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Minutes
54th Annual General
Assembly
September 8-H, 1959
world-Wide Assembly
Tabernacle
Cleveland, Tennessee
Church of God of Prophecy

MINUTES
54th Annual Assembly
of the
Church of God of Prophecg
Held in the World-Wide Annual Assembly Tabernacle
Cleveland, Tennessee, U. S. A.
September 8-14
1959
"Ye are come unto Mount Sion ... and to an innumerable
company of angels, to the general assembly and church of
the &#6684777;rstborn ... 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. 0. P. A. Progra.u._ _______________ 12
Adoption of Minutes __ _ ___ 140
Advice to Members _ _ _____________________________ 148
Bible Training Camp Program 95
Call of States, Provinces and Countries ______ 30
Closing of Assembly __ l 40
Committees Appointed __ 12
C. P. M. A. Program ______________ 16
Deeds for Church Property 143
Duties of District Overseer __ 150
Duties of State Overseer _____________ 149
Financial System ____ _ ___________________________________________ l 40
Free Literature Distribution Report __________ 71
Free Literature Financial Report --------------------------------------------70
Free Literature Offering ______ 90
Friday, September 11 37
General Overseer's Annual Address:
1. Introductory __________________________ 39
2. The Main Line _____________________ 43
3. Preach Church of God Doctrine ___ 46
4. Against the Use of Tobacco, Opium, Morphine, etc. _______________ 48
5. Prayer Crusade and Visitation Program 50
6. Our New Headquarters Property ________ 52
7. Interesting Information:
(a) Data Gathered from Ministers' Reports 53
(b) Number of Ministers ___ _______________ 54
(c) Foreign Mission Drives 54
(d) State Convention Mission Offerings 54
(e) State Convention Free Literature Offerings ____________ 56
(f) State Convention Orphanage Offerings 58
(g) State Convention C. P. M. A. Offerings ___ _ ______________ 59
(h) C. P. M. A. Membership 61
(i) Attendance at State Conventions 62
8. Conclusion ______ ________________ __ 64
Headquarters Committees ___________________ 143
Instructions-Local Church Officers __ 145
List of Ministers:
Bishops ____ 152
Deacons ______________ 157
Male Evangelists 161
Female Evangelists 17 5
Management and Personnel 5
Mission Offering 104
Monday, September 7 7
Monday, September 14 117
Obligation for Membership 150
Opening of Assembly 11
Order of Business ___________ 147

Table of Contents (Cont'd.)
Orphanage Offering _________________ ____________________ , ________________ 111
Report of A. B. M. and S. 0. P.A. Secretary�-----&#5505114;----- 14
Report of Adjustment Committee _____ . __________ _ 129
Report of Assembly Expense Committee _____________________ 135
Report of Auxiliary Boosters Committee _____ ___ ______________ 131
Report of Bible Training Camp ----------------------------------------95
Report of Caribbean Islands Representative ____________ 137
Report of C. P. M. A. Secretary _____________ 22
Report of Field Secretary, C.R. Payne ___ ________ ___ 118
Report of Field Secretary, J. A. Jimenez _____________ 118
Report of Fields of the Wood Manager __________________ 19
Report of Foreign Language Secretary _______________ 73
Report of Foreign Mission Committee _______________________________________ 123
Report of Foreign Mission Secretary ________ ________ 135
Report of General Evangelist, Harper Hunter, Jr. ________________ 120
Report of General Evangelist, R. C. Scotton _______ _______ 120
Report of General Evangelist, Willard Boyles ___________________________________ 120
Report of General Evangelist, John A. Stubbs ___________ 121
Report of General Evangelist, L.A. Moxley ___________ 121
Report of General Evangelist, John W. Miracle __________ 122
Report of General Evangelist, Clayton C. Sherrill _________ 122
Report of General Properties Committee _____________ 129
Report of Honor Stone Department Director ____________ 17
Report of Ministerial Aid Committee ______________ 73
Report of Radio Department Manager ____ __________ 91
Report of Questions and Subjects Committee ___________ 125
Report of S.S. Orphanage and TMS Board of Directors _______ 76
Report of Sunday School Secretary __________________________________________ 109
Report of Visual Department Director ________________________ 21
Report of V. L. B. Secretary -------·----------- 89
Report of Watchmen Committee ________________ 138
Report of Ways and Means Committee ______________ 133
Report of White Wing Publishing House Field Representative ____ 72
Report of W. M. B. Secretary ____ _____ ______ ___ 107
Report of World Evangelist, Harrison E. Price __________ &#9240766;19
Saturday, September 12 -------- ------------ 83
State Overseers, Missionaries, Secretaries and Other Appointments __________ l38
Sunday, September 13 ____________________ 100
Sunday School Program ------ ·--------------107
Teachings ________________________ 151
Thursday, September 10 ______ ______________ 30
Treasurer's Financial Report ______ ______ ______ 67
Tuesday, September 8 _____________________ 9
V. L. B. Program -------------------�- 87
Wednesday, September 9 ------------------- 11
White Wing Publishing House Program -�-- --------- 85
White Wing Publishing House and Press Report---------� 69
W. M. B. Program _____________________________ 100
World Must Be Evangelized -------·-----------145

Prefatory Notes
Another blessed Assembly is in the past. We are glad to be able to
say that the Lord was with us from the beginning to the close. His
presence was very real time after time as we were gathered together in
His name to do business for His Church. The Holy Ghost was with us
to guide in every session and His presence was manifested in many ways.
There was shouting, dancing, speaking in tongues, running, leaping, march
ing, hand clapping, messages in tongues and interpretations at various
times during the Assembly. The messages were delivered under the
anointing of the Holy Ghost. The programs were directed in a manner
to hold the attention of those present. The altar services resulted in
numbers of souls being saved, sancti&#6684777;ed and baptized with the Holy Ghost.
The healing services were fruitful of much good in strengthening the faith
of some so they were healed. Truly, this was a great Assembly because
of the presence and power of God in the midst of His children.
The Assembly was attended by many of our people from every state
in the United States and several foreign countries. We were blessed to
have a number from Canada with us. Mexico was represented, also
&#4522092; Salvador and Costa Rica. There were those with us from Argentina,
the Caribbean Islands, the Bahama Islands, the Philippine Islands and
Bermuda. England, Australia and Cyprus were also represented. We
were happy to have these brethren and sisters with us and we feel they
were blessed by being present.
We appreciate the assistance of everyone who helped to make the As
sembly the glorious success that it was. We are grateful to our over
seers, general and state secretaries, committees, ushers, registrars, clerks,
musicians, speakers, singers, operators of the public address system, those
who cared for the microphones, and all others who assisted in any way.
The service of the Bahama Brass Band was very much appreciated, also
the service of those who conducted and assisted in the special healing
services and the programs during intermissions. Everything that was
done to assist in making the Assembly the blessed time that it was is
greatly appreciated and we trust the blessings of the Lord will be with
all who so freely gave of their time and efforts.
The registrars are to be commended for the good work they did in
recording the names and addresses of those who were in attendance. It
is possible &#7602280;at they were not able to register everyone who came, be
cause it seems almost impossible to do this, but they were successful in
securing the names of 10,154. There were 8,064 from a distance, and
2,090 from the vicinity of Cleveland. This is an increase over previous
years and we were happy to have so many of our members and friends
with us.
We are grateful to the radio and press for the coverage given the &#4259955;
sembly this year. Two of our local radio stations gave hours of time,
and our local newspaper, the Cleveland Banner, and the Chattanooga &#4587634;ee
Press carried pictures and information concerning the Assembly each
day. We appreciate their assistance in helping us spread the good news.
A full description of the Assembly cannot be given, but the business
that was transacted appears in full, and brief mention is made of many
things that transpired. Portions of messages are given and other things
of interest are recorded. We trust that many of our people will purchase
copies, because we feel the contents will prove a blessing to them. Our
ministers and local church officers need to have a good knowledge of
the proceedings of this Assembly, and we hope all will avail themselves
of the information contained in this book.
The time for the next annual feast, the General Assembly of the
Church of God of Prophecy, will be September 13-19, 1960.
M. A. TOMLINSON, General Overseer

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
MINUTES
OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 0F
The Church of God of Prophecy
HELD IN CLEVELAND, TENN., U. S. A., SEPT. 8-14, 1959
Management and Personne1 of the Home and
Local Organization
M. A. Tomlinson, General Overseer
Private Secretary, Lillie Duggar
5
SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMITTEES-Reception, Entertainment, Re�
istrars, Ushers, Parking-C. R. Payne.
CLERKS-Buford M. Johnson, Ashel T. Wagar, Zella Creel, Billy Riggs,
Edwin Jones, Sunrise Clerk.
C. P. M. A. CLERK-Jack D. Harris.
TREASURER-J. R. Kinser; Mattie Kinser, Pruddie Millsap, Eunice Goins,
Office Secretaries.
PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT-Hubert R. Smith, Business Manager; E. L.
Higdon, Field Representative; Buford M. Johnson, Assistant Editor;
Robert F. Wright, Sunday School Editor; Hugh R. Edwards, Press
Superintendent; Frank A. Howard, Accountant; Thelma Somerville,
Gloria Pharr, Aquila Chandler, Ruth Duggar, Polly Kinser, Viletta
Smith, Martha Cassidy, Marjorie Hopkins, Peggy Jane Bell, Joyce
Chandler, Kathleen Pruett, Sue Fail, Laura Rogers, Betty Padgett,
Joyce Horner, Nina Reagan, Ramona Thompson, Gene Cannon, Glenn
Lawson, Barney Beisly, Wayne Donaldson, William Coile, Frank Bell,
Paul Renner, John Cassidy, John Walters, Henry Elliott, Janie Sanders.
POST OFFICE-J. F. Anderson, Postmaster.
CAFETERIA-George Jackson.
PARCEL CHECK ROOM-L. R. Oppert.
JANITOR-Lloyd Rogers.
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM-Loyal Washington, Roscoe Cannon, Hugh
R. Edwards, Gene Cannon, Edsel Hartman, Gene Douglas, Russell Sul
livan.
ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR and see that microphones are in place
Harry Lee Moore, assisted by P. E. Gillum, Lavell Hawkins, C. E.
McKey, James Green, Clive &#2949194;ared.
RECEPTION-Harrison E. Price,· Charles G. Hawkins, Harper Hunter, Jr.,
Clayton Sherrill, Willard Boyles, Amos Creel, Dorothy Creel, John

6 MINUTES OF THE. 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
C. Lyles, Jimmie Wentz, Shirley Hawkins, L. B. Hamm, Lois Hamm,
Clive Jared, A. W. West, Carey Cox, Eddie Mounce, Wilburn Curtis,
L. A. Moxley, John W. Miracle; William Dennis, Don Hatton, Omer
C. Lawson, Ralph Scotton, Fred Montgomery.
ENTERTAINMENT�F. F. Johnson, William Akers, Eugene Rominger,
Ethel Payne, Eunice Goins, H. P. Burns, Willie Scotton, Daniel Abrego,
Harold Huff, Willard Calfee, Margueretta Calfee, Junior Elrod, Benny
Jenkins, A. W. Gonia.
REGISTRARS-Jess F. Pruitt, C. H. Baldozier, Lorrene Kublick, Ludie
Bynum, C. F. Reynolds, Naomi Filer, A. D. Cleaver, Harve Ivans,
Polly Callahan, Diana Goins, Norvella Lightner, Pauline Pratt, Ruby
Deadrick, C. M. Bynum, Bernard Humphries, C. W. Grubbs, R. L.
Radford, J. R. Searcy, Marion Butler, H. N. Harts&#6684777;eld, A. T. Colley,
T. W. Goins, Charles M. Browning, J. R. Rainwater, C. W. Collins,
Virgil Walls, Kenneth Cooley, A. E. Cleaver, Daniel Ivins, T. B. Har
rington, Clarence Cox, 0. R. Hogan, S. F. Gibson, Carl Brooks, N. C.
Nelson, C. C. Furber, J. R. Lancaster, J. S. Taylor, W. R. Thompson,
M. M. Smith.
USHERS-E. H. Griffith, Zilvon R. Young, Albert Linville, Claude Ship
ley, Robert Strickland, James Manus, Walter Phillips, Oscar Gibson,
James Spurlock, John Roberts, Marvin Scotton, Charles Scotton, Sam
E. Raney, J. T. Weathers, Albert Bock, Grady Horner, Paul Golden,
Eugene Tranthem, J. L. White, Archie Crews, A. J. Coalter, 0. C.
Pittman, William Josleyn, Harold Sadler, Chester Williams, Aubrey
Donahue, C. E.. Manning, A. C. Murray, James Johnson, Morton Van
over, James Allen, Charles Pentecost, William Porter, Glenn Farmer,
D. M. Shults, Willie Scotton, Orvie Braland, Jack Bryant, L. A. Fritts,
A. N. Brooks, Joel Cox, Lee Roy Scotton, Tom Hart,. Charles E. Col
lins, J. C. Grubbs, Russell Barnes, Floyd Bonham, Robert Bradley,
Arthur Price, Charlie Pace, Henry Lamb, Joseph Lyle, Calvin Grubbs,
Clarence Tobin, F. W. Hagood, Frank Wright, Delbert Gray, Vern
Doran, Kenneth Snodgrass, M. A. Chapman, A. A. Callahan, Melvin
Pittman, Jesse Cagle, Delmar Spurling, Lawrence Heckert, Bobby
Brackett, Samuel Brackett, Millard L. Ledford, Richard Puckett, Ed
ward Gray, Robert Freeland, Joe Pendergrass, Marvin Davis, Edward
W. Runnells, John W. Wood, Alexander Gilmore, Joseph Eichler, M. A.
Burt, J. V. Galloway, C. B. Curtis, Ernest Carter, James E. Ander
son, Sam Donahue, Cecil Goin, Wilce Litton, Jack Jenkins, Leslie
Porter, Fred Bryant, Marvin Larson, Calvin Carter, Charles Palmore,
Wayne Allen, Ralph Bryant, Gene Douglas, Bobby Welch, Bobby
Dean, Lamar Parton, Billy Murray, Alvin Brantley, Elwood Matthews,
Lavell Hawkins, J. B. Jones, Mickey Johnson, James Haughey, Robert
Patterson, Gene Sholar, Jim Williams, Raeford Wallace, Johnny Bragg.
PARKING COMMITTEE-John A. Stubbs, Emest Johnson, R. L. Wil
liams, T. W. Goins, Oscar Pittman, E. J. Bias, W. A. Howard, Neil
Wilkerson, Jess Todd, Hubert Vicars, James H. Graham, John Melton,
Frank Rogers, John Rogers, Dave Rutledge, Benny Finlayson, Riley
Wood.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 7
Monday, September 7
Delegates to the Assembly had been arriving in Cleveland for three
or four days, and the &#6684777;rst preliminary service had been conducted in
the tabernacle on Sunday afternoon by General E:vangelist Willard Boyles.
Many arrived on Monday and the Reception and Entertainment Com
mittees were kept busy greeting them and assigning them to their rooms.
The registrars were at their post of duty recording the names and
addresses of those who came. Services were conducted by the Recep
tion Committee at intervals during the day in front of the tabernacle.
These consisted of songs, prayers, testimonies and short messages. It
was reported that three received the Holy Ghost during these programs.
Ralph Scotton, General Evangelist, was in charge of a service inside the
tabernacle in the morning and L. A. Moxley, General Evangelist, was
in charge of one in the afternoon. At six o'clock a service was con
ducted in Bible Place Chapel by Harper Hunter, General Evangelist, as
sisted by other general evangelists, for the purpose of praying for the
sick. Each day at this time Brother Hunter was in charge of a service
and 262 who needed healing were prayed for and anointed, and some
were healed by the power of God.
6:50 p.m.-The song service was led by Willard Calfee with Margueretta
Calfee at the piano and Willystene Calfee at the organ. William L. Coile
read Psalm 27:1-6. and W. R. Smith offered prayer at the pulpit while
the congregation stood with bowed heads in reverence before God. At
the close of the prayer all joined together in praying for those for whom
requests were made.
7:02 p.m.-Special songs were sung by Ellen Cassidy and Dorcas Lovill,
Marty Martinez, Spring Place and First Street singers.
7:18 p.m.-Message by C. R. Payne, Field Secretary and Superintendent
of Committees, on • the subject "The Church of God Marches On." This
was a good message showing that the Church is going forward. He re
ferred to the children of Israel as they walked upon dry land in the
midst of the Red Sea and the water was a wall unto them on the right
and on the left. He said, "When they came to the sea, there was water
in front of them and one would think that it would stop them in their
march to the promised land, but it did not because God was going be
fore them. There are people who have tried to stop the march of the
Church but it is still marching on. God can roll back anything that
may be in the way just as he caused the sea to open up for the children
of Israel. God is the One who makes the way as the Church keeps
marching on.
"I see Jesus taking a little stroll up the mountain as recorded in Mark
3:13. He marched right up that mountain and called unto Him whom
He would. • Here they came to Him and He set His Church in order. I
also see A. J. Tomlinson as he moved over to North Carolina. He was
obedient and God could use him. He went up a mountain and he found
a place to pray. When the Church was revealed to him, he came down
and became the &#6684777;rst member with the understanding that it is the
Church of God of the Bible. The Church has been marching ever since.
It marched from there to here and it is still marching.
"The Church has gone through the &#6684777;re in the past, but just as sure
as God took care of the Hebrew boys when they were walking around
in the &#6684777;re, He is going to take care of His Church any time it goes through
the &#6684777;re. There are people today who want to destroy. us just as the

8 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
king wanted to destroy the Hebrew children, but we are getting ready
to do more for God and His Church than ever before. As we march
forward God will continue to march with us. We are not looking at the
natural. We are looking at the spiritual. We are traveling by faith. This
is a faith route. If we have the faith, if we have the vision, we will
be steadfast, unmoveable and always abounding in the work of the Lord.
"The Lord gave apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers
for the perfecting of the saints, for the W&#2162806;k • of the ministry and for
the edifying of the body of ChrisL This work will continue until the
Church is ready to be presented to Jesus Christ at His coming. The
Church is marching on. I see it out yonder in that glorious state. By
faith I see every minister and every member perfect. Yes, the Church
is marching on."
At the close of his message, Brother Payne introduced Harrison E. Price,
Chairman of the Reception Committee.
7:55 p.m.-Voice of Salvation program. This program was broadcast
over the local radio station and recorded for release to the stations through
out the country carrying the regular programs of the Voice of Salva&#5111888;
tion. The program included the Voice of Salvation Choir singing "Holi&#2228258;
ness unto the Lord," Stanley Wright as soloist and the choir sang "Jesus
Is All the World to Me," and the congregation joining with the choir
in singing "I Have Found the Way." Brother Buford M. Johnson used
as the subject of his message "Awake or Asleep."
8:30 p.m.&#2949166;The Superintendent of Committees continued the introduc
tion of the chairmen of committees as follows: Entertainment, F. Fl
Johnson; Registrars, Jess F. Pruitt; Chief Usher, E. H. Griffith; Parking,
John A. Stubbs.
8:45 p.m.-The congregation stood and prayed in concert for the As
sembly, those on their way to the Assembly and the special program in
Fields of the Wood.
8:50 p.m.-The Bahama Brass Band played while the people stood and
greeted each other. As the band continued to play the saints rejoiced,
clapped their hands, waved handkerchiefs, marched and danced to the
glory of God.
9:05 p.m.-Sylvia Hardin, General W. M. B. Secretary, spoke to boost
the W. M. B. prayer chain. She asked that every band be organized
so that each member would be praying at least &#6684777;fteen minutes each day.
She mentioned t&#3866848;e importance of family worship and regular prayers
in the home. At the close of her remarks the congregation stood and
prayed for the Assembly.
9:20 p.m.-H. L. Moore, General V. L. B. Secretary, directed a program
with all V. L. B. secretaries and leaders present. They repeated "V. L. B.
zeal" three times. Brother Moore mentioned four things that are be
ing accomplished wholly or in part through the work of the Victory
Leaders. These were free literature, ·radio work, airplane program and
youth camp. He gave some information as to what was being accom
plished in each phase of the work. The congregation stood and prayed
in behalf of the V. L. B. program.
9:25 p.m.-Edna Rye, General Sunday School Secretary, directed a pro
gram with Sunday School workers. As the state secretaries, district boost
ers, superintendents and teachers came to the platform, she read Psalm
105:1. The state secretaries thanked the Lord for His blessings since
the last Assembly. The superintendents and teachers prayed for the
blessings of God to be upon the Assembly. Each Sunday School worker

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 9
rushed into the audience and told something good that God had done
this year. Then the congregation shook hands and told of the goodness
of God· to each other.
9:30 p.m.-Ronnie Hamm sang "When I Get Up to Heaven;''
9:33 p.m.-Evangelistic message by Harrison E.. Price, World Evangelist.
The speaker used for a text Ecclesiastes 8:11, "Because sentence against
an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons
of men is fully set in them to do evil." He said that many people feel
they are getting by with many things, but there is a time coming when
everyone will receive his reward. He said that .some may feel they
are getting along well in this world, but if they don't have Jesus Christ
in their lives they are missing out on the greatest thing in the world.
He stated that men may cover a sinful life with a robe of righteous
ness, but there will be a day when God will bring them to record for
their unrighteous deeds. People may look at Sodom and Gomorrah, and
that which happened to those cities is an example of what will come
upon people who feel they are getting along all right. Sodom and Go
morrah were doing all right until Lot went outside the city, then God
rained &#6684777;re and brimstone upon them. He made it clear that all must
put aside the things of this world and set their affections on things
above. He said that it should be remembered that a pay day is coming
when wickedness and unrighteousness will receive a just reward and
so will those who serve the Lord. He urged people to seek God for the
blessings they needed. Ronnie, Patsy and Mary Lois Hamm sang "Five
Minutes After I Die" while people made their way to the altar. One
was saved, one sancti&#6684777;ed and two were baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Sister Willard Boyles and her corps of workers assisted in the altar
work each night. One hundred and &#6684777;fty-two experiences were counted
during the Assembly. We praise the Lord for each one who prayed through
to the blessings they sought, and we are grateful to Sister Willard and
each one who assisted in this work. May the Lord richly bless all who
gave of their time and strength to help others, and may everyone of
those who received a blessing from God continue faithful unto the end.
Tuesday, September 8
The Reception and Entertainment Committees were on duty all day.
The Reception Committee conducted a service in front of the tabernacle
in the morning and another in the afternoon. These services consisted
of special songs, prayers, praises, testimonies and short messages. Broth
er John Miracle, General Evangelist, was in charge of a service in the
tabernacle in the afternoon. The program included special songs and
prayers.
6:00 p.m.-The introductory service began on the outside with music
by the Bahama Brass Band while Hillis Griffith played the organ on
the inside of the tabernacle. The band played several numbers on the
outside, then they marched i,nside. The General Overseer gave oppor
tunity for requests to be made for those who needed help from God,
then while Emma Lou Moore played "Sweet Hour of Prayer" on the
organ, the congregation prayed in concert in behalf of the requests. This
was followed by a number by the Bahama Band.
6:45 p.m.-The Ridgedale, Chattanooga, church presented a program in
charge of the pastor, Allen Davis. This was a program of songs by the
Whosoever Will Chorus and the Cantrell Duet.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
7:03 p.m.-Brother A. J. Creel, Overseer of Michigan, presented the
General Overseer with a nice stool for his use during the Assembly. This
was a gift from the saints of Michigan.
7:05 p.m.-The song service was led by Liston Pritchard with Joyce
Womack at the piano and Mildred Davis at the organ. Millard Ledford
read the forty-sixth Psalm, and Oscar Pittman prayed at the pulpit while
the congregation stood in reverence before God.
7:20 p.m.-The Whirlwind Evangelists sang "Higher and Higher." The
Gospel Chariots sang "He Will Fix It for You" and "Swing Down Sweet
Chariot." The ushers received an offering for the expense of the Gen
eral Assembly while the Sons of Harmony sang "Walk Th r o u g h
the Streets of the City" and "Lord, Guide My Mind." The All For Jesus
Choir sang "You Just Look for Me in Heaven." The Bahama Band played
a number,· then Brother Leonard Hamm prayed at the pulpit to conse
crate the offering to the service of the Lord while the congregation
stood in quietness and reverence.
7:50 p.m.-Brother A. W. Gonia, pastor of the Wildwood Avenue church
in • Cleveland, delivered the introductory and welcome address. He gave
the people a warm welcome to the Assembly, using a number of appropri
ate Scriptures. He also encouraged all present to give close attention
to every part of the Assembly so they might receive the spiritual bless
ings that were in store for them.
8:00 p.m.-The First Street church welcomed the people with singing
"Just a Little While to Stay Here," led by the pastor, Willie Scotton.
8:05 p.m.-The Eastview church welcomed the delegates through its
pastor, Harold Huff. He said that he and the members of his church
wanted everyone to feel welcome and have a good time in the Lord.
8:10 p.m.-Songs by the Voice of Salvation Male Chorus, "Down Deep
in the Sea" and "To God Be the Glory."
8:18 p.m.-The Assembly delegates were welcomed to Cleveland and
Bradley County by Mayor C. F. Kelley, George Thorogood, President
of Merchants Bank; Wayne Varnell, President of the Chamber of Com
merce; Mark Fulbright, County Judge; and Virgil F. Carmichael, Attorney.
Each of these extended a hearty welcome to the people and wished for
them a pleasant stay in the city and invited them to come again.
8:50 p.m.-The delegates gave the speakers a standing ovation, then the
Bahama Band played while the congregation continued to stand and clap
their hands.
8:55 p.m.-"Here to Learn More About the Church of God from the
North, East, South, West and the Isles of the Sea," William Josleyn,
Illinois; W. G. Cox, Maryland; J. C. Overstreet, Alabama; C. D. Hooker,
Washington; Alfred Francois, Montserrat. Each of these speakers ex
pressed a desire to learn more about the Church of God. They wanted
to receive as much as possible from the Assembly so they could inform
their people about it when they returned home.
9:13 p.m.-The entire congregation stood and prayed in concert for the
evangelistic service.
9:15 p.m.-Evangelistic message by Harper Hunter, Jr., General Evan
gelist. Brother Hunter used for a text Isaiah 21:11, 12. He called at
tention to the night of darkness that exists in the entire world and
showed that the only cure for conditions is the miracle working power
of God. Before the speaker had &#6684777;nished, the Lord poured out His bless
ings upon the people and there was a time of rejoicing and praising God.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 11
After. several minutes of demonstrations, Brother Hunter gave oppor
t1mity to everyone who needed an experience from God to come to the
altar. A number came forward and &#6684777;ve were saved, two sancti&#6684777;ed and
four were baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Wednesday, September 9
6:00 a.m.-Sunrise prayer meeting in charge of A. H. Shinn and Gabriel
Montijo, Jr. The service was opened with a concert prayer, followed
by a good song service. Requests were made for those who needed spe
cial blessings from the Lord, then all joined together in prayer in their
behalf. A good testimony service was followed by a number of indi
vidual prayers for the success of the Assembly that day. The Hall family
sang "This Heart of Mine." Brother Shinn read a Scripture and deliv
ered a short message. The Hall family sang "I Want to Go There," and
the service was dismissed at 7:10 a.m. with a concert prayer.
8:00 a.m.-Program of music by the Electric Band.
8:15 a.m.-Two numbers by the Bahama Band in front of the taber
nacle. They continued to play as they marched inside.
8:30 a.m.-Song service led by Lamar Gilmer with Louise Daugherty at
the piano. J. F. Chatham read 1 Corinthians 12:20-27. H. N. Harts&#6684777;eld
prayed at the pulpit while the congregation stood in silence, then all
joined together in prayer in behalf of those for whom requests were made.
8:40 a.m.-The General Overseer opened the Assembly with reading
the &#6684777;rst chapter of James and praying for God to bless in every part
of the Assembly. He then declared the Assembly open for business.
The General Overseer said, "I would like to say a few words. I don't
want to be critical but I believe a bishop should honor the office he
holds. I don't want to tell you how you should dress, but I don't believe
a bishop, or any other minister, should go into the pulpit partially dressed.
I feel that any minister should have his collar buttoned. If he doesn't
wear a tie, he should button his collar. The pulpit is sacred, and if
our ministers are not properly dressed, they dishonor it. That applies
to both men and women. You don't have to wear a coat every time, but
I feel your collar should be buttoned and your sleeves should be long.
You may not feel as I do about it, but I feel we must keep the pulpit
sacred.
"I also want to admonish our ministers to live and conduct themselves
in a way that their children will respect them. I want our children to
respect us as ministers so they will want to comply with our wishes.
You know when one is recommended for the office of bishop, the ques
tion is asked 'Does he have faithful children?' It grieves me when I see
ministers' children looking so much like the world. They wear their rings
and do other things that our children should not do. I am wondering
if they get the right teaching. I am not scolding but I do wonder why
we as bishops can't have the respect of our children. If they respect us,
they will not do these things. It does bring a reproach on us when our
children do not measure up. Some may say their children are not mem
bers of the Church, but that doesn't make any difference. If we don't
have enough of God about us to hold their respect, we need to do some
thing about it."

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8:51 a.m.-Appointment of committees:
No. L Questions and Subjects-M. E. Wilson,. Hermis Ferguson, L. V.
Jones, Boyd Thornton, Sidney A. Cooley, E. A. McDonald, R. Clement
Lynch.
No. 2. Watchmeri-W. A. Newsom, L. E. Silvers, T. J. Lowe, Omer
Lawson, R. W. Cowart, J. V. Johnson, J. W. Deadrick.
No. 3. Adjustment-Adrian T. Griffin, D. M. Cobb, Archie Melvin, C. H.
Sartin, D .. F. Rowland.
No. 4. Ways and Means-S. 0. Gillaspie, G. C. Decker, W .. M. Lowman,
Alvin S. Moss, Z. R. Young.
No. 5. Assembly Expense-C. R. Payne, Charles S. Pennington, John
A. Stubbs, Don B. &#5505128;omas, J. D. Williams.
No. 6. Auxiliary Boosters-J. P. Sullivan, Joe Martin, Ralph Scotton,
Floyd H. Bonham, Roy H. Phipps, W. G. Hardin, Sebastian McGee.
As the names of the committees were called, they came and stood on
the platform. While standing together prayer was offered for them and
their work by Tom Pentecost. After the prayer Galathia, Louise and
Vinell sang "Pu&#7077996; Altogether."
9:15 a.m.-A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. Program, directed by E. H. Griffith,
General Secretary.
While the Bahama Band played the state secretaries marched into the
tabernacle to reserved seats on the platform. The pastors and band lead
ers occupied the two center rows of seats.
9:21 a.m.-Brother John Williams and Sister Cecilia Moss spoke a few
words to show the worth of prayer, then led the pastors and band lead
ers in praying. This was followed by a concert prayer by all present.
The General Secretary called for all to pray earnestly for the backslid
den members. After this prayer he asked everyone who could to kneel
and pray for the backsliders. &#5505128;e Secretary stated that we must have
a tender feeling for the backsliders to be able to restore them. They
can't be won with a harsh spirit. He mentioned that some do not seem
to feel the responsibility of saving those who have wandered away as
they should, but that God holds us responsible. He holds those who are
pastors and band leaders responsible for the backsliders.
9:44 a.m.-Joyce Kendrick sang "Every Prayer Is a Flower in the Garden
of the Lord."
9:51 a.m.-"But He Being Full of Compassion Forgave Their Iniquity
and Destroyed Them Not," short messages by James R. Cooper and Nan
nie L. Johnson.
Brother Cooper said: "I have received here this morning a glimpse of
seeking out the strays. I feel we haven't shown enough compassion for
the backsliders. It seems we didn't feel it was necessary to go out after
them, but somebody may say in the judgment that they might have been
saved if we had been a little more concerned. God is full of compas
sion for this lost world. He forgave the iniquity of the people and didn't
destroy them. God is not willing that any should perish. We must
have the same compassion that God has for those who are gone astray.
If God was not so merciful to some of us pastors and band leaders, we
might have been consumed. We have been careless and unconcerned and
it is through the mercy of the Lord that we are not consumed. We need
to pray until we feel that melting spirit for those who have wandered
away. Sometimes our pastors get rough with those who fail and they
are ready to turn them out of the Church, but I have learned here this

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morning that we must be full of compassion. We must have the com
passion of the God of heaven. We must go with compassion to those who
are lost and hold on to them until we do everything we possibly can
for them. If we will do what is required of us, then we will not be at
fault if one is lost. But those of us who have failed in the past, we had
better go back with a good supply of compassion and bring those who are
lost back to God. Knowing that we have more backslidden members than
we have had in the past is enough to make all of us pastors stay on our
faces before God, because God is holding us responsible."
Sister Johnson said: "We know that God doesn't compromise with sin,
and He doesn't want us to compromise with sin, but He is mericful
and compassionate and He wants us to be as He is. When we see a person
faint we want to do something to help restore him. One who has lost
the victory has· fainted by the way. In the natural, something causes
people to faint. In the spiritual, there is something that causes a person
to faint. Some have worked faithfully and served the Lord with all
their heart, then fainted. They need our help. They need someone to
lift them up and restore them. One Scripture says, "Considering our
selves." We haven't reached the end of the way. If we could see back
sliders as people who are spiritually sick we would do what we could
to help them. When we think of the price that was paid for a soul, we
know we shouldn't spare any means to restore those who wander away.
When one dies, we may say, 'I wish I had gone just one more time.'
And as pastor I have found that the last time brought the victory more
than once. When we feel we have done all we can do, just one more
effort may result in victory. In the parable where the man went after
the sheep that was lost and searched for it until he found it, he picked
it up and came home rejoicing. I wonder if we can't do a little more
lifting, a little more going and have a little more compassion. It might
be your brother, your mother, your sister or your companion that just
one more little lift would mean the difference in eternal life and eternal
destruction. It takes genuine compassion to do the things that are hard
to do, but He being full of compassion did not destroy the people."
The General Secretary continued with the subject by reading Psalm
78:38,39. Then he said: "We may not be able to have all the compassion
that God has, but we can be full of compassion. The children of Israel
had done wrong. They had broken their covenant and they had dis
pleased the Lord. He could have destroyed them, but He had compassion
on them. Do you feel you are full of compassion? Full is complete. You
don't lack any, but you have all you need. Do you feel you need a little
more compassion? When Jesus said to the woman 'Neither do I con
demn thee: go, and sin no more,' He was full of compassion. He didn't
endorse sin, but He gave her a chance. If you have enough compassion
you will know how far to go and where to stop. The local church will
know when to exclude a person and when he shouldn't be excluded.
"We are not going to perfection without compassion. We are not go
ing to perfection by turning all the members out that are backslidden.
That won't make us perfect. 'But he being full of compassion, forgave
their iniquity, and destroyed them not . . . For he remembered that
they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.'
What are we this morning but flesh. We are still in the flesh. I wonder
sometimes if we remember we are still in the flesh. Our brothers and
sisters are still in the flesh. God remembered those people were but
flesh and as a wind that passeth away and cometh not again. We are

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going to pass away just like the wind passes away. Lord, help_ me to
please Thee and be full of compassion!
"In the twenty-&#6684777;fth chapter of First Samuel we &#6684777;nd a wonderful story.
David's men had protected the servants of Nabal, Abigail's husband. &#5505128;ey
had been a wall unto them by day and by nigbt. The time came when
David needed a favor from Nabal. He sent his servants to receive this
favor but Nabal railed on them and sent them away. A young man told
Abigail what had happened. When she heard the story she began to
gather things together to take to David. The Bible says she made haste.
I feel it is time for us to make haste, but we can't do this unless we
are full of compassion. Abigail came to David and asked that the iniquity
of her husband be upon her. She interceded for him and asked that
she be allowed to assume the iniquity of her husband. Somebody must
intercede for a person that is lost. Somebody must be full of compas
sion. The reason Jesus became sin for us, He was full of compassion.
When we were doomed to die, He became sin for us. He was nailed to
the tree in our stead. It is God's plan that we intercede for those who
need help from God."
At the close of the message there were messages in tongues and in
terpretations and a general good time of rejoicing. The blessings of th&#6619194;.
Lord were upon His people and they praised His holy name.
10:40 a.m.-Report of the Secretary, E. H. Griffith.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. Secretary's Report From
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached -------------------- -------- 10&#3735591;
Homes visited _______ ___________ 71
Homes prayed in _____ _________ _____ 46
Local churches visited ___________ ______ 13
Number converted __________________ &#3276858;
Number baptized with Holy Ghost ______________________ 2
District conventions attended ______________ 10
Ministers conventions attended____ _________ 5
A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. Honor Stone rallies attended�-- 3
A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. rallies attende__.__________ 21
State conventions attended ______ ________ 7
Assisted the General Overseer in the Emergency Fund Drive,
Corresponded with the State Secretaries, Pastors, Band Lead-
ers and workers in the interest of the work; also assisted the
General Overseer and Field Secretary in some of the work
on the &#6684777;eld. Taught in two sessions of Bible Training Camp:
one in Cleveland, Tennessee, and one in Swan River, Can-
ada; assisted in special revival campaign in Greenville, Mis
sissippi; attended Easter program in Fields of the Wood, and

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 15
part of the Sunday School convention in Bessemer, Alabama.
Number of A. B. M. bands ______ ____________________________ 3,776
Number of local churches operating the A. B. M.
and S. 0. P. A. ____________ _______________________ l,458
Number of local churches on the Emergency Honor RolL______ 906
Respectfully submitted,
E. H. GRIFFITH
A. B. M. and S. 0. P.A. Secretary
10:50 a.m.-Pantomime of the history and operation of the A. B. M.
and S. 0. P. A. work, directed by Pauline Key. This was a good dem
onstration outlining the history and operation of these auxiliaries from
the beginning when the band leaders were called "Watchers over Tens."
Later the name was changed to Assembly Band Movement and the State
Overseers Pay Association was instituted. The work of these auxiliaries
was explained fully and the Emergency Fund was mentioned.
11:11 a.m.-"Feed My Sheep," demonstrated song by William Porter and
others.
11:35 a.m.-"How We Feel About the State Overseers Pay Association
in West Virginia," message by Hazel Shreeves. She stated that the
same good A. B. M. spirit that existed during the program could be felt
in West Virginia. She said: "If we keep the A. B. M. spirit in all of our
churches, the S. 0. P. A. will operate without any trouble. I believe
we feel the responsibility of helping our overseer in West Virginia and
we are doing our best to support him. When the General Overseer calls
out the overseer for West Virginia, the responsibility of taking care of
him falls on our shoulders. That is the purpose of the S. 0. P. A. The
overseers are watching for our souls, so they are worthy of our sup
port. We want everyone to know that we have enough love in West Vir
ginia that we stand by our overseer. When he says do a certain thing
we are right with him to carry on that work. Our state overseer made
and carried out plans for this last days message to be preached in every
county in the state this year. This was done on the hundredth anni
versary of the state. We-went into every county and preached Church
of God doctrine. Come over into West Virginia and see our zeal for the
S. 0. P. A. work."
11:40 a.m.-"Is It Possible for Every Local Church to Be One Hun
dred Per Cent in the Emergency Fund? If so, How?" Wilce Litton and
Isadora Strachan preached short messages on this subject. Brother &#4980841;t
ton said the best way to get every church on the Emergency Honor Roll
is for the secretary to get into his automobile and go over the state and
never stop until every church is one hundred per cent. He said, "There
are pastors and churches that don't get on. They have to be put on,
so stay there with them until every dollar is collected. Florida is one
hundred per cent and we expect the state to reach this goal next year.
The Emergency Fund needs the assistance of every member and if you
have the zeal you can make your state one hundred per cent. If you don't
have the. Emergency zeal, get it now."
Sister Strachan said this was important business and that all of us should
feel that it is. "&#5505128;is is pressing and it is very needful, and I want to
say that it is possible for every church to be one hundred per cent in
the Emergency Fund. Yes, it is possible because all things are possible
if we believe and trust in God."
11:50 a.m.-Awarding of banners and prizes:

16 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
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. !-Georgia, Leonard Pittman
Group No. 2-East Texas, Pauline Key
Group No. 3-Louisiana, Lillian Aucoin
Group No. 4-New York, Herbert Ferguson
A banner was presented to Wilce Litton and Isadora Strachan, Florida,
for having the largest number of churches on the Emergency Honor Roll-
92.
A banner was presented to Nannie L. Johnson, Tennessee, for having
the second largest number of churches on the Emergency Honor Roll-87.
A banner was presented to Robert Bradley, Virginia, for having the
third largest number of churches on the Emergency Honor Roll-79.
A banner was presented to Nannie L. Johnson, Tennessee, for her
state having the largest number of churches with every member saved-
53.
A banner was presented to Leonard Pittman, Georgia, for his state
having the second largest number of churches with every member saved
-23.
A banner was presented to F. W. Hagood, South Carolina, for his
state having the third largest number of churches with every member
saved-14.
Rosettes were presented to the overseers of states and provinces hav
ing the Emergency Fund dollars paid in full. They were: Virginia, Flor
ida, Michigan, Ohio, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Wyoming, New Mexico, South
Dakota, Wisconsin, Washington, Idaho, District of Columbia, Nevada, Ver
mont, Nebraska, Delaware, British Columbia, Ontario, Oklahoma, Min
nesota, Kentucky, Indiana, Colorado.
The foreign &#6684777;elds 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-Haiti, Hermann Lafosse
Group No. 2-Dominican Republic, Ulises Tejera
Group No. 3-Cuba, Antonio Cuni
Group No. 4-Costa Rica, Zacheus Allwood
12:05 p.m.-The closing prayers were offered by James Spurlock and
John M. Earp.
Chester A. Williams directed a program of music and singing during
the intermission.
1:15 p.m.-Song service led by Wayne Allen, Jenna Lee Allen at the
piano and Emma Lou Moore at the organ. Oscar Newdiger, Jr., read
Deuteronomy 27:1-8. J. V. Johnson prayed at the pulpit while the con
gregation stood in reverence before God, then all joined in praying for
those for whom requests were made.
1:30 p.m.-Church of Prophecy Marker Association Program, directed
by the General Secretary, G. A. Wilson.
The Bahama Band played as the state overseers, state C. P. M. A. sec
retaries and pilots marched in, led by G. A. Wilson, L. S. Rhodes, Honor
Stone Department Director; Jack C. Decker, Visual Department Director;
and J. W. McDill, Fields of the Wood Manager.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 17
1:40 p.m.-Prayer was offered by C. A. Knowles and Andrew Makar.
A conc�rt prayer by all state secretaries, district boosters and local lead
ers followed, then all members of the C. P. M. A. prayed together.
1:45 p.m.-The congregation was led in singing "The Vision in Song,"
theme song of the C. P. M. A., by Joyce Kendrick and James Adkins.
1:55 p.m.-Report of the Honor Stone Department Director, L. S. Rhodes.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of the Honor Stone Department Director From
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached ________________ 167
Ministers conventions attended ____________ 8
District conventions attended ____________ 7
Taught in Bible Training Camp during the
month of April.
A. B. M. and Honor Stone rallies attende�------ 3
Honor Stone rallies attended _____________ 22
Sunday School conventions attended _____ ______ 1
State conventions attended ______________ 4
Number of Honor Stones in Fields of the Woo�----- 859
Number of Honored Ministers Not Pastoring Churches ______________ 575
Total Number of Honored Ministers -----�---- 1,434
Respectfully submitted,
L. S. RHODES
Honor Stone Department Director
2:00 p.m.-"Every Church in the Isles of the Sea with an Honor Stone,"
message by Walter C. Bates, Caribbean Islands Representative.
The speaker said, "There are eighty-&#6684777;ve churches in the Caribbean
Islands that have received honor stones. We have twenty ministers who
are evangelists who have received honor stars. That means we have
one hundred and &#6684777;ve ministers who have received honor stars and eighty
&#6684777;ve churches that received honor stones this last year.
"A few years ago I was called into the office of the director of the
Honor Stone Department and Brother Rhodes asked me about the isles
of the sea and what we could do to help the churches on these islands
to receive honor stones. I thought about this for a day or two and talked
with him again. We agreed on a plan to use and he requested that I
boost this program when I returned to the islands. I did and since that
time churches in some of the large islands have received honor stones
and churches on some of the small islands have measured up so they
have received honor stones. In the program in Fields of the Wood this
year, a little church on the island of Tobago received an honor stone.
That church is only a year old.
"The Bible said, 'Let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same
thing.' Whatever headquarters says for us to do, we ought to do it. And

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that is what we are trying to do in the islands. When we started this
work in the islands, you would be delighted to know just how those min
isters took hold of it and worked at it. They were proud of the results.
"You remember the &#6684777;rst honor stone you placed in the honor roll in
Fields of the Wood. You walked up there and laid the stone in its place
and you were happy about it. But you have to do something every year
to keep that stone in its place. We have to work at this year after
year, and we want to go a little farther each year. We will have to
do this to reach the goal, and we can do it by obeying them that have
the rule over us. We are talking about every church doing the things
that are outlined. Let's go on until every church, not only in the isles of
the sea, but every local church in the Church of God receives an honor
stone with every member saved and all the rest of it."
2:40 p.m.-Awarding of banners and badges by the Honor Stone De
partment Director:
A banner was awarded South Carolina for leading in soul winning this
year-1,928.
A badge was awarded Virginia for winning the second largest number
of souls this year-1,784.
A badge was awarded Georgia for winning the third largest number of
souls this year-1,713.
Eddie Mounce was presented with a banner for leading in soul win
ning-407.
Harrison E. Price was presented with a badge for having the second
largest number of souls saved-358.
John C. Lyles was presented with a badge for having the third largest
number of souls saved-348.
Virginia was awarded a banner for having the largest number of mem
bers added to the Church-573.
Kentucky was presented with a badge for having the second largest
number of additions to the Church-451.
Sou&#7602280; Carolina was presented with a badge for having the third largest
number of additions to the Church-411.
Georgia was awarded a banner for having the largest number of churches
with honor stones-71.
Tennessee was awarded a badge for having the second largest number
of churches with honor stones-56.
North Carolina was awarded a badge for having the third largest num
ber of churches with honor stones-54.
Indiana was presented with a badge for being one hundred per cent in
the Honor Stone Program.
Awarding of banners by the C. P. M. A. Department:
A banner was presented to Florida, the leading state in C. P. M. A.
membership-1,080.
A banner was presented to Delaware for having the largest number of
C. P. M. A. members according to membership-Every member of the
Church a member of the C. P. M. A.
A banner was presented to the church at Morgan City, Louisiana, the
leading church in C. P. M. A. membership-115.
A banner was presented to Florida . for having the largest number of
churches one hundred per cent in C. P. M. A. membership-31.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 19
A banner was presented to Mexico, the leading foreign country in C. P.
M. A. membership-251.
A banner was presented to Oklahoma for having the largest state con
vention C. P. M. A. offering-$3,184.55.
Rosettes were presented to the state overseer and state secretary of each
of the top leading states in C. P. M. A. membership. They were: Florida
1,080, Georgia 1,053, North Carolina 928, Tennessee 917, Virginia 845,
Oklahoma 556, Kentucky 528, East Texas 453, Alabama 445, California 376;
The states were divided into two groups according to number of mem
bers and the distance traveled to attend the annual Pre-Assembly Fields
of the Wood program and a prize was given to the overseer in each group
having the largest number present. They were:
Group No. 1-M. S. Curry, Florida-276.
Group No. 2-Amos Creel, Michigan-104.
Tokens of appreciation were presented to the overseers of states hav
ing twenty-&#6684777;ve or more present in Fields of the Wood for the services
at their markers.
3:05 p.m.-W. A. Newsom sang "There's A Banner Waving Somewhere."
3:13 p.m.-Report of Fields of the Wood Manager, J. W. McDill.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Fields of the Wood Manager From
September 16, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Number sermons ____ ____ _ ________ 64
Number converted ___________________ 3
Number sancti&#6684777;ed ____________________ 2
Homes visited ______________ ______ 120
Rallies conducted ___________________ 1
Ministers conventions attended _____________ 1
State conventions attended _______________ 3
Poured approximately 1,600 feet of sidewalks in Fields of the Wood.
Repaired the Testament and steps up Ten Commandment Mountain. Man
aged and maintained other repairs which have been made on other markers.
Fields of the Wood has been a blessing to many thousands again this
year, and I wish to thank all who contributed to its support. Also, much
credit is to be given to Brother and Sister Charles Kinder who have
served faithfully in the Information Booth and Lunch Room. My personal
thanks to everyone who has paid or prayed for the work in Fields of
the Wood.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. McDI&#4980812;
Fields of the Wood Manager

20 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
3:15 p.m.-"The Written Vision in Action," demonstration by the Man
ager of Fields of the Wood, J. W. McDill.
An information booth representing the one in Fields of the Wood was
on the platform, 'also large cardboard drawings of the various markers
as they appeared in Fields of the Wood. Those representing visitors came
to see the various markers and then found their way to the informa
tion booth to learn more about them. The questions and explanations
were representative of those which are presented in Fields of the Wood
by those who come to visit it. The visitors appeared very sincere and
eager to learn about Fields of the Wood and the things represented by
the markers. They were impressed by the sacred feeling, the beautiful
markers and the Scriptural answers which were given in answer to their
questions. Some expressed a desire to know more about the Church
and its program and were directed to speci&#6684777;c local churches in their own
cities or towns .
. 3:4.6 · p.m.-James Staggs, overseer of Mississippi, gave some of the high
lights of the revival campaign in his state this year. He said the build
ing was &#6684777;lled each night and there were two messages every night, one
on the doctrine of the Church, then an evangelistic message. Around
two thousand homes were visited and about four hundred pounds of
tracts were dropped from planes. For &#6684777;ve days there were two tele
vision programs advertising the revival and Fields of the Wood on one
station, and on another station there were three programs a day for &#6684777;ve
days. He said that part of the state was sowed down with tracts. Peo
ple picked them up in the cotton &#6684777;elds, . corn &#6684777;elds and everywhere. Some
put them in the mail and they went as far away as California. He said
many people learned about the Church of God and that some were still
talking about the revival.
When Brother Staggs· had &#6684777;nished, the General Secretary told of a man
who was reached through a tract. He was a minister and was serv
ing two churches as pastor. The plane was dropping tracts and he saw
one fall near him as he was driving along. He stopped his car and picked
up the tract. It was on the baptism of the Holy Ghost. He came to the
church late one night while the altar service was in progress. He went
to the altar to pray for a man who was seeking God and the power of
God struck him and knocked him over on the floor. There he wrestled
with the Lord until he received the experience of sancti&#6684777;cation.
3:57 p.m.-"Join Up, Because We Got To,
,,
short message by Wayne
Allen. He said that joining the C. P. M. A. was one way of preaching
the gospel to people who do not attend our local churches. They visit
Fields of the Wood and read the written vision there. He mentioned that
the membership fee also helped support the Visual Department. He said,
"Let's be boosters, let's be members of the C. P. M. A .. You know it
just takes &#6684777;ve dollars a year and I· don't think you could spend that amount
in any better way."
"The Job-Write the Vision-Is Given to Us," short message by Gene
Douglas. He stated that the job of writing the vision was a responsible
one and· it must be performed. He said, "It is given to us, the Church
of God, and there is no other people in the world· quali&#6684777;ed to write the
vision. Let's work and put the job over."·
"I Believe in the World Tourist Aid," short message by Don Thomas.
He referred to the millions traveling the highways that do not attend
church and know nothing about the Church of God or Fields of the Wood.
He said that thousands of people who have visited the Tourist Aid sta
tion in South Dakota have learned something about the Church and Fields

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of the Wood. He said, "We have people each year who register from
every state in the union and from many foreign countries, and many of
them are told something about the Church. The World Tourist Aid is
a good thing and I would like for our people to have a better under
standing of this simple self-supporting plan to reach those who know
nothing about the wonderful Church we love so well."
4:08 p.m.-Song by Brother and Sister Malcolm Linkous, "Ezekiel's Bone
yard."
4:13 p.m.-The General Secretary gave a brief report of the Mount
Hattin project. He stated that when he was in Israel the attorney there
suggested that the design for the marker be elaborate so that it would
be an asset to that country. He said, "We did this but it was refused.
We made it smaller, but it was refused also. The committee decided to
turn the matter over to our attorney here. He suggested that we build
a small marker with the thought of obtaining the land in mind, and
leave the matter in the hands of the Lord about a larger marker. This
was acceptable to the committee, and it looks like we are going to be
able to obtain the land." He asked that our people pray about this be
cause God is able to make the way.
4:18 p.m.-Report of Jack C. Decker, Visual Department Director.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Visual Department Director
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached --------------------------------------------------------------------·--------------22
Homes visited __________________________________ 122
States visited __________ --------- •------------10
Attended 2 Sunday School conventions.
Attended National Youth Camp.
Produced 8 new &#6684777;lms.
Total attendance at &#6684777;lm showings this year according to our
records was 33,399, with Tennessee as the leading state.
Printed 152 pictures for White Wing Messenger.
Produced 3 spots for Television for the Mississippi Special
Revival.
Attended the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engi
neers Convention, The Calvin Company Workshop and South
eastern Professional Photographic Convention in Charlottee,
North Carolina.
Respectfully submitted,
JACK C. DECKER
Visual Department Director
4:25 p.m.-Message by Brother Jack C. Decker.
This was an illustrated message. Various posters were displayed as
some of the thoughts were expressed. A portion of the message follows:

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"My soul and spirit are humbled as I stand before you today. I think
the reason for this is that I know many of you have come here because
you love the Church of God. You want to know more about it. You
want to learn of its progress. To many of you, it is your life. You live
daily surrounding yourself with work and responsibilities that include
the Church. I feel you and I have many things in common because I am
interested in the promotion of the Church, the body of Christ.
"We are faced with the great challenge of publishing the gospel in
all the world. Jesus said, 'Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, bap
tizing 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 com
manded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the
world.' In order to have the blessing of His presence with us alway,
we will have to teach all men and cause them to practice all things.
The Lord and the world are waiting on us to come together in unity in
our preaching and teaching. &#5701736;en we leave this Assembly we need to
use every available weapon God has provided, and most of all we need to
preach and teach the same things. We are in need of ministers . to teach
people today as Philip taught the Ethiopian. People read the Bible but
they don't understand. We need more people to help them understand
what &#7602280;ey read. We are to attract the kings and queens and the multi
tudes. The Fields of the Wood is writing the vision on tables of stone,
and we want to be able to make the vision there speak to the whole
world.
"We want you to pray for the Visual Department. We not only want
to help in sponsoring the work in Fields of the Wood but we want to
help every department of the Church. We feel we can do this. We have
helped in raising &#6684777;nance for the orphanage through a &#6684777;lm or two that
we have made. We believe that through the use of &#6684777;lm much can be accom
plished for the advancement of the Church.
4:48 p.m.-"How Great Is My God," song by Wayne and Jenna Allen
and Karen Blumenthal.
4:50 p.m.-Report of the General C. P. M. A. Secretary, G. A. Wilson.
The report was accepted by the Assembly as read.
Report of C. P. M. A. Secretary From
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached ----------------------------------------------------------------------208
Number converted 1
Number baptized with Holy Ghost 2
Number baptized in water ______________ 6
Homes visited ___________ 153
Ministers conventions attended _ ____________________ 5
Special ministers conventions attended 1
District convention attended ________ ______________ 1

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World Tourist Aid convention attended _____ ____________________ 1
State conventions attended _____________________ _____ ______ 4
Provincial conventions attended ________________________ 2
Rallies conducted ----- ------ ------ -----------------59
23
These rallies were conducted in eleven states in behalf of C. P. M. A.
membership, the Honor Stone Program, Visual Department, Fields of
the Wood, Airplane Program and World Tourist Aid.
Taught in Bible Training Camp during the month of April.
Gave special attention to the promotion of the Prayer Crusade among
state C. P. M. A. secretaries as directed by the General Overseer.
Assisted in the special Mississippi revival campaign, in which we en
deavored to use every available weapon of the Church, in addition to
dropping 300,000 tracts.
Wrote monthly letters to all state and foreign C. P. M. A. Secretaries.
Made weekly trips to Fields of the Wood, also attended all programs
there.
Managed the Thanksgiving and Easter programs with the very capable
help of Brother Jess Pruitt.
Have worked very closely with all the leaders of the various depart
ments of the C. P. M. A., and wish to thank each of them for his untir
ing labor of love in helping to put the C. P. M. A. over this year.
INTERESTING INFORMATION
In the early development of the Church of Prophecy Marker Association
when there was very little means of support, this department got badly
in debt, and for a number of years had struggled along under this load,
but God has blessed so we are free from all indebtedness now and we
are no longer operating in the red.
As of August 31 we reached a total of 11,432 C. P. M. A. members.
Ten thousand has been our goal for years and God has helped us to reach
it this year.
A total of twenty-seven foreign countries has the C. P. M. A. operat
ing, for which we are very thankful.
The total amount received from all sources to erect the marker on
Mount Hattin in Israel has reached the sum of $731.18.
The C. P. M. A. Committee has discussed the possibilities of erecting
the Tabernacle of Honor in Fields of the Wood in the near future, and
the decision has been reached that the project should be for every state,
province and country as the entire Church will be included.
Several states have erected large signs of Fields of the Wood and sev
eral others have made plans to erect one or more in their states.
Below is a list of markers that have been constructed by the C. P. M. A.,
and the name of the state or country sponsoring each one:
Third Commandment, Lord's Prayer, 24th Teaching-Alabama.
Flag Poles, 12th Teaching-Arizona.
Tenth Commandment, 28th Teaching-Arkansas.
First Teaching, West Highway-California.
Eighteenth Teaching-Delaware.
Tenth Teaching, East Highway-East Texas.
Pool, Ten Commandment Entrance-Florida.
All Nations Cross, 26th Teaching, Airplane Marker-Georgia.
Eleventh Teaching-Idaho.

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Seventh Commandment-Illinois.
Spring House, 29th Teaching-Indiana.
Altar-Iowa.
Sidewalk leading to Spring House, 25th Teaching&#6029512;Kansas.
First Commandment, 13th Teaching, 16th Teaching-Kentucky.
Twenty-&#6684777;rst Teaching, Memorial Marker-Louisiana.
Star on Ten Commandment Mountain-Maryland.
Fifteenth Teaching-Massachusetts.
Eighth Teaching, Main Entrance-Michigan.
Nineteenth Teaching-Minnesota.
Fifth Commandment, United States Flag in concrete-Mississippi.
Sixth Commandment-Missouri.
Seventh Teaching-Montana.
Fourteenth Teaching-Nebraska.
Fifth Teaching-New Mexico.
New Testament, Lakes, Entrance to Tabernacle of Honor-North Carolina.
Fourth Teaching, 27th Teaching-North Dakota.
Second Commandment-Ohio.
Eighth Commandment-Oklahoma.
Seventeenth Teaching-Oregon.
Ninth Commandment-Pennsylvania.
Entrance to Prayer Mountain-South Carolina.
Crane to hoist and carry heavy weights, Crown on Ten Commandment
Mountain, Church Flag in concret&#9568384;outh Dakota.
Sepulchre, New Pavilion, Third Teaching, 20th Teaching, Air Identi&#6684777;cation
Marker-Tennessee.
Second Teaching-Utah.
Arise Shine Marker, Beatitudes, 22nd Teaching-Virginia.
Scepter in concrete-Washington.
Sixth Teaching-West Texas.
Fourth Commandment-West Virginia.
Ninth Teaching-Wisconsin.
Information Booth, Tower and Star-Wyoming.
Direction Indicator-Cuba.
C; P. M. A. Auxiliary Table-Church of Prophecy Marker Association.
Sunday School Auxiliary Table-Sunday School.
V. L. B. Auxiliary Table-Victory Leaders.
W. M. B. Auxiliary Table-Womens Missionary Band.
Discovery Marker in Nassau-Bahama Islands.
There are several airplanes scattered about in the various states that
are painted white and have the proper Scriptures on them that serve as
markers at any airport.
Humbly submitted,
G. A. WILSON
C. P. M. A. Secretary
4:57 p.m.-Lela Martin, state C. P. M. A. secretary of Colorado, di
rected a demonstration which was based on Matthew 5:14-18. Prophecies
concerning the birth of Jesus, His work on earth, the Church, the air
plane and Fields of the Wood were read from the Old Testament and
then the ful&#6684777;llment of each prophecy was read from the New Testa
ment. At the close of the demonstration following the prophecy concern
ing the coming of Jesus, the congregation stood and prayed for God to
help us to be ready for His coming.

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5:30 p.m.-Everyone moved outside for the continuation of the C. P.
M. A. program from the lawn of Bible Place. Airplanes were flying over
head as the program continued.
5:34 p.m.-Karen Blumenthal and Evelyn Wilson sang "When the Church
of God Arises."
5:38 p.m.-The banner was displayed which is to be presented to the
&#6684777;rst overseer who uses the airplane to preach the gospel in every city
and town in his state.
5:42 p.m.-Amos J. Creel, overseer of Michigan, told of the results of
using the airplane in connection with preaching and dropping tracts. He
referred to the words of the former General Overseer concerning· the use
of the airplane in the work of the Church.
5:50 p.m.-The General Overseer spoke to express his appreciation of
the C. P. M .A. in making it possible for him to visit each state this
year in boosting the Prayer Crusade and the Visitation Program by the
use of the Church plane.
5:52 p.m.-Major Ellsworth Van Deventer who is attached to the Stra
tegic Air Command spoke on the importance of air travel and air trans
portation to the modern world in connection with national defense and
in the work of the Church of God. He mentioned some of the accom
plishments of the past and some of the things which will be made pos
sible in the future through the use of the airplane.
5:58 p.m.-Song by Wilburn Curtis, "The Church of God, the Church
of Prophecy."
6:01 p.m.-The service was closed with prayer by H. Lavell Hawkins.
Luther 0. Johnson directed a program of music and singing during the
intermission.
6:36 p.m.-The General Overseer read a number of requests for prayer
and gave the congregation opportunity to make requests, then all stood
and prayed in concert for those for whom the requests were made.
6:40 p.m.-"Promoting the Distribution of Foreign Literature," message
by Jess F. Pruitt, Foreign Language Secretary. The speaker read Proverbs
23:23 for a text. A portion of his message follows:
"The Scripture says to buy the truth, and while we are buying the
truth and selling it not we are to buy wisdom, instruction and under
standing. This is a very wonderful Scripture in connection with the
thought we have here. There are millions of people in desperate need of
the truth that you and I have tonight. They are perishing because of
a lack of this truth.
"This Bible is not a book on science, history or geography; it is God's
divine plan for the redemption of a fallen race. God has given this
Book, this sacred Book, this Book of life. And this Book can be trans
lated into every language in the world. In this Book we are taught
to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Christ
commissioned His Church to do this work, and at this time through the
printed page we can reach people of other countries. These little print
ed missionaries can go anywhere in the world. They know no fear,
they never tire and they never die, and they can be multiplied with
out number by the press. This is one of the most economical ways of
spreading the gospel to people of other languages. It is one form of
evangelism and people are reading Christian literature who have never
been reached with a message from the . pulpit.

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"Statistics show that more than half the world's population of nearly
three billion people have never heard of Christ and His power to save.
Can we imagine getting ourselves perfected in the Church and going
to meet Jesus in the air when there are so many that know nothing about
our Christ? Jesus died for every nationality. He has no respect of
person, He has no respect of race or language, and it is our duty to get
the message to them. It is our responsibility to get the gospel printed
in the various languages of the world. The influence and power of the
printed message is as broad as human intelligence. Those who can read
can receive the gospel. They can read it in their own language and
the Holy Ghost can direct them. The records show that over one billion
people have learned to read in the generation in which we live. This is
an age when people read and since they read we must give them some
thing that will be a blessing to them. Jesus said the whole world is our
&#6684777;eld, and you and I are responsible to sow the gospel message. The sower
must go into action before any results are realized, and there is no bet
ter way to get the gospel to the world than through the printed message.
"Preaching is necessary, the gospel must be preached to every nation.
Teaching is wonderful, and the Church has one of the greatest teach
ing programs that exists. The commission is threefold-preaching the
gospel, teaching the gospel and publishing the gospel. Every creature
must know, they must hear it in their own language. The message of
Christ is for all the world.
"For years we have distributed millions of tracts in the English lan
guage. We have made our rounds here over and over again, and it is
a good thing and we want to continue in this work, but there are so many
&#6684777;elds to reach. There are over two thousand languages in which the
message of the Church has never been printed. You can see the . vast
amount of work we have to do to get this message translated and printed
and distributed to the millions of earth's inhabitants. We appreciate
what God has done to help us in this work and we are grateful for all
that has been contributed for this work, but it is only a drop in the
bucket. We want to encourage ourselves in this work. We must pray
earnestly • and do all we can to get this message printed in every lan
guage of the world. Just one little gospel tract that costs so little to
print can break the powers of Satan and send conviction to a lost soul.
We have people now who have been won to the Church through the
printed page, and this good work must be continued. Pray for the foreign
language work so that we will soon have millions and millions of tracts
going to people who are eager for the truth. Instead of sending out a
million and a half pieces of literature, we . want to be able to send out
many, many millions."
7:07 p.m.-Song by Clayton Sherrill and Edsel Hartman, "As for Me
and My House We Will Serve the Lord."
7:13 p.m.-Program in charge of Alvin S. Moss, overseer of Bahamas.
Brother Moss said, "As feathers in this great speckled bird, we are hon
ored to have this privilege to have a special program here." He asked
that those present pray for the program, then led the congregation in
praising the Lord three times and thanking the Lord three times.
7:15 p.m.-Song service led by Samuel Moss with Marie Williams at
the piano and Benny Finlayson at the organ. George C. Rener read Mat
thew 5:1-12. The state &#6684777;eld secretaries led in prayer, then the congrega
tion prayed in concert.
7:30 p.m.&#2949248;ongs by the All for Jesus Choir, "So Wonderful Over There;"
Gospel Chariots, "You Can Stand;" Philadelphia Singers, "He's My Jesus."

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The ushers received an offering for the expense of the Assembly while
these groups were singing.
7:51 p.m.-Message by Eva L. Gilmore. The message in part follows:
"I was thinking deeply about a message that would stir the souls of
men. There is one thing I do know that will stir souls and that is the
Holy Ghost. After the Holy Ghost fell on the day of Pentecost they had
power for service. They had power to work, they had power to go. They
had power to heal, they had power to preach the Word. We as min
isters in the Church of God need power to preach the Word.
"'And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working
with them, and con&#6684777;rming the word with signs following.' They went
forth. They didn't stay around home, but they went somewhere. Too
many of us get too much joy out of staying somewhere. We like to
stay around home, but the Word says they went forth. They waited un
til they received the Holy Ghost, then they went forth and began to
preach everywhere. They were not worrying about who was listening;
they knew they had the message and they went everywhere and preached
it. Something else, the Lord worked with them. They were not work
ing by themselves, but they had the Lord working with them. We can
do the work today as long as the Lord works with us. When the Lord
stops working with us, it is time for us to stop. They didn't work alone,
the Lord worked with them. And as long as they had the Lord working
with them they didn't have to worry about oppositions· or anything else
that faced them. The Lord worked with them and con&#6684777;rmed the Word.
"Let me tell you, as long as the Lord is in anything, it is good. And
the early Church didn't try to get ahead of the program. They worked
just as Jesus taught them. There may be too many of us trying to get
ahead of the program. We have heard it preached today that we should
be of one mind, walking by the same rule, and following the same pat
tern. So many try to cut their own pattern, but if you go up any other
way the Bible says you are a thief and a robber.
"The Holy Ghost we have tonight knows everything in the Bible. Holy
men wrote the Book as they were inspired by the Holy Ghost and you
can't deceive the Holy Ghost. The Bible teaches that the Father, Son
and Holy Ghost agree in one. You can't take the Holy Ghost and run
off from the Church and start a work. The Holy Ghost won't work
with you. You may think you can do this but you can't. The Holy
Ghost is going to stay where the Lord sent Him. Jesus said to His dis
ciples that He was going back to heaven but He would send them an
other Comforter. He didn't say He would send it to anybody else. He
said He would send it to the Church. Don't get me wrong and think
no one else has the Holy Ghost but members of the Church. I know
other people have it because He said He had other sheep not of this
fold. Sometimes when we run out of money we go and borrow some.
There is no harm done by people borrowing the Holy Ghost, but they
will have to bring it back where it belongs. The Holy Ghost will lead
people to the Church.
"When the early Church ministers went out to preach they taught the
things Jesus commanded them. They didn't try to change one thing. They
preached it just as He had given it to them. And the Lord con&#6684777;rmed
the Word with signs following. There are not too many signs following
now. They preached the Word with power and the sick were healed,
the blind were given sight, and those who were in prison were loosed.
They went from house to house preaching the Word and people were

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pricked in their hearts. The Bible says the Word of God is quick, it is
powerful, it is sharper than a two-edged sword. All we have to do is to
preach it and it will work.
"Sometimes when the General Overseer or state overseer or district
overseer tells us he wants us to go to a certain &#6684777;eld, just because we
don't see a nice livelihood awaiting us we won't go. But the mi&#7209065;sters
of the early Church went everywhere. They didn't think about the pay
check. They were interested in getting the gospel to every creature.
Are we willing to go everywhere?
"I remember a few years ago Brother Lynch asked me about pastoring
a church. I told him if he thought I could I would try. I didn't ask
where he wanted me to go. My mother was sick with cancer. My fa
ther was blind and I was the only one at home. I had to choose be
tween them and God, but I told the Lord if He wanted me to preach
I would forget about everything else and obey Him. When I did, God
healed both of my parents. If you want God to do something for you,
you do something for Him. Some people want a pay check but they don't
want to do what is required to deserve one. God has given me this
job and He is paying me. One thing I learned in Bible Training Camp
and that is that God will prosper me as long as I stay planted by the
rivers of water."
8:10 p.m.-Songs by the Sons of Harmony, "I'm Working on the Build
ing" and "Let Me Tell Everybody, Get in a Hurry." The High Point,
North Carolina singers sang "The Great Reaping Day." Nathaniel Far
rell and George Jones played a number on the organ and piano.
8:35 p.m.-"And They Continued Steadfastly in the Apostles' Doctrine,"
message by Joseph Knowles. A portion of the message follows:
"After Jesus was risen from the dead He met with His disciples and
He said, 'And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached
in his name among all nations beginning at Jerusalem.' He added, 'And,
behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the
city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.' When
the promise of the Father came it was as a mighty rushing wind. And
Peter told the people who were gathered together, 'This is that which
was spoken by the prophet Joel.' He preached Jesus to them. He said
that God had made Jesus whom they had cruci&#6684777;ed both Lord and Christ.
They were pricked in their hearts and asked what they should do. Peter
told them to repent and be baptized and they would receive the gift
of the Holy Ghost. We see that three thousand souls were added after
Peter preached that message. And they continued steadfastly in the
apostles' doctrine. They stood in unity and God worked with them and
mighty miracles were performed. We have to stay &#6684777;rm in the doctrine
if we make a success. There are many deceivers in the world and we
must stay in the doctrine so they cannot lead us away.
"Paul said to Timothy, 'Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine;
continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and
them that hear thee.' In order to save ourselves we must abide in the
doctrine. We must work together as one to promote this great work.
We must be steadfast. By staying in the doctrine we will save our
selves and them that hear us. If we leave the doctrine we will be lost.
There are many seducing spirits and doctrines of devils which will carry
away the children of God if they do not take heed unto the doctrine and
continue in it.
"We have in the Church twenty-nine prominent teachings and we must
abide by these. When we accept members into the body of Christ we

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explain these teachings. We not only refer to them but we explain them
so the people will know the doctrine of the Church. We must stand by
the doctrine and teach it just as it is. When we abide in the doctrine,
we will be throughly furnished unto every good work. In the early Church
they went from house to house and the Lord added daily such as should
be saved. We must preach the doctrine and God will bless our efforts
as He did the ministers of the early Church.
"We must hold fast the Word of God. By doing this we will con
vince the gainsayers. Continue in the doctrine and endure hardness as
a good soldier. We are built upon the foundation of the apostles and
prophets with Jesus Christ as the chief corner stone. We are on our
way to perfection and we want the Church to grow. Paul told those
with him to stay on board the ship and none would be lost. We must
stay on board the old Ship of Zion and she will land us safely on the
other shore. This is the Church of God, the body of Christ. He pur
chased the Church with His own blood. We must work together. We
must see eye to eye and speak the same thing. We must be guided by
the Holy Ghost in all of our work."
9:01 p.m.-Songs by the Adderley Singers, "Keep on Walking That
Way," "Nothing But the Blood," "One Day," and "Going Up." There
was much rejoicing as the music continued. Hundreds were blessed of
the • Lord. &#5505128;e shouting, marching, dancing, speaking in tongues and
hand clapping continued for some time.
9:30 p.m.-Awarding of prizes:
Badges of merit were presented to ministers in the states who had
organized at least one church this year. They were: Nathaniel Taylor,
Earlie Musgrove, Jethro Bing, Alexander Gilmore, David C. Cook.
Badges of merit were presented to female ministers in the states who
had conducted a revival from which a church had been set in order. They
were Emma Betterson and Eva L. Gilmore.
Badges of honor were presented to ministers in the states for having
the largest number of additions to the Church. They were: Alexander
Gilmore 34, Gordon W. Rolle 27, S. B. Moss 22.
Badges will be mailed to the ministers deserving them in the Isles of
the Sea.
9:36 p.m.-Song by the Inspirational Singers, "I'm Climbing _ Higher and
Higher."
9:40 p.m.-Evangelistic message by Gordon Rolle. The speaker used
for a text John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me." He encouraged people to look to
&#3014730;esus and accept Him, because there is no need to look to anything
else. He said that Jesus was not only the author and giver of life but
He also sustains life. He keeps us living this life. It is only through Him
that we have life. He said that if we want to get to heaven we must
follow Christ and urged those who needed to prepare for that place
to come to the altar • and pray through to a real experience with God.
Marie Williams sang "Jesus Said _Whosover Will Let Him Come," while
the people made their way to the altar. Many came forward and &#6684777;ve
were saved, &#6684777;ve sancti&#6684777;ed and six baptized with the Holy Ghost.

30 MINUTES OF THE. 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Thursday, September 10
6:00 a.m.-Sunrise prayer meeting in charge of H. E. Vernon and W. E.
Jolly. Brother Vernon led the congregation in singing two selections and
the Hale Sisters sang "Lord Use Me." The Delaware delegates sang a
special selection and Brother Jolly conducted a praise service in which
a number told of the blessings of God upon their lives. Brother Jolly
delivered a short message and a mighty prayer was offered in behalf
of the Assembly. The service was dismissed with prayer by Brother
Vernon at 7:00 a.m.
7:15 a.m.-Program of music by the Electric Band.
7:30 a.m.-Song service led by C. F. Reynolds with Christine Douglas
at the piano. W. V. Porter, Jr., read Mark 16:17-20 and Ralph LeGrand
offered prayer at the pulpit. This was followed by a concert prayer by
the congregation.
7:43 a.m.-Call of states, provinces and countries, and their response
with their marches, songs, display of banners and flags, short talks and
reports of the overseers. Hilton Grant sounded the trumpet as a signal for
all to be ready.
7:44 a.m.-Bahamas, Alvin S. Moss, Overseer. Forty-nine marched with
six banners, one flag and twenty musical instruments. The overseer read
his report of the work. This showed forty-four churches and four thou
sand two hundred and thirty-&#6684777;ve members. The delegation sang "I'm
Going Home." The overseer introduced some of his workers, then the
band played a selection and the delegates testi&#6684777;ed in unison.
8:05 a.m.-Canada. Alberta, William G. Lusch, Overseer; British Co
lumbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Adolph Flemmer, Overseer; On
tario, Marvin Brown, Overseer. Seventeen marched with two banners,
seven flags and two musical instruments. Brother Lusch read his re
port of the work in Alberta which showed two churches and &#6684777;fty-four
members. Brother Joe Eichler spoke in the absence of Brother Flem
mer, then he and his wife sang "Going Down the Valley." Brother Brown
spoke concerning the work in Ontario and read his report.
8:21 a.m.-Bermuda, John W. Burgess, Representative. Six marched
with one banner and two musical instruments. The delegation sang "Bye
and Bye."
8:27 a.m.-Central America and Caribbean Islands. Costa Rica and
Panama, A. S. Anderson, Overseer; El Salvador and Honduras, Jose Reg
alado V., Overseer; Anguilla, Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, Saint
Kitts, Alfred Francois, Overseer; Saint Vincent, Tobago and Trinidad,
Walter C. Bates, Overseer. Eight marched with six banners and four
flags. Brother Anderson read his reports which showed eight churches
with a membership of one hundred forty-three. Brother Regalado read
his report which showed thirteen churches. Thelma Bates sang "Led
by the Master's Hand." Brother Francois sang "How Great Thou &#4259954;t,"
then read his report. This showed twenty-two churches with nine hun
dred twenty-&#6684777;ve members. Brother Bates read his report which showed
nine churches and one hundred and forty-nine members.
9:02 a.m.-Philippine Islands, L. G. Edralin, Missionary; Mexico, Samuel
Galindo, Overseer; Argentina, Carlos Colon, Overseer. Three marched
with three banners and three flags. Brother Edralin read his report
which showed one church with twenty-two members. Then he sang a
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ten churches with four hundred members. Brother Galindo read his re
port. This showed sixty-seven churches and two thousand two hundred
and sixty-two members.
9:21 a.m.-Europe. Two marched with two flags. Steve Kounnas, son
of the overseer of Cyprus, represented Cyprus and read the report which
his father had sent. He reported that in all the bloodshed in that country
this year, not one member of the Church had been hurt. He sang "Res
cue the Perishing." Brother Philip Burris represented England. He re
ported that we now have approximately &#6684777;fteen churches there.
9:35 a.m.-Alabama, L. V. Jones, Overseer. Two hundred and thirty
six marched with one hundred thirteen banners, twenty flags and four
musical instruments. The delegation sang "Just a Little Talk with Je
sus." The overseer read his report. This showed sixty-two churches
with a membership of seventeen hundred. The delegation sang "Meet
ing in the Air."
9:52 a.m.-Alaska, John A. Stubbs, Overseer. Two marched with two
flags and one banner. The overseer read his report. There are two
churches in Alaska with a membership of twenty-four.
9:58 a.m.-Arizona, A. L. Sullivan, Overseer. Twenty-six marched with
seven banners and three musical instruments. The delegates sang "Heaven's
Jubilee." D. H. McKinney, his son and daughter sang "I've Been Re
deemed." Frances Sellers, Laverne Montijo and Lorene Rye sang "Not
My Will." The overseer introduced some of the new workers who had
moved to the state and state secretaries, then read his report. This
showed nine churches with a membership of one hundred thirty-nine.
Gabriel Montijo, Jr. spoke a few words in Spanish to the Spanish dele
gates.
10:10 a.m.-Arkansas, T. J. Lowe, Overseer. Fifty-seven marched with
seventeen banners, &#6684777;ve flags and three musical instruments. The group
sang "Are You Washed in the Blood?" The overseer introduced the state
secretaries and read his report which showed twenty-seven churches
and &#6684777;ve hundred sixty-three members. Brother and Sister Doewer
Cleaver sang "When the Sun Went Down."
10:25 a.m.-California, S. A. Cooley, Overseer. Seventy-seven marched
with eighteen banners, four flags and three musical instruments. &#5505128;e
delegates sang "Working the Road." Joe Daugherty, Sonny Bowerman
and Jimmy Goins sang "I'm Gonna Praise His Name." The overseer
read his report which showed forty-&#6684777;ve churches with a membership
of nine hundred sixty-&#6684777;ve.
10:45 a.m.-Colorado, Willie Vines, Overseer. &#5505128;irty-four marched with
fourteen banners and nine flags. The group sang "When the Roll Is
Called Up Yonder." Lela Martin sang a solo and Little Miss Colorado
sang "Cowboy Sunday School." The overseer read his report which
showed seven churches in the state with a membership of one hundred
sixty-two. The state is one hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund.
11:00 a.m.-New England States. Connecticut, Orville W. Trump, Over
seer; Maine, W. A. Grant, Overseer; Massachusetts and Rhode Island,
V. R. Sherrill, Overseer; New Hampshire, A. D. Somerville, Overseer;
Vermont, Charles E. Hanna, Overseer. Twenty-nine marched with eleven
banners, seven flags and one musical instrument. The delegation sang
"I Love My Saviour Too." Clayton Sherrill and Thelma Trump sang
"In Times Like These." Brother Trump read his report which showed
two churches and twenty-one members. Brother Grant read his report.
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and Thelma Trump sang "The Arm of God." Brother V. R. Sherrill read
his report which showed one church and &#6684777;ve members. Gerald and Bob
Somerville, Clayton Sherrill and Thelma Trump sang "Led by the Mas
ter's Hand." Brother Somerville read his report which showed one church
and fourteen members. Rennie Friot sang "Thank Thee, Lord." Bob
and Charles Hanna sang "Follow me." Brother Hanna read his report which
showed three churches and &#6684777;fty-four members. Each church was one
hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund.
11:41 a.m.-Delaware, Posey A. Shupe, Overseer. Thirty-four marched
with eight banners, eleven flags and one musical instrument. They sang
"Keep on the Firing Line." A quartet sang "The Lonesome Road." Broth
er Shupe introduced the state secretaries and pastors and read his re
port. This showed two churches and forty-nine members. The state
is paid in full in the Emergency Fund, and is one hundred per cent
in the Honor Stone Program.
12:00 m.-East Texas, D. F. Rowland, Overseer. One hundred twenty
eight marched with forty-&#6684777;ve banners, &#6684777;fteen flags and one musical
instrument. The group sang "Jesus Hold My Hand." All For Jesus Trio
sang "Led Out of Bondage" and "Sending Up Timber." The overseer
spoke a few words and read his report which showed thirty-six churches
and eight hundred and twenty-&#6684777;ve members.
12:30 p.m.-Florida, M. S. Curry, Overseer. Three hundred twenty-eight
marched with thirty-nine banners, twenty-nine flags and twenty musical
instruments. The Hallandale Choir sang "Life Is Worth Living." Little
Stephen Gilmer sang "Somebody Made It." The overseer read his re
port. This showed ninety-three churches and one thousand nine hundred
eighty-nine members. The state was one hundred per cent in the Emer
gency Fund.
12:50 p.m.-Georgia, Charles S. Pennington, Overseer. Two hundred
eighty-three marched with &#6684777;fty-two banners and sixty-six flags. The
delegation sang "Camping in Canaan Land." The overseer talked briefly
and read his report. This showed ninety-one churches with two thou
sand six hundred and eighty-four members.
1:13 p.m.-Hawaii and Australia, Lindsay Willing and G. H. Wakeman,
Overseers. Represented by Harrison E. Price and Homer Rye. Eight
marched with one banner and two musical instruments. They sang "I
Want to Go There." Brother Price spoke about the work in Hawaii and
read the report sent by the overseer. This showed one church with ten
members. Brother Rye said a few words about the work in Australia.
John Wakeman, son of the overseer, also spoke a few words.
· 1:28 p.m.-Idaho, R. L. Williams, Overseer. Eighteen marched with
twelve banners and two flags. The delegates sang "I've God a Made Up
Mind." &#5505128;e overseer spoke a few words and read his report. This showed
six churches with one hundred sixty-one members. The state has paid
the Emergency dollars in full.
1:39 p.m.-Illinois, Roy F. Day, Overseer. Eighty-four marched with
thirty-three banners and twenty-&#6684777;ve flags. The delegation sang "When
We &#4259948;l Get to Heaven." Brother and Sister Biscoe sang "Jesus Paid the
Price." Carolyn Smith sang "Rolled My Burdens Away." The overseer
read his report which showed twenty churches with four hundred sixty
nine members. Each of the churches had paid the Emergency dollars.
2:05 p.m.-Indiana, John L. Sullivan, Overseer. One hundred and twenty
three marched with sixty-one banners, seven flags and two instruments.
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sang "Heaven." The Sullivan Sisters sang "I Was There When It Hap
pened." Charles Russell sang "There's a Higher Power." The overseer
talked for a few moments and read his report. This showed twenty
churches with &#6684777;ve hundred and eighty-one members. The state is one
hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund and in the Honor Stone Pro
gram.
2:22 p.m.-Iowa, M. M. Burt, Overseer. Forty-four marched with four
teen banners, twelve flags and one musical instrument. The delegation
sang "Jesus Hold My Hand." Each state secretary spoke a few words.
Jesse A. Griffin and wife sang "I'd Rather Be on the Inside Looking
Out." The overseer read his report which showed twelve churches and
two hundred and four members. The state is one hundred per cent in
the Emergency Fund.
2:45 p.m.-Kansas, Howard W. Thomas, Overseer. Sixty-two marched
with eight banners, three flags and two musical instruments. The dele
gates sang "Amazing Grace." The Floyd Bonham Family sang "I Have
But One Goal." The overseer read his report which showed ten churches
and three hundred thirty-one members. The state is one hundred per
cent in the Emergency Fund.
3:05 p.m.-Kentucky, Roy H. Phipps, Overseer. Three hundred and
eight marched, carrying forty-one banners, forty-four flags and twenty
one musical instruments. The delegates sang "Not By Might." The Rhythm
ettes sang "I'm Building a Bridge." Don Hatton and Bill Dennis sang
"I've Got Fire in My Bones." The Whirlwind Evangelists sang "No Grave
Gonna Hold My Body Down." The o v er seer read his report which
showed seventy churches with two thousand three hundred and eighty
six members. The state is paid in full in the Emergency Fund. The
Johnson Family sang "Search Me, Lord." Johnny Hall Trio sang "The
River of Jordan."
3:34 p.m.-Louisiana, Cecil J. Cunningham, 0 verse er. Ninety-&#6684777;ve
marched with &#6684777;fty banners, seven flags and two musical instruments.
The delegates sang "Getting Ready to Leave This World." A duet sang
"Move Into • My Father's House." The colored delegates sang "His Eye
Is on the Sparrow." The overseer spoke a few words and read his re
port. This showed fourteen churches and three hundred and &#6684777;fty-one
members.
3:55 p.m.-Maryland and D. C., Joe Martin, 0 verse er. Eighty-two
marched with thirty-nine banners, twelve flags and one musical instru
ment. The delegates sang "He Set Me Free." Clayton Sherrill sang
"Walking in God's Sunshine." The colored delegates sang "Keep on the
Firing Line." The overseer read his report which showed &#6684777;fteen churches
with &#6684777;ve hundred twenty-six members.
4:09 p.m.-Michigan, A. J. Creel, Overseer. One hundred and forty
marched with ninety-one banners, ten flags and three musical instru
ments. The delegates sang "He's Got the &#5701736;ole World in His Hands."
Harper Hunter sang "When I Feel the Saviour's Hand Holding Mine."
Elwood and Roberta Matthews and Dorothy Creel sang "I Can Call Jesus
Any Time." The overseer read his report which showed twenty-one
churches and six hundred and ninety members. The state was paid in
full in the &#4522093;ergency Fund.
4:32 p.m.-Minnesota, Paul H. Thompson, 0 verse er. Twenty-two
marched with seventeen banners and four flags. The delegates sang "Lean
ing on the Everlasting Arms." Eunice Heieie sang "It's Worth It All." The
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with ninety-eight members. The state was paid in full in the Emergency
Fund.
4:49 p.m.-Mississippi, James Staggs, Overseer. One hundred seventy
seven marched with one hundred seventy-two banners, seven flags and
six instruments. The delegation sang "When the Church of God Arises"
and "The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail." The overseer read his report
which showed &#6684777;fty-two churches and one thousand three hundred and
&#6684777;fty-three members.
5:11 p.m.-Missouri, Paul J. Ion, Overseer. One hundred and eleven
marched with thirty-four banners, twenty-three flags and one musical
instrument. The delegation sang "You've Got to Move." Herbert and
Rachel Cypret sang "How Many Times?" Warren Roney sang "Every
Mile of the Way." The overseer spoke briefly and read his report which
showed thirty-one churches and seven hundred seventy-&#6684777;ve members.
5:25 p.m.-Montana, L. R. Lane, Overseer. Thirteen marched with six
banners, one flag and one musical instrument. The delegates sang "The
Church of God Is Right." W. A. Newsom sang "I Love You, Jesus." The
overseer read his report. This showed three churches with thirty-six
members.
5:40 p.m.-Nebraska, Raymond Pruitt, Overseer. Twenty-four marched
with twelve banners and two flags. The delegates sang "Onward Chris
tian Soldiers." The overseer spoke a few words and read his report.
This showed six churches and seventy-one members. The state is one
hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund.
5:50 p.m.-Nevada, W. D. Daugherty, Overseer. Thirteen marched with
seven banners, one flag and two musical instruments. The delegation
sang "I'll Fly Away." Brother and Sister N. R. Jeffrey sang "Lead Me
to That Rock." The overseer read his report which showed two churches
and twenty-two members. Each church had paid the Emergency Dollars
in full.
6:00 p.m.-New Jersey, Walter L. Harvey, 0 verse er. Twenty-&#6684777;ve
marched with seven banners, three flags and two musical instruments. The
delegates sang "When We All Get to Heaven." The colored delegates sang
"I See the Lighthouse." The overseer read his report which showed four
churches and forty-eight members.
6:15 p.m.-New Mexico, T. E. Bradley, Overseer. Forty-one marrhed
with eleven banners, nine flags and two musical instruments. The dele
gation sang "I Want to Know More About My Lord." He read his re
port. This showed ten churches and one hundred &#6684777;fty-four members.
Bill, Raymond and Emma Parker sang "He's My Everything." Each
church· had paid the Emergency Dollars in full.
6:29 p.m.-New York, J. F. Aites, Overseer. Forty-nine marched with
twelve banners and twenty-six flags. The group sang "Old Camp Meet
ing Time." The overseer read his report which showed twelve churches
with one hundred and seventy-eight members. The Adderley Singers
sang "When I Get Inside."
6:45 p.m.-North Carolina, R. Clement Lynch, Overseer. Three hun
dred seventeen marched with thirty-four banners, &#6684777;fty-nine flags and
one musical instrument. The delegation sang "The Glory Land March."
Elwood and Roberta Matthews and A. J. Coalter sang "I've Been With
Jesus." The Sons of Harmony gave a selection and the overseer read his
report. This showed ninety-three churches and two thousand four hun
dred and six members.
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with twenty-two banners, �ix flags and two musical instruments. The
delegation sang "Keep on the Firing Line." The overseer read his re
port which showed eight churches and one hundred seventy-three mem
bers. The state is one hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund.
7:18 p.m.-Ohio, W. W. Webb, Overseer. One hundred forty-seven
marched with forty banners and sixteen flags. The delegates sang "I
Know the Lord Is My Shepherd." The Akron Trio sang "The Glory
Land." The overseer read his report. This showed twenty-&#6684777;ve churches
and seven hundred and nine members. Each church had paid the Emer
gency Fund in full. Tony Homer sang "Where Could I Go?" The group
sang "Come and Go With Me."
7:37 p.m.-Oklahoma, H. M. Biggers, Overseer. Eighty-six marched
with sixteen banners and two flags. The group sang "What a Happy
Time." The overseer read his report. This showed twenty-eight churches
and seven hundred and seventy-six members. The state is one hundred
per cent in the Emergency Fund. Betty and Esther Green sang "Then I
Met the Master." Dean Sliger sang "A Man Called Peter."
7:55 p.m.-Oregon, W. A. Newsom, Overseer. Thirty marched with
twenty-one banners and four flags. The delegates were dressed in cos
tumes of 1859 in observance of the Oregon Centennial. They sang "Get
ting Ready to Leave This World." The Barnes twins played a piano
duet and sang the Oregon Centennial Song." The overseer read his re
port and this showed fourteen churches with two hundred twenty-&#6684777;ve
members. The Gaylor Sisters sang "I'm Too Far Upon My Journey."
8:17 p.m.-Pennsylvania, Boyd Thornton, Overseer. One hundred and
twelve marched with twenty-seven banners, thirty-six flags and one
musical instrument. The delegation sang "I'm Going Up." Elaine Thornton
sang "The Touch of God's Hand." The overseer read his report and this
showed twenty-eight churches and seven hundred and twenty-one mem
bers. The Philadelphia Singers sang "Come Unto Me."
8:35 p.m.-South Carolina, E. A. McDonald, Overseer. Two hundred
sixteen marched with seventy-one banners, twenty-one flags and one
musical instrument. The group sang "Come and Dine." Brother and Sis
ter H. E. Smith sang "Everything Will Be All Right." T. C. Parker sang
"Won't That Be a Time." Brother and Sister Lemacks sang "Jesus Is
The Man." The overseer read his report which showed eighty-four churches
with two thousand one hundred members.
9:00 p.m.-South Dakota, Don B. Thomas, 0 verse er. Thirty-seven
marched with twelve banners, one flag and one musical instrument. The
delegates sang "Stop and Let Me Tell You" and "Let the Light from
the Lighthouse Shine on Me." Ellsworth Van Deventer sang "Holy, Holy,
Holy." The overseer read his report. This showed seven churches and
one hundred thirty members. The state is one hundred per cent in the
Emergency Fund. The delegates sang another song.
9:20 p.m.-Tennessee, A. T. Griffin, Overseer. Seven hundred thirty
marched with one hundred &#6684777;fty-three banners, &#6684777;fty-three flags and sev
enteen instruments. The delegation sang "Getting Ready to Leave This
World." Tommy Griffin sang "The Lord Has Been So Good to Me."
Jenna Lee and Wayne Allen and Barbara Griffin sang "I Can Call Jesus."
The overseer read his report. This showed ninety-six churches with
three thousand six hundred and eleven members. Stanley and Marguerite
Wright sang "The Joy of Heaven."
9:56 p.m.-Utah, Floyd E. Benton, Overseer. Thirteen marched with ten
banners, two flags and one instrument. Claudia Jacobson sang "A Home

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up in Heaven." The overseer read his report which showed four churches
and sixty-six members.
10:15 p.m.-Virginia, C. T. Davidson, Overseer. Three hundred and
twenty marched with ninety-nine banners and thirty flags. The delega
tion sang "In My Father's House." The· overseer read his report. This
showed eighty-one churches and two thousand &#6684777;ve hundred and twelve
members. The state is paid in full in the Emergency Fund.
10:50 p.m.-Washington, G. C. Sloan, Overseer. Twenty-&#6684777;ve marched
with sixteen banners and one musical instrument. They sang "Leaning
on the Everlasting Arms." The Sloan F'amily sang "That Old Time Preach
er Man." The overseer read his report which showed fourteen churches
and two hundred and eighty-one members. The state is one hundred
per cent in the Emergency Fund.
11:05 p.m.-West Texas, W. T. Pettyjohn, Overseer. Sixty-eight marched
with sixteen banners, &#6684777;fteen flags and two musical instruments. The
group sang "Getting Ready to Leave This World." The overseer read his
report. This showed seventeen . churches and three hundred and four
members. Dean Sliger sang "All the Way." David and Virginia House
sang "Happy and Free."
11:25 p.m.-West Virginia, M. E. Wilson, Overseer. One hundred thirty
marched with thirty-&#6684777;ve banners and sixty-&#6684777;ve flags and one musical
instrument. The delegates sang "The Meeting in the Air." Donna Wil
son sang "In My Father's House." The delegates sang "It's Keeping Me
Alive." The overseer read his report. This showed twenty-nine churches
with six hundred and &#6684777;fty-nine members.
11:45 p.m.-Wisconsin, Charles G. Hawkins, Overseer. Thirty-one
marched with twenty banners, thirteen flags and one instrument. The
group sang "I Feel Like Traveling On." Brother and Sister Wayne Thorn
sang "Glad Reunion Day." The overseer read his report which showed
eight churches and one hundred sixty-seven members. The state is one
hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund.
12:00 Midnight-Wyoming, M. T. Linkous, 0 verse er. Forty-seven
marched with twelve banners, twelve flags and one musical instrument.
The delegates· sang "I Am Redeemed." Brother and Sister Robert . Pat
terson and Pearl Offe sang "Every Day and Every Hour." The Nunnery
Trio sang "I'm Just a Stranger Here." The overseer read his report. This
showed nine churches with one hundred sixty-nine members. The state
is one hundred per cent in the Emergency Fund. A demonstration con
ducted by Elwood Matthews followed the reading of the report.
12:23 a.m.-Music by the band as members of the congregation stood
and clapped their hands.
12:25 a.m.-A prayer was offered by the congregation in behalf of the
countries not represented at the Assembly.
12:27 a.m.-Jack Moss sounded a sharp trumpet call to signal the end
of the call of states.
Note: Much interest and enthusiasm were displayed by the delega
tions representing their respective states. The blessings of the Lord
were upon the people all day and until the close after midnight, and
there were times of shouting and rejoicing. The overseers gave more
information in their reports than is given here. Some had new churches
to report, others had been in successful building programs. Each one re
ported some success in the Visitation Program and Prayer Crusade. Num
bers of the overseers introduced their state secretaries and other work
ers who had served faithfully with them. When Georgia marched sixty-

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one carried packages and these were presented to the General Overseer.
The state of Kentucky presented him with a nice Elgin watch during their
program. And the state of Louisiana presented Brother Walter C. Bates
with a suit of clothes. All in all, this was a blessed day in the service of
the Lord.
12:28 a.m.-Joyce Wilson sang "Jesus Holds the Key."
12:31 a.m.-Exhortation and altar call by Alva Wilson.
He stated that this was a wonderful night to seek the Lord. He said
there was no reason for any to feel they couldn't receive the needed
blessing that night because God was ready to bless when conditions were
met. He urged all who needed an experience with the Lord to come
surrendering and believing. Jack Wilson furnished music while the peo
ple made their way to the altar and two were baptized with the Holy
Ghost.
Friday, September 11
6:00 a.m.-Sunrise prayer meeting in charge of James E. Hester and
Sam Lawson. Brother Hester directed the song service, then the hun
dredth Psalm was read. A song followed, then a mighty prayer was
offered by all present as they gathered around the altar. The service
was dismissed with a concert prayer.
8:45 a.m.-Program of music by the Bahama Band in front of the tab
ernacle.
8:50 a.m.-Organ music in the tabernacle by Marguerite Wright.
9:04 a.m.-Program by the delegates from Bermuda, assisted by Bessie
Stephens. They sang several selections and one sister gave her testimony.
9:15 a.m.-Song service led by Edsel Hartman with Hattie Brooks at
the piano and Mary Akers at the organ. James Harbor read Colossians
1:25-29. James C. Palmer prayed at the pulpit while the congregation
stood in reverence before the Lord. At the close of his prayer, the con
gregation prayed together for those for whom requests were made.
9:30 a.m.-Dorothy Creel sang "Jesus Use Me."
9:34 a.m.-"The Faith and Hope of the Church," message by L. S.
Rhodes, Honor Stone Department Director. The speaker began his mes
sage by reading 1 Corinthians 15:57; 1 John 5:4 and 1 Timothy 6:12. A
portion of the message follows:
"&#5505128;e Apostle Paul said, 'But thanks be to God, which giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! Victory means to triumph in
any battle. Regardless of what the battle may be that the Church en
counters, we have the victory before we go into it. The faith is the
victory. 'This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.'
There is one faith. As long as you stay with the faith, you have the
victory. You may have plenty of victory this morning and feeling &#6684777;ne, but
if you depart from the faith you lose the victory. This victory is the
faith of the Church of God.
"The Bible speaks about the latter times when some shall depart from
the faith and give heed to seducing spirits. &#4259950;y spirit that will try to
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the Church you depart from the faith. John said that this is the victory
even our faith. Paul said he had kept the faith. What did he mean by
saying this? He meant he had stuck to the Church of God, the one
faith.
"Through faith the world was framed by the Word of God. The one
faith was operating back there. Enoch was translated that he should
not see death. Do you plan to go to heaven one of these days? You had
better stick to the faith. By faith the children of Israel passed through
the Red Sea on dry ground, and by faith the walls of Jericho fell down.
Are you in the faith this morning? We are told to examine ours2lves
to see if we are in the faith. We are either in the faith or we are out of it.
"The writer of Hebrews said, 'Let us hold fast the profession of our
faith without wavering.' We must hold fast to our faith. If you want
to make a shipwreck, leave the Church of God. We must hold fast without
wavering. Some people are up today and down tomorrow. You know
anything that Jesus is in will never cease. He was in a ship one day
and it was covered with· waves. Some of the members went to Him and
He said, 'O ye of little faith.' At times-the weather gets a little stormy,
but don't think of jumping off the ship. Ride on across.
"It is not possible for God to lie. 'That by two immutable things, in
which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consola
tion, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before
us.' God &#6684777;xed it so that the Church might have a strong consolation. A
refuge is a place of protection. The greatest refuge in the world is the
Church of God. Hope means con&#6684777;dence in a future event. That which
you may see is not hope. The hope of the Church is that which will
take place in the future. We are to hold on to this hope, the hope of
the Church. We look to the future and we are assured that the things
written concerning the Church will come to pass. We are preparing our
selves for the future of the Church. The wheat must be gathered into
the garner. That is a future event. We are getting the garner ready
for the ingathering.
"The Bible says, 'Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they
gather themselves together, they come to thee.' This is a future event,
the hope of the Church. The forces of the Gentiles are coming also. That
means the wealth of the Gentiles will be brought to the Church. Do you
believe this is an event that will come to pass in the future? The hope
of the Church is an anchor. 'Which hope we have as an anchor of the
soul, both sure and steadfast.' With this hope in you, it will hold you
to the Church. The reason people jump overboard, they lose sight of
the hope. When a storm comes, this anchor will hold you in the Church.
"There are various groups declaring they are it, but the Bible says
the Church is just one. There are sixty queens, eighty concubines and
virgins without number, and they praise her but 'My dove, my unde&#6684777;led
is but one; she is the only one of her mother.' People praise the Church
but they don't know what it is. But there is a time coming when they
will know. We are making ourselves ready, or dressing ourselves up.
When she puts on the robe of righteousness, people will know. (One came
out on the platform dressed as a bride and waving a Church of God flag.)
"The Church must be clean and without blemish. Paul said to the
Church 'For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have
espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin
to Christ.' Sometime the Church will be presented to Christ as a chaste
virgin. When a girl· becomes engaged, from that time she begins to make
plans for the wedding. She is busy making preparations. Other girls

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are not making preparations, but she is making every moment count as
she gets ready for the future event.
"One of these days Jesus is going to descend with a shout. Do you
have the hope in you? If you have, you won't cause the Church any trou
ble. You will be a good preacher. If you make a mistake you will make
it right."
10:20 a.m.-Song by Wanda Edwards, "Prayer Is The Key."
10:28 a.m.-The General Overseer asked the congregation to bow their
heads in silent prayer, then he prayed asking the Lord for His help in
that which was to follow.
Pledges of allegiance were made to the United States flag by the United
States citizens, the British flag by the British subjects, the Mexican flag
by those from that country, and the Church of God flag by all present.
The General Overseer ref erred to the teaching against the wearing
of gold for ornament and stated he had heard that rumors were • go
ing around that this subject would be brought before the Assembly; He
said, "As long as I have breath to defend the Church, it won't be brought
up. I would like to encourage our ministers to preach the teachings
that have already been decided upon. These teachings of the Church
were prayed out many years before some of us had anything to do
with the work and I don't think . we have any right to change-them.
Ever so often I hear of people being dissatis&#6684777;ed with some of the prac
tices we have, but I like what we are doing. However, I want you
to know I am humble enough to abide by whatever the Assembly wants."
10:43 a.m.-The General Overseer's Annual Address:
GENERAL OVERSEER'S ANNUAL ADDRESS
BEFORE THE FIFTY-FOURTH 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
jOh, Bandera Mexicana! jMi Bandera Tricolor! Yo amo tus lindos
colores; con todo mi coraz6n. 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
We are living in a time when we need to make every moment count.
We not only need to keep busy, but we must carry on in a manner that
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have the One with us who is over all and above all. This One has left
a blueprint for us to follow and if it is studied carefully, the plan for
these last days will unfold so clearly and completely that we will not
have to learn by trial and error so much as it seems we have been do
ing. I feel it is time for each of us to give careful attention to our way
of working and when we &#6684777;nd we are not making progress, we should
go to God and His Word for assistance. In the Book we will &#6684777;nd a cure
for all of the ills of the Church of God if we will study and pray and
consecrate ourselves wholly to God. We may &#6684777;nd the answer to a need
in just a few verses, or we may need to study an entire subject, or the
life of one character or more.
At this time I feel that much can be learned about the work of soul
saving and building the Church by studying the life of Paul. Since we
need to be able to accomplish much more than we are, let's give a little
attention to his way of working. He didn't make any great claims for
himself, yet he had much to his credit to show for the efforts he put
forth. His epistles which are preserved for our information and instruc
tion are worth everything. If he had done nothing more than write them,
he would have left a rich heritage to those who want to follow the Lord
and serve Him. However, if he had not labored abundantly he would
not have been able to write the epistles because he would not have been
in contact with the people and could not have known their needs. But
he worked so faithfully among them and understood conditions so well
that he could say to the members of the early Church, "Be ye followers
of me, even as I also am of Christ." He loved the Lord so much and
followed Him so closely that he could set himself up as an example for
others to follow. And if they would follow him, they would be follow
ing Christ.
It would certainly not be out of order for any of us to study the record
of Paul and put in practice his way of life and obey his instructions. In
fact, it would be good for everyone of us to do this. If we would, I am
sure that we would be a long way up the road in spirituality and in
service to God and His Church. And since he was a minister, I would
like to encourage all of our ministers to so live and work that they could
say to those with whom they labor, "Be ye followers of me, even as I
also am of Christ." Do you feel that this is too much? It wasn't too much
for Paul and we are ministers in the Church of God the same as he
was. I do not feel more was required of him than is required of us.
The Church in these last days is to reach a higher plane of spirituality
and greatness than it did in Paul's day, so even more may be required
of us. It is destined to reach perfection so that it will be a glorious
Church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, and this is to be
brought about through the work of the ministry. Since this is true, I
feel it is high time for all of our ministers to be able to say to those
with whom they labor, follow me as I follow Christ. This is not too much
to expect of our ministers because they are to be examples of the flock.
If they are not, they are failing, and when the ministry fails, the Church
fails. How can it be thought of in any other way since the ministers are
given for the work of the ministry, for the perfecting of the saints, and
for the edifying of the body of Christ. As long as they fail to do this
work, then the Church cannot measure to the requirements as it should.
But it will &#6684777;nally reach the perfect state and this condition will be
brought about according to the Word of God, so if we have a part in it
we must work faithfully without any sel&#6684777;sh motives.
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do not produce the results that they should. We either do not have the
Lord with us in the measure that is needed, or our efforts are not di
rected in the proper manner. There must be a way to win the lost and
also attract the other sheep. I know we have to have God with us to
do this work, for without Him we can do nothing, but we also need to
know how to work with people so that we will draw them to the Church
instead of driving them away as has been the case many times in the past.
Paul was a great missionary and soul winner, so we can look to his
method of working for some help in order that we may do better serv
ice in reaching others. You and I know how Paul was converted and
how he began preaching Christ soon afterwards. He said concerning his
ministry, "For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of:
for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the
gospel!" Then he told of his manner of winning souls. He said: "For
though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all,
that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that
I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the
law, that I might gain them that are under the law; To them that are
without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under
the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. To the
weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all
things to all men, that I might by all means save some."
This was Paul's way of working and I feel it would be good for us
to pattern after him. He became as a Jew to the Jews that he might
be able to win some of them. When he decided to take Timothy with
him in the work, Paul had him circumcised because of the Jews. He
taught circumcision of the heart, but rather than offend the Jews he
had Timothy circumcised. He didn't criticize those under the law, or
those who were without the law. He tried to work with them to win
them without raising any question concerning these things. To the weak
he became weak to win them. If he had placed himself in the position
of a spiritual giant, the weak would have felt it was no use for them to
try to live for God because only strong people could do that. Paul in
writing to the church at Corinth said: "Even as I please all men in all
things, not seeking mine own pro&#6684777;t, but the pro&#6684777;t of many, that they
may be saved."
We can see that Paul's greatest desire was to get people saved. He
didn't work for his own interests or for the interests of a select few. He
worked tirelessly and unsel&#6684777;shly for all people. He said that all &#7602280;ings
were lawful for him but all things were not expedient, neither did all
things edify, so he put aside his own wishes and sought earnestly to
practice the things that would count for souls and the Church of God.
He could even love people who didn't love him. He said to the Corinthians:
"And I will very gladly spend and be spent 'for you; though the more
abundantly I love you, the less I be loved." It is not hard to love peo
ple who love us, but when we know they don't love us, it is not easy.
But Paul could go right on loving these people for whom he had labored
when they didn't love him as they ought. He said he did all things
for their edifying right in the face of the fact that they didn't love him.
Can't we work as Paul did? Can't we make ourselves all things to
all men that we may win them? I sincerely hope we can. Many times
we have known people who were interested in the Church because some
one by becoming all things to them had influenced them. Then &#7602280;at
person would go on to another place to labor for God and his efforts
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or did not care enough to try to help others. It is time for all of us
to strive to be all things to all men that we may win them, then there
will be no lost efforts on the part of any. The poor, the rich, the bur
dened, the bereaved, the sick, the troubled, all classes and all races of
people need the Lord Jesus Christ. People in different countries have
different customs. Even the customs of people in different sections of a
country are often very different. We don't win them by trying to change
their customs; we win them by being one of them.
We can also look to Paul for our example in preaching. Many times
our messages do not bless people as they should. They do not supply
the essential food for the sheep so they may be strong and healthy. They
do not satisfy that craving in the hearts of the children of God so their
souls are blessed and encouraged. Neither do they have the effect upon
the lost so that we are able to win them for God and His Church. Some
may say that it is not so much the preaching in a revival that causes
sinners to seek God. I know prevailing prayer and personal work and
witnessing for Christ by the members go a long way toward bringing
about a revival, and without prayer it would be impossible to have one,
but we are taught that the Word of God is quick and powerful and
when it is delivered under the power of God and the anointing of the
Holy Ghost, it will have its effect. If this is not correct, then what about
Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost? And what about the effect of
Paul's message upon Agrippa? And since Paul's time, people have trem
bled at the preaching of the Word. Great evangelists of the past have
been able to wield an influence over their congregations with the preach
ing of the Bible so that many were saved. I believe a powerful sermon
will produce powerful results today.
Paul said to the church at Corinth: "And my speech and my preach
ing was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration
of the Spirit and of power." He said also to them: "Truly the signs of
an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and won
ders and mighty deeds." Then he said to the church at Rome: "Through
mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that
from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached
the gospel of Christ." He didn't do all of his preaching in the pulpit.
He said: "And how I kept back nothing that was pro&#6684777;table unto you, but
have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to
house."
This was the way that Paul preached and if it was effective in his day,
why wouldn't it be today? I believe it would be, and I feel that you
agree with me. The more of God and His power a minister has when he
is in the pulpit, the greater he will bless the people. Paul might have
preached through the wisdom of man because he was highly educated,
but that wasn't the kind of preaching that was needed. He wanted peo
ple to have their faith in the power of God and not in the wisdom of
man. It would seem from his words to the church at Rome that he
wouldn't have felt that he had fully preached the gospel without the signs
and wonders and the power of the Spirit of God. And if we would get
far enough over to preach like Paul did, I believe we would feel that
way, too. May God help us!
It seems to me that we need more ministers and members with the
spirit of Paul. We need those who will follow Christ so closely that they
can truly be examples to others. We need those whose lives are pure
and whose whole interest is in the work of the Church. The Church
does not need those who want to exalt themselves. It does .not need

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those who seek their own good. It does need those who like Paul will
continually say to the Lord, "What wilt thou have me to do?" When
Jesus met him on the road to Damascus and Paul surrendered his life
and his all to God, he said, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?"
From that time on he wholly sought to do the will of God. He was
not his own but he was God's man to be used of Him as He desired.
All of the trials, tests, persecutions, hardships and everything else that
he endured for the gospel's sake failed to move him. He kept right
on in the work the Lord called him to do without whining or complain
ing. And when the end of his journey here was approaching he could
say with joy and victory in his soul: "I have fought a good &#6684777;ght, I have
&#6684777;nished my course, I have kept the faith."
May God help each of us to live and work as Paul did so that we may
be able to say to others, "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am
of Christ." And may we be all things to all people that we may win
them, and God grant that our preaching be with power and demonstra
tion of the Spirit insomuch that the signs and wonders will follow.
THE MAIN LINE
Quite often mention is made in one way or another about a main line
or a main route. The railroad companies have main lines. These are
sometimes referred to as trunk lines. They also have branch lines. These
usually go out for a certain distance from the main line. One who is
traveling between points on the main line may get on one of these branch
lines but before reaching his destination he must return to the main
route. He cannot make it to the place he is going on a side line. The
branch line is of no bene&#6684777;t to him. It would rather put him farther . away
from his desired destination as he would have to return to the main line
before going on to the place he started.
The bus companies have main lines; however, on some schedules the
busses will go a few miles off the regular route to small towns for
passengers. But they always get back on the main route in order to
reach the place they are going. Even the airplanes follow their regular
air lanes. If they are forced from the regular route for any reason,
they must get back to it in order to reach their destination. The same
is true with the ships on the seas and oceans. They have their regular
courses and they must remain in them. If a ship makes calls at various
ports, after each stop it must always get back to its regular route. It
has a course to follow and to complete its voyage in the desired man
ner, it must stay in it.
The Church of God has only one line-the main line. There are no
branch lines, nor stops to be made off the regular route. Some of its
members or ministers may leave the main line and wander off on a
side line made by man, but they have to leave the teachings and prac
tices of the Church to do this. The Church itself is never moved from
the main line. It never can be switched on a sidetrack. During the dark
ages it was covered over with creeds and false teachings of man until
it was lost sight of, but when the covering was removed, there it was
the same beautiful Church that Jesus built. It had not been moved from
its place on the main line. People may be moved about with winds of
doctrine, but the Church doesn't move with them. And it never shall.
It will endure forever. Jesus said, "Upon this rock I will build my
church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Those of its
members who remain true and faithful will never be moved from it.

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Only those who fail to keep the promise they made when they became
members can be sidetracked.
The Church is not like other organizations. It is a sacred institution
and its laws are divine. Some people have gone from one organization
to another and thought nothing about it, and there are those who have
left the Church of God and joined other churches, but this is a dangerous
business. When one becomes a member of the Church, he promises to ac
cept the Bible as the Word of God and believe and practice its teach
ings rightly divided. He agrees to take the New Testament as his only
rule of faith and practice, government and discipline, and to walk in
the light to the best of his knowledge and ability. This is a sacred obli
gation and those who take it should remember that it is a "perpetual
covenant that shall not be forgotten." This covenant is not to be taken
lightly but it should be given serious thought and attention, and every
one who takes it should be very careful to do what they say they will do.
We have said that the Church of God is not like other organizations
but that it is a sacred institution with divine laws. Since this is true,
let us look at it a little and talk about it some. First, it is the only
Church established by Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He said, "I will
build my church." It is evident from a number of Scriptures that He
did this. He said Himself that He had &#6684777;nished the work that the Fa
ther had given Him to do, and since building His Church was a part
of His work, we know He organized it and when He went away every
thing was in readiness for the Church to carry on the work which He
began. On the day of Pentecost it is said that three thousand souls
were added. This is evidence that Jesus had de&#6684777;nitely organized His
Church or it would not have been possible for these to be added to it.
It is agreed that when He went up into a mountain and called unto Him
whom He would that He set His Church in order at that time. That was
the beginning and it could be called a very humble beginning. But
the Church did not stay small in those early days. After the three thou
sand were added on the day of Pentecost, we read of &#6684777;ve thousand, and
a little later it was said the number of disciples multiplied greatly in
Jerusalem. Then when the persecutions were heaped so mercilessly upon
those early followers of Christ, they were scattered abroad and every
where they went they preached the gospel and the work spread.
All of the persecutions that were heaped upon those early ministers
did not stop them. They had received a command from the Son of God
who had made them the &#6684777;rst members of the Church, which is His body,
and they were determined to carry out His instructions. They worked
on until death stopped them and many of them were martyrs for the
cause of Christ. Stephen was stoned, Peter and Andrew were cruci&#6684777;ed,
Paul was beheaded, others met death at the hands of the enemies of
the cross of Christ in one way or another. But the loss of these brave
and resolute ministers did not check the progress of the Church. Rather
it seemed to grow and flourish right while the &#6684777;res of hatred and violence
were heaped upon it.
However, the time came when its progress was halted. Persecutions
couldn't stop it, the faults and failures of some of its ministers and mem
bers did not hinder it, but when those who were leaders made laws, and
creeds were accepted to govern it, then it was stopped in its work of
going to every creature with the message and teaching and baptizing
everyone. It was halted in its efforts to obey the commands of the mighty
Head of the Church. And the time came when it was so covered with
false doctrines and the laws of man that it was lost sight of entirely. The
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As we continue looking at the Church which Jesus built, let me re
peat that it is not like other churches, but it is divine. For this reason
it stood the test through the dark ages and when the proper time came,
in obedience to the Word of God through the prophet, it arose down
here in these last days and it is now functioning again. Had it not been
divine, it is possible that nothing would have been heard of it any more
after it had been lost to view for so long. But when the time came on
God's program for it to arise and shine, it had to do that and it has been
&#6684835;lling its place ever since.
The &#6684777;rst members here in these last days did not make rules or laws
to govern the Church, but they diligently searched out the laws con
tained in the Bible. They realized that God's Church is a theocratic gov
ernment. That is, a government by the immediate direction of God. For
.a long while they followed the New Testament order to the best of their
ability, but after the Church had been functioning for a number of
years, some laws called a constitution were enacted. When the former
General Overseer realized what had taken place, he refused to go along
with those who supported this action. He knew they had left the main
line. He was fearful of the results and was soon working to get back
on the main line so he could go on with the Church. From that time
forward he was very careful to guard the doctrine and follow the rules
found in the Book.
Looking a little closer at the Church, what do we see in its mem
bers who are traveling the main line? They are a people who love the
Lord with all their soul, mind and strength. They are obedient to the
instructions given by the Apostle John when he said, "Love not the
world, neither the things that are in the world." They know that "Who
.soever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."
They love God and the things that pertain to His work and they are
willing to sacri&#6684777;ce for its advancement. They love one another. They
are eager to obey the command of Jesus which He called a new com
mandment: "That ye love one another, as I have loved you."
They are a holy people. They have been cleansed from all unrighteous
ness by the blood of Jesus Christ and their hearts are pure. They want
to see their Lord face to face, so they are careful to "Follow peace with
all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord." Their
conversation is holy. They remember the words of Peter when he said,
"But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner
of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy." They
are not talebearers or busybodies in other people's affairs. They speak
no evil, but they talk about good things. They are able to say, -"For
our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour,
the Lord Jesus Christ."
They trust the Lord for their healing. They know the Word of God,
which they promised to take as their only rule of faith and practice,
teaches healing by the power of God without the use of medicine. They
accept the fact that Jesus provided for our healing in the atonement
the same as for the forgiveness of sins. They know from a standpoint
of experience that Jesus took our in&#6684777;rmities and bear our sicknesses.
They believe, teach and practice that through Jesus our iniquities are
forgiven and our diseases are healed. It is by His stripes that we are
healed and the members of the body of Christ are glad to put their trust
in Him. They call for the elders of the Church to pray and anoint with
oil because that is what they are instructed to do.
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the Spirit. They are clothed with humility. They stick to the doctrine
without wavering. Summing it up in a few words, they are doing all
they know to do. And doing what we know to do will keep us travel
ing on the main line and &#6684777;nally bring us to the place where the Church
will be that glorious Church without spot or wrinkle or any such thing.
This is for sure. We don't have to guess about it. Every prophecy con
cerning the Church that has not already been ful&#6684777;lled will be brought
to pass. The work will continue according to the Scriptures until it can
be said "His wife hath made herself ready."
I am not concerned about the outcome of the Church. I know God
will see to it that everything written about it will be brought to pass.
No need to worry about how God will manage to get this done, but
there is some cause for concern about some of us who may not be do
ing what we know to do. James said, "Therefore to him that knoweth
to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." In the light of this Scrip
ture; if we are not doing what we know to do, where are we? Could
it be possible that some are traveling a branch line or sitting on a side
track?
Let's think seriously about this. There is no chance for a failure on
the part of the Church. It is on the main line and it will continue to
travel this line until everything is accomplished that is written concern
ing it and Jesus comes to present it to Himself. But there is a chance
that some of its members may fail, so the only thing there is for us
to do is to rededicate and reconsecrate ourselves to God and diligently
seek to do the things we know to do. The Church will make no detours
to satisfy any of us. What is written is written and you and I must
measure to it. Come on, beloved, let's all travel this main line together.
There is no other route to follow to reach the desired destination.
PREACH CHURCH OF GOD DOCTRINE
We are happy to be members of the Church that is revealed in the
Scriptures. We are glad to know that Jesus built His Church and that
it is functioning down here in our day, and it is our business to make
it known. We are not to keep this thrilling information hidden, but
we must tell it everywhere we go. We are commanded to do this. Jesus
said, "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 observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you." If we teach
to observe the all things, we will teach the doctrine of the Church.
Jesus set His Church in order and after He went away we &#6684777;nd in
the record that multitudes were added to it. What brought about the
great success those early ministers enjoyed? Obedience. They were teach
ing the all things and that included the Church. A little later Paul re
vealed certain things concerning the Church and gave explicit instruc
tions concerning the work. And as he went from place to place, he set
churches in order and we have his epistles on record addressed to some
of them. Those early ministers did not fail to preach Church of God
doctrine. They were not afraid to preach it right in the face of opposi
tion. They didn't seem to care what people thought about them or the
doctrine they taught. They knew they were right and they were bold
and fearless to declare it wherever they went. Paul went so far as to
tell the people of the churches of Galatia that if anyone came to them
preaching any other gospel to let him be accursed. He even included
the angels in this. He said, "But though we, or an angel from heaven,
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you, let him be accursed." He declared that the gospel he preached was
not after man but he received it by the revelation of Jesus Christ. No
wonder he could stand before kings, rulers and all others and boldly de
clare all the counsel of God.
We want to be as bold to declare all the counsel of God now as Paul
was in his day. We must preach the truth as we know it. We accepted
the Bible as the Word of God and agreed to take the New Testament
as our only rule of faith and practice, government and discipline when
we became members of the Church, and it is required that we give out
the teaching so others will know what the Church is. We must do this
with love and with wisdom and with the power of God in our lives.
We should not choke people with the doctrine of the Church, and it is
not necessary that we tell them they will be lost if they don't become
members. But how are people to know what the Church is if we do
not tell them? We must preach and teach the doctrine in the way that
is required of us so that people will know what they are joining when
they become members of the Church. In fact, applicants for member
ship should not be accepted until they are taught in a manner that causes
them to understand.
Revivals may be conducted in new &#6684777;elds and people may be saved,
sancti&#6684777;ed and baptized with the Holy Ghost. This is good and we want
to get as many people saved as possible, but if the minister fails to teach
them the doctrine of the Church while he is there he has failed to do
what is required of him. I believe that when we enter a new &#6684777;eld we
should let the people know that we represent the Church of God of the
last days. The Church is nothing to be ashamed of; rather it is some
thing to be proud of. Neither is the Church anything to scare people
away if it is presented to them with wisdom and humility. The &#6684777;rst
week or two of a revival in a new &#6684777;eld we may preach evangelistic
messages, but we should also drop in enough about the Church that peo
ple will not forget what we represent. Then if there is a prospect of
a church being set in order, preach on the Church for a week or more
so the people will have an understanding of what they are joining. We
can't slip people in and then hope to teach them. Those who will make
good members want to know what they are becoming members of just
as you and I did. If some are taken in that don't know the doctrine,
they may not accept it when it is preached to them. That has been the
case a number of times in the past.
I have been informed by our headquarters workers and others that
occasionally they have gone to places where they were told not to preach
on the Church because the people wouldn't receive the message. What
kind of pastors do we have at those churches? And what kind of mem
bers are those who will not receive the teaching of the Church of which
they are members? Also, what kind of ministers set churches in order
with members who will not accept the doctrine of the Church? These
are questions to ponder rather than to be answered, but I would like
for this Assembly to know that I am not in favor of this way of doing.
Church of God people should love the Church of God message and when
they don't there is something wrong. And if some of our ministers are
to blame for this condition that exists, then I want them to change
their way of working. Instead of doing work that won't stand the test,
I want them to do work that is enduring.· Members who do not love
the Church and its doctrine are not worthy of being members, and
they will not be worth much to us because they will be gone after
while. We want ministers and members with vision, courage and power

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for service. That is the kind that is needed in these last days to do the
work, and that is the kind we must have.
Right here I would like to encourage all of our ministers to preach
the Word. Obey Paul's instructions when he said to Timothy, "Preach
the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort
with all longsuffering and doctrine." And to Titus, "But speak thou the
things which become sound doctrine; In all things shewing thyself a pat
tern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
sound speech, that cannot be condemned."
When we preach the Word and speak the things that become sound
doctrine, we will preach the Church along with all the rest. And this
should be one of our most treasured subjects, because in due time the
Church will reach proportions beyond anything we can hardly realize at
this time. The prophet said, "The Lord hath made bare his holy arm (the
Church) in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth
shall see the salvation of our God." Does this sound like the Church is
to be kept hidden or in the background? No, the eyes of the nations
are to behold it and the ends of the earth will hear of it. It is certainly
something to be proud of because the future looms up before us bright
and glorious. So let us all live and work, preach and teach so that the
Church and its doctrine can be made known wherever we go. Then we
can say as Paul did to a king or anyone else, "For the king knoweth of
these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that
none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done
in a corner."
AGAINST THE USE OF TOBACCO, OPIUM, MORPHINE, ETC.
The Church has been against the use of tobacco, opium, morphine and
any other habit-forming drug for many years. Some of the &#6684777;rst mem
bers of the Church in these last days used tobacco, but in the &#6684777;rst As
sembly the subject was discussed and it was decided that it was wrong
to use it and the pastors and deacons were advised to use their influence
against it. In a later Assembly it was decided that those who used
tobacco should be given a little time to decide what they would do about
it, and then if they refused to discontinue its use they should be dis
fellowshipped. This is still the practice of the Church today. If one is
found to be using tobacco, he is given time to leave it off. If he doesn't,
we feel there is nothing to do but dismiss him from membership in the
Church. Of course each one is to be dealt with lovingly and tenderly
and according to Bible order.
A few years after the decision was made concerning the use of tobacco
by members of the Church, a similar decision was reached concerning
the use of opium, morphine and any other habit-forming drug. The use
of these has never given much concern in the Church because our mem
bers have not used them to any marked degree. And I feel sure that
none of our people will ever want to become addicted to the use of any
narcotic. I don't know of anything much worse than to be bound by
this terrible evil, and the Church can do nothing else but stand against it.
God through the prophet Isaiah said, "Wherefore do ye spend money
for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satis&#6684777;eth
not?" We are not to indulge in things that are of no bene&#6684777;t physically
or spiritually. Then the Apostle Paul has admonished us to glorify God
in all that we do. He said, "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or what
soever ye do, do all to the. glory of God. Give none offence, neither to
the &#3014730;ews nor to the Gentiles, nor to the Church of God." He also tells

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us to cleanse ourselves from all &#6684777;lthiness of the flesh and spirit. "Hav
ing therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from
all &#6684777;lthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of
God." Paul said again: "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God,
and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man de&#6684777;le the tem
ple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which tem
ple ye are." It is absolutely necessary that we who have the Holy Ghost
dwelling within us keep ourselves pure and unde&#6684777;led.
A little more about the subject of tobacco. In the eleventh Assem
bly the question was raised concerning our members growing, selling
and handling tobacco. The decision was reached that members be re
quired to abstain from growing and selling tobacco, either owners, renters
or clerks in stores. Those refusing to give attention to the advice of
the Assembly were to be dealt with; however, no one was to be dis
missed from the Church without the approval of the State and General
Overseers. This ruling of the Assembly remained unchanged until the
subject was introduced by the former General Overseer to the thirty
&#6684777;fth Assembly which convened September 11-17, 1940. At that time he
showed that tobacco was used for a number of purposes other than human
consumption, the most important of these being insecticides and fertilizers.
The following recommendation was made by the Questions and Subjec&#7602291;
Committee and accepted by that Assembly: "That this Assembly permit
members of the Church of God to grow tobacco and handle it but not
to use it in any habitual manner. Your committee also is unanimous
in the agreement that Church of God members should not buy and sell
tobacco after it has been made into cigarettes, chewing form, dipping
form or any other habitual form."
This has been the practice since that time, and we have no • criticism
to offer concerning the decision of that Assembly. But since numbers
of our people have jobs which require them to handle tobacco after it
has been made for human consumption, I wonder if it is time for us
to make another change in our practices. The Church is against the
use of tobacco· as much as it has ever been, and we wouldn't think of
making any change in our rules along this line, but some of our peo
ple are under a cloud now because they feel they must hold their pres
ent jobs which require them to handle tobacco. With conditions as they
exist at this time, our people can't operate a grocery store, a &#6684777;lling sta
tion or a restaurant without stocking tobacco. If they refuse to stock it,
people who use it will go where they can buy tobacco with their groceries,
food and gas. This is especially the case with places of business in
small towns and country places. Neither can our people work in places
where tobacco is sold without handling it. Then there are machines
for dispensing candy, tobacco and other things and those who have to
keep them stocked must handle tobacco along with their other supplies.
We don't like to discuss this subject at length, and we wish there would
never be any more tobacco raised for human consumption. But since
it is, and it seems that more people use it from year to year, and it is
necessary for some of our people to handle it if they hold their jobs and
carry on their business, I am taking the time to present it to this As
sembly. I am not recommending any change as to the use of tobacco
by our people, but since it works a handship on many of them to re
frain from handling it, I have wondered if something could be done about
this part of the Assembly ruling. Please notice that this twenty-third
teaching· reads: "Against the use of tobacco in any form, opium, morphine,
etc." If a change should be made concerning handling tobacco, it would

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not be necessary to change the wording of this teaching. And members
could be allowed to handle tobacco when required to do so on their
jobs or in their businesses, and still not go contrary to the teaching as
it appears with the other twenty-eight prominent teachings.
If the Questions and Subjects Committee would like to consider this
subject and bring a recommendation before the Assembly, I will be glad
for them to do so. We want everything done for the best interests of
the Church and the salvation of souls, so we desire that this subject be
given careful and prayerful consideration if the Committee and the As
sembly give attention to it. We want everything that we do taken care
of in a manner that is pleasing to God so it can be said, "It seemed good
to the Holy Ghost, and to us."
PRAYER CRUSADE AND VISITATION PROGRAM
The Prayer Crusade and Visitation Program that were launched in
the 53rd Annual Assembly have been promoted in every state of the
union and in some foreign countries. Many times there was prayer go
ing up to the Lord in every time zone around the world. We feel that
good results have been realized from the prayers, and since we have
learned that having set times for prayer has proved a blessing, I am
sure it will be good to continue the Crusade. I feel we should make it
just a part of our regular work in the local churches. The more we pray,
the closer to the Lord we will get, and greater results will be realized
in the service of God.
I am grateful to Brother Harper Hunter for the efforts he made in
promoting the Prayer Crusade. He has written many letters, also a num
ber of articles for the White Wing Messenger. His assistance in this work
is appreciated. Also, I want to thank each one who co-operated in any
way in the Crusade. A number of plans were used and I feel that each
one was successful. Some prayed certain hours of the day. Others or
ganized prayer chains around the clock. Still others arranged for a cer
tain number of minutes each day. One Victory Leaders Band divided
the time into &#6684777;ve minute periods from seven o'clock in the morning until
seven in the evening and gave each member of the band who would
take part a period. Nearly all of the periods were accepted, so some
body was praying for most of the twelve hours.
The purpose of the Crusade is to encourage our people to pray, so it
is hoped that each pastor will organize his members at the beginning
of the new Assembly year. There are many ways to do this and each
pastor should &#6684777;nd the plan best suited to his people. It is through prayer
that we have God with us as we endeavor to work for Him. The enemy
is always at work and he will hinder our efforts if he can, but through
prayer and consecration we can have the Lord with us to the extent
that we can be overcomers and carry on the work according to the will
of God. We do thank the Lord for the many prayers that were prayed
in behalf of the work of the . Church the past year and for the answers
to these prayers. We trust our people have been encouraged in their
prayer life through the Prayer Crusade, and we want to urge all to put
forth greater efforts in prayer another year in order that greater work
can be accomplished for the Lord .
. The Visitation Program has been boosted by the General Overseer and
headquarters workers, the state overseers, pastors and lay members. Also,
Brother L. A. Moxley has spent much time this year in helping to or
ganize . our people in various states for this work and assisting. them
in taking the census. All that he did is appreciated by me as well as

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those who received his assistance. Through this work many new homes
were reached with the Church of God message. Good results have been
obtained; however, all that was done is just a little sample of what can
be done in the future. It is my desire that this work be continued with
greater zeal and interest. We want people to know the Church, and
we must not only make them know about the Church but we must get
them interested in it.
Those who were present in the 53rd Assembly probably remember that
the General Overseer made the statement that he desired to visit the
state overseers and that he expected to land at an airport in every state
in the union for the purpose of promoting the Prayer Crusade and the
Visitation Program. I am glad to tell you that this mission was ac
complished when the plane landed at the airport at Barre, Vermont,
August 1. It was a pleasure to visit the overseers in their homes to dis
cuss the progress of the work and boost the Big Business Program. At
the time we visited some of the states, the pastors and workers were
taking religious census and in other states plans were laid for this work
to be done. We are thankful to the overseers for their part in mak
ing these visits a success. Quite often we were in their homes only
about two hours. At other times we stayed over night. But the fellow
ship was wonderful regardless of the time spent with them, and it is
believed that the efforts put forth to promote the work have proved a
blessing.
In this Assembly reports have been given by the overseers of the num
ber of new homes visited where the Church of God message was left
with the occupants. I do appreciate all that has been done by &#7602280;ose
who worked faithfully visiting homes, and it is hoped that many other
thousands will learn of the Church another year through this means of
spreading the good news.
We traveled more than twenty-&#6684777;ve thousand miles in going to the
forty-eight states. This is the same as the distance around the world
at the equator. We flew as high as twelve thousand feet and came down
as low as two hundred feet when the clouds made it necessary to do
this. The Lord was with us and kept us safely in His hands, for which
we are thankful. We were away from the office only a few hours at
a time. The longest trip took us to &#6684777;fteen states in six days, and the
shortest was two states in one day. As we flew over the country, the
scenery was beautiful in many places. It was interesting to see the moun
tains, some of them capped with snow, the lakes, rivers, plains, deserts,
cities and towns.
&#5505128;e General V. L. B. Secretary is to be commended for the service
he rendered as pilot of the plane. He was very careful to check fly
ing conditions and would not fly when the weather was unfavorable.
As many know, the plane was furnished by the C. P. M. A. department
and it proved a great blessing in making my trips possible. Everyone
that is a member of the C. P. M. A. had a part in promoting the Big
Business Pro&#6750322;am through the use of the airplane. At a number of air
ports where we landed, questions were asked concerning our work be
cause of the Scripture references on the plane.
For those who want to get started into the work of visiting homes,
census cards may . be obtained at the Capitol Building. Since it has been
proved this year that this work has been a blessing in gaining new
people, let's continue it another year with more zeal and vigor than ever.
May God . help us all to do what we can to increase the attendance in
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membership to grow. And God grant that we may be exercised in pre
vailing prayer for souls for whom Christ died and for the other sheep
who are not in the fold, and may our Visitation Program be carried to
communities, cities and even counties where we do not have work estab
lished in an effort to reach people with the last days message and get
churches organized. As the zeal burns the bones to reach every creature
in our United States, I am sure it will be kindled to a &#6750322;eater degree
than ever before to go to every creature under heaven.
OUR NEW HEADQUARTERS PROPERTY
During the Fifty-third Annual Assembly the agreement was reached
to purchase the property formerly owned by the Cleveland Casket Com
pany, which consists of three and one-half acres and is located just south
of the present Tabernacle. After the Assembly came to a close, the Gen
eral Properties Committee proceeded to make the necessary arrange
ments to close the deal. The committee was given the privilege of us
ing money from the Emergency Fund to assist in paying for the property.
Several made nice pledges during the Assembly, and the &#6684777;rst $25,000
was paid from these and the &#4522093;ergency Fund money that was on hands.
We were obliged to borrow $100,000 to pay the balance due on the
property, and we are now. paying $5,000 every three months &#7274606; &#7602280;e loan,
along with the interest on the unpaid balance each time.
It will be noticed in the treasurer's report that there is quite a large
de&#6684777;cit in the Emergency FUnd. For this reason, the General Properties
Committee has decided that it would not be best to make plans for a
new tabernacle until we can get this enormous de&#6684777;cit taken care of. How
ever, the property is being used at this time. for off-street parking by
those who are in attendance at this Assembly, and the space for this
purpose 1s very much needed. Also cots are placed in some of the build
ings for our people to use instead of erecting a tent as we have
been doing for a number of years in the past. We are thankful that this
property was made available to us as our space was becoming more
crowded each year. We now have the opportunity to expand some, and
if and when the new building is erected, we can use the present taber
nacle for some department that needs more space.
I feel it would be in order for us to begin to pray about the type of
building that will be needed. We would not want to build something
that would have to be enlarged soon after it was erected, neither would
we want to construct a building that would be so large it could not be
used for any purpose during the year.
A suggestion has been made, and it sounds good to me, that when we
do make plans for a new tabernacle that we arrange to use material from
each state and country where we have churches. Of course an • archi
tect would have to be employed to design a building in which all the
states and countries that desired could have a part.
In reading about the temple that Solomon built, the material was pre
pared before being placed in the building. To me, it would be wonder
ful if we could erect a building in this way. It is possible that we could
not build a tabernacle that would be equal to Solomon's temple, but it
will be good for us. to study the record concerning that building, and
we might be able to_ construct one that would compare with it in some
respects. We remember. that the multitudes are coming to the Church in
the future and when they come we would like to have something that
will be attractive; however, I do not recommend that we go beyond our

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 53
means. We need something that is convenient as well as attractive in
which the multitudes that come to the Assembly may enjoy the blessings
of the Lord in comfort.
Some of us have attended the Assembly when an ordinary church build
ing would seat the people, but we have had the privilege of seeing the
number increase until our present building is too small. And we are
looking forward to the time when the attendance will be larger than
we have ever had, and we must be prepared for the multitudes when
they come.
Our &#6684777;rst responsibility now is to pay for the new property, and the
General Properties Committee is launching a campaign at the close of
this Assembly to raise funds to pay off the indebtedness. &#5505128;e plan is
simple and every member can lend assistance, as just a small amount
from each one will soon cast the debt into the sea. An envelope has
been prepared for each member in the states, and these envelopes have
been made into packages to be given to the state overseers, a package
for each local church. The overseers are to give the envelopes to the
pastors, and the pastors to the band leaders and the band leaders to the
members. We would like for each member to give at least one dollar
between the General Assembly and January 1. We want to pay off
the loan as quickly as possible so we will not have to pay out so much
for interest. According to the calendar, there are 108 days from the
close of the Assembly to &#7602280;e &#6684777;rst of January, and every_ member is. re
quested to give one dollar or more during this time. The offering should
be placed in the envelope, then seal it and stamp it and put it in the
mail and it will come direct to the General Properties Committee where
the necessary attention will be given it. When every member of a local
church has sent in an offering, the name of the church will be run in
the White Wing. We are counting on the General Properties Commit
t�, all the state overseers, pastors and band leaders to give this spe
cial campaign all the attention that is needed to make it successful.
As soon as the appointment of overseers · is made on Monday after
noon, we request that each one go direct to the office of Brother C. R.
Payne for the necessary supply of envelopes. We desire to get this cam
paign started as soon as possible, and it will take all of us working to
gether in order to be successful in raising the needed funds by January 1,
1960.
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 increases mean there was more done this year than
last year.
DATA GATHERED FRO M MINISTERS' REPORTS
Last Year
Sermons ________________________________ l 79,676
Converted _______ 23,368
Sancti&#6684777;ed ______ 14,626
Holy Ghost ______ 9,905
Water Baptism ____ 6,316
Added to Church____ 6,715
This Year
186,202
23,617
14,578
9,743
6,642
6,741
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
6,526
249
48
162
326
26

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These &#6684777;gures show something of the work .that was done by our min
isters this year. This information was gathered from their reports to
headquarters and we know that many of our ministers were active in
the work and they accomplished a great deal for the advancement of
the Church. The good work that has been done for the salvation of souls
and the building up of the Church is appreciated. We are sorry to have
to show some decreases, but we feel that if we had received reports from
all of our ministers, we could show that more had been done by them
this year than last year.
NUMBER OF MINISTERS
• Rank Last Year
Bishops -----------------------------------------543
Deacons 385
Evangelists ----�-----------------2,470
Total _______________ 3,398
FOREIGN MISSION
This Year
571
410
2,546
3,527
DRIVES
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
28
25
76
129
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 &#5701736;ite 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.
AUXILIARY INFORMATION
The work done by our people in all departments of the Church is com
mendable. Our auxiliary workers have been faithful in their efforts to
advance the work and they have been successful. God has been with
them and blessed them as they labored faithfully in His service. Some
have been hindered but they did something. Others were able to work
without being hindered so much, and by all doing what they could much
has been accomplished. We would like to be able to make our people
know that their untiring service in the auxiliary work is greatly appre
ciated. The interest shown in all departments of the Church is wonder
ful, and we are thankful that many of the states and countries show in
creases in their offerings over last year. Our· people have displayed much
zeal and courage as they carried on their work through the year and
it is my desire to encourage all to continue to do what they can to
build the Church and get the message to every creature. This is our mis
sion in the world and we must not fail.
The following tables give a record of the work of the various depart
ments last year and this year by states and countries with the largest
&#6684777;gures at the top and the next largest second and on down to the smallest.
STATE CONVEN TION MISSION OFFER INGS
&#4259949;ount
State Last Year
Tennessee _______________ $17,000.00
Amount
This Year
$22,894.78 Increase $ 5,894.78

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Georgia --17,181.34 20,111.60 Increase 2,930.26
Florida 18,051.00 20,060.00 Increase 2,009.00
Kentucky 15,592.89 16,800.00 Increase 1,207.11
North Carolina 13,936.34 16,451.19 Increase 2,514.85
Virginia ---- 12,768.34 15,000.03 Increase 2,231.69
Bahamas £3,957.10.1 £4,575.8.11 Increase £617.18.10
Alabama 12,002.32 11,409.48 Decrease 592.84
Michigan 10,332.75 10,368.12 Increase 35.37
Mississippi 8,350.00 10,000.00 Increase 1,650.00
Ohio 8,949.78 9,868.00 Increase 918.22
California 7,815.28 9,604.36 Increase 1,789.08
South Carolina 7,398.59 9,158.96 Increase 1,760.37
Oklahoma 6,974.67 7,155.88 Increase 181.21
West Virginia 2,600.13 6,684.55 Increase 4,084.42
Maryland and D. C, __________ 2,177.29 6,390.80 Increase 4,213.51
Pennsylvania 5,620.97 5,970.62 Increase 349.65
Indiana 7,189.90 5,816.60 Decrease 1,373.30
East Texas 5,565.17 5,572.80 Increase 7.63
Kansas 5,172.12 5,300.00 Increase 127.88
Illinois 4,408.68 5,000.00 Increase 591.32
Missouri 5,359.98 4,944.70 Decrease 415.28
Wyoming 3,800.74 3,765.40 Decrease 35.34
Washington 3,070.39 3,395.74 Increase 325.35
Arkansas 2,189.91 3,030.27 Increase 840.36
Louisiana ________ 2,887.11 3,019.78 Increase 132.67
New Mexico 2,866.50 2,942.92 Increase 56.42
South Dakota --------- 3,034.39 2,941.65 Decrease 92.74
New York 2,226.78 2,600.77 Increase 373.99
Iowa 2,371.92 2,515.57 Increase 143.65
West Texas 2,260.09 2,413.20 Increase 153.11
Arizona 1,821.43 2,355.57 Increase 534.14
North Dakota 1,940.00 2,014.94 Increase
74.94
Minnesota 1,902.36 1,800.00
Decrease 102.36
Wisconsin 1,772.03 1,775.25 Increase 3.22
Mexico 1,038.50 1,588.81 Increase 550.31
Idaho 1,404.53 1,564.11 Increase 159.58
Oregon 1,437.85 1,554.68 Increase 116.83
Colorado 1,174.67 1,200.00 Increase 25.33
Jamaica 840.00 1,100.00 Increase 260.00
&#4456559;minican Republic 1,077.23 948.57 Decrease 128.66
Nebraska 1,005.22 850.08 Decrease 155.14
New Jersey 503.05 613.51 Increase 110.46
Montana 493.30 568.71 Increase 75.41
Virgin Islands ____________________ 410.00 450.00 Increase 40.00
Nevada 374.78 412.67 Increase 37.89
Maine 1,000.00 401.00 Decrease 599.00
&#4522094;gland 254.74 353.21 Increase 98.47
Turks Islands .320.22 325.00 Increase 4.78
Utah 685.15 324.91 Decrease 360.24
British Columbia 1,199.00 317.34 Decrease 881.66
Vermont ______________ 314.53 317.02 Increase 2.49
Delaware 309.68 315.00 Increase 5.32
Puerto Rico 332.54 311.61 Decrease 20.93
&#4259948;berta 360.00 300.00 Decrease 60.00
Montserrat 219.74 251.57 Increase 31.83
Manitoba 322.73 219.93 Decrease 102.80

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Connecticut
Trinidad _______ _
Saint Kitts
Ontario ______ _
Aruba
Cuba _________________ _
Haiti ----------------------------------
Anguilla -----------------------------
Antigua
Costa Rica ___ _
New Hampshire __ _
Nevis ________ _
Alaska
Hawaii
Curacao
Panama
Mass. and R. I, ___ _
Egypt. -----------------------
Dominica _______ _
Barbados
British Guiana
Saint Vincent _______ _
Uruguay
El Salvador _______________________ _
Chile ---------· ___ ·----------------------
200.66
206.73
147.79
182.60
67.68
67.63
217.38
106.98
115.89
100.00
31.35
64.31
121.00
44.65
40.00
47.70
40.50
35.91
34.74
12.00
30.00
10.00
214.04
212.50
191.68
191.62
167 .97
141.08
120.00
118.35
117.94
107.00
80.40
76.95
70.30
55.00
51.36
49.55
48.00
45.00
42.77
30.20
30.00
7.90
6.50
Total ----------------------------------$254, 77 4.31 $287,090.13
Increase
Increase
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13.38
5.77
43.89
9.02
100.29
73.45
97.38
11.37
2.05
7.00
49.05
12.64
50.70
10.35
9.55
.30
4.50
6.86
4.54
18.00
$32,315.82
STATE CONVENTION FREE LITERATURE OFFERINGS
&#4259949;ount
State Last Year
N?rt�
_
Carolina ------------------$ 9,795.71
V1rgin-------·---------------------· 8,530.43
Tennessee 6,000.00
Georgia ------------------------------8,175.59
Kentucky 6,441.72
Oklahoma 5,210.47
Florida _______ 5,525.00
Califo&#7471214;ia 4,448.46
South Carolina ____ 4,205.19
Mississippi ______ 4,000.53
Alabama _______________ . _____________ 4,501.24
Ohio 3,773.79
Michigan 3,870.82
Bahamas _______ £975.6.9
Indiana 3,246.20
Pennsylvania 2,896.27
East Texas 2,585.45
Illinois __________ 1,765.70
Kansas 1,806.97
West Virginia _________ 1,447.82
Missouri 2,210.17
Amount
This Year
$13,586.33
10,110.09
9,852.61
9,010.29
7,085.00
6,618.33
6,129.80
5,307.37
4,893.29
4,724.77
4,165.92
4,094.97
3,905.09
£1,177.14.1
3,173.10
2,948.87
2,660.29
2,121.38
2,000.00
1,918.62
1,897.02
Increase
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Increase
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Decrease
$ 3,790.62
1,579.66
3,852.61
834.70
643.28
1,407.86
604.80
858.91
688.10
724.24
335.32
321.18
34.27
£202.7.4
73.10
52.60
74.84
355.68
193.03
470.80
313.15

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Mar&#6226009;�and and D. c. _________ _
Louisiana ---------------------------
Wyoming ----------------------------
Arkansas __________________ _
New Mexico _____________________ _
Sou th Dakota ___________________ _
Iowa ___ ______________ _
Washington
New York _____ _
West Texas _______________________ _
North Dakota
Minnesota _________________________ _
Oreg&#7274606;
Wisconsin
Idaho
Dominican Republic
Colorado
Arizona
Mexico -------------------------------
Puerto Rico
New Jersey ___________ _
Virgin Islands ________________ _
Montana ___________ _
Nebraska ----------------------------
Utah ------------------------------------
Nevada ____________ _
Alberta --------------------------------
Delaware _________ _ __ _
Connecticut _______________________ _
Manitoba ______________ _
British Columbia __ _
Vermont -----------------------------
Jamaica
Ontario
Cuba ________________________ _
England· _____ _
Turks Islands ___ _
Trinidad _____ _
Montserrat
Costa Rica
Antigua
New Hampshire __ _
Aruba _______________ _
Maine -----------------------
Saint Kitts ______ _
Angu&#7078101;a
Egypt ---------------
Nevis
Haiti
Mass-. and R. I. ___ _
Alaska --------------------------------
Curacao _____________ _
Panama
Barbados
Hawaii
Dominica
1,007.81
1,477.98
1,288.72
831.30
1,081.63
1,634.70
890.20
960.67
860.50
905.92
809.00
818.00
665.50
1,021.12
545.35
564.04
500.00
672.13
268.64
421.27
302.97
250.00
269.58
300.29
267.80
148.39
92.00
116.75
83.57
41.27
200.00
105.27
100.00
92.75
23.74
56.40
66.66
62.36
54.83
15.00
46.70
31.48
37.00
44.70
25.40
29.05
32.00
33.60
52.30
26.25
82.00
8.00
6.93
6.53
5.74
1,799.70
1,511.35
1,322.41
1,276.54
1,272.69
1,216.43
1,002.12
979.60
860.59
850.86
811.00
700.00
696.49
663.48
536.61
521.02
510.00
371.72
355.48
335.13
320.23
300.00
276.52
271.63
268.18
164.90
156.00
152.61
139.12
124.08
120.78
112.04
100.00
89.99
81.40
74.73
68.50
65.66
64.36
50.00
49.59
47.30
46.63
46.00
41.12
38.15
37.20
35.59
32.30
27.00
22.33
21.10
18.94
13.60
10.00
6.00
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57
791.89
33.37
33.69
445.24
191.06
418.27
111.92
18.93
.09
55.06
2.00
118.00
30.99
357.64
8.74
43.02
10.00
300.41
86.84
86.14
17.26
50.00
6.94
28.66
.38
16.51
64.00
35.86
55.55
82.81
79.22
6.77
2.76
57.66
18.33
1.84
3.30
9.53
35.00
2.89
15.82
9.63
1.30
15.72
9.10
5.20
1.99
20.00
.75
59.67
10.94
6.67
3.47
.26

58 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
British Guiana ___ _
Saint Vincent ___ _
Chile
6.25 6.00
4.45
7.00
Total -- -- ----------$113,543.03 $130,621.51
Decrease
Increase
STATE CONVENTION ORPHANA G E OFFERINGS
Amount Amount
State Last Year This Year
North Carolina ------------------$ 5,659.71 $ 6,777.25 Increase
Virginia 5,310.92 6,609.99 Increase
Georgia 5,018.39 6,498.94 Increase
Tennessee 5,000.00 6,241.68 Increase
Kentucky ___________ 5,675.92 6,016.00 Increase
Florida 5,521.00 5,648.71 Increase
Alabama 4,601.73 4,096.16 Decrease
Mississippi 2,785.04 3,640.30 Increase
South Carolina 2,425.81 2,990.07 Increase
Ohio 2,441.72 2,908.78 Increase
Oklahoma 2,374.80 2,878.41 Increase
West Virginia 1,502.53 2,600.94 Increase
Michigan 2,411.06 2,522.57 Increase
California ----·---------------------2,442.57 2,366.66 Decrease
Pennsylvania 2,129.80 2,229.86 Increase
Illinois --1,760.00 1,936.43 Increase
Bahamas £475.12.3 £627.14.5 Increase
Kansas --------------1,572.83 1,758.03 Increase
Missouri 1,910.58 1,667.78 Decrease
East Texas 1,597.17 1,650.17 Increase
Indiana 1,608.10 1,606.96 Decrease
Maryland and D. c, ________ 741.08 1,457.12 Increase
Arkansas 757 .81 1,260.79 Increase
Minnesota --------------------------1,102.76 1,037.00 Decrease
North Dakota ____________________ 888.00 991.35 Increase
New Mexico _____________________ 623.15 906.00 Increase
Louisiana __________________________ 816.10 848.19 Increase
Wyoming 772.92 847.05 Increase
West Texas 884.53 829.39 Decrease
Washington 716.52 827.77 Increase
Iowa 742.38 746.27 Increase
South Dakota --------- 812.58 686.44 Decrease
Oregon 684.66 685.16 Increase
Idaho 454.28 600.19 Increase
Colorado 653.46 500.00 Decrease
New York 417.64 418.51 Increase
Wisconsin 377.56 404.38 Increase
Dominican Republic 366.32 400.76 Increase
Nebraska 331.18 357.09 Increase
Montana ___ 334.62 334.65 Increase
Arizona -------- 366.46 309.76 Decrease
Utah ------------ 273.78 274.48 Increase
Mexico 81.28 178.89 Increase
Nevada ____ 143.90 154.26 Increase
D�aware 115.96 140.90 Increase
British Columbia ______________ 120.31 138.13 Increase
.25
$17,078.48
$ 1,117.54
1,299.07
1,480.55
1,241.68
340.08
127.71
505.57
855.26
564.26
467.06
503.61
1,098.41
111.51
75.91
100.06
176.43
£152.2.2
185.20
242.80
53.00
1.14
716.04
502.98
65.76
103.35
282.85
32.09
74.13
55.14
111.25
3.89
126.14
.50
145.91
153.46
.87
26.82
34.44
25.91
.03
56.70
.70
97.61
10.36
24.94
17.82

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Ontario -------------------------------
Jamaica
Alberta ______ _
Connecticut
Virgin Islands ____ _
Manitoba _______ _
Turks Islands ___ _
New Jersey ____ _
Vermont _____ _
New Hampshire __ _
England
Egypt
Curacao
Antigua
Mon ts err at ------------------------
Aruba
Maine ____________________ _
Cuba -----------------------------------
Saint Kitts
Puerto Rico ------------------------
Anguilla ____ _
Costa Rica _____ _
Trinidad
Panama
Nevis _____ _
Mass. and R. !. _________________ _
Alaska
Haiti ----------------------
Hawaii
Barbados
British Guiana ___ _
Dominica
Saint Vincent ___ _
El Salvador _______________________ _
152.23
57.00
80.00
67.66
70.00
100.42
50.54
227.12
66.27
34.25
8.46
40.50
53.06
32.69
35.00
31.47
22.26
19.25
24.38
22.68
20.00
8.83
9;00
26.87
15.27
66.00
18.50
4.14
6.88
5.06
20.00
Total ----- --$80,065.94
114.03
100.00
86.00
80.88
80.00
76.24
75.80
72.96
69.17
51.28
48.65
43.30
42.28
39.81
39.23
38.63
33.45
32.26
26.11
24.81
23.70
23.50
18.78
18.53
17.50
17.00
14.95
12.20
10.00
8.29
7.13
5.65
2.00
$91,104.51
Decrease
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59
38.20
43.00
6.00
13.22
10.00
24.18
25.26
154.16
2.90
17.03
40.19
2.80
13.25
6.54
3.63
1.98
10.00
6.86
.43
1.02
3.50
9.95
9.53
9.37
1.73
51.05
6.30
5.86
1.41
.59
$11,038.57
STATE CONVENT ION CHURCH OF PROPHECY MARKER
ASSOCIATION OFFERINGS
&#4259949;ount
State
Oklahoma
Ohio
Last Year
----------$ 3,015.72
&#4259948;abama ________________ _
Kentucky
Tennessee --------------------------
North Carolina _________________ _
Virginia
Michigan
Georgia
California
&#5046377;ssissippi _________________________ _
East Texas
Indiana _____ _
West Virginia ___ _
1,850.58
1,800.92
1,355.60
900.00
1,228.66
1,024.83
1,069.61
435.02
964.42
808.17
691.85
877.76
582.25
Amount
This Year
$ 3,184.55
2,212.41
1,718.47
1,616.49
1,522.43
1,511.51
1,404.00
1,120.55
1,000.00
973.56
869.68
835.45
730.37
711.31
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
$ 168.83
361.83
82.45
260.89
622.43
282.85
379.17
50.94
564.98
9.14
61.51
143.60
147.39
129.06

60 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Louisiana ----------------------------556.10 574.40 Increase 18.30
South Carolina 506.43 560.87 Increase 54.44
Illinois ----- 342.82 473.05 Increase 130.23
Arkansas 325.32 468.18 Increase 142.86
Missouri 470.14 406.55 Decrease 63.59
North Dakota --------------------354.00 400.01 Increase 46.01
Washington 307.16 400.00 Increase 92.84
Maryland and D. C, __________ 289.07 393.09 Increase 104.02
Kansas ---------------- 275.31 376.15 Increase 100.84
South Dakota 541.15 344.08 Decrease 197.07
West Texas ________ 331.44 314.76 Decrease 16.68
Florida 210.68 311.68 Increase 101.00
Pennsylvania 291.39 294.96 Increase 3.57
Iowa 192.83 246.00 Increase 53.17
Wisconsin 203.40 206.46 Increase 3.06
Minnesota 194.46 202.33 Increase 7.87
New Mexico ______ 140.59 195.00 Increase 54.41
Oregon 209.31 158.04 Decrease 51.27
Virgin Islands ------------------110.00 108.00 Decrease 2.00
Puerto Rico ____ 116.12 101.48 Decrease 14.64
Arizona 113.76 96.60 Decrease 17.16
Wyoming ---- 93.13 94.24 Increase 1.11
Montana 84.97 88.67 Increase 3.70
New York _________ 109.57 86.87 Decrease 22.70
Vermont ______ 28.32 73.72 Increase 45.40
Idaho ----------- 49.04 72.85 Increase 23.81
Delaware ------- 34.84 60.78 Increase 25.94
Colorado ------------------------------51.00 60.00 Increase 9.00
Nebraska 40.77 57.92 Increase 17.15
Manitoba ------------ 15.31 45.64 Increase 30.33
Connecticut 20.01 41.52 Increase 21.51
utah 40.81 41.31 Increase .50
New Jersey ___ 23.47 32.40 Increase 8.93
Alberta ------- 36.35 32.00 Decrease 4.35
Anguilla ------ 9.12 28.88 Increase 19.76
Ontario 27.11 28.19 Increase 1.08
Dominican Republic 16.25 25.85 Increase 9.60
British Columbia ______________ 25.44
Nevada ------------ 16.32 25.28 Increase 8.96
Montserrat ____ 17.3 1 25.20 Increase 7.89
Nevis _______________ -- 6.60 22.58 Increase 15.98
England ------------------------------5.64 21.00 Increase 15.36
Trinidad ______ 16.10 20.00 Increase 3.90
Aruba -------- 39.46 16.55 Decrease 22.91
Alaska -------·----- 61.71 10.78 Decrease 50.93
Barbados 8.85 10.09 Increase 1.24
Hawaii --------- 10.00
Cuba 9.42 9.85 Increase .43
Bermuda ---------------------------- 7.75
Saint Vincent 3.00
India -------- 2.00
Uruguay ________ 1.25
Antigua ------------------------------9.28
Saint Kitts __ 3.92
Dominica -- 1.54

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 61
Total ------------------------------------$23,564.19 $27,124.08 Increase $ 3,559.89
CHURCH OF PROPHECY MARKER ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP
Number Number
State Last Year This Year
Florida ----------------828 1,080 Increase 252
Georgia -----------------690 1,053 Increase 363
North Carolina ____ 827 928 Increase 101
Tennessee 785 917 Increase 132
Virginia 708 845 Increase 137
Oklahoma ---------------------------456 556 Increase 100
Kentucky 438 528 Increase 90
East Texas ___________ 286 453 Increase 167
Alabama 301 446 Increase 145
California 262 376 Increase 114
South Carolina 344 348 Increase 4
Mississippi ____ 334 335 Increase 1
Michigan 185 280 Increase 95
Ohio 214 272 Increase 58
Mexico 208 251 Increase 43
Indiana _________ 179 241 Increase 62
Louisiana 130 202 Increase 72
Pennsylvania 190 199 Increase 9
Missouri 142 170 Increase 28
West Virginia 112 162 Increase 50
West Texas 129 159 Increase 30
Illinois 94 141 Increase 47
Arkansas 115 136 Increase 21
Oregon 60 101 Increase 41
Dominican Republic ----------------------------56 100 Increase 44
Maryland and D. C. 68 95 Increase 27
Kansas 86 88 Increase 2
North Dakota 106 84 D&#6619235;rease 22
South Dakota 83 81 Decrease 2
Washington 62
79
Increase 17
New Mexico ____________ 48 74 Increase 26
Iowa 60 71 Increase 11
Wyoming __________ 57 56 Decrease 1
Minnesota
45 49
Increase 4
Idaho 35 48 Increase 13
Virgin Islands 4 44 Increase 40
Delaware 41 41
New York 34 41 Increase 7
Wisconsin ----------------25 40 Increase 15
Canada -----------------------------22 37 Increase 15
Colorado 34 33 Decrease 1
Montana __________________ 17 18 Increase 1
Arizona 18 17 Decrease 1
Nebraska 17 15 Decrease 2
Nevada 8 15 Increase 7
Tur ks Islands _________ 6 15 Increase 9
Vermont 11 14 Increase 3
Utah ---- 11 13 Increase 2
Barbados 11

62 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Anguilla ---------------- 10
Bermuda 9
Bahamas -------------------- 9 9
Cuba --------------1 8 Increase 7
Costa Rica 6
Jamaica 3 4 Increase 1
Trinidad 2 3 Increase 1
Hawaii 3
Alaska 10 3 Decrease 7
Montserrat --------------- 3
Nevis ------------------ 3
Saint Kitts 2
Aruba 2 2
Haiti ------------------- 2
Panama 2 1 Decrease 1
Greece 1
Australia 1
Puerto Rico 1
New Hampshire ------------------- 2 1 Decrease 1
Connecticut _________ 1
New Jersey 10 1 Decrease 9
Maine -------- 5
Germany 2
Sweden 2
Total 9,017 11,432 Increase 2,415
ATTENDANCE AT STATE CONVENTIONS
State Last Year This Year
Haiti 16,833 18,685 Increase 1,852
Bahamas __________ 12, 770 18,635 Increase 5,865
Jamaica 16,750 12,752 Decrease 3,998
Florida 4,810 4,920 Increase 110
Mississippi 2,100 2,200 Increase 100
Tennessee 1,915 2,153 Increase 238
Antigua 1,150 2,089 Increase 939
South Carolina --2,100 2,050 Decrease 50
Montserrat 2,078 2,009 Decrease 69
Virginia 2,100 2,000 Decrease 100
Kentucky 1,256 1,768 Increase 512
North Carolina 1,596 1,764 Increase 168
Nevis 1,560 1,706 Increase 146
&#4259948;abama 3,109 1,655 Decrease 1,454
Dominican Republic 1,400 1,600 Increase 200
Georgia 1,363 1,478 Increase 115
Cuba 500 1,250 Increase 750
Virgin Islands 1,155 1,125 Decrease 30
Saint Kitts 1,201 1,089 Decrease 112
Pennsylvania 982 1,050 Increase 68
Califo&#7471214;ia 1,152 1,042 Decrease 110
Egypt 1,291 1,038 Decrease 253
Costa Rica 398 960 Increase 562
Oklahoma 900 900
Aruba 400 826 Increase 426
Barbados
304 772
Increase 468

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 63
Michigan ____________ 750 743 Decrease 7
Maryland and D. C. 543 686 Increase 143
Mexico 650
Anguilla 685 630 Decrease 55
Ohio 503 618 Increase 115
West Virginia 331 609 Increase 278
Panama 187 575 Increase 388
Dominica 610 570 Decrease 40
Missouri 521 516 Decrease 5
Louisiana 520 510 Decrease 10
Arkansas 508 486 Decrease 22
East Texas 496 453 Decrease 43
Indiana ---- 433 400 Decrease 33
Kansas 394 374 Decrease 20
Trinidad 260 330 Increase 70
New York _______________ 190 327 Increase 137
Washington 282 316 Increase 34
England 153 295 Increase 142
Illinois 642 276 Decrease 366
West Texas 291 274 Decrease 17
Iowa 257 264 Increase 7
British Guiana 120 240 Increase 120
Wisconsin 200 240 Increase 40
North Dakota 310 222 Decrease 88
Oregon 303 &#2162737;22 Decrease 81
South Dakota 245 221 Decrease 24
Turks Islands 1,110 200 Decrease 910
Curacao 200
Manitoba 359 193 Decrease 166
New Mexico 154 192 Increase 38
Idaho ____________________ 164 188 Increase 24
Wyoming 209 184 Decrease 25
Colorado 266 176 Decrease 90
Minnesota 125 150 Increase
25 Arizona ------- 250 147 Decrease 103
British Columbia 101 146 Increase 45
Nebraska 121 132 Increase 11
Hawaii 73 117 Increase 44
Delaware 104 109 Increase 5
Alberta 50 108 Increase 58
Saint Vincent 100
Utah 104 98 Decrease 6
Maine 121 91 Decrease 30
Ontario 75 79 Increase
Montana 49 74 Increase 25
Connecticut 66 68 Increase 2
Ve&#7471213;ont 106 60 Decrease 46
Nevada 82
55 Decrease 27 Alaska 105 48 Decrease 57
New Jersey 137 40 Decrease 97
New Harpshire 66 38 Decrease 28
Mass. and R. I. 69 29 Decrease 40
Puerto Rico 418
Chile 105
Total 95,496 101,585 Increase 6,089

64 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
CONCLUSION
This has been a good year for the Church of God. Not as much has
been accomplished as we desired, but many of our people have worked
faithfully from day to day as they endeavored to build the Church. They
have not spared themselves but have labored to the best of their ability
for its advancement. It can be said of many • of our workers that they
have done what they could. We are grateful for every effort put forth
and for all that has been accomplished, and we want our people to know
they are appreciated. We feel very tender toward everyone who is giv
ing of his time and talent to the work of the Master and it is our de&#3014724;
sire to encourage each one to continue in the service of God. There is
no place for any of us to stop as long as we are in the world. There
is something for each of us to do and I am grateful for all that has
been done this Assembly year. God has been with us and blessed us as
we labored for Him. And to Him be all the praise for what has been
accomplished.
The task that is before the Church is of no small magnitude, but we
are serving One who is able to bring to pass all that is written in the
Book. He that is the head of this great institution has promised to be
with us and we know we can depend upon Him. And His power is
sufficient for every need. He said, "All power is given unto me in heaven
and in earth." Notice He said "All power." If He has all power, we
need not be lacking on any line, because He also said, "Lo, I am with
you alway, even unto the end of the world." If He has all power, and
we know He has, and He is with us, should not we go forward with the
mighty work that is outlined for these last days without any hesitation?
I tell you there can be no chance for failure if we will give ourselves
wholly to God and obey Him. And the service of every member and every
minister is needed now. There is no time for any of us to idle away.
We must work as though our time is almost run out and we have to do
a great deal in the few days. And the time may be about run out for
many of us, so with Jesus let us all say, "I must work the works of him
that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work."
The every creature message is still in force. The masses of people must
be reached, baptized and taught all things. The multitudes must be gath
ered into the Church, and all preparations made for the return of the
Lord. It will take all of us doing all we can, and God working with
us in the measure that is needed in order for this to be accomplished.
But it will be done and I am sure all of us want to have a. share in it. All
who have an understanding of the wonderful work that is to be accom
plished, and the glorious things that will take place in the future, will
surely want to do what they can for the advancement of this last days
Church.
The time was when people limited the holy One of Israel. After He
had performed marvelous miracles before their very eyes, they murmured
and complained. They failed to trust God and He could not take them
to the land of promise. We can't afford to limit God as they did. We
can't afford to draw back and refuse to do the work He has called
us to do down here in these last days. We must go forward with a
greater determination than we have ever had and· we must put forth
more mighty efforts in the days before us than. we ·have in the past.
Our courage to work for God and do His will must be increased, and
our faith in Him must not waver. He is depending upon you and He is
depending upon me, and we cannot disappoint Him. And the work must

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 65
be done at a certain time. We can't take it easy now and hope to get
it all done.
Beloved, as we go from this Assembly and begin our work for an
other year, let's go with a great determination to do all that is com
manded of us. Let's do whatever is required that we may have God
working with us, for that. is our secret of success. He worked with the
early Church and mighty results were realized. Three thousand souls
at one time and &#6684777;ve thousand at another time. God has the same power
today He had when Peter and the others were moved upon so mightily
by the power of the Holy Ghost. This last days Church must do a greater
work than the early Church did, so let us move forward at a rapid rate
of speed to accomplish the task before us. Let's believe God when we
read His Word. Let's go into the work of warning every man and teach
ing every man in all wisdom that we may present everyone perfect in
Christ Jesus. When we look to our own strength we know this is im
possible, but when we depend upon God and believe His Word, noth
ing shall be impossible. May God help us to consecrate • ourselves anew
to Him for His service for another Assembly year in a manner that is
acceptable in His sight so that we may have Him working with us in
all that we undertake to do.
In conclusion, let us sing our Battle Hymn that we have been sing
ing for many years. Let's sing from the depths of our hearts, and from
this moment may our determination to serve God and do His will in
crease from day to day until we reach that time when our course is &#6684777;n
ished here on earth.
AT THE BATTLE'S FRONT
I've • enlisted for life in the army of the Lord,
Though the &#6684777;ght may be long and the struggle &#6684777;erce and hard,
With the armour of God and. the Spirit's trusty sword
At the front of the battle you will &#6684777;nd 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 &#6684777;nd 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 &#6684777;nd 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 &#6684777;nd me.
The End
12:11 p.m.-The d�&#6881385;eral Overseer concluded his address by having the
congregation sta&#3866734;d and sing "At the Battle's Front," led by Liston Pritch
ard with Marguerite Wright at the piano.

66 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
12:16 p.m.-The service was adjourned with prayer by Brother S. 0.
Gillaspie.
Curtis Knowles directed a program of music and singing during the
intermission.
• 1:15 p.m.-Song service led by Rufus Nunnery with Joyce Kendrick at
the piano and Wilma Gonia at the organ. Eddie Gray read Colossians
3:16-23. A. W. West prayed at the pulpit while the congregation stood
with bowed heads in holy reverence before the Lord. A· concert prayer
followed for those for whom requests had been made.
1:30 p.m.-The Sullivan Family sang "I'm Proud to Be a Member of
the Great Church of God." Warren Roney sang "Let Me Look Past the
Curtain of Time."
1:43 p.m.-"Who Is She That Looketh Forth As The Morning," message
by Omer C. • Lawson. The speaker began the message with reading the
verse referred to in the subject, "Who is she that looketh forth as the
morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army
with banners?" A portion of his message follows:
"This is in the form of a question, and it reveals the fact that Solomon
saw something that was a reality. He saw that which would come to
pass in the last days when the Church is perfected. I have been con
vinced a long time that Solomon saw the Church in its beauty and in
its glory. I used to be in another organization, but when I learned about
the Church there was something about the doctrine that affected me.
I received a vision that has never left me. I know that the Church is
going to be perfected. There is no question about that. The beauty that
Solomon saw is coming to the Church.
"The Church was so beautiful when Solomon saw her that she stood
out from all others. There were others but he said, 'Who is she?' There
was something that caused him to turn his attention toward one and
away from all the others. She was the unusual, not the usual. We have
been too much on the usual order and we haven't attracted the atten
tion of the people as we desired.
"There is another question asked in the Song of Solomon-'Who is
this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed
with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?' Then
another question was asked-"Who is this that cometh up from the
wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?' Those who are asking these ques
tions had taken notice of her beauty. Today it is not the beauty that
people see that draws them to the Church, it is the teachings. It is the
Word of God that is beautiful to them. We have the teachings and they
are so beautiful. One time I was receiving a group of people in �o the
Church and there was a lady in the congregation who cried part of
the time and laughed part of the time while I was going over the teach
ings. At the close of the service she told me the teachings were the
most beautiful thing she had ever seen in her life, but she was a mem
ber of another organization. The reason for this was that in the locality
where she lived there was a bishop who had wrecked two or three
homes and had torn up more than one church. She loved the teachings,
but the life of this minister made a different picture. &#5505128;at is why we
can't make progress as we should. There is too much ungodliness in
the Church. There is too much sin, and we have to dress up and carry
on so much like the world. We teach one thing and some of our people
practice another.
"The prophet said, 'Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 67
on thy beautiful garments, 0 Jerusalem.' If the Church was not going
to get sleepy along the way, I don't know why the prophet would say
this, and we know the Church is not wide awake. It is the Church all
right, and Solomon saw her in her beauty, but Isaiah saw her when
she had her eyes closed in relaxation, feeling no responsibility and fail
ing to arise in her strength. Do you know the Church has everything
in it that is needed if we will put it in operation? But we have to
be awake to put our muscles in operation very much.
"Today I was thinking about the healing power of God. I thought
about so many of our people in hospitals, so many afflicted with various
diseases. I tell you, when the Church gets wide awake and the signs
and wonders follow, we will not need hospital beds around us. The Bible
says to wake up and dress up. Put on thy beautiful garments. I be
lieve God is calling us today to dress in robes of righteousness, but we
will have to take off the clothing of carnality before we can put on
others. I believe it is time to take off the world and put on the power
of God so others can see the fellowship of the mystery. We have been
preaching signs following, we have been preaching the gifts, and I be
lieve we are going to have to go into the closet and bring them out
and put them in operation so people will be convinced. When we preach
Church of God doctrine, people have a right to expect us to live it.
The preaching of the Word is not enough. We have to preach it but
we must also practice it. People are waiting for us to put on exhibition
that which we have been preaching. Why aren't we getting the people
as we should? We are preaching all right, but they are not coming. They
are waiting for us to measure to the things we preach. And the time
will come when we will.
"Sometimes the Church will stand out there in her beauty. Her fruit
will be excellent and the people will be called holy. God will make
this come to pass. Let's stay with this until the people come asking, 'Who
is she that looketh forth as the morning?'"
2:29 p.m.-Report of the General Treasurer, J. R. Kinser.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
General Treasurer's Financial Report
for the year ending August 31, 1959
TITHE S
Brought forward -------------------------------$110,316.1&#3407930;
Received this year ------------------------------------------446,141.83
Tithes total ------------------------------------------------------
Paid out this year ------�- ___ _
Tithes balance --------- ------------------
MISS 10 N
Brought forward ------------------------$ 73,634.25
$556,457.97
417;276.47
$139,181.50

68 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Received this year 150,553.65
Mission total ______ ____________________ _
Paid out this year _____ _
Mission balance _______________ _
ASSEMBLY EXPENSE
&#3801154;rought forward ____ ________ $
Received this year ___ _
Assembly Expense total ------------------------------
Paid out this year ____ _________________ _
Assembly Expense balance -------------------·------
EMERGENCY
3,931.68
6,077.22
Brought forward ----------- ---- $ 41,433.20
Received this year 38,593.09
Emergency total
Paid out this year
&#4522093;ergency de&#6684777;cit ---------------------
MINISTERIAL AID
Brought forward -------- ----------$ 45,496.78
Received this year ----------------------------------------100,785.77
Ministerial Aid total ______________ _
Paid out this year ____________ _
Ministerial Aid balance ______ _
ORPHANA GE AND SCHOOL
Brought forward ___ ----- $ 28,258.31
Received this year _____ ____ 108,298.49
$224,187.90
130,738.63
$ 10,008.90
4,793.53
$ 80,026.29
140,786.10
$146,282.55
93,381.02
Orphanage and School total ____ _ $136,556.80
Paid out this year____ ____ 104,143.78
$ 93,449.27
$ 5,215.37
$ 60,759.81
$ 52,901.53
Orphanage and School balance __________________ $ 32,413.02
B.T. C.
Brought forward --------------------$ 16,318.69
Received this year 24,161.47
B. T. C. total-- -----------------------------------
Paid out this year---------------------
B. T .. C. balance --------------------------------
Brought forward
C.P. M.A.
-------$ 24,319.15
$ 40,480.16
19,092.75
$ 21,387.41

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Received this year ______________ _ 90,059.08
C. P. M.A. total __________________ _
Paid out this year _________________ _
C. P. M. A. balance _______ _
ALL FUNDS
Brought forward ----- ----$343, 708.20
Received this year ______ 964,670.60
All Funds total
Paid out this year ___________ _
All Funds balance _____ ___ _
$114,378.23
82,513.13
1,308,378.80
992,725.41
Respectfully submitted,
J. R. KINSER
Treasurer
69
$ 31,865.10
$315,653.39
2:37 p.m.-The Bahama Brass Band played while everyone stood and
clapped their hands and thanked the Lord for His blessings and the· good
report of the treasurer.
2:42 p.m.-White Wing Publishing House &#6684777;nancial report by the Man
ager, Hubert R. Smith. He also gave a report of the receipts, disburse
ments and distribution of the Free Literature Department.
The reports were read and accepted by &#7602280;e Assembly in regular order.
Financial Statement of
White Wing Publishing House & Press
Greetings to the 54th Annual General Assembly:
The following is a condensed &#6684777;nancial statement for the White Wing
Publishing House and Press for the year ending July 31, 1959.
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash
Accounts Receivable ______ _
Other Receivables
Inventories
Total Current Assets ____ _
Fixed Assets:
Machinery and Equipment _____ $152,807.30
Less Reserve for Depreciation 41,574.67
Net Machinery and Equipment___ $111,232.63
Furniture and. Fixtures --------�-----$ 50,452.43
Less Reserve for Depreciation ________________ 35,993.01
$ 54,694.20
20,907.83
53,573.20
142,685.93
$227,861.16

70 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Net Furniture and Fixtures ___ _
Periodical-Catalog Electrotype
Total Fixed Assets ______ _
Prepaid Expenses:
Catalog Net _________ _
Total Asse&#7602291;
$ 14,459.42
7,500.00
LIABILITIES AND NET WORTH
Current Liabilities:
Accounts Payable ___ ____ _
Notes Payable
Other Current Liabilities
Total Current Liabilities ____ _
Fixed Liabilities:
Advance from General Treasurer _________ _
Free Literature Offerings ____ _
Self-Denial Day Offerings ___ _
Total Fixed Liabilities -----,--
Total Liabilities ---- --------------------
Net Worth:
Capital Surplus
Donated Surplus
Earned Surplus
$ 12,906.31
44,043.25
3,264.34
$ 28,365.67
45,531.45
4,527.23
$ 54,844.50
145,223.09
32,159.04
$113,192.05
9,811.67
$370,864.88
$ 60,213.90
$ 78,424.35
$138,638.25
Total Net Worth________ $232,226.63
Total Liabilities and Net Worth ____________ • $370,864.88
Net Pro&#6684777;t Per Department:
Merchandise Department -----$ 11,611.33
Sunday School Department ____________________ 29,244.08
Bethel Book Club (de&#6684777;cit) _____ 574.19
Press Department ________ 27,158.35
Total Net Pro&#6684777;t All Departments__________ $ 67,439.57
Other Income _________ 5,270.44
Total All Income _________ $ 72,710.01
Less Building Expenses __ -----$ 13,372.66
Less General Administrative Expenses 40,188.07
Total Expenses ______ ___ $ 53,560.73
Total Net Pro&#6684777;t ________ $ 19,149.28
Report of Receipts and Disbursements
Free Literature Department
August 1, 1958-July 31, 1959
Total Amount of Receipts _______ __ _ $136,588.09

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Less Expense of Department:
Purchases ___ ____ _ -------------------------------------$ 207.04
16.94
116.26
508.41
2,818.51
65.06
6,101.27
Freight
Miscellaneous
Office Supplies ______ ______ _
Salaries and Wages __________ _
Payroll Taxes ___ ____ ________ _
Happy Harvester _______ _____ _ _
Gleaner Booklet
Spanish White Wing
Sunday School Literature (&#4522094;glish)
Sunday School Literature (Foreign)
J. Vital Herne
Ghaly Ibrahim ______ ________ _
V. L. B. Yearbook a&#7471209;d Membership Card�---
Revival Advertising
Other Appropriations ________ ___ _
Postage ·----------- ____ __ _
Miscellaneous Printing _____ _ ____ _
Tracts -------------------------
Bibles and Testaments _____ ___________________ _
Jacob Jovial _________________________________ _
M. K. Kounnas
Church Publication Loss:
Balance 1957-58 --------------------$
Liability to Self-Denial Day Offering ___ _
Current Year Loss
Total Publication Losses _____ _
6,604.97
4,527.23
19,025.83
378.10
3,723.65
6,768.38
3,485.59
3,038.30
937.93
514:28
874.67
10,987.70
7,761.01
1,467.05
10,584.70
(22.40)
550.57
20.59
$ 30,158.03
71
Total Expenses _______ __ $ 91,056.64
Balance Offerings in Free Literature Departmen.,___ _______________ $ 45,513.45
Free Literature Distribution Report
August 1, 1958-July 31, 1959
The following are the amounts of literature sent to workers in the United
States and other countries:
Doctrinal and Salvation Tracts (English) ________________ 21,644,832
Seeds, Flakes, Keys, Bells, Fish, Fruit,
Words and Scripture Tracts ___________________________ l,394,577
Gospels, Sermon on the Mount and Testaments _____ 7 _____________________ -4,276
Bibles ___ _____ ______ ______ __ 87
Braille &#5505138;acts __________ ___ _______ 58
White Wing Messengers _____ _____ _____ 35,874
Happy Harvester ____ _____ _______ ____________ 186,902
Sunday School Literature for New Fields
and Prison Invaders ____ _______ ______________ 51,034
Catalogs ______________ ____ ___ 331

72 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Miscellaneous Items _______________ ________ 21
Calendars 1 O
Tract Boxes ____________________ l 46
Foreign Language Tracts 108,303
Foreign Language Novelty Tracts _______ 131,969
Foreign Language Bibles __ 27
Foreign Language Testaments, Gospels,
Sermon on the Mount 2,043
Spanish Sunday School Literature 28,854
Spanish White Wing Messenger ______ 117,104
Total Number of pieces of Free Literature sent out for
distribution this year 23,706,302
Total number of pieces of Free Literature sent out for
distribution last year _________ 5,109,352
Increase ________ ___________ ____ 18,596,950
Respectfully submitted,
HUBERT R. SMITH
Business Manager
2:53 p.m.-Report of White Wing Publishing House Representative, E. L.
Higdon.
The report was accepted by the Assembly as read.
Report of Field Representative of the
White Wing Publishing House and Press
From September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
Greetings to the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of
Prophecy.
Sermons preached ____________ _____ 199
Number converted _________________ 18
Number sancti&#6684777;ed _________________ 13
Number baptized with the Holy Ghost _________ 9
Homes visited ------------------- 286
White Wings and Happy Harvesters distributed _____ 7,740
Bibles and Testaments distributed ___________ 45
Number White Wing subscriptions obtained ____ ___ 836
Number Happy Harvester subscriptions obtained _____ 220
Local churches visited _______ _________ 124
District rallies conducted _______________ 41
Ministers conventions attended _____________ 2
District conventions attended ______ _______ 22
District Sunday School conventions.attended_____ __ 1
State conventions attended ____________ __ 4
Assisted the Business Manager in the sale of merchandise on the &#6684777;eld,
as well as the year-long subscription drive to get the Church paper into
every Church home.
Humbly submitted,
E. L. HIGDON
Field Representative

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 73
2:56 p.m.-The congregation stood and prayed in concert for God to
bless and guide in the remaining sessions of the. Assembly.
2:59 p.m.-Report of Foreign Language Secretary, Jess F. Pruitt.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of Foreign Language Secretary
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached ---- ---------&#8454324;----- 88
Homes visited 133
Number converted 3
Number sancti&#6684777;ed 2
Number received Holy Ghost 1
Number ministers conventions attended 4
Number district conventions attended 3
State conventions attended 5
Taught in four terms of Bible Training Camp: Canada, Jamaica, Cleve
land, Tennessee and Fresno, California.
I have visited a number of local churches and assisted in three programs
in the Fields of the Wood.
I have directed the work of the Foreign Language Office, including
business trips, writing many cards and letters and seeing about the dis
tribution of Foreign Literature.
There have been approximately one and one-half million pieces of lit
erature distributed in thirty-two of the major languages spoken in the
world.
Respectfully submitted,
JESS F. PRUITT
Foreign Language Secretary
3:02 p.m.-The McMahan Trio sang "Will It Do?"
3:06 p.m.-Report of Committee on Ministerial Aid.
The report was read by A. T. Wagar and accepted by the Assembly in
regular order.
Ministerial Aid Committee Report
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
We, your Ministerial Aid Committee, respectfully submit the follow
ing recommendations, also the report on the past Assembly year's opera
tion of the Ministerial Aid Fund.
SECTION
We wish to recommend that Group B in Section II of the Ministerial
Aid· Report on page 82 of the Minutes of the 52nd Annual Assembly be
repealed and replaced by the following:

74 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
A loyal licensed minister serving as an Evangelist, Pastor, State Over
seer, State Secretary or Headquarters Official (male or female) and has
completed three months of full time to the ministry, also measured up
to the Standard Requirements (See Section II, p. 62, 50th Annual As
sembly), will be eligible for $1,000.00 Death Bene&#6684777;t without cost to the
minister, payable from the Ministerial Aid Fund at said minister's death
to the bene&#6684777;ciary as a gift and only if funds are available.
When said loyal licensed minister has completed &#6684777;ve years of full time
ministry, also measured up to the said Standard Requirements for the
same period of time, the $1,000.00 Death Bene&#6684777;t will be automatically
increased to $1,500.00 payable from the Ministerial &#4259945;d Fund, at said
minister's death to the surviving spouse as a gift and only if funds are
available. If no spouse survives, then said bene&#6684777;t will be automatically
limited to $1,000.00.
Said Death Bene&#6684777;ts are subject to the approval of the Proof of Death
claim by the Ministerial Aid Committee, as a gift, and only if funds are
available.
SECTION II
The 53rd Annual Assembly approved a recommendation by the Ques
tions and Subjects Committee that 5% of the Auxiliary Funds remain
ing in the State Treasury after the State Convention, be sent to the Gen
eral Treasurer, to form a pool fund from which to draw to assist widows
of deceased ministers. This fund is now sufficient to permit the ac
ceptance of a limited number of widows, beginning January 1, 1960.
In response to the said recommendation, the Ministerial Aid Commit
tee recommends the following eligibility requirements to be met by widows
of deceased ministers applying for assistance.
WIDOWS OF DECEASED MINISTERS
Group "W"
A widow of a deceased minister, to be eligible for assistance from the
Ministerial Aid Fund, she .must measure up to the following require
ments prior to making application:
(a) That her deceased husband had been a loyal licensed minister of
the Church of God of Prophecy, and had devoted at least ten (10)
years to full-time ministry and had measured up to the Standard
Requirements for the same period of time, prior to his death. (Re:
Standard Requirements, Minutes of the 50th Annual Assembly, page
62, Section III.)
(b) That she has been a loyal member of the Church of God of Prophecy.
(c) Has a record of faithfulness in paying the Emergency Dollar.
(d) Paid tithes regularly on all her income according to the rulings of
the General Assembly.
(e) Her income from other sources averages not more than $150 each
month.
(f) That she is not an active minister or receiving an allotment from the
Ministerial Aid Committee.
(g) Furthermore, said widow will continue to receive assistance from the
Ministerial Aid Fund as long as she lives, continues faithful, and does
not remarry, if funds are available.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 75
SECTION Ill
During the past Assembly year, the· Ministerial Aid Committee ap
proved seven applications for Disability Bene&#6684777;ts and three applications
were rejected, also applications for two widows of former recipients were
approved to receive &#6684777;fty per cent of their deceased husband's previous
allotment. &#5505143;o applications were approved by the Committee for Re
tirement Bene&#6684777;ts. Two recipients who were receiving Disability Bene&#6684777;ts
were discontinued for various reasons and six recipients have died. We
now have thirteen ministers receiving Retirement Bene&#6684777;ts and one hun
dred fourteen ministers, also &#6684777;ve widows receiving Disability Bene&#6684777;ts.
The Committee approved twenty-two Proofs of Death with a total of
$16,900.00 being paid to the bene&#6684777;ciaries. One Proof of Death was not
approved. When noti&#6684777;ed in ample time, the Committee sent Church flags
to be presented, at the close of each minister's funeral, by the offici
ating minister, as a memorial from the Committee to the surviving com
panion or relative. Thirteen, four by six flags were donated for that
purpose during the Assembly year.
Respectfully submitted,
W. M. LOWMAN, Chairman
M. A. TOMLINSON, Committeeman
C.R. PAYNE, Committeeman
A. T. WAGAR, Secretary
The same committee was retained to serve another year.
3:16 p.m.-Brother A. T. Wagar read the names of ministers who had
gone on to b&#6619182; with the Lord this Assembly year, with the state they
were in at the time of death and the number of years they had served
in the ministry. The entire congregation stood and bowed their heads
in tribute to these faithful ministers. The names of the ministers are
as follows:
W. L. Reynolds, Alabama, thirty-&#6684777;ve years; Charnel Don Redden, Ala
bama, twenty-three years; Mrs. Miriam Curtis, Bahamas, twenty-&#6684777;ve
years; Mrs. Josie Giles, California, sixteen years; Mrs. Susie M. Hadden,
East Texas, nine years; William 0. Phillips, Florida, twenty-four years;
Theophilus Hunter, Florida, twenty-one years; Mrs. Cleo Parker, Florida,
eighteen years; Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson, Florida, two years; Joseph R.
Kemp, Florida, twenty-three years; Leon B. Forbes, Florida, sixteen years;
Mrs. Ernie Bowman, Georgia, sixteen years; Philip McGill, Georgia, ten
years; Mrs. Mae Bell Pittman, Georgia, eleven years; Bovil Saint Cyr,
Haiti, twenty years; Reuben T. Lewis, Jamaica, fourteen years; Charles
A. Thane, Jamaica, ten years; Mrs. Cora Keller, Kansas, twenty-two
years; Elihue Simpson, Kentucky, twenty-six years; J. Gilbert Ander
son, Kentucky, one year; Green Price, Kentucky, seven years; Mrs. Dora
King, Louisiana, twenty-&#6684777;ve years, Mrs. Clara Priest, Mississippi, thirty
six years; Mrs. Alma Letsinger, Missouri, nine years; Walter G. Daugh
erty, Nevada, fourteen years; Mrs. Martha McNeil, North Carolina, nine
years; Nicholas D. Captain, New York, eight years; Roy L. Prather, New
Jersey, thirty years; I. B. Gonia, Tennessee, thirty-two years; Albert
King, West Virginia, twenty years; Ira C. Nichols, West Virginia, eighteen
years.
3:25 p.m.-Brother Emitt Davis directed a program honoring those who
had been members of the Church for thirty years or more. He expressed
his appreciation at being able to be a member of the Church of God
for thirty-nine years and four months. The one hundred and thirty-

76 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
two who participated passed by the microphone and gave their names
and the number of years they had been members.
3:42 p.m.-Report of the Sunday School Orphanage and Tomlinson Me
morial School Board of Directors.
&#5505128;e report was read by the Superintendent, R. 0. Covey, and accepted
in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of the Sunday School Orphanage and
Tomlinson Memorial School Board of Directors
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
It is with joy that we submit another annual report to this Assembly.
For the third year, this Board has carried the dual responsibility of di
recting the activities of both the Sunday School Orphanage and the Tom
linson Memorial School. The work of the two institutions is so inter
related that there is little visible difference in their administration. As
a matter of clarity, however, we are submitting this report in two sec
tions.
SUNDAY SCHOOL ORPHANAGE
The orphanage is a chartered institution of the State of Tennessee,
and operates under the standards of the Department of Public Welfare,
presently limited by license to care for 17 children.
At this date we have 17 under care ... six boys and eleven girls; also,
two colored boys are receiving assistance who do not reside in Cleveland.
Twenty children have received care this year. Two have been released
and three admitted. School-age children attend Tomlinson Memorial
School.
At the time the Tomlinson Memorial School was established, this Board
felt it best for the Sunday School Orphanage to place its emphasis on
the care of younger children, possibly from 2 to 1 O years of age. This
has proven satisfactory, and the housemother is to be highly commended
for the accomplishments she has made with these younger children.
TOMLINSON MEMORIAL SCHOOL
The school is also a chartered institution of the State of Tennessee,
operating under the Department of Education. This does not mean that
the children are not fed, clothed and sheltered by the Church, but rather
that the approach to these older children is made from a different view
point ... that of blending their educational life with all the other· phases.
There is no limit placed on the enrollment by the State. Our own
&#6684777;nancial limitation is the governing factor on the enrollment. At pres
ent we have 56 children enrolled . . . 17 girls and 39 boys, in the four
school cottages. A total of 60 has been cared for this year. Four have
been released and seven admitted. These children are all of school age
and, of course, received their education in our own educational depart
ment.

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This past year, besides these 60 boys and girls, and 12 from the Sun
day School Orphanage, 36 local and boarding students attended the day
classes for educational purposes only, on a tuition basis, and furnishing
their own supplies and lunches. The institution does not bear the ex
pense of outside students.
It is the desire of this Board to make clear to this Assembly that the
Tomlinson Memorial School charter makes it possible for us to meet the
needs of under-privileged children on a much broader scale and in a
more effective manner than is possible through the Sunday School Or
phanage alone. We would like to stress the fact that we are now car
ing for 21 more children than would be possible without the school char
ter, and we have the space at our disposal to care for approximately 20
more as soon as funds are sufficient to provide houseparents, provisions,
and maintenance for that number.
We believe that hundreds of our good people everywhere ... especi
ally those who understand the horrifying emotional distresses of un
fortunate children ... will rejoice to have us tell them that our school
has already proven to be the greatest contribution we have ever made
toward meeting our children's needs . . . and unless we meet their needs,
our service to them as a Church is without purpose. Children who have
been unloved, deserted, disappointed, betrayed, and discriminated against
are unable to cope with life situations which the average child could
abide with normally. The Church has taken them in, that we might &#6684777;ll
that awful void in their troubled lives. Food, clothing, shelter and edu
cation alone do not &#6684777;ll their emptiness. It is the spirit and the set
ting in which the Church administers these needs that • makes the dif
ference. It is for these reasons that our people are unwilling to turn
their children over to State agencies in times of need. Our school creates
an atmosphere of healing for the tortured minds, and the sick, fearful
hearts of our children. Since the institution of our school, our children's
home life has become more relaxed, and their spiritual life more stable
and fruitful.
The houseparents· and teachers are all deserving of much thanks and
appreciation for a job well done thus far. Without their vision of .the
work, and their untiring efforts and patience in performing it, our chil
dren would still be adrift as victims of deplorable circumstances for
which they were in no way responsible.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, we would express our sincere appreciation to all who
have supported the Orphanage and the School with their prayers and
their means. We feel indebted to our General Sunday School Secretary
for the special efforts she 'has expended in behalf of this phase of the
Sunday School's responsibility.
This has undoubtedly been the best year we have ever had in the way
of special drives by States, districts, and local churches, for such items
as food, clothing, soap, and other special gifts and donations.
The 1958 coupon total was $11,075.75 in cash receipts besides several
hundred dollars worth of valuable merchandise received as premiums.
This project has meant so much to us through the years. We wish there
were some way for all to understand the great value in collecting coupons
and saving stamps for the support of our children.
We can only bow in humility and pray that God will reward each
one for everything done in behalf of this work. Every year the same

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needs must be supplied over and over again, and our hearts continually
cry out to do more than we are &#6684777;nancially able to do. May our children
continue to receive the bene&#6684777;ts of your compassion, your prayers, and
your means this coming year, is our humble prayer.
Respectfully submitted,
M. A. TOMLINSON, President
R. 0. COVEY, Vice-President
BUFORD M. JOHNSON, Secretary
J. R. KINSER, Treasurer
C.R. PAYNE
A. T. WAGAR
HUBERT R. SMITH
3:58 p.m.-Panel Discussion by the members of the Questions and Sub
jects Committee, directed by the Chairman, M. E. Wilson.
There were so many questions and subjects submitted that the com
mittee could not give attention to all, but the following were very ably
discussed in the face of the Assembly by the committee and those they
called upon to speak:
1. Overseers appointing pastors. 2. Accepting people who have been
living in fornication as members as soon as a second companion dies.
3. Should our ministers baptize anyone who is living in adultery? 4. Should
a licensed minister who is not in full fellowship with his local church
be allowed to transfer to an out-of-town church even though he has
not moved? 5. Explain the Scripture found in 1 Corinthians 12:13. 6. Is
it compulsory to get a divorce from your second husband when you
join the Church? If so, why, since God doesn't honor a second marriage
as long as the &#6684777;rst husband is living?
4:50 p.m.-The General Overseer led the congregation in singing "Where
He Leads Me."
4:55 p.m.-"Do All Things for Edi&#6684777;cation and Nothing for Destruction,"
message by R. W. Stockdale.
The speaker began his message with reading 2 Corinthians 10:8, 1, 5-8.
A portion of the message follows:
"If you want to see the Church of God move, every bishop and every
deacon and every evangelist and every member of the Church must do
everything for edi&#6684777;cation. That will bring the victory. God is looking
to everyone of us to do the best we can, and until we do that we have
not done our part.
"Paul tells us to cast down every imagination and every high thing
that exalts itself against the knowledge of the truth, or we might say
that works against the Church of God. Paul said he didn't write to those
people to shame them but to warn them. Let me warn you a little this
afternoon, because I feel it is good for us to be instructed about careful
ness.
"Paul said again, 'We do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.'
Everything he did, he did it to edify. Then he said when I come I am
afraid you won't &#6684777;nd me such as you would and I won't &#6684777;nd you such as
I would. He said there are debates and there is evil and there is strife
and there is backbiting, and by God humbling me I will bewail many.
We pastors on Sunday, we let the adulterers have it, and the fornicators
and the drunkard and the thief. We let them down as low as possible,
but you know these things that Paul was writing about are the works
of the flesh and they are as bad as anything else. Let me tell you, we
cannot please the Lord if we have envy or malice or strife.

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"James tells us that the man who is wise and endued with knowledge
should show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of
wisdom. I don't want anyone to feel that I am judging, what we want
to do is to get rid of the things that are troubling us. The Bible says
that the man who has the knowledge of God, his wisdom is from above,
'but if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and
lie not against the truth.' You know what a little envy is. You know
what a little grudge is. You know what it is to be against a brother or
a sister just a little. I learned about it a long time ago and I want to
tell a little story to make it clear.
"I heard about a couple of families living close together. The lady
who lived up on the hill had some geese and they got out and came
down and ate the other lady's flowers. She drove the geese back home
and asked her neighbor to keep them up because they were eating her
flowers. In a few days the geese got out again and were eating the
flowers and the lady picked up something and killed one of them. When
the woman who owned the geese heard about it, she didn't like it and
they were at outs with each other. They were members of the same
church and when revival time came the Lord was blessing and the people
were having a good time. But these two sisters sat back and kept look
ing at each other. The one who lost the goose kept thinking about what
the other had done. But &#6684777;nally she couldn't stand it any longer and
she came up wringing her hands and saying 'goose or no goose, I'm go
ing to shout.' I tell you what I would like for everyone to do and that
is this. If there is any feeling that pulls or tears down, let's get the
old goose out of the way so the Lord can bless us when we get home.
Everywhere we go we want that freedom in our lives, but if we have
any envy or strife they will hold us down.
"The Bible says that where there is envy and strife there is confusion
and every evil work. Where these things exist, you need not expect your
church to go forward as it should. But just as sure as we are here to
day there is coming a time if people who do these things do not repent,
they shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Paul wanted those people
to repent. He wanted them to do everything for edi&#6684777;cation. He wanted
them to work to build the Church.
"Jesus said the Father was with Him and that He did those things that
pleased Him. That is what gave Him the victory. Do you remember
when the Lord saved your soul? That time is a precious memory to
me. Anything my pastor asked me to do I was glad for the privilege of
doing it. If I am not like that today I have changed. The Jews told
Jesus that they were Abraham's children, but Jesus told them that if they
were Abraham's children they would do the works of Abraham. There is a
way of knowing who we are. If we are doing things the Church of God
way, we prove who we are. A Church of God man or woman loves the
words of the Bible. They are not all the time wanting to change the
twenty-nine teachings. They love the Church of God and prove their
love for it.
"When Jesus was praying for His disciples, He also prayed for us. He
said, 'Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall be
lieve 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.' How many believe this Scripture
is going to be ful&#6684777;lled? In spite of all that tries to destroy, God will
work and we will win the victory. We are going to be one. As we con
tinue in this great work, we must do all things for edi&#6684777;cation and noth
ing for destruction.''

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5:25 p.m.-Ordination service.
The General Overseer called for the bishops to form a line in front
of him with the state overseers back of them. The deacons lined up be
hind these. The wives of those being ordained were asked to stand and
give attention to the instructions outlined in the Scriptures. The Gen
eral Overseer read a portion of the third chapter of First Timothy, then
after prayer the following were ordained by the laying on of hands and
prayer:
Bishops: A. C. Jones, Clayton C. Sherrill, Lamar Gilmer, E. C. Pruitt,
R. Gene Douglas, Robert H. Bradley, Olen C. Fiveash, Clive E. Jared,
William E. Runnels, Everett L. Baxter, M. B. Stearman, Alfred Francois,
Grady H. Hix, Curtis R. Dorsett, Herman E. Dean, W. V. Porter, Jr., Guy
F. Dean, George D. Oliver, Vernie Bonds, Amzia W. Bonham, Troy E.
Orr, James T. Campbell, William E. Jolly, Sr., Mitchell Cooper.
Deacons: Hugh R. Edwards, Samuel Pharr, Frank P. Newsom, Robert
F. Wier, Lowry Powell, George B. Webb, Everett A. Tubbs, Earl R. Rus
sell, Henry M. Hawk, Jr., William Knowles, Amos Cox, Amos Keown,
Robert Huff, Clifford Thompson, Henry Turner, Thomas Murphy.
5:50 p.m.-Adjournment.
Elwood Matthews directed a program of music and singing during the
intermission.
6:45 p.m.-Song service led by Samuel Pratt, Jean Coalter at the piano
and Sonny Samples at the organ. T. C. Parker read Psalm 103:1-12.
S. A. Spencer offered prayer at the pulpit while the congregation stood
in quietness, then all joined together in praying for those for whom re
quests were made.
7:03 p.m.-Roberta Matthews sang "If I Pray." The Adderley Singers
sang "God Specializes."
7:20 p.m.-"Signs Following Believers-They Shall Lay Hands on the
Sick," message by Clayton Sherrill. The message in part follows:
"Signs following believers is one of the twenty-nine prominent teach
ings_ of the Church, and I am glad we believe God is able to do all He
has promised. Jesus said, 'They shall lay hands on the sick. I am glad
there is more to this than just laying on hands. Jesus added, 'and they
shall recover.' We need God to make us able to perform His works.
There is a lot of preaching being done, but we must have God to per
form the work.
"It means something to be a believer. These are times when many peo
ple are endeavoring to put away the truth and deny God's eternal Word.
But we are endeavoring to lay hold upon faith and believe God for the
very things He promised.
''I would like to encourage and build faith so that we might receive
from God what we need tonight. I believe God is concerned about those
who are sick and suffering. Jesus gave the command to go preach and
heal the sick. To do this we must have the favor of God. Jesus Christ
was a man approved of God. He was dwelling in a human body as
you and I are, but He was approved of God by miracles and wonders
and signs. Nicodemus recognized this fact when he said to Jesus that
no man could do the miracles He did except God be with Him. If we
do the work that God would have us do, we will have to have the ap
proval of God. If we do not have God working with us, we will just
be going through a form of trying to do something.
"Paul said, 'For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which

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Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word
and deed.' Many things took place as Paul preached that caused men
and women to believe, and we know that God has ways of doing things
that we know nothing about. Many times God causes people to be
lieve because of His power being manifested in our lives. Without the ap
proval of God it is hard to make believers of people, but when God
approves our work and we feel the mighty power of God with us, some
thing is accomplished. These hands are nothing without God's power,
but Jesus said, 'They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.'
"The apostles met with opposition but that did not stop them. After
the lame man was healed Peter and John went to their own company
and told all that had taken place. They needed something from God so
they prayed. When they had prayed the place was shaken. This that
we are talking about will come about through earnest prayer and seek
ing God until He is pleased to work with us. We don't need to go
around wondering what will happen. If we will obey God, the signs will
follow.
"If you call yourself a believer and I call myself a believer, we need
to be concerned if the signs do not follow us as believers. There is no
question about God's part. He is able to heal, but we need to place our
faith. and con&#6684777;dence in Him so we can believe His Word.
"One time Jesus was moved with compassion for a leper and He healed
him. Without compassion we will not take much time to seek God in
behalf of others. It is easier to criticize a sick man than it is to pray
and receive the power in your life to see him healed. I believe if we
would be more positive in our believing and be more concerned about
receiving from God what ·we need that we would see greater results
when we pray. Unbelief causes us to turn away from God's way. We
must resist the devil. We need to put away everything that causes us
to doubt and continue to hold on to God until we feel the power of God
working through us so that when we lay hands on the sick they will
be made whole. These signs shall follow them that believe. One of these
is healing through laying hands on the sick. God will heal everyone
tonight through faith in the name of Jesus."
7:51 p.m.-The congregation stood and prayed in concert in behalf of
the healing service.
7:55 p.m.-Our annual healing message by W. G. Hardin. A portion of
the message follows:
" 'Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.' If you will come
tonight with a desire to be healed and with faith to believe God will
do what He said He would do in His Word, there is no reason why you
can't go away healed. 'Whatsoever ye desire.' If you are sick and actu
ally desire to be healed, and have faith to believe, you will receive the
healing virtue in your body. After preaching this message people have
come to me and asked various questions. But according to their faith
they received the blessings they sought. Some have come and asked to
be prayed for and they were instantly healed, because they had faith.
"We visited the Indian Reservation and those people have great faith,
both saint and sinner. A woman there had intestinal trouble and the
doctor was sending her to Rochester as a last resort. Her friends were
making a great feast for her before she went away. This is their cus
tom. I told the woman I wanted to talk with her. I read this verse I
have used tonight. The house was full of people, but I said we are go-

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ing to pray. All ·of them went down on their knees. We laid our hands
on the woman and prayed for her and she was saved and healed right
there. She went on to Rochester and they couldn't &#6684777;nd anything wrong
with her.
"To be healed tonight you will have to have faith. John said, 'And
whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his command
ments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.' This says,
'Whatsoever we ask, we receive.' Why do we receive it? Because we
keep his commandments. Have you kept the commandments so you
can have faith in God to believe His Word? Are the things you are do
ing pleasing in His sight so that when you come tonight to ask for heal
ing you will have con&#6684777;dence in God to receive it? Or have you been
doing the opposite which destroys faith? If there is something that will
hinder your faith tonight, you had better get it out of the way.
"To be healed we have to be obedient. Jesus sometimes tries our faith.
He does not always do the things we desire at the time we want them
done. He may instantly heal you one time and another time He might
not heal you so quickly. He might desire to try your obedience as well
as your faith. Jesus supplied the wine for the wedding feast, but when
Mary spoke to Him He said His hour had not yet come. But Mary told
the servants to do whatever He told them to do. And when they went
to Jesus He told them to &#6684777;ll the pots with water. They didn't need water,
they needed wine, but they obeyed and when they needed wine, they
were supplied with it. Another time a blind man came to Jesus for his
healing. Jesus made clay and put on his eyes and told him to go to
the pool and wash. He obeyed and received what he asked for. You
who are here can receive what you desire through obedience. Faith and
obedience go together in this.
"'Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen.' It is right out there, get hold of it. And whatever you de
sire, believe that you are going to receive it. When the centurion came
to Jesus in behalf of his servant who was sick of the palsy, Jesus said,
'I will come and heal him.' The centurion said, don't come but just speak
the word and my servant will be healed. This man's faith was not in
coming and praying for him. His faith was in the spoken word of Jesus.
When Jesus saw his faith He told him to go his way that his servant
was healed.
"A ruler of the Jews came to Jesus and asked Him to come to his
home and heal his daughter. Jesus started and on His way a woman
who had an issue of blood decided that if she could just touch the hem of
His garment she would be healed. She did this and Jesus told her that
her faith had made her whole. Her faith was in touching the hem of
His garment. Where is your faith tonight? When Jesus arrived at the
ruler's home the child was dead but the father still believed. When
Jesus put the people out He took her by the hand and raised her up.
"Another time there were two blind men and they begged Jesus for
mercy but He didn't pay them any attention. They followed Him to
the house and then Jesus asked if they believed He was able to open their
eyes. They said they did and He touched their eyes and· they were
healed._ They had faith to hold on until the work was done. You who
are sick, come tonight with faith and you will be divinely healed."
8:43 p.m:-Those to pray for the sick formed lines on the three plat
forms and on the main floor while the congregation stood and sang
"Where the Healing Waters Flow," led by W. W. Webb. The Bahama
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and anointed with oil. There were 1,645 handkerchiefs anointed for
some who needed healing and could not be present for the service.
9:39 p.m.-The General Overseer led in singing "Where He Leads Me."
9:41 p.m.-Evangelistic message by Paul Hensley. He used for a text
John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you
free." He stated that the Bible teaches liberation from sin through Jesus
Christ, and that now is the time for people to seek God. He showed
that the moral man needed God the same as the very wicked, and God
requires all to repent and be born again. He referred to the great price
paid by Jesus Christ for the salvation of man. He suffered that He might
liberate us and set us free from the bondage of sin. He who knew no
sin· was made sin for us. He urged people to come forward and yield
their lives to God. A number responded and nine were saved, six were
sancti&#6684777;ed and ten were baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Saturday, September 12
6:00 a.m.-Sunrise prayer meeting in charge of George C. Croyle and
J. L. Endecott. The song service was led by Brother Croyle. She Scrip
ture found in Psalm 101:1-8 was read. The Pennsylvania Singers sang
"Keys to the Kingdom." A concert prayer followed in behalf of the As
sembly that day. Brother Endecott was in charge of a testimony serv
ice in which approximately seventy-&#6684777;ve testi&#6684777;ed to being healed by the
power of God. A number of them told what they were healed of. One
sister was able to lay aside her crutch. The service was dismissed with
prayer by all present.
8:45 a.m.-Music by the Bahama Brass Band in front of the taber
nacle. They continued to play as they marched inside to the band box.
9:00 a.m.-Song service led by M. B. Hale with Betty Johnson at the
piano. Jack Thomas read Psalm 145:14-21. W. A. Howard prayed at
the pulpit while the congregation stood in reverence before God. At the
close of the prayer, all joined together in praying for those for whom re
quests were made.
9:10 a.m.-Dwayne and Jo Nell Adams sang "If to Gain the Whole World"
and "The Touch of His Hand."
9:16 a.m.-The Staggs family presented a very impressive demonstra
tion of the song, "Come Under the Banner of Love." As they sang those
representing the Indians, the Isles of the Sea, the United States, Japan,
China and South America came to the platform waving the Church of
God flag. Each presented himself for membership in the Church and
the covenant was administered to all by Brother Staggs. He read Malachi
3:16. The presence of the Lord was real as those present meditated upon
the many colors and nationalities who will some day make up the Church
when she is presented as the glorious Church not having spot or wrinkle.
An arch was formed with the Church of God flag and the United States
flag and all marched through it.
9:35 a.m.-"The Banner of Truth and Why It Should Be Displayed,»
message by G. C. Decker. A portion of the message follows:
"The message that this flag represents must go to all nations. It is a
far-reaching message. There .. is something in the message of the flag

84 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
that must reach everybody. There is something in it that will just &#6684777;t
your case and my case.
"We are displaying the banner in a measure, but all of us want to
display it in a manner that will be effective. The Bible says to display
it because of the truth, so we have no choice. We want to be obedient
to the Bible. This flag is the banner of truth and it represents our Christ.
It represents the principles of Christ. Are we as individuals serving faith
fully under this banner? Are we lifting up the standard? Are we as
individuals what this flag points us out to be? It is good to examine
ourselves occasionally to see if we are measuring to the requirements.
&#5505128;e stars and stripes represent the government of the United States. There
have been hundreds of thousands of soldiers that bled and died to up
hold the principles of the stars and stripes. The scepter, star and crown
stand for the government of the Church of God which is the pillar and
ground of the truth. Jesus gave His own precious blood for it and there
have been many who died as martyrs for the Church.
"Jesus said, 'Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and or
dained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit
should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name,
he may give it you.' Jesus was speaking directly to the Church. We
didn't choose this way. We didn't choose the name. We didn't choose the
flag and all of the departments of the Church. But He has chosen us
to operate them. We are chosen to operate everything the flag repre
sents. We are caught in prophecy and the only way out is to go on through.
We are caught in prophecy just like the rooster. He didn't crow too early
and he didn't crow too late. He crowed at the right time because he was on
program to do it. We have to display the flag because we are caught in
prophecy.
"Jesus said He was the light of the world and those that followed Him
did not walk in darkness but have the light of life. He shall have that
light that illuminates his soul and carries him along. As the pillar of &#6684777;re
guided the children of Israel to the promised land, so will Jesus lead us
to ful&#6684777;ll prophecy and we have no choice. If we are followers of Christ
we will walk in the light of prophecy and that demands that we display
the flag.
"The flag was revealed in the Scripture and it was adopted by the
the Jews that the kingdom of God would be taken from them and giv
en to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. That couldn't be a na
tion made up of sinners and various church groups, but a nation made
up of the children of God of all nations. A nation is a body of people
under one government, so it would mean the people of God of all na
tions joined together by covenant-one righteous nation and it has a flag.
"The flag was revealed in the Scripture and it was adopted by the
Church of God in the Assembly in 1933. I'll never forget that wonder
ful service and how the Holy Ghost took charge and dedicated the flag.
And the flag was used later to ful&#6684777;ll another prophecy. The same Holy
Ghost that caused the prophet to say 'All ye inhabitants of the world,
and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when · he lifteth up an ensign on the
mountains,' revealed it in the Scripture and caused the Church to lift up
the flag on the mountain. It had to be a flag that was suitable for the
occasion and we have that flag.
"Paul said to Timothy, 'But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how
thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church
of the living God, the pillar and &#6750322;ound of the truth.' I feel it is time
for us to know how to behave ourselves in the Church of God. We are

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not behaving properly unless we are observing all of the teachings of
the Church which is the pillar and ground of the truth. Since it is the
pillar and ground of the truth, that means it is a divine institution. And
we are to display the banner because of the truth.
"A story is told of a flag bearer who ran ahead of the army with the
flag. The captain called him to come back in line with the army, but
in his excitement he told him to bring the army up with the flag. That
is what we need to do today. We need to bring our people to the standard
represented by the flag. They must be taught to observe. If we do this,
we will hold the flag in the place pf honor that it deserves. The flag is
pretty but it has no character of itself. We give it prestige if we do the
things we know to do."
10:07 a.m.-The congregation stood and prayed in concert, asking God's
blessings upon our work as we carry the message of the Church of God
to others so that the All Nations Flag may soon fly in more cities, counties,
states and countries to signify that the Church has been established.
10:10 a.m.-White Wing Publishing House Program directed by the Man
ager, H. R. Smith. He spoke a few words and called for Brother C. T.
Davidson to pray for the program.
10:12 a.m.-Frank Howard, Accountant, gave a report on the annual
White Wing Messenger Day. The total of all offerings received this year
amounted to $4,527.23. Of this amount $2,852.00 was used to send the
White Wing Messenger to people who were not able to subscribe.
The following awards were made:
The church at Belle River, Louisiana was presented with a certi&#6684777;cate
for having the largest self-denial offering on White Wing Messenger Day.
The church at Newark, New Jersey was awarded a certi&#6684777;cate for hav
ing the largest self-denial offering according to membership on White
Wing Messenger Day.
An achievement certi&#6684777;cate was presented to the local church having the
largest offering in each state.
10:20 a.m.-The Voice of Salvation Sextet sang "'Tis Stamped Upon
My Soul." After some announcements and the introduction o&#6684718; the Publish
ing House staff by the manager, the Sextet sang "Oh My Lord, What a
Time." Then Randall and Marie McDaniel sang "Practice What You
Preach" and "Take a Moment and Live."
10:40 .a.m.-The Business Manager spoke for a few moments on the
past, present and future of the White Wing Publishing House. He told
of the &#6684777;rst publication, then he gave information concerning the work
of the Publishing House this year. He stated that portions of our lit
erature are now being printed in thirty languages, and that &#6684777;fty-seven
countries received literature from the Publishing House. He referred to
the increase in sales this year and thanked the people for lending their
assistance to the work by placing their orders with the Publishing House.
He mentioned the mighty work that is to be done by the Church and
he felt &#7602280;e Publishing House would &#6684777;ll an important place in accomplish
ing that which must be done. He felt the time would come when there
would be White Wing book shops in many of our cities and he en
couraged our overseers in states where we have established headquarters
to stock supplies for sale even if it is only a small amount at the present.
10:58 a.m.-Buford Johnson sang "I Know Who Holds Tomorrow."
11 :03 a.m.-Hugh R. Edwards, Press Superintendent, spoke briefly con
cerning the work of his department. He referred to the various publi-

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cations and stated they had been kept very busy this year. He men
tioned the fact that they had printed three hundred thousand census cards
for our people to use in the Visitation Program. He stated that the press
had done some work for outside people and the pro&#6684777;t had gone into
the Church. He said, "We are here to serve you. Whatever you need, do
not feel it is too large or too small for us. If we can help you in any
way be free to call on us."
11:12 a.m.-E. L. Higdon, Field Representative, spoke concerning the
White Wing Messenger. He said the paper had the largest circulation
now that it had ever had since it had been a weekly publication, and
he expressed his appreciation of the good work done by the workers on
the &#6684777;eld in securing subscriptions. He said there are &#6684777;fty-six churches
this year with every church family receiving the White Wing. He ex
pressed his desire that every church home receive· the paper.
11:16 p.m.-Buford M. Johnson, Assistant Editor, spoke concerning the
material that is received for the White Wing Messenger. He stated that
when an article or testimony is received, if there is not room to use
it then, it is &#6684777;led and used when there is space. He said that his depart
ment received between twenty-&#6684777;ve and &#6684777;fty letters a day and a large
portion of them contain material for the White Wing. He encouraged
the people to keep writing to the paper and asked them to be patient
with his office when they did not see their messages or testimonies in
print.
11:23 a.m.-"Report to Satan," play written by Ora Mae Willing and
presented under the direction of James Staggs. An imp had received
the assignment from Satan to destroy the White Wing Publishing House.
When he came to report to Satan he told how he had worked with Gen
eral Public to discourage him with the Publishing House. One indi
vidual cancelled his subscription to the White Wing because he was not
receiving it. The reason for this was that he had moved and failed to
give his change of address. Another had ordered one kind of literature
and received something else, and still another had written a book for
the Bethel Book Club and it had been rejected, so she refused to do busi
ness with the Publishing House. The imp was very pleased with his
report. Then one came in distributing White Wing Messengers and told
General Public of the bene&#6684777;ts of the paper. He renewed his subscription
and sent gift subscriptions to his friends. Another brought a display of
merchandise; from the Publishing House and still another presented Gen
eral Public with some facts concerning the progress that had been made.
The imp having failed in his efforts to destroy the Publishing House was
carried below. The congregation sang "The Gates of Hell Shall Not
Prevail."
11:50 a.m.-The service was closed with prayer by L. A. Moxley.
Don Hatton directed a program of music and singing during the inter
mission.
1:00 p.m.-V. L.B. Parade.
The General Secretary called the states in alphabetical order and the
overseers and state secretaries led the Victory Leaders in a parade up
and down Central A venue while the Bahama Brass Band played. Each
V. L. B. carried a forty-nine-star flag. When the time came for them
to march into the tabernacle they &#6684777;lled every available seat on the main
floor, the speakers platform and band boxes with the overflow standing
in the aisles. The Bahama Band entered last. They continued to play as
the young people waved their flags. There were 1,025 in the parade.

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1:45 p.m.-V. L. B. Program directed by the General Secretary, H. L.
Moore.
1:47 p.m.-Song service led by Elwood Matthews with Jenna Lee Allen
at the piano and Emma Lou Moore at the organ. Prayer by Gene Gillum
while the congregation stood in holy reverence before the Lord. At the
close of the prayer the congregation prayed in concert, then all repeated
the Lord's Prayer in unison. Elizabeth Smith read Ecclesiastes 11:9, 10;
12:1-7.
2:05 p.m.-Message by Edward L. Jones. He used for a text Lamenta
tions 3:27, "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth." A
portion of the message follows:
"At the time the words of the text were written, Israel was in bad
condition. They had turned away from God and Jeremiah was sent with
a message from God to them. The kingdom of Israel had been divided
and the ten tribes had gone astray and then the two tribes turned away
from God. Jeremiah pleaded with them to turn to God but they would
not. It seemed they wandered farther and farther away from God. Jere
miah seemed to get discouraged and he decided he wouldn't preach
any more, but according to the Scripture there was something embedded
in Jeremiah's heart when he was a child. He said, 'His word was in
mine heart as a bu&#7471214;ing &#6684777;re shut up in my bones.' When God called
Jeremiah he said, 'Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and
before thou ea&#7471214;est forth out of the womb I sancti&#6684777;ed thee, and I or
dained thee a prophet unto the nations.' Because of this call, the Word
of God was planted in Jeremiah's heart and he could not get away from
it. The Scripture says, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and
when he is old, he will. not depart from it.' I believe young people need
the restraining influence of the Word of God planted deep in their hearts
when they are children. When they grow up in it, they will not de
part from it. Jeremiah bore the yoke in his youth and he felt the re
sponsibility of the call of God to the extent that he could not give up,
even though he desired to at times.
"A yoke is for the purpose of making the work easy. When it is too
hard for one, two under a yoke will make the burden lighter. When
we become members of the church, both young and old people, we ac
cept the same covenant. Sometimes young people feel that the older
people will carry on and they have nothing to do. It has been said, and
I believe it is a mistake, that the young people are the Church of to
morrow. There is no Church of tomorrow. The Church is today. We
have the work today. Young people, we are a part of the Church to
day. The responsibility is upon us and we need to &#6684777;ll our place. Some
thing else. Sometimes when a young person feels the need of doing some
thing for God, an older person that is not doing anything will say the
young people are pushing them out of their place. But we have our
place in the Church. Right now it is a good thing for a man to bear the
yoke in his youth.
"In the &#6684777;fth chapter of Matthew we &#6684777;nd Jesus on a mountain preach
ing to His disciples. He began with the beautiful Beatitudes, then He
looked on them and said, 'Ye are the light of the world.' I remember
when Jesus passed a man that was bo&#7471214; blind and the disciples looked
at his condition and asked Jesus who had sinned, the man or his parents.
You know many times we look at conditions instead of going on and
doing the work of God. Jesus told them that neither the parents nor
the man had sinned, but he was blind in order that the works of God
might be made manifest. There are conditions existing in the world

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today that the works of God might be made manifest. What do you
think we have lights in this building for? They are not just to beautify
the building. When darkness comes on, we need them. The lights don't
complain, they just shine. Young people, we need to feel our responsibility.
"Jesus said He was the light of the world. He said also that He must
work the works of the Father while it was day. He didn't wait around.
He spat on the ground, made clay of the spittle and anointed the blind
man's eyes. He didn't give any attention to conditions. He was the light
of the world while He was on earth, but while preaching to His dis
ciples He said, 'Ye are the light of the world.' This means the young peo
ple the same as the old. He told them that men do not light a candle
and put it under a bushel but on a candlestick so it will give light to
all that are in the house. It would be foolish to light a candle and put
it under a bushel. Then He said, 'Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in
heaven.' I am talking about bearing the yoke, assuming responsibility,
being accountable.
"Jesus referred to the kingdom of heaven as a man traveling into a
far country who called his own servants to him and delivered unto them
his goods according to their several ability. How many of you work on
a job? You may be a straw boss sometimes. When the boss leaves, he
puts you in charge. You know you are responsible for what goes on
in his absence. The man delivered to one servant &#6684777;ve talents, to an
other he delivered two and to another one talent. When he returned he
found that the servants with &#6684777;ve and two talents had made a pro&#6684777;t, but
the servant with the one talent hid it in the earth. He cared for it and
protected it and returned it to his master, but he made no pro&#6684777;t. Some
body has said, I am holding my own. Brother, each one of you who do
manual labor, if you do not make a pro&#6684777;t on the job, you are no good
to the boss man. The Lord had the talent taken away from that servant
and given to the one who had ten. He said to him, if you knew I was
a hard man you should have taken my money and given it to the ex
changers so that I could have received mine own with usury. Usury is
pro&#6684777;t. Young people, is the Lord making a pro&#6684777;t on you? Are you
really worth anything to Him? Young people, let us shoulder our re
sponsibility. Let us be a flame of &#6684777;re in our local churches. Let us
work with our pastors and do everything that is in our power. What
ever we &#6684777;nd to do, let us do it with our might."
2:30 p.m.-Talk by Dr. T. Newton Wise, Representative of the American
Bible Society .
&#3014740;he speaker said, "I come to you this afternoon representing the
American Bible Society. I want to remind you of something. Have you
ever tried to work in a workshop? Young people, have you ever tried
to build something and &#6684777;nd you were not using the right tools and the
thing you were trying to build did not turn out very well? You would
work, you would sweat and you would try, but you were using the wrong
tools. Then a wise old carpenter would come to you and say, why don't
you use this tool? It has been made for the very job you are doing.
Then when you used the right tool you found that you could &#6684777;nish the
item you had been working on.
"I know about some more tools that you and I have to work with. If
you are stumbling along in your Christian life and failing here and there
occasionally, I want to ask you if you are using the right tool. The
right tool for you and me is God's wonderful Word. This is the tool we
are to use. If we are not using it, we are failing.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 89
"Do you know how many trashy magazines are sold and read in this
land of ours every year? There are nine million about love and romance.
There are eight million true confessions read by people in this country.
There are three million detective magazines and twenty-&#6684777;ve million comic
books. How many of us are reading God's Book like we should. May
God help us to realize the great importance of reading His Word every day.
"Now, my friends, the American Bible Society is the tool chest. We
keep your tools for you without pro&#6684777;t. We are not supposed to pro&#6684777;t
from the sales of God's Word. We get it to you at cost. For example,
I hold in my hand a beautiful little book. We picked out all the Scrip
ture verses about Christmas and we put them into this little book with
a beautiful Christmas cover. We publish this book with these forty-seven
pages and we make it available to you for three cents. Then you can
get an envelope to &#6684777;t this little book for one more penny and send it
out for a Christmas greeting. You could pay a lot more for a Christ
mas greeting but you could never get a better one." He told of a large
print Bible that is published, also an illustrated gospel. Then he said,
"The American Bible Society is one hundred and forty years old. We
have been publishing the Scriptures without any comment, distributing
the Scriptures without any pro&#6684777;t, translating the Scriptures into the lan
guage of God's people throughout the world and encouraging the use
of the Scriptures."
2:44 p.m.-The Voice of Salvation Male Chorus sang "My God Is Real"
and "Down Deep in the Sea." The Voice of Salvation Sextet sang "I Will
Follow Thee" and "My Lord Is Good to Me."
2:58 p.m.-Those who attended the National Youth Camp in Tahlequah,
Oklahoma came on the platform. The General Secretary, dressed in
Indian blanket and feathers, was introduced as Chief Tuf Nut. The
blanket and headdress were gifts to him from the National campers.
Roberta Matthews led the campers in singing "Swing Down, Sweet Char
iot" and "Inside the Gate."
3:07 p.m.-Report of the General Secretary, H. L. Moore.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
V. L. B. Secretary's Report From
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God, Greetings:
Sermons -----------------------------------------------.. ---------·---------------------------______ 209
Converted -------------------------------------- -----------------------------13
Sancti&#6684777;ed __ --------------------------------------------- 18
Baptized with the Holy Ghost ------------------------------------------17
Homes visited __________ _____________ 154
States visited ____________________ _________ 48
Foreign countries visited ________________ _ _____ 1
Minister's, district and state conventions attended _________ 12
Youth Camps attended _______ _______ 1
Prepared the V. L. B. Yearly Program Booklet and wrote the leaders
and secretaries numerous times besides taking care of the daily corre-

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spondence that came to the office. Boosted the Radio Department ex
tensively and served as one of the Voice of Salvation Radio Ministers.
Taught V. L. B. Training in B. T. C. at Cleveland. Directed the work
of the White Angel Fleet and wrote the pilots several times during the
year. Piloted the General Overseer to all forty-eight states in his visits
to the State Overseers in the Headquarters' Bonanza. Traveled approxi
mately 25,000 miles doing this. Boosted Youth Camp work and prepared
lesson material for the Third Senior Book. Made ar
r
angements and con
ducted &#6684777;rst National Youth Camp in the Church. I was assisted in this
by Billy Riggs and appreciate his time and effort in preparation for the
camp.
I would like to express my sincere appreciation for the good coopera
tion of everyone that I have been associated with this year in work
ing for God and His Church. I would like to also extend my thanks for
the kind hospitality that has been granted to me in all the states that I
have visited.
INFORMATION ON V. L. B. WORK
Bands last year ___________________ 1,651
Bands this year 1,742
Increase_________ _______ ______ 91
Number of Victory Leaders last year _____ ______________ 33,914
Number of Victory Leaders this year 36,740
Increase ____________ 2,826
Number of Youth Camps. this year___ 33
Approximate number of campers 2,500
Approximate number of experiences 1,500
Sincerely submitted,
H. L. MOORE
V. L. B. General Secretary
3:11 p.m.-Free Literature Offering.
The Secretary called the states in alphabetical order. The state over
seers and state secretaries took their places in line and those with of
ferings followed them. Several songs were sung while the line of march
ers moved through the aisles of the tabernacle. &#5701736;en the overseers and
secretaries returned to the platform, they received the offerings from
those following them. When the money was counted the amounts were
announced. The amounts by states are as follows:
Assembly Free Literature Offering
Alabama ____________________________ $
Alaska _______________ _
Alberta
Argentina
Arizona ______________ _
Arkansas ____ _
Bahamas __________ _
Bermuda ________________ _
British Columbia ___________ _
282.11
12.00
1.00
7.50
49.00
149.55
277.63
9.00
9.27
California
Colorado ------------�-
Connecticut
Costa Rica and Panama __
Delaware
East Texas ____ _
El Salvador _____________________ _
Florida
Georgia
668.28
65.00
15.00
14.49
27.24
319.72
5.00
940.70
1,348.85

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Haiti
Hawaii
Honduras
Idaho
Illinois _ _____ _
Indiana ________________ _
Iowa ____________________ _
Jamaica ______ _
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Manitoba
Maryland and D. C, _________ _
Massachusetts
Mexico
Michigan ----------------------------
Minnesota _________________________ _
:�:��
s
��l P� ___ ::::�:::::::::::::::::::
Montana
Nebraska _____________ _
Nevada
New Hampshire _____________ _
New Jersey _____________________ _
New Mexico ___________________ _
3.20
5.00
5.00
52.25
209.35
683.84
68.11
15.00
184.41
870.06
203.33
12.10
10.00
178.29
1.50
50.00
303.93
137.89
429.54
236.32
North Carolina _______________ _
North Dakota
Ohio _______ _
Oklahoma _________________________ _
Ontario ____________ _
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Philippine Islands _________ _
Rhode Island _____ _
Saint Vincent _________________ _
Saskatchewan
South Carolina _______________ _
South Dakota ___ _
Tennessee _____ _
Utah
Vermont ______________ _
Virginia
Virgin Islands _________________ _
Washington
West Texas
West Virginia _________________ _
Wisconsin
Wyoming
H. L. Moore _____________________ _
91
1,122.71
83.00
323.48
421.35
11.41
98.40
164.51
5.00
1.50
16.00
5.75
560.95
71.30
1,206.89
35.28
36.51
1,239.77
95.00
178.58
125.00
180.54
105.59
96.36
25.00
New York
35.57
31.62
20.00
20.00
14.20
72.25
35.85 Total ----- -$14,299.83
4:05 p.m.-Solo and testimony by Frank Fortenberry. He sang "I Know
Who Holds Tomorrow." In his testimony he stated that this year had
been the most blessed of any year of his life. The reason for this he had
received the Holy Ghost and had been added to the Church of God. He
was a Baptist minister until he received the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
He thanked the Lord for the power to preach the full gospel and for
the vision of &#7602280;e Church of God.
4:25 p.m.-&#5505128;e Voice of Salvation Choir sang their own "Chorus Medley"
and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
4:33 p.m.-Report of Thomas Duncan, Radio Department Manager.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of the Radio Department
for the year ending August 31, 1959
To the 54th General Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
I have attended two State Conventions, one District Convention and
a convention of the Audio Engineering Society, and have traveled quite
extensively for ,the purpose of promoting our radio work this year.
I had the privilege of touring the state of Wyoming with the state over
seer; the state of New Mexico with the state overseer, and the state
of California with the state radio booster in getting programs scheduled.

92 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
We have reproduced 300 Radio Booster Booklets and our office has
handled a great volume of correspondence during the year.
The total number of recorded radio programs produced during this As
sembly year, including the Voice of Salvation, Gospel Concert Hall, Span
ish Voice of Salvation, Voice of Truth, and Rehearsal Time, number
7,367. The number of programs produced by the Radio Department from
its beginning in January, 1954 through August 31, 1959 is 18,196.
The Voice of Salvation is now scheduled on 115 radio stations in the
United States, Bahama Islands and Australia.
We are supplying programs for use on Public Address Systems to Fields
of the Wood, Church Nursing Home in Dallas, Oregon; to local churches
in Golden Valley, North Dakota; Collingwood, Ontario, Canada; Sydney,
Australia; Baltimore, Maryland; McMinnville, Tennessee; and Brooklyn,
New York.
Gospel Concert Hall is now scheduled on 44 radio stations-the Spanish
Voice of Salvation is carried by one radio station, the Voice of Truth is
carried by one radio station in Detroit, Michigan, which reaches a very
large radio audience. Rehearsal Time is now scheduled on one station
and we hope to expand its coverage.
We have received a great amount of mail in response to the programs
this year. Some wonderful reports have come to us concerning the radio
programming, which is being produced by Brother L. G. Edralin in Manila,
Philippines, through the facilities of Far East Broadcasting Company
there. Several groups of Christians have been attracted toward the Church
because of those programs and a number of souls have been saved.
The messages that have been presented on the Voice of Salvation by
the General Overseer have been a great blessing as indicated by our
mail response and we have received many requests for printed copies of
them.
We have seen good results on all our programs this year in regard to
souls being saved, people being healed and others attracted toward the
Church.
Our musical staff, announcer, ministers, state radio boosters and every
one connected with our radio work have been very faithful in their efforts
to carry on and promote our radio work, and this is greatly appreciated
by me.
Financial report of the Radio Department for year ending August 31, 1959:
Total money received_____ -------------------$15,143.44
(From Free Literature Fund, Broadcast Record Club, Merchan
dise, Recording work and offerings)
Total paid out ----------------------- ____ -----$14,655.56
Balance in treasury ---------------------------------$
Approximate number of records in stock _______________ _
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS DUNCAN
Radio Department Manager
487.88
3,600
Brother Duncan called for the choir to sing, then he spoke to give the
radio department a boost. He told of his visits to Wyoming, California
and New Mexico in behalf of the radio work and of some of the things
that have been accomplished through the program. He stated the de
partment is producing &#6684777;ve separate programs each week.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 93
The choir sang "The Gospel Medley" and Brother Robert Wright, an
nouncer, gave some information about the mail received concerning the
program. He told of the interest people have in the Church through lis
tening to the program, also of people being healed and saved. He thanked
God for this wonderful medium by which the message of the Bible and
the Church may be preached.
Karen Blumenthal spoke concerning the Gospel Concert Hall program.
She referred to the interest that people have in the program and told of
letters being received which showed it had proved a blessing.
Brother Duncan introduced Mr. Russell Offhaus, Manager of WBAC,
one of the local radio stations, who spoke a few words. He said he had
the pleasure of being able to program &#6684777;ve hours a day six days a week
exclusively to gospel and religious music. WBAC is the only station in
the United States doing this. He told of the Voice of Salvation program
being heard every Sunday morning at 9:30 on this station, and he said
this program would be heard on this station as long as he is manager.
Brother Duncan referred to three of the programs, the Voice of Truth,
the Spanish Voice of Salvation and a new program, Rehearsal Time. He
said, "On the third day after Jesus had risen from the dead, He ap
peared to two of His disciples on their way to Emmaus. He expounded
to them all the Scriptures conce&#7471214;ing Himself and their hearts burned
within them. They were blessed by this even though they didn't know
who He was. At their invitation He stopped with them and while He
blessed the bread their eyes were opened and they knew Him. It is
the same way with the Body of Christ in the world today. People around
us don't realize that this is the Church of the Bible. They are blessed
by what we tell them, but they have no vision of the Church, but some
will learn after while through the blessings they receive. If we can keep
on blessing them, if the Voice of Salvation program can bless the peo
ple every week as they listen to it, if we can work for the Lord in such
a way that His Spirit will go with these programs and bless the people
as Christ blessed His followers, they will receive a vision of the Church
of God. I want this program to be a blessing. It will take much prayer,
much consecration, much devotion to the work for results to be realized,
but by the help of the Lord it will be done." The choir sang "Heaven's
Jubilee."
5:21 p.m.-Trombone solo by R. M. West.
5:24 p.m.-Youth Camps-National and State-Ernestine Tillman. A por
tion of the message follows:
"It is easy to boost something you are enthusiastic about and I am cer
tainly enthusiastic about youth camp. I have seen the results brought
about in the spirituality of our young people through the youth camp;
however, we have just scratched the surface of what youth camp can
do. In some of our states when youth camp was started there was just
one camp, but many of them have grown now until there are two-a
senior camp and a junior camp. I am looking forward to the time when
the juniors will be split and split again and when the seniors will be
split and split again. I am looking forward to the time when our sum
mers will be taken up with working with young people. Little things
have a way of growing and I believe we are taught in the Scripture not
to despise the day of small things. Everything has to have a beginning.
"Youth camp helps the individual. It helps the local church and it helps
the Church as a whole. Our young people need the fellowship of other
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94 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
demands the fellowship of youth. The enemy knows this and he has
something on all the time to make it possible for youth to have the com
panionship of youth. We need to enlarge our borders and provide pro
grams that will strengthen and encourage them. Our young people are
precious and the Church must provide a program that will take them
away from the things of the world and give them the fellowship of Chris
tian young people. We have taught our young people the pitfalls of as
sociating with those who do not know the Lord, and we need to pro
vide something for them that will be of interest to them. Youth camp is
a starter. It is small now but it can grow.
"Our young people need training and youth camp provides a training
program. They are taught to study hard and they commit many things
to memory. They do as David did, hide the Word of God in their hearts.
When they return home and a temptation comes, the Word of God is
there to strengthen them. They are taught how to do things and they
are made to feel responsible, so our youth camps are a blessing • to the
local churches and to the states.
"I was very much pleased with the National Youth Camp this year.
The course of studies was inspirational and I learned a good deal my
self. I realize the &#6684777;elds are broader. I feel God has given us in youth
camp a weapon for the pulling down of the strongholds of Satan. We
must take advantage of every opportunity to win • other young people
and to hold our own young people for the Church of God. This is just
the beginning of a great forward move to capture young people for God
and His Church."
5:36 p.m.-Gleaner Program in charge of Sarah George. Ten Gleaners
sang "One Little Two Little Gleaners." Sister George read a poem about
the ten Gleaners and what they did. Each one held a card with a num
ber on it, and as she read what that number became, the Gleaner turned
the card and it showed what he was. They repeated the yell "Rub a Dub
Dub.' Gail Grier sang "When I Am Alone." Donna Wilson sang "Be
yond Tomorrow." The Florida Trio sang "I Believe I'll Testify." Wa&#7929966;e
Barnes sang "I Saw a Man." Deborah Thomas sang "I Bowed on my
Knees." Rose Whitaker sang "Not My Will." Diane and Teresa sang "He'll
Wash You White As Snow." All of them sang "Into My Heart."
6:00 p.m.-Awarding of trophies:
North Carolina was presented with a trophy for having the largest state
convention Free Literature offering-$13,586.33.
Georgia was presented with a trophy for having the largest Assembly
Free Literature offering-$1,348.85.
Oklahoma was presented with a trophy for having the largest state con
vention offering according to number of churches-27 churches with an
average of $245.12 each.
The Bahama Islands was presented with a trophy for having the largest
convention Free Literature offering in a foreign &#6684777;eld-$3,279.57.
The church at Tampa, Florida was presented with a trophy for having
the largest local church Free Literature offering for the state convention
$2,042.00.
Haiti was awarded a trophy for having the largest number of Victory
Leaders-8,000.
6:05 p.m.-The service was dismissed with prayer by Gabriel Montijo, Jr.
6:07 p.m.-Program of songs by the Spanish people in charge of Daniel
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6:13 p.m.-Organ music by Joe Pendergrass.
6:18 p.m.-The Gospel Range Riders sang "The Old Country Church,"
"When I Get to Glory, I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing" and "Somebody
Touched Me."
6:30 p;m.-Song Service led by Julian Bennett with Mildred Bennett
at the piano and Emma Lou Moore at the organ. Russell Barnes read
Matthew 28:18-20. J. W. Reeves prayed while the congregation stood in
holy reverence before God, then all joined together in prayer for those
for whom requests were made.
6:44 p.m.&#2883674;The H. M. Cowan Family sang "I Want to Go Where Jesus
Is." The Gospeltones Quartet sang "Climb Higher and Higher," "His Eye
Is on the Sparrow" and "It Makes Me Happy and Free."
6:57 p.m.-The Annual Saturday Evening Praise Service was in charge
of Brother L. E. Silvers. Mikey Jones led the congregation in singing
at intervals. The General Overseer testi&#6684777;ed &#6684777;rst, then the congregation
sang "Somebody Made It." At the direction of Brother Silvers the peo
ple testi&#6684777;ed by sections in the tabe&#7471214;acle. As they sang and testi&#6684777;ed
the saints shouted, clapped their hands, ran, marched and danced for the
glory of God.
7:35 p.m.&#6750298;Bible Training Camp Program directed by the General Super
intendent, J. B. Wright.
7:39 p.m.-Jack Moss directed the devotional service. After the con
gregation had sung two selections, Errol Simmons prayed at the pulpit.
This was followed by a concert prayer by all. Nathaniel Beneby read
Isaiah 12:1-6, and the congregation sang another selection.
8:00 p.m.-Report of the Superintendent, J. B. Wright.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Bible Training Camp
General Superintendent
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
Seven camps were conducted since last Assembly with a grand total
of 665 students. They were as follows: Dominican Republic, 66; Bahamas,
75; Swan River, Canada, 17, Haiti, 130; Jamaica, 178; Cleveland, 147; Fresno,
52.
A post-graduate course was prepared and will be offered for enroll
ment to quali&#6684777;ed applicants at Cleveland in April of next year.
CORRESPONDENCE DIVISION
Elementary course enrolled _______________ 213
Number completing course 57
Body of Christ enrolled 628
Number completing course 101
Twenty-four group plans for the Body of Christ course.
Three group plans for the Elementary course.

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PERSONAL REPORT OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
Took care of my duties as Superintendent of B. T. C. to the best of
my ability and strength. Served as teacher in three different Bible camps;
visited 37 churches; attended 3 district conventions and 4 state conven
tions; preached 104 sermons; visited 61 homes and helped Visual De
partment produce one &#6684777;lm entitled, "Exploiting Opportunities."
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES B. WRIGHT
General Superintendent
8:05 p.m.-"Missionary Work the Church of God Way," message by
the Superintendent. Before beginning his message he read excerpts from
the Assembly Minutes to show that the Assembly has approved Bible
Training Camp and its program. The message in part follows:
"When we say Church of God way we mean the way of the Church
from the beginning. &#5505128;is has been the Church of God ever since it was
organized on Mount Hattin. It is still the Church of God and always
will be. There never was but one and never will be but one. And the
Church has a missionary method to follow and that is what we want
to talk about.
"Listen carefully while I read Acts 11:19-26. We have before us here
a picture of the way the Church did missionary work as it is set forth
in the Acts of the Apostles. The Acts of the Apostles teach us by ex
ample. They are not types and shadows. They are the real thing. When
those early preachers were scattered abroad because of the persecu
tions they went everywhere and preached the Word. They went as far
as to Antioch and preached to the Jews only, but they got hold of some
fellows from Cyprus and Cyrene and they knew the Greek language
and they preached to the Grecians and this evangelistic effort was greatly
rewarded. Great numbers of people believed and these evangelists re
ported their work to general headquarters. It says when tidings of
these things came unto the church at Jerusalem they sent Barnabas to
visit these churches. It wasn't enough just to get them saved and in
the Church. They sent out a man from headquarters to exhort them to
cleave to the Lord. When Barnabas went to these people, some of them
Jews and some of them Gentiles, he saw the grace of God that was
upon them and he exhorted them to stick to the doctrine. God blessed
the efforts of Barnabas to the extent that he needed some help, so he
called for Saul to come and help him. He brought Saul over to Antioch
and they established a school, a Church of God school. They taught the
people from morning until night for a whole year.
"I am talking to you about missionary .work the Church of God way.
Evangelists were sent out &#6684777;rst, churches were organized, reports went
to headquarters, then Barnabas was sent out by the Church. He didn't
just get his hat and go. He went to these churches and taught them
and he reached the place where he needed some help and he got Saul
of Tarsus to help him and they established a school and kept it going
for a whole year. Instead of people coming to headquarters to be trained,
Barnabas and Saul went to the place where the people were.
"In the face of this you &#6684777;nd some people who are opposed to school
work. I have heard bishops oppose the school work. They say we don't
need a school, we just need to pray. The Church of God way is the
school way. It promotes the evangelistic effort, it promotes the report
ing system. It promotes the sending out of teachers after the churches
are established and it shows that we are to establish schools as they

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did. They don't tell us to establish schools, but they set the example.
The Acts of the Apostles is the Church of God in action. We make a rule,
then make some more to enforce that one. But I don't &#6684777;nd in the Acts
of the Apostles where the early Assembly made one single rule that
they didn't keep. Our victory is not in making rules but in keeping the
rules we make.
"Now let us look at Colossians 1:23. This shows the gospel was preached
to every creature under heaven. Their method got the work done. Paul
rejoiced in his sufferings and everything he suffered or did was for
the Church. He worked for the Church. He didn't work for Paul, he
worked for the Church. And at no time was Paul ever caught preach
ing anything that conflicted with the doctrine of the Church or the rules
of the Assembly. The Assembly was far from Paul and he didn't get
to go very often, but one time he went and made a check with the of
ficials. He told them what he had been preaching. You can't get some
folks to tell you what they have been preaching, but Paul was a Church
of God preacher and he went to the General Overseer and the pillars
in the Church to ask them if he had gone contrary to the Church in his
preaching. It would save preachers a lot of embarrassment and they
wouldn't have so much sidetracking to do if they would check once in
a while to see if they are right. Sometimes we get so deep with our
sidetrack doctrine that when we get caught we can't back down.
People that follow the Lord and are led by the Holy Ghost will keep in
line with the Church of God. The Holy Ghost doesn't lead anyone con
trary to the Church of God doctrine. But if anyone has any teaching
he is afraid to have inspected, he is not preaching Church of God doc
trine. There are people in this Assembly that have doctrine in their
heart and minds that the Assembly has told them not to preach. &#5505128;ey
say the day will come when the Assembly will accept their doctrine.
Brother, sister, I wouldn't want to be in any man's shoes that has a
doctrine contrary to the Assembly. The best thing to do when the As
sembly says no is to throw it in the trash can and forget that you ever
had anything to do with it and stick to the Assembly.
"They had a school in Ephesus. Paul found some disciples there and
he preached to them and they received the Holy Ghost. A church was
organized, then they had a school. This continued for the space of two
years, and all that dwelt in Asia heard the Word of God. Do you be
lieve in missionary work the Church of God way? Evangelistic work,
organizing churches, then schools. That is what we are trying to do.
Later on Paul sent from Miletus to Ephesus and called the elders of the
Church. He told them he was pure from the blood of all men. The school
there sure delivered that preacher. Why was he pure? Because he had
not shunned to declare unto them the whole counsel of God. Some peo
p1e think if you get a person saved you are pure from his blood. The
independent preacher may be, but not the Church of God preacher. When
we reach a country with the Church of God message, we are not pure
from the blood of those people until we have taught the all things of
the Word of God.
"You know the last thing that Paul did that we have a record of was
to hold a school. The last two verses of the Book of Acts tell about
Paul holding a school in Rome for a whole year. He believed in it so
strong he rented his own house and conducted the school.
"We are to move forward as one man. The Lord told Gideon 'Surely
I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.' The
Church has to work as one man. There are individuals in the Church

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who are trying to be a big somebody, but God wants all of us to be
one big individual. He said the ministry was to work until we all come
to the unity of the faith unto the knowledge of the Son of God unto a
perfect man. What God is wanting, not to develop one individual and
him go forth and all the Church get behind him, but He wants the whole
Church to be as one individual to go forth. We all move at the same
time as one individual. Not certain individuals moving out front but all
of us moving as an individual and going forward.
"We had an increase of two thousand dollars in the B. T. C. offer
ing this year at the state conventions. Our people are learning to do this
work regularly. B. T. C. has severed itself from the missionary fund.
We don't depend on the missionary fund to help us any more. The As
sembly tells us to support B. T. C., so I am taking the liberty to sug
gest something. (A large calendar was displayed with a nickel on each
Wednesday during the year.) Here you see a chart and it tells us that
&#6684777;ve cents a week by each member will bring in $90,000 this year to
support B. T. C. work. We have been told that we have slightly under
thirty-&#6684777;ve thousand members in the United States now, and if each one
would give five cents each week for a whole year we would have $91,000.
We received about $10,000 this year. If half of our churches would give
&#6684777;ve cents a week, one member out of two, we would have more than
$45,000 for B. T. C. I don't need that much now, but if we could get
one member out of every four to give &#6684777;ve cents a week for this whole
year, we would have $22,750 for B. T. C. next year. I am not going to
ask you to pledge but I am going to ask the overseers if they will en
courage and boost their pastors to try to get one nickel a week for every
four members. Then I want to ask the pastors to boost your mem
bers and try to raise &#6684777;ve cents for every four members each week for
the year. I believe you will do this and I would rather you would do
that than for you to give the whole amount yourself. We need to en
courage our people so we can have every member a worker."
8:58 p.m.-An offering was received for the support of Bible Training
Camp in foreign &#6684777;elds while M. S. Curry directed a program of sing
ing with former B. T. C. students. The Orange Juice Quartet sang "How
Many Times." E. L. Jones and his singers sang "I Believe I'll Testify."
Betty Baker and Christine Miskelly sang "To My Mansion in the Sky."
The Curry Trio sang "All About Jesus." Sherman Minter sang "This
Great Caravan." Roberta Matthews, Rosita Nunnery and Dorothy Creel
sang "Life Will Be Sweeter Some Day."
9:22 p.m.-"My Vision of B. T. C. Work in Jamaica and Haiti," Oscar
Pittman. A portion of his message follows:
"It was my privilege to go to Jamaica and Haiti back in January and
see the camp in action. When we arrived at the place where the camp
was conducted in Jamaica, I found a group of people who were eager to
know more about the Bible and the Church of God. They were hungry
for the truth and they gave their whole attention to the study of their
lessons. Even at recess and when the classes were dismissed, they had
their mind on the work of Bible Training Camp. There was no fool
ishness or idleness whatever, but all were interested in knowing how to
carry on the Church of God way.
"Those people have a lot of hardships to endure in order to attend Bible
Training Camp. Many of them don't have the clothing they need or the
food. They don't have good places to sleep and they don't have the &#6684777;nance,
but they are eager to know about the Church and they are happy for
the privilege of attending B. T. C. And B. T. C. is doing a wonderful

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job in Jamaica of teaching and training the people, and it is our re
sponsibility to support the work of the camp in foreign &#6684777;elds.
"We went to Haiti from Jamaica. The people of Haiti are far less
fortunate than the people of Jamaica. They are really in destitute condi
tion. When I arrived at the place where the camp was being conducted
I began to cry and it seemed that my soul would burst with pity for
the people. I used to think I was poor. I even thought people couldn't
be much worse off than I was, but conditions in Haiti were much worse
than anything I had ever seen. I saw men who were ministers of the
gospel who didn't have any shoes. I saw them with clothes on that you
wouldn't wear anywhere. They didn't have any beds to lie down on
for a comfortable night's rest. They slept on benches, on_ the floor and
on the ground. They had very, very little food. But they were happy and
they were eager to know about the Church of God. When they were
not in classes they would gather together and sing and pray, and they
studied until all hours of the night. The overseer told me that many
more would be at the camp but they didn't have anything to wear. And
when they say they have nothing to wear, they mean that they don't
even have a rag to put· on. While I was there I was up early in the
morning and one morning about &#6684777;ve o'clock Brother Herne came to me
crying and said one of his ministers had died. And he said he had died
of starvation. There is no way for them to make a living. There is no
work for them to do and when their crops fail they starve. We need to
get the gospel to them and get them ready for the glory world where
there will be no more suffering. They need to know the Church of God
way and we ought to get behind Bible Training Camp and help put the
program over so we can reach the people who are hungry for the doctrine."
9:38 p.m.-Song by the Orange Juice Q. u a r t et, "Swing Low, Sweet
Chariot."
9:41 p.m.-William Brooks, pastor of the church at Hopewell, Alabama
told of the bene&#6684777;ts received by the local church from studying the Body
of Christ Correspondence Course. He said, "Brother Wright was in our
district convention and he was boosting B. T. C., and we felt it would
be good to have a Bible study course in our local church. Seven or eight
members bought books during the convention. We talked with them about
having a study course in the church and they thought it would be good.
We thought we might get as many as twenty enrolled. We talked with
a number of people about the course and we &#6684777;nally enrolled sixty-one
in the class. Several who were backslidden enrolled and a number of
sinners in the community wanted to study it with us. We had it &#6684777;ve
nights a week, Monday through Friday, for two weeks, and we had an
average of &#6684777;fty-one present each night. We received an offering for
B. T. C. each night and the Lord blessed us and prospered us in a great
way. Since that time some have united with the Church who took the
course, and some who were backslidden prayed through in our next re
vival. If you who are pastors, if you desire your church to be blessed,
it would be good for you to use this course of study."
9:46 p.m.-Awarding of banners:
Oklahoma was presented with a banner for having the largest B. T. C.
state convention offering-$1,131.52.
Tennessee was presented with a banner for having the largest number of
students in the camp in Cleveland-17.
California was presented with a banner for having the largest number
of students in the camp at Fresno-27.

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Alabama was presented with a banner for having the largest number
of students in the Elementary and Body of Christ Correspondence Courses
-190.
10:00 p.m.-Brother Carlos Colon, Overseer of Argentina and Repre
sentative of South America, spoke concerning the need of Bible &#5505138;aining
Camp in South America. He stated that a piece of land had been given
for Bible Training Camp. He requested that our people pray for the
Lord to make it possible for a building to be erected on the lot so they
could have B. T. C. there. He said B. T. C. was needed in South America
to teach and train the people in the doctrine and practices of the Church.
There are now twenty-seven churches and eight hundred and &#6684777;fty members.
10:03 p.m.-A demonstration for the purpose of boosting B. T. C. at
home and abroad was directed by Winston Gonia. The demonstration
boosted the Superintendent's plan of each member paying &#6684777;ve cents each
week, so the substance of it was, we can do more by giving less when
more of us do it.
10:14 p.m.-Evangelistic message by J. V. Galloway. The speaker be
gan by reading Mark 2:15-17, using for a text the last verse, "They that
are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came
not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." He said that Jesus
was gravely concerned about every living soul and He is ready to bless
everyone who will come to Him. He urged all who needed to be saved,
sancti&#6684777;ed or baptized with the Holy Ghost to come to the altar and be
lieve that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. While
his wife and daughters sang "Cleanse Me, 0 God," many people came
to the altar and three were saved, three sancti&#6684777;ed and eleven were bap
tized with the Holy Ghost.
Sunday, September 13
6:00 a.m.-Sunrise prayer service in charge of Arnold Demeritte and
S. B. Moss. The service opened with prayer by all present. Brother
Moss led the congregation in singing three selections. A concert prayer
in behalf of the work of the Assembly that day followed. Several indi
viduals prayed earnestly in behalf of the missionary service. Brother
Demeritte conducted a good praise service in which many gave thanks
to the Lord for the wonderful blessings He had given them. The Florida
Singers sang a selection, then the Virginia Singers sang. Another con
cert prayer was fallowed by a special song, then the service was dis
missed by all praying in concert.
9:05 a.m.-W. M. B. Program directed by the Secretary, Sylvia Hardin.
The state overseers and missionaries marched down the east aisle of
the tabernacle and the W. M. B. state secretaries marched down the
west aisle, led by the Bahama Brass Band. The overseers and mission
aries were seated on the east side of the platform and the secretaries
on the west side. The W. M. B. officers and members followed the sec
retaries into the tabernacle and were seated in the center row of seats.
9:10 a.m.-The Voice of Salvation Choir sang "Jesus Saves" and "Others."
Ina Mae Tomlinson prayed while the congregation stood in silence, then
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9:24 a.m.-The missionaries and foreign delegates were given a wel
come. As the Secretary called the names, each one stood. While they
were all standing, the congregation joined with the Secretary in giving
them a hearty welcome.
9:30 a.m.-Revivals in Europe, Hawaii and the Isles of the Sea, Harrison
E. Price, World Evangelist. The speaker mentioned the Caribbean Is
lands &#6684777;rst. His &#6684777;rst revival was on Montserrat and God wonderfully
blessed. The next was at Nevis. He stated that a large building was
badly needed on that island. He said the work is well organized there
and the Church has the respect of the people. The building was so crowd
ed where the revival was conducted that the saints would go outside
when the altar call was made so the sinners could come in and seek God.
Saint Kitts was next and he said we had work there to be proud of.
He went from there to Barbados. This is a very needy place and he re
quested prayer for the advancement of the work there. His next re
vival was in Dominican Republic where he had a wonderful time with
our people. He said the work was carried on properly and he gave Bible
Training Camp credit for having trained the people in the Church of
God way.
He found Hawaii a hard place to reach the people. He said the peo
ple there are living for a good time. The things of the world are all
that holds their attention. His next revival in a foreign &#6684777;eld was in
England. He conducted a revival at one church and visited other churches
and assisted in the services. He stated the work there needed the help
of quali&#6684777;ed evangelists. Germany was next where he conducted a re
vival at Karlsruche. From there to Switzerland, then to Holland. In each
place he worked hard and the Lord blessed his efforts.
He visited our people in Cyprus and had a wonderful time with them.
He said the work there was moving along nicely now. When he ar
rived in Greece to be with our people he found they were enduring perse
cutions which were hard to bear. They are not allowed to worship God
as we do and they never know when they will be arrested and thrown
into jail. He said some of our people there were hungry and some
destitute of clothing. The overseer had given so much to help others until
he had very little for himself. He asked that our people pray for Greece.
In Bermuda he conducted his last revival in other countries. He said
the overseer received him and the boys and treated them well. His ef
forts there did not accomplish all he desired but he knew the time
would come when the Lord would work in the way that is needed for
the Church to prosper on that island. He requested prayer for all of our
mission &#6684777;elds.
9:50 a.m.-Song by Karen Blumenthal, "I Can't Say No."
9:55 a.m.-Miss Laura Trotter, Cleveland City Missionary, was intro
duced and spoke for a few minutes. She told how the Lord called her
to &#7602280;is work and how He had made a way for her to carry on through
the prayers and support of the City Mission Board. She mentioned her
work of going into homes and reading the Bible to those she contacted
and praying with them. She said it would probably surprise some peo
ple to know how many homes need help of this kind. She requested
prayer in behalf of her work and she encouraged all who were work
ing. and giving for the mission cause to continue their efforts that souls
may be won for whom Christ died.
When she had &#6684777;nished the General Overseer made it known that the
speaker is a sister of former Chief of Police Arthur Trotter. He men
tioned the fact that Mr. &#5505138;otter was suffering with cancer and the con-

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gregation stood and prayed in his behalf. The Secretary asked for prayer
for their mother who has a broken hip and the congregation joined in
praying for her.
10:03 a.m.-Sister Willard Boyles spoke on the Alabaster Box plan of
giving. She said, "The goal is for every W. M. B. sister to have an Ala
baster Box. I don't know but what it might be good to make a canvass
and see how many women outside the W. M. B. would take an Alabaster
Box. You may be surprised how much help you can get just by ask
ing for it. I think we miss a lot of things because we don't ask.
"&#5505128;is plan is Scriptural. Just before Jesus was to be cruci&#6684777;ed there
came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment which was very
precious. She broke the box and poured the onintment on Jesus. Some
complained, but Jesus told them to let her alone because she had done
what she could. She had come before hand to anoint His body for burial.
He said, 'Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world,
there . shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memo
rial of her.' I am telling it this morning because she did what she
could. We want to do what we can. On that last &#6684777;nal day she did what
she could. It will be worth everything if we can have this said of us.
"Here is a plan that I understand is to be mailed out to the pastors.
(She displayed a chart boosting Alabaster Box giving.) This plan is
boosting the Alabaster Box. Remember the woman gave her best. We
want to give our best. There are many plans, but I especially like Sis
ter Hardin's plan of having the box near the dining table and when we
eat some natural food which God has blessed us with, give a love offer
ing to Him."
10:13 a.m.-Elva Howard spoke on Mission Cry. She said, "Mission Cry
is an issue of the White Wing Messenger that carries mission news. When
I think of Mission Cry I think of it in this way, that I am very inter
ested in the missionaries because I am trying to help them with what
&#6684777;nance I have and with my prayers for them. They are my Church of
God brothers and sisters .. Brothers and sisters are your relatives, so Mis
sion Cry is like getting a message from my relatives across the sea.
I am eager to know what is written in Mission Cry conce&#7471214;ing our mis
sion &#6684777;elds.
"Sometimes our leaders and pastors do not know how to spike their
second Sunday mission service. There are many things in Mission Cry
that will be a blessing to your people. A few years ago in pastoral
work we gathered together all of the data we could get from Mission
Cry for several years and &#6684777;xed a bulletin board in our church picturing
our missionaries and their families. We introduced them to the church,
then the church knew the missionaries. I believe we can become so in
terested in our missionaries that we will read their letters in Mission Cry
every time we receive it."
Some children were on the platform with her, each wearing a Mission
Cry hat. She sent them out into the congregation to give out copies of
Mission Cry to those who wanted them.
10:20 a.m.-Program by the Wildwood W. M. B., in charge of Theresa
Covey. Two groups marched to the platform, one from the east side and
one from the west side. Each individual carried a Church of God flag
and a card bearing the name of a mission &#6684777;eld. One dressed as an angel
carried a large Church flag and another dressed as an angel carried
a large cross. The Male Chorus sang "Onward Christian Soldiers." A
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a large globe of the world. They sang "Jesus Loves the Little Children
of the World." Stanley and Marguerite sang "All Over the World" while
the General Overseer waved a large Church flag. The Male Chorus sang
"The Church of God Flag Song" as those in the play left the platform.
10:30 a.m.-Barbara Glimer sang "Jesus Use Me."
10:35 a.m.-Illustrated message by Allan and Harriet Eliason. Brother
Eliason read Matthew 28:19, 20. While Sister Eliason delivered the mes
sage he placed posters on an easel as she referred to them. A portion of
her message follows:
"We have just heard the words of Jesus as He spoke to His disciples.
These words are commonly known as the great commission. This com
mission was given by our Lord to the early Church, the Church that
Jesus set in order on Mount Hattin. We see Him in this picture speak
ing that commission. Notice the background. It is supposed to look like
the early part of the day. We think of the early Church doing the &#6684777;rst
part of the work. When we consider the accomplishments· of the early
Church we realize they made use of that power that Jesus gave to them
and left with them. They believed His Word and they obeyed it. They
taught the people the Church of God way. They allowed nothing to hin
der them. Their only aim was to spread the message of Christ and His
Church. There was no place too hot or too cold for them to go. There
was no place too far away. They worked for God where He wanted
them to go. Our Master told them to go and surely we must say they went.
"We know the Church was covered up for a while after it had so
gloriously flourished, but it was covered for only a while. Then came
the day when it obeyed the words 'Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and
the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.' We know the old Ship of
Zion came sailing forth again, and it is our privilege to preach the last
days message. It is the same Church and we have the same gospel. The
commission is still in the Bible. We know we must put forth the effort
to carry the gospel to every creature, and God will bless us as we do
this. We have a tremendous task before us. There are many groups· of
people preaching salvation, but we alone have the message of the glorious
Church which Christ set in order. We must reach the unreached and
we must reach the other sheep. We must reach all men with the mes
sage of the glorious Church of God.
"The early Church reached all the known world at that time. Let us
consider how far we have come in reaching all people today. Each star
on this chart here represents licensed ministers in the Church. Just one
point of a star represents two people. This is the United States and I
am glad for every star. Some of these islands and Mexico have quite a
few stars, but look at Canada. We have a few here and a few there, but
look at the territory not covered. It makes me feel sad to see so much
left undone.
"These stars I have here are licensed ministers in the United States
that I could not get on the map. There are so many there was no room
for them. When we receive license in the Church of God, we are licensed
to preach the gospel and I would like to see everyone of these on &#7602280;e
job. God can use everyone somewhere to be a blessing. God is no re
specter of persons. He loves everyone. There is no difference in the color
or race.
"I have been asked the question, what if you fail on a foreign &#6684777;eld.
I feel this way about it. If God is speaking to my heart and I refuse
to go, I have already failed. But if I spend my life for the Master and
win only one soul, that would be worth it all. That one soul could go

104 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
and win more. Noah preached a long time and won only seven people,
but that number was enough for God's program to go forward.
"I think of a man who once became concerned about missions and
he began to pray. He begged the Lord to save the heathen. Then he
prayed for the Lord to send missionaries to the heathen. Later he prayed,
'Lord if you don't have anyone else to send, send me.' . Then he told the
Lord that if he didn't send him to send someone. Again he prayed and
asked the Lord to send whom He would and to help him to pay his
share of the expenses. That was the right prayer. Some are to go and
some are to help pay the expenses. It is a privilege to preach the gos
pel, and it is also a privilege to stand by the one who goes to a foreign
&#6684777;eld to preach the gospel.
"When I give, I don't like to give as unto the Lord, but I like to give
to the Lord. The Church is the body of Christ, so we have the privilege
of giving directly to the Lord. One. time an Indian asked a bishop if
he could give him two one-dollar bills for a two-dollar note. The bishop
gave him the two dollars and asked him what he wanted them for.
The Indian said he wanted one for him to give to Jesus and one for his
wife to give to Jesus. When the bishop learned that the two dollars was
all that he had he told him that was too much for him to give. The
Indian's pastor was standing near and he told the bishop that it might
be too much for a white man to give but it was not too much for an Indian
to give who had that year for the &#6684777;rst time heard of the love of Christ.
We need to be concerned about the lost and dying. If God wants you
to go, will you go? If He wants you to pray, will you pray? If He
wants you to give, will you give?"
10:54 a.m.-Mission offering.
The Secretary called for the Green Sisters to sing "What Shall I Give
Thee, Master?" She stated she was starting the offering with one hun
dred dollars and called for others who had this amount to come to the
platform. Several responded, then she called for those with &#6684777;fty and
twenty-&#6684777;ve dollars. She called the states in alphabetical order and the
overseers led their states in a march offering. Several songs were sung
and Stephen Kounnas spoke briefly while the people marched through
the aisles of the tabernacle and back -to the platform where the over
seers received the offerings from those following them. When the of
ferings had been counted each overseer announced the amount from his
state. The General Overseer offered prayer, dedicating the offering to
the service of the Lord. The offerings by states are as follows:
Assembly Mission Offering
Alabama ----------------------------$
Arizona _______________ _
Alaska
Alberta
Arkansas --------------------------
Argentina _________________________ _
Australia --------------------------
Bahamas
816.44
237.68
24.97
12.05
252.53
· 14.24
6.00
441.00
Bermuda ___ _
British Columbia
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Costa Rica
Delaware
Dominican Republic
31.55
25.00
810.34
163.51
20.00
20.00
66.00
8.81

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 105
12.50
220.00
222.17
East Texas ___________ _
El Salvador ____ _
Florida -·-----
Georgia
Haiti ------ --------------
Hawaii ______ _
Idaho ________________ _
Illinois ______________ _
Indiana _____________ _
Iowa
Jamaica ___________ _
Kansas _____________ _
Kentucky
Louisiana _________________________ _
Maine
Manitoba ____________ _
Maryland and D. C. _________ _
Massachusetts and R. I. __
Mexico ________ _
Michigan _______________ _
Minnesota ___________ _
Mississippi
Missouri ______________ _
Montana _______________ _
Montserrat, Antigua,
Dominica, St. Kitts,
Nevis, Anguilla ___________ _
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey ____ _
472.47
46.25
964.53
2,174.22
2.00
10.00
90.99
244.13
1,073.59
213.45
25.00
292.86
1,362.77
291.57
10.00
35.00
500.33
5.00
104.25
1,258.77
137.56
689.18
419.95
38.20
34.84
66.98
31.00
15.66
New Hampshire _____________ _
New Mexico ___________________ _
New York _______________________ _
North Carolina ___ _
North Dakota ____ _
Ohio _______ _
Oklahoma ___________ _
Oregon ____________ _
Panama ______ _
Pennsylvania ____ _
Philippine Islands
Saint Vincent ___ _
Saskatchewan
South Carolina ___ _
South Dakota ___________________ _
Tennessee ------·----
Tobago
Trinidad _______ _
Utah ______ _
Vermont ________ _
Virgin Islands _________________ _
Virginia
Washington
West Texas
West Virginia _________________ _
Wisconsin _________________________ _
Wyoming
1,307.04
154.00
533.20
617.51
139.94
9.04
364.51
12.13
15.41
10.00
905.31
185.27
2,490.83
15.41
15.41
40.69
230.20
100.00
1,641.34
302.26
288.76
231.49
91.88
224.20
Total _____________________ $23,941.17
12:07 p.m.-Short talk by Sister Estefania Holley. She said, "We want
to talk about prayer. We are never successful in anything without prayer.
If there ever was a time when we need to pray it is now. The day is
very evil and you know that prayer is the key to heaven. It is time for
us to pray without ceasing. Jesus never fails. What He has promised,
that is what He does. We need to pray for Russia. We need to pray for
all the world.
"When Peter was preaching the gospel he was put in jail. He preached
Church of God doctrine. He was bound with chains, but the Church
got together and prayed. They prayed until the heavens were opened
and an angel came down and went to the jail. He told Peter to put on
his sandals and garments and follow him. God answered prayer right
there. He obeyed the angel and found himself out in the street. He went
to the home where the saints were praying and knocked at the gate.
They couldn't believe God had answered so quickly when Rhoda told
them Peter was there. Let's pray without ceasing.
-"You remember when Daniel was placed in the lion's den, he had
prayed before time. He was prayed up and the Lord took care of him
by shutting the lions' mouths so they could not hurt him. I want to
do more for the Lord. I want to pray for my people who are still in
Russia. We need to pray for a world-wide revival. I want to pray that
God will send me where I can help the people who are hungry for the
Word of God."
12:26 p.m.-Honor to whom honor is due. Stanley and Marguerite sang
a special song composed by J. R. Kinser for the occasion as various

106 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
ones were called to the platform and presented badges in recognition of
their outstanding work for the mission cause. Brother and Sister W. M.
Lowman were honored for receiving the champion banner eight years
during the time he served as overseer. Brother and Sister M. E. Wilson
were also honored for receiving the champion banner eight years. Broth
er Alvin S. Moss, overseer of Bahamas, was honored for receiving the lead
ing mission &#6684777;eld banner for twenty-nine years. Brother Hermis Ferguson,
pastor of the East Street church in Nassau, Bahamas, was honored for
receiving the leading church banner in a mission &#6684777;eld for nine years.
Sister Leah Fortenberry received a badge for having the largest per
sonal offering for seven years.
12:40 p.m.-Awarding of banners and prizes.
The overseer of Tennessee, Adrian T. Griffin, was presented with the
Champion banner. His state. raised the largest amount of mission money
for the state convention-$22,894. 78.
The overseer of Georgia, Charles S. Pennington, was awarded the
Honor banner. His state raised the second largest amount of mission money
for the state convention-$20,111.60.
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, 765.40.
The overseer of Maine, William A. Grant, was presented with a Record
banner. His state raised the largest amount of mission money for the
state convention in 1958 according to membership-$1,000.00.
The overseer of the Bahama Islands, Alvin S. Moss, was awarded the
champion mission &#6684777;eld banner. The Bahama Islands raised the largest
offering for the convention in foreign &#6684777;elds-$11,492.76.
The champion church of the world was Tampa, Florida. The pastor
was presented with a banner. The church raised the largest mission of
fering for the convention-$5,025.71.
The church at Wildwood Avenue, Cleveland, was presented with a
banner for having the largest local church Mission Sunday offering for
the year-$2,893.36.
The church at Clifton, Arizona was presented with a sacrament set for
having the largest Mission Sunday offering according to membership
eight members with $357.17.
Haiti was awarded a badge of honor for having gained the largest
number of members-1,312.
Haiti was awarded a badge of honor for having gained the largest
number of bands-7.
The state secretary of Kentucky was awarded a clock for having the
largest number of one hundred dollar workers-100 .
. Nancy Wilson, Kentucky, was awarded a Bible for having the largest
adult personal offering-$1,000.00.
Leah Fortenberry, Georgia, was presented with a purse for having the
second largest adult personal offering-$801.00
Martha Letro, Florida, was presented with a Bible for having the third
largest adult personal offering-$625.00.
Glenn McLaughlin, South Carolina, was presented with a Bible for hav
ing the largest child personal offering-$709.00.
Neita Slay, West Virginia, was presented with a Bible Story Book for
having the second largest child personal offering-$563.50.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 107
Blenda Neff, Tennessee, was presented with a Bible for having the third
largest child personal offering-$553.35.
Badges of Honor were presented to Aruba, British Guiana, Maryland
and District of Columbia, and Cuba for doubling their convention offerings.
Wildwood Avenue was awarded a banner for having the largest local
church Assembly offering-$812.24.
Purple, blue, red and yellow badges were presented to the four over
seers having the largest amounts in the Assembly mission offering. They
were:
Adrian T. Griffin, Tennessee __________________________________ $2,490.83
Charles S. Pennington, Georgia ______________ 2,174.44
C. T. Davidson, Virginia 1,641.34
Roy H. Phipps, Kentucky ____ _ 1,362.77
1:00 p.m.-Report of the Secretary, Sylvia Hardin.
The. report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
W. M. B. Secretary's Report From
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
Talks ----- --------------------------- --- -- 64
Homes visited _____ _ _____ __________ ________ 276
States visited -�------------- ------ 21
Ministers, district and state conventions attended ______ 11
Churches visited _________________ ____ 2
Taught two terms in B. T. C.; assisted in preparing Mission Cry quar
terly; compiled the 1959 W. M. B. Yearbook; took care of all correspond
ence that came to the W. M. B. Department; assisted in promoting the
March and October Foreign Mission Drives; wrote fellow-secretaries
monthly and leaders semi-annually.
Number of bands-1,827.
Number of bands gained this year-91.
Number of W. M. B. members-30,519.
Number of members gained this year-3,442.
All that has been accomplished for missions this year is humbly attrib
uted to those with whom I work.
Yours for missions,
SYLVIA HARDIN
General W. M. B. Secretary
1:03 p.m.-The service was dismissed with prayer by the General Over
seer.
1:25 p.m.-Sunday School Program directed by the Secretary, Edna Rye.
The Bahama Brass Band played as they led the march into the tab
ernacle. The General Secretary, the Superintendent • of the Orphanage
and Tomlinson Memorial School, the children from the homes and the
workers were followed in the march by the state Sunday School secre
taries. The state overseers were seated on the west side of the platform.

108 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
1:33 p.m.-The General Overseer led a concert prayer in behalf of those
for whom requests were made and for the Sunday School program.
1:36 p.m.-Song service led by Warren Roney with A. J. Coalter at the
organ and Jean Coalter at the piano. As the congregation sang "Amazing
Grace," the presence of the Lord was very real. At the close of the song
everyone stood and praised the Lord. The blessings of the Lord were
upon His people as the congregation continued to praise the Lord for
His goodness to them. Bobby Minter read the &#6684777;rst Psalm.
1:57 p.m.-Harper Hunter, Jr. and the Voice of Salvation Sextet sang
"Zion's Hill." Sherman Minter sang "Every Hour and Every Day."
2:07 p.m.-"My View of the Regional Sunday School Conventions," Boyd
Thornton, A. J. Creel, L. V. Jones, A. T. Griffin, H. M. Biggers, Raymond
Pruitt, and Ralph Bryant. Each of these praised the work of these con
ventions and expressed a desire for more of them. The main emphasis
was on trained workers which all agreed were very much needed. Those
in attendance felt they had received much to help them carry on in
the Sunday School in a better way in the future.
2:29 p.m.-"Teaching to Win Souls," message by Aaron Waggett. A
portion of his message follows:
"As we look at this poster we see a telescope. Written across the face
of it is the word GOD. Down at the eye-piece end is the word PUPIL,
and on the telescope itself is the word TEACHER. Holding up the tele
scope is the Sunday School of the Church of God. On its base or foun
dation are the words JESUS SAID TEACH. The teacher is the tele
scope to the pupil through which the pupil can see God by the use of
the Word in the Sunday School class. In our Sunday Schools we have
people who do not stay for the morning message. We have people who
do not attend the midweek prayer meeting. We have people who do
not attend the evangelistic service on Sunday night. We have people
who come only to Sunday School and what is portrayed to them, the
picture that is projected to them there is all they will ever receive. A
teacher who comes to the class unprepared, a teacher who comes to
the class and talks about everything but the lesson cannot give a pupil
a very good picture of God through the Word. But a teacher who comes
to class well prepared, prayed up and holding up the honor and dig
nity of the position he &#6684777;lls, he will teach the lesson in a way that the
pupil will carry away something with him that will be with him all his
life. We need teachers who will feel that if they fail, their pupils may
be lost. Teachers deal with people that the pastor doesn't deal with.
They deal with people that are not reached by the other auxiliaries, and
because they do, they surely need to come to their classes prepared for
the work ahead of them. They need to have the feeling that they must
give their best. When they do, the pupils will learn of God through their
efforts.
"The Psalmist said, 'Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and
sinners shall be converted unto thee.' Before he spoke those words, David
prayed through. He asked for a cleansing within and without. He asked
for the joy of salvation to be restored to him. He asked for God to give
him a right spirit. After he received the blessings that he needed from
God, then he was ready to teach others and win them for the Lord.
When we have teachers who are cleaned up within and without and they
feel the joy of the Lord and they have a right spirit, and they go to
the class room with these blessings, the pupils will certainly learn about
the Lord. When we teach His Word, • God will bless our efforts and we
may expect to see souls saved.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 109
"Over here on this side you see a picture of a bridge. On one side of
the bridge is the word PUPIL. On the other side is the word GOD.
The teacher is the medium that provokes the thinking power of the pupil.
Our foremost and prime task is to win souls for God. Over that bridge
you see the words WHEN WE GO, OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL GROWS.
Up until this time our visiting homes in communities where we have
Sunday School has been in a haphazard manner. We have talked about
this work but we have not done too much about it. But the fact remains
that when we go the Sunday School will grow. And when our Sunday
School grows, our church will become more spiritual and members will
be added and we will increase with the increase of God. Ours is not a
sitting-down program, or a calling program, it is a going program. We
have tried to call the &#6684777;sh to the hook but now we need to go to the
.stream and catch them where they are.
"Teaching to win souls. Jesus stressed teaching. He said to teach all
nations. Then He said to teach them to observe. We can do no less
than to obey His Word. God help us to use teaching as a medium in the
Church through which to win souls for God."
2:49 p.m.-Report of the Secretary, Edna Rye.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Sunday School Secretary's Annual Report From
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
Sermons --------------------------------------------------------. r------------------------------------------153
Homes visited _______ ______________________________ 115
States visited _____________ --------------------------------- 24
Ministers conventions attended ---------------··-------------- 5
District conventions attended ---------------------------------------------6
State conventions attended _____ __ _____ _ 4
Taught in Cleveland and California Bible Training Camps.
Assisted in preparing Sunday School issues of the White Wing Mes
senger each quarter.
Conducted and prepared material for three regional Sunday School
conventions, one in the Northeast, one in the South and one in the Mid
west. These training conventions were the &#6684777;rst of their kind to be con
ducted in the Church of God and they proved to be a great blessing to
the Sunday School work. Thirty-eight states were included in these
regional conventions.
Directed Nation-Wide Sunday School Contest during which time ap
proximately 10,000 new members were gained.
Wrote state secretaries every month and attended to all correspondence
that came to the Sunday School office.
I deeply appreciate the wonderful cooperation of every State Overseer,
every State Secretary, every Superintendent, Teacher and all Sunday
School workers in promoting the Sunday School work this year.
INFORMA TION ON SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
Total number of Sunday Schools this year___________________ 2,001
Total number of Sunday School pupils this year ______________________ l30, 727

110 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Total number of new schools organized this year________ 167
Increase in number of Sunday School pupils________ __ 10,377
Humbly submitted,
EDNA RYE
General Sunday School Secretary
2:53 p.m.-Deana Roundtree sang "Heaven's Hall of Fame."
2:58 p.m.-"That My House May Be Filled," message by Arthur Wood
ruff. The speaker began the message by reading Luke 14:16-23. A por
tion follows:
"To have God's house &#6684777;lled we must be possessed with certain things.
We must have the Spirit of God working with us. We must also have
a great compassion for souls. Then we must put forth the necessary
effort. We have a job to do but by the help of the Lord it can b&#5242924; accom
plished.
"There is no substitute for the Spirit and power of God. We may put
on great programs and many of them are good, but we must have God
with us if we hope to make progress in this great work. If we have
the Spirit of God with us we can go forth and accomplish something for
the glory of the Lord.
"The Bible says that man looks on the outward appearance, but God
looks on the heart. What do people see when they come to our Sun
day School? What do they see when they come to our services? We
are trying to attract men and women, but what do they see in us? They
are watching us. They are watching every move that we make. When
they come among us, do we have enough of the Spirit of God with us
to cause them to want to be one of us? Do they see good organiza
tion? Do they &#6684777;nd everything carried on in systematic order?
"This work must be done and we are well able to do it. If we will
have the spirit of Joshua and Caleb, we will accomplish much when we
return to our &#6684777;eld of labor. God was with them and it will take God
working with us for us to be successful.
"We can't stop with the thousands of homes that were visited the past
year. If we do, the efforts we have put forth will be in vain. But we
must continue to call upon the people even if they turn us away or
slam the door in our face. Keep on working and praying until results
are realized. Having compassion for people will cause to do this. We
must have compassion, for without it we will fail in our efforts to &#6684777;ll
the house of God. We are taught that faith without works is dead, be
ing alone, so we are going to have to prove that we believe in what we
are doing by going out and compelling people to come that God's house
may be &#6684777;lled. We have the doctrine, and this is God's house and if we
put forth the effort, we will see results."
3:17 p.m.-Christine Douglas spoke concerning the Cradle Roll. She
told of the good that can be accomplished through the work of this de&#2949164;
partment. By enrolling the babies, the parents and other members of the
family may be reached and brought into the Sunday School.
Mary Marique spoke on the Home Class and prison work. She re
ferred to the shut-ins in the homes, hospitals and institutions of vari
ous kinds. To be able to carry out the commission of Jesus she said
that these must be reached along with all others. She encouraged the
Home Class and prison workers to continue to serve faithfully so that many
shut-ins may be reached with the last days message.
3:30 p.m.-Orphanage play, "The Night Watch," directed by Muriel Paden.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 111
The &#6684777;rst scene was in the office of the Superintendent as he prepared
for the Assembly. He received a report of the coupon work which he
wanted to include in his report. Then a pastor and his wife brought
two girls to be placed in the orphanage. The father had been killed and
the mother had died. The next scene was in the living room of the or
phanage cottage where the new girls were introduced to the house mother.
In the third scene the children were dressed for bed and the house
mother directed the worship service. The children sang, repeated Scrip
ture and counted their blessings on their &#6684777;ngers. &#5505128;e fourth scene was
in the bedroom where the youngest new girl was put to bed along with
two other small children. When the light was turned out she cried for
her mother. The house mother came in to comfort her, then the older
new girl asked to be allowed to rock her small sister as her mother
did before her death. As she rocked and sang a lullaby, the child fell
asleep and soon the older girl was asleep also. Dorcas Lovill and Ellen
Cassidy sang "The Night Watch."
4:15 p.m.-Orphanage offering.
The Secretary called the states and countries alphabetically and the
overseers and state secretaries led the march, each overseer taking a
child from the home with him. Those with offerings followed their re
spective overseers. A number of songs were sung as the long line of
marchers made their way through the aisles of the tabernacle and back
to the platform where the overseers and secretaries received the offer
ings from those fallowing them. When the offerings were counted, the
amounts were announced. The amounts by states are as follows:
Assembly Orphanage Offering
Alabama ----------------------------$
Alaska --------------------------------
Arizona _______________ _
Arkansas ___________________________ _
Bahamas ----------------------------
Bermuda _____ _
British Columbia
California
Colorado _______________ _
Connecticut
Costa Rica __________ _
Delaware _____________ _
East Texas ____ _
England ___ _
Florida
Georgia _________________ _
Hawaii
Idaho ----------------------
Illinois ______ _
Indiana
Iowa _______ _
Jamaica ________________ _
Kansas
298.63
7.46
40.00
158.99
181.18
10.00
9.28
403.15
103.39
16.00
11.00
27.39
253.74
2.00
368.00
1,736.63
6.00
70.24
231.53
419.24
87.89
10.00
200.00
Kentucky _________________________ _
Louisiana _________________________ _
Maine --------------------------------
Manitoba _________________________ _
Maryland and n. C, _______ _
Massachusetts and R. I._
Mexico _______________ _
Michigan ____________ _
Minnesota _________________________ _
Mississippi ___________ _
Missouri ___________________________ _
Montana ----------------------------
Montserrat _______________________ _
Nebraska
Nevada ------------------------------
New Hampshire _____________ _
New Jersey
New Mexico _____________________ _
New York __________ _
North Carolina _______________ _
North Dakota _________________ _
Ohio-----------------------------------
Oklahoma _________________________ _
870.97
_ 120.95
20.28
9.51
219.09
4.61
26.16
260.64
253.45
345.16
266.49
50.00
5.29
50.64
15.83
13.25
7.49
111.33
40.75
739.47
105.20
329.09
287.40

112 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMB&#4980825;
Ontario
Panama ______ _
Oregon
Pennsy 1 vania ___________________ _
Philippine Islands _________ _
Saskatchewan ______ _
South Carolina _______________ _
South Dakota ___ _
Tennessee
Utah ____ ______________ _
Vermont
2.00
5.33
103.73
158.37
2.50
10.00
382.20
279.46
823.40
26.04
48.16
Virginia _______________ _
Virgin Islands ___ _
Washington
West Texas __ _
West Virginia _________________ _
Wisconsin
Wyoming --------------------------
Edna Rye _____ _
Miscellaneous
1,069.80
45.00
157.39
156.54
191.49
39.06
85.41
20.00
.25
Total _____________ _______ $12,410.92
5:00 p.m.-Awarding of banners and prizes by the Secretary.
Tennessee was awarded a banner for having the largest Sunday School
attendance for the year.
The Sunday School at Wildwood Avenue, Cleveland, Tennessee was
awarded a banner for having the largest attendance in the states for the
year.
Jamaica was awarded a banner for having the largest attendance for
the year in foreign &#6684777;elds.
A local church in Haiti was awarded a banner for having the largest
Sunday School attendance in foreign &#6684777;elds.
North Carolina was awarded a banner for having the largest state con
vention orphanage offering.
Minnesota was awarded a banner for having the largest state conven
tion offering for the orphanage according to the number of churches.
The church at Wildwood A venue, Cleveland, Tennessee was presented
with a banner for having the largest local church state convention offer
ing for the orphanage.
Haiti was presented with a pennant for organizing the largest number
of Home Classes during the year.
Haiti was presented with a pennant for organizing the largest number of
Cradle Rolls during the year.
Reba Paris, Michigan, was presented with a prize for collecting the
largest number of coupons for the year-500,000.
Linda Strickland, Georgia, was awarded a prize for collecting the sec
ond largest number of coupons for the year-86,500.
Michigan was presented with a prize for collecting the largest number
of coupons-1,227,038.
Kentucky was presented with a prize for collecting the second largest
number of coupons.
Emitt Davis, Tennessee, was presented with a prize for having the larg
est personal orphanage offering for the state convention.
California was awarded a prize for organizing the largest number of
new schools during the year.
Indiana was awarded a prize for doubling the Sunday School attendance.
The church at Rossville, Georgia was awarded a prize for having the
largest orphanage offering for the entire year.
Georgia was awarded a banner for having the largest Assembly orphan
age offering-$1,736.63.
Virginia was awarded a banner for having the second largest Assem
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Prizes awarded for the National Sunday School Contest are as follows:
Owensboro, Kentucky was the winning school in group Number 2, with
Ada McGehee, pastor, and Bob McDonald, superintendent. Each one re
ceived a 35-mm camera and $35 gift certi&#6684777;cate.
Pine Grove, Tennessee was the winning school in group Number 3,
R. D. Lawson, pastor, Virden Barnwell, superintendent. Each of these
was awarded an automatic record player and a $25 gift certi&#6684777;cate.
Mount Green, Georgia was the winning school in Group Number 5.
Dewey Wimpey, pastor, and Joe Merrith, superintendent, were presented
with a suit of clothes each.
Rye Woody won the grand individual prize which was a free trip to the
Assembly.
Pine Grove, Tennessee received the special award for reaching the &#6684777;ve
hundred mark during the contest. This was a tape recorder.
Norman Cross, Nebraska, was presented with the state secretary award.
Nebraska had the largest percentage of increase according to the num
ber entering. He received a set of Samsonite luggage.
Each Sunday School that doubled the attendance during the contest
was presented with a communion set or a gift certi&#6684777;cate of $25. There
were one hundred and twenty-two.
J. J. and Wanda Steward, contest secretaries, were presented with a
gift.
The Sunday Schools appearing the most in the "Top Ten" were presented
with prizes. They were: Wildwood Avenue, Cleveland, Tennessee; Fries,
Virginia; Canton, Ohio; 32nd and Larkwood, Louisville, Kentucky; Adrian,
Michigan; Columbus, Georgia; 21st and Main, Louisville, Kentucky; Hen
derson, Kentucky; Poplar Camp, Virginia; Memphis, Tennessee.
5:23 p.m.-Bobby Minter and Edna Fritts offered prayer consecrating
the offering to the service of the Lord.
5:25 p.m.-Program by the Sunday School Orphanage and Tomlinson
Memorial School directed by R. 0. Covey, Superintendent, and Robert
Pruitt, Principal.
Brother Covey spoke briefly to show his appreciation of the good work
that had been done on the &#6684777;eld in the support of the orphanage and the
school. He commended the house parents for their faithfulness and gave
an explanation of the operation of the orphanage and school. He asked
that our people pray for this department of the work. He stated that it
took a great deal of compassion and wisdom as well as funds to carry
on properly.
Brother Pruitt mentioned some of the outside activities of the students
and called for all of them to stand. He introduced the teachers and re
ferred to the work of the Parent-Teacher Association. A sextet from
the girls' home sang "Is He Satis&#6684777;ed?" The principal mentioned that
TMS had recently chosen for its colors green and gold. A large light
house with its light shining forth was on the platform and yellow stream
ers led from this to the students on the upper platform. The principal
said, "We like to think of Tomlinson Memorial School as a beacon of
knowledge sending out its rays to beckon our youth to a consecrated life
to the service of the Lord." When he referred to Knowledge a student
came on the platform holding a card with the word on it. As he con
tinued to speak he mentioned Christian Training, Fellowship, Wholesome
Activities, Bible Teachings and Leadership, and students came on the
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representing rays of light were attached to each of these.· At the last,
the principal said, "These are the rays which we extend to our youth
in hopes that we may have a part in training leaders and workers in the
great harvest &#6684777;eld of the Church of God."
5:45 p.m.-The service was closed with prayer by Patricia Henson.
6:15 p.m.-Song service led by Jimmy Wentz with Karen Blumenthal
at &#7602280;e piano and Betty Hunter at the organ. J. C. Palmer read Psalm
105:1-10. D. M. Hughes prayed at the pulpit while the congregation stood
in sacred quietness before the Lord. At the close all joined together in
praying for those for whom requests were made.
6:30 p.m.-Tennessee Program-The 1928 Big Business Program in Oper
ation-Every County and Every City in the State and the Church of God
Message in Every Home, Adrian T. Griffin, Overseer, in charge. Brother
Griffin delivered a &#6684777;ery message. He said, "We have enjoyed the work
of the 1928 Big Business Program this year. According to our records
our ministers and workers have visited approximately seventy-&#6684777;ve thou
sand homes. We know this is a program that has been ordained of God.
We have con&#6684777;dence in it, and we desire to carry the Church of God mes
sage to every home in every county, every city and every community
in the state. (A man came to the platform carrying· a poster with the
words "1928 Big Business Program.") Before Jesus returned to the Fa
ther He gave the Church the great commission. He said that all power
was given unto Him in heaven and in earth, and told them to go into
all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He said also that
certain signs would follow those that believe. I am glad the Church still
believes in signs following believers. This is not a new Church, but this
is the same Church that Jesus set in. order. I feel very much a part of
the early Church even if we are down here in these last days.
"Those early ministers went forth and preached everywhere. You talk
about every county, every city and every home, this program. is or
dained of God. In 1928 when this program was introduced it was for
the. purpose of getting the Church of God message to every creature. It
was to be done in systematic order. They went forth and preached
everywhere and the Lord worked with them. We have to have the Lord
working with us. As ministers of the Church of God, we want to live
loyal and faithful so the Lord will be with us in mighty power.
"One time Jesus felt the need of going to Samaria. He and His disciples
went to Jacob's well in Samaria and Jesus sat down there. A Samaritan
woman came to get water and He talked with her. Jesus must needs
go through Samaria. I feel we need to go into every county, into every
city and into every home in Tennessee to get the message of the Church
of God to people who do not know. Jesus made personal contact with
the woman of Samaria. It is necessary that we make personal contact
with people today. We must reach every creature. Everyone has a soul
that will never die." (A minister came to the platform carrying a large
sign with the words "The Church of God Message into Every Home.")
When Brother Griffin &#6684777;nished his message he called. on Brother Allen
Davis, the champion home visitor of Tennessee, to speak concerning this
part of his work. A portion of his message follows:
"I like to visit homes. You learn a lot of things when you go from
home to home. There are a lot of souls to be found in the homes that
you will not &#6684777;nd in a church building. There are many of them who
can't go. I remember driving down Fourth Avenue in Chattanooga and
something spoke. to my heart and told me to go into a certain home. I

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY &#3211313;5
went inside and found a woman who couldn't walk very well and she
was eighty years old. I asked her how long since she had been to church
and she couldn't remember because it had been so long. I asked her
how long since someone had prayed in her home and she couldn't re
member that. I talked with her and told her that God still loved her
and that He could be real in her heart and life. We prayed and that
woman passed away a few months later. When she was in the hospital
her daughter told me that she believed her mother was ready to go to
heaven because I visited her and told her about the love of God and
prayed with her.
"One day my wife came to the back door and said &#7602280;ere was a woman
in Erlanger hospital who was dying and she wanted a Church of God
minister to come pray for her. I had been working in the yard and
was tired and dirty. My wife asked me if I could go and I told her I could.
I got ready and went to the hospital as soon as I could. You know
some people are not in their homes, they are in hospitals. When I reached
her room a lady told me the sick woman wanted me to pray for her.
I asked her why she called me and she said that somebody gave her my
name. I asked about the woman and she said she was a member of a
church and had taught a Sunday School class but she said she was lost
and wanted somebody to pray for her to be saved. I talked with her
and she said she had never been a Christian. Church membership is
popular with many people today but it won't save the soul. A person
can't live one kind of life at church and another kind at home. If you
have salvation at church, you have it in the home. I talked with her
and read a few verses of Scripture and we prayed. When I looked at
the woman I saw a sweet expression come over her face. When I spoke
to. her she said it was the &#6684777;rst time in her life that she had been saved.
She experienced the joys of salvation. In less than two hours the woman
who was with the sick person called me and said she had gone on to
meet the Lord. Just two hours before she left this world she was saved.
There are many people out there that we can be a blessing to. Let's go
and do what we can for them before it is too late."
The overseer called for Brother Raymond Lawson to speak concerning
the work of getting the message to every county. Brother Lawson said,
"I think of some of the counties in Tennessee where we have a num
ber of churches. Then there are other counties where there is not even
one church. Then I think of how some of us make our rounds. I am
reminded of the old cane mill at home when molasses was made. &#5505128;e
old mule would go round and round. I believe God wants us to get
out of the circle we have been making our rounds in and take the Church
of God message to every nook and corner of Tennessee. I believe we
can do it by the help of the Lord. Right in the area where we are work
ing now, with the number of ministers we have there, we have gone
over our same steps no te&#7078101;ng how many times. But this year we be
gan visiting outlying sections and we found people who had never heard.
It is time for us to enlarge our borders. Brother Hale was with me
when we visited one home in Livingston, Tennessee. We found an old
man on his death bed. We talked with him about his soul. He had told
his daughter that he had put off seeking the Lord too long and could not
be saved. But when we poured out our hearts to God for that old man,
his soul was saved right there. If we had not made that contact, I won
der if that man's blood would have been on our hands. There is a re
sponsibility and I feel it is laid upon me, and by the help of God my
circle is going to enlarge a little. The Church of God is for every county

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just as it is for the immediate section where you and I have been mak
ing our little circles. I believe we can take it to every county."
All the Tennessee ministers came to the platform and there was much
shouting and rejoicing in the Lord. Then the Tennessee members rushed
to the platform and the shouting and rejoicing continued. There were
messages and interpretations. Through these messages and interpreta
tions the approval of the Holy Ghost was placed on the Big Business
Program and the Church was encouraged to carry it out as outlined with
the promise that God would bless and prosper the efforts put forth in
it. The Lord continued to bless as the song "Keep On The Firing Line"
was sung. Other ministers came on the platform with posters boosting
the work of the Big Business Program. The Lord continued to pour out
His blessings upon His people, not only on the platform but in various
parts of the building.
7:24 p.m.-The congregation stood and prayed in concert in behalf of
those for whom requests had been made and for our missionaries.
7:32 p.m.-The last praise service of the Assembly was conducted by
Clara Lang with Beulah Miracle singing at intervals. Sister Clara in
troduced the "Kentucky Wonders"-Beulah Miracle, Bessie Wilson, Damie
Brackett and herself. Clara said they came up in the Big Business Pro
gram. They began their evangelistic work together in the twenties. Each
of them testi&#6684777;ed, then the congregation praised the Lord by sections. At
the close Sister Beulah sang "Troublesome Waters," and played the piano
under the power of the Holy Ghost while the congregation was standing.
7:51 p.m.-Songs by the Broadcast Record Club singers and music by
the Bahama and String Bands, directed by Thomas Duncan. Brother
Duncan. called on several to sing whose songs are heard on records, also
the Bahama Band played a selection. At the last Brother M. S. Curry
and the String Band played "Goodbye, World, Goodbye." The congre
gation stood and clapped their hands, then began singing with the band.
People began to shout and praise the Lord. A march was started on
the platform, while some waved handkerchiefs, others clapped their hands
and still others danced and spoke in other tongues. After a time of re
joicing there was a message in tongues and the interpretation followed.
In this the people were assured of the fact that God loved them and
He would be with them as they carried the message to others who are
waiting for it. They were exhorted to be faithful, humble and obedient.
Another message and interpretation followed and the people continued
to feast on the blessings from above.
8:59 p.m.-While the people were still rejoicing in the Lord the Gen
eral Overseer told Brother D. H. Queener, Foreign Mission Secretary, to
preach if he could. He fell to his knees and another message in tongues
was given and the interpretation followed. The people were urged to
be humble and to walk softly before the Lord. The General Overseer
asked all who could to bow on their knees before God. A mighty prayer
followed.
9:10 p.m.-At the close of the prayer Brother Queener invited people
to the altar. They began coming and in a short time the altar was &#6684777;lled.
Others knelt where they were and still others fell on their faces be
fore God wherever they could &#6684777;nd space. This was a most powerful altar
service with many crying out to God while hundreds of others were
either helping the seekers or singing or rejoicing in the Lord. This con
tinued until late with hundreds of people present. &#5505128;e blessings of the
Lord were so real that no one seemed to want to leave. Ministers were
hugging each other and showing their love one to another. God won-

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derfully visited His people in this Sunday night service from the be
ginning to the end. It was impossible to keep an accurate account of
experiences because there were so many praying in various places, but
the record we have shows twenty-one saved, twenty sancti&#6684777;ed and thirty
six baptized with the Holy Ghost and &#6684777;re.
Monday, September 14
6:00 a.m.-Sunrise prayer. service conducted by Brother A. W. Webb.
The service was opened with a concert prayer in behalf of the com
mittees and the work of the Assembly throughout the day. Brother Webb
led the song service, then all ministers present joined together in prayer.
Another selection was sung and Brother Webb read Acts 20:28 and Ephe
sians 2:19. He spoke a few words, then gave those in attendance an
opportunity to testify. The testimonies were interspersed with songs. The
Ohio Singers sang "Feeling Mighty Fine." The service was dismissed with
a concert prayer.
8:30 a.m.-Organ music by Emma Lou Moore.
8:40 a.m.-Program by Wisconsin delegates, directed by the Overseer,
Charles G. Hawkins. This was a program of songs and testimonies.
8:53 a.m.-Song service led by A. B. Woodruff, Ima Jewell Woodruff at
the piano and Emma Lou Moore at the organ. Billy Riggs read Proverbs
3:1-7. G. M. Jose prayed at the pulpit while the congregation stood
with bowed heads, then all joined in a concert prayer for those for whom
requests were made.
9:04 a.m.-Gabriel Montijo, Jr. led the Spanish delegates in singing in
Spanish "Jesus Hold My Hand."
9:10 a.m.-Message by J. A. Jimenez, Field Secretary .. He delivered
the message in Spanish and it was interpreted by Brother Daniel Abrego.
He used for a text Ephesians 1:10-"That in the dispensation of the ful
ness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both
which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him." A portion
of the message follows:
"The thought I want to bring before you is not about uniting the
children of God, but about the dispensation of the fulness of times. Con
sidering this dispensation, the things that are taking place in these days
in which we live, they are days about which the prophets spoke. We
are seeing these things as they take place, but the prophets saw them
only through the Spirit of God. I am glad that I have had the privilege
to be able to participate in the things that they saw. As they were
moved upon by the Holy Ghost, they looked down to our day and saw
us taking part in this dispensation. And the time will come when He
will gather together all things in Christ both which are in heaven and in
earth. In heaven everything is in order. There is no contrary thing. All
things are according to the will of God. There is no angel or arch
angel that might think of doing something contrary to God's will. In
the Church, sometimes we can't make things go as we want them to go
in line with the plan of the Bible, but in due time great things will be
accomplished.
"One day in heaven the devil dared to go contrary to God. He was in

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great opposition to God, but he was the loser and he was cast out of
heaven to the earth. Now this great enemy is confronting us. He moves
in many ways to confuse the • minds of people so they will not do the will
of God. But one day God sent His Son and the time will come when
heaven will be moved, the earth will be moved and man will be moved.
It is not impossible that one day something universally might happen
as last night. From 1947 I have been attending the Assembly and I have
never seen such a wonderful service as that one last night. It was
something glorious to me. What took place last night makes me think
of the time when God will work with us and the world will be moved
by the power of the Holy Ghost so people who are confused may see
clearly that God is dwelling in Zion and they will come to it. As the
angel Gabriel appeared to Daniel, so an angel or legion of angels may
appear on this platform to give us a helping hand that we may be able
to do the whole 'will of God. All things written concerning the Church
must be ful&#6684777;lled and we are nearing the time for many things to be
brought to pass." At the close of the message the congregation stood and
rejoiced with Brother Jimenez.
9:32 a.m.-Wilburn Curtis sang "The Church of God, the Church of
Prophecy." William Porter sang "Give Me the Flowers While I Live."
9:40 a.m.-Report of Field Secretary, C. R. Payne.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Field Secretory
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Number sermons -----------------------------------------------------____ 77
Number homes visited _____________ _ _____ ____ 168
Number ministers conventions attended -------------------------------4
Number state conventions attended __________________________ 5
Served on Ministerial Aid Committee, General Properties Committee
and Orphanage and Tomlinson Memorial School Board of Directors.
Directed repairs on headquarters property, also directed preparation of
buildings and grounds for General Assembly.
Assisted several state overseers in their work.
Respectfully submitted,
C.R. PAYNE
Field Secretary
9:42 a.m.-Report of Field Secretary, J. A. Jimenez.
The report was accepted by the Assembly as read.
Report of Field Secretory
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Number sermons ------- --·------ ------------------254

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Number homes visited ________________ 134
Number converted ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------107
Number sancti&#6684777;ed ---- ----------------------•----------------------39
Number baptized in water------------------------------ ________________ 5
Number added to Church ______ _______ _ _________ 37
Number churches organized ----------------------------------------------------------------4
Number ministers conventions • attended ____ ___________________ 1
Number state conventions attended ---------------------------3
Number district conventions attended ______ _____ 8
Number revivals conducted ______ _______ __ 6
On my way to the convention in El Salvador, I visited Guatemala.
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I am very grateful to the overseers and to the members in general
for the kind co-operation given to me in each place where I have had my
Church activities.
Respectfully submitted,
J. A. JIMENEZ
Spanish Field Secretary
9:45 a.m.-Reports of the World and General Evangelists-Harrison E.
Price, Harper Hunter, Jr., R. C. Scotton, Willard Boyles, John A. Stubbs,
L. A. Moxley, John W. Miracle, Clayton Sherrill.
All came on the platform together and read their reports in the order
their names are given here. After all the reports were read, they were
accepted by the Assembly together.
Report of World Evangelist
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the Annual Assembly, Greetings:
Number of sermons ________________ 240
Number converted _____ _337
Number sancti&#6684777;ed ___________________ 109
Number baptized with Holy Ghost ------------------------------44
Number baptized in water_____________ 54
Number added to Church 94
Number churches organized ____ 3
Homes visited ______________ _ ____________________ 143
White Wings distributed 285
Tracts distributed, approximately 50 pounds.
Visited Canada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbados Do
minican Republic, Hawaii, England, Germany, Switzerland, Holland Greece
and Cyprus in behalf of the Church. Was headquarters repre;entative
for the conventions in Hawaii, Germany and Bermuda. Conducted re
vivals in each of these countries and assisted in setting the church in
order in Holland.
Boosted the Radio Department in each place we visited.
Prepared a daily journal for the White Wing, covering my travels in
Europe and the Caribbean Islands.
I would like to extend my thanks to those who have labored with me.
Much of the credit is due them for the results realized.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRISON E. PRICE
World Evangelist

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Report of General Evangelist
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the Annual General Assembly, Greetings:
Number of sermons ___________ _ _____ _____ 208
Number converted ________________ _________________________________________________ l 10
Number sancti&#6684777;ed ---------------------------------------------- ______ 68
Number baptized with Holy Ghost _________ _____________ 46
Number baptized in.water___ _____ ____ 8
Number added to Church ----- ------------------------14
Number churches organized-------------------------------------4
Number meetings conducted and assisted, in______ _ ___ 16
One of the meetings was the Florida camp meeting. I preached some
at local churches, worked at the Prayer Crusade, conducted rallies in
Pennsylvania in the interest of the Prayer Crusade and Visitation Pro
gram, attended two ministers conventions and parts of two state con
ventions, the Southeastern Sunday School convention, visited more than
&#6684777;ve hundred homes in the visitation work and began serving as pastor
at Lansing, Michigan in August.
Respectfully submitted,
HARPER HUNTER, JR.
General Evangelist
Report of General Evangelist
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the 54th Annual General Assembly of the Church of God of
Prophecy, Greetings:
Number states visited -------------------------------·---------------------------·-10
Number district conventions visited ________ 4--
Number state conventions visited----------------------'------ 1
Number churches visited ___________ ___ 33
Number sermons preached __________ _____________ 236
Number revivals conducted ____________ ___________ 25
Number converted ____________________ _____ 40
Number sancti&#6684777;ed ___________ _ ____ ____ 11
Number received the Holy Ghost _____ ________ _ 3
Number added to the Church------- ----------------------------13
Number homes visited ____________________________________________________________ 127
Number prayer meetings conducted ______________________________________ 333
Respectfully submitted,
R. C. SCOTTON
General Evangelist
Report of General Evangelist
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
Directed altar work of 1958 Assembly in which there were 98
experiences counted.

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Revivals conducted ----------------------------------------------------------------------9
States worked in ------------------------------------------------- 6
Sermons preached ______________ ______ 147
Homes visited -------------------------------------- --79
Souls saved -------------------------------------------------------------------------------41
Sancti&#6684777;ed --------------------------------------- 10
Baptized with Holy Ghost -------------------- 4
Ministers conventions attended ------------------------------·-----------------------------1
State conventions attended -----------------------------------------------------3
District conventions attended ________________ ---------------------------------1
Foreign conventions attended ----------------------------------------------------------------1
Sunday School conventions attended --------------------------------------------------1
Church and new &#6684777;eld visits other than revivals ------------------------------11
Visited and taught in one youth camp.
Tried to assist in all phases of the work where I had opportunity.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLARD BOYLES
General Evangelist
Report of General Evangelist
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Number sermons ____________________________________________________ _______________ l 71
Number converted --------------------------------------------------- 5
Number sancti&#6684777;ed ---------------------·------------------------------_______ 3
Number baptized with Holy Ghost-----------------------------------------1
Number added to Church ____ --------� 2
Number homes visited ____________________________________ _______________ 231
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Dedicated &#6684777;ve babies, attended four ministers conventions, assisted in
two funerals, visited twenty-nine local churches and in most of them
boosted the Prayer Crusade and Visitation Program, conducted thirteen
revivals in &#6684777;ve states and Alaska, moderated two conventions in Alaska,
attended parts of the state conventions in Nevada and Washington and
the Spanish state convention in California, was representative to state
convention in British Columbia, worked several weeks in Yakutat, Alaska
taking down building for material to rebuild the parsonage that burned.
I would like to express my appreciation for the kindness and co-opera
tion shown me this year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN A. STUBBS
General Evangelist
Report of General Evangelist and Census Director
September 15, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Number sermons ______________________________________________________________________ 143

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Number converted ------------------------ ------- ----- 3
Number sancti&#6684777;ed ____ ________ __ __ ____ 1
Number baptized with Holy Ghost ______ _____ _ 1
Number revivals conducted _____ ____ ______ 5
Number ministers conventions attended _______ ___ 3
Number state conventions attended -----�-------------- -------------------1
Prepared tips for census takers for local churches and new &#6684777;elds.
Wrote letters to overseers and sent instructions on census work. Assisted
in taking census in 129 homes. Attended Bread of Life Association meet
ing and served as clerk. Attended and participated in Thanksgiving pro
gram at Fields of the Wood. Attended Midwestern Sunday School con
vention. Visited all churches in Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Mon
tana and Wyoming in the interest of the Prayer Crusade and census work.
Conducted rallies in Oklahoma, East Texas, West Texas and Colorado.
I have enjoyed my work and sincerely appreciate the wonderful over
seers and their wonderful people and all they have done to promote the
Church. The co-operation has been outstanding and I feel good results
will be realized in getting the Church of God message to every creature
in these states.
Respectfully submitted,
L.A.MOXLEY
General Evangelist and Census Director
Report of General Evangelist
September 15, 1958 to September 1, 1959
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Sermons preached ---a------------------------------------------_l 43
Number converted --- -------------------•------- 33
Number sancti&#6684777;ed --- ----------------------------------------------------- 29
Number received the Holy Ghost _________ 13
Number added to the Church ---------------------------- 8
Number baptized in water _________________ 6
Visited 334 homes in connection with visitation program.
Attended two state conventions.
Attended one district convention.
Worked in &#6684777;ve states.
We are very sorry we had to cancel some revivals due to Sister Miracle's
health.
The work this year has been of much spiritual value to us and we trust
our work has been of value to others.
Yours respectfully,
JOHN W. MIRACLE
General Evangelist
Report of General Evangelist
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy,
Greetings:
Number revivals ---------------------------•----------------------------------------------------------14

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Number of states worked in------------------------------------ 9
Number of sermons _____ · _____________ 168
Number converted ____________ _____________________________ 26
Number sancti&#6684777;ed ________ _ _____________ 10
Number received Holy Ghost 1
Number added to the Church ------------------------------------1
Number of homes visited ________ 291
Number churches visited other than in revivals 15
Number state conventions attended 5
Number district conventions ----------------· 3
Attended Northeastern Sunday School convention and part of the
Pennsylvania Youth Camp.
Respectfully submitted,
CLAYTON C. SHERRILL
General Evangelist
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10:03 a.m.-Report of the Committee to Dispense Foreign Mission Funds.
The chairman spoke to thank those who had served with him on the
committee. The report was read by the secretary, A. T. Wagar, and ac
cepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of the Foreign Mission Committee
to the 54th Annual General Assembly
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy-Greetings:
We are all aware of the fact that our work is far from being completed
in subjugating the world to Christ but we are thankful for the progress
the Church has made in various parts of the world. The countries reached
since last Assembly are: St. Lucia, W. I., Curacao, N. A., Holland and
Saskatchewan, Canada. The Foreign Mission Committee is now send
ing allotments to 45 countries and provinces.
The Committee prepared posters for the October and March Foreign
Mission Drives, for the purpose of calling to the attention of our peo
ple the great need of the foreign &#6684777;elds. These drives &#6684777;ll an important
place in supplementing the mission funds and we are thankful for the
increase of $2,733.94 during the March Drive over any previous Foreign
Mission month's offering. With this wonderful missionary spirit that has
prevailed throughout the year, we feel sure that our people will not
fail to keep it burning in their hearts until the offerings will increase
from time to time.
We are also thankful for the total of $4,565.45 received in Christmas
and special offerings from various donors to be sent directly to our mis
sion &#6684777;elds for the work or the personal use of our overseers. This is
an increase of $1,046.73 over last year's receipts.
We want to thank all who sent in used clothing for shipment to our
mission &#6684777;elds. We were able to ship 55 boxes weighing a total of 11,000
pounds, containing 12,333 pieces of clean, wearable clothing.
Your Foreign Mission Committee has tried to disburse the Mission Funds,
which the Church committed to their care, in a trustworthy manner.
Our Mission Funds disbursed for this Assembly Year, 1958-59, as author
ized by the Foreign Mission Committee, are as follows:
Advanced allotments ________ ---- ---------------------------------$ 500.00

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Alberta, Canada ------------------------·----------_____ _
Anguilla, W. I. -·-···-··--·---·-··-·-······---·-··-·-·------___ _
Antigua, W. I. _____ _
Ar gen tin a --··-·----···----··---------·-----·--··-·-·-···-·-·-------····-·--·-.------···-·-···
Aruba, N. A. ··········-------·-··-·····-··-•·····-----
Australia ··•-·-···---·-·····-···-·--····-··--·-····-·-·-···-·--·······-··-··----
Bahamas ····-····-•····-·-·•-·····---··-····· --- --··-····-········•·········
Barbados, W, I. ···-·····-····----
British Columbia, Canada---- ··-···-····-·-···-----
British Guiana
British Isles ·--·······-··-··----- ----•··--······----
Caribbean Islands -········-·-· -----·-·····-·····-·-··-·····--···-
Chile ··--····-·····--··--·······-··--··-··-·-··•····--········-·······-······--·-····-···•··-······
Costa Rica
Cuba ·-·········-----····-·-·---·····--··-·•·---·--··········-········-······--·--·-··
Cyprus ---- --··-··•-····-··-·-··········--··--------
Dominica, W. I. --- --···--·-······------ -·--
Dominican Republic ---·-··•·-····-·---··--·--•·····---·········•······-·
Egypt ---------··-·-·····-·-····-·--- ----
El Salvador ··-········--········--·····--······ ___ ___ _
Foreign Mission Secretary's traveling expense ·············-····
Germany . --··-·-··-·-·········--·-----··•·····•·····------
Greece ··--·-············-··········-····--··•·····--------
Guatemala ·········-·-······--··-····-·······-·····•---··-·--····---·-···--·----···-·····---··
Haiti --··------···•--·-·····--·--·····----·----
Honduras --··-·---···-·----··---···----··-------···--··--···----·----··---··-----·
India --··-----···········---··----····---·-··----- ---
Jamaica ---····----··--·---·····----··-·-----·····---··--···-----·--··--·-·---···-····-·--·----
Loans ----·-------- -·--·------··-----····-··-·········-·----·····---···--·--···
Manitoba, Canada --·---·----·---·-----···---··---·---
Mexico -·---- -----· ······-···--··•--·---•····----•··----·······--··
Miscellaneous --·-·-----···------·----····-------·----·-·····-····--------·
Montserrat, W. I. --------·--··----··-··-···---------·------··--··---------
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Ontario, Canada ----------·---·----------·-----·-·-----·--·--·-----------·---
Panama --··----------------------------·---·----·--·---·------------·----------
Peru ----------·-----------·--------·----·--------------·----------------·-------·
Philippines ----·------- ---------------·----- --
Puerto Rico --------------·-----------·-·-------·---------------··---------·----·
St. Kitts, W. I. ·------------------------------
Saskatchewan, Canada ----------·-------··---------------·----------------·--------
Sierra Leone, B. W. A.----------·----------------------------·---
St. Vincent, W. I. -----·------------------------------··----------------------------------
Sweden --------·--------------------------------·----------
Trinidad ----- ------. ------------------------------------·-------
Turks Islands ----------·--------·-----------------·----- --·---------------
Uruguay ___ ------------·-------------------------------------------
Virgin Islands ----------------·--------------·------------·----------------------
Used Clothing Shipments Expense--------·---
Ten per cent of Assembly Offerings to State Treasurers
2,520.82
834.25
834.25
2,240.00
1,600.00
2,100.00
3,002.57
1,380.00
1,560.00
650.00
2,769.54
5,090.66
1,184.60
1,862.13
4,630.00
2,408.00
654.25
5,548.00
4,600.00
1,742.00
2,500.73
3,119.77
3,754.00
5,235.00
7,097.00
1,742.00
2,495.00
5,485.00
5,990.00
1,560.00
6,732.00
553.05
1,446.25
654.25
1,575.00
2,526.75
1,862.12
1,244.60
1,800.00
5,100.00
894.25
1,560.00
3,950.00
385.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,900.00
533.00
4,300.00
2,817.56
2,387.81
Total disbursements --------·---------------------------------------------------------$132,51 l .21
Respectfully submitted,
M. A. TOMLINSON, Chairman
A. T. WAGAR, Secretary

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D. H. QUEENER, Committeeman
JAMES B. WRIGHT, Committeeman
DANIEL ABREGO, Committeeman
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The same committee was retained by the Assembly to serve another year.
10:14 a.m.-Awarding of prizes to Assembly Subscription Workers, by
E. L. Higdon, Field Representative.
Mathie Chastain was presented with a nice table clock for obtaining
356 subscriptions during the Assembly.
L. O. Johnson was awarded a Thompson Chain Reference Bible for ob
taining 307 subscriptions.
Luther Brown was awarded a Bible for obtaining 74 subscriptions.
Clarence LaRue was presented with a Crudens Concordance for ob
taining 58 subscriptions.
The Field Representative stated that the subscription workers obtained
936 subscriptions during the Assembly. He mentioned that Nevada and
South Dakota have every church home receiving the White Wing Mes
senger, and that three churches have as many subscriptions as they have
members. These are Rossville, Douglasville and Pittman Chapel, all in
Georgia.
10:20 a.m.-Report of the Questions and Subjects Committee.
The report was read by the secretary, 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, have done our utmost
to give just and fair consideration to all matters brought before· us for
presentation to this Assembly. After much prayer, sincere discussion and
consideration, we humbly submit the following report:
SECTION 1
This committee appreciates the Annual Address of our General Over
seer to this 54th Annual Assembly. We feel that our prayers, words of
encouragement and our heartfelt co-operation is due him in his position
of great responsibility. We should hold him up in esteem before our
fellow brethren at all times and keep a burning compassion in our heart
for him as he faces the many problems that come before the Church
We recommend that this Assembly give him a standing ovation in appre
ciation of his address and also as an expression of our gratitude to him
for his untiring efforts to lead the Church on to perfection.
SECTION 2
We recommend that the eligibility of a local church to obtain an honor
stone not be based on set &#6684777;nancial requirements. We further recom
ment that all requirements to obtain an honor stone be based on Scrip
tural grounds. However, it is our desire that every member of the Church
be a member of the C. P. M. A., and that it be boosted by the pastors
and C. P. M. A. leaders in the local churches. Also, that the pastors
and A. B. M. leaders boost their churches to be one hundred per cent
in the Emergency Fund.

126 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Note: Since the above recommendation is in conflict with previous rul
ings of the Assembly, the C. P. M. A. Committee believes that the same re
quirements for an Honor Stone last year should be continued this year,
and that at the next Assembly the above recommendation should be re
considered.
SECTION 3
In article 80, page 73 of the Church Business Guide, the instructions
are as follows: "Except on questions of order and in performing the
necessary routine of his office, the moderator should never discuss any
question nor address the members from the chair. If he wished to dis
cuss any question that is before the church or to bring some question
before the church, he should ask the deacon or one of the leading mem
bers to take the chair, whereupon he should take his seat with the mem
bers and speak only when recognized by the chair."
We recommend this reading be revised since this practice is not in
keeping with the teachings of the Church. No lay member has authority
to conduct a business meeting, neither does· a pastor have authority to
appoint anyone to conduct a business meeting. And the pastor does have
authority to discuss a question and to address a member from the chair�
SECTION 4
The &#6684777;rst part of section &#6684777;ve of the Questions and Subjects Committee
report to the 53rd Annual Assembly reads thus: "We recommend that
&#6684777;ve per cent of the auxiliary funds remaining in the state treasury after
the state convention, effective next year, 1959, be sent to the General
Treasurer to form a pool from which to draw to help the widows of de
ceased ministers."
We recommend that this be revised to read, "Five per cent of the mis
sionary funds coming into the state treasury after the state convention."
SECTION 5
With reference to the portion of the General Overseer's Annual Ad
dress under the heading, "Against the Use of Tobacco, Opium, Morphine,
etc.," we recommend that relief be given by permitting employees to
handle tobacco where it is required on their jobs. This committee feels,
however, that the employee should try to remedy this situation by get
ting another job as soon as he can. If further questions concerning the
handling of tobacco under other circumstances should come up, we recom
mend that the decision be in the hands of the presbytery for consideration
and disposal.
SECTION 6
We recommend that the matter of the time of changing pastors from
the last Sunday in July to the last Sunday in August be brought on the
floor for discussion in this General Assembly.
Note: After some discussion the decision was reached that the pastors'
year close on the last Sunday in August.
SECTION 7
This committee recommends a discussion as to how this Assembly stands
concerning the appointment of pastors by · the state overseers.
Note: After much discussion, and at the suggestion of the General Over-

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seer, it was decided by the Assembly that the pastors be appointed by
the state overseer for another year. The cause for the greatest dissat
isfaction seemed to be with the method used by the overseers and they
were instructed to change their methods, if necessary, to satisfy the pas
tors and members as much as possible.
SECTION 8
We recommend that a pamphlet or book be printed bringing us up to
date on the rulings of the Assembly that are now in effect, and made
available for sale to ministers and members at a reasonable price.
SECTION 9
We recommend that the question of property deeds in states or countries
where our uniform deed cannot be used be left in the hands of the Gen
eral Trustees. We further recommend that the Church of God of Proph
ecy be registered in every country where we have property.
SECTION 10
The 53rd Annual Assembly approved a recommendation by the Ques
tions and Subjects Committee for the formation of a fund to assist the
widows of deceased ministers. It was agreed that &#6684777;ve per cent of the
auxiliary funds remaining in the state treasury after the state conven
tion was to be sent to the General &#5505138;easurer to form the fund. The
amount for that purpose is now $8,388.22, which will allow the Minis
terial Aid Committee to care for a limited number of widows.
The Committee also recommended that the Ministerial Aid Committee
present to them in the 54th Assembly a plan to supplement the above said
fund. In response to this request the Ministerial Aid Committee submits
the following proposal:
The Ministerial Aid Committee has investigated the possibility of form
ing an insurance association for the dual purpose of providing low cost
insurance for our people and to provide an income source from the pro&#6684777;ts
realized from the insurance premiums, which will be used to supple
ment the said fund for widows. The investigation for the formation of
such an organization has produced very favorable possibilities, not only
that it would be pro&#6684777;table to the Church but also provide a much needed
service for our people.
The insurance laws of Tennessee provide for the organization and opera
tion of this type of bene&#6684777;cial association. For approval by the state we
must &#6684777;rst obtain a minimum of 300 members between the ages of 16 and
65 as policy holders. We must deposit $2,000 with the state of Tennes
see to insure that the policyholders' premiums will be retu&#7471214;ed should
the organization not be effected. This organization would not be in
corporated and would be tax free. After the organization has been ef
fected, sho&#7667820;d the membership ever drop below 400, the charter would
become null and void.
We therefore recommend that this Assembly instruct the Ministerial
Aid Committee to proceed with the formation of• such a bene&#6684777;cial in
surance company. The limitation details of such an insurance company
would be worked out by the Ministerial Aid Committee.
SECTION 11
According to the Bible we are living in perilous times. The conditions
about us verify this fact. There is much in the way of private interpre-

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tation of the Scriptures resulting in erroneous doctrine with disturb
ing results. We recommend that each auxiliary be operated under the
General Assembly and the General Overseer. We further recommend
that no teaching be advanced that the Church will be perfected by any
one auxiliary in the Church. The ministry is given for the perfecting of
the saints according to Ephesians 4:11-13 which reads as follows: "And
he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and
some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work
of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 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."
As the saints are taught and walk in the light, the Church will be edi
&#6684777;ed and built up to the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect
man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.
Question. Will the bride come out of the Church, or will the Church
be the bride?
Answer. We will quote the answer of our former General Overseer to
a similar question on page 53 of the Minutes of the 27th Annual Assembly:
"I tell you what I believe you had better do-I believe you had better leave
that with the bride and the Bridegroom. The Bridegroom knows who He
wants, and I don't think I will tell it. I will say, however, that there
are several Scriptures that indicate that not all the Church will be the
bride, and there are also some that make it look like they are all the
bride. And I am not far enough along to say. I have decided to talk
about it like the Bible says. He is going to present IT to Himself a
glorious Church, and that is the whole Church."
Question. Does it take the covenant to make us members of the Church
of God?
Answer. We quote Ephesians 5:31, 32. "For this cause shall a man leave
his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two
shall .be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ
and the church." This Scripture and others convince this committee that
the covenant is necessary. Our former General Overseer gave this state
ment in the 27th Annual Assembly, page 53 of the Assembly Minutes:
"The main thing is the covenant administered by a person vested with
the proper authority, but the right hand of fellowship is considered a
part of the ceremony."
Question. Is it more important to turn out members in order to get
an honor stone or forego the honor stone and try to save the members?
Answer. We feel that as long as there is a prospect of restoring such
a one that we should forego the honor stone, if necessary, and try to save
the member.
Question. Should a minister be allowed to preach things that bring
confusion and conflict with the doctrine of the Church? If not, who should
correct or admonish him?
Answer. A minister should not be allowed to preach anything that brings
confusion and conflicts with the doctrine of the Church. If he should
do so, then the attention of the state overseer should be called to it. The
individual should be admonished and cited by the state overseer to the
&#6684777;ndings and rulings of the General Assembly. If such a one persists
and continues in the practice, then he should be brought before, and dealt
with by, the presbytery.
Humbly submitted,
M. E. WILSON, Chairman

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
HERMIS FERGUSON
L. V. JONES
BOYD THORNTON
SIDNEY A. COOLEY
E. A. McDONALD
R. CLEMENT LYNCH
11:38 a.m.-Report of the Adjustment Committee.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Adjustment Committee
To the 54th Annual Assembly, Greetings:
We, your Adjustment Committee, beg leave to report the following:
129
We have met and we are happy to report that nothing has come be
fore us for our consideration. We are grateful for the love and unity that
has prevailed throughout this great Assembly.
Respectfully submitted,
ADRIAN T. GRIFFIN
D. M. COBB
ARCHIE MELVIN
C.H. SARTIN
D. F. ROWLAND
11 :42 a.m.-Report of the General Properties Committee.
The report was accepted by the Assembly as read.
Report of the General Properties Committee
to the Fifty-Fourth Annual Assembly of
The Church of God of Prophecy
During the past church year your committee has maintained the several
headquarters properties, including the tabernacle, the capitol building,
the General Overseer's parsonage, and buildings of the Sunday School
Orphanage and Tomlinson Memorial School.
The committee granted a number of local churches permission to sell
or mortgage property, as well as arranged for the purchase and $25,000
down payment on property bought as a site for a new and larger Assem
bly tabernacle.
Respectfully submitted,
M. A. TOMLINSON, Chairman
BUFORD M. JOHNSON, Secretary
J. R. KINS&#4522066;, Treasurer
C.R. PAYNE, Committeeman
HUBERT R. SMITH, Committeeman
11:44 a.m.-The Curry Family sang "Do You Know My Jesus?"
11:50 a.m.-"Wonderful to Be a Laborer in the Vineyard of the Lord,"
message by Audrey Williams. The message in part follows:

130 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
"Each one who has been working in the vineyard of the Lord knows
just how wonderful it is to be a laborer. I never would be able to tell
how much it has meant to me to be able to work in the vineyard of
the Lord. I have never felt that I have done anything that was worth
much to others, but it has meant much to me to work for God. I am
grateful that God let me know about the Church of God and that He
gave me the privilege to work in it.
"The Scripture tells us that 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. I believe this means not only men but every mem
ber of the Church. There is special work for everyone of us to do. There
is plenty of work to do. It seems the more we labor for God, the more
there is to do. A laborer is one who toils with physical strength and
we know it takes energy to be a laborer in the vineyard of the Lord.
"We read here of a householder who went out early in the morning to
hire laborers. He agreed with those he found that they should work
in the vineyard for a penny a day. About the third hour he went out and
found people who were idle and sent them into his vineyard. I wonder
how many of us are idle. Of course, I don't know, but I do know the
Lord wants everyone to be a laborer. There is a great responsibility
resting upon the Church today and each one needs to work for the night
is coming when no man can work. The householder told those he sent
to the vineyard the third hour that he would pay them whatsoever was
right. There is no need for us to worry about what our reward will
be. God will see that we get what is right. The man made the same
agreement with those he found idle at the sixth and ninth and even the
eleventh hours. There are people who have been idle for years. We can't
do anything about the days we have idled away, but we can do some
thing about today. When the householder paid those who worked in
the vineyard he gave each of them a penny. Each one who worked re
ceived the same amount. It is not a matter of how many years we have
worked for the Lord, the important thing is to work until it is &#6684777;nished.
"The Bible tells of a man who had two sons and he told them to go
work in his vineyard. One said he would go but did not. The other
said he would not go but changed his mind and went. We &#6684777;nd people
who are always talking about what they are going to do but they never
get around to it. Good intentions are wonderful, but they are not worth
anything if they are not carried out. Not everyone is called to preach.
Not everyone is called to teach. But there is work for everyone to do.
In the Prayer Crusade and the census work this year, there was some
thing for every individual to do, and I long to see the time when every
member of the Church will step out and move forward for God.
"Paul said in writing to the church at Corinth that he couldn't write
to them as spiritual because they were carnal. One said he was of Paul
and another said he was of Apollos. Paul told them that he planted and
Apollos watered, but it was God that gave the increase. He said that
he that planted and he that watered were one, and it makes no dif
ference what positions we &#6684777;ll, we are all just one and we are work
ing for the same thing. But Paul said that every man would receive his
reward according to his own labor. Some people may feel they can
get by without doing anything but we know that every man shall re
ceive his own reward according to his labor. We will not be rewarded
according to the labor of the pastor or overseer or someone else, we
will be rewarded according to our own labor. That makes me want to
work for God. Just working in a half-hearted manner, just doing some-

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 131
thing occasionally, working for the Lord today and not doing anything
for Him tomorrow, that doesn't satisfy me, and I don't believe it does
the Lord. We are going to have to be in this with our whole heart and
soul.
"One time when Jesus was teaching the people they pressed upon Him
and he saw two ships but the &#6684777;shermen were out washing their nets.
Jesus entered Simon's ship and asked him to thrust out a little way
from the land. He sat down there and taught the people. When he had
&#6684777;nished he told Simon to launch out into the deep and let down his
nets for a draught. Simon told Him they had toiled all night and taken
nothing, but he would obey His word. To toil is to use physical strength,
and Simon and the others had worked all night without any results. I
have &#6684777;shed some in small streams where I could stay on the bank, and
that is the way many of us work for the Lord. We have stayed around
home or gone where we know we will be taken care of. But Jesus told
Simon to launch out into the deep. Get out there, Simon, where you will
have to depend upon Me. Get out there where you can't take care of
yourself. That is what the Lord wants us to do. He wants us to go at His
command and do what He bids us to do.
"Those &#6684777;shermen had come to shore and were washing their nets. I
wonder if some of our ministers have washed their nets and hung them
up to dry, so to speak. You know sometimes we forget we are not our
own. We have been bought with a price, and we can't always do what
we want to do, but we have to go where the Lord wants us to go and
do what He wants us to do. Simon was willing to go at the command
of the Lord. When he launched out into the deep and let down the nets
they enclosed a great multitude of &#6684777;sh. Even though they had toiled all
night and caught nothing and their efforts were in vain, yet they tried
again. They put forth another effort and there were great results. There
is a reward today for those who will go at the command of the Lord. It
is wonderful to be a laborer in the vineyard of the Lord."
12:24 p.m.-Report of Auxiliary Boosters Committee.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Auxiliary Boosters Committee Report
To the 54th Annual Assembly, Greetings:
We, your Auxiliary Boosters Committee, after much prayer and delib
eration, beg leave to submit the following report:
SUNDAY SCHOOL
The Sunday School is doing a great work for the Church in helping
to get the message to all the world. Sunday School makes a local church
a better church. It also teaches the Church of God doctrine in a num
ber of communities where we have no churches organized. Through the
Home Class we can bring a little ray of sunshine to the sick in homes
and in the hospitals and reach the shut-ins in other institutions.
Let's continue to collect coupons as they have proven a great blessing
to our Sunday School Orphanage. The coupons have been helping to
pay for our new school building that has been erected for the orphan
age. We surely thank the Lord for all the good work the Sunday School
is doing for God and His Church. Let us all boost the Sunday School
work and have bigger and better churches everywhere.

132 MINUTES QF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
VICTORY LEADERS BAND
The Victory Leaders and their work are indispensable. They are to
be congratulated for the work they are doing. Besides teaching and train
ing our young people, they are sending out many thousands of pounds
of literature each year and supplying new &#6684777;elds with free Sunday School
literature for the &#6684777;rst quarter. They are responsible for the Happy Har
vester which is sent to state and federal prisons, and they also help
support our radio work. They assist in &#6684777;nancing the advertising for
revivals in new. &#6684777;elds and they furnish Bibles, Testaments and portions
of Scriptures for the less fortunate and the needy. They promote the
Youth Camps. In 1959 more than thirty camps were cond.ucted with
about two thousand and &#6684777;ve hundred young people in attendance. There
were more than one thousand &#6684777;ve hundred recorded experiences with
the Lord. We want to encourage our young people to work on because
there is a reward in the end.
WOMENS MISSIONARY BAND
We all know the work of our missionary bands is of vast importance.
Great has been the work accomplished by this auxiliary in raising funds
to send workers and keep them on the &#6684777;eld. Many souls have been
saved that otherwise would have been lost. God bless our missionary
bands and all the departments of this auxiliary.
ASSEMBLY BAND MOVEMENT
This auxiliary is very necessary to the growth of the Church. It is
just as important to keep the souls as it is to win them in the &#6684777;rst place.
Much time and money is spent and many tears shed over the lost to
win them to Christ and the Church. Should we spend less in keeping
these souls? We believe a band leader should have some of the same quali
&#6684777;cations the pastor must have, for they are truly doing a pastoral work
in visiting and keeping souls. Come on, band leaders and pastors, let's put
forth greater efforts to keep them all.
STATE OVERSEERS PAY ASSOCIATION
The band leaders should not fail to collect a love offering from each
member of their bands. The members will give if you encourage them
to do so. Come on, band leaders, let's do our best for God and His Church.
CHURCH OF PROPHECY MARKER ASSOCIATION
The Church of Prophecy Marker Association is growing at a rapid
rate of speed and doing a wonderful work in helping to make all men
see the Body of Christ. Fields of the Wood is attracting visitors from
all parts of the country and causing many to inquire more about the
Church. The airplane program is helping to spread the last days message
by hundreds of tracts being dropped over cities. The Honor Stone pro
gram is &#6684777;lling its place as it inspires the local churches to measure to
a certain standard as we go on our way to perfection. The Tourist Aid
station is making steady growth and is reaching many who travel the
highways. Our Visual Department does its part through &#6684777;lms of the ac
tivities of the Church. The Church urges every member to display the
flag which was adopted in 1933 in the General Assembly.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 133
REPORTING
Without our reporting system the Church could not show the progress
it makes, so let us all be faithful in reporting in all departments of the
work.
PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT
The supplies we need should be purchased from our own Publishing
House if possible, and we should all be readers of our Church publica
tions. Let's stand behind our own Publishing House.
BIBLE TRAINING CAMP
This is a great institution for teaching Bible doctrine and establishing
our people in the doctrine and practice of the Church. Every minister
should attend this wonderful school of knowledge. Every member may
pro&#6684777;t spiritually by attending and becoming more est ab 1 is he d in the
faith. Foreign Bible Training Camp is aiding our church work in foreign
&#6684777;elds by establishing members and ministers in the doctrine. Let us
boost B, T. C. and be of greater service to the Church.
Respectfully submitted,
J. P. SULLIVAN
SEBASTIAN McGEE
JOE MARTIN
ROY H. PHIPPS
FLOYD H. BONHAM
R. C. SCOTTON
W. G. HARDIN
12:31 p.m.-The demonstration by the Committee that followed the re
port showed the effects that a good revival will have on a local church.
Before the revival the members couldn't agree on anything, but after the
Lord had blessed them and a number of souls had prayed through, they
were of one accord to carry on the work of the church in the proper way.
12:55 p.m.-Report of the Ways and Means Committee.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Ways and Means Committee Report
To the 54th Annual Assembly, Greetings:
We, your Ways and Means Committee, beg leave to report as follows:
1. We recommend that the Emergency Fund be continued and that each
member pay $1.00 to the fund each year, and that the present system
of co&#7077996;ec&#7602281;ng 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 · be
paid out of this fund, the allotments aforesaid are as follows:
We recommend that the Editor and Publisher of the &#5701736;ite Wing Mes-

134 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
senger be paid $5,000 per year and incidental expenses, plus any and
all personal necessities; the General Treasurer $375 per month and in
cidental expenses, the Assistant Publisher and Business Manager, the
Assistant Editor, Sunday School Editor, the Foreign Mission Secretary
and the General Overseer's private secretary $375 per month. The Field
Secretary No. 1, Field Secretary No. 2, Field Secretary No. 3, General
A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. Secretary, General W. M. B. Secretary, General
Sunday School Secretary, General V. L. B. Secretary, General C. P. M. A.
Secretary, Foreign Language Secretary, General B. T. C. Superintendent,
Sunday School Orphanage Superintendent, Publishing Department Rep
resentative, Radio Department Manager, and Visual Department Director
be paid $350 per month.
4. We recommend that the question of pay for incidental expense in
curred by some of the general workers be left to the discretion of the
General Overseer and the General Treasurer.
5. We recommend that the overseers of states and territories receive
a substantial amount if funds are available for their service, said amount
not to exceed $355 per month and expenses. Any amount above $355
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
to be divided equally, sending half to the state treasurer to be placed
in the General State Fund and half to Headquarters Treasurer monthly.
This does not include offerings and poundings received by the overseer.
6. We recommend that ten per cent of the amount of surplus tithes left
in the local church treasury at the end of the year be sent to the state
treasurer for the support of the state secretaries. The remaining ninety
per cent to be divided equally, forty-&#6684777;ve per cent to Headquarters Treas
urer and forty-&#6684777;ve per cent to the state treasurer to be disbursed by
the state overseer and State Finance and Appropriations Committee to
help pastors of weaker churches.
7. We recommend that ten per cent of the tithes received each month
by the local church treasurer be sent with his report to General Head
quarters Treasurer and that the same amount be sent to the state overseer.
8. We recommend that the pastor receive an amount not to exceed
$355 per month out of the tithes of the local church after headquarters
and the state overseer have received their portion, if funds are avail
able. This does not include offerings and poundings received by the
pastor.
9. We recommend that the tithes of non-members that are paid into
the local church treasury should be paid out through the regular chan
nel the same as the tithes of members.
10. We recommend that all ministers and churches observe the rul
ing of the Assembly with reference to the use of the tithe money which
is: "The tithes are for the support of the ministry only."
11. We recommend that each and every state overseer see to it that
all state convention offerings raised in his state be executed only as
authorized by the Assembly.
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. 0. GILLASPIE

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
W. M. LOWMAN
Z. R. YOUNG
G. C. DECKER
ALVIN S. MOSS
1:05 p.m.-Report of the Assembly Expense Committee.
The report was accepted as read by the Assembly,
Report of Assembly Expense Committee
135
To the 54th 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 &#6684777;fty or less contribute $1.00 per year; all Sunday Schools with an
average attendance of over &#6684777;fty 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
Assembly 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
Treasurer as collected. The &#6684777;nal report of the Assembly Expense should
be given by the overseer with the state convention report to the Gen
eral Treasurer. The state secretaries be responsible to the state over
seer to boost and assist in collecting these funds.
Humbly submitted,
C.R. PAYNE
J. D. WILLIAMS
JOHN A. STUBBS
DON B. THOMAS
CHARLES S. PENNINGTON
1:10 p.m.-Report of the Foreign Mission Secretary, D. H. Queener.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Report of Foreign Mission Secretary
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
To the 54th Annual Assembly of the Church of God of Prophecy, Greetings:
I am &#6684777;lled with delight to tell you that the work in foreign countries
is on the move for God and His Church. I wish to thank our loyal
missionary workers for their untiring efforts at home and abroad. The
message of the Church of God must reach the entire world. We must
preach, teach and cause the world to know the truth of the Bible. I wish
to express my heartfelt thanks to Bishop J. B. Wright and his staff of
teachers for the Bible Training Camps in foreign countries. This is caus-

136 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
ing our people to become better acquainted with the doctrine of the
Church.
In all the countries I have visited this year, I have boosted and as
sisted in promoting the work of the Church in every way possible. I de
sire to promote the Church of God. May God bless and help us in this
endeavor.
Sermons preached ______________ 143
Number converted _______ __________ ___ 41
Number sancti&#6684777;ed 13
Number received the Holy Ghost ________________ 3
Number of homes visited 81
Number of foreign countries visited __________________ 11
Number of states visited _______________________ 12
Number of ministers conventions attended 2
Number of state conventions attended __________________________ 2
Number of district conventions attended ____ __________________ 3
Number of foreign conventions attended ______________________ 10
Number of missionary rallies .attended 5
Number of revivals conducted 2
Local churches visited 9
Number baptized in water 2
Weddings performed 1
Babies dedicated 1
Ordination services conducted __________ 1
I assisted Brother G. A. Wilson in six C. P. M. A. rallies. Assisted in
the C. P. M. A. revival in Greenville, Mississippi, using the plane to drop
tracts. For two weeks I used my plane to advertise the 54th Annual
Assembly. I accompanied the 1959 Graduation Class of Tomlinson Me-
morial School to the nation's capital.
STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE FOREIGN WORK
Countries Members Churches S.S. W.M.B. V.L.B. A.B.M. Ministers
Alberta 55 2 2 2 2 2 2
Anguilla 93 3 6 3 3 3 5
Antigua 139 4 9 4 4 4 1
Argentina ------·-------------105 6 6 3 2 0 2
Aruba 10 1 1 1 1 1 2
Australia 25 1 1 1 1 1 2
Bahamas ------4,235 44 44 44 44 44 96
Barbados __ 55 3 3 3 3 3 4
Bermuda 17 1 1 1 1 0 1
British Columbia 47 3 3 2 2 2 2
British Guiana ____________ 25 2 2 0 0 0 1
British Isles 110 12 5 4 4 4 10
Chile 19 2 2 1 1 0 1
Costa Rica
and Panama ____________ 183 7 7 7 7 6 6
Cuba 275 11 11 11 11 11 13
Cyprus 114 3 3 2 2 0 2
Dominica 32 2 4 2 2 2 1
Dominican Republic __ 901 24 22 22 22 22 16
Egypt 798 15 15 15 7 0 9
El Salvador
and Honduras __________ 290 13 10 8 8 3 9

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Germany 57
Greece 352
Guatemala _____ 1,029
Haiti _______ 16,814
Holland 9
India _________ 415
Jamaica ____ 7,586
Manitoba 46
Mexico 2,034
Montserrat __ 393
Nevis 136
New Zealand 10
Ontario 12
Peru 92
Philippines __________________ 22
Puerto Rico 339
Saint Kitts 132
Saint Vincent ______________ 14
Saskatchewan ____________ 20
Sierra Leone ___ 625
Tobago 10
Trinidad ______________________ 127
Turks Islands 189
Virgin Islands 183
Total ______ 40,212
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Respectfully submitted,
D.H.QUEENER
Foreign Mission Secretary
137
1:14 p.m.-Report of the Caribbean Islands Representative, Walter C.
Bates.
The report was accepted in regular order by the Assembly.
Report of Caribbean Islands Representative
September 1, 1958 to August 31, 1959
Number sermons ___________________ 157
Number converted ____________ _____ 5
Number sancti&#6684777;ed _________________ 3
Number baptized with Holy Ghost ____ ____ ___ 3
Number added to Church ______________ 18
Number homes visited _______________ 68
Number prayer meetings conducted --------&#2555994;--- 6
Number tracts distributed ______________ 174
Number church visits ____ _________ ___ 65
Number island visits _________________ 40
Number revivals conducted _____ ________ 1
Number district conventions attended ____ ______ 1
Number island conventions attended __________ 19
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER C. BATES
Caribbean Islands Representative

138 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
1:16 p.m.-Report of the Watchmen Committee.
The report was accepted by the Assembly in regular order.
Watchmen Committee Report
To the 54th Annual Assembly, Greetings:
We, your Watchmen Committee, have carefully and prayerfully watched
throughout this wonderful Assembly and have found a wonderful spirit
prevailing.
We have had no major problems and have properly taken care of the
minor ones.
We humbly thank this Assembly for such wonderful co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
W. A. NEWSOM
J. W. DEADRICK
J. V. JOHNSON
L. E. SILVERS
T. J. LOWE
OMER C. LAWSON
R. W. COWART
1:20 p.m.-Ministers Consecration Service.
The General Overseer called for all ministers to stand. While they were
standing the Cowan Family sang "Heaven Will Be Worth It All." The
ministers joined in singing the chorus. The General Overseer spoke a
few words of commendation to the faithful ministers, then he called
for all to join the Cowan Family to sing another verse of the same song.
As the Cowans continued to sing softly the female ministers prayed,
consecrating themselves to the service of the Lord for another year's
work. Then the male ministers prayed, consecrating themselves to the
Lord. At the close of this prayer, the General Overseer called for every
one in the tabernacle to stand and join together in a prayer of consecra
tion to God.
1:40 p.m.-Appointment of Overseers, Missionaries, Secretaries and oth
ers by the General Overseer.
State Overseers, Missionaries, Secretaries
and Other Appointments
Alabama, L. V. Jones
Alaska, Harold Huff
Alberta, William A. Lusch
Anguilla, Alfred Francois
Antigua, Alfred Francois
Argentina, Carlos Colon
Arizona, A. L. Sullivan
Arkansas, T. J. Lowe
Aruba, George Connor
Australia, G. H. Wakeman
Bahamas, Alvin S. Moss
Barbados, Michael G. Kirton
Bermuda, George W. Burgess
British Columbia, Donald S. Cooley
British Guiana, Rupert Best
British Isles, Herbert England
California, Sidney A. Cooley
Chile, Germain Ortega
Colorado, Willie Vines
Connecticut, William A. Grant
Costa Rica, A. S. Anderson
Cuba, Antonio Ledezma Soto
Curacao, George Connor
Cyprus, M. K. Kounnas

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 139
Delaware, Posey A. Shupe
Dominica, Alfred Francois
Dominican Republic, J. H. Ladoo
East Texas, D. F. Rowland
Egypt, Ghaly Ibrahim
El Salvador, Jose Regalado V.
Florida, R. Clement Lynch
Georgia, M. S. Curry
Germany, Otto Koelz
Greece, Paul P. Costas
Guatemala, Ramon Ruano P.
Haiti, J. Vital Herne
Hawaii, Lindsay T. Willing
Holland, Otto Koelz
Honduras, Jose Regalado V.
Idaho, W. A. Newsom
Illinois, Roy Day, Jr.
India, Jacob Jovial
Indiana, W. W. Webb
Iowa, M. M. Burt
Jamaica, R. C. Smith
Kansas, Howard W. Thomas
Kentucky, Roy H. Phipps
Louisiana, Cecil J. Cunningham
Maine, Charles E. Hanna
Manitoba, Adolph Flemmer
Maryland and D. C., John L. Sul-
livan
Massachusetts, J. F. Aites
Mexico, Samuel Galindo B.
Michigan, Amos J. Creel
Minnesota, W. G. Hardin
Mississippi, James Staggs
Missouri, Paul J. Ion
Montana, L. R. Lane
Montserrat, Alfred Francois
Nebraska, Raymond M. Pruitt
Nevada, W. D. Daugherty
Nevis, Alfred Francois
New Hampshire, A. D. Somerville
New Jersey, V. R. Sherrill
New Mexico, T. E .. Bradley
New York, Harrison E. Price
New Zealand, Allan Eliason
North Carolina, G. A. Wilson
North Dakota, Paul H. Thompson
Ohio, Joe Martin
Oklahoma, H. M. Biggers
Ontario, Amos J. Creel
Oregon, John A. Stubbs
Panama, A. S. Anderson
Pennsylvania, Boyd Thornton
Peru, Manuel Carbajal
Philippine Islands, L. G. Edralin
Puerto Rico, Carlos de Leon Colon
Rhode Island, J. F. Aites
Saint Kitts, Alfred Francois
Saint Lucia, Walter C. Bates
Saint Vincent, Walter C. Bates
Saskatchewan, Adolph Flemmer
Sierra Leone, David E. Longstreth
South Carolina, E. A. McDonald
South Dakota, Don B. Thomas
Sweden, George A. Stenmark, Mis-
sionary
Switzerland, Otto Koelz
Tennessee, Adrian T. Griffin
Tobago, William D. Greenaway
Trinidad, William D. Greenaway
Turks Islands, Isaiah J. Wynns
Uruguay, Vlademir Cuzmenco
Utah, R. L. Williams
Vermont, Orville W. Trump
Virginia, C. T. Davidson
Virgin Islands, Moses Stephens
Washington, G. C. Sloan
West Texas, W. T. Pettyjohn
West Virginia, M. E. Wilson
Wisconsin, Charles G. Hawkins
Wyoming, Malcolm T. Linkous
Caribbean Islands Representative,
. Walter C. Bates
Field Secretary, C. R. Payne
Field Secretary, Edward L. Jones
Field Secretary, J. A. Jimenez
A. B. M. and S. 0. 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, Charles S.
Pennington
Honor Stone Department Director,
L. S. Rhodes
Visual Department Director, Jack C.
Decker
Fields of the Wood Manager, J. W.
McDill
Assistant Publisher and Business
Manager, Everett L. Higdon
Assistant Editor, Buford M. Johnson
Sunday School Editor, Robert F.
Wright
B. T. C. Superintendent, James B.
Wright
Sunday School Orphanage Superin
tendent, R. 0. Covey
General Treasurer, J. R. Kinser

140 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Radio Department Manager,
Thomas Duncan
South America Representative,
Carlos Colon
Publishing Department Representa
tive, Hubert R. Smith
Europe and Africa Representative,
Ada McGehee
Ministerial Aid Chairman, W. M.
Lowman
The General Overseer requested those whose names were called to take
seats on the platform. When all were in place, they repeated words after
the General Overseer, pledging themselves to be true and loyal to the
Church and its doctrine and practices. They dedicated themselves to
the work of the Church and promised to co-operate with the General
Overseer. They prayed in concert, then the General Overseer offered
prayer in their behalf.
1:55 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 thanked all for their assistance
in making the Assembly the success it was. Then he closed the busi
ness part of the Assembly as he tapped the desk with his gavel.
1:58 p.m.-Brother C. R. Payne led the congregation in singing "God
Be With You 'Til We Meet Again."
2:00 p.m.-The closing prayers were offered by Brother A. S. Ander
son, Costa Rica, and Br&#6619198;ther W. M. Lowman, Virginia.
M. A. TOMLINSON, General Overseer
LILLIE DUGGAR, Private Secretary
BUFORD M. JOHNSON, Chief Clerk
A. T. WAGAR, Assistant Clerk
ZELLA CREEL, Assistant Clerk
BILLY RIGGS, Assistant Clerk
EDWIN JONES, Sunrise Clerk
The Present Financial System of the
Church of God of Prophecy
(NOTE TO MINISTERS AND TREASURERS. Please &#6684777;ll out all re
ports accurately, giving names and addresses where called for and 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 &#6684777;lling
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 treasury
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 pas
tor for his services. The Assembly has agreed that a pastor may receive

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 141
$355 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, 1960 is to be sent to the state treasurer for
the support of the state secretaries. The remaining ninety per cent to
be divided equally, forty-&#6684777;ve per cent to headquarters treasurer and
forty-&#6684777;ve per cent to the state treasurer to be disbursed by the state
overseer and State Finance and Appropriations Committee to help pas
tors of weak churches. State overseers are to receive no more than
$355 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 $355 and expenses, ten per cent of the same is to
be sent to the state treasurer each month to be placed in the fund for the
auxiliary secretaries; the remaining ninety per cent is to be divided equally,
send half to the state treasurer to be placed in the General State Fund,
and half to Headquarters Treasurer monthly. The Assembly has ruled
that tithes are for the support of the ministry only. Surplus tithes re
ceived 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.
Tithes of non-members that are paid into the local church treasury
should be paid out through the regular channel the same as the tithes of
members.
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 treas
urer to be placed in the General State Fund.
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 offerings
is to be sent to the General Treasurer and an equal amount to the state
treasurer. The balance is sent to the General Treasurer for the support
of the orphanage. Ten per cent of the Assembly Offering from each state
is to be sent to the respective state treasurer for the General State Fund
by the General Treasurer.
4. EMERGENCY FUND. All ministers and members are to pay one
dollar per year into the treasury of the local churches where their mem
bership is, and the treasurer should send with his monthly report all
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 th&#6619181; State Convention Missionary offering is to be sent to the Gen
eral Treasurer and an equal amount to the state treasurer. Half of the
remainder is left in the state to be placed in the General State Fund,
and half sent to the General Treasurer as Foreign Mission money. Five
per cent of the forty per cent of the mission funds coming into the state
treasury after the state convention should be sent to the General Treas
urer to assist in the support of widows of deceased ministers. All mis
sion 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 offering from

142 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
each state is to be sent to the respective state treasurer for the Gen
eral State 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 offerings
to be sent to the state treasurer, the balance should be sent to the state
overseer. Do NOT send any of this fund to headquarters. In addition
to this offering every month, each local church is instructed to take a
pounding for the state overseer once or twice a year.
7. V. L. B. OFFERINGS. Fifty-&#6684777;ve per cent of the regular weekly
offerings is to be turned in at the state convention along with any other
Free Literature money raised in any manner. After the state 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
remaining forty-&#6684777;ve 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 Treas
urer and twenty per cent to the state treasurer to be placed in the Gen
eral State Fund. 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 Assembly offering from each state is to be sent to
the respective state treasurer for the General State Fund by the White
Wing Publishing House. Ten per cent of all Free Literature money re
ceived at headquarters is to be placed in the Ministerial Aid Fund and
the balance may be disbursed under the direction of the Church Publishing
Committee.
8. ASSEMBLY EXPENSE. In order to assist in taking care of the ex
pense of the Annual Assemblies, the state overseers are asked each year to
collect funds as noted below, and send same to the General Treasurer.
(a) $1.00 from each minister.
(b) $1.00 from each Victory Leaders Band.
(c) $1.00 from each Womens Missionary Band.
(d) $1.00 from each Sunday School with an average attendance of &#6684777;fty
or less.
( e) $1.50 from each Sunday School with an average attendance of over
&#6684777;fty 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 pay&#3801197;ent
of $5.00 a year. This $5.00 may be paid any time during the year; how
ever, for the local church to receive credit in the Honor Stone Pro
gram, it must be paid before the honor sheet is &#6684777;lled out by the pastor.
In foreign &#6684777;elds, those becoming members are required to pay the
amount of a day's wages, if this amount is not over $5.00.
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

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 143
as other auxiliary offerings. These offerings are to be sent to head
quarters, half of which will be used to &#6684777;nance 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 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.
Headquarters Committees
Following are the committees at headquarters with the names of those
serving for the Assembly year of 1959-1960:
SUNDAY SCHOOL ORPHANAGE COMMITTEE and Tomlinson Me
morial School Directors-M. A. Tomlinson, R. 0. Covey, J. R. Kinser,
Buford M. Johnson, Everett L. Higdon, C. R. Payne, A. T. Wagar.
GENERAL PROPERTIES COMMITTEE-M. A. Tomlinson, J. R. Kinser,
Everett L. Higdon, 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. COMMITTE&#2949234;M. A. Tomlinson, Charles S. Pennington,
L. S. Rhodes, E. H. Griffith, J. R. Kinser.
CHURCH PUBLISHING COMMITTEE&#2949165;M. A. Tomlinson, Everett L.
Higdon, Buford M. Johnson, Robert F. Wright, J. R. Kinser.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE-M. A. Tomlinson, J. B. Wright, R. 0. Covey,
Robert F. Wright, Buford M. Johnson.
MINISTERIAL AID COMMITTEE-W. M. Lowman, M. A. Tomlinson,
C. R. Payne, A. T. Wagar.
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
selection of &#6684777;ve General Trustees who were "to succeed to and have
all authority now vested in other trustees or custodians holding Church
real estate" of the Church, and
WHEREAS the said Trustees were authorized to prepare a suitable
deed form, which has been done, and a copy of same is attached to this
resolution for insertion in the Minutes: therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by this 47th Annual Assembly of the Church of

144 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
God of Prophecy, held in Cleveland, Tennessee, September 9-15, 1952,
that, wherever possible under the existing laws of the state or county,
this uniform deed be used when having property conveyed to local trustees
to hold for the Church of God of Prophecy, and that in other cases where
another deed form must be used, the provision that local trustees may
not sell, convey or encumber the property without the written consent
of the General Trustees at Cleveland, Tennessee, be incorporated in the
deed form used.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that trustees to hold title to local church
property for the Church of God of Prophecy be selected by the local
church in either a regular or a called business meeting, said trustees to
sell, convey or encumber such property only when authorized to· do so
by the local church in a regular or called business meeting and con
sent of the General Trustees secured.
Warranty Deed
FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum o&#9240717; _______ _
______ &#6029402;ollars ( ______ ) 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 bar-
gain, sell, transfer and convey unto ________________ _
local Trustees for the Church of God of Prophecy, a�------ -
------ ---------------, for the use and bene&#6684777;t
of the Church of God of Prophecy, with headquarters at Bible Place,
Cleveland, Tennessee, and their successors and assigns, the fallowing de
scribed real estate, to-wit:
(Add description of real estate here.)
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD said real estate unto the sai�------
local Trustees, for the use and bene&#6684777;t of the Church of God of Prophecy,
with headquarters at Bible Place, Cleveland, Tennessee and their suc
cessors and assigns forever; provided, however, that neither they nor their
successors in office as such local Trustees may sell, convey, or encum
ber the said real estate without the written consent of the General Trustees
of the said Church at Cleveland, Tennessee, which consent may be evi
denced by a separate writing or by the Chief Clerk of the said Gen-

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 145
eral Trustees joining in the execution of a deed of the above named
Trustees or their successors in office for the purpose of certifying the
consent of the General Trustees to the execution of such conveyance.
WE COVENANT that we are lawfully seized and possessed of said real
estate; that we have a good and lawful right thus to sell and convey the
same; that the title thereto is clear, free and unencumbered, and that
we will forever warrant and defend said title against the lawful claims
of all persons.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, witness our hands and names, thi&#5898381; __ _
day o&#6029453; _____________ 19--�
NOTE: The present General Trustees are: M. A. Tomlinson, J. R. Kinser,
Everett L. Higdon, 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 &#6881390;
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 some one selected
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.

146 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
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 &#6684777;nally all agree upon one who is able and
willing to serve.
3. Treasurer for every local church. If the church has more than one
deacon it is their duty to select one of their number to act as treas
urer, and if there is only one deacon, he is treasurer by virtue of his of
fice. If there are no deacons, a treasurer can be selected in like man
ner 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. The bands might be called
prayer bands and each leader should keep in close touch with every
member of his band like a Sunday School teacher her pupils. If any
should move, the band 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 bene&#6684777;t 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 meet
ing for worship.
It is suggested that where practicable in a locality the &#6684777;rst Monday
night in January, April, July and October, be observed by all local churches
for their regular quarterly meeting, so as to conserve uniformity and
concerted action.
The pastor should act as 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 speci&#6684777;cally 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. Deacons
and other ministers near by on either side or close in front of the plat
form.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 147
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.
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 &#6684777;nances. 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
&#6684777;nances&#2555994;receipts and disbursements.
Superintendent of the V. L. B. give report of the work and progress
of the band including &#6684777;nances-receipts and disbursements.
Pastor give report of the A. B. M. and S. 0. P. A. work done, amount
of money raised each month, number of strays found and brought back
(Luke 15:4-6), and give account of every member of his flock (Hebrews
13:17).
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.
Un&#6684777;nished 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 courtesy.
But if he proves to be wrong, then deal with him as the Bible directs.
After this is all done, take up the original subject and dispose of it &#6881390;
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 Gen
eral 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.

148 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Advice to Members
As a member, you count one and should attend every regular service
as far as possible. Remember no one can &#6684777;ll 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.
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.
B� ready for testimony when such is in order.
Stand by iyour 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 &#6684777;nd something in others to criticize.
Examine yourself occasionally and see if you are in the faith.
Don't yield to discouragement or despondency.
Be cheerful and happy and try to make others the same.
Spend as much time as you can in secret prayer. Give yourself all
you can to intercessory prayer. Daily prayers and study of God's Word
are necessary and very important for the spiritual welfare of each child
of God; therefore, everyone is urged to faithfully maintain as far as is
possible family worship in your home at least once a day.
Your dress should be with moderation, neat and clean, but not for
show. Moderation includes paying moderate prices for clothing, wear
ing dresses of high-enough necklines, low-enough hemlines, sleeves of
reasonable length. &#5505128;e wearing of extremely sheer fabrics is unbecom
ing to a saint and the wearing of shorts in public should never be prac
ticed. You should never wear gold for ornament or decoration. Finger
rings, bracelets, earrings, necklaces, lockets and large showy pins-these
are also unbecoming to a saint of God. Rouge, lipstick, nail polish and
extremely costly perfumes are used to satisfy the pride of life and there
fore they should have no place in the lives of those who love God.
Please read and study the following Scriptures often: 1 Peter 3:3, 4; 1 Tim
othy 2:9, 10 and 1 John 2:15-17.
You should not permit yourself to be trapped by worldly attractions.
The Bible says, "neither give place to the devil." Dabbling with worldly
amusements like professional ball games, horse races, stock car races,
wrestling arenas, skating rinks, motion picture houses or drive-in theaters,
bowling alleys and going swimming where men and women both use
the same bathing area would give the devil a foothold or place in your
life.
Always tithe your income and put it in the church treasury. Make
freewill offerings besides your tithes.
Younger members should not keep company or associate too intimately
with worldly outsiders.

MINUTES OF THE. 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 149
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.
Children are an heritage from the Lord. Those who have children are
responsible to teach them at an early age to reverence the house of
God. This should be done by setting a good example before them and
by instructing them with such a good s&#7340137;rit that they will have a_strong
desire to serve the Lord. MINISTERS are to meet all of the require
ments in being examples to the members by keeping their children under
reasonable control at all times and by restraining them from running
about over the house of God especially while the services are in progress.
The White Wing Messenger is a very important part of the Church
of God. It should be read regularly each week by each and every mem
ber and your interest in advertising the Church should be so great that
when you have &#6684777;nished reading your copy, you would want to pass it
along to someone else. Every member who possibly can should sub
scribe and of course each minister is asked to be a "paid-up" subscriber
and an earnest worker for our church paper-the White Wing Messenger.
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 advices 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.
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 bene&#6684777;t 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.

150 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
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 in
terests 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 pres
bytery in their respective states.
Duties of District Overseer
To moderate business conferences for women preachers who may be
acting as pastors, and men who may not be licensed if they are taking
care of churches in his district.
To do evangelistic work in his district if he has time. If he has a
district with no churches it is his duty to evangelize and organize churches.
For convenience it is often thought best for a pastor of a strong church
in the district to be selected as district overseer so the church can
serve as a means of his support.
The district overseers are to be appointed by the state overseers, there
fore, they are subject to the state overseers.
Obligation for Membership in the
Church of God of Prophecy
Will you sincerely promise in the presence of God and these witnesses
that you will accept this Bible as the Word of God-believe and prac
tice 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
applicant replies in the affirmative. In taking the obligation, applicants
should think of it as being "a perpetual coven&#6684874;t that shall not be for
gotten."

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Teachings of the Church of God
of Prophecy
151
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. Justi&#6684777;cation-Rom. 5:1-9; Titus 3:7.
3. Regeneration-Matt. 19:28; Titus 3:5.
4. Born again-John 3:3; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 John 3:9.
5. Sancti&#6684777;cation Subsequent to Justi&#6684777;cation-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; 16:22; 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; Mal. 3:10; Matt. 23:23;
Luke 11:42; 1 Cor. 16:2; 2 Cor. 9:6-9; Heb. 7:1-21.
17. Restitution Where Possible-Matt. 3:8; Luke 19:8, 9; Rom. 13:8.
18. Premillennial Second Coming of Jesus:
First: To resurrect the dead saints and to catch away the living saints
to meet Him in the air-Matt. 24:27, 28; 1 Cor. 15:51, 52; 1 Thess. 4:15-17.
Second: To reign on earth a thousand years-Zech. 14:4, 5; Luke 1:32;
1 Thess. 4:14; 2 Thess. 1:7-10; Jude 14, 15; Rev. 5:10; 19:11-21; 20:4-6.
19. Resurrection-Isa. 26:19; Dan. 12:2; John 5:28, 29; Acts 24:15; Rev.
20:5, 6.
20. Eternal Life for the Righteous-Matt. 25:46; Luke 18:30; John 10:28;
Rom. 6:22; 1 John 5:11-13.
21. Eternal Punishment for the Wicked. No Liberation nor Annihila
tion-Matt. 25:41-46; Mark 3:9; 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.

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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
Adams, Ja&#6881390;es E.
Adams, Reuben A.
Adams, T. E.
Adorno, Juan Pastrana
Aites, J. F.
Akers, J. L.
Akers, William
Aldridge, W. W.
Allaway, Frank G.
Allen, James E.
Allen, Marvin R.
Allen, R. Wayne
Ammons, Edwin L.
Anderson, Albert S.
&#4259950;derson, Harvin H.
Anderson, James Edward
Anderson, Stafford B.
Andrews, Thomas B.
Aschbacher, Joe H., Sr.
Atkins, George E.
Axley, Richard L.
Ayers, Robey W.
Baggett, Daniel 0.
Barnes, Bonnie
Barnes, M. Russell
Bates, Walter C.
Baxter, Everett L.
Beasley, Joseph E.
Beasley, Pearlie A.
Beasley, Robert D.
Beck, Grover C.
Beckwith, J. B.
Beneby, Fred, Sr.
Bennett, G. Julian
Benton, Floyd E.
Best, Rupert
Bias, Ernest J.
BISHOPS
Biggers, Henry M.
Bivens, L. Milton
Bonds, Vernie W.
Bonham, Amzia W.
Bonham, Floyd H.
Bowerman, Dewey R., Jr.
Bowser, Hulbert 0.
Boyd, Terah S.
Bradley, Robert H.
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, Marvin
Bryant, Fred W.
Bryant, Jack
Bryson, Wilbert S.
Bunce, Lawrence 0.
Burdine, Archie M.
Burke, Austin A.
Burris, Philip
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.

MINUT&#4522067; OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Campbell, James T.
Campbell, W. I.
Cannon, N. Fritz
Cantrell, Ralph G.
Cardwell, J. E.
Carroll, Frank G.
Carter, Jack O.
Carver, Tom R.
Caudill, Hubert
Chandler, William J.
Chapman, J. W.
Chastain, Mathie
Chatham, Jesse F.
Cleaver, A. Doewer
Coalter, Ambrose J.
Cobb, Dolphus M.
Cobb, E. Vernell
Coker, Bryce H.
Colley, James F.
Collins, Clarence W.
Colon, Carlos de Leon
Conner, Henry Lewis
Conner, George
Cook, General
Cooke, Alston L.
Cooke, Cyril S.
Cooley, Donald S.
Cooley, Sidney A.
Cooper, James R.
Cooper, Mitchell
Costas, Paul P.
Couch, Aaron
Cousins, Nathan L.
Covey, Rudolph 0.
Cowart, R. W.
Cox, Hudon R.
Cox, Joel
Cox, Kenneth 0.
Cox, Wesley Grady
Cox, William H.
Crader, Leman
Creasy, Donald D.
Creel, Amos J.
Creel, Chester V.
Crenshaw, C. Louis
Crews, Joe C.
Cross&#6684777;eld, Edward A.
Crowder, James H.
Cunningham, Cecil J.
Curry, Maurice S.
Curtis, Cloyd B.
Curtis, Emmanuel
Curtis, Henry
Cypret, Cecil A.
Dalton, George
Daniel, James M.
Daugherty, John F.
Davidson, Charles T.
Davis, Anderson H.
Davis, Andrew W.
Davis, Elisha A.
Davis, Emitt
Davis, Jones M.
Davis, Lew Allen
Davis, Lloyd D.
Davis, Peter E.
Davis, Randolph B.
Daxon, &#5505128;omas A.
Day, Roy F., Jr.
Deadrick, D. M.
Deadrick, Jim Willie
Dean, GuyH.
Dean, Herman E.
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.
Dorsett, Curtis R.
Doss, James C.
Douglas, R. Gene
Duggan, Noley A.
Dunning, Noah F.
Earp, John M.
Edralin, Lawrence G.
Emerson, Oscar W.
Emmett, Verlie E.
Endecott, Clayton E.
Endecott, James L.
England, Herbert
Estep, Granville
Estes, William W.
Eubanks, Cyril S.
Evans, John E.
Ferguson, Alfred E.
Ferguson, Hermis A.
Fiveash, Olen C.
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.
153

154 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Freeman, Lonnie
Fritts, Lawrence A.
Fuller, Floyd F.
Funderburk, B. 0.
Funk, Carl D.
Galloway, J. Vernon
Garcia, Victor E.
Gardner, Harvey A.
Gardner, Howard T.
Garner, Morris D.
Gass, Arthur C.
Gates, Willard D.
Gaylor Ora L.
Gibson, Oscar
Gibson, Sanford F.
Gilbert, Elmer
Gilbert, R. M.
Gillaspie, S. 0.
Gilmer, J. Lamar
Gilmore, Alexander
Goins, Thomas W.
Golden, Alvin
Gonia, A. Winston
Goodman, &#4522098;nest 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.
Hall, James T.
Hall, Robert J.
Hall, Valentine E.
Hamilton, Abraham C.
Hampton, Ira H.
Hand&#6684777;eld, Simeon B.
Haney, Adril D.
Hanna, Charles E.
Hardin, William G.
Harper, Lalas, Jr.
Harrington, Theodore B.
Harris, Arthur C.
Harris, Reginald A.
Hart, Benny
Hart, Tom D.
Harts&#6684777;eld, Herman Neil
Harvey, Walter L.
Hatley, John W.
Hawkins, Charles G.
Heckert, Lawrence D.
Henderson, Jessie R.
Henderson, Willard C.
Herne, J. Vital
Hester, James E.
Higdon, Everett L.
Highbaugh, Charles E.
Hires, J. H.
Hix, Grady 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, E. Roy
Hunter, Harper, Jr.
Hutchison, Isaac A.
Hutchison, Jonathan G.
Hyatt, Clifton E.
Ibrahim, Ghaly
Ion, Paul J.
Irwin, Murvil L.
James, Ivory J.
Jared, Clive E.
Jared, T. J., Jr.
Jared, Thomas J.
Jeffrey, Roy
Jenkins, Carlie B.
Jimenez, Jose Amando
Johnson, Buford M.
Johnson,E.Eugene
Johnson, James A.
Johnson, James V.
Johnson, Michael
Johnson, Milford J.
Johnson, Wiley A.
Jolly, William E., Sr.
Jones, Arthur C.
Jones, Edward L.
Jones, L. V.
Jose Gilbert M.
Joseph, Beniah E.
Ketchum, B. B.
Kinder, Charles M.
Kirkland, J. D.
Kirton, Michael G.
Knight, Johnie W.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
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, 0. N.
Lawson, Omer C.
Lawson, Raymond D.
Lawson, Samuel H.
Lawson, Vernon M.
Leazenby, Leon S.
Ledford, Millard Lee
Lee, William M.
Lewin, James
Lewis, Jesse C.
&#4980841;neberry, Conrad 0.
Linkous, Malcolm T.
Linville, Albert J.
Linville, Kendrick
Long, H. Horace
Longstreth, David E.
Lord, Cleason D.
Louk, Vern E.
Love, Clyde A.
Lowe, T. J.
Lowe, &#5505128;eodore J.
Lowman, W. M.
Lusch, William G.
Lynch, R. Clement
Mackey, Charles I�
Maddox, Thomas Roy
Manning, Chesley E.
Manus, James E.
Martin, Joe, Jr.
Martin, William E.
Mathis, Buck
Matthews, David G.
Mayhall, Grady
Mccalla, Samuel A.
McClure, William L.
McCoy, John G.
McDaniel, James I.
McDearis; C. C.
McDill, James W.
McDonald, E. A.
McGee, Damous E.
McGee, Sebastian
McGehee, 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
Miracle, John W.
Mitchell, Arthur L.
Mixon, James W.
Montgomery, Alma E.
Montgomery, Avery G.
Moore, George W.
Moore, Harry Lee
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.
N ewdiger, Oscar, Jr.
Newsom, W. A.
Nobles, James W.
Noe, Asa Earl
Oliver, George D.
Oost, Reubin C.
Orr, TroyE.
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
Payne, C.R.
Peninger, Lee Roy
Pennington, Charles S.
155

156 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Pentecost, Tom
Pettyjohn, William T.
Phillips, Walter
Phipps, Roy H.
Pinder, Sonnie O.
Pittman, Oscar
Pittman, S. Melvin
Poloski, Frank
Porter, William V., Jr.
Potts, Allen
Powell, Norris A.
Pratt, Samuel A.
Pressley, Peter
Price, J. D.
Price, Marion P.
Priest, J. T.
Pritchard, Liston D.
Pruitt, Elmer C.
Pruitt, Jess F.
Pruitt, Raymond M.
Puckett, Richard Lee
Pulliam, E. R.
Queener, Dorlan H.
Radford, Robert L.
Rains, M. Claud
Rampley, William T.
Raney, Sam E.
Rawls, William J.
Reese, Bradley A.
Reeves, James W., Sr.
Reeves, Roy.
Reid, W. Oma
Reynolds, Jerome D.
Rhodes, L. S.
Rhorer, Henry R.
Richardson, Eugene B.
Riley, Jonathan A.
Rinehammer, N. Ales
Rodman, Shannon T.
Roney, Warren E.
Rowland, Delmar F.
Roy, Dewey
Runnels, W. Edgar
Rye, Homer
Samuel, Adonijah M.
Sartin, Clarence H.
Saunders, Alaric W. U.
Saunders, Randall E.
Savage, Stewart S.
Schwandt, Roy E.
Scott, David
Scott, Guy T.
Scotton, Ralph
Searcy, James R.
Shel ton, James G.
Sherrill, Clayton C.
Sherrill, V. R.
Shores, Elton
Shroyer, Or lies F.
Shroyer, Owen E.
Shults, D. M.
Shupe, Posey A.
Sikes, Lodie B.
Silvers, L. E.
Singleterry, James E.
Sloan, Gladios C.
Smith, Floyd W. B.
Smith, George P.
Smith, Hubert C.
Smith, Hubert R.
Smith, Noah B.
Smith, Obie D.
Smith, R. C.
Smith, Sampson
Smith, William B.
Smith, William J.
Smither, Charles T.
Somerville, A. D.
Spence, J. Corbett
Spencer, Garland H.
Stafford, Virdel B.
Staggs, James
Stargel, G. T.
Stearman, Marion B.
Stenmark, A. George
Stephens, Moses
Stephens, Nathaniel
Stephens, Walter D.
Stockdale, R. Wynn
Stone, Leslie E.
Stover, Woodrow
Strickland, Robert L., Jr.
Stubbs, John A.
Suggs, William P.
Sullivan, Avery L.
Sullivan, Evan G.
Sullivan, John L.
Summerall, Clifton L.
Swain, Frank R.
Sweat, Milton 0.
Talbott, Richard P.
Taylor, C. L.
Taylor, Jennings S.
Taylor, Norman C.
Thomas, Don Burton
Thomas, Howard W.
Thomas, Jack E.
Thomas, James A.
Thomas, J. Roy
Thompson, Arthur
Thompson, J. T.
Thompson, Paul H.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Thompson, Ronald G.
Thompson, Willie R.
Thorn, James A.
Thornton, Boyd W.
Tomlinson, M. A.
Tranthem, R. Eugene
Trump, Orville W.
Turner, Nathaniel A.
Vernon, Horace E.
Vicars, Hubert J.
Vines, Willie
Wagar, Ashel T., Jr.
Waggett, Aaron R.
Wallor, George A.
Washington, Loyal C.
Watson, Egbert A.
Weakley, Eugene
Weaver, Phillip T.
Webb, Arwood
Webb, Cordell C.
Webb, Wiseman W.
Weldon, Woodrow W.
Wells, Donald W.
West, Aaron W.
White, Isaac E.
Adams, William T.
Albin, Charlie V.
Alderson, W. Arlie
Alexander, Hubert V.
Alford, Arthur
&#4259948;len, Daniel
Ammons, Harold F.
Anderson, Robert S.
Anderson, Rufus A.
Ashworth, Charles E.
Aucoin, Russell J.
Austin, Charlie C.
Baccas, James
Bafford, Green W.
Bain, Alfred R.
Bain, Hartley L.
Baird, Ray E.
Baker, Fred 0.
Baker, Herman
Baker, Hubert H.
Baker, Louie T.
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Baptiste, Vilme Jn
Barbes, Rockland A.
Barnes, Worth
Barnette, J. Oland
Barrett, Richard M.
Barthram, Raymond C.
White, James L.
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
Williford, Clarence B.
Willis, Henry Lee
Willoughby, Walter
Wilson, George Albert
Wilson, M. E.
Windham, Riley H.
Woodrow, John W.
Woodruff, Arthur B.
Woods, Roy D.
Wright, James B.
Wynns, Isaiah J.
Young, Foster
Young. Zilvon R.
DEACONS
Baxter, John L.
Beach, John W.
Beasley, J. Wilbert
Beauchamp, Dewey L.
Bennett, Harold Reginald
Berry, Robert
Benson, George W.
Bethel, Daniel
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
157

158 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Buchanan, Augustus A.
Buckley, J. W.
Buckner, Claude W.
Bumgardner, Clarence A.
Bunk, Roland A.
Burns, Chester 0.
Butler, Alfred
Butler, Henry A.
Butler, Jeremiah
Butler, Johnie E.
Bynum, Calvin M.
Byrd, Clarence J.
Byrd, Willie A.
Cabales, Santos A.
Cabler, John Will
Cameron, William
Cargill, Henry T.
Carr, Forrest E.
Cassell, Madison W.
Caudill, Bryan
Charles, John M.
Charles, Letoir Jean
Charles, Monlouis J.
Chastain, George D.
Clark, John
Clements, S. Grady
Cobb, C. E.
Codrington, Wilfred H.
Coker, James W.
Cole, Asher M.
Conrad, Harry
Cook, Thomas A.
Cooper, John H.
Coquillo, Louis
Cordell, Eugene
Corn, Wesley H.
Cox, Amos A.
Cox, Leviticus H.
Crawford, John
Cross, Claude A.
Culmer, M. R.
Cusic, Daniel Thomas, Jr.
Davis, George R.
Davis, Omer F.
Davis, Rufus 0.
Davis, &#5505128;omas L.
Daxon, Thomas A., Jr.
Deadrick, Lawrence D.
Dean, James A.
DeLay, Ralph C.
Dirlam, Claude S.
Dixon, Ralphus A.
Dozier, James S.
Drawdy, Horace L.
Duncan, Clarence E.
Dupre, LeRoyal J.
Duty, Robert
Earls, Horace, Jr.
Edgecombe, George C.
Edwards, Hugh R.
Elston, Conner J.
Emens, Lionel R.
Endecott, William E. F.
Englebert, George W.
Evans, J. R.
Falk, Ervin A.
Farmer, James F.
Fearson, Cyril A.
Fendley, William C.
Ferguson, Herbert A.
Ferguson, Laban Harley
Fisher, Wilfred W.
Fleming, Ernest L.
Fleming, Frederic P.
Fontaine, Phoenix
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.
Gibbons, Sterlin E.
Gibson, Austin R.
Giles, Thomas H.
Gilmer, James T.
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
Hamil ton, Lester
Hand&#6684777;eld, Samuel E.
Hanners, T. W.
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
Hepburn, John A.
Heslo&#7340076;, George E.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Hill, Joe H.
Holbert, James H.
Holland, Victor A.
Hood, Richard H.
Howard, Jimmie
Huff, James Robert
Hughes, Huntley H.
Hull, Clarence D.
Humes, Nathaniel
Hunt, Eddie Ray
Hutchinson, Louis A.
Ingram, U. Leonard
Jackson, Elmer W.
Jackson, Loyd, Jr.
Jackson, Woodrow W.
Jacques, Simeon E.
James; George W.
Janes, Fred A.
Jared, Howard E.
Jerrell, Paul L.
Johnson, Fred M.
Johnson, Henry A.
Johnson, Herbert E.
Johnson, Kedrick L.
Johnson, Lee Pharries
Jones, Grover W.
Jones, T. Edwin
Jordan, James R.
Jure, Raphael
Keeney, C. B.
Kelley, Haley J.
Keown, Amos A.
Kinard, Erie E.
Kinard, T. B.
King, Carl R.
King, George
King, George S.
King, J. H.
Kirkland, John E.
Knowles, William
Lacks, Benny L.
Lafleur, Carroll E.
Lafleur, Cyrius
Lamb, Earl E.
Lassiter, Robert L.
Lavender, Walter E.
Ledford, Robert H.
Lennon, Peter E.
Letu, Earl H.
Lewis, Eldon J.
Lewis, Joe W.
Lindsey, I. J.
Littleton, Paul J.
Logan, Arthur E.
Love, Henry Ed, Jr.
Lovell, J. D.
Lyle, Earl M.
Lyle, W. &#5505138;oy
Lynn, Lloyd H.
Lynn, William M.
Madewell, Denver T.
Mahoney, William A.
Malone, Roy
Martin, Hiram T.
Massengill, Frank
Mazanec, James
McAlpin, Otis A.
McArthur, Harry G.
Mccrary, Thomas E.
Mccorkle, James A.
McDermott, Salbert C;
McElrath, John H.
McFarlane, Sydney N.
McGovern, Henry E.
McKenzie, James A.
McKenzie, Luke E.
McLean, Robert S.
McLeod, Allie B.
McMahan, Claude R.
Melvin, Thomas G.
Merriett, Odis
Messer, Roy
Miller, Robert C.
Miller, Winston R.
Minns, Herbert L.
Minter, Byron E.
Mitchell, Virgil M.
Monroe, Homer H.
Montgomery, James F.
Montgomery, R. L.
Moore, Ernest
Moore,J. Walker
Morgan, Linford, T.
Mosier, George E.
Moss, &#4849722;ohn W.
Moss, Wilfred G.
Mullins, Henry R.
Murphy, Thomas H.
Murray, Henry E.
Muse, Andy G.
Muse, Clyde C.
Nabors, Clymer H.
Nelson, Meridan H.
Newsom, Frank Perry
Newsom, Johnie D., Jr.
Norris, Justin
Nutt, William J.
Oglesby, Thomas
O'Neal, R. Carlton
Ostby, Henry W.
Owens, Bunk
Owens, Edgar
159

160 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Parker, Bill
Parker, Raymond R.
Parks, William B.
Paschall, Ollie
Pate, J.B.
Peavy, Elvie A.
Penant, Hedley
Pereyra, Manuel Va&#6815852;e
Perkins, Clyde V;
Peterson, Preston C.
Pharr, Samuel D.
Phillips, Chester R.
Ponder, Raymond E.
Powell, Calvin H.
Powell, W. Lowry
Power, C. Hugh
Pratt, Jeremiah
Preston, Samuel B.
Price, Bassil N.
Price, Elisha Green
Price, Maxie Lee
Proffitt, Clarence A.
Pruitt, H. Clifford
Puckett, Norman
Qualls, George D.
Rainwater, Allen C.
Ramsey, Edward J.
Ray, G. Scott
Ray, W. Hansel
Reed, Tony
Reid, Egbert H.
Reid, Ferdinand R.
Revolus, Fortune
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.
Russell, Earl Ray
Russell, Leslie
Sackett, Leon.ard E.
Saltzman, Loren Z.
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.
Shipley, William S.
Sigler, Thomas G.
Slay, Sheldon M.
Sluder, Herman
Small, Aubrey Victor
Smith, Isaac
Smith, Joseph A.
Smith, L. K.
Snowden, Jack D.
Stanley, Horace B.
Stockwell, William L.
Story, Frank E.
Theriot, Junius J.
Thigpen, Preston E.
Thomas, Cecil G.
Thomas, Leonard S.
Thomas, Richard C.
Thompson, Clifford M.
Thompson, John A.
Thompson, Scott S.
Thompson, Wilburn B.
Thorn, William C.
Tranquille, Emmanuel
Trimble, John F.
Trogdon, Elie L.
Tubbs, Everett A.
Turin, Celestin
Turner, Henry J.
Vaughan, Semmar, Jr.
Waden, Fletcher
Walker, Stephen G.
Wallace, Millard T.
Walters, Joseph A.
.Washburn, Cecil L.
Watts, Herbert C.
Weakley, M. E.
Weaver, Roy T.
Whitaker, John R.
Whitaker, Lester H.
White, Rufus L.
Whittick, Sydney 0.
Wier, Robert F.
Wilcox, Clarence
Wiley, Charlie E.
Wilkins, Mortimer I.
Wilkinson, Samuel L.
Williams, Clarence E.
Williams, Emerson
Williams, Hollis R.
Williams, John
Williams, Reginald
Williams, Russell
Willis, Frank R.
Willis, Jack R.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
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
Worsham, James R.
Wright, Cecil
Wright, Clifford T.
Wright, Robert F.
Wright, Wib
Wyant, Nelson E.
Wyant, Ray M.
Yielding, Edward P.
Young, Joe
Young, Zane L.
Zurfluh, Carl
MALE EVANGE'LISTS
Abbott, Lanzo R.
Abernathy, Johnie E.
Abrego, Daniel
Abreu, Theodore
Acosta, Ignacio
Adderly, Boston
Adkins, Calvin R.
Adkins, James G.
Adkins, K. Johnny
Aguilar, Felipe Dominguez
Aiken, Johnie E.
Aites, E. Carl
Akers; Floyd Franklin
Alarcon R., Baltazar
Aldridge, Dewey A.
Allen, Arthur
Allen, Lyndon S.
Allen, Samuel N.
Allison, William H.
Almond, Alfred D.
Alyse, Arnold
Anderson, Denver
Anderson, Kenneth 0.
Anderson, Maurice H.
Anderson, Victor R.
Andre so, Kostas J.
Angervil, Saint Eugene
Antilus, Ulysse
Antome, Expresse
Arellano, Longino Morales
Arias, Luis
Arilus, Alexis
Armenta, Ruben
Arnold, R. B.
Arnold, William
Asher, Dan
Ashford, B. Rosevelt
Avila, Manuel Avila
Ayala, Heliodoro Gonzalez
B., Juan Hernandez
B., Moises Giron
Babber, George F.
Bafford, Joe Lean
Baggett, L.B.
Bailey, L. Dean
Bailey, Larry V.
Baker, Alexander
Baker, C. Oneil
Baker, Gayford D.
Baker, Gerald
Baker, Paul
Baldozier, Clark H.
Baldwin, Arch J.
Baldwin, Hearly P.
Banton, Ben T.
Baptiste, Louineus
Barbour, W. Charlie
Barclay, Henry A.
Barker, Alvin A.
Barker, Curtis D.
Barker, Ward A.
Barnes, Caleb M.
Barnes, Charles E.
Barnes, Virgil E.
Barnhart, Thomas W.
Barrios, Samuel Galindo
Bartee, George D.
Bartley, Jack E.
Baumgardner, Harold D.
Baxter, Jerald E.
Bazzrea, Cleve A.
Beecham, George W.
Beecham, James S.
Beecham, Kenneth R.
Beham, Hirsch
Bell, Blanton C.
Bell, Calvin
Bell, Herman W.
Bell, L. Joe
Bell, Lloyd C;
161

162 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Bell, Walter W.
Bell, Z. V.
Bell, Zebedee
Beneby, Israel
Beneby, Nathaniel
Bennett, Ira S.
Bennett, U. C.
Benson, Billy
Bentley, John D.
Bermudez, Alejandro Campos
Bertin, David
Beshears,M. Monroe
Bines, Franklin
Black, Eugene P.
Black, Owen
Blair, James R.
Blauser, James P.
Blumenthal, Hugo H., Jr.
Blumenthal, Clifford
Blyden, Anton
Blythe, Clarence L.
Bock, Albert A.
Boling, Roy
Bolton, Arthur H., Jr.
Bolton, 0. B.
Bolton, Onnie L.
Boone, James W.
Boothe, Claude S.
Bosler, David T.
Bounds, James W.
Bourne, Frank M.
Bowman, C. Winfred
Bowman, Thomas W.
Bowser, George B.
Bowser, Robert H.
Brackett, Bobbie E.
Brackett, C. Samuel
Brackett, John
Braddam, Robert Lee
Bragg, Johnny H.
Braham, Cyril H.
Branch, Paul W.
Branscum, &#5505128;urman E.
Brashear, John F.
Breedy, John C.
Brekeen, John C.
Brenizer, Harry R.
Brevil, Zavier
Brewster, Floyd H.
Brickey, Wiley J.
Briles, Theodore R.
Brisson, James E.
Brisson, Marvin C.
Broach, Oscar R.
Brock, M. Earl
Brock, Z. B.
Brooks, Atlee N.
Brooks, Carl D.
Brooks, Richard L.
Brooks, Royce Dee
Brown, Albert M.
Brown, Basil C.
Brown, Bobby W.
Brown, James R.
Brown, Vivian Alanda
Brown, Will H.
Brown, Willesley
Browning, Charles E.
Browning, Charlie M.
Browning, Douglas
Brumley, James J.
Bruner, Harry
Bryant, Jerry E.
Bryant, Ralph E.
Buckles, Paul C.
Buckner, Carl R.
Buckner, George W., Jr.
Burdette, Marvin A., Jr.
Burgess, George W.
Burns, H. Pierce
Burrese, William E.
Burrows, Bobby Gene
Burt, Marvin
Busby, Arthur B.
Busby, Loyd M.
Bush, John B.
Bush, Willie D.
Butler, Alfred D.
Butler, Carl C.
Butler, Howard D.
Butler, Marion S.
Butter&#6684777;eld, Thomas N.
Butts, Harold J.
By&#6684777;eld, Roy E.
Byrd, Marion L.
Byrd, Vivian E.
C., Salome Hernandez
Cabrera, Armando D.
Cagle, Wentford R.
Caldwell, Paul A.
Calfee, B. B.
Callis, Henry O.
Camacho, Federico
Cambronne, Pierre
Cameron, Lewis V.
Cameron, Wilbur
Camilus, Anaise
Camp, Floyd M.
Campbell, J. Daniel
Campbell, William B.
Cantrell, Roy Harold
Carbajal 0., Manuel

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Cardet, Hiram Concepcion
Cardet, Vincente Concepcion
Carey, Samuel L.
Carpenter, Eugene L.
Carpenter, Raymond A.
Carr, Joseph G.
Carrasco, Por&#6684777;rio
Carroll, Lee C., Jr.
Carter, C. Erskine
Carter, Calvin
Carter, Dennis
Carter, Ernest S.
Carter, Hermon
Carter, Roy W.
Casasola, Lauro
Casey, Jack
Castillo, Carlos Antonio
Castillo, Santiago Ladislao Cruz
Castro, Gaspar
Castro, Hector
Cazil, El velus Jh
Chance, James A.
Chandler, Charles R.
Chandler, Louis C.
Chapman, Claude H.
Chapman, Herbert Clyde
Chapman, Millard A.
Chapman, William H.
Charles, Elvius Jean
Charles, Exavier Louis
Charles, Merius
Charlton, Orthney S.
Cheshire, Josephus, Jr.
Childers, Millus
Christmas, Jessie E.
Ciramagua, Adrian
Clark, Carleton L.
Clark, Clifford O.
Clark, Clyde H.
Clark, E. Luther
Clark, Fred W.
Clark, Lyman Edward
Clark, William L.
Clawson, Clare L.
Clayton, Clyde T.
Clayton, Sherman J.
Cleaver, Autie E.
Clemens, Charles
Clement, Theodore L.
Clements, Joe C.
Clements, William S.
Cline, James M.
Cobos, Angel J.
Cockrum, John H.
Coffee, Ernest J.
Coker, Emmett L.
Cole, Robert H.
Colinet, Letellier
Colley, Aaron T.
Collie, Alfred L.
Collie, Luther
Collins, Charles E.
Collins, Elmer N., Jr.
Collins, Harold 0.
Collins, Howard C.
Collins, William H.
Colon, Carlos
Colter, John D.
Colvard, Donald E.
Comer, W. J. Bryan, Sr.
Connell, James W.
Conner, Perry E.
Connor, Henry L.
Constantine, Delva
Cook, David C.
Cook, Talmadge Claxton
Cooke, Luther L.
Cooley, Donald Ray
Cooley, Kenneth F.
Cooper, Charles E.
Cordon, Leocadio
Cornwell, John C.
Cossey, Ines C.
Cowan, Leo
Cox, Clarence
Cox, Dale Lester
Cox, Dudley
Cox, James A.
Cox, Julias
Cox, Ray
Cox, Theodore
Cox, W. Carey
Crabbe, Howard
Crabtree, Vernon, Jr.
Craig, Alpheus U.
Craver, Edgar L.
Cravey, Kaiser
Crawford, James L.
Creasy, Donald W.
Creasy, Robert C.
Creque, Nathaniel G.
Cress, William F.
Criddle, Clayton E.
Crow, Samuel F.
Crowder, Hasful Clyde
Crowder, Joseph A.
Croyle, George C.
Croyle, Raymond S.
Cummings, Luther
Cunningham, Leonard E.
Curry, James S.
Curry, Mervin
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164 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Day, Hobert
Deal, Jack H.
Dean, Bobby L.
Dean, L. Lehimza
Dean, Lucius E.
Dean, Rubbert L.
Decker, Lester T.
De La Cruz, Esteban
Dely, Augustin
Dennard, George M.
Dennis, Signal
Dennis, William E.
Denny, Hilton 0.
Denson, Charley E.
Deristil, Laurenti!
Desir, Cadous
De Souza, Isaac H.
Devoe, William 0.
Dewberry, Archie T.
Dezormeau, Aspenard
Dickens, Van M.
Dickerson, Dempsey
Dingus, Hady
Diogene, Levasseur
Dirlam, Roscoe V.
Dodgens, Raymond S.
Dominguez, Eliseo Sanchez
Dominguez, Lorenza Martinez
Donahue, Aubrey W.
Curtis, Ear 1 L.
Curtis, Homer N.
Curtis, Wilburn J.
Cuzmenco, Vladimir
Daley, Charles A.
Dames, Cleveland W.
Daugherty, Jules E.
Daugherty, W. Delvin
David, Carl H.
David, Carmelo
Davis, Albert E.
Davis, Alva L.
Davis, Clarence R.
Davis, David H.
Davis, Elza 0.
Davis, H. Lee
Davis, Henry A.
Davis, James E.
Davis, Johnnie M.
Davis, Larey E.
Davis, Marvin
Davis, Raymond E. L.
Davis, Richard E.
Davis, Samuel I.
Davis, William B.
Daw, Walter Lee
Daxon, David
Donahue, V. Samuel
Dorcely, Austin
Dorvilier, Saide!
Dotson, William D.
Douglas, Charles M.
Douglas, Isaac
Douglas, Thomas J.
Dover, Charles R.
Drake, Howard E.
Drapeau, Tranquillus
Drew, Alfrado C.
Drew, George B.
Droze, Forest W.
Droze, Lewis N.
Duclair, Pascal
Dudding, 0. A.
Duke, Rowley Cornelius
Dumorey, Carmelean
Dunbar, Gilbert W.
Duncan, Milton S.
Duncan, Wade Lee
Dunford, Fred. R.
Duniphan, Sam T.
Dunn, Billy G.
DuPris, Edward R.
Durance, James W.
Durham, Johnnie A.
Durham, Odus
Durr, Charles W.
Dycus, Charles W.
Eagle, James Holding
Edgil, Thomas Jessie
Edmondson, Donald K.
Endecott, Donald L.
Engle, Ather F.
Enrique, Roberto Lam
Escue, Jessie H.
Eskew, Lexie B.
Esquivel, Teodoro Antonio
Esteban, Luis Aleman
&#4522099;tira, Pierre
Estrada, Fidel
Estrada, Vincente Ramirez
Etrata, Marcelino A.
Evans, C. T. Houston
Evans, Elmer W.
Edwards, Freddie M.
Edwards, Homer F.
Eichler, Joseph
Eliason, Allan M.
Elliott, Elmer W.
Ellis, Everett R.
Ellis, James 0.
Ellis, Stephen
Elmore, Loyd E.
Eloff, David

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Evans, Henry
Evans, William J.
Everett, James A. L.
Fanbert, Septimus
Farless, J. D.
Farmer, J. Glenn
Feltman, Raymond E.
Felts, &#4522098;bie H.
Ferguson, Cephas
Ferguson, Daniel
Ferguson, Herbert E.
Ferguson, James Randolph
Ferguson, James Russell
Ferguson, Laban J.
Ferguson, Orie J.
Ferguson, Pembroke E.
Ferguson, Philip D.
Ferguson, Thomas
Fe&#7471214;andez, Salvador C.
Ferreira, Segundo F.
Fidele, Nelcius
Fields, Arthur E.
Fils, Chery Dennean
Finch, Robert Lee
&#4587625;nlayson, Rufus
Finlayson, Rufus B., Jr.
Fisher, Fred S.
Fisher, Ramon Luna
Flecha, Rafael
Fleurantin, Paulin
Fleurisca, Andre
Flick, Harry R.
Flippo, George C.
Flores, Leocadia Lubices
Flores, Miguel Fuentes
Flores, Moises Vasguez
Flores, Rodolfo Casasola
Flowers, Allord S.
Flowers, Grady G.
Floyd, Cole B.
Forbes, Clyde W.
Forbes, Eustace T.
Ford, Alonzo J.
Ford, Charles H.
Ford, William T.
Fortenberry, Mqrtin F.
Foster, Cecil_ A. L.
Foster, Clarence F.
Foster, J. Roy
Foster, Olon A.
Foster, Robert J.
Fouts, Blair &#10092724;.
Fox, James E., Sr.
Fragoza, Moncerrate Rias
Fragoza, Ramon Rendon
Francis, Harold M.
Francis, Norman
Franco, Juan Antonio Ramos
Franks, Jesse
Frazier, Marvin L.
Frederickson, Marvin P.
Freeman, Ashby 0.
Freeman, Hubert E.
Fuchu, Federico
Fuentes, Eugenio Morena
Fulcher, Frank Edwin J.
Fulmer, Everett L.
Fulton, Rogers
Furber, Caroles C.
G., Jose Ma. Dominguez
Gabriel, Ulrick
Gaddis, J. C.
Gaddis, Millard E.
Gaddy, Willie
Gaites, Norwood A.
Gaither, Groves C.
Galaviz, Antonio
Gallardo, Andres Tejeda
Gama, Victor Liberato
Gandia, Mario
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.
Geneus, Rezius
Georges, Reginald C.
Gibbs, Joseph E.
Gibson, Bruce
Gibson, W. K.
Gibson, Wilbur A.
Gilileo, Carl D.
Gillenwater, Lawrence C.
Gillum, Perry E.
Giordoni, Emilio
Giraud, Ozias
Glass, Eddie J.
Goin, Cecil L.
Goins, Granville
Goins, Lloyd P.
Goins, Paul D.
Goins, Richard D.
Goins, Sylvester (Jimmie), Jr.
Goins, William L.
Gonzalez, Job Flores
Gonzalez, Senen
Gonzalez, William
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166 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Goodwin, Bennie F.
Gordon, Robert
Goss, Douglas A.
Goss, William G.
Graham, James Hardy
Graham, James W.
Graham, Newton
Graves, Oather B.
Gray, Edward A.
Gray, Johnnie
Gray, Willie
Greaves, Simeon G.
Green, Ben M.
Green, Charles S.
Green, Curtis
Green, Everett E.
Green, James H.
Green, Judge
Green, Walter 0.
Greenaway, William D.
Greene, Arthur
Grier, Earl T.
Griffin, Bl&#7667814;ord B.
Griffin, John H.
Griffith, Owen McD.
Grissom, David Z.
Grissom, G. C.
Grubbs, James C.
Guerrier, Louis J.
Guire, Clarence N.
Guire, Willard F.
Gumbs, Alfred W.
Gumbs, Dudley S.
Gumbs, George A.
Gunn, James G.
Gunn, Leslie Donald
Gunn, Rayford
Gunter, Simeon W.
Gustave, Joseph
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 0.
Hall, Jacob A.
Hall, James P.
Hall, Lee Earl
Hall, Martin T.
Hamby, Curtis D.
Hamilton, Vernon F.
Hamm, Leonard B.
Hammock, J. Thomas
Hammond, Oliver L.
Haney, Clifford A.
Hanks, Edward J.
Hardin, Thomas 0.
Hardy, Earl H.
Harper, Arnold F.
Harper, John
Harriett, William B.
Harris, Cletties
Harris, Floyd J.
Harris, George L.
Harris, Grady W.
Harris, Jack D.
Harris, Jack M.
Harris, William S.
Hartley, Melvin L.
Hartley, Prince A.
Hartman, Henry Edsel
Hartness, Tyrone
Harvey, Loyd J.
Hawkins, H. Lavell
Hayes, Ronald W.
Haywood, Floyd B.
Heacox, Robert P.
Headden, Raymond V.
Hebert, Henry J.
Heckert, William D.
Hehl, Robert W.
Hembree, Walter D.
Henderson, Neais G.
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 M., Pedro
Herrin, Robert Jose
Herron, George R.
Hersey, Gerald H.
Hidalgo, Gregorio de Jesus
Hill, Harms, H.
Hill, Wesley H.
Hobbs, Tony Earl
Hodge, James D.
Hodge, Joseph
Holden, Jesse S.
Holland, John C.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Holland John F.
Holland, Mack
Holland, Thomas E.
Holland, Walter, L.
Hollis, Willard A.
Holloway, Dewey E.
Holstein, Corbett D.
Holton, Ira R.
Homan, Clifford A.
Homer, Thomas A.
Hooker, Eugene R.
Horn, Lloyd V.
Horne, Albert B.
Horne, Clarence L.
Horner, Grady V.
Horton, William H., Jr.
Hoskins, Eddie M.
House, Joseph David
Howard, William A.
Howell, Roland E.
Howton, Lewis C.
Huff, Earl D.
Huff, Harold F.
Hughes, Alton J.
Hughes, David H,
Hughes, Howard E.
Hughes, Joseph J.
Hulett, Eschol
Humes, Emanuel I.
Humes, Samuel J.
Humphreys, Church G.
Humphreys, Ulysses G.
Hunt, Howard J.
Hunter, Brian J.
Hutch, Raymond, Jr.
Hutchens, Willie
Hutchinson, George V.
Hutchison, John W.
Hutchison, Robert 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
Irwin, Ear 1 L.
Isaacs, Donald M.
Isbell, Corbie C.
Isbell, James H.
Isma, Eristal
Ivins, Harvey J.
Jackman, Edgar
Jackson, Carson M.
Jackson, Charles M.
Jackson, Thomas
Jacques, Andre
James, B. Fredrick
James, Bennie F.
James, Ralph
Jarrett, Rashbert G.
Jean, Alcine
Jean, Pompilus
Jefferson, Monroe
Jeffrey, Nathaniel R.
Jenkins, Charley
Jenkins, Harvey E.
Jenkins, Jack 0.
Jennings, Theodore R.
Jernigan, Allen M.
Jernigan, Jesse W.
Jeune, Ramean
Johns, Edmon W.
Johns, Theodore
Johnson, Bill
Johnson, Clarence W.
Johnson, Claude S.
Johnson, Clovis A.
Johnson, F. F.
Johnson, Henry L.
Johnson, Hinton C.
Johnson, Jacobo
Johnson, J osclyn
Johnson, Laureston B.
Johnson, Luther 0.
Johnson, Milton
Johnson, N echoida L.
Johnson, Uhijah
Johnson, Virgil O.
Jones, Clarence E.
Jones, George L.
Jones, Grover C.
Jones, Harold L., Sr.
Jones, J. Thurmon
Jones, John Roy
Jones, Levi H.
Jones, Lewis J.
Jones, Luther C.
Jones, M. Corbie
Jones, Marceline N.
Jones, Melbern J.
Jones, Mikey C.
Jones, Oscar
Jones, Ray C.
Jones, William F.
Jordan, John
Jordan, Leslie S.
J osa, Cledon
Joseph, Cenatus
Joseph, Chery
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Joseph, Emmanuel
Joseph, Prudent
J osleyn, Ernest E.
Josleyn, William H.
Jovial, Jacob A.
Jubisson, Thermon&#6684777;ls
Judd, Emmett 0.
Judd, Henry M.
Judd, John M.
Katrissosis, Demetrios P.
Kay, John Lemuel
Keenan, Allan S.
Kell, Hershel Lee
Keller, Edgar C.
Kelley, Seaborn W.
Kelley, Wesley
Kelley, William H.
Kelly, Brazil
Kemp, Onnie M.
Kephart, E. Carmack
Keys, Charles T.
Kidd, Willie S., Jr.
Killingsworth, J. K.
Kimsey, Don
Kinard, John H.
Kinder, Raymond C.
King, Leslie
Kirby, Marshall D.
Kirk, Clyde &#5505128;omas
Klapp, Harold D.
Knight,Stedman
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, William L.
Lambert, Arthur H.
Lambert, Don W.
Lambert, Willie B.
Lance, Ralph W.
Lance, Wallace C.
Lanter, Charles C.
Laporte, Armand
Larson, Mervin N.
Larson, Verlin 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, Paul J.
Laws, Billy G.
Laxton, Arnold
Leach, Bobby H.
Leach, Burchell B.
Lecea C., Edilberto
Ledzema, Gilberto
Lee, Buster 0.
Lee, James E.
Lee, Wade C.
LeGrand, Ralph
Lemacks, Walter E.
Lester, Ralph L.
Lewellyn, William
Lewis, Bill B.
Lewis, Ernest E.
Lewis, Shadrach, Sr.
Leyva, Fortunato Munoz
Lilly, LeRoy H.
Linare, Leoncio Momblas
Lindner, Clifford C.
Litton, Wilce
Llaneza, George S.
Lloyd, George H.
Logan, James C.
Lolley, Dewie T.
Long, Melvin D.
Long, Orval R.
Longin, Septimus A.
Longmire, Buford C.
Lopez, Charles G.
Lopez, Jose Armando
Lopez, Pedro Ramos
Louis, Cedanor Pierre
Louis, Holdman Pierre
Louis, Jules Jean
Louis, Oldman Pierre
Lowe, J. Wendell
Lowe, Orman E.
Lowman J. Dudley
Lowman, W. Elroy
Loyed, Jim Oscar
Lubin, Augustin
Lucien, Paul
Lucien, Pierre
Lucien, Tderock
Lungberg, Ben H.
Lyle, Joseph E.
Lynn, Raymond A.
M., Oswaldo Alfonso
Madison, Bobby G.
Magaha,JosephA.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Mahaffy, Frederick P.
Maine, William E.
Majors, Frank H.
Majors, Robert Hermon
Makar, Andrew A.
Maldonado, Mariano
Malphrus, William W.
Mancil, Leon
Mandrusiak, Nick
Manes, Cecil W.
Manley, Marvin C.
Mannon, Oscar L.
Mannon, Tilford
Martinez, Marcelino
Marcellus, Fanor
Mar&#6488168;or,Jorge
Marlowe, Herbert L.
Marr, Frank
Marshall, Michael C., Sr.
Martin, Gladdus
Martin, Herbert D.
Martin, Herbert L.
Martin, Leonard J.
Martin, William L.
Massey, George H.
Massingale, William D.
Mathews, Gerald S.
Mathis, Bill
Matthews, D. Elwood
Matthews, Maxwell E.
Mattis, Stanley B.
Mauldin, Willie L.
Maynard, Cleophas G.
Mays, Clyde A.
Mays, Kyle
McBride, William B.
Mccarley, William R.
McClure, Kermet
McCormack, Lloyd L.
McCoy, Lige
McDaniel, Joseph R.
McDowell, Robert W.
McFall, Charles
McGee, George E.
McGill, Wilford
McIntosh, David A.
McIntyre, J. W.
Mciver, Floyd
McKemie, Willie W.
McKinney, Floyd R.
McKoy, Amos T.
McLish, Frederick A.
McMahan, W. L.
McMiHan, Odias
McNabb, Jeff D.
McNally, Russell R.
McNeely, Cecil C., Jr.
McNeill, George
Meade, Gatewood A.
Meador, Alton, Jr.
Meadow, Orman R.
Meadows, Donald E.
Medina, Angel
Medina, Juan Estrada
Medina, Julian Estrada
Medina, Martin
Medlin, George E.
Mejia, Cornelio Monzon
Melvin, Leonard W. A., Jr.
Menard, Emmanuel
Mendez, Antonio
Mendez, Aucencio Reyes
Mendez, Espectacion Mendez y
Mercer, Leslie L.
Merritt, Kenneth Ray
Messer, James H.
Mezidor, Sineus
Michel, Altimon
Michel, Surin
Michel, Theodore
Miles, Joseph B.
Millan ta, A. Joseph
Miller, Joseph J.
Miller, Wendell H.
Milliner, Arthur A.
Mincher. Jonathan W.
Minter, Bobby N.
Minter, Doyle F.
Missick, Hilton C.
Mixon, Roy D.
Mock, Levy C.
Moffatt, Frank M.
Monace, Jules
Moncrief, George T.
Monplaisir, Denoiis
Monroe, Charlie L.
Montague, David A.
Montero, Benigno Echibarria
Montgomery, F. Eugene
Montijo, Gabriel, Jr.
Moore, Alvin
Moore, Donald E.
Moore, Earl C.
Moore, Ralph D.
Moore, Robert H., Jr.
Moore, William L.
Morales, Telesforo
Moralez, Angel He&#7471214;andez
Moreland, Charles B.
Morgan, James L.
Morgan, W. Earl
Morrell, James C;
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Morrell, Melvin L.
Morris, James V.
Morris, James W.
Morris, Robert T.
Morris, Willie M.
Morrison, Aston R.
Morrison, John W.
Moss, James W.
Moss, Paul T.
Motes, Miles
Mounce, J. Eddie
Moya, Jose Zabaleta
Mulkey, Willis A.
Mullins, George
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
Musgrove, Earlie N.
Musial, Martin
Nacius, Fervius N.
Nagel, Arthur E.
Nagel, Frederick H.
Napoleon, Marcel Jean
Naughton, Orville V.
Navas, Juan Jose Rodriguez
Neal, Albert M.
Neal, Bert
Neal, Leonard M.
Neal, Quentin
Nels on, Destin
Nelson, Robert C.
Nembhard, J oscelyn A.
Nestor, Fenelon
Neumans, Clarence H.
New, Paul S.
Newbold, Zach J.
N ewdiger, Oscar
Newkirt, John C.
Newport, David E.
Nicolas, Nelzil
Niles, John F.
Nixon, Ernest C.
Noe, Pearl B.
Noe, R. Eugene
Normon, Thomas M.
North, Reed M.
Norton, Thomas D.
Notice, St. Remy
Nunnery, William R.
O'Dell, David W.
Offe, Donald E.
Oller, Marvin B.
Olmstead, Guy 0.
O'Neal, Richard C.
Oppert, Lawrence R.
Ortega M., Germain A.
Ortega M., Javier
Ortiz, Hector
Ortiz, Miguel A.
Orvilus, Anastal
Osborne, L. C.
Osbourne, John W.
Ostby, Raymond H.
Overstreet, Judson E.
Owen, J. Leon
Owens, Odell L.
Padilla, Edward
Pagan, Teodroa Figueroa
Page, Alton M.
Parker, Allard
Parker, Brown D.
Parker, Chester L.
Parker, Elbert L.
Parker, George
Parker, Harold W.
Parker, J. M.
Parr, Alston E ..
Parton, William V.
Passmore, Wilmon R.
Patrick, John Bain
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.
Pendergrass, Joseph C.
Penn, Joseph B.
Pennant, Ferdinand
Pennel, George
Pense, Vernon
Pentecost, Charles T.
Pentecost, James D.
Perdomo, Pablo Pavon
Perez, Dionicio
Perez, Joe C.
Perez, Juan Cortez

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Perez, Roberto Vivas
Perez, Urbano Diaz
Perkins, Andrew
Perry, Robert P.
Peters, Norris J.
Peters, William E.
Peterson, Charles R.
Petty, H. T.
Pettyjohn, Woodrow W.
Phelps, Carl A.
Philippe, Mauralu
Philippe, Philockes
Phillip, Joseph E.
Phillips, J. Frank
Phillips, Ralph R.
Picard, Armand
Pierre, Lexius
Pierre, Michel
Pierre-Louis, Yoassena
Pillado, Eduardo V.
Pimentel, Nestor Cadenas
Pino, Jose Hernandez
Pittman, Horace
Pittman, Leonard J.
Pitts, John B.
Pitts, Ralph W.
Pless, Perry J.
Plumley, Bernie, Jr.
Plummer, Everett L.
Poinson, Antonio
Polete, Herman E.
Pollard, L. Lewis
Ponce, Edilberto Zagal
Pope, Arthur C.
Pope, Willie Dee
Porter, Leslie E.
Porter, Monte V.
Porter, William R.
Powell, B. H.
Powell, James 0.
Powell, John C.
Powell, Leland Leo
Powell, Thadis M.
Powers, Raymond L.
Pratt, Emanuel
Pratt, R. V. Lee
Preston, Daniel D.
Preston, Johnnie H.
Prewitt, Billy R.
Price, Arthur L.
Price, Harrison E.
Price, Harry W.
Priest, Herbert H.
Prince, Joseph C.
Prince, Roy M.
Pruitt, Jack R.
Pruitt, Robert J.
Pulido, Martiniano Cuebas
Pursell, Henry
Purvis, Samuel S.
Puryear, Cecil H.
Pyburn, Leslie E.
Quick, William Alonzo
Quintera, Raul Arrollo
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.
Ramirez A., Lino
Ramos, Jose
Ramos, Victor R.
Rampey, Ted
Ramsey, Francis M.
Ratcliff, Douthat F.
Ray, Leon N.
Reece, Leonard
Reed, Harold D.
Reed, Jake M.
Rego, Juan
Reid, David J.
Reid, Hezekiah
Reid, Marshall T.
Rej ouis, Wilson
Rener, George C.
Renew, John L.
Renfrow, Logan
Renteria, Enrique Medina
Reyes, Ernesto C.
Reyes, Jose Trejo
Reynolds, Arnold F.
Reynolds, C. F.
Reynolds, James H.
Reynolds, Robert J.
Rhoads, 0. Burk
Rich, David D.
Richard, Carius
Richard, Theogane
Richards, Cecil
Richardson, Basil W.
Richerson, Joe
Rick, Carl M.
Rickard, Joe A.
Ricks, James R.
Ridlespurge, Wesley
Riggs, Billy M.
171

172 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Riggs, Charley E.
Rios, Ruben Arcos
Risner, C. W.
Rivenbark, Bailey
Rivera, Elias Lopez
Roach, Obadiah
Roberts, Estes M.
Roberts, John E.
Roberts, Richard M.
Roberts, Virgil L.
Robertson, Stanford
Robinson, Alfred
Robinson, Guy T.
Robinson, Jack
Robinson, Otto
Robinson, Otto, Jr.
Rochester, Rupert S.
Roddy, B. Douglas
Rodriguez, Joe A.
Rodriguez, Pedro Moreno
Roe, Tannie T.
Rogers, Charles L.
Rogers, David W.
Rolle, Gordon W.
Rolle, Harry W.
Rolle, Hartman L.
Rolle, Samuel J.
Rolle, Timothy
Romanowski, Otto
Romilus, Oxygene
Rosario, Jose Fco. Rosario
Rosier, Exancer
Ross, Edgar E.
Rowsey, Leslie A.
Royster, &#5505128;omas
Ruff, Bergan C.
Ruff, Paul E.
Russell, Charles W.
Rutherford, Arvol A.
Rymer, Norwell L.
Rymer, S. Reuben
Sabo, Georg
Sadler, George W.
Sadler, Harold D.
Saint Cyr, Hercule
Saint Vil, Sainvilus
Sakelaris, Peter J.
Salazar, Auerlio R.
Salcedo, Confesor
Salmon, Willie L.
Sample, T. Franklin
Samuels, Joseph L.
Samuels, Lloyd W.
Sanders, Sanford S.
Sandoval, Roberto Ernesto
Sands, John M.
Sanner, G. A.
Santiago, Luis
Sapp, Robert C.
Satter&#6684777;eld, Curry
Satter&#6684777;eld, Harley B.
Saucier, Arthur Joseph
Saunders, Randolph
Schneider, Leon
Scoggins, William H.
Scott, Alfred K.
Scott, Cecil
Scott, Henry E.
Scott, Lawrence D.
Scotton, Charles M.
Scotton, H. Frank
Scotton, Lee Roy
Scotton, Marvin T.
Scotton, Willie T.
Scroggins, William.E.
Sedwick, B. F.
Sedwick, Dale F.
Segura, Matilde Hernandes
Senat, Felix
Seratt, Otis A.
Settle, Roy C.
Shaffer, Daryl L.
Shaw, Stanford
Sheely, Floyd E.
Shelton, Dallas J.
Shelton, Elijah
Shelton, George R.
Shepard, Willie M.
Shepherd, L. D. Verrow
Sherriff, Edward R.
Shiakallis, Christos C.
Shinn, Alva H.
Shipley, Claude A.
Shipley, James Arthur
Sholar, Gene A.
Shook, Robert E.
Shroyer,PleonardG.
Sidebottom, Warner F.
Sides, Verni! H.
Silencieux, Joseph
Siler, Billy J.
Siley, Fritz Albert
Simeon, Dieudonne
Simmons, Errol J.
Simpson, C. S.
Simpson, John Paul
Sincerise, Sincima
Singleton, Joe
Skipper, Horace M.
Slatton, D. Karl E.
Sloan, J. Y.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Sluder, Charlie
Smith, Bobby R.
Smith, Cedric
Smith, Clarence G.
Smith, D. Eugene
Smith, Dan
Smith, Fritz Roy 0.
Smith, Frank W.
Smith, Gilbert L.
Smith, H. E., Jr.
Smith, H. Jackson
Smith, Howard L.
Smith, James
Smith, Jesse C.
Smith, Marvin M.
Smith, Oswald David
Smith, Robert F.
Smith, Sam Allen
Smith, Sam L.
Smith, Sandy
Smith, W.A.
Smith, Walter S.
Smith, William N.
Smith, William R.
Snodgrass, Kenneth R.
Snow, Bobby R.
Snow, Hobert Lee
Snyder, Clarence S.
Sorrel, Anylus
Soria, Santiago Soria
Soto, Antonio Ledezma
Sowell, Lewis Frank
Spears, James A.
Speed, Steve D.
Speed, Thomas S.
Speirs, John Paterson
Spence, Joseph J.
Spencer, Charlie D.
Spencer, Scott A.
Spurling, Delmar L.
Spurlock, J. Leslie
Spurlock, Virgil Ray
Stacy, M. Lawson
Stanley, Charles W.
Stanley, Mosko R.
Stephens, Edward D.
Stephens, W. Walter
Stephenson, Wadie Lee
Stevens, Adolpho
Stevens, Alfredo
Stevens, John L.
Stewart; Carl H.
Stiles, William B.
Stockdale, James M.
Stone, Dallas R.
Stone, Elby Ray
Stone, Julian L.
Stonell, John Willie
Strachan, Joel I.
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.
Swaggerty, Samuel C.
Swann, Joseph M.
Sweat, Charles, Jr.
Sweat, James W.
Sweeney, William 0.
Switzer, Wilbur
Sykes, James T.
Sykes, Virgil J.
Syllia, Alcin
Symonds, Frederick R.
Talbott, Charles R.
Tanner, Ewing E.
Tarin, Pablo G.
Tasker, Venard
Taylor, Clarence W.
Taylor, Earl F.
Taylor, Gilbert C.
Taylor, Hiram M.
Taylor, J. W.
Taylor, Mager M.
Taylor, Nathaniel
Taylor, Windell L.
Tellado, Domingo Ramos
Tellez, Guillermo Nunez
Thabor, Raphael Benigue
Thebaud, Paul
Thedor, Kurry
Therrell, James C.
Thomas, Egbert A.
Thomas, Henry
Thompson, Arthur F.
Thompson, Hiram R.
Thompson, Joseph D.
Thompson, Luther M.
Thompson, Warren F.
Thorn, Cecil C.
Thorn, Wayne
Thornhill, Arthur M,.
Thurston, Floyd
173

174 MINUT&#4522067; OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Thurston, Sam
Tij era, Ulises
Tilias, Clervius
Tilias, Tilien
Tillman, Raymond V.
Tillman, Thomas
Tipton, Bernie
Tittsworth, C. Allen
Tobin, Clarence R.
Tolbert, Johnny R.
Torres, Jose Garcia
Toussaint, Isaiah E.
Toussaint, Leon
Townsend, Lonnie
Tra&#6684835;canto, Frank J.
Trammell, James C.
Trevino, Frank R.
Trogdon, Barney, Jr.
Tucker, Arthema
Tucker, Halbert A.
Tucker, Lee Earnest
Turner, Charles W.
Turner, Garland L.
Turner, James D.
Turner, Linford A.
Tu&#7471214;er, Willie L.
Tyler, Ray Charles
Ulansky, Matthew
Upole, Charles C.
Uris, Melchor Agundez
Urseth, Loren H.
V ., Maximiliano Castaneda
V., Sotero Gomez
Valenzuela R., Isabel
Valenzuela, Jose Regalado
Vandever, Wesley
Vanover, Morton Y.
Vargas P., Felipe
Varnadore, Homer G.
Vaughn, Robert J.
Velasquez, Benito Ramirez
Velazquez, Anacleto
Velez, Estanislao Torres
Vil, Faustin
Vilcin, Olinma
Villard, Voltair
Vinson, Floyd S.
Vinson, R. Hardy
Volmar, Paulemont
Waddell, Sidney P.
Wadlington, David B.
Wake&#6684777;eld, J. Leon
Wakeman, George H.
Wakeman, John M.
Waldron, Harvey
Walker, Charles T.
Walker, Elmer G.
Walker, Frederick U.
Wallace, Carl A.
Wallace, Raymond
Wallace, S. Raeford
Wallen, Kemp W.
Waller, Melvin
Walpole, Joseph R.
Walraven, Wallace
Walters, Henry L.
Washburn, Fred E.
Washington, H; Frank
Watson, James C.
Watts, Grayer H.
Waugh, Robert L.
Weatherford, Jadean
Weathers, Joseph T.
Weathers, Joseph T., Jr.
Webb, Francis J.
Webb, Samuel E.
Webbe, James N.
Welch, Bobby G.
Welch, D. L.
Weldon, Andrew J.
Weldon, William W.
Wells, Ralph V.
Wentz, James H.
West, Furman F.
West, John Henry
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.
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.
Willing, Lindsay T.
Willingham, Wallace· E.

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Willis, Clifford
Willis, J. Lee
Wilson, Arthur L.
Wilson, Charles E.
Wilson, Elson G.
Wilson, M. Alva
Wimpy, Dewey C.
Winchester, Charles C., Jr.
Winkles, Albert L.
Witter, Easton M.
Wix, Richard 0.
Wolf gong, Lester J.
Wood, John C.
Wright, Omer B.
Wright, Posey J.
Wright, Robert W.
Wynn, Ray C.
Yager, James A.
Yarborough, Ingram M.
Yardley, Jonnie L.
Yoder, Eli
Yohn, George Edward
York, Nathan
Young, David E.
Zabaleta, Alberto Ortiz
Zamor, Laheus
Zidor, Josa
Zidor, Pierre
Zornes, Richard L.
FEMALE EVANGELISTS
Ables, 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 0.
Alderete, Mrs. Sue K.
Allaway, Mrs. Lillian M.
Allen, Miss E. Lucile
Allen, Miss Frances
Allen, Mrs. Josephine A.
Allen, Mrs. Odessa L.
Allen, Mrs. Odessa Mae
Allen, Mrs. Silla
Amaya, Miss Clara Dias
Ammons, Mrs. Dorothy C.
Anderson, Miss Julia M.
Anderson, Mrs. Thelma C.
Andrews, Mrs. Esther A.
Aprazin, Miss Cecile
Aranda, Mrs. Armanda de
Arnold, Mrs. Olena F.
Aschbacher, Mrs. Mayme L.
Ashley, Mrs. Iva Jae
Aucoin, Mrs. Lillian D.
Axland, Mrs. Violet R.
Ayers, Mrs. Florence A.
Bailes, Mrs. Rosa A.
Bailey, Mrs. Rubie 0.
Bain, Mrs. Idella
Baker, Mrs. E. Marie
Baker, Mrs. Mary Lou
Baldozier, Mrs. Mildred M.
Baldwin, Mrs. Alice
Banister, Mrs. Meddie P.
Barker, Miss Evelyn R.
Barker, Mrs. Grace E.
Barnett, Mrs. Johnnie Kate
Barnett, Mrs. Lorena
Barrett, Mrs. Jenna Lee
Barrett, Mrs. Pearlene A.
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
Beers, Mrs. Goldie G.
Bell, Mrs. Lillian M.
Bell, Mrs. Yvonia J.
Bellis, Mrs. Margel J.
Belt, Mrs. Evia Jane
Benedyk, Mrs. G. Imogene
Bennett, Mrs. Mildred C.
Best, Mrs. Gertrude
Bethel, Mrs. Evelyn
Betterson, Mrs. Emma Lee
Bird, Mrs. Gwynneth F.
Bivens, Mrs. Wilma P.
Blackerby, Mrs. Ida S.
Blanchard, Mrs. Mary A.
Blanscet, Mrs. Viola
Blyden, Miss Alice E.
Bogle, Mrs. Iris
Bohannon, Mrs. Alga
Bolton, Mrs. Lillian
Boone, Mrs. Allene L.
Bosler, Mrs. Dorra Helen
Bougle, Mrs. Emeline A.
Bounds, Mrs. E,. Pauline
175

176 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Bowden, Mrs. Euna
Bowerman, Mrs. &#3014824;lathia V.
Boyer, Mrs. Denis
Boyles, Miss Willard H.
Brackett, Mrs. Damie M.
Brackett, Mrs. Elsie L.
Bradburn, Mrs. Alice E.
Bradford, Mrs. Elizabeth
Bradley, Mrs. V. Irene
Bradshaw, Miss F. Avonelle
Bradshaw, Mrs. Louie V.
Briles, Mrs. Carlyn E.
Britt, Mrs. Lora M.
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. Doris May
Brown, Mrs. Enid E.
Brown, Mrs. Joyce M.
Brown, Mrs. Kathryn
Brown, Mrs. Laura Francis
Brown, Mrs. Leatha L.
Brown, Mrs. Lela
Brown, Miss Linette
Brown, Miss Marion M.
Brown, Mrs. Ruby 0.
Brown, Mrs. So&#6684777;ra V.
Browne, Mrs. Ermyntrude
Brumley, Mrs. Estrianna
Bryan, Mrs. Cynthia M.
Buchannon, Mrs. Miriam S.
Buckhalter, Mrs. Emma L.
Buie, Mrs. M. Kate
Burchett, Mrs. Leona
Burruss, Mrs. Carrie B.
Burt, Mrs. Marie
Burton, Mrs. Dorothy L.
Butler, Mrs. Estelle L.
Butler, Miss Geraldine M.
Butler, Mrs. Gladys E.
Butter&#6684777;eld, Mrs. Aurelia B.
Butts, Mrs. Louise
By&#6684777;eld, Miss Mandeleto 0.
Cabler, Mrs. Lessie
Cabrera, Mrs. Rosa Capellano de
Caffieri, Miss Herminia
Caldwell, Mrs. Adelle Mae
Callahan, Mrs. Polly G.
Camden, Mrs. Pearl
Cameron, Miss EthelM.
Camink, Miss Verda
Camp, Mrs. Mae Ellen
Campbell, Mrs. Vera Nell
Carbajal, Mrs. Celinda
Sandoval de
Carden, Mrs. Pauline 0.
Carroll, Mrs. Nettie R.
Carter, Mrs. Artiller
Carter, Mrs. Burtha Mae
Carter, Mrs. Mertella C.
Ca:rver, Mrs. Eva
Cason, Mrs&#3014700; Mamie
Cates, Mrs. Pearl
Caudill, Mrs. Eileen
Chain, Mrs. Elizabeth R.
Chapman, Mrs. Gladys
Childers, Mrs. Gladys
Clark, Mrs. Bertha
Clark, Mrs. Geneva B.
Clark, Mrs. Mamie Lou
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
Connor, Mrs. Elvira M.
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
Corn, Mrs. Linda C.
Corniff e, Miss Lureen M.
Costas, Mrs. Jenny P.
Couch, Mrs. Mary E.
Covey, Mrs. Golda E.
Cowart, Mrs. Mary Lou
Cowger, Mrs. Georgia D.
Cox, Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Cox, Mrs. Mary
Craver, Mrs. Bernice I.
Craver, Mrs. Era Bee
Crenshaw, Miss Mina Mae
Crenshaw, Mrs. Nell M.
Criswell, Mrs. Audrey C.
Crook, Mrs. C. Adelle
Crooks, Mrs. Inah
Culbertson, Mrs. Beulah

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Culmer, Mrs. Rosanna
Cupit, Mrs. Mable
Cureton, Mrs. Carrie
Currithers, Miss Louise A.
Curry, Mrs. Elsie
Curry, Mrs. Lois
Curtis, Mrs. Delores G.
Curtis,_Mrs. Letha
Curtis, Mrs. Verlee
Dailey, Miss Mary Lee
Daly, Miss Centilia G. E.
Danzy, Miss Mollie B.
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. Ludie
Davis, Mrs. Nannie
Davis, Mrs. Rachel E.
Davis, Mrs. Sarah
Daxon, Mrs. Ophelia E.
Deadrick, Mrs. Dorothy
Dean, Mrs. Catherine M.
Dean, Mrs. Ivis G.
Decker, Mrs. Maxine
de Henry, Mrs. Marjorie 0.
Matthew
Delancy, Mrs. F. Corene
Dely, Miss Mezina
de Mendoza, Mrs. Guadalupe C.
Denegal, Mrs. Mary
de Rogue, Mrs. Amanda Leal
Linda
Derryberry, Miss Eunice
Deveaux, Mrs. Tereseta
Dickey, Mrs. Lois M.
Dingler, Mrs. Gertrude M.
Dishman, Mrs. Leva
Dison, Miss Mabel
Dorsett, Mrs. Cora L.
Douglas, Mrs. Ella Mae
Douglas, Mrs. L. Christine
Douglas, Mrs. Mabel J.
Dover, Miss Olivene
Drew, Miss Loretta F.
Dubique, &#5046386;s. Anesta
Duncan, Mrs. Rosa Lee
Dunn, Mrs. Evelyn M.
Duvall, 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
Eliason, Mrs. Harriet
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.
Estira, Mrs. Oremise
Evans, Mrs. L. Inez
Evans, Mrs. Marie
Ewashko, Mrs. Georgia E.
Ezell, Mrs. Ada L.
Faircloth, Mrs. D. Maxine
Farmer, Mrs. Veral
Ferguson, Mrs. Addie A.
Ferguson, Mrs. Flonnie
Ferguson, Mrs. Lillie E.
Ferguson, Mrs. Marrie E.
Ferguson,Mrs. MaryE.
Fernandez, Mrs. Otilia Ortezde
Ferro, Mrs. Maria 0. de
Field, Mrs. A. Elizabeth
Fields, Mrs. Pearl
Filer, Mrs. Naomi
Finch, Mrs. N. Evelyn
Fitchjarrell, Mrs. Mattie P.
Fitts, Mrs. Dessie F.
Fleming, Mrs. A. E. Bertie
Fleming, Miss Cynthia V.
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 B.
Foshee, &#5046386;s. K 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. Laverne
Freeman, Mrs. V. Marie
177

178 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Fritts, Mrs. Edna Mae
Fulcher, Mrs. Lillian A.
Fyne, Mrs. Sarah
Gafford, Miss Alma R.
Gardner, Mrs. Lillian E.
Gary, Mrs. K. Elizabeth
Gathers, Miss Opal A.
Gay, Mrs. Gladys M.
Gaylor, Miss Goldie B.
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.
Gillum, Mrs. M. Christine
Gilmer, Mrs. Dessie G.
Gilmore, Mrs. Eva L.
Giordain, Mrs. Brigitte
Gladney, Mrs. Clemmie P.
Glass, Mrs. Nettie E.
Godfrey, Miss Doris L.
Gohn, Mrs. Jettie L.
Goin, Mrs. Mary M.
Goldsmith, Mrs. Martha
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 Bernice A.
Grant, Miss Vashti E.
Grant, Miss Zerepha A.
Granthan, Mrs. Stella
Grassi, Miss Ruby M.
Gray, Mrs. Christene B.
Green, Mrs. Helen M.
Green, Mrs. Julia E.
Green, Mrs. Marie
Groom, Mrs. Grace E.
Grubbs, Mrs. Lillian D.
Guest, Mrs. Ella G.
Guire, Mrs. Hazel G.
Guire, Mrs. Lois
Gunnels, Miss May E.
Gusman, Mrs. Maria R.
Hagan, Mrs. Elsie
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. Dolly L.
Hall, Mrs. Luicta 0.
Hall, Mrs. Madlin E.
Hall, Mrs. Olive F.
Hall, Mrs. Sadie Mae
Halpain, Mrs. Shirley L.
Hamilton, Miss Thomazina
Hamm, Mrs. Mary Lois
Hampton, Mrs. Estella Cheek
Hampton, Mrs. Mary Lou
Hancock, Mrs. Nellie Rae
Hand&#6684777;eld, Mrs. Ethel R.
Hand&#6684777;eld, Mrs. Josephine
Haney, Mrs. Ionee L.
Hanna, Mrs. Gertrude E.
Hansel, Mrs. D. Geneva
Hardin, Mrs. Dora Maye
Hardin, Mrs. Sylvia
Hardy, Mrs. Betty Ruth
Harmon, Mrs. Alice P.
Harper, Mrs. Marj&#7274610;ie G.
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, Miss Sharon K.
Hawkins, Mrs. Shirley E.
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. Maud
Henshaw, Mrs. Flora N.
Henson, Mrs. Patricia A.
·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
Higdon, Mrs. Grace
Higgins, Mrs. Ketureh
Hill, Mrs. Eva
Hill, Mrs. Fannie Mae

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Hill, Mrs. Helen W.
Hill, &#5046386;s. Orpha
Hill, Mrs. Princie Ella
Hindman, Mrs. Gladys G.
Hodge, Mrs. Elvira R. L.
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
Ho&#7471214;e, Miss Etta Jean
Horton, Mrs. Evadna H.
House, Mrs. Ruth M.
Howard, Mrs. Elva
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, Mrs. Carrie Mae
Humphreys, Mrs. Ollie V.
Hunt, Mrs. Mary Ellen
Hunter, Mrs. Letitia
Huskins, Mrs. Rosie L.
Ible, Mrs. Arabella
Ien, Mrs. Dorothy
Ingram, Mrs. Maude C.
Ivins, Mrs. Bertha
Jackson, Mrs. Jannie
Jackson, Mrs. Sula
Jackson, Mrs. Willa
Jacobs, Mrs. Beulah
Jacobs, Mrs. Clarice D.
Jacobson, Mrs. Agnes F.
Janes, Mrs. Blanche May
Jarrard, Mrs. Eula S.
Jarrett, Mrs. Sylvia J.
Jenkins, Mrs. Etta Mae
Jennings, Mrs. F. Ursula
Jennings, Mrs. Fallie
Jernigan, Mrs. M. Jewel
Jeune, Mrs. Maxtinell
Jimenez; Mrs. Maria Concepcion
John, Mrs. Sarah P.
Johns, Mrs. Flora A.
Johnson, Mrs. Euna V.
Johnson, Mrs. Florence M.
Johnson, Mrs. Geneva M.
Johnson, Mrs. Gwendolyn V.
Johnson, Mrs. Laura M.
Johnson, Mrs. Maria J. 0. de
Johnson, Mrs. Mary Lou
Johnson, Mrs. Mirtella
Johnson, Mrs. Nannie Lou
Johnson, Mrs. Sarah E.
Jones, Mrs. A. Irene
Jones, Mrs. Anna Bell
Jones, Mrs. Clara Mae
Jones, Mrs. Frances L.
Jones, Mrs. Hannah
Jones, Mrs. Lizzie M.
Jones, Mrs. Mildred F.
Jones, Mrs. Princess C.
Jones, Mrs. Treava
Jones, Mrs. Wilma K.
Jordan, Mrs. Jennie L.
Jordan, Mrs. Lena Mae
Jordan, Mrs. M. Geneva
Jose, Mrs. Frieda K.
Joyce, Mrs. Victoria
Jubisson, Mrs. Thermon&#6684777;ls
Keeling, Mrs. Mary
Kelley, Mrs. Pearlie
Kelly, Mrs. Anabel H.
Kestler, Miss Thelma B.
Key, Mrs. Pauline
Kinard, Mrs. Myrtle
King, Mrs. Lucy
King, Mrs. Mary M.
Knight, Miss Margaret
Knowles, Mrs. Albertha
Ladoo, Mrs. Mariana J.
Lake, Miss Edna E.
Lambert, Mrs. Mildred A.
Lance, Mrs. Daisy D.
Lance, Mrs. T. Lois
Lane, Mrs. Maisie Orleta
Lang, Mrs. Clara M.
Lanter, Mrs. Ann Louise
Lavender, Mrs. Bobbie Lee
Lawrence, Mrs. Malvina
Lawrence, Mrs. Hattie B.
Lawrence, Mrs. Thelma
Lawson, Miss Ruth H.
Lawton, Mrs. Jeanette W.
Lay, Mrs. Ina A.
Lazenby, Mrs. Ellen
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.
179

180 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Lewin, Mrs. Amy Elizabeth
Lewis, Mrs. Essie B.
Lightener, Mrs. Ivy Norvella
Linam, Mrs. Ollie
Linderman, Mrs. Mae
Linkous, Mrs. Loula L.
Linville, Mrs. Cleo
Lobban, Mrs. Daisy Maye
Logsdon, Mrs. Mae
Lolley, Mrs. Bessie Lee
Long, Mrs. Veneda T.
Louk, Mrs. Anna
Love, Mrs. Anna Lois
Love, Mrs. Betty Lou
Lovell, Miss Jimmye E.
Lovill, Mrs. Katherine L.
Lowe, Mrs. Lela
Lowman, Mrs. Buna
Lucas, Mrs. Annie Bell
Luck, Mrs. Rettie E.
Lunn, Mrs. Susan
Luster, Mrs. Julia
Mabe, Mrs. H. Romaine
Maddox, Miss Annie Maria
Mahaffey, Mrs. Minnie B.
Mallory, Mrs. Clemencia J.
Maney,Mrs.SavannahG.
Manning, Mrs. Norman L.
March, Mrs. Princess A.
Marique, Mrs.Mary
Martin, Mrs. Fannie L.
Martin, Mrs. Maude
Martinez, Miss M. Eusebia
Martinez, Mrs. Sofia Padilla de
Massey, Mrs. Rose Ella
Mather, Miss Thelma L.
Max&#6684777;eld, Mrs. Mamie M.
May, Mrs. Verdie
May&#6684777;eld, Mrs. Dovie Maie
Mayhall, Mrs. Mary P.
Mays, Mrs. Nannie Ruth
McAdoo, Mrs. Rosa L.
McBride, Mrs. Luner B.
McCalla, Miss Sarah
McCartney, Mrs. Willie M.
McDaniel, Mrs. Macy
McDowell, Mrs. M. Gertrude
McGehee, Mrs. Missie M.
McGinnis, Mrs. Amanda E.
McGlothlin, Mrs. Onaway
McGreger, Mrs. Leona
Mc!ver, Mrs. Minnie
McKay, Miss Louise
McLarine, Mrs. Louise
McLaughlin, Mrs. Lottie
McLean, Mrs. Avis
McLean, Mrs. Julia
McLean, Mrs. Rosetta May
McLeod, Mrs. Maria B.
McNeill, Mrs. Ethel L.
McN eill, Mrs. Lucile
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.
Miner, Mrs. Iva
Minter, Miss Beverly Ann
Miracle, Mrs. Beulah E.
Miskelly, Mrs. Hallie C.
Mitchell, Mrs. Miriam M.
Mixon, Mrs. Dorotha V.
Molina, Mrs. Iva Isabel
Monroe,Mrs.ClaraB.
Montgomery, Mrs. Mary
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
Morrison, Miss Lurline R.
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, 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
Nichols, Mrs. Ethel L.
Nichols, Mrs. LaVera

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY 181
Nichols, Mrs. Merline G.
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.
Ogletree, Mrs. Joy Mae
Oldham, Mrs. Della Mai
Olson, Mrs. Nora L.
Oneal, Mrs. Ozell
Ottley, Mrs. Regina King
Oudkerk, Mrs. D. Lillian
Overstreet, Mrs. Laura
Owens, Mrs. Villor
Paden, Mrs. Muriel L.
Padgett, Mrs. Pearline
Palmer, Miss Eva Mae
Palmore, Mrs. Jersey Bell
Paquinett, Miss Josie B.
Parton, Mrs. Bettye June
Paschall, Mrs. Susie
Pate, Mrs. Faith Ellen
Patton, Mrs. Abigail J.
Paul, Mrs. Salome A.
Payne, Mrs. Mamie E.
Payne, Mrs. Velma L.
Peat, Mrs. Willy
Peavy, Mrs. Katharine I.
Pentecost, Mrs. Helen L.
Perez, Mrs. Belen C.
Perez, Mrs. Paz de
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
Platt, Mrs. Annie
Polete, Mrs. Margaret F.
Polk, Mrs. Emma
Pollard, Mrs. Vera A.
Poole, Mrs. Maggieleen
Pope, Mrs. Margaret Mae
Porter, Mrs. Lillie Mae
Possinger, Mrs. Helen M.
Potter, Mrs. Alice E.
Potts, Mrs. Vadie
Powell, Mrs. Clarice E.
Powell, Mrs. Madge
Powers, Mrs. Woody K.
Pratt, Mrs. Ellen
Pratt, Mrs. Rebecca
Pressgrove, Mrs. Martha Mae
Pressley, Mrs. Rebecca
Price, Mrs. Alma J.
Price, Mrs. Freda
Price, Mrs. Martha
Priest, Mrs. Edna L.
Pritchard, Mrs. Rita M.
Pruitt, Mrs. Ella M.
Pulliam, Mrs. Mamie
Pyles, Mrs. Jessie M.
Qualls, Mrs. Dicie E.
Quarles, Mrs. Doris
Qui, Mrs. Doris J.
Rallings, Mrs. Edna B.
Ramirez, Mrs. Trinidad H. de
Rampley, Mrs. Ila L.
Randall, Mrs. Cora L.
Randall, Miss Laura Allene
Randolph, Mrs. Nola K.
Ratcliffe, Mrs. Margaret E.
Rauch, Miss Nettie L.
Ray, Mrs. Eva
Reed, Mrs. Edna E.
Reece, Mrs. Sarah J.
Reese, Mrs. Vera
Reid, Mrs. Luvenia
Reid, Mrs. Myrtis
Rejouis, Mrs. Wilson
Rhorer, Mrs. Laura E.
Rice, Mrs. Hattie E.
Rider, Mrs. Verda
Riggs, Mrs. Alma Lorene
Rivers, Mrs. Nettie L.
Roach, Mrs. Ruth
Roberts, Mrs. Mysterious D.
Robertson, Miss Anna Louise
Robertson, Mrs. Thelma Louise
Robinson, Mrs. Esmada
Robinson, Mrs. Georgetta
Robinson, Miss Hazel C.
Robles, Mrs. Petra C.
Rochester, Mrs. Freda I.
Rodney, Mrs. Vera Pearl
Rodriguez, Mrs. Josefa R.
Rodriguez, Mrs. Zelma M.
Rogers, Miss Verna Joyce
Rolle, Miss Doris
Romer, Mrs. Margaret
Romero, Miss Enedina Lascurain
Roop, Mrs. Mary S.
Rosales, Mrs. Delia Corina de
Rose, Mrs. A. Dorthalene
Ruano, Mrs. Micaela Lorini

182 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
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
Sanderson, Mrs. Chloe M.
Schaad, Mrs. Lessie
Schmuck, Miss Elizabeth M.
Schneider, Miss Alice M.
Scott, Mrs. Lina
Scott, Mrs. Martha J.
Scott, Mrs. Willie Mae
Scotton, Mrs. Lucy
Searcy, Mrs. Addie
Sedwick, Mrs. Emilee D.
Sesco, Mrs. Rebecca
Seymour, Mrs. Orelia
Shankle, Mrs. Lola Mae
Shaw, Mrs. Letitia
Shea, Miss Margaret A.
Shelor, Mrs. Alice M.
Shepherd, Mrs. Guida F.
Sheridan, Mrs. Gladys M.
Shewmaker, Mrs. Gerdia Mae
Shirley, Mrs. Gladys M.
Shreves, Mrs. Hazel P.
Shupe, Mrs. Bertha L.
Sigmon, Mrs. Mary E1len
Silencieux, Mrs. Joseph
Siler, Mrs. Marie
Simmons, Mrs. Elsie M.
Simmons, Mrs. Lougenia
Simmons, Mrs. Pauline
Simmons, Mrs. Rinda
Simmons, Mrs. Sunie E.
Simpson, Mrs. Ethel
Simpson, Mrs. Hattie G.
Skaggs, Mrs. Mary
Slater, Miss Violet A.
Slay, Mrs. Lela Ruth
Sliger, Miss Dean
Sloan, Mrs. Mary Lura
Smith, Mrs. Alice Clakly
Smith, Mrs. Anna Belle
Smith, Mrs. Anna Laura
Smith, Mrs. Autney L.
Smith, Miss Carolyn R.
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. Pauline 0.
Smith, Mrs. Rea D.
Smothers, Mrs. Ida Mai
Snow, Mrs. Lillian H.
Snyder, Mrs. Violet F.
Solomon, Mrs. Bessie Lee
Solomon, Mrs. M. Frances
Somerville, Mrs. Hazel
Sonntag, Mrs. Joan Mae
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
Stapleton, Mrs. Cynthia E.
Steed, Mrs. Bertha A.
Stephens, Mrs. Alida V.
Stephens, Miss Bessie S.
Stephens, Mrs. Ethel E.
Stephenson, Mrs. Annie G.
Stevens, Miss Bertha L.
Steward, Mrs. Delta Ray
Stewart, Mrs. Dora Lee
Stewart, Mrs. Fidelia
Stewart, Mrs. Glayds
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.
Sutton, Miss Minnie Lee
Sweeney, Mrs. Orene
Sylvain, Mrs. Trerese
Talley, Mrs. Rosa
Tarleton, Mrs. Lillie
Tate, Mrs. H. Adele

MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Taylor, Mrs. Blanche E.
Taylor, Mrs. Carrie
Taylor, Mrs. Dorothy
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
Terrell, Mrs. Louvenia
Tessnear, Mrs. Eunice Irene M.
Thigpen, Mrs. Sadie Mae
Thomas, Mrs. Maggie
Thomas,Mrs. Mary
Thomas, Mrs. Maude
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
Tillery, Mrs. Lila G.
Tillman, Miss M. Ernestine
Tillman, Mrs. Mary B.
Tinsley, Mrs. Edna S.
Todd, Mrs. Lillian 0.
Tolbert, Mrs. Nina B.
Trogdon, Mrs. Lolar P.
Troop, Mrs. MaryE.
Trump, Mrs. Thelma M.
Tucker, Mrs. Katie I.
Valentine, Mrs. Trudie
Vandergriff, Mrs. Mildred M.
Vanderhorst, Miss Emma
Vandever, Mrs. Oleta C.
Vanterpool, Mrs. Virginia A.
Varlock, Miss Rena Doloris
Vaughn, Mrs. Cordie Lee
Valesco, Mrs. Juana
Vicars, Mrs. Betty June
Vick, Mrs. Cora C.
Villard, Mrs. Voltair
Vivas, Mrs. Natividad Torres de
Volmar, Mrs. Phanie
Wade, Mrs. Rosilda E.
Waden, Mrs. Rosie
Wadley, Mrs. Myrtle A.
Waggett, Mrs. Betty J.
Wagner, Mrs. Maggie
Waldron, Mrs. Lettie L.
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. Mary Jane
White, Mrs. Zilphia
Whitehouse, Mrs. Katherine P.
Whitten, Miss W. Irene
Whyly, Mrs. Victoria E.
Whyte, Mrs. Petrona E.
Wilkerson, Mrs. Bonnie
Wilkerson, Mrs. Cassie J.
Williams, Mrs. Adelaide
Williams, Mrs. Annie Bell
Williams, Mrs. Audrey A.
Williams, Mrs. Bessie L.
Williams, Mrs. Ethel 0.
Williams, Mrs. Francena Hill
Williams, Mrs. Ivy Mae
Williams, Mrs. Jane
Williams, Mrs. Lizzie
Williams, Mrs. Mattie L.
Williams, Mrs. Mertilla
Williams, Mrs. Monteal D.
Williams, Mrs. Precious L.
Williams, Mrs. Virginia R.
Williamson, Mrs. Verbilene G.
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
Wolfgang, Mrs. E. Rose
Wood, Mrs.Florence G.
Wood, Mrs. Jewell
Woodard, Mrs. Eula
Woods, Mrs. Willean A.
183

184 MINUTES OF THE 54TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Wright, Mrs. Effie Nancy
Wright, Mrs. E. Marie
Wright, Mrs. Eliza
Wright, Mrs. Ella Mae
Wright, Mrs. Viola M.
Wyant, &#5046386;s. Effie
Wynns, Mrs. Esther A.
Yardley, Mrs. Cleola
Yates, Mrs. Edith N.
Yocum, Mrs. Ola A.
Young, Mrs. Bertha Lois
Young, Mrs. Daisy E.
Young, Mrs. Vallie I.
Zayas, Miss Belis Lopez

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