Assembly Minutes 1957

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52nd Annual
of the
Church of God of
SEPTEMBER 10-16
1957
World-Wide Assembly Tabernacle
Cleveland, Tennessee
— -—
■ MINISTER’S EDITION-
Price 75c

MINUTES
52nd Annual Assembly |
of the I
Church of God o
Held in The World-Wide Annual Assembly Tabernacle j
Cleveland, Tennessee, U. S. A.
September 10-16 |
“Ye are come unto Mount Sion . . . and to an innumerable
company of angels, to the general assembly and church of
the f i r st b o r n ... and to the spirits of just men made
perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant.”
“Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place
whereon thou standest is holy ground.”
LOVE TRUTH UNITY

Table of Contents
A. B. M. and S. O. P. A. Program________________________________11
Adoption of Minutes___________________________________________149
Advice to Members____________________________________-. __.156
Bible Training Camp Program___________________________________100
Call of States, Provinces and Countries_____________________________34
Committees Appointed__________________________________________10
C. P. M. A. Program——_________________________________________15
Decisions of C. P. M. A. Committee________________________________25
Deeds for Church Property______________________________________152
Duties of District Overseer_______________________________________158
Duties of State Overseer______ 158
Financial System_____________________._______________________150
Free Literature Offering________________________________________98
Friday, September 13____________________________________________41
General Overseer’s Annual Address:
1. Introductory_______________________________________________44
2. Love—Truth—Unity________________________________________46
3. The Old Ship of Zion________________________________________49
4. Preach and Teach the Doctrine_______________________________51
5. Pep Talk to Ministers_____________________ 54
6. The Radio and Visual Departments_____________________________57
7. The White Angel Fleet______________________________________58
8. Interesting Information:
(a) Data Gathered from Ministers’ Reports_________:________- 59
(b) Number of Ministers _____________ 60
(c) Foreign Mission Drives___________________________________60
(d) State Convention Mission Offerings________________________60
(e) State Convention Free Literature Offerings__________________62
(f) State Convention Orphanage Offerings_____________________64
(g) State Convention C. P. M. A. Offerings_____________ 65
(h) C. P. M. A. Membership____________________________ 67
(i) Attendance at State Conventions__________________________68
9. Conclusion________________________________________________70
Instructions—Local Church Officers______________________________154
List of Ministers:
Bishops----:---------------------------------------------------------------------------160
Deacons___________________________._______________________165
Male Evangelists_______________________________ 168
Female Evangelists__________________________________________182
Management and Personnel_____________________________,______ 5
Mission Offering______________________________________________112
Monday, September 9____________________________________________7
Monday, September 16_________________________________________127
Obligation for Membership____________________________________—159
Opening of Assembly.__________________________________________ 10
Orphanage Offering___________________________________________118
Promotion of White Wing Publishing House______________ 93

Table of Contents (Cont'd.)
Remember_________________________________________________ 157
Report of A. B. M. and S. O. P. A. Secretary_______________________13
Report of Adjustment Committee______________________________137
Report of Assembly Expense Committee___________________________143
Report of Auxiliary Boosters____________________________________143
Report of Bible Training Camp Superintendent____________________101
Report of C. P. M. A. Secretary and Honor Stone Department Director— 24
Report of Field Secretary, D. M. Deadrick_________________________33
Report of Field Secretary, C. R. Payne____________________________128
Report of Field Secretary, J. A. Jimenez___________________„_______128
Report of Fields of the Wood Manager_____________________________15
Report of Foreign Language Secretary______________________________27
Report of Foreign Mission Committee____________________________132
Report of Foreign Mission Secretary_______________________________121
Report of Free Literature Department__________________________79, 80
Report of General Evangelist, Harper Hunter, Jr._______________ - 130
Report of General Evangelist, R. C. Scotton________________________130
Report of General Evangelist, Willard Boyles______________________131
Report of General Evangelist, John A. Stubbs_____________________131
Report of General Evangelist, Harrison E. Price____________________132
Report of General Properties Committee__________________ 137
Report of General Treasurer_____________________________________76
Report of Ministerial Aid Committee______________________________81
Report of Radio Department Manager_____________________________96
Report of Questions and Subject Committee________________________135
Report of Sunday School Orphanage and Tomlinson Memorial
School Board of Directors____________________________________83
Report of Sunday School Secretary_______________________________119
Report of Visual Department Director___________________; -______20
Report of V. L. B. Secretary -__________________________________95
Report of Watchmen Committee_________________________________147
Report of Ways and Means Committee____________________________138
Report of White Wing Publishing House and Press__________________78
Report of White Wing Publishing House Field Representative________81
Report of W. M. B. Secretary—_____ 114
Report of World Evangelist___________________________....________129
Saturday, September 14______________________________ 91
State Overseers, Missionaries, Secretaries and Other Appointments___147
Sunday, September 15_________________________________________105
Sunday School Program ________________________________________115
Teachings .....____;_____________________________________________159
Thursday, September 12_________________________________...._____33
Tuesday, September 10_________—______________________________ 8
V. L. B. Program________________..._____________________________ 94
Wednesday, September 11_______________________________________ 9
W. M. B. Program________________________________ ||L________._105
World Must Be Evangelized___________________________ 154

Prefatory Notes
The 52nd Annual Assembly is now history. It is in the past but the
good things that transpired are still fresh in our minds. The presence
of the Lord was with us from the beginning to the end. The speakers
were anointed so their messages were inspiring and beneficial. The good
songs and programs were uplifting and encouraging. The Holy Ghost was
on hand to guide and direct in the business that was taken care of and
the decisions that were made. Numbers were saved, sanctified and bap
tized with the Holy Ghost during the altar services, and many who were
sick testified to the healing power of God.
The attendance was good. The building was well filled in every ses
sion, and at the night services usually every seat was taken. Every state
was represented and numbers were in attendance from abroad. Repre
sentatives were present from the Bahama Islands, Turks Islands, Bar
bados, Trinidad, Cyprus, Bermuda, Guatemala, Australia, New Zealand,
Greece,
British Columbia, Ontario and Manitoba, Canada. We were happy
to have so many of our people with us, as well as a number of friends.
We feel that each one in attendance received blessings that will encour
age
and help them through another Assembly year.
We are deeply grateful to all who assisted in any way during the As
sembly. Those whose names appeared on the program were prompt and
ready for service at the appointed time. The musicians and singers were
an inspiration and blessing. The solos, duets, trios, quartets and choirs
added a great deal to the enjoyment of those in attendance. The vari
ous committees were on their jobs and did effective service. Without
their assistance we could not have an Assembly, so their work was greatly
appreciated. All business was carried on in love and good harmony.
The ushers are to be commended for their good work. They were al
ways ready when needed. The radio and press served the Assembly
well and we are thankful for the valuable service rendered in this way.
We trust those who read of the activities of this gathering of God’s peo
ple and heard portions of the program on the radio were blessed. We
want everything we do to be used of God to bless people and make them
better men and women.
This book of minutes does not carry a full description of all that
transpired in the Assembly, but enough information is contained in it to
make it of real value to our people. Anyone desiring to become better
acquainted with our practices and manner of carrying on business should
give this volume careful study. We appreciate the work done by our
clerks in making notes from which this book was prepared. Without
their work we would have nothing from which to prepare a record of
this glorious Assembly. We thank each of them for their faithful service.
Our registrars did splendid work again this year. They are to be com
mended for the efforts they put forth and the time they spent in re
cording the names and addresses of those in attendance. They are due
our thanks and appreciation for the good work they accomplished. The
total number registered was 9,720. There were 7,640 in attendance from
a distance, and 2,080 from the vicinity of Cleveland.
The time for the next annual feast, the General Assembly of the Church
of God of Prophecy, will be September 9-15, 1958.
M. A. TOMLINSON, General Overseer

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 5
MINUTES
OF
THE FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF
The Church of God of Prophecy
M. A. Tomlinson, General Overseer
HELD
IN CLEVELAND, TENN., U. S. A., SEPT. 10-16, 1957
Management and Personnel of the Home and
Local Organization
M. A. Tomlinson, General Overseer
Private Secretary, Lillie Duggar
SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMITTEES—Reception, Entertainment, Regis
trars, Ushers, Parking—C. R. Payne.
CLERKS—Buford M. Johnson, Ashel T. Wagar, Zella Creel, Billy Riggs,
Allan S. Keenan, Hubert R. Smith, Sunrise, Clerk.
C. P. M. A. CLERKS—Jack Harris and Rita Dewberry.
PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT—Robert F. Wright, Business Manager; Bu
ford M. Johnson, Assistant Editor; C. T. Davidson, Sunday School
Editor; Hugh R. Edwards, Press Superintendent; Marjorie Hopkins,
Thelma Wright, Earlene Wagar, Ruth Duggar, Polly Kinser, Martha
Cassidy, Peggy Bell, Joyce Chandler, Kathleen Pruett, Sue Fail, Laura
Rogers,
Joyce Homer, Aquila Chandler, Pearle Davidson, Nina Reagan,
Ramona Thompson, Gene Cannon, Glenn Lawson, Barney Beisly,
Wayne
Donaldson, William Coile, Frank Bell, Paul Renner, John
Cassidy, Henry Elliott, Jannie Sanders.
POST
OFFICE—J. F. Anderson, Postmaster.
CAFETERIA—R. W. Stockdale.
PUBLIC
ADDRESS SYSTEM—Loyal Washington, Roscoe Cannon, Hugh
R. Edwards, Gene Cannon, Edsel Hartman, Raymond Powers.
ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR and see that microphones are in place
—Harry Lee Moore, assisted by Lavell Hawkins, Chester A. Wil
liams,
C. E. McKey, Gene Gillum, James Green.
RECEPTION—Harrison E. Price, Charles Hawkins, Ralph Scotton, Harper
Hunter, Jr., Willard Boyles, Shirley Hawkins, Lucy Scotton, Betty
Hunter, Z. R. Young, Eugene Weakley, John C. Lyles, James Wentz,
Wayne Allen, T. W. Goins, D. D. Creasy, Fred Bird, Cora Bird,
Dorothy Deadrick, J. J. Steward, Amos Creel, Dorothy Creel, G. C.
Decker.

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ENTERTAINMENT—F. F. Johnson, R. W. Stockdale, William Akers, Loyal
Washington, D. M. Deadrick, H. B. Campbell, B. B. Calfee, Clyde
T. Clayton, Eugene Rominger, S. E. Gibbons, Cliff Lindner, Glen
Hutson,
James Barrett, Herman Faulkner, John Melton, Dallas Ramsey,
Homer Robinson, Roy Cannon, Ethel Payne, Eunice Goins, Alta
Davis, Emitt Davis, Homer Sample, Charlie Smith, Arlie Callahan,
H. P. Burns, Herbert Green, Willie Scotton, Willie Curry, Daniel
Abrego.
REGISTRARS—Jess F. Pruitt, C. M. Bynum, Virgil Wall, A. D. Cleaver,
M. S. Butler, R. L. Radford, C. W. Collins, Oscar Gibson, H. N. Harts-
field, O. R. Hogan, C. F. Reynolds, Harve Ivins, C. H. Baldozier,
W. R. Thompson, Autie Cleaver, T. W. Goins, J. E. Adams, W. D.
Smith,
J. C. Doss, Daniel Ivins, Ruby Deadrick, Pauline Pratt, Ludie
Bynum,
Roxie Watson, Hazel Lott, Marian Lott, Kenneth Cooley,
Franklin Jones, M. V. Gullett, J. S. Taylor, Warren Roney, T. E.
Bradley, Ralph Smith, Mildred Baldozier, Grace Norman, Joyce Mc-
Guale,
Harm F. Martin, Johnnie Morrison, Charles M. Browning,
R. M. Roberts, John F. Brashear, Earl Polete, Luke Hardin, R. C.
Talbott, Lonnie D. Eddy, Jess Rainwater, Carl Brooks, J. R. Lancaster,
Wiley
A. Johnson.
USHERS—E. H. Griffith, Lloyd Womack, Lonnie Freeman, Dudley Low-
man, Zilvon R. Young, Albert Linville, Claud Shipley, A. E. Davis,
James Manus, Walter Phillips, John Daugherty, Grady Horner, Clif
ford Haney, Marvin Scotton, Charles Scotton, L. A. Fritts, Jules
Daugherty, D. L. Welch, Sam E. Raney, Don Cooley, J. L. White,
A. J. Coalter, J. T. Weathers, W. D. Daugherty, Edward C. Britting-
ham, Albert Bock, Guy Olmsted, C. T. Goss, Harvey Gardner, Archie
Crews,
Loren Urseth, Mack Caldwell, D. M. Shults, Willie Scotton,
Orvie Braland, Jack Bryant, William Porter, A. C. Murray, Virgil
Spurlock, Leroy Scotton, Chester Williams, Oscar Gibson, Calvin Car
ter, M. A. Chapman, Harold Saddler, Eugene Tranthem, C. E. Man
ning,
Aubrey W. Donahue, James A. Johnson, Charles Pentecost
Morton
Vanover, C. E. Duncan, Walter Willoughby, Odus Durham’
A. A. Callahan, Melvin Pittman, James Alien, Joe C. Crews, Del-
mar Spurling, Tom Hart, C. R. Talbott, Walter C. Daugherty, Charles
Palmore, Tony Homer, Robert Bradley, Charles Dover, Floyd Bon
ham, Bobbie Brackett, John W. Wood, Joel Cox, Samuel Brackett
Willard L. Ledford, Russell Barnes, Vern Doran, Delbert Gray, Thomas
Barnhart, Richard Puckett, Clayton Endecott, Fred Bryant, Wayne
Allen,
A. N. Brooks, George Beecham, A. Gilmore, Billy Murray
Alvin Brantley, Edward A. Gray, Johnny Bragg, Ralph Bryant’
Winston Gonia, E. L. Baxter, Robert Freeland, Lamar Gilmer, Lamar
Parton, Joe Pendergrass, M. A. Burt, Lavell H. Hawkins, Edward W.
Runnels, Elwood Matthews, Gene Douglas, J. B. Jones, Marvin Davis
Jimmy Jourden, Donald Wells, James Haughey.
PARKING
COMMITTEE—John A. Stubbs, James H. Graham, John Mel
ton,
Bill Dooley, Calvin M. Bynum, John Rogers.

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 7
Monday, September 9
The Reception and Entertainment Committees were on duty all day
receiving and greeting the people and assigning them to places to stay.
The registrars were also at work recording the names and addresses
of those who came. The Reception Committee conducted short services
in front of the Tabernacle at intervals during the day. These consisted
of music, songs, prayers, testimonies and short talks. Ralph Scotton was
in charge of a service inside the Tabernacle in the morning, and John
A. Stubbs was in charge of one in the afternoon. These services were
well attended and the Lord blessed as fiery songs were sung, fervent
prayers offered and good messages delivered. Later in the afternoon there
was a message by James Staggs in front of the Tabernacle.
6:45 p.m.—The preliminary service began with Stanley Wright leading
the congregation in singing two songs, with Marguerite Wright at the
piano and Willystene Calfee at the organ. Billy Riggs read the eighth
Psalm, and Robert Pruitt led in prayer. This was followed with a prayer
in concert by the congregation.
7:00 p.m.—Special songs were sung by Alline Washington and Christine
Douglas, Janice Cochran and Margretta Calfee, and Wanda Edwards.
7:15 p.m.—Brother C. R. Payne, Field Secretary and Superintendent of
Committees,
spoke on the subject, “Doing Business for the Mighty Church
of God." The speaker emphasized the word mighty and stated that he
liked it and he thought it was appropriate to use in connection with the
Church. He showed that our people couldn’t afford to be slothful in busi
ness,
because those who put off doing things never accomplish much,
and the work of making preparation for the coming of the Lord must be
given strict attention. He said that it is necessary for us to be fervent
in our service to the Lord because that is the only way to do busi
ness
for God and His Church. He pointed out the fact that everyone in
the Church has a place to work and each one is to do his own work
and not bother others as they perform their tasks. At the close of his
message,
Brother Payne introduced the chairmen of the Reception, En
tertainment and Parking Committees, Harrison E. Price, F. F. Johnson
and John A. Stubbs. Each of these spoke briefly in behalf of their work.
He
also introduced the chief registrar, Jess F. Pruitt, and chief usher
E. H. Griffith, and each one spoke a few words.
8:00 p.m.—Voice of Salvation program. This consisted of songs by the
choir, quartet and congregation, the flag pledge and a short message
on the flag by Buford M. Johnson. The Business Manager of the White
Wing PubUshing House called for the choir to sing the new Church flag
song, “The Royal Banner,” and announced that the song is available in
sheet music at the Publishing House. He introduced Brother E. L. Higdon,
Field Representative, who spoke briefly in behalf of the Assembly sub
scription drive.
8:43 p.m.—Prayer was offered by the congregation in concert in behalf
of the Assembly and those for whom requests had been made.
8:45 p.m.—While the Voice of Salvation choir sang "Leaning on the
Everlasting Aims,” those present stood, shook hands with and greeted
each other.
8:50 p.m.—Edna Rye, General Sunday School Secretary, directed a pro
gram with all Sunday School workers present. She called for them to
stand and think about the goodness of God, then to lift their hands and

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praise the Lord. Harry Lee Moore, General V. L. B. Secretary, directed
a program with all V. L. B. leaders and state secretaries. He called on
all to give the Lord a big handclap, then he led them in saying “Glory”
three times. Sylvia Hardin, General W. M. B. Secretary, directed a pro
gram with the W. M. B. state secretaries and leaders. She spoke of the
responsibilities, needs and accomplishments of the mission work. Her
remarks were accented by the use of posters carried by the missionary
workers.
9:10 p.m.—Solo by Shirley Hawkins, “Where the Roses Never Fade.”
9:13 p.m.—Evangelistic message by Harrison E. Price. He preached on
the subject of Bible holiness. He stated that holiness was required to
day the same as in the past and that it was necessary for people to leave
off
the things of the world and serve God as the Bible directs. He said
there are too many professing who do not possess, but now it is time
for people to seek God until they get enough of Him in their lives that
they will enjoy serving Him. He told the people it would profit them
nothing if they gained the whole world and lost their souls, and urged
them to seek God. While the song was sung, “Five Minutes After I Die,”
people
made their way to the altar. Two were saved, three sanctified
and five baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Sister Willard Boyles and her faithful corps of workers were on hands
each night to assist those in the altar find the blessings they sought.
Ninety-five experiences were counted during the Assembly and we praise
the Lord for each of them. We are grateful to Sister Willard and those
working with her for their assistance and we pray God’s richest bless
ings upon them.
Tuesday, September 10
The Reception and Entertainment Committees were on duty all day
Tuesday. In the afternoon Willard Boyles was in charge of a service
on the inside of the Tabernacle. This consisted of songs, prayers, testi
monies and a good message. The blessings of the Lord were upon those
present.
6:30 p.m.—After a selection by the brass band, directed by Clayton Sher
rill, the General Overseer read requests for prayer and the congregation
made their requests known in concert, then all prayed together for those for
whom requests were made while Emma Lou Moore played softly on the
organ.
6:45 p.m.—Program by the Ridgedale, Chattanooga church, with the
pastor, Allen Davis, in charge. This was a program of songs by the
Whosoever
Will Chorus. At the last Jim Joplin played a piano solo.
7:02 p.m.—Song service led by Liston Pritchard, with Joyce Womack
at the piano and Jim Joplin at the organ. Elwood Matthews read the
fifteenth Psalm and E. S. Johns offered prayer while the congregation
stood
in quietness.
7:16 p.m.—Song by the Whirlwind Evangelists, “Getting Ready to Move.”
The Excelsior Gospelettes sang “We Are Soldiers in the Army.” The
Lord blessed during the singing of these songs.
7:35 p.m.—While the Sons of Harmony sang “We’ll Overcome” and
the band played a number, an offering was received by the ushers for

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the expense of the Assembly. Hubert R. Smith offered prayer, consecrat
ing the money to the service of the Lord.
7:45 p.m.—Brother R. W. Stockdale, pastor of the Wildwood Avenue
church, gave the introductory and welcome address. He stated that for
several days a number of people had been making preparations for those
who
were present to come. He expressed to everyone a warm welcome
and wished for all a pleasant stay in Cleveland. He said that God the
Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost were in the midst and
their presence was sufficient to make everyone feel welcome and at home.
7:55 p.m.—The First Street church welcomed the people with a song
led by the pastor, Sister Elsie Curry.
8:00 pm.—Brother Loyal Washington, pastor of Eastview church, gave
the Assembly delegates a warm welcome. A number of the members of
this local church stood with cards spelling out a welcome to the people.
8:05 p.m.—Music by the band. This was followed by two selections
by the Voice of Salvation quartet, “Inside the Gate” and “Glorious Day.”
8:17 p.m.—The Assembly delegates were welcomed to Cleveland and
Bradley County by Commissioner C. F. Kelly, representing the Mayor’s
office; George W. Thorogood, President of Merchants Bank; John Dunlap,
President of Chamber of Commerce; and Mark Fulbright, County Judge.
Each
of these expressed his pleasure in having the privilege of speak
ing to the large number of people gathered together for the 52nd As
sembly and extended to each one a hearty welcome to Cleveland and
Bradley County.
8:45 p.m.—“Here with Victory from the North, East, South, West and
Isles of the Sea,” C. C. Webb, Ohio; Alvin Brantley, North Carolina;
O. C. Pittman, Louisiana; Don Cooley, Idaho; Hermis Ferguson, Bahamas.
Each of these showed he was present in the Assembly with victory in his
soul and the blessings of God upon his life.
8:54 p.m.—The congregation stood and offered a mighty prayer in concert.
8:57 p.m.—Evangelistic message by Harper Hunter, Jr. His subject was
“Unshackled,” and he used for a text the latter part of Psalm 146:7, “The
Lord looseth the prisoners.” He stated that while the devil offers man
life and deliverance, instead of doing this he makes him a prisoner. On
the other hand Jesus came not to destroy but to save. He came that
men might have life more abundantly. He came to loose the prisoners
and set them free. He related a number of instances of terrible deeds
done
by people shackled by the power of Satan and he showed that only
the power of God can deliver and set men free. He urged those who
needed God to come to the altar and while the invitational song was
sung many made their way forward. Four were saved, two were sanc
tified
and two baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Wednesday, September 11
6:00 a.m.—The sunrise prayer service was in charge of J. H. Crowder
and J. F. Chatham. The service was opened with a prayer at the altar
by all present. The song service was led by Brother Crowder. Prayer
in concert was offered in behalf of the Assembly. This was followed
by a prayer by Brother Chatham. The congregation sang “I Love My
Saviour Too,” and all lifted their hands and praised the Lord. A testi

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mony service was next on the program and at the close all joined to
gether in praising the Lord. The service was dismissed with prayer by
all at 6:58 am.
8:15 a.m.—Music by the band.
8:30 a.m.—Song service led by Edsel Hartman, with Louise Hartman at
the piano and Jenna Lee Allen at the organ. J. R. Rainwater read Acts
12:1-6, then Carl D. Funk led in prayer while the congregation stood
in reverence before God. At the close, the congregation joined in prayer
together in behalf of those for whom requests had been made.
8:42 a.m.—The General Overseer spoke a few words, then opened
the Assembly with reading the first chapter of James and praying for
the blessings of God to be upon all in attendance and for the Lord to
undertake and the Holy Ghost to direct in every session of the Assembly.
At the close of the prayer he declared the Assembly open for business.
8:58 a.m.—Appointment of Committees. Before making the appoint
ments the General Overseer stated that along with the reading of the
names of those who would serve, he read the duties of each committee.
The appointments and duties are as follows:
No. 1. Questions and Subjects—M. E. Wilson, Hermis Ferguson, L. V.
Jones, Boyd Thornton, Sidney A. Cooley, E. A. McDonald, R. Clement
Lynch.
It is the duty of the Questions and Subjects Committee to take up any
question or subject that may be presented to them and discuss them and
decide if they should be brought before the Assembly for its consid
eration and decision. If a subject comes to the attention of this com
mittee that they feel should not be brought before the Assembly, it would
be better for them to turn it down than for the General Overseer to
have to do this. The same is true with any question that may be brought
to the committee.
This committee has been a great help to the General Overseer and
to the Assembly through the years. We never think it best to allow a
subject to come before the Assembly for discussion until it has come
through the hands of this committee, unless it properly belongs to the
work of one of the other committees.
This
committee should not be influenced too much by what others may
want done. The members are to keep their heads level, be prayerful
and decide what should be presented to the Assembly according to their
own
judgment. It is their duty to counsel with the General Overseer
about anything that is presented to the Assembly now just as they have
in the past.
No. 2 Watchmen—W. A. Newsom, L. E. Silvers, T. J. Lowe, Omer Lawson,
R. W. Cowart, J. V. Johnson, J. W. Deadrick.
The appointing of a Watchmen Committee is for the purpose of pre
venting outsiders from distributing poison literature or introducing what
may be their hobby teaching to disturb the minds of the people. It is
out of order for anyone to come around or inside the Tabernacle and
undertake to say things that are improper, and all disturbers should be
stopped as soon as discovered. Of course, they should be treated with
Christian courtesy and if it is necessary to use force, ah officer of the
law should be called. It is not good to have people around begging and
those who may seem to be chronic beggars should be stopped by the
committee or the police.
No. 3. Adjustment—Adrian T. Griffin, D. M. Cobb, Archie Melvin, C. H.
Sartin, D. F. Rowland.

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The duties of the Adjustment Committee are to adjust little differences
that exist between ministers and investigate any accusations or charges
against a minister. Witnesses are not to be called in, but through prayer
and persuasion get the parties to throw down their differences and be
reconciled to one another. Restore love and good will so that the min
ister involved will be humble and broken in spirit and take each other
by the hand and kiss one another as if nothing had ever happened.
This
committee does not handle differences between members because
that is the duty of the local church; however, if something comes from
a member the committee may give attention to the matter in order to
learn if a minister may be involved in a way that would require further
investigation.
If this committee is not able to get matters adjusted that are brought
before them, they are to refer them to the General Overseer at the close
of the Assembly.
No. 4. Ways and Means—S. O. Gillaspie, G. C. Decker, W. M. Lowman,
Alvin
S. Moss, Z. R. Young.
The Ways and Means Committee is appointed for the purpose of bring
ing before the Assembly recommendations concerning the finance of the
Church. This committee suggests ways to finance the various depart
ments of the Church. It also brings before the Assembly plans for the
distribution of certain funds received in the local churches and at head
quarters over which the Assembly has jurisdiction.
This committee is to weigh and consider everything that properly
comes before it with care and prayer before preparing any recommenda
tion for the Assembly to consider. Its members are not to be influenced
by any who desire to put things over according to their desires, but they
are to consider everything carefully and be guided by the Holy Ghost
and their own good judgment in all their recommendations.
No. 5. Assembly Expense—C. R. Payne, Charles S. Pennington, John A.
Stubbs,
Don Thomas, J. D. Williams.
The Assembly Expense Committee is appointed for the purpose of
recommending the very best plan to the Assembly for its consideration
to raise funds to meet the expense of the Assembly. It is also their duty
to receive offerings in the face of the Assembly to assist in meeting the
expense, if this is needed.
No. 6. Auxiliary Boosters—J. P. Sullivan, Joe Martin, D. M. Deadrick,
Floyd H. Bonham, Roy H. Phipps, W. G. Hardin, Sebastian McGee.
The Auxiliary Boosters Committee is appointed to serve in the Assem
bly for the purpose of boosting the work of the auxiliaries and other
departments of the Church. This committee does not make any recom
mendations to be considered and passed on by the Assembly. Their work
is boosting to encourage and stir the various departments to serve in
their places in the Church to their utmost capacity.
As the names of the committees were called, they came on the plat
form. While they were standing together, prayer was offered for them
by Lodie B. Sikes. After the prayer, Galathia, Louise and Vinell sang
“Pull Altogether.”
9:15 a.m.—A. B. M. and S. O. P. A. program, in charge of E. H. Griffith,
General Secretary.
The
state secretaries marched to reserved seats on the platform while
music
was made on the piano and organ by Louise Daugherty and Mildred
Davis. The two center rows of seats in front of the platform were occu
pied by pastors and band leaders.

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9:20 a.m.—Brother Alvin S. Moss, overseer of Bahama Islands, offered
prayer, then spoke a few moments. He said, “God has revealed Him
self to us especially in dealing with mankind. In the early history of
man God made a covenant. Then He said He would make a new cove
nant with His people. We know God is faithful. He cannot lie. What
He has promised is sure. The new covenant is His last covenant. We
have no record of any other that God has made since that time. Those
who make it in will have to make it on this covenant. I well remem
ber the words of Jephthah when he said, ‘I have opened my mouth unto
the Lord, and I cannot go back.’ We came into the Church by covenant.
We
promised to stick by the Church. We promised to follow the teach
ings. We promised to be faithful and loyal. We promised to be good.
Jephthah said, ‘I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot
go back.’ How many of you feel that way this morning? We have made
a covenant. We have promised the Lord to be true to His body. We
promised God to trust Him for the healing of our bodies. We promised
the Lord to be true to the Church. What about it this morning? Do we
still remember our covenant? It is one thing to make a promise and
another to stand on it. We can promise to die for Him, but when the
trials come to us, then it is time to prove our colors. How do we feel
about it today?”
9:35 a.m.—Bill Porter led the band leaders in singing “Heaven’s Jubilee,”
then they offered prayer for their members. Following this, the entire
congregation stood and prayed for the entire membership of the Church.
The presence of the Lord was in the midst and many shouted and praised
God.
9:57 ajn.—“The Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, and Prodigal Son,” message by
Ralph Bryant. A portion of his message follows:
“The lost coin, lost sheep and the prodigal son. Why and how were
these three lost? One was lost through other interests. The sheep got
so engrossed in other activities he didn’t have time to go to church and
. Sunday School. The lost coin represents service. It was lost because
•< of inactivity. It got out of circulation. Any time you get out of circu-
: lation you are lost, but you may not know it. The prodigal was lost be-
\ cause of other desires. The coin was lost but it was still a piece of silver.
'It didn’t turn to brass. We don’t always lose our moral integrity. Some
body
has asked what he had to do to be lost. Just get out of circulation.
</ I will prove it to you. The door was closed in the faces of the five fool-
ish virgins, not because they had defiled their bodies, but because the
oil
had leaked out. The unprofitable servant was cast into outer dark
ness,
not because he used his talent unwisely, but because he didn’t use
it at all. The rich man didn’t go to hell because he was a liar or a thief,
but because he refused to help the man at the gate. Do nothing and you
are already lost.
“We must find the sheep. He is out. We must find the coin. It is still
in the house. They didn’t go after the prodigal son, they just waited
1 _ until he came back. There is danger of spending so much time going
after the sheep and searching for the coin in the house that we fail to
v, provide bread for the Father’s house and make things attractive so he
' will want to stay when he returns home. I have seen prodigals come
_ home and things were in such a state that they didn’t want to stay after
V they returned.
“How many of you fathers and mothers have a lost son or a lost daugh
ter or a lost relative? I am going to tell you a story that occurred in
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lived right all her life. She had five sons but one of them had wandered
away. Four of them were warriors for the Lord. In her dying hours
she called those five sons around her bedside. She looked at one of them
and said, ‘Good-by son, I’ll see you in the morning.’ To the other three
she said the same. When she spoke to the last boy she said, ‘Good-by
son, good-by.’ He left her but after thinking about what she said, he
went back and asked her why she did not say the same to him that she
said
to his brothers. She said to him, ‘You are lost and without God, son,
and I can’t tell you I will see you in the morning.’ He bowed that stub
born, rebellious knee by that humble cot and called on God. His sins
were forgiven and his name recorded in the Lamb’s book .of life. He
was made a new creature in Christ Jesus. Mother was dying but she
reached out and took his hand and said, ‘Good-by son, I’ll see you in the
morning.* I want you to take somebody by the hand and say, ‘I am go
ing to try to get one next year.’ ”
10:14 a.m.—Song by Warren Roney, “Have You Really Been a Friend
to Jesus?”
10:19 a.m.—The Secretary read his report and it was accepted in regular
order by the Assembly.
A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. Secretary's Report From
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy—
Greetings:
Sermons preached__________________________ 124
Homes visited_______________________________________ 79
Homes prayed in_____________________________________ 54
Number converted______________________________________11
Number sanctified__________________________ 3
Number baptized with Holy Ghost----------------------------------- 4
Local churches visited-------------------------------------------------- 19
District conventions attended___________________________ 12
Ministers Conventions attended__________ 8
State Conventions attended____________________________ 4
Special A. B. M. and Honor Stone Rallies attended------------- 20
A. B. M. and S. O. P. A. Rallies attended------------------------- 19
Assisted the General Overseer in the Emergency Fund
Drive. Corresponded with State Secretaries, Pastors,
Band Leaders and workers in the interest of the work.
Taught in two sessions of Bible Training Camp: one in
Cleveland, Tennessee, and one in Fresno, California.
Number of A. B. M. bands-------------------------------------------3,312
Number of local churches operating the A. B. M.
and S. O. P. A_____________________________________1,215
Number of local churches on the Emergency Honor Roll------- 726
Respectfully submitted,
E. H. GRIFFITH
A. B. M. and S. O. P. A. Secretary

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10:22 a.m.—Song by Londa Davis, “The Little Black Sheep.”
10:25 a.m.—“The Prodigal Son,” in charge of Mildred Davis. This was
a
portrayal of the story of the prodigal son of the Bible. It was dem
onstrated so effectively that many were moved to tears and as the song
“Amazing Grace,” was sung, there was rejoicing. The Secretary en
couraged all to pray for the prodigals that they may see themselves as
the prodigal of the Bible saw himself.
10:53 a.m.—Pauline Key spoke for a few moments concerning the Emer
gency Fund. She gave the definition of emergency and of fund and said,
“If emergency is a pressing necessity, then surely we need the estab
lished capital to take care of any that may occur.” She encouraged every
one to pay the emergency dollar. While she was speaking the state sec
retaries presented badges of honor to the pastors whose churches were
one
hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund.
11:03 a.m.—Marvin Davis was in charge of a short program with his
people from Alabama. He called on a few of the pastors and they spoke
briefly concerning the work of the A. B. M. Christine Miskelly and Betty
Baker sang “Oh Let Us Pray.” At the last Brother Davis called for all
the people from Alabama to say, “Come on Alabama, let’s go.”
11:20 a.m.—Solo by Bill Porter, “How Long Has It Been?”
11:24 a.m.—“Which Band Leader Will I Be?”—demonstration by the
Wyoming
delegates, in charge of Elwood Matthews. In the demonstra
tion was shown a band leader who was too busy to give attention to
her band members, also one who was equally busy but she laid aside
her work to visit one who had not been attending services. A mem
ber on the band of the first band leader was killed in an accident and
went out to meet God unprepared. The other band leader was perform
ing her duty and rescued one of the members before she took her own
life. At the last the hands of two band leaders were shown, one with
blood
on them and the other pure white. The Secretary said, “Can we
say with Paul, ‘I am pure from the blood of all men’? It is going to
mean something when we stand before God.”
12:45 p.m.—Kathryn Brown, state secretary of Michigan, was in charge
of a demonstration by the delegates from that state. They came in dressed
for work and carrying tools of various kinds. They sang “Working the
Road” and “Keep on the Firing Line.” Sister Brown said, “We are work
ing the road in Michigan for the Church of God. This year we went
to the state convention with a wonderful report—every member saved
and every church on the honor roll.” Dwane and Jo Nell Adams sang
“Some Day There’ll Be No Tomorrows.”
11:57 a.m.—Awarding of banners and prizes:
The states were divided into four groups according to membership and
the state secretary of the leading state in each group was awarded a
banner for having the best general report of the year as follows:
Group No. 1—Georgia, Ralph E. Bryant
Group No. 2—East Texas, Pauline Key
Group No. 3—Louisiana, Lillian Aucoin
Group No. 4—Idaho, James E. Hester
A
banner was presented to A. C. Murray, North Carolina, for having
the largest number of churches on the Emergency Honor Roll—85.
A banner was presented to Ralph E. Bryant, Georgia, for having the
second
largest number of churches on the Emergency Honor Roll—82.
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third largest number of churches on the Emergency Honor Roll—79.
A banner was presented to Ralph E. Bryant, Georgia, for his state
having the largest number of churches with every member saved—59.
A banner was presented to William Porter, Florida, for his state hav
ing the largest number of churches with every member sanctified—29.
A banner was presented to William Porter, Florida, for his state having
the largest number of churches with every member baptized with the
Holy
Ghost—14.
Badges of honor were presented to the states and provinces having the
Emergency dollars paid in full. They were: Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana,
Washington,
Washington, D. C., Maryland, Vermont, Georgia, North Da
kota, Nevada, Delaware, Wyoming, Virginia, Idaho, Michigan, South Da
kota, Montana, Oklahoma, South Florida, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and
British Columbia, Canada.
The foreign fields were also divided into four groups according to mem
bership and the secretary of the leading country in each group was award
ed a banner for having the best general report of the year as follows:
Group No. 1—Jamacia, I. A. Hutchinson
Group
No. 2—Puerto Rico, Juan Paltrana Aclor
Group No. 3—Cuba, Enid Brown
Group No. 4—Aruba, James A. Ottley
12:10 pm.—The closing prayers were prayed by Rebecca Pressley and
Odessa
Allen, with all the state secretaries gathered around on the plat
form.
1:00 p.m.—Music by the brass band.
1:15 pm.—Church of Prophecy Marker Association Program, directed
by L. S. Rhodes, General Secretary.
At the request of the Secretary, the congregation stood and prayed in
concert in behalf of the program.
1:22 pm.—Roy Mixon led the congregation in singing “Heaven’s Jubilee.”
Then Fred Fisher led in a concert prayer.
1:30 pm.—Report of Fields of the Wood Manager, G. A. Wilson.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Fields of the Wood Manager
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
My personal thanks to the State Overseers and State Secretaries of
the C. P. M. A. for the many signs that have been erected this year
throughout the states in behalf of Fields of the Wood. I feel that we have
already begun to reap the results from them. We estimate that our out-
of-state visitors have almost doubled that of any previous year, which
1 believe to be the direct result of the special advertising. It has also
brought about a few problems which were to be expected, but which
will also cause us to enlarge our facilities to take care of the many thou
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/We are hoping that before another year has come and gone, every
state will have one or more signs erected on some well traveled highway,
(directing all nationalities to Fields of the Wood.
Sermons preached______________________________ 112
Saved_____________________________________________ 16
Sanctified______________________________________________13
Holy Ghost_____________________________________________6
Added to the Church_____________________________________4
Homes visited__________________________________________97
Rallies conducted______________________________________10
Ministers conventions attended____________________________5
State and provincial conventions attended____________________5
Foreign anniversary program attended______________________1
Revivals conducted________________,____________________3
Bread of Life Conventions attended_________________________1
Taught in Bible Training Camp in Cleveland during the month of April.
Prepared for and attended all annual Fields of the Wood programs. Man
aged
the revival in Fields of the Wood, conducted by Brothers John C.
Lyles
and Jimmy Wentz.
Managed the work in Fields of the Wood, which included keeping it
presentable to the public, the building of another parking lot, remodel
ing and repairing the Sanctuary Hall porch, living quarters, and office.
The lake is also nearing completion, along with the entrance to the Tab
ernacle of Honor, which we feel gives Fields of the Wood an extra add
ed touch. This entrance is located almost due north of the booth and star.
Attended
to the distribution of funds set aside by the committee for
the maintenance and advertising of Fields of the Wood.
Fields of the Wood has been a great blessing to many thousands again
this year, and I wish to thank all who contributed to its support by means
of being a council member and also much credit is to be given to Brother
Jack Harris and his family who served faithfully in the information booth.
Respectfully submitted,
G. A. WILSON
Fields of the Wood Manager
-^1:35 p.m.—“Pitch It Without,” message by G. A. Wilson, Fields of the
Wood Manager. A portion of the message follows:
“I was just thinking as I sat back there this morning, that I haven’t
yet got over the wonderful program we had in Fields of the Wood yes
terday. You know, of all the years I have been in Fields of the Wood,
yesterday seemed to me to be the best-spirited program that I have ever
seen there. There was a great spirit of gladness upon the people’s faces,
and a depth in their hearts that could be felt all around, and you know,
I am feeling that same feeling right here in this Assembly. Now it has
come time for me to say something here and I desire your prayers as
I try to speak this afternoon. I can’t do any good without the Lord. You
know how it is. Two or three months ago the Lord put this message on
my heart so forcibly that when I was asked to preach it, I felt that it
would be the thing the Lord would have. I want to be led by the Spirit
of the Lord, so you pray for me. In the sixth chapter of Genesis, read
ing the fourteenth verse, the Lord said unto Noah, ‘Make thee an ark
of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it
within and without with pitch.’
“We know this was a direct command from the Lord to Noah and
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world in that day, but there are a couple of things that I want you to
notice
in this verse of Scripture. One is that it was God that gave the
command
to Noah to put She pitch on the outside. It wasn’t just Noah’s
idea,
but God said to pitch it on the outside. He also said to pitch it on
the inside, and I know that we have a lot of that pitching to do on the
inside.
But the thought that I want to leave with you here today is
that God told Noah to pitch it on the outside. We look at the ark as be
ing a type of the Church. But when you think you can pitch the Church
on the inside and then pitch it on the outside, it creates some thoughts
in our minds. Well, I don’t know all about that part of it, but there is
one
thing that we can go by, and that is that the Bible says pitch it on
the outside.
“Pitch is a black, sticky substance formed by distilling coal or tar and
so on. I would like for us to look back on the picture of Noah building
the ark. It was possible that in his day they could have used some
thing else for the sealing of cracks, because they did have a slime that
was used, and there were lime pits around the Dead Sea. They could have
prepared a mixture out of that and sealed the cracks, but the thing I want
you to think about is that God said pitch it with pitch. Put the pitch
on the outside. I don’t know all about what that means, but God said
use the same thing on the outside that is used on the inside. Pitch it
within and then do that same thing on the outside. If he had not put
pitch on, I don’t know how long the ark would have stayed afloat. It is
possible
that having the pitch on the inside of the ark along with the
gopher wood would have been enough to cause the ark to float. But if
they had not had the pitch on the outside of the ark, by and by the lum
ber would have become watersoaked, and the force of the water from
the outside would have pushed the pitch off on the inside.
“Put the same thing on the outside that we have on the inside. That
could
work from several different angles. Look at it from the standpoint
of vision. You know the Bible says where there is no vision, what
happens?
The people perish. You have to have a vision on the inside or
the people will perish. We have the vision partly written in different
places
on the outside. It takes it out there. Then we think of it from
the standpoint of the doctrine. The Bible says to take heed unto the
doctrine and continue in it and by doing this, you will save yourself and
those
folks who hear you. So you see that pitch business could be both
the doctrine and the vision, but whatever it is, God said put it on the
outside.
. "I’d like a verse of Scripture to be read in Habakkuk 2:1. Here, Hab-
akkuk said, I will stand upon my watch. Let’s look at what happened
just before this. In the first chapter of Habakkuk the Bible says this is
the burden that Habakkuk saw. Habakkuk was looking down on some
thing and there were two parts of the vision that he saw. He says that
while he was looking at his own people, he cried unto the Lord. He
said that it seemed that God wouldn’t even turn His face toward Him.
He said that it seemed the Lord wouldn’t even save his people, and he
said I cried unto Him out of violence. He was disturbed. He could see
the people fighting and killing and lying and stealing and all the other
things they were doing, and he cried unto God and He wouldn’t hear
him to save those people. He said the law had been forgotten and the
unrighteous have encompassed the righteous people so that the judgment
is taken away. But while he was looking at the condition of the Jews
in that day, he saw something else and all at once he straightened up and
said,
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doing, and wonder marvelously, because I will work a work in your day
that you would not believe even though it was told you. You can plainly
see
why Habakkuk said he was going to stand upon his watch. He was
confused
as to what to do. There it is, he said, my people, all the people
of my day, they are fighting, they are murdering, they are lying, they
are stealing, and I can’t get God to help me. But he said, I see some
body
else, a heathen people. Lord, I want you to look at them. They
are doing a marvelous work. I will just get on my watch and see what
is going on around here. I am going to get up on a high place, right
up on a tower. I am going to see what the Lord shall say unto me. I
am going to see what I’ll answer when I am reproved.
“Something else is on program and He said, ‘Write the vision.’ I want
you to write the vision and make it plain that he may run that readeth
it. I want you to know that just any kind of vision won’t do, but God
is the One that approved of writing the vision we have yonder in Fields
of the Wood. I am talking about the same pitch that we have on the in
side,
put it on the outside. I like Brother Rhodes’ slogan. The Church
makes the vision, and what else? The C. P. M. A. writes the vision.
“Habakkuk was disturbed. He didn’t know what to write down. ‘For
the vision is yet for an appointed time.’ That shows you that it wasn’t
talking about over in his day. It was the vision and it was the vision
that the Lord decided upon, not just his revelation, his idea or his opinion.
The vision! Many of us have inspirations, saints, but sometimes they turn
out to be bean visions. ‘But at the end it shall speak, and not lie; though
it tarry, wait for it.’ Notice that tarrying business. Though it tarry—
you
know what that means. Wait, wait. It will surely come, it won’t tarry.
“Turn to Ephesians and let us see what it says. (Eph. 5:13-16.) ‘All
things that are reproved are made manifest by the light.’ Manifest means
to make apparent to the senses, especially to the sight. Everybody that
can see my hand raise your hand. You know that’s because you have
eyes
and I have made my hand manifest. Now the Bible says all things,
all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light. They must
be put out there where people can see them; where they will know about
them; where they will hear about them.
“The world is waiting for light. ‘Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that
sleepest,
and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.’ Some
body
has said that was speaking to us. No, it is not. The Bible said
we are not of those who sleep. Somebody said, I want to reach the
world. You first have to wake them up. Something has got to be put
out there that will stir them up. It will work through the Visual De
partment the same way.
“ ‘See then that ye walk circumspectly.’ The Bible said look out on
the fields for they are white already to harvest. The church house is one
field, but those people in the insane asylum are not going to come to
your church house. And there are millions of people traveling in the
United
States that never go to a church house. Are we supposed to reach
those
people, too? Yes, we are. If they are traveling people and want
to look at beautiful things, we are going to have to set up beautiful things
for them to see. And we are going to have to put some of this same
thing that is inside the ark out there for them to see.
“Aren’t you glad you are in the Church of God where we are making
some efforts to reach the people in the prisons? You also know about
all this radio business, the visual department work and the orphanage
work. But all this is just a drop in the bucket. The Bible said make
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“We can’t limit our ministry just to standing behind the sacred desk.
We have to put this that is manifested out yonder and let' it preach. Did
you
know Fields of the Wood is preaching right now. That is one reason
I feel like shouting. You and I and all of us together have a sermon
over there preaching. It was God that said to Noah, put the pitch on
the outside. We have the vision written in Fields of the Wood, but
what about the world? So far, there is only a small portion of the world
that is coming to Fields of the Wood. That is enough right there to
prove to us that the vision must be written on other things and in other
places; not just my vision, but the vision. The thing that the Assembly
approves of must be made manifest so that every way people look,
everywhere they go, they can see the message of the Church of God be
ing preached to them. While we are standing behind the sacred desk
preaching, we will be preaching out yonder in a dozen other places.
A lot of you folks have been preaching on Sunday morning, but the mes
sage
was being preached in other places at the same time, too. That
is the only way you can redeem the time. When I have been on program
to preach, I was just taking up the present time. Those few moments
I used, I was preaching them up, but the Bible says to redeem the time,
and there is only one way to redeem the time and that is to have two
programs going at one time.
“Read the eleventh verse of the nineteenth chapter of Psalms and let’s
see what it says. ‘Moreover by them is my servant warned: and in
keeping of them there is great reward.’ You know who a servant is?
A child of God. Isn’t that the way the Bible puts it. Now the Bible
says,
by these things—I am going to tell you what these things are in
a minute—thy servant is warned. Just anything won’t warn a person,
but by some special things. Back to the seventh verse. ‘The law of the
Lord is perfect.’ The law of the Lord, not my law, but the law of the
Lord is perfect. And it will do what? It will convert the soul. ‘The
testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.’ Is that what
it says? Simple-minded people will get it if the testimony of the Lord is
put out there. The real thing will convert the soul. That means turn
them around and start the other way. ‘The statutes of the Lord are
right, rejoicing the heart.’ That is what causes people to shout. The
world is filled with doctrines of all kinds, but the Bible said the statutes
of the Lord are right. People are looking for the thing that is right. I
might give you my opinion, but it won’t convert the soul. But the Bible
said
the law of the Lord would.
“Everybody say, pitch it without. You know what I am talking about?
The same thing we have got in here. The Bible said teaching all men
and warning every man and present every man. Let me tell you, saints,
every man is a pretty big job. If what we’ve got in here will perfect us,
we must put it on the outside.”
213 p.m.—“Looking for the Stone,” demonstrated song by the Johnson
Family of North Carolina. As they sang they looked for the stone, find
ing cards with Idolatry, Compromise, Hate and Strife written on them,
but none of these was the stone. Finally they found the card with
The Church of God written on it. This brought about much rejoicing and
praising the Lord by the congregation.
2:30 p.m.—Report of Visual Department Director, Jack C. Decker.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.

20 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Report of Visual Department Director
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached______________________________________37
Saved ________________________________________________14
Sanctified_______________________________________________3
Free literature distributed___________________________ lbs. 10
Homes visited_________________________________________226
States visited______ 18
Foreign countries visited____________________1____________ 1
Attended 2 Youth Camps.
Attended 3 State Conventions and 4 District Conventions.
Produced 4 new films.
Attended the Work Shop at Calvin Company in Kansas
City.
Total attendance at film showing this year was 59,500,
with Florida as leading state.
Feel free to call on us at your convenience and we will
serve you to the best of our ability.
Respectfully submitted,
JACK
C. DECKER
Visual
Department Director
2:35 p.m.—“Potentials of the Visual Department,” message by Jack C.
Decker, Director. A portion of the message follows:
“The definition of potential is something that can be but has not yet
been,
or has not yet come into being, but is something that is possible.
We feel the Visual Department can do a lot of things for the Church.
It is within our reach if we will just get out there and talke hold upon
it. We are not yet scratching the surface of the things that can be ac
complished with the Visual Department.
"One of the things that the Church must do is to fulfil our part of
John 17:20, 21. This was Jesus Christ praying. He said, ‘Neither pray I
for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their
word; that they all may be one.’ This program is for all men every
where. It is universal. It is for the whole wide world. I believe that the
prayer of Jesus will be answered. He said, ‘That they all may be one;
as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in
us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.’ As far as I can
see
the world doesn’t know that the Father sent Jesus. There are a few
thousand people that believe, but there are tens of thousands that don’t
believe it. It is up to somebody to make the world believe. We must
make the world believe. The commission was given to a certain group
of people. It was given to the people that are supposed to be able to do
all things through Him.
“Jesus said, ‘By this shall all men.’ In the other verse He said ‘they
all,’ and now in this verse it says ‘all men.’ ‘By this shall all men know
that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.’ Then in Ephes
ians 3:9 the writer says, ‘And to make all men.’ There is the ‘all men’
again.
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educated and the doctors of the law. It doesn’t stop with a few people,
it means everybody. ‘And to make all men see what is the fellowship
cf the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in
God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.’
“Then in Matthew 28:19, 20, whom was Jesus talking to? He was talk
ing to the Church of God. He said, ‘Go ye therefore, and teach all na
tions.’ There again is something universal. What does teach mean? Cause
to learn. He said to this group of people, if you will do these things,
I
will be with you how long? ‘Alway, even unto the end of the world.’
We want to be in that group that is in the race to the end. And for us
to be in that group, we have to ‘teach all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching
them to observe’—put into action, do the things we know to do.
“In the dream Nebuchadnezzar had that was interpreted by Daniel,
there is a great big promise that belongs to the Church. He said, ‘Thou
sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the
image
upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken
to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-
floors;
and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for
them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain,
and filled the whole earth.’ That big stone filled the whole earth. Not
just the islands of the sea, but it filled the whole earth.
“We, the Church, are on the stage of action today. We are on a great
stage that has the curtain pulled back and there stand the actors. Whether
you
know it or not, we are on exhibition. Whether you know your part
or not, you are on exhibition. We can’t hide ourselves, we are out there.
“The Scriptures tell us to do whatever our hands find to do. They
also
tell us to work while it is day. We, the Church, have the light. The
Lord through the prophet said, ‘Arise, shine; for thy light is come.’ That
belongs
to us. This light is ours. What are we going to do with it? The
curtains are pulled back, there we stand with the light in our hand.
Church of God, we have work to do. Everything we know to do, we are
obligated to do it. I want you to know we can’t get it accomplished if
we don’t work at it.
“In Isaiah 54:13 we read, ‘And all thy children shall be taught of the
Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.’ I want to ask you
a question. Is confusion peace? No. We will never go without some con
fusion until we are all, even down to the least lay member, taught of
the Lord. We have to speak the same thing. We must preach the same
thing. We must teach the same thing. We have an obligation out there.
We must pull together and walk as one man.
“The Visual Department realizes she is very, very small, but her vision
is big. We feel a little like David must have felt when he saw his elder
brothers with their armour march off in the king’s army, and him left
behind to tend the sheep. But you know the Lord didn’t forget David.
Those
brothers marched in all their glory, but the Lord didn’t forget
David, the one who put the enemy to flight. Now don’t misunderstand
me.
I don’t feel the Visual Department is going to do it all. I certainly
don’t, and those of you who know me well, know I don’t feel that way.
I think it is going to take every part of the Church working together
to do the job. But I do believe the Visual Department has its part to
do. Facts have proven that teaching visually is the fastest and most
effective method that has ever been known. Since teaching by visual
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we try it? I would like to know just how you feel, Assembly. Do you
feel that if teaching by this means is faster than any other method that
we ought to try it?
“Now I am down to my subject. Our potentials, as we see them to
day,
are promoting such as our auxiliary work with moving pictures and
slides. I feel that if there were some method that we could use to teach
our people their responsibilities and the blessing that goes with these
responsibilities and how to accomplish the work they are to do, that
we would find our churches growing a lot faster than they are. I have
felt for a long time that we could promote our mission work, our free
literature work and all our auxiliary work much faster if we could
provide the right kind of films. I feel we could start pitching on the
outside with moving pictures about as fast as anything else. Since publish
ing the message is our responsibility, have you ever thought what the
word publish means, how big a field it takes in? Does it stop with the
printed message? Does it stop with the radio work? I feel perfectly safe
in saying no. The other day I worked up courage enough, even though
I knew we didn’t have anything in our film library to supply the sta
tion,
to go to a television station and asked if they would take our pro
gram. They said if we would get a program prepared they would give
us four weeks free time. And every time our turn comes up they will
give us the same amount of time again. I walked to another television
station in the same town and they said if we would prepare a series of
film they would run them free of charge. Let me tell you, precious peo
ple,
we need your support. We need your help. We need you to help us
to put this work over.”
3:01 p.m.—Song by Christine Miskelly and Betty Baker, “I Wasn’t There
But I Wish I Could Have Been.”
3:06 p.m.—“My Doctrine Shall Drop as the Rain,” message by Harry
Lee Moore, Wings of Prophecy Director. A portion follows:
“I will read from our Assembly Minutes in the year of 1940 which is
now seventeen years ago, from the General Overseer’s Annual Address.
He
said, ‘Prophecy must be fulfilled. The time of the great prepara
tion is at hand. The automobiles are surely the chariots with flaming
torches. The great dams that make it necessary to have gates in the
rivers, surely form the gates of the rivers that shall be opened. There
must be mighty preparations made, and we must keep apace with proph
ecy.
’ From these words it sounds like he expected the Church to keep
up with the Scripture. He said prophecy must be fulfilled, and then he
said to us that this is the time of the great preparation. He was speak
ing of the preparations to be made for the return of the Lord. He said
that there must be mighty preparations made and that we must keep
apace with prophecy. What he meant was that we must keep in step
and in line with the Scriptures. Then he says, ‘The mighty fleets of air
planes are signs which call for the mighty spread of the glorious last days
message
among the nations.’ He used the Scripture, ‘A bird of the air
shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.’
Then he said this, ‘Why not this be the correct view along with the
sight seen by John that describes the scene as follows: “And I saw an
other angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to
preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred,
and tongue, and people.’ ” He said, ‘In order to have the loads of our
literature to drop down for the. people to read, it must be printed in their
own
languages.’ Now, we have to reach the people in their own lan
guages.
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them. What he was trying to bring out here was that for us to scat
ter the doctrine and to drop it like the rain, that first of all it had to
be
printed in their language. He said, ‘And is it not true that God’s doc
trine, the Church of God doctrine shall drop like the rain? Now read and
see
the mighty work that we have to do when we are fully prepared
with literature printed in the languages of the earth’s inhabitants.’ Then
we
come to our text for today. ‘Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak;
and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.’ There is a program going
on up in the elements and He commanded the heavens to give ear. Not
only
is there going to be one going on in the heavens, but also in the
earth. ‘My doctrine shall drop as the rain.’ That is Bible. That is definite
and conclusive. It is going to be that way. ‘My speech shall distil as
the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and the showers upon
the grass.’ Not just sprinkles but showers—thunder showers. What we
need is showers. ‘Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe
ye greatness unto our God.’
“Somebody has said we didn’t have anything to do to fulfil these Scrip
tures. Somebody has said that all we had to do was hire commercial
pilots.
You can’t hire anybody to get the Holy Ghost for you. You don’t
hire anybody to baptize for you. The commission was given to us to
baptize. You don’t hire it done, you do it yourself. We don’t hire this
done
either. That is the reason we have been training pilots and try
ing to get our own fleet. It is necessary that the Church of God fulfil
these Scriptures.
“
The former General Overseer said to fulfil these Scriptures the doc
trine must be put in the different languages of the world so when it
is dropped from the fleets of airplanes like the rain the people below
can pick it up and read it in their own language. Then he said this
angel flying in the midst of heaven with the everlasting gospel to preach
to them on the earth cannot be a heavenly angel, because the gospel was
not committed to angels but to man. This is shown by the last com
mission when Jesus said to the disciples, ‘Go ye.’ No place is found
where Jesus told the angels to go and teach all nations. He gave the
commission to Church of God men and women. The angels desired to
look
into this and were not able. This is our message, it is our com
mission, therefore he said that this angel flying through the midst of
heaven cannot be a heavenly angel, but it would have to be Church of
God men and women flying with fleets of airplanes with the gospel printed
in the languages of the world showering the doctrine down upon the
people
below.
“Think of fleets of airplanes equipped with loud speakers flying through
the heavens, loaded with Church of God men and women and our litera
ture, God’s doctrine, the Church of God doctrine, the Scriptures rightly
divided to prevent wrong interpretations of men’s opinions. Even though
the Church consists of many men and women, yet they are all one. Angel
is messenger. The Church was given the last commission, the last days
message.
It is the body of Christ. The world is making planes by the
millions,
and he said why should we not think of some of them being
made for this use. I believe we are on the verge of getting into a pro
gram with our planes that will be a great blessing to the Church. I be
lieve we are going to fulfil this Scripture in its entirely.
“Now we have an airplane equipped with a loud speaker. Brother Scott
Thompson,
Brother Thomas Duncan and Brother Wayne Allen have
worked all this week very hard on this speaker, but it is not perfect.
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But it is possible to install speakers on planes that can be used to preach
from the air. We are going to have several planes dropping the litera
ture this afternoon. We will have, not just a hundred tracts dropped, but
it is really going to be raining this afternoon. We have thousands and
thousands of tracts on repentance, sanctification, baptism of the Holy
Ghost
and the Church of God of Prophecy that we are going to be drop
ping out of the airplanes. We hope we will be able to use the loud speaker
in a way so you will hear the gospel as it is preached from the air.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to move into a city and fly back
and forth across it and preach about a revival or a convention that is
underway and have a radio program all at the same time? It wouldn’t
take us two weeks to let people know we are in town like it has been
doing.
We need to get at this business where we can cover the masses
of people and let them know overnight that we are there for business
for God and His Church. And it can be done. We may have to experi
ment just a little with it to get the speaking system right, but we al
ready know enough about it to know that it can be done by the help of
the Lord.”
3:33 p.m.—While the congregation stood, Brother Samuel Pratt led the
congregation in a concert prayer in behalf of the airplane program.
3:37 p.m.—Report of the General C. P. M. A. Secretary and Honor
Stone Department Director, L. S. Rhodes.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of the C. P. M. A. Secretary and
Honor Stone Department Director
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached______________________________________139
Ministers conventions attended_____________________________5
District conventions attended_____________________________8
Taught in Bible Training Camp during the month of April.
A. B. M. and Honor Stone rallies attended__________________20
Honor Stone rallies attended_____________________________12
C. P. M. A. rallies attended_______________________________10
State Conventions attended_______________________________5
Respectfully submitted,
L. S. RHODES
General C. P. M. A. Secretary and
Honor Stone Department Director
Following the acceptance of the report, the General Secretary asked the
General Overseer to read the decisions that had been reached recently
by the C. P. M. A. Committee concerning the Honor Stone work. The Gen
eral Overseer read the statement and asked that it be inserted in the
Minutes of the Assembly. It is as follows:

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Decisions of C. P. M. A. Committee
Since we are to present every man perfect, a more complete record
will be needed at headquarters to enable us to know what is lacking
and where the shortcoming is. For this reason, the C. P. M. A. Com
mittee, in a called meeting held on Friday, September 6, 1957, agreed to
the following recommendations:
1. That each pastor be asked to fill out a requirement sheet, regard
less
of the condition of the church, and turn it in at the state convention.
2. That each licensed minister who is not pastoring a church, fill out
a requirement sheet and turn it in at the state convention.
3. That the State Overseers, after checking the requirement sheets,
mail all of them to the Honor Stone Department, Bible Place, Cleveland,
Tennessee.
3:42 pan.—Awarding of banners and badges:
A
banner was presented to the state of Florida, the leading state in
C. P. M. A. membership—1,082, also a badge of honor.
Badges
of honor were presented to the other ten states leading in C. P.
M. A. membership. These were: Virginia 948, North Carolina 846, Ten
nessee 773, Georgia 773, South Carolina 505, Kentucky 493, Oklahoma
361, Mississippi 328, Alabama 314, California 290.
A banner was presented to Oklahoma for having the largest state con
vention C. P. M. A. offering—$3,001.
A banner was presented to the church at Ocoee, Florida for having the
largest number of C. P. M. A. members—105.
A banner was presented to the state of Oklahoma for having the largest
number of C. P. M. A. members according to membership—625 mem
bers and 361 C. P. M. A. members.
A banner was presented to the state of Florida for having the largest
number of churches one hundred per cent in C. P. M. A. membership—37.
A banner was presented to Harrison E. Price for leading in soul win
ning—335 converted, 67 sanctified, 42 baptized with the Holy Ghost, 94
added to the Church, 63 baptized in water.
A banner was presented to the state of Alabama for leading in soul
winning this year—1,442 converted, 739 sanctified, 792 baptized with the
Holy
Ghost and 324 added to the Church.
4:00 p.m.—“Let Every Man Take Heed How He Buildeth Thereupon,”
message
by L. S. Rhodes. The speaker used 1 Cor. 3:10, 11 for a text. A
portion of his message follows:
“We know that building and preparing God’s house is very particular
work. We must be very careful how we build on the Church of God.
As Moses was about to build the tabernacle, he was admonished of God
that he build it according to the pattern showed him in the mount. Noah
was to build the ark according to the blueprint God gave him. We as
ministers in the Church of God cannot build our way. Ideas and opin
ions
are no good. Pastoring a church your way is no good. You must
pastor the church the Church of God way. The Bible says to let every
man take heed how he builds thereupon. If you don’t build right you
are going to suffer loss because your work is going to be tried. Your
work is going to have to pass inspection. You find a man with a bunch
of
carpenters and you give them the blueprint to build your home. You
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print. If they push the blueprint aside and say that they believe the
house would look better if built another way and they believe it will
please you. No. The owner will come around and inspect the house ac
cording to the blueprint and he will see that the house was built con
trary to the blueprint. The first thing you know he will look at you and
tell you there is not but one thing to do and that is to tear down every
thing. Preachers, we must build according to the blueprint. If you build
contrary to the Church of God it will be torn down and you will suffer
loss.
“Paul was a masterbuilder. We are in need of more masterbuilders
today. We have many licensed carpenters. A masterbuilder will follow
the blueprint. One who doesn’t follow the blueprint is not a masterbuilder.
And I am persuaded to believe a good masterbuilder or a good car
penter will nail on a plank once in a while. A good carpenter, one that
handles the saw and the hammer, one that has been hired to work on
the building, really got a job to work on the building. If he is a master-
builder, he will nail on a plank once in awhile. But what do you think
about a carpenter who works on a building for weeks and months and
not a plank nailed on. Thirty days hammering and never a plank nailed
on. Six months passed, not a plank nailed on. Maybe the next month
instead of nailing on a plank, knocked off two. 'OTiat about that for
a carpenter? Sometimes I wonder what the Lord thinks about it. When
we preach and preach and just keep on preaching and preaching and
hammering, sawing, and the first thing we know we have to knock off
a plank. Then along comes a wind and some of the planks are loose
and they go to flopping. They are not nailed tight enough. You say,
“what are we to nail them with?” Stick them with the twenty-nine
teachings. Nail them with these and let the wind blow.
“We have many wonderful ministers, but according to the reports that
we have received we have churches today in worse condition than they
were a year or two ago. Some of our churches grow and prosper when
they have mighty masterbuilders preaching, praying and working. God
is blessing and the church is prospering. Then later on they switch
masterbuilders—pastors. The new pastor will walk in there and he will
stay twelve months or two years and according to his record he leaves
the church in worse condition than he finds it. May I say something sweet
to you, ministers? Preachers like that, before long, are going to won
der why their names were not called. The Bible says to let every man
prove his own works, then he shall have rejoicing in himself and not in
another. If your church this year is in better condition than it was last
year, you have something to shout about. If you left it in worse con
dition, you need to get on your knees and beg God to help you. This
is serious. I know it is a little plain, but preachers, it is going on and
I want to say something to stir you up.”
4:30 p.m.—The congregation moved outside for the continuation of the
C. P. M. A. program. Airplanes circled overhead with Brother Harry Lee
Moore preaching from the air and the other planes at a higher altitude
dropping tracts.
4:35 p.m.—Special prayer led by the General Overseer.
4:38 p.m.—“That Which Hath Wings Shall Tell the Matter,” message
by J. D. Lowman. Brother Lowman used the Scripture found in Eccl.
10:20 and pointed out the airplane in prophecy and told how the airplanes
are fulfilling prophecy in our day.
4:53 p.m.—Dismissed with prayer by all state C. P. M. A. secretaries.
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6:17 p.m.—Johnny and Bettye Byrd, Grace and Dewitt sang “I Want to
Go There” and “God Is Love.” Stanley and Marguerite Wright sang “It’s
Not
An Easy Road.”
6:28 p.m.—Concert prayer. This was in behalf of those for whom re
quests had been made, for the service and the state marches the follow
ing day.
6:31 p.m.—Report of Foreign Language Secretary, Jess F. Pruitt.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Foreign Language Secretary
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached ____________________________ 108
Homes visited_________________________________________121
Number converted ________ 6
Number sanctified J____________________________________ 4
Number received Holy Ghost__________________ 2
Number ministers conventions attended_______ 6
District conventions attended______________________________13
State conventions attended____________________,__________ 4
Number Foreign Language rallies conducted________________ 9
I have visited a number of local churches, taught in Bible Training
Camp in Cleveland, Tennessee, and Fresno, California. Made several busi
ness
trips and assisted in two programs in Fields of the Wood. I directed
the work of the Foreign Language Office. There have been approximately
one
million pieces of literature distributed in twenty-nine of the major
languages spoken in the world. Also have written many cards and let
ters in the interest of the Foreign Language work.
Respectfully
submitted,
JESS F. PRUITT
Foreign Language Secretary
6:35 p.m.—“The Church Age and Revelation,” message by Jess F. Pruitt.
The
speaker began his message by reading Matt. 16:13-18. A portion
follows:
“
Jesus was in company with twelve of His disciples. As they drew
near to the coast of Caesarea, Philippi, Jesus asked His disciples this
question, ‘Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?’ If you will
take notice you will see that Jesus told who He was in asking the ques
tion.
They answered Him, Master, at one place they said you were John
the Baptist. At another place they said you were EUas, and others say
you
are Jeremias or one of the prophets. Jesus then said, ‘But whom say
ye that I am?’ It is not what the world says about Christ and His Church,
but the thing that counts is what we understand about it, what we say
about it and how we preach it. The apostle Peter through a divine rev
elation from God said, ‘Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living
God.
’ Jesus then said to him, ‘Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh
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heaven.’ It is a blessing to receive a divine revelation of the Church of
God. It is a blessing to receive a divine revelation of Christ and His
Church. One of the greatest blessings I have ever received was when
God revealed the Church of God to me.
“There is not but one way to receive the divine revelation of God and
His Church and that is from God. Jesus said to Peter, ‘Thou art Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it.’ This is the Church age. We understand that this
is the grace dispensation. It is a time when God is blessing His peo
ple.
A time when God is favoring His chosen people. In this grace dis
pensation is the Church age. The Church age came into existence when
Jesus came into the world and organized the Church which is His body.
“Jesus came into the world to save the human race from sin. He came
and presented Himself to the world as the Son of God. The world turned
Him
down and everything He presented to them. When it looked like
everything had been done that could be done to redeem the human race,
and it looked like Satan had blocked every move that Jesus made, Jesus
stood
up one day and made one of the most famous announcements this
world has ever heard. He said, ‘I will build my church.’ It looked like
everything was a failure, but no one knew what God had in store for
this age and for this dispensation. Aren’t you glad you are living in this
time?
“We understand a revelation is the act of making known that which
before was a secret, and a vision is the act of seeing. Therefore, a thing
would have to be revealed before we could have a vision of it. God
saw
fit on the thirteenth day of June, 1903 to reveal the Church of God
to A. J. Tomlinson, our former General Overseer. And from that time
until the Bride has finished her work here, it is possible for men and
women to receive a vision of the Church of God. When Christ was on
earth, He was God’s divine revelation to man. When He was here, He
was the light of the world; He was the true vine. But today His body is
the light of the world. Christ shines through His body.
“The Church is a mystery. A mystery is something beyond human
understanding. In Galatians 1:12, Paul said, ‘For I neither received it of
man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.’ We
understand that Paul was highly educated, but he didn’t get this rev
elation in any school. He said he couldn’t get it anywhere but by the
revelation of Jesus Christ. You may go through all the schools of learning
but you won’t find this revelation I am talking about in them. It comes
through Jesus Christ. I am glad it is that way.
“John speaking to the Church said, ‘But ye have an unction from the
Holy
One, and ye know all things.’ Sometimes we meet people who think
we don’t know anything. When I say we, I am speaking about the Church.
Some
folk in this world don’t think we know anything, but John said,
‘Ye know all things.’ He was speaking about the divine revelation of
the Church, and he went on to say that we have need that no man
teach us. If we can’t find it here where we are, there is no place to go
to find it. It is right here. This is the body of Christ.
“
I believe we are safe in making the statement that it is a matter
of impossibility to reveal the Church of God in her glory and perfection
up to the present time by material things alone. God has always used
material things to attract the attention of the world and to get people
to searching, but it takes more than these to reveal the Church of God.
You take the Church of God ensign. It is a sacred thing. It stands for
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thing. You may stand and wave it all day and never receive the vision
of the Church of God. We wouldn’t think about trying to go along with
out the llag. It is Bible. It is something that God has given us in these
last days to help designate who we are. It is going to attract the at
tention of many people, no doubt, and put them to searching until they
come to the place where God will reveal His Church to them.
“
Take Fields of the Wood. We have Bible for that. There is much
in the Scriptures concerning Fields of the Wood, and it is doing much
in writing the vision. It is one of the material things God has given us.
But you can go to Fields of the Wood and read every marker, but if
God don’t reveal the Church of God to you, you will never receive the
vision.
“I am afraid we may find some once in a while in our ranks that all
the vision they have of the Church, they looked up one time and saw
an airplane flying over their heads. Airplanes are on God’s program
today.
That is why the Church has accepted it and passed it in our As
sembly to have the airplane program. There are many Scriptures for
it. We want our people, every member of the Church to believe in the
ensign, believe in Fields of the Wood, believe in the airplane program,
and we also want them to have a divine revelation of the Church of
God. Regardless of how we love these things when the trials and tests
come, it is going to take a divine revelation to stick.
“Some people say, ‘you folk are so strong on the divine revelation, you
preach the vision, you preach it as coming from God and no where else
can it be received, how will we know when we have that divine vision
of
the Church of God?’ Very easy. The Church of God is the body of
Christ. The Church has the same vision that Christ had because it is
His body. What Christ saw, that is the vision of the Church. That is what
the Church sees. When Christ was on earth, He saw the fields white
and ready to harvest. That is the vision of the Church because it was
the vision of Christ. When Christ was here, He saw the multitudes wan
dering about without a shepherd. That is the vision of the Church to
day.
When Jesus was here He had a vision of the prodigals coming back
to the Father’s house. Some believe people are hardened to the gospel
and don’t think we will be successful in evangelistic efforts any more.
I say there are still millions of souls on the bleak mountain of sin that
have never heard about Christ and His power to save. Christ had a vis
ion of these multitudes. He had a vision of the prodigals coming home.
The
Church has that vision, too. When Jesus was here He had a vision
of all the people of God coming into one body and being perfected and
made ready for His return. That is the vision of the Church now. I
tell you something else, Jesus had a vision of just one Church, one
Body, one Bride. When we get this divine revelation just right, every
thing else diminishes, everything else goes, nothing else remains. This
divine revelation of the Church crowds out everything else—just one
Body, one Church for all, and in that one Body God is going to perfect
His
people .
“We read in the New Testament the account of where the Apostle
Peter went upon the top of the house. While he was there, he had a vis
ion. We know that he received a world-wide vision. It is possible that
we
may have some folk with us that don’t have a world-wide vision,
but that vision that Peter received was a world-wide vision. That is what
we want every member of the Church of God to receive, one that takes
in every nationality, every kindred, every tongue, every people of the
world.
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salvation was to the Gentiles the same as the Jew. I tell you we need a
vision like the Apostle Peter received on the housetop.
“The Apostle Paul was a great minister in the beginning of the Church.
He
had a vision of the Church being perfected, without a spot or wrinkle,
without a blemish. Do we have the vision that the Church is going to
be perfected? Yes, that is the vision of the Church. The New Testament
is the mind of Christ. It is the mind of the Church. It is the vision that
Christ had. It is the vision of the Church today. The Church is putting
in practice the teachings and practices of the New Testament and God
is blessing. The Church of God is increasing, but I don’t think we have
witnessed anything to that we are going to witness. I tell you this world
is going to be turned upside down in the same fashion that it was in
the days of the early Church. This world is yet to be moved by the
power of God, by the power of conviction, by the power of the Holy
Ghost.
Jesus still says He will bring them into the fold. He means what
He
says, but He wants everyone of us to have the divine revelation.
This revelation comes through the Word of God by the power of the Holy
Ghost.
That is the way God reveals it.”
7:20 p.m.—The Sherrill-Hartman quartet sang “I’ve Been With Jesus”
and “I Was There When It Happened,” while the offering was received
by the ushers.
7:28 p.m.—Program in charge of D. M. Deadrick, Field Secretary. The
Secretary spoke briefly, then called for William Smith to lead the song
service, Marie Williams at the piano and Mary Cox at the organ. J. D.
Williams
and John Shannon offered prayer at the pulpit, then the con
gregation joined together in praying for those for whom requests had
been made.
7:46 p.m.—Songs by the Philadelphia Singers, “How About Over” and
“Hold Out Unto the End;” Sons of Harmony, “Somewhere to Lay My
Head” and “Lord, Help Me Pray;” Excelsior Gospelettes, “I Believe I’ll
Testify.” The congregation stood and clapped their hands and many
shouted and rejoiced in the Lord. This continued for several minutes.
8:25 p.m.—Sermonettes by state secretaries, Samuel B. Moss, J. W.
Deadrick, Leroy Scotton, John W. Wood, J. D. Williams, and Gordon
Rolle.
All of these showed by their fiery talks that they felt the re
sponsibility that is resting upon them in these last days, and that they
were determined by the help of the Lord to do what they could for the
advancement of the Church and the spread of the gospel into all the world.
8:58 p.m.—Song by the Inspirational Singers, “Lord, Plant My Feet on
Higher Ground.”
9:05 p.m.—Message by Hermis Ferguson on the subject, “See, Saith He,
That Thou Make All Things According to the Pattern Shewed to Thee in
the Mount.” A portion of this fiery message follows:
“It is indeed a wonderful privilege for me to be here this evening to
speak on this subject. I request your prayers. I know that the Lord
is here. It was Jacob after having had a dream in which he saw a lad
der reaching from earth to heaven and the Father at the top of the ladder
and angels ascending and descending, that he awoke out of his sleep and
said, ‘Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.’ Unfortunately
for Jacob, he didn’t know the Lord was there, but I thank God that I
am in a place where I know the Lord is present. God is here. I can feel
His
presence. I felt His presence at the very beginning of this Assem
bly,
and I feel the presence of God now.
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you know the children of Israel were in bondage. After being delivered
from Pharaoh’s bondage, they were led into the wilderness. After they
came
into the wilderness, God Almighty wanted them to be governed
right; therefore, He gave them a law so they could be properly governed.
He selected Mount Sinai for the meeting place where He planned to
meet Moses and give him the law for His people, and also the instruc
tions how to build the tabernacle and to furnish it so He could dwell
among
His people. God called Moses up into the mountain and when
He
descended, it was a wonderful and dreadful sight. Mount Sinai be
gan
to smoke, it began to tremble. Darkness appeared over it. The sight
was
so terrible that Moses, the man of God, felt fearful. He began to
quake exceedingly. God gave Moses the law and gave him instructions
how to carry on, how to build the tabernacle and furnish it. While God
was giving Moses the instructions He said, ‘And look that thou make
them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.’
“In the New Testament the writer of Hebrews rehearsed these words
after the Mosaic covenant was done away with, the tabernacle was done
away with, and the altar and all the furnishings and furniture were done
away with. He said, ‘See, saith he, that thou make all things accord
ing to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.’ We will agree that
today there is no more Mount Sinai law. There is no more ark of the
covenant. All that is done away with, but now we have a more ex
cellent way. This is a better way, a better covenant and a better tab
ernacle. Not a literal mount, not Mount Sinai, where it was so terrible
that if a beast touched the mountain, it should be stoned or thrust through
with darts; this is Sion. We have come to Mount Sion, the city of the
living God. This is a great place. It is a wonderful place. We are hedged
around with a numberless host of angelic beings. I believe without
a shadow of doubt that all of us do not know where we are. If all of us
realized where we are, what a place this is, we would be more care
ful,
more particular, we would act better and we would behave ourselves.
“You notice the writer of Hebrews said, see, take careful notice, that
you
make all things according to the pattern, according to the model.
This
Mount is the Church of God. It is the Church of God General As
sembly.
We have people that trifle with the rulings of the Assembly. We
have people that speak evil of the rulings, the government, and every
act of the General Assembly. But that cannot go undisciplined. You will
surely pay the price. You will notice He said to make all things accord
ing to the pattern shown in the Mount. We can preach anything we
want to preach, but unless the Assembly puts its approval on it, we are
not making things according to the pattern. You never see a man that
goes against the Assembly that can survive. Spiritually he is crucified.
There is no man that can go against the God-anointed General Over
seer and make good. You have to go down because this is the Mount.
God is here. He is speaking to us. He has spoken to us many times in
our Assemblies, yet some of our people don’t pay any attention to His
words. The Holy Ghost has told us many times that this is His rest. This
is the place where He is going to rest. The Holy Ghost has told us we
are His people. The Holy Ghost has told us repeatedly that this is our
anointed General Overseer. Yes, some folks lightly brush it aside, pay no
attention, speak against government, speak against the anointed one.
Don’t you know this is the highest authority under heaven—the Gen
eral Assembly of the Church of God? God has His hand on this thing.
God has been guiding it all through the ages. God has been protecting
it all through the years, and now we are in the last days and He surely
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“I heard somebody say one time, ‘these are some wonderful people.’
Yes, we are, but any kind of people get to be wonderful people when
they are humble people. Someone said, ‘so and so is a wonderful man.’
He
must be an humble man if he is a wonderful man. He must be a
man that is subject to the will of God. He must be a man that will yield
to the rulings of the General Assembly and the General Overseer.
“See, take a close observation, take careful notice that you make all
things according to the pattern showed to thee in the mountain. We
can’t go against that we see. We can’t preach and teach any kind of
revelation that comes out. We must get it from God and approved by
the General Assembly. The only way we can be uniform, see eye to
eye, and speak the same thing is when you speak and teach what the
General Assembly approves. Let’s all stand just for a moment. Who
believes God is in this place? You believe God is here. You believe the
Holy
Ghost is here. You believe the Spirit of God is here. The Book
said,
‘But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are writ
ten in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just
men made perfect.’ Let us be fearful. I don’t mean the kind of fear that
Moses had, but a godly fear. Let us be careful how we behave our
selves.
Let us take note of the teachings and doctrine and the rulings
that the Assembly approves and make all things according to the pattern.
That is the way we can be one Church sure enough. We must unify our
selves; observe and teach and preach according to the pattern that is
laid down by the Assembly. One doctrine, the doctrine approved by the
Assembly.
“The Holy Ghost set His approval on these Assemblies many years ago.
The Holy Ghost set His approval on God’s anointed General Overseer.
We acknowledge he is God’s man, and yet there are some who fail to
believe it according to their actions. Don’t you know that God placed
him in the position that he holds? The Scripture says that we must
submit ourselves to rule. We must obey them that rule over us. The
General Assembly came together like one man with the Holy Ghost put
ting His approval on it that he was God’s man. This is Mount Zion. This
is a great place. God is in this place. God has angels guardling this place.
The only thing that can get in among us must be something springing
up among us. It must be somebody in here that has something in him.
“See
that you make all thinks according to the pattern. We have too
many people questioning the teachings of the Church. We have too many
that want to fix them to their own notion. It doesn’t go that way. Re
pentance is repentance. Sanctification is sanctification. The Holy Ghost,
speaking in other tongues as the evidence is just that. Divine healing
provided for all in the atonement is that. Paying your tithes, that is that.
The divorce and remarriage evil, the Church teaches against that, and it
is just that.”
This message brought the blessings down from above. At the close,
there was shouting, dancing and rejoicing all over the building. Shower
after shower fell upon the large congregation.
9:58 p.m.—Awarding of banners and prizes:
A badge of honor was presented to Samuel B. Moss for having the
largest number of members added to the Church this Assembly year—26.
A badge of honor was presented to Gordon W. Rolle for having the
second
largest number of members added to the Church this Assembly
year—20.

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Emilio Giordani, Haiti, was presented with a badge of honor for hav
ing
the largest number added to the Church this Assembly year in foreign
fields—128.
James A. Thomas, Dominican Republic, was presented with a badge of
honor
for having the second largest number added to the Church in for
eign fields—26.
A badge of merit was presented to each of the following ministers for
having set at least one church in order during the year: Norman Scot-
ton, William E. Rabsatt, Arthur Thompson, Gordon W. Rolle.
Badges of merit will be presented to a number of ministers in the
islands in their respective conventions for having set at least one church
in order during the year. These will be mailed to them at the proper time.
10:05 p.m.—Report of the Secretary, D. M. Deadrick.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of Field Secretary
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached________________________ 225
Homes visited__!______________________________________103
Ministers Conventions attended___________________________4
District Conventions attended ___________________________ 5
State Conventions attended_______________________________3
Terms taught in B. T. C._________________________________ 2
(Jamaica, B. W. I., and Fresno, California.)
Conducted several revivals and assisted others in several.
I enjoyed my work and appreciate your sweet hospitality
and co-operation.
Respectfully
submitted,
D. M. DEADRICK
Field Secretary
10:10 p.m.—Song by Katherine Jones and the Washington, D. C. singers,
“All the Way.”
10:20 p.m.—Evangelistic message by Charles I. Mackey. John A. Sands
was on program for the message, but due to ill health he was unable
to serve. He gave his testimony and thanked the people for their prayers.
Brother Mackey urged those who did not know the Lord to forsake their
sins
and come to Jesus Christ. When opportunity was given for people
to seek God, a number came forward and five were saved, four sanctified
and six were baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Thursday, September 12
6:00 a.m.—Sunrise prayer service in charge of E. L. Baxter. The serv
ice was opened with a concert prayer in behalf of the work of the As
sembly
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for whom requests had been made. The song service followed, then Broth
er Baxter read a Scripture lesson. Another prayer was offered for the
Assembly.
Brother and Sister Joe Rodriquez sang a special song. Brother
Floyd Benton spoke for a few moments, using for a text, 2 Cor. 1:2, 3.
The
congregation stood and prayed together in behalf of those who need
ed help from the Lord. The service was dismissed at 7:05 a.m.
7:15 a.m.—Music by the electric band.
7:30 a.m.—Song service led by C. F. Reynolds, Christine Douglas at
the piano. W. D. Gates read Numbers 2:1, 2, 32-34. Samuel Pratt led
in prayer, then the congregation prayed together for those for whom re
quests had been made.
7:45 a.m.—Call of states, provinces and countries, and their response
with their programs of music, songs, marches, display of banners and flags,
short talks and reports of the overseers. Clayton Sherrill signaled the
beginning of the marches with the sound of the trumpet.
7:47 a.m.—Australia, Tim Wakeman, Overseer. Seven marched. They
carried three banners, two flags and two musical instruments. John and
Mark Wakeman sang a song of their own composition, then Homer Rye
spoke
briefly. The overseer gave a report of the work in Australia, then
the congregation stood and prayed for the work in that country. Brother
Ernie Joselyn spoke a few words concerning his call to Australia to as
sist with the work of the Church there.
8:05 a.m.—Bahamas and Bermuda, Alvin S. Moss, Overseer. Thirteen
marched with two banners and fourteen flags. Brother Moss read his
report of the work in the Bahamas which showed forty-three churches
with a membership of 3,448. The report for Bermuda showed one church
with fifty members. Brother George W. Burgess spoke a few words con
cerning the work in Bermuda, then Brother Hermis Ferguson spoke briefly.
The delegation sang “I Feel Like Traveling On.”
8:15 a.m.—Canada—British Columbia, T. E. Branscum, Overseer; Mani
toba, Gilbert Jose, Overseer; Ontario, Horace Lafortune, Overseer. Ten
marched, carrying three banners, six flags and one musical instrument.
The delegation sang a song in German, then Adolph Flemmer spoke con
cerning the work in British Columbia in the absence of the overseer.
Song by the delegation, “An Empty Mansion.” W. G. Hardin spoke about
the work in Manitoba, then Brother Jose read his report. This showed one
church with twenty-six members. Joe Eichler played an accordion solo,
and Brother Lafortune spoke concerning the work in Ontario and read
his report, which showed one church with eleven members.
8:40 a.m.—Guatemala, A u g u s t o Ruano, Representative; Barbados and
Trinidad, Johnnie L. McGlothlin, Overseer; Turks Islands, Isaiah Wynns,
Overseer. Eleven marched with four banners, three flags and one mu
sical instrument. Augusto Ruano, son of the overseer of Guatemala, read
the report of the work in that country. This showed thirty-three churches
with 1,329 members. Kenneth Cooley sang a song, then Brother McGloth
lin gave a report of his work. This showed Barbados has eleven churches
with two hundred and five members, and Trinidad has seven churches
with two hundred and four members. The delegation sang “Heaven’s
Jubilee.” Brother Wynns gave a report of his work which showed six
churches with two hundred and eighty-eight members. He and his wife
sang “I Have Fallen in Love With Jesus.” Brother Walter C. Bates, Carib
bean Islands Representative, gave a report of his personal work in the
Islands.
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Costas, Representatives. Five marched, carrying five flags. Charles Hawk
ins,
World Evangelist, spoke a few words concerning his visit to Europe
this year. Charles Kounnas, son of the overseer of Cyprus, spoke about
the work in Cyprus. Sister Costas, wife of the overseer of Greece, spoke
concerning the work in Greece.
9:37 a.m.—New Zealand, Rebecca Sesco, Representative. Five marched
with one banner. Sister Sesco, former missionary to New Zealand, talked
briefly of the work there, also Homer Rye spoke concerning his work in
that country. J. D. Lowman led the congregation in singing “The Church
of God Flag Song,” then all offered prayer in behalf of New Zealand.
9:50 a.m.—Alabama, Roy H. Phipps, Overseer. One hundred and eighty-
four marched. They carried seventeen banners, eighteen flags and one
musical instrument. The delegation sang “Jesus Lifted Me.” Dorothy
Creel sang “I Dreamed I Went to Heaven.” Jack Thomas and daughter
sang “The Fourth Man.” The overseer gave his report of the work. This
showed
sixty-six churches with two thousand members.
10:05 a.m.—Alaska, A. D. Cleaver, Representative. Three marched with
one banner and one musical instrument. Brother Cleaver spoke briefly
about the work in Alaska, then he and his wife sang “I’m Using My Bible
for a Road Map.”
10:09 a.m.—Arizona, L. E. Silvers, Overseer. Nineteen marched. They
carried five banners, two flags and two musical instruments. The dele
gation sang “I Feel Like Traveling On.” The overseer read his report
which showed eight churches with a membership of one hundred and two.
Song
by a group of the delegates, “When I Meet You.”
10:20 a.m. — Arkansas, L. A. Moxley, Overseer. Sixty-three marched
with sixty-four banners, one flag and two musical instruments. The dele
gation sang “Heaven’s Jubilee.” The overseer introduced the state sec
retaries, then read his report. This showed twenty-six churches with a
membership of five hundred and seventy. Eighteen churches have honor
stones in Fields of the Wood.
10:31 a.m.—California, Adrian T. Griffin, Overseer. One hundred and
seventeen marched, carrying thirty-eight banners, six flags and two mu
sical instruments. The delegates sang “Working the Road.” The Span
ish delegates sang “The Great Church of God.” The overseer read his
report and introduced the state secretaries. The report showed thirty-
eight churches in the state with nine hundred and seven members. A
trio sang “I’m Gonna Praise His Name.” The delegation sang “Jesus
Lifted Me.”
10:52 a.m.—Colorado, W. T. Pettyjohn, Overseer. Thirty-five marched.
They carried seven banners, seventeen flags and two musical instruments.
The delegation sang “Just a Little Talk With Jesus” and “Light Guid
ing Me.” The overseer read his report which showed seven churches with
one
hundred and thirty-six members.
11:05 a.m.—New England States, Orville Trump, William A. Grant, A. D.
Somerville, Charles E. Hanna, overseers. Thirty-three marched with sev
en banners, one flag and one musical instrument. The delegates sang
“Keep on the Firing Line.” A duet sang “I Dreamed I Went to Heaven.”
Brother Trump read his report. This showed two churches with twenty-
two members. Brother Grant read his report which showed three churches
with twenty-nine members. The Pennsylvania Harmonizers sang “I Was
There When It Happened.” Brother Somerville read his report. This
showed three churches with twenty-eight members. Brother Hanna read
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11:30 a.m.—Delaware, Charles G. Miller, Overseer. Thirty-seven inarched,
carrying ten banners, eighteen flags and one musical instrument. The
delegation sang “I Feel Like Traveling On.” The colored delegates sang
a fiery number. The overseer read his report which showed two churches
with fifty-nine members.
11:44 a.m.—East Texas, H. M. Biggers, Overseer. Eighty-six marched.
They carried twenty-eight banners, seven flags and one musical instru
ment. The delegation sang “Glory Land March.” Paul Hensley and Lon
nie Eddy sang “I Saw A Man.” Mysterious Roberts sang “I’m Sending
Up
Material.” The overseer read his report which showed thirty-nine
churches with a membership of eight hundred and sixty-four. Twenty-
eight churches have honor stones in Fields of the Wood and thirty-seven
churches are one hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund.
12:00 m.—Florida, M. S. Curry, Overseer. Two hundred and sixty-eight
marched, carrying sixty-six banners, four flags and twelve musical in
struments. The Miami Choir sang “Old Time Religion.” Barbara Gilmer
sang “He’s Everywhere.” Brother Curry introduced several of the dele
gates
who had been members of the Church for many years. He read
his report which showed ninety-three churches with 3,062 members. Forty-
six churches have honor stones in Fields of the Wood.
12:19 p.m.—Georgia, Charles S. Pennington, Overseer. Three hundred
and thirty-five marched. They carried eighty-four banners and sixty-
four flags. Roy Mixon led the group in singing “Just a Little Talk With
Jesus.” The • overseer introduced the state secretaries. Mildred Ben
nett sang “I’m a Pilgrim.” The overseer called for the General Overseer
and his wife to come to the platform. They were presented with a minia
ture bedroom suite representing beautiful bedroom furniture the state
was placing in their home. The overseer read his report. This showed
ninety-two churches with 3,312 members. Sixty churches have honor
stones
in Fields of the Wood, and eighty-two churches are one hundred
per cent in the Emergency Fund.
12:43 p.m.—Hawaii, Dave Tuller, Representative. Brother Tuller spoke
briefly concerning the work in the Hawaiian Islands.
12:50 p.m.—Idaho, R. L. Williams, Overseer. Nineteen marched with
eleven
banners. The delegates sang “I Want That Kind of Blessing.”
The Melodyaires sang “Where No One Stands Alone.” The overseer read
his report of the work in the state. This showed six churches with one
hundred and thirty-one members. Four churches have honor stones in
Fields of the Wood and all six are one hundred per cent in the Emer
gency
Fund.
1:00 p.m.—Illinois, John W. Miracle, Overseer. Eighty-two marched.
They carried twenty-seven banners and six flags. The delegates sang
“I Want to Be Ready to Meet Him.” The overseer read his report which
showed
seventeen churches in the state with four hundred and thirty-
three members. The delegation sang “When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder.”
1:15 p.m.—Indiana, John L. Sullivan, Overseer. One hundred and thirty-
five marched, carrying fifty-four banners, thirteen flags and five musical
instruments. The delegation sang “By and By.” Charles Russell sang
“No Grave Gonna. Hold My Body Down.” The overseer spoke briefly
and read his report which showed eighteen churches with five hundred
and sixty-seven members. Each church is paid one hundred per cent
in the Emergency Fund and nine have honor stones in Fields of the
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sang “My King and I.” A musical number by the stringed band fol
lowed,
“Heaven Bound Train.”
1:40 pan.—Iowa, Cecil J. Cunningham, Overseer. Seventy-two marched
with nineteen banners and twenty-five flags. The delegation sang “Walk
ing in the Light.” Clifton Hyatt sang “Let the Light Shine on Me.” The
overseer read his report which showed eleven churches in the state with
one hundred and eighty-one members. Ten have honor stones in Fields
of the Wood and all are one hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund.
2:00 p.m.—Kansas, Howard W. Thomas, Overseer. Eighty-eight marched
with twelve flags, eleven banners and two musical instruments. Song by
the delegates, “The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power.” Brother Harrison
E. Price spoke a few words and his small helper, Ronnie Hamm, sang
“Feeling Mighty Fine.” The overseer read his report which showed ten
churches in the state with a membership of three hundred. Six churches
have honor stones in Fields of the Wood. C. R. Talbott sang “Known
Only to Him.”
2:10 p.m.—Kentucky, M. E. Wilson, Overseer. Three hundred and fif
teen marched with sixty-two banners, one hundred and eight flags and
fourteen musical instruments. The delegation sang “Do Remember Me.”
The * overseer talked briefly and introduced the state secretaries. Don
Hatten sang “Jesus Rolled My Burdens Away.” Jimmie and Archie Turner
sang “I Claim Jesus First of All.” The overseer read his report. This
showed
sixty-five churches in the state with 2,235 members.
2:47 p.m.—Louisiana, M. M. Burt, Overseer. Fifty-seven marched with
twenty-eight banners and ten flags. The delegation sang “Come and
Dine.
” The overseer introduced the state secretaries and each of them
spoke a few words. Song, “Better Than Gold or Silver,” by Joyce Taylor.
The colored ministers were introduced and each of them spoke briefly.
Marvin and Marie Burt sang “Led by the Master’s Hand.” The over
seer gave his report. This showed sixteen churches with three hundred
and forty-two members. Ten churches have honor stones in Fields of
the Wood and fourteen are paid in full in the Emergency Fund.
3:10 p.m.—Maryland and D. C., Posey A. Shupe, Overseer. One hun
dred and twenty marched with forty-two banners and sixty-one flags.
The
delegation sang “When We All Get to Heaven.” Katherine Jones
sang “Let God Abide.” Song by the colored delegates, “Up Above My
Head.” The overseer read his report. This showed sixteen churches with
four hundred and fifty-five members. Ten churches have honor stones
in Fields of the Wood and each church is paid in full in the Emergency
Fund.
3:40 p.m.—Michigan, Joe Martin, Overseer. One hundred and thirty-one
marched with forty-six banners and ten flags. The delegation sang “The
Whole Wide World in His Hand.” The overseer introduced the state
secretaries. Jo Nell and Dwane Adams sang “The Touch of His Hand.”
The overseer read his report which showed seventeen churches and six
hundred and seven members. The state is one hundred per cent in the
Emergency Fund and each church has an honor stone in Fields of the
Wood.
3:55 p.m.—Minnesota, Paul H. Thompson, Overseer. Twenty-seven
marched with eleven banners and thirteen flags. The delegates sang
“Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.” Eloda Urseth sang “Open Thy Merci
ful Arms.” The overseer read his report. This showed five churches in
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stones in Fields of the Wood and all five are paid in full in the Emergency
Fund.
4:15 p.m.—Mississippi, James Staggs, Overseer. One hundred and eighty-
six marched, carrying eighty-one banners, sixty flags and four musical
instruments. The delegation sang “When We All Get to Heaven.” Three
former overseers were in the march and each one said a few words—
A. J. Creel, John A. Stubbs, H. M. Biggers. Charles Hawkins, World
Evangelist, spoke briefly. A small girl sang “If You Ever Needed the Lord.”
The overseer read his report which showed forty-nine churches and
1,291 members. Twenty churches have honor stones in Fields of the Wood
and twenty-four are paid in full in the Emergency Fund. The Staggs
family sang “There Waits for Me a Bright Tomorrow.”
4:30 p.m.—Missouri, Boyd Thornton, Overseer. Ninety-eight marched
with ten banners, twenty-two flags and two musical instruments. The
overseer introduced Brother D. R. Holcomb, former overseer of Missouri,
and he spoke a few words. The delegation sang “When the Church of
God Arises.” There was shouting and rejoicing among the delegates. The
overseer read his report. This showed thirty churches in the state with
a membership of eight hundred and forty-nine. Sixteen churches have
honor stones in Fields of the Wood and this number has paid the Emer
gency
dollars in full. Warren Roney and Ray Jones led in singing “You’ve
Gotta Move.” Again there was shouting and rejoicing.
4:50 p.m.—Montana, W. A. Newsom, Overseer. Eighteen marched with
ten banners and two flags. The overseer talked briefly and read his re
port. This showed five churches in the state with a membership of fifty-
five. Each church is paid in full in the Emergency Fund and three churches
have honor stones in Fields of the Wood. The delegates sang “Firing
Line.” A trio sang “Troublesome Waters.” The overseer introduced the
state secretaries.
5:10 p.m.—Nebraska, G. C. Sloan, Overseer. Thirty-one marched with
three banners and four flags and one musical instrument. Brother Sloan,
Brother Patterson and his wife sang “It’s Harvest Time.” The overseer
introduced the state secretaries. The Clayton Endecott family sang “Glad
Reunion Day.” The overseer gave his report which showed six churches
with eighty-one members.
5:24 p.m.—Nevade, Jesse A. Griffin, Overseer. Twelve marched with
eleven banners, two flags and two musical instruments. The delegates
sang “Heaven’s Jubilee.” Wilma Olmstead sang “Let the Sunshine In.”
The overseer and his wife sang “Have I Done My Best?” The overseer
talked briefly and read his report which showed two churches with twenty-
one
members.
5:40 p.m.—New Jersey, Walter L. Harvey, Overseer. Twenty-two
marched with two banners and seven flags. The delegates sang and the
overseer made a short talk. The Harvey children sang “Dig a Little
Deeper.” Norman Scotton spoke a few words concerning the colored work
in the state. The overseer read his report. This showed five churches
with forty-eight members.
5:55 p.m.—New Mexico, Earl Cowen, Overseer. Forty-nine marched with
thirteen banners, eighteen flags and one instrument. The delegation sang
“Heaven’s Jubilee.” The overseer introduced J. B. Padilla who was re
ceived
into the Church in 1911, then read his report. This showed nine
churches with one hundred and fifty-one members. Seven churches have
honor stones in Fields of the Wood.
6:05 p.m.—New York, J. F. Aites, Overseer. Twenty-three marched
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The overseer introduced the state secretaries and each one spoke a few
words.
Arnold Thurston sang “Sow Righteous Seed.” The overseer gave
his report of the work. This showed nine churches with one hundred and
eighty-one members.
6:28 p.m.—North Carolina, R. Clement Lynch, Overseer. Three hundred
and fifty-three marched with forty-six banners and eighty flags. Song by
the Sons of Harmony. The delegates sang “I Want to Know More About
My Lord.” There was shouting and rejoicing while the song was sung.
The overseer introduced the secretaries and the Nunnery Trio sang “Good-
by World, Goodby.” The overseer read his report which showed eighty-
nine churches and 2,368 members. Fifty-one churches have honor stones
in Fields of the Wood and eighty-five are paid in full in the Emergency
Fund.
6:52 p.m.—North Dakota, W. G. Hardin, Overseer. Thirty-one marched
with eleven banners, six flags and four musical instruments. The delegates
sang “Meeting in the Air.” The overseer introduced the state secretaries
and Sister Paul Costas from Athens, Greece. The overseer read his re
port which showed seven churches in the state with one hundred and
thirty-nine members. Each church is paid in full in the Emergency Fund
and has an honor stone in Fields of fee Wood. The delegates sang “The
Church of God Is So Wonderful.”
7:05 p.m.—Ohio, W. W. Webb, Overseer. One hundred and thirteen
marched with thirty-four banners and four flags. Songs by the delega
tion, “Sing Hosanna.” The overseer spoke a few words and introduced
the state secretaries. The Akron Trio sang “Lord, Keep Your Mighty
Hand on Me.” The overseer read his report which showed twenty-three
churches with six hundred and sixty-eight members. The Henderson sis
ters sang “I Saw Jesus When I Prayed Last Night.”
7:23 p.m.—Oklahoma, D. F. Rowland, Overseer. Eighty-three marched
with twenty-two banners, eighteen flags and one musical instrument. The
delegates sang “When the Redeemed Are Gathering In.” A trio sang “My
Soul Is Satisfied.” The overseer gave his report which showed twenty-
four churches with six hundred and sixty-one members. Each church
has an honor stone in Fields of the Wood and is paid in full in the
Emergency Fund.
7:35 p.m.—Oregon, Adolph Flemmer, Overseer. Thirty marched, carrying
twenty-six banners, nine flags and one musical instrument. The dele
gation sang “Come Unto Me.” Mark Wakeman sang “Little David.” The
overseer introduced fee state workers. He read his report which showed
twelve churches and two hundred and thirty-eight members. Six churches
have honor stones in Fields of the Wood and eleven are paid in full
in the Emergency Fund. Paul Goins sang “That Is What Heaven Is to Me.”
7:54 p.m.—Pennsylvania, Paul J. Ion, Overseer. Ninety-nine marched
with fourteen banners, six flags and one instrument. The delegation sang
“Just a Little Talk With Jesus.” The colored delegates sang “I See the
Lighthouse.” Samuel Pratt and Clayton Sherrill sang “The Land of Rest.”
Kay and Barbara Bowers sang “Golden Tomorrow.” The overseer read
his report which showed twenty-seven churches and eight hundred and
twelve members. Thirteen churches have honor stones in Fields of the
Wood and seventeen are paid in full in the Emergency Fund.
8:20 p.m.—South Carolina, E. A. McDonald, Overseer. Two hundred
and fifteen marched with forty-three banners, thirty-six flags and nine
musical instruments. The delegation sang a song, then the colored dele
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his report of the work which showed seventy-three churches and twenty-
five hundred members.
8:45 p.m.—South Dakota, Don Thomas, Overseer. Forty-two marched
with thirteen banners and ten flags. The delegation sang “Let It Shine
on Me.” Song by Ronnie Hamm. The overseer made his report which
showed
ten churches and one hundred and fifty-six members.
9:00 p.m.—Tennessee, L. V. Jones, Overseer. Eight hundred marched
with one hundred and ninety-two banners, fifty-seven flags and twenty-
one musical instruments. The delegation sang “When We All Get to
Heaven.” The overseer gave his report which showed ninety-seven
churches with thirty-six hundred members. Fifty-six churches have honor
stones in Fields of the Wood and eighty are paid in full in the Emergency
Fund.
9:25 p.m. — Utah, Floyd Benton, Overseer. Seventeen marched with
twelve banners, one flag and one instrument. Song by the delegation,
then the overseer spoke briefly and read his report. This showed three
churches with fifty-six members.
9:45 pan.—Virginia, W. M. Lowman, Overseer. Three hundred and
thirteen marched with one hundred and three banners and eighteen flags.
The overseer introduced the state workers and members of his family.
The delegation sang “When the Saints Go Marching In.” Three of the
state secretaries sang “Just to Have You.” The colored delegation sang
“What Kind of Man Is This?” The overseer gave his report which showed
seventy-four churches and 2,125 members. The state is one hundred per
cent in the Emergency Fund and forty-nine churches have honor stones
in Fields of the Wood.
10:14 p.m.—Washington, Sidney A. Cooley, Overseer. Forty marched,
carrying thirteen banners, three flags and five musical instruments. Song
by the delegation, “Heaven’s Jubilee.” Karen Blumenthal sang “The Move
is On.” The' overseer read his report. This showed fifteen churches and
two hundred and forty-three members. Twelve churches have honor
stones
in Fields of the Wood and all are paid in full in the Emergency
Fund.
10:25 p.m.—West Texas, T. J. Lowe, Overseer. Fifty marched with ten
banners and eleven flags. Song by the delegation, “Working the Road.”
Frances Sellers sang “I Must Be Saved.” The overseer introduced the state
workers and Eddie Mounce sang “The Scarlet Purple Robe.” The over
seer gave his report of the work which showed fifteen churches with two
hundred and fifty-nine members. Ten churches have honor stones in
Fields of the Wood and twelve are one hundred per cent in the Emergency
Fund.
10:50 p.m.—West Virginia, V. R. Sherrill, Overseer. Eighty-three
marched with sixteen banners, twenty-one flags and one musical instru
ment. The state secretaries read a poem in unison. Samuel Pratt and
Clayton
Sherrill sang “The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow.” Clyde
McNeilly sang “The Great Creator.” The pastors read a poem in unison,
then the overseer gave his report of the work which showed twenty-four
churches and four hundred and seventy-one members.
11:06 p.m.—Wisconsin, E. T. Fowler, Overseer. Eighteen marched with
nine banners and fifteen flags. The delegration sang “Standing on the
Promises.” The overseer read his report which showed five churches
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11:16 p.m.—Wyoming, M. T. Linkous, Overseer. Thirty marched with
fifteen
banners, four flags and one instrument. The delegation sang “Walk
ing With the King.” Song by the overseer and his wife, then he intro
duced
the state workers. The former overseer, G. C. Decker, spoke
briefly. A group sang “I Won’t Turn Back.” The overseer read his re
port which showed eight churches with one hundred and thirty-seven
members. Eight churches are one hundred per cent in the Emergency
Fund and four have honor stones in Fields of the Wood. The delegation
sang “God’s Radio Phone.”
11:42 p.m.—Prayer was offered in concert in behalf of all the countries
not represented.
11:44 p.m.—The trumpet was sounded by Clayton Sherrill to signal the
end
of the call of states and countries.
11:45 p.m.—Song by Charlotte Newsom, “Standing Outside.”
11:48 p.m.—Evangelistic message by Bobby Heacox. The speaker urged
people
to draw closer to God as that is the only way to receive any
thing from Him. He gave those who wanted to get something from God
opportunity to seek Him. Even at that late hour quite a number went
to the altar and three were saved, two sanctified and ten baptized with
the Holy Ghost.
Friday, September 13
6:00 a.m.—Sunrise prayer meeting in charge of C. H. Baldozier and
C. E. Manning. Brother Manning led the song service, then all joined
together in prayer. Brother Manning directed a testimony service in
which many praised the Lord for the blessings they had received at His
hand. All present stood and prayed in concert, then they knelt before
the Lord and prayed earnestly. Song by Sister Baldozier, then Brother
Baldozier delivered a short message. Opportunity was given for those
present to make requests for prayer, then all prayed together in be
half of those for whom requests were made. The service was dismissed
at 7:00 a.m.
8:45 a.m.—Program of music by the brass band in front of the Taber
nacle.
9:00 a.m.—Music by the band inside the Tabernacle.
9:17 a.m.—Song service led by M. S. Curry, Hattie Brooks at the piano.
Scripture reading, Isaiah 60:1-12, by Melvin Boeckel. Prayer was of
fered by A. R. Waggett, then the congregation joined together in pray
ing for those for whom requests were made.
9:40 a.m.—Song by Mildred Bennett, “I Met the Master.”
9:48 a.m.—“The People Is One, and They Have All One Language and
Nothing Will Be Restrained From Them,” message by L. S. Rhodes, Honor
Stone Director.
Before
starting his message, he gave some information concerning the
Honor Stone Program. He stated that 696 churches had retained or re
ceived
honor stones in Fields of the Wood. That means 696 churches
with every member saved. Number of churches with every member sanc
tified
—248. Number of churches with every member baptized with the
Holy
Ghost—70. Number of pastors to receive honor pins—696. Number
of ministers who are not pastors to receive honor pins—360. This makes
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At the beginning of the message, Brother Rhodes read Romans 15:4 and
2 Corinthians 4:18. He said: “We are looking at some things this morn
ing that are not seen with the natural eye, but they are going to come
to pass as sure as we are in this Assembly. We notice here the things
that were written aforetime were written for our learning. They were
written for the learning of the Church of God that we as a Church may
know what to do.
“ ‘And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one
language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained
from them, which they have imagined to do.’ The people were one and
they decided to do something. They organized themselves and started
their program. This is written for our learning. What we are doing is
bucking against the collar before we get organized properly. What we
are in need of is to be made one. One man, one language, one preacher.
We have too many preachers. We need one preacher. When you and I
preach alike, see alike, talk alike and do alike, we are one preacher.
We have too many preachers. That is our trouble. When you pull this
way and I pull that way, we are two preachers, but we need only one
preacher in the Church of God. One preacher, everybody seeing eye
to eye, speaking the same thing, no divisions among us. When we preach
ers become one big preacher, the Church will move forward. The Bible
says,
‘and now nothing will be restrained from them.’ Won’t it be a
blessing when we become as one preacher? You talk about moving for
ward, you talk about churches retaining honor stones, you talk about
preachers lining up with the Assembly, nothing will hinder us when we
become one preacher.
“I know we have at least two preachers. One has an honor stone in
Fields of the Wood and the other doesn’t. We do have two preachers
but we must have just one preacher. (John 17:22, 23.) Jesus said, ‘And
the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be
one, even as we are one.’ The Father and the Son are one and He de
sires that we be one. This is for a special purpose. The purpose is, noth
ing shall be restrained from them. And the glory. Do you see the glory
here this morning? It is all around here. No other place will you feel
like this. This is given that we may be one even as the Father and the
Son are one. This is the program we are working on—that we all may
be made perfect in one. Back there in that program nothing would be
restrained from them, but here Jesus says ‘that they may be made per
fect in one, and that the world may know that thou hast sent me.’ How
is the world going to know that the Father sent the Son? By the Church
being made perfect in one. We are trying to convince the world now,
but to do this we have to obey His program. What can we do? We need
one
preacher. What is going to do it? All being made one.
“I would like to turn to the prayer that Jesus prayed when He was
standing at the grave of Lazarus. He had been dead four days and
Martha said, ‘by this time he stinketh.’ Jesus told her that if she would
believe she would see the glory of God. Jesus lifted His eyes toward
heaven and prayed. He said, Father, I thank thee that you have heard
me and I know you have heard me always, but because of these stand
ing here I said it that they may believe thou hast sent me. Father, I
want them to know that you sent me. These Jews, they don’t believe
that you sent me, but I want you to make them know. When He spoke
to Lazarus, he came forth and Jesus said, ‘Loose him, and let him go.’
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“Back to the prayer of Jesus. He said, Father, I am going to try this
program. Raising Lazarus from the dead didn’t make them believe. A
few
were convinced but not all, but this program is going to convince
the world that the world may know that thou hast sent me. I want
the world to know that I love the Church. When we are made one
the world will be convinced that He loves the Church. You know He
loves
it, but your neighbor doesn’t. But this being one even as the Fa
ther and Son are one will make them believe it.
“The
children of God are scattered but Jesus died that they might be
gathered together in one. (John 11:51, 52.) Why are they scattered?
It is the man behind the pulpit. What is our hope? Everyone of us
settled down. Everyone unite ourselves together as one mighty man and
be loyal to the Assembly. He prayed that we would be made one. That
prayer will be answered. He prayed that we would be one and He died
that we might be gathered together in one.
“Church, let us move forward. Let us walk by the same rule. Let
us mind the same thing. You know what that will do? It will make one
preacher out of us. We have ministers preaching their own ideas and
opinions,
and it is confusing our people. Our people want you to stick
to the Church, stick to the Assembly. We must all walk by the same
rule. As we are walking, we must mind the same thing. When all of
us walk by the same rule and mind the same thing, that brings us together.
“We are on our way to the perfect man. I would that everyone of us
would
purpose in our hearts. You know when it gets down here, it will
go into action, and this time next year your church will have an honor
stone
in Fields of the Wood. Then you can come back here next year
and say that you are ready for the standard to be raised for every mem
ber to be sanctified. We can do it. Let’s look forward to this being the
greatest year we have had in the work of the Honor Stone Program. If
you have a member gone astray, that one needs your attention. By giv
ing him attention, you prove you love him. When you fill out your re
quirement sheet, there is a question which asks if the A. B. M. is or
ganized
and operating. If it is organized according to the Assembly when
a member backslides and goes back into the world, the band leader and
pastor will go into action. The A. B. M. is for the purpose of keeping
sin out of the Church, so if a member is backslidden for six months,
twelve months or two years, something is wrong. Pastors, let’s see to it
that the A. B. M. is sure enough organized and operating. If you love
the Lord, you will keep His words. If you keep His words, you will surely
go after that which is lost.”
10:38 a.m.—Song by Texie Johnson, “The Church Victorious.”
10:46 a.m.—The General Overseer spoke briefly and called for prep
arations to be made for the flag pledges. He stated that we would have
another pledge today and that will be to the Bible. Eight brothers came
to the platform and held the Church, United States, Mexican and Brit
ish Flags. The United States citizens repeated the United States Flag
Pledge. The Mexicans repeated the Mexican flag pledge. The British
subjects repeated the British flag pledge. All repeated in unison the
Church of God flag pledge. Following this, Brother Samuel Pratt led
the congregation in repeating the pledge to the Bible. It is as follows:
“I pledge allegiance to the Bible, God’s holy Word, and will make it a
lamp unto my feet, a light unto my path, and will hide its word in my
heart that I may not sin against God.” A prayer in concert followed, led
by the General Overseer.
10:55 a.m.—The General Overseer’s Annual Address:

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GENERAL OVERSEER ’S ANNUAL ADDRESS
BEFORE THE FIFTY-SECOND 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 under God, 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
iOh, Bandera Mexicana! ,Mi Bandera Tricolor! Yo amo tus lindos
colores; con todo mi corazon. Quiero que siempre gloriosa, flotes libre y
con honor. jQue todos los Mexicanos, sepan monstrarte 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!
INTRODUCTORY
“Courage, faithfulness, endurance, fearlessness and bravery are require
ments for our workers. Weakness cannot be tolerated. ‘Be strong in the
Lord,
and in the power of his might.’ ”
These are the closing words of the last annual address delivered be
fore the Assembly by my father, the former General Overseer. I am re
peating them because I feel it is as needful now, or even more so, for
our people to be courageous, faithful, able to endure hardness as good
soldiers, fearless and brave as it was when he said them fourteen years
ago. It takes courage to stem the tide of discouragements that come our
way almost constantly. I believe the enemy uses discouragements to try
to hinder our progress as much or more than anything else. It takes
faithfulness to God and His Church to be able to carry on in these last
days when oppositions are to be overcome daily. We must endure pa
tiently and without question that which comes upon us in order to suc
ceed
in our efforts for God and His Church. To be fearless in the face
of
the onslaughts of the enemy and meet his every challenge bravely is
required if we live victoriously and please the One who purchased us.
There is no place for weakness in the lives of our people. All must be
strong and courageous. God said to Joshua, “Be strong and of a good
courage;
be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God
is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” Joshua was strong. He was cou
rageous. He was obedient to the words of the Lord. God was with him
and used him to carry out His plan concerning Israel. And God will be
with us as we go forward with the work in obedience to His Word.
I say with my father, weakness cannot be tolerated. We are truly liv
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are called to do work for God in these last days just as others in the
past were called to do certain things. Everyone of them without excep
tion
had oppositions to overcome and battles to fight. Think of Moses
who
had been reared as the son of the king’s daughter. But when the
time came he refused to be called this woman’s son. He chose to suffer
the afflictions of his people who were in bondage rather than live as
the grandson of a mighty king. He had the courage to step out and boldly
declare that he was the son of Hebrew parents in the face of the wrath
of the king. This same courage, fearlessness and strength was manifested
during his life as he led the children of Israel out of Egypt toward the
promised land. One who was weak could never have endured the trials
that came upon him.
There are many examples of courage and bravery in the Book which
we
accept as the Word of God. Caleb comes to my mind. He with Joshua
brought a good report from the land of Canaan and when the other
spies brought an evil report, he said to the children of Israel, “Let us go
up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.” He was
forty years old at that time. Forty-five years later he asked Joshua for
a possession where the giants lived. Even at that age he felt he was
able to drive them out by the help of the Lord, and he was. All those
years that he wandered in the wilderness because of the rebellion of the
people, he remained strong and fearless and God was with him and he
possessed the land promised him by the Lord because he wholly followed
Him.
Who has shown more courage and fearlessness than young David when
he met the giant and slew him? And from whom did he draw this
strength and courage? From God. He said to Goliath, “I come to thee
in the name of the Lord of hosts.” He was but a youth but he knew God
and this knowledge made him strong and courageous. Thousands of peo
ple have allowed giants of lesser stature than Goliath to overcome them
and caused them to fail. But David went on from that victory to many
other victories because of his courage and bravery through faith in God
and his desire for God’s chosen people to be delivered from all of their
enemies.
Jonathan, the son of Saul and close friend of David, wrought great
victory in Israel when he and his armourbearer made their appearance
to the garrison of the Philistines. A very great multitude of Philistines
had gathered themselves together to fight against Israel, but the num
ber didn’t bother Jonathan. He said to his armourbearer, “Come, and
let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that
the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save
by many or by few.” His faith in God gave him courage to crawl up
between those big rocks and let the enemy see him, and his armour-
bearer went up after him. The Philistines didn’t think about just two
men waging a battle against them. They thought the Hebrews had hid
themselves in holes and had come out against them. A fear took hold
of that army and when these two fearless men slew twenty of their
number, this caused a trembling to take place in the camp. Even the
earth quaked and that added to the trembling. When Saul and his men
found out what was going on, they entered the battle, also the Hebrews
who
were with the Philistines and the men who had hid themselves.
A great victory was won because Jonathan believed that God was able
to save by many or by few, and he was fearless in the presence of mighty
warriors as God worked with him.
We could refer to Peter and the other apostles who stood before a
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Jesus whom they had by wicked hands crucified and slain was both Lord
and Christ. At another time Peter and John told the men of Israel that
they had killed the Prince of life but that God had raised Him from
the dead and it was through faith in His name that the lame man walked.
When
they were placed in prison for preaching the gospel and healing
the sick, an angel of the Lord opened the doors and brought them out
and told them to go to the temple and speak the words of eternal life.
They obeyed and when they were brought before the council Peter
and the others let them know they intended to obey God rather than
man. They boldly declared they were witnesses of the fact that God had
exalted Jesus, whom they hung on the cross, to be a Prince and a Saviour.
They had courage. They were faithful to the One who called them. They
were fearless and brave when persecuted. They were strong in the Lord
and none of the things that came upon them kept them from obeying
the words of their Lord and Saviour.
We could mention the courage and fearlessness of Stephen, the first
martyr, and Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, and others. The Bible is
teeming with instances of courage and bravery. The men of old and men
of New Testament days are examples for us to pattern after. We may
not be called upon to face the same things many of them endured, but
there will be oppositions, hindrances, trials and temptations for every
one
of us to overcome. The weak will never be able to stand the test
and make it through, so we will say with my father, weakness can
not be tolerated. It is time to put on strength. Everyone of us must
have courage enough to stand for the right in the face of opposition. If
Peter and others could, we can too. There would be very little opposition
encountered if we should follow something that is popular, but when we
fear God and endeavor to stick to the truths of the Bible as we have been
taught, it takes strength and courage.
Beloved,
there is land to be possessed in these last days. There are
giants to be overcome and battles to be won, and God is seeking for
those who will put their trust in Him and obey Him no matter what the
cost. Let us be strong and of a good courage and go into the work with
a greater determination to win than we ever have.
LOVE—TRUTH—UNITY
These words have appeared on the cover of the Minutes of the Assembly
or on the title page for many years. They are on the oldest copy that
I find here in the office with the exception of the leaflet containing the
Minutes of the first Assembly. I have never found anything written to
show
why these words were used in this way but I take it that they
meant a great deal to the pioneers of the last days Church. It is possible
that my father if he were here could tell us when they were first placed
on the Assembly Minutes and why. But he can’t speak to us today so
we may never know, but one thing we do know and that is that they
loved God and they were seekers after the truth and were striving for
unity. They were endeavoring to follow in the footsteps of the ministers
of the early Church who gave their lives in service to God.
Since these words have been before us for so many years, I have de
cided
to mention each one briefly. Much more could be said than I will
say here because of lack of time, but since they have meant so much in
the past and still mean so much to our people now, I want to call atten
tion to them.
Love, the precious love of God. What is greater than that? Surely
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His only Son. “God so loved.” The love God has for the world goes
much
deeper than a feeling of good will. It is much more than a char
itable attitude toward someone in need. God is love and this all-powerful
love embraces the whole world in its folds and says, “Look unto me, and
be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none
else.” Then it takes in each of us as individuals. John, who seemed to
know
so much about the love of God, said, “Behold, what manner of
love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the
sons of God.” And the Apostle Paul gave a brief description of what
the love of God means to us as individuals. He shows that we have
received the Spirit of adoption whereby we may look up to Him and say,
“Abba, Father.” Then he added, “The Spirit itself beareth witness with
our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs;
heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.” We can exclaim, oh what
wonderful love our Father in heaven has for us! The beloved John said
further, “God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and
God in him.”
God loved us so much that He made it possible for us to be the sons
of God and surely no greater honor could be bestowed upon man. He
loved
us so much that He makes it known to us that we are His chil
dren,
and as children we are His heirs. He loves us so much that he
went so far as to make us equal heirs with His only begotten Son. Now
isn’t that great and mighty love? And He loves us so much that He has
made it possible for us to dwell in love and since He is love, then we
dwell in God. I know everyone here will agree with me that this is
the safest place in the world to live. We say again, what wonderful love!
Since God loves us with so great a love, then it is only natural that
we love Him. However, I am afraid that we take too many of the bless
ings
of the Lord for granted and we are a little careless about our love
for the Lord. When God was giving instructions to the children of Is
rael hundreds of years ago He said to them, “And thou shalt love the
Lord
thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy might.” Jesus, when asked which is the great commandment in the
law, said, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” Jesus said this is the first
and great commandment in the law, and we can believe that it is. If
we
love God with all of our heart, soul and mind, we will surely not love
anything that should not be loved. And His love for us is so great that
He
is due all of the love that we can bestow upon Him.
God also gave the command to the children of Israel, “Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself.” Then Jesus repeated this commandment and
called
it the second one, and He said that on these two commandments
hang all the law and the prophets. He said at another time that we should
love
one another as He loved us. He called this one a new command
ment. He said, “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one
another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” Then He
added,
“By this shall all men know ye are my disciples, if ye have love
one to another.” These verses show how we should love one another and
the far-reaching effect it will have upon others.
Love, love, mighty enveloping love! The love of God for us and our
love for Him and one another. There is nothing more powerful than
love. One writer said, “Love is strong as death.” It will bind us to
gether so closely that nothing can come between us if we will love as
Jesus loved us. Paul said, “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these
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even that mustard seed faith that can remove mountains. It is greater
than hope, even that hope which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure
and steadfast. May God help us to love Him and one another as we are
taught by the One who spake as never man spake.
Truth. Much can be said about it, but that which comes to my mind
first are the words of Jesus when He said, “I am the way, the truth,
and the life.” John said of Jesus, “The law was given by Moses, but
grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” Jesus said, “Ye shall know the
truth, and the truth shall make you free.” As I continue to think of
truth I remember the words of the Psalmist when he said, “Thou hast
given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because
of the truth.” Then we read in Paul’s instructions to Timothy, “But if
I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thy
self in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar
and ground of the truth.”
These verses tell us something of truth. That Jesus the blessed Sav
iour of the world is the truth cannot be contradicted because He de
clared, “I am the truth.” Then we notice that God gave the law by
Moses, but Jesus came to bring a better way. Grace and truth came by
Him. And according to the words of Jesus, this truth which we are priv
ileged
to know shall make us free. If there was no truth, then there
would be no banner, but since there is truth, then we have the banner
to display because of it. This banner has been waving for about twenty-
four years because of the truth as it is in Christ Jesus. And the Church
of
God is the pillar and ground of truth. It is the stay or foundation of
the truth. It upholds Christ, the head of the Church, and the truths
which He taught. The Church today preaches Christ and Him crucified
just as Paul did in his day. And it is striving to obey the last commis
sion of Jesus by carrying the truth to all the world. Every creature must
be taught to observe. All nations must know the truth that sets free.
Unity—the state of being one. Jesus prayed for unity and we know
His
prayer will be answered. In His prayer to the Father before leav
ing this world He said, “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them
also
which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may
be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be
one
in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the
glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one,
even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made
perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and
hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.”
We are certain that there will be a people in the world who shall see
eye
to eye, be of the same mind, speak the same thing and walk by
the same rule. That group of people will be the Church of God because
it was for the Church that Jesus prayed. He didn’t pray only for the
Church as it was when He was on earth, but He prayed for all who be
lieved on Him through the words of those early ministers. And the time
will come when all of God’s children will be gathered into this one body.
Caiaphas said to the council that was gathered together, “Ye know noth
ing at all, nor consider that it is experient for us, that one man should
die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. And this spake
he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that
Jesus should die for that nation; And not for that nation only, but that
also
he should gather together in one the children of God that were scat
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through its members and ministers. In the early Church the people were
of one heart and one soul. They continued steadfastly in the apostles*
doctrine. They were one and God worked with them and mighty signs
and wonders were done in the name of the holy child Jesus. Believ
ers were added by the multitudes. They went everywhere preaching
Christ Jesus. When we come together as one in answer to Jesus* prayer,
we
can look for great and mighty things to be accomplished. The work
will move forward rapidly. It now seems that the work required of the
Church can never be accomplished, but when we become one it will move
forward so rapidly that we shall be amazed. Just as nothing could be
restrained from the people who set about to build a tower to heaven
because they were one, so nothing shall be restrained from the Church
of God in these last days. Only God could stop those people from build
ing the city and tower, but He will not stop the Church because it is
according to His will for it to do the work marked out for it. When we
are in unity He will work with us to accomplish the last days task of
carrying the message to all the world, baptizing the people and teach
ing them to observe all things He commanded. And added to this great
work, the people are to be gathered into the one fold, perfected and made
ready for the appearing of Jesus Christ. May we strive to come together
as one that we may accomplish all that is required of us.
THE OLD SHIP OF ZION
Aren’t you glad you are a member of the Church of God which is
sometimes
referred to as the old ship of Zion? I am and I believe you
are. It is a wonderful privilege to be members of the body of Christ.
Yes, it is a privilege to be members of the Church which was purchased
with the blood of Jesus Christ. It is a privilege to be members of the
Church about which the prophets have spoken. And all these proph
ecies show that God’s Church will be successful in accomplishing all that
is written in the Word concerning it. There is no chance for any failure
on the part of the Church because God will see to it that His Word is
brought to pass.
I like to think of the Church as Daniel saw it in a vision. There it
was
a stone, probably not too large when he first saw it, but it was suf
ficiently able to crush to pieces the mighty image so that the wind car
ried it away as chaff, then it continued to grow and expand until it
filled the whole earth. It rolled over every opposition and every hin
drance and moved everything out of its path as it made its way to every
nook and corner of all the world. Nothing could stand before it but on
and on it moved and enlarged until there was no further space to fill.
This may sound like air castles to some but it is written in the Word of
God and it will be brought to pass. God is faithful who has promised,
and He is fully able to work all things after the counsel of His own will.
We might look at certain conditions which exist and become discour
aged
but we can’t afford to do that. We must keep our eyes on the
One who is the Head of this great body and move forward at His com
mand. He said the gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church
which He built. We know His Word cannot fail. And instead of be
coming
a little shaky or a little discouraged, it is time to put on strength
and courage and go forward with the work that is outlined for these last
days.
This is the gathering time. It is not a time when we should look
for a great falling away, but the flowing together time is at hand. While
wo do not see the mighty results at this time which will be realized in
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fulfillment of prophecy, and in due time we can expect His Word through
the prophet Isaiah to be brought to pass: “And it shall come to pass
in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be estab
lished in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills;
and all nations shall flow unto it.” “And the Gentiles shall come to thy
light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. Lift up thine eyes round
about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee:
thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy
side.
Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear,
and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto
thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.”
These verses show the Gentiles coming to the Church and when the
time comes for the great ingathering, nothing can keep them from com
ing any more than the animals could be kept from going to the ark
when God moved on them. There will never come another time of scat
tering or universal falling away like that which took place during the
dark ages. The Church will not be lost to view any more. This state
ment is verified by an unfailing prophecy that stirs our souls: “For a
small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather
thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with
everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Re
deemer. For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn
that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I
sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.”
Do these and other prophecies mean anything to us? If they mean
anything at all they mean that nothing shall prevent their being ful
filled. They will be brought to pass just as certain as they were writ
ten. If we will get this fact firmly fixed in our minds so that no doubts
can enter, then we can go on with our mind at peace and our hearts at
rest. We know God is God and that He can do everything. And just
as truly as we know He is God, we know His Word will not fail. Since
we
know this, we can know positively that the Church of God will fill
its place in the world and finally be presented to Jesus Christ “a glorious
church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing.”
Many times in his writings and messages my father urged our peo
ple to stay on the positive side, and that is surely what we need to do
now.
When we know the Church will win and know that no force can
prevent it, why should we have any misgivings about the future? "VWiy
should we think on the negative side when we know every prophecy
will be fulfilled? Why should we be afraid to declare all the counsel
of
God when we have the Bible with its instructions and promises back
of us? It seems that we should be able to always stay on the positive
side and leave the negative side for those who do not know what we
know. Paul could do this in the face of great opposition. It seemed no
trouble for him to keep his head up and his messages full of fire and
victory. And he gave a few words of instructions on this line that will
be good for us. He said, “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of
good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on
these things.” We have many things that are true and honest and just
and pure and lovely and of good report that we can think on instead of
thinking about discouraging things. We don’t need to allow anything that
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our work because we know who we are and what the outcome of our
efforts will be in the future.
I feel something stirring me as I prepare this. We have the promise
that no weapon that is formed against the Church shall prosper. We
also have the promise that God will punish those who' oppress His Church.
Then there are the encouraging words of the Lord uttered by the prophet
Isaiah which show what God can and will do: “Thus saith the Lord God,
Behold,
I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard
to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daugh
ters shall be carried upon their shoulders. And kings shall be thy nurs
ing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down
to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy
feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be
ashamed that wait for me.” We do not need to feel timid or backward
about this mighty work that God has called us to do because He is with
us and we shall not be ashamed.
I
want to encourage our people to stick to the truth as we have been
taught. Stick to the old ship of Zion, the Church that will be victorious.
Stick to the doctrine that cannot be successfully challenged. Stick to the
Word of God that can never fail. Don’t allow anything to hinder your
race for the goal. Always keep in mind that God is still on His throne
and He will keep everything in perfect control. He is guiding the af
fairs of His Church and He will see that everything is carried out ac
cording to His will. I want to urge everyone to be strong and of a good
courage as we go forward in obedience to the command of Jesus to carry
the gospel to every nation, baptizing them and teaching them to observe
all things He commanded, and make every preparation necessary for His
return. Oh, what a glorious time that will be! Who would want to quit
now
when we are so near the coming of the Lord? Who would want
to leave the old ship of Zion which has plowed through many storms and
is still making good speed toward the harbor? I believe everyone here
wants to stay on board and be among that number who will rise to
meet the Lord in the air when He comes with a shout and with the trump
of God and with the voice of the archangel. “Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
PREACH AND TEACH THE DOCTRINE
Preaching and teaching the doctrine is the business of our ministers.
Jesus said, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every
creature.” Matthew records His last commission this way: “Go ye there
fore,
and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you.” Paul said to Timothy, “Preach
the word.” I will repeat that this is the business of our ministers. They
are not called to preach anything but the Word. And of course, the
Word
is the doctrine. It is the Word rightly divided that we promised
to accept when we became members of the Church of God. It is the
doctrine as taught by Jesus and His apostles that we promised to take
as our rule of faith and practice, government and discipline. And this
is what our ministers are to preach and teach. They are to continue to
preach and teach the doctrine until every member has a good under
standing of it.
Some may feel that the doctrine has been taught for so long that all
of our people know it. But this is not the case. One reason for all of
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members all along and some of them have not received enough teach
ing yet. Another reason for all of our people not having a good knowl
edge of the doctrine is that some people learn slowly and need further
teaching. Others may not know the doctrine as they should for the rea
son that they have not given enough attention to it to learn it. And
no doubt, many of our people are not well versed in the doctrine of the
Church because our ministers have been careless in their work of teach
ing. Wherever this condition exists, it is to be regretted.
Because some of our people don’t know the doctrine as they need to
know it, and because some of our ministers seem to be negligent in
teaching the doctrine, I am coming to you with this subject. Jesus said,
“
teaching them to observe.” If we consider our teaching program from
this standpoint, and I believe that this is the correct way to consider
it, there is a lot of teaching yet to be done. Numbers of our people know
the teachings on certain lines but they are not putting them in practice,
and there is nothing to do but to keep on teaching until they realize the
seriousness
of their failure and measure up. Some do not pay tithes,
yet they know it is a teaching of the Church. These need to be taught
until they will pay tithes. They need to realize the fact that their failure
to observe this practice is a means of withholding the blessings of God.
If every member of the Church paid tithes faithfully, there is no know
ing what would take place, because when the windows of heaven are
opened for the blessings to flow I believe wonderful things will be realized.
Some
of our pastors are backward about preaching on the subject of
tithing and giving because they feel the people may think they are preach
ing for their own benefit, but a subject that is of such great importance
as this should not be passed over. They are responsible for teaching this
subject the same as any other.
I
heard one pastor say that he made it a practice to preach on each
of the twenty-nine teachings made prominent sometime during the year,
and I feel that this is a good way to do. Those of his members who
understand and practice the teachings enjoy good spiritual messages on
them,
and those who may not have a good understanding of them and
do
not practice some of them need to be taught. And our pastors need
to teach those members who are not measuring up at every opportunity.
They can do a good deal of teaching outside the pulpit by the help of
the Lord and the power of the Holy Ghost. We can’t preach or teach
without the blessings of God upon us and the anointing of the Holy Ghost.
We have members who have not been baptized in water, but when have
they ever heard a sermon on this subject? We have members who are
careless about taking the Lord’s supper and washing the saints’ feet, but
all too often not enough is said on these subjects to cause them to realize
the seriousness of neglecting to practice these sacred ordinances. All of
the teachings need to be stressed until all of our people practice them.
When a minister accepts members into the Church, he should be care
ful to make the teachings plain and he should know that each applicant
for
membership accepts them as taught. Those who do not believe the
teachings
should not be accepted as members. I feel that members have
been
taken into the Church that should not have been. They didn’t be
lieve
all the Church taught and some have caused trouble. Others can’t
get away from what they have been taught in the past and they want to
bring their beliefs with them into the Church. We want our work to
increase in number, but we also want members who believe the teach
ings and will put them in practice. These are the only kind that will be
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who administer the obligation and accept members into the Church.
They
should exercise every care possible to inform all prospective
members of all of the teachings. They should not accept people as mem
bers until they feel they have done their part in informing them of the
teachings and practices of the Church, and this takes more than just
merely naming the twenty-nine teachings made prominent.
I feel that many of our people fail in putting in practice the teachings
of the Church because they have not been taught to observe. They know
the Church teaches tithing and giving, divine healing, water baptism, the
Lord’s supper and washing the saints’ feet, restitution and other points
of doctrine, but they have not had the proper teaching so they feel it is
necessary to observe the teachings as they are found in the Scriptures.
They say they believe the teachings and they obligated themselves to
put them in practice when they became members, but the teaching they
have received has not been sufficient to make them realize the importance
of carefully observing them.
It might surprise some of our ministers to know how many letters are
received in my office asking for information that any member should
know had he been taught. They ask if this is wrong and if that is wrong,
if the Church teaches this and if the Church teaches that. They ask how
to dress and what to do about many, many things. They want to know
and they should know. Surely it is time for the kind of preaching and
teaching to be given out that is right down where people live. Our pas
tors have a heavy responsibility resting upon them, also our overseers
and other ministers.
God through the prophet Jeremiah said, “I will give you pastors ac
cording to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and under
standing.” Pastors according to God’s heart that can and will feed the
flock with knowledge and understanding are in great demand now. Our
people
must be fed with this kind of food to be able to survive. Knowl
edge
and understanding of the teachings of the Bible and how to put them
in practice are a must for every member who desires to measure to the
requirements, and pastors according to God’s heart who will feed prop
erly are also a must for these last days. They must lovingly and ten
derly teach and preach until our people observe.
Paul said, “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock,
over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the
Church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood-.” This is
more proof that the Church must be fed. Paul said that he had not
shunned to declare all the counsel of God and that he was pure from the
blood
of all men. No one could say that Paul had not taught them or
fed them with all of the counsel of God. He was faithful in doing this.
He said at another time, “Whom we preach, warning every man, and
teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man per
fect in Christ Jesus.” This sounds like Paul was on the job constantly
and I can believe that he was, and I am sure he did a good job of teach
ing and preaching. And if this feeding with knowledge and understand
ing and teaching every man in all wisdom was needed in the past, surely
it is needed in these last days when the Church is to be perfected and
made ready for the coming of the Lord. We must continue with our
teaching until all are taught to observe, and I feel we should be more
careful in this work now than ever in the past.
There
seems to be a feeling existing that all of the twenty-nine teach
ings made prominent are not fully decided upon and that some are con
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ministers believe and teach them differently from the way they have
been taught from the beginning. But I am expecting these ministers to
fall in line and teach them properly before too long. If they don’t, God
will take care of them. A few have been very bold in disagreeing with
the way two or three of the teachings made prominent are taught. They
have failed to take heed to the advice of those over them, but in due
time the Church will see eye to eye, speak the same thing and walk by
the same rule. We know this is true because we find it in the Bible.
Somebody
will have to submit or something else will take place.
None
of our ministers should have any fear of stressing the importance
of putting in practice the teachings of the Church as outlined by the
Bible.
The twenty-nine teachings were agreed upon in the Assembly
by the brethren in good harmony and with the approval of the Holy
Ghost. They were not decided upon until all were perfectly agreed. Of
course,
these are not the only teachings of the Church, but they are
what we might call the foundation or essential teachings. They were
considered essential when they were agreed upon and they are essential
now and will be on and on. There was never any thought in the mind
of our former General Overseer that any changes were needed, and I am
sure there will never be any need for changes. How can there be when
everyone of these teachings is in harmony with the Bible? For this rea
son, I want to urge our ministers to carefully teach our people the doc
trine of the Church as set forth in these twenty-nine teachings along
with other teachings of the Bible.
Now is the time to feed with knowledge and understanding. It is need
ed
because it is written, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowl
edge.” We don’t want any destroyed, so we want to urge all of our
ministers to teach and preach in the way that is required to cause people
to learn. Our ministers are given for the perfecting of the saints, the
work of the ministry and the edifying of the body of Christ. This work
is to be continued “Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of
the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure
of
the stature of the fulness of Christ.” There is no way for us to
reach this unity of the faith until our ministers do the necessary teach
ing and all teach the same way. May God bless all of them and help
them to preach and teach willingly, carefully, lovingly and properly from
this time forth, and may God bless their efforts and cause those be
ing taught to learn rapidly, thus hastening the time when the prophecy
will be fulfilled: “Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with file voice
together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord
shall bring again Zion.”
PEP TALK TO MINISTERS
Each of us remembers being examined for the ministry, I am sure. We
didn’t receive the license until we answered the questions properly on
the examination certificate and we were approved by the presbytery. We
answered the hundred questions sincerely and I believe everyone of us
intended to do everything we said we would do. And of course, that is
what is required of us. It is expected that we stick to the answers to
those questions as long as we are ministers. It seems, however, that
some
of us have grown a little careless or something. Anyway, it ap
pears that some have forgotten some of the things required of us as
ministers. For this reason I feel it good to call attention to some of the
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The first one I will mention is concerning our children running about
in the house of God during service. Before we received the license we
stated that we did not allow them to run about in the house of God.
Probably we didn’t at that time but some do now. I have heard of a few
instances where the children of our ministers were allowed to move
about,
talk and disturb until it was difficult to carry on a service. I have
also heard of some ministers speaking concerning the conduct of other
children but allowed their own to do about as they pleased. Of course,
the number of ministers who do these things is in the minority; how
ever,
it seems that many of us are very careless about teaching our chil
dren to sit still and be quiet during a service. We seem to be negligent
in teaching them that the house of God is a sacred place and that they
should reverence it as such. In this Tabernacle some of our children
disturb and cause the ushers and others concern. This ought not to be.
This
is a place of worship. We should be careful to set the example be
fore them and then see that they are quiet and orderly.
Another thing some of us fail in is having family worship. It is of the
utmost importance that each of us gather his family together at least
once each day and read a Scripture and pray. The worth of family wor
ship cannot be estimated, so we as ministers should be careful to do
what we said we would do concerning this when we filled out our ex
aminations. It has been a grief to me to learn of a number of our min
isters who are failing to conduct family worship and it is my desire to
help them to be faithful in this.
The next I will call our attention to is the question which asks if we
agree with the teachings as outlined by the Assembly. Of course, we
would
not be ministers today if we had not answered this question in
the affirmative, yet a few of us have proved by our preaching and teach
ing that we do not agree with all of the teachings outlined by the
Assembly.
What about this? Have we changed our minds since we filled
out the examination? What should be done about a condition of this
kind?
It seems to me it is bad business for our ministers to fail in agree
ing
with the teachings outlined by the General Assembly. What do you
think about it? Surely it is serious for us to say one thing and do another.
When we filled out the examination we made it clear by answering
certain questions that we were taking care of our debts, if we had any,
in a way that was satisfactory and above reproach. Many of us have
debts but there is a right way and a wrong way to take care of them,
and it seems that a few are not going the right way in this matter. A
failure to take care of our debts properly will ruin our influence almost
as quickly as anything, so we surely need to be careful about this. I
will add here that if we can’t see our way clear to pay a debt, then we
should not make one. Whether we mean to be dishonest or not, people
believe we are when we fail in paying what we owe. And nothing seems
much worse than for a minister to leave a place owing debts that should
have been paid.
Another point of importance is concerning resorting to the Bible way
for healing when sick. When we filled out the examination certificate,
or before it was approved, we stated that we trusted the Lord for our
healing without the use of medicine, yet a number have resorted to the
use
of medicine and to surgery. When we think about our Lord and
Saviour shedding His blood for our healing the same as for our salva
tion, then it hurts to think of the grief it causes Him when we refuse
to accept that shed blood for our bodies as well as our souls. Some have
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matter is appreciated. The wives of our deacons and bishops are re
quired to measure up with their husbands in trusting the Lord for them
selves
and their children, but some of them have failed. I am wonder
ing when we and our families will measure up as we should in this re
spect. A failure of any kind is serious and especially when it comes to
our service for God and His Church.
I don’t like to mention chewing gum because I feel that all of our
people should abstain from its use in public. And I wonder why it is used
by any of us at all when it is a useless habit and the money spent for
it could be a great blessing to the advancement of the work of the Church.
We state before our examinations are approved that we do not use gum
and that we use our influence against its use by our families, yet some
of our children chew, chew, chew in Sunday School and church services.
What about this for setting a good example for others?
Another question we answer in the affirmative is, “Are you willing to
submit to the wise counsel of those who are over you in the Lord?” Some
of us don’t always do this. We give those over us a good deal of con
cern occasionally by our failure to practice what we said we would do.
We also disobey the Bible when we fail in this, and we all know that is
serious. I have heard of some who want those under them to submit,
but when it comes to them submitting to those over them, they can’t do
this. I wonder how a person who conducts himself in this way interprets
certain Scriptures? In connection with this I might refer to self-will.
We state we believe we are free from self-will when our examinations
are approved. But how can we believe we are if we refuse to obey them
who have the rule over us?
We all state we will endeavor to be a good example of the believers
when we fill out our examinations. We mean to do this and I am sure
many do. Those who are good examples do all the things they say they
will do. There is no way to be a good example without doing all that
is required of a minister. It is sad to think that some of us fail in be
ing good examples of the believers. That means we set a bad example
for them to follow. Who wants to do this?
Tithing is a teaching of the Church and we state that we will accept
and practice the tithing system as recommended by the Assembly. This
should not be neglected by any of us. In the face of the Scripture where
God through the prophet said that those who failed to pay tithes kept
that which belonged to God, it seems a serious thing to me for anyone
to fail, much less a minister. How do you feel about this? It takes paying
a tenth of our net income to be able to say that we have paid tithes.
I have heard of ministers urging others to pay tithes when they fail
themselves. What about this?
It is necessary for every minister to read the White Wing Messenger
regularly in order to keep well informed. We stated that we expected
to be a regular reader of the White Wing when we filled out the exam
ination, but we find in going over our records that a number have failed
to keep their word. It has been decided that all of our ministers must
read the Church paper, so we are making plans to put them on our sub
scription list. Those who can pay the subscription price are expected to
do this. If there are those who are not financially able to pay, the paper
will be sent to them from the self-denial fund that was gathered on
White Wing Messenger Day. We want all of our ministers to be regular
readers of the White Wing Messenger because it is needful for them to
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These points on the examination certificate I have referred to, along
with others of equal importance, have been answered correctly by each
of
us before we received the license and I feel we should live up to our
word. If we don’t, how can we expect our members to do what they say
they will do? Let us think seriously about this matter.
THE RADIO AND VISUAL DEPARTMENTS
The Radio Department has been used to good advantage for promot
ing the work of the Church of God. This department has produced the
Voice of Salvation program which has been heard on many radio stations
throughout this country and some foreign lands this year. The program
is broadcast each week on a station in the Bahama Islands and it is
proving a blessing in that area. We are very thankful for the co-operation
that the radio stations have given as many of the programs are broad
cast as a public service. Some stations have added the Gospel Concert
Hall program, which is also produced by the Radio Department. This
program consists mostly of songs by quartets and gospel singers, and
through it we are able to keep the Church of God before the public.
Again I want to commend the management of the Radio Department
and all those who have given of their time and service to help produce
the program this year. No one has received any remuneration for his
service except the manager of the department.
We are very thankful for the many prayers that have been offered in
behalf of this work. We want our programs to touch the hearts of men
and women who need the Lord and be an encouragement to those who
already know Him. For several weeks some who are helping to pro
duce
the programs gather at seven o’clock on Tuesday morning for a
prayer service. We feel these services are attracting the attention of
God and He is lending His assistance. Also a devotional service is con
ducted each Tuesday night just before the program is produced. In this
way,
all are in a worshipful attitude as the recording is made. We pray
that these programs will be a blessing wherever they are heard.
The Visual Department has been handicapped some this year because
of certain conditions which existed. The department was not able to
produce as many films as were needed. Some of these handicaps have
been overcome and I understand the manager has several films to re
lease at this Assembly. It is hoped that many new films can be pro
duced
this year which can be taken to the field to help promote the
work. We receive many favorable comments concerning the films that
we have and we are receiving calls for more. We need to make an effort
to meet the demands of this department. It is a part of the C. P. M. A.
work which is for the purpose of helping to make all men see. It is
our desire to see this department do a greater work another year. It
may be necessary for us to get additional equipment, and this would be
furnished through the C. P. M. A. Department. If additional help is
needed, this should be provided also.
I am asking our Questions and Subjects Committee that has been ap
pointed to serve during this Assembly to visit the Visual and Radio De
partments and let the managers explain to them the possibilities of these
departments. Then I would like for them to bring some recommenda
tion to the Assembly concerning their findings. We want to see every
department fully developed for the promotion of the Church of God
throughout the world. We are glad for the results that have been ob
tained, but I am sure all of us want to see the work expand so greater
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be behind all of the work one hundred per cent as we go forward in our
efforts to get the message of salvation and doctrine of the Church of God
to all the world.
THE WHITE ANGEL FLEET
For a number of years the Church has been using the airplane to help
promote the work, and in many instances the planes have proved a great
blessing.
This year several programs were conducted at airports and
special emphasis given to the use of the plane. The airplane has been
accepted as a great advancement in transportation, but we realize the
majority of the people of the world have not accepted the Church of
God. That which is needed now is for us to use the airplane to promote
the Church of God instead of the Church promoting the airplane. What
I mean by this is that we should use the airplane in a way that will
call
attention to the Church and promote its activities.
We know the Church of God and the airplane came up in the same
year and in the same state over here in the New World, and we feel
the use of the plane will be of worth to the Church. The Scriptures
and designs that are on the planes attract much attention when they land
at the various airports. My desire is that we keep these planes mov
ing from place to place, and not only keep them where they can be seen,
but use them to distribute literature in communities where it is per
missible.
Our former General Overseer was eager that this part of the
work be carried out. In referring to the airplane in one of his annual
addresses he said:
“
While the first flying machine flew in the new world in the very
same year that the last days Church obeyed the voice that called for it to
‘Arise, shine* also in the new world, now the airplanes can be num
bered by the tens of thousands all over the world. And they are be
ing used by our workers to scatter our free literature; and how do we
know but what this is some of the ways the doctrine shall be dropped
as the rain, and as the shower upon the tender grass?
“ ‘Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the
words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall
distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as showers
upon the grass.’ ”
My father showed that the promises made to Abraham have been trans
ferred to the Gentiles and they came along with the “Arise, shine” and
the wings of the new world. He used the following Scripture verses:
“Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen
upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross
darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory
shall be.seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and
kings to the brightness of thy rising. Lift up thine eyes round about,
and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons
shall come from far, and thy daughters will be nursed at thy side. Then
thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be
enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee,
the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.”
He added, “This with many other Scriptures, shows that the last days
Church will be composed of Gentiles with only a remnant of the Jews.
And now while Isaiah was enumerating the blessings that were to come
upon the Gentiles, he caught sight of the wings in the New World and
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astonishment to see if he could get someone to tell him, but no answer
was given:
“ ‘Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their win
dows?
’ ” Isaiah 60:8.
Several states have one or more planes that are being used in the work.
There are times when planes from several states fly together on special
tours. Much attention was called to the work of the Church by the tour
of the White Angel Fleet to the Caribbean Islands last year. This year
a pre-Assembly tour was arranged and a fleet of planes visited several
cities
to advertise the General Assembly. Revivals, state conventions and
rallies could be advertised in this way. Of course, the planes can be
used
at any time to distribute tracts and hand bills to advertise local
church services and special meetings. Since we have the planes, I see
no reason why we should not make good use of them to promote the
work. We have a number of pilots who are eager to give their service in
operating the planes, and our Victory Leaders are eager to furnish the
literature to be distributed. It would be good if our young people could
furnish co-pilots for the planes.
Some of our pilots have uniforms and it would be good if all could
have them. They look wonderful when they are dressed up and ready
for action. The state overseers may want to have uniforms, and if the
state C. P. M. A. and V. L. B. secretaries desire to wear them, they could
have them and serve as part of the personnel. The personnel in each
state should be well organized. I hardly think it necessary for those not
connected with the airplane program to have uniforms.
I would like to see the C. P. M. A. and Victory Leaders Band work
ing
together to promote the airplane program. Our C. P. M. A. and V. L. B.
general secretaries could join together in organizing the fleet as it should
be. It is hoped the airplane can be used more in the future to pro
mote
the Church than it has in the past. It serves as a wonderful means
of
transportation and can be used effectively in many ways. I want to
encourage the use of the plane to help make known the last days Church
of
God.
INTERESTING INFORMATION
Under the head of Interesting Information are several tables that show
increases or decreases to compare with the same department last year.
The decreases referred to do not mean an actual decrease in the de
partment, but only that there was not as much accomplished this year
as last year. The increase means there was more done this year than
last year.
DATA GATHERED FROM MINISTERS' REPORTS
Last Year
Sermons __________ 150,506
Converted__________ 22,510
Sanctified _____________ 13,041
Holy Ghost ____________ 8,939
Water Baptism _________ 5,771
Added to Church_______ 5,895
This Year
170,579 Increase 20,073
23,285 Increase 775
13,996 Increase 955
9,430 Increase 491
5,736 Decrease 35
6,445 Increase 550
These figures tell something of the work done by our ministers this
year. This information was taken from their reports to headquarters.
The figures show that our ministers have been busy and they have been
able to accomplish more this year than last year. They have preached

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more sermons and more people were saved, sanctified, baptized with the
Holy
Ghost and added to the Church. There is a decrease in the num
ber baptized in water, but this is probably due to the fact that some of
our ministers do not report regularly. If we were able to give an ac
curate report of all the work accomplished by our ministers, I believe
this report would show greater results. The service rendered by our
faithful ministers is appreciated and I am grateful for the souls that were
won for God and His Church. I hope much more will be accomplished
another year in winning the lost and safely housing the sheep in the fold.
NUMBER OF MINISTERS
Rank Last Year This Year
Bishops__________ 513 534 Increase 21
Deacons_______________ 341 366 Increase 25
Evangelists_______________ ______2,333 2,404 Increase 71
Total __________________________3,187 3,306 Increase 117
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
mission
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 grateful for the interest shown by our
people
in these drives and I thank all who contributed to this worthy
cause.
STATE CONVENTION MISSION OFFERINGS
The good work that has been done by our people this year for home and
foreign missions is greatly appreciated. I thank the Lord for the increase
in the offerings in many states and countries. Our W. M. B. sisters are
to be commended for their faithful efforts. They have accomplished a
great deal in this department now for a number of years. Since the need
is so great for funds with which to carry the gospel to the ends of the
earth I feel we must put forth greater efforts from year to year. God
is requiring this work at our hands, so we must labor with all of our
might.
The
table shows the amounts collected last year and this year by states
and countries with the largest at the top and the next largest second and
on
down to the smallest.
Amount Amount
State Last YearThis Year
Georgia ... ______..........$17,124.58 $21,133.09Increase$ 4,008.51
Tennessee .............■ __ 22,000.00 20,000.00 Decrease 2,000.00
Kentucky ......................... 18,526.98 20,000.00Increase 1,473.02
Bahamas ______......IN £3,639.8.0£3,861.9.5 Increase £222.1.5
Virginia ........................... 15,841.89 18,533.00 Increase 2,691.11
Florida .......................... 17,000.00 17,741.16 Increase 741.16
North Carolina .. ........... 18,829.71 15,077.92Decrease 3,751.79
Alabama ......................... 10,500.00 12,000.00 Increase 1,500.00
Michigan ........................ 10,005.11 10,076.07 Increase 70.96

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South Carolina________10,462.43 9,868.64Decrease 593.79
Ohio ______________8,691.12 9,373.31Increase 682.19
California .......................7,820.09 9,122.70Increase 1,302.61
Mississippi___________5,821.49 8,261.50 Increase 2,440.01
Indiana______________6,975.79 7,766.71 Increase 790.92
Oklahoma . .. . __6,568.20 6,651.20 Increase 83.00
Pennsylvania ________6,000.05 6,593.37
6,203.34 Increase 593.32
East Texas - 6,907.62 Decrease 704.28
Missouri _____________4,738.67 5,330.03 Increase 591.36
Illinois ______________2,869.81 4,869.81 Increase 2,000.00
Kansas______________4,304.60 4,362.48 Increase 57.88
Wyoming____________3,644.84 3,697.59 Increase 52.75
West Virginia . . 2,933.09 3,582.76 Increase 649.67
Maryland and
D. C. (White________3,488.87 3,447.83 Decrease 41.04
Louisiana____________2,951.04 3,064.00 Increase 112.96
Idaho .... ...... .............2,897.80 2,941.62 Increase 43.82
New Mexico ..........2,600.55 2,885.75 Increase 285.20
Iowa ________________2,596.17 2,669.70 Increase 73.53
Washington __________2,594.41 2,595.00Increase .59
South Dakota_________2,642.53 2,516.41 Decrease 126.12
West Texas_ __ .2,200.33 2,455.15 Increase 254.82
Arkansas ____________3,008.60 2,445.02 Decrease 563.58
Minnesota 1,870.48 2,155.17Increase 284.69
New York .....................1,944.10 2,038.17 Increase 94.07
Oregon..........................1,678.53 1,745.96Increase 67.43
Arizona . . _ __2,044.19 1,604.06 Decrease 440.13
North Dakota ________1,548.10 1,555.26 Increase 7.16
Wisconsin.....................1,637.53 1,443.58Decrease 193.95
Colorado .........................1,173.40 1,147.46Decrease 25.94
Dominican Republic .. ..1,572.17 1,108.46 Decrease 463.71
Nebraska .........................1,334.66 925.65 Decrease 409.01
Mexico ............................535.00 880.00 Increase 345.00
Maryland and
D. C. (Colored)..........584.43 714.74Increase 130.31
Utah.................................561.17 574.45Increase 13.28
Montana ...........................402.81 565.64Increase 162.83
Jamaica .. . ............350.00 560.00 Increase 210.00
British Columbia ____500.00 532.81Increase 32.81
Maine .......................214.00 500.00 Increase 286.00
Delaware .......................573.36 476.35Decrease 97.01
Alberta..................— 350.00 472.00 Increase 122.00
Virgin Islands ________360.00 400.00 Increase 40.00
New Jersey__________490.49 390.07 Decrease 100.42
Nevada .........................280.99 373.00Increase 92.01
Turks Islands ■________288.00 367.08 Increase 79.08
Puerto Rico ... 333.58 352.66 Increase 19.08
Vermont . . 187.00 276.01Increase 89.01
Haiti ... . -328.00 212.00 Decrease 116.00
England _
Ontario __ . . ..152.95
183.14
181.00Increase 28.05
Montserrat ........... ... 148.81 172.36Increase 23.55
Saint Kitts__________205.66 172.05Decrease 33.61
Conn, and R. I________ 58.20 165.50Increase 107.30
Trinidad . . _ 83.56 147.07 Increase 63.51
Manitoba 104.39 128.98Increase 24.59

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Alaska ____________ 117.00 119.00Increase 2.00
Anguilla . .............. 104.42 105.54Increase 1.12
Antigua .............94.05 102.27 Increase 8.22
Barbados ___________ 65.00 74.00Increase 9.00
Egypt .....................45.00 58.50Increase 13.50
Nevis . ............42.18 51.05Increase 8.87
Hawaii _________ .. 17.68 37.10Increase 19.42
Mass, and N. H...........9.00 32.26Increase 23.26
Cuba______________ 141.70 31.42 Decrease 110.28
Aruba _____________ 45.00 25.00Decrease 20.00
Dominica . ____ 14.10 23.06Increase 8.96
British Guiana ______ 20.00
Costa Rica ......... 235.00 104.55Decrease 130.45
Panama „ .................35.00 60.00Increase 25.00
Total I 1 ........................$265,596.26$279,441.71Increase$13,845.45
STATE CONVENTION FREE LITERATURE OFFERINGS
Our young people are to be praised for the work they have accom
plished in gathering money for the Free Literature Fund. God has blessed
their efforts and we thank Him for them and for His blessings upon
them. We are grateful for the increases shown in the offerings from a
number of states and countries. All that is received will be used for the
advancement of the Church and the salvation of souls. We have won
derful Victory Leaders and Gleaners and we feel we can depend upon
them for greater service from year to year. We want to encourage every
one to be faithful to God and continue with their work of spreading the
last days message to all the world.
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 Year This Year
North Carolina ______$12,506.57$11,123.63 Decrease$ 1,382.94
Virginia ..............._____ 9,755.77 10,896.00 Increase 1,140.23
Georgia .......................... 8,076.00 9,564.41 Increase 1,488.41
Kentucky ..............
Tennessee .............
.......... 8,819.66
.......... 8,000.00
8,078.76
8,000.00
5,480.00
Decrease 740.90
Florida ....................... 5,114.83 Increase 365.17
Oklahoma........................ 4,925.96 5,331.87 Increase 405.91
South Carolina ............... 6,103.27 4,923.99 Decrease 1,179.28
Alabama ______........ 3,901.00 4,501.00 Increase 600.00
Bahamas_ .......... £983.12.5 £886.10.0 Decrease £97.2.5.
California ...................... 4,393.63 4,287.12 Decrease 106.51
Indiana .......................... 3,179.67 3,897.17 Increase 717.50
Ohio ............................*■ 3,558.29 3,835.43 Increase 277.14
Mississippi ...........• 3,382.35 3,787.63 Increase 405.28
Michigan ........................ 3,744.27 3,759.48 Increase 15.21
Pennsylvania ___. .. 2,597.83 3,433.28 Increase 835.45
East Texas ................... 3,024.53 3,070.91 Increase 46.38
Missouri ___ ___
Maryland and
.......... 2,398.70 2,329.62 Decrease 69.08
D. C. (White)___ 2,531.82 1,897.70 Decrease 634.12
Illinois _____ __ 1,941.26 1,871.26 Decrease 70.00
West Virginia .___ 1,495.07 1,677.78 Increase 182.71

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Kansas _____________1,686.17 1,569.04 Decrease 117.13
Louisiana ... ...........1,192.20 1,404.90 Increase 212.70
South Dakota ___ _ 1,422.40 1,276.68 Decrease 145.72
Arkansas ..... ............1,317.83 1,157.38 Decrease 160.45
Wyoming ......._.................1,211.60 1,009.60 Decrease 202.00
Iowa ...............................786.67 993.40 Increase 206.73
Washington .... ................1,044.34 959.45Decrease 84.89
West Texas ___ _____892.32 952.10 Increase 59.78
New Mexico 885.00 926.59 Increase 41.59
Minnesota ......................800.00 836.09Increase 36.09
Oregon _____ _____ 802.17 810.10Increase 7.93
Wisconsin ........... ........1,003.00 719.61Decrease 283.39
Dominican Republic . .. .618.73 711.69 Increase 92.96
Idaho . . - ___ 721.28 686.04 Decrease 35.24
New York___________609.53 611.56 Increase 2.03
North Dakota ..............658.00 601.00 Decrease 57.00
Colorado ................... ..607.85 437.72Decrease 170.13
Arizona ...........................537.63 431.76Decrease 105.87
Maryland and
D. C. (Colored) ..........182.51 382.76Increase 200.25
Montana ................. ......181.06 382.67 Increase 201.61
Puerto Rico _________203.05 306.35 Increase 103.30
Virgin Islands ...............230.00 270.00Increase 40.00
Utah ....... .......................261.38 261.75Increase .37
Nebraska .........................415.35 252.97Decrease 162.38
Mexico ___ ____ _ 206.17 249.28Increase 43.11
New Jersey.....................160.00 183.52Increase 23.52
Nevada .............................107.05 147.10Increase 40.05
Delaware ....................._ 242.32 146.43Decrease 95.89
British Columbia ..........150.00 143.39 Decrease 6.61
Alberta ............................204.20 128.30Decrease 75.90
Ontario .............................78.65 115.19 Increase 36.54
Vermont ................ ......91.50 95.34 Increase 3.84
Turks Islands __ ___ 80.27 86.20 Increase 5.93
Jamaica ...........................100.00 84.00 Decrease 16.00
Alaska .............................79.00 81.00 Increase 2.00
Conn, and R. I............. 39.28 78.05Increase 38.77
England ___
Haiti __________ _ 46.30
49.84
48.98Increase 2.68
Montserrat ....... ..............33.95 46.78Increase 12.83
Egypt -----------------------34.00 45.20Increase 11.20
Saint Kitts .....................54.17 39.17 Decrease 15.00
Manitoba .........................11.31 34.68Increase 23.37
Anguilla ...........................23.77 34.40Increase 10.63
Mass, and N. H.................16.74 34.23Increase 17.49
Maine ...............................75.37 34.08Decrease 41.29
Trinidad ...........................35.64 32.66 Decrease 2.98
Nevis .............. 13.11 32.30Increase 19.19
Antigua________ 23.73 30.95 Increase 7.22
Barbados ...........- .. 16.75 22.85 Increase 6.10
Aruba .................. „ 20.00 15.00Decrease 5.00
Cuba ..............................51.43 9.07 Decrease 42.36
British Guiana . ... ...
Hawaii ________ 5.00
7.50
5.51Increase .51
Dominica ........ ............. 1.64 3.30Increase 1.66
Costa Rica___________ 40.80 7.00Decrease 33.80

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Panama_____________ 5.00 12.00 Increase 7.00
Total _____________$122,520.10 $124,283.75 Increase $ 1,763.65
STATE CONVENTION ORPHANAGE OFFERINGS
We feel the Sunday Schools are to be commended for the good work
they are doing in conducting the regular school each Sunday, the Home
Class and the Cradle Roll Departments, and in supporting the orphanage.
The interest shown in caring for our orphans is appreciated and we are
grateful for the nice offerings carried to the conventions. We thank the
Lord for the increase in the total amount received over last year. We
want all of this good work to continue with increased interest and zeal.
All
of it is important.
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
Virginia____________$ 6,502.41
North Carolina________ 7,845.78
Kentucky____________ 4,076.70
Georgia______________ 6,005.81
Tennessee___________ 6,000.00
Florida______________ 5,369.22
Alabama____________ 4,002.00
Ohio________________ 2,857.34
South Carolina________ 2,970.00
Mississippi_____________2,311.77
California _________.... 2,544.96
Oklahoma___________ 2,257.43
Michigan____________ 2,356.81
Pennsylvania__________2,101.61
Bahamas_____________£430.7.5%
West Virginia___________1,711.76
Missouri_____________ 1,723.84
Indiana______________ 1,702.09
East Texas___________ 1,769.57
Minnesota ___________ 833.36
Illinois________________1,137.59
Kansas______________ 1,572,78
Maryland and
D. C. (White)_______ 992.12
West Texas__________ 861.24
Oregon______________ 779.79
Iowa________________ 765.89
North Dakota_________ 767.10
Louisiana____________ 602.56
Wyoming____________ 593.24
Arkansas______________1,138.50
New Mexico__________ 595.00
Washington________ 803.71
Colorado_____________ 523.34
South Dakota_________ 524.25
Idaho_______________ 562.64
Dominican Republic___341.06
Amount
This Year
$ 7,833.00Increase$ 1,330.59
6,704.91
Decrease 1,140.87
6,241.16
Increase 2,164.46
6,048.20
Increase 42.39
6,000.00
5,510.00
Increase 140.78
4,602.00Increase 600.00
2,905.18Increase 47.84
2,767.59
Decrease 202.41
2,621.72Increase 309.95
2,615.64
Increase 70.68
2,538.24Increase 280.81
2,425.53Increase 68.72
2,391.82Increase 290.21
£447.17.10Increase£17.10.4%
2,027.07Increase 315.31
1,772.51
Increase 48.67
1,717.82
Increase 15.73
1,552.83Decrease 216.74
1,377.40Increase 544.04
1,324.51Increase 186.92
1,287.96
Decrease 284.82
1,099.67Increase 107.55
976.37Increase 115.13
835.13Increase 55.34
815.40
Increase 49.51
795.21
Increase 28.11
785.29Increase 182.73
756.45Increase 163.21
737.14Decrease 401.36
736.77Increase 141.77
670.00Decrease 133.71
652.46Increase 129.12
636.76Increase 112.51
514.66Decrease 47.98
399.72Increase 58.66

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Arizona _______ 395.05 395.97 Increase .92
Nebraska . 739.60 380.75 Decrease 358.85
New York 224.00 346.02 Increase 122.02
Wisconsin ___ 316.34 297.90Decrease " 18.44
Utah ... 260.00 271.78 Increase 11.78
Montana.......................148.02 224.29Increase 76.27
Delaware „ ______
Maryland and
207.61 158.21Decrease 49.40
D. C. (Colored)_____ 105.33 156.31Increase 50.98
Nevada ....................109.74 138.03 Increase 28.29
Ontario_____________ 121.96 136.67 Increase 14.71
New Jersey T 101.55 102.79 Increase 1.24
Mexico __ 84.50 80.00Decrease 4.50
Alberta - - __ 60.00 74.00Increase 14.00
British Columbia ..........91.68 73.02 Decrease 18.66
Virgin Islands ___ 50.00 67.00 Increase 17.00
Alaska ........................ 61.00 63.00 Increase 2.00
Conn, and R. I_______ 36.21 56.35 Increase 20.14
Jamaica .......................30.00 56.00 Increase 26.00
Vermont .........................30.11 52.00Increase 21.89
Saint Kitts ___ 22.64 46.28Increase 23.64
Manitoba .......................15.72 44.83Increase 29.11
Egypt .............. ... .. 41.00 44.30Increase 3.30
Antigua ____________ 9.03 38.59 Increase 29.56
Mass, and N. H______ 12.10 30.00Increase 17.90
Maine ____ 35.72 28.89 Decrease 6.83
Puerto Rico ___ 28.45 27.90Decrease .55
Montserrat ...................14.88 26.93Increase 12.05
Anguilla .......................9.17 23.37Increase 14.20
Nevis ____ 10.16 19.79 Increase 9.63
Turks Islands 34.33 19.28Decrease 15.05
Haiti ..
England
..........
17.00 17.30
15.42
Increase .30
Trinidad .............__...... 8.00 8.82 Increase .82
Barbados _____ 8.93 7.67 Decrease 1.26
Aruba _____ _ 10.00 6.00Decrease 4.00
Hawaii ____ _______ 5.00 3.09Decrease 1.91
Cuba ...............................23.33 2.32 Decrease 21.01
Dominica __________
British Guiana ..............
2.63 2.29
2.00Decrease •34
Costa Rica __________ 43.50 15.00Decrease 28.50
Panama .........................7.00 15.00 Increase 8.00
Total ..............................$82,238.56$87,505.38 Increase$ 5,266.82
STATE CONVENTION CHURCH OF PROPHECY MARKER
ASSOCIATION OFFERINGS
We are again giving information in regard to the C. P. M. A. offerings
received at the conventions. We are thankful for each offering and for
the interest our people have in this department of the work. We feel
that much has been accomplished through this auxiliary and we are ex
pecting that greater things will be accomplished from year to year. We
want to encourage our people to continue to do their best in gathering
funds for the marking and beautifying of prominent places in connection
with the Church in order to call the attention of the world to this last

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days movement that is destined to cover the world as the stone that
was hewn out of the mountain and enlarged until it filled the whole earth.
The table shows the amounts collected 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.
Amount
State Last Year
Oklahoma__________$ 2,729.04
Ohio I_______________ 1,736.99
Virginia _____________ 1,242.48
Alabama ____________ 1,602.00
North Carolina _________1,050.03
Tennessee ___________ 1,059.32
Michigan ____________ 901.61
California ___________ 1,017.21
Indiana__________ 873.76
West Virginia________ 571.04
East Texas_________ 658.35
Kentucky____________
Georgia _____________ 1,057.57
South Carolina ___ 500.92
Illinois_______—_____ 501.87
Maryland and D. C.„___ 284.77
Missouri _____________ 502.27
West Texas__________ 364.23
Mississippi____ 497.15
Arkansas___________ 360.00
North Dakota_________ 330.50
South Dakota_________ 475.14
Pennsylvania _________ 268.40
Kansas______ 400.00
Oregon ______________ 221.17
Iowa ________________ 215.61
New Mexico______ 151.40
Florida ______________ 625.88
Wisconsin _____________ 529.61
Minnesota ___________
Washington__________ 153.61
Montana ______________
Virgin Islands ________ 90.00
Arizona _____________ 150.00
Wyoming__._____ 157.84
Puerto Rico _________
Nebraska ____________ 50.28
Alaska__.________ ~ 58.00
Idaho _jBMMBj_________ 97.46
Colorado_____________
New York _______ 57.10
Alberta ______________ 50.00
Utah '________ 25.29
Delaware -------- 25.00
Manitoba ___—-----------
Connecticut----------------
New Jersey ----------------
British Columbia--------- 21.78
Nevada __*___________
Amount
This Year
$ 3,001.00Increase$ 271.96
1,887.64Increase 150.65
1,851.00Increase 608.52
1,800.00Increase 198.00
1,282.37Increase 232.34
1,000.00
Decrease 59.32
957.68
Increase 56.07
913.79
Decrease 103.42
907.39
Increase 33.63
897.23
Increase 326.19
656.88
Decrease 1.47
600.44
512.20Decrease 545.37
477.45Decrease 23.47
475.18
Decrease 26.69
474.54
Increase 189.77
459.97Decrease 42.30
434.87Increase 70.64
400.20
Decrease 96.95
358.43
Decrease 1.57
353.17Increase 22.67
328.65Decrease 146.49
301.79Increase 33.39
267.63Decrease 132.37
247.76Increase 26.59
242.63Increase 27.02
205.33
Increase 53.93
200.00
Decrease 425.88
191.69Decrease 337.92
175.00
174.63
Increase 21.02
122.33
105.30
Increase 15.30
100.00
Decrease 50.00
99.07
Decrease 58.77
90.00
76.58
Increase 26.30
60.00Increase 2.00
50.87Decrease 46.59
41.49
38.01Decrease 19.09
29.14
Decrease 20.86
28.00Increase 2.71
26.28
Increase 1.28
24.93
22.39
21.49
19.99Decrease 1.79
18.25

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Dominican Republic
Montserrat............... ... 22.98
13.14
11.45 Decrease 11.53
Antigua .................. 9.28
8.82
Vermont ................. .. 10.35 8.72Decrease 1.63
Cuba „ . ___. ___ 19.70 6.70 Decrease 13.00
Barbados 6.26
Anguilla..................
Saint Kitts _ . _
5.70
3.47
Louisiana ..................... 400.58
32.87
Total .............. . .1 . $22,151.16$23,084.20Increase$ 933.04
CHURCH OF PROPHECY MARKER ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP
The interest our people have in being members of the Church of Proph
ecy
Marker Association is encouraging to me. A number of churches
have every member a member of the C. P. M. A. Each of these churches
is to be commended and I want to encourage them to keep up the good
work they are doing. We feel that in time many of our churches will
have every member a member of this auxiliary, because as we continue
in the work we are doing through this department our people will realize
more and more the importance of it. The good work done this year is
commendable
and I want all to know I am grateful for what has been
accomplished.
The table shows the number of members 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.
Number
Number
State Last YearThis Year
Florida _____ ......................... 853 1,082 Increase 229
Virginia ....................................... 713 947 Increase 234
North Carolina ___ .................... _ 1,024 846 Decrease 278
Tennessee .................. ...................... 779 773 Decrease 6
Georgia __ ____... ................. 764 773 Decrease 9
South Carolina .............................509 505 Decrease 4
Kentucky .................................... 589 493 Decrease 96
Oklahoma .................______ . 278 361 Increase 83
Mississippi ________. ...... ...... 327 328 Increase 1
Alabama ______ _______________ 399 314 Decrease 85
California _________..................... 250 290 Increase 40
East Texas ..................................... 259 244 Decrease 15
Pennsylvania _ ....... _____ 203 234 Increase 31
Ohio . .. ______...................... 241 231 Decrease 10
Michigan ..................................... ■ 218 212 Decrease 6
Indiana.......................................... 158 183 Increase 25
Missouri ........................................... 148 142 Decrease 6
Louisiana .......... „ „............... 107 132 Increase 25
Maryland and D. C._________ 119 130 Increase 11
West Virginia ................................... 94 130 Increase 36
West Texas ______...................... 63 112 Increase 49
Arkansas .......................................... 156 110 Decrease 46
Mexico ____.. ____...._ ............... 86 95 Increase 9
Illinois _____ _______________ 97 91 Decrease 6

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Washington .....................................53 88 Increase 35
New Mexico _____ _ ____ ___62 75 Increase 13
North Dakota ._ __60 73 Increase 13
Oregon...................................... 59 65 Increase 6
South Dakota _ _____....63 65 Increase 2
Kansas ________ - _______93 63 Decrease 30
Wyoming ....................._...................57 63'Increase 6
Iowa ................... 65 60 Decrease 5
Dominican Republic . . ... .. .57 53 Decrease 4
New York _ .... 36 37 Increase 1
Minnesota ______ ____ ___29 34 Increase 5
Canada _ ____ 28 28
Colorado ___ 1 __18 28 Increase 10
Arizona ... .......................................17 25 Increase 8
24 24
37 17 Decrease 20
Montana.............................................14 16 Increase 2
21 14 7
3
11 Increase 8
10 10
9 9
Utah ..................................................21 8 13
Alaska _ ______ _ _14 7 Decrease 7
23 6 Decrease 17
1 4 Increase 3
4
1 1
1 1
9 0
4 0
Deleware ____ .. .. . „ 3 0
3 0
Connecticut ....... .. 2 0
2 0
1 0
1 0
Canal Zone ____ i 0
Total _______________________9,336 9,646 Increase 310
ATTENDANCE AT STATE CONVENTIONS
The conventions have been a wonderful inspiration to those in attend
ance from year to year. Many of our people put forth special effort to
attend their respective convention each year because they feel they can’t
afford to miss one. We are thankful because they were well attended
this year and we feel everyone in attendance was inspired and encour
aged
to go forward in the work of the Church with greater zeal and de
termination to accomplish something. We are expecting our conventions
to increase in blessing, inspiration and number year after year.
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 sec
ond
and on down to the smallest.
State Last Year This Year
Haiti -...............................:_________16,995 15,346 Decrease 1,649
Bahamas_____________________16,732 14,923 Decrease 1,809

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Jamaica _________________ .11,71012,960 Increase 1,250
Florida __ . 4,500 4,700Increase 200
Dominican Republic . . 4,225 4,360Increase 135
Alabama .............. 3,110 2,993 Decrease 117
Egypt -------------------------------------. 1,225 2,507Increase 1,252
Virginia ............_ . 2,000 2,500 Increase 500
Montserrat . 1,905 2,207Increase 302
Mississippi _ .......... . 1,289 2,000Increase 711
South Carolina _________________. 1,992 1,954 Decrease 38
Tennessee . 1,624 1,904Increase 280
North Carolina .. . 1,466 1,542Increase 76
Kentucky ___ . 1,350 1,524Increase 174
Georgia .. . ..... . 1,264 1,394Increase 130
Antigua ___ 678 1,362Increase 684
Pennsylvania ___ 1,000 1,237 Increase 237
Virgin Islands . . 1,115 1,070Decrease 45
California ____________ 937 1,035 Increase 98
Saint Kitts ____ 514 1,012 Increase 498
Nevis______________________ 507 853 Increase 346
Oklahoma _____ 1,100 800 Decrease 300
Michigan .....................................599 757Increase 158
Illinois _ __ __ 625 636Increase 11
Anguilla_________________ 460 624 Increase 164
Mexico_________________ 425 600Increase 175
East Texas _ .............. 500 590Increase 90
Ohio ..................._ .................533 571Increase 38
Arkansas....................1,500 555Decrease 945
Louisiana __________ 670 535Decrease 135
Puerto Rico .. . _ .. 428 518Increase 90
Missouri______________ 524 485Decrease 39
Barbados__________________ 901 469Decrease 432
Turks Islands _____ 300 450 Increase 150
West Virginia .... 389 449Increase 60
Indiana ________________ 487 437 Decrease 50
Maryland and D. C. (Colored) 265 417Increase 152
Trinidad ...................... 235 400 Increase 165
Maryland and D. C. (White)____ 380 360 Decrease 20
Oregon .........................316 323 Increase 7
Kansas ____ ___ 324 .316Decrease 8
New York _ W ______ __ 285 312Increase 27
Dominica____________________ 295 302Increase 7
Iowa..................................259 285 Increase 26
Washington ________________ ..295 277Decrease 18
North Dakota..............................304 270 Decrease 34
Aruba ................. 200 230Increase 30
New Mexico .........mm ___ 217 227 Increase 10
British Guiana ..................................222
Idaho ...........................................202 221Increase 19
Colorado ______________________252 216Decrease 36
Arizona ............ 210 215 Increase 5
Cuba ............. 700 200 Decrease 500
Wisconsin _____ . _„186 197Increase 11
West Texas ......................................216 188Decrease 28
British Columbia . . 107 184 Increase 77
South Dakota . . _ ....218 173Decrease 45
Wvnming 261 163 Decrease 98

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_.................... . 171 157Decrease 14
150
................. 147 138 Decrease 9
........ _.......... 150 135Decrease 15
116 130 Increase 14
Utah ... ....... 83 123Increase 40
............................. 60 112Increase 52
Alaska ........... . 125
......................... 100
108 103
Decrease
Increase
17
3
................._ _ 117 96Decrease 21
........ .................... 69 81 Increase 12
................... 1 74 81Increase 7
............................... 86 80 Decrease 6
.................... 128 78 Decrease 50
........................ 37 61 Increase 24
.......... 75 56 Decrease 19
....... 79 54 Decrease 25
......................... 685 189Decrease 496
210
123Decrease 87
Increase
Increase
Total .............................................93,84895,612 1,764
CONCLUSION
There are times when nearly all of us, if not all of us, feel that our
efforts in the work of the Lord are futile and we are tempted to believe
that there is no use to continue to carry on. No doubt, some have giv
en
over to this feeling and they became so discouraged that they failed
in their service to the Master. But we can’t afford to allow ourselves
to become discouraged in this race for the goal. We can’t allow the enemy
to discourage us and cause us to fail. We must lay aside everything that
would hinder and overcome every temptation that presents itself. This
work for God must be done and I am sure all of us want to do what
we can for its advancement. Instead of slowing down and quitting, I feel
that we must speed up in our efforts and accomplish more than we
have in the past. It is time now to do quickly what we do. Jesus said
to Judas, “That thou doest, do quickly.” It was time for him to carry
out his part on the program that prophecy might be fulfilled. And while
our work is of a very different nature to that which he was to do
quickly, yet I feel the time is here that what we do must be done quickly.
The time is getting short and there is much yet to be done.
The good part about working for God in these last days is that our
labor is not in vain. Paul said at the close of his instructions to the
Corinthians on the subject of the resurrection, “Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of
the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the
Lord.” I want to use these words to encourage our people to be stead
fast and unmoveable in the doctrine. We have taken it upon ourselves
to accept the whole Bible rightly divided and the New Testament as our
only
rule of faith and practice. This we must do without wavering. Then
we must abound more and more in the work of the Lord. Yes, this we
must do. It should be easy to do this since we know our labor is not
in vain in the Lord. These words are encouraging to us. What we do
for God will count not only here but in eternity. When we feel we have
gone as far as we can, we can take on new courage, knowing that our
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insignificant and not worth being continued, we can put on courage, know
ing that God is taking notice of our efforts and nothing we do for Him
is in vain.
The
writer of Hebrews said, “For God is not unrighteous to forget
your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name,
in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.” This is more
proof that God is giving attention to our work for Him. He is not un
righteous to forget, but He remembers every act we perform for Him
and His cause. Jesus said, “And whosoever shall give to drink unto one
of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple,
verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.” Whatever
we do for the Lord, however small, receives His attention and we shall
be amply rewarded in His own time. Since we know that our labor is
not in vain and that God is taking notice of everything that we do, let
us encourage ourselves with the words of Paul to the Galatians, “And
let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if
we faint not.” It doesn’t make any difference about conditions, especi
ally those that are discouraging, there is no place to grow weary in our
work for the Master. Even if the enemy is raging and our efforts seem
to accomplish very little, there is nothing to do but to encourage our
selves
and go on. We are doing well when we are doing what we can
for God and His Church, so we can’t allow ourselves to grow weary. We
can
assure ourselves of the reaping time because that time will come if
we continue faithful. When people faint they are not at themselves. They
are not capable of exercising their minds or bodies while they are in
this condition. We don’t want to allow ourselves to get in a condition
like this. We rather want to be strong and alert and fully able for good
service for God and His Church. We can have the promise of reaping
no other way, so let us not grow weary in our work for God but go
forward with increased zeal and courage, remembering that the reward
is to the faithful.
To the Church was given the sacred duty of finishing up the work in
these
last days and making ready for the coming of the Lord. This is
our work now and we must make good. We can’t afford to fail. God
is depending upon us and we must not disappoint Him. Let us go into
the work with zeal and courage and determination to get it done. There
is so much to do that it will take all of us doing all we can. Surely, no
task has ever been greater than ours, but we are serving a God who
has all power and with whom nothing is impossible. As we obey Him
He
will bless us and make us able to do what He requires. We know
that we can depend upon Him to be with us all the way, and He “is able
to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according
to the power that worketh in us.” As we work, He will work. As we
yield ourselves to Him, He will use us. As we draw nigh to Him, He
will draw nigh to us. As we declare all the counsel of God, He will bless
His word so it will not return unto Him void. God is faithful who has
promised.
I wish I could say something that would burn into the hearts of all of
our people so everyone will do his best in this last days work. Our labor
is not in vain because God will fulfill His Word. The time of reaping
will surely come and everyone will be amply rewarded for every effort
put forth. Let us do all that we can while we have opportunity. Now is
our time to work, and I want everyone of us to be so faithful that when
we near the close of this life we can say with Paul, “I have fought a
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there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous judge, shall give me at that day.” When we come to the end,
we will be glad for all we have done for the Master. At that time it
will be joy beyond compare if we can hear the Master say, “Well done,
good and faithful servant; . . . enter into the joy of thy Lord.”
May we at this time stand and sing our Battle Hymn that we have
been singing for years. And as we sing from our hearts, let us be de
termined to stay at the front of the battle every day of the coming
Assembly year.
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
12:35 pan.—The General Overseer concluded his address by having the
congregation stand and sing “At the Battle’s Front,” led by Liston Pritch
ard, with Mildred Bennett at the piano.
12:40 p.m.—The service was adjourned with prayer by S. O. Gillaspie.
1:15 pan.—Music by the brass band directed by Clayton Sherrill.
1:25 p.m.—Organ music by Wilma Gonia.
1:30 p.m.—Song service led by W. R. Nunnery, Richard Williams at the
piano.
H. M. Hartsfield read the Scripture lesson—1 Cor. 14:23-34. Prayer
was offered by Eugene Black at the pulpit.
1:45 p.m.—The Sullivan family sang “I am Proud to Be a Member of
the Great Church of God.” Warren Roney sang “Led by the Master’s
Hand.”
1:50 p.m.—“Keeping the Fear and Reverence of God in Our Hearts and
Lives,” message by Aaron Couch.
Brother Couch began his message by reading Hebrews 11:7, “By faith
Noah,
being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear,
prepared an ark to the saving of his house, by the which he condemned
the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.” Then

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 73
he said: “This man through the fear of the Lord prepared an ark for
the saving of his house, by which he condemned the world and became
the heir of righteousness. Noah has already been talked about during
this Assembly, but since this time we live in so strikingly parallels Noah’s
day,
I think it is in order to refer to him here. When God saw the
wickedness and sinfulness of the world, He came down here with the
intention of destroying the population of the world, but He found a man
who
had the fear of God in his heart and He gave this man the com
mission
to build the ark. Noah went about building the great ship that
God had instructed him to build. And the fear of the Lord in his heart
kept him from changing any part of the plans that God had given him.
“I suppose there were a lot of things in those days that could have
discouraged Noah. Many people, no doubt, had better plans than Noah’s,
according to their own ideas. They could have told Noah how to build
an ark—-boat builders, mechanics of the trade, but Noah would not pay
any attention to their suggestions. He was building according to the plan
that God gave him. He was afraid to change anything. So many peo
ple are not afraid to advocate a change in things that are already good,
but Noah was afraid to do things different from what God had told
him to do. No doubt, there were people in those days that began to build
boats also. Because Noah would not do like they wanted him to, they de
cided
they would build some boats. Human nature is always the same.
Today
it is like it has always been. Everybody trying to keep up with
the Joneses. And by the time they get up with them, the Joneses re
finance,
so it is possible there was some boat building started in Noah’s
day.
Somebody may have said, Mr. Noah, you ought to go down and
see this fellow’s boat. He is building out of mahogany, and everybody
knows
that is good boat material. That shiny thing is beautiful to look
at, but Noah did not have time to concern himself with the projects of
other men. God had given him something to do and that was to build an
ark for the saving of his house.
“Noah worked and preached and told them there was coming a rain.
It was going to rain and fill the world with water. Of course, they didn’t
believe him. I don’t know what all they had in those days, but it looks
according to the fourth chapter of Genesis that civilization was very well
advanced. They had ornamental iron workers and many things. It could
have been possible that there were sheet metal workers. And some
body may have told Noah that there was a man on the seacoast build
ing a ship out of sheet metal, one that wouldn’t sink. But Noah didn’t
have time to go down and see the project on the seashore. So many of
our people have too much time for the things that are going on outside.
You know Noah was building. Somebody may have told him that an
other man was building a modern boat with a big picture window in the
side. He can sit in his rocking chair and see everything that is going on.
You know that is the trouble, we see too much that is going on outside.
“Noah had specific instructions to build this boat in one particular
way.
In my opinion that was the most advanced structure in architecture
that has ever been built in the world. It was some 450 feet long, 75 feet
wide and 45 feet high, and full of rooms. One little window in the top
and that was all, yet all those thousands of animals breathing for more
than 375 days in this ark and not a single one lost. The engineers of
today, if they knew the plans that Noah had, could learn something
from the structure of that ship. Many people could tell him how to
change things, but God had already told him how to build. People can
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We can change things but that will get us in trouble. Noah could have
put that little hole in the wrong place and he might have lost every
animal he had in there and died of suffocation himself, but God gave the
instructions. Think about this structure with all the animals and fowls
and everything in there for that length of time with one little hole in
the top. They had all the air they needed to breathe during that time,
but Noah built the ark like God said. Since he built it that way, it was
all right.
“Somebody may have come to his home and said, ‘I can’t understand
why you are building such a big door. It is so big that you have to build
it on the hinges. You and your sons can’t hang it, and when you get
it built you can’t close it.’ Some people would have told him why he was
building such a big door. You know we are not satisfied unless we can
give
the why and the wherefore for everything we do. We would be bet
ter off if we would wait.
“
One day there may have been a man plowing and he left his yoke
of oxen in the middle of the field and took a short cut to his neighbor’s.
He told his neighbor that the strangest thing was happening. ‘There are
animals marching down the corner of my field. The strange thing about
it is, it seems like their nature is taken out of them. The wild animal
is trotting along by those that they would have formerly taken for food.
I even saw foxes and chickens walking along together.’ One day Noah
heard a noise in the bushes and he looked around and an elephant poked
his head through the foliage of the trees. There was his answer for the
big door. Noah could have answered the man, but it wasn’t time. Noah
had instructions to work. He was busy building God’s business, and God’s
business was more important than anything else.
“When Noah went on the inside of that ark the flood hit this world,
he couldn’t hear any of the cries and screams. It was a sound-proof
building. The man that had built his boat with the big window could
see
all the terror in the world around him as the storm grew worse and
the waves rose higher. No doubt, the ships began to rock. One ship would
go down here and another there, but when all the ships were on the
bottom,
Noah’s was riding the crest of the flood. I tell you it was be
cause
the fear of God in his heart made him do just what God had asked
him to do. The fear of God in our hearts and lives will enable us to
build things right. We will concern ourselves with the business at hand.
We will live today, and tomorrow we will be ready for it when it comes.
And
you know one of these days, God’s old ship of Zion will be fin
ished and it will be a safe place to shelter us from the storm.
“Some people are not afraid today, but the fear of God will make us
afraid to do things. Of course, there are more kinds of fear than one.
There is the kind of fear that brings torment. Some people are afraid
they will get caught up with. That is a tormenting fear. Some people
are afraid of things that never happen. It is awful to live in anxiety and
fear. The Bible tells us in Psalms 19:9 that the fear of the Lord is
clean.
It is good to have a clean thing, isn’t it? Then in Psalms 111:10
the Bible says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. We like
to think of ourselves as men of wisdom, and the fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom.
“In the Bible there were many people who were not afraid. In Moses’
day people got so bold with their iniquity that they came before Moses
and the elders of Israel with their sins. There was a man named Zimri
and a woman named Cozbi that came into the camp of Israel and com
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24,000 to die. A man with the fear of God drew a sword and did away
with the evil and the plague was lifted.
“
Good men can let the fear of God recede from their lives until they
will make drastic mistakes. Moses, whose concern was for the safety and
security of his people, saw their dissatisfaction and heard their mur-
murings. Wives came to him with complaints about their husbands and
husbands with complaints about their wives, so Moses granted the writ
ing of a bill of divorcement. He plunged the world into its number one
wickedness. Jesus said it was not so from the beginning. It wasn’t God’s
pleasure and God’s will. There the meekest man upon the earth in a
weak moment plunged the world into the adulterous condition that it is
in today.
“Somebody may walk around with a high head and talk about our
General Overseer liking the strictness of our doctrine. I’ll tell you that
is the thing that will preserve us in the end. That is what will make
us able to enjoy the great time when the words of the prophet are brought
to pass: ‘Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy
doors
about thee: side thyself as if it were for a little moment, until the in
dignation be overpast. For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also
shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.’ That is the
time when I want to be in a secure place. That is the tune when I want
to be in a place of safety. Noah had a safe place because he worked
according to God’s plan.
“Nebuchadnezzar, like many people today, was not satisfied with God’s
program. He built an image and the day he dedicated it the people
were there to worship it. But there were three men who had the fear
of God in their lives. They were afraid to go against the command
ments of the Lord. They stood there and worshipped God. You know
what happened. They were thrown into the fiery furnace. I believe
Jesus went in there with them. The Bible says they walked around in
those
blazes and their hair was not even singed. The Bible tells us that
it wasn’t but a short time until there were runners going in every di
rection. They had a message with the king’s own seal on it: ‘That every
people, nation and language, which speak any thing amiss against the
God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut to pieces, and their
houses
shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can
deliver after this sort.’ Those three boys with the fear of the Lord in
their lives turned the eyes of the world to God.
“God is going to cause His people to take a stand one of these days. I
want to be in the path of the flood when it comes. You know when a
flood sweeps over the land, everything in its wake is swept away with
it. This flood I am talking about is not going to be a flood of water
to destroy but a flood of victory that will rule this world. I believe that
the time is coming when every means of communication in this world will
headline the story of God’s message. I want to be in the wake of that
flood of victory when it sweeps this world. I want to have the fear of
God in my heart and life and be in the midst of this thing. I can be
lieve
that when Noah saw the animals coming, he said to his sons, let’s
lay the gangplank, we are going to take on cargo. Listen, we are going
to take on cargo one of these days so fast everybody in the Church of
God is going to be so busy. Praise God, they are going to come and ‘They
shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come,
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not be forgotten.’ This is something that will not pass away. It is an
everlasting thing that is going to endure forever and ever.”
2:13 p.m.—The Treasurer’s annual report, by the Treasurer, J. R. Kinser.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
General Treasurer's Financial Report
for the year ending August 31, 1957
Before
reading my report I want to say a few words to our faithful
ministers and clerk-treasurers. You do not know how much I appreci
ate all of you who are sending in your reports regularly and sending
the correct amount of money that is shown on the reports. A good part
of my time is spent in taking care of reports that have one amount on
the report and another amount on the check or Money Order. Let me
suggest that you double check your figures before mailing and see that
they are in agreement with the money your check shows.
Another thing I would like to call your attention to is returned checks.
We have had a great many checks to be returned unpaid, for various
reasons. Sometimes this is an error on the part of your bank, but I be
lieve that in most cases the checks have been returned because some of
you did not have enough money in the bank to cover them. Please watch
your bank account and be sure you do not send us a check unless there
is money in the bank to take care of it.
TITHES
Brought forward____________1_______$146,316.53
Received this year__________________431,115.16
Tithes total------------------------------------- $577,431.69
Paid out this year___________________ 451,847.05
Tithes balance-------------------------------- $125,584.64
MISSION
Brought forward___________________$ 68,140.30
Received this year___________________ 148,071.87
Mission total----------------------------------- $216,212.17
Paid out this year.___________________ 136,022.30
Mission balance ____________________ $ 80 189.87
ASSEMBLY EXPENSE
Brought forward ____________________$ 3,787.28
Received this year__________________ 6,204.26
Assembly Expense total_______________ $ 9,991.54
Paid out this year___________________ 4,166!o3
Assembly Expense balance____________ $ 5,825.51

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EMERGENCY
Brought forward___________________$ 38,476.73
Received this year___________________ 24,222.29
Emergency total____________________ $ 62,699.02
Paid out this year___________________ 32,200.48
Emergency balance
MINISTERIAL AID
Brought forward ___________________$ 71,157.26
Received this year__________________ 77,906.92
Ministerial Aid total_________________ $149,064.18
Paid out this year___________________ 71,596.67
Ministerial Aid balance_______________
ORPHANAGE
Brought forward___________________$ 51,019.32
Received this year.___________„__.___ 93,370.30
Orphanage total ____________________ $144,389.62
Paid out this year___________________ 94,162.51
Orphanage balance
FREE LITERATURE
Brought forward ___________________$ 52,971.35
Received this year__________________ 10,871.44
$ 63,842.79
63,842.79
Free Literature balance_______________
Free Literature total
Paid out this year__
Brought forward ________________ ___$ 18,972.04
Received this year__________________ 20,168.55
$ 39,140.59
18,738.99
B. T. C. balance_________________.___
B. T, C. total____
Paid out this year_.
C. P. M. A.
Brought forward _______:____________$ 23,584.71
Received this year__________________ 79,683.31
$103,268.02
76,495.04
C. P. M. A. total-.
Paid out this year.
30,498.54
77,467.51
50,227.11
.00
20,401.60
C.
P. M. A. balance_ $ 26,772.98

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PUBLISHING HOUSE
Brought forward (Deficit)___________$ 39,331.79
Received this year__________________75,914.31
Publishing House total_______________ $ 36,582.52
Paid out this year__________________ 36,582.52
Publishing House balance_____________ .00
ALL FUNDS
Brought forward____________________$435,093.73
Received this year__________________1,006,860.20
All Funds total_____________________ 1,441,953.93
Paid out this year_______.____________ 1,024,986.17
All Funds balance___________________ $416,967.76
Respectfully submitted,
J. R. KINSER
Treasurer
2:23 p.m.—Song, “Where He Leads Me,” led by the General Overseer.
2:25 p.m.—White Wing Publishing House Financial Report by Robert F.
Wright, Business Manager.
The report was given in three parts: Financial Statement of the White
Wing Publishing House and Press, Receipts and Disbursements of the
Free Literature Department, Report of Distribution of Free Literature.
Each section was read and accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Financial Statement of
White Wing Publishing House & Press
Greetings to the 52nd Annual General Assembly:
The following is a condensed financial statement for the White Wing
Publishing House and Press for the year ending July 31, 1957.
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash------..— ------„---------------------- $ 37,387.21
Accounts Receivable_______________ 15,139.57
Other Receivables _____„_________ 7,969.84
Inventories_____________________ 128,672.44
Total Current Assets____________ $189,169.06
Fixed Assets:
Machinery & Equipment___________$117,728.23
Less Reserve for Depreciation _____ 28,488.69
Net Machinery & Equipment______ $ 89,239.54
Furniture & Fixtures______________$ 60,408.05
Less Reserves____________________ 28,465.98

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Net Furniture & Fixtures_________ 31,942.07
Total Fixed Assets_____________ $121,181.61
Total Assets_________________ $310,350.67
LIABILITIES AND NET WORTH:
Current Liabilities:
Notes Payable for Equipment------------ $ 13,560.60
Accounts Payable_________________ 3,546.04
Other Current Liabilities___________ 2,195.21
Total Current Liabilities__________ $ 19,301.85
Non-Current Liabilities:
Advanced from General Treasury____ $ 36,070.67
Free Literature Balance July 31-------- 42,517.85
Total Non-Current Liabilities___l__ $ 78,588.52
Total Liabilities _______________ $ 97,890.37
Net Worth:
Capital Surplus__________________— $196,167.59
Earned Surplus:
Balance
August 1, 1956___________$ 14,811.81
Profit for 1957__________________ 1,480.90
Balance July 31, 1957___________ $ 16,292.71
Total Net Worth_______________ $212,460.30
Total Liabilities & Net Worth___!__ $310,350.67
Report of Receipts and Disbursements
Free Literature Department
October 1, 1956—July 31, 1957
Total
Amount of Receipts_______________.______ $110,424.93
Salaries and Wages __________________________$ 3,759.00
Happy Harvester______ 4,618.49
Gleaner Booklet _-__________________________ 378.50
Spanish White Wing_________________________ 4,532.74
Sunday School Literature (English)___________ 5,165.18
Sunday School Literature (Foreign)____________ 3,373.63
Appropriations for Haitian
Translating and Printing__________________ 4,228.73

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Appropriations for Egyptian
Translating and Printing___________________ 697.38
Revival Advertising (Handbills,
posters,
etc.)_____________________________ 1,996.76
Other Appropriations (The bulk of this
is Radio Department)_________________________9,704.00
Postage and Supplies_______________________6,156.16
Printing of Tracts and other
Free Literature items______________________ 7,625.02
Miscellaneous______________________________ 671.49
Allocation for Church Publications Losses.—_____ 1,500.00
Total Disbursements___________________________$ 67,907.08 67,907.08
Balance------------------------------------------------------ $ 42,517.85
Free Literature Distribution Report
August 1, 1956—July 31, 1957
The
following are the amounts of literature sent to workers in the United
States and other countries:
Doctrinal Tracts—English___________________________2,226,583
Novelty Tracts_____________________________________993,692
Seeds, Flakes and Salvation Tracts.-___________________1,731,527
Gospels and Testaments_____„________________________3,951
Bibles -------------------------------------------------------------------------196
Braille Teachings of the Church____________________________22
White Wing Messenger__________________________49,093 copies
Happy Harvester _____-------------------------------------182,620 copies
Sunday School Literature for New Fields______34,904 quarterlies
Prison
Invaders------------------------------------------18,951 quarterlies
Revival Circulars and Handbills, New Fields____________$1,996.76
Foreign Language Tracts_____________________________411,810
Foreign Language Novelty Tracts_________________ 212,250
Foreign Language Bibles________________________________135
Foreign Language Testaments and Gospels______|_________3,955
Spanish Sunday School Literature_____________27,036 quarterlies
Spanish White Wing Messenger__________________131,074 copies
Total number of pieces of Free Literature sent
out for distribution this year______________________6,027,799
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT F. WRIGHT
Manager
2:42 p.m.—Report of White Wing Publishing House Field Representative,
E. L. Higdon.
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Report of Field Representative of the
White Wing Publishing House and Press
September 16, 1956 to August 31, 1957
Greetings to the 52nd Annual General Assembly of the Church
of God of Prophecy:
Sermons
preached_____________________________________197
Number converted______________________________________12
Number sanctified______________________________________12
Number baptized with the Holy Ghost_____________________11
Revivals conducted______________________________________2
Homes visited____,___________________________________280
White Wings and Happy Harvesters distributed______ 1,065
Churches visited____________________________________120
District rallies conducted_________________________________28
Ministers Conventions attended_________1_______________9
District Conventions attended______________________________5
State Conventions attended_____________________________ 5
Visited radio stations in several states in behalf of the Voice of Salva
tion programs. Boosted the Broadcast Record Club and Bethel Book Club
as well as the White Wing Messenger and Happy Harvester. It has been
a privilege to help promote all the activities of the White Wing Publish
ing House and Press this year as well as all other activities of the great
Church of God of the last days.
Humbly submitted,
EVERETT L. HIGDON
Field Representative
2:45 pun.—The congregation stood and prayed in concert in behalf of
the remaining sessions of the Assembly.
2:48 p.m.—Song by Ruby Brown and Anna Belle Smith, “He Gave Me
a Song.”
2:50 p.m.—Report of the Ministerial Aid Committee.
The report was read by A. T. Wagar and accepted by the Assembly in
regular order.
Ministerial Aid Committee Report
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
We, your Ministerial Aid Committee, respectfully submit the following
report:
Section I
During the past assembly year the Ministerial Aid Committee approved
twelve applications for Disability Benefits, and seven applications were
rejected, also applications for two widows of former recipients were ap
proved to receive fifty per cent of their deceased husband’s previous
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tirement Benefits. Four ministers who were receiving Disability assist
ance were discontinued for various reasons, and nine recipients have died.
We now have ten ministers on Retirement with a total of three hundred
and ten years of full-time service in the ministry. There are one hun
dred and seven ministers and two widows receiving Disability assistance.
The Committee approved fourteen Proofs of Death with total Death
Benefits
of $13,230.00 being paid to the beneficiaries. When notified in
ample time, the Committee sent Church flags for use in the funerals of
ministers, and at the close of each funeral the flags were presented by
the officiating minister, as a memorial from the Committee, to the sur
viving companion or relative. Ten four by six feet flags were donated for
that purpose this year.
Section II
In order to clarify the death benefits available to ministers, headquar
ters officials and lay workers at headquarters, we wish to recommend the
following:
That Section V of the Ministerial Aid Committee Report on page sixty-
three of the Minutes of the Fiftieth Annual Assembly, also Section III
of the same Committee’s report on page sixty-three of the Minutes of
the Fifty-first Annual Assembly, be repealed and replaced by the follow
ing sections:
Group B
That in case of death of a loyal licensed minister serving as an evan
gelist,
pastor, state overseer, state secretary or headquarters official (male
or female) that had devoted full time to the ministry for a period of
three months prior to his or her death and who has a wife or husband
living with them at the time of his or her death, and had measured up
to the Standard Requirements (See Section III, page sixty-two, Minutes
of the Fiftieth Annual Assembly) that $1,500.00 be paid to the widow or
widower. This is to be paid as a gift, and only if funds are available.
Should
the deceased minister not have a surviving widow or widower,
then said benefit is automatically reduced to one thousand dollars to be
paid to the designated beneficiary.
Group L
That in case of death of a lay-employee (male or female) at general
headquarters, who has completed at least three months of continuous serv
ice, one thousand dollars is to be paid to the deceased employee’s bene
ficiary.
Said one thousand dollars is to be paid on the approval of the
Proof of Death claim by the Ministerial Aid Committee, as a gift, and
only
if funds are available.
Respectfully
submitted,
S. O. GILLASPIE, Chairman
M. A. TOMLINSON, Committeeman
C. R. PAYNE, Committeeman
A. T. WAGAR, Secretary
The General Overseer made mention that Brother S. O. Gillaspie, the
Chairman of the Ministerial Aid Committee, had a good record of serv
ice in the Church. He read a few facts concerning his work in the Church
as follows: He has been a member of the Church forty-four years, served
as ordained deacon for three years and has been a bishop for forty-
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and East Texas. He has been Chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee in the Assembly for thirty years. He served as Field Secretary
to the former and present General Overseer for six years. He was B. T. C.
principal four years, Chairman of the Orphanage Committee four years,
and Chairman of the Ministerial Aid Committee twelve years. This brief
record shows that he has served the Church faithfully for many years.
The General Overseer was granted permission to appoint the Chair
man of the Ministerial Aid Committee. The other members were re
tained to serve another year.
3:05 p.m.—Brother A. T. Wagar read the names of ministers who had
passed away this Assembly year. The congregation stood for a moment
in silence in memory of these. The names of the ministers and the num
ber of years they served in the Church are as follows:
Geneva Doss, Alabama, thirteen years; Thomas H. Parton, Alabama,
ten years. Elsie E. Franklin, Arizona, twenty-two years; Samuel M. Far-
quharson, Bahamas, twenty-three years; Jennie Adams, California, twenty-
six years; Estella M. Crawford, East Texas, seven years; Louise Johnson,
Florida, eight years; Daniel Nairn, Florida, seventeen years; W. R. Sex
ton,
Florida, forty-one years; John W. Webb, Georgia, twelve years;
Cheriza Altus, Haiti, eighteen years; James H. Hawkins, Indiana, twenty-
five years; James W. Spainhower, Kentucky, twenty-four years; Fernando
Garcia R., Mexico, thirteen years; Della M. Jones, Missouri, ten years;
Annie M. Kinder, Missouri, eight years; Mrs. Emmeline Ronan, New York,
eighteen years; Rosetta McRae Bowden, North Carolina, twenty years;
David
H. McCullen, North Carolina, twenty-one years; Lottie B. McGill,
North Carolina, eight years; Robert L. Guthrie, Ohio, fourteen years; Flora
M. Gillaspie, Tennessee, thirty-nine years; Mittie H. Howell, Virginia,
twenty-one years; John W. Short, West Virginia, eleven years.
3:10 p.m.—Brother Emitt Davis was in charge of a program to honor
those who have been members of the Church for thirty years or more.
Those
taking part were seated on the platform, and after a few words
by
Brother Davis, each one passed by the microphone and gave his name
and the number of years he had been a member. There were one hun
dred and thirty who took part in this program.
3:28 p.m.—Report of Orphanage Board of Directors.
The
report was read by R. O. Covey and accepted by the Assembly in
regular order.
Report of the Sunday School Orphanage and
Tomlinson School Board of Directors
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
We humbly submit the report of another year’s work and progress of
the Sunday School Orphanage and Tomlinson Memorial School. The
work is becoming greater each year, and we praise God for all of our
opportunities to relieve the sufferings of needy children, and to provide
educational privileges on a Christian basis.
A
major change has been effected in our program this year. The Tom
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the Sunday School Orphanage. It was felt by the members of the Board
that we could meet the needs of our people more effectively, and on a
broader scale, through this plan. There has been no radical change in
the services offered however. We still retain our Orphanage Charter and
operate one cottage under it.
The
present number of children under care in the Sunday School Or
phanage is eighteen, fourteen boys and four girls. These are all our
younger children.
The present enrollment in the Tomlinson Memorial School’s institutional
division is fifty, thirty-two boys and eighteen girls. Most of these were
released to relatives or guardians from the Sunday School Orphanage and
enrolled by these same relatives or guardians in the school.
Eight children have been released during the year from the Orphan
age
and none from the school.
Seventeen children have been accepted diming the year, six into the
Orphanage and eleven into the school on an institutional basis.
Another move of progress concerning the Tomlinson Memorial School
is the provision for the admission of boarding and local-resident students
on an educational basis. To date we have enrolled twenty-five, eight in
the elementary grades and seventeen in high school. Boarding homes are
being operated by the school for students who have enrolled from out-
of-town.
Educationally
speaking, our school is being operated on a high standard,
both as to instruction and morals. Its purpose is to provide a place
of learning for students whose parents or guardians desire a Christian
atmosphere for their children while they receive their education. We are
not trying to thrust the school idea upon our people, but we are merely
making it available to those who desire its benefits and advantages. We
trust that the school will speak for itself through the years.
The
school is in the process of being accredited by the State of Ten
nessee
on the elementary level. The high school is not yet this far along,
but could undoubtedly be made an accedited high school by another year
if the enrollment were sufficient to justify the employment of additional
instructors. A wide range of courses is being offered at this time, and
others will be added as the demand requires. Bible courses are taught
regularly in all grades. In the high school each student receives forty
minutes instruction daily in various courses on the Bible, the Church,
Church doctrine, Bible knowledge, etc. Some vocational subjects are of
fered, and will be increased as rapidly as provision can be made for
them. We desire the prayers of all God-fearing parents for the success
and progress of the school.
Our houseparents and teachers, along with the maintenance staff, have
done a noble job in their respective places this year. We would not fail
to remember that desirable homes, school plant and an abundance of
material provisions would be altogether without value without competent
personnel to put them into use and operation for the good of our chil
dren. These wonderful workers are deserving of our daily prayers, and
any words of encouragement which we may have opportunity to offer from
time to time.
Faithful workers on the field have brought about a good increase in
the funds on which to operate again this year. How we wish we had a
better way of showing our appreciation to every individual who has made
this increase possible! We only hope and pray that the increases we
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porters everywhere to feel amply repaid for any effort they have ex
pended.
We wish to thank all those who have continued to co-operate in the
coupon
work this year. This is a valuable source of income which sup
plements the convention and Assembly offerings appreciably. The twelve
thousand dollar mark was reached, as anticipated, in 1957. We are en
couraging our workers to put forth an all-out effort to exceed this amount
by the end of this year. Many valuable premiums have been received
which have saved us several hundreds of dollars in cash output in equip
ping our homes, school, and boarding houses, including another Baldwin
piano for our Girls’ Home. Let us continue this good work.
May God bless all who have supported the work this year. We humbly
solicit
your prayers and the continuation of your co-operation.
Respectfully
submitted,
M. A. TOMLINSON, President
R.
O. COVEY, Vice-President
BUFORD M. JOHNSON, Secretary
J. R. KINSER, Treasurer
C. R. PAYNE
A. T. WAGAR, Committeemen
3:42 p.m.—Song by Bill Porter and Christine Douglas, “Safe in His Arms.”
3:48 p.m.—Bible Government for the Last Days Church of God, mes
sage by James Staggs. A portion of the message follows:
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, but there was
darkness everywhere. God spoke light into existence, and he made two
great lights, one for the day and one for the night. God created man
and the devil came along and caused him to transgress the laws of God.
Children were born to Adam and Eve, then we find that Cain, the oldest
son, transgressed God’s law by taking the life of his brother. Later on
God looked upon the world He had made and the people in it and He saw
great wickedness. It repented God that He had made man and it grieved
Him
at heart. He decided to destroy man from the face of the earth,
but there was a man who found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Noah,
a just man, found grace in God’s sight. He told Noah that He was go
ing to bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh, but
with him He would establish His covenant. God gave him a blueprint
for the ark and Noah built according to the pattern. One day when it
began to rain, the ark was built and Noah and his family were inside.
He had followed the government of God. He was careful to stick to the
pattern and he was safe in the ark while destruction was everywhere
on the outside. Noah and his household were saved.
“ ‘By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved
with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he
condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by
faith.’ Someone said, ‘I can’t see that.’ Just stay on board. Noah couldn’t
see
it either, but he moved with fear. God had given him a plan for
building the ark and by faith he moved with fear. He didn’t know about
the things that were coming, but he prepared the ark, by which he con
demned the world.
“
The Hebrew children when they came through the fire when they
were tried, the king said there was no God but the God of the Hebrews.
When Naaman dipped in the river of Jordan and was cleansed of his
leprosy, he said there is no God but the God of Israel. There will be
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the Church of God. We must stick to it. God has a perfect plan in the
New
Testament, but we find the pattern in the Old Testament.
“Samuel was God’s anointed man and God was with him. The peo
ple came to him and asked for a king. Samuel was troubled and he
went to God with his problem. It always stirs God’s people when some
thing happens, but we must always stick to God’s law. God told Samuel
that the people had not rejected him but they had rejected their God.
When
they rejected God’s man, they rejected God. God said, give them
a king. Let them have their way. God said to Samuel, even though I
give them a king in my displeasure, you are the man that will anoint
the king. You are the one I will work through. Saul went on a journey
looking for his father’s asses that were lost and he ran into Samuel.
Samuel told him he could rest easy about the asses because they had been
found.
Samuel talked with Saul and anointed him to be king over Israel.
Soon after this he began to prophesy and was turned into another man.
When
God’s man anoints somebody for a position, he will feel it. After
God’s man appoints him, he will feel something.
“There was a time when Saul failed God. He sinned and Samuel told
him that God had rejected him. God’s man had anointed him and now
he told him he had been rejected because he transgressed the command
ments of the Lord. God’s ways are perfect. Saul said he was afraid of
the people and he did what they wanted him to do. Paul said, ‘That ye all
speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but
that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same
judgment.’ Someone might say that I wouldn’t preach just like another
minister, but I hope I don’t get in that shape. I don’t want to be a softer
preacher than others. I don’t want to be harsh, but I want to preach
straight. God forbid that I let down on the government of the Church
and cause my fellow minister to suffer. If I do, he will bear the cross
and I will be responsible for it.
“Ministers,
we want to be so close together that we will be one. I re
member reading something written by Brother A. J. Tomlinson. He said
there were little springs of water, little creeks, small rivers and large
rivers, but he said we ought to be so close together that we would come
in like the ocean and cover up all of the small streams. When we are
one, it will put an end to petty differences and all envy and jealousy.
“Saul said he was afraid of the people. Members, don’t try to buy your
minister. Don’t try to get him to transgress God’s government, because
every word of the Bible, every do and every don’t is for the benefit of
your soul. Whether it is hard or whether it is easy, it is for your good.
We must be careful about twisting the Book. We can’t afford to try to
make it fit something to please ourselves. I am not going to try to make
it fit something to suit me. I want to follow God. I want to find God’s
government and follow it. In this Assembly is the place to find it. This
is the place where God’s ministers need to dig down into the Word of
God and bring out the perfect system. This that I am talking about
comes from God. It will not mix with anything else.
“Listen to God talking to Moses. He kept the flock of his father-in-
law and while he was out there at Mount Horeb, the angel of the Lord ap
peared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. This bush
was on fire but it was not consumed. God spoke to him and told him
to take off his shoes for he was standing on holy ground. He said, I have
heard the cry of my people in Egypt and I have come down to deliver
them and to bring them to a good land. Then he told Moses he was go
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out of Egypt. Moses made excuses. He was not eloquent. He was slow
of
speech. God who made his mouth promised to be with him and to
teach him what he should say. Moses was still backward about going, so
God told him he would send Aaron, his brother, with him because he
could
speak well. He said to Moses, ‘And thou shalt speak unto him, and
put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his
mouth,
and will teach you what ye shall do. And he shall be thy spokes
man unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a
mouth,
and thou shalt be to him instead of God.’ He told Moses to take
the rod with him that became a serpent when he cast it on the ground,
and with it he should do signs.
“Later on God called Moses into the mountain to give him the law.
While
Moses was away Aaron stayed with the Church. The people over
persuaded him and he made for them a calf of gold to worship. Aaron
betrayed Moses. He was not the leader but only the spokesman. He be
trayed God and disobeyed his government. Aaron and the people de
parted from the right way. The devil will makes us sponsor the wrong
program if we are not careful.
“
Later Aaron and Miriam spoke evil of Moses. They felt God had spok
en to them the same as He had with Moses. Now Moses was a very
meek man, the meekest in all the earth. God heard them and He spoke
to the three of them and told them to come to the tabernacle of the con
gregation. God came down and stood in the door of the tabernacle. He
said
to them, if there is a prophet among you, I will speak to him in a
vision
or a dream, but He said He would speak to Moses mouth to mouth.
Then He said to Aaron, ‘Wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak
against my servant Moses?’ God’s anger was kindled against them and
as He left them Miriam became leprous, white as snow. When Aaron saw
that Miriam was leprous, he begged Moses for help. He couldn’t go to
God, he had to go to Moses. This was God’s way, and Aaron couldn’t
reach God only through Moses. Moses prayed for Miriam and God healed
her. This came through God’s anointed man.
“In Hebrews 1:1-3 we find that God spoke to the people through the
prophets in divers manners. That was the channel God used in those
days,
but in these last days He has spoken to us through His Son, whom
He has appointed heir of all things. In Colossians 1:18 we find He is the
head of the body, the Church. Then in Ephesians 5:22-25, Paul instructed
the wives to submit themselves to their own husbands because the hus
band is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the Church.
Then he said for the wives to be subject to their own husbands as the
Church is subject to Christ in everything. Jesus said, ‘For the Son of
man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave
authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded
the porter to watch.’ He left His house and gave authority to his servants
and to each one his work. He is coming back after His house. Each of
us has our place to fill and our work to do.
“Who anointed Moses? God anointed him. He led the Church in the
wilderness forty years, then died. Brother A. J. Tomlinson led the Church
in these last days forty years and died. Joshua carried on in the place
of Moses, and M. A. Tomlinson was anointed in the General Assembly
by the Holy Ghost to carry on in the position he holds. He is anointed
of God and God is working through him. God speaks in these last days
through His Son. The body of the Son is the Church, so He is speak
ing through the Church today. When the General Overseer makes an
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it will be in a short time. For me to criticize the General Overseer’s
appointments means that I am criticizing God’s government. I cannot ex
pect my ministers to be loyal if I am not loyal to my General Overseer.
Ministers, we can’t expect our members to be loyal if we are not loyal
to those over us. The ministry is given for the perfecting of the saints
and we must be examples. We have a great responsibility resting upon
us and we must come together and work according to God’s perfect plan.
We must stick to the government of the Church of God.”
5:05 p.m.—The General Overseer called for the congregation to kneel and
pray that all will be faithful to the government of the Church of God.
This was a mighty prayer as those present earnestly cried out to God
expressing their desire to be faithful to God and His Church. At the
close
of the prayers as the saints continued to rejoice in the glorious
presence of the Lord, the General Overseer called for a special song by
Elwood
and Roberta Matthews, “Just to Have You.”
5:17 p.m.—The service was closed with prayer by Paul Lawrence.
6:30 p.m.—Program of music by the brass band.
6:45 p.m.—Song service led by Arthur B. Woodruff, Ima Jewell Wood
ruff at the piano and A. J. Coalter at the organ. Guy Olmstead read
Mark 16:15-20. Oscar Gibson offered prayer while the congregation stood
in quietness, then all joined together in praying for those for whom re-
quests were made.
7:06 p.m.—Songs were sung by the Nunnery Trio, Adderley Singers and
the little Thomas girl while an offering for expense was received by
the ushers.
7:23 p.m.—“Healing Provided in the Atonement for the Soul, Body, Mind
and Spirit,” message by R. W. Markham. The message in part follows:
“
Healing is something we must have in our churches. We must have
it in a greater measure than we have ever had it before. I feel that
the plan and program of divine healing as outlined by the Church of
God is nothing short of the perfect will of God. I feel that it is what God
wante us to practice, and I believe that when we put it into practice,
He
is going to work with us in a greater measure. There have been
some wonderful healings in our churches and very few people have heard
about them, but we are quick to tell of the inadequacies we may have
in our group. If we would tell of the wondrous things God has done
for us, we could do a much greater work than we are doing today. How
many of us have been healed and have never witnessed to it through our
papers? How many of us have received something from God in the way
of divine healing and have never told anyone about it? If the healings
in the Church of God were published, I feel there would be some mirac
ulous things made known. As we come to you tonight with the sub
ject of divine healing, we want to bring it before you in a way so each
one who needs healing may receive it. It is for everyone of us, because
as the subject points out, healing is provided for all in the atonement.
“What did Christ see in the centurion. (Matthew 8:5-10.) I feel like
He
saw more than his faith. The key to this message and the key to this
healing of the centurion’s servant is found in the phrase, ‘for I am a man
under authority, having soldiers under me.’ He was a man under author
ity and he recognized Jesus Christ as being just who He was. He had
underneath him a hundred soldiers plus the servants that lived in his
house and waited on him. He understood that there was a general above
him from whom he took his orders. He said I am a man under author
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to that one come and he cometh. The man recognized the divine power
of Jesus Christ, and the way he recognized it was because He was a man
under authority, not in authority, but was subject to those over him, and
he in turn gave orders to those under him. When he saw the Lord of
glory walking out to meet him, he knew there was the One who had
all power over every sickness and disease. He knew that all Christ had
to say was go and the palsy would be gone. He understood government
and the works of his own nation, consequently he could understand the
divine government of God. He knew that Jesus had power over that
sickness,
so he said, if you will just command it to go as I would tell
one
of my soldiers to do something and he does it, it will be gone. The
sickness was subject to Jesus just as the troops were subject to the cen
turion. Jesus said, ‘I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.’
“Friend, I don’t care what your sickness is, if you recognize the divine
plan that is laid out in God’s Word, you can have healing. God wants
us to recognize His plan today just as the centurion recognized the gov
ernment he drew his pay check from. James said, ‘Is any sick among
you? let him call for the elders of the church.’ He wanted the people
to recognize the divine government that Jesus gave the world. When we
do recognize that divine government and put it into action, we are go
ing to have all the healings we desire to have.
“
God is healing people in the Church of God today and He will heal
before this service is over tonight. About three months ago a man came
to our service and with tears streaming down his face he said he had
tuberculosis and couldn’t eat anything but a little broth. He said he wanted
us to pray for him. We laid our hands on him and prayed for him, and
when he left the church that night he knew that God had been there.
On Monday he went to the hospital. They examined him and said they
didn’t know what had happened but the spots were gone.
“We
had a revival just a little while back and a woman came who
had diabetes. She had been suffering with this for about fifteen years.
One night she asked for prayer and that diabetes left her. She was
examined the next day and the doctor said she was completely normal.
She had been taking insulin for fifteen years. No foolishness about this.
She had diabetes to the extent that she was in and out of the hos
pital all the time, but God healed her and she is well and strong today.
“A woman was brought home from the hospital. She had been oper
ated on for cancer twice before. This time the doctor said there was
no hope for her. A brother and I went to her home and told her we had
come to pray for her. We began to pray and the glory of the Lord
came
down. And the power, I have never seen it demonstrated just like
that before. The woman was healed. God healed her of that cancer and
she knows it.
“I was working for the Westinghouse Air Arm in Baltimore. I start
ed back off the wing of a navy fighter plane and I fell from it across
an iron wheel and broke my back. I laid there and as those men of
every denomination gathered around me, I said, ‘Lord, for this hour have
I served you, that when I needed you, you might be there to help me.’
As I felt my strength leaving me, I called one to me and hold him I didn’t
want them to give me anything for the pain. I told him to call my pas
tor and have him meet me at the hospital. You may say that 1 wasn’t
suffering. I knew this is what we taught and what the Church stands
for, and now when the doctor sees me, he doesn’t understand how I am
able to walk. I understand. You understand, you that have experienced
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and in it He tells us to call for the elders of the Church. If you come
tonight with the thought that these ministers who will lay their hands
upon you are God’s anointed, called to the ministry, and by your com
ing you ask them to pray for you, when you do, all that is required is
to believe that God is not a liar. He told us that if we would call for
them that He would raise us up. Jesus made provision for our healing in
the atonement. Let us put His plan in operation and watch it work.”
7:51 p.m.—The congregation stood and prayed in concert for the heal
ing service.
7:55 p.m.—Our Annual Healing Message by Boyd Thornton. A portion
of the message follows:
“I feel we can be positive tonight when we say the Lord can and does
heal our bodies. The Psalmist said, ‘Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;
who
healeth all thy diseases.” Jesus fulfilled all that the prophets had
spoken of Him. Isaiah said, ‘He was wounded for our transgressions,
he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon
him; and with his stripes we are healed.’ The Bible doesn’t say we are
going
to be healed, but with His stripes we are healed. Healing and
salvation go hand in hand. The same faith that it takes for us to re
ceive
forgiveness of our sins is the faith that will heal us today. Simply
believing that He will heal will do the job. It doesn’t come by some
mysterious workings or demonstrations on our part, but by being able to
say. Lord, I believe your Word. Faith is an essential element. Without
faith it is impossible to please the Lord.
“A part of the work of those who were ordained in the early Church
was to preach the gospel. Also, they were to heal all manner of sick
nesses
and cast out devils. These things went hand in hand. Jesus ex
pected the apostles when they went forth preaching the gospel to heal
sicknesses and cast out devils. The Bible said they went everywhere
preaching the gospel and the Lord worked with them and confirmed the
Word
with signs following. In other words, they preached the Word of
God. They believed Him and they were able to see the miraculous power
of God working in that day.
“The Scripture teaches that it is impossible to please God without
faith. It is necessary that we have this characteristic to please God in
any measure. He that cometh to God must believe that He is and that
He
is a rewarder of them that seek Him diligently If we will come to
night in faith, God will heal our bodies and make us whole. If we have
faith, all things are possible.
“In Acts 14:8-10, we read of a man who had been crippled all his
life. He had never walked. He was crippled in his feet. This man heard
the message that Paul was preachnig. Paul perceived that he had faith
to be healed and he said with a loud voice, ‘Stand upright on thy feet.’
The Bible said he leaped and walked. He believed and was made whole.
That was all that was necessary. There is no case that is too hard for
God. He is able for every case here tonight. It is just as easy for God
to heal us of the most severe disease as it is for Him to heal us of a
headache.
“One time a man came to Jesus with a pitiful story. He brought his
son
to him and told of his condition. He said he had a dumb spirit that
tried to destroy him. He told him that the disciples couldn’t do any
thing for his son and Jesus rebuked them. The father begged Jesus to
have compassion on him. Jesus told him that all things were possible
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mine unbelief.’ He mustered all the faith that he had and Jesus healed
his son. If we will have faith tonight, God will do wonders for us.
“There was a man who had palsy and it seems he couldn’t have any
faith for himself. His friends brought him to Jesus. They broke up the
roof in order to get him to Jesus. When Jesus saw their faith, He healed
the man. 1 believe we have friends here tonight who need healing. We
need to have faith for them so they can be healed. All things are pos
sible
if we believe.
“Jesus said, ‘They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.’
This
is a positive statement. When we follow the Bible plan, we can
count on the promises of God. God has healing for us. By faith, we
can have the healing provided for us in the atonement. God bless you
and give you faith to be healed tonight.”
8:15 p.m.—The. General Overseer gave some instructions then called for
those
who were to pray for the sick, lay hands on them and anoint with
oil, to find their places. While this was being done, Brother W. W. Webb
led the congregation in singing “Sweet Hour of Prayer.” Lines were
formed on the small speakers platform, the large platform, the lower plat
form and on the main floor. The blessings of the Lord were upon the
people
as they passed through the lines. There were 1,428 prayed for
and anointed with oil in the name of the Lord, and 1,091 handkerchiefs
were anointed and prayed over for some who needed healing and could
not be present in the service.
9:43 p.m.—Evangelistic message and altar call by Charles Hawkins. He
said that it was a wonderful thing to be healed by the mighty power of
God, but the most important thing in the world is to have salvation. He
urged the lost to seek God before it was too late. While opportunity
was given for those who needed God in their lives to come to the altar,
Shirley Hawkins sang “Tomorrow May Mean Goodby.” Quite a number
came
forward and eight were saved, ten sanctified, and ten baptized with
the Holy Ghost.
Saturday, September 14"
6:00 a.m.—The sunrise service was conducted by R. V. Pratt. He called
for all present to come to the altar for a season of prayer. The song
service followed, then all stood and prayed in concert. Opportunity was
given
those who were attending the Assembly for the first time to testify.
A colored sister recited a poem and a brother and his wife sang a spe
cial number. The congregation stood and praised the Lord for His bless
ings upon the people in the healing service the night before, then a
Scripture lesson was read—•Psalm 37:1-9. Testimonies were given by those
present in this early morning service who were healed in the service
the night before. Those who testified named the various diseases and
troubles from which they were delivered. These were stomach trouble,
torn ligaments, heart exhaustion, heart trouble, tumor, severe pains in
head, side and chest, injuries received in a car accident, nervous con
dition,
cancer, gall bladder trouble. The service was dismissed with prayer
at 7:20 a.m.
9:00 a.m.—Song service led by M. B. Hale, Betty Johnson at the piano.
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fered by Donald Wells at the pulpit, then the congregation prayed to
gether for those for whom requests were made.
9:15 a.m.—Songs by Jo Nell and Dwane Adams, “I Wouldn’t Trade”
and “Jesus Knows Just What 1 Need.” Norman Scotton sang “I Know
This Is the Church.”
9:26 am.—The brass band played “America,” then Clayton Sherrill
led the congregation in singing “The Church of God Flag Song.”
9:33 a.m.—“Fly the Flag of All Nations,” message by Walter L. Harvey.
The message in part follows:
“
When we were singing about the Church of God flag, it gave me a
thrill to see the flags waving. When we see them waving, it makes me
know that we are still in the fight. You know it seems the flag of our
country means more to us in time of war than any other time. We are
in a great battle. We are fighting against the forces of Satan. I feel that
we should lift the banner high and let the world know that we are stand
ing for the whole truth.
“We love the Church of God this morning. I believe you received the
same vision of it that I received. I believe you took the same covenant
that I took to become a member of the Church. We must stand firm
for the teachings of the Church. That will mean much to everyone. Not
just to us, but to everyone who sees this flag flying in the breezes. By
all of us sticking to the teachings, the people will know what the flag
represents.
“Friends, I want to preach the Word of God as it is and not as though
it is the words of man. Paul said to some people that when the gos
pel was preached to them they received it not as the word of men, but
as
it is in truth, the Word of God, and they became followers of the
Church of God. That which will cause people to be followers of the
Church is for us to preach the Word, not as our own word but as God’s
Word.
“We read in 1 Timothy 4:16, ‘Take heed unto thyself, and unto the
doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thy
self,
and them that hear thee.’ I was talking to a man that used to up
hold the doctrine, but he is not in the Church today. I asked him why
he was not preaching the Church like he used to preach it. He said he
wanted to win souls. But this Scripture said by taking heed to the doc
trine and by continuing in the things we know, we will save ourselves
and those who hear us. If I should lay down the Church of God flag
and not display it in my services any more, I would be afraid I would
lose
my soul and those who followed me would be lost. I could back
up to the place I couldn’t see this and I would be in darkness, because
this has become light to me. If we walk in darkness, we don’t know
where we are going. We must keep step with the light.
“Jesus said, ‘Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven.’ If we don’t do the will of God, we will never make
it into heaven. Do you believe a man can preach about the flag with
the power of God all over him, and later on leave this off and still be
in the will of God? If it was the will of God for the Church to have a
flag ten years ago, it is the will of God to have it now. When people
get out of step with the Church, they feel the Church is out of line,
but the same flag is in the same Church and the Holy Ghost is leading
us on. The wise man is the man who sticks to the Church. I would like
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want to kick up more dust than I can find myself in. Some people kick
up so much dust they get lost in it, but I want to stay where I am in
the Church. The world may count the man who sticks to the truths of
the Bible foolish, but God says he is a wise man.
“
This flag does not represent the wrong, but it represents the clean,
pure government of the Church of God. Wherever we see the flag, we
ought to have reverence in our hearts for that for which it stands. When
I began searching for the Church of God, I found the one that was men
tioned
by the Psalmist, ‘Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in
the fields of the wood.’ If I had found a church that had not made its
appeared in Fields of the Wood, and did not have a flag, I wouldn’t
have believed it was the Church of God. When people find the Church
today,
they will find it displaying the banner.
“ ‘Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be dis
played because of the truth.’ Where is the banner this morning? Does
this flag cause the power of God to tingle your spine when you see it
waving in the air? Let’s display the flag. I don’t want to be anywhere
that I can’t wave the banner of the Church of God. I want to raise it
everywhere I go and tell people it is the banner of righteousness. This is the
banner of love. God is love and this is the Church of love, and this flag
stands for it. Let’s be willing to give our lives for what this represents.”
10:05 a.m.—The congregation stood and prayed in concert, asking God
to bless so the flag may soon fly in more cities, counties, states and coun
tries to signify that the Church has been established.
10:07 a.m.—Promotion of the White Wing Publishing House, by Robert
F. Wright, Manager.
Brother Wright introduced the various members of the staff and em
ployees
of the White Wing Publishing House and their families. He spoke
concerning the work of the Publishing House, using for a subject, “Looking
the Facts in the Face.”
10:40 a.m.—The Voice of Salvation choir sang “The Great Speckled Bird.”
10:48 a.m.—Hugh R. Edwards, Press Superintendent, spoke concerning
the Press, its equipment, its employees and the service the printing de
partment is rendering to the Church as a whole. His subject was “The
Press—Ready to Serve.”
11:14 a.m.—Demonstration, "The Ugly Devil and the Roaring Lion.” This
demonstration was in two parts. The first was a scene in the order de
partment of the Publishing House. The one portraying the devil entered
and confused the orders and shipments that were being mailed out. The
second part portrayed the Publishing House as a roaring lion seeking
to devour the honest, hard-working people. Brother Wright mentioned
that this seemed to be the conception that some people have of the Pub
lishing House and its work.
11:18 p.m.—“Promotion of the Church of God Sunday School Literature,”
C. T. Davidson, Sunday School Editor. He spoke concerning our litera
ture and pointed out that it is currently being prepared by our own mem
bers. He displayed and discussed briefly the various Sunday School pub
lications being featured by the department. He also gave some inter
esting facts about the foreign language editions of the literature in French,
Spanish and Arabic.
11:35 a.m.—Selections by the Voice of Salvation Choir, “The Royal Ban
ner” and “The Banner of Love.”
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White Wing Messenger. He thanked the people for reporting news and
things of interest to be used in the White Wing Messenger. He felt that
through the efforts of the people on the field, the White Wing is one
of the best papers in the world. He urged subscribers who failed to re
ceive
the paper regularly to write the Publishing House concerning it.
He
called attention to change of addresses and asked those who moved
to
send in the new address so the paper would reach them. He men
tioned the fact that more copy is received than can be used as it comes
in,
and encouraged the people to be patient with that department. He
assured them that their testimonies and messages would be printed as
soon as possible.
11:52 a.m.—“Some Plain Talk About Our Church Paper,” by Everett L.
Higdon,
Publishing House Field Representative. Brother Higdon told of
the high cost of paper and stated that it costs seven cents a copy to
print the White Wing and place it in the mail box of the subscriber. He
said that the White Wing is a bargain because subscribers pay only five
cents a copy. He urged our people to get behind the White Wing and
boost it as it should be. He stressed the importance of every minister
being a regular reader of the White Wing, and he felt that all of our
people
would be benefited by reading it as everyone needs to keep up
to date with the work of the Church.
12:05 pan.—“When the White Wing Messenger Stops.” This was a short
demonstration portraying a family who received the White Wing Mes
senger, but gave very little thought to the importance of it. One day the
postman delivered what was to be the last issue. This caused them to
realize how important the White Wing was to them.
12:10 p.m.—The service was dismissed with prayer by Grace Higdon.
12:55 p.m.—Song by Wilburn Curtis, “The Church of God, the Church of
Prophecy.”
1:00 pan.—V. L. B. Program in charge of H. L. Moore, General Secretary.
1:05 p.m.—The song service was directed by Clayton Sherrill, Jenna
Lee Allen at the piano and Emma Lou Moore at the organ. The congre
gation stood and clapped their hands while they sang. Marie Freeman
led the congregation in a concert prayer, then all repeated the Lord’s
prayer in unison. Elizabeth Smith read Psalm 68:1-11. The congregation
stood and all joined together in singing the V. L. B. Theme Song.
1:20 p.m.—Song by the Jasper, Alabama Trio, “By and By.” Eloda
Urseth sang “Beside the Still Waters.” Julian Galloway sang “The King
and I.”
1:32 p.m.—“Who Are These That Fly and Why,” short message by Clive
Jared.
The speaker referred to Isaiah 60:8 and said, “There has to be a dif
ferent group flying as the clouds. Because of the who, there has to be
a why. There is a reason why we fly. First of all the Bible says, ‘My
doctrine shall drop as the rain.’ Second, the Bible says, ‘a bird of the air
shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.’
We have the doctrine, we have the voice and it is necessary that we fly
because we are the people with the divine message for the world. We
are living in the day of preparation and the airplane is an instrument to
use in helping make the preparations for the coming of the Son of man.
‘Who are these that fly.’ We cannot keep from flying. We have to fly and
we have the message to carry to the world. The Victory Leaders have
the responsibility of supplying the printed matter for them that fly that
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1:43 p.m.—Roberta and Elwood Matthews, Rosita and Dorothy sang
‘Stand by Me.” The Voice of Salvation Quartet sang “I Am A Pilgrim.”
1:54 p.m.—Report of the General Secretary.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
V. L. B. Secretary's Report From
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy—
Greetings:
Sermons __________________________________ 221
Converted_____________________________________________29
Sanctified______________________________________________27
Baptized with the Holy Ghost______________________________14
Homes visited_____________________________._______ __—109
States visited__________________________________________26
Ministers, District and State Conventions attended_____________14
Youth Camps attended__________________________________ 8
I prepared the yearly program booklet for the V. L. B. and wrote the
leaders
and state secretaries several times besides taking care of daily
correspondence that came to the office. Have directed the Wings of Proph
ecy
since March, arranging for the pre-Assembly tour and also wrote
several news-letters to the pilots. Prepared the Youth Camp lessons along
with the help of Billy Riggs for our Youth Camps this summer. Boosted
the Radio Department extensively this year on the field besides preach
ing once a week for our broadcasts.
Everyone
has been very co-operative in the work this year and all the
pilots have been willing to do anything that was asked of them in pro
moting that part of the work.
Taught
V. L. B. in B. T. C. in Cleveland.
INFORMATION ON V. L. B. WORK:
Bands last year_____________________________________1,611
Bands this year.______________,______________________1,627
Increase in number of bands___________________________ 16
Number of Victory Leaders last year___________________33,380
Number of Victory Leaders this year____________________39,913
Increase in Victory Leaders_____________________________6,533
Number of youth camps this year_____________________25
Approximate number of campers________________________2,000
Approximate number of experiences_______________ 1,200
Respectfully submitted,
H. L. MOORE
V. L. B. Secretary
2:00 p.m.—Program by the Vestal (Knoxville, Tennessee) V. L. Bs., di
rected by Dottie Lyles, leader.
Sister Lyles led the V. L. Bs. as they marched on to the platform.
They were dressed in black and white and sang “I Am Glad I Am a
Soldier” as they marched. Sister Lyles explained their system of promo
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regularly are promoted at the end of each quarter. For those who for
some
reason have to miss a service, there is a system of points that they
receive on the basis of their participation in the services.
The group presented a demonstration showing some of the temptations
that the youth of today is faced with. As the worldly young people came
to
tempt the church members with ball games, formals and jewelry, they
prayed, and each time a temptation was overcome, the plow moved a
little nearer the character representing Jesus. Finally all of the V. L. Bs.
resisted temptation and heard the Master say, “Well done.” Then those
who had tempted them were won to the Lord.
2:13 p.m.—Message by Idella Bain. Sister Bain expressed pleasure in
being present in the Assembly. She felt well paid for all the sacrifices
made and the efforts put forth to attend. She stated that being in the
Assembly and listening to the messages was like a mirror. She said that
when we dress to go out, we look in the mirror to see if we are pre
sentable. If not, we fix ourselves so we will be. The Word preached in
the Assembly showed that we needed to fix ourselves up so we will meas
ure to the requirements. She said, “ ‘And let us not be weary in well do
ing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.’ In the right time
we will reap. Sometimes when we do so much work in the Church, we
feel that we ought to get paid down here, but this Scripture tells us
not to be weary for in due season we shall reap. If we faint, we won’t
reap. Preach the Word of God, don’t get weary. Live a good life, don’t
get weary. Raise money for the V. L. B., don’t get weary. He didn’t say
that we may reap, but we shall reap. We shall reap if we don’t get weary
and faint. Let’s be faithful. God will pay us for what we do.
“ ‘Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor
is not in vain in the Lord.’ Always abounding in God’s work. Not some
times,
but always. Not when you feel like it, but always. When you
work for the Lord, you know your labor is not in vain. You can’t lose.
When
we work for someone, sometimes we don’t get paid. But God is
not unrighteous to forget our work of love. Be faithful. Your reward is
sure. The best thing you could ever do is to put in all your talent into
the work of the Lord.”
2:30 p.m.—Report of Thomas Duncan, Radio Department Manager.
The report was accepted as read by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Radio Department Manager
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
To the 52nd General Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
I have attended sessions of two state conventions and two district con
ventions and visited several radio stations for the purpose of expand
ing our radio coverage with the “Voice of Salvation” and “Gospel Concert
Hall.”
This year we have started a “Voice of Salvation” broadcast in one of
the Filipino dialects and it is produced every week by Brother Lawrence
G. Edralin and is broadcast by one of the world’s largest Christian radio

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stations for Eastern Broadcasting Company in Manila, Philippines.
During
the past twelve months, we have been able to maintain an aver
age
of sixty-five to seventy stations carrying the “Voice of Salvation.”
More
than three thousand programs have been produced representing fif
teen hundred hours of radio broadcasting which is equivalent to more
than four hours of air time for each day of the year.
Our
religious disc jockey program, “Gospel Concert Hall,” has been
promoted this year and is now scheduled on ten radio stations. The pos
sibilities for further expansion of coverage with this program are very
good.
We
have prepared promotional material for the Radio Department dur
ing the year and have assisted different state boosters in promoting the
radio work. We have added a few new pieces of radio equipment this year.
The entire “Voice of Salvation” staff has worked very hard and very
faithfully throughout this Assembly year and are to be highly recommended
for their invaluable service which has been rendered without pay.
The response to our radio program has been better this year than any
previous year.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF RADIO DEPARTMENT
ENDING AUGUST 31, 1957
Total money received_____________________________$16,267.06
(From Broadcast Record Club, Free Literature Fund, mer
chandise sales, recording work, and Voice of Salvation
offerings)
Total
paid out------------------------------------------------------ 15,377.73
Balance in treasury______________________________$ 889.33
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS DUNCAN
Radio
Department Manager
2:35 p.m.—Brother Duncan was in charge of a program. He talked briefly
concerning the work of the radio department. He told of people being
led to the Church through the Voice of Salvation broadcast. He said, “I
would
like to point out one outstanding example of what the Voice of
Salvation has done in pointing people to the Church. About two and a
half years ago, our program was scheduled in Puyallup, Washington on
station KAYE. The manager of the station was a member of another
church, but he began to listen to the Voice of Salvation every Sunday. He
finally decided he liked the program. Through it he was led to one of
our local churches in that area and eventually became a member. He is
now
the husband of a minister in the Church. They met through the pro
gram and were married.
“We have received more mail this year than we have ever received.
Just the past two or three weeks have brought us more mail than we have
ever received in the same period of time. We estimate that we have well
over one hundred thousand listeners each week, and we are trying to point
all of them to the Church.
“Now another thing I would like to mention is that there is a large
radio station in Manila in the Philippines which is devoted exclusively
to Christian broadcasting. They have a total of eight powerful trans
mitters that cover all of the Far East and they have about twenty hours
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languages and they gave us an invitation to send a radio missionary to
their station to represent the Church. The Lord blessed us so we were
able to do that. At the present time our missionary to the Philippines
is one of the staff members at DCAS, Far Eastern Broadcasting Company
in Manila. He is presenting the Voice of Salvation in one of the Filipino
dialects. We are thankful that the program is now in three languages—
English,
Spanish and this Filipino dialect.”
Brother Duncan introduced Sister DeVough from Maine. She told how
she and her husband had been led by the Voice of Salvation to the Church.
Her husband is a minister in the Church. He then introduced Brother
Robert Pruitt, who is in charge of the devotional service before each re
cording of the program is made, also the seven o’clock prayer service each
Tuesday morning. Brother Pruitt spoke a few moments concerning the
work of those who make the program. They spend from seven to nine-
thirty each Tuesday night practicing and making the program.
Brother Duncan spoke of the new program, Gospel Concert Hall. He
introduced Karen Blumenthal, announcer for this program, and she spoke
a few words concerning it. This program is used as a medium for open
ing the way for the Voice of Salvation.
Brother Duncan called for Brother Alvin S. Moss, overseer of the Ba
hama Islands, to speak. He told how the Lord had made it possible to
have the program begin there with the opening of their convention. He
said the program had been well received throughout the Islands and in
the southern portion of Florida, and that it had proved a blessing in pro
moting the Church in the Islands.
During the program the Voice of Salvation Choir sang “The Royal Ban
ner,” “Hold the Fort” and “Highway to Heaven.” The quartet sang “When
He
Calls My Name.”
3:15 pun.—Free Literature Offering.
The Secretary called the states in alphabetical order. The state over
seer and state secretaries took their places in line and those with of
ferings fell in behind them. Several songs were sung while the line of
marchers moved through the aisles of the Tabernacle. When the over
seers and secretaries returned to the platform, they received the offer
ings from those following them. When the money was counted, the secre
taries announced the amounts. The Secretary called for all to stand and
pray, consecrating the money to the work of the Lord. The amounts by
states are as follows:
AssemblyFreeLiterature Offering
Alabama _ _$280.50 British Columbia,
Alaska
___ 28.66 Canada .......................4.49
5.00
California 489.94
58.72 Colorado .... ...........63.00
Arkansas 173.32 Connecticut and
23.00 Rhode Island ...........10.00
10.00
Delaware _ 50.00
Barbados _ 2.00 Dominican Republic__ 5.15
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Florida_____________ 1,000.80
Georgia-----------------------1,201.31
Haiti___________________90.00
Hawaii _____________ 10.00
Idaho____1__________ 68.00
Illinois_________________183.67
Indiana_____________ 855.62
Iowa___________________78.89
Kansas_____________ 294.95
Kentucky___________ 947.55
Louisiana ___________ 143.50
Maine___________________8.01
Manitoba, Canada____ 11.00
Maryland and D. C___ 117.76
Massachusetts and
New Hampshire_____ 9.16
Mexico__________________5.00
Michigan___________ 288.99
Minnesota_______________112.55
Mississippi__________ 390.00
Missouri_______________214.72
Montana____________ 32.58
Nebraska_______________42.23
Nevada_________________26.60
New Jersey__________ 17.57
New Mexico_________ 70.25
New York__________ 58.50
North Carolina _______ 916.88
North Dakota_________ 49.54
Ohio_______________ 290.79
Oklahoma__________ 378.00
Ontario, Canada______ 12.00
Oregon________________112.00
Pennsylvania _________ 144.52
South Carolina_______ 722.28
South Dakota________ 91.01
Tennessee___________ 1,037.88
Turks Island_________ 17.25
Utah_______________ 16.04
Vermont____________ 31.00
Virginia ______._____ 1,398.05
Virgin Islands________ 70.00
Washington _________ 153.44
West Texas_________ 126.61
West Virginia ________ 116.48
Wisconsin ___________ 57.52
Wyoming ___________ 89.98
Total______________$13,682.50
4:15 p.m.—Edna Wells, Kansas; Frances Allen, Alabama; and Alva Wil
son, Kentucky, spoke concerning the Youth Camps in their states. They
said the camps were well attended and the blessings of the Lord were
upon the evangelistic services. They felt the camps were a wonderful
success.
4:28 p.m.—Program by the Gleaners, in charge of Sarah George. The
group sang “When He Comes.” Wanda Crews sang “Where No One
Stands Alone.” Ronnie Hamm sang the Hypocrite Song. Shermanda
Minter recited a poem. Bobby Jean Tucker sang “Goodby World, Goodby.”
Song
by Londa Davis, “He’s Everywhere.” Deborah Thomas sang “I
Bowed
My Knees and Cried Holy.” The Gleaners recited the poem “I
Am One” in unison.
4:45 p.m.—W. G. Hardin, overseer of North Dakota, spoke of the V. L. B.
Jubilee that was conducted in his state. This Jubilee was a wonderful
success. Each one in attendance paid a dollar when registering. The
money
was used for the expense of the Jubilee. Brother Hardin prepared a
program and used such statements as “Hay ride to Joshua Flats” to
create an interest in the Jubilee. This was a hay ride to a nearby farm
for games and a wiener roast. The Jubilee was not all play. There were
lessons
in music, orthography, V. L. B. training and the Bible messages
of interest to young people, and evangelistic services. The activities of
the day were for young people only, but the night services were attend
ed by older people. A panel discussion on the teachings of the Church
by four people was of much interest. This was for the purpose of teach
ing them what the Church is and how we become members. This Jubilee
began on Friday afternoon and went through Saturday night.
5:02 p.m.—Awarding of banners:
A banner was presented to North Carolina for having the largest state
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A banner was presented to the church at 21st and Main, Louisville Ken
tucky, for having the largest state convention Free Literature offering
in the states—$1,363.46.
A banner was presented to the church at East Street, Nassau, Bahamas
for having the largest convention Free Literature offering in foreign fields
—£490.0.
Oklahoma was presented with a benner for having the largest state con
vention Free Literature offering according to the number of churches—
$5,331.87. The average for each church was $231.82.
Virginia was awarded a banner for having the largest Assembly Free
Literature offering—$1,398.05.
The church at Tampa, Florida was presented with a banner for having
the largest local church Assembly Free Literature offering—$279.01.
5:16 p.m.—The service was dismissed with prayer by Beverly Freeland
and David L. Tuller.
5:30 p.m.—Ordination service.
The General Overseer read 1 Timothy 3:1-16, then gave some instruc
tions to those who came forward to be ordained. After a concert prayer,
the following were ordained by the laying on of hands and prayer.
Bishops: J. E. Singleterry, Theodore J. Lowe, Calvin W. Grubbs, James
L.
Endecott, Delbert Gray, Robert W. Patterson, Jr., Robey W. Ayers,
Avery L. Sullivan, Charles G. Hawkins, Verne J. Doran, Lamar Parton,
Gerald H. Minter, James W. Reeves, Orvie A. Braland, Samuel A. Pratt,
H. Horace Long, W. D. Gates, Earl B. Gray, Charles I. Mackey, Randolph
B. Davis, Isaiah J. Wynns, Walter D. Stephens.
Deacons: William Carl Brooks, Hiram T. Martin, Homer Harmon, Charles
J. Wheeler, Earl M. Lyle, Joe W. Lewis, Roland G. Saunders, John Craw
ford, Edwin Jones, Howard Hamilton.
6:00 p.m.—Program by our Spanish people, in charge of Daniel Abrego.
The group sang in Spanish “O I Want to See Him,” “Christ Ascended
to Reign,” and “I Feel Joy in My Soul.”
6:17 p.m.—Music by the brass band, directed by Clayton Sherrill.
6:30 p.m.—Song service led by Theodore Holloway, with Mildred Ben
nett at the piano and Emma Lou Moore at the organ. Jesse Cagle read
1 Timothy 4:13-16. Hubert Smith offered prayer, after which the con
gregation prayed in concert for those for whom requests were made.
6:42 p.m.—The Key Note Quartet sang “Let Me Tell You About Jesus”
and “He’s Everywhere,” followed by a piano solo by Jim Joplin while
an expense offering was received by the ushers. The Voice of Salvation
Quartet sang “I Won’t Turn Back” and “Inside the Gate.” H. M. Cowan
and family sang “We Will Understand It All.”
7:00 p.m.—Our Annual Saturday Evening Praise Service, in charge of
G. C. Decker. Mikey Jones and his helpers sang songs and choruses at
intervals. Many testified to the blessings and goodness of God. It was
a time of great rejoicing and the saints praised God for the wonderful
things He had done for them. They shouted, rejoiced and enjoyed a good
time in the Lord.
7:30 p.m.—Song by the Orange Juice Quartet, “This Heart of Mine” and
a spiritual number.
7:40 p.m.—Bible Training Camp Program, in charge of J. B. Wright,
General Superintendent.
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7:45 p.m.—Prayer by C. T. Davidson and Jess F. Pruitt.
7:48 pjn.—Song service led by Hermis Ferguson. This was a mighty
song service filled with the power and presence of the Lord. All B. T. C.
students stood and prayed together, asking God for His favor upon this
department of the work.
8:10 p.m.—The B. T. C. Choir sang “I Can Tell You the Time” and “On
the Jericho Road,” directed by M. S. Curry.
8:19 p.m.—Report of the Superintendent.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Bible Training Camp
General Superintendent
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
A total of five camps were held: Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti,
Cleveland,
Tennessee and Fresno, California. The California camp was
a double one with classes conducted in both the English and Spanish lan
guages. Total number of students 641 of which 341 were enrolled in the
foreign camps. Two tabernacles were constructed and finished well enough
to house first term classes. One of these is in San Pedro de Macoris, Do
minican Republic and the other in Kingston, Jamaica.
Correspondence Division
Elementary course enrolled 152; number completing course 53.
Body of Christ course enrolled 357; number completing course 110.
Personal Report of General Superintendent
Supervised the activities of all five Bible Training Camps which were
operated. Visited 54 local churches and one youth camp. Attended the
following conventions: 2 W. M. B., 1 ministers, 3 district and 7 state.
Preached a total of 120 sermons.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES B. WRIGHT
General Superintendent
8:24 p.m.—Songs by the Dixieland Quartet, “I’m Climbing Higher and
Higher,” “I Want to Be More Like Jesus” and “Lord, Have Mercy.”
8:37 p.m.—Message by the Superintendent, J. B. Wright. The message
in part follows:
“I want to read from Acts 2:5-11. I don’t know if I should call this a
subject, but I have something like this that I want to mention: confusion
minus con equals fusion. I want to repeat the last part of the eleventh
verse, '. . . we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works
of God.’ This was a demonstration of the Holy Ghost putting the gos
pel in other languages. The Holy Ghost caused them to preach the won
derful works of God in every man’s language. I gather from that that
God is working on a program of getting the gospel and the doctrine of
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dren were delivered from the fiery furnace, the king published the story
in every language that the people should worship the Hebrew children’s
God In the days of Esther, the king wanted to get a message to all of
his provinces, and he had that message translated into every language
of his kingdom.
“It doesn’t matter how many languages. It is the fellow that is be
hind the program that will put it over, but the point is that there were
many languages, but only one story. God is interested in one story in
all the languages. On the day of Pentecost they all spoke the same thing.
God only tells one thing. The Holy Ghost only tells one thing. In all
those languages, it was one story, the wonderful works of God.
“A. J. Tomlinson said, ‘So we must put the faith, the doctrine, the
teaching in all the languages in order to govern and control the faith, doc
trine and teaching.’ He made it clear that he didn’t mean just the Bible.
The American Bible Society has as its goal to publish the Bible in every
language, but publishing the Bible doesn’t take con off of confusion. The
English people all have the Bible in their own language, yet there are
probably two thousand denominations. So it is going to take more in
the Church of God than publishing the Bible in different languages. It
is the vision of the Church that the doctrine, teachings and practices of
the Church be published in every language. That is a big job, but not
too
big for God. If He could take a hundred and twenty and make them
announce orally the same message in every tongue, He can take what
He has now and cause them to print and publish the teachings in every
language. Somebody said, ‘He won’t get my co-operation.’ You’ll be the
loser, not God. He’ll get His work done.
“In the tenth chapter of Genesis when God divided the people, the
descendants of Noah, and He gave them a nation, and gave each one a
tongue,
that made them two tongues, the original of Noah’s family and
the new one that God gave them. It was God’s plan for them to separate
and go their ways to inhabit the nations He had given them. This is the
part they didn’t want to do. God had a program for the people, and
the people had a program for themselves. They weren’t interested in
carrying out God’s program, but they wanted to go to heaven. They held
on to their mother tongue and said, ‘We’ll build us a tower to heaven.’
That is about what is going on now. Any man, no matter whether he is
Catholic,
Jew, Protestant or Greek, will say I’m on my way to heaven.
That is the difference between denominationalism and the Church of God.
They are trying only to get to heaven, and they’ll get there on a detour
if they can. They pay God’s program no mind, and they are working
to get to heaven.
“A lot of Church of God folks are like that. They’ll tell you that you
don’t have to obey the Assembly to get to heaven. If getting to heaven
was all we were doing, you might not, but getting to heaven will be a
reward for what we are doing. We are working on God’s program, not
our program. People say, ‘You fellows down there at headquarters ought
to be united so there will be no difference among you. You can’t ex
pect us to be united until you are united.’ The only way we’ll be united
is to obey the Assembly, and that is the only way you can. It is just
as easy for you as it is for us. The only way to have unity is for every
body to obey the Assembly. There is only one way to come to unity,
and that is to lay down your program and take up God’s program. That
will put us all in unity whether at general headquarters or state head
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“But these fellows wanted to go to heaven. God had given them a
language and a nation, and He wanted them to divide up and go popu
late the whole world. I imagine they pondered over it, and said, ‘Lord,
we’ll do it if we can all stay together.’ God has always had trouble
getting people away from where they were born. That is why God had
to come to the tower of Babel, not to give languages, but to confuse lan
guages,
to get people to carry out His program. When He saw the peo
ple
down there, they had one language and one speech. The language
was the mother tongue, and the speech was, ‘Let us build a tower to reach
heaven.’ The Lord said, ‘I am not going to bother them, I’ll just let them
go ahead and build, but I’ll fix it so they would rather just not build.’
So He confused their tongues. I don’t know what He did unless it was
denominationalism. That is confusion, isn’t it? But He confused their
tongues
until they couldn’t go to heaven together, so they scattered out,
each one going his own way.
“God does some things that He might show His glory when He does
something else. When He sent the Israelites into Egypt, it wasn’t just
to get them down there and have them abused, but it was to show His
power in bringing them out. We are up against the proposition of put
ting the doctrine into every language. I have been told that we are not
settled on some of the twenty-nine teachings. I thought we were, and
the General Overseer says we are. You better get settled on them, be
cause
we are going to start putting them into other languages, and it
won’t look right if they are not right.
“God took fusion, added con and brought confusion in order to get peo
ple off their program and put them on His program. Now He is going to
take con off of confusion and leave fusion to get people off their pro
gram and back on His program. If God can confuse languages and scat
ter people, He can give them one doctrine in every language and bring
them back together. They are scattered but God will show His power in
bringing them together in the Church of God.
“In times past, I’d preach and do the best I could, and when I’d say
denominationalism, I’d say that they gathered themselves together to come
to the Church of God. I thought that was the way it was, but the
way they are acting now, I am convinced that they are not coming. And
the way some of us are acting, I am convinced that we are not going to
stay if we don’t start acting differently. God doesn’t recognize denomina
tions. He recognizes sheep. People who come to the Church of God will
come as individual sheep.
“To put a doctrine into another language is a particular thing. I sent
a B. T. C. lesson to a country to have it translated into that particular
language. After it had been translated and the state overseer had okayed
it, Brother Pruitt sent it to New York to an expert translator to see if
it was correct. Do you know what? The very first lesson said, ‘Except
you
do penance, ye shall all likewise perish.’ In other words, it was
a Catholic doctrine. The lesson said, ‘Except ye repent, ye shall all like
wise
perish,’ but they translated it, and the overseer okayed it, ‘Ex
cept ye do penance.’ That is what we are up against to translate from
one language to another. It is going to take some Church of God trans
lators. I don’t believe we can depend on translators from other denomi
nations to do this. It has to be a translator that is rooted and grounded
in the teachings and doctrines of the Church of God. The fellow who
preaches in Spanish has to say the same thing that the fellow who preaches
in German says. Their message has to make every fellow repent for it
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“Seventeen years ago our former General Overseer brought this vis
ion
before the Assembly. He says, ‘In order to keep the doctrine pure
and the teaching clean, and to avoid falling into error and heresy, all
the fundamental teaching will have to go out from headquarters. This
means that a great company of translators of the different languages
must be educated in the doctrine and put to work in this gigantic project.
The principal teaching must be kept under the supervision and inspec
tion of the General Assembly.’ Just like it has been in the past. No change.
According to the ruling of the Assembly, no new or different doctrine
is allowed to be taught by our ministers until closely inspected by those
in authority and the General Assembly. If you have a new doctrine,
it may be right. But before you preach it, get it inspected; then you
won’t have to be ashamed until you will throw up your hands and quit
when you are rebuked. If what you have can’t bear the inspection of
the Assembly, you had better kill it because it will destroy you. It may
have been as old as Methuselah, but if it is different from what .we have
been taught, it needs to be inspected. Church of God preachers don’t
have any doctrine. God’s doctrine is in a big reservoir, and we are the
pipes
through which it runs to the people. If the people get muddy water,
it is because you inject a little of yours as it went along.
“Isaiah says, thy watchmen, not watchman. The Church doesn’t have
a watchman, except Jesus. ‘Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice, with
the voice, together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when
the Lord shall bring again Zion.’ In a multitude of counsellors, there is
safety. Here is the only safeguard we have. Many heresies have been
stamped out here in the past, and the same practice must be followed
in the future.
“Won’t it be wonderful when all the twenty-nine teachings of the
Church of God, which are the basic fundamentals that have been okayed
by general headquarters will be published in every language under heaven?
The overseers of the states and the countries can stand up and sing
with the Assembly in the same tune. Then God will bare His holy arm
in the eyes of all the nations and all the ends of the earth shall see the
salvation of our God.”
9:30 p.m.—An offering was received for the support of Bible Training
Camp
in foreign fields. A number of songs were sung by various groups
as the ushers received the offering.
9:50 p.m.—“How B. T. C. Helps Us,” short talks by Overseers A. T.
Griffin, S. A. Cooley and R. Clement Lynch.
Brother Griffin said B. T. C. had been the means of giving the state
of California more efficient state secretaries, district overseers, pastors
and workers. He said there were a number of young ministers in the
state who had been trained in B. T. C. and he felt they could be de
pended upon as real laborers. He expressed his gratefulness for the good
training the people had received in the doctrine and practices of the
Church.
Brother Cooley said that when he went to Washington as overseer there
was one church with thirty-seven members. He said he realized he need
ed something to help, and Bible Training Camp had been a wonderful
blessing to them. He mentioned the fact that thirteen of the fifteen pas
tors in the state had attended B. T. C. He said that when they went
to B. T. C. from Washington, they went with complete confidence as they
believed they could depend upon that which is taught. He stated that
in the Northwest where the work is young in comparison with the work
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Brother Lynch said, “We can truthfully say that Bible Training Camp
is beneficial to any department of the work. It has been a blessing to
our teachers. It has been a blessing to our pastors. It has been a bless
ing to our evangelists and our state secretaries. North Carolina has not
always been in the lead, that is in having students in B. T. C., but we
have been near the top for years, and we have done that because we be
lieved in B. T. C. and what it teaches our people. B. T. C. has certainly
been a blessing to North Carolina and we are one hundred per cent
behind it.”
10:05 p.m.—The Superintendent gave a report of the four states leading
in state convention offerings for foreign B. T. C. Oklahoma was first
with an offering of $1,092.32. Tennessee was next with $904.40. North
Carolina was third with $680.41. California was fourth with $535.60.
Total state convention offerings amounted to $7,960.91. The Assembly of
fering was $362.76. The offering received in the Assembly was $240.00.
The total for the year 1957 was $8,563.67.
Oklahoma was presented with a banner for having the largest conven
tion offering.
Tennessee
was presented with a banner for having the largest number
of students in the camp at Cleveland—35.
California was presented with a banner for having the largest number
of students in the camp at Fresno—42.
California was presented with a banner for having the largest number
of students taking the correspondence courses—54.
10:35
p.m.—Demonstration to Encourage Weekly Bible Study and Regu
lar Giving for Foreign B. T. C. in Every Local Church, directed by Winston
Gonia. This portrayed the pastor speaking to his congregation with re
gard to the need of teaching the peoples of the world about the Church,
its doctrine and practices, and what the Church will do, stressing the words
WHO, WHY, WHEN and HOW.
10:45 p.m.—Evangelistic message and altar call by Aaron W. West. The
speaker urged the people to come to the Lamb that was slain from the
foundation of the world and accept salvation through His shed blood.
When
the invitation was given, many made their way to the altar. Three
were converted, four sanctified and three baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Sunday, September 15
6:00 a.m.—Sunrise prayer service in charge of J. D. Williams. A good
song service was first, then earnest prayers were offered by all present.
A special song was sung, “Whiter Than Snow.” Brother Williams read
a Scripture, and all stood and prayed together for the missionary service
and for the mission cause everywhere. Brother Williams and Joel Cox
conducted a testimony service in which many praised the Lord for the
wonderful blessings He had bestowed upon them. Prayers were offered
for the missionary service by several individuals, then “I’m Going On
With Jesus” was sung. The service was dismissed with prayer by Brother
Joel Cox at 7:05 a.m.
9:00 a.m.—W. M. B. Program in charge of Sylvia Hardin, General Sec
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Sister Hardin introduced the missionaries and those from other coun
tries. The Miami Choir sang “Pray, Give, Go” and “Revive Us Again.”
Sister Hardin told of some of the needs of the mission fields and re
quested prayer for them, then Brother D. H. Queener offered prayer at
the pulpit.
9:23 a.m.—“Highlights on Missions in the Caribbean Islands,” Walter C.
Bates,
Representative. A portion of his message follows:
“In the islands of the Caribbean area we have more than twenty-five
thousand, eight hundred and sixty-four members in the Church. We have
around four hundred and seventy churches. God has blessed in a marked
way, yet much more could be accomplished if funds were available.
“Just a few words about the living conditions of the people down there.
We have people who are very, very poor on some of the islands. They
live in houses with thatched roofs and sometimes these roofs leak so
badly when it rains they have to seek another place to live. Their food
is nothing to compare with the food in this country, so you see their
natural resources are poor. They have a little work in sugar cane, a little
in cotton and a little in fruit, and some of them have a little work in
the salt industry once a year. The wages in some of the places are about
seventy-two cents a day in our money. Their work is hard and they re
ceive
very small wages.
“The wonderful part is that those people have a mind to serve God.
They are doing their best to serve Him just as we do here in the states.
When
the time comes for a missionary rally, they do what they can.
Their zeal is something to be seen and talked about. When they go to their
conventions, they go with a missionary offering each year. They are poor
but they are doing their best.
“
Quite often one will wear a suit of clothes to a service in the day and
at night another person will come wearing that same suit. The same is
true with the sisters. They pass their dresses around so all may attend
services.
Don’t you think that is zeal? Then down in Chile, South Amer
ica, when Brother Queener and I were there, those people actually built
a house in one day and we preached in it that night. Could you praise
the Lord for that kind of zeal?
“The power of God is in the foreign fields the same as here at home.
When
Brother Queener and I were on our way to Sierra Leone, British
West Africa, he didn’t have his health certificate. We were told that we
would be stopped at the last port in French West Africa. Well, we prayed
about the matter and when we arrived at that place the plane couldn’t
land because of clouds. They decided to go on to Freetown in British
West Africa and let the passengers get off there and then send a small
plane for them. Freetown was our destination. When all the people got
off the plane in Freetown and we had passed through the customs, a
wire came for the plane to bring all passengers back. But this was the
place where we had started, so they didn’t get us. It was God who had
fixed
it so we could arrive at the place where we had started. We found
out that the overseer lived nearby, so we soon located him. The people
there gave us a warm welcome and we had a wonderful time. All of our
mission
fields need our prayers and co-operation in putting the work over
for God and His Church.”
9:35 a.m.—Onaway McGlothlin, wife of the overseer of Barbados, spoke
briefly concerning the people there. She said: “As we were on our way
to Barbados, we stopped over in Dominican Republic. We drove through
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to buy bread. Many of them had on no clothes. My heart was broken
as I looked at the people who were undernourished. We went on to
Barbados. It is a beautiful island but the poverty there is enough to melt
any heart. I have seen our precious ministers come to church barefooted.
The women didn’t have a number of dresses. They wore whatever they
had. When headquarters and our Oklahoma saints sent us clothing, when
they learned it was there, the house would fill up. It didn’t make any
difference what kind of clothing we had, they wanted it because they
needed it so badly. I have seen men on the streets with sacks tied around
them.
You might ask why they don’t do better. They can’t. They do
the best they can. Many times when they came to me begging for
clothes,
I would give them all I could spare and trust God for more. I
couldn’t refuse them. I always gave them something. If you could travel
in some of those islands, it would make you want to go to your clothes
closet
and get out everything you have stored up and give to those people.
“Some came to us to ask for food. They live on fish and rice. We
ate fish that were about an inch long. You might say you wouldn’t eat
them,
but you would if you were hungry enough. We had fish and rice
twice a day and it tasted real good.
“
Those people do the best they can and God’s program is going on. They
love God and they are doing wonderfully well for the chance they have.
We gained three new churches and seventy-three new members. Dur
ing our missiona^ program, we had all of the missionary sisters to
march. What a time they had! The Spirit of the Lord moved on them
and they shouted. It was their first time to ever have a parade and
they were happy in the Lord. When you pray, please pray for those
precious
people in Barbados.”
9:48
a.m.—“Missions in the Bahamas,” Hermis Ferguson. A portion of
his message follows:
“
First, I want to thank God for the people of the United States. Your
missionary zeal has provoked us in the Bahamas. When we see how
the missionary work is operated here in the United States, it got hold of
us in the Bahama Islands and we moved forward to the same thing you
are doing. It is true that poverty prevails in file Bahamas. We don’t
have much money but God has money. He is rich. Referring to the words
of our Colonial Overseer, ‘The only way for us to have something is to
give
something.’ If you are in poverty, if you can get something, give it.
“I remember the first missionary money we raised at the East Street
church was five dollars. That was small but we shouted over that. But
the more we give, the more the Lord makes us able to give. The Scrip
ture says, ‘Give, and it shall be given.’ Every year we were able to give
a little more. We can’t be too poor to give. By giving, the Lord blesses
us and we are able to do more from time to time.
“
God is rich. If we ask Him for missionary money, He will give it to
us. Since you people have provoked us with the missionary spirit, we
have been moving forward with this work. You have been laboring for
the Bahama Islands, a mission field. You helped us and we in turn are
helping you by working in the Church of God.
“Some of the islands don’t have much money in circulation, but what
ever they have, they are willing to give. Some are in poverty, but they
are rich with file mission zeal and they give and God is blessing them.
When
some of our people made such a great sacrifice to give some years
ago, they didn’t have a home. Some were living in destitute circum
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wear. Some of you here in the states have experienced the same thing.
By giving God has blessed you. God is rich, yes, God is rich. What you
give,
don’t worry about it. God is going to give you more.
“May God bless my precious, loving brothers and sisters in the United
States for your sacrifices in the mission work. You have provoked us in the
Bahama Islands until our people are willing to give and they will con
tinue in this way until the work is all finished. Pray for us, and God
bless you.”
10:05 ajn.—Song by Shirley Hawkins, “It’s Harvest Time.”
10:08 a.m.—“Missions in Europe and the Middle East,” Charles Hawkins,
World
Evangelist. He said: “I thank the Lord for the privilege that was
mine to visit our work in Europe and the Middle East. I was able to
conduct some revivals in England, Germany, Sweden and Greece. We
attended the convention in Egypt and visited one of the churches in Cairo.
The work is comparatively new in these countries, but it is making good
progress and the overseers are doing good work.
“While we were on our way to Europe, trouble broke out in the Mid
dle
East. That meant our visas to enter these countries were no longer
valid as far as the United States Government was concerned. I began
to apply for entrance to Egypt in order to attend the convention there,
but without success. When I had decided to leave Athens, Greece, I went
to the traveling bureau and asked for tickets to England. I made men
tion that I wanted to go to Egypt but couldn’t find a way to get there.
The lady said she would sell me the tickets, so I bought them and the
next day we left for Lebanon. When we arrived in Cairo, Egypt, we finally
located the place of the convention and the overseer was surprised to
see
us as I had written to him that we could not get there. We enjoyed
the convention and my zeal for the mission work has really been stirred.
“I found people in every place that knew the Lord. In many places they
knew about the baptism of the Holy Ghost. This experience is not new
to them. That which is new to them is the message of the Church. What
we need to do is to get the message of the last days Church to the
people everywhere.
“
I was in Rome, Italy for about a week. I visited a local church there
of another organization and I was invited to preach the evangelistic
message on this Sunday night. There were over a thousand people pres
ent and the majority of them had the Holy Ghost with the evidence of
speaking in other tongues. They have freedom of worship there. They
can worship God on the streets or anywhere. I feel there is a wonder
ful opportunity for the Church to be preached in Rome. I believe any one
of our ministers could have a good strong church established in that
city in a short time. From there he could reach out to other parts of
Italy because the people are hungry. I found that people are hungry
throughout Europe. Our job is to get the gospel to the whole world, to
preach this last days message to every creature. I feel by the help of
the Lord we are able to do it.”
10:25 a.m.—Song by the Voice of Salvation Quartet, “Lord, Have I Done
My Best?”
10:30 a.m.—“Getting the Church of God to the Uttermost Part of the
Earth,” message by Tim Wakeman, overseer of Australia. Sister Wake-
man painted a picture of Jesus hanging on the cross while he delivered
the message. Brother Wakeman called for the congregation to stand while
he read a portion of Scripture—Acts 1:4-8, then he prayed before be
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The subject upon which I am to speak to you is getting the Church
of God to the uttermost part of the earth. This is not a question of
whether or not we should get the Church to the uttermost part of the
earth, that question has already been decided in God’s Word. This is
not an idea of mine, this is not some man’s program, this is God’s pro
gram that was outlined to the disciples of the Lord. If any of you peo
ple have anything in your mind that you think you can’t do, I tell you
it can’t be from God, because when God tells you to do something, He
knows what you are able to do and He will see that you are equipped
for that particular work.
“When the disciples received the commission they went and preached
the Word in Jerusalem. Later on when they were stirred by persecu
tion they realized that it wasn’t only Jerusalem, but they had to get down
into
Judea, and we find that Philip slipped down to Samaria and Paul
went down to Rome and the uttermost part of the then known world.
You folk know how the Church went into the dark ages, how that the
prophet said it would rise and shine and this prophecy was fulfilled right
here in America. It is the same Church and it has the same commission
that was given to the early Church when the disciples carried out God’s
command and took the Church to the uttermost part of the then known
world. Now in these last days, it remains for the people of the Church
of God to take up where the disciples left off and carry this message
to the uttermost part of the earth. It is imperative that we do it. Jesus
said that this gospel shall be preached in all the world for a witness
and then shall the end come. Some folk think the Lord is going to do
some
great, miraculous thing to get this work done, but He has given
the commission to the Church of God and no one else. The Church is in
this thing and only the Church can do the work God wants done.
“
When God put this on my heart I asked Him what He would have
me do. God put it on my heart that we needed six evangelists to evan
gelize
Australia. Australia is almost the same size of the United States.
It is divided into six states. They are big states. The minimum requirement
would
be one evangelist for each state. We have two who desire to go. Each
one
is ready to go. It comes under the responsibility of those who stay at
home to say that they can go. We do not have any great economic
poverty in Australia, but we are one of the countries of the world where
there is a famine of the Word of God. In this great southland of the
Holy
Ghost, there are hundreds of towns that do not have even one
Church teaching the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
“I tell you how we are going to get the Church of God to Australia
and that is by going. The Lord said, you go and preach the gospel and
I will confirm the same by signs following. There is no substitute for
going, unless He has called you to give all you can. If the Lord has
called you to go, giving won’t do any good. He hasn’t called everybody
to go, but He has called all of us to do something. Those who don’t go are
called to give so somebody may go. Everyone of us are in this thing.
The work will be done by all of us sticking together. This is real.
“In Australia we have beaches such as many of you have never seen.
You should see the great mountains of surf for several miles out. We
have some treacherous coast lines, and there are lifesavers on these
beaches who are instrumental in saving hundreds of lives every year.
They go out on the end of a line and those back on the land have control
of it. The man who goes out there to brave the huge breakers knows
that somebody has him on the life line as he struggles to save a life. When
he takes hold of a drowning man, he gdves the signal, then he lies back
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safely. This is done through co-operative effort. Hundreds of people
are saved each year by this means. One time a ship was wrecked off
one
of the rocky coasts and the sea was so mountainous that a lifeboat
could
not go out. There was only one way to go out and that was to
swim
with the life line. There was one man who was a strong swimmer.
He
went out and fought his way against the great breakers until he
found a person and they towed him in. He laid on the shore for a moment
and went out again. No less than seventeen times that man went out and
he brought in a dying person each time. Then he dropped exhausted on
the sand. They carried him to a hospital and he was delirious. He kept
crying out ‘One more.’ They told him he had saved seventeen and his
reply was, ‘Yes, but have 1 done my best?’ Folk, you have done a lot
for God, but have you done your best? There is still a need in Australia.
The people there haven’t any time for the Word of God. They are not
hungry for it, but it must be taken to them in the demonstration of the
Holy
Ghost. Australia needs the backing and support of the Church of
God.
”
10:55 a.m.—Brother Daniel Abrego led a group of Spanish-speaking
delegates in singing “Where He Leads Me.” Then the congregation joined
with them in singing the chorus in English.
11:02 a.m.—Play by the Belle Rose, Louisiana W. M. B., in charge of
Sister Thurston Michel. This consisted of poems, songs and characters
representing the various nations that are groping in darkness begging
for the light of the glorious gospel to be brought to them.
11:33 a.m.—Sister Jenny Costas, wife of the overseer of Greece, spoke
for a few moments. She said: “I thank the Lord for the privilege of
living one more day for God among this wonderful gathering of the Church
of God people. I have been waiting for years and years in Greece for
this wonderful day. I am proud to be a member of the Church in Athens,
Greece.
We have no freedom in Greece. The state church oppresses
the children of God, but we are praying that the Lord will make the
Church triumphant. The more they oppress us, the more the Church is
spreading in Greece. We have one hundred and fifty young people in the
city of Athens who are faithful to the Church. We have five hundred
members in the Church there. We are proud of our people in Greece who
are faithful to work on and on for God.
“I am thinking about a sister in Greece who has no way to come to
the services but walk. She walks miles and miles to come to worship with
us.
Despite the fact that Brother Costas was wounded in the first world war
fighting
for the United States, and still has a bullet in his left shoulder,
he is faithful to walk for miles and miles to carry the gospel in Greece.
“This morning I was thinking of the situation we have on the island
of Crete. We are earnestly praying for the Church to go forward on this
island. I am asking you to pray for this church because it is going through
severe persecutions. Sometime ago when Brother Costas and Brother
McGehee sailed to Crete, some decided to kill Brother Costas, but the re
sult was the Church being organized there.
“We are trying to establish the Church on another island. A lot of
people are gathering together in prayer groups and we are striving to
reach them with the message of the Church. Brother Costas sent two
workers to start a work on this island and the government sent police
men to arrest them. Pray as we try to establish the Church there. Pray
that God will be with us so the Church will go on in spite of persecutions.
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islands and to every part of Greece. In Athens we have one of the best
oragnized choirs in the Church. We are proud of our. young. people that
are doing a good work for God. This morning, God is looking upon us
and He is asking what we will do for the advancement of the work. I
am thinking of the woman who gave two mites for the work of God. As
I go back to Greece, you go on with God and His Church. I will never
forget this great Assembly, and as a member of the Church in Greece
I join with you in doing what I can to carry the message to all the world.”
11:48 a.m.—“Give An Offering,” message by G. C. Sloan. The message
in part follows:
“In a sense, I guess I am a salesman this morning, since I am to speak
on giving an offering. I am selling shares in the kingdom of heaven.
I would like to ask you a question. Have you opened an account? And
have you ever heard of such percentage of interest as you will receive
from what you do for the Lord. I would like for you to realize the
advantages that are ours for what we do for God. We are not wasting
our time. We are not idly passing the day, but what we do for God is
going
to count. What you give of your time, talent and efforts, you will
not go unrewarded. God is keeping a record of what we do and those
who
have sacrificed for Him, He will reward.
“Can you tell me where you can invest ten dollars and receive one
hundred per cent interest? The Lord didn’t offer only that, He promised
that we would receive a hundred fold in this life and life everlasting
hereafter. Wouldn’t you like to have a part in this great program for
God? It can’t be measured in dollars and cents. It seems that I can’t
confine this message just to an offering, because we are giving of our
time,
our talent, our prayers and ourselves. I will never forget when
the Lord called me to preach. I took the chance of losing not only my
mother but all of our folk, but there are very few states in which I do
not have at least one mother. And I have thousands of brothers and sis
ters. I wouldn’t trade this that I have this morning for all the friends
of the world we could have. The Book says we will have one hundred
fold
in this life and then life everlasting. Don’t you want to buy some
shares in this today?
“Jesus said, ‘Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed
down,
and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your
bosom.’ If you will give to God, as it has been said here, the only way
to have anything is to give and give and give. If you give because it
is your duty, that is the wrong motive. We need to give because we love
God and His cause, and because we love souls and want to see them
saved.
If we give sparingly, we will receive sparingly. We are not to
give grudgingly or because of necessity, but we are to give according as
we purpose in our hearts. We need to give the Bible way, then we will
be blessed according to the promises of the Bible.”
12:01 p.m.—Mission Offering.
The Secretary started the offering with one hundred dollars and called
for those having this amount or more to come to the platform. Then
she called for those having fifty dollars and twenty-five dollars to come
forward. After these had come she called the states alphabetically and
the overseers led their states in a march offering. Several songs were
sung as the people marched through the aisles of the Tabernacle. When
the overseers returned to the platform, they received the offerings from
those following them. When the offerings had been counted, each over
seer announced the amount. The offerings by states are as follows:

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Assembly Mission Offering
Alabama____________$ 813.04
Alaska______________ 18.27
Argentina___________ 8.00
Arizona-------------------- 406.51
Arkansas___________ 323.82
Australia___________ 41.50
Bahamas____________ 14.00
Barbados „_______________13.00
Bermuda________________46.25
British Columbia_____ 3.75
California___________ 1,027.06
Colorado________________160.50
Connecticut__________ 15.00
Delaware___________ 132.90
Dominican Republic___ 5.85
East Texas__________ 656.14
Florida-------------------- 1,034.16
Georgia-------------------- 2,357.78
Greece---------------------- 44.38
Guatemala__________ 35.00
Haiti----------------------- 2.00
Idaho------------- 184.50
Illinois_____________ 327.84
Indiana_______________1,120.56
Iowa----------------------------201.06
Kansas_____________ 420.16
Kentucky----------------- 1,629.10
Louisiana___________ 282.04
Maine_____________ 28.10
Manitoba, Canada_____ 33.00
Maryland and D. C___ 271.62
Massachusetts and
New
Hampshire____ 10.79
Mexico _____________ 74.00
Michigan ___________ 2,011.50
Minnesota___________ 120.07
Mississippi__________ 547.47
Missouri ____________ 326.49
Montana ____________ 36.39
Nebraska___________ 90.83
Nevada______.______ 38.75
New Jersey_________ 40.01
New Mexico_________ 216.90
New York __________ 210.00
North Carolina _______ 1,807.45
North Dakota ________ 225.50
Ohio -------------------- 508.17
Oklahoma __________ 400.00
Ontario, Canada______ 15.00
Oregon —j__________________ 148.00
Pennsylvania ........ 1,779.88
South Carolina ______ 1,257.14
South Dakota________ 182.79
Sweden ------------------- 5.00
Tennessee___________ 2,436.00
Trinidad____________ 13.00
Utah . ____ 40.92
Turks Islands ________ 7,00
Vermont __ 181.75
Virginia ___ 2,098.84
Virgin Islands________ 90.00
Washington _________ 280.23
West Texas _________ 180.98
West Virginia ________ 114.92
Wisconsin ___________ 143.93
Wyoming ...... 235.48
Total -----------------------$27,532.07
1:05 p.m.—Sister Rebecca Sesco, former missionary to New Zealand
spoke concerning her work in that country. She thanked the saints in
Virginia for making it possible for her to go, then she told of some of
the conditions existing in New Zealand and of the opposition to the Church.
She expressed her appreciation for the assistance of Brother and Sister
Homer Rye which made it possible for the Church to be established in
that country.
1:15 p.m.—“Your Mission Dollar,” by Ormie Sutherland.
Sister
Sutherland had prepared a chart to show the people how the
mission
dollar is used. She first mentioned the state convention offering.
Ten per cent of the state convention mission offering is sent to the Gen
eral Headquarters Treasurer. This amount is placed in the general tithe
fund. An equal amount is sent to the state treasurer to be placed in
the state secretaries pool fund. Half of the remainder of the offering, or
forty per cent, is left in the state for home mission money. She read
the instructions concerning the use of the home mission money from the
Minutes of the Assembly as follows: “We recommend that the funds

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(Home Missionary) be available for establishment of churches in new
localities
and to help churches already established but which are in dis
tress, at the discretion of the committee. We recommend that each State
Overseer, in his respective state, appoint a committee of three to serve
with himself to decide the distribution of Home Mission Funds, but the
State Overseer retains his rights of disbursements of funds in the de
cided
boundaries.” The other half of the state convention offering, or forty
per cent, is sent to the Headquarters Treasurer as foreign mission money.
Ten per cent of this amount is placed in the Ministerial Aid Fund. After
each of these amounts is taken from the mission dollar, there is thirty-
six cents left of each dollar raised for the state convention to be used
in foreign fields.
The whole amount of money raised during the March and October
foreign mission drives is sent to the General Treasurer for foreign mis
sions.
Ten per cent of the amount is placed in the Ministerial Aid Fund.
That means ninety cents of every dollar given in the March and October
foreign mission drives is used for foreign missions.
The offering received in the Assembly is used for foreign missions after
ten per cent of the offering from each state is sent to the respective
state treasurer to be placed in the state secretaries pool fund. Ten per
cent of the offering is placed in the Ministerial Aid Fund. This leaves
eighty cents of each dollar to be used in the foreign fields.
After Sister Sutherland had explained the use of the mission dollar,
she referred to Eccl. 11:1 and Isaiah 55:2 and said: “I tell you it takes
money
to buy bread to send across the sea to those who are crying for
help. Cast thy bread upon the waters and it will come back to you. 1
can think of no better way to save a dollar. Nearly everybody is try
ing to save a dollar and it is almost impossible to do this in the day in
which we live, but if you want to save a dollar and want returns that
will be multiplied, give a mission dollar. Let’s spend our money for the
gospel instead of for that which is not bread. Let’s give to send the
bread of life to a lost world. The isles are waiting for the message. Peo
ple are calling for the gospel. Let’s give another mission dollar to pro
mote
the work this year."
1:28 p.m.—Awarding of banners and prizes.
The overseer of Georgia, Charles S. Pennington, was presented with
the Champion banner. His state raised the largest amount of mission
money
for the state convention—$21,133.09.
The overseers of Kentucky and Tennessee, M. E. Wilson and L. V. Jones,
were presented with Honor banners. Their states raised the second largest
amount of mission money for the state convention—$20,000 each.
The overseer of Wyoming, Malcolm T. Linkous, was presented with
the Record banner. His state raised the largest amount of mission money
for the state convention according to membership—$3,697.59.
The overseer of Bahamas, Alvin S. Moss, was presented with the Mis
sion
Field banner. The Bahama Islands raised the largest offering for
the convention in foreign fields—£3,861.9.5.
The World Champion church was East Street, Bahamas. The pastor,
Hermis Ferguson, was presented with a banner. The church raised the
largest offering for the convention—$4,055.25.
A banner was presented to the church at 21st and Main, Louisville,
Kentucky. The church raised the largest offering in the states for the
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The church at Wildwood Avenue, Cleveland, was presented with a ban
ner for having the largest mission Sunday offering for the year—$2,838.84.
The church at Phoenix, Arizona was presented with a flag for having
the largest mission Sunday offering according to membership—eight mem
bers and $451.
Sister Sweat, Florida, was presented with a Bible for having the largest
personal offering—$1,200.70.
Sister Leah Fortenberry, Georgia, was presented with a dress for hav
ing the second largest personal offering—$1,158.16.
Maggie Horton, Virginia, was presented with a Bible for having the
third largest personal offering—$550.
Brenda Chance, Tennessee, received a Bible for having the largest of
fering among children—$727.40.
Marsha Haney, Missouri, received a Bible for having the second largest
offering among children—$200.
June Mosier, South Carolina, was presented with a Bible for having
the third largest offering among children—$160.
Opal Dupin, state secretary of Kentucky, received a brief case for hav
ing the largest number of one hundred dollar offerings—168.
Lois Curry, state secretary of Florida, received a tray for having the
second
largest number of one hundred dollar offerings—135.
Haiti was presented with a badge of honor for having the largest num
ber of bands organized this year—15. Also a badge of honor was pre
sented to Haiti for having the largest increase in membership—1,003.
Badges of honor were presented to Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts
and Hawaii for doubling their state convention offerings.
Purple, blue, red and yellow badges of honor were presented to the
four overseers having the largest amounts in the Assembly mission of
fering. They were:
L. V. Jones, Tennessee_________-__________________$2,436.00
Charles S. Pennington, Georgia____________________ 2,357.78
W. M. Lawman, Virginia________________________ 2,098.84
Joe Martin, Michigan________________________________2,011.50
The church at Wildwood Avenue, Cleveland, was presented with a
banner for having the largest local church mission offering for the As
sembly.
1:37 p.m.—Report of the General Secretary.
The
report was accepted as read in regular order by the Assembly.
W. M. B. Secretary's Report From
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
Talks_________________________________________________118
Homes visited____\___________________________________...296
States and mission fields visited____________________________31
Ministers Conventions attended____________________________ 3

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District Conventions attended_____________________________10
Missionary Conventions attended_________________________ 4
Churches visited_______________________________________89
Terms taught in B. T. C___________________________________2
Compiled 1957 W. M. B. Year Book; took care of all correspondence
that came to the W. M. B. Department; assisted in promoting the March
and October Foreign Mission Drives through correspondence and Mission
Cry;
also assisted in preparing Mission Cry copy each quarter.
Number of bands last year 1,563—this year—1,767.
Number of bands gained this year 106.
Number of members last year 22,151—this year—23,110.
Number of members gained this year—886.
All that has been accomplished for missions again this year is sincerely
attributed to those with whom I work.
Yours for missions,
SYLVIA
HARDIN
W. M. B. General Secretary
1:42 p.m.—The closing prayer was offered by Ina Mae Tomlinson.
1:47 p.m.—Sunday School program in charge of Edna Rye, General Sec
retary.
1:55 p.m.—Song service led by Arthur B. Woodruff, Jean Coalter at the
piano and A. J. Coalter at the organ. This was a very sacred song serv
ice. Prayer was offered by Malcolm Linkous and G. C. Sloan while
the congregation stood in quietness.
2:15 p.m.—Song by Tommy Ingram, Jimmy Wentz and D. W. Cobb,
“Shepherd Take Care of Your Sheep.” Mark Wakeman sang “I’m Going
on to Glory.” Ronnie Hamm sang “Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body
Down” and “Lord, Keep Your Mighty Hand Upon Me.”
2:30 p.m.—“Go Teach,” message by Tim Wakeman.
Before
the message, Sister Wakeman gave her testimony, and while
he brought the message she illustrated with a painting. The message in
part follows:
“I am going to read from Acts 4:1-3. I have been asked to speak on
the subject ’Go Teach.’ The need of people being taught is becoming
more and more urgent. They perish because they don’t know the right
way.
I went to Sunday School from the time I was four years old until
I was fourteen. Then I said that I was through with the fairy stories
and was not going back to Sunday School. When I was eighteen, I did
not know why Jesus died.
“People go and tell all kinds of fairy stories. Men and women who are
in the Church of God teach their children things that are not true. I
remember hearing about two small boys talking when the first asked,
“Do you believe in the devil?’ The other answered, ‘Not me. It is just
like Santa Claus. It is your father.’ What more can you expect if you
teach your children a pack of lies? When they grow up and find out
that you have not been telling the truth, how do you know they will be
lieve you when you tell them about the Lord dying for them? There
is a need to teach the truth in all that we do, and then we will have
something to stand on.
“The text is ‘Go Teach.’ If ever there was a need for going, it is today.
God told Moses to tell Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go that they
might serve Him. I believe that everyone of you who has been set free
from the bondage of Satan has been set forth for this particular reason:
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believer and the sinner, He says, ‘Come unto me.’ But this is only one
side of the picture. Too many people have come and been saved and
found it so delightful at the foot of die cross that they are willing to just
sit. I’d like to see a sign at the foot of the cross that we see so frequently
around the city: ‘No Parking Here.’ They forget to look at the other
side of the cross which says ‘Go.’ Everyone that the Lord calls to come,
when they have tasted and seen that the Lord is good, He sends them
forth with the commission to go.
“I want to tell you an actual experience that happened to us here in
the United States. We were going to preach at a small Church of God
in a small town. We did not know the address of the Church, so when
we got to town, we asked somebody. We followed the directions that
person gave us, but we found some other church. Then we asked the
sheriff and he gave us instructions. But again we found another church.
Then I asked one man how long he had lived in the town. ‘I’ve lived here
all of my life,’ was his reply. I asked him where the Church of God
was located and he said, ‘Mister, there is no such church in this town.’
My wife just happened as we drove around to see the flag, and we found
the Church that way. A man who had lived all of his life in that town
didn’t even know there was a Church of God there. What a contrast
to the days of the Apostles. But you can’t point any finger. Over the
road from you, or right next door, is somebody that doesn’t know. The
order said, ‘Go teach.’
“I wish I had time to get into that Scripture which says that ye shall
receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you and ye shall
be witnesses unto me. A lot of people think they got the Holy Ghost
so they would be able to shout good, but I tell you that my Bible tells me
that you received the Holy Ghost to be witnesses. How are you catch
ing up with your witnessing? A lot of people are ready to preach when
folk will come in, but He says to go and preach the gospel. We can’t
evade our responsibility, and it is time that we realized we are not
measuring up to what the Lord told us to do.
“I see this thing joined with the Scriptures. In Hebrews 5:12 the Scrip
ture says, ‘For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that
one
teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of
God . . .’ Everywhere you go you find people wanting to delve into this
doctrine or some other fancy doctrine. They ought to be teachers, but
they have a need for someone to teach them what be the first principles
of
the oracles of God. Some think they are the first commandment or
the golden rule, but they are clearly outlined in Hebrews 6:1, 2. Lots
of people think of the laying on of hands as advance doctrine, but ac
cording to my Bible, it is one of the first principles—the ABC’s of Chris
tian faith. When we ought to be teachers, we need that one teach us
again the first principles. There is a great need for Sunday Schools to
teach.
“
When Jesus was risen and was on the way to Emmaus, He walked
by the side of two disciples and they didn’t recognize Him. They had
their mind made up as to what kind of kingdom there was going to be.
They just couldn’t lay hold on the thing that happened, and they were
downcast as they walked. He began to expound and teach them all the
things that happened to Him from the time He was prophesied in the
Old
Testament right up to what had happened. It is so wonderful for
our hearts to be open to receive from the Lord such things as the Lord
would impart to us. He wants to lead us step by step.
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need corrective teaching before we can have constructive teaching. It is
not good to build on a rickety old foundation, and there are things that
you have to unlearn before you can start to learn. When I built my
home
I was laying bricks for the very first time. I found if I didn’t get
the first brick straight, I’d get all the others in line, but the line would
be out of plumb. You have to get a good foundation before you can
build on that foundation, and so we have to get back to the first principles.
I believe it would be a good thing in our Sunday Schools as Brother
Tomlinson
was saying in his Address, if all the teachings of the Church
were taken, one upon one throughout the year so that folks would be
instructed and taught in the ways of the Lord.
“There is no substitute for the study of the Word of God. The Holy
Ghost
will come down and take such things as are already in our hearts
and use them at the proper place and the proper time, but He is not
going
to impart revelation down into an empty soul. If you are not
thoroughly rooted and grounded in the Word of God, when the Holy Ghost
comes to use you, it is like playing a piano with a few strings miss
ing.
He can’t play beautiful melodies on a piano that is not complete in
all its detail.
“Wherever we go, let us be bright, shining examples for the Lord and
have the same care one for another. We need to have that love and
compassion
for our children, for our spiritual children as well, all around
us so that when we go teach we’ll go by our manner and precept. We
will be followers of our Lord and Saviour, and it will be written of us
of all the things that we began to do and to teach. God bless you.”
2:59 p.m.—“Reaching Souls Through the Home Class and Cradle Roll
Departments,” William McNeill and Neita Cochran. These speakers showed
something of the importance of the work of the Home Class and Cradle
Roll. They spoke of the effort that must be put forth to accomplish the
work of these departments, but stated that it paid off in increasing the
Sunday Schools and in winning others to the Lord.
3:05 p.m.—Sunday School Veterans on Parade. This was a short pro
gram in charge of C. L. Taylor, honoring all Sunday School workers
past the age of seventy-five. Before turning the service to Brother
Tayor, Sister Rye introduced her mother and expressed appreciation for
her faithfulness to the Lord. Brother Taylor spoke briefly boosting the
Sunday School, then called for each of the fifteen Sunday School Veterans
present to pass by the microphone and give his name and age.
3:25 p.m.—Songs by Harper Hunter, Jr., “Shall I Look for You?” and
“Zion’s Hill.”
3:35 p.m.—“Vacation Bible Schools—Are They Worth the Time and Ef
fort?”—Mabel Dison.
The speaker made it clear that our Vacation Bible Schools are worth
a great deal to our children. She stated that if our churches don’t have
these schools, our children will take part in schools in other churches.
She said, “We want our children to be taught and trained in the doc
trine. They need special training and special teaching. And while we are
in this program of teaching and training the children, we increase our
Sunday Schools.”
3:40 p.m.—Song by Davis Rogers, “Remember Me.”
3:45 p.m.—Orphanage Program in charge of R. O. Covey, Superintendent.
Brother Covey introduced the house parents, then Robert Pruitt princi
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school children. He gave a brief history of the school, then those in
Samuel Pharr’s room put on a flag drill, carrying United States and
Church flags. They repeated the United States flag pledge in unison, also
the Church of God flag pledge. Brother Pruitt introduced the teachers
—Esther Wagar, Kendrick Linville, Samuel Pharr, Warren Covey and R. O.
Covey. The pupils in the first four grades sang “I’m So Glad That Jesus
Loves
Me.” Esther Wagar read Matthew 8:23-27, then the high school
students sang “Master, the Tempest Is Raging.”
The Superintendent expressed his thanks to our people for their sup
port. He stated that the work had increased this year. The homes are
caring for fifteen more children than last year. He encouraged our peo
ple to continue to collect and send in coupons and stamps—just any
kind. He said the goal of twelve thousand dollars in cash had been real
ized through the coupons this year, besides many valuable premiums in
cluding a Baldwin piano for the girls home. He praised the work of
the teachers and stated each one was carrying a full load.
Sister Muriel Paden, house mother for the small children, was in charge
of a play. The small children sang “Arms for Christ.” Sister Paden said
that many times people asked why the children are in the home. She
felt they were a little like the man that was left by the side of the
road after being beaten and robbed. Parents for one reason or another
have left them by the side of the road. A play followed depicting the
various thieves which robbed children of their parents and homes. These
were: Divorce, Death, Liquor, Crime, Sickness, and Pets. A few parents
seem
to think more of their dogs than their children. As the children
were robbed of parents and homes and left by the side of the road, peo
ple passed them by. Charity can do little for them. Conscience offered
a few crumbs. Those who were blind and deaf to the needs of the chil
dren passed by on the other side of the road. A poem was read—“God
Has No Hands But Our Hands,” then one representing the Church of
God gathered the children together and took them with her as the song
was sung, “You Are the Finger of God Today.”
4:45 p.m.—Orphanage Offering.
The Secretary called the states in alphabetical order. The overseers
and state secretaries led the march, each overseer taking one of the chil
dren from the orphanage with him. Those with offerings fell in be
hind their respective overseer. Several songs were sung while the march
proceeded through the aisles of the Tabernacle and back to the platform
where the overseers received the offerings from those following them.
When
the offerings were counted, the overseers announced the amounts.
The amounts by states are as follows:
Assembly Orphanage Offering
Alabama ............... ..$ 321.84
Alaska ............ ............. 25.59
Arizona ......... 63.71
Arkansas...................... 167.94
Australia 19.49
Bahamas __............ 3.00
Barbados 3.50
Bermuda .......... 25.06
British Columbia ____ 6.24
California ___________ 314.57
Colorado ____________ 89.49
Connecticut _________ 10.60
Delaware___________ 56.01
East Texas__________ 229!73
Florida _------------------ 343.99
Georgia-------------------- 705.12

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Guatemala __________ 25.00
Haiti _______________ 2.00
Idaho _______________ 64.51
Illinois______________ 181.69
Indiana--------.---------- 321.18
Iowa________________ 123.35
Kansas _____________ 217.73
Kentucky ___________ 767.80
Louisiana ___________ 119.75
Maine ______________ 7.75
Manitoba ------------------ 15.00
Maryland and D. C....— 120.67
Massachusetts and
New Hampshire____ 13.50
Michigan____________ 263.55
Minnesota _.____.._____ 150.35
Mississippi__________ 11.15
Missouri ____________ 149.99
Montana ____________ 28.54
Nebraska ___________ 55.57
Nevada _____________ 25.43
New Jersey __________ 18.71
New Mexico_________ 109.32
New York__________ 40.00
North Carolina_______ 982.05
North Dakota------------ 60.00
Ohio________________ 343.77
Oklahoma__________ 194.64
Ontario _____________ 13.00
Oregon _____________ 157.10
Pennsylvania _________ 148.78
South Carolina ----------- 430.11
South Dakota________ 95.34
Tennessee___________ 684.57
Trinidad ____________ 3.50
Turks Islands________ 6.77
Utah ------- 27.31
Vermont ____________ 36.00
Virginia ____________ 1,280.46
Virgin Islands ________ 40.00
Washington_________ 126.77
West Texas__________ 133.09
West Virginia _____— 123.88
Wisconsin _.__________ 29.77
Wyoming ___________ 51.50
Miscellaneous ___ 21.00
Total ______________,..$10,507.83
5:33 p.m.—Report of the Secretary.
The
report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Sunday School Secretary's Annual Report
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
Sermons ___________________________________________
States visited----------------------------------------------------------
Churches visited -----------------------------------------------------
Homes visited -----------------------------------------—--------------
District conventions attended--------------------------------------
Ministers
conventions attended -----------------------------------
State conventions attended -----------------------------------------
Sunday School campaigns conducted------------------------------
Taught in Cleveland and California Bible Training Camps.
Assisted
in preparing Sunday School issues of White
Wing Messenger each quarter. Attended to all corre
spondence that came to the Sunday School office.
Total number Sunday Schools this year--------------------------
Total number Sunday School pupils this year-----------------
Increase
in number of Sunday School pupils-------------------
Number saved in Sunday School work---------------------------
(This
includes Sunday School revivals, Vacation Bible
Schools and in Sunday School.)
Number sanctified in Sunday School work---------------------
Number received the Holy Ghost in Sunday School work----
Humbly
submitted,
EDNA RYE
Sunday School Secretary
158
31
82
135
4
4

6
5
1,850
116,585
15,110
1,201
652
335

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5:35 p.m.—Awarding of banners and prizes:
Virginia was presented with a banner for having the largest state con
vention offering.
Minnesota
was awarded a banner for having the largest state conven
tion orphanage offering according to the number of churches.
The church at Ocoee, Florida was awarded a banner for having the
largest local church state convention offering.
Tennessee
was awarded a banner for having the largest Sunday School
attendance for the year.
Jamaica was awarded a banner for having the largest Sunday School
attendance for the year in foreign fields.
The church at Wildwood Avenue, Cleveland, Tennessee was presented
with a banner for having the largest Sunday School attendance in the
states.
Port au Prince, Haiti was awarded a banner for having the largest Sun
day School attendance in foreign fields.
Virginia was presented with a banner for having the largest Assembly
offering.
North Carolina was presented with a banner for having the second
largest Assembly offering.
Kentucky was awarded a banner for organizing the largest number of
new Home Classes.
South Carolina was awarded a banner for organizing the largest num
ber of new Cradle Rolls.
South Carolina was awarded a prize for organizing the largest number
of
new Sunday Schools.
West Texas and Mexico were awarded prizes for doubling their Sun
day School attendance this year.
Jamaica was awarded a prize for organizing the largest number of Sun
day Schools in foreign fields.
Jack Rentfrow was presented with a prize for raising the largest in
dividual state convention orphanage offering—$500.
Lora Freeman was presented with a prize for sending in the largest
number of coupons—60,000.
Roy Thomas, Kentucky state secretary, was presented with a prize for
the state having sent in the largest number of coupons.
Missouri was presented with a prize for having the largest number con
verted in the work of the Sunday School.
5:45 p.m.—The congregation stood and prayed in concert, dedicating the
offering to the service of the Lord.
5:47 p.m.—Prison Play, in charge of Ora Mae Willing
This was a very impressive play showing scenes from the life of the Apostle
Peter. A number of members of the early Church were quartered to
gether awaiting execution at dawn. As they talked, one asked Peter to
relate to them some of his experiences with the Master. As he spoke,
the scenes were enacted on the other side of the platform. The soldiers
came and took the group away to be thrown to hungry beasts. As they
led Peter to be crucified, he begged permission to be placed on the cross
with his head downward rather than die in the same position in which
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were seen marching with angels as Harper Hunter sang “Well, It Is Soon
With the Angels I’ll Be Marching.”
6:10 p.m.—The service was adjourned with prayer by Jim Williams.
6:15 p.m.—The song service was led by Amos Creel, with Richard Wil
liams at the piano and Betty Hunter at the organ. The congregation
stood
and clapped their hands as they sang. J. C. Palmer read Romans
10:12-18. Prayer was offered by Melvin Pittman, then the congregation
joined in concert prayer for those for whom requests had been made.
6:34 p.m.—New York Program, assisted by the New England overseers
and delegates. “We Can, Will and Must do the Work Marked Out by
the Big Business Program—every county in our states, every state in
the union, every country in the world and every island of the sea,” J. F.
Aites in charge. Brother Aites spoke for a few moments, also William
A. Grant, Charles E. Hanna, A. D. Somerville, Orville W. Trump and
some
of their workers. Other members from these states ran to the
platform and all sang “Pull Altogether.” A few others spoke, then they
sang the chorus of “Pull Altogether,” the congregation joining with them.
The General Overseer expressed pleasure in having the nice group from
New
York and New England states in attendance at the Assembly.
7:05 p.m.—The congregation joined together in a concert prayer for our
missionaries and the work in foreign fields.
7:08 p.m.—Testimony and praise service in charge of Clara Lang and
Beulah Miracle. Sister Beulah testified, followed by Clara. Then she called
for others to testify by sections. Beulah sang “You Will Shine” and
“There’ll Be a Happy Wedding Day.” Others testified, then all stood to
gether and praised the Lord. At the last Beulah sang “Troublesome
Waters.”
7:38 p.m.—Songs by Broadcast Record Club Singers, directed by Thomas
Duncan. Brother Duncan spoke a few words, then called on several to
sing whose songs are heard on the records.
8:17 p.m.—Report of Foreign Mission Secretary, D. H. Queener.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of Foreign Mission Secretary
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
Another year has come and gone, but we are still pressing on in the
name of the Lord. The Church has made great strides forward in the
Foreign Mission Fields. Our workers have labored under most adverse
conditions
in places, political uprisings, etc. However, in spite of all this,
advancements have been made. In the statistical report of the foreign
work there is an increase in each of the listings.
We have been blessed with the Wakeman family from Australia and
Sister Jenny Costas from Greece in this General Assembly. 1 had the
pleasure of visiting all our work in South America and Sierra Leone,
British West Africa. There had never been a representative from head
quarters there. God let us make the visit this year. BLESS HIS NAME.

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I visited the two schools and one Church. These people in Sierra Leone
need our support and help. Our Overseer and wife are both sick at
this time. I trust God will stir us to mighty action for His Church in
foreign fields.
Sermons preached________________.__________________154
Number converted______________________________________43
Number sanctified__________________________ 22
Number received the Holy Ghost. 25
Number homes visited_________________________ 106
Number of foreign countries visited_______________________ 6
Number of states visited____________________ 6
Number of ministers conventions__________.____________ 5
Number of state conventions_____________ 3
Number of foreign conventions—_________________________ 7
Number of district conventions____________________ 4
Missionary rallies__________________ 2
Revivals conducted ________________________ 2
Spanish convention attended______________1______________ 1
Spanish churches visited in California______________._____.... 5
Babies dedicated_______________________________________ 6
Assisted in dedication of Church property in Baltimore,
Maryland.
Assisted in ordaining four Deacons and two
Bishops. Visited Oklahoma youth camp. Participated in
pre-Assembly airplane tour.
STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE FOREIGN WORK
Countries MembersChurches S.S.W.M.B.V.L.B.A.B.M.Minister!
Alberta ...................55 2 2 2 2 2 2
Anguilla ................_ 107 3 3 1 1 2 1
Antigua ..................113 2 6 1 1 2 i
Argentina................. 105 6 6 3 2 0 2
Aruba ......................8 1 1 1 1 1 2
Australia ___ 21 1 1 1 1 1 4
Bahamas ____ _____.. 3,945 43 43 40 43 43 76
Barbados ..............205 11 11 4 11 3 14
Bermuda ..................17 1 1 1 1 0 1
British Columbia 46 2 3 2 2 1 3
British Guiana ........23 2 0 0 0 0 3
Chili ......... .......19 2 2 1 1 0 1
Costa Rica
and Panama ___.. 120 7 7 6 6 4 6
Cuba ____________ 193 9 8 8 8 8 13
Cyprus ....... _ __.. 104 3 3 2 2 0 2
Dominica ________ 32 1 2 0 0 1 1
Dominican Republic_ 731 20 20 19 20 20 16
Egypt ...................... 762 12 10 4 4 0 9
El Salvador
and Honduras __1 157 7 6 3 3 3 8
England ....................65 5 3 1 2 2 7
Germany ______ 62 3 2 2 2 2 3
Greece -..............■ 445 3 3 2 2 0 3
Guatemala ..............■ 1,029 22 25 35 10 10 33
Haiti ............14,117226 236 236 237 236 235
Jamaica _ ...............11,120170 155 153 160 155 161
Liberia ..................10 1 1 1 1 0 0

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Manitoba —________ 32 1 1 1 i 1 2
Mexico ___________. 1,175 37 42 35 17 20 119
Montserrat ..... -_3 351 6 12 8 7 6 5
Nevis __ - 67 2 5 1 1 5 1
New Zealand _____ 63 2 1 1 1 1 1
Ontario ................11 i 2 1 1 1 1
Peru ____ - - 82 3 6 6 4 4 1
Puerto Rico . . 336 12 12 12 12 12 11
Saint Kitts _______116 3 4 1 1 3 1
Sierra Leone............ 805 7 2 1 1 0 2
Trinidad ..................205 7 7 7 7 4 3
Turks Islands_____. 288 6 5 5 5 5 10
Virgin Islands . _164 6 9 6 6 6 15
Total ___________-37,306658 668 614 587 564 779
Respectfully submitted,
D. H. QUEENER
Foreign Mission Secretary
8:20 p.m.—Program in charge of D. H. Queener, Foreign Mission Sec
retary.
Brother Queener spoke for a few minutes, then called for Augusto
Ruano,
son of the overseer of Guatemala to speak. He gave a good testi
mony
and requested prayer for our workers in Guatemala.
Brother Queener then called for Johnnie McGlothlin, overseer of Bar
bados
and Trinidad, to speak. He said:
“A number of people have asked questions concerning the work in Bar
bados
and Trinidad, the climate, the people and the prospects for the
advancement of the Church. Brother Queener made mention how God
can make a big cloud and a small cloud and move things around to please
him. I have found it that way this year. I remember when we were
making preparations to go to our field of labor after the Assembly last
year, Brother Bates and I tried to meet on some certain date in Barbados.
I believe the General Overseer tried to help us arrange a date, but with
all of our efforts we couldn’t get it done. When the time came, we left
New
Orleans by plane and arrived in Cuba. We had to stay in Cuba
.overnight
and to show how God can arrange things, the next morning
about the first man I saw was Brother Bates. God knows how to ar
range His business. He and the overseer of Cuba had been out all night,
riding rickety buses or walking, and he still had his flashlight and looked
plenty sleepy, but that is just one of the things that you may expect
when once you leave the states. We had a wonderful time together. We
went on to Haiti and it was nice and warm there. Then we went over
to Dominican Republic and we met Brother Wright and had a nice visit
with him. He was there for a term of Bible Training Camp. As I vis
ited these places I began to see the great need. We kept moving on and
in a couple of days we arrived at our field of labor. We stayed there
a few days and met the good people, located a little place for Sister
McGlothlin to stay, left her there for twelve days, and went to Trini
dad and met the good people there. As soon as we arrived in these places
we could see that a great need existed.
“God has blessed our efforts in a wonderful way. The island of Bar
bados is one hundred and fifty-six square miles with a population of
two hundred and eighty thousand. Most of the island is planted in sugar
cane,
and the people live where they can and how they can. They work
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you wouldn’t do that, but it is a must for those people. With the meager
support they have, they have a great respect for the Lord and desire
to promote this great program we are in. They can’t give much as many
of us can, but they have the spirit to give for the work of the Church.
“I count it a privilege to have had the opportunity to work in this
field, and I believe if all of us could get a glimpse of one of our mis
sion fields, we would surely realize the need is truly great. Their mode
of transportation is anything from a bicycle to a small automobile. I
want to encourage you to take on more zeal for the mission field.”
8:48 p.m.—Message by D. H. Queener. The message in part follows:
“When God spoke to Abraham and said, ‘I am going to make you a bless
ing to many nations, so many you can’t even number them.’ Abraham
believed it. Abraham and his nephew had a big time together until they
got so many herds they couldn’t stay together. Lot said, ‘Abraham, we
don’t want any trouble, but if you are bound to fix this thing, let me
take my choice.’ He had it all figured out. All he could see was green
grass, his cattle getting fat, and making more money. But when God got
through with him, he was in a bad shape. The promise was to Abraham.
It didn’t make any difference if they put him on a bleak mountain, the
promise was to him. It doesn’t make any difference, if the promise is
to us, it is ours. You can either cleave to the promises of God or stick
to the thing you think is best, but you had better stick with God.
“I started out preaching one time, and I preached around a little. People
would come and pat me on the back and tell me I was a real preacher.
They carried on like that until they got me to thinking I was. They
told me the biggest church in the state had considered me for pastor.
There was a little fellow who had taught me everything I knew about
the Bible, and he called me off to one side. I was fixing to go down to
the river Jordan to the well-watered land. He said, ‘I understand you
are fixing to pastor this church.’ I said, ‘I feel like I deserve it.* He
said,
‘Don’t you pastor that church. It is on top, and there is not but
one way for it to go, and that is down.’ He told me to get a church with
two
or three members and pastor it. Then there would be only one way
to go, and that would be up. That stayed with me the rest of my life.
No, I didn’t pastor that church, and I don’t want it tonight either.
“I just take God with me as my partner and let the thing go where it
will. I told our General Overseer, ‘You don’t have to appoint me as For
eign Mission Secretary. Put me a door keeper.’ I won’t start a new
church. Too many folks want bottom land and everything well-watered.
I can’t see any difference in the Church now and when I came into it.
Teachings are all the same. The whole business is the same. It is mov
ing along a little, and I want to move with it. The promise is to Abra
ham and his children, and since we are serving the Lord by faith, that
makes us children of Abraham. Somebody said, ‘I don’t want to go over
there.’ You stay right on the banks of stormy Jordan where the land
is well-watered. Something will come one of these times and you won’t
know which end struck first. You’ll look up and start calling on Him.
God means for this work to go on for Him. Any time you sit down and
feather your nest, just look out. There is going to come a day when
the storm will blow you out. You can take care of yourself every way
you want to and you can fix all the fixing you want to, but brother, when
it comes time, God wants you to kick out of here, He lets you kick off.
Then you will wish you had gone to every foreign field in the world.
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with it. When it came time for Him to fulfill His promises to Abraham,
nothing could stop Him. Just like when the people were in Egyptian
bondage.
It was prophesied they would go to Egypt. That was no easy
thing,
but you know why they were making brick? They were on pro
gram to make brick. The reason they were gathering straw and working
like slaves was because they were on program to do that. Lot of people
will get on board this thing when we get out of the slave program, but
you need a vision to carry this on now.
“When the day and the hour came, God looked down on the people
and a little baby was born. His mother hid it around for weeks to keep
the officers from taking the baby’s life. God put the baby on program
and He had it fixed that nobody could do anything with it. When the
mother had made the little ark and put the baby in it and let it float
down
the Nile River, she had done her part. He had no motor, no sails,
no oars. A hundred things could have happened to that little old box
floating around out there, but the contents of that ark was a deliverer for
the children of God. It floated on down to where the king’s daughter
was taking a bath. She could have gone up the river a mile, but God
put her there for a purpose. The king’s daughter sent her maids out
to get the basket. She opened it and began to caress the baby to her
bosom and love it. Moses’ sister was over there in the bushes looking
on all that program. She ran up to the king’s daughter and said, ‘Can I
get a nurse to take care of your baby?’ Naturally she hurried home as
fast as she could and said to her mother, ‘Come on. They sent me after
you
to come and nurse baby brother.’ God just moved the little baby
right into the king’s house. God made that thing happen because He
wanted this boy to deliver the children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage.
Exodus 24:1-16, Hebrews 10:1. “The law wasn’t the thing. It was a
shadow of good things to come. If it had been the image, we wouldn’t
have this today. This is not Mount Sinai. We are not offering up sacri
fices. There came one man from glory who shed His blood for all. We
don’t need a high priest, but in Mark 3:13 it is talking about Jesus and
this New Testament program. Here are two men. One went on top of
Mount
Sinai, and the other went on top of Mount Hattin. Both of them
were carrying on a work in both dispensations of time, but what they
did is closed as far as you are concerned. When Moses preached his
message,
not all of the people believed him. When Jesus came, the same
thing happened. I wish I knew when Jesus went up on top of that moun
tain. Moses got the commandments on top of the mountain on the 15th
day of June. If I had thought of this I would have found out when
Jesus went up there, but I guarantee you it was in June. In 1903, on
the 13th day of June, this thing rose up again. How do you suppose A. J.
Tomlinson
went up there on the 13th day of June? He couldn’t have
done
otherwise. How come the ark didn’t float on down stream? All
of this business is the hand of God. God started all of this business and
He
has brought it this far, and He will take it the rest of the way.
John 1:11. “Jesus came unto His own. He was a Jew. He came to
the Jewish nation, and they wouldn’t have Him. They rejected Him and
were the cause of Him being crucified. He said, ‘If you are not going to
do this, I will take this thing away from you and give it to a nation
that will bring forth fruit.’ That turned that thing into the hands of
the Gentiles, and it has been that way every since. It is wonderful to
preach salvation. That is a wonderful message, and I believe in that. But
that is not all there is to it. Preaching a man being saved and sancti
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We have got to let people of this world know what we are doing. I am
not ashamed to do it. I have spent my life in this thing. I am going to
look them square in the face and tell them this is the thing it has al
ways been. If they ever get the Holy Ghost, they will talk in tongues just
like I talked in tongues.
“God means for folks to understand what we are trying to do. We are
not foolish. It takes smart people to take the doctrine we have and live
up to it, preach it, walk it and talk it. There is no better doctrine in
the world than the Church of God has. I love the doctrine of the Church.
I am interested in doing what it says. We are under the dispensation of
grace and love. You can tell how much God a man has by what he
does. You can’t drive people, but the love of God will lead people a mil
lion miles. The reason I trust God for my healing is because I want to do
it.
“Lot of our people are sick, but they don’t need to suffer. You can
do as you please, but there is glory in trusting God for your healing when
you are sick. Maybe you can trust God, and maybe you can’t. You
trust the doctor. Intelligent people who say I can’t stand that jabber
ing in tongues get sick and go to a doctor. He writes off something and
sends them to the corner drug store. They don’t go in there and read
off what he has given them, but they hand them that piece of paper and
say,
“Fill it.’ They are scared to death of talking in tongues because they
don’t understand it, but they stick that over there and then stick what
he gives them in their mouth and swallow it without knowing what it is.
You stake your life on that, but you wouldn’t stake it on speaking in
tongues.
Our poor people in these foreign countries don’t have a way to go
to the doctor. They are looking for me to do what the teachings of the
Church say. When you kneel down there and ask God to heal them, it
helps you to know that God is not on a journey.
“The devil doesn’t care how he gets you, just so long as he does. First
he tries to tell a man that he can’t preach, but if you master him there
and preach anyway, then he’ll tell you that you are the best preacher
in town and get you that way. The same old fellow, but he just changed
clothes on you. If he can’t keep you off the ship on one side and you
climb
up and testify and get on deck on one side, first thing you know
he’ll thump you off on the other side. He doesn’t care which side of
the ship it is, just so he has you in the water.
“This is God’s divine program. Me jumping up and saying what I’ll
do and you jumping up and saying what you’ll do has nothing to do
with it. The Church is taking this message to the whole world because
it is interested in the whole world. We are not looking at it from the
standpoint of my boy or some of my kinfolks, but the thing about it,
our intention is to put these messages and this Church into every country
of the world so that when your boy or your girl goes to these places, they
can go to the Church of God. It won’t be long until you will find Church
of God people everywhere you go. This is the Word of God. Children,
take on courage and believe the Lord.”
At the close of the message Brother Queener called for all to stand
and pray for the altar service. After the prayer, he gave opportunity
for those who needed blessings from God to come forward. Several came
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Monday, September 16
6:10 a.m.—Sunrise prayer service in charge of V. J. Doran. The first
was a lively song service, followed by a prayer in concert. Psalm 95:1-6
was read, then all knelt and prayed for the service that was to follow.
Charles Russell sang “There Is a Higher Power.” Several individuals
prayed in behalf of the Assembly that day. Requests were made and all
joined together in praying for these. The service was dismissed with
prayer at 7:05 a.m.
8:30 a.m.—Organ music by Emma Lou Moore.
8:35 a.m.—Program by the Oregon delegation, in charge of Adolph Flem-
mer. This consisted of special songs, introduction of the district over
seers, other ministers and workers from the state, short talk by the state
evangelist, and a song by the delegation, “Keep on the Firing Line.”
8:50 a.m.—Song service led by Roy Day, with Donna Whitener at the
piano and Emma Lou Moore at the organ. Harry Grimes read Hebrews
12:18-29, and P. G. Wright offered prayer at the pulpit. The congrega
tion joined in concert prayer in behalf of those for whom requests were
made.
9:08 a.m.—Song by the Spanish delegates, led by Daniel Abrego.
9:10 a.m.—Short message by J. A. Jimenez, Field Secretary.
The speaker said that he counted it a privilege to be in the Assembly
again. He referred to Isaiah 9:6, 7, and stressed the words, “Of the in
crease of his government and peace there shall be no end.” He said,
“
The progress of the work among our people has caused me to con
sider this part of the Scripture. We have found that there is a great
emptiness in the hearts of those who have already known Jesus Christ
among the Spanish people. The Bible speaks very plainly in the words
of
the prophet that there will come a time for all people, and among
these our people, the Spanish speaking people. In the very many miles
that I have traveled during the year, I have found that this Scripture
is being fulfilled. The Bible cannot lie because it is the Word of God.
We have placed all of our trust in God’s Word because it can never
fail. God, through the prophet Isaiah, spoke of a dispensation in which
His government would have no end. It would extend and take in the
whole world. The world has been waiting through the ages for some
thing better. That something is here in the Bible. That something is
the Church of God, and now we are trying to establish this glorious
government described by the prophet more than seven hundred years be
fore Christ.
“
One time the devil and his angels fought against God in heaven. There
the great war started and there they lost that war. Through the efforts
of the devil, the early Church went into unbelief. Probably he thought he
had won the victory when the Church went into apostasy, but one day
according to prophecy, according to the plan of God, the Church, that
Church which was lost sight of, was raised again here in the United
States. The man who found it was none other than our dear Brother
A. J. Tomlinson. When he found it he found a very precious thing. The
battle is still going on but the Church will not lose in this struggle.
Of
the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end. It
will go into all nations of the world. I know that the Bible will be
fulfilled.
I know there must be some people who believe in the Bible.
With
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“There are many battles to be fought in this world. In Mexico we
have lost two ministers. One of them was shot and killed while he was
preaching. The other one was going out from Sunday School. He was
killed just as though he were a deer. But the Church was not finished
and the ministers have not ceased to preach this glorious message that
was reserved for our day, which was hidden in God and revealed by the
apostles and prophets who were moved to write by the inspiration of the
Holy
Ghost. This Holy Ghost is in us.”
9:27 a.m.—Song by Wilburn Curtis and Bill Porter, “There Is a God
Somewhere.”
9:33 a.m.—Report of Field Secretary, C. R. Payne.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Field Secretary
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
To the Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greet
ings:
Sermons preached______________________________________113
Homes visited_____,___________________________________160
Ministers conventions attended___________________________ 6
State conventions attended_______________________________ 5
Directed preparation of the Tabernacle, etc. for the Gen
eral Assembly.
Attended several district conventions.
Visited
several states assisting state overseers.
Taught in B. T. C. in Cleveland, Tennessee.
Served on Ministerial Aid Committee, General Properties
Committee
and Orphanage Board of Directors.
Respectfully
submitted,
C. R. PAYNE
Field Secretary
9:35 a.m.—Report of Field Secretary, J. A. Jimenez.
The
report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of Field Secretary
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached______________________________________245
Homes visited_________________________________________93
Ministers conventions attended____________________________ 2

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State conventions attended______
District
conventions attended____
Revivals conducted____________
Number converted______________
Baptized
in water
Number added to the Church_______
Sanctified_______________________
Baptized
with the Holy Ghost_______
5
5
3
28
11
20
Taught in B. T. C. in California. I visited all the Spanish work in the
states, eight states. Foreign countries visited, four.
Respectfully submitted,
J. A. JIMENEZ
Spanish Field Secretary
9:38 a.m.—Report of World Evangelist, Charles G. Hawkins.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of World Evangelist
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
Sermons
preached_____________________________________225
Number converted_________________________”_________jg2
Number sanctified________________________ _____^
Number received the Holy Ghost______1_________I________68
Number added to Church___________________~ _____’ 20
Homes visited_________________________ __-_
I conducted three revivals in the United States and eleven revivals out
side the United States.
I was headquarters representative in Egypt and Hawaii conventions.
I conducted special services and rallies in thirty-four different churches
in the States. Since returning from Europe, I raised over one thousand
dollars for the missionary work which has been turned in to the churches
and headquarters.
While on my tour in Europe I made movies for a film to be released
by the Visual Department called “The Promise.” Made slides and put
sound
with them which I used to boost the missionary work.
While in England a young Scottish minister and wife united with the
Church. They are now in Scotland endeavoring to establish the Church
there.
I assisted Brother Moore with the Wings of Prophecy program as Pub
lic Relations Director of the Annual Wings of Prophecy tom-.
I appreciate the prayers of the Church for my wife and me while in
our travels this year.
Respectfully
submitted,
CHARLES G. HAWKINS
World Evangelist
9:41 a.m.—Report of General Evangelist, Harper Hunter, Jr.
The report was accepted in regular order.

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Report of General Evangelist
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
To the Annual General Assembly, Greetings:
247
..........80
_____35
I 21
.136
. 19
.......... 5
Number of prayer services, at least----------------------------___ 51
Conducted sixteen campaigns, six of which were in new fields. In ad
dition to these campaigns, I preached in various local churches through
out the states and one sermon for part of stations for the Voice of Sal
vation radio program. A foreign mission offering was taken in most, if
not all campaigns.
May we all do God’s will and bidding in this life and win souls to Him.
Yours in Christ’s service,
HARPER
HUNTER, JR.
General Evangelist
9:44 a.m.—Report of General Evangelist, R. C. Scotton.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of General Evangelist
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
To the 52nd Annual General Assembly of the Church of God of
Prophecy, Greetings. I beg leave to submit the following report:
Number states visited---------------------------------------------------®
Number district conventions visited
Number state conventions visited—
Number churches visited--------------
Number sermons preached------------
Number
revivals conducted ---------
Number converted----------------------
Number sanctified
Number received the Holy Ghost_
Number baptized in water---------
Number added to the Church------
Number Churches organized------
Number homes visited
2
4
16
188
14
81
44
33
16
. 36
. 1
85
. 47Number prayer meetings conducted------------------------------
Number
of tracts distributed, pounds--------------------------------5U
I have assisted this year in the visual work in making pictures to help
put the Church before the world.

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Respectfully submitted,
R. C. SCOTTON
General Evangelist
9:47 a.m.—Report of General Evangelist, Willard Boyles.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report
of General Evangelist
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
22
10
284
Directed altar work during the 1956 Assembly in which there were
twenty-eight saved, thirty-six sanctified and eighty-three bap
tized with the Holy Ghost.
Revivals conducted_____________________________
States worked in_______________________________ZZ Z
Sermons preached______________________________Z Z 1
Homes visited_____________________' _____J _ ' l92
Souls saved_____________________ Z~____________ZZ~ ZT 30
Souls sanctified__________________~__________Z Z _ 16
Souls baptized with the Holy Ghost___I______Z__ ZZ 7
Ministers conventions attended___________________ _ Z 1
State conventions attended_______________I______ZZ" 3
Churches and new fields visited other than in revivals___Z~__Z. 11
Respectfully submitted,
WILLARD BOYLES
General Evangelist
9:50 a.m.—Report of General Evangelist, John A. Stubbs.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of General Evangelist
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy
Greetings: ’
Sermons preached _____
Number converted________
Number sanctified_______
Number filled with the Holy Ghost.Z
Number baptized in water_______________ _____ o
Number added to the Church____________ _ _
Number homes visited__________
256
11
6
3
7
.315
Visited eighteen local churches, one Spanish church (not ours) twice
and have been mvited back for a revival.
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Conducted fifteen revivals. In connection with revivals, also conducted
three airport programs that were well attended.
Preached at three district rallies.
Attended
one ministers convention, two district conventions and three
state conventions and preached at each. .
Did quite a bit of personal work among Spanish speaking people in Cal
ifornia. _ , , , ,
Attended and preached at one special dedicatory local church service.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN
A. STUBBS
General Evangelist
9:55 a.m.—Report of General Evangelist, Harrison E. Price.
The report was accepted in regular order.
Report of General Evangelist
September 1, 1956 to August 31, 1957
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings. I beg leave to submit the following report:
Number of sermons preached--------------------- 217
Number of souls saved----------------------------------------------------335
Number of souls sanctified-----------------------------------------—----- “7
Number filled with the Holy Ghost-----------------------------------^2
Number baptized in water------------------------------------------------
Number added to the Church-------------------------------------------
Number homes visited----------------------------------------------------221
Number tracts distributed---------------------------------------------- “5“
Number White Wing Messengers distributed--------------------------937
Number Churches set in order---------------------------------------------3
Number revivals conducted-----------------------------------------------13
Number state and provincial conventions attended---------------- 2
Number of Churches visited other than for revivals----------- 22
Spent five weeks on the mission field visiting Montserrat,
Antigua
and Porto Rico. ,
Respectfully submitted,
HARRISON E. PRICE
General Evangelist
9:57 a.m.—Report of the Missionary Committee to Dispense Foreign Mis
sion Funds. , . , , ,
The report was read by A. T. Wagar and accepted in regular order by
the Assembly.
Report of the Foreign Mission Committee
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy
^We are the most fortunate people in all the world, because unto us,
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Gospel unto all peoples, nations and languages. The progress of this task
js dependent on the divine intervention of God and the offerings of His
people.
King David so ably expressed the dependence of his people on
the goodness of God that we feel it would be appropriate to quote a
part of the prayer that he prayed during the receiving of the offerings
for the Temple.
“Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and
the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and the earth
is thine, thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above
all.
“Both riches and honour come to thee, and thou reignest over all- and
m thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
“Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer
so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own
have we given thee.”
_ Yes, God has provided all that we have, even our offerings that we
give
and we are thankful to the Lord for all His blessings. As a result
of
our people giving generously to the work of the Lord, God has blessed
them abundantly with spiritual strength, also providing them with more
to give. This proves that the more we give, the more we will have to
give.
The money raised in the October and March Foreign Mission Drive as
well as the State Convention Missionary Offerings, showed a very en
couraging increase this year.
We are a people on the move as our church membership is constantly
increasing and will continue to do so until the Church will engulf the
world for Christ and His Church. For us to be able to reach the utter
most parts of the world will require millions of dollars. We are confi
dent God will provide every dollar needed to accomplish this great task.
Another country, Uruaguay, was reached during the past Assembly
year making a total of five countries in South America that have been
reached with the last days message.
We want to take this occasion to thank all who have sent used cloth-
mg during the past Assembly year. Your donation of used clothing en
abled your Foreign Mission Committee to ship fifty boxes weighting
two hundred pounds each, containing a total of 11,302 pieces of good wear
able clothing to our brothers and sisters in other countries, who are not
so fortunate in the matter of wearing apparel. Money sent through the
Foreign Mission Committee for Christmas and miscellaneous offerings
to Foreign Overseers or their countries, totaled $2,990.11.
In the disbursement of the Mission Funds that the Church has com
mitted to our trust, we, your Committee, have tried to distribute the
funds in a conscientious manner, ever keeping before us the sacrifices that
have been made to raise the money.
Our mission funds for this Assembly year, 1956-57, as authorized by
the Foreign Mission Committee, were disbursed as follows:
Alberta. Canada __________ e
Anguilla, B. W. I________________________ ~
Antigua, B. W. I_______________________________
Argentina __;____________________~ _____
Aruba, Netherlands Antilles___________________'
Australia_______________________
2.073.00
685.60
684.05
785.00
1.514.00

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Bahamas_____________________________________
Barbados______________I-------------------------------
Bible
Training Camp (Foreign Schools)----------------
British Columbia, Canada------------------------—-------
British
Guiana------------------------------------------------
Caribbean Islands--------------------------------------------
Chile____________________________________■—
Costa Rica -----------------------------------------------------
Cuba
-_______________________________________
Cyprus ______________________________________
Dominica
„------------------------------------------------------
Dominican
Republic-----------------------------------------
Egypt —------------------------,-------------------------------
El Salvador__________________________________
England_____________________________________
Foreign Mission Secretary’s Traveling Expense------
Germany------------------------------------------------------
Greece-----------.---------------------------------------------
Guatemala_________.____________:_____________
Haiti ,----------------------------------------------------------
Honduras___—------------------------------------------------
India (South)-------------------------------------------------
India (West) ----------------------------------—----------
Jamaica, B. W. I.----------------------,------------------------
Loans
______________________________________
Manitoba,
Canada-------------------------------------------
Mexico_____________________________________
Miscellaneous-------------------------------------------------
Montserrat----------------------------------------------------
New Zealand_________________________________
Ontario, Canada j------.--------------------------------------
Panama____________________________________
Peru_______________________________________
Philippines_____________________________________
Puerto Rico_________________________________
Saint Kitts-------,---------------------------------------------
Saskatchewan------------------------------------------:------
Sierra
Leone, B. W. A--------------------------------------
Soutii
America-----------------------------------------------
Sweden..................>.........................................................
Trinidad-------------------------------------------------------
Turks Islands —---------------------------------------------
Virgin Islands-------.----------------------------------------
Used
clothing shipments------------------------------------
10% of Assembly Offering to State Treasurers-------
2.127.63
2.996.00
2.758.63
2.136.00
632.00

6,870.31
560.00
1.340.00
4.658.00

2,483.83
519.05
5.560.00
4.504.50
1.895.92
2.605.50
3,867.12
2,514.80
3.670.00
4.699.00
8.159.00
1.895.93
922.00

1,772.72
5.645.00
5,405.99
2.085.00
7.260.00

144.03
1,245.27
519.05
2.205.00
1.990.00
2.745.00
1.038.00
2.458.00
5.310.00
739.05
1.975.00
4.435.00
2,497.97
2.092.00
2.408.01
910.00

4,090.00
1,924.24
2,244.15
Total disbursements____________g-------------------------$139,362.26
Respectfully submitted,
M. A. TOMLINSON, Chairman
A. T. WAGAR, Secretary
D. H. QUEENER, Committeeman
S. O. GILLASPIE, Committeeman
DANIEL
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The members of the committee were retained to serve another year
with the exception of Brother S. O. Gillaspie. J. B. Wright was selected
to serve in his stead.
10:10 a.m.—Report of Committee No. 1, Questions and Subjects.
The
report was read by sections by Boyd Thornton. Each section was
accepted by the Assembly, then the entire report was accepted in regular
order.
Questions and Subjects Committee Report
We, your Questions and Subjects Committee, after much prayer and
careful consideration of each question and subject that came before us
beg to submit the following report:
SECTION 1
Insurance rates for our church properties are far in excess of the risk
entailed and they are mounting higher each year, and our local and state
treasuries are burdened with carrying sufficient insurance on their prop
erty. We, therefore, recommend that the General Properties Committee
investigate the necessary procedures to set up our own home and church
insurance company, also, life and automobile insurance.
SECTION 2
In order to clear up some difficulties in states in regard to those who
hold
title to our church property, we recommend that Section 2 of the
Questions
and Subjects Committee report to the 50th Annual Assemblv
be revised to read thus:
We recommend that our regular deed form be used in deeding state
property in each state, and that the state overseer and Home Mission
Board, or other appointed trustees, hold title to the property. We further
recommend that they have the power to transact any necessary business
regarding the property with the consent of general headquarters trustees.
SECTION 3
We recommend that the requirement sheet for Honor Stones and Honor
Pins be turned in at the state conventions to the state overseers and
that the state overseers send the requirement sheets to the Honor Stone
Department on or before July 31. We recommend that this be the final
date for the closing of the year for the Honor Stone program.
SECTION 4
We recommend that each overseer appoint an individual to boost the
radio work in his state and that efforts be made to get the Voice of Sal
vation program on every station possible on public service time in every
state. We recommend that it be left to the discretion of the committee
in charge of the radio department to hire any personnel needed to as
sist in preparing the Voice of Salvation program.
SECTION 5
We recommend that the C. P. M. A. Committee be authorized to pur
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136 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
We also recommend that the Visual Department Director be provided
with help as needed to assist him in his work.
SECTION 6
Attention has been called to this committee concerning ministers_ mak
ing debts and leaving them unpaid, and the local churches having to
bear the reproach. We call your attention to Section 9 of the Questions
and Subjects Committee report to the 48th Annual Assembly which reads
thus:
“We endorse the portion of our General Overseer’s Annual Address in
regards to ministers making excessive debts. We recommend care be
taken by the ministry in this matter and that a minister should not
make debts and leave them unpaid, or, at least he should make satis
factory arrangements to pay them.”
We further recommend that ministers leaving debts behind them with
out making the necessary arrangements with their creditors be encour
aged by the state overseer to take care of them satisfactorily. If they
fa0, they should be investigated by the presbytery.
SECTION 7
In his address to the 47th Annual Assembly, the General Overseer
said:
“There are some worthwhile programs and news casts, and a few
ministers are seen and heard on television, but I have seen enough to
know that nearly all of the programs are taken from the moving pic
ture 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 bringing 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 regular services, keep
ing up their prayers and living consecrated lives for God. This Assem
bly 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.”
In view of this statement, we recommend that, although we are against
sin in any form, including sinful pictures sometimes shown on tele
vision, we leave it to the conscience of the individual, both minister
and member, as to whether or not he purchases a television set. In any
case,
we feel that nothing should come between us and our duty and
privilege of attending the regular church services and performing our
other religious devotions. (See note below.)
Humbly submitted,
M. E. WILSON
E.
A. MCDONALD
HERMIS
A. FERGUSON
L. V. JONES
S. A. COOLEY
R. CLEMENT LYNCH
BOYD THORNTON
Note:
The General Overseer stated that those ministers who had pur
chased television sets while the previous ruling was in effect had done
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this wrong right. He also stated that if there were any serving under a
general appointment who had purchased television sets, they should come
to the General Overseer and make it right. A motion was made, seconded
and carried by the Assembly that this recommendation by the General
Overseer be made a part of the records of the committee report.
10:28 a.m.—Report of Committee No. 3, Adjustment.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Adjustment Committee
To the 52nd Annual Assembly, Greetings:
We, your Adjustment Committee, are pleased to report the following:
We
have met in regular order and there has been nothing come before
us for any consideration.
It has been a pleasure to serve in this great Assembly. We appreciate
the love and unity that has prevailed during this Assembly.
Respectfully submitted,
ADRIAN T. GRIFFIN
D. M. COBB
ARCHIE
MELVIN
C. H. SARTIN
D. F. ROWLAND
10:32 a.m.—Report of General Properties Committee.
The report was read by Buford M. Johnson and accepted by the As
sembly in regular order.
Report of The General Properties Committee
To
The Fifty-Second Annual Assembly of
The Church of God of Prophecy
During the past Assembly year the General Properties Committee has
maintained the various headquarters buildings, including the orphanage
homes,
the General Overseer’s home, the Tomlinson Home, the Tomlin
son
Memorial School building and Fields of the Wood.
Two city lots have been purchased for the expansion of church activi
ties.
A lot, located on Linden Avenue, near the Girls’ Home is cur
rently being used to provide off-street parking for delegates to’ the As
sembly.
Another ^ lot, on Railroad Street, is presently being used as a
site upon which is erected a tent for sleeping quarters for women dele
gates to the Assembly.
Extensive improvement and some remodeling has been done at the
capital building. Also, the sound system of the Assembly Tabernacle has
been greatly unproved with the addition of a number of new speakers.

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Respectfully submitted,
M. A. TOMLINSON, Chairman
BUFORD M. JOHNSON, Secretary
J. R. KINSER, Committeeman
C. R. PAYNE, Committeeman
R.
F. WRIGHT, Committeeman
10:35 am.—Songs by the Curry Family, “Led by the Master’s Hand”
and “I Know My Jesus Will Take Care of Me.”
10:42 a.m.—Report of Committee No. 4, Ways and Means.
The report was read by Alvin S. Moss and accepted in regular order
by the Assembly.
Ways and Means Committee Report
To
the Fifty-second Annual Assembly—Greetings:
We, your Ways and Means Committee, beg to 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.
2. We recommend that the plan of each member giving a love offer
ing each month to increase the fourth Sunday offering for the state
overseer be continued, and that the pastor and band leaders see to it that
this plan is carried out in all churches one hundred per cent.
' 3. We recommend that all V. L. B., Sunday School, Mission, C. P. M. A.,
White Wing Publishing House, Orphanage and B. T. C. tithes be placed
in the General Tithes Fund and that the allotments of the following of
ficials be paid out of this fund, the allotments aforesaid are as follows:
We
recommend that the Editor and Publisher of the White Wing Mes
senger be paid $5,000 per year and incidental expenses, plus any and
all personal necessities; the General Treasurer $365 per month and inci
dental expenses; the Assistant Publisher and Business Manager, the As
sistant Editor, Sunday School Editor, and the General Overseer’s private
secretary $365 per month each; the Foreign Mission Secretary $365 per
month and incidental expenses; Field Secretary No. 1, Field Secretary
No. 2, Field Secretary No. 3, General A. B. M. and S. O. P. A. Secre
tary General Sunday School Secretary, General V. L. B. Secretary, Gen
eral W M. B. Secretary, General C. P. M. A. Secretary, Foreign Lan
guage
Secretary, General B. T. C. Superintendent, Sunday School Or
phanage Superintendent, Publishing Department Representative, Radio De
partment Manager, Visual Department Director and the General Evan
gelists
be paid $340 per month and incidental expenses, if funds are
available.
4 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 $350 per month and expenses. Any amount above $350
per month and expenses received each month by the state and terri
torial overseers from the tithes of the local churches, we recommend
that ten per cent of the same be sent to the state treasurer to be placed
in the fund for the auxiliary secretaries; the remaining ninety per cent
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SgL a.nd half, t0 Headquarters Treasurer monthly.
This
does not include offermgs and poundings received by the overseer
J§" We ^cemmend that ten per cent of the amount of surplus tithes
“ the Jocal 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 Committee to help pastors of
weaker churches.
6. 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 overseer.
recommend
that the pastor receive an amount not to exceed
,Per P'CHth out of the tithes of the local church after headquarters
tb<L.st=!te oveJs.eer have received their portion, if funds are avail-
able.
This does not include offerings and poundings received by the pastor.
reco
^men^ that all ministers and churches observe the ruling
Assembiy
with reference to the use of the tithe money which is-
The tithes are for the support of the ministry only.”
9. We recommend that each and every state overseer see to it that all
• aiei50Iiuen A10n °^er^nSs raised in his state be executed only as author
ized
by the Assembly. J
iO We recommend that the convention offerings in foreign fields be
divided m the same manner that the convention offerings in this country
are divided, and that the Foreign Mission Committee be authorized to
ments4 ^ am0Unt belonSlng to headquarters from the overseers’ allot-
11. We recommend that the work in the interest of the Tourist Aid
<?one the General C. P. M. A. Secretary for the coming year,
and that when other stations are developed and he needs assistance he
may recommend it. If one is appointed to assist, his expense in travel
ing may be covered in the same manner as that of the general head
quarters officials.
12. 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
G. C. DECKER
W. M. LOWMAN
ALVIN
S. MOSS
Z. R. YOUNG
10:55 a.m.—-“Souls Are Perishing, Who Will Run to the Rescue?”—mes
sage
by Dorothy Deadrick. The message in part follows:
“
Before we get into the message, I would like to thank all who praved
for me this year. There has been a lot of sickness, and I was included
m the number that has been sick, practically the entire year. For twentv-
five years I have fully trusted the Lord. I haven’t found it any harder
T.O trust tno T.nrrt fhan to liua mu „ T -__3 __ _ - .y t _ _to trust the Lord than to live sanctified. The*Lord so^wonderfuUy healed
'rite about it, but I didn’t know what to name it.;Ldfai(Pd j° wru*. M i uiuu l auow wnat lo name it.
I didn t go to the doctor or have an examination. I thought it was best
to Just let the Lord know what was wrong and go right on. It was
your prayers that the Lord heard because I was so very ill until i couldn’t
pray. No doubt the medical world is doing wonderful things, but that is
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“We are going to get started in the message. The subject is wonder
ful,
but there is more to a message than the subject. I wonder what the
General Overseer was thinking when he gave me the subject. I said,
‘God let the same spirit that moved upon the General Overseer to place
me on program move upon me that I might get the mind of the General
Overseer.’ I might say some things that you might not understand, but
I might feel led to say them anyway. When I read the subject, it brought
tears to my eyes. I thought yesterday as the missionary fire was burn
ing, ‘Maybe if I could just preach now, I’d get into the spirit of the
m6SS3§6>>
“I haven’t had many things to happen that are worthwhile to tell. This
might not be, but it has meant a lot to me. From a very small child a
desire for a higher learning came upon me, and as I grew up, I longed for
a higher learning. I longed to go to high school, but that was during the
depression age. I went to school all day long, without anything to eat.
In the evening I’d get a dime’s worth of sausage and crackers and my
aunt and I would divide them. That is what I had to eat. I went home
with that desire for higher learning burning in my soul. I wasn’t able
to go back to school. In the course of time I got married, but that thing
was still there, like an eating cancer. I came in contact with the Church
of God. That thing in me that craved higher learning, God called me
to preach, and He turned that desire into the calling of the Lord. That
desire for higher education has never come upon me since, but that de
sire to see souls saved has burned in my heart twenty-five years, and it
is still burning. t-J a . , „ , . ,.
“Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. It
doesn
’t make any difference who. No difference between the Gentile and
Jew Time for everybody to be saved now. How shall they call on Him
in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him
of
whom they have not heard? How shall they hear? And how shall
they preach except they be sent? Somebody has got to go.
“Read Luke 10:1, 2. The Lord appointed other seventy, also. We are
living in a day of organization, an age of appointments. God wants an
organized
program to harvest the harvest fields. Nothing short of or
ganization is going to reach these two billion souls. There are too many
excuses in the Church of God, but God doesn’t listen to them. I would—.
I would—. It is not time for ‘I would,’ but it is time for ‘I will.’ It is
going
to mean something to evangelize this world. I am not trying to
tell you how, but I’m telling you how I feel. u
“All right, the seventy. He organized them and sent them two by two
before His face. You go to Judah. You go to Bethel. I am going to send
two of you to Chattanooga. I am going to send two of you to Greenville,
Mississippi. There are towns we don’t think about sending a preacher.
It is the Lord of the harvest that is to organize this thing. When Jesus
was here He organized it. Brother Biggers is our state overseer, and he
is supposed to organize this thing. It means something to reap a harvest
field. They reap differently from what they used to reap. Years ago,
it used to be a big job to harvest the rice, but now they have combines.
It used to take a month to harvest the rice. Now, in a couple of weeks,
you
don’t see a sprig of rice standing. The lord of the harvest got prop
erly organized. 11 _
“Say not ye there are yet four months, and then cometh harvest. Be
hold
I say unto you lift up your eyes—I wonder do we really look. Every
where I go, I behold the harvest. He said lift up your eyes and look,
then do something about it. I am talking about reaping. I want to tell
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I was asked to come to California to help in a meeting. In three
weeks
I made some of the greatest contacts I ever made in my life. One
lady closed the doors of her store while we had an altar call and a clerk
was saved and sanctified. There was a great Baptist church out there
and the people were stirred about the Holy Ghost. The pastor wouldn’t
preach it, but he gave them permission to have someone else preach it
and make an altar call. I got a call to come to one place, but I couldn’t
J was in a revival with people getting the Holy Ghost and the power
of God falling—ripe for the Church of God. The Sunday School was
filling up when, all at once, it went to pieces. Some people need to know
how
to care for sheep after they have won them. We are losing souls
over this bickering and bucking. We’d better cut it out.
“Years ago the overseer of Mississippi asked me to come down there
iL ^^vention. I never saw a field so white without a single reaper in
it. The people had been in the Church as long as I have, but they were
in complete ignorance. No one had taken care of them. They were more
of a disgrace to the Church than an asset to it. Do you know the lord
of the harvest is going to be held accountable? It is going to take or
ganization to get people saved. You may not think they are, but every
soul
Jesus purchased with His blood is worth laboring for. They can’t
save themselves. The Church has the program.
Hardin said, ^ Sister Dorothy, why aren’t more of your people
saved?
You can’t realize how I felt. There is a reason. Somebody must
be interested in the Indian man, the Spanish people, the isles of the sea
and somebody must be interested in the Negro race—twenty-one mil-
!ion that we don’t have to go across the sea to reach. I’ll soon be too
old
and off the stage of action. I want to see something done. Twenty-
five years of my life have been sunk into the Church of God. I want to
p®2ple saved- They are y°ur people. They belong to the Church
of
God. They are perishing, but the man of the harvest holds the reins
m ms hands. Nobody can get into my harvest field until they come by me.
In Dallas, Texas, Sister Irene Alan and her husband contacted some
people
on a job where he worked and made arrangements for a revival.
Five nights that Baptist minister stood right here by my side. If God
ever anointed me, He anointed me those five nights. The preacher said
Sister Dorothy, if I leave my congregation, what do you have to offer
me. I only could tell him, ‘Go get a job.’ After five nights we left
them begging us to stay. At the train station I received a telephone call
from Sister Irene. She asked if I were leaving and I told her ‘I’ve got
t° go. I don’t have anything to stay on.’ Where those souls went that
received the Holy Ghost, I don’t know.
“We need a great increase of love. That He would grant you accord
ing to the riches of His glory to be strengthened with might by His Spirit.
He
wants to get that inner man filled with love. A great increase of
love, joy, longsuffering, peace, brotherly love and all of the things that
go along with the fruit of the spirit is what we need to give strength
to the man on the inside. What is the breadth of this love’ What is the
length of this love? What is the depth of this love that is going to win
the world. What is the height of this love? When He hung on the cross
He saw every nation, and He was willing to die for them. Then He turned’
to the Church and said, ‘Go ye into all the world, and preach the gos
pel to every creature.’ We have got to have this love to get the full-
nes
? ?f G°d. in our lives. Brother S. O. Gillaspie preaching one time
The thing we need is to quit praying for power and pray for love
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“I wonder if Brother Kinser has a colored treasury, an Indian treas
ury, a Spanish treasury and so on? I thought when money went into the
treasury, it just went into the treasury. Twenty-five years, twelve re
ports a year, but when I make my report, I don’t think about Brother
Tomlinson
being a different race from myself. When it is time for the
Church clerk to make out the report, I forget who the man is. I boost
the S. O. P. A. with all my heart. You see my color, but you don’t see
the color of my soul. There is just one color of a soul. Science might
say that my soul is the color of my body, but I don’t believe it. The Bible
doesn’t say it. Souls are souls regardless of who the man is.
”1 closely observed Brother Deadrick’s report which showed four
churches. Twenty-one million souls and all the efforts that were put
forth brought four tiny, baby churches, no doubt with a membership of
forty. We could have had forty churches as well as four. When Brother
Tomlinson
appoints a man to a field, he is lord over that harvest with
a lord over him. It all depends upon whether or not the lord of the harvest
is willing to put a combine in every corner of his state and reap the
souls. But there is no use telling me to run into your harvest field if you
are not going to make some arrangements for it. Every time a church is
set in order it makes the Church of God more powerful. It gives us
more missionary sister’s, more V. L. Bs. and more tithes for the Church
treasury.
“Read Nehemiah 13:10, fiL And the Levites and the singers that did
the work fled. Too many of our preachers have gone on jobs. We need
to encourage them to leave these jobs and go back to the harvest fields.
Men, called of God, have left the fields while the grain is perishing.
When God calls a man to preach, He means for Him to preach. He
wants all of his time. He is a jealous God. I have been preaching for
twenty-five years, and I never went on a steady job. But I’ll tell you
something else that happened. Four days a week I wouldn’t have a hot
meal. I ate fritos because I didn’t have anything but fritos. You can
do that if you want to, but you are going to kill yourself at an early
age. I’m not an old woman, but in my years I’ve tried to stick sixty-
five years.
“David went out to see how his brothers were getting along in the
army of Saul. They told him the story of the Philistine giant. David
told
Saul how he had delivered his father’s sheep from the bear and
the lion. David walked out there and Saul offered him the armour. David
said, ‘I haven’t proved that thing. If it has already failed you, it will
fail me.’ He took his sling and five little stones, then he swung the
stones that killed the giant and brought the victory. There is a way of
winning every nation, but sometimes there has to be a little change in
the method we use. Regardless of the problem, it can be mastered.
“I feel like David Livingston this morning. He was a missionary to
one of our foreign fields. When he came to the end of his life, he
said,
‘Bury my body in England, but take my heart out and bury it in
the soil of Africa.’ Someday when I leave the stage of action, if it were
possible,
I’d like to have my heart buried deep in the center of the
missionary work and winning souls for Christ.”
12:17 p.m.—Report of Committee No. 5, Assembly Expense.
The
report was accepted as read by the Assembly in regular order.

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Report of Assembly Expense Committee
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy—Greetings.
1. We wish to commend the ministry, members and friends of the
Church for their faithfulness and co-operation in helping to 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
average attendance of over fifty and less than one hundred contribute
$1:50 per year; and all Sunday Schools with an average of one hundred
and over contribute $2.00 per year for the expense of the Assembly.
3. We recommend that each Victory Leaders Band, each Womens Mis
sionary Band, and each minister pay $1.00 to the expense of the Assembly.
4. We recommend that the pastors be responsible for collecting the As
sembly Expense dollars for the auxiliaries and forward same to the state
overseer, and the state overseer be responsible to collect the dollars from
the ministers in his state; these funds to be mailed to the General Treas
urer as collected. The final report of the Assembly Expense should be
given by the overseer with the state convention report to the General
Treasurer. The state secretaries be responsible to the state overseer to
boost
and assist in collecting these funds.
Humbly
submitted,
C. R. PAYNE
J. D. WILLIAMS
DON B. THOMAS
CHARLES S. PENNINGTON
JOHN A. STUBBS
Note:
The chairman of the committee asked if the Assembly would
like for the committee to bring the Bahama Brass Band to the Assembly
next year with the funds raised by the committee. The Assembly was
m favor of this and the General Overseer requested that this action be
made part of the official record of the Assembly.
12:20 p.m.—Report of Committee No. 6, Auxiliary Boosters.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Auxiliary Boosters Report
To
the 52nd Annual Assembly—Greetings.
We, your Auxiliary Boosters Committee, beg leave to report the fol
lowing:
A. B. M. AND S. O. P. A.
After prayerful deliberation and much consideration, we find that the
A. B. M. needs boosting more than any other auxiliary in the Church
It seems that this auxiliary in many of our local churches gets started
out on the wrong foot. We do not believe in putting people in as band
leaders who do not live right. No one should be put in that is disloyal
in any way. The first band leaders ever used as such were men who were

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able to do the job. Reading from Exodus 18:21, “Moreover thou shalt
provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth,
hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thou
sands and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. The
twenty-second verse reads, “And let them judge the people at all sea-
sons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee,
but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thy
self,
and they shall bear the burden with thee.” We notice that the same
qualifications were needed for the rulers of tens as for the rulers of
hundreds and thousands. No chain is any stronger than the weakest link
in it. The General Overseer, the ruler ot thousands, is not responsible
for the backsliding in the local churches. Neither are the state overseers,
the rulers of hundreds, but let the responsibility lay where it belongs.
The fault is in the local church. Pastors and band leaders are the ones
who should keep all who are intrusted to their care. A band leader should
be qualified How can a discouraged, disloyal half-backslidden mem
ber save others’ Would it be safe for a state overseer to send a pastor
to a church who would not pay tithes, or would not stand on divine
healing, or was not in good standing in the local church where he is a
member? You know it would not be safe. Neither is it safe to put
someone
in as band leader who does not qualify for this all-important
work. Band leaders should love souls. Souls are precious. They are
worth more than all this world with all of its millions in rubies and
diamonds and silver and gold. Souls are precious in Gods sight and
should be very precious in our sight. Faithful men will take care of
money.
They will put it in a bank. It is so precious they will guard it with
their lives. What are we band leaders doing about guarding the souls
committed to our trust?
The S O P. A. was added to the work of the A. B. M. in 1928. It is
included’ in the Big Business Program. This is for the purpose of help
ing the state overseers to stay on the field. May God help and bless
our beloved state overseers. Their work is indispensable in the Church
and should have our full support. Let’s have friendly competition in
our ABM. work like we do in the missionary and V. L. B. work. Lets
have greater A. B. M. work this year than ever before in the history
of the Church. God will help us. And by His help we can.
VICTORY LEADERS BAND
Qualified leaders are needed in every department of the Church of God,
and since the V. L. B. is a training station for our young people it is
only
reasonable that we should give special attention to this auxiliary.
We are still in harmony with our General Overseer’s annual address m
1948 when he said we should feel responsible to do what we can to
help our young people. Our young people are great warriors for God
and His Church. John said, “I have written unto you, young men, be
cause ye are strong.” They are strong and able to endure a lot of hard
ships.
The army calls for young people because they are strong and able
to endure hardness as good soldiers. They are able to go hungry and
thirsty able to learn to survive under the most trying circumstances. It
takes that to be a good soldier, so God needs good soldiers in His army.
Come on, young people, we are with you as we | encourage you to run
through troops and leap over all the walls of opposition.
REPORTING
We are told that a good report makes the bones fat. We would not
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day, if someone had not reported. Most of our workers are reporting
regularly but some are still failing along this line. PLEASE DO REPORT.
Band leaders, report to pastors, pastors to state secretaries, State over
seers, general headquarters and anywhere else we are supposed to re
port. There is a lot more work done than we have any record of be
cause some have failed to report. Come on workers, let’s report; let’s
have a good report.
C. P. M. A.
We praise the Lord for the work of the C. P. M. A. This auxiliary
has proven a great blessing to the Church of God. The Fields of the Wood
is preaching a mighty message to the people of today. The highway pro
gram is growing and doing its part in reaching those who travel our
highways. Then just think of the airplane program that is connected
with this auxiliary. It has proved to be a great success, and we feel it
will be a greater blessing as we move forward for God and His Church,
because the airplane and the Church are so closely connected.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
The Sunday School is for the purpose of teaching and training our
people
the right way to live and how to be obedient to God and His
Church. We would like to encourage every pastor to have his Sunday
School well organized so it will be a blessing to all who attend. The
Sunday School is doing a great work toward getting the gospel to all
people
and it also helps a local church to be a better church.
The orphanage, which is supported by the Sunday School, provides a
place for children who need a home. The collecting of coupons is a means
of raising funds for this work, also the school in which our children are
taught. The Sunday School is also helping to sponsor the high school
where we may send our children, so we say this auxiliary is playing an
important part in the Church. Let us all do what we can to boost this
work.
PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT
Our publishing department has been a great asset to the Church of
God, and we should remember that it will continue to serve the Church
as the state overseers, pastors, evangelists and members stand behind
it. First, we should be a booster of all of our publications. Second, we
should buy our supplies from our own publishing house. Third, our print
ing should be done at our publishing house if possible. We appreciate
the work that is being done by our headquarters staff.
Our hearts were made sad when we heard Sister Sylvia state in the
Wildwood
church during this Assembly that our folk in New York and
in foreign fields could organize churches now if we had the means. Even
a church could be organized in Rome, Italy, if we had the money to start
there. O God, help us! O God, help us! Our hearts are crying within
us,
“O God, send help.” Jesus said to pray for laborers. We have and
He
has given them. But now we do not have the means to send the
workers. Please, let’s all go out and work to raise the means to send
our qualified workers to these needy fields. Loud and long the Master
calleth, who will go and sew today; making quilts, caps and aprons, to
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lost and dying sinners and bring them back to the narrow way. We will
go and prove to Jesus we do love Him by obeying His command. “Go
ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to ob
serve all things whatsoever I have commanded you.”
BIBLE TRAINING CAMP
Bible Training Camp is a school for the purpose of establishing our peo
ple (and especially those who feel called into the ministry) in the doc
trines of the Church, and how to do business in a proper and efficient
manner so the Church can progress, without reproach, as the Bible says,
“Not slothful in business.”
B. T. C. does not make a minister or worker out of anyone, but it
trains and educates those who already have the call of God and who
humbly seek to advance in complete harmony with the Church and Gen
eral Assembly.
We
are to see eye to eye and unless we are all taught alike we will
be unable to do this, so everyone expecting to give their time to the min
istry should plan to enroll in B. T. C. and take advantage of this won
derful opportunity of being trained in the proper methods and doctrines
of the Bible.
Faithfully submitted.
J. P. SULLIVAN
W. G. HARDIN
FLOYD H. BONHAM
JOE MARTIN
SEBASTIAN
McGEE
D. M. DEADRICK
ROY H. PHIPPS
A demonstration by the committee followed the reading of the report
and its acceptance. This was for the purpose of stressing the need of ex
ercising care in selecting band leaders.
12:50 p.m.—Awarding of banners and prizes by Robert F. Wright, Man
ager of the White Wing Publishing House, and E. L. Higdon, Field Rep
resentative.
A banner was presented to the overseer of Tennessee, L. V. Jones, for
his state having the largest number of subscriptions to the White Wing
Messenger.
A
banner was presented to Jesse A. Griffin, overseer of Nevada, for
his state having tile largest number of subscriptions according to mem
bership.
A certificate was awarded the overseer of Tennessee for his state rais
ing the largest amount for White Wing Messenger Day—$343.29.
A certificate was awarded the church at Wildwood Avenue, Cleveland,
for having the largest local church offering for White Wing Messenger
Day
—$44.59. This church will also receive a special write-up in the White
Wing
Messenger.
A certificate was awarded the church in each state with the largest of
fering for White Wing Messenger Day.
L. O. Johnson was presented with a large Bible for securing the largest
number of subscriptions during the Assembly—139.
Luther E. Brown was presented with a Cambridge Bible for securing
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M. Chastain was presented with a large picture of Christ for having
secured the third largest number of subscriptions during the Assembly—
118.
R. L. Wray was presented with a Stori-Viewer for having secured the
fourth largest number of subscriptions during the Assembly—106.
1:02
p.m.—Report of Committee No. 2, Watchmen.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Watchmen Committee Report
To the 52nd Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
After prayer and careful watching throughout this Assembly, we wish
to submit the following report:
We are very happy to report that we have had the best order among
our people that we have had any previous year and wish to commend
you. We have had a few minor problems but have taken care of them to
the best of our ability.
Humbly
submitted,
W. A. NEWSOM
J. W. DEADRICK
OMER C. LAWSON
L.
E. SILVERS
T.
J. LOWE
R. W. COWART
J. V. JOHNSON
1:04 p.m.—Requests were made for some who needed help from the
Lord, then all joined together in praying for them.
1:07 p.m.—Appointment of Overseers, Missionaries, Secretaries and oth
ers by the General Overseer:
State Overseers, Missionaries, Secretaries
and Other Appointments
Alabama, Roy H. Phipps
Alaska, Fredrick P. Mahaffy
Alberta, William G. Lusch
Anguilla, Alfred Francois
Antigua, Alfred Francois
Argentina, Carlos Colon
Arizona,
L. E. Silvers
Arkansas, L. A. Moxley
Aruba, Walter C. Bates
Australia, George H. Wakeman
Bahamas, Alvin S. Moss
Barbados, Walter C. Bates
Bermuda, George W. Burgess
British Columbia, Adolph Flemmer
British Guiana, Rupert Best
California, Adrian T. Griffin
Chile, Germain Ortega
Colorado, Willie Vines
Connecticut,
Orville W. Trump
Costa
Rica, A. S. Anderson
Cuba, Antonio Ledezma Soto
Cyprus, M. K. Kounnas
Delaware, C. G. Miller
Dominica, Alfred Francois
Dominican Republic, J. H. Ladoo
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Egypt, Ghaly Ibrahim
El Salvador, Jose Regalado V.
England, Herbert England
Florida, M. S. Curry
Georgia,
Charles S. Pennington
Germany, Otto Koelz
Greece,
Paul P. Costas
Guatemala, Ramon Ruano P.
Haiti, J. Vital Herne
Hawaii, Raymond Pruitt
Honduras, Jose Regalado V.
Idaho, R. L. Williams
Illinois,
John W. Miracle
India, Jacob Jovial
Indiana, John L. Sullivan
Iowa,
Cecil J. Cunningham
Jamaica, R. C. Smith
Kansas, Howard W. Thomas
Kentucky, M. E. Wilson
Louisiana, M. M. Burt
Maine,
William A. Grant
Manitoba, Adolph Flemmer
Maryland and D. C., Posey A. Shupe
Massachusetts, Clayton C. Sherrill
Mexico, Samuel Galindo B.
Michigan,
Joe Martin
Minnesota,
Paul H. Thompson
Mississippi,
James Staggs
Missouri,
Boyd Thornton
Montana, L. R. Lane
Montserrat, Alfred Francois
Nebraska, G. C. Sloan
Nevada, Jesse A. Griffin
Nevis, Alfred Francois
New
Hampshire, A. D. Somerville
New
Jersey, Walter L. Harvey
New
Mexico, Trosia B. Bradley
New
York, J. F. Aites
New Zealand, Percival Gossling
North Carolina, R. Clement Lynch
North Dakota, W. G. Hardin
Ohio, W. W. Webb
Oklahoma, D. F. Rowland
Ontario, Horace Lafortune
Oregon,
W. A. Newsom
Panama, A. S. Anderson
Pennsylvania, Paul J. Ion
Peru, Manuel Carbajal
Philippine Islands, Lawrence G.
Edralin
Puerto Rico, Carlos de Leon Colon
Rhode Island, Clayton C. Sherrill
Saint Kitts, Alfred Francois
Saskatchewan, Adolph Flemmer,
Missionary
Sierra Leone, David E. Longstreth
South Carolina, E. A. McDonald
South Dakota, Don B. Thomas
Sweden, George A. Stenmark, Mis
sionary
Tennessee, L. V. Jones
Trinidad, Walter C. Bates
Turks Islands, Isaiah J. Wynns
Uruguay, Carlos Colon
Utah,
Floyd E. Benton
Vermont, Charles E. Hanna
Virginia,
C. T. Davidson
Virgin Islands, Moses Stephens
Washington,
Sidney A. Cooley
West
Texas, W. T. Pettyjohn
West
Virginia, V. R. Sherrill
Wisconsin, E. T. Fowler
Wyoming, Malcolm T. Linkous
Caribbean Islands Representative,
Walter C. Bates
Field Secretary, C. R, Payne
Field Secretary, D. M. Deadrick
Field Secretary, J. A. Jimenez
A. B. M. and S. O. P. A. Secretary,
E. H. Griffith
Sunday School Secretary, Edna Rye
V. L. B. Secretary, H. L. Moore
W. M. B. Secretary, Sylvia Hardin
Foreign Mission Secretary, D. H.
Queener
Foreign
Language Secretary, Jess F.
Pruitt
C. P. M. A. Secretary, G. A. Wilson
Honor
Stone Department Director,
L. S. Rhodes
Visual
Department Director, Jack
Decker
Fields
of the Wood Manager, T. J.
Lowe
Assistant Publisher and Business
Manager, Hubert R. Smith
Assistant Editor, Buford M. Johnson
Sunday School Editor, Robert F.
Wright
B. T. C. Superintendent, J. B.
Wright
Sunday School Orphanage Super
intendent, R. O. Covey
General Treasurer, J. R. Kinser
Radio
Department Manager,
Thomas Duncan
Publishing Department Representa
tive, Everett L. Higdon
Ministerial Aid Chairman, W. M.
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General Evangelist, Charles G.
Hawkins
General Evangelist, Harrison E.
Price
General Evangelist, John A. Stubbs
General Evangelist, Harper Hunter,
Jr.
General Evangelist, Clayton C.
Sherrill
General
Evangelist, A. J. Creel
General Evangelist, Willard H.
Boyles
General Evangelist, Ralph C.
Scotton
The General Overseer read the names of those who will serve on the
various committees at headquarters for the Assembly year of 1957-1958.
They are as follows:
Sunday School Orphanage Committee and Tomlinson Memorial School
Directors—M. A. Tomlinson, R. O. Covey, J. R. Kinser, Buford M. John
son, Hubert R. Smith, C. R. Payne, A. T. Wagar.
General Properties Committee—M. A. Tomlinson, J. R. Kinser, Hubert
R. Smith, Buford M. Johnson, C. R. Payne.
Foreign
Mission Committee—M. A. Tomlinson, D. H. Queener, A. T.
Wagar,
Daniel Abrego, J. B. Wright.
C. P. M. A. Committee—M. A. Tomlinson, G. A. Wilson, L. S. Rhodes,
E. H. Griffith, J. R. Kinser.
Church
Publishing Committee—M. A. Tomlinson, Hubert R. Smith, Bu
ford M. Johnson, Robert F. Wright, J. R. Kinser.
Editorial Committee—M. A. Tomlinson, J. B. Wright, R. O. Covey, Robert
F. Wright, Buford M. Johnson.
Ministerial Aid Committee—W. M. Lowman, M. A. Tomlinson, C. R.
Payne, A. T. Wagar.
The General Overseer requested those whose names were called to take
seats on the platform. Those appointed repeated words after the Gen
eral Overseer, pledging themselves to be true and loyal to the Church
and its doctrine and practices. They dedicated themselves to the work
and promised to co-operate with the General Overseer. They prayed in
concert, then the General Overseer offered prayer for them.
1:36 p.m.—Song by the Cowan Family, “Heaven Will Be Worth It All.”
1:40 p.m.—Ministers Consecration Service. The female ministers prayed
together, consecrating themselves to the Lord. Then the male ministers
prayed in concert. At the close of this prayer, all ministers prayed to
gether.
1:47 p.m.—Adoption of Minutes and instructing local churches to con
sider, endorse and ratify the business acts of the Assembly. When this
action was taken, the General Overseer stated that the business part of
the Assembly was closed.
1:49 p.m.—Many of the ministers formed a line and passed by the Gen
eral Overseer and shook hands with him. While they came, Brother C. R.
Payne led in singing “God Be With You Till We Meet Again.”
2:12
p.m.—The Assembly was closed with prayer by Tim Wakeman,
Australia, and W. M. Lowman, Virginia.
M. A. TOMLINSON, General Overseer
LILLIE DUGGAR, Private Secretary
BUFORD M. JOHNSON, Chief Clerk
ASHEL
T. WAGAR, Assistant Clerk
ALLAN S. KEENAN, Assistant Clerk
ZELLA
CREEL, Assistant Clerk
BILLY RIGGS, Assistant Clerk
HUBERT
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150 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
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 were 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, Ten
nessee,
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. The Assembly has agreed that a pastor may
receive $350 per month from the tithes, if funds are available. Ten per
cent of the surplus tithes left in the local church treasury at the end
of the Assembly year, August 31, 1958, is to be sent to the state treas
urer 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 mission board to help pastors of weak churches.
State overseers are to receive no more than $350 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 $350 and ex
penses,
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 re
maining 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-supporting. 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 local church treasurer and turned in at the state convention
and Assembly. Ten per cent of the state convention orphanage offer
ings
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 orphanage. Ten per cent of the Assembly Offering from
each state is to be sent to the respective state treasurer for the state sec
retary pool fund by the General Treasurer.
4. EMERGENCY FUND. All ministers and members are to pay one dol
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bership is, and the treasurer should send with his monthly report all
emergency dollars turned in to him that month. Ten per cent of all
emergency money received at headquarters is to be placed in the Min
isterial Aid Fund.
5. MISSION MONEY. The second Sunday Missionary offerings and
money raised by other means are to be held by the local church treas
urer 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
Treasurer and an equal amount to the state treasurer. Half of the re
mainder 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 drives is to be sent to the
General Treasurer as Foreign Mission money. All mission offerings at the
Assembly
are turned in to the General Treasurer as Foreign Mission
money.
Ten per cent of the Assembly offerings from each state is to
be sent to the respective 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.
6. FOURTH SUNDAY OFFERING. The fourth Sunday has been set
apart by the Assembly for every local church to take up a special offer
ing 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 offer
ings
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 ad
dition 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 of
ferings is to be turned in at the state convention along with any other
Free Literature money raised in any manner. After the state conven
tion these offerings should be kept in the local church treasury until time
to send them in for the Assembly Free Literature Offering. The re
maining forty-five per cent of the weekly 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 same amount that is
sent to the state treasurer for the support of the state secretaries is to
be sent to the state treasurer to be used as home mission money. The
remaining seventy per cent is to be sent to the White Wing Publishing
House.
All Free Literature money raised at the Assembly is to be turned
over to the White Wing Publishing House. Ten per cent of the Assem
bly offering from each state is to be sent to the respective state treasurer
for the state secretary pool fund by the White Wing Publishing House.
Ten per cent of all Free Literature money received at headquarters is
to be placed in the Ministerial Aid Fund and the balance may be dis
bursed under the direction of the Church Publishing Committee appointed
by the 51st 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.

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(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 one hundred.
(f) $2.00 from each Sunday School with an average attendance of one
hundred or over.
9. CHURCH OF PROPHECY MARKER ASSOCIATION. To be a mem
ber of the Church of Prophecy Marker Association requires the payment
of $5.00 a year. This $5.00 may be paid any time during the year; how
ever, for the local chinch to receive credit in the Honor Stone Program,
it must be paid before the requirement sheet is filled out by the pastor.
The
C. P. M. A. committee decided that the C. P. M. A. offerings re
ceived in the local churches be held for the state convention the same
as other auxiliary offerings. These offerings are to be sent to headquarters,
half of which will be used to finance state projects in Fields of the Wood,
and half will be sent to the state treasurer to be used in the support
of
the Airplane Program, Visual Department, and any work in the state in
connection with the C. P. M. A.
Ten per cent of all C. P. M. A. funds received at headquarters is sent
to the treasurer of the state and the same amount is turned over to the
General Treasurer.
All C. P. M. A. funds belonging to headquarters should be sent to M. A.
Tomlinson,
Bible Place, Cleveland, Tennessee.
10. BIBLE TRAINING CAMP. Weekly classes are to be conducted in
all of our local churches for the purpose of acquainting our people more
perfectly with the doctrine and practices of the Church. The pastor is
responsible for these classes. Freewill offerings are to be received in
the classes to assist in getting the teachings and practices of the Church
to the foreign countries through Bible Training Camp. These offerings
are to be turned in at the state convention.
Deeds for Church Property
We recommend the acceptance of the following resolution prepared by
the General Properties Committee and attorney, as follows:
WHEREAS the 39th Annual Assembly held in 1944, authorized the selec
tion of five general Trustees who were “to succeed to and have all au
thority 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 suit
able 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 con
sent of the General Trustees at Cleveland, Tennessee, be incorporated in
the deed form used.

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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 con
sent of the General Trustees secured.
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 acknowledged, 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 de
scribed 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
encumber the said real estate without the written consent of the Gen
eral Trustees of the said Church at Cleveland, Tennessee, which consent
may be evidenced 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 certify
ing the consent of the General Trustees to the execution of such con
veyance.
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 con
vey 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 all persons.

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IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, witness our hands and names, this,
day of-----------------------------------, 19______
NOTE: The present General Trustees are: M. A. Tomlinson, J. R. Kinser
Hubert R. Smith, Buford M. Johnson and C. R. Payne. M. A. Tomlinson
is chairman and Buford M. Johnson is the chief clerk.
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 care
ful organization.
We must banish from our minds the thoughts of individual or local in
dependence 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 someone 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 for 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.
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
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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
deacons, should divide his members into bands of ten or twelve in each
band and a leader over each band selected, 'pie 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 leader should keep in touch with them in person,
then communication 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
concerted 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 ap
point 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, Treasurer should occupy seats on the platform. Dea
cons
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 item
ized 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.
ii.Sui>er^?t?Ildent of 4116 V‘ IS 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
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and give account °f every member of his flock (Hebrews
Report of C. P. M. A. Leader—number of members and receipts.
Report of Church Literature Representative.
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 can be heard, then show him cour
tesy.
But if he proves to be wrong, then deal with him as the Bible di-
rects. 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 part in dis
cussing 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
love and fellowship to everyone without partiality. Don’t wait
for others to greet you, but you greet them.

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Show special courtesy to strangers who may chance to fall in with you
in your meetings.
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,
sister 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 in 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, earrings, necklaces, lockets and large showy pins are un
becoming 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 an
other under any circumstances even if divorced. Neither should a mem
ber 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 re
quire 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 advice are given by those who are watch
ing for your soul as they that must give an account (Hebrews 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.

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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.
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 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, informa
tion should be sent to the overseer of that state, who should make a record
of the same, giving date of organization, 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 presby
tery in ther 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.

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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?
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.
1. 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.
Bom 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.—Psalm 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; Premillenial Second Coming of Jesus:
First: To resurrect the dead saints and to catch away the living saints

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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 Annihila
tion—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;
23:29-32; 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 Finger Rings, Bracelets, Earrings, Lockets, etc.—Isa. 52:2; 1 Peter 3:3;
1 John 2:16.
27. Against Members Belonging to Lodges—Matt. 5:34; John 18:20; 2
Cor. 6:14-17; 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, George D.
Adams,
James E.
Adams, Reuben A.
Adams,
T. E.
Adorno, Juan P.
Aites, J. F.
Akers, J. L.
Akers, William
Aldridge, W. W.
Allen, James E.
Allen, Marvin R.
Ammons,
Edwin L.
Anderson, Albert S.
Anderson, Harvin H.
Anderson, James Edward
Anderson, Stafford B.
Andrews, Thomas B.
Atkins, George E.
Axley, Richard L.
Ayers, Robey W.
Baggett, Daniel O.
Barnes, Bonnie
Barnes, M. Russell
Bates,
Walter C.
Beasley,
Joseph E.
Beasley,
Pearlie A.
Beasley,
Robert D.
Beck, Grover C.
Beckwith, J. B.
Bennett, G. Julian
Benton,
Floyd E.
Best,
Rupert
Bias, Ernest J.
Biggers, Henry M.
Bivens,
L. Milton
Bonham, Floyd H.
Bowser,
Hulbert O.
Boyd, Terah S.

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Bradley, Thomas W.
Bradley, Trosia E.
Braland, Orvie A.
Brantley, Lucian Alvin
Brewer, Joseph
Brooks,
William H.
Brooks, William R.
Brown, Joseph M.
Brown,
Lebert A.
Brown,
Lewis W.
Brown,
Marvin
Bryant, Fred W.
Bryant, Jack
Bryson,
Wilbert S.
Burdine, Archie M.
Burke, Austin A.
Burt, Martin M.
Burton, Dock C.
Butts, Huey Lee
Cagle, Jesse C.
Caldwell,
D. Talmadge
Caldwell,
E. Glaidwell
Caldwell,
Mack
Caldwell,
Sam W.
Callahan, Aaron A.
Camacho,
Juan
Cameron,
John N.
Campbell,
W. I.
Cantrell, Ralph G.
Cardwell, J. E.
Carroll, Frank G.
Carter, Jack O.
Carver, Tom R.
Caudill, Hubert
Chapman, J. W.
Chastain, Mathie
Chatham, Jesse F.
Cobb, Dolphus M.
Cobb, E. Vernell
Coker,
Bryce H.
Colley, James F.
Collins,
Clarence W.
Colon, Carlos de Leon
Conner,
Henry Lewis
Connor,
George
Cook, General
Cooke, Alston L.
Cooke, Cyril S.
Cooley, Donald S.
Cooley, Sydney A.
Cooper, Erie P.
Cooper,
James R.
Costas, Paul P.
Couch, Aaron
Cousins, Nathan L.
Covey, Rudolph O.
Cowart, R. W.
Cowen, Earl
Cox, Joel
Cox, Kenneth O.
Cox, Wesley Grady
Cox, William H.
Crader, Leman
Crawford, Bernard A.
Creasy,
Donald D.
Creel,
Amos J.
Creel, Chester V.
Crenshaw, C. Louis
Crews,
Joe C.
Crossfield, Edward A.
Crowder, James H.
Cruz,
Jose Hernandez
Cunningham, Cecil J.
Curry, Maurice S.
Curtis, Cloyd B.
Curtis, Emmanuel
Curtis, Henry
Cypret, Cecil A.
Dalton, George
Daniel, James M.
Daugherty, John F.
Daugherty, Walter G.
Davidson,
Charles T.
Davis,
Anderson H.
Davis, Andrew W.
Davis,
Emitt
Davis,
Jones M.
Davis, Lew Allen
Davis,
Lloyd D.
Davis, Peter E.
Davis, Randolph B.
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
Demeritte, Arnold
Dennard, W. Cobb
Dennis,
Henry H.
Dixon, Jack V.
Doran, Verne J.
Doss, James C.
Duggan,
Noley A.
Earp, John M.
Easter, Edward M.
Edralin, Lawrence G.
Emmett, Verlie E.
Endecott, Clayton E.

162 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Endecott, James L.
Estep, Granville
Estes,
William W.
Eubanks, Cyril S.
Evans, John E.
Ferguson, Alfred E.
Ferguson, Hermis A.
Fleming, Carroll P.
Flemmer, Adolph
Foster, G. Dewey
Fowler, E. T.
Fox, William Jerald
France, Owen W.
Francois, Alfred
Francis, Cassel A.
Francis, Marvin L.
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.
Gamer, Morris D.
Gass, Arthur C.
Gates, Willard D.
Gibson, Oscar
Gibson, Sanford F.
Gilbert, Elmer
Gilbert, R. M.
Gillaspie, S. O.
Gilmore, Alexander
Goins, Thomas W.
Golden, Alvin
Gonia, A. Winston
Goodman,
Ernest D.
Goss, Cleveland T.
Graham, Percival N.
Graham, Theophilus L.
Grant, Bernard B.
Grant, William A.
Gray, Delbert
Gray, Earl B.
Gray, Truman
Greenawalt, Alfred H.
Gregory, Constantine L.
Griffin, Adrian T.
Griffin, George H.
Griffin, Jesse A.
Griffis, James I. J.
Griffith, Eddie H.
Grimes,
Harry W.
Grubbs, Calvin W.
Grubbs, George W.
Gullett, Med V.
Hall, James T.
Hall, Robert J.
Hall, Valentine E.
Hamilton, Abraham C.
Hampton, Ira H.
Handheld, Simeon B.
Haney, Adril D.
Hanna, Charles E.
Hardin, William G.
Harrington, Theodore B.
Harris, Reginald A.
Hart, Tom D.
Hartsfield, Herman Neil
Harvey, Walter L.
Hatley, John W.
Hawkins, Charles G.
Heckert, Lawrence D.
Henderson, Jessie R.
Henderson, Willard C.
Herne, J. Vital
Herring, Charles G.
Higdon, Everett L.
Highbaugh, Charles E.
Hires, J. H.
Hogan, Oluf Robb
Holcomb, D. R.
Holcombe, William C.
Holland, W. T.
Hollaway, Theodore R.
Hooker,
Claudius D.
Hubbard, William M.
Hughes,
Dewey M.
Humes,
Herman
Hunter, Harper, Jr.
Hunter, Theophilus
Hutchinson, Isaac A.
Hutchinson, Jonathan G.
Hyatt, Clifton E.
Ibrahim, Ghaly
Ion, Paul J.
Irwin, Murvil L.
James, Ivory J.
Jared,
T. J., Jr.
Jared, Thomas J.
Jeffrey, Roy
Jenkins, Carlie B.
Jenkins, Floyd T.
Jimenez, Jose Amando
Johns, Emery S.
Johnson, Buford M.
Johnson, E. Eugene
Johnson, Jack R.
Johnson, James A.
Johnson, James V.
Johnson, Michael

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 163
Johnson, Milford J.
Johnson, Wiley A.
Jones, L. V.
Jose, Gilbert M.
Joseph, Beniah E.
Kemp,
Joseph 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
Lafortune, Horace
Laird, Willie P.
Land, David F., Jr.
Lane, J. W.
Lane, L. Russell
Lawrence, John H.
Lawrence, O. N.
Lawson,
Omer C.
Lawson,
Raymond D.
Lawson,
Samuel H.
Leazenby, Leon S.
Lee,
William M.
Lewis, Jesse C.
Linkous, Malcolm T.
Linville, Albert J.
Linville, Kendrick
Long, H. Horace
Longstreth, David E.
Lord,
Cleason D.
Louk,
Vern E.
Lowe, T. J.
Lowe, Theodore J.
Lowman, W. M.
Lusch, William G.
Lyles,
John C.
Lynch, R. Clement
Mackey,
Charles I.
Maddox,
Thomas Roy
Manning, Chesley E.
Martin, Joe, Jr.
Martin, William E.
Mathis,
Buck
Mathis,
C. F.
Matthews, David G.
Mayhall, Grady
McClure,
William L.
McCoy, John G.
McDaniel, James I.
MeDearis,
C. C.
McDill, James W.
McDonald, E. A.
McGee, Damous E.
McGee, Sebastian
McGhee, Ada
McGlothlin,
Johnnie
McGreger,
Aaron I.
McKeown, A. C.
McKey, Clifton E.
McKinney,
Dossie H.
McKoy, L. N.
McLeod, Kenneth B.
McMillan, Milan F.
McRae, James
Meador,
Joe Alton
Melvin,
Archie
Miller,
Charles G.
Miller, Elias A.
Miller, Willie F.
Minter, Gerald H.
Minter, Sherman H.
Miracle,
John W.
Mitchell,
Arthur L.
Mixon, James W.
Montgomery,
Alma E.
Montgomery,
Avery G.
Moore, George W.
Morris, Luther R.
Morris,
Orville L. T.
Moss, Alvin S.
Moss, Arthur A.
Moss,
Samuel B.
Moxley, H. M.
Moxley, L. A.
Mudd, Cicero
Musselwhite,
Wilton E.
Myers,
Peter W.
Myles, Charles M. -
Nabors, Harvey E.
Nelson, Nathan C.
Newdiger, Oscar, Jr.
Newsom, W. A.
Nichols, Ira C.
Nobles, James W.
Noe, Asa Earl
Oost, Reubin C.
Ortiz, Frank
Ottley, James A.
Overstreet, J. Clyde
Owen,
Ralph W.
P., Ramon Ruano
Pace, Charlie A.
Palmer, James C.
Palmore, Charles P., Jr.
Parker, Thomas C.
Parton, L. Lamar
Patterson, Robert W., Jr.
Payne, Connie Lee

164 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Payne, C. R.
Peninger, Lee Roy
Pennington, Charles S.
Pentecost, Tom
Pettyjohn, William T.
Phillips, Walter
Phipps, Roy H.
Pinder, Sonnie O.
Pittman, Oscar
Pittman, S. Melvin
Poloski,
Frank
Potts, Allen
Pratt, Samuel A.
Pressley, Peter
Price, J. D.
Price, Marion P.
Priest, J. T.
Pritchard, Liston D.
Pruitt, Jess F.
Pruitt, Raymond M.
Puckett, Richard Lee
Pulliam, E. R.
Queener, Dorian H.
Radford, Robert L.
Rains, M. Claud
Raney, Sam E.
Rawls, William J.
Reese, Bradley A.
Reeves, James W., Sr.
Reeves, Roy
Reynolds,
Jerome D.
Rhodes,
L. S.
Rhorer, Henry R.
Richardson, Eugene B.
Riley,
Jonathan A.
Rhinehammer, N. Ales
Robinson,
Guy
Rodman,
Shannon T.
Roney, Warren E.
Rowland, Delmar F.
Roy, Dewey
Russell,
William L.
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, 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.
Simpson, Elihue
Singleterry, James E.
Sloan,
Gladios C.
Smith, Floyd W. B.
Smith, George P.
Smith,
Hubert C.
Smith, Noah B.
Smith, Obie D.
Smith, R. C.
Smith, Sampson
Smith, William B.
Smith, William J.
Smither, Charles T.
Solomon, Luther
Somerville, A. D.
Somerville, Chad C. W.
Spence,
J. Corbett
Stafford, Virdel B.
Staggs,
James
Stargel, G. T.
Stenmark, A. George
Stephens, Moses
Stephens, Walter D.
Stockdale, R. Wynn
Stone,
Leslie E.
Stover, Woodrow
Strickland, Robert L., Jr.
Stubbs, John A.
Suggs, William P.
SuUins, Alex W.
Sullivan, Avery L.
Sullivan, Evan G.
Sullivan, John L.
Summerall, Clifton L.
Swain, Frank R.
Sweat, Milton O.
Talbott, Richard P.
Taylor, C. L.
Taylor, Jennings S.
Taylor, Norman C.
Taylor, Thomas J.
Thane, Charles A.
Thomas,
Don Burton
Thomas,
Howard W.
Thomas,
James A.
Thomas,
J. Roy
Thompson,
Arthur
Thompson,
Ernest W.
Thompson,
J. T.
Thompson,
Paul H.

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 165
Thompson, Ronald G.
Thompson,
Willie R.
Thorn, James A.
Thornton, Boyd W.
Tomlinson,
M. A.
Trenthem, R. Eugene
Trump, Orville W.
Turner, Nathaniel A.
Vickers,
Hubert J.
Vines, Willie
Wagar, Asher T., Jr.
Waggett,
Aaron R.
Wallor,
George A.
Washington,
Loyal C.
Watson,
Egbert A.
Weaver, Phillip T.
Webb, Arwood
Webb, Cordell C.
Webb, Wiseman W.
Welcome, Solomon E.
Weldon, Woodrow W.
Wells, Donald W.
West, Aaron W.
White, Isaac E.
White, James L.
Adams, William T.
Albin,
Charlie V.
Alderson, W. Arlie
Alexander, Hubert V.
Alford, Arthur
Allen,
Daniel
Ammons, Harold F.
Anderson, Robert S.
Anderson, Rufus A.
Ashworth, Charles E.
Aucoin, Russell J.
Austin, Charlie C.
Austin, James R.
Baccas,
James
Bafford, Green
Bain, Alfred R.
Baird, Ray E.
Baker, Fred O.
Baker, Herman
Baker, Hubert H.
Baker, Louie T.
Baptiste, Vilme Jn
Barbes, Rockland A.
Barnette, J. Oland
Barrett, Richard M.
Baxter, John L.
White, William E.
Wilkerson, Ruben Neil
Williams,
Alexander
Williams,
Cecil U.
Williams,
Don
Williams,
J. D.
Williams, Johnnie
Williams,
John W.
Williams,
Joseph A.
Williams,
Lemuel J.
Williams,
Robert L.
Williamson,
W. Raymond
Willis, Henry Lee
Willis, J. Lee
Willoughby,
Walter
Wilson, George Albert
Wilson, M. E.
Wood, John W.
Woodruff, Arthur B.
Woods, Roy D.
Wright, James B.
Wynns, Isaiah J.
Young, Foster
Young,
Zilvon R.
DEACONS
Beach, John W.
Beasley, J. Wilbert
Beauchamp, Dewey L.
Bennett, Harold Reginald
Berry, Robert
Biggs, Caleb S.
Bing, Jethro
Bird, Fred P.
Black, Curtis
Blake, Phillip
Boeckel,
David
Bosler,
Andrew A.
Bowling,
Fred E.
Briggs, Ernest
Brooks,
William C.
Brown,
Dexton
Brown,
Harvey E.
Brown, Luther C.
Brown, Luther E.
Brown, Whit
Bryan, E. Heyward
Bryant, Alexander
Bryant, George, Jr.
Bryant, Walter
Buchanan, Augustus A.
Buckley, J. W.

166 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Bumgardner, Clarence A.
Bunk, Roland A.
Burke, Dolphus
Burns, Chester O.
Burris, Thomas
Butler, Henry A.
Butler, Jeremiah
Butler, Johnie E.
Bynum, Calvin M.
Byrd, Clarence J.
Cabales,
Santos A.
Cameron,
William
Cargill,
Henry T.
Carr, Forrest E.
Cassell, Madison W.
Caudill,
Bryan
Charles, John M.
Charles, Letoir Jean
Charles, Manlouis 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
Cox, Leviticus H.
Crawford, John
Crews,
W. H.
Cross, Claude A.
Culmer, M. R.
Dames, Charles A.
Davis, George R.
Davis, Omer F.
Davis,
Orbie
Davis, Rufus O.
Davis, Thomas L.
Daxon, Thomas A., Jr.
Deadrick, Lawrence D.
Dean,
Guy H.
Dean, James A.
DeLay, Ralph C.
Dirlam, Claude S.
Donahue, William V.
Dorsett, Curtis R.
Dozier, James S.
Drummonds,
Grover C.
Duncan,
Clarence E.
Dupre, LeRoyal J.
Duty, Robert
Earls, Horace, Jr.
Edgecombe,
George C.
Elston, Conner J.
Endecott, William E. F.
Engle, Hubert L.
Englebert, George W.
Evans, J. R.
Falk, Ervin A.
Farmer, James F.
Fendley, William C.
Ferguson, Herbert A.
Ferguson, Marion N.
Fisher, Wilfred W.
Fitts, Arthur L.
Fleming, Ernest L.
Fleming, Frederic P.
Francis, Nathaniel
Franklin, Herbert F.
Franklin, Wilburn T.
Frederick, Grover C.
Freeland, Charles
Frey, Albert E., Jr.
Gardner, M. Gray
Garner, Claud A.
Gaylor, Walter L.
Gibson,
Austin R.
Giles, Thomas H.
Gilmer, James T.
Gonia, I. B.
Goode, Eddy A.
Gray, T. E. Kerr
Green, Arthur G.
Green, Bondie H.
Green, Chester Lee
Hadden, John Henry
Haddock,
James H.
Hall, Wilson B.
Hamilton, Howard
Hamilton, Lester
Hanson,
Israel E.
Harbor, James
Harmon, Homer
Harris, Taft M.
Hartless, Robert J.
Hatton, Melvin
Hawk, Henry M., Jr.
Hayes, Gordon E.
Helms,
Chesley B.
Henry, Uriah
Heslop, George E.
Hill, Joe H.
Holbert, James H.
Hood, Richard H.
Howard, Jimmie
Hughes,
Huntley H.
Hull,
Clarence D.
Hunt, Eddie Ray
Hunter, E. Roy

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 16
Ingram, U. Leonard
Jackson, Elmer W.
Jackson, Loyd, Jr.
James, George W.
Jerrell, Paul L.
Johnson, Fred M.
Johnson, Henry A.
Johnson, Herbert E.
Johnson, Kedrick L.
Johnson, Lee Pharries
Jones, T. Edwin
Jordan, James R.
Jure, Raphael
Keeney,
C. B.
Kelley, Haley J.
Kinard, Erie E.
Kinard, T. B.
King, Carl R.
King, George
King,
George S.
King, J. H.
Kirkland, John E.
Lacks, Benny L.
Lafleur, Carroll E.
Lafleur, Cyrius
Lamb,
Earl E.
Lassiter, Robert L.
Latham, Joseph M.
Lavender, Walter E.
Ledford, Robert H.
Lennon,
Peter E.
Letu, Earl H.
Lewin, James
Lewis,
Eldon J.
Lewis, Joe W.
Lewis, Reuben T.
Lindsey,
I. J.
Logan, Arthur E.
Love, Clyde A.
Lovell, J. D.
Lyle, Earl M.
Lyle, W. Troy
Lynn, Lloyd H.
Lynn, William M.
Mahaffy, Lewis H.
Mahoney,
William A.
Malone,
Roy
Martin, Hiram T.
Massengill,
Frank
Mazanec, James
McArthur, Harry G.
McCalla, Samuel A.
McDermott,
Salbert C.
McElrath, John H.
McGovern,
Henry E.
McKee, J. C.
McKenzie, James A.
McLean, Robert S.
McLeod, Allie B.
McMahan,
Claude R.
Melvin,
Thomas G.
Merriett, Odis
Miller,
Winston R.
Minns, Herbert L. .
(Montgomery, James
TVtobreT'Ernest
Moore, J. Walker
Morgan,
Linford T.
Morris,
Percy C.
Moss, John W.
Moss, Wilfred G.
Mullins,
Henry R.
Murphy, Thomas H.
Murray, Henry E.
Muse, Andy G.
Muse, Clyde C.
Nabors, Clymer H.
Newsom, Johnie D., Jr.
Norris, Justin
Nutt, William J.
Oglesby, Thomas
O’Neal, R. Carlton
Ostby,
Henry W.
Owens,
Bunk
Owens, Edgar
Page, Jack
Parker, Bill
Parks, William B.
Paschall, Ollie
Pate, J. B.
Peavy, Elvie A.
Penant, Hedley
Pereyra, Manuel Valle
Perkins, Clyde V.
Peterson, Preston C.
Phillips, Chester R.
Ponder, Raymond E.
Power, C. Hugh
Preston, Samuel B.
Price, Bassil N.
Price, Elisha Green
Price, Maxie Lee
Proffitt, Clarence A.
Pruitt, H. Clifford
Puckett, Norman
Rainwater, Allen C.
Rampley, William T.
Ramsay, Edward J.
Ray,
G. Scott
Ray,
W. Hansel
Reid,
Egbert H.
Reid, Ferdinand R.

168 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAI ASSEMBLY
Revolus, Fortune
Reynolds,
W. L.
Richards, Jim R.
Rickard, Ora Lee
Ricketts, Harold J.
Robbins,
Herbert V.
Roberts, Bertie C.
Roberts, Stephen
Rolle, Martin L.
Rowe, Walter S.
Rowell,
Barney W.
Saint Cyr, Bovil
Saunders, Roland G.
Saxon,
Tallie S.
Scheurer, Gideon
Scheurer, Ruben
Scott,
Robert A.
Scotton,
George M.
Scotton,
Norman J.
Seratt, Jesse D.
Sexton, Howard
Shannon, John
Sharrar, Robert C.
Shean, Charles E.
Sigler, Thomas G.
Slay, Sheldon M.
Sluder, Herman
Smith, Isaac
Smith, L. K.
Snowden, Jack D.
Stanley, Horace B.
Stearman, Marion B.
Stockwell, William L.
Story, Frank E.
Theriot, Junius J.
Thomas,
Cecil G.
Thomas,
Leonard S.
Thomas,
Richard C.
Thompson,
Scott S.
Thompson,
Wilbur B.
Thom, William C.
Tranquille, Emmanuel
Trimble, John F.
Trogdon, Alexander
Turin, Celestin
Vaughan, Semar, Jr.
Waden,
Fletcher
Walker, Stephen G.
Walters, Joseph A.
Washburn, Cecil L.
Watts,
Herbert C.
Weakley,
M. E.
Weaver, Roy T.
Wheeler, Charles J.
Whitaker, John R.
White,
Rufus L.
Wilcox, Clarence
Wiley, Charlie E.
Wilkins, Mortimer I.
Wilkinson,
Samuel L.
Williams,
Clarence E.
Williams,
Elijah N.
Williams,
Emerson
Williams,
Hollis R.
Williams,
Johnny, Jr.
Williams,
Reginold
Willis, Frank R.
Wilson, Hughie L.
Wilson, J. Howard
Wilson, Joseph C.
Wilson, Wavie C.
Winters, Louie J.
Witte, Walter H.
Wood, Claud
Wooten, Chester L.
Word, Timothy
Wright, Cecil
Wright, Clifford T.
Wright, Robert F.
Wright, Wib
Wyant, Nelson E.
Wyant, Ray M.
Yielding,
Edward P.
Young,
Joe
Young, Zane L.
Zink, Robert E.
Zurfluh, Karl
MALE EVANGELISTS
A., Lino Ramirez
Abbott, Lanzo R.
Abernathy, Johnie E.
Abrego,
Daniel
Abreu, Theodore
Acosta,
Ignacio
Adams, Logus L.
Adderly, Boston
Adkins, Calvin R.
Adkins, James G.
Adkins, K. Johnny
Anguilar, Felipe Dominguez
Ahalt, Atiee
Aiken, Johnie E.

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 169
Aites, E. Carl
Allaway, Frank G.
Allen, R. Wayne
Allen,
Samuel N.
Allison, William H.
Almond,
Alfred D.
Alonso, Roberto O.
Alyse, Arnold
Anderson, Denver
Anderson, Kenneth O.
Anderson, Maurice H.
Andreo, Kostas J.
Angarica, Jesus
Angervil, Saint Eugene
Anthony,
Elmer B.
Antilus, Ulysse
Arellano, Longino Morales
Arias, Luis
Arilus, Alexis
Armenta, Ruben
Arnold, R. B.
Arnold, William
Aschbacher, Joe H.
Aschbacher, Joe H., Jr.
Ascher, Dan
Ashford, B. Rosevelt
Avila, Manuel Avila
Ayala, Heliodoro Gonzalez
B., Juan Hernandez
B., Martin Medina
B., Moises Giron
Baber, George F.
Bafford, Joe Lean
Baggett, L. B.
Bailey, L. Dean
Bailey,
Larry V.
Bain, Hartley L.
Baker, Alexander
Baker, C. Oneil
Baker, Gayford D.
Baker, Gerald
Baker, Paul
Baldozier,
Clark H.
Baldwin, Arch J.
Banton, Ben T.
Baptiste, Louineus
Barbour, W. Charlie
Barclay, Henry A.
Barker, Alvin A.
Barker, Doyle D.
Barnes, Caleb M.
Barnes, Charles E.
Barnhart, Thomas W.
Barrios, Samuel Galindo
Baxter, Everett L.
Baxter, Jerald E.
Bazzrea, Cleve A.
Beecham, George W.
Beecham,
James S.
Beecham, Kenneth R.
Beemer, Harold A.
Bell, Blanton C.
Bell, Calvin
Bell, Herman W.
Bell, L. Joe
Bell,
Lloyd C.
Bell, Walter W.
Bell, Z. V.
Beneby, Israel
Beneby,
Nathaniel
Bennett, Ira S.
Bennett, U. G.
Benson, Billy
Bermudez,
Alejandro Campos
Bertin, David
Beshears, M. Monroe
Bethel, Daniel
Bines,
Franklin
Black, Eugene P.
Black, Horace R.
Black, Owen
Blauser, James P.
Blumenthal, Clifford
Blumenthal, Hugo H., Jr.
Blyden, Anton
Blythe, Clarence L.
Bock, Albert A.
Boling, Roy
Bolton,
Arthur H., Jr.
Bolton, Onnie L.
Bonds, Vernie W.
Bonham, Amzia W.
Boone, James W.
Boothe, Claude S.
Bosler, David T.
Bounds, James W.
Bowerman, Dewey R., Jr.
Bowman,
C. Winfred
Bowser,
George B.
Bowser, Robert H.
Brackett, Bobbie E.
Brackett, C. Samuel
Brackett, John
Bradford, Sewell E.
Bradley, Robert H.
Bragg, Johnny H.
Branch, Paul W.
Branscum, Thurman E.
Breedy, John C.
Brekeen, John C.
Brenizer, Harry R.
Brevil, Zavier

170 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Br’ckev Wiley J.
Briies, Theodore R.
Brisson, James E.
Brisson, Marvin C.
Brittingham, Edward C.
Broach, Oscar R.
Brock, M. Earl
Brock,
Z. B.
Brooks, Atlee N.
Brooks, Carl D.
Brooks, Kenneth W.
Brooks,
Royce Dee
Brown, Bobby W.
Brown, James R.
Brown, Martin L.
Brown,
Vivian Alanda
Brown,
Will H.
Brown, Willesley
Browning, Charles E.
Browning, Charlie M.
Brumley, James J.
Bryant, Ralph E.
Buckles,
Paul C.
Buckner, Carl R.
Bullard, Andrew
Bunce,
Lawrence O.
Burdette, Marvin A., Jr.
Burgess,
George W.
Burke, James L.
Burke, Otis A.
Bums, H. Pierce
Burrese, William E.
Burris, Philip
Burt, Marvin
Busby, Arthur B.
Busby, Loyd M.
Bush, John B.
Bush, Willie D.
Butler, Howard D.
Butler, Marion S.
Butler, Rayford L.
Butterfield, Thomas N.
Butts, Harold J.
Byfield, Roy E.
Byrd, Vivian E.
C., Salome Hernandez
Cagle, Wentford R.
Caldwell,
Paul A.
Calfee,
B. B.
Callie, Henry O.
Cambronne, Pierre
Cameron,
Lewis V.
Cameron, Wilbur
Camilus,
Anaise
Camp,
Floyd M.
Campbell,
J. Daniel
Campbell, James T.
Campbell,
William B.
Cannon,
N. Fritz
Captain, Nicholas D.
Carbajal O., Manuel
Cardet, Hiram Concepcion
Cardet, Vicente Concepcion
Carpenter, Eugene L.
Carpenter, Raymond A.
Carr, Joseph G.
Carrasco, Porfirio
Carroll, Lee C., Jr.
Carter, Calvin
Carter, Ernest S.
Carter, Hermon
Carter, Roy W.
Casasola, Lauro
Castaneda, Esteban Villar
Castillo,
Carlos Antonio
Castro,
Gaspar
Castro,
Hector
Cazil, Elvelus Jh
Chalmers, Alfred J.
Chance,
James A.
Chandler, Charles R.
Chandler, Louis C.
Chapman, Claud H.
Chapman, Millard A.
Chapman,
William H.
Charles, Elvius Jean
Charles, Exavier Louis
Charles, Merius
Cheshire, Josephus, Jr.
Childers,
Millus
Chisolm, Theodore R.
Christmas, Jessie E.
Ciramagua. Adrian
Clark, Clifford O.
Clark, Clyde H.
Clark, Curtis M.
Clark, E. Luther
Clark, Fred W.
Clark, John D.
Clark, William L.
Clawson, Clara L.
Clayton, Clyde T.
Clayton, Sherman J.
Cleaver,
A. Doewer
Cleaver,
Autie E.
Clemens, Charles
Clements,
Joe C.
Clements, William S.
Coalter,
Ambrose J.
Cobb, D. W.
Cobos, Angel J.
Coffee, Ernest J.

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 171
Coker, Emmett L.
Cole, Robert H.
Colinet, Letellier
Collie, Alfred L.
Collins, Charles E.
Collins, Elmer N., Jr.
Collins, Harold O.
Collins, Howard C.
Collins, William H.
Colon, Carlos
Colter,
John D.
Colvard, Donald E.
Comer, W. J. Bryan, Sr.
Conner,
Perry E.
Connor, Henry L.
Constantin, Delva
Cook, David C.
Cook, Talmadge Claxton
Cooke, Luther L.
Cooley, Donald Ray
Cooley, Kenneth F.
Cooper,
Charles E.
Cooper, Mitchell
Cordon,
Leocadio
Cornwell, John C.
Cowen, Leo
Cox, Clarence
Cox, Hudon R.
Cox, James A.
Cox, Julias
Cox, Ray
Cox, Theodore
Crabbe, Howard
Crabtree, Vernon, Jr.
Craig, Alpheus U.
Craver, Edgar L.
Cravey, Kaiser
Crawford, James L.
Creasy,
Robert C.
Creque, Nathaniel G.
Cress, William F.
Criddle, Clayton E.
Crow, Samuel F.
Crowder, Joseph A.
Croyle,
George C.
Croyle, Raymond S.
Cummings,
Luther
Cunningham, Leonard E.
Curry, James S.
Curtis, Earl L.
Daley, Chas. A.
Dames, Cleveland W.
Daniel,
John W.
Daugherty, Jules E.
Daugherty, W. Delvin
David,
Carmelo
Davis, Albert E.
Davis, Alva L.
Davis, Cecil
Davis,
Clarence R.
Davis, David H.
Davis, Elisha A.
Davis, Elza O.
Davis, H. Lee
Davis,
James E.
Davis, Larcy E.
Davis, Marvin
Davis,
Raymond E. L.
Davis, Richard E.
Davis, Samuel I.
Daw, Walter Lee
Dawkins, Lewis C.
Daxon, David
Deal, Asa C.
Dean, Hermon E.
Dean, L. Lehimza
Dean,
Lucius E.
Dean, Rubbert L.
Decker, Lester T.
De Conna, Salvatore
De La Cruz, Esteban
Dely, Augustin
Dennard, George M.
Dennis, Signal
Dennis,
William E.
Denny, Hilton O.
Deristil, Laurentil
Dervil, Philogene
Desir, Cadous
De
Souza, Isaac H.
Devoe,
William O.
Dezormean, Aspenard
Dickens,
W. Morris
Diogene, Levasseur
Dodgens, Raymond S.
Dominguez,
Eliseo Sanchez
Dominguez,
Lorenza Martinez
Donahue,
Aubrey W.
Dorcely, Augustin
Dirvilier, Saidel
Dotson,
William D.
Douglas, Charles M.
Douglas, Isaac
Douglas,
R. Gene
Douglas,
Thomas J.
Dover, Charles R.
Doyen, Edouard
Drake, Howard E.
Drapeau, Tranquillus
Drew, Alfrado C.
Droze, Forest W.
Droze, Lewis N.

172 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Drury, Homer C.
Duclair, Pascal
Dudding,
O. A.
Duke, Rowley Cornelius
Dunbar, Gilbert W.
Duncan, Milton S.
Duncan, Wade Lee
Dunford, W. Mathise
Duniphan, Sam T.
Dunn, Billy G.
Dunning, Noah F.
Dupris, Edward R.
Durham, Johnnie A.
Durham, Odus
Durr, Charles W.
Dycus, Charles W.
Eagle, James Holding
Eddy,
Lonnie D.
Edgil, Thomas Jessie
Edmondson,
Donald K.
Edwards, Freddie M.
Edwards, Homer F.
Eichler, Joseph
Elliott, Elmer W.
Ellis, Everett R.
Ellis, James O.
Ellis, Stephen
Elmore, Loyd E.
Eloff, David
Emerson,
Oscar W.
England, Herbert
Engle, Ather F.
Enrique, Roberto Lam
Escue, Jessie H.
Eskew, Lexie B.
Esmond, William Cecil
Espinoza, Ponciano F.
Esquivel, Teodoro Antonio
Esteban, Luis Aleman
Estira, Pierre
Estrada, Fidel
Estrada, Vicente Ramirez
Evans,
C. T. Houston
Evans, Elmer W.
Evans, Henry
Evans,
William J.
Fanbert,
Septimus
Farabee, John N.
Farless, J. D.
Farmer, J. Glenn
Feltman, Raymond E.
Felts, Erbie H.
Ferguson, Cephas
Ferguson, Daniel
Ferguson, Herbert E.
Ferguson, James R.
Ferguson, Laban J.
Ferguson, Orie J.
Ferguson, Pembroke E.
Ferguson, Philip D.
Ferguson, Thomas
Fernandez, Salvador C.
Fidele, Nelcius
Fields, Arthur E.
Fils, Chery Dennean
Finch, Robert Lee
Finlayson, Rufus
Finlayson, Rufus B., Jr.
Fisher, Fred S.
Fisher, Ramon Luna
Fiveash, Olean C.
Fleurantin, Paulin
Flick, Harry R.
Flippo, George C.
Flores, Leocadia Lubices
Flores, Miguel Fuentes
Flores, Moises Vazquez
Flores, Rodolfo Casasola
Flowers, Allord S.
Flowers, Grady G.
Floyd, Cole B.
Forbes, Eustace T.
Forbes, Leon B.
Ford, Alonzo J.
Ford, Charles H.
Foster, Cecil A. L.
Foster, Clarence F.
Foster, J. Roy
Foster, Olon A.
Foster, Robert J.
Fouts, Blair M.
Fox, James E., Sr.
Fragoza, Moncerrate Rias
Fragoza,
Ramon Redon
Francis, Harold M.
Franco, Juan Antonio Ramos
Fredrickson, Marvin P.
Freeman, Ashby O.
Freeman, Hubert E.
Fuchu, Federico
Fuentes, Eugenio Morena
Fuentes, Francisco Aguilar
Fulcher, Frank Edwin J.
Fulmer, Everett L.
Fulton, Rogers
Funk, Lonnie O.
Furber, Caroles C.
G., Jose Ma. Dominguez
Gabriel, Ulrick
Gaddis,
J. C.
Gaddis, Millard E.
Gaddy, Willie

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 173
Gaites, Norwood A.
Gaither, Grover C.
Galaviz, Antonio
Gallardo, Andres Tejeda
Galloway,
H. Ed
Gama,
Victory Liberato
Gandia, Mario
Gann, Junior A.
Garcia, Alberto G.
Garcia, Manuel
Garcia, Pablo Tinoco
Gardiner, Joshua V.
Garrett, Marvin W.
Garrett, R. Paul
Gauthier, Vildoir
Gay, Pierce N.
Gaylor, Hank V.
Gaylor, Ora L.
Geneus, Rezius
Georges,
James W.
Georges, Reginald C.
Gibson, Bruce
Gibson,
W. K.
Gilileo, Carl D.
Gillenwater, Lawrence C.
Gillum, Perry E.
Gilmer, J. Lamar
Giordoni,
Emilio
Giraud, Ozias
Glass,
Eddie J.
Goins, Cecil L.
Goins, Granville
Goins, Lloyd P.
Goins, Richard D.
Goins, Sylvester (Jimmie), Jr.
Goins, William L.
Gonzalez, Job Flores
Gonzalez, Senen
Gonzalez, William
Goodnight,
Sam J.
Goodwin, Bennie F.
Goss, Douglas A.
Goss, William G.
Gossling, Percival
Graham, James Hardy
Graham, Newton
Graves, Oather B.
Gray, Edward A.
Gray, Johnnie
Gray, Willard H.
Gray, Willie
Greaves, Simeon G.
Green, Ben M.
Green, Charles S.
Green, Curtis
Green, Everett E.
Green, James H.
Green, Richard A.
Green, Walter O.
Greenaway, William D.
Greene, Arthur
Grier, Earl T.
Griffin, Bluford B.
Griffin, John H.
Griffith, Owen McD.
Grissom,
G. C.
Grubbs, James C.
Guerrier, Cateron
Guerrier, Dieudunord
Guire, Willard F.
Gumbs,
Alfred W.
Gunn, Rayford
Gustove,
Joseph
Gutierrez, Jose A.
Guzman, Refugio
Gwin, Joseph R.
H., Ceferino Hernandez
Hagood, Freddie W.
Haire, Henry M.
Haire, Lester H.
Hale, Milton B.
Hale, Thomas F., Jr.
Hall, A. John
Hall,
Donald R.
Hall, Emanuel O.
Hall, Jacob A.
Hall, James P.
Hall, Martin T.
Hall, Moses A.
Halonen, Armas I.
Hamby, Curtis D.
Hamm, Leonard B.
Hammock,
J. Thomas
Hammond,
Oliver L.
Haney, Clifford A.
Hanks, Edward J.
Hanners, Talmadge
Hardin, Thomas O.
Harding, Coleridge M.
Hardy, Earl H.
Hargraves, J. Marvin
Harkey, Ellison C.
Harper, John
Harper, Lalas, Jr.
Harriett, William B.
Harrington, Theodore B„ Jr.
Harris, Arthur C.
Harris, Floyd J.
Harris, Jack D.
Harris, Jack M.
Harris, William S.

174 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Harrison, Edward H.
Hart, Bennie
Hartley, Melvin L.
Hartman, Henry Edsel
Hawkins, H. Lavell
Hawkins, John S.
Haywood, Floyd B.
Heacox, Robert P.
Heckert,
William D.
Hembree, Walter D.
Henderson, Neais G.
Henderson, W. T.
Henriquez, Alberto Enrique
Henry, James A.
Henry, Joseph S.
Henry, William
Henry, Younis W.
Hensley, Jimmie R.
Hensley, Kenneth P.
Henson,
Charles H.
Henson, William E.
Hepburn, Joseph
Herman, Charles T.
Hernandez M., Erasto
Hernandez, Rafael Flecha
Herron, George R.
Hersey, Gerald H.
Hester, James E.
Hidalgo, Gregorio de Jesus
Hix,
Grady H.
Hodge, James D.
Hodge, Joseph
Holden,
Jesse S.
Holland, John C.
Holland, John F.
Holland, Mack
Holland,
Walter L.
Hollis, Willard A.
Holton, Ira R.
Homer, Thomas A.
Hooker, Eugene R.
Hopper, William H., Jr.
Horn, Lloyd V.
Home, Albert B.
Horne, Clarence L.
Horner, Grady V.
Horton, William H., Jr.
Hoskins,
Eddie M.
Howard, William A.
Howell, Roland E.
Huff, Harold F.
Hughes, Alton J.
Hughes, David H.
Hughes, Howard E.
Hughes, Joseph J.
Hulett, Eschol
Humes, Emanuel I.
Humphreys, Ulysses G.
Hunt, Howard J.
Hunter,
Brian J.
Hutch, Raymond, Jr.
Hutchens, Willie
Hutchison, John W.
Hutson,
Frank E.
Hutto, William E.
Hyatt, James
Ibarra, Fidel Hernandez
Ibarra, Genara Mejia
Ibarra, Hilario Hernandez
Infante, Manuel Estrada
Ingram, John C.
Innocent, Diennapal
Isaacs, Donald M.
Isbell, James H.
Isma, Eristal
Ivins, Harvey J.
Jackman, Edgar
Jackman, Harold L.
Jackson, Carson M.
Jackson, Charles M.
Jackson, Thomas
Jacques, Andre
James, B. Fredrick
James, Ralph
Jared, Clive E.
Jean, Alcine
Jefferson, Monroe
Jeffrey, Nathaniel R.
Jenkins, Harvey E.
Jenkins, Jack O.
Jernigan, Allen M.
Jernigan, Jesse W.
Jeune, Ramean
Johns, Edmon W.
Johns, Theodore
Johnson, Clovis A.
Johnson, Daniel W.
Johnson, Dolly L.
Johnson, Edgar
Johnson, Henry L.
Johnson, Hinton C.
Johnson,Jacobo
Johnson, Josclyn
Johnson, Laureston B.
Johnson, Luther O.
Johnson, Milton
Johnson, Oscar E.
Johnson, Thomas Lee
Johnson, Uhijah
Johnson, Virgil O.
Jolly, William E., Sr.
Jones, Arthur C.

MINUTES OF THE' 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 175
Jones, Clarence E.
Jones, Edward L.
Jones, George L.
Jones, Grover C.
Jones, Harold L., Sr.
Jones, J. Thurmon
Jones, John Roy
Jones, Levi H.
Jones, LJoyd L.
Jones, Luther C.
Jones, M. Corbie
Jones, Mareeline N.
Jones, Melbern J.
Jones, Mikey C.
Jones, Oscar
Jones, Ray C.
Jones, Robert L.
Jones, William F.
Jordan, John
Jordan, Leslie S.
Josa, Cledon
Joseph, Chery
Joseph, Prudent
Josleyn, Ernest E.
Josleyn, William H.
Jourden, James A.
Jovial, Jacob A.
Jubisson, Thermonfils
Judd, Emmett O.
Judd, Henry M.
Judd, John M.
Katrisosis, Demetrios P.
Kay,
John Lemuel
Keenan, Allan S.
Keller, Edgar C.
Kelly, Seaborn W.
Kelley, Wesley
Kelley, William H.
Kelly,
Brazil
Kelly,
Leslie
Kemp,
Onnie M.
Kephart, E. Carmack
Keys,
Charles T.
Kidd, Willie S., Jr.
Killingsworth, James H.
Killingsworth, J. K.
Kimsey,
Don
Kinard, John H.
Kinder, Raymond C.
King,
Albert
King,
John E.
King, Leslie
Kirby, Marshall D.
Kirton, Michael G.
Knight, Steadman
Knights, Stanley E.
Knowles, Curtis M.
Knowles,
Samuel V.
Koelz, Otto
Kroon,
John A.
Kuykendall, H. H.
Lafleur, Ephraim
Lafosse, Hermann
Laguerre, Civilus
Lamb, Carrol D.
Lamb, Henry J.
Lamb, Raymond E.
Lamb, William L.
Lambert, Arthur H.
Lambert, Don W.
Lambert, Willie B.
Lance, Ralph W.
Lane, Wallace C.
Lange, Charles F.
Lanter, Charles C.
Laporte, Armand
Larson, Mervin N.
Larson, Virlin E.
LaRue, Clarence R.
Lashley, George
LaSure, Clifford A.
Lavigne, Robert B.
Lawley, Grady C.
Lawrence, Benjamin J., Jr.
Lawrence, Leroy A.
Lawrence, Paul
Lawrence, Vanderbilt
Lawson, Vernon M.
Leach, Bobby H.
Leach, Burchell B.
Ledezma,
Gilberto Fregozo
Ledford, Millard Lee
Lee, Buster O.
Lee, James E,
LeGrand, Ralph
Lester, Ralph L.
Lewellyn, William
Lewis,
Bill B.
Lewis, Ernest E.
Lewis, John M.
Lewis, Shadrach, Sr.
Leyva, Fortunato Munoz
Lilly,
LeRoy H.
Linare, Leoncio Momblas
Lindner, Clifford C.
Lineberry, Conrad O.
Llaneza,
George S.
Lofton, Millard T.
Lolley, Dewie T.
Lolley, Juniel M.
Longin, Septimus A.
Longmire, Buford C.

176 MINUTES OP THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Longstreth, Daniel S.
Lopez, Charles G.
Lopez, Jose Armando
Lopez, Pedro Bamos
Lord, E. Homer
Louis, Cedanor Pierre
Louis,
Holdman Pierre
Louis, Jules Jean
Louis, Oldman Pierre
Lowe, J. Wendell
Lowman,
J. Dudley
Lowman, W. Elroy
Loyed,
Jim Oscar
Lubin, Augustin
Lucien, Paul
Lucien, Pierre
Lucien, Tderock
Lyle,
Joseph E.
M., Oswaldo Alfonso
Madison, Bobby G.
Magaha,
Joseph A.
Mahaffy, Fredrick P.
Maine, William E.
Majors, Frank H.
Majors, Robert Hermon
Makar, Andrew A.
Maldonado,
Felix Soto
Maldonado,
Mariano
Malphrus, William W.
Mancil,
Leon
Mandrusiak, Nick
Manley, Marvin C.
Mannon,
Oscar L.
Mannon,
Tilford
Manus,
James E.
Marcellus,
Fanor
Marchor, Jorge
Markham, Raymond W.
Marlowe,
Herbert L.
Marr, Frank
Marshall, Michael C., Sr.
Martin, Gladdus
Martin, Herbert D.
Martin, Leonard J.
Martin, William L.
Massey, George H.
Massingale,
William D.
Mathews,
Gerald S.
Mathis,
Bill
Matthews, D. Elwood
Matthews, Maxwell E.
Mauldin, Willie L.
May, Charles H.
Mays, Clyde A.
Mays, Kyle
McBride,
William B.
McCarley, William R.
McClure, Kermet
McCormack,
Lloyd L.
McCoy, Lige
McDaniel, Joseph R.
McDaniel Willie P.
McDowell, Robert W.
McFall, Charles
McGee, George E.
McGill, Phillip E.
McGill, Wilford
McGough, Mack E.
McIntosh, David A.
McIntyre, J. W.
Mclver, Floyd
McKemie, Willie W.
McKinney, Floyd R.
McLish, Frederick A.
McMahan, W. L.
McNabb, Clarence E.
McNabb, Jeff D.
McNeely, Cecil C., Jr.
McNeill, George
McNeill, William E.
Meade, Gatewood A.
Meador, Alton, Jr.
Meadows, Donald E.
Medina, Angel
Medina,
Juan Estrada
Medina, Julian Estrada
Medlin,
George E.
Meglemre, Robert B.
Mejia, Cornelio Monzon
Menard, Emmanuel
Mendez, Antonio
Mendez, Espectacion Mendez y
Mercer, Leslie L.
Messer,
Bentley
Messer,
James H.
Michel, Altimon
Michel, Surin
Michel, Theodore
Miles, Joseph B.
Millanta, A. Joseph
Miller, John F.
Miller, Joseph J.
Miller, Wendell H.
Mincher, Jonathan W.
Minter, Bobby N.
Missick, Hilton C.
Mixon, John Q.
Mixon, Roy D.
Mock, Levy C.
Molock, Charles A.
Monace, Jules
Moncrief,
George T.

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 177
Monplaisir, Denoiis
Monroe, Charlie L.
Montague,
David A.
Mon'tgomefvTF.~EugeHg
Mooney, Verne L.
Moore, Alvin
Moore, Donald E.
Moore, Harry Lee
Moore, William L.
Morales, Telesforo
Moralez,
Angel Hernandez
Moreland,
Charles B.
Morgan,
James L.
Morgan, W. Earl
Morrell, James C.
Morrell, Melvin L.
Morris, James V.
Morris, James W.
Morris, Robert T.
Morrison, Aston R.
Morrison,
John W.
Moss, Paul T.
Motes, Miles
Mounce, J. Eddie
Moya, Jose Zabaleta
Munroe,
Richard H.
Murphy, Donald L.
Murphy, Harold
Murphy, John B.
Murphy, Kenneth P.
Murray, Arthur C.
Murray, Billy D.
Murray, Elbert L.
Murray, William J.
Muscadin,
Julien
Musial, Martin
Nagel,
Arthur E.
Nagel, Frederick H.
Napoleon,
Marcel Jean
Naughton, Orville V.
Navas, Juan Jose Rodriguez
Neal, Albert M.
Neal, Quentin
Nelson, Destin
Nelson, Robert C.
Nembhard, Joscelyn A.
Nestor,
Fenelon
Neumans,
Clarence H.
Neville,
Arthur
New,
Paul S.
Newdiger, Oscar, Sr.
Newkirt, John C.
Newport, David E.
Nicolas, Nelzil
Nixon, Ernest C.
Noe, Pearl B.
Noe, R. Eugene
Normon, Thomas M.
Notice, St. Remy
Nunnery, William R.
O’Dell, David W.
Oliver, George D.
Oiler, Marvin B.
Olmstead,
Guy O.
O’Neal, Richard C.
Oppert, Lawrence R.
Orr, Troy E.
Ortega M., Germain A.
Ortega M., Javier
Ortiz,
Hector
Ortiz,
Miguel A.
Ortiz, Ramon
Orvilus,
Anastal
Overstreet, Judson E.
Owen,
J. Leon
Owens, Guy G.
Owens, Odell L. (Johnny)
Padilla, Edward
Padilla, Juan B.
Pagan, Teodora Figueroa
Page, Alton M.
Parker, Allard
Parker, Brown D.
Parker, Chester L.
Parker, Elbert L.
Parker, George
Parker, J. M.
Parr, Alston E.
Parton, William V.
Pascua, Justino N.
Passmore, Wilmon R.
Patterson, A. Jack
Patterson, Billy
Patterson, John W.
Patterson, Oliver
Patton, James
Payne, Ray P.
Payne,
Willard L.
Paynter, Willie T.
Payton, Herman
Peak, Leroy
Pearce, James S.
Peavy, Leumoin A.
Peek, Henry C.
Peek, Henry K.
Peek, Wayne
Pendergrass, Joseph C.
Penn, Joseph B.
Pennant, Ferdinand
Pennel, George
Pense, Vernon

178 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Pentecost, Charles T.
Pentecost, James D.
Perdomo, Pablo Pavon
Perez, Dionicio
Perez, Gerardo
Perez, Joe C.
Perez, Jose Antonio
Perez Juan Cortez
Perez, Roberto Vivas
Perez, Urbano Diaz
Peters, Norris J.
Peters, William E.
Peterson, Arthur C.
Peterson, Charles R.
Petrella, Carlos Nicolas
Petty, H. T.
Pettyjohn, Woodrow W.
Phelps, Carl A.
Philippe, Philockes
Phillips, J. Frank
Phillips, Ralph R.
Phillips, William O.
Picard, Armand
Pierre, Lexius
Pierre, Michel
Pierre-Louis, Yoassena
Pillado, Eduardo V.
Pimentel, Nestor Cadenas
Pittman, Horace
Pittman, Leonard J.
Pitts,
John B.
Pitts, Ralph W.
Pless, Perry J.
Plumley, Bernie, Jr.
Plummer, Everett L.
Polete, Herman E.
Pollard, L. Lewis
Pope,
Arthur C.
Porter, Monte V.
Porter, William R.
Porter, William V., Jr.
Powell, B. H.
Powell, James O.
Powell, John C.
Powell, Norris A.
Powell, Thadis M.
Powers, Raymond L.
Prather, Roy L.
Pratt, Emanuel
Pratt, R. V. Lee
Preston, Daniel D.
Preston, Johnnie H.
Prewitt, Billy R.
Price, Harrison E.
Priest, Herbert H.
Prince, Roy M.
Pruitt, Elmer C.
Pruitt, Robert J.
Pulido, Martiniano Cuebas
Pursell, Henry
Purvis, Samuel S.
Puryear, Cecil H.
Pyburn, Leslie E.
Quick, William Alonzo
Quintera, Raul Arollo
Quisenberry, Charles M.
R., Gustavo Rosales
Rabsatt, William E.
Raburn, Nelson W. D.
Rahming, George
Rainwater, J. R.
Ramey, W. Harry
Ramirez,
Antonio M.
Ramirez, Carlos A.
Ramirez,
Leopoldo Eugenio
Ramirez, Pedro J.
Ramos, Jose
Rampey, Ted
Ramsey,
Francis M.
Ratcliff, Douthat F.
Ravencraft, J. F.
Ray, Elvin G.
Ray, Leon N.
Redden, Charnel Don
Reed,
Harold D.
Reid, David J.
Reid, Hezekiah
Reid, Marshall T.
Reid, W. Oma
Rener, George C.
Renew, John L.
Renteria, Enrique Medina
Reyes, Ernesto C.
Reyes, Jose Trejo
Reynolds,
Arnold F.
Reynolds,
C. F.
Reynolds,
James H.
Reynolds,
Robert J.
Rhoads, O. Burk
Rich, David D.
Richard, Carius
Richard, Theogane
Richardson, Basil W.
Richerson,
Joe
Richey,
Olin D.
Rick, Carl M.
Rickard, Joe A.
Ricks, James R.
Ridlespurge, Wesley
Riggs, Billy M.
Rios, Ruben Arcos
Risner, C. W.

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 179
Rivenbark, Bailey
Rivera, Elias Lopez
Roach, Obadiah
Robbins,
Emmett C.
Roberts, Estes M.
Roberts, John E.
Roberts, Richard M.
Roberts, Virgil L.
Robinson,
Guy T.
Robinson,
Jack
Robinson,
Kenneth J.
Robinson,
Otto
Robinson,
Otto, Jr.
Rochester,
Rupert S.
Roddy, B. Douglas
Rodman,
T. Linwood
Rodriguez,
Joe A.
Rodriguez,
Pedro Moreno
Roe, Tannie T.
Rolle, Gordon W.
Rolle, Samuel J.
Rolle, Timothy
Romanowski,
Otto
Romilus,
Oxygene
Rowsey, Leslie A.
Royster, Thomas
Ruff,
Bergan C.
Ruff, Paul E.
Runnels, W. Edgar
Russell,
Charles W.
Rutherford, Arvol A.
Rymer, Norwell L.
Rymer, S. Reuben
Sabo,
Georg
Saint Cyr, Hercule
Saint Vil, Sainvilus
Sakelaris, Peter J.
Salazar, Cresencio
Salmon,
Willie L.
Sample, T. Franklin
Samuels,
Joseph L.
Samuels,
Loyd W.
Sanders, Sanford S.
Sanders, W. Arvil
Sandoval, Roberto Ernesto
Sands,
John M.
Sanner, G. A.
Santiago, Luis
Sapp, Robert C.
Satterfield, Curry
Satterfield, Harley B.
Saunders, Alaric W. U.
Saunders, Randolph
Schneider, Leon
Scott, Cecil
Scott, Harry E.
Scott, Lawrence D.
Scotton, Charles M.
Scotton,
H. Frank
Scotton,
Lee Roy
Scotton,
Marvin T.
Scotton, Willie T.
Scroggins,
William E.
Searle, Athol R.
Sedwick, B. F.
Sedwick, Dale F.
Segura, Matilde Hernandes
Senat, Felix
Seratt, Otis A.
Settle, Roy C.
Settles, Carl C.
Sewell, Milton M.
Shaffer, Daryl L.
Sharpe, John H., Jr.
Shaw, Stanford
Sheely, Floyd E.
Shelton, Dallas J.
Shelton, Elijah
Shelton, George R.
Shepard, Willie M.
Shepherd, L. D. Verrow
Sherrill, Clayton C.
Shiakallis, Christos C.
Shinn,
Alva H.
Shipley, Claude A.
Sholar, Gene A.
Shook, Robert E.
Shroyer, Pleonard G.
Sidebottom, Warner F.
Sides,
Vernil H.
Silencieux, Joseph
Siley,
Fitz Albert
Simeon,
Dieudonne
Simmons, Errol J.
Simmons, Jake
Simpson,
C. S.
Simpson, John Paul
Skipper, Horace M.
Slatton, D. Karl E.
Sluder, Charlie
Smith, Bobby R.
Smith, Clarence G.
Smith, D. Eugene
Smith, Dan
Smith, David
Smith, Fitz Roye O.
Smith, Frank W.
Smith, Gilbert L.
Smith, H. E., Jr.
Smith, Howard L.
Smith, Hubert R.
Smith, James

180 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Smith, Jesse C.
Smith, Marvin M.
Smith, Oswald David
Smith, Robert F.
Smith, Sam
Smith, Sam A.
Smith, Sandy
Smith, W. A.
Smith, Walter S.
Smith, William N.
Snodgrass,
Kenneth R.
Snow, Bobby R.
Snow, Hobert Lee
Snyder, Clarence S.
Sorel, Anylus
Soria, Santiago Soria
Soto, Antonio Ledezma
Sowell,
Lewis Frank
Spears, James A.
Speed, Steve D.
Spell, Lowron M.
Spence,
Joseph J.
Spencer, Garland H.
Spencer, Scott A.
Spurling, Delmar L.
Spurlock, J. Leslie
Spurlock, Virgil Ray
Stacy, M. Lawson
Stanley, Mosko R.
Stephens, Nathaniel
Stephens, W. Walter
Stephenson, Wadie Lee
Stevens,
Adolpho
Stevens, Alfredo
Stevens, George
Stevens, John L.
Stewart, Carl H.
Stiles, William B.
Stockdale, James M.
Stone,
Clifford M.
Stone,
Dallas R.
Stone, Elby Ray
Stone,
Ellis
Stone,
Julian L.
Stonell, John Willie
Strecheniuk, Sergie U.
Strickland, Bruce
Strickland, James W.
Strickland, Loyd W.
Strilec, John E.
Stump, Robert L.
Sturgeon, James D., Sr.
Sulffridge, Charley
Sulffridge, Clarence
Sullivan, J. P.
Sullivan,
J. Russell
Sullivan, Lee J.
Sutton, E. Earl
Swaggerty, Luther C.
Swann, Joseph M.
Sweat, Charles, Jr.
Sweat, James W.
Switzer, Wilbur F.
Sykes,
James T.
Sykes, Virgil J.
Tackett, Louie M.
Talbott, Charles R.
Tanner, Ewing E.
Tarin, Pablo G.
Tasker, Vernard
Taylor, Earl F.
Taylor, Gilbert C.
Taylor, Hiram M.
Taylor, J. W.
Taylor, Mager M.
Taylor, Nathaniel
Tellado,
Domingo Ramos
Tellez, Guillermo Nunez
Thabor, Raphael Benigue
Thebaud, Paul
Thedor, Kurry
Therrell, James C.
Thomas,
Egbert A.
Thomas,
Henry
Thomas,
Jack E.
Thomas, O. Carrol
Thompson,
Joseph D.
Thompson,
Luther M.
Thompson, Warren F.
Thorn, Cecil C.
Thornhill, Arthur M.
Thurston, Sam
Tijera, Ulises
Tilias, Tilien
Tillman, Thomas
Tipton,
Bernie
Tolbert, Johnny R.
Torres, Jose Garcia
Totherow, Manuel M.
Toussaint, Isaiah E.
Townsend,
Lonnie
Traficanto, Frank J.
Trevino, Frank R.
Trogdon,
Barney, Jr.
Tucker, Halbert A.
Turner, Charles W.
Turner, Linford A.
Turner, Willie L.
Ulansky, Matthew
Upole, Charles C.
Uris, Melchor Agundez

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 181
Urseth, Loren H.
V., Maximiliano Castaneda
V., Sotero Gomez
Valenzuela R., Isabel
Valenzuela,
Jose Regalado
Vandever, Alvin M.
Vandever, Wesley
Vanover, Morton Y.
Vargas P., Felipe
Varnadore, Homer G.
Vaughn, Robert J.
Velazquez, Anacleto
Velez, Estanislao Torres
Vernon,
Horace E.
Vilcin, Olinma
Villard, Voltair
Vinson, Floyd S.
Vinson, R. Hardy
Volcy, Samson
Volmar,
Paulemont
Waddell,
Sidney P.
Wade, Edgar E.
Waden, Daniel C.
Wadlington,
David B.
Wakeman, George H.
Walker, Charles T.
Walker, Elmer G.
Walker, Frederick U.
Wallace,
Carl A.
Wallace, Millard T.
Wallace,
Raymond
Wallace,
S. Raeford
Wallen,
Kemp W.
Walpole, Joseph R.
Waiters, Henry L.
Washburn, Fred E.
Washington,
H. Frank
Watson, James C.
Watts, Grayer H.
Waugh, Robert L.
Weakley, Eugene
Weatherford, Jadean
Weathers, Joseph T.
Weathers, Joseph T., Jr.
Webb, Francis J.
Webb, George B.
Webbe, James N.
Welch, Bobby G.
Welch, D. L.
Weldon, Andrew J.
Weldon, William W.
Wells, John E.
Wells, Ralph V.
Wentz, James H.
West, Furman F.
Westberg, David E.
Westberry, Lois Daniel
White,
Henry L.
White, Olen
White,
Walter F.
Whitener, Glen W.
Whitman, J. Edward
Whitt, Johnie L.
Whittington, Ray
Widener, Loy W.
Wiggins, Everette H.
Wiggins, Steve
Wilkerson, Delbert M.
Wilkinson,
James M.
Williams,
Alexander, Jr.
Williams,
Alphaeus
Williams,
Alton T.
Williams,
Chester A.
Williams,
Clarence R.
Williams,
Cleveland T.
Williams,
Fred D.
Williams,
James C.
Williams,
John H.
Williams,
John R.
Williams,
Timothy
Williamson,
Toxie L.
Williford,
Bruce B.
Williford,
Clarence B.
Willing,
Lindsay T.
Willingham, Wallace E.
Willis, Clifford
Wilson, Arthur L.
Wilson, Charles E.
Wilson, Elson G.
Wilson, M. Alva
Wimpy, Dewey C.
Windham, Riley H.
Witter, Easton M.
Wolfgong, Lester J.
Womack,
B. Lloyd
Wood, John C.
Wright, Omer R.
Wright, Posey J.
Wright, Robert W.
Yager,
James A.
Yardley, Jonnie L.
Yoder,
Eli
York, Nathan
Young, David E.
Zabaleta, Alberto Ortiz
Zamor,
Laheus
Zidor,
Josa
Zidor,
Pierre
Zornes,
Richard L.

182 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
FEMALE EVANGELISTS
Abies, Mrs. Florene E.
Adams,
Mrs. Ada B.
Adams, Mrs. Doris A.
Adams,
Mrs. Goldie
Adams,
Mrs. Opal D.
Adderly, Mrs. Edith D.
Akin,
Mrs. Irene O.
Alderete, Mrs. Sue K.
Allaway, Mrs. Lillian M.
Allen, Miss E. Lucile
Allen,
Miss Frances
Allen,
Mrs. Odessa L.
Allen, Mrs. Odessa Mae
Allen,
Mrs. Silla
Allwood, Mrs. C. Celestina
Amaya, Miss Clara Dias
Ammons,
Mrs. Dorothy C.
Anderson, Miss Julia M.
Anderson, Mrs. Loretta A.
Anderson,
Mrs. Thelma C.
Andrews, Mrs. Esther A.
Anschutz,
Mrs. R. Arlene
Aprazin, Miss Cecile
Arnold, Mrs. Olena F.
Aschbacher, Mrs. Mayme L.
Aucoin, Mrs. Lillian D.
Axland, Mrs. Violet R.
Ayers,
Mrs. Florence A.
Bailes,
Mrs. Rosa A.
Bailey, Mrs. Rubie O.
Bain, Mrs. Idella
Baker, Mrs. E. Marie
Baker, Mrs. Mary Lou
Baldozier,
Mrs. Mildred M.
Baldwin, Mrs. Alice
Ballew, Mrs. Grace
Banister, Mrs. Meddie P.
Barker, Miss Evelyn R.
Barker, Mrs. Grace E.
Barnett, Mrs. Johnnie Kate
Barnett, Mrs. Lorena
Bartley, Mrs. Dona
Bates, Mrs. Maxine L.
Baxter, Mrs. Marie E.
Baxter, Mrs. Martha Jane
Beard, Mrs. Amanda Irene
Beasley,
Mrs. Geneva
Beasley,
Mrs. Judith M.
Beck, Mrs. Rowena M.
Beecham,
Mrs. Lottie B.
Beemer, Mrs. Carolyn F.
Beers, Mrs. Goldie G.
Bell, Mrs. Lillian M.
Bell, Mrs. Yvonia J.
Beilis, Mrs. Margel J.
Belt, Mrs. Evia Jane
Benedyk, Mrs. G. Imogene
Bennett, Mrs. Mildred C.
Best,
Mrs. Lydia E.
Bethel, Mrs. Evelyn
Betterson, Mrs. Emma Lee
Bird, Mrs. Gwynneth F.
Bivens,
Mrs. Wilma P.
Blackerby, Mrs. Ida S.
Blanchard, Mrs. Mary A.
Blyden, Miss Alice E.
Bogle, Mrs. Iris
Bohannon,
Mrs. Alga
Boone, Mrs. Allene L.
Bosler, Mrs. Dorra Helen
Bougie, Mrs. Emeline A.
Bounds,
Mrs. E. Pauline
Bowden,
Mrs. Euna
Bowerman, Mrs. Galathia V.
Bowman,
Mrs. Ernie J.
Boyer, Mrs. Denis
Boyles, Miss Willard H.
Brackett, Mrs. Damie M.
Brackett, Mrs. Elsie L.
Bradford, Mrs. Elizabeth
Bradley, Mrs. V. Irene
Bradshaw, Mrs. Louie V.
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. Iris May
Brown,
Mrs. Joyce M.
Brown, Mrs. Kathryn J.
Brown, Mrs. Laura Francis
Brown, Mrs. Leatha L.
Brown, Mrs. Lela
Brown, Mrs. Ruby O.
Brown, Mrs. Sofira V.
Browne,
Mrs. Ermyntrude G.
Brumley, Mrs. Estrianna
Bryan, Mrs. Cynthia M.
Buchannon, Mrs. Miriam S.
Buckhalter, Mrs. Emma L.
Buie,
Mrs. M. Kate
Burchett, Mrs. Leona
Burris, Mrs. Irene M.
Burruss, Mrs. Carrie B.

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 183
Burt, Mrs. Marie
Bush,
Miss G. Doris
Butler, Mrs. Bertha N.
Butler, Mrs. Estelle L.
Butler, Miss Geraldine M.
Butler, Mrs. Gladys E.
Butterfield, Mrs. Aurelia B.
Butts, Mrs. Louise
Byfield, Miss Mandeleto O.
Cabler, Mrs. Lessie
Caldwell,
Mrs. Adelle Mae
Callahan, Mrs. Polly G.
Camden, Mrs. Pearl
Cameron,
Miss Ethel M.
Camink, Miss Verda
Campbell,
Mrs. Vera Nell
Carbajal, Mrs. Celinda
Sandoval de
Carden, Mrs. Pauline O.
Carpenter, Mrs. Pauline N.
Carroll, Mrs. Nettie R.
Carter, Mrs. Artiller
Carter, Mrs. Burtha Mae
Carter, Mrs. Mertella C.
Carver, Mrs. Eva
Cason, Mrs. Mamie
Cassady,
Mrs. M. Geneva
Cates,
Mrs. Pearl
Caudill, Mrs. Eileen
Chandler, Mrs. Mabel J.
Childers, Mrs. Gladys
Clark, Mrs. Bertha
Clark, Mrs. Geneva B.
Clark, Mrs. Roberta
Clark, Mrs. Sylvia
Clark, Mrs. Veda M.
Clarke, Mrs. Jane A.
Clay, Mrs. Gladys M.
Cleaver, Mrs. Beulah D.
Cleland, Mrs. Beulah J.
Cochran, Miss Neita Fay
Codrington, Miss Jane
Cole, Mrs. Bessie B.
Collie, Mrs. Drusilla L.
Collins, Mrs. Bettie Lee
Colvin, Mrs. Stella Ruth
Concepcion, Mrs. Coral Cardet de
Cone, Mrs. Geraldine-
Cook, Mrs. Lucy
Cooke, Mrs. Ena V.
Cooley, Mrs. Eula M.
Cooper, Mrs. Annie L.
Cooper, Mrs. Flora B.
Corlew, Mrs. Bessie E.
Corlew, Mrs. Mattie
Covey, Mrs. Golda E.
Cowart, Mrs. Mary Lou
Cowart,
Mrs. Nettie Lee
Cox, Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Cox, Mrs. Mary
Craver, Mrs. Bernice I.
Craver, Mrs. Era Bee
Crenshaw, Miss Mina Mae
Crenshaw, Mrs. Nell M.
Crews, Mrs. Rener
Crook, Mrs. C. Adelle
Crooks,
Mrs. Inah
Culbertson, Mrs. Beulah
Culmer, Mrs. Rosanna
Cupit, Mrs. Mable
Cureton, Mrs. Carrie
Currithers, Miss Louise A.
Curry, Mrs. Elsie
Curry, Mrs. Lois
Curtis, Mrs. Letha
Curtis, Mrs. Miriam
Dailey,
Miss Mary Lee
Darnell, Mrs. Eula Mae
Darnell, Mrs. Louise A.
Darty, Mrs. Mary Lorene
Daugherty, Mrs. M. Bernice
Davenport, Mrs. Zillie Mae
Davidson,
Mrs. Annie
Davis, Mrs. Audra
Davis, Mrs. C. Evelyn
Davis, Mrs. Daisy
Davis, Mrs. Fannie
Davis, Mrs. Ludie
Davis,
Mrs. Nannie
Davis,
Mrs. Rachel E.
Davis, Mrs. Sarah
Daxon,
Mrs. Ophelia E.
Deadrick, Mrs. Dorothy
Decker, Mrs. Maxine
de Henry, Mrs. Marjorie
O. Matthew
Delaney, Mrs. F. Corene
Delay,
Miss Mezina
de Mendoza, Mrs. Guadalupe C.
Denegal,
Mrs. Mary
de Rogue, Mrs. Amada Leal Linda
Dervil, Mrs. Herminie
Deveaux, Mrs. Tereseta
Dickey,
Mrs. Lois M.
Dingier, Mrs. Gertrude M.
Dishman,
Mrs. Leva
Dison, Miss Mabel
Dorsett, Mrs. Cora L.
Douglas, Mrs. Ella Mae
Douglas, Mrs. L. Christine
Dover,
Miss Olivene
Dubique, Mrs. Anesta

184 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Duncan, Mrs. Rosa Lee J.
Dunn,
Mrs. Evelyn M.
Dupin, Mrs. Opal
Duvoll,
Mrs. L. Della
Dwire, Mrs. Bessie C.
Dyer, Mrs. Hazel L.
Earls, Mrs. Faye Marie
Easley,
Mrs. Velma M.
Easterling, Mrs. Edith F.
Edralin, Mrs. Dorothy E.
Edward, Mrs. Zelenna
Eldridge, Mrs. Opal Jean
Elliott, Mrs. Ruth E.
Ellis, Mrs. Ova L.
Ellis, Mrs. Rosetta L.
Endecott, Mrs. Edythe
Endecott, Mrs. Ruth A.
English, Mrs. Ruby
Enoch, Mrs. Settie J.
Estep, Miss Georgia E.
Estira, Mrs. Oremise
Evans, Mrs. L. Inez
Ezell, Mrs. Ada L.
Faireloth, Mrs. D. Maxine
Farmer, Mrs. Veral
Ferguson, Mrs. Addie A.
Ferguson, Mrs. Elizabeth G.
Ferguson, Mrs. Flonnie
Ferguson, Mrs. Lillie E.
Ferguson, Mrs. Marrie E.
Ferguson, Mrs. Mary E.
Fernandez, Mrs. OtUia Ortezde
Ferro, Mrs. Maria O. de
Field, Mrs. A. Elizabeth
Fields, Mrs. Pearl
Filer, Mrs. Naomi
Finch, Mrs. N. Evelyn
Fitts, Mrs. Dessie F.
Fleming, Mrs. A. E. Bertie
Flick, Mrs. Catherine M.
Flint, Mrs. Naomi F.
Flippo, Mrs. Margie
Flippo, Mrs. Willie Lee
Foltz,
Mrs. Lena E.
Forbes, Mrs. Lallye Lee
Forbes, Mrs. Semmie D.
Foreman, Mrs. Thelma L.
Forrester, Mrs. Annie Bell
Foshee,
Mrs. E. Elvena
Foster, Mrs. Ella Mae
Fowler, Mrs. Evelyn
Fox,
Mrs. Medora M.
Fox, Mrs. Nettie M.
Francis, Mrs. Julia D.
Francis, Mrs. Marrian A.
Franklin, Mrs. Erma L.
Fredrickson, Mrs. Anna C.
Freeland, Mrs. M. Laveme
Freeman, Mrs. V. Marie
Fritts, Mrs. Edna Mae
Fulcher, Mrs. Lilian A.
Fyne, Mrs. Sarah
Gafford, Miss Alma R.
Garcia, Miss Bertha S.
Gardner, Mrs. Lillian E.
Gary, Mrs. K. Elizabeth
Gathers, Miss Opal A.
Gay, Mrs. Gladys M.
Gaylor, Mrs. Mildred L.
Gentry, Mrs. Pearl M.
Gibson, Mrs. Althea E.
Gibson, Mrs. Clara W.
Gibson, Mrs. Mary L.
Gibson, Mrs. Pearl
Gibson, Mrs. Rosa P.
Gilbert, Mrs. Ethel E.
Giles, Mrs. Josie
Gillum, Mrs. M. Christine
Gilmer, Mrs. Dessie G.
Giordain, Mrs. Brigitte
Gladney, Mrs. Clemmie P.
Glass, Mrs. Nettie E.
Godfrey, Miss Doris L.
Gohn, Mrs. Jettie L.
Goin, Mrs. Mary M.
Gomez, Mrs. Raquel Lopez de
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 Vashti E.
Grant, Miss Zerepha A.
Grassi,
Miss Ruby M.
Gray, Mrs. Christene B.
Green, Mrs. Julia E.
Green, Mrs. Marie
Greene,
Mrs. Lula
Griffin, Mrs. M. Louise
Groom, Mrs. Grace E.
Grossenbacher, Mrs. Lillie A.
Grubbs, Mrs. Lillian D.
Guest, Mrs. Ella G.
Guire, Mrs. Lois
Gunnels, Miss Mary E.
Gusman, Mrs. Maria R.
Haase, Miss Daisy Maye
Hadden, Mrs. Susie M.
Hagan, Mrs. Elsie
Hagerman, Miss Helen M.

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 185
Hagood, Mrs. M. Kathleen
Hailey, Mrs. Maggie L.
Haire, Mrs. Rachel H.
Hale, Mrs. Ida Virginia
Hale, Mrs. Mona F.
Haley, Mrs. Irene M.
Hall, Mrs. Lucita O.
Hall, Mrs. Olive F.
Hall, Mrs. Sadie Mae
Halpain, Mrs. Shirley L.
Hamilton, Miss Thomazina
Hamm,
Mrs. Mary Lois
Hampton, Mrs. Mary Lou
Hancock,
Mrs. Nellie Rae
Handheld, Mrs. Ethel R.
Handheld, Mrs. Josephine
Haney, Mrs. Ionee L.
Hansel, Mrs. D. Geneva
Hardin, Mrs. Dora Maye
Hardin, Mrs. Sylvia
Hardy, Mrs. Betty Ruth
Haren, Mrs. Jean
Harmon, Mrs. Alice P.
Harper, Mrs. Rebecca
Harrington, Mrs. Winifred V.
Harris, Mrs. Etta Belle
Harris, Mrs. Ila Lee
Harvey, Mrs. Bessie Rae
Hatcher, Miss Bettye M.
Haughton, Miss Emeline
Hawkins, Mrs. Clara M.
Hawkins, Mrs. Shirley E.
Haycraft, Mrs. Maude M.
Headen, Mrs. Pecolia C.
Heath, Miss Minnie M.
Heieie, Mrs. Eunice G.
Helms, Mrs. Verla M.
Henderson, Mrs. Barbara J.
Henderson, Mrs. Willie
Henry, Mrs. A. Lois
Henry, Mrs. Gladys
Henry, Miss Margaret L.
Henry, Mrs. Marjorie 0.
Henry, Mrs. Maud
Herne, Miss Amelie Vital
Herne, Mrs. Lurina
Herne, Miss Ninon Vital
Herring, Mrs. Claudie E.
Herring, Mrs. Elizabeth
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. Helen W.
Hill, Mrs. Orpha
Hill,
Mrs. Princie Ella
Hindman, Mrs. Gladys G.
Hodge, Mrs. Nettie Mae
Holcomb, Mrs. Bertha
Holland, Mrs. Berta V.
Holley, Mrs. Estefania F.
Hollingsworth, Mrs. Ella
Holmes, Mrs. Wedia
Hopkins, Mrs. Ollie
Hopper,
Mrs. Lydia
Horne, Miss Etta Jean
Horton, Mrs. Evadna H.
House, Mrs. Ruth M.
Howard, Mrs. Elva
Howard, Mrs. Fidelia
Howe, Miss Lucia Rosetta
Howell,
Mrs. Eva L.
Hoyte, Mrs. Mary
Hudson,
Mrs. Floy A.
Hughes, Mrs. Clyde M.
Hughes, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hughes,
Mrs. Gelene M.
Hughes, Mrs. Lorene
Hughes,
Mrs. Ruby
Humes,
Mrs. Eliza J.
Humphrey, Mb's. Carrie Mae
Humphreys, Mrs. Ollie V.
Hunt, Mrs. Mary Ellen
Hunter, Mrs. Letitia
Huskins, Mrs. Rosie L.
Ible, Mrs. Arabella
Ingram, Mrs. Maude C.
Jackson, Mrs. Jannie
Jackson, Mrs. Sula
Jacobs, Mrs. Beulah M.
Jacobson, Mrs. Agnes F.
Jarrard, Mrs. Eula S.
Jarrett, Mrs. Sylvia J.
Jenkins, Mrs. Etta Mae
Jennings, Mrs. F. Ursula
Jennings, Mrs. Pallie
Jernigan, Mrs. M. Jewel
Jeune, Mrs. Maxtinell
Jimenez, Mrs. Maria Concepcion
Johns, Mrs. Flora A.
Johnson, Mrs. Euna V.
Johnson, Mrs. Florence M.
Johnson, Mrs. Geneva M.
Johnson, Mrs. Georgia D.
Johnson, Mrs. Gwendolyn V.
Johnson, Mrs. Laura M.
Johnson, Mrs. Maria J. O. de
Johnson, Mrs. Mary Lou
Johnson, Mrs. Mirtella

186 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Johnson, Mrs. Nannie Lou
Jones, Mrs. A. Irene
Jones, Mrs. Anna Bell
Jones, Mrs. Clara Mae
Jones, Mrs. Cora Lee
Jones, Mrs. Frances L.
Jones, Mrs. Hannah
Jones, Mrs. Lizzie M.
Jones, Mrs. Mildred F.
Jones,
Mrs. Treava
Jordon, Mrs. Jennie L.
Jordan, Mrs. Lena Mae
Jose, Mrs. Frieda K.
Joyce, Mrs. Victoria
Jubisson, Mrs. Thermonfils
Keller, Mrs. Cora
Kelley, Mrs. Pearlie
Kelly,
Mrs. Anabel H.
Kestler, Miss Thelma B.
Key, Mrs. Pauline
Kinard, Mrs. Myrtle
King,
Mrs. Dora
King,
Mrs. Lucy
King,
Mrs. Mary M.
Knight, Miss Margaret
Knowles,
Mrs. Albertha
Ladoo, Mrs. Mariana J.
Lambert, Mrs. Mildred A.
Lance,
Mrs. Daisy D.
Lance, Mrs. T. Lois
Landin, Mrs. Corene M.
Lane, Mrs. Maisie Orleta
Lang, Mrs. Clara M.
Lanter, Mrs. Ann Louise
Lavender, Mrs. Bobbie Lee
Lawrance, Mrs. Malvina
Lawrence, Mrs. Hattie B.
Lawson,
Miss Lettie E.
Lawson,
Miss Ruth H.
Lawton, Mrs. Jeanette W.
Lay, Mrs. Ina A.
Lazenby, Mrs. Ellen
Ledford, Mrs. Allie
Ledford, Mrs. Carrie L.
Lee, Mrs. Gertrude M.
Leeper, Mrs. DeLila Z.
Lefler, Mrs. Ellen P.
Lesniak, Mrs. B. Clara
Lester, Mrs. Goldia
Lester, Mrs. Irene R.
Letsinger, Mrs. Alma E.
Lewin,
Mrs. Amy Elizabeth
Lewis,
Mrs. Essie B.
Lewis, Mrs. Olevia
Lightener, Mrs. Ivy Norvella
Linam, Mrs. Ollie
Linderman, Mrs. Mae
Linkous, Mis. Loula L.
Linville, Mrs. Cleo
Logsdon, Mrs. Mae
Lolley,
Mrs. Bessie Lee
Long, Mrs. Veneda T.
Longstreth, Mrs. Sophia H.
Louk,
Mrs. Anna
Love, Mrs. Anna Lois
Love, Mrs. Betty Lou
Love, Miss Nellie Sue E.
Lovell,
Miss Jimmye E.
Lowe, Mrs. Lela
Lowery, Mrs. Pauline M.
Lowman, Mrs. Buna
Loy,
Mrs. Webie V.
Lucas, Mrs. Annie Bell
Luck, Mrs. Rettie E.
Lunn, Mrs. Susan
Luster, Mrs. Julia
Luttrell, Mrs. Ina Mae
Mabe, Mrs. H. Romaine
Maddox, Miss Annie Maria
Mahaffey,
Mrs. Minnie B.
Mallory,
Mrs. Clemencia J.
Maney,
Mrs. Savannah G.
Manning,
Mrs. Norma L.
March,
Mrs. Princess A.
Marique, Mrs. Mary
Martin, Mrs. Fannie L.
Martin, Mrs. Maude
Martinez, Miss M. Eusebia
Martinez, Mrs. Sofia Padilla
Massey, Mrs. Rose Ella
Mather, Miss Thelma L.
Maxfield, Mrs. Mamie M.
May, Mrs. Verdie
Mayfield, Mrs. Dovie Maie
Mayhall, Mrs. Mary P.
Mays,
Mrs. Nannie Ruth
McBride,
Mrs. Luner B.
McCalla, Miss Sarah
McCartney,
Mrs. Willie M.
McClary,
Mrs. K. Maxine
McClure, Mrs. Jannie
McDaniel, Mrs. Hedy Jeanette
McDaniel, Mrs. Macy
McDowell, Mrs. M. Gertrude
McGehee, Mrs. Missie M.
McGinnis, Mrs. Amanda E.
McGlothlin,
Mrs. Onaway
McGreger,
Mrs. Leona
Mclver, Mrs. Minnie
McKay, Miss Louise
McLarine,
Mrs. Louise
McLean, Mrs. Avis

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 187
McLean, Mrs. Julia
McLeod, Mrs. Maria B.
McNeill, Mrs. Ethel L.
McNeill, Mrs. Lueile
McNeill, Mrs. Martha
Messner,
Mrs. Edith J.
Metcalf, Mrs. Edna A.
Mial, Miss W. Louise
Michel, Mrs. Surin
Miller, Mrs. Anna E.
Miller, Mrs. Girthree B.
Miller, Mrs. Inez
Millerson,
Mrs. Martha A.
Mills, Mrs. Eva J.
Miner, Mrs. Iva
Minter, Miss Beverly Ann
Miracle,
Mrs. Beulah E.
Miskelly, Mrs. Hallie Christine
Mitchell,
Mrs. Miriam M.
Mixon, Mrs. Dorotha V.
Mole,
Miss Joy Mae
Molina, Mrs. Iva Isabel Kelman de
Monroe, Mrs. Clara B.
Montgomery,
Mrs. Maxine
Moon, Mrs. Wynema L.
Moore,
Mrs. Carmen R.
Moore, Mrs. Dorothy L. V.
Moore, Mrs. Ethel
Moore, Mrs. Helen A.
Moore, Mrs. Helen Jolene
Moore, Mrs. Idellie
Moore, Mrs. M. Maxine
Morgan,
Mrs. Jerusha
Morris,
Mrs. Elizabeth
Mortimer, Miss Alicia R.
Moss,
Mrs. Annie W.
Moss, Mrs. Cecilia
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. E. Marie
Murray, Mrs. May Bell
Murray, Mrs. Mary
Murray, Mrs. Oma Lee
Myers, Mrs. Eliza H.
Neal, Mrs. Sybil S.
Neblett, Mrs. Lily Bell
Newdiger, Mrs. Mary Z.
Newsome, Mrs. Opal
Nibbs,
Miss Clarice D.
Nichols, Mrs. Ethel L.
Nichols, Mrs. LaVera
Nielly,
Mrs. Gladys
Nix,
Mrs. Eva Elizabeth
Nobles, Mrs. Dorothy F.
Nolen,
Mrs. Lillie J.
Norris, Mrs. Sarah K.
Nunez, Mrs. Maria de Jesus de
Nunnery, Mrs. Flora
Odom, Mrs. Phenia T.
Odom, Mrs. Rena K.
Oldham, Mrs. Della Mai
Olson, Mrs. Nora L.
Oneal, Mrs. Ozell
Ottley, Mrs. Regina
Overstreet, Mrs. Laura
Owens, Mrs. Villor
Paden, Mrs. Muriel L.
Padgett, Mrs. Pearline
Palmore, Mrs. Jersey Bell
Paquinett, Miss Josie B.
Parker, Mrs. Cleo
Parton, Mrs. Bettye June
Paschall, Mrs. Susie
Pate, Mrs. Faith Ellen
Patton, Mrs. Abigail J.
Paul, Mrs. Salome A.
Payne, Mrs. Mamie E.
Peat, Mrs. Willy
Peavy, Mrs. Katharine X.
Pentecost, Mrs. Helen L.
Perez, Mrs. Belen C.
Perez, Mrs. Paz de
Perozzo, Mrs. Bethyl Harriett
Perry, Mrs. Ruby P.
Persinger, Mrs. N. Elizabeth
Phillips, Mrs. Lougenia
Phillips, Mrs. Myrtle I.
Pickering, Miss Irene
Pickersgill, Miss Sylvia A.
Pittman, Mrs. Emma E.
Pittman, Mrs. Geraldine
Pittman, Mrs. Mae Bell
Platt, Mrs. Annie
Polete, Mrs. Margaret F.
Pollard, Mrs. Vera A.
Poole, Mrs. Maggieleen
Pope,
Mrs. Margaret Mae
Porter, Mrs. Lillie Mae
Possinger, Mrs. Helen M.
Potter, Mrs. Alice E.
Potter, Mrs. Pearl
Potts, Mrs. Vadie
Powell, Mrs. Clarice E.
Powell, Mrs. Madge
Powers, Mrs. Woody K.

188 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Pratt, Mrs. Ellen
Pratt, Mrs. Rebecca
Pressgrove, Mrs. Martha Mae
Pressley, Mrs. Rebecca
Price, Mrs. Alma J.
Price, Mrs. Freda
Price, Mrs. Martha
Price, Mrs. Minnie
Priest, Mrs. Clara E.
Priest, Mrs. Edna L.
Pruitt, Mrs. Ella M.
Pulliam, Mrs. Mamie
Purvis, Mrs. Evelyn F.
Pyles, Mrs. Jessie M.
Qualls, Mrs. Dicie E.
Quarles, Mrs. Doris
Qui, Mrs. Doris J.
Radford, Mrs. Imogene
Ramirez, Mrs. Trinidad H. de
Rampley, Mrs. Ila L.
Ramsey, Mrs. Mary
Randall, Mrs. Cora L.
Randolph, Mrs. Nola K.
Ranger, Miss Almina V.
Ratcliffe, Mrs. Margaret E.
Rauch, Miss Nettie L.
Ray, Mrs. Eva
Reed,
Mrs. Edna E.
Reed, Mrs. Emma
Reese,
Mrs. Sarah J.
Reese, Mrs. Vera
Reid,
Mrs. Luvenia
Reid,
Mrs. Myrtis
Rhorer, Mrs. Laura E.
Rice, Mrs. Hattie E.
Rider, Mrs. Verda
Rivers, Mrs. Nettie L.
Roach, Mrs. Ruth
Roberts, Mrs. Mysterious D.
Robertson, Miss Anna Louise
Robertson, Mrs. Thelma Louise
Robinson, Mrs. Georgetta
Robinson,
Miss Hazel C.
Robinson,
Miss Rachel A.
Robles, Mrs. Petra C.
Rochester, Mrs. Freda I.
Rodney, Mrs. Vera Pearl
Rodriguez,
Mrs. Josefa R.
Rodriguez,
Mrs. Zelma M.
Rolle, Miss Dorris
Romer,
Mrs. Margaret
Romero,
Miss Enedina Lascurain
Roop, Mrs. Mary S.
Rosales, Mrs. Delia Corina
Rose, Mrs. A. Dorthalene
Ruano,
Mrs. Micaela Lorini
Rubidoix, Mrs. Bella
Russelburg, Mrs. Ethel
Rye,
Mrs. Edna
Saint Cyr, Mrs. Bovil
Sample, Mrs. Rebecca L.
Samples,
Mrs. Maggie
Sanches, Mrs. Emma
Sanders, Mrs. Maisy
Schaad, Mrs. Lessie
Schmuck,
Miss Elizabeth M.
Schneider, Miss Alice M.
Scott,
Mrs. Lina
Scott,
Mrs. Martha J.
Scott, Mrs. Willie Mae
Scott,
Mrs. Lucy
Searcy, Mrs. Addie
Sedwick,
Mrs. Emilee D.
Sesco, Mrs. Rebecca
Shankle, Mrs. Lola Mae
Shaw, Mrs. Letitia
Shepherd, Mrs. Guida F.
Shewmaker, Mrs. Gerdia Mae
Shirley, Mrs. Gladys M.
Shreves, Mrs. Hazel P.
Shupe, Mrs. Bertha L.
Sigmon, Mrs. Mary Ellen
Silencieux, Mrs. Joseph
Simmons,
Mrs. Elsie M.
Simmons,
Mrs. Lougenia
Simmons,
Mrs. Rinda
Simmons,
Mrs. Sunie E.
Skaggs,
Mrs. Mary
Slater, Miss Violet A.
Slay, Mrs. Lela Ruth
Sloan,
Mrs. Mary Lura
Smith, Mrs. Anna Belle
Smith, Mrs. Anna Laura
Smith, Mrs. Autney L.
Smith, Mrs. Chlora M.
Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth
Smith, Mrs. Emmer J.
Smith, Mrs. Eunice
Smith, Mrs. Grace
Smith, Mrs. Leticia L.
Smith, Mrs. Louise
Smith, Mrs. Matilda
Smith, Mrs. Nevissa E.
Smith, Miss O. Maxine
Smith, Mrs. Olive B.
Smith, Mrs. Rea D.
Smothers, Mrs. Ida Mai
Snider, Mrs. Dorothy G.
Snow, Mrs. Lillian H.
Snyder, Mrs. Violet F.
Solomon, Mrs. Bessie Lee
Solomon, Mrs. M. Frances

MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL .ASSEMBLY 189
Somerville, Mrs. Hazel
Sowell,
Mrs. Carrie Belle
Spears, Mrs. Elsie Mae
Spencer, Mrs. Arlene M.
Spencer, Mrs. Ruth R.
Spradlin, Mrs. Bertha M.
Springer, Mrs. Adeline M.
Spry, Mrs. Thelma M.
Spurlock, Mrs. Lydia A.
Srygler, Mrs. Alpha Jane
Stacy,
Mrs. Ava J.
Stagner, Mrs. Lillian
Stanley, Mrs. Nellie Lee
Steed,
Mrs. Bertha A.
Stephens, Mrs. Alida V.
Stephens, Miss Bessie S.
Stephens, Mrs. Ethel E.
Stevens, Miss Bertha L.
Steward, Mrs. Delta Ray
Stewart, Mrs. Dora Lee
Stewart, Mrs. Vina M.
Stissel, Mrs. Lillie Mae
Stokes,
Mrs. Eva L.
Stone,
Mrs. Juanita
Stone,
Mrs. Sultana
Story, Mrs. Flossie E.
Stover, Mrs. Cora
Strachan, Mrs. Isadora
Strickland, Mrs. Jean
Stroup, Mrs. Gurtie
Stubbs, Mrs. Sivilda A.
Sullivan, Mrs. Augustine
Sutherland, Mrs. Ormie M.
Swancey, Miss Dorothy M.
Swenney, Mrs. Orene
Sylvain, Mrs. Therese
Talley, Mrs. Rosa
Tarleton, Mrs. Lillie
Tate, Mrs. H. Adele
Taylor, Mrs. Blanche E.
Taylor, Mrs. Carrie
Taylor, Mrs. Ella R.
Taylor, Mrs. Eunice L.
Taylor, Mrs. Joyce G.
Taylor, Mrs. Valerine M.
Taylor, Mrs. Victoria
Taylor, Mrs. Virgie Lee
Tejeda, Mrs. Celia Vigo de
Tessnear, Mrs. Eunice Irene
Thomas,
Mrs. Maggie
Thomas,
Mrs. Mary
Thomas,
Mrs. Maude
Thomas,
Miss Rosetta May
Thomason,
Mrs. A. Georgia
Thomason,
Mrs. Jessie Mae
Thompson,
Mrs. Edna M
Thompson, Mrs. Grace
Thompson,
Mrs. Gwendoline
Thompson,
Mrs. Jessie
Thompson,
Mrs. Marie Louise
Thompson,
Mrs. Mary H.
Thompson,
Mrs. Percie
Thompson,
Mrs. Virgie
Tilley, Mrs. Lila G.
Tillman, Miss M. Ernestine
Tillman, Mrs. Mary B.
Tinsley, Mrs. Edna S.
Todd, Mrs. Lillian O.
Tolbert, Mrs. Nina B.
Toney, Miss Emelcia L.
Trogdon,
Mrs. Lolar P.
Troop, Mrs. Mary E.
Trump, Mrs. Thelma M.
Tucker, Mrs. Katie I.
Vandergriff, Mrs. Mildred M.
Vanderhorst, Miss Emma
Vandever, Mrs. Oleta C.
Varlack, Miss Rena Doloris
Vaughn, Mrs. Cordie Lee
Velasco, Mrs. Juana
Vick, Mrs. Cora C.
Vickers, Mrs. Betty June
Vickers,
Miss Erma Lee
Villard, Mrs. Voltair
Vivas, Mrs. Natividad Torres de
Volmar, Mrs. Phanie
Voluntine, Mrs. Trudie
Wade,
Mrs. Rosilda E.
Waden, Mrs. Rosie
Wadley,
Mrs. Myrtle A.
Waggett, Mrs. Betty J.
Wagner, Mrs. Maggie
Wallace,
Mrs. Jannie Lee
Walser,
Mrs. Mary H.
Walt, Mrs. Maggie M.
Warmington, Miss Repha Leata
Watkins, Mrs. Pearl
Watson,
Mrs. Esther E.
Watts, Mrs. Josephine
Weathers, Mrs. Mamie V.
Webb, Mrs. E. Pauline
Webb, Mrs. Lena Lee
Webb, Mrs. Lillie M.
Wells, Mrs. Edna L.
Wells,
Mrs. Helen L.
Wells, Mrs. Vera L.
Wenger, Mrs. Alice I.
West, Mrs. Dolly G.
West, Mrs. Jeanetta J.
Whidden, Mrs. Susie M.
White, Mrs. Beatrice
White, Mrs. M. Alice

190 MINUTES OF THE 52ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
White, Mrs. Zilphia
Whitehouse,
Mrs. Katherine F.
Whitten, Miss W. Irene
Whyly,
Mrs. Victoria E.
Whyte,
Mrs. Petrona E.
Wilkerson,
Mrs. Bonnie
Wilkinson,
Mrs. Cassie J.
Williams,
Mrs. Adelaide
Williams,
Mrs. Annie Bell
Williams,
Mrs. Audrey A.
Williams,
Mrs. Bessie L.
Williams,
Mrs. Ethel O.
Williams,
Mrs. Eva L.
Williams,
Mrs. Francena Hill
Williams,
Mrs. Gertrude
Williams,
Mrs. Ivy Mae
Williams,
Mrs. Jane
Williams,
Mrs. Lizzie
Williams,
Mrs. Mary
Williams,
Mrs. Mattie L.
Williams,
Mrs. Mertilla
Williams,
Mrs. Monteal D.
Williams,
Mrs. Pearlene A.
Williams,
Mrs. Precious L.
Williams,
Mrs. Virginia R.
Willing,
Mrs. Ora Mae
Willoughby,
Mrs. Lula R.
Wilson, Mrs. Bessie A.
Wilson, Mrs. Joyce Marie
Wilson, Mrs. L. Eleanor
Wilson, Mrs. Lura
Wilson, Mrs. Naomi R.
Winters, Mrs. Gertrude
Wise, Mrs. Rose E.
Witherspoon, Mrs. Mazie
Wolfgong, Mbs. E. Rose
Wood, Mrs. Florence G.
Wood, Mrs. Jewell
Woodard,
Mrs. Eula
Woods, Mrs. Willean A.
Worthington, Mrs. Doris F.
Wright, Mrs. Doris May
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. Bertha Lois
Young, Mrs. Betty M.
Young, Mrs. Vallie I.
Zayas,
Miss Belkis Lopez

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