L.
Martin, Mrs. Maude
Martin, Mrs. Miriam
Martinez,
Miss M. Eusebia
Mason, Miss Mina Faye
Matheny,
Miss Opal Jean
Mather, Miss Thelma L.
Matthew, Miss Marjorie O.
Maxfield, Mrs. Mamie M.
May, Mrs. Verdie
Maye, Miss Letitia
Mayfield, Mrs. Dovie Maie
Mayhall,
Mrs. Mary P.
Mays, Mrs. Nannie Ruth
McClure, Mrs. Jannie
McCormick, Mrs. Phoebe Y.
McCoy, Mrs. E. Odell
McDaniel, Mrs. Macy
McDonald, Miss Ethel L.
McDonald, Mrs. Rena B.

MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 155
McGaugh, Mrs. Ethel
McGehee, Mrs. Missie M.
McGill, Mrs. Lottie B.
McGinnis,
Mrs. Amanda E.
McGlothlin,
Mrs. Onaway
McGreger,
Mrs. Leona
Mclver, Mrs. Minnie
McKey, Miss Louise
McKennon,
Mrs. Eunice Lee
McKinney,
Mrs. Corine
McLarine,
Mrs. Louise
McLeod, Mrs. Maria B.
McNeil, Mrs. Martha
Metcalf,
Mrs. Edna A.
Michel, Mrs. Lurin
Miller,
Mrs. Girthree B.
Millerson,
Mrs. Martha A.
Miracle,
Mrs. Beulah E.
Miskelly,
Mrs. Hallie Christine
Mitchell,
Mrs. Marian M.
Mobley, Mrs. Madge B.
Molina,
Mrs. Iva Y. K.
Moon, Mrs. Mary
Moon, Mrs. Wynema L.
Moore, Mrs. Carmen R.
Moore, Mrs. Ethel
Moore, Mrs. Idellie
Morgan,
Mrs. Jerusha
Mortimer, Miss Alicia R.
Moss, Mrs. Annie W.
Moss, Mrs. Fannie R.
Moss,
Mrs. Lenetta B.
Moss, Mrs. Linetha Jane
Mount, Mrs. Clara T.
Moxley, Mrs. Alice V.
Mullins, Mrs. Lizzie
Mullins,
Miss Mary Louise
Mullins,
Mrs. Sophia
Murray, Mrs. May Bell
Murray, Mrs. Oma Lee
Neal, Mrs. Sybil S.
Neblett, Mrs. Lily Bell
Newdiger,
Mrs. Mary Z.
Newsome, Mrs. Opal
Newson, Mrs. Ethel I.
Nicholas, Mrs. Faye A.
Nichols, Mrs. Ethel L.
Nichols, Mrs. LaVera
Nichols, Mrs. Merline G.
Nielly,
Mrs. Gladys
Nolen, Mrs. Lillie J.
Norris,
Miss Oremise
Norris, Mrs. Sarah K.
Nunnery, Mrs. Flora
Odom, Mrs. Phenia T.
Odom, Mrs. Rena K.
Olson,
Mrs. Nora L.
O’Neal, Mrs. Ozell
Owenby,
Mrs. Minnie Mae Ree
Owens, Mrs. Villor
Paasch, Mrs. Martha M.
Paden, Mrs. Muriel L.
Palmore, Mrs. Jersey Bell
Paquinett, Miss Josie B.
Parker, Mrs. Cleo
Parker, Mrs. Opal
Parton, Mrs. Bettye June
Paschall, Mrs. Susie
Pate, Mrs. Faith Ellen
Paul, Mrs. Salome A.
Payne, Mrs. Mamie E.
Peace, Mrs. Minnie Lee
Peacock, Miss E. Elvena
Peat, Mrs. Willy
Peavy, Mrs. Katherine I.
Perez, Mrs. Belen C.
Perry, Mrs. Ruby P.
Petty, Mrs. Ruby Lee
Phillips, Mrs. Lougenia
Phillips, Mrs. Myrtle I.
Pickersgill, Miss Sylvia A.
Pittman, Mrs. Emma E.
Pittman, Mrs. Mae Bell
Platt, Mrs. Annie
Plummer, Mrs. Leola Belle
Pogue, Mrs. Maybelle
Polete,
Mrs. Margaret F.
Pollard, Mrs. Vera A.
Poole, Mrs. Maggieleen
Pope,
Mrs. Margaret Mae
Porter, Mrs. Lillie Mae
Potter, Mrs. Alice E.
Potter, Mrs. Pearl
Potts, Mrs. Vadie
Powell, Mrs. Clarice E.
Powell, Mrs. Madge
Powers, Mrs. Woody K.
Pratt, Mrs. Ellen
Pratt, Mrs. Rebecca
Pressgrove, Mrs. Martha Mae
Price, Mrs. Alma J.
Price, Mrs. Martha
Priest, Mrs. Clara E.
Priest, Mrs. Edna L.
Pritchard, Mrs. Virgie
Pruitt, Mrs. Ella M.
Pulliam, Mrs. Mamie
Pyles,
Mrs. Jessie M.
Qualls, Mrs. Dicie E.
Quarles, Mrs. Doris

MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Qui, Mrs. Doris J.
Radford, Mrs. Imogene
Rae, Mrs. Ouida Grace
Ramirez, Mrs. Trinidad H. de
Rampley, Mrs. Ila L.
Ramsey, Mrs. Mary
Randall, Mrs. Cora L.
Randolph, Mrs. Nola K.
Raney, Mrs. Daisy E.
Reece, Mrs. Vera
Reed, Mrs. Edna E.
Reed, Mrs. Emma
Reese, Mrs. Clara M.
Reid, Mrs. Myrtis
Rewis, Mrs. Ruth H.
Rhorer, Mrs. Laura E.
Rice, Mrs. Hattie E.
Rico, Mrs. Mercedes M.
Rider, Mrs. Verda
Rivers,
Mrs. Nettie L.
Roach, Mrs. Ruth
Robertson,
Miss Anna Louise
Robinson, Mrs. Edna R.
Robinson, Miss Hazel C.
Robinson, Miss Thomasina
Robles, Mrs. Petra C.
Rodneyj Miss Leticia L.
Rodriguez, Mrs. Josefa R.
Rogers, Miss Galathia V.
Rogers, Mrs. Laura
Rolle, Miss Doris
Romer, Mrs. Margaret
Ronan, Mrs. Emmeline
Roper, Mrs. Betty E.
Rubidoix,
Mrs. Bella
Russelburg,
Mrs. Ethel
Russell, Mrs. Agnes Jean
Rye, Mrs. Edna
Sadler, Miss Nellie Lee
Saint Cyr, Mrs. Bovil
Samples, Mrs. Maggie
Sanches, Mrs. Emma
Sanderson,
Mrs. Emma
Schaad,
Mrs. Lessie
Schmuck,
Miss Elizabeth M.
Scott, Mi's. Lina
Scott, Mrs. Martha J. *
Scott, Mrs. Willie Mae
Scotton, Mrs. Lucy
Searcy, Mrs. Addie
Sedwick,
Mrs. Emilee D.
Shankle, Mrs. Lola Mae
Shepherd, Mrs. Guida F.
Shirley, Mrs. Gladys M.
Shreves, Mrs. Hazel P.
Shumaker, Mrs. Thelma L.
Shupe, Mrs. Bertha L.
Sigmon, Mrs. Mary Ellen
Silencieux,
Mrs. Joseph
Simmons,
Mrs. Elsie M.
Simmons,
Mrs. Lougenia
Simmons, Mrs. Rinda
Sisco, Mrs. Pollyanna J.
Sisco, Mrs. Rebecca
Skaggs,
Mrs. Mary
Skinner, Mrs. M. Pauline
Slay,
Mi’s. Lela Ruth
Smith, Mrs. Anna Belle '
Smith, Mrs. Anna Laura
Smith, Mrs. Chlora M.
Smith,
Mrs. Dora E.
Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth
Smith, Mrs. Emmer J.
Smith, Mrs. Grace
Smith, Mrs. Louise
Smith,
Mrs. Matilda
Smith, Mrs. Olive.B.
Smith,
Mrs. Pearl J:
Snider, Mrs. Dorothy G.
Snow, Mrs. Lillian H.
Snyder, Mrs. Violet F.
Solomon, Mrs. Bessie Lee
Solomon, Mrs. M. Frances
Spears, Mrs. Elsie Mae
Spencer, Mrs. Arlene M.
Spencer, Mrs. Ruth R.
Spradlin, Mrs. Bertha M.
Spry, Mrs. Thelma M.
Spurlock, Mrs. Lydia A.
Srygler, Mrs. Alpha Jaen
Stacy,
Mrs. Ava J.
Standeford, Mrs. Jessie
Steed,
Mrs. Bertha A.
Stephens, Miss Bessie S.
Stephens, Mrs. Ethel E.
Stevens,
Miss Bertha L.
Stewart, Mrs. Dora Lee
Stewart, Mrs. Gladys
Stewart, Mrs. Vina M.
Stissel,
Mrs. Lillie Mae
Stokes, Mrs. Eva L.
Stone, Mrs. Beatrice
Stone, Mrs. Juanita
Stone, Mrs. Sultana
Story,
Mrs. Flossie E.
Strachen, Mrs. Isadora
Strickland, Mrs. Jean
Stroup, Mrs. Gurtie
Stubbs,
Mrs. Sivilda A.
Sullivan, Mrs. Augustine
Summerville,
Mrs. Hazel
Sutherland, Mrs. Ormie M.

MINUTES OF 47TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 157
Swancey, Miss Dorothy M.
Swenney, Mrs. Orene
Sylvain, Mrs. Trerese
Talley, Mrs. Rosa
Tarleton, Mrs. Lillie
Taylor, Mrs. Blanche E.
Taylor, Mrs. Carrie
Taylor, Mrs. Eunice L.
Taylor, Mrs. Irma L.
Taylor, Mrs. Valerine M.
Taylor, Mrs. Victoria
Tew,
Mrs. Callie S.
Thomas, Mrs. Maude
Thomas,
Mrs. Novella Bell
Thomas,
Miss Rosetta May
Thomason,
Mrs. A. Georgia
Thomason,
Mrs. Jessie Mae
Thompson,
Mrs. Edna M.
Thompson,
Mrs. Grace
Thompson, Mrs. Gwendoline
Thompson,
Mrs. Marie Louise
Thompson,
Mrs. Mary H.
Thompson,
Mrs. Percie
Thompson,
Mrs. Sadie
Thompson, Mrs. Virgie
Tilley, Mrs. Lila G.
Tinsley, Mrs. Edna S.
Todd, Mrs. Lillian O.
Todd, Mrs. Willie Mae
Tolbert, Nina B.
Trump, Mrs. Thelma M.
Vaden, Mrs. Nellie Gay
Vailes, Mrs. Tennie C.
Vander griff, Mrs. Mildred M.
Vanderhorst, Miss Emma
Van
Meter, Mrs. Fredrickia
Vaughn,
Mrs. Cordie Lee
Velasco, Mrs. Juana
Vick, Mrs. Cora C.
Vickers, Mrs. Betty June
Villard, Mrs. Voltair
Volmar,
Mrs. Phanie
Voluntine,
Mrs. Trudie
Waden,
Mrs. Rosie
Wadley, Mrs. Myrtle A.
Waggett,
Mrs. Betty J.
Wagner, Mrs. Maggie
Wallace, Mrs. Jannie Lee
Wallace, Mrs. Opal P.
Walser, Mrs. Mary H.
Walton, Mrs. Lillie A.
Warmington,
Miss Repha Leata
Waters,
Miss A. Elizabeth
Watson, Mrs. Esther E.
Watts, Mrs. Josephine
Weathers,
Mrs. Mamie V.
Webb, Mrs. Lena Lee
Webb, Mrs. Lillie M.
Weidner, Mrs. Edith E.
Wells, Mrs. Helen
Wells, Mrs. Vera L.
Winger, Mrs. Alice I.
West,
Mrs. Jeanetta J.
Whidden, Mrs. Susie M.
White, Mrs. Beatrice
White,
Mi's. Zilphia
Whitehouse,
Mrs. Katherine P.
Whitten, Miss W. Irene
Whyly,
Mrs. Victoria E.
Whyte, Mrs. Petrona E.
Wilkerson,
Mrs. Bonnie
Wilkerson,
Mrs. Cassie J.
Williams,
Mrs. Adelaide
Williams, Mrs. Audrey A.
Williams,
Mrs. Elizabeth R.
Williams,
Mrs. Ethel O.
Williams,
Mrs. Francena
Williams,
Mrs. Frances A.
Williams,
Mrs. Gertrude
Williams,
Mrs. Lizzie
Williams,
Mrs. Lucy
Williams, Mrs. Mary
Williams, Miss Naomi F.
Williams,
Mrs. Precious L.
Williams,
Mrs. Virginia R.
Willis, Mrs. Eva A.
Willoughby,
Mrs. Lula R.
Wilson, Mi's. Bessie A.
Wilson, Mrs. L. Eleanor
Wilson, Miss Lorna L.
Wilson,
Mrs. Naomi R.
Winbush,
Mrs. Lizzie
Winters, Mrs. Gertrude
Wise, Mrs. Rosa E.
Wolfgong, Mrs. E. Rose
Wood; Mrs. Florence G.
Wood, Mrs. Jewell
Woodard,
Mrs. Eula
Woodruff,
Mrs. Viola
Woods, Mrs. Willean A.
Worrie,
Mrs. Rosa
Worthington,
Mrs. Doris F.
Wright, Mrs. Effie Nancy
Wright, Mrs. E. Marie
Wright, Mrs. Eliza
Wright, Mrs. Viola M.
Wyant, Mrs. Effie
Wynns,
Mrs. Esther A.
Yardley, Mrs. Cleola
Yates,
Mrs. Edith N.
Yocum, Mrs. Ola A.
Young, Mrs. Vallie I.

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