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PAGE TWELVE THE OLD PATHS ADVOCATE JANUARY, 1946
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Homer L. King, Gen. Del., Stockton, California,
Dec. 20.-The series of meetings with the brethren
at Ceres, closed after about 13 days of very in-
teresting meetings, with good crowds, without
visible results, but some seemed “almost per-
suaded.” The brethren reported the largest crowds
that had ever been in their meetings. The brethren
at Waterford and at Escalon are to be commended
for attending in a body regularly. It was a pleas-
ure to work with the brethren at Ceres, and we
learned to love them even better. The church
there is fortu-nate in having Brethren John L.
Reynolds and C. T. Springs, gospel preachers, as
residents of their community. They cooperated
nicely in the meetings. I am now with the faith-
ful few in Stockton in a two-weeks meeting, with
one restored to date. We are handicapped by the
rains, fog, aiid unusually cold weather for this
part. Too, there is considerable sickness in the
Lodi church, which has hindered their cooperation
but many have attended, and the little church at
Escalon has attended faithfully. We are looking
for some to obey the gospel, in spite of hindering
causes. Brother H. E. Robertson and family have
moved into Stockton, who will be much help and
encouragement. They plan to build a house of
worship in Stockton soon, which they need. I go
next to Waterford for at least a week of preach-
ing, after which we plan to work our way south
in the state, visiting a number of congregations,
enroute to El Centro for a singing school about
the middle of January, which will close our work
in Calif. for some time, as we plan to work in
Missouri, generally, in 1946. Pray for me.
TAKING YOU TO RECORD
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by one speaking at a time without the aid of any
modern invention. Bro. Worsham replied that he
could teach that many by relay. I thought at the
time that he had said something he had not prop-
erly weighed. Bro. Waters then submitted these
figures. If one speaker could reach 15,000 people
under average prairie acoustical conditions, each.
relay man would reach approximately 10,000 new
hearers. Thus, over one hundred days and nights
of continuous speaking would be required to de-
liver one thirty minute discourse to 50,000,000
people, with one speaker at the time, and the
service only about a third over! Many Lord’s
Days passed and the communion not reached yet!
But Bro. Worsham said he could do it! If one
speaker could reach 75,000 people with his voice’
so that thev could understand and consequently
each relay man reach 50,000 new hearers, it would
take abouL.21 days to put over the thirty minute
discourse to the 50,000,000 people. Think of an
audience twenty one days and nights without
food or sleep and the service only one third gone!
But Bro. Worsham said that he could do it! Wh.y
did not he or Wayne report these figures in their
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Bro. Waters frankly admitted that he could
not serve this many people with one cup and
Dleaded with Bro. Worsham to be man enough
speaker.. Then Bro. Waters offered the Scriptural
solution to their common problems. It would be
Scriptural to have as many bongregations as
needed to enable us to serve one congregation
with one cup and teach them with “one speaking
at the time.” This is Bro. Worsham’s only solu-
tion to the problem of Scripturally teaching such
a number, and the solution to his problem pro-
vides us our solution. Bro. Worsham neverlmade
any attempt to answer Bro. Waters on these
figures. We could all see that Bro. Worsham
talked when he should have figured a little first
and then kept quiet. The way these brethren
talk about big congregations one would think
they really had some large ones. Where are they,
brethren ?
Bro. Waters pressed Bro. Worsham contin-
ually for the Scripture that said anything about
“cups” in the communion and for a.Scripture
that showed where a congregation ever used more
than one container. Bro. Worsham finally came
out with the truth, saying that the Bible did not
mention a congregation anywhere using more
than one cup in the communion. To this Bro.
Waters replied, “It was a long trip from Cali-
fornia to McKinney for you, Bro. Worsham, just
to tell these brethren that you can not find it,
when you could have written it on a one cent
post card.” But neither Bro. Worsham nor Wayne
mentioned this in their reports.
It appears that Wayne and C. R. are dissatis-
fied with their efforts. My report has been mere-
ly a reply to their one sided and garbled report.
The last night of the debate I received.another
surprise. Being in the affirmative we were in
charge. Bro. Worsham came to Bro. Waters and
asked for permission to speak after Bro. Waters
had finished the last speech. Bro. Waters sent
him to me and I refused -him. He merely wanted
to tell the audience that he was leaving immedi-
ately after the debate. Bro. Worsham had already
spoken several times extra during the debate and
Bro. Waters had never spoken except during his
speeches. Futhermore I had refused several of
my own brethren the same privilege. If I clould
have seen where it was more important that the
audience know he was leaving than that any of
the twelve or fifteen other preachers were leav-
ing, we might have permitted him to speak on
our time. Bro. Worsham knows better than all
of this, and so do we, but I say through pity and
sympathy for such a fallen cause as their’s, “Per-
haps they needed more time to fix it up.”
Brethren, to the best of my knowledge I have
striven to take you to record this day..
HOUSETOPS
Night falls on many housetops in this town.
How long, I wonder, as I lay me down,
Since I have said, “I think of you with love,”
To those beneath them I am fondest of!
-Witter Bynner.
Ridicule is like a blow with the fist; wit like
the prick of a needle; irony like the sting of a
thorn; and humor the plaster which heals all these
nestly contend for the
faith which was once de-
livered unto the saints,”
BUILDING A CHRISTIAN H~ME
I believe that one of the most neglected things
in the world today is that of building Christian
homes. In the beginning God saw the need of a
home and established the first one-as a pattern
to be followed down through the ages. In Genesis
2:21-24 we read, “And the Lord God caused
a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and
he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh
instead thereof; and the rib which the Lord God
had taken from man made he a woman, and
brought her unto the man. And Adam said this
is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh; she.
shall be called woman, because she was taken out
of man. Therefae shall a man leave his father
and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife:
and they shall be one flesh”. Thus we note a
relationship between husband and wife that is
sublime-they are ONE flesh.
God’s decree was that this male and female
should become one, and thus establish a home
here on ’earth. The choosing of a mate, some
one to be one’s partner through life, is no small
thing. In Old Testament times the parents were
verycareful to see to it that their sons chose the
right kipd of companions. In the 24th chapter
of Gen. we see quite a lengthy search“made for a
wife for Isaac. The Jews were not to marry those
of another nation (Deut. 7:3-4). “For they will
turn away thy sons from following me, that they
may serve other gods.” This was many times
proven true, that when they would marry outside
of the Nation, they would drift away from
God. That same principle is true with us today.
We are a Nation (1 Pet. 2:9), and I believe that
God is just as much interested in us as He was
in Israel. ‘ This is shown in 1 Cor. 7:39, where he
says, “the woman is bound to her husband as
long as he liveth, but if the husband be dead, she
is at liberty to be married to whom she will;
ONLY IN THE LORD.”
These, and other like Scriptures, should be
carefully considered by every Christian boy and
girl, when they contemplate marriage. The only
way to have a Christian home is for those in the
home to be Christians, and a boy or a girl has a
poor chance of converting a sinner husband or
wife after they have married- them. The sinner
knows that the Christian is givlng undue ground
when they consent to marry them, and that weakens
their confidence in them as a Christian, and
To continue “speaking
the truth in love,”’“en-
deavoring to keep the
unity of the spirit in the
bond of peace”; “keeping
Old Paths, where is the good way, and walk there-
be of Thee shall build the old waste places: thou
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the thus Lord. weaken the chances of converting them to
I believe that if it is wise (and all agree that
it is) to consider the back-ground in selecting a
COW, pig, horse, or chickens, then surely some
considei-ation should be given when choosing the
one to be the father or mother of our children.
Too many young couples today look only at the
car the boy drives, or the dress’ and makerup the
girl has on while they are courting, only to find
out that the car was borrowed or bought on credit,
and the payments not kept up; and the makeup
is easily washed off, and that cheaper dresses
may not look so appealing.
The Lord intended for young folks to marry,
but marriage is for the purpose of building the
right kind of homes, and certainly should be considered
more seriously than it is by the masses
of the people today,
A Christian boy should stop and ask these
questions: Will this girl suit me when she is old?
Will she help me to bring the children up to be
Christians, or will she want them to go with her
to the Methodist or some other sectarian Sunday
school? Will she be willing to get by on my
salary, or is she used to spending far more money
than I will have for her? A girl should also ask
some questions: Will this young man work?
How will he look in overalls? Can I love and
adore him when he is old and broken? Is he interested
in going to worship, and will he help me I.
to raise the children for the Lord, or will he
set before them an example of drinking, cursing,
etc.? These are not just idle questions: they
should be pondered well. Many homes have been
wrecked all because these questions have not been
considered before marriage.
Christian boys and girls should be very careful
as to the kind of company they keep. If they
keep company frequently with worldly or sectarian
boys and girls, the first thing they know
they are in love and wanting to marry. So, the
proper way to stop that is to never let it startjust
seek the proper kind of company.
I am constantly being confronted with this objection:
“Brother Gay, there are no Christian
boys here for my girl to associate with,” or,
“there are no Christian girls here for my boy to
go with.” Well, now, that is something to think
about, but I have already mentioned where considerable
search was made for the right kind of
a wife for Isaac. And I believe there should be